The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-01
annual SERMON OF
WOMAN'S COLLEGE
1t Will Be Preached Tonight at
Grace.Street Church.
DR. HATCHER TO RESIGN
Closing Exercises at the Richmond Fe-
smale Seminary-Miss Eiiett's
schoo! and Other Notes
About the Schools.

Schoo! and Other Notes
About the Schools.
The baccalaureate sermon before the
students of the Woman's College will be
preached tonight at the Grace-Street
Baptist Church by the Rev. w. L. Pick
ard. D. D., of Lynchburg. There will be
full attendance of the young ladies'.
Several of thei Baptist churches OF the
city will suspend services that their con-
gregations may witness the event.
The commencement exercises at tne
college are proceeding this year more
smoothly and successfully than ever
Last night Miss .Bacon's art class gave
a delightful reception, which was attend
ed by many of the friends of the stu
dents DR.. r. P. Kerr, OF the First
Presbyterian Church, delivered short,
address. The art exhibit this year is I'M
usually fine and gave much pleasure TO
such of the callers as had opportunity
to inspect il The exhibit will be open
to the public for the remainder of COM
mencement week. Among the young Ia
dies whose work deserves special mention
are Miss Amy Pitts, Miss Eva Hopkins.
Miss Clara SwartZ, Miss Edna ShrlVer,
Miss Lily Spence, Miss Ethel Elan. Miss
Mary Hancock. Miss Lola Terry and sew
eral others.
TO CELEBRATE CLASS DAY.
Tomorrow morning. class day, the most
interesting event of the entire week, Will
be observed. The officers Of the class are
as follows: President Miss Ruth Burton;
orator, Miss Annie HARDWOOD; historian.
Miss Nellie Robertson; prophet. Miss Les
ley Jeffries, and poet, Miss Mary Starr1tt.
Tho Bonfire Orator, who will do the talk
ing while the much despised books are
being given to the flames, is Miss Delma
Spencer. The Tree Orator will be Miss
Mabel Olive. Heretofore this tree has
been a great nuisance, and has steadily
persisted in dying off. This was due
to the fact that it was planted too late
in the year. But this time the tree was
planted in good season, and is already
there, straight and strong. One or two
innovations will be introduced this class
day. One of these will be the very at
tractlve daisy chain" used with great
effect in several Northern colleges.
ANNUAL BANQUET.
The annual banquet of the alumnae
Of the college will be held at 1870 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon in the annex at
Murphy's Hotel. DR.. w. E. Hatcher and
the Rev. NJ. Ashby Jones will respond
to toasts. DR.. James Nelson, the presi-
dent of the college, will be a special
guest Miss French Shelton will well
come the alumnae of 1902 and Miss Lot
tie Derieux will respond on behalf Of the
class The tables will be beautifully dec
Grated
The final exercises will be held Tues
day afternoon at o'clock in the Acade-
my of Music. The young ladies will ap-
pear in the cap and gown, as will also
DR.. Nelson, the president of the college.
The diplomas will be delivered by DR.. c.
B. Garnett, dean of the faculty; the de-
grees will be conferred by DR.. Nelson.
At the awarding of the elocution medal
the presentation address will be deliv-
cred by the Rev. Carey E. Morgan, of
this city.
DIR. HATCHER TO RESIGN
The annual meeting of the Board of
Trustees will probably be held to-mor-
row. At this time the Rev. William r.
Hatcher, D. D., will tender his resigna-
ton as president of the board. and will
ask to be excused from further service
in that capacity.
The ground taken by DR.. Hatcher for
this action is the same which he occu-
pied a year ago, when he objected to be-
ing placed at the head of the board. At
that time he felt mat. in view of the ne
gotiations between Richmond College and
the WonanS College, looking toward
closer union of the two institutions, 1t
was to a certain extent unbusiness-lke
for him to be the president OF the boards
of trustees of both colleges. This feel
ing he still has, and it is this which
prompts his present course. Who VIII
probably be chosen in his stead cannot
be said. The names of DR.. ]. 8. Haw-
thorne and Of DR.. w. r. l.. Smith have
been mentioned.
When seen yesterday DR.. Hatcher
declared that his resignation does not
indicate in the least degree any abate-
ment in the interest which he feels In
the enlarged future of the Woman Col
lege In the proposed new arrangements
for the institution he expresses an inter-
est at once intense and hopeful
Richmond Female Seminary.
At the Richmond Female Seminary the
commencement exercises will continue
through next Wednesday. The past year
has been a most successful one
Tomorrow morning there will be a re-
ception by Mrs Broc1enbrough's class
in expression The only graduate in mu-
sic this wear is Miss Gillespie, who gave
her recital Friday night On Tuesday
evening q play called y Box OF Monkeys
will be given by some OF Miss Coleman's
pupils. The music on this occasion will
be furnished partly by ROT Reinhard s
class and partly by Miss Giilespie's.
The final exercises will be held Wednes-
dav night in the old AL -aints' Church.
The Hon. John Lamb will deliver the
dress for the occasion. The graduates
this year are as follows: Misses Mar
garet Darlington, 4nary Darlington. Mil
dred BOYD, Anita Clark, Rhoda Davis,
Edna Davis, and Sallie Harris.
Miss EIlett's School,
The commencement exercises of Miss
Virginia Elletts School for Girls. No. 112
East Franklin Street. Will begin next
w ednesday and continue through the
week until the finals on the following
Monday.
The programme executed by the differ
ent classes. to which the patrons and
friends of the school will be invited, will
include the performance of Midsummer.
Nights Dream a class play adapted
from Shakespeare: '.Hiawatha"; the
"Odyssey:' the Court of Queen Eliza
BETH and two French plays.
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