The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-24
INITIAL MEETING .55,..8
ON THE GROUNDS ! IS
Of. McBryde and Captain Johns
Authorize the Statement That
Management Courts Full
55s and Thorough In sss NJ.
vestigation in All
Departments.
Especial % The Times Dispatch)1

LACK BURG, VA. July 23. Owing
70 the failure OF Senator Walker and Dele
~ "a to Lion Ia arrive this evening ospolicyl
has been outlined for the Virginia Poly
teclnic Institute legislative invcstig alton.
II which is scheduled to begin Tomorrow.
The other ,nernbers-C Chairman Thornhill,
* Senator Echols and D elegate lliams--5
talked the subject over Informally to-
Z night but IN Difference to the sabsentees
Il definite action was postponed VI. IA Fl
Messrs. Walker and Lion are expected
20 O'clock Tomorrow, and sif they come
1T this hour the first full and Official
meeting on the grounds will be held.
Committees must. Of course, act before
8 ii can be positively stated what will be
i done, but here Is forecast which will.
i almost certainly pan out:
s5 Forecast Of Investigation.
After the initial meeting It ls fairly,
certain that tho members Will be shown
&: over the entire buildings, grounds. work X
3 shops. factories and farm, In order that
& they ma y have a clear idea Of conditions
I before they proceed with the inquiry.
The next. prediction Is that there would
+ he a thorough Investigation OF all mat
ters relating to the Institution which are
IS covered blythe resolution, and this means
everything. $ s. }5s ID
II the second one shall obtain, the third
N is that the Inquiry may last for several
weeks "a t least. All the spartics Interested
y seem to desire n thorough investig tton,
and there Is little doubt that one Wtll be
@ had. $
The session OF The body will be In 3oIls,
OF the college buildings, and there arc
likely TO he two sittings each day 48f555
4 The members OF the: board who ar pres
Sfe ent are3W.s B. Robertson. e. Me- lloyd taild
y. \ B. Watson. Chairman Brown IS ex-l
H pected to-morro ow.S f 3 Il s-als! .5 Sa 8 a
Interested Parties Arriving.
The first intereated parties to arrive
came in yesterday. They were Chai,1r2'i
4 J. Thompson Brown and John B. Nat
z kins. OF the board. and Judye Alaliin;
a Williams, ,#of the committee. Mr. Brow!
conferred with DR. NJ cBryde q nd ..vsen
Immediately to Richmond. s. de VIII re
y turn here tomorrow. $i i85t
While In the absence OF direct official
action Will, re ference thereto It cannot
4 be stated positively that the matter ! -
Is lating to the nonImatriculatlon5 OF certaih
students last session Will be gone into.
vet, with the light before me to- night. 1
feel certain that It Will be the subject
il of inquiry to some extent at least. Th.
tendencies are all that way now. and y
IL believed by knowing ones that i Mil
consume the major portion OF the time
occupied by the inquiry. IA B5
Institute Counsel Present.
Captain John r. Johnson and Judge
John D. Horsley. counsel OF the institute,
n are here, and conferred with Or. McBryde
X this evening. The former Is general
counsel OF the school, and the latter was
employed last winter in the special case
referred to- They would not discuss N ne
matter for pubica ton in advance q
probable action by tho connnittee, but It
is known that the management das'ros
n etfnt It be inquired into. while II IS
equally we'll understood that the Individual
q same mind on the subject. The presence!
Of Judge Horsley Is another indication Of
tho tendency Of the wind, and @he Will
probably be heard from at the first session
Of the committee. 8 l8{
Il called on Dr.. ArcBryde this evening
and found him in n most cheerful MOOD.
He was talking over matters with Capt.
Johnson, and, together. they authorized
this Statements: 4. 5 i 81 S
Official Statement Made.
"The management Of the institute
E. cheerfully welcomes INC Iul!eSl iIlVeStl-
CATION Eof its affairs, and will afford the
committee every possible courtesy and
facility for making the inquiry absolut ery5
There are many. things con-
4 cerning the school which We viii -
especially glad for the public to know,
and there Is nothing which the manage
4 ment wishes to conceal. sl .35 Al
Dr. McBryde said that there would be
no conference OF the board members untI1
n thaT return of Chairman Brown from
Richmond tomorrow,
The members OF the committee. through
the courtesy OF Or, McEryde are occu--i
plying most comfortable quarters In the
Young Mems Christian Associ iation bulld-
Ing. on the college campus, and are
receiving their meals On the mess hall.
H 1t looks at. this time as II matters are
shaping themselves for quite q a long
session. though no fair estimate as !. TO
time can be arrived at until the neces-
sary prelim1narles shall have been dis
posed of. y. y. a. p p
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