The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-09
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PROGRAMME FOR THE SENl-CENTEN
NAL.
THE DISTINGUISHED MEN WHO
ARE INVITED.
CHAwACri EIstIC SPEECH FgOr
GENERAL ROssIR
IEc President Issues an Announce
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LEXINGTON. Va, June S.-The ceTc
monies attendent upon the semi-centen
nial celebration OF the Virginia Mill
tary Institute. TO take place July 81 and
4th. will mark an epoch in the history
Of That institution on one Of Its bright
est pages. The alumni, board Of vi5i
tors. faculty and military staff AT,
making a united effort TO make the Oc
casiOn one Of the granaest jubilees ever
seen in the South. and that they viii
succeed there is every indication. Rep
resentatives Of the National aud Stat,
Governments will be invited, and witt
invitations sent out TO Old cadets viii
number five thousand.
The invitations now being mailed
read: The Virginia Military Institute.
wishing to gather her sons and friends
around her, to Join with her IA her day
Of g,adness, and to give thanks for her
fitch anniversary Of usefulness aud
honor. recognize you among the num-
Der. and respectfully invites you 20 be-
prcseat at her semi centennial ceiebra-
ton, July 81 and 4th. 1889"
The programme a. announced begins
Friday evening. June 2oih, cadet
Ministries: Saturday evening June 2Jth.
society celebration: Monday, July let.
battery drill with firing: Monday even
ing. gymnastic exercises: Tuesday
July 2d, battalion drill. Tuesday even
ing. cadet german; Wednesday. Juiy
81. skirmish drill with musketry Iirns;
Wednesday evening. alumni banquet
July lst ,2d or 81. dependent on weather.
review Of corps by Governor aud Board
of Visitors; July sd and ith set apait
for semicentennial celebration. July
4th morning, graduating exercises.
July ith evening. display of fire work :
July 4th evening. cadets grand ball
The semicentennial exercises prep D
Will take place from large stand 90
the grounds. ard an Grafton by Senator
Charles j. Faulkner. Of West Virginia.
address of welcome by Governor Lee.
historical address by Colonel j. L. J..
Preston: addresses by several of the
oldest surviving members OF the boa d
of visitors Judge W. W. Clunp. Of
Richmond: Judge George Blow. oi Nor.
folk: General W. b. Talnlerro. al
Gloucester and General Jubal Early.
of Ivnchburg. TX Governors llolli-
day. Kemper, and Cameron have also
been invited 10 participate IN the cXer-
cises.
A specially interesting feature of The
occasion Will be the semi-Ccntennlal
poem by Ms. Margaret J.Preston. lO he
read from q stand. The hst of invited
guests include the President and Wee
President of the United States aud Ca0i-
net: General Schofield and staff. oi lhc
United States army: Admiral Porter.
of the United States navy. all eN Con
fcderate off i'ers. superintendent ana
professors of the United State Military
Academy Il West Point. and ihe Naval
Academy, Annapolis, presidents oi
all the colleges IN the United
States from Virginia: General he
and ex Governors kemper Holt
day. and Cameron: members OF
Congress. members Of the legislature.
iudges Of the courts. county suppllL-
teudcnts of schools. editors of EeW q
tapers. clergy Of different douomira-
lions. professors IN colleges. officers of
IdlII0dln. uINA NAilIlNs 4 iRtAA |ti' ltiNA
and 10 fifteen hundred old cadets aie
expected. They will be qIattercd in
tents ON the grounds. IN barracks. be-
tels and private families. Every class
from the first, 1872. up TO class 1889
will be represented. Col. Edmund
Peudleton aud one or two others. sur
viyors Of the first graduating Glass, will
be on hand.
The grand jubilee banquet, TO be-
given in the moss ball, will be prc pared
by Pizzini, Of Richmond. Covers for q
thousand or more will be laid. ihe
fireworks on the night of the iih will
be specially interesting, and the grand
ball given by the cadets that night will
be attended by hundreds of ihe most
attractive society bellies Of Virginia aad
other states. IN all the occasion viii
be one Of the grandest things OF tie
kind ever given In the South.