Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-09

DR.. Edwin A. Alderman, whose sud-
den death deprived the University of
Virginia of a noted president, is lauded
by the country as one who served with
energy as a pioneer in modern educa-
ton, and AS one who achieved the re-
suits which had been the aim OF
Jefferson. Added to his scholarship and
executive talents we're the qualities of
man of magnetic charm. He is re-
membered as the eulogist of the late
President Wilson.
Under his galvanic touch" accord
ing to the Baltimore Sun, 1.-The uni
versity expanded from small college
devoted to classical studies and the
law into modern institution taking
cognizance of the needs of its students
and of its State in all important
branches Of knowledge" The St.
Louis Post-Dispatch recognizes that
under his long administration Jef1er-
sons university, in the Blue Ridge
foothills, has remained the liberal and
forward looking institution its great
founder intended it to be-" The
Chattanooga News agrees that DR..
Alderman was a believer in universal
education" and recalls that "honors
were heaped upon him by distinguished
bodies of all sorts"
Quoting Dean Peabody Of Yale, who
had stated that DR.. Alderman was tine
man who has best translated the South
to the North and the North to the
South" the Roanoke World-News re-
calls that later the Virginia college
executive delivered his most notable
oration-the address before joint ses-
sion of Congress in the Capitol at
Washington, at memorial exercises held
following the death of President VIII
son." and declares That speech, for
to
keenness OF thought, breadth OF VlSlon'
world wide sympathy, purity OF express
sion, and conviction OF purpose, ranks
among the great masterpieces OF the
language" The World-News concludes:
The loss to Virginia is a loss to the
South and to the Nation. For 1t Is
the loss of a truly great influence for
cultural development, for liberal
thought. for sound democracy, and for
the cause of popular education. History
will give to Edwin Anderson Alderman
high place among Virginias i'm
mortals."
He earned distinction in many fields, "
saws the Atlanta Journal. He was a
thinker and a man of action; an author
whose pages quickened while they
charmed and an orator whose ideas were
remembered; an executive who, had he
so chosen could have won fortune in
the business realm, and prophet who
saw into the life and needs of his time.
All his gifts, all his graces, were dedi-
Gated to the South. Through the
General Education Board of which he
was a member, he eXerted national in
huence and nodded policies that are
! making history today. Best OF all, he
never lost the creative touch or the
spirit of the youthful pioneer"
He became SO identified with the
University of Virginia as to seem a
Veritable part of this historic institution,
and, after more than a quarter of CEN
tury, he was a part of it and part OF
Virginia. AYERS the Lynchburg News.
And the Richmond News Leader voices
| the appreciation of his services: HE
was one of those rare and luminous souls
whose powers were of the spirit, and all
the sccouterments of wealth and build
ings we're but the physical manifestation
of the unseen, tndwelling power. No
| man could express the beauty it was
DR.. Alderman's gift to phrase without
possessing an apprehension of its I'M
dying value, and sense of that value
he infused into the student body for
more than quarter of a century. Such
an influence is tmperishable.
Pointing out that he had filled the
post of executive at his alma mater,
the University Of North Carolina, at
Tulane and at Virginia, the Houston
Chronicle records that "as head OF
| three great universities, AS a writer OF
| intelligence and spirit. DR.. Alderman
gained renown Of lasting order" The
Charlotte Observer pays the tributes
that North Carolina loses one who