Address At The First Commencement Of The Virginia Agricultural And Mechanical College

Author : Gilbert C. Walker
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ISBN 13 : 9781331180746
Total Pages : 24 pages
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Download or read book Address of Gov; Gilbert C. Walker written by Gilbert C. Walker and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Address of Gov; Gilbert C. Walker: At the Commencement of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, July 9, 1873 Ladies and Gentlemen: The occasion of our assembling is one of no ordinary moment. The commencement exercises of every College are full of interest and importance to those immediately concerned as well as to the friends of education and human advancement. While the aspiration of the student on these occasions is to acquit himself in a manner worthy of himself, his preceptors, and his friends, and their hopes and affections are elevated or depressed as he succeeds or fails, the lover of education and of progress beholds all evidences of intellectual and moral development with the highest emotions of thankfulness and satisfaction. All these aspirations, hopes and emotions have their possessors and representatives in the intelligent audience before me, and should I not satisfactorily demonstrate my appreciation of these surroundings, my tongue will fail to enunciate the ideas and impulses of my head and heart. We have gathered here to witness and participate in the first commencement exercises of this College. With this day ends its first year's existence, and if its maturer years shall fulfill the brilliant promises of its earlier days - if, in truth, the "child be the father of the man," then, indeed, may Virginia well be proud of her latest born, and, like all fond mothers, shower upon it her choicest blessings. Perhaps no event has transpired within our State for many years possessed of greater significance or of more far-reaching consequences than the organization of this Institution. For the first time in her history she has established a College primarily devoted to practical education. High schools and colleges she has had; schools of law and medicine, of theology and theoretic science of high character and great usefulness have not been wanting; but never before has there been organized, by her express mandate, to be controlled by her own officers, a school especially devoted to instruction in the practical industries of life. Its foundation forms an epoch in her educational history, and evidences one of the chief characteristics of our age. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.