The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-28

aays bas s Ssj ahe aHd ID s's eeeG Ged
sssps |ss &c fsr
Arc these to become syst e az u 'ns are
6as Ptart 81 the ppny an optional patal
lel TO the Equivalent portion Of sybs e
so11,rl Which b, Seems afsn}s ana processes
LIS the prof sssa and laudabie nlm OF
the May campaign to ahe ensi,cent, active
inesffss u ans sd Sfisoasslons TIE se
there has seemed to be noteworeAt1X nd We, vet
not a fa,,n s spa e }ose
eonsstsen 1yS'f lend tSslr shessssb
te aa nw e seem not
Is there room in state;ed " at,a s az.
,1el there these na noS the
aes Of sa the dtsnetons
nentai n sbliity and nd achievement Or ere
hess Minds rs ea Eh0 liz radanes
Of The cohs inA' light ana bend i to IL
lunine the darkehed valleys, 2 I, !. ,,,a,,a,,
mental diversity Is stu to pr rgnnls
for the Select minds? But perhaps, th ,ls
ideal uni iorn,ity is a uniformity only NIX 81 o.
" fEosn minds OF wo thrust con-
'tlnuaily Beyond their fellows, to DO pro- pr1r
Evided with Training suitable no tnesr
ability? Is "a dead level, even OF. op ldr.
auate provision . I, Z. "a,
mate intellectual uniformity, what his Is
sSfq nsfs se ar an vsas
realisation of this ideal system to S (. I,
nas n lena ags q d ,Snts 81 e9quadliy
ii may nay s BE asaid that these questions
have no Immediate bearing upon the ,s,, eS,
& 1 to promote e the the interests of Sur rural
schools. But as the future OF our higher
Institutions Of learning depends upon y n
t spel wo net Ct ae sS ask
this .tirno q Gclear statement Of purpose
as to these children on their way through =,
the private schools. and colleges; IN soil
or are they 70 reach forth persuasive; ,r or
b OF march whom they may Are they lo
pull 1.-THE procession awry among them?
IS there sti to be eompetition III 1s t sGm
Fef sysn IF IS e 0Ua sn
waite schools land colleges are not to be
integral parts OF the propossd system y dn
!he1As but ,botWeen them ana the state
system ?NOr.Eis there room Tor al s.aI....
Or ossght we e is carry the idea Of COOP
Grafton as Efar as we can, some day 70
md ourselves engaEeed In fratTieaail cGa
tween the private school and the pu I6,,
ment Of the ideal high school ! eye1y Y
fSe ssnsnT Wit III Ehefs
between the s. College and the high school?
Undoubted1y all can join in furth1e Or
p faf sRsd We rot lex ahead ana
tie goal-thoroughgoil,g unity Or, unity
anY 1 she sGeEs a2sr ape tnsR
cept the fact, or II we can and should e,!h
make the future spell genuine unity unity, Who no
'Then, too, I'VE beIlIeveFin Christian edu!-
cation religons and SECULAR COMMUNIST nt9neis
40 we eol hga SHOW THAT that AS Americans
and Christians We believe In the sepa-
ration OF 4 church and state. We believe
in state education, which cannot Pc 20
Christian education, which cannot b b
GSg = complete sl ationalI systems,
p nona ta app az etses s1aif ado
eating : hotlGs Are those who are doing
this double duty ,ads,ecatingpth the ,s stats
to the dehomlnat ional. or are they ear.
nest advocates q $the pu bile system, !, a, Is
4 q whole. There us no imputatlon here
merely inquiry But is there asreai CON con.
A Is education without religious training 1
incomplete, and has Our eeling thai Inn u
that 9r9s rs
establish SYSTEMS Including the religious
l element? IN h, |. W !. III ~,
su neg Mas chine: cal progressive. an
f ftpss Ar Are they answered well by thu
4 profound satisfaction with the !, /. Rn a y
Il to some ONE a more sacred thing and {
truer panacen Tor human us than 4, =,
We Iaa'o Of WIZ Wirgnta need reply Of our own
TO what ls the new moyefment 70 tc iga
10 "a single State system. with compe
4 tlton extlngulsled? TO "a state sy naa 4
regula ted private institutions. and Z tn
University raised q notch, !, Or 70 y, Wha a.
May the solution be indicated N IN
merry month 81 3 Maya, o,1, ,7,u7r