VPI alumni from Amelia, Notto way and Lunenburg counties Thursf <>:i" heard S. K Cassell. VPI bust !. -s manaui'r. chart the expansion taking place at VPI. Cassell was guest speaker at a VPI dinnei held at Amelia Golf and Country Club. He showed a chart illustrating how the college is no! able to keep up with the de es ad upon :t by increased enroll ment. e'-tinuted to reach 6.000 by i Co Knrollment now is 4.000. To da;e. 220(1 applications for the fail freshman class have been received. Only two can be accepted He told the alumni that the college * as not set any goal as to the fu ture size of its student body. Rather. 1 s said, the college is attempting to meet the educational requirements ' the students. A new field house is in the blue i rint stage, and a nine-hole golf i ur.se has been added to the coll : e :■ recreational, facilities. Other i i empire changes include a new s] oo.ooo library and the removal t some obsolete campus dormitores.
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