The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-02


there was an opening prayer, after
, which President Alderman proceeded to
read the list Of theses by this years
graduates.
SENIOR ORATIONS.
After reading the titles Of graduating
theses and the names Of their authors,
came the senior orations. The speak
ers were as follows:
James Edward Latta, Institutional
ism and Its Demands"
John Mabry Greenfield, Jr.. Colon
ial Assimilation"
Thomas Gilbert Pearson, TIL ouak-
CT. a Factor il Civilization"
Thomas Contee Bowie. Republican
ism Versus Imperialism"
Robert Diggs Wimberley Connor.
Revelations in Civilization"
THE ORATOR OF THE DAY.
After the senior speeches President
Alderman introduced the orator of the
day, Nichols Murray Butler, Phi. D,
of Columbia university, New York.
DR.. Butler is one Of the finest orators
and lecturers in America and generally
speaks upon some line OF his favorite
subject Of education. His speech to-
day was an almost perfect production.
both in style and matter. His superb
presence and easy flow OF English a:
once captivated the crowd and kept
bCAh AOOIc 10 their seats LOT Nearly
an hour.
SPECIAL CERTIFICATES AWARD
ED.
When the applause for DR.. Butler had
subsidized the following special certil-
Gates were awarded for the session of
1S9S-99:
Greek-Virgil Laurens Jones.
Latin-Henry Patrick Harding, Viz
gil Laurens Jones.
or:ra raa;;a AL1rn
English = Charles Conner Brown,
John Donnelly, Charles Foust Harris,
Joseph Henry Hewitt, Howard Brax-
ton Holmes, Bessie lewis Whitaker.
: History-Edgar David Broadhurst,
Charles Common Brown, Fred Jackson
Coke, Henry Patrick Harding, Rober,
Gillian kittrell, Henry Mauger Lon
don.
Physics-James Edward Latta.
Biology-Everett Augustine Lockett.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Scott Craw-
ford, Joseph Henry Hewitt. Robert
MEDALS AWARDED.
Medals and prizes were awarded as
follows:
The Holt Medal in Mathematics
Charles Whitehead Woodson.
The Hume Medal in English Compo-
~sition-Lewis Round Wilson.
1uc worth ITlZc IN PHILOSOPHY
Francis William Coker.
The Harris Prize in Anatomy-Walter
Vernon Brem. Jr.
Early English Text Society Prize
John William Canada.
The Greek Prize-Philip Hall Bus
bee, Milton Mcintosh.
The Mangum Medal in Oratory-
Thomas Carter Bowie.
The Representatives Medal-G. n.
Coffey.
DEGREES CONFERRED.
The final act Of the university's COM
mencement was the presentation Of di-
plomas. The following is a list of de-
grees conferred:
Bachelors Of Arts-Charles Skinner
Aston, Edward Stephenson Askew
(cum laude), Marsden Bellamy, Jr.,
(magna cum laude), Charles Connor
Brown, Cameron Belo Buxton, John
Robert Carr (magna cum laude), Ju-
liam Shakespeare Carr, Jr. (cum laude),
Francis William Cocker (cum laude).
Crawford (cum laude), Claude Baker
benson, Jr. (magna cum laude), John
Donnelly (cum laude), Jesse knight
Dozier (magna cum laude), John Ma
bry Greenfield, Jr., ABB, (Guilford COL
lege, 1889, Junius Daniel Grimes, Hen
ry Patrick Harding (cum laude), Jo-
seph Henry Hewitt, Howard Braxron
Holmes (cum laude), Virgil Laurens
Jones, S.B. carson and Newman) 1897,
Warren Lawson Kluttz, Jr, Edward
Mayo Land, (cum laude), Benjamin
BENSON Lane, Jr., (cum laudel, Henry
Mauger London (cum laude), John Nc
Lauchlin McFayden. Francis Moore Os-
borne, Joseph Murden Sitterson, Jr.,
George Davis Wick, Harry Legare Wat
son, LOU Round Wilson, Ernest Hcra-
ito Woodson (cum laude).
Bachelors of Philosophy-Thomas
Contee Bowie, Edgar David Broad
hurst, Charles Stafford Canada, Rob
ert Diggs kimberley Conner, Fr,d
Jackson Coke, Blanford Barnard
D~oughtery, S. B., carson and New
gene Fuller Hartley, Robert Gillian
Kittrell (cum laude), James Edward
Latta (cum laude), Henry McGilber.
Wagsstaff, William Sidney Wilson
(cum laude.)
Bachelors Of Sc1ence-James Philips
Bum, Julius Alexander Caldwell, Jr.,
(cum laude), Everett Augustine Loo
kett. Alexander Clinton Miller. Edmund
Volger Patterson, Thomas Gilbert
Pearson, B. s., (Guilford colaege) 1897,
Samuel Watson ReaveS, Edward Jen-
ner Wood.
Warren.
Graduates in Pharmacy-Charles
Dayton Gruver, Thoma William Ken
drick, Charles Henry Smith, David
Clarence Swindell.
Masters Of Arts-Katharine Cecilia
Ahern, A. B. (Smith college) 1898, Ar
chibald Henderson, A. B., 1898; William
Johnston Horney, A. B., 1897; Mary
Pearson Kendrick, A. B., (Smith col
lege) 1898.
With the comforting OF degrees the
commencement was over. The closing
year is the most prosperous hat the
university has ever passed. Let US
hope each succeeding session may prove
as successful.
The first dance of the week was the
Pi Sigma hop this afternoon. Tonight
is the senior ball. There will be about
seventy couples.
Memorial Services ut Grants Tomb.
New York, May 30.-The sarcophagus
of General Grant in the tomb at Clare