Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-07
STATE HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS.
Their Condition and Some Sugges-
tfOns-HOw to Regulate Trusts.

The reports of the various State hos
pitals are before you, and / point you
To the recommendations and suggestions
therein contained. There will be neces-
sity for some measure TO be adopted to
relieve the crowded condition of these in
stitutions and TO provide for other af-
ficted parties who are demanding ad-
mission and proper care. Various plans
/ will no doubt be suggested. and this Will
receive at your hands due consideration
and all the help possible under the States
| financial condition.
/ The hospital at Marion was planned for
much larger number Of patients than
1t can at present accommodate. There is
abundant water supply and administra-
tive accommodations. electric and heat
ing power Tor fully double the present
number. The building was planned for
very large extensions and one wing has
now an addition almost completed. which,
If finished. would accommodate possibly
sufficient number to relieve the con-
gestion at that institution and enable IT
10 receive those who are at home or in
jails. who. through their friends. are
clamoring for admission. | recommend
that the necessary appropriation to COM
plete this building be made as soon as
practicable.
BOARDS OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
have endeavored TO distribute through
out the State the appointments on the
boards of our public Institutions as far
as possible. 1 think in this way a more
intimate and personal interest can be
developed in all our great public institu-
tons by all the people of our State. and.
where these appointments have, by acct
dent or otherwise, been largely centered
in few localities Of the State, it would
be all the better for the institutions
themselves, and for the harmony and
unity Of purpose of our citizens as a
body. for other sections of the State to
De favored 10 like extent. for a period,
at least. in the future. even If a little
extra expense should be incurred.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
am glad TO announce that all of the
educational Institutions are doing their
work well and are In a prosperous condi-
ton.
An epidemic of typhoid-fever unfortu-
nately interrupted the work OF the Viz
ginia Military Institute, but IL is now be-
lieved that the cause has been discovered
and removed, and that a recurrence OF
such conditions will always be. In The
future, Impossible. This institution. clus-
tered about as it Is with such noble and
heroic memories, has great work TO do |
In the scientific education of youths and |
in drilling them in the art and science Of |
war. 1t is the only purely military lnsti- |
tuition maintained by any State OF this |
Union. and. In our civil war and In The |
late Spanish-American war, furnished |
many courageous and noble aud skilled |
officers for our American troops III de-
serves your fostering care. and. receiving
such. should perform work equal in |
thoroughness TO that OF the National |
Academy al West Point.
THE VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTI.
TUTE.
The Virginia Polytechnic Institute. To-
Gated at Blacksburg has the largest roll
of students In its history, and, along with
Is military instruction. Is turning out