Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-01
A SUMMER SCHOOL HELD
IN GOOD OLD VIRGINIA
More Than a Thousand Gather at
University to Get Instruction Be-
tween Meals, as 1t Were.
EARNEST WORK ORDER OF DAY
Some Random Notes About the Way
Things Are Being Done Under the
Shadow Of Monticello, the Ancient
Home Of Jefferson
ny FLoRENCE G. Fox.

CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, July 81
Twelve hundred and twenty-five etu-
dents. with a faculty of los teachers.
are In the University Of Virginia sum-
mer school during the present months
Of Juno and July. Twenty-Five OF our
States and the country OF Japan are
represented in this attendance. Edu-
cation, naturally, has large place on
tho program. but all other subjects in
science. nrt and the vocations receive
their duo attention and attract their
full quota OF students.
Earnest work and spirit OF courtesy
and helpfulness characterize tho stu
dent body, and II could not easily be
otherwise. for Professor Maphis. the
efficient director. has exempliflcd this
ideal through many years and it has
become a distinguishing characteristic
Of the school.
Tho background Of buildings, lawns
and formal gardens would be difficult
TO describe, since there is probably not
to be found IN America another setting
so picturesque and SO beautiful as tho
environs Of this university. The broad
sweep OF grassy terraces surrounded
by the stately white columns OF Colo
NAL architecture, the ivy-covered per-
Eolas beyond which lilo the low ranges
of tho Blue Ridge Mountains forever
wrapped in their mantle of purple
vapor remind ono OF the ancient grove
OF Daphne. so classic is this old his
toric seat of learning.
Az Jefferson Snw Things Long Ago.
Thomas Jefferson, with prophetic
vision. planned for the arrangement of
the grounds and the style of tho build
inEs, and they stand to-day n fitting
memorial to the greatest patriot of
them all" Carl Bitter, the sculptor, in
his new statue OF Jefferson. erected on
the west lawn midway between tho
Rotunda and Cabcll Hall. has shown us
the spirit, the virility of the man who
could conceive and launch SO great an
enterprise when Virginia was a pioneer
State in the wilderness of the New
World. The nervous hand, tho dilat-
ed nostril, the caElo eye and the set
jaw, softencd and subducd by grade Of
pose and outline. depict in the Bitter
bronze the indomitablc courage and
keen foresight which characterize tho
famous founder OF this great univer-
sity. 1t is n remarkable monument to
Thomas Jefferson. and no less, one
might say, to the late lamented artist.
Many notable guests arc coming and
going through the six weeks of study
adding interest to the prescribed pro-
gram. DR.. Hodge. the author ot Mature
Study and Life" appeared with his fly
nets and traps, and enlisted the CO.
operation Of all his hearers in the cause
OF sanitation. We trampcd with him
through the fields and woods ut 5
o'clock in the morning to surprise the
hear his morning matin. Mr.. Wyche.
the president of the National story
Tellers League, entertained us in the
evenings. telling the tales of Uncle
Remus, and playing folk games on tho
lawn at twilight. Governor Folk Wit
messed tho beautiful peace pageant
given by the students on the Fourth
of July, and mad. plea for the arts
of peace which received with en-
thusiasm by every student in the audi
ence.
The Social side Ia Worth While.
Entertainments galore arc provided
for the student body, music Of the best
on every program. dancing at the gym
on stated evenings, and state vieinG
State TO make their receptions and pro-
grams most brilliant and most attrac-
tive. Lowell says, Let us not 20 about
TO make lifc dullcr than 1t is" and the
tired teacher from a year Of strenuous
work in the school room, as she looks
forward TO a summer spent in study,
will remember the bright places in her
program with the more serious work
which she did, and Will welcome an
other term OF summer school ut "Old
Virginia" AS season OF pleasure as
we'll as one of profit.