The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-04
NEW MEMORIAL BUILDING,
The Memory Of Gen. Francis H. Smith
10 be VonOrcd.


LEXINGTON, VA, Aug. Especial -
A new building VIII be erected at the
Virginia Military Institute To the memory
OF General Francis H. Smith. The draw
iues have been completed boy Mr.. William
O. Mcdowell, the architect, OF this place.
and bids viii bc received hy the middle OF
this month for iis construction.
The building viii be erected M cost
of about $1,000, and viii DE consiructe"
of brick and painted bun, the present
color of the barracks The TRIMMINGS
such as sills and capst0nes Of the win
dows and DOORS as well as the TOD -
the walls. are 90 Doe of Bedford stone.
while the foundations viii be Of native
gray limestone The interior will DE in-
ished in natural pine and white ulaster.
A vostibue u by 13 feet leads into the
hallway measuring 10 by $50 feet. double
stairway rises from the hallway 10 the
third floor which viii be lighted by a
sllylieht I'm the roof Above the stairway
ON the first platform "a memorial of some
special kind, the character to be deter
mined later will be placed.
The building viii Doe three stories high.
measuring l3 feet Its dimensions viii be
l95 feet long and "a feet and inches wide.
A tower twelve feet square, with am aiti-
tude of "a feet will rise at the front in
INC lFMiE VIII I' lfAttH...t 1T" NAN''+N f''-+-'
viii strike the hours. ON the first floor
there viii bo two large section rooms one
with e. seating capacity OF one hundred
and the other of sixty. Beides these there
viii be smaller rooms occupying the rest
Of The space their size and shape depend
ing upon the contour of the walls aNcraS-
ing about is by 30 feet each The rooms ON
the other two floors correspond 10 the
first moor The first floor viii De occupied
by the department of physics ana as
tronomy: the second by mathematics me-
chanics and modern languages on the
third floor By geology and mneraloey.
on this floor also Will be placed lhe
military museum, in which TO exhibit
specimens OF arms and other relics. The
heating apparatus viii be placed under
The rear norton OF the structure.
The location Of the building has been
selected I'm the rear of the court at tie
cadet barracks. and completes the quad
rangle between the north wing of the
barracks and the Jackson Memorial Han.
The front will DE accessible for cadets to
pass under the balconies into the lecture
rooms i'm the new building. The quad
ranele is thus completed by the addition
of a handsome structure.
The building Will DE "a memorial 10 the
founder of the Virginia Military Institute
y
and able superintendent. II viii be known
as the "Fwucis ID. Smith Academic
Building" and is the outcome Of "a recon-
mendaton OF General Scott ShIpp the
superintendent I'm his annual report to
the Board vi Visitors last june
Drought lis complained of in various
parts of Rockbridge. and a short crop Of
corn viii be the result. I'm The Lexington
section we have had "a fairly good season.
but I'm the vicinity of Fairfield. Goshen
and Natural Bridge. The season has cen
extremely dry. Professor H. ID. Campbell
of Washington and lee University zee
ports that during the month of July 312
inches Of rain fen I'm Lexington. the gene
eral averaeo here being $50 inches. Fine
showers fell six days scattered throu-h
the month.
County Superintendent OF Schools ]. S.
Savilie held examinations here in the Lex
ington Public school building ON Tues
day and Wednesday. There were fifty
eight ladies and thirteen gentlemen who
entered the examination The ladies took
the state Normal examination for en-
trance at that school The examinations
for the colorcd teachers began to-day
and will be concluded tomorrow.