The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-06-17

INVmAhNtEhbhT WEEk-SEBMON BY DIR
HoGE--ADDgEss OF HON. JOHN RANDOLPH
| TUCKER, &C.
reported for the Dispatch
HAMPDEH.SiDNEY, June 10. 1881.
The 'S1 anniversaries OF this venerable
seminary OF learning close to-day, and th,
public exercises have been Of much interest
The audiences were the largest Of the pas,
fifteen years, and VIC were all reminded oil
snte.bcllum days.
90 Sunday the Rev. DIR. Hoge preached
the baccalaureate sermon. IL vas q dis
courseo Of great power and practical thought
presented In that attractive aud graceful
manner which distinguishes the public
utterances of this eloquent gentleman. II
was q sermon, and not speech.
| The trustees held their annual meeting on
the 1itb, fifteen members OF the corporation
being present, and Judge Dickinson pre-
siding. The excellent report OF Treasurer
| Tredway made gratifying exhibit. and the
| finances OF the institution are In healthy
condition. The salaries OF the president
and professors were restored TO their former
| figures, and provision was made for paying
| them the amounts which would have been
due had full salaries been heretofore paid,
General Echols, OF Staunton, and Hon. j,
| l.. Marye, OF Fredericksburg, were elected
trustees. The honorary degrees OF LII. ID.
were conferred on Professor j. l.. Camp.
bell, OF Washington and Lee University,
and OF u. ID. on Bishop Latape, OF Bali.
more, and Rev. NJ. Hale Houston, Of China.
The many friends Of President Atkinson
will regret to learn OF his continued i'll
health. BY unanimous vote OF the trustees
he Is granted leave OF absence till 1st Janu-
airy, 1882, land longer IL necessarily and ces-
sation from his labors as instructor and ex-
ecutive chief Of the college will, it Is hoped
and believed, enable him again to resume
the duties Of the high trust which he has so
long, so well, and so faithfully performed.
On Wednesday the Hon. j. Randolph
Tucker delivered the address before the
college societies. A very large audience
greeted him, and gave him that continued
and interested attention which his most in
structive discourse was so well calculated
to command. 1t was full OF practical wis
dom, and his admirable thoughts were pre-
sented with great dignity and force. The
theme may be stated as the relation OF the
individual man 10 society aud its organic
forces, which is government. Some OF the
popular notions ia reference to the purposes
OF government were rdded, and especially
the false doctrine that call men are born
free and equal" The intense personal re-
sponsibility OF the individual, as separate
from the masses, was most clearly present.
ed. Mr. fuckers visit to Prince Edward
will long be remembered with unaffected
pleasure by those who heard biEl on the
platform, and by those whose good fortune
| it was to meet him socially as well.
The young gentlemen OF the college who
took part in the public exercises acquitted
themselves very credtably. The standard
of scholarship at Hampden. Sidney College
is high, and the instruction very thorough
and honest. There is none Of the tinselry
and sham and shoddy which Qt is to be re-
gretted) is sometimes shown by schools and
colleges. a diploma Is evidence OF real
merit.
The following extracts from the printed
programme gives the names Of the speakers.
The music was the usual commencement
band performance. The behavior OF the
audience was all that could be desired. The
ubiquitous and irrepressible marshal was
on hand. IL these useful, indispensable
officials could only be on exhibition betueen
the speeches there could possibly be less
divided attention between themselves and
the orators
l. Union Society-Orators: Messrs. W.
+. Bowman, L. j. White. w. w. Richard.
son, C. Moore, and w. p. Martin.
| III. PhilanthropIc Society-Orators NJ.
VI. Caldwell. r. Martin, I. P. Campbell, p.
Z. Burlington, r. B. Palmer, and j. II.
Flood.
III. Commencement Exercises - AID.
dresses by Graduates Theodorick Pryor
Campbell, Of Hampden-Sidney College,
Virginia." Culture -; Roger Martin, OF
Danville. Virginia." Was Man Made to
Mourn!" Thomas Walker Gilmer, of Pu-
laski county, Va.-Valedctor Grafton.
Graduates-Class of 1881: Thomas Walk
er Gilmer, OF Pulaski county, Va, first
honor; Theodorick Pryor Campbell, Hamp-
den-Sipney College, Va; Roger Martin,
DanviIle, Va. Thomas Edward Parkinson,
Prince Edward county, Va; William Wba.
rey Richardson, Charlotte county, Va.
REPORTER.