The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-26
VOL. III.-NUMBER 1904.
THE ERSlTY.
THE ADDRESS or HONORABLE HENRY
a. GRADY.
Joint celebration of the Literary "a.
cieites Tho Awarding of diplomas
Those Upon whom Degrees Were
tonfcrred-ath
Especial TO the Timcs.l

Special 20 the Timos.l
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, June 2j.-
The Literary Societies held a Joint cele
bration to day and were addressed by
Hon. Henry w. Grady, Of Georgia.
Subject: "Encroachment Of Federal
power upon State privileges aud rights
and dangers TO the Government. result
ing from collection Of great sums Of
money IN the hand Of few lie said
We are standing in the day-broak of the
second century Of this Republic. The
fixed stars are falling from the sky and
we grope in uncertain light. Strange
shapes have come with the night. Es-
tabhshed ways are lost. New roads per-
plex and widening fields stretch be-
yond the sight The unrest Of dawn
Iimpels us 90 and fro, but doubt stalks
amid the confusion and even on the
beaten paths the shifting crowds are
halted aud from the shadows the SEN
tries cry. who comes there In the
obscurity Of the morning tremendous
forces are at work. Nothing is stead
fast or approved. The miracles of the
present belle the simple truths of the
pas. The church is besieged from
without and belayed from within. Be
hind the courts shoulders the rioter 5
torch and looms the gbbet of the anar
Ichists. Government is the contention
of partsans and the prey Of sportsmen.
Trade is restless i'm the grasp Of monop-
Ioly and commerce shacklod with limi-
tation. The cities are swollen ana the
fields are stripped. Splendor streams
from the castle and squallor crouches
i'm the home The universal brother
hood is disolving and the people are
buddling into classes. The hiss of the
Nihilist disturbs the covert. and the roar
of the mob murmurs along the high
way. Amid it all beats the great
American heart. undismayed and stand
ing fast by the challenge of his con-
science, the citizen Of the republic'
tranquil and rosolute. notes the drift
iug of the spectral currents, and calm
- Is awaits the full disclosures of the
day. Against the dangers Of central
b iziug all political powers put the ap-
proved and imperishable principle OF
local self-government. Between the
} rich and the poor now drifting into
separate camps. buildup the great mid
3 die class that neither drunk with
, wealth. nor cmbittercd by poverty
shall lift mp the suffering and control
the strong, to the iangling of races and
creeds that threaten the courts of men
and the temples of God, oppose TIE
home of the citizen. homogeneous aud
. honest people, and the simple faith
. that sustained your fathers and mothers
!. i'm their stainless lives and led them
D. serene and smiling into the valley Of
the shadow -
The medal for the best prose article
in the Unircrsity Mogazme this session
was awarded TO Thomas J.. Wood OF
Albemarle. The successful article was
a story of Life ln Shiflet's Hollow.
Tonight the jefferson Literary So
ciety held its celebration, with George
q. Battle of North Carolina IN the
% chair. The debator 5 medal was awarded
ID 10 Charles p. Fenner of louisiana and
the orators medal to William Sprigg
Hamilton of Georgia.
The following are the graduates in
law: Beujlmin Bassell, Jr.. Buck
nsham. W. Va; Andrew ). Bell, Pine
=. VILE. \. c.; j. Randolph Bryan, Jr.-
+. Charlottesville, Va: William d. Card
we'll. Hanover Courthouse, Va; VIII
e liam Dupre Caswel. Irwinton, Ga; D.
. +. Cole. Poplar Mount, Va; r. Up
D tom Culberson, jefferson, Texas; 5,
e Hubert Dent, Jr., Eufaula, Ala.
=. John NJ. +. Erwin, Greenwood, Fla.
+, William IA. Harris, Fort Valley, Ga.
p John NJ. Hart, Worsham, Va; *. Tat
Is Irvine. Richmond, Ky: Joseph J.
Kelly. Marion, Va; Albert ST. j
Latadv. Mobile. Ala; ). V. NJ. l. Logan
Richmond. Ky; Albert Rabb, Snoddy
Mil: ID. w. Walllce Robinson. Lincoln
ton. \. c.: Robert G. Saunders, Jr.
Eyneston; Lucien ID. Starke, Jr., Nor
folk. Va: Lee Emmett Thomas. Marion
La: Richard G. Thompson. Culpcper
- Va; Eugene r. Wager, Culpeper' Va
The NJ. D.'s are: August a. Bour
quiu. Vals.Les- Bains, France; Swepsoi
- T. Brooks. Norfolk, Va; Charles V
!. Caruneton. Greenwich, Va; Hugh I
Chelf. Culpeper, Va; William G.Chrs
- tian. Richmond, Va; John Sliage DAVIS
- University of Virginia, john Ii. Frey
Greensboro. y. c.; Samuel II. Gardiner
Charl,stown, w. Va Lomax Gwath
- mey. Norfolk, Va; Gessuey Harrison
New York, y. y; Walter +. Hart
man. staunton, Va. Hamilton
- p. Howard. University of WI
- ginia; Elliot +. Jett, Falmouth
Va. Thomas j. Kirkpatrick ,Jr.' Lyncf
burg. Va; William w. kneale' Mont
- morency. Ind; Edwin NJ. Mann Motto
way Courthouse. Va; Frarklin y
Meacham, Fort Douglas, Utah; Hair
- l.. Myers. Waynesboro; Charles II. I
Preston. Jr.. Seven Miles Ford Va
William NJ. Robertson, Fayette Cour
bopse Ala: Charles D. Roy Atlanta
q, .t.. r,cl,er Colorado Spring