The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-22
v. P. I. NOTES

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Blacksburg. Va. May 2i.--The 1917
session Of the Virginia Polytechnic IN
stitute Summer school will open Mon
day June a. and close Wednesday July
Is. the change in date for beginning
the summer school having been made
because so many schools and colleges
viii close on or about June |, ON ap-
piiCation, special arrangements Will
be made for teachers who cannot enter
before the usual time. June IL. Dr.
Bolton MCBryde IS director OF tae
summer school. Professor Harry Gud-
helm is secretary. u. O. Mathews -
proctor. and Professors McBryde,
Gudheim, Newman. -Rasche and T. II.
Hutchinson. compose the executive
committee. Catalogs may be had by
applying to the secretary at Blacks
burg.
The course OF instruction includes;
Professional courses for teachers,
graduate courses, collegiate and prep
aratory courses. the last two des!sT ca
primarily to meet the needs OF pres
emit or prospective students at this and
other institutions. Male students may
occupy rooms in the barracks and will
be charged lee for lights. janltor
service. etc, and meals can be hae al
the college dining hall Lodging ana
table board may also he obtaired At
the hotels or at private boarding
houses In Blackshurg.
Under an arrangement with the
state board of education credit VIII
be given on teachers certificates Or
work done IN the summer school an
the courses offered III agriculture are
desl gued to benefit teachers particu-
larlt. These will stress the practical
all bp fhnaratiE4l
culture and all the departments of
the college OF agriculture and expert
nent station will be at the disposal
of the students for experimental ana
resea, Oh work. Special attention VIII
he paid this year to course designed
TO prepare Young men TO take eX-
aminations for appointment as sec
ond leutenants In The army, rms
examination will be held July %. i'm
mediately after the summer scnoo,
closes, During the summer school
there VIII he two hours of drill every
dav for the students, although this IS
not compulsory.
Captain G. & Carson. commandant
Of cadets, has just been advised ny
the authorities that twenty more \. +.
/. men can be accommodated at Fort
Mxer and this number from the
Junior and senior classes Will 60 there
June l. There nre already about loo
Tech students at Fort Niger ana TINS
request for more men is very gratltN-
lag to the friends of, the school, par
f4r},lartv when It is remem bered th1t
more than a thousand men from %aFt-
Gus states. who applied for entra zee
we're turned down because the camp
was crowded
Although the student body has b3en
considerably depicted by th3 depaf-
ture of SO many men either for |ot t
Mver or to work on farms N all sec
tons of Virginia. the regular work o.
the college is going on as usual. Third
term examinations begin next week
and will continue until commencement
day. Nav 81 ON this date President
Eggaeston will deliver diplomas to
tuo4e of the seniors who are stu mere
and there will probably be an address
To the graduating class by some We'll
known men. President Harrison. al
the Southern railway. who was TO aa-
dress the class June IA, Will he unable
to come on the latter date.
FIovd ke!ster. of the junior class
has been made garden supervisor FOR
Roanoke and left Thursday to take up
this work. Young Keister, who has
had considerable experience in truck
gardening on his fathers farm near
town. will devote his time to inspect
ing the many gardens that have peer
started in Roanoke this spring 10 mee'
the present food crisis, and Will WORK
under arrangements made by the
wonaan's War Service Bureau,
G. c. Chase, OF White stone, junior
ctaesnan has gone to Lancaster
county and will have charge or boys
club work during vacation. l.ancas-
,o, has no county farm demonstration
,ant and Mr. Chase will endeavor TO
stimulate interest among the boys to-
wards oraa nizing clubs and dong theiI
bit by helping out in the present ioou
situation. All agricultural students
who have been excused by the pres''
dent to work on their home farms
have agreed to assist the county Aeea'
in his work and will be required &c
report here ar to how they have dis-
.harsed- this dutX--As the farmers OF
virginia are now facing a serious
situation in the labor problem, II Is
thought that the college in this way
lis doing the agricultural interests o.
me state a real service.
Jesse NJ. Jones, director or the ex-
tension division, was III Rtchhoao
,snnda,. to attend meeting or the
tate council of defense, OF which ne
.hae recentlv been made a member
80 smoke at a patriotic rally in Henry
nr+v Thursday. Professor f.. X
rIodcson and Or. A.. W. prinkard. di'
rector of the state experiment statloh'
were also among the speakers al the
Nartinsyiiie meeting
Iohn G. Wilson, OF Hangcho"
naa n missionary address to