The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14

completed, and he stadium, is now
ready for the opening OF the football
season. The total seating capacity is
900. and the entire cost rcarly $4,000.
The education building is located or
posite the hall used by the JEFFERSON
Literary Society, and 10 the west OF
tho road which At present runs along
West Ra 1gc. ana will cost 500 The
structure NJ The Corner" VIII take the
place of the old building. which ha1
go long been blot upon tho enhance
to the campus. The total cost OF the
building ana outside improvements VIII
reach $4,000. Both structures CON
form with the style .. architecture
charac,cY!2!ng the other buildings OF
the grounds.
Additions To Fncuity.
Additions u faculty ana changes In
teaching stai: are also or interest
DR.. y. Mitchell, professor OF as
tronomy in Columbia Univcrsity, New
York CitY. ana acting director OF the
fcrkcs observatory. succeeds Pro-
iessor OrmoGd stone as director OF the
Leandor Mccormick observatory Pro
lessor Mitchell obtained his IN p.
degree nj Iohns-HopkinS, where he
studied under Ncwcomb and Rowland
While at Hopkins he was fellow in as
tronomy and assistant in the obscrva-
tory. In iSoS-Ho he worked ~ the
Ncikes observatory OF tho University
Of Chicago ne research assistant
Since 1929 he hae been ON the star OF
Columbia University, where he held
the rank of assistant professor. At
Columbia Professor Mitchell held sew
cral important administrative offices.
and. until his resignation there WAS
secretary OF the college faculty and
member of the university committee
on student orEapiZa.i ion.
Professor Mitchell has been on three
expeditions sent out by the United
states Naval observatory 10 observe
total cclipses of the sun. In 1900 he
was in Georgia TO see the eclipse Of
May IS; the following year he went
half way round the world TO observe
the eclipse in the Dutch East Indies
The results of his trip in 1905 to Spain
Will appear in print in a few months
as his first contribution from the Lean
der Mccormick observatory. The spec
ira obtained by him at that eclipse are
generally recognized as being the very
best that have ever been taken.
Since 1897 DIR. Mitchell has spent
each summer at the Yerkcs Observa-
tory working with the largest rcfrac-
tor in the world in precise detcrmina
ton by the spectoGraph of motions of
stars in the line of sight, and in photo
graphic measures Of stellar paradox
to find the distance OF the fixed stars.
At Yerkcs Observatory.
During the past year the director of
the Yerkes Observatory has been alb
sent III Europe. and Professor Mitchell
was called there. on account OF the
excellent opportunities for work at
Ycrkcs DR. Mitchell was given years
leave Of absence from Columbia His
plans were TO return to Columbia to
continue his work there.
Professor Mitchell is Il fellow OF the
Royal Astronomical Society. an honor
airy member of the Astronomical So
ciety OF Mexico, a fellow of the Ameri-
can Association for the Advancement of
Science, and Il member OF the Astro-
nomical and Astrophyscal Society of
America. He is II member OF the Phi
Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Tau Beta III and
Beta Theta ri
Dr. John Sharshall Grasty, who has
been promoted from adjunct professor
to associate professor of Economic
Geology, is an y. Il. and Phi. ID. of Johns
Hopkins; geologist on tho United States
Geological Survey and the Maryland
Geological Survey, and is now assist
ant State geologlst of Virginia, In adj
dition 10 his profcssorship at the uni
versity.
Other promotions in the teaching
staff which go into effect Monday are:
DR.. James Cook Bardin. from instruc-
tor In Romanic languages to adjunct
professor of Spanish and Portuguese.
DR.. William Allison Kepncr, from ad-
| junct professor to associate professor
OF histology.
Walter Sheldon Rodman, from adj
! junct professor to associate professor
of electrical engineering.
Albert @. a. BALI. to adjunct profess
sor in the Corcoran School of Phil
| osophy.