Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
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NEWS OF RICHMOND.
DR.. Barringer Expected to Re-
tire From Polytechnic.
READY FOR LAWMAKERS
Capitol Interior and Committee
Rooms Undergo Cleaning Up.
TO ELECT TWO U. S. SENATORS
Mother Attempting to Aid Son Vic
timized by Three Young
Men.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, December 2-op-
ponents of DR.. Paul B. Barringer, presi-
dent of the Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
tute. declare that they believe that that
gentleman will retire from the presidency
of that institution at the end of the term
This action is expected for several rea-
sons, one being that DR.. Barringer de-
sired to have this last investigation,
which has been brewing some time, while
he was at the head Of the institution, so
that he might be able to defend and re-
pei the charges. The other is that he
has completed more than the term suf-
ficient as an educator to place him on
the Carnegie foundation, and it is expect
ed that this will be done at an early date
The charges made against DR.. Barringer
some time ago, and which were investi-
gated by the board of visitors, fell to the
ground, the president coming from the
ordeal without any sort of a blemish.
The charges set forth in themselves that
the institute was not a fit place for any
person to send boys to be educated
whereas the resolutions themselves which
acquitted DR.. Barringer, declared the re-
verse.
Dr Barringer has been at the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute for some eight or
of the faculty of the University of Vir-
ginia for a long time. He is q man of
considerable ability and experience, and
since he completed his education he has
| been engaged in school work.
Getting Ready for Lawmakers.
| The work Of cleaning UP the capitol
interior and the committee rooms has
been begun by the register Of the land
Office nd mill h. l2&
everything is smooth and shiny and
clean. The painters are freshening up the
woodwork, the securing force is washing
the windows, and the polishers are TAX
ing view Of the desks and chairs and
| other furniture in the big building on the
hilltop. The legislators will be here the
week beginning January 8. and with
them will come the usual following of
Office seekers, candidates for al sorts of
| places-clerkships and the like.
| Before the end of the month of Janu-
airy there will be an election of United
States senators, at which time both Sen
ators Swanson and Martin will be chosen.
The former will get the short term and
the latter the long term. Then will
follow the election of score of judges,
beginning with a member of the SUI
preme court of appeals.
There are today five candidates in the
race for the office of auditor of public
accounts. The latest to enter for that
prize is Roosevelt Page, a member of the
house of delegates for several terms, and
a brother of DR.. Thomas Nelson Page,
the author. The contest is getting to be
remarkable one, and the fact that
some forty-eight of the new members
of the legislature have announced that
they will not pledge themselves to vote
Tor any one has complicated the sItua-
ton a great deal The candidates are
very much UP in the air, but it remains
to be seen il the forty-eight will under
take to organize and to dictate what they
shall and what they shall not have.
DR.. Freeman for College President.
With the end of this month the resig-
| nation of DR.. George H. Denny as presi-
dent of Washington and Lee University
becomes effective. There Is a movement
on foot to have Dr. Douglas S. Freeman
OF this city, now secretary of the state
tax commission, elected to succeed him.
DR.. Freeman is a young man, a graduate
of Johns Hopkins and one of the, most
dilgent students in the state. He was
for long time editorial writer on the
Times-Dispatch. relinquishing that posi-
ton to take up the work Of the tax COM
mission. He is under thirty years of
age and is one of the most popular men
in the state. He is hard worker, pro-
gressive in his ideas and admirably
equipped for the duties that would fol-
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