The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-18
HAS SHARE IN
INARCH0F PROGRESS.
New Buildings Erected and Other
Improvements Made at Wash
ington and Lee.
ENDOWMENT is INCREASED
Has Now Reached the Million
Dollar Mark-Tuckcr and
Engineering Halls.
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X LEXINGTON, VA, June lin the
prosperity that has attended Southern
colleges IN recent years, Washington and
Lee University has had n full share. Pro-
rress has been made in the erection OF
i new buildings. in material, equipment
and in numerical growth. In 1896 TINS
institution adopted and put into. force
the entrance requirements OF the South
ern Association of Colleges and Prepara-
tory schools. Washington and Lee was
I! the first institution in Virginia to take
this step. randolph Macon Woman's
= College followed In 1900, and at the last
meeting of the Association 1004) the
University of Virginia and Randolph Ma
con were admitted. at the time that
WASHINGTON and Lee took the lead III
this movement 1t was predicted by some
that the step would seriously lnjnro the
institution by cutting down the number
s Of students. but such apprehensions were
not realized The setback was only tent
porary and for the past five years the
number OF students has steadily Increased
.l,v n large percentage, as viii be seen
from the following figures:
Total registrations, January LIST 1901,
222; 1902, 23T; 1909 27S; 1864 3oS; 1900
S35.
or this years enrolment, 1,5 came
from Virginia The others were widely
distributed geographically. They came
from % States and 5 from the District
OF Columbia. . from Indian TERRITORY.
from New Mexico and ! from Hawaii.
ENDOWMENT.
washington and Lee is one Of the best
y endowed lls tltut.ois ~ VI ~ 80,
PEABODY gave ~ |-ooV V J, - nnn
ford $500, 600 George Whs . ' :. s'9,ooV
Thomas a. Scott sooVVo, Mr =. p = i'e
$4,000, John Robinson S3o,O00. WIN. ~.
:, IL, Z, ong mn f-;ncinnati Society $50, 900,
and a multitude OF smaller gifts bringing
the aggregate sum up to $1,000, 000.i
~ Is1 TUCKER HALL.
Thicker Memorial Hall was erected in
s1oon L., memory OF the late John Ran
sa,,,,, tr,ni,nr = former dean OF the law
80, VIII, fnnfs contributed in part by
i!, -, ,,.1,,,,ra,o az that distinr,shed
1rieies .'it'' i,,.ist ~ lie handsome
stites','.i, ~ -. 49, ,,,,,os ,ieh devoted
stone oui.u,''s ~ tha law school
TO the teScius,ve use :. I ,aatnre ronms
1t contains tnlee iti ~ 80. !. -,
fitted with desks caPtple ~. s c,'tei'.s 49,
fortably over one huhured stuuei.1s go,
a large reading room, library rooll ai l
private offices for each OF the prui es'oi .
THE building is heated by hot water ana i't
lighted by electricity.
rs rho law library occupies two rooms.
s1ne Is used as n general reading room.
1T is a large, well lighted room hand
snmely furnished, and contained Nalen-
5ltinn,s 'hust Of John Randolph Tucker, be-
sides several oil portraits of distingu shed
LAWYERS and jurists. In this room are
* ravolyine. cases for such current period
Gals. ccyclopacdins, dgests and other rel
>rence books IS are IN most frequent use.
The other room is used rs a stack room
md contains about four thousand volumes
Under the provisions of the Will OF the
late Vincent L. Bradford. the University
Is TO receive 100000 for the law school ana
a considerable sum Is available each year
for the maintenance and Improvement Of