The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-15
COLLEGE TRUSTEES
. LAY LARGE PLANS
Great Buildings to Be
Erected at Westhamp.
ton in Near Future.
.ALUMNI PLEDGE
LIBERAL SUPPORT
Finals Come To- Day, With
Award of Honorary and Aca-
demic Degrees - Dramatic
Entertainment and Alumni
Banquet Are Features
of Final Week.
Finals Come To Day, With
Award of Honorary and Aca-

six hundred thousand dollars will
be expended in the erection of the
buildings alone at the new Richmond
College at Westhampton, II the inten-
tion of the board OF trustees of that
institution, formally recorded yester-
day, is forged into fact, Morning and
afternoon that body met yesterday IN
earnest and determined deliberation,
and the result was the approval of the
report OF the building committee. OF
which Lieutenant-Governor ]. Taylor
Ellyson is chairman, which report calls
for the expenditure Of more than
college and for the award of the con-
tract for the drawing up of preliminary
plans for the fine new structures by the
same architects who designed the re-
cent buildings at West Point and who
are the official architects for Prince
ton Universlty-Granger, Goodhue &
Ferguson, of New York and Boston
whose chief work In this State was
the designing of Sweet Briar College.
near Lynchburg.
THE next twenty-five years will
prove the greatest era in the history
OF Richmond College" declared arr.
Ellyson. president of the board of trus-
tees. yesterday, speaking before the
we have seen already remarkable pro-
gress. but wonderful and sure is that
development that we shall yet see"
Alumni Dinner.
Nothing was more evident yesterday
at the annual dinner of the Society of
the Alumni than the tremendous err
thusiasm felt for the new college by
those who have been part OF the old.
There was a deepening thunder of ap-
plause when President Boatwright
pointed to the typographical plan of
the grounds q Westhampton, brought
In for the sight of the alumni. and said
Men OF Richmond College. there is
the future to which we look There
is your lake. there your new class
buildings, your dormitories here for
men and yonder across the hill for
women There is your new alma
mater. with the same spirit of the old. +.
Especial emphasis was laid by Pres
ident Boatwright in his brief, powerful
speech on the fact that the newer Rich
mond College is to serve the city Of
R1chmond. I'VE stand for a newer
and greater Richmond College, that
snail lift the South. the State of yir-
ginia. and above all, Richmond, TO yrea,
things in education and service" he
said. We believe that the future con-
tains things undreamed of for our alma
mater. In this mighty work we rely
conhoently upon the alumni upon the
people of the State and upon God"
While the action of the board of trus-
tees yesterday was only preliminary. 1t
shows the intention of that body in no
unmistakable way. 1t will not be
many months before the architects Will
submit their plans, for such plans will
take time, being extensive in nature,
and in the meantime the financial
aspect of the proposition viii be looked
after. Yesterday the secretary report
ed that he had already collected in
cash 100000 of the endowment fund.
The trustees are planning. but their
plans are definite and are the kind
that lead to results.
College Out of Debt.
Inc hrst matters taken up by the
trustees yesterday We're the reports of
the secretary and president. The for
mer showed the college out of deht
IN all departments and that from a
financial viewpoint the college is pro-
crossing creditably.
Forty-one more students than ever
before in the history OF Richmond COL
ieGe were shown to be enrolled this
year, the total registration being S42,
thirty of whom We're women.
That the college will comply with
the Carnegie fourteen unit entrance
requirement by September 1 was an
other interesting fact pointed out by
President Boatwright in his report.
This means compliance with the STAN
dards of higher entrance. The college
is now member of the Association of
Southern Preparatory Schools and Col
leges.
Most OF the long session of the board
was consumed in discussion of the
plans for the new college. The outlook
is most hopeful, and there was an
optimistic spirit shown on all sides
yesterday.
Yesterday was alumni day-and
alunnae day. The woman graduates of
1910 We're given a delightful luncheon
at Guths at 4:S0 by the alumnae and
women students. There We're many
present. and this occasion brought out
much collegerspirit.
Miss Henrietta B. Runyon acted as
toastmistress, and the following toasts
We're spoken to-:
ITO the Class of 1910" by Miss
Phebe Brugh,
"To the Former co-Eds." by Miss
Ruth Thomasson.
"To the Chi. Epsilon Society,"" by
Miss Gay Broaddus,
THE Old Well by Miss Frances
Coffee.
''The Most Successful Co-Ed." by
Miss Macon e. Barnes
"After," by Miss Gertrude Richards
Greater Richmond College," by Miss
Eudora w. Ramsay,
Miss Virginia Sydnor and Miss Re-
becoa Davis responded to impromptu
toasts.
Alumni In Session.
The Society of the Alumni met In
the library of the college at 5:a0 in
the afternoon. A great number were
present. some Of them Of classes that
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