Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-01

toe Visitation, ID. ". M. II was estaD,
lisned IN 1856 ST. Patrick's Boys Schooi
IL located at Twcnty-sixth and 'ruoe
streets. and the Sisters or Charity con.
duct a xirls school on Tventy-hith Street
between Franklin and Grace. 70.
Tho two colored Catholic schools-S.'
Josoph's and 81, John tho Baptist IN
stRute, the latter being for the hlsne,
education OF femaies--are In charge Vi
the Franciscan nuns.
The Wop,an's College.
The Woman's College was ORGANIZE -
1854. Tho buildings and GROUNDS eo91
about $40. Co., During the past summer .iie
buildings were renovated anu important
additions made TO the library. IL was
found at tho opening of the session u, u,
sentsmber impossible to accommodate al
who desired to come, ard an addl'lohhi
building, Immediately adjacent 10 the COZ
leye grounds. was purchased ana Is no"
known as the Annex in Whlch ~
Chandler. the dean of the college, ana h'S
family live. This building has ehaoleu tne
college to accommodate eighty -SeNe"
boarders, fifteen more than III any pre-.
yious session. The faculty IS composer =,
twentv-fonr officers ard teachers. trained
In the best Institutions oil ms country
and Europe. Mr.. Charles f. Woods, a
pm d. of the Johns Hopkins and Profess
sor of Modern Languages in the college
spent the summer I'm Europe, and MIR.
4. w. Single. a Phi. y. Of Leipsic Univer-
sitv has been recently engaged to give
course I'm the history Of philosophy.
The enrolment at this time last year was
211. IT Is now go and will doubtless
largely exceed the enrolment Of any pre-
vious year.
The class I'm pedagogics. which meets
five times in a week during the session. i
becoming more and more popular mum
berlng at present twenty students. Ihere
IS only one other chair of pedaSoglcs IN
virginia except those in State schools.
Richmond Female Seminary.
Mr. John H. Powell is principal OF TINS
school. and Mrs. r. G. Peyton associate
uriuclDal. The seminary has enjoyed TINS
session its usual measure of prosperity.
The attendance at present is fully up 10
the usual number. not a single vacancy
for anv one who wishes to entcr 1he
whole number is about 155. and The work
OF the student body success tul mere
are eleven instructors in the acaueiil'c
department and six I'm music.
The Virginia Mechanics Institute NO
COZ east Main street. has as us object 'ne
promotion and announcement OF manu-
failures the mechanic, and useful arts
and tho mental and social improvement
~ the industrial classes. Its officers are
W I Whitehurst, president; J. j. Mon
taeue. vice-president; Thomas Elicit sec
rotary: w. L. Simons. treasurer; -. i. p.
aurguvn principal Night School of Tech
uology.
The institute is doing the all-important
and indispensable work Of training young
men who are compelled TO earn their HVe-
lihoOd during the day by a thorough
course Of instruction at night in the fol-
lowing subjects: Mathematics, archltec-
tural. mechanical. and free-hand draw
ing, bookkeeping, natural philosophy
embracing chemistry, electricity, ana phy-
sizes. and a natural course in modellhs'
The curriculum is as follows: Arlthme-
tic. algebra, geometry-plane' sohd' ana
descriptive; trigonometry, applied mecha-
MICS. bookkeeping, drawing (architectural'
mechanical, and free-hand), chemistry
electricity, physics and modelling
Colleges for CoIOred Persons
The Richmond Theological Seminary Tor
tho training Of ministers among the col
ored people. is under the auspices OF the
American Baptist Home Mission Society
II &c the only cOlOred theological seminary
in the South under Baptist management
which aims to give a thorough course m
Gliding Hebrew and Greek For the tuil
course the degree Of Bachelor OF DIVINITY
is given. A diploma is given to those VINO
complete the English course, which does
not require the Greek and Hebrew. A
less comprehensive ministers course IS
riVen TO those who can remain only Il
limited time at the seminary. Ihete are
fiftv-threc students enrolled during the
present year. The president OF the SEMI
nary is DR. Charles II. Corey; DF. ). j..
Jones is Professor OF Homiletics ana
English Interpretation; Dr. ID. y. NaSSar
is Professor of Church History ana BlDh-
cal Introduction. The Professor OF He
brew and New Testament Greek IS Ut.
George f. Genung. who entered upon his
duties at the beginning Of the present
school wear. The seminary has an en-
dowment Of about $4,000 The library
contains 5000 volumes. and is well classi-
fed and catalogued. 1t has permanent
fund Of 5000. The new buildings for the
seminary and for the other schools TO be
associated in the Virginia Union Univer-
sitv are now in process of erection on the
new grounds on the Brook turnpike.
Hartshorn-Memorial College has hand
some buildings and grounds on west
Leigh street 1t was established for the
education OF colored young women. 1t en-
pbasizes especially the element of moral
and religious education. and puts the
training of conscience and character first.
The institution now holds property
valued at $4,000. The school is under the
patronage of the American Baptist Home
Mission Society, the Woman's American
Baptist Homo Mission Society Of New
England, and the WOman's Baptist
Home Mission Society of Michigan. Its
normal graduates have taken notably
good positions in various cities OF Nir-
glnia. in State institutions in Virginia
and West Virginia, and in the home mis-
sion schools of several States.
Across Bacon's Quarter branch, north
east Of the HartshOrn grounds, beaut-
fu! site Of about twenty-five acres Is
where will be located the Richmond
Theological Seminary and Wayland col
lege, The other members of Virginia Union
University.