The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-07

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After prayer by Rev. 81. A. Upper, Rev.
DR.. &. Z. Biting read the report Of the
Memorial Committed"
| The report states..that the financial secre.
tary is making upa report for the Board OF
Trustees OF The College, which will soon be
given to the public, aud will show the exact
status Of the fund.
The report gives the following as the pre-.
sent status of the Memorial fund:
Total subscription to The fund. $250.ooO
Bonds in hand...... $4,000
Unpaid aud neutrality-suspicious.. $4,000
The report warmly commeuds the fpan.
cial secretary, and urges that his plans for
completing the fund De vigorously pushed
until the full sum of 100000 be paid into
the treasury OF the College.
The report wa unanimously adopted.
Reu. Dr. J. G. Long then read the
| EDUCATION REPORT. III.
| The report sketches the history and pre-
sent status of the following institutions for
the education of young ladies. which are un-
der Baptist control: Hollns Institute at Bot
etourt springs, Roanoke county; Richmond
Female Institute; Roanoke Female College
at Danvile; Broaddus Female College at
Winchester; Cupeper Female destitute !;
Bristol Female College; Fauquier Female
College, and Albemarle Female Institute.
The report oil % commends the large num-
Der Of private and. fam ly schools for girls;
| and then makes the point that the reason
why the tuition fees are higher in schools
for girls than those for boys is to be found in
the fact that noae Of the female institutes
are endowed. The report insists that after
our rough contact with the world without
we need TO be soothed and elevated by the
refinement and culture of home, and we
must therefore educate the'gIrls.
The report next sketches the origin Of
Richmond College little over forty years
ago, the noble work of DR.. Robert Ryland,
and the steady progress of the institution.
The committee remembered when Rich
mond College had only the last of the "hree
BIS" (bricks, books, and brains), and re-
joiced at the progress made In all three OF
these.
The report str les the real assets of the Col
lege at present at $256, 500, and the amount
OF additional bonds and subscriptions at
S145,92S But the report insists that having
! doce SO much we must not cease eft >rts until
all is done. Richmond College, with build
ings, and grounds, and history, and paid
up endowment of S250,000 is the legacy
|
uueath to their brethren in all succeeding
uges, The report argues that there is 4 greater
necessity to endow the College because
under the present system it is compelled 10
a large measure to do the work Of the acade-
nv Us we'll. The public school furnishes
primary instruction. 10 one need be igno-
rant of the elementary mechanical arts OF
reading and writing. But instruction which
goes no further than this is not education. Ii
| IS ONLY the first necessary step towards edu-
| cation, Orlf we choose to say that people
SD taught is educated, it is easy to see that
universal education may cccXlSt With an
; inter absence Of learning and culture.
Having the public schools, let US make
them as eff .ientas possible. Let Us be thank
| ful for hat they do, but let US not rest salts
lied with it. Besides this, our people need
that development Of mind which comes
with the mastering of high and Diff
icult subjects; that vigor of thought which
comes with thinking that refinement which
comes with acquaintance with models OF
taste; that broad, comprehensive sympathy
which comes with varied and extensive
knowledge. We shrink from the thought oil
going back, or even pausug, 10 our course.
It has been with us the cherished hope OF
years that each succeeding generation shall
be wiser, better, more highly cultured than
that which went before. Thus far our hopes
nave been happily realized. But shall this
be the turning point; AID shall the shadow
now 60 back ward on the dial which has been
so constantly growing brighter and brighter
with the llgh: oil increasing intelligence? II
this shall not be the case we must nerve our
selves to make greater sacrifices than
ever for the education of our children. Il
they are to enjoy even such advantages as
have been ours we must quicken our ener.
gies, resolutely repress all feelings OF de-
spondency, practice the most stren uous indus.
try and the most prudent ecouomy, and cher.
ish the invipcible Determination, with the
| help Of the great Father above US, never 10
| take the backward step.
After remarks by Colin Bass, Esq, Gene
raj J. G. Field, and Professor G. l.. Cooke,
the report was unanimously adopted.
Professor II. H. Harris then offered the
following resolutions
/. That we cordially commend to the
churches here represented the plans Of the
trustees of Richmond College for completing
the memorial endowment set on foot at the
forty nlni annual meeting of this body, and
endorsed by resolutions unanimously adopt
ed at each subsequent meeting.
| 9. That in accordance with the recon.
menlatiops of the American Baptist Educ4-
tioual Commission the Chair appoint State
central committee, consisting or chairman,
a secretary, treasurer, and six other men,
hers. to cc6perate With and supervise the
trustees of Richmond College, and direct the
collection of funds in this State, and to pay
them over 10 the institution or institutions
designated by the donors, taking therefor
the most solemn guarantees that the moneys
so paid shall be beld forever as an endow-
ment fund, of which the interest only may
| be expended.
e That the committees be Instructed to
avail themselves, as far as practicable, of the
plans and appliances recommended by the
! Educational Commission and TO secure con-
tributions both according to our numbers"
and "accord,ng to our means" For carry.
ing out The former of these two plans they
shall devise and print form of receipt for
contributors to the dellar-roll, and supply
nastors and other volunteer agents with all
needful information on the subject for the
latter. they shall receive such contributions
as NAV be secured from any source, aud
especialIy shall arrange for holding memorial
meetings with those churches at which such
meetings have rot been already held and IN
general shall press the work committed 10
Them during the remainder of this ana Inc
whole Of tue next year by all suitable means.
4, That in recognition of the sell-sacrlhc-
ing efforts and valuable services OF the Bap-
tist pastors Of Virginia 10 behalf OF hicn-
mond College, the trustees OF that lostitu-
tution be and are hereby requested to set
apart the contributions on the dollar.roli up
to the sum of $4,000 to found memorial
schol .rships, which, under such regulations