Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-16
UNIVERSITY Of VIRGINIA
!: and |! THE WORLD WAR
President Alderman Writes of Ser
TX &. vice to- BE Performed by
~ 49, =, Great Institutions.
GtvEsALL THAT NATION NEEDS
But Must Keep On in Work. That
Oncoming Youth, Not Fitted for
~ Part In Present Struggle, May BE
SPpepared for Duties of Life.
ny EDWIN A. ALDERMAN.

-. ny EDWIN 4. ALDERMAN.
President of the UniversIty of IirEinin.
.1,What. can the University of Virginia
and all universities do to serve civili-
cation in this supreme hour OF its
peril? Answering of necessity in the
most general terms can say that our
English and French brothers have
pointed the way. Whatever we have
that the nation needs must be offered
to it freely and gladly. whether ii be
or youth. our teaching staff. or our
scientific and technical. and yet the
university as an institution must he
kept together and must continue to
hold the line OF service for such
coming youth as may be united for
present war
h..Speafeing more specifically. the Uni
SersitS. Of Virginia as n spiritual and
intellectual organism. has three pr-
mary duties to perform at this time
First to take stock OF all its resources
and to dedicate them 10 the nations
need. Secondly. to organize and Stimu-
late Its maturer sons to enlist in the
national, service. When the war came
tnrAprii. 1917. the University of Nir-
ginia set about doing it's patriotic duty
to the State and the nation. There was
no pause.
Military training was placed in the
curriculum. Eighty per cent of it's
students elected to enter the reserve
officers training corps: it classified its
resources of men and equipments: /,
offered war courses OF instruction; It
organized and was enabled. through
the generosity of the Benevolent Pro.
tective Ordor of Elks. to equip great
base hospital at cost, approximately
ofsS75.0o0. Its faculty. undergraduates
and alumni gave themselves to the ma
tons need so generously that 1000 or
20 per cent OF alumni and students
are now to he found either with the
colors." or with some OF the many forms
OF civil inis'ration and scientific
research which tho war has called into
existence. Members Of the faculty have
gone into the country's service. either
In its armies or in posts requiring
highly specialized knowledge Much
work Is being done AZ the same timn
the men continue with their academic
duties experiments with Cascs in IT,.
departments OF chemistry and biology:
reports from the school az geology on
the natural resources AMI minerals or
Virginia and the nation have boon
made Eighteen hundred men Of IA.
National Army viii hc trained ,,,I.,
the direction Of the university to dr'v..
motor trucks The program as az pres
SAk comes TO fN''
November. but the barra"rs erected u,
the university 10 house those mon v-ri
probably be further UTILIZED hv thu
government next winter The umivc-.
sity. and its faculty have assisted OF
course In the Liberty loan. food econ
omy. thrift stamp and He'd Cross drives.
but they arc services required OF .yory
citizen. and the University o, Virgins.
as a corporation OF students ami
thinkers, banded together TO discover
the truth. has tried 10 do it's duty in
neApinS It's members and people every.
where. through books and address..:
pS professors. 70 think and To think
uran,s ara 10 enNiSage the prcplexinr
prooiems that are confronting and will
continue TO confront a tortured and
threatened society
.Ihe ,univcrSity as | have Indicated
Is entitled to at least 2.lOo service
Stars. Twelve of these are gold. for
twelve. of NirEinia's sons have scale,
tneir devotion with their lives.
NofHING MORE APPEALING N
AI1. AMERICAN HISTORY
There is nothing moro dr,ur,,i
appealing IN American history ,h.,, ~.
reaction OF American Colleges /, lin.
can OF their country in this wa tn,
democracy. They were thought, Of
sunpiS as centcrs o! learning and know
ledge and idcalism IL Won ul..,sc an,
with the picked youth Of IN. lana,
imey were supposed. n some quarters
10 De visionary and imprac,icabl. but
nen me en- .!gEe came they respond
ca IN such !ats'Gi ION as TO threaten IN.
oepopu4atio!' OF the colleges. resultin.;
IN loss OF student attend nee az I'm,
% TO 90 PEI cent forty-iiyc thoi;..,,,n
Students ieit their desks 10 plunr. mi,
the serious business OF war: and I, -
not TOO much 10 say that IN. nov H.
.ionai arm! ur"n which wc must de-
'H- q.
IN this world of conflict, VIII Il. 80
nccred largely by young men SIN, 49,.
1917. y" -NPT'i D.
universities As institutions howoy.-
must DE KEPT together. and must con
Iniue 10 hold the line OF service fn,
sufh oncoming youth as may h, mn.
ntted Tor the present war II i, p.,,,,,,
ahat an era of ACKNOWLEDGING radir.l
ism awaits the world. If il shah prove
inteliiGent radicalisn. such as guided
inc purpose OF jefferson. enlightened
DS knowledge and controlled by ins
tice, the world win swcrn in,o
srahdeE day. and democracy. for which
we hsnt, VIII proceed to its final de
SGppment But If il be a radiraIi.m
% iShorahrs and envy and discon,.u,
tnere VIII be red ruin and the hre,k
ing, UP OF laws" and men viii AIN
erateiy seek the iron order nf au,n,.-
rsey 10 avoid the horrors of Iirrnsc
Universities. therefore, must live and
prosper lest even victory over - u.-
non STEPPED in the philosophy Of social
ia r"inlsin may issue In defeat
II colleges and universities slou,a a..
crlppied and deNitalizcd the resultant
iosS would be greater thnu TN, in.s ~
campaign. for learning: mus, 1.-Two ard
we VINO direct iis work mus, AK.
care that II lives. President Wilsnu.
secretary OF Wa Baker and tn.,r,
others OF our statesmen have rcn.a,oL
~ urged that every young man u.ho.
possioiy can com" to college, aud e,a,.
there. unless exceptionally o,ialtn.j
until called by MS country into iis Scr.
vice: and the Wa department i'm ,n.
operation with the colleges Is aur,..d
IN devising plan tina, viii off.r e..
dncements TO young men 10 do this
Inc University Of Virginia, therefor.
continues It's regular work. vim c,i,,
and steadfast purpose 10 do it's d,,ty
70 The young men who gather ,yi,hin
It's walls, TO the end that tho, no,
be- made III for republican ritizory,t,
alike during the storm Of var - M
happiiy 1t should long endure ana ~,
the create tasks o! reaajusrm,n.
reconstruction which peace xiii No
aureIy bring. There viii be ucad .,
hard work, sensible economy and .ir,
Pter living, but these are in thcm.nl,n,