Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-21


this college may congratulate herself, tnat
the delivery OF her speakers is the easy
| graceful. conversational style. and not tne
bigb-nying, spread -eagie attempts that one
| usually hears on such occasions.
DIR. MBRYDEs RECEPTION.
| II has been the custom OF President
| NcBryde each year to give MS
| erasuating class reception. Ihis oe'
CURED on Tuesday night. Immediately
after the Maury Society celebration Inc
| invited guests repaired at once 10 the
| college hall. Here a band OF SIX pieces
was already discoursing sweet music Dr.
and Mrs. McBryde, standing just under
the east gallery in the delightful ana
Charming manner peculiar 10 them. re-
! ceiyed their guests. having Tor each
word Of pleasure and smile OF welcome
| Under the skilful leadership OF MI. a. H.
| Apperson the couples were soon iosi 10
| the estate mazes OF the dance, ana noat-
ing on the Elysian fields, borne upwards
on the wings Of soft music.
THE COUPLES.
n is not possible to mention all of the
couples. OF whom there were about ntty.
I noticed among the ladies Mrs. Price
and Mrs. Hartman, Of the faculty; MISS
! Horton. Of Louisiana; Miss Mott, OF
| Texas: Miss Douglas. OF Philadeipnla'
| Miss McBryde. daughter OF President NC
| Bryde Miss Grimes. Of Richmond; MISS
| Fields. OF Petersburg, Miss HUBBARD OF
! Lynchburg: Miss Johnson. OF Christians
| burg the Misses KEENAN,, OF Marion. the
Misses Heph. Of Radford, ana many
others. l cannot describe the beauty Of
the scene. the gorgeous effect OF gayly-
| colored but soft costumes, OF brilliant
| eyes. which often so softly spoke love
| 10 eyes &c. of sweet music, and bright
| light. IL was all so dazzling and beautlIul
| that In my despair ! appealed TO my
| good friend, the captain, who sat al my
| left. He has weathered the storm OF
many more germans than / have, ana mas
come out without a scar. so far as
| know. But this scene was too mucn lot
| him. He heayed a gentle sign, shooh
| despairingly his head. and looked straish'
| before him at the girls. antSwhen iett'
| at one of the mornings small hours ne
had not changed mis- position. II was
truly as the young ladies' say, IRVINE
german. ,,
SUPERB SUPPER.
Just AT the time when. perhaps the feet
were beginning to weary a bit, the guests
were invited 20 the college dining -haii'
| where a superb supper was served. After
dancers returned to the dancing-hall.
where love. pleasure. and gaiety held
high carnival for many hours more.
Company G, Of which Cadet ;. Vance
Iovenstoin Is captain, won the medal III
competitive drill on Monday afternoon.
The resolution of the board with re-
ference to Or. McBryde. which was t'ie-
eraphed you last night. was IN. source
of the greatest qualification 10 his facuity
and friends. as well az a piece OF wisdom
on the part of the board.
EXERCISES.
The following was the order Of exercises
to-day:
Procession from the parade ground at
1890 \. NJ
Announcements for Session 1896 9i-The
Incandescent Electric Light \. II. Apper-
son; the Fertilizer Control System. w. Il.
Elicit: the Progress OF Chemistry, n. j.
Eskridge; the Formation and Utilization
of Minerals. S. V. Lovensteln, Bridge
Building ". -. Pratt; Primary batteries,
II. =. white. Chemistry as Applied 10
Modern Life. +. ID. Wilson.
Hon. Claude \. Swanson delivered the
address before the graduating class which
was well received and literally applauded.
CERTIFICATE MEN.
In the Course of Practical Mechanics
William Ernest Barton. Alexandria; An
drew Calhoun Caldwell, COweta county,
Ga; Robert Eugene Moore. Halifax;
Charles Augustus Wheeler. Wythe.
GRADUATES.
Bachelors of Scicnce-Alfred Hill Apper-
son, Smyth; Walter Beale Elicit. Mont-
gomery; Allan Taylor Eskridge, Mont
gomery; Theodore Graham Lewton, Nolu-
cia county, Fla: Solomon Vance Loven-
II.prisa. Horny Iln sill Pratt Mexico.
John Frank Strauss. Pulaski; Richard
Page White Norfolk. Frank Daniel VII
son. Pittsylvania.
Master OF Scence-William oscar
Firth. Franklin.
Civil Engineer-Guy Hamilton Derrick,
Halifax.
Mechanical Engineer-Ashby Murrill,
Montgomery.
ADDRESS OF DIR. MBRYDE.
President McBryde. Of the college, in
delivering the diplomas TO the gradu-
ating class, spoke as follows:
On each successive commencement oc-
casion there is, in my experience, young
gentlemen, more and more a strange COM
mingling Of pleasure and Of pain, OF salts
faction and regret. Such days are mile
stones along the road Of collegiate life,
which mark the distance travelled by
the college towards or from success. ours
of to-day Is only the third since the
reorganization Of 1891, and yet. as COM
pared with the first, IL tells US Of the
number OF students more than doubled,
OF the faculty enlarged and strengthened,
OF improved facilities for instruction, Of
material growth In every department OF
the institution. and of a good name fairly
won. But II tells US. also. Of two of our
number fallen by the way-men OF rare
ability. of highest character and purest
heart, who i'm their lives exemplited the
nOltest attributes OF the Christian
teacher and their deaths have left
us honored names which will long adOrn
the be>ie roll Of our worthless.
Again. this day will sever. as remorse-
lessly ms the fingers Of the fates. the
pleasant associations. the kindly ties OF
years. You, my young friends, have been
with us since the reorganization Some or
you entered the college at the beginning
OF my administration. My relations with
you have been not only friendly. but cor
dial and intimate. I have come TO es-
teen you for yourselves. for In each OF
you | abundantly discern "the promise and
potency OF robust and useful manhood.
The pain feel in parting with you Is
only lessened but not removed by the
pleasure IL has given me TO hand you
the well-earned rewards OF earnest and
persistent effort. Truly there is a thread
OF sorrow running through the web OF
JOY, "a sense OF tears in mortal things"
FULL-FREIGHTED WITH HOPE.
Standing as 1t were at the mouth OF a
swiftly flowing stream we, 1.-The teachers
watch with anxious eyes fleet after fleet
pass out 10 sea with every bark fun |
freighted with youthful hope and promise.
and our hearts go out to each in tender |
sympathy and pride. Fain would we trim |
their sails Alright and set their courses |
for the wished-for haven. And their |
quick succession brings home to some |
upon the bank the solemn thought that |
for us at least 'l'fe's last business has |
begun In earnest" But TO the young ad- |
venturers how sluggish appears the |
stream, how bright the sea. how beauti- |
full the light upon It's distant headlands, |
As they start on their mOmentouS voyage |
we can only bid them God-speed and at
tend them with our prayers. They enter |
upon 1t rich In one possession. time. Well |
might the old Italian philosopher affirm |
time Is my estate" Time is indeed your
estate. my young friends. not inherited
Gods given. Heretofore il has been held |
In trust for you by others, your parents |
and your teachers To-day you enter for
the first time upon it's full and uncontroll-
ed possession. And what a goodly estate
II Is,
THE AGE.