The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-14
With wide and vital religious opportuni-

withswide and vital religious opportuni--
ties "a /,
An appeal to the best in young men, re- 1
sulting in the creation of a student public
opinion and student system of honor,
which endowed the UniversityS5sof the
past, and endows the University of TO-
day, Switl, its richest asset of reputation
and fame. 5S III. 2s,s IS Us Il
"a high standard of scholarship ri gidly5
maintained, in an air OF freedom OF
learning and freedom Of teaching, beget-
ting an austere ideal of intellectual thor
oughncss and honesty.
"A conception of culture as a compound
Z of sound learning and era clous conduct,
2 AS an inheritance OF manhood and moral
will won through discipline and conquest,
and as capacity to deal with men In
the rough work of the world, with gentle
ness and simplicity. A.
When the tempest of. war finally fell,
4 1t was this spirit that possessed the
twenty five hundred ardent young souls
who went forth from these doors, and
Ion wars red touchstone rang true
metal" When the tempest ceased, 1t was
this same spirit that bred in the men Of
To-day strength and patience, and q
genius OF common sense that enabled
+ them to endure, to rebuild and to pre-
serve for the world things the world
should not lose. pledge myself, under
Cod to do what can to cherish and to
magnify come good days or III, TINS
inspiring University character. I do not
mean that there should not be readjust-3
ment here-change, II you will--7tllel
growth that is conservative OF lie an,
comes out OF the tissues Of ancient
strength. "A changing society means a.
changing curriculum, and university
is society shaping itself to future needs.
But there are things that are eternal,
and the substance OF this ancient spirit
OF the University OF Virginia Is one Of
them.
Southern Americans.
The Americans of the Southern States
are the only Americans who have known
in direst form the discipline OF and
the education of defeat. They alone OF
this unbeaten land have had Intimate cA-3:
perence Of revolution and !i, s, me sl
University Of Virginia. as their chiefest
servant, has shared with them this stern
self-reyealing tutelage. One can never
know what fair visions Of its destiny
filled the eye of Thomas Jefferson. lie
beheld it guiding wisely the local life Of
Virginia. He beheld 1t as training
place for democratic leadership in the
State and nation; as an tnspirer TO Inc
great northwest and southwest, as these
States swept into ordered life; but his
tontimism, as we'll as human limitations,
shut 1t out from his sight. In Its sacred
est relation, as the source Of llght 70 q
land left in darkness and silence by me
storm Of war Is there in academic an
nails such a story Of precious prN!tese
and fulhllment? AS each stricken State
found heart to relight its ancient torches,
its sons came here for the sacred fire,
where patient hands had kept 1t burning,
or to our sister University in the Valley,
where the great soldier sat at the teach
ers desk revealing a moral splcndor
more touching and glorious than his
martial fame. To the Southern man or
middle life, the University [mcant this
University The world has deemed TINS
a gentle and lovable provincialism,. but
IN a deep sense 1t was true, for mere,
indeed, was the home Of his Ideals ana
hence had come the men, the methons,
the reawakened educational deslre'2.th tN
noble consolation of unweakened spirit,
and even amid the ravages or war; inc
unravaged vision. of arts and philosophy.
secure, therefore, in the dignity or an
intellectual authority which IT has earned,
md a national service which It has rehoeI-
Cd. enriched by the currents or y genie
civilization flowing about It for genera
tions, protected by the love ana venera .
ton of thousands, seated among mus VI
quiet strength and beauty and stampea
uDOn lis OutWhIu loliit WIN ' .''Ssl to'.'i'
tha t was Greece, and the grandeur that
was Rome" II / may use the very words
Of it's most gifted child Of genius and
song, this University faces the future
which summons you and me TO preserve
and strengthen as 1t, summoned the foun-
ders to conceive and create. S
Glory of Jefferson.
The glory ,of Jefferson was his enthusi-
asm for the future. 1t was tho prophesy
IN democracy that charmed his spirit. a
noble past might ha ~ dangerous thing,
| he thought, III brought contentment with
q complacent present or an uncertain fll-
trre. and there was no splendor IN IT for
/, him, iftit did not. urge men onward. u
| has been given to this University, 70 rem
| der wide and definite service for political
freedom aud human culture and character
in an age Of national development and
trial. LIS there not equal work for It TO
do in behalf of spiritual freedom and
economic Independence and JUSTICE IN m
age or social expansion and experiment!
is it not just as much q pioneer IN tho
latter struggle fora larger life. as y
VAS when ii came from the hand of us
founder in the generous feryor of a now
hone? There Is still democracy to be
served with Its dreams unreallzed, ~
ideals changed, it's point of View adj
yanced, The democracy OF the Souhg
century was a theory Of politics and
philosophy. he democracy Of to-day .is