Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-14
THE OLD CAPITAL.
THE COMING COMMENCEMENT OF
WILLIAM AND MARY.
An Elaborate ProRramme-Thc Tap
pahnnnock summer Normal and
the school of acknowledgements
of the Goshen Chautauqua.

WILLIAMSBURG. VA. June lS.-(spe-
cial)-The following IS the programme OF
final exercises at William and Mary, ses-
sion 1886.
sunday. June 2st. final sermon by Rev
VI. NJ wharton, u. d.. OF baltimore
Md; Up NJ. sermon before Young Men s
Christian Association, by Rev. W. NJ
Clarke. Of Fredericksburg, Va.
Monday, June 22d. Il NJ, meeting OF
committees Of Board Of Visitors; 6 +.
NJ, annual meeting OF the Board OF
Visitors; S r. NJ. Phoenix Literary So
ciety celebration.
Tuesday. June 23d, p. NJ, Philoma-
thean Literary Society celebration.
wednesday June 2ith. s 2. NJ address
before Alumni Association, By Rev. C.
Breckenridge Wilmer.
Thursday, June 18th. Grafton before the
two literary societies. by Hon. K. w.
Moore: Y NJ. award Of diplomas, medals,
and scholarships.
The annual banquet Of the Alumni As
ISOLATION Will be given this year M me
Colonial Inn. Wednesday june am az
8 p NJ. Governor Charles T. - ferIaH
during the evening.
Mr.. j. Morton White, OF Charlotte Is
president OF the Phoenix Society, {. -.
Lambert. and J. c. Page are the debaterS'
and l.. X. Via and w. b. Snidow. orators.
The Committee on Invitation consists OF
c. Mebane Smith chairman, j. y. Shipp'
IL. b. Dodge. n. +. Ward, Joseph IL
Bellamy, c. J. Weaver; marshals j. II.
bowman (chieO. T. b. Snead. i. y.
Stubs. Jr.. G. A. Hutchinson I. 1. James
Robert NJ. Hughes. Jr.
Mr.. Fleet W. Cox. OF Westmoreland, Is
president Of the PhilOmathean, .and Ro-
bert T. Henderson. secretary. The de-
baters are T. Swepson Herbert and X.
T. Bolyn. orators j. OILS Bland and John
w. Scott. Jr. The Committee on Invita-
ton is composed Of }. r. Harris CHAIR
man. j. G. Payne A. W. Bohannan' -.
W. James. r. w Williams. marshals'
G. r. Grayson chico. a. Q. Stephenson
II. T.. Birdson. G. W. Fox, }. II. Lean.
SUMMER NORMAL
Professor Thomas }. Stubs, Of the
Department Of Mathematics Of William
liam and Mary, has been selected by SUI
perintendent John T.. Massey TO conduct
the summer normal" at Tappahannock,
from July 9Th TO July 3lst and in the
'sVirginia Summer School Of Methods
10 be hels I'm Charlottesville from June
pa 10 July nth, Professor Hugh 5. Bird.
Professor OF Pedagogy in William and
Mary, will teach history and the science
OF education.
Among the friends and promoters Of
the mountain chautauqua. soon 10 be es-
tablished at Gotham, Va, are Professor
Charles +. Bishop. Pm. D., and Professor
J. Leslie Hail. Pm. D.. Of William and
Mary. The chautauqua opens July l5th'
PERSONAL
Mrs. John Gill. from New Jersey. with
her son, Mr.. 4. II. Gil. have been stop
ping at the Colonial Inn. Mr.. Gill owns
the beautiful Green Spring farm near
here once the home OF Sir William Berk-
lev.
Mr.. Hugh Mercer, son OF MayOr-elett
John J.. Mercer, has returned from Am
herst, where he attended school during
the past session. Mr.. Mercer Is much
improved by his long stay In the upper
country, and will. no doubt. greatly en-
Joy his vacation.
Mrs S. NJ Walker and Mrs. T. y.
Walker. Of Cumberland, Md, are visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Newman, at
Hollywood, York county.
Mr.. Willie Tophain has returned home
from school at Bedford City.
Miss Louise Henley, daughter Of Judge
r l.. Henley, will leave shortly for an
extended stay at Old Point and Virginia
Beach
Misses Mamie and Mary Sherwell. who
have been from home since last October,
will return I'm a few days.
Miss Lucy Davis, assistant principal Of
the Mattey Whaley Model and Practice
School Of the college, will leave shortly
Tor her homo in Lynchburg. Her school
closed yesterday.