Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-09
NUMEROUS CHANGES At
THE GREAT FARM SCHOOL
After Twenty-Five Years Good Scr.
vice, PROFESSOR Randolph Bids
Farewell to v. p. 1.
NEW DEPARTMENT INSTALLED
Richmond Man Goes to Head Of II.
Native OF Ohio Takes Place OF
Professor Bcgg, Who Has Gone
TO War.

| BLACkSBURG. VA. June S.-Lignan
| Strother Randolph. professor of me-
| chanical engineering and dean OF the
! eng ineering department at the Virginia
| Polytechnic Institute has offered his
! resignation TO President Egelest and
! the board or visitors. to take effect
! september ]. 1918. On that date Pro-
! lessor Randolph will have completed
quarter of century OF service as
teacher in the college, and is the
| ihird III seniority of appointment In
the present faculty. Dean Campbell
and Professor Ellison A. Smythe are
| the only professors who have been
here for longer time.
The resignation. of Professor Ran
dolph has been accepted with regret
ny President Eggleston. who will
transmit same to the board OF visitors
~ the July meeting. 1t is likely that
nus successor will be elected ut this
meeting. During the years OF his resi-
dence at the college Professor Ran
dolph has been closely identified with
nearly every Kind OF activity and num-
pers among his graduates young men
IN ali sections of the country. who are
now holding lucrative positions. He
VIII probably make his home in Ealti-
| more after September and pursue GER
tain lines of study and research work
| which he has had in mind for a long
time.
TAKES PLACE OF MAN
WHO GOES To WAR
Louis O'Shaughnessy. professor OF
pure mathematics in the University OF
pennsylvania. has accepted Inc posi-
ton OF professor OF civil engineering
at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute
ana VIII enter upon his duties at the
! heginnlns OF the next session. Profess
sor y ShauGhncssy is native OF Ohio
and graduated with the highest honors
mi p11,
In the class of 1So3 lie has been
member OF the faculty at the Cniver.
sity Of Pennsylvania for some years
and VIII take the place here made
vacant by the enlistment of r.. H.
Bess for service tn the war Professor
beSg is now captain in the engineers
reserve corps on duty in Europe He
mas leave Of absence from the co,leC.
for the duration OF the war
RICHMOND MAN HEADS
THE NEW DEPARTMENT..
Dabney :. Lancaster. OF Richmond
NJ. $. and Il. ~, Of the University OF
sre'hia' ana Tor the past three years
associate professor OF animal husban-
urF IN the college of agriculture here
mas oeen elected professor of agricui-
turai education and agriculture a new
uepaIt mcht that has been cstab-
ished In the college under the
terms OF the Smith Hughes yoca-
took special course at Virginia
polytechnic Institute after leaving
tn" university, was instructor in
the department of animal hushandry
for two years. and then took a year
OF graduate work at the University or
Missouri. During the past session he
has had the position of registrar 1:
the college In addition to his other
duties. while T. p Campbell. Jr, Is on
leave OF absence for service in the war.
NUMEROUS PROMOTIONS
ny ACT OF THE TRUSTEES
AT recent meeting OF the board OF
visitors the following promotions were
made: Charles w Holloway, from
associate pr ,fessor OF dairying to rank
Of fun professor: Ralph T.. Hunt. from
associate professor OF animal husban-
dry TO full professor; James NJ John
son. from associate professor of me-
chanic arts to full professor. and Earl
/. Mckcsson. from instructor in civil
engineering to associate professor
Archie Gray Smith, OF Petersburg,
class OF 1918. Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute. has been made assistant in the
department OF horticulture for next
session; James a. Duff. OF Halifax
County. y. b. University of Virginia,
and -. NJ. Allen. a. r.. Hampden- Sid
ncy College. have been appointed rs
assistants IN the department OF rhe-
toric. and 4. B. Massey has been made
associate professor OF bacteriology and
plant pa tholosy in the college OF agri-
culture. and plant pathologist for the
State experiment station
Professor Massey is native OF Abe
marie County. and a son of Professor
James II. Massey, well known through
out Virginia as writer and lecturer
on agricultural subjects. He holds
tho degree of b. S. and has been pro
lessor OF plant pathology at the Ala
bama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn,
Ala, for several years. Professor Mas
sey has arrived in Blacksburg, and
viii enter upon his duties at once.
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