Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-16
THE RICHMOND Observation-Disclosures. JUNE Is. 1895.
WASHINGTON ANDLEE
THE CLOSING DAY OF THE COM
MENCEMENT EXERCISES.
Honorary Appointments-The Uni
versity ScbOfarships--Tbe Endured
Glass Oration-Tbc Degrees.

LEXINGTON, VA. June l5.-(Special)
The commencement exercises proper of
the Washington and Lee University took
place this morning at IL o'clock in the
chapel, when a large crowd was present
to participate in the ceremonies. The
stage was filled with quite a gathering
OF learned and distinguished men.
The exercises were opened with prayer,
after which followed the delivery Of GER
tihcates by President William L. Wilson.
who presided over the exercises. Upon
the conclusion OF this part of the pro-
gramme, the following honorary APP
pointments and university prizes were
awarded:
HONORARY APPOINTMENTS.
University Scholarships--In the De
partment OF Latin, Cary Randolph
Blsin, Virginia; In the Department
of Physics, Frank Hamilton Anschutz'
Virginia; in the Department OF History
Samuel Williams Frierson, Alabama; IN
the Department of Chemistry, Samuel
Garland Hammer Virginia; In the De-
partment Of Geology and Biology,
Samuel Mccain Young, Mississippi; in
the Department of Civil Engineering,
James Luther Morrison, Virginia; in the
Department of English, Charles Maurice
Barnes, Virginia; in the Department oil
French and German, Ewing DAVIDSON
Sloan, Missouri.
Endowed Scholarships Scholar
ship. Linwood Rufus Holmes, Va; Young
Scholarship. Randolph Tucker Shieidsi
Virginia; Crenshaw Law Scholarship
Robert Walter Wthers, Virginia; James
]. White Scholarship, George Petrie Fish
SnhnlaTGlln
Robert Granville Campbell, Virginia;
Franklin Society Scholarship, William
Cary Haitian, Virginia; Bradford Scholar
ship. Herbert Brooke Chermside, Viz
ginia; Gusts Lee Scholarship William
Pinkerton OFT, Virginia; Luther Sewers
Birely Scholarship, Reginald Heber JOY
ner. West Virginia; Howard Houston
Fellowship, Hugh Milton McIlhany, Jr,
NJ. ~, Virginia.
Prizes-Robinson Medal of Ancient and
Modern Languages, lie Roy Carr Barrett,
NJ. A., Missouri; Robinson Medal Of
Mathematics and Science, Samuel Mccain
Young. c. f., Mississippi; Early English
Text Societys Prize. Livingston Waddell
Smith. Virginia; Edward Thompson Com
many Law Encyclopaedia Prize, Edward
Warning Wilson, b. L., Kentucky;
Orators Medal William Wilson keyser'
Missouri; Santini Prize Medal, William
Kyle McClung, Virginia.
DEGREES.
The law-class grafton followed. 1t was
delivered by Mr.. A. W. Webb, a. b., b.
H., Of Vienna, Md. Upon the conclusion
of Mr.. Webbs Grafton President Wilson
introduced Mr.. II. S. McPheeters, of Mis-
souri,. who delivered the address before
the Alumni Association. The conferrins
Of degrees concluded the exercises. They
were conferred as follows:
Bachelor of Arts-Robert Granville
Campbell, Virginia; Samuel Garland
Hammer. Virginia: Charles Waldo Guth-
RE Kentucky; James Montgomery Ma
son. West Virginia; William Kyle Nc
Chung virginia: Edward Asberry O'Neal,
Alabama; Randolph Tucker Shields, Nir-
ginia; Alban GoshoTn Snyder, West VIZ
ginia: James E. Hodgeson, Virginia.
Civil characterization Randolph Hous-
TON Virginia; Samuel Mccain Young,
Mississippi.
Master of Arts-I.eRoy Carr Barrett,
Missouri; benjamin Franklin Harlow,
West Virginia; Livingston Waddeil
Smith, Virginia.
Bachelor of Law-Henry Watkins An
derson. Richmond; Van Aston Batchelor,
North Carolina; Borden Hughson Burr
Alabama; John Henry Dulin, Virginia;
Charles James Faulkner, Jr., West Nir-
ginia. .Junius Rodes Fishburne Virginia;
Daniel Mckinney Hammat, west Nir-
ginia: Frederick Albert Lang, West Nir-
GINA: William Daniel McSween, Ten
nessee: Edwin Cabell Palmer. Virginia;
Redmond Ira Roope Virginia; Henry
Smith Rucker, Virginia; Joseph Samuel
Sucer. Jr., virginia; Charles william
Fraser Spencer, South Carolina; Grayson
I,omax Thornton, Virginia; Charles Win
ston Waddy Virginia; Albert Walter
Webb. Maryland; Edward Warning Will
son, Kentucky.
The following honorary degrees were
conferred:
d. D.-Rev. Goodrich A. Wilson. Nir-
ginia; Rev. William McFadden AleXan-
der, Tennessee.
III, D-Ernest b. Kreittschnitt, Louis
lana; Robert Bonner New YORK; Hon:
Oscar S. Straus. New York. United
States Minister to Turkey.
The finishing touch TO the session OF
1s97-sS was fttingly applied in colors to-
night. when the South's fair daughters
and gallant young men tripped the lght
fantastic for hours in the gymnasium
which had been beautifully decorated FOR
the occasion and lighted by multlpn-
citv of colored electric-lights. This ball
is the much heralded topic Of converse
ton the entire session, and is considered
the great social feature
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