The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-04-16
Union Theological Sesnfnary-Caose Of
the Session.
For the nlsDatch1
[For the nlspatch.l

For me liIspatchj
HAMrprN-SIDNEY. VA. April IA. 1915.
The chapel of the Seminary was filled to-
Gay vt IL O'Clock to witness the delivery Of
certificates 10 the graduating class. Appro-
pirate addresses were delivered 10y Drs. }. L..
kirkpatrick and William Brown. The fol-
lowing are the names Of the members OF this
class: J. A. Armstrong, S,lcu, Va; samuel
4. Booker, Prince Edward county, Va. {;
Paul F. Brown, Charlotte county, Va. Sam.
ucl II. Chester, Mt Holly. Ark; William C..
Clark. Rincgold. Ga; James l.. Currie, AL
amancc county, \. c.; William A. DabneY,
| Atlanta. Ga. >: A. Sidney Doak, Clarksville,
Tenn; +. f. Erwin, Manning, S. c.; VIII
liam 7. How;sou, Fulton, Mo-; c. W. Hum
phrcys, Union, W. Va. John S. La Fevre,
HcdscSviile, W. Va; Frank W. Lewis, Au-
gusta county, Va; c. l.. Lingamtelter,
Iledgcsville, W. Va; T. NJ. Mcconnell,
! Abingdon. Va; A. $. Moffett, Fishersvil!e,
Va; james Mccullough, Louisville, Ky. !;
Kenneth Mcdonald, Fayetteville, n. c.; A.
j. Morrison, Cottage Home, \. c.. +. +.
prtchctt. Greensboro, \. c.; Isaac Y. Scott,
Charlotte county, Va; n. ketf Smith, Union
Del o.. Tcun.; 7. u. Stephenson, st. Louis.
Mo-. John +. Trlplett, Mt. Jackson, We. /;
T.. -. Washburn, Siv innah, Ga.
| McSSrS. Armstrong, Chester, aud Stephen
son were compelled to leave the Seminary
| before the end Of the term, and therefore re-
ceived modified certificates MessrS. Morri-
son and Erwin, who, for good reasons, left
ut an earlier date. received none; but all of
these gentlemen were among students OF
| the first Standing in the Seminary, and have
been, or will be, licensed by their Prcsbyte.
tieS.
Mr.. r. McGilyary, ruling elder, from
North Carolina, not reported by me yeSter-
day. is present rs member of the Board :
also. Mr.. +. NJ. Armstrong.
The report Of the Faculty recommends ar
engagements to meet the increased number Of
students, and insists upon diligence in study
Is one Of The best evidences when thco-
logical student can give Of his piety while
at the Seminary. The report also suggests
more rigid system Of examination with 4
view to even yet Il more thorough prepara-
ton for the ministry than that which has
heretofore been Obtained by the students at
! this institution.
Since the last meeting of the directors one
gentleman has given $500 and another
81 900.
! The following States are represented by
students: Virginia, West Virginia, North
Carolua, Tennessee, South Carolina, hen
lucky. Missouri Mississippi, Georgia, Ala.
bama, Ark ,psss, Louisiana, and Texas.
| Tuition here is free. The expense OF
| board in families Is from Sl4 TO 81 per
month; in clubs, from SO TO Sl2.
| The session begins the 9Th Of August and
closes the second Wednesday in April, allow
| ing the students time to labor rs assistants TO
pastors. or in missionary feds, and to teach
school, as many Of them find it necessary to
make money in some way. The set.den'ai
/ of the young men is in some cases quite re-
marklble, and the priyations and difficulties
| 10 which they are willing 10 submit in order
| to secure an education. The Seminary has
| grown to its present proportions since Janu-
airy l, 1924, when it was opened by DR.. John
| Fl. Rice, with three students and no build
| ings.
| The directors passed resolution request
! ing that phOtograp hS ard portraits Of persons
! formerly connected with the Seminary be
! furnished TO be preserved AZ memorials on the
! walls OF the institution.
! The question OF reducing the sessions to
/ six months was before the Board. No opu-
/ ion on the merits Of the proposition was
recorded, but paper presenting the matter
was ordered to be printed for the con>ldera-
ton of the Church with view to unani-
nous agreement in future as to this suhjac
about which there is so much diversity Of
views.
/ Dr.. William Brown resigned the preSi-
! tleucy OF the Board. Rev. J. Rumple was
elected president; Dr. kirkpatrick vice
president.
Tue library contains ten thousand vel.
unes. Measures are iE progress tor provi-
ding suitable tire-pro0f edidce Tor the Ii
brary on large scale, and for securing
means for its steady increase and enlarge
ment.
The College Hill, on which Hampden-Sid.
ney College and the Seminary are located,
retains its character for refined aud Hospital
bic society. No place in Virginia is mole
attractive, and nowhere is there to be found
more learning and intellectual yigor CON-
birel with simplicity Of manners aud genu-
inc courtesy TO visitors of every class.
The existence Of such social circle in
region of country which is but slowly re.
covering from the de>olatiCns Of war is one
, Of the anomalies Of life and society 10 Eir-
! ynia. The land, though it fails in
! material prodrr.s and prosperity, possesses
still remark 'bIc capacity for producing SUI
| perior men and wonIcu. TUcKAHoE.