The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-04

I, Q NJ Is IA .
for they have Just II, n wild moment ot
rMdicnllsm. elected q new president 'A'e
first tn their history, nnd he WONDERS 3'e' ,
at times whether they repent OF SO great
/. niece Of rnshness. Their hoplest coi.r
tr,bution has been 10 public service 'ce
through u stream OF cultured men - WY W..
have gone out iron, Virginia 70 lur'l'sl'
Ia democracy Il high concept or puo'' y
| n.nbity The poison OF graft has not
not entered their veins they love beauty
ana they havo not lost their Illusions.
4 certain spiritual charm still invests
their DAYS which poverty cannot depress,
ond n certain finenGss which prosperity
cannot wcar away. Under The Gins OF
yale and about the antique beauty Oh
Tbc lawn at Virginia still shines inc
light ,int never was on land or sea.
The most impressive spectacle III me
world to mo Is the spectacle Of America
trying to DO free and happy ana Just,
md vet rich and powerful AS l see nor
History. idealism has ruled IT, Wash Wash
irgton, franklin. jefferson Hamilton
Lincoln, Lamar. Lee, John Quincy Adains'
roosevelt, wcro aud IRE idealists, anu
none greater than OUR President. Cal
honn. who was nolirlshed here, was the
very incarnation Of all ideal ana OF ~
devotion to 1t. ! see Il KIND OF ll NOR ny
idenlisn in the very cxcesscs OF OUT
success, III tho omnous achievements OIL
wealth. even a kind of idealism or deVo-
tIon to power rather than sordid greed
| am afraid | shall be thought q COIL
frmed optimist cnn read tho duly
papers Of Philadelphia and New YORK
the monthly editions OF Evcrybody's Mag
az,nc, ana still believe In tho onward
and upward course Of the republic, me
fact that there Is growing q deep ieeiihs
that tho progress of business morals mas
somehow not kept pace with the progress
OF modern business, is a proof OF our
idcnlsm and of the so,ndness OF tho
popular heart. no me this university ana
every university Is fortress ana u
DYNAMO of such ideals, kept Sane and
catholic and useful BY knowledge and pa
tient investigations liiC INV ~ v
hone I can without boastng claim
that the southern boy with whom l work
illustrates tho dignity and strength or
this American trait, whether he Issues
from the old stotk, sobcred and digni-
fled b. sacrifice and suffering, or the
new, throhbing with opportunity and
privilege. lie has had acquaintance with
the philosophy Of defeat, anu this &C
quaintance has wrought for him tho
miracle OF strength of courage, and OF
simplicity. He is Il good political AMI
NAL. Flo wants to serve the state, ana
I cannot shake off the belief that in some
hour Of national peril and disaster,
when there is need OF men Of pure
heart and stcadfast soul, the
whole country will turn thitherward for
succor rs it did IN the early days when
old John Adams called for George Wash
lngton and put the sword OF righteous
revolution in his hand.
Tile second session of the University
of Virginia under the administration OF
| President Alderman Is about to OPEN
and no better word of encouragement
cheer und stimulus can be given tho new
Corners than that same appeal to honor
chivalry, pure manhood and lofty senti
ment which Dr.. Alderman himself made
at Yale.
Education is at bottom but the forma
ton Of character, and those youths are
profoundly fortunate to whom It hap
4 pens to have their ideals heightened BY
the glowing examples and their charac
tiers strengthened by the splendid tradi
lions which the University Of Virginif
has ever given.