The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-15
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70. UNIVERSITY
Interest centres at Present Chief
y inlrcstion Of location
OF Colleges.
sECTIoM NOW MENTIONED

Reported That Passenger and
Power Company Will Offer
Large Tract.
topic Of disossion In all parts Of tho city
yidaTad yaous n PHASES 6enF
Il satIhGrlng on the street corners on
able, though there are still those who
fear thut tn denominational intei.,ts of
me constitunt colleges may not be. suf-
made, howacr, that it would DO tho
duty Of the cards OF the Individual co.'s
lHges to SCI that this IS done. as no
change Will lie made In the college Cow
eminent or is own board Of officers n
q result of its enjoying tho benefits II
the univcrsit
Question of Site.
Interest celties principally at preent
III, the site ttbe chosen, rs on this hlngs
Large part not only OF the populfrtty.
Il is though that the l,I site Of thu ihsti-
tuition will aso in Il largo measte do
terminc the future. growth OF tye resi-
dence sectiol of the. city. Anyng the
the shnrwoo, Park property. Eing be-
tween Brook Road md Hermitage Road,
no. Tar from Union rheologlcppS
This property has already seyiinl granite
roads, an artisan well and ptmping sta
ton and q s;stem of drainage. Another
mat Is bcinr talked of Is the neigh
borhood Of .yesthampton Ifrk. whore 1t
Company = vii offer fer i larE2 tract without
cost. stll aIthird sectioi that Is being
river, beyond the New Yimp- House. be-
= IN raj N iK ~ lFttN
whether, this could bejsccured, but It's
rolling situation and it, commanding po-
sltlon overlooking thY river would lend
's As soon arG IS lie s'lfs determined
upon the sdvices o}a competent land
scape artiS will bl secured to lay 1t
out to the best adYntage, locating the
position 81 the cGtral buildings and
fered to tie compliment colleges. A
| comprehe n,ive ttstem Of roadways.
water con rectio,f, drainage, etc, would
then be installed previous to the erec-
ton OF ally ofthe buildings.
The remarks of Chairman Bryan at
| the meeting IN Wednesday, that his
only car wa s that tho founders would
4 not lay the Foperty OF large enough,
Suggest the Conditions at many Of the
eoileg{s and universities ,aa $ OF the coun-
arranged ffr them. At Harvard only
| q few BIZ til older buildings, which are
1 kept q mof IS relics Of n past genera
ton ale within the gates The princi-
| pal Buildings museums libraries. class
rooms and laboratories are located here
and tIero Il the streets of Cambridge
as Cpl ortunty has offered, and al
though the. have many handsome and
valuable structures, these do not pres
| ent ally comprehensive and consecutive
i|ectual idea.
| Ev4n az the University Of Virginia.
] laid put. as 1t was, on the most ex-
(, tensile lies by Mr.. Jefferson, buildings
are tOWjbc1ng erected outside the
! grouhds,a and tho crowding Of hospitals
and laboratories, museum and chapel.
NEST halls and gymnasium have some
wing. nlrred the architectural effect
pla3ncdby the founder.
Colonial Provision.
| considerable comment has been made
i on the 'emarks Of Rev. Robert a. Good :
TIE melting 0on Wednesday, In which
/ II calld attentionto the Colonial pro
! tisonF Cor a university at the falls OF
The folnders of the Commonwealth. as
1.-THE letters of the first years Of the
4 Colony contain many references to the
founding of great college Eat Henri
copolii"
n the first laying off of the up-rivc,
| countles the Corporation Of Henrico'
! was provided lfor,&"on the north side o;
| tht river. from the falls down to Hen.
RIO. containing about ten miles II
letgth. We're 5000 acres for the com.
| piny's land, $500 acres OF the com.
| nbn land for the corporation, and ,OO(
| aires for the university. with othc,
! ldnd l,000 acres) belonging to the
! cillege The university lands were
| Iftrtly Of the lands already impaled II
4 the bend across the river and above
| Aiken Swamp bend, which was ther
/ dtlled Coxendale, and In which the 10t
! S,res of globe lands were located, ant
lhrily of other lands extending up tn,
ltvcr on the north side towards tn,
1tlls. These lands We're set out for tn,
i Planting OF a university in time t
i come
1 The college for the training up o
l the children OF those lntldels In tru
/ religion, moral virtue and ciyility." wa
4 to be built at once with the funds arts
4 ing from aN"spccial grant and license
which had been issued by James l. for
\ general contribution over the realm 0
q England to that purpose" Drown
4 LIST Republic in America, PIP. 1929
4 Windsor's Narrative and Critical His
tory of America page IA, says: ''Un
der the order from the king nearl
j 1900 pounds We're collected by tn
bishops OF the realm to build the col
land appropriated for It's support.
Later, under George Thorpe, one hun
died laborers We're sent from Englan
to work the lands Of tho university q
Henricopolis
Meade's Old Churches and Tamilic
in Virginia. Vol. +, PIP. S4-S5, gives. a
3 interesting account Of The collcctio
for the support Of "thc University Q
Virginia for the benefit OF both native
and Colonists."
Meade says, page 81: FThe Rev. Nj
COPELAND was appointed by the Eas
India Company to be president of tn
college and general manager Of all 1t
property" Tho East Inia School q
Charles City Point was to bv prepare
T tory to the college. ..af
: The massacre Of MARCH, %, 1922. pl
an end to the scheme OF an education,
( institution on the James. and almos
crushed out the settlement on the uppe
river for Il generation.