The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-14
FRIDAY, APRIL IA, 1905.
The University.

The university.
Tc.dav The University of Virginia en-
.ers mon n new phase of her glorious life.
Under the direction and inspiration u
Jefferson's genius the University acheSeu
Mt the beginning of her career y piuee
and a prestige among the great ' nns'
( lions of learning which, in these days
cannot be swiftly obtained by the AID OF
commercialized millions alone AS Pres'-
dent Alderman has well sad: Mones
alone cannot make a university, but suc A
a newer is necessary, a. there IS an az
chemy in our laboratory that will turn
money into moral force"
like all other powers. the effect ana
scone must lie measured chiefly by the
spirit that infuses the life ana the iueui
that furnishes the direction. Ihoillis
Jefferson's inspiration Of lberalzed edu-
cation was the motive. force that mace
The University at the beginning. WIN
the spread of that idea. aided and en-
forced by the power Of money other
universities have been attaining posi-
lions of commanding influence, while the
University has apparently rested con-
font 10 purAe the path which had al
ready brought her such signal and de-
served success. To-day, however, VIZ
.in,a,s5 great school stands at the parting
of tho ways, and the competition, OF
rather tiie noble rivalry for ,pre-enincnce,
~ scholarship and perfection in teaching
has made ii necessary to lay aside me NE
faculty government, which Mr.. Je1ler-
son designed and take in Its place the
government Of president = place OF
a benehcent oligarchy, the University
has adopted a constitutional monarchy;
INF the spirit Of the institution, the ira
ditions of the student Gody, the ihspiia-
ton of the past and the ALMOST adora-
lion of the alma mater are unchanged.
.For the future no sign is moro hopeful
than that President Alderman. III whose
hands the administration is now placed,
feels the spell OF these traditions, and
the vital need Of keeping them fresh III
the minds and lives of those students
yet to come within the charmed circle
of the University's influence.
Scientific and literary attanments
among the pitlIessous, mechanical equip
ment in laboratories. voluminous libraries
and spacious dormitories are all but IN
struments, perfect or imperfect, through
which an institution like the University
makes it's spirit felt
,For our University, we desire wide
Improvement In such instrumentalitles
but no change in the spirit OF the place
save a deepening of it's insight into the
high calling OF that manhood for whic!
its students have ever stood, and re
newal of allegiance to the arduous ser
vice of knowledge which has made 1T
professors ilustrious in every branch 0
learning.
The University is more than an acad
envy of knowledge it is school OF life
wherein imprcssionable youth receives
stamp of manliness and honor that tn
rough usage of the outer world ca
never quite obscure. This is the glory {
the place and the strength OF Its hol
on those who have felt that power.
This is the tradition founded in Thoma
Jefferson's creed Of personal freedom an
fearless manhood. nurtured by the fa'
ulty for fourscore years and strength
encd and purified BY the labors and idea
of a ceaseless tide of students from II
opening of the University even until no'
which the board of visitors, the facult
the alumni and the students have pass
like flaming torch 10 the hands
President Alderman,
That the torch of the University
yirginia's ideals should be in such han
with all that that implies of widen
scope and greater influence, is the re
son of the great and joyous demonstr
ton that occurred yesterday.
May 1t be. as we believe 1t will pro
70 be. but the presage of a future
which the University viii reap the so
i Ing Of her faithful sons, both teach'
and students. within her walls or wi
out The garnering of this harvest v
be worthy of even such an husbandn
OF spiritual and educational ideals
President Alderman, and we greet him
advance, wishing him Godspeed in
great work to which his talents HI
called him.
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