The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-14
MANY SCHOOLS
TO open [ \ (: \ TODAY.
Outlook ior Education is Brighter
Than in the History OF
the State.
RANDoL MACON %saC'0LLEGE.
Will BE Impressive Exercises To-
dayi11 Connection With It's
Scventy-third Session.
Especial to rho mes.Dlypatch.)


ASHLAND, VA, September 1s.'rhc
pcvcnty-tiird session OF Randolph Ma
ron College will be opened on Thursday,
September 14th, under partcularl-. favor.
able circumstances with the customary
ceremonies. Rev. Or. W. j. Young, Of
Richmond, Will deliver special address,
followed by speeches from members
Of the alumni who are now here and who
were particularly invited 10 be present.
The opening OF this Institution every
year is usually attended by many. visit y
Ing friends. and brings "a, mind It's sls-
nincant work. Rcccrtlng to It's carly his
< tory and its growth among educational
institutions there are many facts and
incidents which arc forgotten. stephen
4 olln was It's first president and after:
4 two years incumhency OF Office WAS petl-
y toned by educators In New England 10
accept the presidency Of Wesleyan CO.,
38lcgc In Connecticut.
Randolph Macon Is recalled MS the first
chartered UNCONVENTIONAL College IN Inc
y United States.
III II began Ms existence ns.a full-fedBen
college. having always committed its"lt
TO that work, In&1S3l. prior to its incor'
lcge was lnaugurate1. in It's seventy-t"o
years OF collegiate existence the1 g are
4 two conspicuous periods which STAND oIt
in the history OF Virginia.
Ono period wag the administration o.
Or. James A. DUNCAN as. Is presineht,.
when It's attendance reachcd we ii,t ne
water marx Of 800 students, and It's ~
OF graduates helped to fill the volume OF
"Distngulshed Cltizens az lilo United
States. @E .f
Friend Of Lee.
Or. Duncan will be RECALLED as tie
closc friend OF General Lee and JeRtr-
z son Dayis He will also he recalled as tie
founder OF Broad Street Mcthnnlst
n Church in Richmond. Va. Els influence
and prestige was unbounded. Thes fsco q.
and most important period In the hls'2rS
I Of the old college was the expans,on Pc t.
3 Rod under the afiminlstrationGof Dr..W.
W. Smith, who organized the Rundolpn-
Macon System. It's endowment OF sloo,-
600 previous I O the war had been entirely
swept away. and there were less 'nan
100 students. On July LIST Of he nrescnt
year It Is shown that 1 no Board OF 'Iruh p
tees az Rnndol Macon control directiy
nearly $4,000 of school property in Vir-
x ginia and direct the instruction or ht5
students. This board administers probab y
on more property and direct he payment
and empiovncnt OF more teachers than
any educational board IN the State.
A Laylnan President
The significant work OF the college 20
day$is It's marked dlst'nctton n keeping
Ifs preparatory md a'radet,ital work en-
3tirely1 separate from that OF the COLLEGE,
It's arst distinctive act was TO elect
layman az president In the e"rlier t:ays.
4 when Landon c. Garland vas made
president. He afterward became The hop
ored president Of Vanderbilt University
for eleven years. -Four out of ten OF It's
presidents were laymen.
The college has heen closely linked
with the history Oft Richmond. Fred
ericksburg and Potomac Railroad. Presl-
dent Robinson of that railroad having IN
vIted and urged the college 70 locate on
its line at Ashland In 1867.
The attendance this session promises
10 be the largest In its rece.t history