The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-03
ALLEGHANY INSTITUTE.
1T WILL PROBABLY BE ABSohBhD
By RICHMOND COLLEGE.
A Propo.itiop Has Been Made To Turn
Over tho Properly to the Trustees OF
the ColIegs-A Joint Committee.

There is q strong probability thai me
AIttgtsrv Institute will be absorbed py
Richmond College. AZ piFSgnt OF 60
Indications point TO the perez -, Inc
a movement and II Is 1"hct ~, 1ns,itu-
plan viii prove beneficial 10 Do'' "'7'''
For some time past the trustees 81 llC i1o
mcnd College have been lnChhed Wt,,' '','u
under the management ol 't'c nnrJucted
one or more academies, to De Cot,lU'. -. -
as prrparafory schools for the I'm :
Mr. West OF Newport MOVE II ~
remembered. gave the College one uu,--
dred lots IN that town, WIN Sio acaden,v
standing that a Well-equiPPIu 80 IN
be erected theron. Inc a. ~ Richmond
b. under the management Vl NJ 80 an
College The tOileEe accepted Ills So ~
ard decided to establish the academy is
soon as practicable.
MADE OyEB1UBEs.
on last June. the trustees OF ths Aii 90
ghany Institute wrote TO the lIual' -,
Richmond College, with a We" 70 tutH-
ne nver tbe Institute to the College. The
PROPOSITION was considered by the trus-
ices of the College. and a committee, con-
sjsting OF Rev. Or. William T.. hatcher
and Rev. Dr. W. ". Landfum "tIt ~
pointed 10 so up TO ROANOKE anu ,oI''T 30
with the trustees there IN Iesaiu ~
'' Bv arpointnent th's committee, accom-
panied by Or Ryland, the flhdhtial -
rotary of The College htiu '',i,l',,,,
ence with the trustees of the AIleSHduy
Institute i'm Roanoke last Thursday ne
natter was talked over freely, anu tI'
financial condition Of the lhsutute
fully considered IL was iouhd ma 'i.o
school. which was established S'E'H =,
400 IN tbe western portion Of Roanoke,
has a handsome building, "eIl-clurpti,
which was erected at cost VI dpo"S
$4,000, and owns a bcautiIuI Silc ~ 49, :.
ten acres Of ground. Inc pi'pti -
quite valuable, and with we ~ In ~, 70
a small debt which could easily De re-
moved, is unencumhercd. me lIT,
ton is i'm a highly flIurlshNE CyHni.I'i.,
and has a principal, Nj =. >. Ha"Iiit -"
former graduate OF EichnohI o.t.Nr;
and three assistants. with an ehroIllheht vi
students numbering about seVen'y-hEe.
The situation Is admirably auaPith LOT
school, and there IS niue lpuhl .iH'S
under the fostering care OF an emu ~,
institution Of learning. like licnmond Iol-
lege, large patronage can De worked
up.
THE PROPOSED Plan.
The proposition made by the trustees
Of the Allegheny Institute Is to turn over
the entire property 10 the trustees OF
Richmond College. which latter lhsiIlI-
ton will have the right t' MAKE any dH-
ditions or changes that may be F!t'Ht"-
BILE. The citizens Of Roanoke VINO are
Interested i'm the Institute are heartily III
favor of the plan. At the next meeting
Of the College trustees. i is hhdeirt,'h
that some definite acton Will be tahrh
in the matter \ Joint committee from
the two institutions has been appointed,
and they viii gather an the Information
needed to put before the trustees
In talk with Or Rylaud yesterday
he sand that The COLLEGE charter per-
mittcd the institution 10 establish ana
control academies i'm the State, and be
thought the plan Of having preparatory
institutions "a good one lie was OF the