The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10


e AZ g. 5Wightman. This recommendation
IS almost equivalent to an appointment.
Dr.. Conard Is n Phi. d. OF the University
OF Pennsylvania. and at the present time,
Is the holder OF the handsomest fello W
Il ship at the Johns Hopkins University.
Previously he published. . through the tn. Car
negie Institute. an exhaustive work on
The iva ter Lily. Randolph Macon VIII
be fortunate in securing his services
Prof. 1. r. Lewis. who has 80 sats-
fac,orily filled the chairaof biology ana
ph,+scs, since DR.. Wightman's death,
Inns gone TO Jamaica to do some research
work Fl Later In the summer. he Will DC
employed In the government Laboratories
R at Beaufort, N. c.
Last week DR., e. ". Bowen. profess
sor OF Latin, left Ashland for Italy,
where he will spend the summer engage
Ing In work for his department.: and
modern languages, also has gone abroad.
DR.. Easter will be In France during the
summer in the interest OF his depart
ment 81 Fl
Dr.. canter. Of the department Of chem
istry, has recently been offered the chair
of chemistry in large college In Texas
at much larger salary than his present
one. Randolph Macon. However, VIII
make every effort to hold him. and it
(. land. Il; If ne "a,
Prof. D. R. Anderson. a recent RAN
dolph-a1acon graduate. and now in charge
OF large academy on tho Northern
Neck OF Virginia, has been elected 10
the presidency OF a college In Oklaho-
ma, which Is being established by the
Methodists OF that State.
Tho large dormitory is now completed
and ready for occupancy. t84.
Branch Memorial Dormitory.
Through the munificence OF Randolph
Macon's good friend, Mr.. John P. Branch,
the college at Ashland now has the finest
dormitory in the State. Before the plans
for the building were drawn, the College
Building Committee sent an architect to
inspect the dormtories at the different
institutions of Virginia., and even went
10 far rs to have the buildings at PRINCE
ton University. and the University OF
Pennsylvania, inspected, in order to get
the benefit OF the experience of these
institutions and to become familiar with
the most recent dormitory methods.
After the construction had actually be-
gun. 1t was seen that the original Gift Of
10000 was Inadequate to complete the
building in the way the college officers
and the building committee desired; and
again Mr.. Branch came to the rescue
with an additional gift OF 5000, which
also he has again supplemented with
amounts sufficient to install gas plant
for the dormitory and to terrace and turf
the ground around the new building. The
dornitory, cut of which Is seen on
this page, Is built OF red brick with
gray stone trimmings and Is almost &c"
shaped with however, the middle prong
of the q e. left of, It has been SO cons
structed that three separate dormitories
have been obtained within one single
building. This was accomplished by hav-
Il Ing no communications between the north
ana south wings and the main building,
and by grouping all OF the rooms In q
division around the stairway. The pur-
pose Of this was to obyiate the long corr
ridors, the scene OF so much disorder in
pther institutions On each floor of
each division there Is a handsomely fitted
bathroom, having porcelain basins
showed baths and other modern conven-
fences. Throughout 1t is heated with
steam, aN1 1t Is piped and wired for
gas and electricity. It will accommo-
date about one hundred men, and In
connection with the cottage dormitory
system thus will enable Randolph Macon
to receive many more students than for
merly. The building Is surrounded by
wide terrace, and will be altogether a
handsome addition to the campus.