The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-22
Y. P.I. SESSION TO
START WEDNESDAY
ATTENDANCE WILL EXCEED ANY
YEAR IN INSTITUTIONS
HISTORY.
FIVE NEW TEACHERS
ADDITIONS TO FACULTY ARE MEN
OF MARR--PRosPECTs
FOR FINE
YEAR .

Especial to The Richmond Virginian)
BLACKSBURG, VA. Sept. al
With five additions to the faculty. an
attendance of students that It NAV
he said, with a reasonable degree of
accuracy, will exceed that on an
opening day for four years and the
grounds and buildings In order, the
hrst term OF the session 1914 at
the Virginia Polytechnic institute will
begin next Wednesday morning, Sep
TENDER oath ReYellie will be sound.
ed, breakfast will he served in the
dining hall and chapel exercises will
follow. Although Joseph d Eggles-
ton has been in his office at the ad-
ministration building since July LIST
this will be the first time he will have
met the student body of V. p l. In
his capacity as president. Bringing
TO his new duties an unusual ex-
perienCe as an educator in the office
Of State superintendent of public in
struction and a wider field of SER
vice for the United States, II Is gen.
orally believed that V p. /. has a
bright future under his direction.
Additions to Faculty.
The additions to the faculty in
clude: h. II. n, Begg, professor Of
civil engineering. DIR w. q. Chris
man. veterinary science; DR. J. w
watson inorganic chemistry; L. w
Summers, associate professor of ami
NAL husbandry w. J. Schoene. State
entomologist over half of these men
are former students of the college
al are men who have made good in
their respective fields Of work.
Professor ReRR has been head Of
the department of civil engineering
in the University of Kansas. Or. Wat
son took the Phi. n degree from the
University OF Virginia, after leaving
here and has been engaged in teach
Ing work there Dr, Chrisman has
been for several years State veterf-
marian of North Carolina and is
credited with having done a splendid
work in that State for the farmers
and In his profession,
Professor Summers is graduate of
the Alabama Agricultural college and
has been doing extensive research
work in the animal husbandry de-
partment of that State W. ! Schoene
Is a graduate Of the AEriculturat Col
lege Of Kentucky took a special
course at Cornell university and has
been connected with the State ex-
pertinent station at Geneva, n Y,
whore he made original investigations
In entomology.
To Have Field Work.
In connection with Professor
Schemes department. il is the pur-
pose Of the crop pest commission and
President Eggleston to push the work
Of the State entomolngist both at V,
been so arranged that DR. Schoene
will do research and teaching work
here and make enough trips to keep
him in touch with various sections Of
the State He is now on trip
through Virginia, meeting the leading
orChardists and studying conditions al
first hand His associate, Professor
W. J Price, will continue to do fieiG
work
f r. Hodgson. class of 1910 and
for several years in charge Of the sub
experiment station near Staunton
comes here to act as associate profess
snr of agronomy, succeeding t b,
Hutchinson, who has gone to the uni
versity of Minnesota ] NJ, Trimhle
class Of 1913. will also work In this
department and takes the place of c
II. Marlborough as demonstration
agent for Montgomery county. Mr.
Marlborough has Just accepted the
position as director of the agricultural
high school at Manassas
The college hospital has heen newly
painted during vacation, an add
tioral furnace installed and the
building thoroughly renovated The
water and sewerage system, although
pronounced one Of the most complete
in the country has been further safe
guarded by drainage and sanitary inn
proven ents about the head spring.