The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
UEN DECLARATIONS
NEEDED EACH YEAR
SosarRUs DANIELS At CHAR
Lo1.rEsvIhI.u PAYS TRIBUTE
TO 5EFTERsON.
STRENGTH FELT NOW
MAD VIRGINIA EARyIER ADOPTED
ynFFERsoS's VIEWS OF EDU-
CATION STATE WOULD BIZ
MUCH RICHER.
STRENGTH FELT NOW

mef school and n DIX croWu Oh fisitois
this afternoon.
Secretary Daniels began his speech
by saying that while every city and
hamlet in America today would be
celebrating the l3Sth anniversary OF
che signing of the Declaration of In
dependence. there were two places
above all others which peculiarly had
the right to claim TO be the birthplace
Of that immortal document indie
pendence Hall at Philadelphia, where
today the president of the United
States In voicing he national thought.
and Chariottea "a. where the Decia-
ration matt the mind OF Jeifer-
son hefore sne behest Of congress
he d~hT~ t4.s instrument which has
Rivcs aIa more deserved fame than
any oher act OF his wonderful ca
reer.
Mr.. Daniels called Jefferson ~ born
pioneer. who first carried the learning
OF the iowlands to the hill section or
Virginia, the pioneer opponent OF the
union OF church and State, and Of
primogeniture and the other then
deemed revolutionary measures
which made him the original Pro-
gressive, Indeed, 1t WAS pointed out.
that every new party that has been
organized in the republic has claimed
10 have had It's origin in Jefrerson's
forward views, and though long dead,
his voice today exercises more con-
trolling influence, wherever men are
looking fer larger share OF liberty. I
than the voice OF any other man VINO
has lived in America
Sufficient Title To Fame.
The celebration at Charlottesville
was in the hands of the summer school
Of the University OF Virginia, attended
by thousands OF teachers. Secretary
Daniels declared that long before any
other man. Jefferson outlined the ed
ucational policy which has neen
adopted, after study. by every stale
and territory in the United States. He
ia we'll known as the father OF the
University OF Virginia, and II ne had
no other title TO fame. his concep- /
ton of what State university shoula
be ought to be and his carrying II
our In the university he founded
would give him title that could not
be invaiida:ed. But greater than ms
service in founding this noble unl~
versity upon truly democratic IDEAS,
was his comprehensive and mastery
outline of what state educational
systern should be- His scheme IN de- |
tail was the inspiration OF all who |
have built up the splendid systems on
public education. which are Thc
browning glory Of American civiliIa~
tton. Jefferson declared that educa-
ton was the keystone III the arch OF
government and that its chief use was
to fit man for citiafnship
Move Against Ignorance
preach, my dear sir crusade I
against ignorance, and estabiish ana /
improve the law for educating thr |
common people was the cru& or al
his work as an educational pioneer /
ard evange3 He wished for common /
schools and the higher graded schools
leading. AND TO the university. and pro-
posed an ideal manner for the seiec-
ton of the brightest and fittest stu
dents TO go on from school TO ssshgo1
ut the charge OF the State. He De
Viewed the only way the people could
prntact themselves against the evils
I validating against their Just right was
for a man 10 know his rights and 10
have enough education and knowl-
edge 10 choose with discretion the
aduciary OF those he delegates De-
voted as he was to university educa-
zion he deemed II Of secondary I'm
portance to primary INSTRUCTION. ana
emphasized this idea in these words /
..Were IL necessary TO give mp either
the primaries or the universities j
would rather abandon the last, because
* In safer to have a whole people
respectfully enlightened than few
In high state of science and the
many In Ignorance.
Virginia DELAYED long In establishing
4 syrteun Of education upon Jefferson s
Ideals. and the secretary deemed thE
ialay due quite as much TO the fact
that population in Virginia was wide
IN acattered as to the fact that large
numbers Of influential leaders did not
have the vision to see that the pros
perity of the whole people was de-
pendent upon the education of the
whole peopie The aristocratie Gle
nlent in Virginia initiated against
JefferSon's idea and the industrial
conditions of an agricultural state
slso initiated against It.
Would Have Been Richer.
In the meantime, Massachusetts,
more densely populated and with a
superior town-meetir~ system OF gov
ornment, made 1t a 0al-t of Its very
life. 1t Virginia tad had the Wis
dom. fr.apite OF Its @s7sa settlements
to have adopted Jc sons system in
i the full wfren he reonnlgated II. the
speaker declared ne believed the Old
Dominion would have been one hun
1redfold richer in wealth and would
have added to the prinacy she en-
joyed in the early days of the repub-
lie.
Mr.. Daniels declared each genera
ton must write Its own declaration
of Independence The trouble in
America Is that we 60 ON celebrating
each Fourth Of July and rejoice In
sacrifices of The Washingtons and
fcisons forgetting that II we had
rho eyes to see we would behold prob
iems as difficult to solve as any in
4 the days which produced the Decla-
n ration. He spoke in an optimistic
Tein and declared he believed that in
every decade the American people
would he able to solve their prob
lens and that the republic founded
by Jefferson and Washington and
Aiams, AMI preserved by Jackson and
1 Lincoln, would never lack for great
men to- uphold its vital principles In
time Of crisis. He said that. ex-
cepting Madison and Monroe, Wood
row Wilson was more like Jefferson
than any one of the long line of men
81 who have been In the White House.
A. youth, he was attracted to the.
II University of Virginia, where he was
student a; law. Wilson was teacher
4 first and statesman afterwards. JEFF
ferson gave his early years to states
mansh.p ard his maturer Ilfe to edu-
sat.era problems.
Writing New Declarations.
In the past year, the congress Of