The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-22

drIa, october Is. 1873. with Rev. Reuel
Keith giving his entire limo 10 teach-
ing the OLD and New Testament, Biblical
Criticism ana Evidences. ana Rev. Or.
Wilmer, Rector OF ST. Pauls as Professor
OF Systematic Divinity, Church History
and Pollty. Fourteen students were IN
attendance.
In 1924 Bishop Meade reports to the
Diocesan Convention from the Board OF
Trustees that the Seminary has been
started, with two professors, and that
the whole course OF studies has been en-
tirely conformed to the Canons OF the
Church. and as prescribed by the House
OF Bishops. lie states that the removal
from Williamsburg 10 Alexandra was
necessary, as the former place was 100
remote and inaccessible.
The session Of 1s2i opened with twenty
one students. The course OF study was
good. The four Gospels and the Acts OF
the Apostles were Critically tudied In
Greek, and eighteen chapters OF Genesis
and thirty Psalms in Hebrew by the
Junior Class besides the usual English
studies. The Senior Class studied all tne
Epistles, and twenty chapters OF isaiah
in Hebrew, with Systematic Divinity ana
Church History, DC. Each member or
this class, as now, had in his turn 10
the service. on these occasions the stu-
dents were permitted TO offer their criti-
cisms and remarks on the performances,
which must have made things lively and
interesting, and the next week each OF
the professors criticised them.
In the spring Of ISIS the Rev. Mr.. Nor
ris, rector Of Christ Church, Alexandria
was chosen Professor Of Pastoral me
ology. In August MIR. Norris was seized
with fever and died-a man OF ssnue,
persuasive manners and deep piety.
tender and faithful pastor and preacher.
he and our beloved Dr. Suter have been
the only rectors Of Christ church, who
have died tn Office. / think. IN the case
Of both of them the bell OF Old Christ
church rang for service just before death
came. Mr.. Norris recognizing It's tami-
liar tones, said 20 his attendants, GO
TO church. go TO church and soon alter
wards went himself 10 the Church OF the
first-born in heaven.
Thus early IN its history Il was shown
that there was need and demand for ne
Theological School OF Virginia BY its
situation i'm the South. and its accomoda-
tion TO the habits and manners OF inat
section, it attracted without injury 10
the General Seminary a support and al
tendance which otherwise would have
been lost to the Church. Many u Is
students would have attended no remi-
nary and would doubtless have never
entered the ministry. as Bishop Meade
said. We notice now. IN the names OF
tho clergy Of Virginia, tho fact tfat
nearly AL OF them are natives OF the
State, ITO the manner born and Ger
tainly there are nowhere a more oesoled
and useful clergy than they are.
The doctor proceeds with the later his
tory of the Seminary. and links II with
personal "reminiscences and comment out
Of a memory to which it Is real, and
many hundreds VIII give him spontaneous
thanks.
1.-THE MYSTERY OF WITCH-FACE
MOUNTAIN" BY Charles Egbert Grad
dock Houghton. Mlflin q CO., Boston.
For sale by Hunter * CO.
Vivid and true are the adjectives which
most Justly describe this latest OF Miss
Nurfree's stories as also. her pre- 'cdirS
ones. II takes genius OF no uncertain
kind TO invest the dwollers IN these
mountains, where life is practically EGG
turtles removed from that al our bGs.lln.
cities, with the keen interest which IT.
taches 20 every line this brilliant South
ern woman writes. but. then. Miss AlU
frees genius has been admitted for s"Dic
years and needs no emphasis to the
popular mind She presents the mental
attitude Of these primitive people through
their speech; penetrates with a sympa-
theuc womaus intuition into thoir I'M
conscious processes and altogether makes
their humanity magnetic. on the zone
touch Of nature" basis. Occasionally her
descriptive style Is just a little stllted. but
its beauty and yigor make my O'her
slight defect more than forglvable.
Literary Notes.
The "Lounger" writing in the olitic
has an idea that Yrs. Burnett get the
inspiration for her new story, A Lady
Of Quality" from the cellar Of the hu'se
in which she is living IN London. This
house is an old one, old even for Lon
don, and IL has n most mysterious cellar
under 10, with many dark and curious
passages. Mrs. Burnett's Imagination hal
found much food IN the suggestions OF
these underground passages, and 10 is
one Of her greatest amusements after
dinner to take her friends particularly
Americans, down 10 these gruesOme
depths, each carrying a candle. by whose
htful flame the dark and devious ways
are explored. The possibilities Of weaving
a romance out Of the suggestions Of this
underground way no doubt proved too
much for Mrs. Burnctts Imagination.
The Westminster Budget IS publishing
an interesting series Of sketches Of Mr..
Gladstone "In the Evening Of his Days.
What the writer says about his subjects
home life shows either an intimate knowl-
edge of his own, or of his infOrmants.
We are told that Mr.. Gladstone is up
every morning before seven when at
Hawarden, and that after a light break
fast he goes out for a walk. on these
occasions he wears a coat well buttoned
UP. a long shawl wrapped closely around
his neck and a soft felt hat. A
very different looking figure" says the
writer. from that Of the Prime Minis
ter as he used 10 be known IN London"
While Homer. Virgil. Horace and Dante
lie within easy reach on his library table.
Maupassant and Marion Crawford are
also 10 be found there. Occasionally Mr..
Gladstone hands over q batch OF some
two hundred novels 10 his daughter. Mrs.
Drew with the request to divide the
sheep from the goats"-that Is 10 say, all
the looks are divided into three classes.
~ iveis worth keeping. novels 10 be given
away. and novels 10 be destroyed" II
would be interesting 10 read the titles Of
these rovels under their different classif-
cauc's. wonder that some enterprisine
raporte~ does not make note Of them
Nlllt lie u intervening MI 'laioty4i'
OF some other subject.
journalism seems still 70 have its fas-
cin8tions for Mr.. Richard Harding Davis.
II Is SAID that he Is soon 10 take his de-
pa ture for Russia 10 write NJ the coro-
nation If the Tsar for a New York PAPER.
Furthermore It e said that he VIII visit
Greece in the interests Of the same
Journal. 20 describe for IT'S columns the
revival OF the ancient Greek games that
a.. - rlannl .-.ao- The natrnnaua Of