Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-23
BEGINS WORK TO-DAY
RICHMOND COLLEGE TO OPEN
WITH A LARGE ENROLMENT.
MANY BOYS FROM THE NORTH.
A Larger Delegation Than Ever ne
fore - Woman's COiiege nes'"'
with Full Attendaice-More
Money For Public schools.


OF her educational institutions i"e'
rank high. and are attended py you"e
men and young ladies from almost an
parts of America. With undated de's'
minatlon TO keep up their standard Vi
excellence the various schools and col
leges Of the city are entering upon their
sessions for 1ss7-lsgs. and so far the out
look Is most gratifying SO iar as 'ne
years work is concerned.
At o'clock this morning the fall SEES
sion at Richmond College commences
Nearly all the professors are In the c't!'
| and will be at their respective posts
when the college books are open. But
| this is not the most signlncaht TACT III
connection with the opening OF the schooi'
| for 125 students have arrived already ana
most of them matricuiated yesterday
| These students come from fifteen amer
| ent States. there being a larger represeh-
tation from the North than the college
| has ever known in the past. a particu-
| larry large delegation Of young men came
| down from New Jersey TO attend the
| college. and President Boatwright salu
| late last night that the prospects Tor the
school this year were never brighter, ana
| that everything pointed TO the most sue
| cessful session in the colleges history
Professor Mitchell, who has been on an
extended trip through the South since ms
return from Europe, will reach the ei'y
this evening, bringing with him large
contingent of students. DR.. Ihomas also
returns tonight from Warrenton.
The College Law School opens to-rnof-
oil
ally large.
Tonight the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION of the college will tender re-
cention TO the new men in order TO enable
them to become acquainted with their TEL
Iow-students and start out their year
work under as pleasant and agreeable
auspices as possible. Addresses will be
delivered by Rev. DR. Hatcher pastor OF
the Grace-Street Baptist church, ana MT
l.. A. Coulter. State secretary OF the
Young Mems Christian Association. All
pastors in the city are invited to attend
After the exercises refreshments will be
served.
WOMANS COLLEGE OPENING.
The Woman's College opened yesterday
under the brightest auspices that institu-
ton has ever known. With the addl-
tional boarding facilities provided during
accommodations for about seventy young
ladies' i'm this department. Already sixty
seven scholars have entered, and others
will arrive to-day and throughout the
remainder of the week. Dr. James Nell
son the very efficient president is at
a loss to know where to put "his girls,
as he calls them. The number of day
pupils enrolled at the Woman's College
is equally as large, if not larger than the
enrolment on the opening days OF previous
sessions. The college has now young
ladies from several Of the Southern
States. from Maryland, Delaware, Penn
sylvania and Nebraska.
The Medical College of Virginia began
it's 1S97-lS9s session on last Tuesday with
a larger number of students than II had
last year.
on September 3Oth the University Col
lege of Medicine will open. Applications
for admission are being received from
Young men throughout Virginia and
many other States.
A private letter from Hampden-Sidney
College SAYS the attendance at the open
ing for this year has been very gratiiy-
ing. as there are seventeen more students
than at any time last year
MORE MONEY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Superintendent Fox, Clerk Rady. and
Messrs. w. NJ. Turpin and j. {. decker
son, representing the School Board, APP
peared before the Finance Committee
Tuesday night to advocate the appropria-
ton of the $1,000 that will be necessary
to continue the schools the full session.
The committee gave no answer. but IL
is thought that what the boards repre-
sertatives said had much weight. III the
additional amount is not granted the ses-
sion will have TO be curtailed a month.
Superintendent Fox says that the
work in the schools lis progressing nice
iy. Two hundred and fifty children are
unable to get in, and that is the only
thing to make the school people unhappy,