The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-20

dent. Time was when q whistle,
|sshrilling down the colonnade, would
Firing every man on Bachelors Block
| 10 his door to watch the dainty ankles
OF some new lassie tripping past
Now the old rooms are dedicated to
7emininity. HobbIe skirts are su-
/ preme: pipes and cigarettes are ban
Ivlshed. The summer student In her
|-hours OF ease nibbles caramels or en-
6roiders q new shirtwaist or, X OF q
certain age. dons her spectacles and
darns the holes in her stockings.
A Talk With One OF the Deans.
Tell me, Mr.. Dean" said your re-
porter In conference with one Of them.
s'does the old honor system still work.
or ID that passing with the incoming
Hood of modernity?" II shall have
to ten you q story" was the answer.
Three or four years ago two students
entered my office at the beginning
Of the session. They were from a
large scientific school north of the
Potomac, and told me that they de-
sired to enlarge their course OF study
| by . year of work in Virginia After
we had discussed their previous train
ling and arranged their classes. regis
|-tratfon cards were filled out and given
Ito them for submission to the pro-
tfessors whose classes they wished to
attend. At the same time they were
reminded that when they came to
,matriculate they must present EVIL
|~dence of honorable discharge from
|.the school previously attended. The
NEXT morning the two men were wait
Ing for me at my office door. Their
matriculation cards had been signed
by the professors They had ready a
letter OF dismissal from the school
-where they had formerly studied.
They presented these papers and then
A4ked to have their application for
Submission to Virginia cancelled. I
was startled al such request and
asked for an expla nation. They were
very frank. They said that they had
heard Of the honor system OF Virginia.
but had not realized what II meant
until the night before They had
been present then at a mass-meeting
sof the students in Madison hall,
where some OF the older men ex-
plained and discussed the honor sys-
tenn. The result was their resolution
TO leave. They said:
we have been suspended from our
own school for twelve months on ac-
count OF cheating. We knew that IL
we confessed IL here we could not get
In. We have now found out that X
We concealed 1t and entered. as we
might do, we should be guilty OF what
n considered here as disgraceful con-
which would be not impossible. we
should be dishonored for life. We
see that Virginia liz no place for us.
and we ask you to conceal our appli-
cations and let us 60
This I did. ! think / may say in
answer to your question that the hon.
cor system still works in Virginia-cer-
tAinly as well as in the old days;
perhaps even better"
An Old Professor
PieAsantest Of all the sights on the
lawn to the eyes OF an old student Is
the winning smile and cordial greet
Ing the old professor, whose eloquent
lectures on natural philosophy seemed
in my time to make one classroom
At least the home of enchantmert
Eighty-four years young, he Is just
back from Honolulu. and yet his eye
n ~ clear. his step as brisk. the clasp
of his hand warm and firm. as II the
long decades had never drffted by.
To him. as to the golden apples OF
Albemarle, age brings only rtpeness,
and sweetness. aad SAVIOR. The pippin
pie; but dear old Frank Smith Is 60
ing to keep forever On the morn
Ing OF tho Judgment Day those of his
old boys who get into the Celestial
City VIII find him walking those gold
en- Arcades with the same quick step.
the same gentle smile. the same shy
modesty. the same keen eye. the same
warm grip which have made us all
love him in the arcade here below.
Quite beautiful Is his mineling Of In
forest in tho new life about him with
. loving loyalty toward his own old
teachers- Edward Courtenay, and
Cessner Harrison and William b.
Rogers and al the men. who were
his masters In science. We were dis
cussing the new professors--the men
added In recent years to the Univer-
something OF interest to ask or to
say. At last watson's name was
mentioned. "Ah," said the old pro-
a3essor, there is a man worth talking
Of! He 10 a true geologist He
knows how to appreciate the works
Of william B. Rogers" Beautiful,
too. 10 the perfect harmony in life
r.aon to his own Christian creed and
s6roadest tolerance for the faiths which
sustain other lives. Our old pro-
fessor in ColeFidse's fascinating
phrase Possesses both the love of
wisdom and the wisdom OF love-" He
was student In his boyhood at a New
England Methodist college in the days
when the great apostle OF Unitarian
Ism was In his eloquent prime. He
4 delights to tell of William E,lery
Charming and of how those Methodist
lads hung upon his inspired lips.
I'VE agreed in one thing" he says:
sthere was not ono OF us but would
have been glad to take Channing's
chances for happiness in the world to
come. Like Charming the old pro-
fessors stands aloof from all but those
who rtr.vs ana pray for clearer light."
Isulldinx Operations.
This La q building year at the Uni
versity OF vtrxt.,A. All day long the
screech CO tho coao~S.e mixer 10 heard
in the .epd and + I'M time to time
there GENES a crashing explosion and
We know that eur professors Of .edu-
cation will have their building founded
on solid rock. Tho Peabody board
gAve DR.. Alderman $4,000 for it,
erection: she visitors added $4,000,
] and ia a Jew months the new school
Of education will be housed In . style
bet:ttiag It's ambitious purposes. The
!. new buildi,g Will taco West Range,
IT. axis coincidinS with that OF the
Jeff he'll. The extrerae length ana
I depth will be each about 125 feet.
Tho central member 10 Of two stories
5 With Z basement. The wings at the
right and left and the rear extension
are carried UP only one story. The
front II columniated and the, tone Of
the building n nuhduod 70 harm oniln