The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-03
VIRGINIA M.ILIT AIRY
INSTITUTE FINALS
Exercises Opened BY Morning Parade
by the Cadets
HANDSOME SWORDS PRESENTED
Eeriex of The Cadet Battalion by tho
Beard of visi,ors-I,he Final Ball
a Brilliant Affair III Stone
wall jackson Hall.
HANDSOME SWORDS PRESENTED

LEXINGTON. VA, July Especial
This morning ushered in the beginning
of the military features of the commence
ment exercises of The Virginia Military
institute with morning parade by the
cadet corps and followed by guard mount
ing on the parade grounds he cadet
battery of four guns. under the command
OF Assistant Professor, Captain G w.
Watts. fred d salute OF twenty-one guns
a, 1870 a NJ. in honor of the assemble
Board of Visitors, of which body there
are now present: Alexander Hamilton: OF
Petersburg. president; General William
Male. Of Richmond. acknowledgement u
Virginia; Hon. ]. w Southa!i, OF hich-
r,opd superintendcst of public instfuC-
: tso,, of Virginia: Hon. Henry Fairfax, o.
Aide. Va: Hon. L. w. Saunders, OF
Rocky Mount, va; Hon. Lloyd l. Smllil.
of I5eathsville, Va; Colonel Thomas w
Shelton. OF Norfolk, Va; W. T. Sil'eias:
@af Lexington The military features oil
the day were concluded with a review
ls1f the cadet battalion under arms by the
Board Of visitors and battalion parade
SWORDS PRESENTED.
In the cadet mess hall at supper SWORDS
nf the United states dress pattern were
presented TO Captain Clifton Rice. OIL
: u.
,onel f. W Nicholas: Captain Earl Bis
coe Of Washington. u. c. Company ~
by Colonel r. A Mari: Captain Collier ID
Minge Jr.. of New orleans. Company q.
by Captain s. =. Walker: Captain w. IS.
Montgomery, OF iYnchburg. company -
by Major c. E. Slcmp. and Cadet AdJutaht
r. w Hyatt, of Jonesvillc. Va. by MAJOR
n. c. Ford. as coming from the members
of their respective companies as a token
nf good will which they bore TO their
commanders during the past session, eX-
eept the sword of Adiutant Hyatt. which
was from the entire CORDS The Ires"ia-
.ations were made in tasteful speeches.
and each recipient was accorded ROUNDS
If hearty cheers The swords are very
valuable and each cost in the nelShbor-
hood of 500.
The climax of the day was the social
function the final german, at night in
the. gymnasium under the StoneWall jack
son Memorial Hall The hall was beau
tiful1y decorated and lighted with a null
titude OF brilliant electric lights of many
rolors Nearly one hundred couples
participated. The leader was Cadet Cap
s.sin Collier II. Minse, Jr-, Of New Or
Jeans. with Miss Daisy Chamberlayne, of
Richmond, Va.
At O'Clock an elegant supper was
served. All Of the young ladies in the
opening figure were gowned in white
organdia and carried large punches of
pink carnations.
The other couples in The opening figure
We're:
Assistant Leaders-Cadets Earl Riscoe
y Washington. D. c.. with Miss Maggie
Bell Roller of Fort Defiance. Va; Clifton
Rice, of Hazel Springs. Va. with Miss
BESSIE Hunter. of Richmond; Lewis a.
Robertson. of Galveston, Texas, with Miss
Cora r. McCabe. of Baltimore
Observation-Disclosures II. l.. Jordan, Smith
s To wit T'fiCp StDiypc Rich
mand: b. ]. I1pes. Nottoway, Va, with
Miss Ella Goodwin, Fincastle, Va; d NJ.
Barnard, Petersburg, with Miss Grace
Radcliffe, New York city: A d. 7. jan
:ley, Ueesburs, Va. with Miss Annie
Payne, Warrenton, Va; G. D. Brooke
Thompson. Berryville, Va: G. 3. Palmer.
sNorth East, Nd. with Miss Bruce Hous-
ION. Lexington, Va; c. r. Howard, Rich
,nond with Miss Helen Stevens Rich
mond; G. L. Lewis, Tallahassee. Fla,
with Miss Margaret Roller, Harrison
burg, Va: J. NJ. Winston. Richmond,
with Miss Lindsay Walker, Charlottes-
vile; ]. J.. Meem, Mt. Jackson, Va, with
Miss Louise Brockenbrough, Lexington,
Va: T. Il. Brown, Richmond. with Miss
Fannie Jordan, Lexington. Va; f. S.
Berry, San Francisco, Cal, with Miss
Alice Kelly, Norfolk; ]. Pasco, Month
cello. Fla, with Miss Gertrude McCabc,
Baltimore; J. r. n. Boyd, Richmond.
with Miss Eaunueroy. stanton: w. Is.
Montgomery. Lynchburg, with Miss Mat
tie Eraighill. Lynchburg; r.. A. p.
Walker, Charlottesville, with Miss Sue
Jones, Charlottesville: &. 2. CraiGhill.
Lynchburg. with Miss Shirley Moore. Nor
folk.
Patronesses-Miss Margaret Freeland.
Virginia: Mrs. c. II. Minse, Louisiana;
Mrs. II. c. Biscoe. Washington, d. c.;
Mrs. j. ". Robinson, Texas; Mrs. Soh-
ertson, Texas; Mrs Stevens. Virginia;
Mrs. Chamherlayne. Virginia; Mrs. r. S.
Hunter, Virginia; Mrs. Il. \. Mari, Vir-
GINA; Mrs. Reid White. Virginia; Mrs.
T. III. Semmes, Virginia.