The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-17
INAUGURATION OF DABNEy.
Installed as President of the Univcr.
 g sify of Cincinnati. .,. e-s

l INAUGURATION OF DABNEHs
 Installed as President of the Univcr- l q sity of Cincinnati. ..-sg '.8 i Cincinnati, O.. Nov. 16.---The inaugur- ation of pr. Charles w. Dabney today as President of the University of Gin cinnati was one of the most largely attended occasions in the history of the city. The presidents of many other | universities, colleges and leading ed I ucators from all parts of the country were in attendance. The musical pro- gram with large orchestra and lead ing soloists and the great organ at Music Hall was marked feature. The invocation was by Rabbi David Philopson. After an introductory ad- dress by Frank Johnston Jones, Chair man of the directors, the oath was ad ministered by Judge A. c. Thompson of the United States District Court.
 Addresses of welcome were made by Mayor Fleischmann. Professor Harry. of the faculty, William l.. Dudley of the alumni. and W. A. Thompson, Pres ident of Ohio State University
 Dr. Dabney in his inaugural address discussed Democracy and the School holdie5 that the four institutions which make for civilization are: The home. the school, the state and the church
 
 lations man Is educated. He discuss ed. First, the democracy as an educa- tional agency; secondly. the school in the democracy; and. thirdly, the man in the democracy and his destiny"
 ''Let us also cast out of our minds all half-hearted arguments for the free education of all the people. It is true that it pays community to educate all its youths; but the public school is not a charity institution, School houses and schoolmasters are cheaper than jails and soldiers, but we do not found the public schools on any such ground as this. Such arguments for free schools are little less than an Insult to free people. The true democracy establishes it's public school to train new citizens and to fit them for self government. and when 1t shall have dcne it's full duty in this respect there will be no need of policemen and sol diers. A democracy spending hun dreds of millions for warships and forts for armies and navies is enough to give devils joy. If We spent one-fourth of this treasure in schools and missions the whole world would soon be ours in bonds of love, and there would be no need of these engines of death and destruction.
 Men have. indeed. a right to govern themselves, but without education men have not the capacity. Suffrage is not a natural right, but a privilege assign ed to those who qualify for themselves for Its proper exercise in accordance with a standard fixed by the State. All men, except abnormals, possess the ca pacity for education and when edu- eated have the power to govern them- selves and the right to take part In the government of others. Democracy means self government; self-govern- ment necessitates universal education, and universal education can only be accomplished by free public schools un- der the control of all the people.
 Injustice and faIsehood may tri umph for a time but in the end right rules. Through suffering and death the truth passes to it's resurrection. Moreover the truth does not always have to wait until the next world for it's coronation. Right rules eventually in this world as the history of nations in a thousand instances declares.
 We have a striking illustration be- fore us today in the humiliation of Russia by Japan. The power that for-- ages has held it's own people in bonds and persecuted all Jews and other aliens, the dynasty that stole the Baltic provinces, murdered Poland and seeks now to SmOtneT lue ltDeTty and learning that lives in unhappy Finland. has found its judge and exc cutioner at last in a little people in whose virtues, exhibited in a devotion and patriotism never surpassed are a splendid testimony to the power of righteousness to exalt a nation. Every believer in human kind, every lover of Justice and truth. halls Japan today as a glorious example of what education can do for people. Education in this broad sense Is the process whereby men and nations realize their destiny and reach the highest goal of power and service" .-t
 Other addresses were by John Illus ton Finley. president of the College of New York; Judge Rufus B. Smith, Will liam H. Welsh of Johns Hopkins Uni versity; Henry Smith Pritchard, presi- dent of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Jacob Gould Schurmann, president of Cornell University.
 The benediction was by Bishop Boyd Vincent. About 400 guests were present tonight at the inauguration banquet at the Phoenix Club. Hon. John W. Warrington was toastmaster. the first response being that of Presi- dent Charles W. Dabney on The Uni versity."
 Other responses were as follows: The Editor a National Educator; His Responsibility" Dr. Albert shaw of New York, editor of The Review of Re- views: "The Remedy for Sectionalism," Hon. Edward T. Sanford, of Knoxville Tenn.