The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17
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board is very cheap-only $40 ger month-
and the fact that it is the best OF IT'S hliu
is proven in the healthful appearance OF
the boys, not a pallid sickly face among
the 800 and odd boys I saw, ana thls a.
the end of an arduous session.
AN INCIDENT.
One other incident goes to prove the WIS
dom and perfection of the management
of this school, along all lines OF sanitation
and modern science. Some time ago II was
5 discovered that a case of smallpox had
developed in one of the employees or the
school. A young man had a room directly
over the laundry. He took down with the
terrible disease. How he ever became IN
fected, DR.. NIcBryde told me he mad never
yet discovered. But the fact remained; the
disease was there. The patient was sent
four miles in the country; the room ne
had occupied sealed with a modern olsen
fectant stearning out the germs inside
and the laundry abandoned. The boys had
been vaccinated in January. Now they
were revaccinated, and while a few were
made very ill-one poor fellow having TO
remain behind when the class went, to
Richmond to the Carnival. They are now
all recovered handsomely, anG not anoth-
er case of smallpox appeared
DR.. McBryde, the superintendent, is
such a genial gentleman, that it is easy
to see the reason for his success. he told
me some amusing stories OF the small
pox scare, how the employees and negro
servants of the institution We're panic
stricken He said one morning ne and his
wife were alarmed by the colored cook
in his family who rushed in crying: Miss
Marie, Miss Marie, the whole town is
full of smallpox" And when invesi-
gated they found that the students had
indeed draped most of the village houses
and college houses with yellow bunting.
Owing to this droll joke, neighborlng
towns Guaranteed against Blacksburs.
THE CREAMERY.
AT the college creamery, a pleasant ac-
communicating young man, Mr.. Saunders,
teaches the art of butter-snaisns and
cheese-maling to any ambitious student
WHO wishes to learn, explains the mys-
teries of separating machines, cream
heaters, cheese-presses and steam churns
to me- saw him mould and pack
the pretty prints of butter, and he said
he got twenty-five cents for every pound
shipped He said he had constant sale for
all the cream he could furnish to Clncln-
natl, Knoxville and even Chicago firms
for ice-cream.
He also sends to a firm in Richmond,
who furnishes the University OF Virginia
with it's cream.
Mr.. Saunders says he gets Is cents per
gallon for AN he sells. There being no wild
onions or lettuce in this part of the conn
try, the cream is always good. One of the
most valuable features of the Polytech-
MICS property are the barns and herds
of fine cattle This lis like q. grand cattle
fair with the buffalo-like bulls and fat
COWS and pushing, eager calves OF the
most improved and valuable stocks.
! In the shops, now closed for the season.
I saw every kind of improved machine for
wood and iron-work and many fine pieces
of work done by students. This school
certainly furnishes the best advantages
for the development of every talent a. boy
can possess.
To me one of the most delightful Incl
dents was the half hour IN the chapel,
where the Scriptures were read, ana l
heard them sing, 800 more or less, rich,
boyish voices singing a hymn Of praise.
Not a womans voice among them!
There is an organ and grand piano.
the latter a. new donation in the chapel.
THE DRESS PASADE.
And then the dress parade is where 1
saw the cadets in all their glory with
all their show and tinsel and smart drill
. ling and the noble Drum Major, who is Sc
lected for his grand bearing and handsome
face, all marched in lordly style
The music. the sweethearts standing I'M
der the shade trees, who had come to look
on; the gay crowd and the white and blue
uniforms made such a pretty picture that
is hard to associate such beautiful meas
ures with the real meaning Of 1t all
bloody war!
This has been an eventful year at the
college some troublesome times, but more
triumphs They have had fire and pesti-
lence but they have won the aDDropria-
| ton of State money for needed and valu-
able improyements-and the boys went to
Richmond.
Only one death there in four years.
This spring a young man died Of appen-
decitis. The long list OF graduates who
have won distinction in the world OF use
fitness is remarkable for its variety of
J professions. Electricians, nlachinists, en-
gineers have gone abroad from Blacks
burg into the United States service. and
the African diamond fields
This year there are quite a large nun
ber of graduates, a list of whose names
NE give below. Next year there will be
the largest number ever known at-the
college--oSif all return to take their de-
g,ees:
THE GRADUATES.
The graduates are as follows:
Edwin Wood Allen, Buchanan, Va
George Baker, Grahan's Forge, Va.
Robert Bennett Beaes, Gala, Va.
Richard Carter Beverley. Caret, Va.
Samuel Guy Brady. Walton Furnace,
Va.
Charles Francisco Brown, Greenville.
Tenn.
Wallace Claypole Burnet, Norfolk, Va.
Robert Earnest Cecil, Brookwood, Va. e
Samuel Forror Chapman, GordonsYllle,
Va.
James Robert Hardesty, Berryville. Va
Joseph David Hoffman. FfinthiH. Va
Henry Robert Hortenstine, Montgomery.
va. s.
James Alfred Jackson, Richmond. Va.
Henry Morgan Jacocks. BerSeay, Va.
Jonathan Wilbur Jacocks, Berkely, IA
William Jordan Jameson, Buffalo.
Junction. Va.
Lindsay LouIn Jewel. Christiansburs. Va.
John Taylor keister, Biacksburg, Va,
John Wilson Latam, Oak Grove Va.
i Scott Hutton Phlegas. chr!suansburs,
va.
Benjamin Franklin Randolph. College.
Va:
Charles Luther Reynolds. Fan Creek.