The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-29
IH||AI||''S'|E!|N0R| students.
Than EVER BEFORE | ! ].
University Enters Upon Eighty
Third Year With All Depart
tnc1lts Well Filled.
DR.. KINs0LVING's ADDRESS.
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I 5S Special to The Times Dispatch. j
s Ii. CHARLOTTESVILLE Is Y A., september
eS.The coilvocation for the eighty
$third academic year Of the University
5 Of Virginia took place this afternoon
In Cabell Hall sat8that Institution, pre-
ceded by a procession from 8the8rotundn
sof the students -and faculty. The in-
vocation was BY IA lie Rev. H. M. Nell
Sllany, ] f, and NJ he colrpocation address
/ by lie Rev. Dr, Arthur Barksdaie Kim
\ so wing, rector Of L ST Paul's Church,
4 Baltimore, his theme being j. Some Cons
5victions and IDEALS z S2
s538$s President Alderman mad an exceed
Singly interesting statement iii regard
to the activities and growth of the uni-
h Versi ty.sE The total enrolment ofS$stu-
dents thus far4is 741,swl1ich means that
4 the Students yet to enter will increase
the n1atriculationFtoS $40, d normal gain
aof about II fty.Gao Yer Il last y ear when
there was q similar gain over Is pre-
8ceding session T Thirty nine states are
resented, i as a ainst thirty folirglast
session, and n there are Students from.
4 i've foreign Scountri es-Mexico BRAZIL,
China, South America ana Turkey, The
4 greatest gains are In the college and
i the law department. 8 The total num-
Der OF new students who have not been
here before Is 29a, q gain Of 23. 81 s$
& New Records Made. IA sSS $F$
The total registration In the college
" alone q - III TIL jtSundergraduate& 81 or AGA II
\ demicF departments 30l. For the first
time since the Civil War the number
#of students In the academic depart
4 ment has reached and passed the hi gh-$
wat mark of 3Dj.$ The total re gistrn-E
4 ton In the college this year will Sbe&
a S3b, which is considerably b in excess.
3 Of any period in the history Of the
/ /. university before Or since he war,
One OF the most encouraging 5fea-
i lures is the Increase III the total nuns
II Der Of Virginia students In the col-;
8$lege or academic department.. The
Figures indicate an increase OF over
st40 per cent in the number Of new stu
u dents coming to the college from the
Il State OF Virginia, there being 1865 stu
& dents in the college proper from Vir-5
81 ginia to-day, and this nulnber5 will
issbc considerably increased. II There has
h been a decrease in the medical de-.
\ ;partment, owing to a sharp elevation
of the standard In that department,
and aSslight decrease in tho eng ineer-
sfing department. which has been grow
5Ssing unusually the past three years
ASA; Students Show Fine Spirits.
8sls3 DR.. Alderman praised tile fine spirit
with which the students have entered
into the reorganization Of athletics
on pure amateur basis ENDORSING
&of Hammond Johnson; DIR. Beverly P oil
sse lard II. IS Il. Cooke, ri. md 81 Branch
& ] ohpson, and predicted that the new
VI scheme would win the hearty support
SsS Of the student body and eliminate
the feeling that any group of students
ID dominated that branch Of sport. III
s saas D Il. Alderman mad g. an earnest plee
for the restoration Of the final on thu
#Sold basis. giving! 1T more charm. a.
ggcd the students to do. Il loss at IIas
~ ter and more "a finals # He discussed
aat he frat ernity, 9conside red as a. colleg'
S4 home. giving history Of the frater'
3X nifty movement, and Il concluding Will
III some sug gestions as to how It can b
mad more and more helpful to n til
NH ONE life T. the student and mot harm
Flu | to the democracy. Which is the Yer.
3ssr soul Of our university II
Fine Address Made.
5 ss'356 D r. X insolving began his address b,
as8n reference to the memories and an <
ssieties 3 fHthe day when in 4 Ills own If
3Fs lie had first stood under these arcade
the kindly beauty OF the place, til
III Inspiring impulse OF great persona
8 memories, the joy and upliftEof the ne,
III and cultivated Scompanionship, the ter
sSsss ror OF the lecture hall and blackboard
yhcn for instance. old Colonel Peter
Sss would turn suddenly upon a colleg
ss neophyte. and In the stern language g
$ss8 IL Confederate, command him to tur
5 a$ piece Of CRATIC lobliqua back int
II !. cratic rect 8. We were not content
& drink OF the ri erian Spring or admir-
Lifts sylvan set tils, /; We shad to diveSint
tSsi tauntil our faces we're Scared by th
;92@hotto11,. The address made a fine ill
s{ pressio jss & sf