The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-15
GREAT FUTURE
FOR UNIVERSITY
Believed Nov That Endowment.
Committee ill4Easily Raise
5000, 900.
ALUMNI At INSTALLATION o \
ALUMNI.
Mr.. Minor, 81 Glass Of 81, Is:
Oldest Graduate Of Uni
versity Nov Living

versity Nov Living.
(rrom Our Regular Corresponde
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 1i.---Tho
Westinghouse, chiefly alumni Of the
University, who went to Chariot tesviite
yesterday to attend the Installation I OK y
q exercise, returned to the city early TINS
morning, the tram leaving iilDUut tne time
the banquet ended. "a few did not ttenh
the banquet, but started homcward oii5till
earlier train, which. by the way, was
nearly two hours lite III arriving ~
& Charlottesville The enthusiasm OF the
alumni and visitors generally, Is uh bound
cd. The address OF DR.. Alderman is spok-5
en- by all who heard It as one OF thci
finest ever heard on an occasioa Of SIM.
y lar character, and the other speeches.
whether made III connection with the
Installation exercises on at the banquet
are spoken OF as far above the average
The committees which "a selected tho
orators did It's work as we'll az could ny
any possibility OF mcaiis lla We Occil done
The gifts OF Mr.. Rockefeller and others ,,ls
Il have elatcd the alumni. = IS sEc.icVe ~
I 10 be the forerunncr OF many other SIN
1 lar gifts though 1t is MT expected That
more donations Will be- made : o found
particular schools. But there is y gro w
Ing belief that I he cndDWInentA committee
* which was formed sometime ago. Tor the
purpose OF raising 5000 900 for tie Y nj
vcrsity, will succeed In It's I'M 1erta 1Ai
\. and that. too.5in n shorter space 81 liill
Il than was expected when the committee
set about Its work. NJ r. 1'llomas ~ e!sot l.
Page, OF this city, who Is ut the head OF
81 the committee, was not able, OH account
OF sickness, Ito attend the Il meta ll.'t lon
~ ceremonies, l and talk over matters Win
b the alumni ana other members OF the
committee but he is In deadly earnest IN
the matter OF raising the great sum nc
Set out to get together. The committee I'm
e has now the powerf ul aid OF the = ne Y"
a president. This has hlrelhy been demon ~
& STRAIT ed to be sufficient 10 the lpllsl.-
ment OF wonder ii 5S 4. BIZ ~ IL
1onor Mr.. Minor.
III should not be thought that the old
D mon Who went down to charlottesville TO
attend the installation exercises devoted
& themselves to discussing the = nanclal
condition and needs OF the. y University
The social features OF the day were a 8
K attractive as any other. II not NOR, q 7.
s.tractlvc. j was good 10 meet on the OH ~
lawn again men from whom the SIN
dent had been separated fOr O ~ C -a'ic'
81 two decades or even longer: That re-
y union on the campus yestcrday y. Hle1
II hundreds OF alumni 4 OF the University
4 met again and spent two hours togethei,8
IL each seeing how many OF his Old co COM
Il rades lie could meet, was a scene nor
4 easily forgotten. The very flower OF the
y state was aincluded In the alumni ga her-i
i ca on the green, presentin 3 as they ain,
= mos d61in'sters. y ne
"a most skilled physicians. the ahiest Ia
zyers. the leading educators. in short. the
I. hestSsthc old State has produced ~ a rall
& century It seemed az J { every man ound
Il class,nate and the hearty handshaa IS,
and glad words of welcome could VI put
quicken the pulse and warm the heart
Il OF the most callow.
There was not classma tie for every
alunn,s. Ben Jamin b. Minor, Of Rich
mond. was there. He did not ex peel
10 meet one Of the boys who had stood
IN class with him when he entered the
.5IIniyersi s., seventy years ago ne was Wis
o. the class OF 1871 He is the only one one
left. Mr. Jefferson had not Geen dcaa
ten years when young Minor enter me
University. The institution was ne. new al'u
4 had II sea rely demonstrated that u nau i
Nm It the elements of endurance. Ar''
Minor has seen II pass through triais's
INF he lives TO see 1t founded 80 firmly
that the most timd Of Its frlends nave
no fears for Its futurd It seemed !. us
IL though the realization of the dreams OF
the greatness which should come 70 t ne
University made light the hear OF the
old graduate, and there were hund rec.
mon on tn & lawn, born many year q tier
the old veteran passed from the CLASSIC
"a halls who bore as many marks OF the
hand OF time. Mr.. Minor was the re e.
y cinient Of many distinguished court estes
from younger alumni who treated nm
with reverential regard and aa1teetlo.':
6 He will attend many more 5cce pra loiis o. !,
the Unlversty5of the birth OF = ne tol'''d-
IJoo irfr ftyf1
& as Dr. Il, II. Bryant, Of Southampton couh-5
NV. was the only graduate present VINO
attended the University; both before ana ana
N after the war. He took the academic
course prior to 1.-The ts war between we
states entered the Confederate service anu
gave four years Of struggle {or the cau sc
that was lost and then. and when the
end cama down. put aside his musket ana
came back to Alma Mater5nn graduated
q In tmedicine. How the boys Of to-day
would look uptto q classn1ate who D had
served through such a. war. = oW aaIie
must have seemed the scrimmage. and
i 4 Ia shorseplay OF college life compared.
4 = the m,lsketry and cannoade and death
l55of the battlefield, 3z
Senator Daniel, and probably others,
ger1tered the University after having
served through the war. They We're not
students prlortto the struggle, A veteran
must have madeJia picturesque student,
i Senator Daniel. as IA student Of law, bore
(. on his body tho marks, Of his !, devotion lon.
4 to his country, g49
Judge I.egh r, Watts; Of Portsmouth,
very nearly the double OF Bishop Henry
G, Potter. and bearing y strong reselp-
blance to Chauncey Depew, was a con
spicuous figure on the green. There is
always gentlemanly Joke on the tip
+ Of Judge Wattss tongue, and he tells \ T