The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-27
.NOBlE TRIBUTES
TO HIS MEMORY En-
Thomas r. Price Theme of Flo
qucnt Eulogics OIL Lips
Of Friends.
NOTED SCHOLARS SPEAK.
DR.. 3. L. Gildcrslecvc and Col
onel w. Gordon McCabe
Speak at University.
SCHOLARS.
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NOTED


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Tho presentation Of the library Of the
lato Thomas r. Price to the University
OF Virginia Saturday evening, November
10th, caused many OF the old students
OF that famous school to turn their faces
towards their beloved alma mater.
Three names, illustrations IN American
letters and scholarships Glldcrsloeve. Me-
Cabe and Price-conspircd with the fame
and traditions Of the University to make
the occasion memorable The selection Of
Gildersleeve, tho friend and teacher Of
Price, and tho greatest Of living HELEN
lists. to present the precious gift to tho
University, was n wise and graceful act
on tho part OF the widow and daughter
OF the devoted son Of the old Common
wealth. 8i
Euuully wise and delicious was tho ac-
ton Of tho faculty Of tho University in
selecting Colonel w. Gordon McCabe, the
lifelong friend Of Price and his COM
panion in arms and studies, to accept the
donation.
The ceremonies took place at night in
the restored rotundn, the most graceful
and beautiful academic building ~, III
America. The audi6nGe consisted Of the
Learned Thebans'' OF the faculty their
families, students now attending tho Uni
versity and many Of the students OF form
er days, who had sat at the feet Of Gil
derslcev or been the companions or Ir1ce
and McCabe, Upon this assemblage, such
as could be gathered nowhere else IN this
Commonwealth. there looked down from
tho encirclng walls the portraits or me
men who in days gone by made the Uni
vursity famous for science ana le I'VE
while hardly the stand from which the
speakers were to deliver their addresses
rose Cats marble stSAie OF jefferson,
made doubly precious by Its rescue from
the devouringS flames that destroyed the
rotunda in 1895.
DR.. lcdwins4iA. alderman, the newly
elected president, presided, and IN grace
full terms Introduced DR.. Gidersleeve. VINO,
amid enthusiastic applause, came Iorth
to speak, as only he can speak, OF inc INC
generous nature, the untirlng Industry
aud the profound scholarship of his form
cr pupil and friend and his successor IN
the Greek chair in the University or
Virginia, In. his sympathetic, but dis
criminal ting address, he gave Price the
highest praise for Ills Invaluable services
TO the cause Of tho systematic and scien-
tifIc study Of the mother tongue, while he
was q young professor In Rardolph-Nla-
con College, a field In which he was a
pioneer among American scholars.
A Flash Of Humor.
The pathos OF this address was lighted
up by bright flash Of Irresistible iumor
In speaking OF the value Of the gift-a'o,N
precious and wisely selected voluncs--he
said:
This is the library OF d, great scholar;
and q subtle influence will go out from
these great books. Some Libraries show
only the length OF the owners purses;
others are mere chance indictments 0f
books, like an editors library. Even the
libraries Of some great scholars do not
reflect tho fashion Of their lives; FOR
some men pick up books as some men
pick up wives. ELL ..y
THE great Grecian ended his well rendered
address with a splendid tribute to his dead
friend and pupil. and was followed by
Colonel Gordon McCabe who on behalf
Of the faculty Of the University accept
ed the library in an address Of exquisite
dlction and eloquent pathos. His per-
sonal tribute to Price rs man, friend, sol
dicr, patriot and scholar. deserves a per-
nlanent place among the choicest produce
lions OF eloqucnce. No summary, no de-
scription can do it Justice, whether In
respect to the fashion Of the phrases or
the manner Of delivery. His effort made
all his friends and admirers who had the
good fortune to hear him doubly proud OF
him as scholar and orator With admira-
BILE taste and telling effect, Colonel Nc
Cabe closed his address with the con-
Guiding chapter OF Tacitus's life of Agri-
cola, in which the Roman historian pays
an immortal tribute to his dead father-in-
law. Is
It Is gratifying to learn that these adj
dresses are to be published In fitting and
permanent form to perpetuate tho fame
OF the gentle. she ch!valrous and manly
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