The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-17
TO WIND UP THE SESSION
ooMxsSCEMSxr xxBRCDEs At
sL<oKsBURo BBGIN To-M0RRow
The Celebration Lasts Four Dsys and Many
visitors arc Expectsd--An Interesting
Programme Has Been Arranged.

Quite a number OF visitors have ALREADY
arrived here 10 attend the con,nlealSI,
ment exercises OF the Virginia Agticu,.-
tural and Mechanical Institute, whlcn
will bel.in tomorrow with TIE rehsiouS
services. The students nave Iooheu -, "
wards these days with great cNPccs .i..l
and their sweethearts have SHOWN
similar interest In the Official closing OF
the present term. quite numoer ot
Them have come on from Instance -
witness the various oratofie eHorts mat
Will be made during the next few DAYS
~ come of Virginia's brightest talents.
And then there Is the COMMENCEMENT
ball for WHEN all hearts nave peeh
nufterlng for weeks and even months.
When The battalion OF cadsts was at
tending the unwilling ceremonies at
Ricbm0nd. on May 30th, the boys were
given "a under stand that Governor O Fer
ran would visit them FOR at least one
dav during the commencement exercises,
an his official business would permit a.
Thev are very sadly disappointed by the
announcement that II will be Impossible
for MIN TO attend. They appreciated,
however. the existing circumstances
which compel his Excellency 10 Decline
The Invitation. There are commencement
exercises set down at four different IN
sfitUfiOns, within space of ten days ana
al each one OF them the Governor mas
been requested 10 be present The Cow
crnor appreciates the good work done AT
Blacksburg, and has said so on several
ocCasiOIl.
OPENING Of TN H1ERClsFS
The latter will open tomorrow morn
ing with baccaaureate sermon, 70 De
preached by Rev. William NJ. Clarke'
OF Fredericksburg. At night Rev. Dr'
Moon. OF the Union Theological semi
nary. al Hampden-Sid Will preach a
sermon under the auspices OF the Young
Mons Christian Association OF the col
leee.
on Monday morning, at II o'clock, an
ADDRESS will be delivered by Colonel
Meade Haskns. OF Richmond, ana IN the
afternoon some interesting Coi.ipes.tl,ses
company drills will take place. Al night
the Twenty-second annual celebratloh
Of the Lee Literary Society Will OcCu,
at Commencement hall. Mr.. Ricnard
Page White. Of Norfolk. Va, the preSi-
dert OF The society. win conduct the
exercises Messrs. Allen Taylor Esk-
ridge and Guy Hamilton Derrish, OF
Virginia. will be the, orators and Messrs.
Charles johnson Richardson, OF virginia,
IA. tho debaters. Chief Marshal AiiTed
Hall Apperson, of Virginia will be aided
by the following assistm IL; carr Erhest
Hardy. of Georgia; Henry EoinOndsoI
Dashieil. of Virginia: Paul Herman, OF
Virginia; Camillus Albert Nash, OF Nlr-
einia; Walter Henry Dodd. OF North
Carolina; Marion Saunders. Of virginia.
Charles Thomas Friend, OF Virginia, ana
William Brandon Rudd, of Virginia.
The ALUMNI ADDbES'.
on the following morning, Tuesday,
June 18th, the alumni address VIII he
delivered by Mr.. j. MusgraVe, and IN
the afternoon the battalion will entertain
the visiting friends with a sham-batue.
At night the Maury Literary society
will have its twei ty-first annual celebra-
lion with President S. Vance Loven-
stein. Of Richmond. in the chair The
orators on that occasion VIII be MessIs.
c. +. Surface. OF Virginia, and +. w.
Simpson, Of Scotland, while the debaters
will be Mossrs. John c. Dabney and r.
J. Roop, OF Viz ginia. Mr.. l.. ID. Kline,
Of Virginia, Will be chief marshall, and
as his assistants win act Messrs. 5. ;.
rant, r. d. Martin, r. Wainwright. NJ.
c. Bond, Z. j. Norfleet, and II. w.
Phillips, OF Virginia.
on Wednesday. June 10Th. the COM
mencement exercises proper Will take
place in the morning. and Hon Claude
A. Swanson. of PittsylVania county, has
been invited 60 deliver an Grafton at l
o'clock. Although that gentleman. -Sas
be able 10 attend. owing TO his con
timing duties In Congress- the faculty is
still In hopes that the statesman from
Pittsylvania win reconsider ms action
and deliver the Grafton.
ON Wednesday afternoon competitive
individual drills will be held, and ~
night the official programme VIII be
mencement ball. Very tastefuily exc
cuted Invitations have been sent out
Tor the ball as well as for the other
parts OF the exercises, and all arrange
ments have been made in the most
careful and complete manner 10 secure
the success OF the closing exercises OF
the session.
THE COMMENCEMENT BALI.
The ball will take place IN Commence |
mcnt hail, and the following ladies, the |
wives of some OF the members OF the |
faculty have kindly consented TO act |
rs chaperOns: Mrs. JnO NJ. McBryde. Mrs. |
bell. Mrs. William B. Atwood, Mrs i. |
J.. Niles. Mrs. Robert c. Price. Mrs. ID. |
q. Morse Mrs Robert J. Dadison, Mrs. |
John a. Hafman. Mrs. Llngan ). Ran |
dolph. and Mrs. John X. Parrot.
The Committee on Invitations consists |
of Messis. 5. Vance Lovenstein CHAIR |
man. Robert T.. Wright. Theodore q. |
LewtOn, WOOdson T. Waddy, and Lieut.. |
John A. Hartman, u. S. A.
The following IS the Committee on Ar
Messrs. G. Gadsen Porcher |
(Chahman), Leslie w. Terrell. John +. |
Strauss, II. Page White, and c. Gadsen |
Mr. Alfred II. Apperson will be the |
leader and Mr. John c. Dabney his as
sistant go
on Tuesday the Board of Visitors will |
have its annual meeting and transact !
whatever business may come before that |
body There will be one or two Vacan- |
lies 10 be filed among the faculty, and |
successor viii have TO be elected TO the |
OF the Cadet Corps, Lieu |
tenant John A. Hartman. L. ;. A., who |
on July LIST. will have TO return TO his |