Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-30
REVISE COURSES IN TWO
DEPARTMENTS At v.P.|.
PRESIDENT Burruss Announces Plans
10 Stop Overlapping OF Functions
and Waste of Energies.

bhACkSBURG. VA. May 23--Thc
BOARD OF visitors OF the Virginia
foiytechnic Institute at a rccen.
meeting took steps which. I'm the
opinion of tho president and the
ttrustccs OF the college. will have a
Int reaching effect. and result In
u,cvclopins the work OF this institu-
ION om aions the lines OF the most sue
cesslul technical schools In America.
since coming here last fail, presI-
IN mont burruss has devoted q large
n npraion OF hi" time TO a study OF the
s ana engineering. lie has at the
same time tried to find out Jis, what
,hs demands Of Virginia are shat
i iI'S lHSSiiit1tion should try t, maei.
onuer ms leadership the faculties OF
"RrIGu!iure and engineering have re-
rIsed all the courses, bringing them
INTO accord with the best practice a.
inc great technical colleges. .\ionx
win the revision OF the courses roas
raising OF the entrance rou,Iirc
rhcn,s from fourteen to nftccn UNITS.
s,bbaes ntins -FOUR years OF hish
When interviewed as to the slr,,i-
ncthcc OF these changes. which have
Zen Ieeh aaGopted by the trustees. Prcsi-
mat our board OF vIal,ors has taken
SGeh positive stand for progrSs...
ndcnce 10 the new order q, ,bin"y
Decanse IL Is all in the interest, or
Srcater economy and efficiency mn
VI result IN giving the people or
n'si h!i greater returns Cor tho in :
Sestincnt they have made in NIX in
stitution. The Organization OF Inc
arrous aGt!yii!cs here has become
abic overlapping OF function nni mn.
sibie waste of time and a6.iitv n
n niasc OF mo money' This Is result; OF
n.Ih
mcnts because Of ehortace az fund.
from Time 10 time. we haze cons
- ne conclusion that it is time TO
check up and 10 rctrcnch in sone
p'",cs and strengthen in Others.
mcrErs smaller I'nruIty Gruup..
=, IN me instructional side tho chief
non. winch heretofore has con.is,",l
OF hve groups under deans wI,h :,
stN'h c"an Of the general faculty. In
rre,, No. pan the smaller faculty
!argrr ard hereafter there wiu he
.h!: 'Eftc deans Instead II six. I.t,
'as".' ms does not mean the lCs5
o. any member OF the s,ar bcc1i,c !"
an o! the deans are cNcciler, ,e,"t
.fs ana the students will yai,, nv
,,'NinE them devote their fu!I time
MI be enabled TO FOLLOW their sew
:rai S2ecialilcs with more sntisf,c
t'o' 20 themselves, All OF the nunor
~ eFviTcs and business divisions
N''i ne put under The
u.ttction OF n business manager
which should result In greater So
NOM and efficiency. and be moe
ssrn,tl"'hcto-y To every ono concerned
Ihc cntirc sanitary control or 80
to!i,ee community and tho phvsiraI
welfare o! the students will he o.
trusted TO fan time medical once
VINO VIII be assisted by the pr.seni
ape college physician"
me INAUGURATION OF IN. naw
courses VIII necessarily require some
changes In the faculty. The college
pciHS maintained primarily 10 nro-
wee education in agriculture and
ehSInce ing. naturally purely acadc
my instruction can ind place here
ohiy as IL contributes to and IS re-
Iulrcd ny the technical course. since
thn time which may be devoted -
tuci subjects is very limited. i, hc,
comes necessary 10 choose ye-v c,rc
au!ly subjects offered. Ia the nox
cuTr!cu!a the departments o. Enpiisb
ana maj hcina,ics VIII receive crcatcr
empAais Than formerly: a depar,mcn,
OF physicnl education will lac rradu,i
~ developed and tho department n,
economies and political scene wiIi
nc sHpp!anted as soon as Do..siblc hv
a department OF social science dnsi,
ing with contemporary problems
!atInS particularly TO the acric,,i
lurh! ana !ndust-ial world
i;rs. Time To Military ErercI.e.
In providing more time for Indis-