The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-05
.MR, CLEVELAND is
ASKED TO LECTURE
Richmond College Desires Him
to Deliver Talk to Students
Next Fall.

Ex-President Grover Cleveland will be
invited to visit Richmond next fall. Rich
1uondLC College will extend the invitation
tc deliver the Thomas lectures. Prot Z.
5Tr Winston, chairman of the committee
to obtain lecturers under the Ihonlas
Museum Lecture Endowment" Will send
the invitation in a few days.
There has been a rumor at the college
for the past week that Mr.. Cleveland
would be asked to deliver the Thomas
lectures. This was confirmed last night
lby one of the committee. 1t IS the cts
tom of the Thomas Lecture Committee TO
withhold all names of the lecturers until
q invitation has been sent and accepted.
:. Times reporter called to sec Presi-
dent Boatwright late yesterday after
rcon. and he would not deny or affirm
the rumor. But he said that the lee
turer had been elected and the invitation
would be sent soon tot gentleman he
also stated that the gentleman elected
was we'll known in Richmond, and had
-isited tl1s city on many occasions. and
lad been before the eyes of the Richmond
rublic for some time. Other than this
President BoatWright would not make a
statement
Prof. Winston was next seen, and he
said: .'There is something i'll the rumor-
I prefer to make no statement at this
r,oment, but will say have written the
invitation which will be sent in a day or
two
DR.. C. H. Ryland, the secretary of tn,
committee, had nothing to say, but 1t
seems as if he was absent when the ac-
ton was taken.
Then the reporter saw another member
Of the committee, who said it was true
that the action had been taken asking
the ex-President to come to the college
He stated that it was recorded in the
minutes thus: .'There shall be two
courses of lectures during the session 1902
and 1908, and Mr.. Cleveland be asked to
deliver one of the courses. lis course
VIII contain three lectures.
Mr.. Cleveland will choose his own sub
ject for the course, if he will accept. II
is supposed he will speak on the same
line as he has at the Princeton Univer-
sity. The gentlemen from this university
who have delivered lectures here are
Charles A. Young, Fh. D., Woodrow VIII
son, PHI. d., Ii. D., and Henry Van
Dyke, LII. D., d D.
These lectures are delivered every year
by some distinguished scholar on some
subject of interest to the college. This
course, if arranged will be of much i'm
portance to the law department. of the
college. This is the second invitation the
utation of late Only a few days ago they
invited Rear-Adniral Winfield S. Schley
to deliver an address on the night of the
final celebration of the Aiu Sigma Rho
and Philologian Literary Societies.
The Committee on Instruction held a
meeting yesterday afternoon. They were
in session for some time. Besides some
other work. they elected DR.. W. S. F'ou-
shee as assistant professor OF Latin. TIL
committee appointed President Boat
wright committee to wait upon D.
F'oushee and learn If he will accent. Dr.
F'oushee was elected assistant professn-
last summer to aid Professor Mitchell.
VINO had added to his work the h'sto-r
department. DR.. Foushee is a thoroug.
teacher and it is hoped that he will con-
tinue with the college He is verv popu
lar ar1one the students and has r'ease'
the Richmond public BY lectures delivered
before the University Circle
Hon. John Goode win 8,aak to the str.
dent body in the college chapel March
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