The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-11

Ay1 lltllUl!UgS OllllO
01DlGN|fIED Seniors
Continued from First PACED
cc.oordlally Applauded at various times In
the course Of their speeches:
IN presenting Governor Mort sue Pres
Eident Mocabe spoke OF the Governor az
. Richmond College man who had been
signally honofed by the people Of the
State. Mr.. Montague. he said, was the
first Of the Richmond College alumni to-
be tho Governor Iof ginia.
CAUSED ga THRILL.
The audience gave Mr. Montague most
cordial reception when he came forward
It was several moments before he could
be heard. His. first utterance caused a.
thrill. It was Just twenty years ago to-
the night he had stood upon that same
platform as the final orator, representing
the old Philologian Society. The mem
hers Of that society present applauded to-
the echo. Mr. Montague said he wished
to speak briefly on the Influence Of Ed
ucation on Public Life.
His line OF thought was this: That the
| greatest check on an executive IN this
country when elected was public opinion.
A man might get to q position of power
| be the Governor of a State, for example,
and then take the bit in his teeth, and
have things much his way, even If that.
we're a bad way. and the people could
/ do little. Their means Of preventing this
was to have that powerful public opinion
/ and have that intelligent and pure. This;
was the great influence that education
had on public life. Itprovided an intel
! ligent public opinion and served to place
| in positions of trust only those that were,
worthy of them. He urged patriotism
/ upon the young men to whom he adj
/ dressed his remarks, and said that it did
not consist altogether in going to war,
i but in the every day grind of life, to go
to the polls and cast ones vote for the
/ purest and best man for position Of
1 public trust.
The Governor closed his admirable adj
dress by saying that he would always
! feel an interest in the graduates of Rich
mond College. and the board of trustees.
the faculty andcthe alumni were watch
ing the young men of every class as
they went to win their way in the
/ world.
The historian of the law class was Mr..
Robert e. Williams. of Giles, and Mr..
1 Clarence H. Dunaway was the historian
of the academic class. These gentleman
/ pictured all sorts of glorious futures for
the members of their respective classes.
and their papers were thoroughly en-:
/ joyed by ALL
Excellent instrumental music inter-
| spersed the exercises. It was II o'clock
! when the president pronounced the ex-
! ercises concluded. All were thoroughly
| delighted, however, with the entertain
ment the graduates had provided for
| them.
TRUSTEES MEET TO-DAY.
/ The trustees of the college viii meet
In annual session this morning at IL
o'clock at the college. It is expected
that there will be a larger attendance of
the out-of-town members than for a long
| time. Two matters of much Importance
will come before the body for considera-
ton. One is the proposition to establish
an academy here under the control of the
1 college as a college feeder. It will be
/ | a coach for the college and will pre-
pare many students for college course
that are now either turned away or are
allowed to enter not as well prepared as
they might be to pursue college study to
the best advantage. The committee met
| yesterday and decided to report favorably
on the academy for Richmond.
The other question will be what dis
position to make Of the SIS 900 which has
been awarded the college by the Govern
/ ment for the .use and abuse of the col
lege grounds and buildings during the
I war. It may be used to replace the de-
stroyed property ofEthe library and
! laboratories, or the trustees may decide
to endow with it a full school of his
tory, with Prof. Mitchell at its head.
| ALUMNI LUNCHEON
! To-day the Alumni Society will have
| its luncheon and exercises.
The luncheon takes place al 2 o'clock at
| Murphy's Hotel, in the annex. It will be
le{f 117 J,,r$ H. e.
the student sof the college, including the
| graduating class. who will be the guests
of the alumA;. and all the former stu
1 dents of the college who can possibly get
! there. This is expected to be the greatest
gathering of alumni and college people
in the history of the institution.
/ All alumni are requested to come to
the hotel annex, Eighth and Broad
Streets. before 2 o'clock to-day, whether
they have paid their dues or not. If they
| have not they can pay the treasurer, Mr..
Charles M. Graves, and will be given
tickets to the dining room. The annual
l fee is 81. An excellent dinner will be
handsomely served, and business men
who are alumni can be present without
losing any more time from their affairs
than if they went home to lunch.
/ Tonight. at-#the- college formal ex-
/ ercises by the alumni will be held. The
addresses will be delivered by Rev. Wal
! lace Buttrick, D. D., OF New York, and
Rev Carter Helm Jones, D. D., of Louis
. vile. An interesting feature will be the
roll-call of classes from 1S49 to 1902.
!. Among the alumni who reached the
i city yesterday were: Rev. c.. E. Stuart,
of Pennington Gap: Rev. Howard Lee
Jones, of New York; DR.. c. F. James,
i OF Danville; Rev. E. E. Dudley, of Nor
folk; Rev. C. w. Duke. of Elizabeth City
N. c.; Rev. w. W. Reynolds. of Hew-
let's, Va; Dr. w. c.. Biting. of New
York; Prof. Garrett Ryland, of the Uni-
iversity of Maine; DR.. T.4B. Thames, of
i Danvlle: Mr.. Wortley T. Rudd, of Skin.
! quarter. Va; Rev. ". N. Seay. of Black
stone; Dr.. A. E. Owen, of Norfolk; Rev.
j. D. Gwaltney, of Columbia; Rev. W. F.
/ Dunaway, of Glen Allen, and many
| others.
A Conference on Secondary Educa-
ton will be held at the college to-mor-
1 row at II O'Clock.
Among the speakers will be Secretary
/ F. P. Brent and DR.. George J: Ramsay,
of Richmond; DR.. A. G. Wfghtman, of
I Randolph-Macon College; Prof. H. S.
Bird, of William and Mary College; and