The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-10
64th YEAR
NEWS OF v. P. |.
Special to The Times Dispatch. ]

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
Blacksburg. Va, May a.-Thc cata-
logue for the session 1oi3-li at the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute has just
been issued. and the lS2 pages Of the
year book are full Of information. no;
only of value to tho present or pros.
pective student, but To the pcopi.. ct
tho catalogue is devoted to details of
tho various courses offered here. "N-
penscs of the students. entrance re
uuiremcnts ana rules Tor the govern.
ment of the college. but come general
facts are set forth that az" of interest
to every taxpayer ~ Wig init.
There arc twenty eight professors in
the regular faculty. twenty tire" as,o-
twelve student assistants ;ud twelve
officers OF administration. the latter IN
GLIDING those cmploycd ~ carrying out
the daily routine OF college business
Thirteen distinct courses IN und"reihd-
uatc work are offered, leading to the
Il. :. degree. and each Of four gears
for the degrees of mechanical engineer
aud electrical engineer. in which hNc
necring has been added To IN" cur
dairying. farmers winter course ana
school for county demonstration agents
Will be continued for another session
At the opening of the first term IN sep
TENDER, 1914. fourteen units VIII he
required for entrance to tho freshman
class.
Five hundred and twentysevcn stu
dents are matriculatcd this year IN the
regular college courses: and ~ th"s"
twelve are graduate students. sixty two
are seniors mt Ipilc y"i,.oi - ~
sophomores. l29 Freshmen. iour an spe-
eiai agriculture, eighty -eifht IN inc
two-year agricultural course ami on"
special student. Ninety seven wer"
registered in the farmers winie1
OF S2i students who have received in
structlon at the V. T.. J. since last sep
tcnbcr Two hundred ana thirteen
81 milo u. "a =
cultural course, tn" largest humber ~
the history OF the college, ana ''rpul
students. ana the engineering c"rtS.
comes next. with 2A2 men.
bod I'M H.. 'i ni,iss,fic, of colunbia ana
West Virginia each have eight. eleven
other states are represented. ana Ger
many and Ecuador each nave one ihah
Win the social calendar for the SOS
sion ruisn.d the baseball aud track
mcut not quite six weeks OF. "a" SUI
dents are now occupied cMenN Win
preparations TO. TIA: nu1i examinations
ana plans Tor entcrtaihlnt men iTi'hns
among tho several hunaicd tors ..hp
viii be here for the June finals I!t.s.
corps ana club elections also IcctlN,
considerable attention dursnS IN, East
weeks OF the college year. ahI som" 81
the nominations FOR THESE offices l.l''
already been made.
Two important changes have, been
made IN tho p.osrhln t"r Ne 'i"%flS H.
alumni and the public generally. The
annual e, LIBERATION of ;uc Two literary
societies viii bc held Oh SATURDAYS
night before commencement SUNDAY,
instead Of Monday night. ana 100 othe'
.ocial events viii b" allowed ~ that
time, the address to the two societies
VIII be made on Monday night a;
o'clock. Instead Of Monday morning.
and the senior german VIII follow NJ
10 o'clock the same might The sd
dress 10 the societies this year VIII
be made by ny. j. =. Mctcalf. Of Rich
students In the upper classes nuu
members Of tho faculty were shocked
10 learn OF tn. tragic death 81 loh" "
Newbil. class ot l"l1, Y t. /. who
was drown.e while canoeing in. the
James River near Lyuchhurc on TUcs-
day Air. <c~hili received his dorro"
here last juno. and was among th"
most popEla: cadets I'm his class.
Armstroua Cniuu, Of y i. L. ~on
the two miio dash iu TIC south 1t
lantiC track meet at Baltimore ON Sat
urday. nud tho Techs Won total o..
ten points II, iI,- various oN"nrH ot lilo
inter- ollcElat- contest.
President Egclcstou was i'm T.. 3d.
,noud tit, week "a attend III" 'uect,u-
OF The state Hoard Of Agriculture.