The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
STUDY THE SOUTH
AND old VIRGINIA
Know Thyself First of Ala
Good Doctrine 1t
Is, Too.
WHAT DO WE KNOW OF HOME?
Specializing, Gencralizing, Dis
covering and Realizing Hints
to School Teachers.

For the past six years the Industrial
section OF The Times Dispatch has
been telling the world OF the resources
the hidden wealth. tho arricn,,uro,
possibilities and the ADVANTAGES gen
orally 'of the South and especialIy
those or Virginia, North Carolina and
west Virginia. \ large part OF its
mission has been and Is 10 make orr
own people more familiar WITH the
varied resources of This part OF thu
earth. and to bring the different sec
tiohs OF the same into closer fellow
snip through. greater knowledge of
what each section has to boast ne ma
lo be proud OF. In his travels through.
OUT the territory named the Indus
te'al Editor has often been amazed
at the Ignorance OF otherwise we'll
informed people Of the varied resources
OF tneir own State. and so II Ia NO
wonder that 1T is so hard 10 make or
me people or Virginia or of North
Carolina an army OF "All state Boost
eFs' This paper fatters itself that 1t
mas oohe the State some service in
making the people better acquainted
with the resources of the different
sections.
missionaries In Two Why's.
Bearing on the same line. the Manu-
lacturers' Record in the last weeks
edition publishes letter from n cor
respondent and comments on tts sur
Sestions as follows:
III In every school In the South the
teachers themselves knew the South.
It's past and present. and understood
lis potentialities, they would be able to
give to their students n great ouicl,en
ing OIL knowledge and enthusiasm for
th!s section. One of the lamentabIe
thinRs seen In the majority of insti-
tutions of learning is the great lacI,
ni knowledge about the South of the
present as we'll az the past. AS mat
Ter OF fact we believe that the minis
yer -al leaders In missionary work
throughout the South, men who arc
working for the advancement OF home
missions, as well as those who are
giving their time TO foreign mission
eiforts. are more closely IN touch with
the material resources and progress
OF the South than the teachers in ito
colleges and universities
School Teachers In Default.
Many of these men have studied
me increasing material wealth of the
south as having a direct bearing on
the work which should be done In CON
tributions to home and foreign mis-
SONS. and they have done more, so far
as our experience goes. in broadening
inc knowledge OF the people OF the
south about its marvellous resources
ana progress than all the educators
IN this section have yet done. We re-
ceive far more orders for The South (.
ne Nations Greatest Asset from min
lsters than from college university pro-
lessons and this has been our expert
ence with every special publication we
nave issued In behalf OF the South's
upouiiding. though our experience h. -
also shown that the latter are much
Tess informed about the material well
fare of the South than the former"
Specializing and Realizing.
along the same line the Wilmington.
\. c. Star has this to say:
study OF the South's resources viii,
cause us earlier to realize what they
are Initiative. enterprise. Industry
and capital will enable us to fully bene-
ut from them when we realize them az
sources OF wealth. This is n plea for
us 10 study the South's resources
Don't let us walk or stumble over our
neglected resources. Why should we
be caught mapping when there are
great opportunities all around us?
There are so many OF these resource
ana opportunities that II would require
book to group them. They includ i.
commerce. manufacturing. agriculture
business and industry along various
lines. Why should each of us not go
to specializing. generalizing, discoy-
ering and realizing
That is just exactly what the In
dustr!al Section has been doing for
several years past; "specializing. gen
craliZing. discovering and realizing -
Let tho study of the South by South
erners and OF Virginia by Virg!nlans
go on. for, 8 the Star truly says: at
will inspire more interest than a novel
There is nothing more fascinating in
all the realms of literature and art.
While We should take all OF them In.
we should not neglect the broadness
of the explored field and the yastness
OF the undiscovered reaches of the
South's possibilities"