Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-20
RICHMOND COLLEGE.
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUS-
TEES YESTERDAY.
Poetry and Oratory Last Night-Pro-
gramme of the Commence
ment Proper.

College met in the elegant Jeter Library
Hall at II A. NJ. yesterday.
Many leading men from the city and State
were present.
The annual organization was effected by
the election of Hon. H. +. Ellyson as presi-
dent and DR.. c. II. Ryland as secretary and
treasurer.
The Financial Secretary reported the ad-
dition of S32 900 TO the endowment. The
Trcasurer's report exhibited the total fund
handled during the year $4,000.
ATTENDANCE.
The report Of the Faculty showed the
presence of "a students. Unusual health
has prevailed and the men have done hne
work. There are eight degree men besides
many who took school diplomas.
PHYSICAL cUITURE.
The department of physical culture
| showed the attendance of eighty men upon
regular instruction in the gymnasium
under Mr.. +. ". Boatwright.
STANDARD.
The high standard of the college will he
maintained, and the aim viii be IN the
future, as in the past. not numbers nut
thorough training and high scholarship.
The reports of various committees re-
vealed a careful study of the wants OF the
college and vigorous handling OF It's re-
sources.
TO-DAY.
The trustees meet this morning ar II
/ o'clock, and will probably be IN session
all day.
ASSEMBLED ALUMNI
Each succeeding night at the college
| commencement improves upon all that
| have gone before.
/ large and apprccative audience last
/ night lent inspiration To the speakers. and
/ right nobly did they fulfil the high expecta-
| tiOns previously entertained.
The exercises We're opened win song
/ by the college chorus. consisting of MeSsrs.
| buchanan, ". F.. Farrar. Ramsey. Motley.
| Cav. G. 4. Taylor. and klncannon. Dr.
/ John W Rvland, of MiddleseX. then offered
/ a feryent PRAYER, asking for the blessing of
/ God upon the work of the association.
/ Next came duet by Messrs Watkins and
Leftwich, which w'r- warmly c"cored
THF ORATOR.
Rev. r. r. Acree. of Petersburg, presi-
dent of the Society of Alumni introduced
IS the orator of the occasion Professor T..
| b. REYNOLDS. who FIJI, tho Chair of English
I ina West Virginia University. I'm present
! ing the chosen speaker of the society hr.
| Acree was quite witty, and indulged m
many pleasant "reminiscences Of former col
/ lege days.
Professor Reynolds's subject was " The
/ Typical Modern College Man He said
/ thinking much and speaking much of the
| past is a sign that one is of the past
| growing old. The past for instruction. the
/ present for preparation for action, the
| future for results reward
! Richmond, satd he. did not rise from its
/ ashes by thinking of the past; nor did the
/ South, nor did Richmond College. The
warrior. statesman, scholar. preacher, edu-
! Gator. or Christian cannot depend upon the
| past. They must look 10 the present and
/ the future.
After sketching the life and ambition Of
| the average college student and wittily
| phOtOgraphing the alunnu- from the time
! inc begins ~ a nursing until he Is turned
! out as "a college man, the orator sad:
Exercise is the lGw Of life and the cOndl-
| tion Of growth, and the result Is fibre
| tOughcned. powers strengthened, faculties
! -hArpeucd normal proportions attained,
! control acquired. and skill cultivated
After shetching tine subjects Of college
! course the Professor expressed the hop"
! that the students of the day have not
! looked upon their studies as mere tasks.
! but as livinamatters They had kept well
/ informed on current questions, and their
/ minds should become broad and reason8-
! BILE: not bigoted not without conviction
J. above all with profound respect Tor truth .
/ uOt taughu IN -.-.yD.os, hnt how 90 scare b
| for, discover, and recognize the truth.
| The purpose of colleges. said he, Is 10 fit
! men for the worlds work They must do
! it IN this practical age or 90 under. The
college man should bee a leader-,hOuld be
AT the front. He should be prepared for 1t
! by development and information; he
! shOuld be foremost IN the church, in teach
| ing institutions, in LIES activities, IN
thought. In investigation.
| In closing the Professor spoke tenderlv
| Of the college mans love for his Anna Mater,
| saving that ~ a man thinks no mother Was
| like his mother. no home like his home, SO
! he should think no college like his own
Ai,aa Hailr. no teachers like his, no fellow
| students like his.
The speech of Professor Reynolds was an
earnest and thoughtful production of a
| cultured intellect 10 was delivered IN "A
| plealng and attractive manner, and was
warmly applauded.
THE PoET-LAURRATE.
The President next introduced Professor
! Hamberlin. who had been elected 20 read a
| poem. This gentleman he declared To- be a
| poet born. one who from his infancy had
| drunk deep 20 the fountain of the muses.
and had already won au enyiable rcputa-
|
| Hanberlin's delivery added much 10 the
| effect produced by his poetry. The poem
| evoked tumultuous applause. The recital
| held the vast thrOug cnthralled, and when
| the accomplished writer closed the au-
| diencc seemed perfectly carried away,
| SO great was the enthusiasm. I'm response
to the storms of applause the Professor
came forward aud after few humorous
remarks recited "a goblin story nm manner
1 so true 10 lifen that every one thought
! that they sat in the presence of born
| elOcutionist. Never before ln the history
of the college has such praise and honor
| been bestowed upon speaker.
The celebration Of last night was by
| long odds the grandcst success IN the ills
tory of the society.
BANQUET
The society met in collegclecture-room
| Immediately after the speaking for the
| transaction OF business. After some rou-
! tine business the following names were
offered for membership: A. }. Chewning
and Il. Fuller Patterson of Richmond. by
! Rev. :. {. CloptOn; Dr. }. VI. Whitfield
Of Richmond. los Rev. f.. Is. Hatcher.
| Charles K. Cruikshanks Of Hanoyercounty,
Randolph p. RiXey of Culpepcr. Samuel u.
Dickinson of Caroline, William 4. Borum
of Norfolk. John Il. Conner of Halifax
county and james c. Southall Of Richmond,
by Professor IL. II. Harris. The list nomi-
mated by Professor Harris were all honor
men last session All the gentlemen were
unanimously elected.
Rev. II. Allen Upper, d. d., of Louis
vile, Ky, who Is now IN Europe, was elect
ed alumni orator for next year; James
Lyons, Jr. Of Richmond. was elected alter
nate. Professor l.. Il. lIamberlin was by
acclamation elected poet for next COM
mencement.
At "A late hour the society adjourned To
the Thomas-Mcmorial Hall, where an ele-
giant and costly banquet, prepared IN Plz-
Zini's best style. awaited them.
proposition was started 10 raise "A fund
10 be known as the Alumni Endowment,
and speeches were still being made at the
hour of going 10 press. Such enthusiasm
has never before been manifested m the
affairs Of the college, and argues well for
its future prosperity.
JOINT WRITER'S MEDALS.
BY an unhappy inadvertence part Of
Tuesday evening report was omitted from
Yesterday paper. In the absence of Hon.
Conway X. Sands. who had been selected
To award the society medals, Dr. j. l.. NJ.
Curry was called on. In "a beautiful and
appropriate speech he presented the Joint
writer's medal 10 MIR. W. b. Loving, of
Albemarle: the best debaters medal in the
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