The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-20
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|sbe lighted too. 'rhsre Is q OF an tlouti.S
8tIbo,it tic place Mt i, ight Y hat should
mover etirapt q spot of such. beauty.
Handsome eectroliers. adoriiing tho front
b fthe rottrda and tho public lihll a f't "a
costing $aO0o0 Apiece, W6ttld indeed " re-
ven HOY, much better light is thu. da l'
ness, ind / do not believe hat the cur.
,ridses l,ns ever boon tnolhed TIM would
be sent through d single Otto OF thDlI1.ayt
Separate book funds for literature, MS
tory aphiluyophy, mathematics, economies
law and modern languages, z Of $5,o9V, q
$4,000 encll. would enrich the library any
gradually rnsoue 1t from general NEIL
cheney and givo It distinct value. ~, ~
,youd also ihiinoltnlize the names or we
gvcrs. 5000, will cndow n fellowship.
we soul1 have 30 such fellowsliips, II
least, covering nll tho states Of the South
What good deed 1t would be u q !, GSitl-
zei, OF Alnbatnn, for It1HtKaico. should es-3
tablish thrc6 rcllowships for young scl1o-
lars from his state 4.
There should be placed on son,o i1oblo
eminence herc, great law building
commemorative tho fame Of Join b.
Minor. It should cost $4,000 at least
/ The law school needs further, an cnao W
,nent( Of $3.50, 900, 10 provide adequately for
It's expansion into three-yenr course.
rho INV school does more and ASKS for
less than any department Of the UNI I'M.
Gversty. The lawyers who have q great
deal to- do with the making 81 Wills should
sec to 1t that the money is forthconlng..
we are ,nrivnled here and we should
keep this pre-elrlnence..
$1,000 would establish n loan fund for
deserving. struggling students. This 70
ono OF tho few American universities
without such fund, and It's usefulness
Is obvious.
Special Investigation.
Tho creation Of special Investigation
funds Of $4,000 and upward, would cnnhle
professors to undertake research work
OF higher character, redoundnG the
credit Of tho university and to tho SER
vice OF society.
An endowment OF 81, 900, Is needed hero
for university press. Special publica-
ton funds in special SUBJECTS, such MS
Greek medicine. Virginia history, chemis-
try, geology, ETC., would he Of great SER
vice. The press itself, II properly en-
dowed, would give labor to worthy STU.
dents, and greatly stimulate intellectual
activity s #
@ A chair or architecture, involving m
endowment Of $4,000, Is greatly needed.
+ OneI1nust past the Totom. to study ar
lchltccture In tho great region extending
from tho Rio Grande to the Potomac
chair OF art and archaeology, In
volvng an endowment of 100000. for the
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and vital Interest to our instruction. This
university is the pioneer in Amcrcn IN
Its example OF purc architecture and It's
emphasis OF the aesthetic. There Is
sort of irony in the absence of instruc-
ton In these subjects.
Individual classes. providing yearly, two
< or three hundred dollars. should undcr-f
take sIthe Systematic identifying oft$thcj
grounds by tho erection Of entrances,
1,t,,L vi tai no II
ndornlncnts as would lend distinction to
this already beautiful place. @
"A new and modern gymnasium, cost
ding 100000. wonlu ill a. great want
& here
a noble commons hall. which would
profoundly effect our social life In the
interests Of greater democracy. Of les
scned cost and increased comfort, and
which the State can never afford to
build should appeal to some citizens
with $4,000 and upward, TO devote to
high purposes. For the next generation
the st;ible entrance of the South into
the Industrial world l.. sure to furnish
one OF the interesting spectacles OF hu-
man society. The supreme need of this
period OF transition, will he men trained
IN tho social and economic sciences. Anc
expansion Of the chair economics soon
to be established into n school Of finance
and commerce. would le practical re- /
latng OF knowledge to life that would
profoundly effect the efficiency OF our
civilizations.
am not through, but shall stop. II
nil of these needs were to he supplied by
some good fairy to-day out of the blue
heavens. at the next Founders Day,
should have another list ready for
another fairy, for growth is the lnwaof
life. have named needs here agra
eating a million and a half dollars. Let
lis strive on to do the work which the
generations have set for us and which
society demands of us, firm in the faith
that the University of Virginia cannot
know SNUG limitations nor ever rest
content with little things.
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