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

oAdAuolS l. oSAASy.
Perhaps the most attractive feature of
the plan outlined, although It is one that
has as yet been given little attention, and
would perhaps not be one OF the first
developments, Is the probability that out
of the university scheme would eventually
grow up In time n graduate faculty in
the University of Richmond. That Is to
say. the central university plant will
have in time an able staT of instructors
devoting themselves exclusively to grad
uate work. Such an outcome IS an al
most inevitable result of the plan pro-
posed from It's very nature. so that when
men have taken their A B. degree at
Richmond College. or Hampden- Sidney,
or Randolph Macon, or at the techno-
logical school, they can continue there
after their graduate courses in the Uni
versity Of Richmond adjacent. If this Is
accomplished, it will be the first instl-
tuition in the South having faculty
doing exclusively graduate work. This
outline gives tho idea of the German
University, superimposed upon an aggre-
cation of colleges after the Oxford plan.
This feature is. to many the most strik-
ing aspect OF tho proposed institution. and
lends itself to simply indefinite possibill-
ties of development and expansion.
The advantages of comparatively
small institution in the intimate ac.
quaintance of students with pro-
fessors, the community life and the
UNCONVENTIONAL environment, all OF
which are lost in the great institutions
of the North, will be fully retained I'M
der the outline of city of colleges
under the title of 'Universit yof Rich
mond," while the colleges will receive
a breadth and catholithy of spirit from
the presence of great institution
While all that Is advantageous in
the denominational college is thus re-
tanned, the enthusiastic cooperation OF
all the resources, material and moral
of the capital city of Virginia,ais also
secured. Each college will preserve,
not merely its charter, but It's ind-
viuuality. it's atmosphere, its cogent
ideal. and It's faculty. Each college
vii hav ets own community life. as
much as is true OF college at Oxford,
Ballot or Trinity College at Cambridge
When friend asked Professor Fl
Morse Stevens, when on his recent visit
to Richmond. where he had received
his education, the distinguished his
torian replied: 81 was educated at
Baliol College," Thus to the mind Of
Professor Stevens the individuality Of
Ballot College was more vivid than
that OF Oxford University.
Organize Corporation.
AS to the various institutions that
Will come into the proposed plan. rep
resentatives OF all those which have
expressed their favorable view of the
idea proposed but, of course. they felt
that so important afmatter would have
to be given careful consideration and
be thoroughly dises.ed by their
various boards of control.
Broadly speaking, the tentative
proposition as outlined at the meeting
on Monday provides for the organiza-
ton of corporation. to be known as
the University of Richmond, with such
financial aid as 1t can secure.
This corporation will proceed to secure
n sufficient tract land in the neighhorhood
Of Richmond, 200 acres or more. Tho
most attractive section vet proposed is
that in the direction Of Union Seminary.
possibly the Sherwood Park property,
1t is probably, however, that offers OF