Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-15
HIGHER EDUCATION.
PROGRESS or COMMENCE
yrNr WEEK IN VIRGINIA.
gsSBIEGTOS AND LEE UNIVERSITY.
., IA, OF the Flnais-Thc Confer
Inn al Dcgrccs-Thc Scholarship
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,..\rNGTON VA. June N.-(Special)-
..Is exercises marked the closing of
.r-.h session Of Washington and Lee
,...,.-.ty The only special events Of
.. session were tho outgoing OF Profess
I'D. s r.. Moreland and Charles A
.t. and the appearance of the new
,..r The scholastic arena here OF Pro-
...- henry T.. Willis, W. lie Conte
,.. and W. /. Clark, Jr., and the
-r,a.oment OF work on the John Ran
la tucker Memorial Hail. The in
..... 1 Che number Of students over the
.s session was highly gratifying.
re minutes previous TO the beginning
tas exercises in the Lee Memorial
,.. 10 II a. NJ. tho following ordered
90. which had assembled in the
as-I0om OF the Warren Newcomb
1850 o'clock, headed by the band
oil -aacr the marshalship Of Student II.
81 hrhrGtrlck Of Georgia, moved across
@. grounds TO the chapel;
.l rector, Rev. Gvens Brown Strick-
D Of Union Theological Seminary.
4.. ,-lsteos Of the University.
sa,nt William j. Wilson and faculty
CT ue University.
,etmeut of the University.
THO graduates in the law department Of
g.. University.
.l-trgraduates OF the University.
Ile large rostrum was soon filled with
r. trustees, faculty. and distinguished
visitors and speakers. while the seats in
middle benches Immediately in front
saG on the right were occupied by the
..W graduates and those on the left by
sgricty order.
Tie exercises were opened with prayer
10 tha delivery OF certificates 10 those
no haQ passed in the various depart
81 ats followed. after which the follow
1c honorary appointments and prizes
awarded:
diversity Scholarships-In the Depart
r., Of Latin, NOlney Mason Brown, Of
CABS Bolton, Tex; in the Department of
sizes. Francis Dare Lakin, Of Freder-
Nd; I'm the Department Of History,
- ". Griffin BoOgher, of Lexington,
i. iu the Department Of Chemistry,
s-ae Colville Lind. Of McAinnvi!e,
... in the Department Of Geology and
sy Charles Chamberlain Mcneil, of
ton. Va; in the Department Of Civil
Eaaeerlng. Ernest Franklin Deacon. Of
.u.l, Va; in the Department of Eng
a William Jett Lauck Of Keyser, w.
lman, William Dewey Cooke, of Staun-
O.. \a.; in the Department Of Economics
a. Political Science, Lindley Allison
man. Of ShelbyvlHe. Ky.
a owed SchOlarshps-Taylor Scholar
er Bolivar Finley Johnston, Murat.
N Young Scholarship. William Pinker-
Or OtG Lexington. Va; Crenshaw Law
..larship, William Henry Martin,
81 dstOck. Va; James J. White Scholar
hfaN rfI rI ord
A. Mapleson Scholarship, Ewing Da-
tn Sloan, a. b.. St. Louis. Mo;
kun society scholarship, LynwOOd
L-- Holmes. Lexington. Va; Bradford
5--.-gship, John William Suckley Tuck
90. Llwesville, Va; Curtis Lee Scholar
+- frank Hamilton Anschutz. LeXing-
ta l.-; Luther Sewers Birely Scholar
| N Matthew Page Andrews Shepherds
ta. ~. Va.
n Przes-Early English Text Socletys
lle samuel Colville Lind, McNIlnnville
-.r.; Edward Thompson Company Law
ycopaedia Prize, Robert Walter
Nthcrs. Suffolk, Va; y. and J. W.
l-ason & CO. Law Prize, Robert Walter
U.-lers. Suffolk Va: Santini Prize
L.lll Samuel Colvlle Lind. Tennessee:
| Orators Medal, Edmund Blair Pancake,
/ Elmney, W. Va.
II. Wilson King. Of Palmyra, Va. de-
| l.ered the annual law class GRAFTON, and
| james A. Mcclure. Of Spottswood. Va
made The yalcdictory address. Both
speeches were unusually good, and did
credit 20 the orators-one OF whom has
chosen the law as q calling and the
.-er The ministry.
Rev Thomas Hume, ID. D., LIZ D., of
.e University of North Carolina. then
..eIeI the address before the lite
.- -.cieties Of the university.
The exercises concluded with the con-
,-.e Of the following degrees in the
rr..s schools by Hon. William L. Will
s. president Of the University:
olelors Of Arts-John Preston Allen.
.aagtou. Va; Gustav Benz Capito.
4 Df.eston, ". Va; William Emrys
-- Knoxville Tenn; Lindley Allison
aaman, shelbyville, KY; John Wanroy
I1w Houston, Tex; Samuel Colville
-. McMinnVille. Tenn; James Alex |
.er Mcclure, Spotswood, Va; Frank !
.ta Miller. Paris. H.; James Luther
-,uson. Lexington, Va; Edmund Blair
Pancake. Romney, w. Va; Ewing David
s.. Sloan, ST. Louis. Mo.
Bachelors of Science-William Cary
Harn. Denmark, Va; Philip Lindsey
Wilson, Waterford. Va.
IEl Engineers-James Luther Morri-
sa Lexington, Va; William Craven
Watson. Aide. Va.
Master Of Arts-Robert Granville Camp
i.l A. =, Lexington, Va.
Doctor OF Philosophy-Hugh Milton Nc
Itauy. Jr, NJ. A., stanton. Va.
Eachelors Of Art-William James
Bryan. a. b.. Kissimee. Fla. Alexander
STUART Gibson. Richmond, Va. Roger
Nayls Harrison. Hopkinsville, KY; VIII
lm Parry JolliGe, Buchanan. Va; John
U On Jones. Blackfoot Ida; Floyd |
.n King Palmyra, Va; James Steele !
uer Parkersburg. W. Va; James !
en A. b.. Petersburg, Va; Andrew
dus Winfree, Richmond, Va; Ro- |
tH Walter Withers, Suffolk, Va.
.la final social event OF the season at |
o. Uuiyersity-the final balls in pro- !
c.s ia the gymnasium building. Mr.. |
Do Crebs. Of Carmi, H., is president. |
.,-e are ffty or more couples engaged |
% uclng.
t. Or. Givens p. Strickler, of Union |
. eical Seminary, Richmond, was |
Today elected rector OF the Washington |
al Lee University. vice Judge William |
Mclaughlin, deceased. The Board OF
Trustees Of the university have conferred |
He GLOWING honorary degrees:
Doctor of Divinity-Rey. Charles S. NJ.
81 o, Virginia.
Doctors " I-aWs-COlOnel G.. L. r. Hen
c"fon. Professor Of Military Art and
History Iu the STAFF College. England. and