The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-02

Editor Of Tho Times Disratch:
Sir,-What IL other cities do tax them,
wh ses sooks or Ts and
parallel readlnE that will enable their
schools 10 do tho most efficient work md
thus place them In the front ranks q the
mond's schools should be satisfied TO take
the second place and not aspire TO the
front ranks.
What il other cities do. by means Of
excellent libraries, enable their boys and
girls to supplement their school work
and to engage in independent research
that will fit the n,for leadership among ny
girls should not dream Of leadership. b u.
should be satisfied to follow IN the wake
Of the better trained n'ea and women
What IL other, cities do, through their he'll,
libraries, open a way to estl1etic culture
BY placing within the reach Of their. boys
az a3d FRS t1n 4eaR Spfs%b oYs
and ,elrls should be satisfied with such
culture as they may get from the rare I
specimens OF art on the corner pillnoarnI ,s
and the choice bits Of literature found m
the catchy advertisements scattered
broadcast over the city.
What II other cities do tax themselves
boys IS and girls by furnishing the crystal
stream flowing from the pens OF the
Richmond's Il boys and girls should be
ga tsfed with ;the chaste sentiments pick
ed up in the alleys that have been we'll
paved by means Of. the few thousands
saved annually by declining to establish
What if other cities. DO seek to cult
vate i in. their boys and girls a.,taste for
those higher pleasures to be derived from
tho beautiful in literature and thus : save ;ai,
mond's boys and girls should be So tisf1etl
with those lower pleasures supplied by
the vicious IN. every large city; ,ho,,
boys and girls with lofty ideals and IN
spirlng thoughts from the worlds great
est and purest authors, dispensed under
the wise guidance Of irnlh sa 6ra AZ aot
,isfled with tho turbd stream flowing
through the cheap and trashy literature r..
that they secure without advice or
What II other cities are sagacious
enough to see that by SUPPLYING me the
means OF culture and Of intelec tho
Will so increase their taxable values that
many times the cost of the source e., OF
culture will DO added to their future
taxes? Richmond should look to, the I'M
mediate results and BY an insignificant
present saving secure few additional
blocks Of well-pnved streets annually. re-
gardless Of the culture of those who pass
what II, other cities do see that i Is
made without cost to the. city. for which
they supply simply the funds necessary
be SO independent as to erect her own
plant and then supply for running ex.,
penses an amount equal to that REQUIRED
for the plant offered FREQ OF, cost. 4
What II other cities do realize that by
establishing within their bounds one, Of
tho greatest of all educational institu,,
lions they attract the most desirable. and
thrifty class Of settlers? Richmond be-
Ing one Of tho richest per capita cities in
the country, can afford to be generous
and allow her leas fortunate neighborH to
secure these settlers.
Then should not every lover OF Rich
mond throw his Influence against the
Carnegie library and SEQ TO- It that no
such Institution is established within her
limits? OLD FOGY. i
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