The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-13
APPEALS
FOR OLD IDEALS
CONTINUED From First page.)

passed by none In the work accomplished
and in the efficiency developed in the stu
dent body.
Probably the most marked advance dur
Ing the year has been the determination
on the part of the faculty. who have
been It's owners. to reorganize the Uni
basis, viz: TO do away with its features
as private stock corporation and. with
out any financial return. to surrender
their stock and place the institution and
It's management under a board OF trus-
tees for tho purposes OF public profession-
al education.
This step was taken by the faculty for
no other reason than that 1t was believed
that the purposes for which this insti-
tuition was founded could be better sub
served in this manner than in any other
and that It's future work and It's scope
by enlarged and rendered more effective.
Its watchword since its foundation has
been progress and this was the next
forward step in the line OF progressive
development.
The financial success OF this institution.
as we'll az It's scholastic supremacy. has
been a source OF profound gratiiication
since It's establishment eleven years ago.
During that time the faculty. commenc-
ing with capitalization OF $4,000, have
property, until now 1t Is enabled to turn
HHi ii liz which. With its accessories.
IS estimated 10 nave cost HiOIe lldH
10000 above any liabilities.
The determination to pursue this plan
is certainly a most com mendable one. and
is but in line with the self-sacrihcing
crtv in the past. for each year the earn
ings have been reinvested for the adj
vancement OF the college. which has
grown to be credit to this city and
In short. the faculty is. OF the opinion
that private ownership is not, compat-
ible with the best professional success
stitutions such as this. and for that rea-
son arrangements are now being perfect
cd to place this institution under the con.
thirteen members from the present fac
uIty and twelve distinguished citizens Sc
lected from the States Of Virginia. north
Carolina. Florida and West Virginia. al
OF whom have accepted POSITIONS, as lol-
lows:
Hon. r. r. Barton, Winchester Va.
Hon. John Goode. Washington. D. G.
DR., Egbert w. Smith. Greensboro. n. g.
Colonel Thomas S. Kenan. Raleigh. N,
Governor w. s. jennings. Tallahassee.
: Right Rev: George w. Peterkin, Par
Mr.. John p. Branch. Richmond Va.
Mr.. T. A. Miller. Richmond. Va.
Mr.. E. D. Taylor. Richmond. Va
Mr. l.. H. Morris, Richmond. Va.
AS successful as has been the past
history of this institution among educa-
tionaI institutions of the South. lhcreas-
ing in eleven years from small Dssiiii-
Ming to It's present position OF promi-
nece and power. 1t is yet confidently Pc
lieved that under these new auspices the
University College of Medicine VIII AT
tain to yet greater usefulness ana suf-
The breath of a new life will be infused
into it. and spirit of greater freedom
of purpoSe and eathoe,tyf OF Wnrk
DR.. Smith Speaks.
The grafton Of the evening was deliver
ed by the Rev. Henry Louis Smith. PHI.
n president OF Davidson College, N. c.
DR.. Smith comes of a distinguished fam-
ily. He was most happily presented by
Dr. Hodges. His address, which was an
anpeal for the old ideals and standards
of the South, was eloquent and earnest
and was literally applauded by the audi
ence
A fact observable in all history, said
Dr smith, that there are long periods of
stability during which the current events
nIrsues its even tenor without change
and the record OF mankind Is repetition
and his prospects d glance backward. But
suddenly there Is an eruption; the long
established crust Is torn to pieces as ny
a Volcano; new thoughts. ideals, prin-
cples and customs crowd forward 20
take the place of the old. sucn times as
these determine the fate OF nations
Tho fair land of the South to-day, con-
timed DIR. Smith, Is passing through such
n crisis, The entire ideals OF the gene
ra tIons past are being transformed be-
fore orr ewes, The ancient aoofness or
the South that held 1t off from the rest
OF mankind is gone forever and II is
plunged pell-mell into the rushing cur
,ent az the worlds thought and life. 1t
10 vol,ed with the whole world and It's
interests are now common with those OF
ali mankind. The whole social and do
nestle life of the South is being trans
formed. The people are intoxicated with
their new-found wealth that Is invading
the very temples Of learning. Education
itself Is changing. In the old South,
the schools educate to make man; TO-
day they educate to make money; ne
fore the nation worshipped culture. to-
day there is a great cry for the Indus
trIa, training that may be burned into
gold The politics of the South is chang
ing. The Solid South Is no more except
mon the most local of questions Rell-
eion also is affected, The old reyerent
religious spirit Is being undermined and
swept away by a flood of new THOUGHT,
dnubt and cosmopolitan indifference. The
s so;, Of the South is again battlefield
unon which there is struggle between
he good and evil influences of the day.
Ilnon the issue of the conflict depends
he whole future of The South
Not Pessimist,
DR.. Smith declared that he was not
nessinIst. such crisis was no time for
nes simsm or Encouragement. 1t Is
i'm, when old chains are broken and old
anchors dragged up from the mud; It
Is time for hopefulness and activity;
Il Is a time when evils may be remedied
and wrongs rlghted. Yet no one can
deny that the time Is frausht with the
srnotcst danger to all that Is pure and
sacred and glorious In the history of the
South.