Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
Closing Exercises Held Wednesday
Before Distinguished Audience.
Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
oHARLOTTESNILLE. Va. June 49, 1872
ihere was large attendance at the ex-
ercises in connection with the annual COM
mencement Of the University OF Virginia
| The morning exercises yesterday were n,st
interesting. many noted men being pres
ent on the rostrum. including Gov. Andrew
jackson Montague of Virginia. Head Mas
| ter George w Miles of St Adams. DR.
Hunter Pendleton Of the Virginia Military
Institute. John L. Williams Of Richmond,
Judge l.. L. Lewis of Richmond Joseph
Bryan OF Richmond. r. Walton Moore Of
Fairfax. Carter Glass of Lynchburg. Daniel
harmon or this city and Col. william 4.
refers. Dr. Paul b. Barringer. Prof VIII
lam NJ; Thornton, Prof w. NJ Lfle MIR.
| versity " ' VII"
AT the commencement of the exercises
the beautiful oil portrait OF Chief Justice
| marshall was presented, the sneech OF
| presentation being made by Judge l. L.
Lewis of Richmond. and acceptance speech
| by Prof. VIM. Lille OF the law faculty The
portrait was the property OF John L. Will
/ Iidiiis, master OF arts OF the university OF
the class OF 1850, and was donated by him
! to the university
yesterday there was a farewell testimo-
MAI 10 Col William r.. Peters who retires
| today from the chair of Latin M the unl-
\ service.
I 'NNi6N w Miles. mead master Of ST Al
pans spoke on behalf OF the board of Wis
| itors. and the address I'm behalf OF the fac
uity was made by Prof. William NJ Thorn
| ton. The speech in behalf Of the commit
tee was delivered by DIR. Hunter Pendleton
| or V. NJ l., and Col. Peters delivered the
address In reply. A testimonial presented
| TO Col. Peters consisted of an edition Of the
Classics, lnclosed in an imported bookcase
| from Germany.
The retirement OF Col Peters Is A source
| or deep regret to his many friends and ad-
mirers. Prof Thomas Fitzhugh Of the
! university of Texas will succeed HIM
Mr.. r. III. Latham Of Onancock Va won
| the medal for the best essay, offered by
| william j. Bryan. His essay was on The
| Theory Of Government" Mr.. CHRISTOPHER
wright won the Colonial Danes medal
James Lane Allen. the author spoke Mon
| day night. and chose for his subject The
! Representative American"
The Stonewall Band of Staunton rerdered
| the music
Judge f. II. Farrar OF New Orleans Gre
ated much enthusiasm in his address be-
fore the alumni. his topic being THE Legal
Remedy for Plutocracy." He was frequent
/ ly interrupted by applause. Judge Patter-
son responded to the toast to the alumni
The final german was given i'm the gym
nasium Monday and Tuesday nights. the
last being the most picturesque The ct.
l. l.. X. "Tflka" was led by Mr.. Brodie
Male and Miss Lily Hill of Richmond The
final ball was led by the same couple.
large and appreciative audience greet
/ ed the graduates in the public hall last
night when the exercises OF public day
/ were concluded.
The following received the degree OF doc
| tor Of medicine: W. Hampton Anderson,
| Wilson. N c.; Morton w. Baker Univer-
| sity Of Virginia; Jan Don Ball, Rollin, Cal;
Benjamin w. Bayless. Louisville. Ky:
Howson w. Cole jr., DanvilIe. Va: Allan
! B. Cleborne, Portsmouth. Va; Nirginius
| Dabney, Trap. Va; Thomas II. Daniel,
| Memphis, Tenn: Edward NJ. Gayle. War
/ rentou, n. C: Arthur b. Harris. San An
I mi nIs D1,l..
| Va; Robert Lennon. Lynchburg. Va; %.
| Hunter McClung, Fairfield, Va: Percy F.
McMurdo, Charlottesville. Va; s. Wilkes
Merritt. Baltimore. Md; Vim. CabeIl Moore
| Berryville, Va; Baxter s. Moore Chester
| S. c.: James W. Pegram. jr.. Warrenton.
Va; Don Preston Peters. University Of Viz
ginia; Lewis w. Pollok. Danville, Va: Ben
| jamin p. Riley. Oakdale. Md: r Dudley
| Roundtree. Paris. Tex: Francis b. Sewall
| Houston. Tex: Harry b. Taylor Norfolk
| Va; Gideon Timberlake. Charlottesville.
Va; Hugh H Trout Stanton, Va; Ben
| jamin C. Willis. Winchester, Ky: Thomas
H. Wright. jr, Portsmouth. Va. ]. Milton
| Marlborough. Navasota Tex
The following received the degree Of bach
elor of law: Landon c. Bell. wiburn Va:
! William c. Benet. jr., Abbeville. S. C; John
| F. Blackburn, Grottoes. Va, Harry Ii.
Bonner, Sandersville. Miss: N Eugene
Brasie. Denver. Col: Algernon s Buford.
! jr. Richmond. Va; Joseph G.. Collins. Hood,
| Ga; Richard ID. Cooke, Norfolk. Va: Carl
| II. Davis. Petersburg. Va; Charles ID.
! Foster. Fredericksburg, Va: John ]. Green
| leaf. Richmond. Ky; George c. Gregory,
Warrenton. n. C; Garland Hammer. Lynch
| burg. Va; William Il. Harrison. Dyersburg.
| Tenn; Joseph NJ. fairfield. Henderson,
| Ky; Benjamin NJ. Hoover, New Market.
Va: Robert NJ. Hughes. jr.. Norfolk. Va:
| Robert w HUE. jr Reeston. La; J. r.
! Johnson, jr., Christansburg, Va; Thomas
Catesby Jones, Petersburg, Va: Bradford
| Kilby, Suffolk. Va: Clarke Knight. Tampa.
Fla; Henry @. LaVinder. Martiusvile, Va;
William l. Lee Crawford, Va. Morona o.
| Litz Tazeweu Va; Gilbert S. Maloney.
Washington. d. c.: William L. Mason. Me-
| w. Va: Berkeley Minor. jr.. Staunton. Va:
| VIM. Temple Mooklar. Mangohick. Va;
| j. Moore. Diana, Tex; r. b. Munford. jr..
Richmond, Va; S. M. O'Brien. Louisville
KY; J. w H. Pilson. Stanton, Va: ]. III.
Porter Trenton, N J.; l.. A Reymann
Wheeling w. Va; f. II. Roberts. Abingdon,
| Va: w. II. Robertson. Plasterco. Va:
| w F. L. Rodemann. Newark. n. j.; t. ID.
/ Savage, Como. n. C.; o. l.. Shackleford.
| Warsaw. Va: T. b. Snead. Etna Mills. Va:
| p. p. Steptce. Raccoon Ford. Va: Albert
n. Tally, Washington. u. c.; r. b. Tun-
| stall, Norfolk, Va; Bradley Walker. Nash
vile. Tenn; I, r. Waring. tr.. Memphis.
| Tenn; A. G. Weaver, Front Royal. Va:
F. T. wilkins. Bridgetown. Va: ID. p.
| Withers.- DanviIle. Va, and VIM. de l..
Worseley, Columbus, Ga.
Civil engineers degree-R. B. Harris and
C. S. Nelson. AIbemarle county. Va. and
F. B. Saegmuller. Alexandria county, Va.
Mining engineer. b. Dilworth. Char
| lOtteSVille, Va.
After the comforting of degrees the alum
nj, graduates and visitors adjourned to the
| rotunda, the scene of brilliant reception,
which lasted until midnight.