Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-15
THE OTHER SIDE.
PRESIDENT M'lLWAlNE. OF HAMPDEh-
SIDNEY, REPLIES TO Or. MOORE.
he Objects to tho Removal Of Union The
illogical semlnsry--A Criticism OF
the Professors.

the removal Of Union Theological Semi
nary from Hampden- Sidney to Richmond.
or some other point. are not destined ITO
ind It all plain SAILING" The question
of changing the location Of the seminary
has been agitated for some time, ana
offers OF a new site have been received
from several places.
On Monday night last mass-meeting
Of the Presbyterians OF Richmond and
vicinity was held In the Grace-Street
Presbyterian church with view to as
pertaining what inducements Richmond
would offer as location for the institu-
tion. Rev. Dr. w. w. Moore. one OF the
professors at the seminary. was the prin-
cipal speaker, and after he and others
had strongly urged removal. committee
made UP OF prominent members of the
Presbyterian churches here was appointed
TO take charge of the matter and report
10 Rev. DR.. Rumple. chairman OF the
committee Of the Board Of Directors.
The former committee have had three
sites offered them. one on Chestnut Hill
and two In the extreme southwestern
part of the CITY,
Before the seminary can be removed,
however. the consent OF the Virginia
and North Carolina synods. who own
the property, must be obtained. These
bodies meet In October.
Ever since the meeting OF Monday
night there have been whispers that the
proposed removal would be antagonized
by Hampden- Sidney College and the
Hampden-Sidney people. and now the
first definite note OF opposition comes in
the following reply TO Or. Moore's speech
from President McIlwaine. of the colleges:
DR.. MILwAINES SIDE.
To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
The remarks on this subject OF Rev. w.
w Moore, u. D.. at the meeting lately
held in Richmond. as reported in yore
columns, call for some correction. His
first and apparently crushing argument
in favor Of removal is from experience.
1.-The experience of other religious and
literary institutions showed this to such a
degree that argument was unnecessary"
Surely Dr. Moore must have been nap
ping This is true neither in Europe nor
America. Neither oxford nor Cambridge,
in England, nor number OF German
universities, are in large cities. Neither
Princeton College nor seminary Is in a
city, but in a college town created by
them; nor is the Southwestern Presby-
terrain University, nor Central College,
nor Danville Theological Seminary: nor
Central University; nor the universities
of Virginia, North Carolina. Georgia,
Missouri and Mississippi nor Washington
and Lee University; nor Randolph-Macon,
William and Mary, Roanoke, Emory and
Henry, and scores of other colleges ana
universities throughout the country only
one of those named in this country is
near a municipality of $500. and most OF
them are located at very small places.
1t is a significant fact. too. that the Uni
versity of the South. at Sewanee-the
great Episcopal institution of the South,
literary, scientific, and theological
school-was designedly located at the top
of q mountain in the midst of an area
ten miles square. owned and controlled by
II. and that this Is regarded, and In many
respects unquestionably is, model loca-
ton. Leland Stanford, Jr, diversity,
also. one Of the latest in the slsterhood,
and the most richly endowed literary in
stltution in America, is situated on Mr..
Stanford's stock-farm, and not contiguous,
1 believe, to any large city.
THOUGHTFUL MEN WILL PAUSE.
Thoughtful men will pause and con-
slider when such plain and patent facts
as these stare them in the face in con-
nection with the main proposition on
which the argument for removal is based.
Experience and custom seem TO be Target.
on the other side.
Your report proceeds: He then pic
tured Hampden-Sidney, little village
without water, without gas, without mu-
nicipal authority, without pavements,
and seven miles from the railroad"
l. In ri n
pavements, as there Is one in front or
the seminary property and for several
hundred yards in front Of and through
the college property; but because any
community is small and without water.
gas etc, Is that a reason why 1t should
pack up and move to Richmond
Would 1t not be wiser to get the things
needed and thus supply these wants? 1t
is true our community is small, but II
has doubled its permanent population
in the last five or six years, and there
| is a decided prospect of growth. There
| is also an abundant supply of clear, pure
water in the Buffalo. not more than a
mile off, which with comparatively small
expense could be brought TO our doors.
| There is also railroad bed graded from
| here to Farmvile on which cars would
probably be running but for the present
| depressed condition Of the country, which
at its beginning put a stop to the work.
| The question of gas or electricity Is
easily managed with a comparatively
| small expenditure. and a municipal gov
| eminent, If one be desired. can easily be
| obtained Now, II the friends OF the
| seminary instead of wasting time in
! agitating for its removal, will come tc
the help Of that institution and the col
| lege to supply these various needs, We
| will have a model place, equal in ad-
| vantages to any in the United States anc
| far superior to most, and this can be
| done for one half of what would be ne
| cessary TO induce the synodS which owr
1t TO vote for its removal.
| THE QUESTION OF EXPENSES.
DIR. Moore is further reported as fol
| lows: "He then spoke Of the great add
| tional expense which the students wer'
| necessarily put to on this account VIVA
| these great additional expenses" are 1t Il
| hard TO guess. Their water costs then
| nothing their board costs from 81 to s. ;
| month. kerosene oil will perhaps cost then
| from 81 TO 50 a session, and their fue
| from s. to sl2 a session. The whole ex
| pense of a theological student at this pac
| for board, lights, and fuel need not be
| and often is not more, than from $40 L
$50 for a session OF eight months. Can
| be done for that in Richmond? Trave
| from Farmville to this point and bacl
| four times (Which is as often as most stu
dents have need of will cost 81, and a
| most of the students pass through Lynch
| burg, this Is less expense than the!
would incur in going past Farmville Il
| Richmond once.
PRODS THE PROFESSORS.
AS TO the social and religious advantage
the students would have in Richmon'
over this place, 1t is thought by man.
that their social advantages are NOR
abundant here than they would be in an,
city, every student here having free &C
cess 10 every family in the community
which privilege would probably be mucl
abridged under rules Of etiquette neces
sary TO city life; and in regard 10 re
| ligion, it is believed that If the profes
sors of the seminary would preach alter
natcly on Sunday nights. as they formerl
| did, instead Of saddling so large a par
of this duty on the students, as has bee
done for the past two sessions, the stu
dents would have equal religious priv
leges here as anywhere. and the probes
sors themselves would be helped and bene
| fitted.