The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-06-21
OUR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
Richmond College.
ALUMNI NIGHT AT THAT IysTITuTToN-AD
DRESS OF REY L w u,courr N IN


commencement week approaches its eli
max. Last night the alumni claimed th
rlght OF way, and held II royalty, at Rich
mond College. The building glowed witt
nghts, which shown through wide-opei
doors. The Jeter-Memoral Hall wa
abiaze, the banquet-room was respIendent
ana everything was excitement and ex
pectation. The Alumni Association Il
growing in influence and power. Mem
Ders were present last night from Soutl
and West-old students, who gave tn,
warm grasp and the loving greeting. IL il
needless to say all admired the splendid
mproyements-the beautiful habiiment,
In which Alma Mater has been clothed by
stucco, paint, and varnish-the rich drapery
OF the builders skill.
Rev. y. W. McCown, ID. D., OF Virginia
the alumnus chosen to entertain the fine
audience. Is gentleman Of liberal culture
q student still, who is known among his
circle OF friends rs 4 scholar and q phlloso.
pher. His greeting was CHEEKY, and his
acceptance OF the duty modest yet strong
and persuasive. He was introduced by
the president, Ashton starke, Esq, and
frankly told The audience that duty, that
masterful thing, had compelled his pres
ence and made him iectOr rather than an
orator. Education, he said, is next to re-
ligion, the best gift OF a good Providence
but il imposes duties neither few nor light.
To it naturally cleave the cares and respon-
sibility OF leadership and guardianship.
Education owes great deal TO society.
e" Addressing an assembly of men trained
in an institution OF which they had no oc-
70 I.s. n Al
men, not few learned and distinguished
men. DESIRE" said he, "to act the hemi-
list while dwell on the duties such men
owe to society, the times. the world"
Picturing strongly the country in It's
anomalous environments, which brought
physical, intellectual, and moral forces TO
gigantic life under the hot breath OF civil
war, he likened her now to blind mother
bewildered by some great calamity
with trembling hand to her
children. There is voiceless cry
for pilotage onward and upward.
What shall be the type OF social and
home-life in our great land? What shall
come to pass in the great business world +?
Herbert Spencer says there must be re-
vsed ideal OF life. He shows that work
ought to be for living, not living for work.
Work needs to be lifted to higher plane.
The life is ever more, more than meat
And who shall accomplish in home and
shop this regeneration in business? Those
whom education has made independent OF
mere vulgar rewards.
From the broad field OF learning also
comes the same call. The highest products
of mind have n market value among men.
From the pulpit, the tripod, the hustings.
comes the voice OF the worlds wants to
the worlds thinkers.
But it would be impossible to follow all
through this thoughtful and powerful ad-
dress. In conclusion he said, "Men are
not left free to be or to do what may be
pleasing or profitable to themselves. There
is such a thing as dutV." The old-time
word has its old-time meaning. We are
wise or foolish. good or bad, happy or
Just as we follow the one or
shun the other.
At the conclusion OF the address the
dispersed; some to the banquet
and some to their homes, and the night
was voted o great success.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES.
The trustees OF Richmond College met
The attendance OF members OF
the body from a distance was noticeable,
among them Rev. Drs. Sydnor, Lake, Gar
lick; Long. OF Grocer Seminary, Pa; Dun
away, Colonel Tabb. OF Hampton, dc. DIR.
j. l.. NJ. Curry was elected president, and
DR.. G. Ii. Ryland secretary and treasurer,
for the ensuing year.
The report OF the secretary and treasurer
shows an advance in the material interest
of the college quite beyond anything here
tofore done, and the managing body are
greatly pleased with the transformation
wrought in the buildings and surround
ings of the college. Besides the improve
ments i'm light, the Committee on Grounds
and Buildings reported thorough sys-
TEN Of sewerage extending through the
grounds and around all the buildings. The
city water, too, has been introduced, and
the equipments for cleanliness and health
are fine.
The treasurer reported some 100000
spent during the year on the grounds ana
and there are plans on loot Tor
extending the improvement OF the caln-
pus. Meanwhile the endowment has not
been neglected. Five thousand dollars,
given by the late James Phillips, becomes
available for investment, and the Board
look with hope to the Alumni Association
to inaugurate movement for endowlng a
school in the college.
Rev. A. +. Owen, OF Portsmouth, and
Colonel C.. G. Holland, Of DanyiIle, were
elected to fiji vacancies in the Board.
There is yet much to be attended to, and
after three-hours' session the trustees ad-
journed to meet at IL a. NJ. to-day.
RandoIph-MacOn.
A PROSPEROUS YEAR-AN UNIQUE GRAFTON
CONTEST FOR TIE sUTHERLIN NEDAL-THE
SOCIETY OF THE ALUMNI-TRUsTEE Z S
ELECTED.
fRepored for the Dispatch.
ASHLAND, Va, June 90. 1888.
Randolph Macon Is the oldest Methodist
college in America. 1t was chartered in
1870. opened for the reception Of students
In 1892. and since that time, with the ex-
ception OF a short period during the war,
when most Of the southern colleges were
suspended, has been in continuous and
successful operation.
President Bennett reports that the ses-
slon lust closed has been unusually pros
perous. There were ia matricuates-14
more than during the preceding year. The
discipline has been excellent, and the
faculty are unanimous in stating that the
elias ses have been stud:ous, showing in their
examinations higher grade OF scholarship
than has been known in the institution for
several years past. The health Of the stu
Gents has been remarkably good, aud il is
! fact worth noting that during the fifteen
years the college has been located at Ash
and, out OF 200 students who have ma
.riculated, Only two deaths have occurred.
In accordance with the recommendation
of President Bennett, the Board Of Trus-
ices have decided to have the buildings on
.he campus rearranged and several new
erected. :,
At II O'Clock this morning large and
intelligent audience assembled in the Col
ece chapel. The trustees, faculty, and
alumni, headed by Voelker's band, marched