The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-27
The Virginia Female Institute.

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Editor of Tho Times Dlspatch:
sir,-In your issue OF the 18th instant
YOU published the criticisms or some mem
bers of the Episcopal Council upon me
yireinia Female Institute. which thlnK
we're unjust to the institute, and as pa
iron Of that school and member OF the
board of trustees, / ask the privilege OF
reply. ,,o,ossfuI on
eratfon for sixty years; mas alunnae IN
almost every State of the Union, aHu ne ne
an established reputation as one ,,, 1i 1 re
faculty is composed Of cultured and ,, re.
fined teachers. and its princlpai,, MS, Mis5
Maria Pendleton Duyal. has eShlpiu ,ni
such remarkable talent In the condu.G;t
of the school that the NUMBER OF pltpli -
has steadily grown. until the school ID
now taxed 10 it's utmost capacity 70 ac.
commodate them and new teachers nave
been added each year.
The property consists Of some four acres
oil land, With brick buildings, ocatea IN IN
is a debt of $1,000 upon the property.
incurred partly in erecting new ouild,
nsS and asa partly b II u IRE deb tho
r prope r1"I belongs absolutely to the Do
ceses of virginia and Southern Virginia.
TO be used as they see. proper IT mas
cost the church very itt,ei dhe pr1petiiy
by the citizens Of Staunton; and the addi-
lions to the buildings and land have been
paid for, out OF the rents. . !, ,o,,,o,+ 80
a board of trustees appointed BY the
Councils of the Dioceses OF Virginia and
en yEn Robera e. pbson 3 p
Mey john & Williams MSs and IT, Mar
fhsh 4 Rev. the a Diocese a al asni oa
Messrs. ". 4, Anderson, ", ". Old,
Thomas G. Elder, Thomas D. Ransom and
Alex: r. Robertson. Of the Diocese OF
h ns the s' beara Of trustees held May
II, 1904 ali the above members being pres
e except hs nd aha offered
Of approval Of the efforts OF the trustees .,s
to pay off the dn6 nd f er eon efrsa IF
both dloeeses had done 50 twice s before, !.
to pny Sen hs Si fesct sc heM
arships in the institute for the equal ben
eft OF the two dioceses. and 70 be be-
slowed upon such persons ana N such
This was thought by the trustees to be
tho best wav TO assist the daughters of
clergymen or lnymcn who We're not abe
school. and still it is Impossible TO do
this while the Income Of the institute mas
to be devoted to the payment OF the DEBT
AIM enlargement ana ''HPAp N''S''' " N'S
buildings.
There has been no session Of the instl-
tnte since it has been under the manage,
ment of either Mrs Stuart or MISS Duvul
when substantial assistance mas not pesn
extended to deserving puplls VINO were
The Virginia Female Institute. with its
large and cultured faculty, It's Improved
and ENLARGED buildings, its general enulp-
ment and lis gifted principal, : doing
noble work along the lines az higher re-
male education, and deserves me endorse
ment Of every friend of education, The
best endorsement any senool can haS i
however is its patronage and N this
respect Miss DuVal has every reason TO
be satisfied both With the character or
the pupils and the numbers.
/ do not believe n school or the same
high grade OF scholarship and general
equipment can be found located IN q
city, with all tho advantases o. CITY.
which has no endowment whose terms
are more reasonable. Cheap schools are
very apt to mean Indifferent sGholarship
and poor fare, AS q patron or ms ', sGnool
and a member Of the board q trustees ns,s
| know the management O. ms lnsti.
tute is above criticism, ana , ask that Il
Miss Duva and the board Of Of t,r rus md
labor 10 the advancement On ma on sc nnnl
without expecting or recelH4hb aHs poi''
pensation.
!. A RfSpsetfEullYRs ROBERTSON,
c.o,s,on 1yorse,, Oh 1904.