The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-06-29
Final Celebration Of the Jefferson Society
Further Particulars.
UNIVERSITY OF FIRG1N1A,}
juno 18th, 1871.

UNIVERSITY OF NIRG1N1A,l
juno 18th, 1871.
The enterprise of the Dispatch enables
YOUR correspondent to send such full re-
| ports bv telegraph that but little is lett to
send by mail. The celebration last night
was on the whole one Of the best we have
ever attended here, aud the same may De
said of the Washington Society cele-
bration the night before.
The speeches on both occasions, besides
other eXcellencies, were short enough.
And perhaps this has had something TO 40
with the very marked imp oyement we
have noted in the attention given TO The
speakers.
Each wear for the past several years your
correspondent has had occasion to pass Sc
we're structures upon the general disorder
which last commencement eliminated III
such a general clatter Of bellies and bearlX
all over the house that the speaker could
not De heard even few feet from the plat
form. We take great pleasure in chronlcllng
that at the two cele lebrations this year there
has been almost entire silence during the
speaking, and most excellent attention to
| the speeches.
The bellies and beauX have talked during
| the intervals Of the speeches, or reserved
themselves for the promenade Oh the lawn.
By the way, we hear that there has been
great complaint among this class Of the cal
cium lights, with which the lawn is now
SO brilliantly Illuminated. They seem, from
some cause, to prefer decidedly the dim,
| mellow light of the Chinese lanterns; and
| the complaints were SO loud and deep that
last night the lights were removed alto
sether from the lower part OF the lawn,
which successive generations of students
have knwn as "the triangle" "courting
square," sc.
| 1t is not the province Of your correspond
ent to account for or explain the objection
made to the lights. he simply states the
facts.
There were several parties given last
night within the precincts of the Unlrer-
s,ty, which were doubtless hugely enjoyed.
Aud several of the ''traternities" had
their annual suppers, which. passed
off, we learn, most pleasantly, as
We should infer from the fact that some
of the brotherhood did not reach their
rooms until after 5 O'Clock this morning.
We were, too, gratited to learn that the
Young gentlemen did not allow their con-
viyiality to get the better of their reason IN
the consumption of fluids. The party we
saw come in after this morning were per-
fectly sober. Indeed we are glad to be able
to testify that we have not seen single
Young man drunk since we have been here !;
and the testimony of the Faculty IS an en-,
thusiastic commendation of the general
good order and srudiousness which have
characterized the stu1ents during this past
session.
Your correspondent came near making
serious blunder Yesterday. He sent you q
"list of graduates in law" which was
given him by the printers Of the Official
programme. 1t got out that he had secured
this list, and be was most industrlouslY
interviewed" by anxious young limbs OF
the law, until it ut Last leaked out that
Professor Minor had not finished reading
his papers that the report would not oe
COMPLETED until this morning, and that the
list sent you was in some way " typo
graphical error"
We hope thut you got our telegram last
night in time to suppress the list:
We have never seen the University
grounds so beautiful as they are at present.
The lawns cannot be surpassed anywhere
for beauty and general attraction, and
many improvements of the grounds have
been made every year, until our noble old
University has become as beautiful IN ex-
ternal appearance as she is unriyalled In
her high grade Of scholarship.
The new residence Of Prof. Mallet isVery
handsome, and very admirably arranged
tor comfort and convenience, " u a very