The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-12
THE DAILY DISPATCH
The lIechanic., I n sfifute.


The Mechanics Institute.
wehave the great qualification Of annouoc.'s
hat the virginia Mechanics Institute have p',"A.
I'D an eligible lot, on Oh street, pea. -,
u,u on which they desire to erect s""Hos 49, :, =
"a g. ,h., nurnoss have Issued an appear &c :
.,.,.r.. and -oners,iop. which ought 70 CIV :
,,no,., ana nr,x.r.., response firm the people Of
4 hmond. .,,.,
Its now three years SINGS rs 80, ,ho
formed II has had three
urosits of which II has oeeh e"ao'01 "
.chools one for teaching the rnaime"'s ., Hns"s'
.dnc.,,on. and the other Tor af.""s ~ -
s..n.ha. Il appears. from the appear oeiofe US
.,..s .ehocls are so highly appreciated oy 'os
,,;,s classes, that, under the supef'n'eh'
able teachers they have been hlied TO over
s.-,rs and that the Board have been unable 10
,u,modste the numerous applicants for admis'
~. III, ALSO gratifying to learn that great BEN
"A "a have been derived by apprentices and other,
,.om the Elementary School. and that in the Draw
Inc School or School of Design, the beneficial ef'
fec,s are even more marked than those OF the BIO
meptary School Il is predicted, and, we 'h'uS
With reason, that IL this branch Ct education -
maintained few years longer, Richmond wiz Wv
only have an abundance of first class sFcu''..'s
and craftsmen to supply her own wants ou' -
sbe will be enabled to furnish the slA'e al.
South with all the talent needed in the arr Vi De
signing aud Drawing. .,o. s,h-
1911 ,,,ooss o,,he;r gilugness to help them
selves and of the great e1ceiienoe ~uu
of their enterprise, the meenAn'e' "a ,h.
80, ., Tho citizens for sid in erecting upon 'ht
lot which they have purcsaseu' su,'~ .
o,d their Exhibitions, their Schools 10
anon I.ibrsry, 30 contain Oaoine' u "'A''
I'D n maintain Reading Room. "iuno' every
,;,ir., If Richmond rejoice st This opportunity VI
,r,,or,ine education and efficiency to the mecnAn
md Of thereby beneti.ing the city, whose pros
rari,c like that Of sll other towns, Is essen'iAh!
i.,arvoven ifh the well being Of the Working
oIasses, five ever expect our mechspics 10 con''
,s,e with those of the North, we must eoue1's
them AZ Northern mechanics are eoueA'eo' ANo
49,. .oo,ra 70 ourselves that practical and resi-
;ndenerd ence which We talk much ABOUT IN teso-
I,,,,ns but show little eff In works Ia ordef 10
efec, this object we must unite our purse strings
and ,hosT SIS much ibera!ity at least Is the soruu
ysrkeesn among whom 1t is not an Uncommon
.,;,r for one man to give enough TO build Me-
.h.a;o., I,sj,nte and another handsome church.
NJ, long 400. q lady gave $40 900 to an Observa-
torv. and gentleman s25O,Ooo to a theological
seminary. We have few if any mililonaires' witb-
IN our borders but we cannot doubt that there Is
disposition to give according to means and that the
r .ason our mechanics have not long ago had
sptsbs hall for an Institute is simply because they
ave never till Of late years aroused themselves 10
the Importance OF their own improvement No"
that they have put their own shoulders TO the
wheel, we are greatly mistaken II hosts OF CO.
operators do not spring up on every hand ma
ryi.pd has a noble Mechanics Institute, and our
ehigslrous sister, South Carolina, has erected in
G 1arleston q Mechanical and Agricultural Hall.
" rich is among the most splendid architecture
panents of that beautiful city. and is an imprss"
siv proof of the liberal and the practical spirit OF
her De pile Richmond has now an opportunity
which we nope she will at once avail herself to
place rsef by the side of those cities in her Ell
courage nent of the mechanical interests, and 10
lie, the world see that Virginia Is determined TO
educate mechanics, who will be as competent, "a
intellig .nt aai as efficient in the duties of Their
vocation as those of any section of the Union.