The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-06
RECEPTION TO THE
GRADUATING CLASS
w. A. Lambeth Wins the
Wiley Gray Medal.
ADDRESS BY Mr.. FOUSHEE
Establishment of the Arthur Ellis Lee
Scholarship.
THESES BY TIE GRADUATING CLASS
The Reception in the Duk, Building COmpI
mentary to The Graduates Fitting
Close TO Great Com
mencement.
ADDRESS BY Mr.. FOUsHEE
THESES BY TIE GRADUATING CLASS
mencement.

Durham. N. c., June 5-The closing
scenes of the Trinity commencement
took place this evening with the annual
reception given complimentary to the
graduating class. The reception was
held in the Duke building and was
brilliant social affair." 1t was fitting
close for one of the greatest commence
ments in the history of the college.
Wealth and beauty were on all sides
and the young graduates had it all THEN
way. OF all the social affairs of the
commencement the reception tonight
was the most brilliant
GRADUATING EXERCISES.
The graduating exercises took place
this morning, beginning at 10 o'clock.
The Craven hall, in which all of the
exercises took place, was again crowd
ed, probably the largest crowd of the
commencement being on hand today.
The exercises were opened with prayer
by Bishop c. b. Galloway, which was
followed by music furnished by the
Hollowbush Orchestra. The four ora
tions of the day were then delivered
as follows:
William Edward Brown, of Fairfield.
christianity and Socialism"
Frank Stamper Garden, of Bran
well, "A Saner Citizenship
William Arnold Lambeth, of Thomas
vile, The College in the Service of the
Nation
David Derrick Peele, of Gibson, "The
Present Awakening in the South"
The contest was for the Wiley Gray
- 80 l. FV
of Raleigh, in memory of his brother.
who was killed in the battle of Gettys-
burg. After the orations the commit
tee to decide the contest retired and in
a short while announced that Mr.. Lam
beth had been the successful con-
testant
The following theses were presented
by the other members of the gradu-
ating class:
Stephen Woodland Anderson, of Will
son, The Production of Iron in the
South"
Henry Brandt Asbury Charlotte,
The History of Factory Legislation
Joseph Carroll Blanchard, Hartford,
North Carolina. in the First National
Congress-"
Edgar Wingate Lassiter, Rich Square,
ION the Dissemination of the Germs of
Malarial and Other Fevers by Certain
Dipterious Insects
Ethel Nave Lewis. Charlotte, 'Ver-
sions of the Holy Grail Legend by
Mallory, Tennyson and Lowell
Maude Elizabeth Moore, Durham, $50.
cial Life in the Colonial Carolinas."
Lloyd Audrey Rome, Rockingham,
Water Power in North Carolina
Benjamin William Stephens, Roxboro,
W of In,
lima
Leon Franklin Williams, Gainesville,
THE Radio Active Elements"
Samuel Garland Winstead, Roxboro,
THE History of Money in the United
States"
John Kerr Wood. ASHORE, 1.-THE His
tory of Sanitation"
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
AND CERTIFICATES.
Bachelors of Art-Stephen Woodland
Anderson, Henry Brandt Asbury,
Joseph Carroll Blanchard, William Ed
ward Brown, Frank Stamper Garden,
Mabel Chadwick, Mary Laurentine
Hendren. William Arnold Lambeth,
Edgar Wingate Lasster, Ethel Maye
Lewis, Maude Elizabeth Moore, David
Derrick Peele, Lloyd Audrey Rome,
Franklin Williams, Samuel Garland
Winstead John Kerr Wood.
Masters of Art-Paul Vernon Ander
son, A. B., 1897, English and German,
Wilson; John Raymond Cowan, A. B.,
1900, English and History. Cleveland.
Tenn: Linville Laurentine Hendren, A.
b., 1900, Physics, Mathematics and Ger
man, Newbern; Ernest Frederick
Hines, A B., 1900. Chemistry, English,
Philosophy and Social Science, Flor
ence, S. c.; Annie Mckenzie Pegram
A. b., 1896, Mathematics, German and
English. Durham; William Hane Wan
namaker, A. B., 1895, tWofford College,.
English and German, Spartanburg, D.
c.; Frank Thomas Willis, A. B., 1899
Physics, Mathematics and German,
Elizabeth City.
Highest Honors in English-David
Derrick Peele.
Honors in English-W William Arnold
Lambeth.
Honors in Physics-Lloyd Audrey
Rome.
Sophomore Honors-El Wade Gran
ford, Ophir, N c.; Ohio Jerome Jones'
Mt. Island, N. c.: Ralph Milton Odell,
Concord. n. c.: Eber Carl Perrow, Noe
ton, Tenn; Michael Ralph Richardson
Durham, N c.; Thomas Walter Smith
Jr., Concord, N. c.: Edward Wright
Spencer, Oxford. N c.
Freshman Honors-Walter Pemberton
Budd, Durham, N. c.: Gilbert Harmer
Smith, Elizabeth City. N. c.; Rufus
Moore Webb. Greensboro. N. G.
Mr.. FOUSHEES SPEECH.
The Wiley Gray medal was presented
to Mr. w. A. Lambeth by Hon. H. A.
Foushee. In making his presentation
speech Mr.. Foushee touched on the col
lege and high school life of Wiley Gray
and then of his services as a warrior,
and how he gave his life for the South.
His tributary of the brave youth was
exauisitely done. and made .sery heart
proud that Wiley Gray had taugAt