Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-07
Y. M. |. OPENS 81sT YEAR
WITH 800 ENROLMENT
Major a. Is. Dockcry Is Named to
Position OF Commandment
OF Cadets.
Especial to The Times-Dlspatch.I

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LEXINGTON. VA. Sept. C. The
cighty-irst session of the Virginia
Military Institute began formally to-
day. Cadets have been arriving since
September !. and examinations have
been in progress since that date
Class work and the military routine
started this morning.
General T.. W. Nichols. supcrintcnd-
cnt, returned from meeting of the
board OF visitors in Richmond last
night. lie announced that the board
had elected Major a. Il. Dockcry TO
the position of commandant of ca
diets. Major Dockcry is a cavalry
officer In the regular army. lie spent
three years as 4 cadet at the institute,
leaving In 1898 to enter West Point,
where he was graduated in 1902 lie
was stationed at the institute last
year as professor of military science
and tactics In the cavalry division OF
the Reserve Officers Training Corps
General Nichols VIII announce in a
few days the complete military and
tactical staff for the new ssession
Two or three additional officers of the
regular army are expected soon. to-
gcther with q number Of enlisted men.
to augment the force that has been
here for more than a year.
Tho military equipment for the sew
eral branches. including fold artil-
!cry. infantry. cavalry and engineer
ing. is now practically complete.
In the academic departments 4
number OF additions to the faculty
have been made, laboratories have
been rcmodc!cd and their equipment
greatly enhanced, and the library has
been enriched by the addition OF n
large number Of new books.
Among the new mcmers of the fac
uity are: Lieutenant-C r. e.
Dixon. associate professor Of Eng
lish and history; Colonel John NAL
Tory. United states Army (rctired)
Observation-Disclosures In the department
Of modern languages: Captain S. Nc
c. Butt, assistant professor OF psy-
chology. logic and ethics: Captain p
J.. Crowson. assistant professor OF
English; Major ]. s. Allen. adjunc,
professor OF civil engineering: Major
S. VI. HELM. adjunct professor OF
physics: Captain c. a. Jones. assist
ant professor Of chemistry, and Cap
tain T. S. Whiting. assistant professor
OF English.
The total enrolment will be abou.
GOO. The new cadets will number
1913. most OF whom arc now in bar
racks. a few late arrivals will be
due to extension of furloughs and
unavoidable delays. The new cadets
represent twcnty-four States and one
foreign country. namely. China. with
tn. old cadets. practically every state
In the Union will be represented.
General Nichols met the corps In
the Jackson Memorial Hall today and
welcomed them to the institute. He
made n few announcements. one OF
the most interesting of which was
that thcse will be furlough a,
Christmas this year for the first time
in the history OF the institute, bu,
1t viii! rest upon merit basis. Only
those cadets who attain n high degree
of academic proficiency. anu whose
conduct records are exemplary, will
be granted Christmas furloueh
from December % to December 80
The others will remain at the insti-
tute and spend that week reviewing
the terms studies. The midyear ex-
aminations will begin Immediately
after the expiration of the furiough