Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-20

would learn that In tho mad pursuit
OF money. materialism. and the In
dulgences which 20 with them. we
have tended ofttimes to mako scholar
ship and culture subordinate to these.
Our generation has bowed at the altar
OF mechanism and Industrial organ
iaation. and In It's dcvotions has too
far forgotten that, after all. the en-
during things are OF a higher and
very different sort. And think he
would warn us that we have come
on the time when we must make these
splendid material achievements, need
full and gratefully possessed, the
bases and buttrcSscs for an advance
ing conception of eternal vcrIties
which are not Of stone or steel, but
yet thousand times more lasting.
Perhaps there is no more fitting
place than this To present few
tragmcntary and quite casual i'm
piessions about the place and needs
VI education In our American society.
Tho College Of William and Mary was
founded under the first royal charter
10 an American college. It's tradi-
tons arc those of all America and of
all American history. But they arc
more than that. They are also tho
traditions of resumed progress by
the English speaking people toward
popular rule. following the rcvolu-
lions that ended Stuart rule. 1t dates
Jack TO the old days when mariners
we're yet seeking the northwest
passage" to the Indies, Undermining
nat the barrier which frcttcd them
N their quest was In the broadcast
truth Il new world. Its story comprc-
lends the cras of discovery. of colo
ni2ation, OF revolution. and indie
pcndencc; after that, the marvcls OF
national growth and development;
thc tragedy Of fratricidal war. In
which, typifying our country and in
stitutions. ii escaped destruction only
at the price Of a baptism in fire.
But its genius for drawing close to
the spirit Of the times. for always
contributing greatly TO the leadership
Of great affairs. has been the abiding
glory or William ana Mary. The spirit
Of human libcrty--of that liberty that
darcs to build to experiment. to found
new institutes OF association and con-
duct-has always thrived here. Here.
! think we may safely infer, where
the campus was the common ground
between the old State House and tho
college structures, Is to be found the
oldest inspiration OF the State uni
vcrsity system which has done so
much for liberal and truly democratic
education. Here came Jefferson. au-
thor Of the immortal Declaration. to
expand medieval college into a
modern university on lines az broad
rs his own concept of hannah rights:
here he found an atmosphere in which
20 develop those noble sentiments OF
mankind's fraternity which enabled
him, years after writing our own
Declaration of Independence. to be-
come one Of the moral inspirations
and intellectual counseiors OF the
French Revolution. Here Washing
ton was granted u degree. and here
he served as chancellor. From this
institution were graduated three
Presid Monroe. and Ty-
Ter. The great lawgiver of the young
republic. John Marshall. was another
alumnus: and so was George Wythc.
signer of the Declaration and pre-
ccptor to Marshall and Jefferson.
Host OF Eminent Names.
But 1t would be Impossible to at
temp; catalogue OF the great Amer
leans who have received education
and inspiration here. That Is already
yours, and cherished possession.
Their list would include literally n
host of the most eminent names from
the beginnings of this continent
From the earliest wars of the colon
lists with the Indians. down through
all the struggles for making and cs-
tablishinS our country. the sons Of
William and Mary have played great
parts. They have filed our halls Of
legislation. have been builders of
new States, have adorned the bench
and honorcd the bar. Always they
have been moved bv the high ambi-
tons OF unstinted. unseliish service.
suggests devotion to liberty and lib
criy's institutions. Occupying his
toric ground in the midst OF the
peninsula on which were made the
first paintings of Anglo Saxon insti-
tutions In this continent. il has been
ut the center of great events from
its beginnings. In the college build
Ings were quartcred French troops
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