The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-28
GOVERNOR Is;
AT | H. Il: TON.
Possibly He Asked DR.. Fris-
sell to Collect Curry Fund.
KEEPING IT GREAT SECRET
College Trustees Won't Dvulge How
they viii Get Ear Of Or. Curry's
Millionaire Friends ofthe North.
Hampton Man Suited.

Governor Montague went to Hampton
Yesterday afternoon, though what took
Els Excellcncy down there Is moi, known S'
No one knew OF any big nesting to De
held there or Of any special thing IN
the usually quiet city likely to attract
the Governor last night, and isomo CUES
sing has been indulged in.
The public Has been greatly inter-
ested in the question ofH how the tsus-
tees Of Richmond College were gong
to reach those wealthy gentlo:ucn at the
North, from whom they expect to get
the far greater part Of the $500, 600 neo.
ossary to found a school D.! technology
IN connection with Richmond College
as q memorial to DR.. ]. L. NJ. curry,
according to the decision reached Pres
ident Boatwrlght was seen last Night
and said that 1t was impossible Tor MN
to say how this would be done. me
He admitted that the trustees wei
not idle and were pushing the all-im-
| nortant matter OF getting this money
with great Hgor. The half million
Is oonfessedly, to come from Mr.. Ter
| mont Morgan, Mr.. John D. Rockefeller,
4 Mr.. Robert G. Ogden and many others
4 who for years have been assootatnd with
DR.. Curry on the Slater, Pea ody Boards,
the General and Southern Education
Boards. These gentlemen were al
great admirers Of DR.. Curry and would
4 gladly give largely to a memorial 10
Dr.. Curry II convinced Of proper ono.
The Richmond College trustees feel con-
'' HARD TO CIT AT. 53.s IL
| II some one could ever ret enough "
the valuable time OK these gentlemen
to explain the object OF tue college
trustees and impress upon then, the r.
ness OF such a menorial. the li'tle
would be won. The great question then
has been how to get the ear Of tho
great financial kings The passage from
the ear to the pocket would MT De
difficult task. Some ore mus be tnn l!1
1 who knew these nien, III WHOM, they hs d
! confidence, who also knew and loved
Dr. Curry, and last OF, knew the value
OF technical schpols and tho value rut
/ upon them by )r.5@l,urry. s}ss
LIKELY DR.. I'LL TSSttI.!I.S
It would not DO surprising u Z Dr.. II.
B. Frl.sell. prtac'pal g the Fsmpton
for the important mission, and, further,
i IL Governor Montague, member of the
i sBoard Of Trustees OF The College, a
member Of the special committee which
i met at MS house last week expressly
/ to devise the means OF reaching those
i from whom the help Is expected o
come, went to Hampton last night 10
talk the matter over with r)r. Frtsscll
i and urge him to undertake the work.
No one person In q position to know
4 has ntimated such thing. Governor
Montague may have gone TO- Hampton
4 on an entirely different mission, but
the above conclusion is reached by that
j old and not always unreliable process
4 Of reasoning Of putting two and two to-
4 gether.
i ADMIRABLY FITTED
4 It Is certain that DR.. Ftiss0ll meets
Il every requirement Of the man whom the
trustees want No man admired Dr..
4 Curry more than he. No man values a
4 technical school moro than he. unless
!. perhaps 1t be Captain Vawte.; no man
in Virginia or the South has the open
3 sesame" to the hearts and pockets OF
4 the New York magnntcs In the measure
4 that is possessed by Dr. Frissell. It
s would be little surprising. then. II he
be asked to undertake this labor OF
! love" for his departed friend. OF all
4 the trustees, Governor Montague would
4 naturally be selected to present the
wishes Of that body.
President Boatwrght declined to say
i whether Dr.. Hatcher would gofGh orth
in the Interest of the fund Dr. Hatcher
4 is now In Macon. Ca. delivering AE a
course OF lectures, and 1t will DO some-
time before he will be In Richmond or
\ North Of 1t. It is certain that he will
not take the matter up for some time
n, d, come Wa 3 siif1 49, y t1E7tG'