Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-09
OFFERS PLA|hEsT ROAD
TO ARMY COMMISSION
So Adjutant-Gencral Mccain Tells
President Boatwright ms to Stu
dent College Course.
CORPS LIMITED TO 500 MEN
Head OF Richmond College Returns
From Plattsbmrg Conference and
Explains What Government Offers
to Students This Session.

Explains What Government Offers
To Students This Session.
Five hundred students will nc the
capacity at Richmond College for the
session opening September -. accord
ing TO President +. w. Boatwright; who
returned TO the city yesterday follow
ing several days conference at Flats
burg with scores of other college heads
in the eastern section OF The country
This number. in the opinion Of rrcsi-
dent BoatwriGh;. can only be ADEQUATE
~ taken care OF at one time and IN
view OF the fact that nifty or more are
enrolling every day. il is likely that
the limit Will he reached long before
the date set for openins.
Mckain. which President BoatwriEht
quoted. the student army training corps
which is to be established at Rich
mond and a number Of other colleges
throughout the country is the plain
est road to officers comm sSon."
With TINS assurance alone. young men
return 10 college il they have been he
fore. or enter il they have had three
wears of high school work to their
credit performed satisfactorily.
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT
OFFERS TO STUDENTS
Rut the War Department is doing
more than that by furnishing uniforms
ana equipment. subsistence. housing.
n.
me pay OF private 10 every member
of the corps. which is $50 a month
PRESIDENT Roatwrish, last night call
ed the attention OF those who are in
tending to enter Richmond college to
several important things which will
ciear up rumors and misunderstandings
ITegardnnG the plan of running the col
leee on the strictly military basis
One Of these is that the students will
i've IN barracks just as soldiers in the
regular camps. and will not be allow
"a IL fr.N la
II they happen to live in the city AS
subsistence is 10 be furnished by tho
EoFernment. there will BE- no excuse
or ramaininE a. home The students
VIII be subjected 10 the same sort OF
discipline as the soldiers in the army
and. in fact. will be themselves soldiers
in the army
An9ther thing mentioned by Presi-
acnl Eoatw:iEht is that Richmond Col
lese is last filling up at such rate
as is unknown TO the public. and onIv
quick action Immediately will secure
a place for the prospective student i'm
me student corps. Those who will
.nIer IRON, high school with ai least
three years OF good work should apply
t0S blank entrance certificate to be
hllel out. signed by the principal of
me sctool and forwarded TO the col
the case is satisfactory.
COLLEGE WILL HEREAFTER
RUS TWELVE MONTHS IN YEAR
sill! another thing that President
Boatwright desired TO be emohasizcd Is
that the college is TO run twelve
months in the year instead of the usual
nine. to be divided into quarters OF
thrcs n'ohths each. tn first beginning
~ the end OF every three months the
studen; corps WV nr divided into three
groups and disposed OF in the follow
ing manner
ono. tho largest, composed of those
showing ability end material for Of
fce- candidates, will be allowed 70 CON
tinue At college, tut how long win not
be known.
Another. the smallest. Will consist Of
those VIII" have shown they will be UNI
iikeiy candidates for officers. and Will
%. sent &c camp Lee as pr.vates.
ne tnfd group. consisting OF the
training school for six or seven weeks
to Iiepare for officers, and will re-
&c sc comm Is 'unS.
Tee Wa: department does not guar
~ e. th+ length 81 time that student
MI remain in college. When Pres!-
a. m boatwriSht asked This question OF
Adjuta General Mccain in Washins-
ton last week. he replied that he could
not tell, but that entrance TO college
would provide for the plainesl road
to an officers commission
DEN oTE ONE HOUR EACH
DAY TO ATHLETICS
sixty minutes each day, the same al
lowed al West Point viii he devoted
TO athletics, President Boatwiisht was
assured by Colonel Rcss. cha irman OF
me committee on athletic activities of
the War Department. which news will
40 doubt be greeted with enthusiasm
by grid men. The Eastern Virginia In
iercollegiate Association is not TO be
broken up.. but encouraged, for such
was the desire OF Colonel Ress, who
gave to athletics an important place
IN the soldiers life.
Ten commissioned officers, one for
every nifty students in the corps have
f.. rad Ia, l.
Department, and these will reach the
city ~ take up their positions by De-
tobcr J. This assurance President
RoatwriEht obtained both at Platts-
burg and at Washington.
The twenty-five former students who
were appointed to take training at
the Plattshurg camp his summer will
return and take up duties in the corps
the ten officers appointed by the gov
eminent Every one Of the student
noncom candidates in excellent
health and several had gained AS much
ing The six weeks training they have
already had Or. Boatwright reported.
"ni!e the plans are being outlined
and made definite and clear to the pub
ne preparations for the reception al
the men are going forward at the col
l"ge grounds at RYiand and Broad
streets. \ central mess hall will he
erected and the alley that once III
earth so as 10 provide sufficient ground
for a drill and athletic field.
rihe range is to be established
bu, the exact location has not been
announced II is believed by Dr. Boat
wright that this will be beyond the
Felt Line Railroad short distance
trenches Will be dug and construrte ed
JUS, as is done al regular army camps
'heir location 10 he announced later
BANKERS Thinning for Loan.