The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-06-27
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!, i JUNE ~ 1873.
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''1 ''su !. PRoF1cIENTs. -, II
GEEMAN.S MooreProvenos, Rfehmondi Henry
saaTEI1SG.Mdsssr s1s n S. Bunting, Goodson. soio-
Man Gaifns ssssmosa ssr sGiansy
man, Rappahannock county. si.s, Il n .lst,'
When the young gentlemen had received
| their certificates and were returning to their
seats they received a shower Of bouquets
from the fair ones; indeedia number of j,
,..,., THE GRADUATES I t@th'H / i
afforded deal Of amusement when now aud
| then they received q blow in the face from q
nosegay which ever came we'll aimed from
| the gallery or one Of the side pews. Pro
fessor Puryear announced the graduates as
| follows: -<trG:ratH ~ E.s~St.t& q
| 49,. sit raGRADuATEs. ID
SCHOOL OF LATiy.-George w. Carter; Clarke
Lyons, Jr., Richmond Charles G. Miller. Cuipeper
county; l.. Floyd Mock. Accomae county o. s.
Thomas, W. n. Turpin, Richmond; s. E. Woody
School ,; Of GasEk- Henry miller, RavidIs
[ SCHOOL OF MODERN LANGUAGEs--f.F. j. Bowen.
| Culpeper county; g. -Hayiland Burke, King Will
| David Higginbothan, Henrico county; ). Henry
Miller. David P. Miller, Lynchburg. .,..---I
Frederek souv coz paVid HisEiESotham Henrseo
| county; George II. Swami, Powhatan county ! \ /,
| scHooL OF NATURAL tSciESCESR. r. Acree,
William Elyson, Richmond; T: W. Estes, South
Carolina; Joshua W. Gore. Frederick county;
George 7. .srssham z Ing aud Queen county; James
| Henrico country: r. B. Lee, Richmond; James Ly-;
| ons, Jr;; Richmond; j; Henry Miller; Lyuehburg
gusta, Ca George H. swami. Powfiatan county;,
William II. Turpin, Richmond James W.. Wlld:
SCHOOL OF MORA. PH1LosornY.-samue1o ol
CIoPOn Rshmona j. horase NSewb MdsfT
s%anS s%ann County,
| mond; David Higginbotham, Henrico county;
| George H. Swami, Porterfeld Swami. Powhatan
| county. ~ a... LL
SC1IooL OF LAVA. Broaddus, Jr., Caroline
county: W. r. Gresham. Lancaster county; a. l.,
las c; Mills, c. {. Moore, NJ. L. spottswood, Rich
mond. .. .-. .......h.. .....rt-.. ;-.... .lti
MASTERS OF ARTS.
The end of the programme was well-nigh
! at hand when Professor Puryear announced
| the names of the Masters Of Arts as follows !:
Fillison F. Bowen, Culpeper county David
! Higginbotham, Henrico county, and George
II. Swami, Powhatan county. He said this
degree was the highest distinction known to
| the laws of the College. The diplomas were
an evidence of hig gh attainment and solid
worth. Out of one hundred and ninety
| Master OF Arts. This, however, was the
greatest number conferred at any commence
merit since the Reorganization of the College.
| Thf. successful gentlemen came forward and
received their diplomas amid a burst of ap-
p]ause and returned to their seats pelted
with bouquets, while Mr.. Wheat played
'c' Tis the Last Rose of Summer"
GwYNN MEDAL. -l,r IN.
| The announcement was made by DR.. Bur-
| rows in the course of the evening that he
| had to-day received letter from Rev. Fran
| els Gwynn, of Alabama, donating sllfi-
| cient sum of money for the purchase an
nuaily of gold medal to be donated to the
best scholar in metaphysics and ethics, and
to be called the Francis Gwynn medal.
THE vALEDIcToRY ADDRESS,
The exercises of the evening were brought
to close by a valedctory address delivered
by Rev. J. B. Jcter, d. u. DR.. Jeter said
that at the request of the chairman of the
Faculty he was before the young gentlemen
of the college to say few parting words. To
the graduating class he said: n, .'
| }Ou WI huSC lCuSbSu
the goal for which you have been struggling
| for years. You are few, but the very small
ness of your numbers is an evidence that
your Alma Mater does not confer her honors
| carelessly. But let me suggest that you
| should bear your honors meekly and show
/ that they were not conferred in vain.
To the undergraduates he said: The gilt
tering prize is before you, and that you may
| attain it is manifested by the distinctions
conferred upon you this evening. Grasp
| that prize, but remember you cannot at a
leap reach the top Of the mountain. Genius,
| it may be, has wings and nluy soar to the
highest places: but it is rara aus, and the
| student who thinks he is a genius is apt to
| find himself deceived, and that he must
mount the height on foot. If you would
reach the prize, it must be by earnest,
laborious, persevering effort. trust you
have been stimulated by what has transpired
| here this evening. Young gentlemen of
Richmond College, very deep interest is
felt in your welfare, the whole community
Is deeply soicitous for your success. The
! Faculty has Iabored to instil into your minds
| sound principles which should guide you
through life. Your career is blended with
theirs, aud must reflect upon them. You
| now 90 to your homes, where you will be
| greeted by TIE brightest jewels in the do
mestic circle Surely you will not fail to
| make SUCH improvement as will be d credit
| 10 your Alma Mater and an honor to your
selves and those so deeply interested in you.
Surely you will be honest, true, and noble
men. .......r.s...., ..-,., r.
Or. Jeter then gave the graduates some
words of counsel, suggested, he said, by the
experience Of more than balf century.
| Their conduct lnust be based upon virtue,
that stern, ea. nest virtue that springs from
| the gospel of Jesus Christ, and is conformed
| to tlle law of the Most High. They should
be honorable men in all the connections Of
| life, not with that vauntiDg spirit of honor
that will commit murder in accordance with
| the demands of etiquette, or false public
opiI lion, but that which will do honor to all
mela and to God.r They must devote their
| lives to these ends. The men who have left
the deepest impress upon the world have
do ne it by consecrating themselves and all
t'aeir aims at all times to that purpose. There
| IS great pleasure in efforts to attain these
|, high objects. Hope is the inspiration and
ghdness of youth. So the man OF mature
age finds his delight in the pursuit Of hon.
oTable aims, and even the old man rests
upon his laurels and looks back upon his
past deeds and attanmentS with pleasure,
but not without regret.
Let employment be your ha ppiness. 1t is
the safeguard to virtue, tends to a blissful
immortality, and is essential to elevation in
the social scale-without it you will be mere
drones. These high aims can only be at
tanned by continued efforts even to the
tomb. ] hope, said the speaker, my life may
not outlive my labors.
He concluded by saying, now, in
behalf Of this immense audience, in behalf
/ of unur friends in behalf of the EaclIltY and