The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-19
MUCH LIFE ON |'
COL[G.CE|C:'AMIPU||!SI.
Session Begins Thursday With ''iitt1
Prospects Of Large AZ
tendance.
ACADEMY OPENS BRIGHTLY.
Many Pupils Enrolled Mayor.
sand Others. Speak En- IS
tertaitiingly.

Thc cnmpus OF the college Is assuming
life after the5quiet OF summer. Tho jani-l
4 tor has rakcd up and rubbed tho cob
webs from his eyes; the gates. are un-t
b locked and swung open, and many stu
dents#hnyc already como forward laden
Win books ana serious countenances.
Members Of the faculty have all appeared,
assembling from the four quarters OF tho
globe, where they have been summer
ing. 5il LII
& Professor S. c. aiitcheli returns re-
frcshcd from an extended course Of
"pccring'' In Europe. Professor Whitsitt
visllcd the great Baptist Congress ] In
london, pnd spent much time In research
work In the British Museum, whence he
brings much Of Interest. Professor RE.
Gaines has recreated In 4 Southwestern
NirSinia, where he appeared In his fnvorlto
pursuit OF horse fancer. 80 s 81 "a
Professor w. ii. FoDshee brings back
many pounds OF visible health from the
K mountains Of North Carolina. Acting
Z Professor D.. NJ. Whltcfield, who enters
the faculty for the year, has been a
professor Of chemistry fors years in tho
Medical College Of Virginia and dwclls
. In the city. President F. w. BoatWright
has been In and out OF the city, ever and
ceaselessly wntchful OF the colleges In
4 teres;. Professors Winston and Harris
have been engaged In summer work in.
The State The new professor OF English,
Professor j c. Mctcalf after summer
y in the Virginia mountains, Is on the cam
y PUG ana already has charmed all who
+ have come in touch with him. Flo was
formerly professor In Georgetown Col
4 lege OF Kentucky. and last year was In
Z Harvard University.
Law Lectures Monday.
'rhe law faculty Will begin lectures on
y Monday. September 18th. Judge Gregory.
again presldas as dean, and Is to be as,
sisted by Mr.. T.. M 4 Long and Dr.stW. s.
McNGil. II PHI. D., Of Berlin Unversity, !, Ind
Fl III. b., OF Harvard. pr. X Mcneil Is al
old student of&the college, once base ball
" captain and very popular among HIS fel-i
lows. f$ 3 Si5f 4 y
Deep regret Is felt on all hands by the
departure from the college this year OF
Professors ] r. Hunter ana r.. C. w ood-j
ward. Dr. Hunter was for eleven years
professor OF chemistry. and in that time
held7in great esteem BY ali who knew
him. His genial, pleasant manners drew
= to him all who met him. He will be
greatly missed ut the college.
Dir. Woodward, although he had been
& In the faculty but a year. was much Dc-
loved by the college students and en-.
A dcared TO his colleagues. Last sprIrgEhe
4 WAS voted By he students one OF Two
most popular professors IN the institution.
Opening Of College.
This ;morning5the faculty has Its first
meeting OF the Year. On Thursday o.
this week tho college opens for matric-
uaton of students. On Friday. Septem-
Der 20 the classes will meet for organlza-
ton, and on September % rccitations be.
GIN regularly.
The formal opening exercises will take
p'ace Thursday evening September 81 TO
which tho public Is cordially invited
There Will be addresses OF welcome by
REPRESENTATIVES OF the city and It's trelig-
ious Interests. Prof. Metcalf, who en-s
4 tors this ycarltle chair Of English. will
give an inaugural address and Professor
After the formal opening the new stu
dents Will be- entertained at a reception.
bY the College ". NJ. G IA in the refac-,
tory.
The prospects are fine, says President
Bontwright@ for good attendance, and
he looks forward to a year of equal suc,f
cess as last year was.
Richmond Academy Opens.
The fourth session Of the Richmond
! iousy. Il ii
Tho now dean Mr.. WI. Prince. was
greeted enthusiastically by n large num-
Dor OF former students and OF patron,.
q as we'll as tho students. The faculty OF
d the Academy were there to greet the
boys New members Of tho faculty are
the dean, Mr.. Prince, Mr.. Earl Riley.
former principal Of High School ut Mar
y tinsvile and DR.. w. a. Shepherd. for
merly OF English chair3in Richmond Wo-!
mans College, the old members are Mr..
p. w. James, Mr.sLF. q. Brown. and DR..
W. t. Foushee, OF Richmond College.
3 The dean announced that Mr. Taylor
Robinson, tho hnlf-back Of the Randolph
y Macon College, had been secured rs ath.t
letic director and that he would have
charge Of the spacious Fairgrounds IN
the afternoons and coach no teams 81
the school, IN view OF this unusually
excellent corps of teachers. the boys
were very enthusiastic and look forward
to tho best year the school has yet had,
II was an eager crowd that turned TO
welcome Mayor Mccarthy when ne arose
to give the address, Of the formal open
Ing. The mayor was remembered by tho
boys from his visit last year to tho
school. In fact, the mayor said that he
was often spoken to on the street by
those who knew him from his having
come to the school. The speaker took
for his theme, THE Danger Of Wrong"
and gave the boys a good practical talk.
which they will long remember
Brief ndreseses were given by Messrs.
II. r. Pollard IN j. J. Montague OF tho
academy committee and by Rev DR..
John Pollard Prof. S. 9, Mitchell and
President Boatwrght
The first boys enrolment was most
satisfactory and the friends Of tho
Academy are highly pleased with the.
nyonlise of Mr.. Princes lncumbency Of
H,e deanship,
PROSPECTIVE CABINET.