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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
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with their study a system of rnanual labor for the irnprovernent of health, for diminishing expenses and perhaps to guard the hunrility of the young preachers. They hired a gardener, bought utensils, lnrilt worleshops, secured a market cart and prescribed three hours worlc daily to the students. fironr 1832 to 1840 Dr. Robert Ryland, the founder of the College, presided over the school, and also taught. In 1840 the institution received its first charter fronr the State, under aboard of trustees. The present Education Board is the legal successor of this liducation Society, and this board has been exercising since the passage of that act, the privilege which had been reserved by the Education Society of naming ten rnen from whorn the College Qlioard must select a nran for each vacancy which occurs in their nunrber. it became apparent that rnorc buildings would be needed, but not until 1855 was a serious effort rnade to supply this need. in that year President Ryland, upon authority of the Board of Trustees, erected the liuilding now known as Ryland Hall. ln the nreautirne the College had been developing its courses of study and adding to its faculty, but it did not undertalce to confer degrees until 1840. Two in that year-the late lVlr. Josiah Ryland and the vvidely known Dr. P. S. Henson, still vigorous and alert-received their diplomas. lt was in this period, from 18'40 to 1860, that the necessity for some sort of an endowment was forced upon the attention of the rnanagcrneut of the school. President Ryland visited the churches, procuring contributions. ln this period an endowment fund of iil0,000 was raised. The years inrnrcdiatcly connected with the birth of the Col- lege were full of significant facts, and that period deserves to be counted as a real epoch in her history, forthe faith and courage of our fathers show brightly, for those early beginnings are now more worthy of distinction than fthe period of its renascence in 1866. The ever loyal and generous friend of the College, lltfr. james Thomas, jr., began with a subscription of 85000, and offered. while the effort to raise the endowrnent was in progress, to pay the salary of one professor. Other srrbscriptions were taken at the sarne meeting, the total arnount -secured being 88,000 The association tendered to the trustees this subscription, and sug- gested that they should talce steps at once to increase it to ihl'O0,000. The next day the trustees elected A. ill. Poindexter agent, and under his leadership 875,000 in subscriptions were secured. Only a little more than one-third of the arnount was paid. Then carrie the deluge. The whole country was over- whelnaed by a sort of general bankruptcy. in the reorganization of the College, a president and four professors were chosen, but only two of those first elected ac- cepted-l-I. Tl. Harris and fi. Puryear. A rnonth later Professors Tea
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