The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-31

hred his heart. Tie hare statement Of h;s
success IN speedily RAISING, besides n con.
SIDERABLE building fund. permanent on
dowment of 100000. is the highest tributc
which can he paid tnthe ability and energy.
ct this Incompatible man.
The new buildings and the endowment
completed, the college ut once
ROSE INTO HIGHER SPHERE.
ana thence steadily increased in pro,ner;tv
TILL the opening Of the war. During tho
war its exercises We're suspended. and it,
endowment, with the exception Of n small
amount Of real estate in Chicago. was lost.
us buildings were n part of the time used AZ
hospital tor the Confederates, and for a while,
alter the close OF hostilitie>, they were occ,,
pled as barracks by the soldiers of the Union.
Az length. without apparatus. the library
F'undered ana scattered. tie bare walls w.r,
restored 10 the trustees, stripped. dilapidated.
anu ae'aced. scarcely any warrior returned
10 nome so utterly rl.ined aud de.olated as
luiS aoode Of the peaceful muses.. The
trustees; WIN the s,renc, uniitering courage
vi Liners at'er I Le spipwreck, summoned
nope ana SUNNI Jned faculty cked out the
Scia'y income Of the FIRST session by the
SAFE OF the iennint Of their Chicago pro-
perry. bv appeals to the libcrality Of their
,iiei'uS, Chiefly by their own, aud most OF all
Nv LMt oil one of their number. In the
autumn OF 1866 they resolved on an effort
10 recnsiow the college to the extent of
SloDOOp-an effort which wore tue guisc o:
nlad IS to many Sa2aciUlIs minds not ami
hla'e1t with the slime spirit of religious en-
ternr Sc. and less deeply in accordance and
sym. mthy with the spirit of our people. :.
porcnrvrp,
caf down and. apparently almost destroyed
weeping as If his head were waters for his
own slain and the slain of his people, is
a"an summoned at the only y~riod of his
! personal dependency. aud amid the dcepeSt
:mcnlal and material prostitution OF the
state, to attempt what had seemed III the
ineridiln of his strength. and Of Ilis char
:icterlSilc hopeiuinrs>. and at the summit
'oi FIrglli'as prosperity, an over->anguine
; enterprises. Again he went forth with that
intense ami sustained energy to which John
Fosters eulogy on the high and unrelayed
} tone of Howard's zeal could alone do Justice,
Ii with an eloqnence which is now an enl-
Il hallneu memory and will be cherished
h tradition, and with the success which YOU
4 all know. The Self-sacritiring liberaitv of
i the response to his appeals was truly won.
derfn'. Many who had given nothing amid
4 wealth and hope made contributions amid
Il acbt and poverty and gloom. MANY who
/ bad given tens and twcntics now gave
4 nIfleS anu hundreds. The survivors among
\ those who had given abundantly now gave
/ more literally. All things considered, IL more
%'Ofolls SUCCESS was never achieved. Its fruits
are manifest. The college has been greatly
4 improved. its organization has been changed,
It's course OF study has been enlarged, ana
1 It's methods of instruction have been
/ brought up to the best modern standards.
Our brethren have been much gratiiicd with
4 Tie result. They are not. and, we trust.
/ never will he, satisfied. An endowment OF
Sjo0,000 seemed Il Year ago emncutly de-.
I slabc. believe it is now felt to be an i'm.
/ peiaiyc demand. Questions OF vital con
Germ to our Independence and true glory Il.
Americans, is NirSiuialis, AZ Bapli>ts, are
calling for solution. Shall we import oul
tirst-caSs teachers from abroad. Shall WI
send our native mind to Europe to be cdu
| Gated under social. political. and religious
influences in open or inSidiollS conflict wit!
! the spirit of our institutions? Shall we sub
ject indigenous mind tn Il high aud zen
crou. discipline. which, fitting it for ori.ina
production. shall enable it hcalthfully to as
ing any other literature? And it is fr;t tn,
no one word contains 30 satisfactory an an
swcr to these questions, o.. in brief to tn
single question. How shall we escape Il dc
| grading intellectual yassllagc: national, sec
tiuna UNCONVENTIONAL as the word cndoN
mcni.
| TIE EFFORT ur THIS YEAR
las been II wonderful outburst Of popull
enthusiasm. All our movements are essen
TALLY popular, but this has been con
spicuously so. Ableaud eloquent men hay
led, but none of them have borne the san.
relation to this enterprise that Poiudeyte
bore TO former ones. And the result ha
hccn striking cNcInpticItion of DR.. Al
uold's remark on the iS.,lla of The cOntcs
between Rome and lllnuib,l, that great
aroused, and united people is mere than
match for any one man, however pr,CLli
nently great.
In concluding this sketch mnst rcStric
myself TO Il bare ;t.iu>inn to Baptist effort t,
promote
| FEMALE EDUCATION.
The pubic mind having been less settle,
! il regard to The modes, aud ends, and de
yrees Of female than Of IN ,le education, Their,
| has been for twenty five Years greater az
tiyity OF thought on the former than on tlI,
| Latter subject. Great aud successful cNrr
tons for the high culture of young Etlie.
have been put forth by able and distin
| .u>hci educators. Some concert Of effort
within the bound; "f district ;!.;>oci;.tiun<
| and perhaps in other localities. has been
pledged and secured. Rnl NJ strictly de-
nom;national enterprise of female teaching
such rs ! nm called upon 10 record, has yet
been undcrt llirn. And the coIc,'n' ration ct
the coInScs OF the denomination in Fir-
..ini upon the equal and impartial fostering
Of many schools. or the establishment Of ole,
| is subject Of prophesv and not ofhiStDry. 1t
| is history that we have Il number OF fcm1lc
schools of high order. The array of
| studies and Of teachers presented in the
catalogues of these institutions pays II
just. and only Il just, compliment II the ca
Imcty Of woman. No SrlO is offer more
| generous course of instruction, or il course
more expensive TO tiicm>cve and less costly
| to rhe pupils.
| Thu recent onward movement III female
| edurT,' ion is one Of the most interesting
| steps in Il universal and continuous advance.
The circle nf pcrSonS in whose edl"Ation IL
tcIest IN. been felt has been regularly widen
i'm. The mum rr Of those clIrii>hiDg In
Ierr>I has steadily ilrr"a.rd. The intensity
of the interest has dcrrcHrd, and The area OF
| knowledge in which interest iris been taken
has been const,rsIy cuureing. Especially
he delicate, subtle, AMI most intimate rela-
tons between culture and Christianity have
been unprecedented with increasing cIcarnrss.
NATIONAL CENTENNIAL 1915.
Rev, d.. John y. DrondIS, Of South Caro-
Ina, referred to the approaching National
CcnteGnl in 1876. He >l'cke of the inl
poriancr vi directing all cXrit:mcuts into
proper cuauuels and Illustrated by the great
revival in South Carolina which followed
the Notification excitement. lie spoke of