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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-11
Art Should Be Taught
in Richmond COLLEGE

DR. Il. w. cartwright In opening at
Richmond College on Thursday night the
course of faculty lectures, made fine
and practical address on THE Place OF
Fine Arts in College Course" address,
Ing himself to sculpture. painting and
architecture After discussing each Of
these arts OF the eye, Or. Bontwright con-
cludcd:
II hope you believe that II Is worth
while to learn to appreciate these great
arts OF form and that art appreciation
may be taught Now Wish 10 say further
that Richmond College is an excellent
place In which to glvo the needed in
struction. In this beautiful hall VIC al
ready have $1,000 worth. OF illustrative
material. Another s1,00o would give us an
abundant supply. though we can do fair
~. we'll with what we have. we havo not
much here with which to illustrate
architecture. but a walk OF two squares
down Franklin Street. from tho corner
OF our campus to The Chesterfield, will
show MS every order of Greek column and
all others represented here A little long
er walk that every student ought to take
is one that begins with the severe Grca's
porch of the synagogue facnk Ryland
Street. past the Romanesdue Cathedral
With its beautiful Corinthlan portico.
through Monroe Park and down Frank
lin, Street to tire Gothic front and apse
oil All SAINTS mot falling 10 note tho
dog-headed eagles or griffons that signi-
fy evil ever present even In our aspira-
tions): then past the Jefferson Hotel,
where. on opposite sides of the street
classic and Renaissance. the simple and
the ornate confront each other; then
past the new Second Baptist Church. the
most perfect reproduction OF the late
Greek temple we have In the city. then
over to Grace Street. where at Second
and Grace some handsome ionic columns
show what the colonial adaptation OF
classic types become: then past the
westmoreland Clubhouse Mt Sixth and
Grace Streets pleasing and rcstful
doric type Of colonial dwelling: into
Capitol Square past the rerodelled state
house, with Graeco-Roman portico ana
good front effect; past the City Han ~, IN
Broad street n modern composite liko
rythm of many measures. down into
Thirteenth Street where the Medical Col
lege of Virginia shows the only example
i know in Richmond Of the Oldest OF all
types OF the ancient Egyptian with its
blooming lotus columns reminding us OF
the temple at Karnak
In sculpture our city possesses In the
state Capitol statue OF Washington
considered by many the most valuable
art treasure OF America. We have also
much valuable work of our distinguished
fellow -citizen, Mr.. E. Y. Valentine, and
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tho excellent collection of the Valentine
Museum, which every student should visit
frequently. In monumental sculpture.
Richmond affords the college student ex-
ceptional advantages. Few citizens in
any land can show equestrian statues TO
ESayaford's Washington and Merde'4
Lee. These public monuments constantly
increase in number, rs do also the pri-
vate collections of our citizens, and all
| add to the advantages of this college as
q fit place for studies In fine arts.
Not much great work In color is accessi-
bio here. but several good pieces, by ex-
cellent artists. especially portraits, are
in the Valentine Museum, the State liz
brary, this hall and elsewhere. I call
attention especially to the portraits here
of DR.. George B. Taylor and Mr.. James
Thomas. Jr., by De Sanctis.
The Rhodes scholars from America who
write back homo to our magazines relate
that In natural science tho Americans at
Oxford are ahead OF their English cousins
In Latin mathematics and modern lam
guages they equal the English. but that
In general culture. and especially In ac-
qunintnnce with the fine arts, our repre-
sentatives are woefully lacking. When
recall the time when ! proudly carried
my masters degree from Richmond Col
lego to an old world university. and then
discovered that must begin with the
alphabet OF art. know how to sympa-
thlze with these young Oxonians come out
OF the West. This college sends students
to Europe almost every year. and It is
not right to place them at such disadvan-
tage. Other Virginia colleges may not
DO blameworthy, but this college. located
IN the capital city. with this splendid
nan. has responsibility commensurate
with her opportunities.
Flow. theu shall we proceed to secure
WHAT seems so desirable? The great uni
versitins, OF course. have their professors
OF fine arts. Some small colleges, like
Rutgers College, have distinguished men
IN such chair, and their courses hold a
prominent place In tho curriculum. / do
not call for q lprpfessorshIp here, nor do
l think 1t necessary to offer to. the gem
ernl student +. such broad and ample
courses as ,professorship OF fne arts
would imply, would suggest hero ut
Richmond College that a member OF tho
faculty should every session give In this
hall a regular course OF not less than
forty lectures. introductory to the fine
arts. The courses should have due credit
toward degree, and should be conducted
In all respects as any literary course now
given. All professors who teach lltera.-
turo could doubtless also contribute to
tho interest of this course in fine arts by
calling attention to the development OF
the arts of form rs they trace tho devel-
opment OF literary art For example, In
stead. of treating the Renaissance In
France and Germany or England with
reference to literature alone, tho profcs-
sors might also pause to show how this
rediscovery OF classic Greece and Roma
brought new conceptions OF the beautiful
in art into all the Western world. The
life OF any people finds expression IN III
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LOCUST DALE.
Cadets Enjoy Midwinter Sports
THOUGHTS Turn to Baseball.

(speciaI to Tho Times Dispatch.)
LOCUST DALE, VA, February To-
The intermediate examinations arc ovcr
ana tho routine OF daily rectations and
other school work Is resumed this week
at Locust Dale. Several new students
have been enrolled since tho holidays.
All of the cadets and teachers arc cnjoy-
ing the midwinter season, spending tho
weekly holidays and afternoons in hunt
Ing, fishing and skating. number OF
squirrels have been killed recently.
Work is being pushed on the new attn
letic track. which will be ready for use
IN the spring.
Prospects for baseball are very en-
courngng. Several of last years players
will BIO OH the team, and an seem deter
mined to do their best to retain the cup.
which was won last session in the Pied
mont League.
Several cross-country runs have been
engaged in lately: also a good 6,al OF
basketball played, which has come in
for lits share Of amusement
The cadets, with the assistance OF some
of the teachers, are getting up minstrel
show for the last Of February or first of
March. Great interest Is heinz taken
IN It.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard. from New
Hampshire, are spending few days here
with their two sons. They are on their
way North after wintering In Alabama.
Miss Willis Is spending the winter with
her niece. Mrs. Briggs.
Mrs. Winston OF Waynesboro, is the
guest this week of DR.. and Mrs. Blair.
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graduating class, after n week at home
In Lexington. has returned to take an
assistants place in the library.
Mr.. ]. c. Nation, who was called
home to Chester, S. c., last week on
business. returned to school Wednesday.
Miss A. May Smith. of Station A,
Henrico county, former student hero.
has just re-entered to complete her work
for graduation in June.
Miss Grace Thorpe, Of tho Argus Lit
erary Society, has been elected one of
the editors-in -chlef of The Guidon." In
place Of Miss Carrie DUNCAN, who was
compelled to resign on account OF too
heavy work
Miss zoula LaBoytea,x, of the senior
3 class. is teaching in the sixth grado
of the Farmville public school for a while
rs substitute for Mrs. Armlstead Rice
who Is out on account OF tho illness Of
her husband.
President J. l.. Jarnnn spent Wednes-
day and Thursday in Richmond.
About forty new students have matric-
ulated since January Goth. the beginning
OF the new term. Among these are sew
eral public school teachers. who have
entered since the close of their sessions
for the purpose of reviewing the public
school branches and gaining some new
ideas in methods OF teaching. They are
Miss Anna Payne. Chesterfield; Miss
IIlla Osborne. Blue Grass. Russell coun-
ty, and Misses Mamie and Emma Colley.
Of Birchleaf, Dickinson county.
Miss Blanche Cox, the primary teacher
In Dublin Institute. spent last week here
odbserving the primary work by Miss
Halliburton in the training school. Dur
ing her stay she was the guest OF Miss
Mary D. Pierce at Mrs. Lucy Walls. !.
A large and very beautiful picture OF
"Jungfrnu. Elger and Monch," tho most
prominent snow-capped peaks OF the
Swiss Alps, was recently received by
Mr.. Jarman This handsome gift to the
school comes from Mr.. Elmer u. Jones'
q member OF the faculty, absent on leave
to complete his studies in philosophy at
Columbia University.
. Miss Edith Rogers has Just been APP
polnted to the responsible position OF
treasurer OF tho Virginia Normal League,
instead of Miss Susie Ford. who has re-
Gently graduated and left school.
Mrs, S. g. Thompson, who has been
visiting her daughter, Flora, for some
time. returned wednesday, to hor home
at Blpoheld. w, VA
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BY S. c. MITCHELL, Richmond College.

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TRINITY PARK.
The Lower Middle Class Elects
Officers-Annual BANQUET.


Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
DURHAM, n. c., February 10.--Ths
lower middle class OF the Trinity Park
School. following the example OF the Up
per Middle. met last Wednesday and or-
ganized. The following officers wers
elected: President, Joseph Burgess:
vice-president. r. l.. Bunlpus; treasurer,
Miss Florence Baxter; secretary, p. II.
Arrowsmith.
The annual alumni banquet of Trinity
Park School will be held this year, on
the evening of Thursday, April IL, In
tho Asbury building now blildins). De-
parting somewhat from the usual cus-
tom, It will be more of the value OF
an Informal gathering than banquet.
"A list OF lectures to be delivered by
the faculty OF Trinity College this spring:
In addition to the faculty lectures
that hayd been already delivered this
year, the following will begin during the
spring term, by members OF the faculty:
DR.. Few-.The Scholars IDEAL
Professor A. G. Mcrntosh-"Chief JUS
tice Marshall"
Professor w. Fl. wannmaker-"Two
German Views Of America"
DIR. j. j. Wolfe-"Bacteria and then Ac-
tivitics"
DIR. j. S. Bassett-"Jarnes Anthony
Frade."
The dates on which these will begin
have not yet been appointed, but will
be announced from time to time.
The first number of the fifth volume
OF the south-Atlantic Quarterly, which
came from the press some days ago,
show that 1t is constantly improving in
literary excellence. This number is full
of good. strong articles. which are both
t,,to
DR.. Otis Stocksdale, the wel-known
coach of the Trinity College base ball
team, las begun rendering his instruc-
tion to the team and it is received with
great enthusiasm. Much interest in be-
ing manifested In this phase Of college
life, and n strong team is expected to is
sue forth from Trinity.
At an early date. the second gynina-
SUM exhibition OF the collegiate year
will probably begin. The exact date OF
the exhibition has not been given as yet.
Not until this year, has regularly or
ganized gymnasium team taken any
prominent part In the exhibitions. nor
has gymnasium team. as q team, here
tofore existed. 1t is hoped that in the
near future this team will be able to
compete with colleges of high rank.
Last week, Mr. Ishikowa, of Kioto, ia
pan, enrolled In the Trinity Park School.
He entered the junior class, and wishes
to make English a specially. He has
spent the past eighteen months TN Brook
Ign, N. ", and Is we'll enough acquainted
with the English language to understand
most of what Is said to him.
The Senior Glass of the Park School met
last Friday and elected Miss Anna
Branson and Mr.. Fl. Fl Roe. rs editors
of the Here -and-There department, which
has been added to the Gazette.
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done We asked all In the crowd who
favored the consolidation, and who would
stand by the school board and the SUI
perintendent In the establishment and
maintenance OF this consolidated graded
school to hold up hand. In all that
crowd there was but one hand that did
not go up. I need not add that the land
was purchased on the spot, arrange
ments made to remove such of the trees
as we did not wish to stand. and in the
fal LOT 1901 We erected modern school
building 22x56 feet, with 10 10 foot ceiling
In all four rooms. and a hall through
the building on first and second floors
~ feet wide. building fully equipped
with blackboards and up-to-date seats.
New school buildings In Accomac have
galvanized wire screens on the outside
of windows; no shutters This gives light
and ventilation and protects windows
from balls, etc. Where light Is too strong
inside curtains are used-This is true
of Hunting Creek.
In the old houses the pupils cost the
county per month In daily attendance
s1'0e per session Of months For session
ending July 81, 1905. the cost per pupil nor
month In daily attendance was ss cents
per session of five and one-half months.
The total enrolment of this school In at
year was 1871.
The children are remaining in the
school longer and we are now doing good
grammar school work. where it was
possible before the consolidation To do
only primary work and that In a very
crude way. We are now doing this
work with three teachers that formerly
required four in the old houses.
At this point We are In shape for COM
pulsory education law, because we have
the room and equipment. Bear in mind
that thls is one OF the five schools OF the
100 in Acconlao, where the entire school
population might be properly cared for.
This was brought about by consolidation
IN q strictly rural section by co-operation.
The building was made possible because
by special act of Legislature Ntetompkin
school district board was allowed to
borrow money. N M
There is no getting away from the fact
TINT to Improve our rural schools and 70
Improve them speedily. our rural district
school boards need help In a Financial
way In closing I repeat, the necessity
for more State ;norrnals may be great
CfD,ablit there col, he no question as to
the necessity and the wisdom OF first
building pp well from the bottom. MI
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free education, tho state must. In It's own
interest, compel acceptance OF It,.
L.. III. b.
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.
What This Association is Doing
for Needy Sections.

Editor OF The Times Dspatcll.
Sir.-I read with great interest the cdu-
cational page in Sundays paper Will
you givo room for q. word about the
Southern Industrial Educational Asso-
citation, with headquarters in Washing
ton. ID. CT This association Is for Indus
trial education Of the poor Of the country
districts OF the South. Tho cause OF
higher education and negro education
finds its support from the-rich people Of
the North, nothing for our country dis
tricts. but we hardly realize the condi-
lions OF our native whites. Every now
and then n mission wotker from the
Ragged Mountains arouses our sympathy
when they come among us and tell OF
tho ignorance and degradation of our own
people that they have given their life
work to elevate But do we give them
practical, permanent help? No. Listes
to some facts as given by Mrs. Martha
Gielow. president OF tie Southern Indus
trial Association:
Il was In Carnegie Hall and heard
Booker Washington state that the negroes
owned one-twenty-sixth of the State OF
Virginia; that in forty years they he'd
wiped out IS per cent. OF their illiteracy,
and that when the white people Of the
South owned Al per cent. OF their homes,
so per cent. were mortgaged. and that
is per cent. OF the negroes owned their
homes free Of mortgage.
when we think of these facts they
are startling. If nothing is done TO re-
lieve this situation. in few years 1t will
mean negro supremacy. Mrs. Gtelow
hopes that the Daughters of the Confed
cracy. now one OF the most powerful
organizations of women in our land, Will
individually and collectively take up this
work. Missions and schools have been
already organized in our mountain dis
tricts, and we will work to support those
already established. Industrial education
will be our only salvation. Take the
schools to the children OF the country
districts: do not bring the children to
our city schools and colleges
Below is list of officers Of the associa-
ton:
Mrs. Martha s. Gielow, president gem
eral, Greensboro. Ala; Mrs. Fannie w.
Gresham, first vice-president, No. liz
Grant Place. Washington. D. c.: Mrs.
Helen G. Sparhawk second vice-president,
Brookland, d. c.; Mr.. Robert N. Harper.
Treasurer president American National
Bank, Washington. D. c.; Miss Frances
NJ. Anderson, secretary, No. 9l2 Twelfth
Street, N. W.. Washington. D. c.
Very truly,
A souTHERN WOMAN. E
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Compulsory Education.
BY LEWIS II. BLAIR.

While these are The local implications or
corlnries of free education, and fully
within the competence of the State. yet
80 far as we are concerned, they are far
In the future. tho North and West free
schools tend strongly In this advanced
direction.
Public opinion is not yet prepared even
for compulsory attendance. the first step.
but as compulsory attendance is essential
in order 10 reap the full benefit of free
education. public opinion should be cdu-
Gated by persistent discussion and By
iamillarizing the public with the idea
that 1t is not only the right, but the duty
OF the state to compel attendance at
school. they will after white associate
free compulsory education together and
will in time make State co!cpulsion TN
necessary by themselves compelling their
children to attend school. Keep 1t be-
fore tho people that the rights of the
state are superior 20 the rights Of the
Individual, and that If the State furnishes
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Compulsory Education
and Consolidation
BY q. q. JoYNEs, ofAccomack.

shall now consider in order the points
in Accomac, mentioned In my former
article, where we are in shape to accom-
modate our a per cent. of school popula-
ton not now enrolled, and state how IN
each case this possibility was brought
about. In addition to Temperanceyille
School, which stated was the result
Of healthy development and thorough co
operation. named Mearsyille, Hunting
Creek. Onancock, Tangler. In as much
as the Tlmes-Dlspatch more than a year
ago published the figures and pictures
OF the old, and of the new buildings at
Mearsville, proceed to the Hunting
Creek consolidated rural school.
On the west side of Accomac, near the
Chesapeake. conforming somewhat to the
contour OF the Bay shore. we had three
of triangle
/ One of these was an old church. cut
by petition half way to ceiling rickety
old desks not Fit for use. to no black
boards. and chimney that smoked the
children out whenever the wind was from
the west.
No. 2 was an old abandoned store, two
rooms, ceiling about feet high. broken
UP desks and benches with no backs;
barn shutters to the windows. see out
In most any direction through the wealth
orboarding, and the floor no better. The
house touching roadside; no ground ex-
cept tho pine forest.
No. 3 was an abandoned old store.
one room, shed-roof, rude desks, barn
shutters to windows and very. airy, prac-
tlcally no grounds except pine forest.
Going into this territory with plans Of
consolidation for putting these four
teachers into ono house, we secured first
the cooperation of as many of the Lead
Ing citizens ms possible, found that near
the center Of this triangular section We
could purchase one and one-half acres
OF high land on the Hunting Creek road,
We called all the patrons and the school
board for Metomphin school district to
meet on the available ground then thick
ly set in beautiful pine timber. At tho
apponted time largo crowd Of patrons
We're seated In the shade of the pines
ready. to see what could no done. We OK
planned tho disadvantages Of the dilapi-
dated old houses; tried TO show tho nd
vantRges of n modern.s well-eaulpped
building TO he located on the ground
where we had assembled, tried to show
tho time sayed to children IN, a school
regularly classified and graded. This
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NORMAL SCHOOL.
Forty New Students Matriculate.
Entertainments.
Especial to The -Dlspatch)

Especial to Tho Times-Dspatch)
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. FARM
WILLIE. VA, February 1o.-The recent
two days visit Of Miss Ruth Paxson.
national student secretary of the Young
Woman's Christian Association, was a
great benefit and pleasure to the stu
dents as well as to the ladies of Farm
vile. She spoke twice to very large
audiences upon the themes. The Reality
of the Christian Life" and "a Life for
a Life" treating them in remarkably
intellectual. but still more remarkably
spiritual manner.
Miss Emma C. yenable, of Hampden-
Sidney. after having spent the winter
term here observing in the training
school and doing special work In meth
DDS. has gone to Cornell University, Ith-
AGA. n. Y, to devote the spring term to
nature study.
Mrs. Joseph L. Jarman, with her chill
dten, Joseph and Helen. spent the week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. G. Buchanan at
Ashland.
Miss Henrietta Dunlay, of the January
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art, whether for the eye or for tho ear.
We know more Of the civilization Of As-
syria and Egypt from their temples than
from all their pallmpsests. Tho Gothic
cathcdrals are the noblcst record OF the
middle nge. Our view of literature will
be immeasurably broadened and our per-
spective corrected II we study together
all FORMS OF art expression. The special
lecturer however. aided as he may find
desirable by the many cnoable artists of
the city, must BIO our chief dependence
for the instruction our students need.
trust that the session OF 1o06-'07 may wit
ness the Inauguration Of such course in
fine arts as I have here tried to indicate.
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WILLIAM AND MARY.
The Graduating Class Composed
a Lucky Thirteen.
(speclal to The Times -Dlspateh.l

-I0|- NopSCIt1 20 ! Ile IIIIIe5-1JISpHCCN.1 I-7--
WILLIAMSBURG, VA. February To-
The senior class Of William and Mary
College this year is about the same as
that of.last year. insofar as numbers arc
concerned, thene being thirteen members
Thirteen is said to he an unlucky num-
Der, but the students do not seem to be
at all alarmed by this fact and from past
work It seems almost certain that most
OF the members OF the class will graduate
with highshonors In June
The following are tho officers, elected
atttte beginning OF the session; President,
William Il. Wrigslcsworth; vlce-president,
Robert g. Henley; SECRETARY, and treasu-
rer, Il. "a. Warrlner; historian. William 81.
Newcomb; prophet. James IT, Gar1,es;
poet, Ivan s. Hozler; yaledlctorian, G. u.
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Will Do Great Good.

Editor OF the Tmes-Dtspatch:
Sir,-I hear with much pleasure that YOU
are going to give regularly space in
your paper to the advocacy Of the great
cause of education, This action will GER
talnly meet with tho approval Of all peo-
pie who are interested In the cause of
education. I can think of no other inter-
believe the Influence OF your work will
be felt In much larger measure than
you have doubtless conceived.
Trusting that your example Sill be fol-
lowed by other influential papers of the
State, am.
Yours sinoAS:ly,
r. q. WATBRHOUSEt
President.