The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-01
commencement Week MT the Protest.
ant Episcopal The0Ioxica Seminary
nnd High Schaol fin Virginia.
Reported for the Dispatch.I

iEtsSSDpdl ShutCal t3lS CITY UaIneu
laboye seems TO present features Of Interest
|enougsT to Ill a letter. Their dIssimllarity
for the most part to those recorded about
other like schools in the commencement
season may redeem the recital from the dull
ness always incident to repetition.
Tuesday was the beginning OF the end.
The bishops. chaplains, The Rev. Charles
lMinnigerodc, OF Richmond. and the Rev.
II. Suter. OF Ale andria, on that day begun
ut the Seminary the scmi-annual cXamina-
tons OF candidates for holy orders The.
third chaplain, the Rev. DIR. Flanckel, OF
charlottesville, was detained at home by
sickness in his family. The same morning
the Board OF Trustees met and had long
and laborious session. 1t is understood to
have been devoted to the question OF a new
chapel. The present building. erected in
1910, and always conspicuously unsuitable
and unsightty, after having been for some
time distrusted, was finally. in February
lat, condemned as unsafe and its use aban-
doned. The congregation usually worship
ping there on sundays was divided, the
Seminary professors, students. and neigh
borS being contined 10 the prayer-hall, and
the High.School boys and masters to the
School chapel. The Board determined to
build new chapel, appropriatin@ from the
scantv finds at their command, as soon rs
a like amount was subscribed from without,
81, 800 with which to begin. The old build
ing is to be demolished at once, and the
same site, as well as the old material. used.
The building committee consists Of Rev.
Professor X. Nelson, D. D., chairman, with
Cassius T. Lee. Arthur Herbert, and
Charles II. Hoof. Esqs.. Of Alexandria,
Messls. Lee and Herbert are on the Board.
Mr.. Hootf is the cashier of the First Nation.
al Bank.
Tuesday night occurred the joint final
celebration OF The literary societies at the
Episcopal High School. j. c. Meredith, of
Winchester, presided over the Fairfax So
cety; and Charles i. Wiern,au, OF Sben-
andoah, William W. Jackson, OF West Fir-
clnia, and John &. Wheat, Of Winchester,
received medals respectively as best de-
batter, declaimer, and reader. William S.
Spencer, of West Virginia, Was president
of the Blackboard Society; and Lucien l..
knsolying. OF Halifax, ana S. Bankhead
Garnet. OF King George. got the deDaters'
and disclaimers medals. John =. Hubbard,
Jr., OF WtSt Virginia, was the Joint vale
dictoran. The orator before the two So
cicties was Thomas Nelson Page, Esq, OF
Richmond, who made IN excellent address
on the Culture Demanded by the Times.
"Wednesday morning IT 10 O'Clock there
was the annual meeting OF the alumni OF
the TheoloricaI Seminary. The Rev. George
\. Smith, OF Alexandria, the senior alum
nus living. is president, and occupied the
chair, the Rev. DR.. Darymple, OF Baltimore,
being secretary. Tie need OF 4 new chapel
was brought before the meeting by the Rev.
:. Dr. Norton. Of Alexandria, VINO called for
pledges Of assistance. The Rev. II. IL.
Mckim. D. D.. OF New York, said be was
enabled to report $3.50; the Rev. Professor
Packard about the same. The Rev. y. Nj.
Randolph, d. D., 0! Emanuel church.
Baltimore. put down his congregation for
5000. and the Rev. +. \. Washburn, D. H.,
OF Calvary church, New York (not an alum
\ nus). named $3.50 for his. This made up the
u $4,000 which, underline action Of the Board
:. the preceding day, was necessary before q
y beginning could he made on the building,
Il so that probably within L fortnight the old
chapel will have been demolished. Further
; pledges were received IN the meeting to the
', extent of $S00-amunS others, from Rev.
u DR.. Elliott, OF Ascension church, Washing
: ton. 500; from Rev. DR.. Minnigerode, OF
= St. Paui's church. Richmond, 800; from
Il Rev. w. II. Meade, ri Zion church, Charles
/ town, w. Va, $50; from Rev. Frank Page
; Of Zion church. Fairfax Courthouse, $50
), &C., &c. or course $4,000 is small! part OF
what will be needed to erect such chape
l. IA is required, but additional subscriptions
= will be vigorously urged.
. The Rev. L. \. Washburn. D. D., reaC
& the annual essay before the alumni. Hl;
= subject was g Biblical Criticism" and bis
9 treatment is universally conceded to have
!, been able. learned and effective. The essay
- will be printed. The sermon which was en-
pccted by the alumni from the Rev. Dr.
Randolph was, on account OF want OF lime fol
y lis delivery, postponed until the next meet.
, ing, the Rev. b. D. Tucker, Of Richmond
, county, being appointed alternate. The
Bishop OF Delaware with Rev. j. +. Hoif
OF Maryland. alternatc) was appointed The
. next essayiSt.
Wednesday afternoon, the 25fh, at
!, O'Clock. the closing exercises OF the session
, took place at the Episcopal High School
. The annual address 10 the boys WAS made by
Bishop Petcrkn, OF West Virginia. The
highest rewards for scholarship were won
as follows: William L. Craighil, OF West
, Virginia, took the Meade prize, the highest
honor Of the school. William X. Hycr,
Jr.. al Florida; Royal J. Miller, OF Georgia
Il. Goodwin Rheit, Of South Carolina
; Robert C.. Taylor. Of Maryland, and Frcdc-
rick j. Winston, O! New York, each won
the Johns prize. The WhittIe prize was
: awarded to Alexander S. Larned and Robert
r. Wilson, both of Baltimore. The prizes
are not, like the medals, competitive, but
awarded to all alike who reach the requisite
standard. In addition 10 bis school priza Tor
general excellence, Craighi!l won the Black
ford prize medal for classics and the Barclay
prize medal for mathematics, honors never
before attained by tie same boy. The Tnom
prize medal for English composition went
to William ". Jackson, OF ParkerSbur@,
so that West Virginia got all the medals.
An. agreeable episode not on the printed
programme Was the presentation by the
principal, AIR. blackboard, OF the prize lie
annually gives for the best score at base
bal-a handsome gold scaif-pin Of symbol
icul design. 1t was won by 5. Bankhead
Garnet. o. King George, who also wears
the champion belt FOR walking, @iven by bis
schorimateS.
Much attention among those attending the
exercises at the High School was attracted
bv the beautiful marble memorial tablet
lust erected to the old boys who fell in the
war. 1t is on The north wall OF the chapel,
nearly seven feet high, and OF design and
execution worthy OF its purpose. The IN
scrjption runs thus: These are the names
O; those once mt school here who died in
the service of the Confederate States-A.
! p. 1sGl-1SGJ." And the names which FOL
low are sixty. The motto is the line from
OVID, Qui dene pro potria cum pa|laq"e
jaCent. ~
/ Wednesday night the Rev. Beverly ID.
| Tucker, Of Richmond county, preached III