The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-16
RICHMOND COLLEGE 70 |
PUSH IMPROVEMENTS
President Boafwright's Report to As
sociation Full Of Encouragement
for Lovers OF Progress.
WORK ON 100000 FUND
Richmond Colleges High Standing rs
an Educational Institution Empha-
sizcd-Forty-fi rc Now on Teaching
stan.

Norfolk. Va, Nov. 15.-The Baptist
Association was greatly interested in
the report made by PRESIDENT IF. w.
Boatwright, of Richmond College. an
important feature of which was the
declaration that the trustees. after
careful consideration, had decided to
ask for 100000 for new buildings
100000 for scholarships and $500. 900
for endowment.
DR. Boatwright said that the trus-
tees had reason TO believe that the
General Education Board Of New
York would make liberal contribu-
ton as soon as the college had sold
off its former property and paid the
indebtedness incurred in erecting the
new college buildings.
In pushing the campaign to raise
the million-dollar fund 1t is proposed
to raise s35o,o00 from alumni and
friends outside OF Virginia: quar-
ter of million in Richmond and the
bounds OF the Dover Association, and
100000 in the other district asso-
Citations of the State
Text Of Report.
The report in full follows:
The facts in regard to the property
and organization Of Richmond Col
lege are well known. The education
al standing of our two coordinate
colleges controlled by the corporation
of Richmond College is not so fully
appreciated. Not all of us know that
Westhampton College Is the only
standard college for women south of
New York that Is under Baptist con-
troll. Nor Is il as widely known as
II should be that many of the best
universities in America accept the
work of a student done in Richmond
College, whether for one year or for
four, as fully equivalent to their owfl
Every Virginia Baptist should know
that the great standardizing associa-
tons of the United States give our
colleges first rank.
The past session at both colleges
was happy and successful At the
last commandment thirtY-tWo Yount,
men and ten young women received
degrees The session of 1a16-l7 has
opened auspiciously, with the largest
enrolment in the history of the in
stitution. There are now In college
three hundred and twenty-five young
men and one hundred and twenty
eight young women. These are all
students OF college grade, and nearly
all have had four years of high school
preparation. The Richmond Academy
has one hundred and five students.
making total OF five hundred and
fifty-five students under the care of
the college trustees. II is noticeable
that the students come from a wider
territory than heretofore. and that
more than ever before have come
from smaller colleges to do advanced
work in Richmond College The
faculty of Richmond College for men
now numbers twenty-six professors
and associates and six assistants The
Westhampton College faculty num-
bers twenty-five professors and asso-
ciates The academy faculty contains
six teachers. Deducting eighteen. the
number of professors counted twice
as teachers In both the college for
men and the college for women. we
have forty-five as the total teaching
force of our Richmond College group
OF schools.
II will he of interest TO note that
the professor OF English Bible is this
session. for the first time in the his
tory of the college. giving his entire
time to religious work on the campus
In addition TO his teaching of Bible
classes, he directs the religious or
ganizations and voluntary Bible class
es of the students. The increasing