The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-13
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ISSUES OF THE DAY
Richmond an Educational Center

Editor OF The Times Dispatc,:
| Sir,-Our honorable Mayors enterprise
looks out in many directions. His plaisc-
worldly zeal touches the city's material
| interests. and does not neglect her higher
mpral and intellectual concerns: Tie i,o-
| sitiona of imnortnnce which the public
schools hold In his mind is n matter Of
genuine satisfaction to the citizen
ls& 1T Is plain to tile Observant man that
Richmond Is rapidly becoming m edicays
tional center. One can but wonder that
been more rapid our beautiful SOUTH;
ern sister, Nashville, has led us Iii this
particular. Her chief glory to-day Is In
ner universities, colleges and schools.
manirestEon every, hand. but to her bet
ter credit. her values IN the spirit show
also y steady ircr%use Her Citizenship
has always been of a high and refined
type. The city has always stood for high
ideals and is committed irrevocably 10
tho education of hcr people.
There has been3a multiplication OF her
institutions Of learning IN recent years.
public schools We have two theological
seminal.es, two medical colleges, Rich
mond College, the Woman's College, and
several business colleges,
But the city has not yet reached her
proper measure OF educational equipment.
|1lt does seem to this writer, that there Is
no other city in the South SO eligible for
the establishment OF great institutions Of
ed at the activity Of the Il. p. Ain be-
half OF Greater Richmond. beg them
not to forget that q peoples crown Of
glory Is not. after all, in their wealth and
mat ral splenta3r, but IN her in their In
telligence and culture. One Of 1aichmond's
greatest needs to-day Is u college for tho
higher education OF women is passing
strange the noble old Capitol, has not,
long ugo, been adorned with stich an In
stitution5 for the training OF her daugh-
ters. 81 III EtA5
Tho time hns come fort earnest con-
sideration OF this matter. . "a III #.s
The Baptists OF Virginia have recently
set on foot a movement looking to the
planting of just such a school somewhere
4 In the State. A generous competition bid,
by our citizens. might locate it here.
lwomans College Of Richmond develop.
into this needed institution? Already. It
lis doing excellent work for many young
women Of the city. the State, and the
Uplifting OF this school in recent years,
n marvel. not to say II miracle" Hand-
some tributes have been paid to 1t by able
and accomplished teachers. Of the city.
Neson OF
M. "a. Of the University Of Virginia. says
that seveflty-llvee per cent. Of the girls
OF his graduating class. 1901, gould enter
-ginia and graduate with credit. Pros
fessor Garnett, an M. A., Of the Univer-3|
sity of Virginia, gives similar testimony
to the hiEh-grade OF work done in his
lady graduates OF our city high schools
can get excellent advantages Mt this In
stitution. fitting them for enrance into
the best colleges for women in the land.
that Richmond. the historic and classic
city Of tho South, needs as her pres
ent ornament a school for women
like some of the great female institutions
lead in the enterprise. in an entirely non
seetaran spirit. If this As notspra cticn-I
BILE. then let the city follow Baltimore's ex-
ample, nnH make such a college, the
splendid climax of It's public school sys-
TEN. For Grea ter Richmond, with all |
my heart. 1 crave a. great woman's coll
lege. TO be its pride and chiefest orna-
ment. 5