The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-01
TIT 11MEs COMPANY.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER ]. 1901.
So INr- -Il5NIvERsiTY AND THE STATE Or
VIRGINIA.
1,ha onc,,in. Of the University OF II u.
a,,,,sa s. s,re 10 bring 10 the minds OF
many of its alumni the part plasea ~
s. :, IN t1,e life of the State not only III "a lis
b moro commercial aspects, but IN all o.
4 the varying forces that go 10 maze up
ti,e ciyilizing influences OF a colii l'
,,;.r we think that it is well to STOP
and take count of what the uilAs '''la''
sS az Virginia has been TO the STATE a,iu
of 1v,sr IT is capable of being III INC
f,,t,,re. In the past it has e1iilsli1 ny
che minds and stimulated the asl. ~.
tions not only OF college inch IN II
rinia. hut throughout the whoie o.
America. for the University WIS VIZ
si,st institution of higher educ'tioh
witch gave the American stuaeie. ',ie
-,,,,,+ In decide for himself what ne
r-o,,ld study. and when. rms Mafheu
tho breaking down of cast IRON cur
ric1,la and opened the way Tor a W1lei
and better system Of education, one
.,as4d on the needs of the present gen
eranion. which stroye TO equip men 10
lay hold of the forces around them
witl, steatlier grasp and surer ann til;ln
in each preceding generation: Inc eA-
traordinary success, in the true mean
tn.r of the term which has attended the
efforts of college-bred men. as COM
pared with those who have been o'ilcr-
wise prepared for the struggle OF
life. is we'll shown by q recent afucle
IN the Outlook. The article IS pre-
pared by John ". Leonard, author OF
s.Who's Who" In this article Mr.
Leonard shows the percentages OF AL
those. in his two editions Of 1889 and
1901, who received educatlons OF any
sort. In 1899 there We're a total num-
Der or 6,Q29 persons enumerated III
this book. OF this number Io.o43 per
cent were coIlegians. In 1901. with 4
total of Sill names, the total collie
gians were 7O.937 per cent, while only
0.333322 per cent in one year and 03Sl
Der cent. On the other We're self-taugllt.
The remaining 80 per cent. either lin
ished in some of the secondary normal,
high or common schools or We're prl-
gately educated AS Mr.. Leonard well
saws in discussing what is meant by
success, sit is not sutllcie to measure
success in terms Of dollars and cents
alone Success" in his judgment, is
the achievement Of honest ambition III
any worthy lime Of work accompanied
by just recognition of that achieve
ment by that part Of society interested
Sn such labors. One man gains success
BIZ achieving $4,000, 900, another by
taking city or destroying q fleet; an
other By formulating a beneticent law;
THE next one by writing q book or COM
posing an opera; still others by declar-
ing new philosophy or leading a new
reform: by power in preaching the Cos
pei; by the discovery of a new scien-
Hfic principle or the invention Of a
new mechanical process. Only in the
first Of these cases has money any nee
essary connection with success. The
amount of money accumulated by an
author. composer, philosopher, preach
nr, scientist, or inventor, may be cS-
uemely modest: but at the same time
his success, measured by achievement
] and by the esteem and recognition his
achievement brings. may be very
great
Taking Mr.. Leonard's definition and
comparing it with the history of the
great names Of the world. there can be
no doubt that his idea Of success is That
which the world has always applied as
a test for the fame of any of those
whose ambition or genius has raised
them above the level Of the ordinary
mark Of mankind. Nothing succeeds
like success, and nothing so stimulates
q community us to have in it the eS-
ample Of successful men, no matter in
what praiseworthy line they are strug-
Cling for fame. The life and power
OF people cannot be measured even
IN this commercial age by dollars alone.
and the Importance 10 the State Of Vir-
ginia Of It's University must become not
only more apparent, but actually great
er as the appreciation of the value of
education is borne in upon the minds
Of the people at large. Thomas JET
.erson was a successful man. not only
Oh formulating new doctrines and
showing great mental power in the
tonduct Of large affairs but. above al,
by the foresight and public spirit
which led him to establish at his own
expense University which has given
light and power to thousands Of others
and has furnished NOT only to vir-
Ginaans. but to the South and TO A,neri-
ca The means whereby others might at
tain that same success for which all
men are striving. The Constitutional
Convention can make few investments
of the States resources that viii bear
such returns, good measures pressed
down, shaken together and running
h over as those which viii come from So
q licitous care for an institution which