The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-25
THE TRUE AIM S
OF EOU c Alto N
Splendid Colleges and Schools
That Adorn the City OF
Richmond.
ADVANCE OF TEACHING
Bcncdictine College the Newest
Large Institution for Teach
ing Boys and Young Men.
BY FATHER CHARLES.
secretury OF Benedictinc College


This is essentially AN age OF pro
greLs Never In the worlds history
have nations Wed with each other FOR
supremacy in the realm OF advance
inent IS at the present time. Every
day We read Of rcmarka Die Inventions.
md Of wonderful discoveries; OF men
trying 70 conquer tine air; Of bringing
lightning into suulcctlon for neat
light and locomotion. OF penetrating
the mysteries OF the skies. and OF
fathoming the depth OF the sea. OF
.4gineering Yeats that have astonished
tho world. OF commerce. both for
elsn and doines,.c. that mas assumed
almost iucrellUIe proportions OF bus
lness ventures and financial schemes
that fairly bewuder Us. All this
rapid Advancement Is but the out
growth OF study. training and edUca-
ton. THAT nation whlch fosters its
educational institutions and cncou.-
ages It's facilities for learning must De
Ire-eminently "a progressive nation.
Wonderful progress has marked the
.ast few decades in educational WORK
M the United states. Each state IN
'ha Union has erected Numerous pub
49, schools and private institutions 10
Afford every advantage to It's people.
We ar. sihl solns nation. and hsve
of ancient Europe. but our general
educational facilities arc equal 10 any
ir the world. The south. In particu-
.ar. Urged on by q knoYlecg gel vlng
people and an educational prestsge
dating back to colonial days. is max
ing rapid strides In educating ue-
people stunned. retarded ana i'm
poverished by the four years OF elvn
sii.ie. the war did not ceprive the
Southciner OF his love OF letters ana
knowledge on the smoulder!ng ashes
O.. her camp hres and upon the
charred mines O. her institutions arose
the foundations OF hcs schools \.r-
s.lnla to-day can boast OF her nuner-
GUS schools and her weil-rcg4lated
school system. Every city. town.
n.nlct ana rural district mas It's
schools and able corps Of teachers.
lIchmond. the fair capital 81 Vir-
s!H!A, has made astonishing pro-
s.ess in educational work Vne
visitor to this city is struck oy the
large. commod!ous and health;u! pup
l!c schools, the handsome nigh scnoo!
which is among the nrsi in the Sou,n
tAe TWO wcu-conductel medical col
ieses the great number OF private
schools, and colleges ranging Ia age
from famous institutions sucn as
Richmond College ana McGu!ro.s.
to the pride OF the West End.
the Benedict!ne Military College.
Equipped then with all these educa-
tional advantages. there Is no reasoi,
ny our people should not be among
the nrst in the land. Remember thar
the boy OF to-day is the man OF to-
morrow. and II is upon the man OF
tomorrow that We must build our
aspirations OF the future The .duca
;ional progress OF our community ana
the responsibility Of the future gene.-
atoms rests largely upon our citizens
OF to-day Children and young people
should be not only urged and per
;unced, but str!ngcntly commenced. TO
follow UP their carly education.
~ulpab!y and consciously to c.ippIe Il
ahild so that it would 60 n.aIrnec
through life would certainly be a
crime. This likewise holds good of
the neglected education Of those under
our charge. Ii the education OF our
young people IS disregarced, they are
mentally crippled and future life VIII
DC hlled with regrets Probably ,ho
greatest regret that comes over Ms I,
life is the regret OF lost Opportunities
We cannot close our eyes tc this fact
nor our ears TO the daily complaint or
those who are g!ieving over the last
cnaHces OF early education. The ad-
vancement Of many young person
has been checked because the foun-
tain OF knowledge had been exhausted
ana the end Of education reached.
We ind the won5s OF the poet var,-
fed In daily life:
Full many a flower is born to blush
unseen.
And waste its sweetness on tha das
ert air"
or some these words hold good. be-
cause unfortunate circumstances nre-
vented an educational preparation for
life. but TO others these lines MAJ.
be aptly applied because they did not
harken to opportunity when i, rappnd
at their door Later in life they come
to grief, realizing, alas, TOO late
what might have been" We often
hea. it said that in life opportunity
raps but once. This is unquest!onablv
true OF neglected education. for the
time OF youth uselessly spent is preci-
GUS time irrevocably gone.
AS this world is world Of NO.
gress. so our daily lives must be q
constant adva ncement. 1T is impos-
sible,' as one OF our great men has
eaid, ITO stand still, We must either
be torn along with the tide Of pro-
gress or retrograde
In the educational world, as in ami
NAL life. the greater and stranger eIo
ment will always conquer. Physical
strength and size will always make
the weaker fearful and s1bservient III
like manner. the man fortified with a
substantial education will constantlv
advance. while the man OF less at