The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-16
V.P.L. WILL OPEN
ON SEPTEMBER "a
Indications Are That Attendance
Will Exceed That of
Last Year.
Especial to The Tines-Dispatch !


dicatons are now that the attendance
on the opening day of college. Wednes-
day, september "a, VIII exceed that OF
last year. One hundred and seventy
men. to date. have fulfilled the entrance
requirements and notified the regis
trar that they Will enter V. f. l. this
session. Many others have made appli-
cation. who Will come here to stand
the entrance examinations, or with the
necessary certificate from preparatory
schools for entrance to the freshman
class without examination Ii is not
possible to forecast with any degree
OF accuracy the number of old stu
dents who VIII return, as those with
good records in military and academic
work are not required TO comply with
any iorinalities before they appear for
matriculation.
The first term of the session lsl3-i4
VII! begin with chapel exercises the
morning OF September "a, and the re-,
mainder OF the week is given up to
matriculation, assignment Of rooms and
the usual routine of a military school
president Eggleston, all members Of
the faculty and the administrative
force OF the college expect TO be i'm
their places on the opening day. and
the regular class work VIII begin as
. soon as possible afterwards.
X. W. owens, the new secretary Of
the y NJ. c. a. arrived this week. and
mas entered upon his duties. Mr. Owens
is native OF Indiana, and is from
AarYNi!ie College. Tenn. where he was
closely Identified with association
} work and as n prominent athlete
Orrin X. Magill. secretary of the To-
cal association for the past three years
VIII sail October for China where
n" goes as missionary teacher of the
Presbyterian Church. During his ten
! ure OF Office here, Mr.. Alagill did a
! splendid work for the association. be-
| ing largely instrumental In raising over
5000 towards the liquidation of a
] debt on the building, and proving a
leading factor in the religious life of
the school
DR.. Howard s Reed, professor of
mycology and bacteriolosy. and Mrs
Reed. arrived at the college Wednesday
| from trip 10 Europe, where Dr. Read
spent the past ten months in special
study at the leading universities on
leave of aoseLce granted him by tho
board OF visitors for that purpose
Some very interesting facts about "
+. !. graduates are set forth on a folder
recently issued by the Blacksburg
Board OF Trade. Among those who are
holding high positions in the indus
| trial and professional world. and who
obtained their education at the college
are the manager of one OF the largest
old mines in South Africa the acting
director of the experimental station
in the Argentine republic. the engineer
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others.
DR.. f. e. Fred leaves Tuesday to
take up his duties as associate pro-
fessor of bactcrioloEy at the Wscon-
sin Tech, and Thomas B. Hutcheson
VIII start the same day for the Univer-
sity OF Minnesota to enter upon his
work as associate professor of agrono-
my. Both are graduates of the V. p L.,
have worked and taught here since
their graduation. and are now leaving
10 take positions that are distinct pro-
motions. and that came TO them entirely
! unsolicited.
| President EgGleston is arranging for
the usual farmers short course. special
course in dairyng and other classes
and courses FOR the benefit OF the Viz
sinia farmers and agriculturists this
winter. These Will be conducted on q
! larger and more advanced scale than
| ever before.
High school Opened Yesterday.
| The BlacksburS High School open
ed for the session this morn
| ing. with the following teachers: Miss
/ Emma :. Verify OF Norfolk, principal:
| high school work; ORC NJ. Brown. sew
enth grade; Elizabeth Evans. of States
willie. y. c.. sixth grade; Mary Stranger,
! fifth grade; Armenia Mathews, fourth
/ grade: Mary Wall, third grade: Laura
| r. Miller, second grade Elizabeth
manual training branches under
the supervision OF Misses Mathews and
| Wall. graduates of the Farmville Nor
NAL. and Mrs. Milton Cuthere a
graduate Of the Blackstone Female In
s,itule, has charge OF the de-
| partment OF music.
On account of the crowded condi-
ton of the main school building, it
has been necessary to secure quarters
! for the second, third and fifth grades
in another building, three rooms in
! the Black Company storehouse having
been rented. Some work, TO be as
.signed, will he done for the higher
grades by young men from the senior
class of the V. +. L. The school com
mittee from the Board of Trade Will
continue its efforts to raise funds, by
bond issue or private subscription, to
erect Il school building that will ac-
commodate the pupils entitled TO at
tend the town school. The enrolment
reached $50 last session and it was
necessary to have some of the pupils
come for only part of the day.