The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-20

President OF University Of Virginia
Formally Assumes His Duties
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Charlottesville. a Sept. 15.-This
evening. In the public hall, a large
gathering witnessed the exercises att
tending a public welcome to DR.. Ed
win A Alderman. who has recently as
sumed the duties Of president OF the
University of Virginia. The exercises
were not in the nat.are of an install
Iation or Inauguration. but ~signaltzed
the informal entrance into Office.
The address OF notification was mad
by the Hon.. Charles p. Jones. rector
of the board of visitors of the univer-
sity. DIR. James Morris Page. the last
chairman of the faculty. whose office
gives place to that of the presidency.
delivered the welcome On the part Of
the faculty. The change in the presi-
dency. the doctor said. was in ac-
cordance with the deliberate Judge
recommended to the visitors the
creation Of that office. In spite OF the
fact that the university. under it's old
form OF government had grown and
~prospered, 1t was believed that on ac-
count of the increased administrative
cares an executive unconnected with
professional work should be put in
charge of the institution. The retir-
ing chairman for himself and the pro-
fessors and the officers gave the in
coming officer earnest assurance thar
he was received with every feeling of
satisfaction and welcome and pledged
hearty cooperation in all his under
takings in the interest of the institu-
ton.
President Alderman in his reply, said,
among other things:
TIE south has something, believe
me. precious and distinctive in man
hood and character to contribute to
American life. It shall by a subtle
blend of the old spirit, which did not
know how to compromise and did not
know how to die for a faith, and the
new spirit. which looks at life with
vide, clear. steady eyes, n which has
Teen beaten by free civic forces into
finer and more efficient form. In the
sweet justice Of God you and thosa
Like you in our sister colleges shall be-
come Of this mold, and it is for you to
help us to make Of this noble founda.
ton the place of central Importance
in the historic outworking of this
new type Of personal culture and SO.
cial efficiency.
Il ave come to make my home ir
Virginia and to spend my life here
One may do that with calm Pride an
confidence, for the past of Virgins
/ stand clear and s~teadfast, and tn.
present is an earnest n hopeful
time. The day of large things Id.
come into our national and state life
1t was a stunning Inheritance from
days of trial and poverty that mad,
us try in former days to achieve larg;
ends with small means. This univer
sity is the supreme intellectual
achievement of this commonwealth. I
has contributed To it's progress, unity
Patriotism, righteousness and culture
i 1t should be and will be the highes
satisfaction Of the state to under
stand it, to sympathize with it, and t,
strengthen it, not as if it doled ou
charity, but as one increases his nob
lest investment. This is not the stat
that once lay beaten with the stripes
of war and misrule. WealtI
and power are here, and GU
! great need as a people is to invest int
/ education. not to scrimp and save."
New Orleans, Sept. 15.-Dr. E. E
Craighead, president of the Missouri
State Normal School, at Warrensburs
Mo-, has been offered the presidenc
of Tulane University. to succeed D
Alderman, who goes to the Universit
of Virginia.