The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-07
CHAPEL HILLS Big EVENT.
Closing Exercises Of the University Of
North Carolina.
IT WAS THEIR GRADUATION DAY.
P,ve Thou,aud Visitors Present-A LIST OF
tho Graduating Clsss-Honors Con-
f.rrcd-Let'er From Presi-
dent Cleveland.


nm is scene Of gaity and pleasure
The crowd is estimated at five thousahu'
Before the appointed hour the Memof'"'
,tau. with a seating capacity OF 400.
was hacked with visitors from every
section of our State and many from o'her
states The beauty and ganantfy OF tne
Ola North State are gathered mere 10 40
honor by their presence 10 this INSTITUTION.
which closes to-day one hundred years OF
existence. and Is now entering on the sec
ond century OF its usefulness. under en-
ysronmcuts most suspicious.
The exercises were opened by the Rev.
DIR. Thomas Hume. OF the University, IN
an eloquent and fervent prayer.
There were forts-one graduates liis
IL the largest number since the reopenihS
tn =, aud being the first class that ma
circulated under the regime OF the new
President. Winston. Is significant OF the
progressive and energetic administration
OF this gentleman, who In the biei io"i
years has placed this university In the
very forefront Of American universities
Its enrolment nearly reaching 90.
THE SIX SENIOR sPE.ErRs.
There were six senior speakers, haV-
ing been chosen In competition. Ihey
contested to-day for the Willie T. Mansum
medal the greatest honor that can be
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has been awarded since the reopening'
and always greatly coveted.
The first speaker was Lucius Moody,
Bristol, subject. Independence in Pol
tiles"
force. and power The second speaker
was MIR Herman Harrell Horne subject,
religion and Life" His effort. which
was replete with depth. thought, ana
feeling was delivered with forcble ef-
fectiveness. lie showed that religion was
life.
The third speaker was Augustus Lee
Quickles. subject, THE Individual In
b Politics" Mr. Quickles is pleasant
speaker and handled his subject with
skill and ability. He exemphhed the in
nuence OF individual action and thought
In the political world.
The fourth speaker was Mr.. Joel Alex
ander subject. "Tte "Reminiscences OF the
Orient" Mr. Alexander held the attention
OF his audience in his clear. logical, ana
forceful Grafton, portraying the potent
influence OF the western spirit OF pro
gressivencss i'm reviving the new era OF
life in the East.
mn speaker. Laatrec Cr0un1cr Brog-
den. Subject. THE Hebrew, and his re-
lig.on" Mr.. Brogden was plsaling in his
address, and his speech showed much
thought ana was Well delivered
ligious idea Of the Hebrew from the past
to TIE present Tine last speaker was
Charles Faucet Tomlinson, Subject.
democracy and education Mr. Tom
linson. In his plea for broader and more
general education, exhibited marked
abilities as speaker
The committee selected to decide the
contest was composed Of Hons. Locke
Craig. of AsheviHe, f. -. Winston. OF
Berthe: James Southgate, Of Durham.
Rev. r. \. Caldwell. OF Winston and
Superintendent Alexander Graham. OF
Charlotte.
The medal was awarded 10 Herman
Harrell Horne. Of Clayton.
The other medals and prizes awarded
were. c. +. Tomlinson. history prize
II. II. Horne. philosophical medal: j. r.
Farrell Holt. mathematics medal w j.
Weaver Kerr geological prze; II. NJ
Thompson. Hume essay prize; r. g.
Alsbrook. Of PM Society. representa-
tive society medal.
HONOR, coNFEpRED.
Doctors of Divinity. Rev Alexander
Belts. Rev. j. c. Davis. Rev. Alexander
Lacy Philips. Rev. Robert Strong, Drs. Of
Law Mrs Corneia Philips Spencer. 1.-THE
daughter of the University" Colonel
Alfred NJ. Waddell. Ex-Governor Thomas
NJ. Holt. Hon. Richard II. Battle. W.
r. Faircloth, chief justice. Supreme
Court: ID. NJ Furches. associate justice;
Walter a. Montgomery, associate JUS
time
Honors to undergraduates junior class:
J. W. Canada. j. G. Eler. J. +. Webb.
Jr Sophomore class: b. Craige. ID. Eat
man, w. H. Ferguson. Jr.. Il. II. Graves.
c. Lane, j. b. Lindsey w. II. Nc
Marry. w. Underhill.
Freshman's class: c. S. Carr. j. r.
Dosier. T.. X. Graham. n. III. Lewis. Jr..
w. G.. Peace. i. ID. Sowefby, J. d.
webb. i. II. Elcy.
Special certificates: Mathematics. Joe +.
Alexander, a. Il. kimball. ID. Lindsey;
Latin j. O. Carr French. j. Il. Alex
ander. German. A. Il. K!mball; Natural
philosophy. -. Lindsey; English J. T..
Alexander; Il. NJ. thompson history II.
NJ Thompson; chemistry, J. l.. Patter-
son.
DIPLOMAS PRESENTED.
Colonel Kenan, president of the Alumni
Association, in the absence of Governor
Carr. who was called away, presented the
diplomas and Bibles to the following grad
yates:
Bachelor Of Philosophy-Joe Ely Alex
lander. Wiimot Brown Allen. Lautrect
Cramer Brogdcn. George Humphrey Car
pcnter Frederick. Louis Carr James Os-
borne Carr. Harry Howell Ashbci Brown
Kimball John Worth McAlster. Holland
McT1eire Thompson. Charles Faucet
Tomlinson, Leslie Well, Robert Edgar
Zachary.
Bachelor OF Scicnce-Niurray Borden
Thomas Evans Westman Brown, Henry
Edward. Cohen Bryant James Frierson
Gather. William Clarence kiuttz. Dudley
Lindsey. Thomas Robinson Little, John
Edward Mattocks. Edwards Warren My
ers John Legerwood Patterson, Robert
Thomas stephen Steele
Bachelor Of Le;ters-Augustus Lee
Quickel. William Levy Scott. William
Jackson Weaver.
Bachelors of Law-Henry Clarke Brdg-
crs George Mordecai Graham, Fordyce
Guarding. Guy Carlton Lee.
Masters OF Arts-Herman Harrell Horne
A. b.. Jesse Morrow Oldham. A. b.. Mar
shall Hin Yount. a. h.
Bachelor OF Arts-Herbert Bigham, Lu-
cius Moody Bristol. John Thomas Farrell.
William Alexander Graham. Herman Har-
rell Horne. William Claudius McAlister.
Daniel X. McRae. John Allen Moore,
charles Root Turiser. Walton Crump,
Wicker Marshall. and Hin Nount.
CLOSE or ALUMNI DAY.
The exercises OF Alumni-Day were con-
cluded last evening with a scholarly and
cultured address by Hon. 4. London, on
The University During the War" and
an address OF peculiar historical interest
and value by Or. Stephen p. Weeks OF
Johns Hopkins University Following the
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