New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08
OLD ST. ANDREWS
5Ooth Birthday Of SCotland's
Premier University.

.,stt 1911 by the brentwood Company
- Ralfour OF Rurlegh. as chancellor
"a lord Avebury. as rector. will take the
,aoa,nC part in the welcome accorded next
..oeE hy the great Scotch University OF
G. Andrews 70 the college presidents and
.-cfessors who are arriving there from the
-,,,,ed States and from all other parts
:, he civilized world 10 participate in the
LIBERATION 81 its 5coth birthday. St An
S-aUs IS the oldest university OF George
rs northern kingdom. Down 10 the four
,,e,,h century education was at so low
- ebb IN the Land o. Cakes that Tytler
osserts that Il was impossible 20 produce
~ Instance OF Scottish baron able 20
zen his own name Whatever instruction
che Scots enjoyed they We're compelled un-
- then 20 obtain in England, where John
DO RaNol laid the foundations of a col
Iere az oxford. still known as Ballol Col
,ege in 1855. for the maintenance Of poor
scottish students. while thirty years later
the Bishop OF Moray founded a similar
college for Scots in Paris.
Il was thereupon determined 70 institute
q university in Scotland. and for this pur-
nose a society was formed by Lawrence
1indnres Abbot OF Scone; Richard Corn
wal. Archdeacon Of Lothian: William
sterher Archbishop Of Dunhlane. and
Archbishop Henry de Wardlaw. Of st. An
lrew's cathedral. for the foundation Of the
University Of ST. Andrew. which came into
existence in the fall Of AL on the strength
Of SIX Papal bulls obtained from Benedict
XIII. and with the enthusiastic patronage
and support Of King James I, himself a
scholar and q lover Of learning Its first
-ecr0r was the Venerable Lawrence Of Lin
dores mentioned above as Abbot Of Scone.
Amorc the benefactors Of St Andrews
have been Popes Nicholas V. Plus II
end Paul III. Archbishop James Kennedy
o. 81 Andrews. who bestowed upon this
seat OF learning its great silver mace,
which is one ~ the most beautiful eX-
tmrIcs Of artistic workmanship of the hf-
teeutn century: King James VI, Cardinal
geaton. Andrew Melville and Archbishop
Alexander Stewart. and the late Marquis
o. Butte the Lothian OF Lord Beacons-
field novel while its students include
John Knox. the refJrmer; Archibald Camp
bel. the great Marquis Of Argyll: the Ad-
mira bic Crichton. Graham Of Claverhouse.
Sir Robert Murray founder OF the Royal
Society. Napier OF Merchiston. and Lord
Play Fair. whose American widow. a daugh-
ter Of Samuel II. Russell. OF Boston, still
flrvives. Lord Playfair represented the
University Of 81. Andrews in Parliament
Tor nearly a quarter Of a century, before
te.ng raised by Queen Victoria 10 the
House Of Lords on the nomination Of mis-
c.ose friend and political chieftain. Mr..
Gladstone.
II was singularly fitting that Scotlands
CHI La ~,
e Andrews For from the downfall Of
IONA until the Middle Ages. the city was
to seat NJ the primacy OF the entire Ro-
man catholic Church in Scotland. It
originally bore the name Of Kilrymont,
bur after ST. Regulus or Rule. the Bishop
O. Fatras IN AchRa had arrived there
from the LevGnr bearing the relics OF ST.
andrew. the name Of the city was changed
q ST. Andrew. St Andrew becoming
t-orcly afterward. that is 10 say. early in
t1e eighth century, the patron saint Of
Scotland il is asserted that the re-
mains Of ST. Andrew are buried some
where In the neighborhood OF the site Of
tie cathedral. but all trace thereof has
been long lost.
TO golfers St Andrews viii always be
O. particular interest. as the Mecca OF
Gols' largely because the Royal and An
Gent Golf Club. founded in 1884. is recog-
tize5 all the world over as the supreme
icg stztlye authority on everything con-
eerulng the game It was al st. Andrews,
zoo. that John Knox first preached in pub
lc and there TOO that he delivered. on
June .. 1863, the famous sermon which
LED 90 the stripping Of all the cathedrals
ana % the destruction Of all monastic
buildings and ecclesiastical art treasures
throughout the length and breadth Of
Ecotaud.
There was one feature OF St Andrews
University. now, I understand. abolished,
t1t wElc1 prevailed for several hundred
years namely. the refusal 70 allow any
Vacations. because they only fOsteTeG the
Gy-r..e OF professors, encouraged the lev
f. % youth. and added 10 the irksome-
KesE VI obedience"