New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-13
A NEW.ENGLANDER IN VIRGINIA.

AN ADDRESS by CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER BE-
FORE TIE LITERARY SOCIETIES. OF ROANOKE
COLLEGE.
SALEM, Va, June 12.-The Alumni Associa-
ton OF Roanoke College addressed this morning by
W. L. Craig the orator OF the day. OF staunton, Va
His subject Was The characteristics OF the Progress OF
this Age The second address delivered by the Rev.
DR.. A. d. Mayo. OF Boston, the subject What Is
Education T.
Congressman John Goode OF Virginia, delivered tho
first before the literary societies I'm the evening"
his theme being 1.-The that lies before you"
second address on The Work laid upon the Southern
College" was delivered by Charles Dudley Warner of
Connecticut In the Of his remarks Mr. Warner
said:
Haprophet a century ago had been asked 10 point out
the probable centre OF wealth aud power IN TINS country
think he would have put his finger on virginia Win
one OF the harbors in the world. With abundant
water courses lending themselves to ana 10
industries with valleys OF unriyaed fertility mountain
ranges whose beauty cOnceals countless wealth, ana
splendid climate removed from the rgors Of the north as
from encryatOn OF the south the state has all the
advantages OF position, material and opportunity. -,
Al the close OF Revolution. and until tue census OF
ton and influence BY the OF 1860 her rank was
,he @ ne seog Of Vest Virginia her record
was the fourteenth. In 1883 Nrginias real property
was 9sses , az ana raa ~ roo s
personal az S9J0O 223; and Massachusettss real at
amount raised by state taxation was in Virginia S.52J
32O IA Connecticut, $780, 43; In Massachusetts
education In 1881 the expenditure for public schools
in Virginia Sl,lO0.23g; in Connecticut l4IOt9ii
ia Massachusetts,, S0,O6o42i ana IN Ne"-lofA'
These are instructive figures, and they are com
ono thing that industries tho bass OF the prosperity
Of state and that al that any state Ias 10 40 10 pnt
ufacturrg industries. There Il some train In ths ana
Sufficient truth wealth mere mere nS oh asnc2 Iu come ono
nectel with this subject proper to be consideed on an
In The rs place the happiness OF the people of State
does depend upon the number o. Its spndes nor are
they primarily the 81 IT. greatness The nassing
OF men together in great Industrial hives breeds
eg which II needs the greatest energy ana virtue 10
oounteract The mighty movement IA aS 70
town life serious disadvantages; there Is an Hck,
nowiedged Deterioration rural e. In Its activity and
its moral tone. We In the whlrl OF great industrial
movement and oil parts OF the community are not yer
adjusted to IT, 1t cannot be resisted must bo SNAPPED
and gulded There are some men. like Mr. Ruskin who
see nothing evil I'm IT, who regret the loss OF rural in
The no" OF furnaces and factories shuts the light Of
heaven polsons the air. who look upon every mile OF
iron track new fetter Laid upon INC rec earln 10
whom cities nre denominations, who hate every machine
destroys the necessity OF h9ndwork ana regard
integrity and religious faith without Joining IN this cry
think We have gone far enough TO that man cannot
price t. sacrifice our individual manhood. o..
,ads ~ nn A. in The way OF prosperous FORCES.
furnaces s NIL sorts OF factories requires close seiu
tiny | am not questioning the ADVANTAGES, the lnds-
penaable advantages OF improved agriculture and OF
great industries but there Is something more Important
which they cannot take root or II they planted will
mike but a sordid and Fictitious prosperity; uue
N springs out OF an educated trained and yiro people
Little Connecticut, which dc TocqueNie cAleu lhat
efte yellow spot the map" state where everything
Is manufactured from pin 10 steam engine state OF
wondrous invention and ingenuity. owes much very
of her youth in the Scientific School ut New Haven
But permit Inc go little further than this IL was
not the that made the people OF nssachu-
setts, but the people that made the nannneIss' anu
4, character
10 control the adverse tendencies OF az Industrial ana
Undertaking. age. The Maynower diu no. png I'er
written the charter OF human rights aud dulles Iho
Pilgrims built church before taey Duls snip tey
tory The seeds they sowed In the hard SOL wheIe
they landed were those OF az s poeronss and
fancy that some Of them were unoyely compnnions 10
live with But they had "a certain stamina aud char
acter that contained the promise or great iuture'
Vrgnla-if tho signs that meet the eye are not mis-
lea 10 be change Of Your system OF labor
nature OF your labor. You have before you tno PIoDL
Of tho tran .iormaton of an unintelligent la3orng
class into an Industrial class, and considering
tho materials you have TO WoIh N,t"' WI.
the most dnicult problem anywhere offered. nat Is
true OF Massachuses and NewJersey ana OF all the OLD
states on the Atlantic seaboard Is true OF Nlrghlai
they are 10 keep pace with the and growing West IN
wealth and power, they must rely more ana more upon
brain power upon training skilled labor inc 9or euu
cation of tho whole man, that can wrest wealth. rp
worn and reluctant soil and remuneratyo indus
tries The day has gone by for unnteSent ana clumsy
Il not only mistake have said to expect that
the plautuR Industries alone eau mhko prosperous
ana happy state-that 1t make and wonen-but
II Is true also that the effort VIII DC VAIN any wcI1 "a
build up worthy industrial life unless II IA PRECEDED
and accompanied by general liberal ana geinte e 5uu
cation Not only must there be skilled teSnicn Iuot'
hut there must be the devsing and enlightened mhu
We make the serious the fatal mistake OF our hge II we
imagine that what We most need Is ho Orse tne rOS
mill the cloth. the pin, the shoe factory ,. -, l.,
As the school ana the college are the nurseries o. In
dustres so they the only COMMENTATORS vi
and sordid tendencies And this education ana TINS Is
your serious problem-a problem that presses upon US
at the North also with the influx oil raw emgra,o; ou
An somewhat different waythis education must eAenu
10 the masses white ana black For the great peru
vour transon time IA In emigration perlod IA inc
dead weight OF ignoranoe for Ignorance rs nonphSity
Ignorance thriftlesmess ignorance Is prety cet ,y
thouct or by tour de force OF capital TO dot your ahd
all over with mills and faotorio. ana iorges %
have occasion to regret the good old days OF AGRICULTURAL
simplicity, graceful days OF easy manners anu Tpe
one OF the chief industries the raising OF gen.
| ealoQicai treee.