Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-31
THE OLD DOMINION.
YESTERDAYS EVENTS FROM THE
POTOMAC TO THE TENNESSEE LINE.
PROM tho Alieghsnies 20 the sea--Uni-
vcrity Notes.-The Eli Bsnsnas--
Items ia General.

rccrrc~pondence oi the Richmond Dispasch.l
UNIVERSITY on VIRGINIA. March s0.-Tha
stormy scenes in the Jefferson hall during
,he campaign for the hnal presidency gave
Oagto very quiet meeting on Saturday
NIGHT when Mr.. Robert Spra,t Cockrell, OF
jacksonville. Fla, was formally elected TO
III the position at the coming finals. Mr..
Cockrell has been az the University for six
years. Is a n. A. and NJ. A. Of this place
nnd will graduate as b. l.. in this years
law-clsss.
aX INITIATED.
Saturday night was tho date for the regn-
lar spring initiation OF the Eli Rananas.
NE wicket was opened 20 take in six goats
william Tucker. Of So Joseph, Mo-; Buck
kehlov. Of HaeerStown, Md. John G.
Gr.enway. Of Little Rock. Ark ]. J.
l,ako, Of Ashland, Va: Charles Matthews.
n fewisbUrR. w. Va. and George Ainslie.
~ Richmond. To assist them IN their
Q.haug process several OF the old Elis
m q distance had come 10 tho univer-
sI.t Among others. Mr.. Thomas Kinney.
a. stanton: Mr.. Andre Barthe, OF New
y rk city, and u. Mr.. T. n. G. Cabell. of
Richmond. They celebrated the occasion
ia tho usual style. Headed by a brass
iand they marched through the Univer-
r'g grounds with their torchllghts and
trarsparencios. They will continue their
Relaxation tonight with german in the
Warrington Society Hall. The Eli Banana
Club row numbers seventeen men in the
University.
ANNUAL REUNION.
The first annual reunion Of tho Mystical
Seven District Of the Beta Theta pi Fra
teru.tg was had Mt Wright's Hotel on Sat
urjay night. and the principal feature Of
that reInion seemed 20 be the elegant ban
nuct prepared for them there. Among the
visiting members may be mentioned DIR.
William NJ. Holiday and II. Ashton White,
nj Hampdcn-Sidney College; A. J. Coffin,
James H. Lazell and G. G.. Cushman, OF
Roanoke City, and MntOn Wright Talbot,
~ Norfolk. Hon James Lindsay Gordon,
Of Charlottesville. and Professor Charles
$. Venable graccd the occasion with their
presence.
The Beta Theta ri has chapter num-
hcung twenty-five here-probably the
largest IN the University.
Mrs. Gertrude Massie has returned from
visit 10 Washington and Baltimore.
Miss jennie Cummins is visiting in Wash
lngtOn.
UNIVERSITY VISITORS.
The number Of young lady visitors con-
tinues to increase.
Mis- Prescott. Of New Orleans. is visiting
MISS thfflt liNflH
Miss Gertrude Howard. Of Lynchburg;
Miss Gravely, of nanyille, and Miss Alice
Ked Of Covingfon. Ky, are spending
Easter at Professor William NJ. Thorn
toms
Miss Annie DoRgett, OF Richmond. and
Miss Eloise White, of Norfolk, are the
guests Of the Misses Minor.
Misses PraKtOn. Ficklin, and Hancock are
spending Easter with the Misses Venabe.
Miss Vawtcr, Of the Miller School. is Wis
iting friends at the University.
Mr. Raleigh G.. Minor, who is practicine
law In your city, "a spending the Easter
holidays at his home.
Nr. Herbert Bingham. of the University
II North Carolina. is visiting friends at the
University and attending the Beta re-
uuIOn.
Dr.. Thomas Meredith, of Bergen. Ky,
went Sunday here on his way &c a
visit 10 his old home in Louisa county.
Mr. j. T. HUBBARD. Of the law-firm Of Hu-
bard & HUBBARD in Norfolk. is visiting
friends here.
Mr. Irvine Scott. of Lynchburg, is here
on visit
Mr.. Melville Stone, the som Of the former
editor Of the Chicago Re1os. il visiting his
uncle. Professor Ormond Stone, at the OBJ
FeryatOry.
Quite a number Of visitors have been dis
appointed at their failure to see the Yale
Virginia games.