The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-06-26

OF, life., We viii remember, when con-.
batting error, asserting right, and epdeayUr.i
ing to mould public opinion, that you have
sought to establish lus ID thc tfuest prfn.
cipses, and we desire these nprincipfes TO
shane. our lives soa athat we may confer the
highest honor on our noble institution. II
We shall rise TO positions OF influence and
honor In the world, we will attribute no
mean part irsso desirable On, &chieyemens TO
your thorough culture. ,c 9
Ladies and gentlemen Of Richmond, on
behalf OF these young gentlemen let me as
sure you Of their especial regard for the
marked courtesy and Kindness Of which
they glnye been the recipients ffom you.
They will carry with them ncst agreeable
[recollections Of the pleasant hours and pure
enjoyment they have bad In your homes,
where you have endsaYored as far as COM
patibie TO make them forget thst miles inter.
yened between them and the scenes OF loved
ones, Whether they shall 80 to their homes
within the borders Of our own, loved Virgf.
MIA, TO our sister State on the north, OF to
their sunny southern homes, these thoughts
will attend them, and.will furnthth source
OF many pleasing "reminiscences Of college
life. even when In their vigorous manhood
they are sharing the realities Of the outer
world 2a1 - isiiss'islfS2 5s1sf
h Feiiow.stadents, we must part. You viii
soon enjoy The coDapanionship Of these dear
est to you on earth. Soon you will retrace
Your steps over the hills and through the
vales among which you wandered amid
sportive iuaginings In the IhaIcyon days Of
childhood, when not care disturbed your
Joyous natures. This thought mitigates our
regrets at parting. But the scene has changed
even at home: for Of those with whom we
used to mingle In the blithesome days OF our
young years some are not to befound. Such
may be our experience Sure 1t is, some Of
us shall never grasp, each others hands
again., It may be, that of the number who
expect to return some shall not have this
pleasure. Before the three months Of vaca-
tion shalt end, the eloquent tongue shall be
forever still, the sparkling eye forever closed.
But II we shall live, whatever may be our
lots however divergent our paths-many
review before our visions, affording us
glimpses Of the pleasure of other days; and
SO our memories will be the dwelling places
of these neyer.to-b forgotten occurrences.
" Farewell friends with whom nsanya day has past
In Joys whose loveG remembrance long stall last"
In the true sense or the good old word,
bid you each one good-bye. And "When
your star, shall set at life's closes may it
set as the morning star, which goeth not
down behind the darkened west, but melts
away Into the brightness of heaven"
The valedictory over, a brief announce.
ment Of the programme for to-day was made
by DR.. Burrows, the beuediction was pro-
nounced by DR.. Jeter, and the evenings en-
tertainment was brought to close. @
PROGRAMME, FOR TONIGHT.
The commencement proper Of Richmond
College takes place at 81 o'clock tonight at
the Second Baptist church. An address will
be delivered before the Society Of Alumni
by Rev, C. II. Ryland, Of Alexandria; dis
tinctions will be; announced and degrees
conferred. The presentation of che Woods
medal to Mr.. Eager, Of Mississippi. also
takes place tonight, Judge II. w. Wright
making the presentation address.