The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
INSTALLATION
 OF ALDERMAN UniverSty of Virginia's
 srst President. ANrs lERSARY OF FOUNDER S' pie Ceremony Impressive
 ly Performed. Many Representatives of Educational and Scientific Societies Lend
 Presence to the Oc-

Charlottesville, Va, April 13.-In the
 eightieth year of its career and on the
 anniversary of the birth of Thomas
 Jefferson, its illustrious founder, the
 University of Virginia today inaugu-
 rated its first President. Dr. Edwin
 Anderson Alderman The simple cere-
 mony was impressive. It combined the
 University spirit in the enthusiasm in
 a student body of 700 and an alumni
 1000 strong, with the dignity of capped.
 gowned and hooded men, the educa-
 tional leaders of ths South, North. East and West. officials of the State and distinguished citizens of The picturesque was supplied in the class university pile embracing the | long rows Of pavilions modelled by ] Mir. Jefferson from the Greek and Ro- man. to house the faculty and stu dents. and facing each other across a terraced wall at one end of which stands the domed rotunda and at the other Assembly Hall. The inaugural procession through the center of the lawn from the rotunda to the Hall, in the balmy air and bright sun of the spring afternoon; prayer, the oath of office, brief acceptance Of the trust and a number of speeches which filled three hours of enthusiastic in- terest, climaxed by an inspiring inau- gural address by President Alderman and the installation was accomplished. Then was released the rollicking spirit of the alumni and the students. They all joined in the torchlight process sion which at o'clock led to the TO- tunda and the banquet tables. Here the sterner side of the educational character gave way to fraternity and good fellowship and long did the an- cient hall ring with laughter and ap- plause at the shafts of wit and piquan- | cy of phrase.
 | Among the many representatives of educational and scientific societies and of the learned professors present were Dr. Lyman Abbott, Moncure D. Con- way, George Foster Peabody, pr. AL bert Shaw, Edward M. Shepard, Dr. Melville E, Stone, Professor Francis O. | Peabody, of Harvard; President Nlchol- as Murray Butler of Columbia; Hon. Needham, George Washington Uni- versity, Washington; President James B. Angel, University of Michigan; Dean H. H. Biedler Baltimore Univer- sity School of Medicine; President H. B. Friessel, Hampton Institute; Presi- dent L. Clark Seely. Smith College; Dean Albion W. Small. University of Chicago: Carter Glass. Joseph Bryan and President Robert Curtis Ogden of the Southern Educational Board.
 Installation Ceremony
 At o'clock when the assemblaRe l had placed itself in the public hall Of
 the university, Rev. R. D. Smith of l Norfolk pronounced an invocation on | the institution in its new aspirations, | and undertakings. The installation ceremony was at once accomplished by | the rector of the institution, Rev. l Charles P. Jones of Monterey, Va. He | announced that growing public sem l timent in favor of change in the gov
 ernment of the university had caused
 the general assembly of the common
 wealth to impose upon the rector and
 visitors as the governing body. the
 duty of electing a president It had | concluded this duty after patient and anxious thought by electing Dr. Edwin
 Anderson Alderman. The date for in | auguratng the change had been se- | lected-April 13-because it was the anniversary of the birth of the founder l of the institution. Tt only remains | for me-" he concluded, turning to Pres 1 ident Alderman, acting for the Board
 of Advisors, to declare you to be the | president of the University of Virginia:
 to deliver you It's charter and to pledge
 to you the heartiest support that the | Board of Visitors can give you"
 The oath of office was administered,
 In accepting the office President AL
 derman said:
 q accept the presidency of the uni versity. MT. Rector. with humility and yet with pride Sustained and
 strengthened by the counsel and CO., | operation of the Board of Visitors, of
 my colleagues of the faculty. of the l sons of the university and of good citi-
 zens everywhere, I undertake this task
 with hope and courage. To obey it's | statutes; to respect it's ancient spirit: l to maintain its lofty ideals; to seek | with patience the laws of its growth; 1 to give to it's service with gladness
 whatever strength I have-all this
 shall seek to do. By Gods help I will"
 Not aa opportunity had been lost to | applaud MT. Alderman and when he
 concluded his words of acceptance, | cheer upon cheer rang out from the | students in the galleries while those ! in the pit of the large hall applauded | long
 Governor Montague followed and
 spoke for the State and her institu- l tions. He said:
 Governor MOntague's Speech.
 Tn the stir of expectancy which 1 greets this occasion and the exal:ing | confidence with which we look In the
 future we cannot forget the deeds and
 traditions and the purposes for which | 1t was founded. The father cf the | university contributed more fully than | any statesman of his day to the edu- | cational needs of republic. He de-
 vised this school not for the subjects l of a king but for citizens of d repub- | lie. offering them opportunities and
 bringing to them responsibilities Ac- | cordiagly he appealed to the people for i this university and by their authority and resources. form and substance were | given this undertaking. This school 1 lives in the State but 1t also lives for 1 the State. and while we must be care ! ful of what we get from the people, 1 we must be more eager about that which we give back to the people. We l must demand that this agency of the ! people as 1t grows in new power and l strength shall also grow in service to
 the people. We must place her hand
 in maternal touch with the common l schools of our land, thereby cnergizing
 all the forces that make for popular
 enlightenment"
 1 Other speakers who were limited to | ten minutes each included Prof. Fran i cis Henry Smith of the University of ! Virginia; United States Senator Martin,
 Prof. Archibald Cary Coolidge of Har-
 ward. President Nicholas Murray put- fer of Columbia Chancallor SVaItar