The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-18

tugs, and taken to the Shipyarn loI IL
pairs The vessel went on the rocks near
kingston, Jamaica, In q recent STORM
and was DANA ged to a considerable ex-
tent. 6 Il
Max Felstein, q Warwick county saloon
keeper, was fined 500 by Jury in the
Corporation Court yesterday for selling
8liquor on Sunday. The Bloodfield Justice
dismissed case against F'elstein ana
fined Officer q. 4. Jones, who entered
the saloon for trespass. The Anti Saloon.
League then brought the matter to the
attention Of the grand jury.
An Opportunity for Capital in:
Virginia.
To the Editor OF She Times, Dispatch en- & ( !, !
SRA man having made. money .an an
wishing to invest part Of MS ,. to fe .
m mo- uGn ntre e Himself Shall
viceable to the public, what form shall
his philanthropy take to the best adya' u
tage? IT a,large GuedS, ~, "a
acter Of the man, the amount, o.. ms 1G Or.
tune, the pubics1n winch, he Is most m y
terested and the coneept nc Is;
To-day, l1 Judging BY what Mr. Carnegie.
Mr.. Rockefelier' and others are doing \, i
our e6nspisulf}osxe
their names and to subsid.ze the public
~ three different me tilods: >Either they
establish outright new 70 q
R e5eif feier's medical Institution, III Phil
adelphia), or they follow the Torld-o}i "a
prnfhpe Of gYIpE z1
Ton. as 1T is at present administered,
or finally they attempt to foster a spirit
of self;help to create "a d ts an =,
Carnegie G.rn 10 tax yourself for books,
grandlzement. acknowledgements, purely
ieal@yeurnings, or what not We have
In this generation thanks TO- our. pr s.s
the United States in 4 the way, Of pubic
and quasi-public foundations. The greater l
share OF this benehcent work since the n
North, the East, the West and the Middle
West, and for the very good $reaso ma I
the South IS only Just now beginning VIZ s
have. been a crisis to those other sec.
lions. too. but was not one that invoilve q
tho sapping Of syfryytas
Needing ne In and and Welcoming ali proffers .of
judicious help along the lines OF up-t9o,;;
date philanthro py, does not EnoW. and VII
for many tie e East
even7 the West. has perhaps found s, salu-
tary. The East has It's urban traditions n
aad eS %ere ana s
6yf IS 0M Se
prst{y 9! wsil til sea'e WRs
for much that is UNDUE sheuld en- endeavodf
keep alive al that OF Tn,,id a Ia
Be a affected BY any tcas1hing out .aft. :
dqir l0Gkns fssh PITS Ee phenf an
way possible to maintain an old ana
worthy institution. why should not steps
be taken to that end, n lieu OF IN ln Is y.
Nv Where are ~ institutions kept alive? First.
h9 en- na9pst sis esh
people. Among the colleges q the SCUM
for its age, FOR ITS history and 1Gr Its
one OF the Oldest colleges lin Virginia.
(focEunded in 1776) and therefore one Of the
Oldest II tbs Is denb t.
Iishment in the South with at all similar
aims has done SO much IN the training
OF Southern youth; Asa name, Ha l.;
than7to others, but the college has never ss
bene sectarian In the proPagandist3 sense
Its students have been, directed TO rel.
81 gop te eny gues IL g'a ater all
Considerable, dogma having had its day.
The points to be stressed are that H1amI ~
den- o!uHsy y y cTt'Gsl ~, III nnllare sn
plaeed t ft il Viii likely never be any
thing but small. The. magnitude Of IT'S
aHheysme1s s exl stte RS1sGt
During the years betwehn the opening
Of the Reyoution and the beginning M q q
a surprising number Of men d stinguished
r IL Rae' w tf SHOW 81 not Tie pass
r res that no small college IN the
South has a record superior 70 that ot
cyII War o. s9ariTa dea q, p Pme
when funds We're most needed, u me
instent theories Of the day were e es
applied and Re race 81 = p' t9gfeSs 9hua
Rfe nyaisad t. do ali that Was possible,
The old ourrlcnlum was ta ssjn WIN ta .nG-
ards was resisted, and as ways ana means
allowed eaupmsntt and n mIfe5i9dhs t We're
devotion otie OF President Mc1lwaine designed
In June last after a twenty years admin
istratlon) many positive advances were
1As college like Iampden-sldney y to.
be eongratnlated upon haSy!ng, fought * IT,, q
good tight until time when. t 9, al, az 9 "
aims (rnore particularly those with deti-
Mite tradltons) have real and 4, very
oe,my Let such colleges do as they, have,
doua-offer the means of acquiring q
common), and In addition let. them con-
Scentrate their forces available for spe.
| I, sH-o'Ion ~ rbarrl" 'mte| enonrf NJ
subjects, each small college, then, e. be
gw .sny IS and and Ia ba also focus Of
Father Father powerful light from several chosen
/ IN IN present day educational discussion, AS
/ forTYthe aetllal. on The other hand. those
Who know conditions IN our great uni
yersit!es will admit that such are not me
twenty, apt to be crushed or inflated by
| the caprclous workings OF the machine.
II there Is room for the small college