The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-31
STEVENSON TO SPEAK.
THE TICE-PREsIDENTT TO DELIVER
THE DIPLOMAS CHAPEL HILL.
The Closing Exercises OF the Most Pros
porous Year in the History OF the uni
versity Of North Carolina.


CHAPEL HILL. n. c., May p.-spe-
cIal.-The University OF North .aio ,lI.
held its centennial commencement ias'
year and is therefore on its second cen
tury.
This years commencement exercises,
10 which the president says eNeryDouy
IS invited" begin Sunday morning. May
3lst. at III o'clock. when the baccalaureate
sermon will be preached by Rev. EDWARD
Rondthaler, ID. D., or salem, ~ - anu
bishoD of the Noravian church. IL Is
peculiarly appropriate that the sermon
should this year be preached by repre-
sentative man Of te Moravian Cnurcn,
and that Or. Rondthaler should be that
man. for. besides mis- great popularity AZ
the University, he has Tour young ni'"
OF his own congregation In the eranua'iils
class. Or. Rondtlialer VIII also preach
In the Presbyterian church AT h's"''
LITERARY SOCIETIES.
Tuesday night at o'clock the Dialec-
tic end Philanthropic Literary societies
will hold their annual alumni meetings
I'm their respective halls. These meetings.
are presided over by the nrst society
presidents from the rising senior class
a goodly number OF alumni are usually
on hand to spice the meetings with short
witty speeches and narrate pleasant re-
miniscences Of former college days The
halls have been very much improved by
new frescoing and the addition OF cleo
trio lights.
Wednesday. June "a. will be full Of In
tarcsting and pleasant events. The Board
of Trustees will meet at noon In Gerard
Hall. and will naturally be presided over
by Governor Elias Carr. who Is eX-ofhcio
president Of tine board. The members Of
the senior class will have their class-day
exercises in Memorial Han at O'CLOCK.
These exercises are rich, rare and racy.
At s o'clock I'm the same hall the SIX
representatives Of the Dialectic and phil
anthropic Literary Societies viii contest
for a gold medal given by the two So
cieties. And then at 10 o'clock Will be
held the annual faculty reception IN the
gymnasium.
COMMENCEMENT DAY.
Thursday is commencement day. Inc
Alumni Association will meet at 10 O'Clock
in Gerard Hall, to discuss matters OF IN
terest TO the well-belobed alma mater.
At II O'Clock i'm Memorial Hall will begin
the commencement exercises proper.
Seniors who have not presented theses
for graduation viii deliver their orations
for the best o. which is annually given a
beautiful gold medal. Class honors won
during the year are announced; medals
and prizes are awarded and diplomas arc
delivered TO the graduates. Nice-Preslcent
Aldal Stevenson win this year deliver the
diplomas 10 the thirty-seven members OF
the senior class on they all pass and
Will also make an address. A public
reception viii be given Mr. Stevenson.
and everybody given an opportunity Of
greeting him and shaking his hand.
In the afternoon there will be a game
Of baseball in the Athletic Park and at
night the University Glee Club will give
it, annual concert IN Gerard Hall.
Thus will end what has been, perhaps.
the most prosperous and most successful
year IN the history OF the University.
LIST OF GRADUATES.
The following IS q list Of graduates
from the University for the session
ISJj-'96:
Richard Gold Allsbrook. a. b.. Scot
land Neck. y. c.; Bernard Mckay AlstOr
a. T.. Greenevle Tenn; Frederic Fries
Rahnsou, ph. B.. Salem; Van Astor
Bachelor. a. D., Nashville; Thomas
Pleasant Braswen. Jr. Ph. H.. Battle
boro. Waiter Vernon Brown. Jr.. b. :.
Charlotte: Daniel Rice Bryson. Phi. b..
Bryson CITY. John william Canada a
b.. SummcrIeld; Edw. Parrish Carr. a
T.. Durham: Thomas Clarke. 3. =.
winston: John Hamilton Gable. \. B..
Laurinbureh y. c.; Robert Erwin Coker
d. S., Darlington, s. c.: John Carlton
Eller. Pm. D.. Berlin: Leslie Ballard
Evans, 4. T., IDAHO Edwin Clark Gre
CORY. a. b.. Halifax; James Alfred Gwyn
Ph. b., Springdale: James Calling Halo
well. y. Lit. Elizabeth city; Robert Pale
mon jenkins. ph. b., Elizabeth City
George Hughes Kirby, =. s., Raleigh
William Belo Lemly. y. s.. Salem: David
Flowers Nicholson a. b.. Westbrook; Al
fred Hargrave Robbins. Pm. T., Leying.
ton. Wescott Robertson \. b., Chape
Hin: Edward Foy Rollins. b. Lit, Emo
Thomas Franklin Sanford. r. S., M0cks
Vile; John Francis Shaffur. Jr.. 3. $
Salem; Royal Graham Shauncnhoun, \
r.. Charlotte; Thomas Allen Sharpe. Pm
b.. Pineville; William Cunningham
Smith, Pm. T., Greensboro: Benz. Ewd
Stanley, d. S., Kinston; George Gullett
Stephens, Ph. r.. Greensboro, Y. G.
William Robert webb. Jr., A. b.. Bell
buckle. Tenn; Joseph Harvey White. y
s, Graham; James Samuel White. A
b.. Mebano: William Thomas Woodley
Jr.. 4. r.. Charlotte: Walker Henderson
WOOdsOn, =. S. Salisbury, " c.