The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-14
Delivered Before a Vast
Assemble e at the tn g,
University
FINE ARRAY OF 1. /. a
FACT AND SENTIMENT.
The Deliverance in Every Way
Worthy Of the Man and the e St
Hour Listened to
With the Nose /,
Profound In
Interest.

The address ucllSCEeu Wy Al. ~ 49,
derson Alderman before one of the most
distinguished gatherings that ever as
se,nbled at Virginia scat OF learning on
ire occasion or his installation as The
first president or the University Of JET
ferreor's creation was b deliverance worthy
oflthe man and the hour. 1t was spoken
before n great asse1nblage and Listened
tos with profound interest. Dr. Alder
man said:
II b;iahty. seven years ago, the Commons
wealth or Virginia, inspired by the genus
ofsThomaa Jefferson, guided BY me pa
tient good sAnse OF Joseph Cabell, ana ,tl
4 heartened by the announcement, y ~
roe. laid the foundation of this Y ny.
persity. and dedicated 1t consciously ~
freedom for mind and soul, to desire Tor
knowledge and truth, and to solemn faith
III the Justice and slow progressiveness OF
aSdemocratic society. Men OF. Ensiish
and Scotch-Irish breeding long settled OH
the soil OF III. State, had evolved 4. Tree Tree
and forceful society Of gracious Gna III,
and distinction, and leadership IN the re-
public then belonged to Virginia through
The rare greatness of her sons.
out az her social conditions had come tie
snIrit that called for revolution In voices
singularly clear and sweet. From i'er
irldependent life had arisen the forces ti,tt
clothed in noble phrase the reasons %to IS
1eyoluticn that guided VIGOROUSLY the
lcgions OF war: that bore<ju part IN the
shnping OF the Constitution, 30. compact
of5hIgl sense and tragic coinpro mise that
interpreted Its spirit; that wldened CO.
lorial vision from provincialsm TO en-
pirc: that fixed faith In average human
.ity az the philosophy OF n ne " ciV1l,za
and Ina t set the frame work Of the great
popular experiment In forms OF linPe1rIsl l
able strength and beauty. ts Isl
The illustrious man who inspired this
a Foundation has eternal honor here Here
"a he lived, here they laid his mortal b0iy.
and here dwclls In ceaseless energy his
Il immortal spirit. But Thomas j. fferson.
like George Washington. is n world name
and n world force. His phrases, on the
ling Of aspiration stand everywhere as a
ri rebuke and stumbling-bIock to tyran-
ny and oppression. His ideals, far spread
Ing in all lands, have given energy and
reality TO the democratic movement OF
ii tho modern age In Europe and America.
To this University Thomas jefferson is
n something more than philosophy. or
figure in pantheon. He Is friend, q
founder, father. No university in the
yorld-not Bologna, or FL Asliar. or. Ok
"a ford or Prague--ls SO intimately assn-
u ciated with SO immortal a name. To us
S he inhabits his high hill forever, an un.
wearied. versatile. All myriad minded OLD
man. acquainted with glory and high
alton, d smile of faith forever on his
lips a passion for freedom forever at his
S. Heart, Knowing men deeply and yet be-
licyinE in them and having patience with
them: s,lbjecting everything. with Thoughts
SsHful radicaism, to the test of their ad-
yancemcnt; watching with patient. eyes
the slow rising walls OF this University
for. their training, and counting that foun-
I. dalton the greatest in the sum OF his vast
& human achievement. 53 t as vi
Auspicious Birth.
Born thus OF the union OF human en-
thusiasm and civic impulse, the Univer
sity of Virginia seems 10 me the first de-
liberate gift of democratic idcalism to the
II nation and century, though three score
and seven institutions had preceded 1t IN
sNthe national life, owing their origin TO
the great historic causes Of religious zeal.
private bcnef1cence and high community
Impulses for wisdom and guidance.
In our satisfaction that we stand SO
& impressively as an expression Of the ma
Il tional mind toward political self-dlrection,
let us not forget the debt that we owe to
n the great forces that had already butded
i the pioneer American institutions. out OF
which had come the inspiration for Len
II ington and Yorktown. the Continental
Congress and the Constitutional Conyen-
af'tion. In particular. let us not forget the re-
sllgiouss motive that gave. sacredness and
moral direction to our ideals, that
5.held us to the faith that mans
@ relation to God is the supreme essence OF
human culture, and that adnonishes US
=. day by day. that through WIS.
n dom Is an house builded,t and by under.
standing it is established, and by knowl'
edge shall the chambers be filled with al
y precious and pleasant riches 54s
552a Universities stand both us servants nnc
"a as symbols Of the spiritual insight ant
tho social needs Of their epochs. Tho
Greek peoples studied philosophy because
the need OF their time was ethical. The
+ Engllshman is intent upon the getting o.
general culture. because his need is fol
the man Of breadth and culture will. u
# tho second decade OF the republic popula
Thought centercd upon tho rights OF mar
and the bounds Of political freedom. Tit
statement OF the purpose In the founding
OF the University. therefore drawn up b!
the same hand that had drawn UP thu
Declaration OF American sIndependen
while reflectng this mood Of the. age
4 passed beyond 1T with a daring coinprc
aGhensiveness that marks our founder as
y master of foresight and Interpretation
s5..This University shall exist" said Jeffcr
h son. (, IS 5 ~ e
.'d) TO form the statesmen, legislators
and judges, on whom public prosperit,
*. ana lnulVluual HapPlHeSS d9o oo 1Huc'' "
Depend; "A n
H (2) To expound the principles and struc
ture Of government, the laws which reg
h lllate the intercourse OF nations. thos
formed municipality for our own govern
nient. and n sound spirit OF Legislation
which. banishing all unnecessary restrain
X on individual action, shall leave us fret
to do whatever does not Violate the 9equa
rights Of another; ti4
49, 10 harmonize and promote the In
forests of agriculture, manufactures, anf
commerce, and Ny well informed views Q
political economy TO gYe n free scoop
to tho public Industry;
(4) 10 develop the reasoning faculties Q
II our youth, enlarge their minds, cultivate
their morals. and instlll Into them tn
i precepts pfpyrtue and order; a
4 (5) 10 enlgllten them with lnathemat
5 zeal and physical sciences, which ad