The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-31
|REnARIABLE CAREER
! OF RICHMOND COLLEGE
Has Rccord OF Having Bccn Taken
Over BY War Department Twice
I'm Ono Year.
Students to Re More Comfortably
Chartered Al Resumption Of Term.
Large Graduation Class Expected
THIS Year.

The yesr Of 1918 brought many
ups and downs to Richmond and
Northampton colleges. Probably no
other college in the country had the
experience OF being taken over by the
war department twice In the same
year.
In spite. however. OF changes and
removals, both colleges increased in
attendance of students. The enroll
ment for the fall term showed 200
students for westhampton and about
400 for Richmond college for men.
Now that the 3. A. T. c. has been
demohilized. people are asking what
the college for men will do for stu
dents. The answer is highly graft
flying to all friends of the college.
The old courses of study. that pre-
pared so many sne fellows for leader
ship In France and Flanders will be
resumed on January 3: men will again
study Latin and Greek as well az
all the rest OF the standard college
curriculum. 7s
Meny S. A r. G. Students Return
Not ali the \ A. r. c: students will
come back. fut the majority will go
right on with their college work.
Most of the men who went to Platts-
burg last Summer and won their conn
missions will be back in college for
the winter and spring terms
Since the work from January to
June will count as full year for
all men Wild have been In the service.
the juniors for Last session can receive
their degrees next June.
II appears now that on account
of the return OF men from he a-my
and navy. who were In the Junior
classes OF 1917 and 1918, the Eradu-
ating class OF 1919 will actually be
larger than tho class of 1918.
The boys will be glad to hear that
Whey will not have to live in barracks
for the remainder of this session,
The Jeffersion club, which served
SO admirably the purposes OF the
s. A. T. c. is not ADAPTED tn dorrni-
tory purposes, ard will not be used.
Student lodgings have been provided
in college buildings On the campus
in rented residences and ir' priv'te
homes where students will live In
small groups Meals will also be
served In private boarding houses
rather than in a mess hall
Million Dollar Campaign.
Among otner features of the SEES
sion as aow arranged, will he the
daily assembly OF students for chapel
the resumption OF the Thomas lee
of the V. M. C. A.
The big feature OF the session so
fer as the Richmond public Is con-
cerned will be the com plstiou Of the
Mathematician campaign Richmond
will he asked about the final of March
70 give 100000 to complete the
fund ard to make pessibie extensive
endorsements on the Westhamrto
campus OF the two colleges. The city
and STATE demand facilities here for
/ 900 students. and this great fund
will make II possible.
The surgeon general expects to
turn back the college buildings to the
trustees next summer and plans for
additional permanent buildings vii
be prepared at once. Money for twe
OF these buildings has already been
pledged
Richmond college Is now discussins
with the war department the estao'
lishnent OF reserve officers train
ing corps In the college. II enough
students desire the training Il will be
given The war department WI
provide military Instruction and drill
and viii furnish besides all military
sysys psn ssst-. hnss<l sss:s rs3ss pnsfcr1as
.uf .asAnnM. g \, 8 939ys sss IA III
Enrolment will he purely volun-
tary, an dstudents who take the
course will be under military dis
cipline only during the time allotted
which will not exceed three hours a
week.