Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-09
Or. Holiday Still President of the
!, A. and M. College.
rHEDEApLocK vNBRokEN
Election Ot..His Successor Postponed
10 July 8 Trinity College Grad.
yates = commencement Excrcisc.
OF Davidson COIiese-St. Johns
Day Mt HE Oxford Orphanngo-The
Pe"itemiinry Physician Haired.

Raleigh, N. c., June S.--Col. A. O..
Holiday is still president of the A.
aud NJ. College, and will remain so for
another month. The trustees have been
unable to elect his success and he will
hold over until they do elect
Two ballots were taken for president
yesterday. and as they showed that the
deadlock was still unbroken the board
adjourned till July 5th. hoping to have
better luck then.
The motion to adjourn was made by
n Winston man and seconded by a
Primrose supporter aa1 carried almost
unanimously.
The next most important thing Gene
by the board was ,c separate the cheirs
of agriculture and horticulture. with u
full professor, at $500 a year, at the
head OF each. This will make another
vacancy-professor of agriculture-to
be filed by the board in July. For at
that meeting 1t is expected to elect both
president and all members CT the
facIlts.
TRINITY GRADUATES.
The graduating class OF Trinity Col
legc this year is composed of eleven
5Gung men and one young lady. The
young lady was Miss Isabel Elias.
daughter OF the Hon. Hope Elias. and
she was the sixth young lady who ever
received diploma from Trinity Col
lege. The entire class and their homes
are rs follows: Mcssrs. w. II. Adams
of Denver. this State; ]. H. Barnhardt,
M. Pleasant: l.. r. Bowling. Durham:
L. w. Elias, Franklin; r. r. Etheridge,
Manteo; ID. w. Ncwsom, Littleton; L.
c. Nicholson. Richlands; II. NJ. North,
Laurinburg; w. n. Parker. Morgan
ton: f. II. WEIGH Red Springs; e T.
Willis. Elizabeth city, and Miss Isabel
Elias, Franklin.
was lacking In numbers was made up
In intelligence. The intellectual ap-
pearAnce of the class was equal to any
that ever left the college.
OXFORD ORPHAN ASYLUM.
Preparation are already in progress
at the oxford Orphanage for the cele-
bration OF st. Johns Day on June 9th
There will be an old fashioned basket
picnic and songs by the children. EN-
erc!ses In memory of the late ]. II.
Mins. founder OF the institution, will
be held on this day and memorial ad-
dresses VIII he delivered by General
w. r. Cox. of Washington, ID. c., and
DIR. J. d. Iiufham. of Henderson.
DIR. ROGERS BURNED OUT.
There was an episode at the peniten-
tiary yesterday that would not have
beer wholly devoid of humor, had there
not been such q prodlGious amouns OF
disregard for n mans rights AID feel
irss in it.
1t has already been noted in these
columns how Capt. Day had, without
Diminishing DR.. Rogers, the physician,
gone ahead and appointed DR.. Mckee
as physician or rather had given Nc
Kee note to Manager Arendell, say
ing he 0payl had appointed him (Mc-
Kcc). 1t has been told also how Rog-
ers had determined 10 continue in the
discharge Of his duties until irrd
been granted the common courtesy of
beng notified to quit. DR.. Mckee had
also been going out and going through
the hospital.
Yesterday morning Dr. Rogers went
To pay his morning visit to the sick IN
the peniten;iary but was denied admis-
sion by the guard with a gun.