The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-29
A GROWING INSTITUTION,
Gratifying Improvement Shown at
Virginia College.

~ ieporter lot Inc IlmeS visited Nir-
9inla College yesterday and found that
popular educational institution as
busy as could be. The faculty are very
Jubilant over the prospects for this year
ana there is no doubt but that it will BIO
more prosperous than any year since the
foundation of the college,
only l IL students can be accommodated
at the institution and engagements have
already been made.for LOG; beside there
are about fifty day pupils who go from
their homes in and around the city.
Twenty three States are represented in
the college this year and beside the
southern States there are students from
Maine, Vermont. Rhode Island, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio Illinois. Indiana and Colo
RADIO.
The school has never had an agent in
The field and all the students have been
secutef either through letters or through
It's reputation established with former
pupils. The splendid location and mod
ern equipments and conveniences are al
ways favorable when parents or guar
dieDs can be induced to visit TIE school.
a well-known gentleman from Louisiana
after visiting number of well-known
Virginia schools with his daughters was
so we'll pleased with the appearances of
our Virginia College that lie at once ell
tered the young ladies for the session.
The opening this year was much more
suspicious than ever before pupils
anu 1T is said more maturrd class of
pupils In fact the young ladies' who
have entered the college this wear a1e
handsome, intelligent and Il most desira-
BILE adjunct TO the populations of Roanoke.
The ladies who have so successfully
worked up this school deserve much
credit for the able manner in which they
have o1 70 mn;r
uutiriug efforts have succeeded in max.
ing this one of the most popular educa-
tional institutions in Virginia. These
lanies are Miss Matte p. Harris, nresi-
dent, and Mrs. Gertrude Harris Boat
wright, associate principal
The faculty is as follows:
Prof. ii. e. Berly, of Harvard and
Princeton Universities, mathematics,
Latin and sciences.
Miss Alice w. Sawyer, honor graduate
of Fassar. English
Miss Ellen V. Apperson, preparatory
department.
Miss Annie Lyon, preparatory English
and stenography.
Miss Georgia Apperson. librarian.
Miss May Middleton, piano.
Lois V. Corprew, French German
and Latin
Eugenia l.. Aunspnugk, elocution, cal
isthenics and physical culture
Prof. r. f. lIenninges (Halle, Ger
manyl, director OF music, piano, organ
and chorus class
Adelia 7. Corprew, piano, guitar,
harp, banjo and mandolin.
Dona Bailey, piano.
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Silverthorn (Bos-
ton Conservatory of MCsic., and Milan,
Italy,, voice culture
Mary V. Allison, piano practice. -
Mrs. Katherine T. Bum. private Mas
tiers, New York Art League, and Schools
of Paris, painting and drawing.
Eugenia l.. Aunspaugh, calisthenics
and culture.
Business and Domestic Department.
j. S. Boatwri9ht, business manager; Mrs.
Mary Il. Means, domestic supervisor;
Mrs. e. ii. Stewart, matron.
Professor Bierly of the faculty, who has
made special study of philosophy ut
Princeton and Harvard Universities,
offers TO teach special courses in advance
psychology, logic and metaphysics the.
ism, history of philosophy, advanced
ethics an history of ethics. He has also
been engaged in child mind investipa-
tions in connection with Professor Earl
Barnes of Stanford University, and the
Harvard profef sors of philosophy.