New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-27
President Alderman ofVir-
ginia Pays High Tribute
to His Genius.
REALIZED PROBLEM
FACED BY SOUTH
$4,000 Raised to Erect Audito-
rum in His Memory at
Hampton Institute.
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Richmond, Va, Nov. 26.-Dr. Will
lam Adams Brown, OF the Union Theo-
logical Seminary, New York; DIR. S. c.
Mitchell, president Of the University OF
Delaware. and DR.. Edwin A. Alderman,
president Of the University Of Virginia
were the principal speakers tonight at
memorial services for the late DR.. Rob
ert C. Ogden, Of New York. The exer-
cises were attended by more than one
thousand Virginia school superIntend-
ents. teachers and trustees, who had at
tended the three days session OF the
Virginia Educational Conference.
feature of the exercises was musica!
programme by the Hampton quarter
from the Hampton Institute, an instr
tuition 10 which DR.. Ogden had con-
tributed literally.
Dr.. Brown and DR.. Mitchell told of
incidents in the life of DIR. ogden
when he sacrificed much of his own
time that the cause of cooperative
work between the public schools and
the institutions Of higher learning in
the South and elsewhere might be
strengthened.
President Alderman of the Univer-
sity of Virginia. who was the principal
orator of the evening. paid high trib-
ute to the educational work zone by
DR.. Ogden. and dwelt particularly on
The inspiration Virginians had received
from him and its elimination in the
Organization of tho State Cooperative
Education Association.
Speaking of the Southern Education
Board. of which DR.. Ogden was first
president, DR.. Alderman said:
THE great need Of the time in South
ern life was the formation OF power
full public opinion for popular educa-
ton. Public opinion under any form
of government, in such great social
movements. must be continually
strengthened and enlightened.
This board took up that task ard
may be said to have accomplished IN
It's short life the greatest amount of
GOOD with the smallest expenditure OF
money OF any agency of our day.
DIR. Ogden, who had been a soldier in
the Northern army, was described as
one who thoroughly understood the
problems of the Southern people and
realized that if tactful influences were
brought to bear the intellectual ca.
pacity of the South would be devoted
TO solving its educational problems and
to unity the forces already existing.
During twelve years different city
was selected each time for meetings
Of the Southern Educational Confer.
ence, of which DR.. Ogden was the head
Leading men and women educators OF
the North and South were brought TO
these meetings 10 discuss the questions
of INCREASED knowledge in the South.
The first president of the Virginia
Cooperative Education Association was
DR.. S. c. Mitchell, who tonight paid
tribute to DR.. Ogden. John Stewart
BRYAN, editor Of THE Richmond News
Leader" was the second leader, and
Mrs. b. B. Muuford of Richmond, is
the present head. She was among
those who paid their respects TO the
great philanthropist at to-night's meet
ing.
As a tribute to DR.. Ogden. his south
ern friends have collected $4,000 to
erect permanent memorial IN the
form OF an auditorium at Hampton In
stitute, Virginia.