The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-16


mean an enormous Increase In prOpertv
VSIues IN any suburb selected. The tract
OF iShd once secured, the services OF a
competent landscape artist would be used
70 lay II OF and locate the central
buildings, which would be erected as r..t
as the means could be secured. An
ouar OF site OF twenty-five acros or
more would then be made % each Of tho
institutions whose names have been men
TONED and II will be optional with eacb
one to take advantage OF the ofrer
Removal OF the Woman's Cnue~o hoe
Deen IN The air FOR some time II H.
Understood that the original site for the
Woman's College contemplated bv the
D&puSt tsuuoauon Commission was some
where near Sherwood Pork II has he,
decided, so IL Is stated. that the Wonnar.s
college, Will be located in Richmond -
vicinity and its removal from its nras-
cn' ste Is an economic and Immediate
necessity. The Baptist Cluroh ~ "
Eihia mas already started upon the move
Inent 10 raise FOR the Woman's coIIo..
ana Tor the strengthening OF Rs-bnon5
college halr-million OF dollars.
'""oru this amount a single subscrfn-
'loh or $4,000 has been made. Rich
,.'osu 'oHege has an equipment entirely
inadequate FOR its growing demands. bs.
buildings upon which large sums ms b.,
expended n they are to be continued i'm
"9'. anu furthermore. occupies "a nlot of
siVuho IN the most rapidlv-adva ncine
Sc'ou OF the city. which. although in
"u,4uN'e TOT the educational and athletic
30" pDs.S oi the college Is valued at half
Hliuon or dollars. Richmond College
could. therefore. remove to Some acces-
S'D'e site IN the suburbs. and Handsomely
"2uip itself from the proceeds OF the sale
UT Us present tract OF land Hence 10 is
apparent that this enterprise for the
- s' eSSuon ~ colleges about a central
pant OF common utilities Is OF scutest
Baptist institutions OF the state.
Is known that the General Fducs-
uonal Board has evinced tho fve'iovt
interest," In the educational potentially
or richmond owing 20 its resources. ifs
traditions. its mcllowed atmosphere and
tne pre-eminent reasonableness ~ i,s
people.
Central Organization.
As 10 the central orgao,.sn non pro-
PoSeu. members Of the committee ap-
preached yesterday called attention 20
several phases in this conua,tion II
ought 70 be borne IN mind thar ar organ
izauon OF this magnitude will take time
long time u Is not 20 he supposed
mat au the central bulldogs can be
erected al once Dri1tiesS asl viii
agree that ony two things are neces-
Farr
LIST. Tho acquisition of suita,lo tract
Of land. ~ goo acres or more. ana.
20. Tho erection OF central library
building
The erection o. the remining buildings
contemplated. such as an auditorium. an
int@roolieSiate Y. ". G.. A. rational
history museum. n gymnasium etc.
could be POSTPONED until means co1ld oo
secured
Fortunately the Sherwood Park tract.
which r. under consideration. has an
Artesihn we'll. with tank and pumping
station. water mains. sewers. rnacada-
tni1ei roads and shade trees
one ~ the suggestions made last night
was that each Of the various institutions
have Individual styles of architecture
For Instance. The central or university
plant could Dc ~ classic type The No-
man a College. Colonial fn style Rich
mond College. ~ the Cd English type
or perpendicular style. Ike the chapel %
Henry VII. ~ Westrninster. while fnA
ether colleges could adopt the renais-
Sstnce the Moorish Or other orders ~
architecture- In this wav the Individual
ity ~ each sepa rate COLLEGE would be-
ancer tuated. not only hv lis charter and
community life. but also by the peculiar
style OF tho architecture of the home in
which Il dweids
With regard 20 the memorial ~ Hamv-
On Sidney and Randolph Macon from
their present locations. it is knoVn that
both Of these institutions are sway from
centres OF influence. and while doing a
good work IN their respective denomlns-
lions. are hedsed with iimitatious
one ~ The leading educational expo ts
in America has recently made this state
menf The moral Influences and re-
straints surrounding the average college
sudden; in "a city ~ from fifty - one
hundred thousand people are superior 90
tho influence in the small country coll
leEe. in which the students dominate the
town or community"
The strong TREND OF the times SIS 20
locate colleges ia cities. A leading au-
thoritv on education lays down this law
OF colleges. both in the article Of stu
dents and Of financial support. varies
inevitably as tho square OF the distanco
That is 20 say. college il largely de-
pendent ON The population within radius
or fifty miles There are more people
from the city Han. Richmond than arc
embodied within a radius drawn from
any other point in the State u Virginia.
Hence both population. wealth and such
educational facilities as newspapers. yhe
Virginia State Library. etc. render Rich
Tnond the most eligible cite for the radia-
tion OF Influences and ideals IN Virginia.
The genealogical feature OF the enter
prise is attractive 10 many who are think
ing and talking OF the proposed univer-
sty There is in Richmond the Ne
chanics' institute. doing a most excel
lent work with n limited equipment and
endowment. and maintaining a large night
school for classes in the various branches
Of technical science
In the university scheme. instead o.
each classical college maintaining. aa is
now the case. a small and poorly equipped
laboratory for the few students who de
sire chronological classes. these denomi-
national schools could confine themselves
strictly 70 a literary and classical form
- education as contemplated by their
founders and supporters. and the occa-
sional student who desires technical class
es. In addition to his classical work. might
be sent across the way 70 the great
chronological institution. which will un-
doubtedly be the OutgrOwth OF the pres
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