Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-15
HAVE AN INSTITUTE.
THE MEMORIAL TO MAJOR GINTEH
TO TAKE THIS FORM.
THIS THE FAMILTS PREFERENCE.
Leading Business-Men Take Hold OF
the Matter, Adopt RESOLUTIONS
Looking 10 Organization, and Ask
for General CO-Operations

! Girter IL to be perpetuhteu ny '"S S"
dowment OF mechanics institute ane
fschool OF technology.
This decision was reached at a large
meeting OF representatives ana inhuen'
| tial business and professional men, In
| Guiding a committee from the Young
Mems Business Association. held yester'
day evening in the Office Of the virginia
State Insurance Company. Judge George
+. Christian presided at the meeting, and
Mr.. Henry Lee Valentine acted as Sec
rotary.
The session was an executive one, and
members OF the press were not admitted.
1t is said, however, that the meeting
was quite enthusiastic.
THE STYLE OF MEMORIAL.
At its close the following resolutions
were adopted unanimously:
Resolved, as the sense Of this meeting:
1. That a suitable memorial should be
erected in this city to commemorate the
| life and character Of the late Major
Lewis Ginter.
2. That mechanics institute and
school OF technology would be the most
appropriate and useful memorial for the
above purpose.
z. That an organization be effected TO
accomplish the foregoing purpose. by a
popular subscription. and that all the
business and other organizations of this
city be invited to cooperate in this work.
4. That the press OF this city and
State be, and 1t Is hereby, requested to
use it's powerful influence In furthering
this movement.
CONSIDERED THE BETTER PLAN
The proposition TO create fund. the
interest OF which should be distributed
during the winter weather among the
poor of the city, was discussed at length
but the fact that Major enters rela-
tives were in favor of the endowment
of the Mechanics Institute and had vir-
tually promised to subscribe to fund
raised for this purpose, decided the ques-
ton. This plan, too, has always been
received with the most favor, and it VIII
enlarge the scope for good OF an insti-
tuition in which Major Ginter was in
tensely interested.
One of the members of the committee
said that an effort will be made to raj Sc
not less than $4,000.
Tribute from the Chamber of Com
merce.
A meeting OF the Board of Directors
of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce
was held yesterday evening at O'Clock
in the hall of the Chamber. Owing to
the sickness and consequent absence of
President S. II. Halves, the meeting was
presided over by Mr.. S. w. Trayers.
first vice-presdent.
haI rhaf of ha
committee appointed to draft suitable
resolutions in memory Of Major Lewis
Ginter. requested Mr.. W. o. Shelton, also
a member OF that committee, to submit
those which had been prepared. Mr..
SHELTON, after speaking most appro-
priately and feelingly of Major Gintsr,
submitted the following resolutions:
Whereas, the Richmond Chamber OF
Commerce has heard with profound -or~
row of the death of Major Lewis Ginter:
therefore, be II resolved by the Board OF
Directors of the said Chamber, that
o. In the death of Major Lewis Gin
ter the city of Richmond has lost its
most public spirited citizen.
CT His active sympathy with our body
was shown at a critical period when,
without his disinterested assistance, the
building we now occupy could not ha We
been erected.
90 His enterprising spirit. his energy,
his broad views, his charitable DISPOSE
ton, his affection for his adopted city
and State, make him an exemplar for
all classes OF citizens.
a. His patriotic love for and devotion
to, his people and State shown at a time
when their exercise demanded tremen
dous sacrifices, endears him to the south
ern people.
90 His timely help, so considerably
offered to the needy. his earnest efforts
to elevate the struggling. his determine
ton TO advance the general interests.
without considering whether or not the
particular investment would rebound to
his personal benefit, made him our fore
most citizen.
co. His many admirable qualities are
impressed on the public mind. and he
will not have lived in vain, If, without
exception, all of us, In our immediate
spheres. should emulate his example Of
earnestly striving TO promote the pub
lie good.
Cd TO his family and hosts of friends
we extend our sincere sympathy.
S. w. TRAVEPS,
II. l.. CABELL,
w. O. SHELTON.
Upon motion, the resolutions were
adopted, and as a further
mark of respect the meeting adjourned
without giving consideration TO any other
subject