Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-04

Tho twouty-eightb session q the Trustees Of
the Peabody Education Fund convenod yoster-
cav o. the Fliih-Avenue Hotel, Now York tho
Hon RoBzGr f. WlsIHR0T presiding. Among
rne,ru.teos are cx-prosiisnts HAYES add CLEvE-
1ASp. Chiof-Iusuco FULLER, e1-sccre,aries
FIsn, EvARIs STUART PORTER, Bishop WgrrLE,
Senator GIssoN, Bankers DREXEL and MoRGAN'
ami Mayor CoUETEAAY. Tho General Agent,
our fanow-townsman. tho hon. j. L. NJ CCRRY,
has Furnished rs On advance copy Of his all
nual report Ho says
Aftor my roturn from Spain. resumiug through
fhe Kind partialty Il tho trustees tho genera
agency II the fund was. on entering upon my
duties. greeted with the generous welcome OF
State prriufoutents. school ODcofs, tcacuois'
executives, and tho press. To thor cordial CO
operation and the siufly assistance OF inc lehi-
iDg railways I am III lch Indebted. This aid has
cc0nOnlzed and facilitated the efficiency OF my
work and added TO its agroeebloness. nave
visited West virginia, Arkansas, 4enhos-crs
Alabama, Georgia. south Carolina. ana NoIh
carolina and In ali these States made addresses
t-ome of which have been printed ooiore l0gis-
laturo- institutes or public meetings.
Throughout tho constituent StAtcs mere mas
boon OOeeryably al increased interest IN oduca-
tion. The general subject the race complica-
tons, co-educ alton OF tho sexes. Industrial edu.
cation, have awakened unusual thought Auh
discussion. TO ur Who have watched the grown
from tho beginning this earnest concern Is most
gratifying Opposition IS better than the stag
nancy q Indifference. great cRuse-a f1nda-
mental p0lcy-vttaliy affecting our clrcum-
etences and c0ndltion-is not Minerva born. aud
slow growth "a often better than premature
progress for popularity aud stability
Free education as state system, Incorporated
encuringly into tho Law aud lie. hai 70 DO
adapted 70 habits aud institutions and thinning.
II was confronted by msny OOsiaces, tie most
obvious, embarrassing, and least understood OF
which WAS the cO-Occupancy OF tue country 10y
Two races. diverse IA color. characteristics. his
tory traditions, and painfully approximate IN
mum bors. The negroes, not an lnlec Ell ioroiSh
cause, but q long existing aud apparently IRE
movable element OF society. remain puEzlug
obstruction Ia tho path 81 an early aud easy es-
tatiishmentof n liberal aud permanent system OF
free and universal oiucauoD. he spAIsehess
of population ia the South - another considcra-
lion entering largely into the question OF RAPID
success. In numerous localities tho people are
roo few Ia number aud too widely scattered 70
furnish children Tor q school, OF 10 keep II IN
operation lOne enough 60 De useful Mountains
and Wide stretches OF soil unnttod Tor aErl-
culture make population thin. Intervening
spAce prevents community lie ana the sustain
log Of public schools Rural life aud agriculture
have from the settlement OF the country been
marked features " The southern states. some
Of tho largest-NOrih Caroline. Tor instance
have not. probably more than ono hundFed
thousand people In towns
Agriculture Is 90: a specially profitable em-
pioyment II Involves good seasons' fegular an
dvsrsinei cr0pa rcmunetauVe prlccs. lana I'm
proving In fertility and made better instead OF
Dslng exhausted by the l6bOr epont upon II,
travellaUlo Toads, cheapne5s Of transportation 20
competing markets free or lightly restricted OK
change. low taxes. aud economically aud honest
sdniutstered government Tho prosperity
which In the last ieu years has come 10 the
south is local aud IL the consequence OF de-
Veloped miuing, highly favored Manufacturing
and improved railway faciliIeA That remark
able modern tendency in population 20 Tow
from tho counIy 10 towns and ciiie5 IA seeu
in the South ~ elsewhere, aud Inc hnan-
ciel Effects need 10 be noted. For tho
fftsen years ending In iss6, regl estate
IN the counties In Virginia had deprecated so -
OO0.OjO and tlo personally a3WV,OJO, while 10 TIE
cities real estate had Increased 3yS.V9l.OO aud
personally moro than S50N.0O0 Tho railways
recently Dull, ia the south, opening up hereto
fore Inaccessible regions nt for grazing and
farming. Astounding la luInbor and minerals,
and bringing tnOso sections into closer CONNER
cisl ana social relations with more favored ADD
progressive portions OF the country. are potent
aud beneficial instrumentalities in Increasing
population, stimulating remuEerafiNe euteT-
prise, aud creating an atmosphere Of Industry
aud hopefulnoss Tho railway and education
are closely allied. aud where the former Is ia
svccessful operation the latter viii be sure 10
flourish
Among Ihs most eubstap,ial and duickening
agencies Of material prosperity 10 tho school,
house. II Is typical Of tho American idea and
illustrative of tho dependence, In the minds ot
practical men. OF towns and cities upon intelli-
gence. that as our gigantic railways have pene-
rated the tar West and towns are LAID out Ia
advance OF the coming tide Of Immigrants Ia
some cases tho first ia ell casos among the nrst,
OF tho buildings erected f. tbs scho0l-house.
New countries without a past and old countries
With reyolutl0nized habits and institutions,
striving heroicaiiy 70 recover Loot opportunities
ana tske position with the advanced guard
Of civilization ana wealth. are alike aud
equally oepeadento Oh educated mind, difused
Intelligence and skilled labor Earnestly as may
be urged stronger aud better efforts 70 secure
universal education, what has been accom-
piished "a The south IA less than q quarter OF a
century IL he enemy OF despair aud pessinaism
The statisiics often given 81 schools, children,
teachers. aud revenues need not DO repeated
putfhsy ssll tale OF fecupcrhtre power. OF bread
PATRIOTISM, Of heroic seif-sacrinco, that mskea
chapter lustrous and honorable IA our Amsvi-
can bistory One hundred aud iwonty-iwo nail
iions subtracled since the war from bard earn
ings II preOi tbat cnnnot be questioned uor
bsliilod ~ 10 the purpose Of the South Ia refer
sDee ~ free eduesyonl
pr. crBgY gives detailed statements OF tho
condition Of public end Of normal schools In The