The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-26

The special made up OF chair car for
the president and officers OF the confer
ence and nine day coaches. in charge OF
Conductor Smith, left the Main-Street De-
pot at sos with not less than five hun
dred persons, all told on board. me run
to Charlottesville was made without IN
c!dent OF special mention, save that All
wara j,,,snosed TO be sociablc and to hope
that 1T would rain, which 1t didn't un-
til n few drops fell just before GordoHs-
VILE was reached on the return trip. me
train stopped at point nearest the
University grounds at 1l:4o making inc
rim more than 90 miles. in two hours
and thirty five minutes II was nearly :
o'clock betre the disgorged loaa OF
the train had assembled in the new au-
ditor,u1n at the opposite end OF the hol-
,o,r son,ra Here the exercises were
held. -rc11
a., platform were DR.. Barringer.
M ogden. Delegates w. Dabney, Dr..
Kent. Dr.. st. Clair McKelway. Professor
Peabody and DR.. Dabney, OF the Uni
werslty.
Dr.. Barringer most cordially welcomed
the visitors u.
"Fellow educators, he SAID, II gives
mo much. great pleasure to welcome you
- tha grounds and buildings of the Uni
varsity In the name Of the faculty and
Roar If Visitors OF this institution
nv Rarringer gave a brief description
m The buildings Of the University. out
lining the plan Ct construction as thought
out by Mr.. Jefferson.
He presented Mr.. Ogden. the presl-
dent Of the conference. This gentleman
was greeted with prolonged applause, II
lasted half minute.
Mr., Ogden said he thought ne ought 70
tell who the people were who We're receiv-
ing such cordial welcome and he would
do so but for the great modesty OF his
friends In the company
MI. Ogden said that as he walked over
thu lawn n moment before, an old
thought came to him with great force.
that he was behcldng the application Of
great genius to tho Improvement Of
our civilization,
The grounds and buildings represented
tho thought of single man. and the
best traditions Of the past
This conference 10 the organized body
when stands for popular education.
MI Ogden in closing said no one ten
Years ago could have seen the material
progress Of to-day, and non one twenty
Years could have known OF tho problems
which to-day face us. He said that was
to such institutions as the University OF
Virginia that the world was looking for
men. clear in mind and clean in mind to
solve them
He made n brief but effective talk,
which seemed to have touched his audi
enca more than anything he has yet said.
Mr.. Barringe- presented DR.. Charles w,
Kent. a professor in The University. and
n member OF the State Board of Public
Education. The theme assigned him very
fttingly was tho Relation of the Uni
yersity to the Public Schools" DR.. Kent
said In opening that while Mr., Jefferson
founded the University, but held that II
tho few had to be educated at the sacri-
masses should have the training. as this
was of far more Importance.
The speaker said that he himself re-
garded what he might for popular educa-
ton, bath In the summer schools and
as a member of the State Board of Edu-
cation, of more Importance than even his
University work, and he was most loyal
to that. The wisdom OF DR. Kents adj
mlrable bu tbref address was that If the
greater Importance was tho education of
the masses, the good public schools for
the many, ana then u practicable the
University for the few. Cordial approval
with this sentiment and his whole ad-
dress was expressed by great applause,
Professor Francis Peabody.
The next speaker was DIR. Francis G.
Peabody, of Harvard whom ii Bar
ringer presented as coming from the Nir-
ginia OF New England, Massachusetts,
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