The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-04-22

.ExIsH DIPLOMAT MAKES AID
DRtss AT UNIVERSITY OF
VIRGINIA.
>occa~ion Was the fssth Birthday of
< Scaerson And seth Anniversary of
Founding Of University.

~ OF the birthday OF Thomas JEFF
opPuon and the eighty-ninth anniver-
~ Of the foundation OF the Univer-
~ Of virginin was celebrated at that
ansfitnticn today, and the chief sd-
%sess was delivered by the British
. Ambassador. Hon. James Bryce.
4he attendance was perhaps the
1orssss| since the inauguration of
President Alderman. April is. 1876.
~ formal exercises began at noon.
After an Invocation by the Rev. DIR.
1ichard Davis Smart. Of the Meth
eelst Episcopal Church South. Mr..
1Fyce was introduced BY President
Asdsrman. who Incidentally referred
- the fact that Tariston'sj soldiers
ehaScd the 0eheral Assembly OF vir-
olniA from tho town OF Charlotteyviile
and caussd Mr.. Jefferson himself to
1sAvs Monticello somewhat hastily.
I'VE are very fortunate today" said
D.. Alderman. ''in having as our guest
= representative OF our great mother
! empire and of His MAJESTY. King Ed
ward VII. Twenty-Five million people
have come to this country since the
Reyclution from. all quarters of the
wcrld. and ysry few OF them have
been Ensiishn'sn. 1t Is perhaps fairly
accurate 70 say that rural England
and the southern states are. the mos.
English parts OF the world today.
SIN. this republic Is an English land.
Every well,resulated American col
1sse man Knows his James Bryce.
~of all Jefrerson's ideas and pro-
5eets.r said Mr. Bryce. none lay near
~ to his heart and none deserve such
vnqualinsd praise as his faith In edu-
entiPn and his efforts to di0fuse II. He
Aesired to establish system of gen.
srsl sisnentary instruction and to
ereste a system Of upper secondary
oDnools corresponding 10 the grammar
eubo6ls Of England and then complete
ths fabric v university. whose aim
uhOaId - commen,urate with all hu-
Dan knowledge and which should
sesoghhs both In the variety of it's
souoies and in the width Of the fieid
~ sslection among th,'we studies. as
ven a. IN the absence Of eccle,iasti-
eAl control ana cvep Of cosrcive dis
cloline. those principles II liberty
1vhlch he hcid % dear. =
/. n - II .
4''It was q fns and sertiis concer.
t3rn - does IN the mere credit to
,5sGsrsou, because most OF the colleges
- The United States were In those
oays classical OF msth~na9 9cal acad-,
ssnics attached to paytlc,iiyl denomi-
nssions art with .srrow range OF
o1hjects drilling thei- pupils thor
~ughty. hut drilling them by old-fash.
Spasd methods Ardently interested IN
N sorts or vtudles. natural as well a.
eivfi or humanistic. Jeffersop desire
= university which should take. az
psccn said. ali knoledso to be its
UFovince and should provide instruc.
Non In every subject that men sought
- study. This viiew Of university
- old. true View of those early MIDI
Ale Ages. when universities first arose
'--had been forgotten! We are so
familiar with II now that we scarcely
rsalize how novel IL was when pro-
pounded BY jefferson and how much
- transcended the common notions III |
those times when In England Oxford
sAsd Cambridge were just beginning to
swake from their long torpor days
! eer,ng which II had been left to the
IunsS<rsitses Of Glasgow and Edin-
bersh TO keep ablaxe the sacred torch |
n Britain. Jefferson lit the torch
afrcsh In the South. In l77s he tried
- secure scheme for establishing
pepular education. In 1894 he sought
- transfer bodily to virginla the
whole faculty or the University of
Geneva Never thereafter did he de-
SAst from lhIs efforts tll inisls the
lsg'hature passed an act which. while
Droviding primary schools. crowned
shs edihce by making an appropria-
sson for the University OF Virginia
You remember his words--'our uni
vssity. the last Of my mortal cares
md the last serv!ce can render TO
my country
President Alderman followed Mr..
Bryce with an interesting statement
concerning the life Of the university
FOR the present year. The total en-
roiiment to date. ne said. Is 7s2. ex-
sctiy equaling the enrolment at the
same date last session. +14 students
coming from Virginia ard ass from