Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
PREPARE FOR FALL TERM
AT RICHMOND COLLEGE
President Boatwright Announces
Completion OF Plans for
War Period.
Institution Retains Enemy Tongue in
Curriculum. but Will Pay Larger
Attention to FrenCh-Will Aid
Military Program.


The buildings on the sites TO be &C.
cupied hy Richmond College and West
hampton College this fall are nearly
ready 10 receive what is expected &c
be a record breaking influx OF men an6
women students. according TO Presi-
Cent F. w. BoatwriGht. The boards
OF trustees of the two institutions. hi
declared yesterday, are highly optimis
nc concerning the outlook for the col
ieEes during the coming session.
The work OF removing the college IL
hrary books. laboratory apparatus and
uormitory furniture from Westhamp-
ton into the city and OF making appro-
PIRATE alterations upon the interiors o;
the buildings 10 be used as class build
irEs and dormitories has steadily pro-
dressed since the beginning OF the sum-
mer. and has been accomplished in n
much shorter time than was thought
possible when the colleges first con-
s-nted to turn over their Westhampton
grounds to the government for use AS
a base hospital.
President BoatwriEh; is under the i'm
preston that the younger male stu
dents will be allowed 10 remain in col
lese for the greater part OF The comm &
year and that the students who are
eighteen years old will be permitted 10
Department makes no promises" ne
declared yesterday afternoon. the UNI
outstanding seems TO be that all stu
dents will, II possible. remain in sCho oil
Tor the year nave received assur-
2nce from the military authorities that
al possible consid Grafton III the mat
ter Will be rendered the college stu
dents OF the United States.
There are many fathers who are
undecided as to whether their boys Of
twenty and twenty-one should go to
The Va. Department advises these men
10 &c. by all means. 10 school"
MEN SHOULD REGISTER
BEFORE LEAVING HOME
Men who come 20 college in The fall
should register st their homes before
wright Upon rlatricuiation in the
schools 20 which they go, they should
send notification. 20 their local boards
10 the effect that they have entered
the student training corps. They will
then be assigned 20 inactive military
service. and equipment VIII be supplied
by the government
There is. OF course, A condition Mac
ed upon all entrants into the corps"
stated Mr.: Boatwrieht. They will
consideration should their military
work be poor. In such cases, the man
who fails TO keep up the high standard
ed on active duty AT once. Regular
reports must be furnished by the coll
leGe authorities. presumably monthly.
upon the standing of each candidate
officer.
The students enrolled in the corps
Will OF course be permitted to either
specialize in their studies or TO go on
with their degree work just as they
would in ordinary conditions Rich
mona mona 'o!tese - prac'caity read 10
rifles are already here. They were
made for the use of the Russian army
and hence. are far from obsolete.
II have noticed in the newspapers
several remarks made by prominent
statesmen to the effect that the gov
crnmcnt in faVoring the college men
and. therefore, favoring the richer
classes at the expense of the poor.
who cannot afford TO go TO colleges.
This opinion in my estimation, should
dwindle away into nothingness when
IT is considered that the government
is authorizing her young men. who can
afford 10 do SO, TO go to college for
their military training, not for the
Sakes of the boys or the colleges. but
needs these 100000 young lieutcnants
and needs them badly"
TtLCOrT APARTMENTS BOUGIIT
AND TWO HOUSES RENTED
Toward the end of housing the ma NJ
students expected this. fall. Richmond
College has bought the newly com
pieted Talcott apartment house. on
l1ombardy Street, near Grove Avenue
This building VIII serve as :, dormitory
for fifty students In addition; two
residences have been rented and TWO
buildings on the old campus fitted
up with the GPplhined capacity OF sew
accommodate 'f25 boarding students
next session, which number does not
other boarding arrangements.
All OF the laboratory paraphernalia
has been moved into the building al
the corner OF Ryland and Broad Streets
formerly occupied by the Kaehler Mo-
tor Company. The sum Of $4,000 is
being expended in buying additional
apparatus. The laboratory facilities
will he SO comprehensive IS 70 enable
The college TO do great amount OF
lega OF Virginia.
The college chapel is TO be situated
on the second floor OF The structure
midway between Ry!and and Lombardy
Streets. on Broad. commonly known
as Memorial Hall" THIS building was
used by the Richmond Academy lasl
year The library VIII be in the ole
Columbia building, one OF the first &c
he used by Richmond College At The
time OF It's foundation Approximate.
" $4,000 volumes have been moved
into the Columbia, and are ready 70!
immediate reference.
eve have been VERY tortunaJe,' Or
Boatwright said in Inc matter OF sc
curing instructors. OF the numbers o
last year, nine viii return this session
Although at least half Of these vii
fall into tn. age limits set by the mex
selective servic" act, hardly thinI
that they will be called for active ser
vice before the boys who viii be undo
their tutc!age are called II would b
Inconsistent for The government 10 K
10 such pains 10 have the young me
go 10 college and then take away In
Instructors.
WILL NOT TAKE GERMAN
FROM ITS CJRRICULU'
The names Of the instructors Of TN
session. as announced yesterday b
President BoatwTicht. are rs follows.
DT. II. Il. Handy English. Dr ~ I
Wick, biology; DT l.. x Dingus, Ger
man and Spanish; Dr. y. T. Anderson
history and political science Dr H. !
Bryan, psychology and education. y
r.. T. Loving, physics Dr. II g.. rs
land, chemistry; Or w \ Harri