The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-02

of Its history, It's associations and It's /,
spirit, and SEQ for himself It's great
possibilities, he would urge that II re.
use Ills influence to tho end that the
means be Forthcoming to place IT on
I 30 solid n financial basis that 1T could
III III liz preat e mIssion 70 to- the people OF
the State OF Virginia.
An increass In It's pcrina nS neo en r.,I,i
Of 100000 or x years
las n part OF the University OF Rich
mond would not give II, aud the eyi.
lpenhiture OF nearly Il million dollars; II
ltinctive charncteristlcs in being trans,
planted, and would be Submerged IN
tho spirit lof commercinlism which IS
laying hold OF our cities,
removal to II city tho necessary fu 1n,,s
Twill be promptly forthcoming. very
happily we find nm answer to TINS con
tention IN tho same Issue , 9, so,' sps-
gestlon above referred to--an app.G,a,
IRON the Rev. A. d. p. Gilmonr TO the
people OF the Presbyterian Churcn h ,os
been running behind for the last NJ
teen years. TINT the expenses are ,Is,
greater than It's revenues; that ~, IT'S
city Of IL Richmond. under $4,000 Of
debt and that conditions are consta.nt,i1. ,
~ growing worse. Nine years OF th ms
period the seminary has !, be ., III on ..s.
has not been Forthcoming and the col
#lfcrs threaten to become empty Does
this Indicate that removal TO a er.s
will bring the needed N rynoss Moi to
have the Southern Presbyterian ChurGh
at It's back, and in addition is just out
side the city OF Richmond, the piaee
OF all others for nll INSTITUTIONS "
learning to be gathered. ~.
4 The promoters of the removal OF me
seminary fondly declares that IN u
wider field, such as that present. ese ,.onlS
bc many more candidates FOR the mn
istry. But do the facts show ms ms, :
am well aware of the general laillnb
cadc, but would not II be reasona aois
to suppose that 80 much W W.. t tv,I
might Offset this falling OIL IN ac'uai
numbers?
side by side ut Hampden- sidney, thc
seminary had very potent lhlue. .,,s
lin causing students who came TO the
lcollege with no such thougnt 10 u,
tar the ministry; but does any one sup
tposc that the seminary would contihue
to have that influence We're the coiiese
in Richmond. with all the attractiohss
Of that city. its theatres. places OF
Observation-Disclosures harmless In them
anlves hut distrncting--and also its
Ibarrooms. gambling heils and other
places, the, necessary aeeompanim ne h pe
college would come and go and never
!, 10 much rs meet the seminarians OF
! tho faculty OF that institution. us ~
1iuence on the college stu .1 Moriu
be far less than it Is now Wheh heatiS
! 400 miles separate them. 10.
do not mean to reflect on the city
!; of Rchmondg but its most ardent ad-
L ~ 1,aV | 4
! sense literary or intellectual centre re
!. ut the present time, no mater VIAL 1,,u
IT may have been years ago IN the Gays ~
OF the Southern Literary tr ra Msss hs thew
!, are TOO few to color the great mass
! oc the people The spirit OF comme :. ,
,eialsm has Richmond as firmly ny IN a.s
and his sons in the famous LAGOON
], lIrrnup They should have their uni
: versity. and should gladly use my
poor influence in their , e send. pne e,
,of vast territory, whose greai-
lgrandfathers, nay, great-great- sran no
fathers, bullded this institution. and for
the people Of this see' 20 time hne 'iei' w
The absurdty or the removal OF
the college is cxcellently Illustrated
n by quotation In your paper oil SONS
: ,nent Presbyterian He SUGGESTS ina
l. IN he used as preparatory school e
d, the college then in Richmond, II u
VIII be good PLACE Soy lor y Wat woas
o, be gained by taking the name col
s. lege, away and carrying It to Rich
n mond? Richmond University by q
ID charter only. provides post gradual =
It, graduates go on from Hampden-S idne,
st. to the University of Richmond II the,
id so elect without having to be colieg
At students in Richmond first ia, ,,oa 7
y the opportunity to see the Oxford o
w American built in five days when Tn
W sluggish English were five centurie
~. in building theirs
es old school, the most respectable. IN
It most aristocratic. next to the oldest !
CHI the State, which has maintained a
e. independent existence for nearly a cen ,
u memories, the associations. the spiri
., of great men. and which to-day carrie
Oh on its noble work, be deiiled by hord
y, ~ of negroes Is monstrous me suggcs
We nv a scourge of locusts and that tn
es greatest curse that could befall thci
IN be visited on the good citizens Of Primo
~. u Edward. makes every good cltl1en -, g
VS. test. Not only So but the people {
'e- the State should protest. as they hav
lte placed in Farmville tho State Normi
n school for the education OF their daugl
zee q negro school within six miles of Their
m 1t is menace, danger that car
'co not be denied and Is to DO dreaded.
on am no sentimentalist, but am M
", devoid of sentiment, and the though
,he OF such a use for my alma mater I'll
n me with grief and inIig n ,.
n Chairman Executive Committee &c
ne Alumni Assn, Hampden-S Sidney Co
its Tarmville. Va. February 2sth.