The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-08
BLAOKSRURG.


Captain Waugh. OF Roanoke, ia on
visit to his family.
slight fire occurred at the steam
laundry OF Tuesday last, but there was
no loss to speak Of.
Miss Nellie Keister, who has been
on an extended visit to relatives in
Maryland, has returned home.
Walter Johnson leaves for Washing
ton, D. c.. to accept position in the
Government printing office about the
21st.
j. L. Eakin. proprietor of Hotel
Templeton, is getting ready to receive
summer guests. He expects to have his
house full.
Prof. William Murrill, OF the Yves.
leyam Female Institute, and his sister,
Miss Anna, who is attending the school,
are on visit to their parents.
Miss Berthe Dolly. the Wesleyan Fe-
male Institute at Staunton, and Mr..
Huff Dolly, OF Randolph Macon Acad-
envy, are On visit to their brother,
Rev. w. l.. Dolly.
College Notes.
The commencement programme Of
the Virginia Agricultural and Mechani-
cal College, beginning Sunday, juno II,
is as follows:
SUNDAY, JUNEl7
IL a. M, baccalaureate sermon by Rev.
William Nj. Clark, of Fredericksburg.
$3.50 p. M, sermon before the Y. Nj. c..
a. by Prof. w. w. Moore, D. D., OF the
Union Theological Seminary Of Virginia.
MONDAY, JUNE 1s.
IL a. M, address before the literary
societies by Meade Haskins, Of Rich
mond.
p. NJ, competitive individual drill
and dress parade.
$50 p. M, Lee Society celebration.
TUESDAY, JUNE 10.
IL m, alumni address by R. N. Mus
grave, followed by alumni meeting and
banquet.
4 p. M, sham battle.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 90
10 a. M, commencement exercises.
Address before the graduating class BY
-Four p. M, competitive company
drill.
Nine p. M, commencement ball.
The Lee Society will have the follow.
ing speakers: President, R. Page Whit
tie, Virginia. Orators, A. T. EskridPe,
&. w. Derrick, Virginia. Debators, T.
G. Lewton, Florida; c. j. Richardson,
Virginia.
The Maury Society have selected the
following gentlemen: President, 8. V.
Lovenstein, Virginia. Orators, F. w.
Simpson. Scotland; G.. w. Surface, Vir-
ginia. Debators, Jno. G. Dabney, R. ]
Roop, Virginia.
The Lee and Maury Societies will give
three medals each this year for improve
ment in defamation and for best orators
and debators in commencement exer-
cises.
The board of visitors will meet Tues
day, June 10, at which time the va
cancy caused by the death of Professor
Christian, professor of mathematics,
will be filed. There are over fifty APP
plicants for this position
Governor O'Ferral will be here and
will make an address. Judge Waller
Staples has also promised to attend
The executive committee of the board
will hold meeting on Monday Of com
me4eement week and award the con-
tract for the commencement hall and
professors houses.
President Mcbride has already re.
ceived large number OF applications
for scholarships for the next term, and
II as many applications are made during
vacation as usual, and, with two-thirds
OF the old cadets returning, he will have
nearly four hundred boys the next
session
Lieutenant Shanks. first lieutenant OF
the Eighteenth Infantry, y will be the next
commandant of cadets. While all will
be sorry at the loss Of Colonel Hartman,
yet they can rejoice at the appointment
OF Lieutenant Shanks, for it is under
stood he Is a thorough soldier and
gentleman.