The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-08
v. V.U'S GROWTH IN
PAST 5 YEARS LARGE
Registrar Hare Expects
This Years Freshmen Glass
To Break Records.

MoRGANTowN, Sept. s-wes,
Virginia University opens her fifty.
first session September 18th, and
again the flow of West Virginia High
School graduates to this big state in.
stitution is expected to increase.
A comparison OF the enrolment of
the University at the present time
with what 1t was five years ago is ;he
nest indication OF the wonderful grow.
n that has been made. IN lie fall of
1910 total OF a Students were en-
rolled the College proper. That is, in
the College of Law. Arts & Sciences,
Engineering Agriculture and Medi.
cine In these same colleges IN the
rail- OF 1916 there were 1179 students,
an increase of more than II per cent
The Freshman class OF 1910 numbered
l44 men and women while that of 1916
numbered 497, or SO more than the
gross enrolment OF all 1.-The college
classes in all the different colleges
six years before. The total enroll.
ment at Morgantown in 1910 includ.
ing the preparatory school, the sum.
mer school, the extension schools, the
Music schools etc, was 1925. Altho.
ugh the preparatory school and the
school OF Anmerce have been dis.
continued, the gross enrolment at
Morgantown In these Same depart.
ments WAS only fifty less than twice
this number or PISS in 1915
That the people of the state, and
especial y those who have children to
educate are waking up to the fact that
West Virginia UniYersiy is a standard
State university and that it is offering
the teachers, the building, die euuip,
ment for Instruction on a bar With
that Of older and somewhat larger in.
stitu:onS ia becoming a mas.t- Of
more general knowledge AMI apprcv
al. Jack" Hare, the Registrar, who
has been connected with the Univer.
sity for almost forty years, predicts
that the Freshman class this year
will again exceed all records and he
is in a position to Judge accurately.
The legislature too OF late years
has taken ro4der view " the mods
and the field y ctivity Of the Uatver.
ity with the result that West Virginia
is gradually securing ample buildings
for housing her students and the equip
ment necessary for their bes. work, as
well as making gradual advances that
are necessary to securing and holding
the very best teachers obtainable. The
floor space and the equipment of the
Engineering College was practically
doubled recently; the College of Agri.
culture has magnificent new build.
ing in process OF construction that
will be furnished by The opening Of
the second semester of this year; there
Is new and badly needed Woman's
0ormitory under process Of construc.
tion that will be finished within the
year and the addition Of the Reymann
farm to the facilities OF the Depart
ment of Agriculture has very greatly
increased the usefulness of this al.
ready important College.
The next thing. on the program
seems to be building for the Law
College commensurate with the i'm
portance Of that departmnt, followd
by o modern gymnasium, a new Ar.
mory and other buildings that are
needed to make the University of
West Virginia one Of the really big
state universities Of the United States
as It ought to be.