The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-27

schools: to amend tho act regarding
the compensation of corOncrs and con-
stables; to amend the act relating to
the retired list of Nirginin volunteers:
to amend tho act Incorporating New
port News; to authorize the district
school board of Grafton to borrow u
certain sum uf money to amend the
law In regard to telegraph liccnsc
taxes: TO amend the law In regard TO
HETEROGENEOUS In certain cases. TO au-
thorize executors and administrators
OF dead persons TO execute deeds made
by the latter IN their lifetime; the
Lesner drainage BILL: the Parks bill
providing that the pension fund shall
be distributed pro rata.
The only debate that occurred was
brief being on the Cifavatt bill pro.
yiding for the teaching of agriculture,
domestic arts and manual training IN
the public schools senator Parks
thought tho measure ,iuwise and i,npol-
itlc, while Senator'S Glavatt and Ward
warmly cspouscd the cause OF the bill.
DIR. Abbott Speaks.
on motion of Senator Saunders the
chair was vacated for five minutes in
bonor OF DR.. Lyman Abbott, editor OF
THE outlook" and an eminent divine
OF New York, who was at tho time on
the floor OF the Senate. DR.. Abbott
was gracefully introduced by Presi-
dent Ehyson, who extended him u
hearty welcome, speaking of him as
ono OF the most distinguished men in
the country.
Prefacing his remarks by expressing
his appreciation of the courtesy of the
Senate, Dr. Abbott said: II have just
been taking a ride along your beauti-
full Monument Avenue and | think |
might almost call Richmond the Mon
umental city No state has been more
closely connected with .he birth of the
nation than Virginia, and no city has
been more intimately intcrwovcn with
the history OF the Old Dominion thar
Richmond. ! am glad TO see that YOU
arc perpesuating the memories OF all
your great men, from Washington To
Robert e. Lee. with such sedulous care
am also glad that you have passed q
resolution calling for the preservation
OF the historic home of Chief Justice
Marshall: such memorial is moro
than local, even more than national,
in It's appropriateness.
Not only is IL your sacred task to
Keep alive The memories of your
mighty past, but IL falls to you of
the General Assembly TO carry out
their great policies. widening them
with reference 10 the expanding needs
OF this advanced generation. 1t is Il
tremendous task. to which you may
well devote heart and soul, for these
great men of Nirginia's yesterday
were great with a greatness of moral
excellence, without which all great
ness is but nothing.
Must Train the Hand.
II am delghtc6 to hear that you
arc carrying out II far-sghted policy
In providing high grade of agricul-
tural training. in which step YOU take
the lead over many other States. our
educational systems everywhere must
be broadencd, the need OF education is
not so much that it be higher as it is
that IL should be broader. The hand,
as we'll n stho eye and brain. must be
trained, and manual labor must be
made intellectual, as we'll.
Il am glad to have been here to bear
witness TO tho splendor of the me
MORALS that you have set up here. AMI
] trust that you will continue the
great work OF your ancestors of the
past
The thanks OF the Senate for his ad-
dress were rendered TO pr. Abbott by
President Ellyson upon resuming the
chair.
on motion Of Senator Lcsner, the
Senate adjourned at . O'Clock.