The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-21

tGii ana nave spent most OIL their Time
in Southern Europc Mr. Myers re-
turned TO Richmond Tuesday Of last
week
Cling Abroad.
MIR. aud Mira. H. ". Wise Miss Jana
Rutherford and Mrs Douglas Forrest.
of Richmond, Will leave Tor New York
shortly. and VIII sail on the steamship
Friedrich dc Crosse OF the North Ger
man Lloyd. They Will make All extern
sive tour through the Orient in {, small
party with Dr.. John II. Eager. OF
Baltimore, visiting EGYPT, Palestine.
Syria. Constantlnople. Greece and Italy.
On their return 10 Italy. they VIII re-
main In Europe for the summer. re-
turning TO New York the later part or
September.
At the Woinnn's Club.
pr. Metcalrs lecture before the mem
bcrs Of the Womans Club yesterday af-
ternocn was only another added TO the
list Of perfectly charming affairs of
that club already chronicled. He is q
speaker Of widely known ability. and
his remarks on "Cambridgc and Her
COLLEGES yesterday afternoon made UP
one OF tho most thoroughly intere sting
lectures given at the club this season.
Or. Nctcalf stated tina, in Cambridge,
az we'll a s our own universities, the
great problem was to keep the individ-
nal from being swallowed up IN the
whole. He drew a delightful picture
in comparing oxford and Cambridge,
the two old English universities both
made up OF colleges. which in their
turn arc made UP OF schools and tutors !:
With their idyllic situations and the
long lists OF the worlds great men
who nave attended them. the walks
they took under their mulberry trees :
In describing the various colleges and
rooms made famous By the great men
who lived there. he read an extract
from an old English chronicle, in which
visit OF Queen Elizabeth 10 Kings
College. In the year when Shakespeare
was born. is most deliGhtfully por-
trayed. when there was presented a
Latin play. and ali the conversation that
seems TO have been recorded was also
in Latin.
Although the charm and general re-
pose OF their exterior might misIea d
one. VIC are 10 know that with the
moss OF tho middle ages on their foun
dations. these intellectual nurseries Of
England We're leaders of struggle and
reform and veritable storm centres
during the big religious movements
that have taken place In England.
The general Impression OF passing
foreigner OF the great centres OF learn
Ing would be that SO large a part Of
their time is given to out-of-door
sports and that so large a number OF
students participate in the sports.
Another thing that immediately i'm
presses is the antiquity Of the collec-
lions in the libraries and the general
inaccessibilty Of these books. They
are among the great Libraries Of the
world and are gloriously antique. Some
one has most fifty described them as
.'maintaining venerable air OF undis-
turbcd antiQuity,'
There is a close personal relation be-
tween the scholar and teacher from
which spring memories that grow
sreencr with the years, and the attach
ment Of the alumni is moro than a
memory--it is a personality. From the
walls of their dining halls look down
the warriors ana statesmen and philos-
ophers and poets. to whom their nation
renders homage and their love and es-
tecm Is limitless.
or course. there is need for reform.
which is coming. They are not demo-
cratic enough. There is a great need
and a more liberal providence for wo-
men; but the problems are not very diff
fercnt from those here in our own uni
versities.
In closing, DR. Metcalf dwelt partic-
ularlv on the fact that from the an
Client universities had come minds that
changed the trend OF thought ali over
the world--hosts or essayists and nov
cl!sts that have peoplcd With friends
that live forever. We are forever their
debtors. and from them we draw our
Inspiration. for the future will belong
TO the best educated nation.
Hostcsses for tho afternoon were
Miss Annis Kent and Miss Josephine
Sizcr. They were assisted by Miss
Gugon and Mrs. Grover.
Returned From Washington.
Miss Emma Morehead Whitfield has
returned from Washington. in which
city she iectured before the Washing
ton Club. While In Washing ton Miss
Whitfield was much entertained, no.
table among the functions given in her
honor being a reception OF which Mrs.
Andrews, one of the leading artists in
Washington. was hostess. Mrs. An
drews guests on that occasion includ-
eli the prominent artists Of the city.
New Glass Organized.
a new class has recently been or
ganiZcd under the direction of the
Young Womans Christian Association
It will be known as the Know Your
city Study Class" and promises to be
q very interesting feature Of the work
done by the association. Tho class
will meet every Tuesday afternoon at
5:15 o'clock In the annex to the
seventh Street Christian Church The
leader OF the class will BIO Miss Kate
Peasants Minoc, and other chairmen
Will be Mesdames Within r. Robins
J. r. Ryland, 7. w. Durham, Misses
Isaacson. Elizabeth Cooke and Kath-