The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-23
(Ertu the News Letter.

The previous nuube rof the cit
ter contained "A state of the large
! inCrcaH" la nrollment at the uni-
vcraity th,s session The increase
! Is already - peg cent, as compared
with thn enrolment in l916-17. the
! ycor which marked the climax In at
/ Tendance under Eo'mal conditios
| Before tho present session closes it
| viii reach appsONtUately 40 per cent.
The total number Of students from
/ the etato ,l Virginia Is 500 This rep
/ reese Uls Am Increase Of 235. or % per
cent. over ne nuubc in I916~17. In
the col}""" q partmtnt there are 400
sttints from virginia, or So per cent
ahpE" The crrpiiiUcut IN this depart
mcHl iu laJG-l1. The total IN all de-
/ partmonts which 10 now 1855, viii
| approximate 500 students by the
| first ofFchruAry. when combined
with thu summer school enrolment
/ Tor AGRA eff l5e2 students, the total
! attendance at the university for the
| year viii exceed 5000
| The proper care and training of an
| increase of two ffths in the student
| body demands legitimate expansion
| in all phases Of the university life. II
! means tho need FOR greater housing
| facilities. both in dormitories and
/ lecture rooms. for an enla rEefnent
| of the faculty for better library and
| laboratory facilities for the neces-
sary opportunities for physical de-
| Nelopmcut. etc.
University support
In the Forthcoming numbers ofthe
I News Letter some comparative
studies VIII DO given. OF the annual
| support made by the various states
to their universities. The table
! which will be found elsewhere in
I this number contains the state uni
! versjtY appropriations for the year
! 1861
I rorty-four state supported univer-
stiles and colleges In the United
States, received }ram the state
! treasury for running expenses.
amounts ranging from $4.534 in New
Jersey, to $3,l06,673 in California
! In Virginia, the university re-
! ceiycd from this source $4,000 and
our rank was thirty seventh. OF the
/ thirty-six states ranking ahead of
| Virginia. nine were in the South
and received appropriations aus fol-
| lows South Carolina. $685.: Ark
ansas, st33S53 Tennessee. sf54.718,
t IsaHistan5,, st6a 694 North Carolina
slS6,53I, Georgia $2oS.65f: Ken
| lucky, s24s.t4T, Oklahoma. $3S3,-
| GS1. Texas, $7ll6S2
,I,,,,, Tho DIVERSITY aPpFapr Is.tiops dur
| ing the past two years has been
| $4,000. but on basis of the
/ figures given in the table below. this
amount would move Virginia only
/ one place forward from the pocition
which she had IN 1917 and she
/ would rank thiyty-siXth instead of
/ thirty-seventh Since 1917 sowever.
/ many states have Increased the uni
YcrsitT appropria ION from $tS6,53l
! ~ $2G5. GOO.
. 49, State Progress. - .
! The large increase in the univer-
! sity'a enrolment rs simply another
/ indication of The rapid progress
| which Virginia has made in the past
| decade No better cvirence could
! be found Of our growth in agricul-
turc, industry and wealth. than the
present usually large body of stu
! dents at our higher educational in-
stltuuons Tse opportunities offered
hY these iastitutiuns muse be made
| commensurate with sour growth in
! wealth and population
l. Nllh, the oGrDss4Na m0varaen ts
| which are nav being realized in Viz
| gina, we can truly say that we are
at the beginning of Il new era We
hay" recently adopted one of the
| most progressive budget systems of
! any state in fhr union. During the
] next five years We shall provide more
! thah 81, GOO COO for the building of
roads bui system of public schools
Is nav In process Of being tremen-
! douSlv improved and this is vital
necessity