The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-15

presenting a most imposing aspect. and
furnishing the rarest opportunities for
recreation and exercise in times of rugged
weather. Within this array of buildings
are found ample room for administration
purposes, comfortable apartments for
teachers, dormitories for students, halls.
chapel, dining room and in short, about
every convenience necessary to the COM
fort and effectiveness of a great school.
In addition to these buildings it ought
to he added that the art building and
several cottages are built outside Of this
square, having elevated and attractive
locations AS DR.. Cooke has but recently
closed his earthly career, It Is but Just
to say that FIollins to-day is what he
made it.
A word or two as to the structural lfe
of the school as 1t now exists, ought 10
be Of interest to every admrer of thrift
and success. as well as to all lovers Of
education 1t ought TO be understood
that DR.. Cooke was FIollins. II was its
head. It's heart, It's hands and Its feet. FIe
did It's thinking. carried its burdens, DID
its work for years. even In Its details. and
was the force at home and abroad for
attracting pa tronage. The result for him
self was that he grew,-a man OF many
sides; he had to do with every phase OF
the whole business, and while thelenter.
prise became moro complex. and rose to
greater proportions in every detail. re-
curing nixauon aud subordnates, he
was the Magma Pars. and from the very
force of habit spread his personality into
every department of the institutions life.
Had he been defective IN one essential
part. 1t IL easy to see that the school
would have Inevitably collapsed when he
died. The dropping Of the keystone must
have been The wreck of the arch. Per-
haps his finest constructive quality WAS
the power Of 50 clearly outlining the
different departments of work, that when
7, lie retired. the manifest thing to be done
| was to make 1T a departmental school
| with one supreme head. For this pur-
! pose he had gathered about him material.
beneath his masters hand, and trained
to the highest efficiency Of he specialist
To-day lIollins Insti.ute Is a piece or
4. ,machncry-ru Ike a clock: every
1 wheel has It's place, and stays in It and
I does t. part, and works with he ofher
7 whcels-and he nrlncplc OF corporation
/, finds one of It's completest and most
| triumphant FIJI filments In tho present adj
/ ministrat!on Of the school
4 Miss Matty l.. Cooke, a lady who In,
heiited many OF the highest qualities
1 OF her father. IL the presiding force in
! Mo school. and while quiet aud self
I possessed docs hL,' work pre-cn!rcnt,y
We'll In her distinguished brother Illccn
n u. Cooke, the president. she has mos,
/ pains'aking and able counsellor. and In
az the perrcxsnE probents which mark
me lie of the school. his best thought
! and fa.lhiul counsel are always al COM
X lllithd, Dat, joseph a. Turner, as II pre-
4 ufsllheq 4rcf That purrofG iB In charge of
The hu@lnehs side % the school ~ :, lnas.
yer OF detail. clear-lc4ded, rcsoiute. fun
! 81 fndur;inre and does his work In such
way that the other departments haYa
4 l'1le reed to linoW ANYTHING about H..
except when his reports come IN. pro-
4 iessor Frank w, Dllke !,i addition 10 his
professional work Is treasurer and the
institute Is exceedingly fortunate In hay
4 ING man who Is n financcr by instinct,
4 az wen as by experience. and so hobody
\ boiherS about the money question except
l'ike' ana his reports are always az clean,
aud straight as a Sunbeam, Or. A. n. L.,
SUSAN. The veteran professor OF modem