The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-10
Governor Mann, Speaker Byrd
and Other Notable People
Are Present.
[Speclal ID an. Times pispntchl

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East Radford, Va. August Sin the
counties of Southwest Virginia. Rad
Iord and vicinity and tho Governor of
lrg mia, the cornerstone of the Rad
iord Normal school administration
building was laid TO day by the Grand
Lodge or Masons. the ceremony being
followed by tho dedicatory exercises In
The auditorium. where addresses were
made by, Governor Mann. Ex-Governor
Tyler Speaker Richard Evelyn Byrd.
who was chcered when referred to as
future Governor of Virginia. Prcsi-
dent John Preston Mcconnell. Judge
Martin Williams. Senator Hart, Charles
\. Johnston. who, in the House of Dele
gates. was principally instrumental in
getting the normal school for Radf Drd.
and others.
The beauty or the normal school site
with It's wonderful grove OF virgin for
est oaks. received much attention, AS
did the splendid structure itself. with
its fine halls. auditorium class-rooms.
ENmiasiuins, plunge and other features.
Music was provided by the Wabash
Band and by the Blue Ribbon Band. Of
Parrot Grand Master W. l.. Andrews.
OF Roanoke, conducted the ritual OF the
Masons. assisted by i. *. Bauman. dep
uty grand master. OF Fredericksburg /.
!. Il. Woods. grand senior warden. Of
charlottesville. J. Aston Cabcll. grand
junior warden. of Richmond; III. *.
Field. of Alexandria, grand senior dea :
con, f.. L. Cunningham. of Newport
News. grand junior deacon; Charles \.
Ncsbitt, OF Richmond. grand secretary;
A. j. Adams. Richmond. grand tiler, and
II. Is Lee OF Charlottesville. grand
chaplain.
The Grand Lodge then hled into the
auditorium and found places on the
stage. Rev. j Harry whitmore. of
the Presbyterian Church. made the in
vocation. and Captain w. r. Baldwin.
| chairman of the board of trustees OF
| the normal. introduced DR.. Mcconnell
as the presiding officer. Senator Hart,
ono of the workers for the normal.
congratulated Radford on having the
school. and strongly advised all the
| people of tho Southwest to give their
united moral support TO tho institution.
Governor Mann who followed. de-
clared that nothing was more import
ant to the best welfare of the State
than tho proper training of tho girls.
! "of 10000 teachers in the public
schools. 5000 are women he said.
MANY Of these have been trained in
the normal schools. These are now
imprcssinc themselves on the youth OF
the state That the impress should
DO right is all important. To-day no
question occupies the position in the
public eye that II did ten years ago
We are undergoing a revolution and
an evolution. In nothing is this more
pronounced than in the matter OF edu-
cation.
Il should say" declared the Cover
nor, that n broad education is tho
best basis. hut whether that can be
had or not the child should have vo-
cational training Books give us the
experience Of others. but il is better
that we should have our own expert
encc."
The Governor compared tho training
OF the mind with that of an athlete
ana said that man is educated who
can take hold of the forces about him
and do with them what he plcases In
the exercise Of strength We become
stronger. The tasks of to-day are the
rccrcations of tomorrow.
The Governor made q plea for co
operation aS the essential of attaining
10 the highest ideals. Virginia must
TOOK 10 cooperation to realize the
Ideals OF the founders. lie referred to
wealth and natural resources. but
greatest of all arc our BOYS and girls
The Governors address was largely
in appeal FOR public education for the
hitting OF the people for citizenship
and, with the ability to progress. a
constant advancing toward rcccding
frontier. Referring 10 his administra-
ton. he said that 1t had encountered
n depicted treasury, but nevertheless
with lesser tax rate the recvnue had
increased, and against appropriations
tor S6,ooo.0oo there had been n revc-