The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-15
: A PLEASANT REMEMBRANCE
: OF The SCHOOL or METHODS.


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| gazed about me at the great while
columns Of the auditorium and at th'
ems" over the rostrum, trying to nix, or
recognize tho various figures IN the PIC,
| ture
cd on the living sea of faces around me.
rams futterlng, heads turning to watcn
with interest the newcomers, the ceaseless
,murmur OF hushed voices rising and. fall
Ing. What a varied and open book be-
| fore me of humanity"
Tho grave teacher with Thoughtful face.
his fingers between his Latin poem bns-
| " making notes or translatins us he
| waits and gazcs with unseeing eyes about
him. The fresh young girl graduate full
Of life and spirits. gail wide open
| eyes about her. ready to take in every
! thing" and have good time with not 100
much hard work or study. Not caring
much who the lecturer is, or what the
lecture is on. just so the lecturer is hand
some. young and rather dramatic. Then
there Is the girl who thinks 1t learned
| to pose as stole. and looks about hos
insly at an eager face. Then tbs tired
girl Life Is n bore" the tread-mill OF
teaching is unntercsting, she Is walled
IN, envlroned. She doesn't enjoy harsel
especially. Lectures are not very inter
csting, she has heard so many. OF tie
things before at school in histories. Ut
erature and in church sn. only ct,ne
Everybody thought she should come, but
she knows she will not learn anything
new.
to drink from the Spring OF knowledae
and eager for more. looks for"ard WIZ! WIN
Intense and eager eyes fun OF eXpecta a on
to this chance Of getting, glimpse o.
that higher. broader more beautiful world
OF Thought. Her whole face is lit up WIN
expectation and determination TO enjoy
everything. The older woman sun Keep
ing bravely on in the race and nsht, w.
Ing to keep up with the, younger, QUICKER
minds. striving with throbbing ieInpieis
and tired limbs to keep the olo P!ace III
the front row of progression.
An, the pathos OF 1t all
Oliver Wendell Holmes Races n ,a.,I
"two-year olds" entering, then the sorrel
ra Ger. the bay and the sober gray;
The school of methods Is en.ire'y no, zoo
piece upon. ! can only touch ishtiy mere
and there upon a few of the me Lecturers
we had the pleasure Of listening s,a 70 -
us the way.gto the chid's heart was
through music, and charmed US US ANA ana
found tho way to our warm soutnetn
netic manners as she told US no" 70
teach the children music. one OF ne
most interesting classes was Or. Soucnii
wlck's "elocution," and voice and ph!slcal
culture by Mrs. Southwick, ASIDE fro.a
their most. INSTRUCTIVE lectures they ar, are
most cultured and charming p Sopte,, M nre
of her many attractions. ard nope we
can remebber, and, be benefited IN re-
nempenng, herr gentle and kinaiy pfe yoice
makes self polse or polse OF the mind,
that by only having clear. soft. pieasaSt
tones Of voice shows the heart WITHIN
t tIful I Ienderi h Of The Bugle Song"
whose music seems to echo and re-echoo
from purple hi! to hIl, her Sweet WE of nna
echo and re-echo IN our thoush's, anu
lives until we meet again.
do not know that our three grahba ef ter
reaching us. but / know their subjects
lifted it SO we'll into each other and Just Ct
the right te 50 m aassed 5atore us With
his grand oratory and gave as those grand
old "moral readers as examples OF those
VINO had stood ~ their gay ~, d"t me pess -
his beautiful "phllosophy, Of Llying;"
showing US that higher, nobler self Within h
even in the muddy and slinley pool by
the road side" If we look Alright. making
this thing of living appear to us as some,
thing deeper, orTraer ,s pe o IDEAL selves.
Last, but not least our magnetic
speaker, DR.. Hughes, of Toronto. Canada.
showed us that, love was J, me IKE Key Ky ps
dark dungeon OF the world SCARED
mind of the white Ito hairea old man IAN aGn
sure every one who attended the School
of Methods benefited by hearing them. |
should not fall to mention most inter-
estng and touching lecture given us on
'"The Jews" by Rabbi Salisch, near the
end of the term. Rabbi Cal sch was pop
ular before as an orator. but do not
think any lecture he ever made before
could have gained him or his people
more warm friends. We are proud and
glad to have him as citizen OF our
State.
grand move in the right direction by the
Educational Society, and am sure every
student who attended was much bene-
fitted And / think the school In a body
should thank our popular, conductor; MI.
il. G.. Glass. for his untlring efforts to
make everything instructive, and agree
able to all parties Everywhere. one
could see, his keen, INTEL gent, kindly
face-at the registrars desk. about the
lobby, hearing the lectures, always busy,
and like the magiclans of old. he seemed
to be able to be In many places at once,
and always on hand when most needed.
Then besides all the fine lecturers. the
fine old University, Its lawn and cam
pus, and grand old shade trees, made us
feel as If we had stepped through tho
beautiful frescoe dporial into the real Nn
school of Athens" info the broader
grander life. where We felt "to know the
truth would make us free"
ELIZABETH CABELL MONCURE'