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VkNDERBlLTS ANNIVERSARY.
THE CONFEDERATION SERMON ny
nIsHoP HENDRIX.

Ministers and EducRtors We're
Present-AfterRoon Address Deliv-
cred by bishop HarErOVe-Exer-
eises Go Continue To-day.
Nashville Tenn. Oct 2i-The first ex-
ercises in commemoration OF the twenty
NTH anniversary OF the opening OF Van
derbilt University were held OF the chapel
Ing. when Bishop f. r. Hendrix Of kan
eas City. preached the commemorative
sermon.
On the platform besides Bishop Hen
dirk. were Bishop Charles r. Galloway
OF tho boand Of trust; Bishop W. A..
Gambler Of the same board Or. Andrew
Hunter OF Arkansas one % the oldes,
members OF the board ana DR. W. 4.
Tiilet dean OF the Biblical department OF
the university. ar well as other members
Of The board OF trustees. the faculty OF
the university and delegates from other
educational Institutions
DR.. Tillot introduced Bishop Hendrix
VINO delivered the anniversary ser
mon. Bishop Hendrix's subject was
The Mission OF a Christian University.
or the Limitations and Completion Of
Human Knowledge" His text was:
Now / know in part. but then shall
know even as also ! have been known"
| Cor. 1912. He said IN part
"A university has beer called an in
sti'ution OF learning. because so much
knowledge is brought there by the Fresh
men. and 80 iittle taken away BY the
seniors There Is both wit and wisdom
In the definition IL Is only experience
that knows enough TO confess ignorance
wise man would De- glad 70 be as sure
about one or two things as the ignorant
or superficial man r. sure about every
thing. university OF wise men stands
as much therefore for what Is not known
as for what II. Its candor. In pointing 20
the great mass OF darkness Withous.
helps 70 measure just how much Of that
unknown world Il has triaugulated and
made its own. To define clearly Is 70
think clearly. He vs. the wise man now
as IN the DAYS OF the Delphic oracle who
knows the fact that he does not know.
ond Just what he does not know uni
vorsity stands for tho unexplored as well
as the explored, FOR the unknown no less
than the known II is not alone a place
Of iearning. but place where there are
know only in part. A Christian univers-
ity stands for the confidence that
we shall not be- LETT In per-
manent mental confusion respecting any
thing which the human mind Graves 60
know. Il believes In a future OF msn;ei
activity as well as a present Now
know in part; but then shall know even
as also have been known
In the middle ages the term 'Univer-
sity' was applied 10 any organized body
Of men. II was simply guild or corpora
ton. There were al Rome universities
Of bakers % formers. OF scribes. or Of
any person engaged IN par-
ucular occupation In timr the
term came 20 be applied exclusively to
bodies OF persons engaged In the occupa-
lion Of teaching and study These in turn
soon secured the right Of granting H.
censcs 70 teach. Later such licenses were
granted not only TO those who actually
wished TO teach. bur 20 all who demand
81 them provided they fulfilled certain re-
quiremenis. Thus they became what we
now understand by the term degrees.
Corporations that were formed for mutual
advantage IN business thus gave way 10
the modern university. a guild OF scholars.
the older pledged 10 instruct the Younger
the whole forming n community OF letters
which became center Of great influence
alike IN the world OF thought and Of ac-
ton. Tho university thus became ma
TONS fortress. rs well % her laboratory
and workshop. The hand that fashions the
riaed cannon knows how 20 use 81. But
for fhe universities % Europe and Great
Britain there would have been no Huss Of
Prague. no Luther and Meiancthon Of
wiitenberg no Calvin and Beza OF Cen
eva. no wickiffe and Wesley and White
field OF oxford As iron sharpeneth iron.
20 man sharpencth the countenance Of
his friend. Intellectual and spiritual COM
radeship succeeded % the commercial
spirit which was the beginning OF che cor
Hest university or guild life.
Bologna was the first. as Paris was the
most important Of the early universities
which came into being rs communities Of
letters In the twelfth century. The system
OF degrees and the names OF the chief Of
hcers OF the university were introduced
into England from Paris when oxford and
Cambridge came into notice during the
thirteenth century. each as number OF
separate corporations or colleges, as to-
day Bologna became the model for the
Scotch universities with their several de-
partmcnts such as we deem necessary In
the organization Of IN American univer-
sity. Bologna also gave 10 Scotland
those picturesque ceremonies which mark
u
Alike in England and Scotland the right
20 confer degrees Is vested alone In the
university Represenfation IN Parliament
"A also granted 20 fhese grea, centers Of
thought and influence alike IN England
ord Scotland. While our American uni
veryities may lack some Of the distinctive
privileges which belong 10 the venerable
universities Of Great Britain they equal
my OF them IN the influence which they
exert on the national destiny as well as
on the thought OF tho nation. In seeking
TO estimate The mission % one. and that
one OF the youngest 10 Is pleasing 10 note
THAI al leading universities in America
were founded under Christian auspices
They are alike the fruits and factors Of
our Christian civilization. What one gen
sration has founded has helped 20 develop
another generation which Is better pre-
nared to foster and advance these higher
seafs Of learning.
Greater than the universe Is the mind
that can trianRulate Il and measure Il.
Mightler than the sun Itself Is mind which
calculates It's volume and analyses It's
HIGHT and heat Vasier than the sea Is
the mind that gauges It's depth. marks
rs bounds and computes It's tides.
We claim the world as the kingdom
OF the human mind. even though
after centuries cf exploring and charting
we must acknowledge that the larger part
remains uncharted After all that we DO
In classifying the phenomena Of nature
We are oppressed with the knowledge Of
our Ignorance. when we seem best equip
ned Tor fresh discoveries we perish amid