New-York tribune., 1905-04-14
INSTALL DR.. ALDERMAN.
SOME NOTABLE SPEECHES.
Impressive Ceremony at Inaugural
ton at University of Virginia.


birth OF Thomas Jefferson. it's founder, the Uni
versity of virginia to-day inaugurated lts first
president Dr. Edwin Anderson Alderman The sim
pie ceremony was impressive Many officials OF
the nation and State and other distinguished cit-
gems present
Among the many representatives OF educational
and scientific societies Of the learned profess
sions present Dr. Lyman Abbott. 4Goneure d.
Conway George Foster Peabody DR.. Albert Shaw,
Edward n Shepard, Melville L. Stone, r. c. z
Brown, Professor Francis g. Peabody. Of Harvard;
President Nicholas Murray Butler Of Columbia,
George c. Benedict. Of the University Of Vermont;
President Charles w. Needham Of George Wash
| ington University. Washington; President James
B. Angel Of the University of Michigan. Dean H.
II. Bieder Baltimore University School OF Medi-
cine; President H. B. FrisseH Of Hampton Insti-
tute. President L Clark Seelye OF Smith College,
Dean Albion w. Small. University Of Chicago;
Carter Glass Joseph Bryan and President Robert
! Ogden of the Southern Educa tiOnal Board.
! At O'Clock, when the assemblage had settled
Itself in the public hall Of the university. the Rev
r. D. Smith, OF Norfolk. pronounced Invocation
on the institution in it's aspirations and under
takings. The installation ceremony at once ac-
compshed by the rector Of the institution, the Rev.
Charles p Jones. OF Monterey, Va.
He announced that a growing public sentiment In
favor Of a change in the government Of the uni
versity had caused the General Assembly Of the
Commonwealth TO impose upon the rector and Wis
itors, the governing body, the duty OF electng
president. 1t had concluded this duty after patient
and anxious thought by eleeting DR.. Edwin Ander-
son Alderman. The date for inaugurating the
change had been selected-April 13-because it was
the anniversary Of the birth os the founder Of the
/ institution
Governor Montague of Virginia then spoke for the
! State. Other speakers. who limited to ten
minutes each. included Professor Francis Henry
Smith, Of the University of Virginia; United States
Senator Martin; Professor Archibald Cary Coolidge
/ OF Harvard; Chancellor Walter Barnard HILL OF
the University of Georgia, and President Richard
Henry Jesse Of the University OF Missouri. Prest-
dent Butler of Columbia. in his address, said:
One of the most charming of the shorter Dia-
ogues Of Plato mas for its subject friendship After
subtle and amusing discussions, you will remember
socrates and his Two young friends profess IneHe
serves unable TO discover WnaI Is Ileno! AZ ~
fools may rush in where angels fear to tread shall
idence and intellectual sympathy are the basis
/ Of friendship between men? Them We are met to-
day-some OF us, at least; many of u.s. no doubt
to hail friend, to bid him godspeed, and to stand
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is none loftier more noble. 1t is the service Of
all the vgor and all the opportunity OF our Ameri-
| The human brain has conceived no finer career
Snan that Odered by university in democracy.
!aDilc. content themselves with whispering from
their towers the last enchantments OF the Middle
the manifold entertainments of its making. No
t3nger t 20 nIve[sIes however ancient their tradl-
teal for they must ceaseessly teach that the truly
practical is the embodiment of those everlasting
laws which have been since the world began. The
shackies too are gone-the shackles theOlogic the
truth has made US free.
grew up together The same STRINGS OF the spirit
that brought to pass the one gave also the other
sion. reckless and untamed force but refectivs
thought that planted the seeds of both. Moreover
In common-the making Of men. Tyranny and CEN
IVleu o II 5nkng 1ba % might eoncelyaPy make man or
real men, with disciplined minds finely formed and
serving are the best PRODUCTS Of the ages @ gro" OS
80 consider for moment what your democracy
detachment which judges fairly without an aIoof-
ness that fails to sympathize. 1t demands pro-
s.eSsiVeness which presses forward without pace
mat leaves appreciation breathless. 1t demands
pedantry that is sterile and sufrocating It de
nldnas historic sense which interprets the
preSent DIV the past without ancestor worship
Ihat bows its head in contempatve awe. 1t de-
lence without superficial sentimentality that
Stops snort OF having any convictions. OF these
chment Progressiveness scholarship
m 5eocTa sense cathoicty Is It possible then for
Esrstles? What happier life can be lived than one
II Is tr1te to say that universities among the
very & oluest OF human institutions yet IL Is worth
than our familiar spoken tongues Thsv are onIv a
little younger than the Roman law and the Roman
Church. Stately, then, they are. and wise with
useful and slilful both TO inquire and teach
In the beginning the universities doubted the
certainty of their method; it al-cOnquering
sylogistc logic To-day the universities are little
doubling
method which has displaced the syi6gistic 1t may
be wise for the confident scholar Of to-day to study
it is possible, by the example If. as socrates s said
an unexamined life IS not worth living then sure
in danger The university that does not perPetually
question its assumption. that does not, in other
words pay to philosophy its just and necessary due
will not remain a university long
To a university in a democracy. sir, YOU now
/ come counsellor and guide. The task is not a
new one TO your head and hand. Yonder in the old
North State and across the mountains in the Cres-
cent City where the father OF waters haits Tor an
taken the reins and driven sklfully the chariot Of
one Here fine traditions, noble ideals, dis
| tinguished achievement. Nay, the passing years
is set in the old Domnion's crown and which
bears its splendid name and only M happiness ines and and
and sincere affection We bid godspeed
President AIderman's address contained a glow
! ing tribute to Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Cabell
| James Madison and James Monroe. the found
| ers Of the university. He reviewed the prophetic
idealsms Of Jefferson. and told how the university
since had made them realities He talked earnestly
! Of the purposes Of higher education its relation
| to the individual and the State and nation. He
predicted in detail a future ideal university, and
appealed Virginia to rise 70 realization Of its
/ relation of ownership in its university An addi-
tIonal annual income Of 100000 a year could be
1 wisely used and should be forthcoming 1--WE need
| men here he said. first and Toremost-great
! scholars and teachers to reinforce our overbur-
/ dened corps-and books and instruments and
buildings. and then more men,"
President Alderman had this to say Of Jefferson
The illustrious man who inspired this foundation
laid his mortal body. and here dWells IN eeaseless
energy his Immortal spirit BUT dnoIhas JeILeTsOn
world force. His phrases, on the lips OF aspira-
| ton stand everywhere as a rebuke and STUN
| bling block to tyranny and oppression. His ideals
far spreading in all lands. have given energy and
reality to the democratic movement Of the modern
| age in Europe and America To this university