The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-27
Sweet BR|AR IS
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splcndidly Equipped Girls :s 10. Col
#legc to Open It's FirstfScssion
8 Next Month.
VIRGINIA G Stan coll EGE'
Randolph Macon Commences All An
otller Year With New 5#
Buildings.

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AS Lynx HBURt1. VA, August 90 ..--Ih 1tI
40 longer seems to DO n doubt 3but me
new buildings and al equipment OF me
4 Sweet I3riar Institute. which is locate,a
5 several niles from Lytchburg, ilI4Amherst
county will be&ready for use wren INC ~
4 Institute opensits first session on BEL,
TENDER 9th, despite the fact no Z me cota
Z storage, laundry and electric slgtlti ~
4 n1,ictirlcry nro still TO be installed. ~
\ forrns ~ 4 90 n,cchnnlcs and laborerg are
4 ut work daily giving the buildl ngs sth t.
finishing touches, and ~. n. sE g. l.cw W. !,
HI the resident engineer tn charge. hopes 20
v have everything Iii Shape for an "a uspl-s
cIo,is opening. The fnculty$o the sch lie2.
& which iB headed BY DR.. Mary 1'enedlct Aof3
Missouri, ns president, ~ eresnrdeh hs 9
Y very strong one--one that S VIII quickly
place tho college In the forefront Of Wo-sS
/ mans institutions of Tearing Of tho copn14 - 4
try With an Hestilte OF several tn ousandf
IS acres, buildings that lifivo cost several
hundred thousands of dollars, and probt-5
blythe largest endowment OF any female
scliool In thti South the ontloos; for 3 Weet
Brlnr Is very flatterlns.
ri Tho Virginia Christian College, which
II occupies a finescstateSot eighty-two acres
Y In West Lynchburg, enters soon upon sits I
fourth, year, with prospects haylnH
Its capacity taxed upon rcopcning III me I
4 present building liz only equipped JOE
v handling about 2l5 students. and WITH
adequate facilities Is believed flllS ~
more students would fnatricusate a TINS I
year The authorities OF the college heve
under consideration the question OF nc
~ ccptlng only those students tina can pc
IS accommodated In Its building. and decline l
@3,lay students, who would live In the vein. =
lily This college has an offer from AN A
drew Carnegie. who rs 10 S lpc ~ SaV.VV
q t.fun 4,
y It8is hoped ti,nt this gift can be secured 4
f In time 10 have enlarged facli ties for the
* EesaIon OF 1DO7-1D0S, The school ls 4 cor
II eiucational , and Its anccess in the hrs
\ three years lIas been far beyond the mos
X sangliine hopes OF It's promoters. Dr. y
lIopwood. formerly Of ~ iliiHnn5 ~ { ,ollese,
Tenn, Ills tho president. Tho school y IS
the State s St # 3i s ~, #
when the Randolph Macon Woman 's
College. Of this city. opens Its session.
about tlie middle OF September 4 WI VII
have new buildings and equipment that
have been constructed and insta!led since
the last session. that have cost about
+ $4,000. The new buildings consist Of q
new dorinitory--SVest Hall--Y hich VIII
II accommodate 100 additional students; The
Carnegie Science Hall; an enlarged
Il chapel. IL giving vsIu,1blc seating catpacity.
and the Jones Memorial Library DullulHS.
which has been provided by Mrs. q C;eor rye
NJ. Jones In memory Of her az lfts h'ef'ts,
q ut a cost OF $50, 900. veil under VA
DR. william w. Smith, chancellor OF the
& Randolph Macon system Of schools OF the
state. and president OF the Woman
College, Is fearful that the. lesc VIII
again DO taxed for room, as the tndica-
lions now arc tina. tho additional room
II Will not only be taken by new students.
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He was hopeful that this would not be
the case this year, thus leaving room for
atill more growth for the session OF l90T
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IN addition TO the new buildings and /
\ equipment, the college has Just been
placed In tho Carnegie Foundation. when
has resulted III the college authorities be-
! Ing enabled TO- place abou, $4,000 annually
10 the endowment, which otherwise would
havo gone to pensions for old instructors
/. p;ho Will In future be cared for by the
Foundation. This is the only female
school In tho South that has been ac- |
cepted BY the managers Of this fnnd LOT
\ It's benefits. IL "a, S. rs u
The nublic schools OF Lynchburg, adj
mtted by many school uthoritles to be
among tho best In the South, viii begin
&the coming session with a new building
II In Rivermont, which Is designed 10 res
lieye the ovcrcrowded schools In other
portions OF the city. tits believed. how
ever that even this new school viii not
preyent the other schools from being
crowded on account OF tho increase IN
population OF the city The new building
and site, without the fixtures, has cost
tho city about $4,000. and 1t has been
planned after tho most modern ideas In
school architecture.
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