Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-01
COMMENCEMENT SEASON.
uSTygRMTY or VIRGINIA.

,.,, See,.ts-rhe Msdaiiisw-The Grada-
ases-Beard Meeting.
,coyrespondense Of the Richmond pispatch.l
CHARLOTTESVILLE, June 30, 1885.
last night the Washington Literary
celebration occurred in the public hall
of the University in the presence oil q
large audience. The Weber Band, oil
Wssh;ugton, furnished the music. Mr..
@ II. Faautlcroy presided and deliv-
cred the medals.
Mr.. W. II. Bryant, Of Clifton Fo se'
deba,er,s medallst. delivered an adj
dress on the dangers to the Govern
mept from our political methods and
party spirit.
Mr.. W. j. Shelburne, Jr., OF Chris
tiansburg, Va, orators medallist, de-
hyered an Grafton upon "Southern
Literature.
Tc-morrow is grsduating-day, or as
the programmes say, Pooiic-day'
when diplomas will be delivered ana
degrees conferred.
ACADEMIC DEGREES.
= Samuel Marx Barton, Of Kernstown,
Va bore off the degree Of ID. Ph.
His graduating thesis is pronounced
very able and learned. Walter b. Rich
ards, of Riverton, Va. receives the de-
gree of Master Of Arts. The list IS
nrobably incomplete. w. Muir, OF
Louisville, KY, and j. W. s. Peters,
of the University Of Virginia, receive
the degree of Bachelor of Arts. George
ID. Blakey, Charlottesville; j. W.
Graves. Thornhill; Il. X. Guest, O..
Puryear. Richmond, and W. o. White
scarver, waynesboro', Va, are the
Bachelors Of Science. George d..
Blakey, b. X. Guest, and Frank Null
Ter. (Warrenton, Va. J are the Civil En-
gineers.
DOCTORS OF MEDICINE.
NJ. NJ. Zimmerman, Mansfield, La. {;
p. Il. Green, Everett. Pa. 6. ii. Nal
lett. Brooklyn, n. Y; r. ID. Nell
waine, Petersburg, Va; George M.
Marruder, Keswick; j. p. Munroe,
FAYETTEVILLE, \. c.. T. NJ. Norton, AL
exandria, Va; w. W. Owens, Savan-
nah. Ca; r. l.. Tompkins, Richmond,
Va. w. II. Wilmer, Mobile, Ala.
Edgar Woods, Jr., Charlottesville.
BACHELORS OF LAW.
]. r. Anderson Savannah, Ga. ;
j. S. Baer, Salem, Va; Daniel Bed
niger, Anchorage, KY; r. L. Borden,
Capon Roads, Va; Benjamin Brown,
Charleston, w. Va; j. b. Cofiman,
Russellyille, KY; ID. I. Edwards,
Versailles, KY. o. l.. Evans, Amherst
Courthouse, Va. ; L. J. Graves, ivy
mans Store. Va; c. d. Greaves,
Hot Springs, Ark; T. n. Haas,
IIarrisonburg, Va; n. F. Heit-
man. Lexington, n. c.; II. W.
Holmes, lvor, Va. E. S. Jou-
EFT, Winchester, KY; NJ. V. JOyes,
Louisville, Ky; K. II. Liggett, Harri-
sonburg, Va. II. C. Mcdowell, Jr.,
Lexington, KY; w. p. McRae, Peters
burg. Va; A. j. Montague, Church
View, Va. ; b. +. Padgett, Port To-
bacco, Nd; Walker Percy, Greenville,
Miss. c. F. Sugg, Dyersburg, Ky. ;
ii. f. Wilson. Egypt, Ga.
The Board Of Visitors met yesterday
and devoted their attention chiefly to
routine business.
JOINT CELEBRATION OF LITERARY
SOCIETIES.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.l
CHARLOTTESVILLE, June 30.-To-
day the joint celebration Of the literary
societies occurred, and was presided
over by b. S. wilkins, of California.
The Committee on the Magazine Medal
made its report, and Mr.. Is. Ii. Lee was
declared to have contributed the best
aticle. The paper was on Shakspeare's
songs, and to him was awarded the
medal
The Colorado Prospector and
0thello," by Mr.. w. IL. Bryant, and
"Down the James," by Mr.. c. w.
Coleman, were other prose articles
which received high praise. The three
poems, "Mlestine Twenty-Five" by
Mr.. Coleman, and q" Decoration-Day :"
and THE Horseshoe Bend" by Mr..
Lee, were commended as being much
more than mere metrical studies.
Senator Cali delivered the annual ad-
dress. His subject was The Advan-
tages and Necessity Of Industrial
Schools" These, he said, were neces-
sary to prepare our rising generation to
meet the great questions and demands
of the future, which, he believed, would
afford wider theatre, grander inspira-
tons, and furnish more exac,;ng de-
mands than the past made upon our
fathers. Among the achievements
which are 10 distinguish the near fu-
tune, he said, is confederation of
nations which shall have for its
aim the repression Of international
brawls and wars. Our civilization
may be overwhelmed, as early civiliza-
tons have been but such a confedera-
ton is the best guarantee that this shall
not occur and that our attainments
shall not be lost TO the human race.
The Senator said that. while our ma
tional life has been remarkable for its
advances, invention, and discovery, he
believed that yet greater progress is
insured by the greater diffusion of
industrial and scientific knowledge,
which has given us rapid transit and
put us III instant communication with
the nations Of the uttermost parts Of
the earth. Men trained in this.famous
institution are among the best-equipped
TO deal with the new forces. They are
to form part of the people and Gov
eminent, and the Government is but an
organized effort to direct the concen-
tratsd activities Of mankind. In the
long run invention and discovery better
the condition Of all. The substi-
tuition Of labor-saving machinery
may at first bear heavily on some, but
in the end it will prove beneficent and
not destroying agents. Even in such
instances industrial training and indus
trial schools do noble part, for while
all kinds of education furnish directing
force, a practical training is to be the
great factor in the life OF the future. 1t
will create new world, in which there