The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-04-19
No 13

surrounded by the heights of Mon
ticello, even as the ancient city Of the
Great King was beautiful for siiua-
tion and joy of the whole earth,
even by so much as the moral and
intellectual surpass the material, does
our homage to the father of this
university grow proportionately as we
contemplate the magnitude of his
mental, moral and political benefac-
tions to his countrymen through this
institution Of higher education.
In a recent report to the United
States secretary of the interior, the
commissioner Of the bureau of educa-
/ tion officially declared:
To the University of Virginia,
Jeffersons creation, the whole coun-
try is indebted for the following dis
tinguished services to higher educa-
tion: The recognition Of real univer-
sity standards of instruction and
scholarship; the absolute repression OF
the class system and the substitution
Of merit for seniority in the award Of
degrees; the first complete introduc-
tion of the elective system; the estab
lishment of distinct schools in which
were grouped, for example, ancient
languages, modern languages, mathe-
matics, law and politics, each school
having its own autonomy and It's own
standard of graduation; the institu-
tion of constitutional government in
academic form, with an appointed
president or chairman of the faculty,
holding Office for one year, but
eligible for re-appointment by the
board of visitors; the promotion Of
self government among the students
with the cultivation Of an esprit de
eoybs maintaining high standards Of
academic honor and scholarship.
In the scope of Jefferson's mighty
scheme all education in the arts and
sciences was made directly tributary
to the education Of American citizens
for their highest duty to their coun-
try. His is a university Of patriotism.
Patriotism is chief among its crown
jewels
Jefferson prescribed as text books Of
political philosophy, among Others,
the Declaration of Independence, "as
the fundamental act of union of these
states, the Federalist fas the most
authentic exposition of the federal
constitution as understood by the
body which prepared and the author
ity which accepted it, /" the Virginia
Document Of 1870, conserving the
reserved rights of the states and free
speech and the freedom Of the press,
the inaugural and farewell address Of
Washington.
So, it has been we'll said separate
the patriotic idea from the institution
of the University Of Virginia and you
have removed its roof and crown"
In war and in peace, in politics and
in craftsmanship, in law and in
medicine, in press and in pulpit, and
finally, in the entire domain of art
and science and the whole field OF
human activities, It's alumni have
ever been conspicuous and have
wrought gloriously for the welfare Of
their country and mankind.
An airy minded congressman has
but yesterday esSayed to rob Jefferson
of the glory Of the French concession;
but none shall dare to lay profane
hands upon this other correlative so
long as the alumni shall meet, as we
now do, to pay loving tribute to
the glory of Jefferson's works and
creations
1t was suggested to me by the COM
mittee Of invitation that my remarks
upon this happy occasion should
chiefly refer to the University Of
Virginia, and that l might select the
phraseology of the toast. Accordingly,
l request joint libation to the glory
of Jefferson's correlatives, University
of Virginia and Louisiana Purchase.
w. NJ. A. Won.
A large crowd witnessed the game
of base ball at the academy campus