The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-06-14
IIampden-Sidncy Finals.
HAMrDEN-SIpNEY, NA.l
Jnne l3, 1901 3

liAAlbtN-i-llNE \ s.
II Jnne l3, 1901
& \ fine congregation assembled il
!. College church Sunday morning Il
hear the baccalaureate sermon bv Rev
X. l.. Telford, ID. d., of Lewisburg. W
Va. The discourse was based ON join
Xii, -: "And /, if be lifted up from
8 the earth, will draw all men unto me. 81
IL was able and eloquent throughout
The power of Christ. life and death i'm
elevating society and saying lost men
was forcefully and beautifully Illus
trated
The concluding sentences. addressed
To the senior class, whose members
were sitting Immediately i'm front of
the pulpit, were especially pathetic aud
lmpressi e.. There We're number of
persons from distance present, and
large contingent from Farmville and
the more distant parts Of the county.
The congregation at night was also
large, and listened with deeply inter
ested attention TO an admirable dis
course before the Young Mems Christ
ian Association 10y Rev. jas. Hunter
Of Farmville, on Romans xii. IG:
mind not high things, but condo
scend to men of low estate or. a. the .
Revised Version puts it, "Set not your
mind ON high things, but condescend To /
things that are lowly," from which the /
great lesson was drawn that the true
dignity Of man and the great duty of
life consist, not in striving after great
things, but in performing every day
little obligations as they arise i'm life.
The discourse was full of instruction.
beautifully illustrated, and contained
lessons for every nearer.
y large number Of beautiful and inn
teresting young ladies were ON "The
Hip for commencement, and gave
much pleasure to the young men,
after the labouous days of examination.
The exercises Tuesday began at noon
with an address on "The PerilS Of Com
nercialism" before the Literary Socie-
les by Rev. j. Gray McAInster, Of
'ovington, Va, and this was imme-
lately followed by an address before
he alumni by Col. Robert r. HUBBARD,
ST., of Boiling, Va, a distinguished
graduate Of the class Of 1859, who spoke
m "The Tendency of National
'hought.n
Tuesday afternoon the Board of Trus-
ees held a meeting, and the Society of
Alumni held an interesting meeting.
he new members of the Board of
'rustees present were Dr. Paulus a.
rvIng, of Richmond; j. II. G.. Pancake,
Romney, W. Va, and II. A. Stokes. =
( Prince Edward county, Va Bishop
iibsOn will not be able to attend. j
a petition from the students to re-
loye the restrictions upon dancing i
as discussed and tabled. The other y
lembers Of the board present We're: 81
Rev. \. w. Pitzer, Washington, ID.
!, NJ. l.. Lacy, Sinks Grove, w. Va; u
T. McFaden, Lynchburg, Va; W. v
Campbell, Roanoke, Va; Hons. /.
amuel L. Flournoy, Charleston, W. y
a.; A. ID. Watkins, Prince Edward
'unty, Va; James l.. Tredway, Chat u
am, Va; Dr. Peter Winston, Farm II
lie, Va; j. T. McAllister, Hot q
brings, Va. III
Tuesday night the Philauthropic l.
,ciety held its annual celebration, the
flowing programme being carried 50
II: h
Freshman declaimer medal delivered /
Walker Cults, Savannah, Ga, by "a
e presiding officer, l.. L. Davis,
estboro, Va. Junior Grafton, Learn 80
Labor and to Wait" by Pierre Ber- n'
I'd Hill, Richmond, Va. Sopho- II
)re debater medal, delivered TO j. r. vi
Holiday, Suffolk, Va, by II. p.
mes, Cherriton, Va. Junior Grafton, 81
he Future Of Our Republic 10y II. ln'
Graham, Tazewell, Va. Junior ,i'
ayist medal, delivered to p. b. Hill, d"
Va, by i. E. HUBBARD,
Hing, Va. Senior Grafton, "Shall n.
IT Laurels Wither?" by II. NJ. Roberts,
anderson, Ky. Senior orator medal, II,
ivered to ). e. Osbourne, Bulieds,
Va, by w. +. Jones, San Marina, II,
The marshals were W. +. Williams,
,odstock, Va, and G. f. Fitzgerald, =.
Va. a.,
Buckingham Brcyitics.
SUEpPARDS VA lime 1901