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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
THE UNIVERSITY DEGREES AND i
THE UNIVERSITY STANDARD
statement by Prof. Dnbncy, Dean OF the
Department Of Graduate studies.


Department Of Graduate studies.
Editor of Tho Times-Dlspatcll:
sir.---Ever since juno various nows-
papers OF Virginia, and indeed, of
other States have been making
erroneous statements In regard to the
University OF Virginia, and assailing
the faculty for alleged misdeeds. past,
present and future. Finally. on August
I'D these onslaughts eliminated in an
editorial ?f the Richmond Evening
journal which not only states that the
standard of tho university has
already beer lowered. and 10
tof be lowered more radically still. but
that this debasement IT, to DO concealed
sterling. mark, tho letters M. a."
are to. be put upon cheap plated
wnre"--"a piece OF trickery much
inter for a pawnbroker's shop than for
TO the Intelligent reader the abb
snrdity OF calling university whose
faculty consists OF fraudulent counter
letters and lying tricksters. the fore
it is matter of indifference what the
nominal requirements for degrees at
such place may be. SO long as its
professors are infamous knavea. The
culously moderate in his advice to tho
board of visitors. He merely bids them
pause in their mad career OF debasing
the university standard; while his plain
that they remove Instantly from the
faculty all the impudent rascals who
have insultingly advised them to legal
lie fraud.
1t IS possible. however that the pub
lie OF Virginia, and In particular those
alumni who have studied under the
present occupants of the university
chairs. have an opinion of the moral
character OF these men which differs
from that expressed by tho Evening
the department of graduate studies, and
as therefore peculiarly Interested in the
NJ. A. degree. and in the maintenance
and advancement of It's high standard,
20 make this official statement.
Any one who prefers facts to Idle
rumor may find out what the faculty
really. recommended to the board in
June by writing to the registrar of the
the April Alumni Bulletin. containing
an article on that subject by the un-
dersigned. I will also state that I
have written historical sketch of the
in the October Bulletin. and which win
show the utter hollowness of the
charges so glibly made In the press.
Much OF the damage already done by
these gross perversions of fact is. OF
course. irreparable: for many who
have read tho charges will never see
the refutation. But. at least urge all
genuine friends OF the university, who
read this communication, to suspend
Judgment until they learn the facts.
At present the following two facts
must suffice:
Between 1910 and 1861 no less than
seventeen men came straight from
preparatory schools to the university
and took the "old" NJ. A. degree in two
years. Under the requirements OF 1900
no such man has taken the new" NJ.
A. In less than four years. If a COM
parison OF these two facts indicates a
lowering OF standard, the meaning OF
words must be defined anew.
r. III. DABSEY.
University of Virginia, August 81. 1907.
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Voice Of the eople

sberause OF any special desire 10 benefit
the public. but for the sole purpose of
getting large returns for the invest.
ment. and whenever BY antagonIstic
and unfrlendly Legislation you make
Ills impossible, 1T is safe to say that
The vast sums Of money which were
being expended In railroad Improve
inent VIII be locked up or seek safer
Investment IN foreign countries.
The great trunk lines were spending
millions upon millions In, Strengthening
doubIe-tracking and laying the heav-
lest and best rails Contractors on n
largo part of this work have already
been notified to stop, and. II present
conditions continue, IT requires no
prophet to tell that oil or 1t Will bio
stopped before many months have
passed.
Railronds may he forced to do many
unreasonable and unjust things, but
money to run them with.
No worse disaster could befall tho
stopped. Thousands OF laborers would
be thrown out of employment. and the
millions of dollars they are now earn
Ing and spending would be Withdrawn
from circulation.
You can always trust the Southern
people to cut their own throats. Sup
poso we beat the railroad companies,
and get the two-cent rate. not one
ginia Will ever feel the difference. I
have never received better value for
my money than riding on comfort
able car at three cents per mile.
,, -. II. LANE.
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HIGH FINANCE.

IT would seem that If there Is a city
IN the United States where street rail-
ways are profitable, that city should
be New York. Yet they are talking
about recelvershlp for the Interior
ough-Metropolitan system. The company
Is doing a business OF more than si3,-
100000 year, and that amount OF
business ought to afford snug. profit.
but the company has managed by COM
plnat'on, reorganization and watered
securities to burden it's operations With
hNed charges aggtegating S2l,775,ooo,
or more than the net earnings OF the
entire system,
That Is a specimen of high financing
IN America 1t probably snaps the
record, but it liz of a kind with manv
other deals in all parts OF the coun-
try u is not strange that the people
| should be aroused, That sort OF Mol
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THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC..

The Louisville Courier Journal does
NOT deny the good of the adequate reg
ulation Of the liquor traffic. That, hich
Is denied" says our contemporary.
"is that the extinction OF the manu-
factnre OF intoAicants and the prohl-
bition of drink, with the world con-
stituted as we know II to be. is posi-
hie. The Maine liquor law is a failure
In Maine. The dispensary law was
a failure in South Carolina. The Georgia
law. Just enacted, will result in scandal
and reproach. and, enforced only
against the negroes, viii be ultimately
repealed Local option for the county
high license for tho town. the interfer-
ence with no mans business, and no
suraptuary laws, constitute all that
farsec!ng and honest statesmanshlp
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NdItor of The Til s-Dlspatch:
Sir,--GoVernments as we'll as indi-
yiduals are capable Of committing sui
eide. and there is no more certain way
Of doing 1t than by continuing the
present insane war against the rails
roads,
roads, directly and indirectly. have
brought more prosperity to this coun,-
try than every other agency combined,
enn , vast Numbers Of men, thereby
increaslng the demand for labor to
such an extent that wages hnvH been
more than doubled. It Is astonlshlnG
Federal and State Governments, seem
to be as antagonistic as they would
be to tile armed forces of an enemy
handing upon our shores
n,t laura sums OF noYssY into8railroada
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
Rennminx the Streets.

Editor of The Dispatch:
Sir.--I notice the agitation concern-
Ing the remaining OF streets west of
Foushee. The suggestion of using num-
bers seems very simple. but. already
having the numbered streets teast), if
you number those west OF Foushee, you
will have to use two points of the
compass in addresses, as they do in
Salt Lake City, and. unless one under
stands all about the dividing line, It
Is Just as confusing to strangers as II
Is TO learn a few names OF streets,
are named for Presidents. and then
for trees, and are comparatively easy
to remember
In Salt Lake City the centre square
Temple and the Tabernacle. The
streets are numbered out from I. as
North Temple Wapi Eat Temple s s,a
have First North. Second North, etc;
First East. Second East. etc.
So they have addresses like this
$50 W. Second North Street, and 255
WI Fifth South Street. No one seems
to remember how 10 write them unless
having been to the place.
we would gould have; Instead 81 III w y,
North. or III n. First Street. West.
know; from experience, that
strangers would remember Adams
Street" more readily. And they have
to learn that Foushee Street Is the
divider
This is practical objection to the
remaining OF streets. But the. one. of
sentiment should have weight. also.
prove 1t. but leave 1t. as much as posi-.
BILE. as 1t was In other years. and II
lis only an adopted daughtsr that
pleads. zELLE MINOR.
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Old Virginia Welcome.
Editor Of The rImes.pispa.eh:

\
sir.-"A genuine old Virginia well
come" was given us at the Richmond
lCity Building, in the Exposition
Grounds yesterday. Having seen. the
manner In which Mr.. and Mrs. Chat
algne, host. and hostess, had EXTENDED
1.-THE courtesies TO many visitors to tho
Richmond City Building. have taken
| 10 step IN. ! have met many OF them
afterwards and they expressed Them
selves as having met with q better re-
Iception than they had seen extended to
a half-dozen charming ladies from tho
Far West called at our ONCE to-day 70
thank me for advising them to go
there and giving a most catering ac-
with the quotation above. thought
ttst the people OF Richmond should
hear what Thousands are saying about
their commodious building and the re-
Iception given 20 visitors,
| Every visitor is met at the threshold
| of the mansion in true old Virginia
style. invited to make themselves at
home. have glass OF Ice water. take
L the spacious veranda. and rest Wills
reading over the interesting literature
that Is being distributed by the host
and hostess. ~,
building. and the courtesy shown by
Mr. and Mrs. Cnataigne has caused
many words of praise and has caused
many persons 10 visit our Capital CITY
before returning to their Northern ana
Western homes.
The exposition. as we'll as Its WISH
ors. has been benefited by the build
ling, and Richmond city has been ad-
vertised In way that e,, WI surrey
4 NSoiRFoLK MAN.
Norfolk. Va. August 16. 1907.
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women Of the coutederacy.

Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Str,-An item In your issue of August
18th. referring to the most e s,reSstea
by Captain John y. Curtis to Y.
Lee Camp. q. C. v. has just been
brought to my notice. some de!ay IN
was away from home WORKING Tor that
most holy obiect--the erection of mon
luments TO our glorious women OF the
lConfedcracy. l sincerely trust that
ito these godlike women;
You, however. say: Those in favor
of the plan here say that this VII vi
women. etc" Allow me to recall to the
attention of those in favor here" to
your own good selves and to the pubic
a united eifort' has been in progress
~ The United Confederate Veterans
worked at it for some years; then the
work was taken up by the Sons, and
now both federations are carrying. It
on, working together. Last winter the
United Daughters OF the Confederacy
their support. An effort jointly sup
ported by these three great Ccnfeder-
ate decorations. each embracing the
entire South in It's membership and IN,
fiuence. may, think, be fairly called
united" The press OF the States of
Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro-
ltaa Georgia. Florida, Alabama, and
lished Our Women in khe Wal,' sup,
PIGMENTS in aid OF tho movement. i
entire rs sopth Wh'sh has s so g
and also OF Mississippi. Texas and
Arkansas have each Endorsed and APP
proved. In every Southern State con-
being. made. If this is not united
effort" what could be?
ularly the members Of Camp +. r.
Lee, should be perfectly familiar with
the movement, as your paper has sew
eral times advised them Of It. and a
Leader was pnbiished in it's interest
October Is, 1906. I have several times
personally presented It to Camp r. E
Lee and on At Least d three
Of letters and circulars, asking that
ut does what the U. g. y. federation
required of Ito raise its share Of
to each from the secretary advising
the table. So 1t must have been ton-
zder seal1 y ala ia aoHp think that there
was, after all the publicity given n
single human being. much less a yet
Gran, in Richmond loyal as Its people
which the Sons and the Veterans We're
carrying on, and which Is now we'll and
Iprosperously under way, after the most
strenuous efforts and sore disappolnt-
| ments.
/ would respectfully suggest to my
good old comrade. Captain Curtis, that
instead OF inaugurating an independent
movement Which now now Gan hardly hhops
Ibis energies to influence r. r. Lee
Camp to Join hands in the general one
inow SO we'll under way, as the most
practical method Of gaining what he SO
will say that committee COM
posed Of a duly appointed representa-
| tive OF each the Veterans. Sons and
| their work that II is at this very time
engaged n deciding ! on n,a sculptor for r
crown the various State monuments to
the women Of the Confectionery, which
| a united South will soon raise In honor
LOT these heroines
G. IRVINE WALKER,
Chairman y. g. Y, Committee and
/ Charleston, S. @.
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About the Baby.

Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Slr.--I notice an article in your paper r
of August 25th, relative to the Iittle
baby found Saturday morning on ITCH
mond and Petersburg Railway, NOW
suppose we have the facts In this case.
This little baby was found SATURDAY
Conductor III. S. Sawyer, at stop NO.
II, on tho Richmond and Petersburg
Electric Railway. Mr.. Shannon Shel.
ton. a young man living near tna mat
reported 1t to Conductor SAWYER. who wis,
picked up the little one and turned u
bver to me at the Bellwood office. l
Immediately sent for my WIFE, VINO
has nursed and cared for It. Your
paper said 1t was boy. It Is NOT.
It Is a girl and a very pretty one. You
also stated that 1t would be sent to the
poorhouse. ] will just say right now
Mat 1t will not be taken to any poor
house.
her ana be kind to her, they can get
her, but, unless such a home can PC
found for her, she will stay where sne
lis. She Is about one week old, and rs
healthy and a very pretty little slri.
Any one wishing to take her VIII ad-
dress w. g. GlLLlAM,
Care Y. p. g. p. Company. seventh
and Perry Streets. Manchester va.
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We send our sincere sympathies to
the Louisville Courier Journal, 1t Ia
IA terrible afflictlon for a newspaper to
lose Its home. But the Courier-Jour-
nal is full of pluck and enterprise. and
1t viii soon have a new home even
better than the old In the meantime
its readers will suffer no Inconvenience
or deprivation, You might as vel! try
to dam the Nile with bulrushes us stop
the progress OF newspaper like the
Couyler-Journal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
Lille TIMES DsPArcH RICHMOND VA SUNDAY SEPTEMBER

financing must stop, and II Will stop.
The country has lad It's lesson, but 1t
has learned and the people have de-
termlned that tho game of stock jug
CLING shall be prohibited by law we
have had "a severe storm and there were
several casualties; but the atmosphere
has been cleared.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

| can do, or ought to do, and these cover
| the case completely"
Wn agree with o,ir contemporary
that prohibition Is mpracticablo, but
we Insist upon adequate regulation.
| The liquor traffie In the cities cannot
well Sbc suppressed, but 1t should be
l1edged about Will, such restrictions as
to reduce the evil IN 1t to lowest
terms. There Is n demand in Richmond
for such restrictions, and if they are
! not given. prohibition fight Is In
evitable. There Is general agreement,
we believe, that the number OF saloons
shall be reduced and that their opera
ton shall be confined to q certnin
area. They must be removed altogether
from the residential districts. a saloon
on Franklin or Grace street west of
Capitol Square would not be tolerated.
Why, then, should saloons be tolerated
on other residential streets? They
would, in fact, be less Objectionable
on Franklin and Grace and streets of
that class than in some other sections,
TimesDspatch believes in giving the
same protection to every residential
section of the city.
1t is complicated question, and the
Council will have difficulty in working
out the details. But these general
propositions must form the basis of the
ordinance: high license; liberal re-
duction In the number Of saloons; no
saloons in any residential district
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

II Is reported from Washington that
the members Of the United States Im-
migration Commission will return from
their European inspection tour on
Thursday, and Will visit tho South in
{, short time 10 meet ana talk with the
people Of this section on that impor-
tant subject.
Since the commission went abroad
says the Washington Post, there has
been considerable adverse criticism by
Southern newspapers and manufacture
ers and the proposed trip South is
intended as an Offset to this"
II Is further stated that the trip Will
take in North and South Carolina
Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana. Texas
Mississippi and Tennessee, and Will
consume several weeks.
And why not Virginia? Let the Vir-
ginia authorities have an eye to this
We are as much interested as amy
other State in Immigration
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MERELY JOKING.
Prospecting.

Prospecting.
Cactus Calvin: Strike anything rich on
yer prospecttn' trip, Alky7"
Alkali Isaac: You bet yer life did,
thic).
Cactus Calvin: How does the assay
rum" lfs9
Alkal Isaac: ooh. 'bou. 90 p'cen.. alco-
hol"-1ilustrated Bits.
Has Help.
Bardlets:9 Married life affords mo no in
sprat!on for song. How do you find NJ
Does 1t give you any impetus in your work.
Rhymeit: IT should say so. My wife
makes 50 a week doing washlng.'-chlcago
News.
Initiative.
stern Uncle; what you lack. my boy. |.
Initiative
scapegrace Nephew: "oh, don't know,
uncle once held a Job for two weeks az
an elevator starter."-chicaso Tribune.
Insulting.
He: Have you been coming hare every
season?''
She: ooh. no; not every season. This
has been resort. you know. ever since
He: where did you go that year'"-
Judge.
His Vacation.
I'D like to see the cashier" said the bank
depositor.
$50 would T." replied tho president OF the
benk, but he's out OF town"
"Ah, gone for a rest, presumed" said the
bank depositor.
NO" answered tho bank president
''hs went to avoid arrest."--Chlcago News.
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Nn1niur the str.sts.

Editor OF The Times-Di spatch:
your Issue , Of tho q ast iee yea
Occurring on our streets every day IN
the year-people trying to find some
place or street-and. as few, and very
SEW a lef fha on q them ss IS next 10 M
unless he Is constantly asking some
one or employs some one to d .i.e g
him. Our streets are seldom marked
and, in addition. are so nleanlnglessly
named, especially in the West End. that
1t Is often the case that our Oldest
citizens cannot direct O. person. The
writer has seen that map that has
Committee ceunnaif can and Engineer Department
lin which Foushee is retained as the
dividing line east and west. an, and al al
the se ss FIRST Tstt s af Wsst W
Street, West and SO on. All streets
east Of Foushee will be known as
First Street, East; Second Street, East
Shl I be n, made one Of the s easiest cities
in this country in which to direct a
Tnrtherm,Gre. It y viii l! make ; !. much
on on Iii Elm or cedar streets, You have al
ways to add that the number Of the
street is 24oo West Why not have It
Eos 90 ss's $780, e %es as ssthhe e and
| he, and the whole story Is told?
Named streets are relies of days, long
ago. Let us adopt modern methods,
are progressive and IN to date. WITH
this new method we would have Within
our city limits Thirty-ffth street,
West, as we'll MS Thirty-hfth street,
East showing to the world that our
city was seventy SQUARES In length,
which means something; for At q, a
glance they would see our city Is
nearly Ave miles in length,
With our present old-fashion meth
od. no such advertisement can posi-.
|bly be given us, a great, number OF
persons Think OF Richmond as. small
place, and II is for us, .especlaily now.
lto make the very best impression pos
| slble ON our visitors, as that class is
sErow,ng larger and larger each year,
land from them we hone to see our
Termination 100000 hy 1919, Let us do
something, and do II quick, 1y,rI
Richmond, Va.
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Yours very truly.
JOHN A. LESNER.

The Portsmouth Star says of tho
nomination of Mr.. Lesner:
In Mr.. John A. Lesner; the successful
candidate for the State Senate, this.
the Thirty third District. Portsmouth
and Norfolk county, will for the next
four years have in the upper branch OF
the General Assembly a representative
who for zeal. Industry and reliability,
will be the equal of any man in Vir-
ginia's legislative hall.
Mr.. Lesner should feel deeply graft
fed at the well-nigh unprecedented
vote given him in his home district and
In Tanners Creek District, in which
he lives. Such compliment Is rarely
accorded political candidate even In
Virginia. the home OF "favorite sons"
That not one voter in Huntersville Pre-
cinct would cast his ballot against this
young man, whom they all knew per-
.sonally, as an upright, manly and cour-
ngeous citizen. Is most signal tribute to
those qualities which have brought this
former Portsmouth boy to the front In
political as we'll as in business life.
His success in both Is due to those
qualities which can scarcely fall
to satisfy even those who opposed him
at the polls that he will make the right
sort of Senator for Portsmouth and for
Norfolk county, and that their interest is
are safe in his hands,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

There are still 100000 miles OF terri
tory on this globe which have not been ex-
plored
some forms OF animal life are so tiny that
2,soo, 900. 900 could be put In a space OF one
thousandths part of a cubic inch.
A two story wooden house at 81 Union
Street. Salem, the birthplace OF Nathaniel
Hawthorne. is now used as n tenement house
1t was built more than a century ago
Prof. Berg Of Buenos Ayres, says that ho
ha2 discovered there fishlng spider This
spider spins a little net between two stones
and then drives tiny hsh Into It, They are
captured and eaten as the spider feels huns
cry.
Prof. Merkle, who some time ago issued
an appeal TO south German Catholics for
funds to erect monument 20 the late Pfof
condemned blythe holy father has resigned
his position as dean OF tho faculty OF Cath
olic Theology IN the University OF Wurzburg