The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-09

tplace which WonId be wearisprne but Tor
tbe beauty Of the arch ecture OF the build.
Eng. The money tins: far expended on this.
Iwork SIS about sS7,3sse. Ilesysork. TO De
tdone yet In identifying the ands anu
| 10 900 or 81, 900 more, making grand
total 81 300 ,0D0a The income from the
| fund. however, is bout S45, 600 per annurn.
and It is easy to seeNthat there has been no
lexsrayagance displayed here.
| Early on Wednesday morning streams OF
people began to pour in from every dIrec-
! fion. Standing on the porch OF the lnsti-
| tlIte. one might see q dozen or more caE-
1 riares following each other closely, Whiie
pedestrians and riders were without num-
Der. 1t is estimated that by IL O'Clock
2. 900 persons had assembled. many OF them
coming twenty miles or more. The GROUNDS
presented a lively appearance. ABOUT
O'Clock the building was thrown open' anu
the crowd soon filed the spacious nails ana am
wide stairs, examining with curious ln,eI-
est the excellent Workmanship dlspiayed III
| its inferior. -,
Nothing OF spccial interest occurred until
baIf-nasr, 10 o'clock, when.the Governor and
| Marty. who had come over from Alton. W ere
spen approaching the grounds. They were
met some distance from the building by the
MonticelIo Guard (which is encamped on
the crounds), headed by the charlottesville
Cornet Band, and after the usual prellml-
| nary courtesies had been extended they
were escorted to the main entrance OF the
building, the doors were again opened,
and the building inspected by the Governor,
and the various convenlences aud appli-
ances explained by the contractor, Mr..
Woodroffc. After an hour spent IN TINS
manner the bell announced that the hour
for speaking had arrived, whsn the Gov
ernor and other distinguished men present
were escorted to the stand erected IN the
grove some distance from the INSTITUTE.
Here Judge Cochran announced the eXer-
ciscs as about to commence with prayer ny
DR.. J. L. NJ. Williams, Of Baltimore after
which he introduced Governor Holiday,
who, he stated, was, by virtue OF his once,
president OF the Miller Board.
GOVERNOR HOLIDAYS OPENING REMARKS.
In his opening remarks the Governor eX-
pressed his pleasure upon being present.
It was we'll. he said, for the people OF Abe
marie TO make this public recognition OF the
generosity OF Mr.. Miller. He recited the
directions given in the will with reference
10 the organization OF the school, and re-
ferred esnecially to the fact that Mr.. Miller
had confided it to officers OF the State.
Those having the interests OF the school in
charge should see that they faithfully car
ried out the wishes Of the testato". lie con-
cluded with ferrent prayer that GODS
blessing might rest upon the undertaking,
anal that the seed to be sOwn might yield
rich harvest of blessings for the orphan
children Of Albemarle.
| COLONEL YENABLE.
At the conclusion OF the Governors re-
marks he introduced Professor Charles ,.
Venable; who gave some account OF the
usual mode OF conducting such schools, ana
| told the people what sort OF schoo! IL was
proposed to have here. The design was to
make it an industrial school, in which skill
should be given to labor. He alluded to the
fact that in the French-school system the
primary schools were industrial, and attrI-
huted much OF the marvellous prosperity OF
France to her schools, from which were
turned out skilled laborers. He said it was
not proposed to instruct the boys in all me-
chanical pursuits; mechanical instruction
would be limited to articles in wood and
iron, reference being had to the tastes OF the
bows. Colonel Venable contraSted the
schools governed by sternness with those
governed by kindness, prcferrlng, OF course,
the latter, and indicating that such
would be the character OF the Miller
School. incidentally Colonel Venable paid
handsome compliment to the char.
acter OF Colonel William Allan, OF
the McDonough School, Baltimore, VINO
was present, and afterwards made an adj
dress. Colonel Venablc stated the entire
cost OF the Miller School establishment TO
be sS7,34G, and said that it was designed to
| "a. RI
arrangements for the care OF the orphan
bows. He alluded to the appointment OF
Professor C. Z. Vawter as superlntendens
OF the institution, and spoke OF his high
qualifications for the responsible position.
lie expressed the opinion that Professor
Yawter's heart was in the work, an OPINION
in which we concur. Colonel Venablc paid
n handsome tribute to MI. Miller, spoke Of
his noble endowments to the University,
and the establishment OF female schooi IN
Lynchburg, and said, except that maze by
Girard, these endowments were the largest
ever made by an individual in the United
States.
| HOE. J. RAN. TUCKER.
At the conclusion OF Colonel Venable's
remarks the Governor introduced Hon. y.
Ran. Tucker, who, as he always does, made
a most admirable speech. 1t was quite an
elaborate ADDRESS upOu CltliStltlou' III 'He
outset of his address he alluded to the fact
that all men were not born with equal ca
pacities, and proceeded to discuss the
question OF education in three aspects
viz: The subjects for education, the OBJ
iects OF education, and the means OF cduca-
tion; which he treated in his usual mas
terly style. lie enlarged upon the propo-
sition that work is essential to the proper
development OF mind, heart, and body.
The child must develop itself. No man, he
said. was ever worth anything who did not
work his own way. The great trouble in
old Virginia is that we nave so few WHO
love work for its own sake-for its glory
and its results. Hence the Importance Oh
combining manual labor with the lnstruc-
ton OF the mind and heart, as designed oy
Mir. Miller in his school. 1t was the plod-
ding boy, sometimes pronounced dull, that
will make the great man. He hoped that
the authorities OF the school would
never permit book to be used IN
If with the title OF "Learning Made
Easy" He regarded self-deyelopment
nm essential duty to God. We are immortal
beings, and it was not intended that we
should be mere animals. The child should
be taught to work, and to work well, in
order that he might grow up to perfect
manhood--a great thinking being, like his
Creator. In regard to the subjects OF edl-
cation, Mr.. Tucker said that education