The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-17
More Students Matriculated
Yesterday Than Year Ago.
Today Real Opening Day
Education Board
Holds Examination
Ministerial Students, Approved
By Respective Churches. APP
pear Before Body-Classes
Will Form Tomorrow

Yesterday was a busy day at West
hampton for the officers and faculties
of the greater college, embracing
Richmond college and Westhampton
College for Women. Several hundred
applicants appeared during the day
for matriculation in both branches OF
the greater college, and the education
board of the institution had busy
session.
Speaking yesterday afternoon of the
work done up to that time. DR.. r. w.
Boatwright, president Of the college,
said that he would make no attempt
10 state the number OF students ma
circulated, but the number Is larger
than last year. when $40 matriculated.
The work is not yet completed, there
being numerous other applicants to
be received at the college during the
next few days. Today will be the
real big day
Actual work of the opening term
of the new session will come today.
and classes will meet for the first
time at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The public opening will be held one
day next week. with fitting exercises,
for which program 4 being ar
ranged. The public wiz he invited
to attend. The day for this opening
will be designated in few days.
Education Board Meets.
The education board, In its meet
ing yesterday. examined a number OF
young ministerial students, seeking
entrance to the college for this
academic course offered by tho In
stitution. Ministers OF the gospel OF
all denominations. and young men
duly approved by their ecclesiastical
authorities as candidates Tor the
ministry are admitted free Of charge
for tuition.
Though the college has a majority OF
students OF Baptist denomination. and
In generally considered Baptist in
etitution, tho education board renders
assistance to students regardless OF
denomination, where the approval ID
given by the proper church authorities
and many denominations arc repre-
scented in the student kcdy.
Members OF the board present at the
meeting are Lieutenant Governor J.
Taylor Ellyson. chairman: ], ID. Crump
Rev. w. L. Ball. Rev. DR.. Lloyd T
Wilson, S. B. woodfn. Rev. William E
| Robertson, all OF this city. and Rev
George Y. Brady, OF TappAhannock.
Ready For Work.
All the buildings on the grounds Of
the college have been completed and
all Is ready for the beginning OF opera
ton OF the great new educational sys-
tenn. with the exception Of the audi
torium and the science laboratory BULL
ing. These are completed. but the work
of painting has not quite been con-
cluded. The painting will BE- finished,
however, by the end Of this week, and
the opening OF the years work will
not be delayed
Though 1t had been feared that the
lighting. water and sewer systems OF
the new institution would not be COM
pieted IN time TO rthe opening, all are
already In operation.
OF Richmond college. Frederick VIII
liam Boatwright. Ill. D.. IL president;
and John Calvin Mctcalf, LIT, D.. dean.
New Members Of Faculty.
The members of the faculty OF Rich
mond college are Andrew Bender, Phi.
D.. associate professor OF chemistry
Robert w. Durrett, NJ. A., associate,
Latin and Greek: Henry Brnntley Han
dy M. A.. associate. English; Leonidas
Reuben Dingus. NJ A., Phi. D.. German
wallace F. Powers. A. NJ. Phi. D.. ALSO
ciate. physics and mathematics: James
William Norman, u. A.. associate, sdu-
cation and philosophy; and H. J. Eek