Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-21
RANDOLPH MACON.
9H3 CLOSING EXERCISES PROPER
OF THE SESSION.
4 Lively Meeting of the Hoard of
Trustccs-Thc Chairs of German
4 Question OF Faith.

ASHLAND. June 2o.--Cspecial)-T1
Closing exercises OF the session 1915
OF Randolph Macon College took place to-
day in the chapel on the college campus,
on the rostrum were President w. W.
Smith, Vice President Rev. J. a. Kern.
and Professors r. NJ. Smith, II. +. Black
well A. c. Wightman. Il. ID. Smithey. and
l.. W. Bowen.
Rev. DR.. Wlshtman offered the prayer
and the president introduced to a large
audience Rev. NJ. Il. Chapman. of Balti-
more conference. who delivered fine
address, lasting about forty-five minutes.
His subject was Kingdom and Kingship
Of Man"
Rev Dr. Cox, Of Baltimore conference,
presented. on behalf Of the donors. the
two Murray medals-"the scholarship
to Mr.. G. l.. Armentrout, whose average
for all studies in graduation classes was
80 3-l0O. and the proficiency medal to
Mr. VI. L.. Smiihey, whose average was
q 6i-l00 for four or more tickets.
\ ripple of excitement then came over
the audience. when DIR. Wightman. chair
man of the Judges Committee for Award
ing the SutheTlin Medal. appeared with
the handsome jewel. The Doctor spoke
for several minutes, telling Of the dill
Guilty tho committee had in deciding who
should have the medal. The speeches
were all so fine that II took several hours
TO determine. In concluding, he said;
Il am sorry to give you this medal. and
yet | am glad | feel that all four should
have medals, but Mr.. ID. s. Hill is the
fortunate contestant, and he only won the
prize by the skin Of his teeth. Take
it now. sir; and ! commend you to use
your oratory for God, man, and religion.
The Walton Greek prize, several valu-
able books was awarded 10 MIR. G. T..
Armentrout. Three prizes, awarded by
the management Of the Randolph-Macon
Monthly. were given, first to ID. $. Hill.
for best prose composition; second
best. to 4. H. Whisner and also one TO
Miss Edwards. Of the Womans College,
Lynchburg. for ne best poetry. The di-
pl0mas were then presented by the presi-
dent. assisted by all the faculty. The
names OF the graduates have already APP
peared In the Dispatch.
The president made a short speech Civ
ing advice TO the graduates. and an
nounced that the session OF ls9i-'95 would
be closed by Rev. DR.. Chapman. who pro-
nOunced the benedctiOn
BOARD or TRUSTEES.
The Board of Trustees net at . y. NJ.
and consumed all the morning in routine
work. The following resolution, submit
ted by the alumni, was agreed to:
Resolved. That the alumni banquet be
held next year on Wednesday night at
$3.50 o'clock. and that the annual address
be delivered in the morning OF the same
day. as has been the custom heretofore
This does away with the Tuesday exer-
cises. held for the first time this year,
as that was found to interfere with bust
ness matters of the board
The most interesting matter which has
come before the board since its session
began was the election of a professor to
fiji the Chair Of Greek and German. For
the place thirty-od1 applications were
filed. The committee in charge of the So
lection were some what at disadvantage,
so the faculty were consulted Their in
nucnce was thrown for Professor ID. H..
Easter 4. NJ. Of Randolph Macon. now
connected with Woodford College s. c.,
while the trustees on the committee IA
vored Rev r. y. Potts. of Salisbury. Nd.
The report recommended Mir. Easter. and
when the matter came before the full
board feeling ran high. and The action and
influence Of both sides made the meet
ing lively. The bone Of contention was
the religious belief Of MIR. Easter. Those
who favored him were firm in the stand
they took and represented him as being a
good Methodist now. n having joined the
church since he left Rando,ph Macon.
While here, though he taught Sunday