Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-20
nun oroAuoup DISPATCH WEDNESDAY. JUNE ~. 1884.

Of visitors. composed OF DIR. McBryde'
Captain vawter. Mr.. J. Thompson Brown.
and Mr.. Graves. Of Roanoke. met mere
to-day and awarded the contract for the
commencement and Mess Hall and six
professors houses TO -. o. Mathews at
$4,000.
ADDRESS OF COLONEL HASKiNS.
Colonel Meade Haskins OF Richmond.
delivered before the literary societies OF
the college at IL A. M. to-day an address
that was clear and thoughtful In It's con-
ception and pointed and practical In
application. His theme. advantages pre-
scented to the student by literary societies.
was admirably well treated. He opened
by exhortIng 10 virtue and soberness IN
life. strict attention 10 duty. and ciose
application. He then emphasized the I'M
portance OF Intellectual culture, showed
that IL must In "A large sense De mol
vidual and at the same time In order
to be perfect combined with heart culture
for intellect and heart make the same.
The speaker then demonstrated that
such advantages for Improvement ana
training as were the students now would
never be theirs In after life, and that
now IL the time 10 prepare themselves
for a faithful service OF State and coun-
try in the future. As conducive TO ms
end he recommended constant reading OF
history and biography, In order 10 learn
mans and nations mode Of thought ana
life. Poetry was, however. discoun,e-
nnnced az being out Of touch win the
practical age OF to-day.
TO WRITE WELL.
He pronounced learning 10 write anu
IN write well as perhaps the most Hnpor-
tant Of all duties OF southern STUDENT
A great history, In the writing OF which
fame and glory were TO be won was 10
no written-the history OF the South Tor
the past thirty-hve years. In which hef
true glory and honor should be portrayed
and which would silence by It's trutnini-
ness the voice of SANDER While wei
coming progress and advancement the
speaker was not In sympathy with those
who care for New South. he glorled
in an Old South and its men and women.
A few words OF wisdom and counsel were
given as TO woman's suffrage.
Woman is Hfes flower. shedding beauty
and fragrance In mans way: do not By
transplanting her into his sphere tear
away the bloom and leave the thorn.
Lastly he earnestly deplored the so-called
liberty Of the day. 1t was nothing more
or less than license. and was the foun1a'
ton of socialism and anarchism. me
final appeal was for such a mental ana
moral equipment as would enable the
students TO kindle fires that would Dlaze
with honor and truth for the good OF the
State and fellow-nan. His address was
well spiced with anecdotes. painted with
illustrations, and received with frequent
applause.
COMPETITIVE DRILL.
This afternoon at 4 O'Clock the competi-
tive drill between the companies took
place; also battalion drill and dress pa
rade. The soldiery bearing and military
exactness and precision OF the corps founa
nothing but commentator.
A GOOD SELECTION
The Board of Trustees at its annual
meeting to-day elected unanimously Mr.
S. ~ Barton, Phi. D.. Of the University
Of Virginia, recently professor OF mathe-
mates at Emory and Henry College, but
latterly fellow OF Johns Hopkins Uni
yersity, professor OF mathematics ana
civil engineer. The selection IL regarded
as n very excellent one Mr.. Barton hav-
ing already shown himself a capital
teacher, while his reputation az "A mathe-
matician is well known.
MIR. MUsGRAVE'S ADDRESS.
The address before the Society of the
Alumni was delivered by Mr.. !. n. Mus
grave before a large audience to-day
at II A. NJ. Mr.. Musgrave paid an alice
tionate tribute to his classmates OF 81
and the faculty then here. dwelt on the
advancement made In all things, ana
congratulated his hearers and fellow
alumni that the old college has advanced
Of late years with such glorious ana
rapid strides. He closed with n welcome
into the ranks Of the alumni of the class
OF "a.
Judge Waller II. Staples. of Richmond,
and Colonel Nash. Captain Whittie. OF
Norfolk, and many other distinguished
visitors were in the audience.
After the address the Alumni Asso-
citation held its annual meeting and elected
the officers for the following year.
THE BANQUET.
In the afternoon the association In a
body attended with many invited guests
a sumptuous banquet In the college din
ing-room. wit. humOr. and good-fellow-
ship regned supreme. Toasts were hand
somely given and responded TO. Even as
write / hear the boom Of cannon, the
steady tramp OF troops and the COM
mands of the officers In the sham battle.
The campus Is alive with spectators 10 see
this, the most popular OF the commence
ment occurrences. Perhaps. too. this more
than any other one thing, evidences Col
onel Harman's high superiority as an Of
ficer but indeed the whole conduct or
the corps does this on all occasions.
OTHER ELECTIONS
Mr.. X. +. Whittle has been assigned
fellowship; Mr.. F. d. Wilson was made
assistant In chemistry In the college,
while Messrs. Lovensten and Eskridge
were assigned TO the same positions in the
station. These are all graduate students
OF this year.
DIR. M'BRYDE'S VACATION.
At it's meeting to-day the Board OF
Visitors passed the following compliment
tary resolutions:
Whereas. recognizing the high apprecia-
ton in which this board holds DR.. Nc
Bryde, and feeling the value Of his SER
wives TO this institution. we deem it
a matter of the highest importance that
he avoid any undue tax upon his strength,
and consider 1t well that he take some re-
creation and separate himself for while
from his college duties. We therefore
earnestly request that he take at least
one months rest during the summer at
such time as he may select.
At the same time a sum not exceeding
500 was appropriated by the board that
DIR. McBryde may employ private secre-
tary of his own selection.