Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-12
HASSERVED IT WELL.
m. RYLAND WITH RICHMOND COL
,rcr TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
MANY CHANGES In THIS TINE.
yv,.v of the Work of the Efficient
Financial Secretary ana Lipr"
<.copd Half Session CeIebrn-
ton Tuesday Evening.

What n vast amount or WOrh may NC
done in twenty-five years! what long
time it is to devote to the development
of a single work, and what conslderaDle
portion It is OF mans allotted time to i've!
Rev. DR.. Charles II. Ryland, the bare
mention OF whose name suggests Rich
mond college, has this month been imam
cial secretary of that institution adorhlhg
the western limits of this fair city LOT
quarter of a century. For twenty-five
wears DR.. Ryland has managed the money
matters of the college, having control III
a very large measure of all coliecuon9
and investments of the funds Oh the GU
lege. running far into the hundreds u
thousands of dollars. So successfully anu
wisely has he discharged this great trust
that there is not a friend of the college
who may not feel proud of the service
He was elected first to this position N
tho college and it is the anniversary Of
this time that he may celebrate now
But as the years came on and the truS-
tees of the college read as the pages OF
q hook his executive and administrative
ability, a great many more duties were
confided TO him, and all these to-day ne
IS discharging-lterally indeed, giving his
life 10 the college and the cause of higher
Christian education.
WAS "EMINENTLY QUALIFIED.
The office of financial secretary in the
college was created just twenty-five years
ago. DR.. Ryland was nominated to the
poord Of Trustees as one "emlnehlly
ouaIided" for the position by a committee
Of which Rev. j. l.. Burrows, y. d. was
chairman. DR.. Burrows was men pastor
of the First Baptist churcn, OF TINS Guy
and until his death one OF the stauncheaI
friends and most progressive trustees inc
college ever had. a..
Dr Rvland was then pastor Of the
First Baptist church in Alexandra, III
PvIand had already begun to take Il
nroninent part in the deliberations or
The Raptists in the State. IL was on ms
motion before the General Assoclduon
that the great memorial work or 30 ''
,vas undertaken. His business quaAAca-
tons had been demonstrated dHlus 'l'S
y,or nv his MANAGEMENT of the Office OF
| orr,,. colportage. and for three years an
ter the war by efficient superintendent
Of the Sunday-schOOl work III virginia
The trustees took action on the noilllil''
ton of Dr. Ryland January o. N'i' an"
/ the newlv-elected officer entered upon ne
duties the following month MS ~
r,orl, was to collect many thousands OF
| 80 and bonded subscriptions 20 the
/ memorial fund. His first report was SUD
! r,itted 10 the board al the annual meet
/ ine, Iuns 1874. and on motion OF Hon.
/ A r. Holiday a hearty and unanimous
/ ,.ote of thanks was passed by the ooaIu
/ "for the exceedingly able and clean re-
/ mort made OF the work entrusted 10 MINI
NEW DUTIES FOR HIM.
The trustees at this same meeting pals
hin, auother complimeut-that is, H.
/ creasin, his duties. He was elected trea-
/ s,,rar Of the college TO succeed the Vene-
rabIe Edwin WORKMAN only h'ue
+ later he was elected recording secretary
/ succeeding the late John NJ. murray
/ These offices, with their varied ana re
sponsible duties, he still holas' anu ~
/ ~, have been added others-amonG
| them the treasurership or the laCu.Iy'
the office Of librarian, curator Oh ue
museum. superintendent of grounds ana
| buildings and the clerical Work OF an
/ H. standing committees Of the trustees
| mr. Rvland seems TO have been hl'eu
from the first into his work as tue
tongue into the groove. lie cauShI the
! ,.,iri, ~ his life work and felt the III
eniration of IT, He had been conhecI,u
/ with the college but year "heH nc
made a recommendation to the trustees
which they instantly saw the WISDOM oi
and adopted. lie IT was VINO susse9,eu
in 1875 the founding of scholarships III 'li5
/ college. out of his own earnest ~
obiding desire to help young men VINO
',.a5 On education and needed help,
''rorr the system Of aid funds Whlch
everv wear now places an the oppor'uIl
tias and benefits OF a college education III
Inc reach. nay. possession, OF scores ol
vouug men who would perhaps never
bave them. The good they have done Is
49, 90 The kind to tell off In figures, put
far exceeding that, viii bless ana help
men So long as the influences OF cul'ul "a
christian men. faithfully dlschatsl lH1
duties entrusted TO them ana le".l"s q
belning hand to others, are a blessing 10
mankind
GROWN UP AROUND HIM
Tho founding Of the library and build
;,, If the library hall and the memorial
hall 10 Mr.. James Thomas nave all Deen
done since Or. Ryand's connection WIN
the college. These and other buildings
euch AS residences for professors ana
/ dormtOries nave H1ei"4ly a4'"" ~
around HIM .,,,, ..,,...,,.
qho system by which the 1900 volumes
of tbe library are made accessible 10 al
81 the students without extra cost was
T. Manned by Dr. Ryland, ana with ms owl
hand he has cataiosueo 'He "Ho'0 ''''''
her of volumes
Dr Rvland. though in the service 50
Ions, is still a member or the younger SCI
If 10 true that his hair is beginning TO Do
"iron gray" and there are stray lros1e'
{ hairs i'm his beard, but is young ana eve
min no Few men are more active are
sound at any time Of their lives than ut
pvland is at present. His spirit Is a
to,,ng is that Of any of the young mel
lin whom he is every day associated
lie yin never grow old, though he hy
ven as many years yet as his friend
ana the friends OF the college wish 10
him.
A KINGLY ROBE.
mr. Rvland as curator Of the museuT
of The college has in his possession
robe roorvellously wrought and very peal
tim. The royal raiment-tor such IL Is
corine from the shoulders OF IN
Kinr Of Uganda, Africa, was
oift 10 the museum from Hon. j. J
NJ Curry. This distinguished gentleman
a trustee Of the college. and until shoi
time ago president OF the trustees, write
,bo following history of it: Colonel
Chatlle Long Bey, formerly an officer
tba army OF Ismail Pasha, Khedive {
C,e,,nt i'm an address before the America
Georgraphical Society, of New Yorl
. Nav % 1873. relates page 2O an intel
viey June q, 1874, with the King {
Uganda Africa, at his palace. lively
Guards lassooed thirty African maiden