The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-16

phantoms arise before us one loftler
brother but one In blood
1DEL Methods
But there IS another lesson 10 be drawn
from this past and especially this earliest
history. An Institution must adapt It's
Naching, It's courses. ib spirit 20 the
needs OF the youth who seek its halls and
30 tn, age and region in which they are
70 act their parts. What were the courses
or instruction. the text books used. the
methods and discipline OF the old acad-
cmies, VIC may never fully know. We
10 know that books were few. that life
was simple and hard. that libraries and
paparatus were almost unatainable. But
Wey turned out men, men who proved
their power and fitness FOR leadership
OF me highest fields OF hu,
man action; sufficient men, officers equal
20 the Office" There was clearly some
thing In the training: there via doubtless
more IN the personal influence that tough
cned the fibre. Eitcd the character. and
called out the stronger virtues Of youth
Ihose Who believe that the greatness ~
a school is 10 be judged by its bigness and
the numbers ~ pupils and not the quality
Of IT'S instruction or the elevation Of its
standard or Tie strcnuousness OF fits snir-
10 are 10 gage IFS standing can here as else
whore learn hat a school which gives i'm
pulse and force 20 one or 90 q few really
strong mon does n greater service 10
humanity than one that swarms the
country with weddings. Great schools
that number their punile by thousands
and teaching force by hundreds possess
many advantages unattainablo elsewhere
But they often miss tho greatest Of an
forces. the vivifying teaching that comes
from the intimate relation Of teacher and
punl The power OF a real teacher 20
ifff mon out OF tfcir contontment and the
dominion N their weaker natures and 90
give rulc 10 what is nOblest in then.
even through the printed page or the
formal lecture IS often seen. How much
moro sure and direct that power I'm close
personal contact Tvndall attributed his
career 10 the works NJ two men-Emer-
son and Carlisle. ~ must ever grateful
Iy remember" he said. addressing the
students Of the University College, Of
London. chat through three long cold
German winters Carlisle placed in my tub.
even when ice was ON the surface. az
o'clock every morning not slavishlv. but
clocrfullv. meeting Cncn Gay STUDY win
n rcsolutc will. determined Whetner VIC
tor or vanquished, no. TO shrink from
difficulty
EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS.
Undoubtedly the present generation has
witnessed "a growth. expansion, improve
mcnt boo our entire educational system.
and especially bon our higher institutions
that have kept fully abreast or the
worlds unparalleled progress IN other
fields with tho economic changes that
/ have made the past thirty wears an epoch
.f Greater general progress than many
centuries Of previous history.
In this educational progress INC SCUM
las had 10 overcome difficulties and adj
verse conditions that seemed TOO greet
for any resources az her command. But
in spite OF all of them it may truly Do"
affirmed that the institutions OF higher
learning arc better iu 1927 than they
were in $3.50 and She has c4llcd INTO eN-
.efcucC and developed systems of primary
and eocOndarv free education through the
resource of taxation OF an impoverished
people that are frequently marked hy
high degree Of excellence. Much error
snu exists in tho minds ~ intelligent
people especially iu other sections aS 10
1 The development of higher education IN
tho South under the old regime. She wss
NOT laggard or prccoruuiy hehlnc otuoI
rcctions Of the country IN lMv' 'he
number ~ colleges of professors do 'nein
of students in attendance and OF annual
expenditure for their support was about
She same in the two sections Of the coun-
trv notwithstanding tho great lnequ1lllN
Of their respective white populations. true
many colleges ln the South as many ln
tho middle Woe' and Northwest We're
unw0rthv tho name. bur Foo addition 10
.arcc number OF respectable institutions
of that day fhorc were some Hhe lHC
University ~ Virginia. the university on
North Carolina and the South Carolina
college were entitled 20 rank in the dozen
foremost schools OF tho country inc
results. as stated by fair-minded SUI
don't d. MAYO. ot BOftun. was 'the Tram
ing of ,hn most Intelligent ana iorciple
and ari1tOcratic tn Chrlstendom, ana me
fesfiGac that ir 1861 the South was now
am abode of mental imbecility ana dismal
| IGNORANCE but % country leadership lu
! that form Of society. I'm the Work OF
.1,fonff,or fIc ruling class. virginia was
,rarlost Her University was behind no
srbool iu tho country lu its STANDARDS
and ae IL trained teachers for inc coiltEee
of other Southern states the influence Oh
us thorouehucse was oluused lhIoU1
.ho whole section. In addluon 10 we
! r-rfyereitv thc state maintained an lhaN-
ute. the quality OF whose work was wy
to "a heroic test BOO The clyil war VIII
/ each of the leading denominations hau Ct
,oIlore of it's own. Moreover II may JUST
.v Ia claimed that Virginia educators anu
.taf,qnen were far i'm advance OF al
I ofhars boa suggesting or applying VIA,
are now accepted as among 'lc Hloa'
valuable and bcnchcent OF our eouc"'o"-
JEFFERSON A PIONEER.
II is no longer disputed that Air; Jei .Ll.I
SON was the first piomo'.r -. ol ,''' II is
/ University education in America III -
/ cen.-aUv known. thanks especldl'y ~ ~
I Harhcrf Adams that the college "L w
/ liam and Mary was almost IIon ~ iii
/ NAL planting unique sehlndIF, vi po,.,
l i..i cduc9tIon. thus anticipating Joy l''i ~
I . t-rdred wears one OF the best tut-
/ wv ,,-'i ro0vsmcnts of Che day. u is
I ,,Dt 81 generally known that 20 Colonel
/ 1villar, Polling. of Virginia. belongs lhe
/ lrcIit of establishing the irsl schoo. lot
/ deaf mutes in America at N"'" 90
I terrified county. D. ,.t-t,,- An,
/ cotion moro than 90 amy other cause the
/ Soufh owed the commanding influence
/ exercised hv her leaders DO the couhchs ol
/ tho nation. Those leaders, says MI
/ blaine constituted "a remarkable hody
! M mon Having before them the example
/ of Jefferson. OF Madison, OF 'eoIs NlI-
! .Dn m virginia. or Nat Macon. lh Noiuh
| q, roliu1. or the Pinckneys ana HuuelI,s
\ I'm South Carolina. they gave deep STUDY
! to tine scence of government AS RUE,
/ they were literally educated many or
| Them graduates Of Northern coutses' anu
n etiu larger number taking their de-
] grccs al Pennsylvania in Kentucky, az
! enamel Hill in North Carolina, or az MT.
le06rson's peculiar but admirable inst-
tuition I'm Virginia. They look plde pm
! their libraries. pursued the law so lar as
| IL INCREASED their equipment for "a publc
career. and devoted themselves 10 poiu-
ca, affairs with an absorbing ambition.
And he PAYS them the tribute OF saying
that "thr0ughOut the long period OF that
domination. they guarded the treasury
against every attempt II cNtraNagance
ana against every form Of corruption
WATCH DOGS.
What more need or more patriotic ser
! vice to-day. when no ono seems 10 guard
/ the treasury. and expenditures 70 on ~