The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01
Two Richmond Pastors.

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DR.. w. r.. Z. Smith, pastor Of the sac
ond Baptist Church, this city: \
Our heroes and our atesmen have
been wortIlly 1nemorializcd. THEM stat \
ues are tho noblest adornments Of 4
the city. Those splendid figures OIL
Washington, Lee and Jackson Of Mar
shall, Henry, Madison, Clay and Davis,
stand for the high ideals OF - patriotic
and cultured people. Is it not high,
time to express a. wider range Of pubs
lic appreciation than has been done
EA2heretnfOre? Science has ecently won y
from our people a well deserved recog-
milton In the monument erected In the
Capitol Square TO the honor OF that
distinguished physician, pr. Hunter
H Mcclure Does not our city put large &
valuations on literary power and ' ex-#
cellence? Has she not had q pnet-spn&
whose broadening fame has set him
pre-emincnt among the singing geniusesi Z
II OF our Western hemisphere? It IL y
now conceded by the ma turest Eng +
lish criticism that In tho beauty OF his Il
If art forms Poe has no American rival
Now, shall his home city, whose credit
Fl he has nightly advanced, longer de-*S
lay her marble stimonal? AIN
Dr.. Charles s. Gardper, pastor Of the
Grace street Baptist Church, this city::563
E8 We have shown q disposition to do
Justice to the memory OF the great men !
whose lives were devoted to the mili-SE
tary and political service Of their
coun try, But Is L not equally Just and u
monious development OF our civil
lization that We show an equal ap--
probation of men who pert orm distin-
gulshed and dislnterested service to
Ell their country In art and lterature?&
255g This Edgar Allen Poe did; and his
81 respendent genius will reflect mmor--
tai glory upon Richmond.
BY oil means let us build monu33
rnent In his honor, and thereby do ~
honor to ourselves. Il 55i
Leading T Teachers Views.
DIR. william Fl. Whtsctt, head Of the
school OF philosophy. Faie hmond College,:
But the days OF storm and stress
have passed away; prosperity and {
peace have now daWned upon the an u
y Client city, and It seems opportune to
remind her that she has hitherto neg
lected one of her greatest sons, and 4
y the noblest muse OF American song. 1t
seems worthy OF the history; and dlgni-
~ OF Richmond, in this the most or
LuNuIei DAY VI net Sal1littlSi ID O!SClldIS
the debt that she has SO long owed e
to her masterful poet
I heartily second the motion to erect
monument to Poe. It is time that
Richmond should fetch her banished
! home. Poe can do without Richmond,
far better that Richmond can do with
e out zoe. '&
Professor John Calvin Metcalf. OF the
school Of English, Richmond College.
confess to a certain shock Of sur
prise, on coming as q stranger to
Richmond few months ago, at find
Ing no memorial to Poe IN the city.
Certainly tho rest OF the country ex-
poets this city to honor the poet as
she 80 nobly and tastefully honors the
warrior and statesman, AS n part OF n
our expanding educational system we
Of course include the appeal which
statue and bust and painting make
to the nascent sense of the beautiful
and heroic tn the young mind. T
am sure that every teacher In Rich
mond will unite with me In the wish
that this proposed memorial to Edgar
Allen Poo may speedily be realized.