University of Richmond - Web Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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The Eelitorls Plea Nil love's labor is linisherl. ht last .ty our lirst real experience is at an enrl 'I aml we oller this, our lirst eontrihution .1 if to immortal literature, to the puhlie s I anrl posterity, hut more particularly to y t V sf ' the 'laeulty anrl stutlents ol Rielnnontl li eil N! jx I ltollege. I I t 1 -tt We have trretl to he honest hrst ly l X51 i anrl lulsonte alterwartls. so il anyone tl NL shoulrl happen to see himsell, through ii W the merliuni of these pages, as others see him, we heg ol you lo thinlt twiee helore you heemne angry, lor weeping and gnashing ol teeth will avail you nothing. ll you shonhl he interested in what we present, we will he gratilieclg however, ii you allow your angry passions to arise, we will only he amnsecl. Did you ever fasten a hug on a pin and watch it wriggle? lt is lun lor all except the hug. We have userl the pen lor the same purpose. We rlo not malce these suggestions hy way of apology, for we have no apology to otler, hut simply to explain that il you fail to recognize the lnnnor of the situation anrl are ohligecl to leel rather than see, the point to our jokes, then we are very, very sorry-for you. With sympathy for college erlitors ol the past, prayers for those ol the lutnre, and charity towarrl all, we lay our work asitle. anrl leave eaeh anrl all of you to your own small and petty troubles of the clay.

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History of Richmond College W ,hf5y ' W1 N tl1e 8th ol lime, 1830. in the Second 5 1:1 tl li l 1 N alll 'Mi MWWQ1 .ihhh JM tl llaptist Clnirch, whose rneeting-lronse, a plain structure, stood on flileventh street sonth ol Main, on the spot now occupied hy one of the Everett W addey Contpany stores, a few devoted men gathered to devise and propose some plan for the improvement oi young inert who, in the jntlgrnent ol the churches, were called to the work ol the ministry. ln 1832 this society honglit the Spring llill'lll,i, and opened there a manual lahor school, lt was called the Virginia Ilaptist Seniinary, and had ne t hr li' Pohert Pvland. and lonrteen students.. The o eac e, tev. si- tl littiltlings consisted of a plain larrn-house and slab-covered log cahins, which were hnilt from time to time as needed, and an misirrhtly harn that served lor a chapel and seliool-rooms. llere X1 from ylnly 1, IRSZ, lor two and a hall years, this school was eondttetetl. ln Tune. 1834, tlolt1111l1iz1, the property on which the present buildings now stand, was lireirrglrt lorll12,ooo. and the institution still called the lilirginia llaptist Seminary. was moved to this place. The names of the men most prominent and inllneritial in founding the college ought never to he forgotten. There is no For the henelit ol record of all who attended that NlllllllCl'0llS meeting held at 5 .1. 111. in the Seconr llaptist Clnrrch on the 8th ol june, l83O. The connnittee to wiom the matter was referred consisted ol Revs. Etlwarcl llaptist. William F. llroaddns, Jeremiah ll. leter, l-lcnry Keeling and fames Tl. Taylor. names identihed with all our tleiioininational historv. The minntes of tris meeting were discovered hy the lion. pl. Taylor lillyson, ant he has carefully preserved them. any trustee or 'friend of the College who may think that in later years too much attention is given to athletics, it may he rernemhered that in her very earliest history the College gave great attention to this important hraneh of education. indeed, they were then in some respects hetter oll than we are to-day, for they began with an athletic held. and pnt physical training into their regular course of instruction. The venerahleD1'. Robert Ryland says in l1isl1isto1'ieal adrlress, speak- ing of the founders of the College, They determinetl to comhine Nine