The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-16

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ting in body Immediately in front 0
the pulpit, drank in the weighty anC
touching lessons given them. 1t wa
remarked by number who have beer
accustomed to attend such occasion,
here, that they have never heard &
more appropriate and interesting bac
calaureate discourse than this.
The sermon Of Bishop Gibson before
the Young Mems Christian Association
at night was equally felicitous, and was
founded on Psalms cxix., 8: "Where.
withal shall a young man cleanse bis
way? BY taking heed thereto accord
ing to Thy word" The president OF
the association, Mr.. +. A. Brown, OF
Norfolk, conducted the service, and a
large and interested congregation was
present
Among the lady visitors already
arrived may be mentioned Miss Read,
Of New York city; Miss Clark, Of
Jacksonville, Fla; Miss Gibson, of
Richmond; Miss Chamberlayne, of
Petersburg; Miss English, Of Rich
mond; Miss Stebbins, Of South Boston;
Miss Wharey, Of Barron SPRING., n.
c.; Misses Watkins, Of Halifax county,
and Misses Daniel and Thornton, of
Charlotte county.
Quite a number Of the younger
alumni Of the college are also con the
Hill" among whom are Rev. r. +.
Boykin, Of Abingdon; w. l.. Estes, Of
Texarkana, Tex, and Messrs. r. T.
Huoard, Jr., Of Buckingham county;
a. ID. Watkins, of South Boston; w.
II. Venable, Of Norfolk, and d. &. Nor
ton, of Louisville, Ky.
The annual celebration Of the Union
Society was held tonight. The final
president is Mr.. T. c. Jones, of Peters
burg; the senior orator, Mr. II. p. Cross,
Of Norfolk, and the junior orators,
Messrs. J. E. Lowery, Of Norfolk, and
+. n. Jones, of SmIthville. The senior
debaters' medal was delivered to Mr..
II. r. Houston, Of Amsterdam, by Mr.
T. X. Laing, of Sun, w. Va; the junior
de5aters' medal to Mr.. J. NJ. Kelly, Of
Abingdon, by Mr.. J. +. Lowery, of
Norfolk; the Sophomore essayist medal
Mr.. f. A. Brown, Of Norfolk, 10y Mr.
Alexander Martin, of pden-Sid-
ney, and the freshman declaimers'
medal to Mr.. :. c. Bowen, of Knob,
Va, by the final president. The Union
Society is just closing its lllth year Of
active and useful work, having sent
out into the world hundreds of useful
and honored sons.
Messrs. II. l.. Stephenson and w. b.
Buford, both of Roanoke, are marshals
for the occasion.
A full meeting Of the Board of Trus-
tees is expected, as some unusually
important business is on hand.
The Board Of Trustees Of the college
met Monday night, twelve members
being present. Mr.. Cleon Moore, Of
Charlestown, w Va, took his seat for
the first time. Rev. A. w. Pitzer, d.
ID, Of Washington, ID. C., was elected
president Of the board. The session
was occupied chiefly in hearing reports
from the president, members Of the
faculty, and standing and special COM
mittees, all of which were cheering and
hopeful.
The Board Of Trustees Of the college
has purchased the whole property of
Union Theological Seminary, in the
county Of Prince Edward, for $4,000
cash.
The addresses Of Rev. Edward Mack
before the literary societies and Pro-
fessor w. II. Whiting before the Society
of Alumni Tuesday morning were of a
very high order, eloquent, and deeply
interesting. Mr. Mack's subject was
"The Philosophy of Life" and Profess
sor Writings "The Modern College"
The annual celebration of the Philan-
thropic Society was held Tuesday
night, with the following programme:
Final President, w. w. Bondurant, of
Rice. Va; senior orators medal de-
livered to George Fitzgerald, of Rich
mond, Va, by w. b. Lorraine, of
Richmond; junior essayist's medal to
w. G.. Bell, Of Milnesville, Va, by +.
H. Richardson, of Farmvile; sophie
more debater's medal to II. NJ. Win
free, Of Churchville, by w. f. Jones, of
san Murine; freshman declaimer's
medal to w. 5. Lee, of Crewe, by the
final president.
The senior orator is +. &. Mcdonald,
of Farmville, and the junior orators are
&C. Bell and +. Ii. Richardson.
Marshalls, H. ;. Stokes, of Farmville,
and T. ID. Gillian, Of Hixburg.
The Board of Trustees of the college,
having transacted much important
business during an unusually busy ses-
sion, adjourned Wednesday morning
at II O'Clock. Dr. J. II. G. Winston,
of Farmvile, late Phi. ID. graduate of
Johns Hopkins University, and an A.
B. and b. l.. graduate of Hampden-
Sidney college, in the class of 1894, was
appointed Adjunct Professor of Physi-