The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-13

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when cnll their names, Charles Treder.
lex Glndstone, Preston Hundley. Cecil
Clyds Martin, 1Darly Norris Moornaan
James Russell Porter.
II have to announce the Following hos.
pltal appointments.
ITO the Old Dominion Hospital. Or.
Herbert Mann and DR.. w. u. Walker; TO
the Retreat for the Sick, DR.. l. T. Price;
to the City Almsohuse, DR.. Jesse p. Rex;
to st. yincent's Hospital. Norfolk. Va.
| DR.. j. r. Hunter; to the Norfolk Pro-
testnnt Hospital. Norfolk. Va. DR.. w.
II. Boycei to the Newport News Hospital,
| Newport News, W., DR.. T.. G. johnson.
DIR MITCHI1LL'S ADDRESS.
When the dean concluded his address
there was moro music and then the In
PRODUCTION Of the orator for the occasion,
mond College. DR.. Mitchell made no.
| table address, which was received with
many demonstrations OF approval. His
subject was Social Initiative"
! For about three-o quarters Of an hour
| DR.. Mitchell held the attention OF his
| audience closely bound to the subject he
| so ably discussed Reckoning back to the
time when Percles and Sophocles and
Demosthenes and the others forming that
galaxy Of bright stars which made
first. that the number OF great men Is
proportlonately small. very small; and,
second. this small number of great men
is not scattered according to rule over
tho ages. but congregate In particular
periods OF tho worlds history. He then
set out to probe for thnt elemental en-
ergy'' that made these men great and his
toric. This element he defined as Social
Initiative.
RICIINfOND'S RESIIIENCY OF SPIRIT,
From this point onward Dr. Mitchell
discussed some Of the ingredients OF this
subtle element. showing wherein 1t had
stimulated men to great deeds. He made
general application OF his remarks, and
then applied them successfully to Amer
lea. to the South and hcr problems, and
finally to Richmond. With reference to
Richmond he said:
No apology Is needed for speaking Of
social Initiative in Richmond. We arc
citizens OF no mean city. The very In
stitution which calls us together tonight
Ia tho outcome Of social initiative OF
rare order on tho part OF q certain pro-
fessional class in this community, who
would not content themselves with full.
filing the conventional demands upon
their time. No; they combined their en-
ergies in creative efforts In the art OF
teaching and In the advancement Of
science that have brought increasing
glory to this city.
Initiative is found In the memorial hos
pital, which you at this particular time
dedicate to The service Of humanity and to
the progress of truth in surgical research.
May we not rejoice In the dawn OF
new day, when patriotism, imbued equal
ly with wisdom and love- prompts a cit
lien to erect such a hospital; another TO
build a Jefferson Hotel; another to con-
solidate a railway system; another to
develop locomotive works or other indus
trial plants that give employment to hum
dreds OF people; another to throw open
to all museum of art and history that
chtsels the taste and refines the charac-
ters OF our youth; another to. add one
hundred thousand dollars to the endow-
ment of noble college in the neighbour
Ing town OF Ashland; another to call into
life a splendid group Of buildings in which
school, and still others to project enter
prises benevolent, educational. reform
ing, social. too numerous to mention.
Richmond'a mellowing traditions incline
her naturally to the exercise of this 30
cial virtue. The amazing thing to mo is
to discover from time to time how multi
form are the public activities in which
so many Of the men and women engage,
that, too, In SO quiet and unostentatious
a manner as to escape detection and con-
sequent recognition. Such is the purity
of motive and the loftiness OF character
Of hosts Of the people who pass us daily
upon the streets. This Is the crown OF
the city's life. It's glory is its public
spirit. dislntere.tec. sustained and wisely
directed. A city is something more than
a center Of population for the purpose OF
barter and gain; 1t is an intense form
OF civic spirit, which yields results In
character and effort impossible to sparse
settlements
The South offers most inviting field
to-day for popular Initiative. The next
continent for exploitation will be South
America, which lies nearest to us. The
Panama Canal will put the South upon
the worlds pathway of trade The Car
ribean Sea Is destined to become as
Mahan tells us, the Mediterranean Of the
western hemisphere. China Is opening
I'D new and exhaustless markets TO the
cotton products of our farms and facto-
res. Wealth Is increasing by reason OF
the various activities fostered among us.
The rising generation will know nothing
of the trammels of tho Civil War and
reconstruction. They will drink lnspira-
lions unknown to you and TO me. The
vision brightens as we behold 1t. De-
mocracy, popular education. ennobllng
traditions. vast material resources. and
people plissant. these, all these are In
centiyes to social service and individual
initiative.
RECEPTION AT THE COLLEGE,.
The exercises at tho Academy closed
few moments later a1ter music ana DEN
edction. The celebration thereafter was
adjourned to the Masonic Temple, where
there was Held most delightful recep-
ton by the faculty The place was beau
tifully decorated. Instead OF the usual
banquet there was dancing. and many Of
the doctors with their wives. and young
students with their sweethearts, en-
gagged The Reception Committee was
composed OF the wives of some of the
faculty, as follows: Mrs. Christopher
Tompkins Mrs. George Ben Johnston.
Mrs. Ennion G.. Williams, Mrs. ]. Page
Massie. Mrs. II, II. Levy. Mrs. Frank H.
Beadles, Mrs c. A. Blanton, Mrs. VII
liam p, Matthews. Mrs: J. han Moore %. e,
Mrs. Henry C. Jones, Mrs. II. w. Stiff
and Mrs Frank NJ. Reade.
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