Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-14
Observed One Hundred and Sixty.
filth Birthday Of Thomas JeI.
ferson al Same Time.
AMBASSADOR BRYCE The SPEAKER
President Alderman Very Happy in
His Remarks introducing the Dis
tineuished English Statesman and
misunderstanding Evcntu Of the
Year at the institution.
(Dy Associated press \

CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA. April II
-Ihe l65th anniversary OF the birth
day OF Thomas Jefferson and the Soth
anniversary of. the foundation of Tho
University of Virginia was celebrated
iouay, the chief address being deliver
ed by the British ambassador. Hon.
James Bryce.
The attendance was perhaps ,hn
largest since the inauguration of Pre-.
sident Alderman April 10 1905.
inc formal exercises began at noon.
After an invocation by Rev. Il. Rich g.
ard Davis Smart d. D., OF the Metho-
dlst Episcopal church, Mr.. Bryce was
introduced by President Alderman.
who incidentally referred to the fact
that Cartoons soldiers chased the
general assembly OF Virginia from the
town of Charlottesville and caused MIR.
Jefferson himself TO leave Monticello
somewhat hastily.
We are very fortunate today" said
Dr. Alderman. "in having as our
guest Il representative OF our great
mother empire and of his maiesty.
King Edward. Twenty five million
people have come 10 this country
since the revolution from all quarters
OF the world, and very few of them
nave been EngliShmen. Ii is perhaps
fairly accurate to say that rural Dng-
land and the Southern states are the
most English parts of the world. Still
this republic is an English land Every
wen regulated American college man
known his James Bryce, certainly that
portion OF his amazing activities sym
bolizcd BY the historian of tho Holy
mil a IA.
analysist and Interpreter of the Am
erican commonwealth. Not u few of
| them. too. held him in mind as re :
slus professor Of civil law at Oxford,
that great university whose years of
history so captivatc our Imagination.
In the language OF proper restraint.
might present our guest 10 you as nd
ministrator. law maker, traveller,
diplomat. but have n fancy today to
segregatc the academic side of him
and claim him as our own, so ! pre-
sent the great scholar and teacher
1872 Students mt University.
President Alderman followed Mr..
Bryce with an interesting statement
concerning the life of the university
for the present year.
The total enrolment to date, he
said, Is 1872. exactly equalling the en-
rollment at the same date last ses-
sion. Ala students coming from Vir-
ginia and 1863 from forty three states
and territories and five foreign coun-
tries.
Thirty per cent. OF the students
studying law. 81 per cent. medicine
and z per cent engineering, hold de-
grees from other American colleges.
The sons of farmers constitute eigh-
teen per cent of the students body.
The second place is held by the sons
of merchants, and the sons of lawyers
are third.
Each college year like each year
in the life of an individual has its
distinctive meaning. 10000 In the
history of the university will be
marked by these notable events: The
building of the college dining hall;
the opening OF the second wing OF
the hospital; the establishment of
college House," the Inauguration of
the Barbour Page lecture foundation
and the provision by the state legfs
lature for geological survey, with
headquarters at the university.