The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-15
A SCHOLARLY "REVIEW"

In asking Mir. Charles A. Calhoun, one Of Birminghams most prominent and the great "Centennial History of the University of Virginia, 1S19-19l9' (two volumes of the series) by Dr. Philip Alexander Bruce, which has recently come from the publishers, the MacMllan company, New York city, I felt that was putting the subject into capable hands.
 With MT. Cahouns scholarly attain ments and his love of books and music and art and the beautiful things that make life worth while, he sounds the depths of the historical romance of the grand old University of Virginia with a master mind, and just how nearly right l was in my estimate of his talents will leave to the hundreds of readers of his Review" to corroborate
 To the many men who love the his- toric and splendid old University of Vir- ginia as their alma mater" the re view of Dr. Bruce's history" of the world renowned institution will be read with great pleasure, while those who have not been affiliated with it, as MT, Calhoun has in the capacity of stu dent, but who know it only by reputa- tion, will find enlightment in the intel ligent and scholarly views which are set forth by the reviewer"
 MT. Calhoun says:
 "The great body of the alumni of the University of Virginia in Birmingham and throughout the country will be very much interested in the publication of two volumes of the series of the History of the University of Virginia, 1S19-l9l9" by the author, Dr. Philip Alexander Bruce.
 "As the university is so inseparably connected with it's founder, Thomas Jeff ferson, any work dealing with the life of Jefferson would naturally mention and contain some sketch of the university but I believe this is the first history of appeared, and I know the alumni as well as all admirers of Jefferson and follow CTS of his doctrines of government will be glad to add this valuable work to their libraries and will be interested in a review of the main features of this work.
 "The plan of the work seems to be unique and unusually well fitted to deal with it's subject; that is, it is treated by periods or epochs marking the prog ress of the institution throughout the years since it's foundation, and the au- thor seems to have arrived at this plan by the process of elimination. First, an nals relating faithfully all events, how ever unimportant, occurring from year to year; or, second, a series of mono graphs treated separately covering the entire interval of time from 1919 until 1919, and he chooses the third plan giv- ing important epochs, each period grow ing out of the succeeding one but not similar in length. problems or achieve ments. The first period deals with the persistent struggle for the incorporation of the university in which Jefferson was the great protagonist; the second period, when Albermarle academy and Central college were germinating and develop ing into seat of higher learning; the third period saw the erection of the build- ings, adoption of the regulations and se- lection of the professors; the fourth pe- riod begins with the opening of the uni versity to students, and is the period of formation and experimentation; the fifth period introduces reformation in the es- tablishment of the honor system and the Young Mems Christian association, the addition of new lecture halls and new schools; the sixth period is the period of the war. when it's activities were al- most suspended; the seventh period, re- construction and re-expansion after the war; the eighth period, restoration fol- lowing the great fire, and finally the ninth period, in which the presidency was established and during which the drift has been toward a broader democratiza- tion in harmony with the dominant spirit of our own times. Every lover of the old university will see at a glance that the author has caught the very spirit of the university in bringing out in bas-