Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-04
NEEDS MORE FACILITIES
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
BREAKING ALL RECORDS
ENROLMENT Mt Grcnt Virginia InstItu-
dion. including summer School,
Exceeds 5000.
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IARl.OTrESNllI.E VA. Jan. s.
The present cnroi!ment of the univcr-
Sity is ,i6?. an Increase OF 2uS students
over the entire enroiiincnt FOR last
year. the year which marked the
climax in attendance undsr normal
conditions.
by the end of this session the in
crcas. IN enrolment viii reach APP
pruXiinatciy 40 per cent. The total
number OF students from Virginia is
235 or 70 per cent over the number in
1861.
prON mate Loo by the first of Feb
ruury. Combining the enrolment dur
ing the regular session with the sum
mcr school enrolment for 1919 of Loo
students the total attendance at the
university ior the year VIII exceed
5000.
This marked increase IN the enroll
mcnt at the university neccssitatcs an
increase In the facilities OF the uni
rcrsity and demands legitimate en-
pansion IN all phases OF the un!vcr-
sity life, in order to provide for the
proper care And training OF the student
body.
1t means the need for greater hous-
ing f:,ci ties. both in dorniiories and
lecture rooms. for an enlargement of
the faculty, !Or better library and
laboratory facilities. for the necessary
opportunities for physical develop
mcnt. etc.
University support.
II il interesting TO make some COM
parative studies OF the annual sOpport
made by the various states 10 their uni
vcrSii.eS. The iiSurcs given below are
for the year 1861. forty-tour
state supported universities and col
from the State for running expenses
amounts ranging from Sass IN New
Jersey to s3,lod,615 IN California.
Virginia gave 10 her university $780,
600 while thirty seven states gave
amounts larger THAN that, and only
seven states provided smaller amounts
Thirty-nVc states gave over Sl25,Otl
TO their universities in that year.
Nine OF the thirty-sX states which
ranked ahcal OF Virginia Mere, IN the
south and gave amounts as follows
>l35, 500: Tennessee. Sl5i.7lS: Louisi-
ana, <l"sHs4' Morth G,arolina, !is.S6,'
A.. Oklahoma, $3H3,"5l: Texas, S7ll.-
So. In each case, excepting ono. 1t
Will be- noticed that tn. appropriatio.
exceeded $40, 600. when IS $4,000
more than Virginia gave.
Rank l. Vow Thiriy-Sl,th.
During The past two years. the. Uni
I 900, but on The basis of the 1851
/ figures IN the other forty-thrc. state,
which support universities. tn : amount
would move virginia forward only on,
Z place from tho position whish She hat
/ in that year. ana her rank would b.
( thirty-siNth instead O: thirty seventh
/ Surh a comparison is hardly accurate
! however. nccaus" :. nc. ltl. manl
states have lncrssased the 'ersil
] approprlh ION. Inc l,'., IS diur" -
Z North Carolina last winter Increase,
/ the university appropriation from
SlS6.j3l TO S@6J.OOU.
1t is Very gratifying that the In
! rrcaes IN the enrolment at the an
vcrsity has been SO great, because j
is simply another Indication OF tn
/ :apid progress which Virginia IA
made ir The pas, decade. Tho uni
v"rsitv IS of large usefulness not pul,
to tn" StJr", but - the "utir. nation
No hotter evidence could b" found o
II
unusually large body OF students q
her higher institution of learning Tn
opportunities offered 10. thoS. inst{
tuiiOuS must be made commensurate
with the growth In wealth ana pupu
lation.