The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-01

SERMON BY DR. DUNCAS-FlSAL CELEBRATION
OF THE WASHINGTON SOCIETY --BRILLIANT
! OCCASION.
UNIVERSITY or VIRGINIA, June 90 1874.
Commencement week at the University
of Virginia" ! what associations the very
| words rccall-what memories are awakened
| by their simple mention ! They tell Of the
goal of hard work and high attainments.
| They bring up names that have become
| luStriOus-that have adorned every page Of
the country's history-and they give good
cheer for the future rs reminding US that Nir-
ginia is not poor when she can point TO such
Jewels as her colleges, OF which this is the
central luminary, and to such young men as
go forth from these walls.
The University has great advantages in
| the details Of Il commencement. The mag
| nilicent lawn and beautiful grounds, the
splendid public hall, the cOntiguity Of the
professors houses and their princely hoSpi-
taity, its accessibility by raj, and, above al,
the tempting bill of fare (ot speeches, and
ribbons, and music, and promenades, &c.)
which it annually offers attracts from every
direction. and one cannot come by any train
at this time without being reminded that
the grand event is at hand. Old Alumni re-
ships of other days, young men who left last
year coming back to see the lellOWs" (but
it is noticeable that their first visits are not
10 the fellows y, and fair Young na!drns
coming 40 see their Brothers take their
Diplomas all tell that the joyous occasion
is ut hand.
found ii pleasant this morning 10 escape
from the heat and dust Of Richmond, AID be
Ian ri.,I hn n
Chesaprake and Ono railroad TO the green
fields and golden haryests of the country !:
10 study the travellers on the crowded train,
some OF lhem fleeing to the mountains, but
not IA few evidently bound tor the commence
ment and TO reye i'm all Of the memories of
the past u we reach charlottesville and see
the crowd, the hustle and confusion, ard the
warn greetings OF 1.-THE season.
Taking passage on one OF The spring Wag-
ons accustomed to ply between Chlrlottes-
vile and the University, am hurried by
familiar points q regret 10 say that there
has been no very marked growth in Char
lotteSriila during the last ten years., and
find myself soon comfortably cnSconccu ID
room on West Range" where / get 4
breeze fresh from the mountains.
An excellent 1iDner at the table Of the
Board of Visitors ut Mas>ieS University
Hotel prepared me Cor walk on the lawn,
Il look ut the builetn-bolrd, and the heaZing
of scraps Of conversation among the STU
dents which convinced me that those terrible
professors have been ut their old practice Of
"pitching the fellows right and lett VI. e.,
of insisting that L man must kiiOc SO:aethlng
before he can get Il diploma at the University,
10 matter how long he has been here OF how
much money he has paid into the treasury
of the institution.
The session has been characterized by even
more than the usual good order and atten-
tion to study but the standard (Which is
steadily raised from session TO SESSION. has
been raised more than usual this year, and
the number who have failed is therefore
larger. append correct and full list of
graduates, So far as they haYe been an
nounced, for which am indebted to the
courteous clerk Of the faculty, Mr.. William
Wcrtenbaker. (What old student does not
have pleasant recollections of "Mr. Writ"
who has been connected with the Uniyer-
sity nearly ever since its foundation ~
GRADUATES.
LATIy.-Jsmes NJ Amber, Alexandra F. n.
Barksdae, charlottesville; John II: Bemis, New
Orleans; Ii. +. BurrusS, Louisa county, +. &. Car
lima John ". Harrison, Galveston, Texas; B.
Hughes Abingdon, Va; Il. H, Jesse, Lancaster,
sSny Mo- S Mist al Ha
William q. Mcdowell Murireestoro', n. c.; A.
Z. Montague, Essex county, Va; John B. Preston,
Lynchburg, Va. W. G. Robertson. charlottesville;
Alfred T. Thorn, Eastvile, Va. ; \. ). Waller,
spotsylvania county; james Wood, Edenton. =. G.
GREEK.-J. 81. Amber, Fairfax county; +. p.
X. NJ. Hughes. Norfolk; j. A Kerr, Petersburg !;
f. l.. McGlelland, Nelson county &. A. Mount
| JOY, King George.
quier county; +. +. Cole, " williamsburg; Peyton
5. Coles, Jr., Albemarle county; '. &. Cupepper,
Portsmouth; Frank Della Tore, Maryland; Il; d.
ro'. y, c.; T; e. Harding, northumberland coun-
| y;, james ?; HARRISON Amelia m county; Henry
Charleston, S. c.; Clifford a. Mountjoy, King
George county; ThomasJ 4. Packard. Fairfax coun-
fay S Washington, II. c. S Thomas, Whining.
| tom n e.; Tilton Curtis, Philadelphia H. W.
Tunstall, Norfolk; u. G. Wilson, Alabama; VIII
IN iSp u: CnEMIsTRY.-E. NJ. Cooper, South
Carolina; <. L. HUNT, New Orleans T. Ma
thews, Louisiana; Howard winston, Richmona o.,
| GENERAL AND INDUSTRIAL CHEAISTKI.-Wll-
liam b. Ciaggett, Maryland; ID. W. Goodman, Mo
| bile: T. l.. raymond. New Orleans John A. ran
ner. Lynchburg \. Il. Turnbuii' Lawfehce'hle'
HISTORY, LITERATURE AND RuEToRIc.-P.
| A. Bruce, Charlotte county: {. b. Bryan, fiuyah-
ma county; j. &. Cewan, 'Yicksbsrg; j; $; Ken.
DALI, Washington, Ga. I; L. ). tackarG, Fairfax
| county; +. +. Reese, Baltimore; 7. III. Robertson
| Mrrfreesboro', Tenn; a. NJ Seldom, Goochland
Va: j. l.. Trueheart Texas.
| FRENCH-H. p. Heath, Richmond IL. }. Fardy
| Baltimore; Eppa Hunton, DR., Warrentoni n. u
H.ckett. Louisa county, Va. A. p. Montague, Es.
! sex county, Va; N. VI. Ransom, DR., Weldon, y
! C.; Lyon Il. TYLER, Charles City county; ". 81
| Urauhart, southampton county; d. X. wexford
GERMAS.~M. b. Almond Charlottesville
| James NJ Amber, Fairfax; william ). Barbour
| Kentucky; John {. Beasley, University OF var
GINA john u. Bethany. North Carolina +. NJ
Boyden, Albemarle; Henry 2. Burress, c; Cor
| don, Louisa; James L. Harrison, Amelia l..
Levi, Texas; c. Mounrjoy, King George; I. ) :
| Packard. Fairfax: +. r. Reese, BALTIMORE II
| Nick, Woods Charlottesville; samuel Bake
| Woods, Charlottesville; 4. C.WinSheId, Lynch
| burg. 49,.
| French AND GEHMASj.-C. L. Conrad, WlncheS-
| Ter Thomas S. Dabney, Mississippi; Ed. &: Hare
Ing, Northumberland; Al. u. Lyne, Mis5ouri; WIZ
| Minor, Albemurie Ed, l.. McCle.lano, Nelson
James o. shepherd, Fluvanna; Walter u. 10y
| Norfolk, Va. No..
! MEpICINE.-J. McAlpinel Btllisolly, OF Forts
| mouth; james Bosey, Maryland. H. II. Darrow
| charlottesville; T. ". rdmunds, HALIFAX county
G. Z. Hibbett, Tennessee. j. e. Janney, NinSmS
| ter: r. A. Jones, South Carolina; III. u: MinS
i Charlottesville; P.W. Miller, Winchester thaT.
Phillips, Loudoun county; q. Z. Ptatt, sauILt on
F. a. i erriil, Roanoke county Ben]inlh Nptel
Il Jr., baltimore: Wie!am a. Wilsoa' Putsa c0ut
II ": James a. Buchanan, Augusta county Il. 4
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