Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-01
OUR CITY SCHOOLS.
The YEAR HAS SMILED BENIGNLY
ON INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.
ADDITION OF A NOBLE MEMBER.
Union Theological Seminary Enters
the College Group-Pubiic-sen"o
Are Doing weII-cOiicses and Fri
xute schools show Progress.


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The year Just passed has smiled very
or, s,ously ON the schools OF Riehn'ohu
onthuslasm and progress are seen every
where. -,
This abatement holds true not LOT one
sohoo, or for two in the CITY, out appi,os
alike faithfully 10 them all Inc puD'ao
schools. OF which Richmond is so loho''
and pardonably proud. are IN inc iOl
,ror, The work being done by the tnou'
.,rA. Of little folks in them has peeh VI
on. earnest eager sort; OF the kind wh'cn
ea,s,s the teacher 70 say this mas oeen
COCA school year." with the same TWIST
Of the lip that becomes the farmer wien
no pronounces the season laNpi "''0
one for craps 49, ,,ear
T1e most notable feature or the ye@I
from an educational standpolhl We3 49,,
onontng OF Union Theological oeii No.,
An its splendid new buildings on .i.0 % ,be
t,trnnke. a short way north"o1e ,sIa,,as
f6T the virginia Union Chl'eiSi''
also begun during the year
p.,,1tc schools of Richmond
The public schools Of RichI4ohu ot
IN. pride Of her people, ana nav ave 80 80
fly grown in popularity ana e en- ,,,,riis
During the year just cioseu i-,1' '..i,,rtod
were enrolled. These were ,a.' ,,,,riIe
among IS buildings-n TOT wiz ~ ,ira-
"a > 90, colored. Each building Is pre-
.taea over by a white principaI, Inc ~
.n1'ooie- 40 white and 10l coioreu-"io
under the management OF 90
;a9 white and Is colored. biob
Tn. instruction has been OF ms
order and the progress OF the pupiI9 80 80,
r1-atifvinc. The affairs or the y 80
h.vo been economically admlulslcieu' %
A. .no,.n tyy the fact that the Cost pc
csoita Of pupils enrolled mas ohiy -
s,s,s ,ncIn6lne both tuition and genera
~ns.s rho City School Boaru' ,Ho
~oyernins body. is composed VI M
,,snbors. who are elected Dy the -
Coupcil. OF this body, Hon D. A"S -
Tilvson Is chairman, ana hon. Jose ePpii
Tnnk.raon Is vice-chairman MI w m, nm -
y Fox Is Superintendent. MI Ia -.
p Rady. the efficient ana Na'uVu ~
ava Supervisor of Buildings, dleo ~
cember g. 1888 after service SH ~ 10.
go moro than fourteen years Inc va
80, or This writing has not boon nlleu'
Tho system provides for tho educatloh
-, ,be child from the simplest primary
Grade through the High Schooi' NJ
ss.ruction thus afforded is eXceHehI'
whether as q preparation for the Du ln .'S'
NJ life or as preparatory 10 lhs'i ~ VIZ
|or higher learning. The last Session >" "
ernansting from the Richmond ms
sobood 9s graduates in the regular COURT
6s in the postgraduate course II Ia p.I0
biography and typewriung' ana % III tto
hueiness course; from the colored I1ibh
snd Normal School, "a gracaates III 4's
regular course. lit
Ths number Of pupils i1She TWO hIsh
schools has steadily and rapidiy sIo"n'
tiu now tho buildings are not ca
enough TO accommodate those VINO arc
prepared to enter The rooms are oeIlo1
" packed, and yet there Is hOt i09 91
enough. Health ana efficiency alke uV-
mand an increase or sultaDie
tions I'm the near future
There is need for additional rooms III
otber parts Of the city, as quite huinuer
of pupils In the low primary grades can
not be accommodated.
Uuion Theological Seminary
This vell-known institution for the
staining OF ministers OF the Gospel sig
Vailed the opening of its seventy-nl' II
annual session on the 5th Of OCTOBER ny
,ba occupancy and dedication OF It's manu-
some new buildings in the mghly-iin-
Droved Ginter section, northwest Oh thls
city. -. ,,ortici-
THE dedicatory exercises were partlcl
mated in by the president or the BoaIu Vi
Trustees. the Governor OF Virgin + NV
DIR. Theodore l.. Cuyler of Brooklyh' hCE'
Dr. r. T.. Kerr, Rev. Dr. hoBe' Nj. . -
Halves. and other wali-KhoWh sem ,,,oa a.
mis- change of location has resulted In
N worry largo increase I'm the attendance
4ha enrolment for this year being ninety
as against sixty-hve last year. Ihis III
crease is so much greater thah was eA
nected that the authorities OF the semi
nary have had to rent five or SIX auul-
.toraI houses outside of the campus Tor
the nrescnt session. They Will nave 10
erect an additional dormitory pulluliis
Of their own i'm the near iuture' Us lhe
institution now has moro stuuonlS .lai
all the other Seminarles IN inc gu III -,
preshvterian Church combined. III must
- remembered that all the students OF
,ha seminary are doing post-graduaI
xyork only men who have taken col
lore course are received. The msululioH
Is under the control OF the PrespyteIlsln
Ishnrcb hut its advantages are open 10
ministerial students of all denomination
without charge for tuition. It's ron thN
wear includes Baptists Epscopd!a"S
and Methodists. as well as PresDy teiia Ii
Thc new buildings cost 100000, and the
- nronertv of twelve acres OF cam
nus and eight buildings is valued at $lSO',
ooo The need Of suitable chapel aho
20 yvmnasium building is becoming
,,eore evident daily, and it is hoped tha'
they will bo provided In the near luture
rho seminary has an endowment Oh sow
oO0 the proceeds OF which are devoted |,
sna running expenses. a fayorite form OF
,aorvolence among the friends OF the
,nstttution Is the establishment OF scholar
shin funds for the assistance Oh heeu!
and worthy young men In Their prepare
ton for tho ministry. "A NUMBER Oh IN
d,v,anals knd churches have contributed
81 600 each for this purpose, only the In
tarest being used. Several liberal FRIENDS
Of the seminary in Richmond and Other
Ylaces have recently contributed N,ON
aach TO the building fund for the purpose
az ntoyiding suites of rooms. which are
a. he perpetual memorials OF deceased
relstives. one of these, in which the
neople of Richmond will feel special in
isrest IS ''the William A. Campbell me
,norIai-room." other individuals anC
churches in tho South have kindly pro
yided the furniture for large numbel
Of other rooms.
There Is a full faculty OF I'VE PROBES
sors--the Rev. Messrs. w. w. Moore, {
q uersman, T. c. Johnson, T. r. Eng
fish and @. b. strickler--dealng respec
lively with the Interpretation of the Ok
Testament tho Interpretation Of the New
Testament, Church History, Pastora
Theology, and Systematic Theology.
Richmond College.
\ Richmond College is literary ane
xclentihc institution OF tho highest rank
The college was founded in 1882, was re-