Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-06-28

UNIVERSITY FINALS.
Or. keRR,s SERMON BEFORE THE
Y. NJ. c. ASSOCIATION.
Celebration Of the Washington '''e'"'S
socieiy-Dcbaters and Orators
Other Institutions

recommendation OF tho Richmond DIspatch.l
CuAnrorrEsvirIF, Va, juno T.-lhe
commencement exercises OF the sixtv-
eighth session Of the University OF VIZ
GINA were inaugura,ed last night by the
delivery OF an able and appropriate SER
mon before the Young Mems Christian
Association by DR.. Robert L. herr' Oh
Richmond. The heat was not so intense
as IL has been tor two weeks past anu
large audience gathered III the Public Han
70 hear the discourse of this able diVii'..
Tho chanel choir furnished appropriate
mnslc The Rev. James J.. Lancaster
chaplain To the university;. the Rev; ~
r. / Ia,op. of Louisville: the Rev. II. Is.
Ice of the Episcopal church: ara the
Rev. b. +. IIpscomb OF the Metnou,Se
church. took part IN the exercises. ruin
and Liberty was the subject OF the as
conrse and the text was taken from Jonn
vuj.. 30: Tho truth snail make you
free
THE MEDALIIsTs.
AIS O'Clock tonight the annual ceieDra-
ton OF the Washington Literary oocisS
took Mace in the Pubic Hall III the
,,roso,ce az a large and fashionable andi-
ence. The president of the society pr
X Fnlton Leach. IT.. of Paramount Md',
n.icnmod thc audience. The president
nrosonted the debaters' medal TO Mr. kopers
= cofer of GAINESVILLE. Tex. n member OF
The law class of this and last session; hr.
Cofer thanked the society for the hohoi
conferred. .,.,. ,bon
The medal 10 the best orator was theh
presented to Mr.. Harris J.. Moss Oh Siiaa-
lottesville. who IN Il very lew TU I;rer -.
cepted the high honor ana then zen, 'N
an address on the " Life OF Napoleon.
Miller MaDuaI-Labor school
Tho closing exercises Of the Miller
MAMMAL Labor School took place last FRI
day night in the presence OF very iarge
cr5wd' A great many distinctions were
conferred and diplomas were award
el ~ the following graduates: isaac
N Andrews. o l.. Herring. George W.
Beshaw. John :. Leake, Charles III. hnoues,
Robert :. williams f. J.. Meme. +. BESSIE
Watkins. Leila A. Johnson. Rosa A. ,arlcl;
o. Kemper Pugh. Lillian J.. CocAe' anu
Blanche Brennan Al. oio
dictory. after which Professor }. l.. jar
man. Of Emory and Henry College de-
livered a most excellent speech before the
Society Of Alumni.
There we're present on the platform Pro;
fessor +. IL. Smith, OF the niv,rsity vi
Virginia: Judge John NJ. White: NJ HAUL
man Esu j.. II. Lindsay. or tna.lott"S-
vile. and tho Hon. Thomas >. Maftih' OIL
ScOttsyiile. -: o,
A meeting Of the Society Of Alumni was
held on the same evening and the follow
inr officers elected for tho ensuing year: ".
Albert Beck. president: CharlesR. Wheeler,
vice-president; h. O.. PevtOn. secretary: -
l.. JarlneD. treasurer, aud J. ID. Iinsley, cor
responding secretary. The following mem
beers of the society from distance were
present: C.. Ii. Wheeler u. A. burgess, T..
Il. Davis, l.. 4. Pcyton, B. q. Peyt0n. J..
T.. Bib. Of Charlottesville; W j. morn
ton. WaynesborO; StOnewall j. Brown,
Covesyille: +. b. Beck, Schenectady, y.
T.; W. :. feathers, i. {. Whitlock,, Uni
yersity of Virginia; ". /. Wright knieign'
NC: David Hancock, University OF VIZ
gina: f. I. Bashaw. Warren; 1. l.. Bragg.
Atlanta; J. Ii. Burgess. Lynchburg; -; D.
Harris. Manchester: j. L. WOODS, Mlli-
boro'; W. X. Gibson. Lynchburg; e.. =.
Beck. Salem X. L. Wright. Ale1andria;
J. ". Hopkins. charlottesville T.. ;.
White, Whitehall; J. NJ. ID. Robertson,
Marshall Mo-, and others. Inc aiuiuni
lunch. which followed about IL o'clock at
night. was served IN splendid STYLE. About
two hundred persons were present.
University school Prizes.
fCorrespoadence Of the Richmond Dlspatch.l
PsrFEsRrEG, VA. June 27.-The closing e1er-
clses Of the University school OF inis CITY, OF
place to-day. The principal prizes we're awarded
|. Pegram Prize: Randolph NJ. Richards.
Proxime Accessit-John Patterson Madison.
H. Elliot Prize: james Mullen. Iroxlme
Accesserunt-D. W. Hinton anu :. W. NenaDle,