The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-23


that successful practical effort is the
Product OF sound ethics Many here pres
cnt Will attest the accuracy or tMs state.
ment from personal knowledge acquired
at former meetings"
RELATION no BOARDS.
Speaking III the relation OF the confer
ence to tho Southern and General Edu-
cation Boards the speaker said.
1T is fundamentally impossible to hold
the Southern Education Board and the
General Education Board officially re.
sponsiblc Tor this conference. In a full
and complete sense they are only ac-
countable to the donors OF the money ny
which they are supported. In very
broad and positive sense they are re-
sponsible for their action to Intelligent
public opinion. In sentimental and sym
pathetic sense they are so interesting 10
this conference that this discussion de-
mands reference TO them. and the pro-
grammc would be Incomplete without
some account OF their dongs. And Yet
1t should be positively understood and IN
sisted upon until the Interested pubic
comes to fully understand that the con-
ference and the boards are absolutely
and entirely distinct.
THE Southern Education Board carries
on crusade for education. It's organza-
ton is comprehensive and actively covers
the larger part of the country from the
Potomac to the Rio Grande. from the
E
privately betrayed. The General Educa-
ton Board administers such funds as
may come TO il for the assistance OF edu-
cation. In this connection they cannot
be considered separately--their work Is
o unit; they are the halves OF a com
plete sphere: they. are interdependent,
subjecuvely and ob}ectively; Seven men
are members in both boards. The pro-
gramme indicates the part that reports
OF their work Will occupy in the exer-
cises.'
d.
GROUND OF FELLOWSHIP.
After referring to Northern men in the
conference. he said {:
Two common grounds OF meeting for
all humanity are found in the Fellowship
Of SIN and the fellowship of service. Eel
low sinners. we are all by our common
human nature: fellow servants of human
need, We may all be and ought to be
through human sympathy. This great
audience Is here because Of sympathy
with the object of this conference. There
the cry OF the child is falling upon SYM
pathetic ears; that the fundamental right
OF every American born boy and girl to
good English education appeals to the
sympathetic heart: that illiteracy.. the
great undone margin OF national educa-
ton. claims the sympathetic thought Of
& bang he Inc IN
an heredty OF Intelligence and civic
righteousness should be created as the
birthright. the patent of nobility. Of every
American
We are proud people. The vast re-
sources, growth of wealth. increase of
population. achievements Of enterprise.
Tremendous material strides forward wit
messed by recent years. appeal to tho
Imagination with overwhelming force.
and we are dazzled by the brilliance OF
ncomprehensible magnitude. I freely adj
nit the blessings of commcrcialism and
recognize. with good healthful spirit
that trade is the vanguard of civilization
ami Z lly Of lion.
boast of our civilization. We are vain
literature. the fine arts, education, phil
anthropy and social progress. There Is
an aristocracy of intellect and culture
as as Of money and In + all self Is the OBJ
I'VE should be humble people, Are
the willy arts of the demagogue, North
and South, who finds in prejudice, pro.
serve himself through the triumph Of
that which is false: a subject, OF pride?
Is the prevalence of provincialism. urban
which narrows the view to things local
and selfish. a subject OF pride? Is the
hcredity of Ignorance, that transmits It's
ton to generation. a subject Of pride?
Is the failure Of law, North or South. to
punish crime and the freedom OF tho
Of pride? Is the arrogance and lndif-
ference of wealth to human need sub
ject of pride?
'When we look fairly at the under side
to know the truth does not ali our pride
melt away. and does It not seem that,
instead of Boosting of our exalted civiliza-
ton. we should confess with humiliation
that we arc just emerging from bar
barism?
pessimistic assembly, but it does, appear
as The duty of the moment that we
should Su1laraly look worst
dItons, Only thus can we comprehend
TRIBUTE TO DR. CURRY.
In connection, with this APPEAL for pter-
tribute to DR., Curry. so tenderly remem-
bered In Richmond:
THE appeal for personal service In this
holy cause of popular education comes
with largely added force from the fact
so painfully impressed upon all familiar
with our conference life that. we meet
Nestor of this conference, DR., ]. L, NJ.
Curry. absent last year on an important
government mission to a foreign coun-
try, has paid the debt to nature. and
meetings. Another opportunity will be
given the conference to pay Its, tribute
service. But the soiemnity with which
we face the question Of the personal call
to duty is made intensely profound by
the thought of the Inspiring example Of
sonal force Of his nature was dedicated
with uncomprmlsing devotion to the
work of universal education. The mould
Ing power of his constructive. mind will
remain permanently impressed upon,, the
States as an unceasing betterment. His
last public service was. attendance upon
the annual sessions, Of the Education
Boards at New York. in January. 1t is
gratifying to know that from. this con.
ference and Its cognnte forces he, derived
much hope and satisfaction In declining
wears His courage in January was snlen-
did and he confidently expected renewal
of strength that would warrant his re-
SUMPTION Of active service, But to the