The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-20
FOUNDERS DAY CELEBRATED
Nv UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Of tho executive power implied III the
embargo, party government and tho sue
htinct formula tioi, Of tho Monroe doctrtic.
which Is the most imperial conception
ever enforced by any nation, nnclent or
;modcrn, dGdicatlng ns 1t does two cotin-
ItInents to untrammelled democratic DO
sveopincnt. Any man who h,ls embodied
s,ich cardinal facts ns these III our ma
Ftlonnl lifo cannot by any Ingenuity OF
nisconstrtiction DO set down us indlGcr-
ont, II not opposed, to tho Unity and
greatness Of our common country. Gould
he tIsowr his child, cherished With Ill
the tenderness nnd strength Of his OK
3pnnslve mind? .rhe truth Is that Jcffer-
son discol11od the singular merit Of our
government which is neither solely ma
.tionnl nor tloninnntly local. 1t Is neither
military, like that Of France, nor confed-
crate. like that Of the German States be-
tween 1916 and 1866. 1t IS All inde--..->>ti-
bic union Of indestruotibc States; and
tho marriage OF these two principles con
stit,itc tho genius OF the American ma
ton, vital because It Is local III It's root
nge; Democratic, bocn,ise tho sovereignty
is exercised by tho people; supreme, boz
cause tho foundation rests upon the sense
OF solidarity In the whole citizenship.
Jeffersonlan democracy plus Jncksonia,l
nationality make up the political creed OF
the youth Of tho South to-day. @
AS regards tho South tho function Of
Virginia colleges Is sociology. Whatever
promotes the supremacy Of reason In
the South makes for business, for re.
cancellation between the sections and
races FOR social progress and naturally
the college Is tho genesis Of such spirit.
Education remains n chief agency In
energising the progressive forces OF the
South
Along three different lines is the South
advancing in education. First, IN the
education OF the neglected white child.
The public school Is the. door to new
day for him.
second, in the democratising Of the
ideals In education Of the aristocratlc or
feudal class. AS the SOutll's problem
Is domlnantly sociological so the college
must throw Its strength upon this par
ticulnr point. IT. Is gratifying to note
with what rnpidity the colleges are ad-
1,lsting their courses to meet TINS
cxigency.
Third, the training of the negro Slavery
was a school. In It the negro learned
the lesson Of obedience, industry and
With all, tho habit Of civilization. Tho
races are now segregated hence the school
must supply such practical training as
the plantation formerly gave. The school
Is the main agency for doing the neccs-
sary work It's Influence lies back or
the moral power in the which, social
order III the state is productive Of en-
crgy in industry.
The distinguished thing IN Jefferson is
that while other men wero contcnted to
establish d republic State, he went furth-
or and strovc to delnocrucize society. lie
was Interested IN education, because he
knew that an enduring republican state
could be built only upon q sound. ana
broad democratic society TO JEFFERSON
the end OF education was not merely civic.
It was social, embracing not only the
need of the political hand, which we call
the State, but also the complex OF tfat
basal, which we call society.
This Is n large conception. 1t involved
in his grateful mind tho substitution OF
humanity for tho citizen. George Wythc,
the venerable educator, writes on De-
ccmbcr s. 1883, to his co-laborer In ma
ton building. John Adams: ~ letter VIII
meet with mo In Williamsburg, where |
have again settled, assisting rs pro-
fcssor of law in the university there TO
form such character as may be ut TO
succeed those which have been ornn-
mental and useful IN the national &coun-
ellis Of America. ,.4l ls4a
own purpose in education. and may with
surprising fitness be taken to-day as tire
motive force In tho Virginia colleges.
Alderman's Speech.
President Alderman spoke rs follows:
The University Of Virginia this day sis
nalzes the eighty-seventh year Of its eX-
istence and the seventy-sixth year of its
active work as an institution of higher
learning. AS the years go by we shall
continue to meet here in duo form and
ceremony to keep clear and vivid the
memory Of our great founder and or the
patient devoted men who bullded upon =,
his foundation to take counsel together
how we may preserve invlolate the good
forces which our life has generated ana
how we may continually augment our
strength and readjust 1t to the needs Of
tho society which sustains and nourishes
us.
The first use desire to mako Of this
occnsiou is to welcome into the life Of
this university, the eminent citizens who
hnxo been designated by the Governor 70.
serve upon It's Board of Visitors We
extend to them n hearty welcome, and u
hearty pledge OF cooperation. desire
to extend to the gentlemen who have
served us and whose terms have eN-
plred, the assurance OF our earnest APP
probation Of their unseltsh efforts. we
welcome with pride and satisfaction, our
new rector to his high duties, and we de-
sire to testify to the retiring rector Of the
university, who has served 1t faithfully
for eleven years, our, grateful remem-
herance of his fidelity and patient wis
dom.
The second use desire to make of the
OCCASION Is to render to the Cannon
wealth of Virginia, whose chief executive
honors us with his presence to-day, the
gratitude Of the university, TO tho Gen
eral Assembly, for It's wise generosity
ana Statcsmanlike attitude, not alone
towards this institution but also toward
our sister institution of higher learn.
in; toward the public school for the
education OF all the people, and toward
the high school which constitutes the
necessary ncXus between the beginning
and tho ending OF a comprehensive
scheme of public training No assembly
Of the representatives of the people has
treated this incest and most dinicult
question of Democracies with greater
generosity and greater wisdom, Tho sum