The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-30

! unable, charm that Is inseparabie from
the Virginia landscape wherever
found. Richmond is. moreover, easily
accessible from all parts of the coun-
Try. Three railways connect 1t with
the North. while the Chesapeake and
Ohio. the seaboard Air Line, the At
lantic Coast Line, the Southern and
the Norfolk and Western Railways
furnish easy and convenient means
OF transportation from and to the
East. South and West. Richmond is
also connected BY water routes with
Norfolk, Baltimore. New York and the
North generally. Finally Richmond is
blessed with a more than ordinarily
good climate. Extremes of heat and
cold. dryness and da-.2ness. common
In other places. are unknown here;
unknown also are blizzards, tornadoes
or other violent storms. Richmond
climate is also absolutely free from
that enerYating and depressing quail
ty SO common further South, and 1t ia
distinctly health giving and invigorat-
ing.
But tow. might be beautiful and
accessible. and equal to any other in
the land In point OF climate.
and Yet be but poor place
in which TO get an education. In or
der to be attractive to those looking
for an education for themselves or
their children. 1t must have educa-
tionai facilities: the things. IA other
hat "
ton of an education. Besides schools
and colleges, there must be libraries
museums and laboratories. where ac-
curate technical Information on any
subject can be obtained. and where
/ the records OF the past themselves
whether manuscripts and documents
or archaeological objects, or min
ecralogicai or biological specimens or
what not, can be studied at first
hand.
These facilities Richmond has In
plenty. Her schools are we'll known
and are constantly increasing in num-
Der. in efficiency and in general
|, scope. Her many Libraries and labor
atories. public and private. AFFORD OPP
portunities for study of the nigh
est value. while the wealth of edu-
eational Observation-Disclosures. archseo-
logical. artistic. economic and indus-
trial-to be found in her many mu-
seums Is unsurpassed in any other
city OF her size in this country.
In point OF physical attractiveness,
delightful place to live in. and as
collection of educational facilities
not easy to equal, Richmond is yet
more than these things. Alike in her
past history. her present energies and
her future hopes, she is an inspjra-
tion.
Richmond's past history alone. had
she nothing else to point to as evil
dence of her right, would be enough
10 entitie her to the claim. From the
day when that indefatigable soldier,
traveller and pioneer of civilization,
John Smith. landed from his boat at
the falls of the James. down to times
within the memory OF men still young,
Richmond has been the scene of
events of national. even of world
wide, Importance. The memory of
these things is inspiring. and the re-
collection OF them and of those who
TOOK part In them Is made easy, il,
indeed. not inevitable. by the many
memorials of the past that almost
| force themselves on the attention at
every turn. Buildings. monuments,
statues, tablets-often the very streets
hemselves-recall the events of the
past, and In SO doing serve to In
i spire the mind and heart of the be-
holder with the desire to emulate the
examples of those that have gone be-
fone-to give artlculate expression to
the vague and uncertain feelings { {
the common run of men. like Patrick
| dehry; to be the mainstay OF a cause
trembling in the balance. like Wash
! ington; TO interpret the fundamental
| law to the needs of a people, like
Marshall; to sway thousands to senti-
ments OF concession, and agreement
like Clay; to stand firm In the midst
| OF danger when others waver. like
| our years an intolerable burden OF
i care and responsibility. and In the
END to suffer vicariously for nation,
| like Davis or to be the. servant Of
duty. though 1t appear to cost what
is dearcr than life itself. even !ame
and glory. and honor, like Lee. These
are some of the aspirations, the
every man in this environment, and
these things shadowy and unsubstan-
!, tial though they may seem TO be. .ure
among the vital things OF life and
! powerfully affect the future OF wh,ls
! generations.
But Richmond is no mere cu.lec-
! ton of memorials OF days that are
10 the glory of the past alon-. whose
J spiendor is but the spiendor of de,
! cay Her most glorious days are ye,
| to come, and while she reverences
| with Jealous devotion the past o,
! which she. is SO juatly proud, he,
1 eyes are turned not backward. but
4 forward and upward, and the same
spirit that made her great In for.
4 mer times is alive In her To-day ano
Is making OF her tSe wonder city o,
\ seen the evidences OF her marvellous
gpowth. q her wendsrfui as.iyitiss