The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-25
Culpeper conny:L NJ. Nance, Charles City coun-
ty Robert ii. Pitt, Middlesex county.
SCHOOL OF ENGLISH.

?. II. bar,enstsin. Fauquler county; James 4
Brown, Chris!iansburg; kolfe +. Glover, rich
George w. kiggan, Isle Of Wight county Fdwari
{. smith, Richmond; John {. Winston, HenIic
county.
| SCHOOL OF PHYSICS.
Frank S. GiImnr, Albemarle county; William d
Groton, Accomac county. r".
MEDALISTS.
"Stseae edal"-Eesdng, +. Wilmer Hughes
= woods Medal "-.Declamation, Manly B. Curry
Richmond.
The following were promoted in interme
diate classes
/ SCHOOL OF LATIN.
| Preston kldridge, Loudoun county; Fd. II. Bar
teuSiein. Fauqui"r county; Rolfe r.. Glover, Rich
mond: Arlnistead K. Long, charlottesville: J. Nor
| Ton Mercer. Richmond: Robert n. Pitt, Mddlese1
| county; Jacquenn =. Powers, Clarke county.
SCHOOL OF GREEK.
| William W. Field, Culpeper county; T. Masor
| Haynes, Loudoun county: Oscar G. Peyton. Staun,
ton, Va; Alex. Ii. Harris, Culpcper county
James j sutton, Henrico county,
| "-.< SCHOOL OF ENGLISH. #..
Curry. Hichmond: John +. Eillson, Fairfax coun. m
| ty; Thomas H.. Fitzgerald, buckingham county
Nipcert ~, jackson, LouIsIan,; Archer W
| Patterson, Henrico county: Jacquein s. Pow
ers. Clarke county; EDMUND ID. hedd, Henrlco
county; George ". RIgsan, Isle OF Wight county
| Timothy Rives, Prince George county; warren g
berIand county; scar p. WiIingham, Georgia
aokn e. winston, Henrico county.
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS.
William G; Biting, Richmond; Aylett T. Holtz-
Rictmond; l.. FLOYD Mock. Accomac county
James j. Sutton, Henrico county.
The following are profciens:
| FRENcH-George ". Carter, Clarke county; Al.
| fred Is. Gnnter. Accomuc county; Alexander NJ.
| Harris, Culpeper county: T. Mason Haynes, Lou
| GERMAS,-WQliam c. Biting, Richmond; !.
| Morton Mercer, kichmond.z
| Thomas j. Cant Cicveand, Tenn: Jacquelin S.
Powers, Clarke county: George w. Wiggau, Isle OF
Wight county; Frank T. Robertson, Albemare
county.
The following gentlemen are graduates:
SCHOOL OF LATIN.
William c. Biting, Richmond Solomon Cutch-
| ins, Nansemond county: William Ellysou, Rich
mond: William w. Field, Cupeper county; VIII
liam D. Groom, , AccoinaG r connty, william @ F.
rico county; Hugh - smith, Petersburg Va.
SCHOOL OF GREEK.
In, Nansemond county; William Ellyson, Rich
mond; James Lyons, Jr., Richmond.
SCHOOL OF MODERN LANGUAGES.
William NJ. Turpn, Richmond.
SCHOOL OF ENGLISH.
George W. Carter, Clarke county; Solomon
Cutchns. Nansem2pd eouu'y; Robert p; FELTON,,
| county; James Lyons, Jr., Richmomd: l.. Floyd
Mock, Accomac county: Lewis W. Perkins. Flu
| vannl county; ii. Allan Turpcr, DR.. Richmond.
| SCHOOL Or MATHEMATICS.
William Ellyson. Richmon1: Ayleit T. lloltz.
man. Rarpahannock county; John W. Snyder,
| Richmond; William NJ. Turpin, Richmond.
| SCHOOL OF PHYSICS.
| William +. Harris New keut county; Aylctt T,
| IIol!Znian, Rappahannock county.
SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY.
| c. Carroll Biting, Jr., Richmond; Manly B
Curry, Kichmond Lewis ": psrki9s M 3d., Fuysnua
james j. Sutton, Heurico c. unity.
| SCHOOL f PHILOSOPHY.
| George w. Carter, Clarke county; Alex. NJ. Har.
ris tlIpeper county: l.. Floyd Mock, Accomac
| John w. Snyder, Richmond
| FRANCES GwIN MEDALIsT.-AlexanderM NJ. Har
| ris, Culpeper county.
BACHELORS OF ARTS.
| james Lyons, Jr.. Richmond, Va.
| l.. Floyd Mock, hccolIac county, Va. o..
! MASTER OF ARTS.
William NJ. Turpin, Richmond, Va.
| THE STEEL MEDAL
was founded by the liberalty of DR.. George
b. Steel of Richmond, and Is presented tt
the student who is aOjudgcd by the faculty
the best reader in college. 1t was won thi:
year by Mr.. j. William Hughes, Of Loudour
county, Va, and was presented TO him by
Rev. A. Il. owen, Of Portsmouth.
MIR. Owen SAID that this beautiful media
of polished gold was once hidden in tht
bowels of the earth, but had now come fortl
O fit emblem of the virtues of its founder
and the merit of the victor in this honorable
contest. Hespoke Of good reading as very
rare accomplishment, and humorously illus
tratcd the frequent inability of the so.callet
accomplished" to read properly page o
English. ....
He rejoiced that our colleges are coming t
Iappreciate the importance Of understanding
and OF properly reading our ewn language
and that they are now sending out men Wht
can read. He gave some practical hints a.
to what constitutes good reading, and ho"
the art can be attained, and cloquently in
sisted that this is an era Of the triumph 0
the English tongue, and it is therefore o
especial importance that we be able to reat
it correctly.
He warmly congratulated the recipient or
his success, and the college and:the students
that they had one who bad formerly led il
the councils of the nation, but had nov
stepped up higher to teach our youth thei
Iown beautiful language.
The medal is very beautiful one, and 1T
recipient was loudly applauded as he re
ceived it. .5.,.. -4H5...s ....
WOODS AECAL.
/ Colonel archer anderson presented thi
medal to MIR. Manly b. Curry, Of Richmond
in a ebastc and scholarly address, in which
he eoouently sketched the part borne by
the orators of history, and painted the idea
iorator. whom he held up for the study anC
Limitation of the young men. . ..-..-
He stated that the committee had adjudge
Mr.. f. p. Robertson ofequal merit with Dir
Curry, and that the choice had been decided
by lot.
lie earnestly exhorted the recipient to re-
ceiye this honor as reminder of what is IL
be rather than of what has been done.
This medal is beautiful half.moOn. Or
one side is engraved: Richmond College
IlS75-M Manly b. Curry" and on the other
the names Chatham-Henry."
TEE FRANCES GwIN MEAL,
founded by Rev. D. w. Gwin, D. D., o
Montgomery, Ala, (an old student OF tne
college) in memory OF bis motner' anC
warded to the best student in philosophy
was won this year by MIR. Alexander NJ
Harris of CuIpeper. This medal can only
he taken by graduate in the school, and is
y higher honor than a diploma. Messrs
| George W. Carter and John w. Snyder
closely contested the honor with Mr. Harris
The medal is one of great beauty. On ont
side is the inscriptions: TO Alexander M
Harris Frances Gwln Medal-Philosophy-.
Richmond College, Va, 1915. d. ". Gwln.'
On the other side Is femals figure kneeline
and pointing to a rising globe, with the
motto inscribed, 3" Gredo u uinteAigam.", ;, ,
1t was presented by Rev. Or. Crawford II
Tow, of the Southern Baptist theological
Seminary, in an appropriate aud able ad
dress, in which he paid an appropriate tri