The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-07
BIG UNIVERSITY
FOR THE SOUTH.
May Establish a Great Industrial In
stitution of Learning.
CHAMBER ENDORSES THE PLAN
President Williams, OF the Scabonrd
Air Line, Thanks the Eody-To
Have Complete Report Of
I;ichrnond's Industries.

called meeting of the Board of pirec-
tors of the Richmond Chamber OF Conn
merce was held yesterday evening at
o'clock Those present were Mr.. l.. Z.
Morris, president, ana MI II. L. caneli.
first vice-president; Msssrs. John Stewart
Bryan, Isaac Cohen, f. II. Deane. 3. S.
Hume r. A. Lancaster. Jr., Robert Lecky,
Jr, Deane Maury and n. r. Savage, direc-
tors.
The President announced that the first
business to be considered was the suGgeS-
ton OF the establishment in the South of
a great industrial university. which the
Chamber of Commerce had been requested
to endorse He then introduced TO the
meeting Dr.. George j. Ramsey, of the 3.
T. Johnson Publishing Company, who was
familiar with the plans and purposes OF
the friends Of this movement, and invited
him to address the meeting upon the SUB
ject. DR.. Ramsey, in response TO this in
vitaiion said that some time ago the i'm
portance of establishing such a university
in the South had come up before the
Southern Educat ional Association the
Southern Industrial Convention, and other
bodies of business men, and had been
recognized and endorsed by them, there
was unquestionably an Urgent need for
such an institution III the South. He pro-
ceeded to cite some instances in which
the success of enterprises had been greatly
retarded by the inability OF their projectors
TO secure managers and superintendent
with sufficient technical training, and he
stated that the idea of Mr.. Johnson in
bringing the matter to the attention OF the
Chamber was to secure its endorsement
and cooperation, with the belief that af
ter a sufficiently general expression OF sem
riment on the part of such organizations
throughout the South had been secured,
it would be feasible to procure the neces-
sary means for establishing such an in
Nv. % nff6 to
answer any questions which might be
asked him, and replied to a number, the
most important of his replies being one 10
the effect that there was no such univer-
sity in the South as was contemplated in
this movement and that it would not in
the least conflict with any OF the existing
industrial schools, which were highly i'm
portant so far as they went, but were
different in their scope and character.
THE MOVEMENT ENDORSED.
Upon motion Of Nice-PreSident II. L.
Cabell, seconded by Mr.. John Stewart
Bryan, the following preamble and reso-
luton were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, Great productiveness of soil,
vast stores OF minerals and genial eli
mate have combined to give the South
unrivaled natural advantages, and
Whereas, Her commercial and finan-
cial advancement now depends primarily
upon the development of her manufac-
turing interests, and
Whereas, There is urgent need of edu-
cation along technical and industrial lines
in order to fit her people to turn her great
wealth of raw material into finished pro-
ducts, and
Whereas, The Southern Educational AS
ISOLATION, the Southern Industrial Con-
vention and other bodies of business men
have urged the establishment in the
South of a great Industrial university
for the training Of skilled leaders and
workers in these diversified industries,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That we cordially endorse
the suggestions already made, and
promise our active and earnest support
in any practical endeavor to establish
such an institution.
The next business considered was the
matter of delay in delivery of the mail
from the North. Of which d number of
merchants had complained and instances
were given where merchants having
boxes could not obtain all of their mail
until about 1925 A. NJ, and possibly in
some cases later. The explanation given
for this delay was that there was a great
congestion of mail in the earlier part
of the day from the various railroad
lines coming into the city, and some sug-
gestions were made as to how a partial
Ici.ef might be secured, and the ques-
ton with the suggestions was referred TO
the Committee on Postal and Telegraph
Service.