The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-10-28

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no reason Tor what may well nigh he
called the brutal assault upon his char
acter This action of the Faculty. uuoth-
my else, would by itself show the neces
sity on President; they need a govern
ing power. and in this connection there
Is one Nirginian who il seems to me
above all Others would make the best
President, that could be found from the
PenobscOt TO the Rio Grand Del Norte.
and that Is Captain W Gordon McCabe
Establish the Chair Of Latin Literature:
coniine him to il; il will be labor of
love with him and soon his lectures will
be 50 attractive that sitting room
would be at a premium. At the same
time make him President with salary
oi hve thousand dollars year and with
his superb business qualities he would
soon start the University upon a bril-
hant career. lie Is perhaps today the
finest Latin scholar of the entire English
speaking race.
The writer has kind place in his heart
Tor the niversity. be won its hunors in
It's earlier days; his sancestOrs did great
deal to establish il, his children were ed
ucated there. aud he expects his grand
children TO 20 there also. aud the sug-
gestions which he makes certainly have
the merit of sincerity There are many
Among Others. there ought to be a Chair
OF Civil Law in the Law Department. In
Is true, that more than one half Of the
civilized world Is governed by the Civil
Law, and yet to the l.. b. q. the Iniver.
sity OF Virginia il is an unknown quant-
ity. do not mean ia writing this TO say
anything in derogation of the three emf
nent professors of law who preside over
that Department. They would be an
honor TO any Institution. Nevertheless.
there Is great need OF this Chair. and
now come TO what a great many will
term revolutionary suggest ton and vet
II Is one OF commanding Importance
know IN advance thatit will be regarded
by the Faculty in the same manner that
a male animal of the bovine species would
regard a red flag that was waved in his
face IL Is the establishment Of an I'm
mex, say in short distance from the
main building, with proper dormitories
under the care OF prudent and discreet
matrons, Tor the education of our daugh.
ters. Ii not, why not? Is il not n fact
that higher female education has been a
splendid success wherever il has been at /
tempted? Ii has long since passed the I
stage OF being an experiment Ii would /
lntuse new life in the institution, and the I
female graduates would make some of
Y ll-
glo-SaxOn race has treated its women
with greater cruelty than any other race
giving them fewer rights OF person and /
property Until n short time since a wo. 1
man IN Turkey had greater rights over
her property lhan in Virginia. The en-
tire English common law is but a sad
history of the wrongs Of woman, and vet
the science OF living has been carried TO
the highest extremity in our statements
that we delight in protecting female in
her rights of person and property. She
Is a citizen with all its duties and oblica-
tions. and none of the rights There is
another crying need. which is the want
Of proper building for the Board of Wis /
itors. The present condition is actually /
a shame. They have to meet in the In /
Urinary, and their quarters are cramped. I
A suitable building should be erected for
them and their guests | appeal to the (
Alumni to work together; if they did it /
will take but a short time for the I1niyer- I
sity TO regain its former prestige and be- !
come an University in reality. as well "a
IN name. The West IL coming forward
with leaps and bounds Look at the
Universities of Michigan. and Wisconsin. /
and California, and especially the lTniver-
sity OF Chicago. The recent chemical dis
cOveries OF two brilliant young professors
OF the Chicago University have startled
mankind. They have rev evolutionized the
ories hOaTy with age. Science, in their
hands, has invaded the domain of lie il
self; we can clearly see the dawn of a
great future for the coming generation.
The glittering picture fortified by sober
facts well nigh startes the imagination.
II 1.-THE OF what they suggest is true. it
will add immensely to the health and
happiness Of the human. Ii behooves us
to be mp and doing. and her sons and
daughters should see to it that Virginia
does not lag behind III the great race Of
life Alumnus
October 23rd, 1902