The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-18
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There is st,Ty OF half-witted
country man. VINO. upon returning
from his mrs; Visit; to town. said that
he could not sec the city to- the
houses tina, were everywhere IN the
way There is more truth in this than
appears on the surface. To many per
sons the name. Richmond. sign.Aes
only the houses ana streets. the bank
Ing and commerce. tho manufactures
ard otner Industries All This. so wei
worth while In it's way. Is but the
tabernacle OF Day" in which the spirl,
OF Richmond lives
great city. like a great character.
Is not made ia a dag. but is the re-
sul;ant OF the slow and CONTINUOUS
and harmonious co-operation Of a NUM-
her OF forces For the Masking OF
Richmond our foreiaihers have bcen
laying up treasures fo- many decades.
and the city to-day is the result. not
only of many fortunes that
have been made and invested
here, but Of many noble lives
that iave been devoted 10 the
i.ntelle,tual and spiritual weilbeins OF
the ccmmunty 1t is the fusion OF
these vital forces that has given us
all our wealth OF traditions and ideals
and a refining and broadening social
environment which make Richmond
tlch charming place In which to
live and achieve.
Character OF the People.
The Capitol of tho old Dominion is
what she is to-day, far more by rea-
son of the character OF her PEOPLE, OF
her ideals and OF her institutions than
on account OF her great End growing
material resources. Richmond is in
deed a city mot made with hands
Conspicuous among those things
which constitute the higher wealth Of
Richmond-those things which might
he overlooked by the man who is in
the habit OF relying on the ratings
furnished By Bradstrcet or Dunn--ara
her schools and colleges. In addition
to her great public school system. at
the head OF which stands the splendid
John Marshall High School, her pri-
-vate scools of various gradeu her
business and professional colleges and
her theological schools. she has ono
OF the strongest colleges IN the en-
tire South-one OF the few institutions
in the South which are recognized Us
being unquestionaoly standard COL
leges.
Eighty Years Old.
1t was in 1882. just eighty yenrs ago.
that Richmond College had Its bo-
ginning. 1t was not then IL College.
nor did il occupy its present ute. but
was school OF elementary grade on
what is now known as tho B!oom!nE-
dale stock Farm. between Bryan ana
Lakeside Parks In 1910 Il was moved
TO the present site. and In 1850 Il
became a chartered college. with Dr..
Robert Ryland as it's first PRECEDENT.
For the next two decades st had n
growing patronage and accumulated
what was for those days considerable
endowment for small college. Then
came the suspension on account Of
the disastrous Civil War. ana when
the college reopened. in 1866. every
thing had been swept away but the
campus and a few badly dcfaced
buildings.
The next thirty Years was a period
OF steady growth in material s.-
sources. the endowment. together
with the grounds, buildings and
equipment. aggregating oy the end OF
that time more than a half-million Of
dollars. and best OF all 1t was a
period OF quiet. earnest work. which
was characterized By thoroughness and
Adelity to high educatioNdl Ideals
There won't out from the college in
those d ,ys many young men oc Their
ough training and high characts.
who gave good account of Themselves
in helping to lay the foundations for