Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-09
UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN
PROPOSED AS MEMORIAL
Memory OF Meriwethcr Lewis. EN-
plorcr OF Northwest, to Be
HonOrcd
SITE SELECTED AT IVY DEPOT
Women OF Nation Asked TO Contri-
D"tc $4,000 for First Stone
Bullding to BE Used rs High
School Pending Further Plans.


Meriweathcr Lewis State Me.
mortal Public and Eigh School. +,
memorabilia thu Hath anniversary OF
the birth of the great explorer is. &c.
cordinE to the plans OF the Meri.
wethcr Lewis Memorial Board to be
erected on the birthplace OF Lewis al
IVY Depot in Alhenarlc County. The
board is composed OF Rev T.. W. Neve
widely known educator of this State
president; Allan y. White. director of
the National Bank, sec ,tary-t-easurcr
and Harper Anderson. next of kin 10
the explorer. vicc-presiden;. The site
TOT the erection the proposed school
is on the original plantation on which
Lewis was born. 1t is located across
the road from the Episcopal Church.
near IL hard-rock quarry, from which
IL Is expected the stone will come for
the erection OF the memorial TIE size
is to DO the gift Of Mr. Nevc and of
James ID. Colt residents of Ivy Depot.
II VIII cos; about $4,000 TO erect
this building. and an appeal is 10 be
made to the women OF the State and
tho United states to lend their efforts
towards the erection OF this State
memorial TO the explorer whose wor,.
IS described by the Encyclopedia Bri
tannica by these words NO later fear
OF exploration perhaps in any uuar;ci
or the globe exceeds this in romantic
interest" The appeal will be made TO
the women so that they may have a
sentiment connected with the BUILDING
or the school such as may suggest 10
them the suitability in the future of
locating woman's university at Ivy,
WIN this as nucleus. The primary
OBJECT is to erect = suitable memorial
on the birthplace Of the explorer.
'sHiNT MEMORIAL. FOR
EDUCATION OF WOMEN
M"riwether Lewis was born at Ivy.
august is, 1874, and was secretary TO
Thomas jefferson, president and found
er o. the University OF Virginia, 1901
10 1903. The Lewis and Clark Expc-
"itlon took place in 1904 and 1906,
"hich resulted N Lewis. the leader Of
thc expedition being called the CO.
!umhus OF the West" And II is in
'.'cnrHtoh Of tho l44th anniversary
OF his birth that this scheme has
evolved said MIR. Colt, yesterday.
hr. Neve, president OF the Mcri-
rcther Lewis Memorial Board. c-oa,cd
by citizens OF Ivy, stated that tho Grst
idea was TO build 4 community school
as Il memorial, and that il was for This
purpose that the board WAS first form
ca That seeming insufficient, the
board decided TO start the new
institution with the erection of n
state high school. to be endowed for
me hcip OF paying the teachers. while
t"c state at its own expense comb
erect the district high school at the
other end OF the oddly SHAPED wv pis-
trict 1t is the hope OF the board that
the $4,000 Will be raised by ccutribu-
non by August is. the birthday of the
'Npior"r. II the women OF the state
ANA others will contribute tho s75 O0O
Tor starter, the board will then 20
before the nation with confidence OF
raising funds To make the institution
a Joint state and nation memorial to
Lew rs for the education of women
INVITES CO-oPERATIIoN
or WOMEN OF NATION
This school will he owned and kent
ro by the Meriwcthcr Lewis Board
nat VIII be lent 10 the state as a pub
lie high school. When this first claim
Of the board has been made good. the
appeal. if the scheme meets with tho
approval Of the women of the state
wlll be extended cncrgcticallv to tho
nation, especially the West. which is
50 interested in the distinguished cx-
plorcr. The board will he glad to hear
from women as TO their views on the
subject y bulletin issued by the board
SAYS in part:
Ivy gave to the United States one
of its most distinguished sons. n man
who led the Lewis and Clark expedi-
ton TO the Pacific Coast. in lS04-O5.
and made possible the development or
the vast territory OF the West.
The great exposition In St Louis in
1904 held in honor OF this noble enter
,,ric n>-hi
limitlcss resources of the great West
and gave the throngs OF visitors some
conception of it's immense possibilities
II is impossible TO estimate the full
Significance OF that expedition.
The territory opened up forms n
continent in itself. in comparison with
which most Of tho European nations
sink into insignincancc.
Ivy gave this man to the United
States, and who can calculate the debt
which the nation owes 10 his memory?
I.cwis's birth place has no memorial
to him, nothing whatever marks the
place from which he sprang.
thousands OF tourists pass through
Ivy year by year. but mono OF them
know that II is the birthplace of one
who did so much for the nation.
STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF
PREPAREDNESS FOR PEACE
preparedness for peace is more i'm
portant than preparedness for war For
war is, after all. an episode and not y
state Of continuance. This is the end
OF n world age The Old age and the
old civilization ar" passing away We
arc confronted with the possibility Of
building up a new and higher form Of
cviiization-in other words. new
world order
The present generation, or those Of
mature years, have been brought up
and trained under the old regime. Thc.r
habits OF thought and life will dis
qua!ify them in certain measure fo.
dealing successfully with the new
problems which viii soon arise 1t is
the rising generation who must meet
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