The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-06-20

| MEDALS BY CAPTAIN JOHN 8. WISE
COMMENCEMENT PROPER TONIGHT, &C
Meeting of Board of Trustees.
The annual meeting OF the Board OF
Trustees OF Richmond College was held al
the Second Baptist church yesterday after.
noon and was largely attended, there being
thirty three members OF the Board present
| Rev. DR.. Jeter was reelected president
and Rev. c. H. Ryland financial secretary
and treasurer.
The usual reports were received, and the
routine business had attention.
l. The Board expressed its grateful appreci-
iaton of the recent legacy Of Samuel Tun.
staI, which has already realized to the Col
lege $1,000, and will probably result in
several thousand dollars more, and ordered
that it should be recognized in the annual
catalogue as the &c Tunstal four Tdation."
The chairman OF the Faculty read the an
nual report Of the Faculty.
The order had been almost perfect, there
not having been q single student arraigned
before the Faculty during the session.
There had been only two cases OF serious
sickness during the session, and no death,
and the general health OF the institution
was never better.
The board OF the students in the mess
hall had been most satisfactory, and at 4 cost
Of only 1922 per month, and the Faculty
considered the question OF diet and discip-
line as practically settled.
There have been 1G3 students during the
session, Of whom 149 are from Virginia.
There are 33 ministerial students in the Co...
lege from three denominations.
On the recommendation OF the Faculty of
the College the following degrees were con-
ferred on new graduates OF the College:
Bachelor Of LaW-H. r. Bayne, Rich
mond, Va; Sol. Cutchins, Nansemond
county, Va; o. Ii. P. Garrett, Jr., Texas
George J. Hooper, Richmond, Va; James
Nance, Charles City county, Va; Frank
T. West, Louisa county, Va. Harvey Will
son, Richmond.
Bachelor Of Arts-R. e. Glover, Rich
mond, w.; M. A. Turner, Richmond, Va.
Master OF Arts-Edworh Fl. Bartenstein,
Warrcnton, Va: G. w. Coleman, Jr., Han
over county; William F. Harris, New
Kent county; Armistead R. Long, Penn
sylvania; George W. Riggan, Isle Of Wight
county.
The Board unanimously voted that here
after no honorary degrees shall be con-
ferred by the trustees unless first recon-
mended by the Faculty.
Last Nights Ceremonies at the Col
lege.
"Packed" is the only word that will eX-
press the condition OF the spacious college
chapel last night on the occasion OF the de-
livery of the address before the two soce-
ties OF Richmond College by Hon. A. NJ.
Kelley. Long before the. appointed hour
the room was full, and they continued to
pour in as long as there was standing room
for single person. The audience was a
brilliant one, and comprised many Of our
best people.
After prayer by Rev. DR.. Dunaway, OF
Fredericksburg, the president-Rev. Dr.. j.
L. NJ. Curry-caled the audience to order,
and, with n graceful compliment to the two
societies, introduced as the orator Of the
evening
HON. A. NJ. KELLEY,
OF whom he spoke as q gentleman and 4
scholar whose successful discharge OF I'M
portant public duties and earnest advocacy
of both the higher and the lower education
had made him general favorite with both
young and old, and especially in Richmond
College.
Mr.. Kelley was received with hearty ap-
plause, and made graceful acknowledge
ment of the warm greeting he had received.
He said that some weeks ago, in reading the
report of the proceedings OF the meeting OF
one OF our principal religious denomina-
tions in the city of Portsmouth, he had been
especially struck with the point made by a
distinguished gentleman from Petersburg,
and distinguished professor in this Col
lege, to the effect that the times in which
we live need the highest intellectual culture
THE THEME FOR THE OCCASION.
This discussion had suggested to him
that an appropriate theme for this occasion
would be the inquiry:
What is there in this culture especially
needtM to our day and generation?
He ably entered into the answer OF thl:
query, showing the ULTIMATE PURPOSE Of
all culture. With apt illustration, drawn
from mechanics, the arts, science, litera
ture, and history, he showed how student
| life contributes to moral life, and give:
real strength for the great battle OF life.
Especially he urged that here the studen
learned that there are things higher ant
better than carriages, and plate, and dress
and that there is especial need to learn thi
lesson to-day in antagonism to the material
ism of the age.
He was peculiarly happy in his illustra
ton drawn from electricity and the pro
cress which had been made in its uses sine
the discoveries OF old Benjamin Franklin
which men then ridlculed but which ha
resulted in all the marvellous things W
witness to-day. as men send message
around the world, send to any distance tn
very tones of the human voice. bottle u
speech and song to be reproduced at dlstan
times and places, and are now even arrane
ing an invention by which the ear sha
have it's microscope to listen to the grow
ing of the grass or the budding OF tn
flower.
He closed with an earnest appeal to tn
young men to see to it that this higher GU
ture met the great needs OF our souther
land, and properly antagonized the peculia
dangers of the hour to the South. He too
his seat amidst loud applause.
Then followed the delivery OF medals b
Captain John S. Wise.
DELIVERY OF MEDALS.
Mu Sigma Rho Medalists-Best debatel
J. William Boyd; best writer, G. w. Rig
gan; best reader, P. Y. Tupper; best de
clainler, r. II. Pitt; improvement in de
bate, G. &. Abbitt.
Philologian Medalists-Best debater, "
T. Derieux; best writer, F. 2. Robertson
best reader, George William Cone; best d.
claimer, T. W. L. Noland; Improvement
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