The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-08
MANY STUDENTS
AT UNIVERSITY
Enrolment Larger This Scs-.
sion Than Ever
Before. \
NAMED FOR PoE i: + !, e |
Organized for Prol11o,ti,onrI
Of Scholarship and Intel s
lectual Ehdeavor.

h. X

The university Of Virginia Bulletins,s'
addressed to the Salun1ni of the University
is just out. 's
Tho pamphlet is published fdliarte:ly by
tile faculty, and It's aim Is toAoutllhc
the work OF tho General Alumni Ass SOY y
ton and of the University. sa8 ~
Amongst other announcements, there
appears the following. {3t II "a
1--WE had the pleasure Of recording last
spring Il gratifying illciea SO I'm tie q t
tendance upon t!le /, ' ,tal
numbers running up from GA to $50, an. n
crease OF 4G. II y ". ~
"This year we ca I, report similar ~
crease, tho total enrolment to date be-
ing ToG, making a total gait q o. men
in two years. Cf these Ia few names be-
ing repeated IN several derartments)
$50 are iii the academic department, ?tN
sin the law department. 1ib: in the medical
and IS in tho engineering.
'.rlis constitutes q record-brca K ink year g
in several particulars. IA The enrolment
is the largest5int, tie entire 8history of3the
University, for the first tirnc going be-
yond the 100 mark For the first t!me,
also. in Tho University's history the en-
rollncnt IN a professional department
reaches 200. The number ofsenyinecrng
students is also the largest that depart
nent hag even seen, while tho enrolment
sinsthe academic department is the largest
since the Civil War. Last session there
wore 800 students In the ncA lom!o depart
ncnt OF whom one obta5 ned the degree OF
PHI D., eight the degree OF M. a., and
thirteen the degree of e. a. There were
- >.,1N "A
work. and lid passed B. A. courses,
leading to the bachelors degree.
Organization Of New Associa-
n + tions. q
.since the report Of last June two new
local chapters of the General Association
have been organized with about twenty
members each. Both are located In Viz
ginia--the one at Front Royal and the
other In Shenandoah comfy The Off:
GERS Of the Front Royal Chapter are.
Hon. il. Fl. Downing, president; Major
T.. j. Armstrong vice president, h and Prof.
r. j. O'Nell, secretary and treasurer.
The officers Of the Shenandoah County
X Chapter are: p. w. Magrudor, president:
Colonel y. Il. Stickley, vico-prcsldent, and
Mr. N. ID. Wundy, secretary and treas
urer. u
THE secretary Is glad to be able to
report even Eetter things this year than
last in the way Of donations to the Uni
versity. f33 S. t5s,S
S,rhe gift or the general library Of about
200 volumes blythe Rev. Haslett Mc1<tm,
of New York,-one of several donations
by this distinguished alumnl,s-atltle,l
many sets and volumes of works that
are rare and OF great and II
value Other, but smaller gifts and
purchases out OF the income OF the! Byrd
Fund. have enriched the acollecrion q
On the evening Of the 10th OF November
the Price library, the gift OF which was
announced in tile last annual letter, was
formally presented, and accepted. I'resi-
dent Alderman preside ed. : Professor, Glider
sleeve, Of Johns Fl opkns University,
made the address presenting, and Captain
w Gordon McCnbe, the address accept
ing the books. The library occupies The
first south gallery in the rotlnda, and
the books have been classified on the
shelves.
The library#is the repository OF the
recently received bust Of the Marquis dc
La'fayette. by. IIondoun. the gift Of the
French Republic, through the minister to
the United States, M. Jusserand, in
recognition Of the cordial reception Of
the scholarly diplomat during his visit
to the University. A more recent gift,
a bronze bust of Cicero, Is in the library,
This was bestowed by Dr. H. a. Coles. of
New York city, ''in memory Of Thomas
Jefferson
Tho commissioners of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition have donated to the
University n statue of james Monroe.
So far as the law library is concerned,
tho most important gift has Ieen that Ct
the library of General Bradley r..
Johnston, made by his SON. 1t contains