The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-06-21
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well done
DR.. Gwin has graceful delivery, and bis
address seemed to give very high satisfaction
TO his audience. He lightened up bis speech
with frequent anecdotes, which produced
hearty laughter.
The banquet.
| After the grafton the Alumni and their
/ invited guests marched to the st. Claire,
where banquet was served up in the
best style OF that hotel, which has won 80
enyiable a reputation In that direction.
After full justice had been done 10 the
feast, Rev. w. f. Hatcher, In behalf OF the
alumni Of Richmond, welcomed his breth.
ren. He announced that, true to the to.
tal-abstinence principles Of their old mother,
| they would drink no to3sts, but would call
out the voices OF their friends. He first
called out Colonel T. j. Evans TO speak for
" the trustees" and that gentleman rising,
said:
Gentlemen, n,-The sentiment proposed, II
not directly, Is impliedly q compliment to
the trustees Of Richmond College. In be.
half OF the trustees, thank you for this.
Without the assumption Of any undue
credit, may say that the trustees have ever
felt the deepest interest in the success Of
! the college-success not alone in its finan-
cial department, but In the alumni and the
students generally who have gone forth
from its walks to take their places in the
activities and business Of the world.
| That the trustees have made mistakes Is
more than probable. For them not to have
done so would place them above ordinary
mortas. But these mistakes have not re-
suited from any lack OF zeal in the welfare
OF fbe institution. BY their official acts, as
/ oil Ioc Inv fhair fpHiytltral nt1 m
they have shown their interest in the col
lege. And right well have they been re-
warded for all their efforts In seeing the
merited triumph OF so many Of its young
men in all the departments OF business life.
AS mechanics, merchants, physicians, law
yers, and ministers OF The gospel. many,
many Of her sons have reflected credit upon
themselves and their alma mater. But look
In cur own city, and from them we find the
commission house and the elegant retail
store, the sick-r0Om, the bar, and the pulpit
occupied by men In the prime Of life who
were once students in our college. Trus-
tees without means and patronage can do
nothing to build up a college. With these
they can do much. To acquire these much
depends upon the alumni.
Then, gentlemen, as alumni, do your part
and the future prosperity Of Richmond Col
lege Is assured. Let me remind you OF
w hat believe to be true, that the Alumni
of the University Of Virginia have done
more 10 sustain that great institution than
the Board OF Visitors ever did or ever could
do. Go thou and do likewise.
Why shouldn't you lend helping hand
to Richmond College? Her corps OF pro.
fessors has been aud is worthy OF your com.
mendaiOn.
To learn things well is to 60 to the root
Of the matter. And where will you find
men more familiar with the Latin roots and
the Greek roots than Harrison and Harris
Who knows more OF cube roots than Smith
Who Is better acquainted with the stars and
with stones than Winston? Why, he Is
more intimate with Venus than was ever
Ares, or Hephoestes, or Mercury, or Vul-
can. He knows more OF Mars than Napoleon
or Burnside or Banks ever knew.
In ethics, Massie can teach you that no
honest debt should be repudiated, and
doubtless does so teach.
And last, though not least, there is one
who can explain the difference chemically
between whiskey and water-who knows
all about raising potatoes, children, and
strawberries-who understands our posi-
ton about political reconstruction. and who
has the manliness to speak out upon the
subject--whose essays over the signature OF
&" "Civis " on that monster of iniquities the
free.school system has never been, and, |
venture TO say, never will be essfully
answered. When the bar-room and cross
road politician, who is afraid to say bis soul
is his own, shall have been forgiven and
forgotten, the arguments Of "Civis" will
be held as texts and axioms upon the sub.
ject OF which they treat. Scientist. philoso-
pher, statesman! May he long live TO speak
and write and teach the truth, for the truths
sake and for the sake OF humanity.
DR.. Hatcher cordially endorsed what Col.
onel Evans had said OF the Faculty, and
called out Professor E. b. Smith to speak
for the Faculty.
Professor Smith wittiy remarked that he
had not had time to prepare an e1tempore
response. and read an exceedingly witty
and every way admirable speech.
Rev. DR.. Gwin was next called out, and
expressed his warmest qualification at being
here and at the privilege OF revisiting the
scenes Of other days. He spoke in the
warmest terms OF the high standard OF
scholarship at Richmond College, and
urged the alumni 10 work for its welfare.
DR.. Hatcher wittiIy called out "the poet"
the breaking Of an engine, but had finally
gotten here.
Rev. DR.. Thomas Hume, OF Norfolk,
made brief but happy response.
Professor s. ID. Davies was next called
out to speak for the law school. He paid
high tribue 10 the students who had gone
forth from his school, and expressed his
highest appreciation OF the teaching in the
academic departments.
Mr.. c. OBJ. Cowardin, of the Dispatch,
was called on to respond for the Press, and
made an appropriate response, in which he
insisted that the pen is mightier than the
sword, but that Ginning" transcends
them both.
"The Richmond Bar" was responded to
by Mr.. George Hooper.
Mr.. Hooper spoke appropriately and we'll
OF the men whom Richmond College had
sent to the bar.
Mr.. l.. c. Catlett responded TO The De.
gree Men Of This Session" IN tit phrase and
enthusiastic praise OF the college and its
high standard Of scholarship.
The regular sentiments having been an.
nounced and responded to, DR.. Hawthorne
was called out, and spoke in the highest
terms OF Richmond College, and especially
OF the fact that the institution does not
aspire to ape university, but only to be a /
frst.class college. He warmly commended
the practical common sense Of the alumni
OF the college. He bid the college hearty
"God speed"
c. V. Meredith, Esq, being called out
made very happy response, in which he
spoke OF Chapman johnson, Dabney Carr,
Benjamin Watkins Leigh, Judge Stanard,
and Cbef-Justice Marshall as sleeping side
by side In Shockoe cemetery.
DR.. Hatcher asked the privilege Of making
an announcement: that the college build |
ings are to be completed and the grounds
improved during the next twelve months,
and the semi-centennial next year cele-