The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-18
UNIVERSITIES GROWTH
HAS BEEN MARVELLOUS
Dean James NJ. Page Analyses Re-
marketable Strides Taken During
DR.. Alderinan's Regime.
ENDOWMENT HAS DOUBLED
Standard Has Been Raised All Along
Line, and Buildings Worth $685.
f25 Have Been Constructed-I'rcs-
idcnt Returns In September.


Charlottesville, Va, June 17.--Thc
most striking feature OF tho closing
exercises at the University Of Virginia
to-day was Il statinent made by Dean
James NJ. Page, In which he analysed
tho remarkable growth OF the unlver-
citp Since DIR. Edwin A. Alderman vas
installed as the instituton's first pres
idcnt. ten years ago. Among the points
emphasized by Dean Page were the
following:
The endowment for all purposes I'm
1914 was S711,GGS; in 1914 ii is s2.014.-
i13. The total annual income i'm 1904
was S15f,G3a: in 1914 II is s298.794.S7.
the scholarships ana fcllowships for
which the university holds endow-
'ncnts or receives income. numbered
eleven in 1904; in 1914 they number
thirty seven. The faculty, including
professors. adjunct professors. instruc-
tors ana assistants. numbered thirty
three In 1904; In 1911 there are ninety
-FOUR In the faculty. The students en-
rolled In all departments In 1904 num-
bcrcd CO.; in the session lust closet,
the total enrolment WAS 92s. In the
past ten years the university has con-
structcd or has In course of construc-
tion The following buildings and i'm
pr"ve'nents. presidents house, s2S.-
soi:l3; improvements to heating plants.
S?.S"3eS; dining hall. $4,000: new wing
Ia hospital. $4,000 Jaw building sea-
550.2S: metcrhouse. sG34.2S: education
building, $4,000; entrance building
and grading, $4,000 deans house and
alumni hall, $4,000: athletic grounds
stadium. etc. $4,000; total. s2s2,42552
Dr. Pagc added that since the report
OF 1928 was compiled. tho univer-
"ity has received requests totaling
S22J.37S.
Showing Is Marvellous.
Continuing, Dean Page said,
fnp hat Ia
snow!ng may Justly be described as
marvellous may add that the prcsi-
dent and visitora have about completed
arrangements for tho erection within.
the next few months. of an additional
wing to our new greatly over
crowded hospital The city OF Char
lottesvillc and County of Albemarlc
have subscribed the generous sum OF
$4,000 for this purpose the city Civ
Ing $4,000. and the county $1,000
While $4,000 of this money is :, lump
kift, the other $4,000 will he recurrcnt,
that Is. constitutes an annual gift for
the maintenance OF the hospital. The
rest or the money needed for tho new
wing ~ in sight. I believe that the
president IL on the point OF securing
Sio.tIp Tor the erection OF "A new path
illogical laboratory. and ii Is expected
that the work or this building. as well
as ~ the new wing, will be begun be-
fore the snow flies again. The outlook
medical department here IS, therefore.
very bright.
Time would not serve for me to
cnumcrate all the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
opportunities for service-which nc-
crue to the university as n consc-
uuencc OF Its great increacs In power
Within the last decade. tho medical
school has been completely made over:
so that Il is now referred TO as n model
school by 'hose who are universally
recognized us authorities on the sub
Jcct. The curriculum of the law school
has been changed from two TO three
ycars-with Il corresponding increase
In the strength of the teaching staff,
and TO the incalcuiable benefit OF the
c"er widening array OF splendid young
inent who receive their legal training
here,
Tile minimum entrance REQUIRE
Incnts OF the medical school amount
I" about two years OF college work
IN addition 10 the standard four year
high school course. The minimum en-
trance requirements of the rest of the
university Except the graduate school,
OF coursc). now amount To fourteen
units. and no student Is admitted
from Virginia public high school on
ccrtihcatc unless he is Il full graduate
OF the school. Moreover. machinery
has been devised which makes it i'm
possible for the incorrigiblc loafer to
remain In colleges.
In view of these facts. and of the
further fact that the percentage OF T.
y. courses successfully passed has va
iicd very little within ten years. Il is
safe TO say that mt only does this
college continue to he one OF the most
uiificult In the country to get out of
WITH IA degree. but II is also one OF the
most difficult to get into. or TO stay
in after having entered.
The school Of engineering shares
hn
mcWtcd. Within the last decade tho
attendance. as we'll as the strength OF
the teaching stan. have been nearly
doubled. Not only have the under
graduate science courses in the aca-
demic departmental been reorganlzcd by
the introduction OF obligatory labora-
tory work. thereby more than dou-
bling the time required for them; but
many important new courses have been
added in Spanish, Portuguese Englash.
economics. political science. biblical
history and literature. public speak
ing, education, etc. while many Of tho
older courses have been notably broad
cned.
RHfsed All Along Line.
1.-The standard has been raised ali
along the line; not only are the pro-
fessional degrees harder to get than
ever, but the same is true of the col
lcgiatc degrees. and notably of the de-
gree in the graduate school-thc NJ. A..
and PHI. p. Since the work of the col
lege was reorganized several years
ago. 1t is becoming the exception.
rather than tho rule, as heretofore
that the well-prepared student can
get the T. a. degree in less than four
years. Another result is that grad
uation in an M. a. course is more
difficult than before. that Is. to take
the case of Latin, for example. stu
dent must have III d three years OF
Latin In the college. instead OF two.
MS heretofore, before he is even admit
ted 10 M A. Latin.
Similar changes have been made in
All the other academic schools. so that
even the layman can see that the re-
quiremcnts for the NJ. A. degree arc