The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-16

WAS BEAUTIFUL
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the middle OF that stage and told some
things about dot Baby Of Mine" which
set the house in q roar. The roar COLI
tinued long after the lad finished. lie
had 10 show himself on the stngo again,
and he would havo done SO many moro
times had he obcyed the calls Of the
audience.
AWARD DIPLOMAS.
All told, 1t was beautiful and happy
OCCASION Which spoke proudly well for
the noble old school. Commandments
have como and gone, and 1t is customary
to laud the last above those preceding,
but It can truly be said Of this that 1t
could not we'll have been better.
Tho exercises closed With the delivery
Of diplomas by Major James II. Capers.
chairman Of tho City School Board.
There were over hundred graduates,
boys and girls, in the various depart
ments. The order followed was thus:
Photography and Typewrlung ccrtifi.
Gates; POSTGRADUATE certificates; Bust
ness Course certificates. and Graduating
Diplomas. Tho names were printed Sun
day.
THE ADDRESS.
The address of the evening was de-
livered>>by Professor William NJ. Thorn
ton, Of tho University Of Virginia. Pro.
lessor Thornton mado n splendid impress
sion and well sustained the high ex-
ccllence OF the programme Flo spoke
ably and well Of "tlle chiIdren's age"
and said many things that Will live
through life In the hearts Of his youthful
hearers. In one part he said:
I have. spoken OF the intellectual and
Rora IS zaes Of Sp sea de s s
school Is like all other agencies OF hu
man man progress. II must regard not the
the good alone, but must study tho more
perfect. uniono the three. III our South
ern schools for boys and mn tlr has
Between pupiill and professor Dr. Every stu
dent is assumed to boa gentleman. a
man M r, Of honor and self.respect: ineapable
Is accented as adequate attestation Of
never Suspected. never doubted. Hnder
lists between students and faculty. The:
young men themselves will countenanco'
no breach Of that perfect trust. The de-
tected Offender Is by them expelled from N
With Wit ignominy. n.y. Without s this = strenuous
and voluntary eo;;operatIon;, the system.
upiifted in its most vital particulars.
Here again IS an ever present field Of
has been. established in our colleges for
boys and men. should be no less firmly
system which can be set ND once for all
and left to move forward !, of Its. own
momentum. Unceasing vigilance Is re-
and self-reyerence., on which # Is based.
The, alumni. no less than the under-
graduates and the faculty. must sec to
ter tho body Of Students. some with low
ideals. some with high. TO each Of them
tha genius 9f the school addresses herself
Marina to Lysandcr:
.If you were born TO honor. showLit now,
II put upon you. make the Judgment GOOD.
That thought you worthy OF IT.
TO bring this appeal home to every
honesty. to llppant mutual faith and
mutual respect. to cultivate abhorrence
for shams and cheats; this Is the mo, moral ,i,i
of your consistent and affectionats de-
votion. For In it lies the method OF true
scholarship as we'll as the secret or u loyal
Permit ma TO touch briefly upon 2, !, one ne
1 an S s sssRDo h Rs,Wss ST.
ships between, men arc usually those
formed IL Their epiegs dnSs aq Pa TIE
fseshns Of the old e aSreus Of afecon
is ample compensation for the time and
trouble and expense or our aiulnnl re-
unions. The sense OF coppora AZ, GM.so-
tiasi. lies are things which college men
have fon saI we w Sse he care srn s
life, ] believe that the large t asses ' o.
women issuing aH Isn1sy Il from s,'sb our our
ties. II was a ,mlso'gynlst who d fe,I ana
n bfbng h nGapsDl eo9 ot r'e eS
dey ni to Ideal aims. Of canaecration e
unselflsh purpose. Of loyalty, 70 oo4ss fissihIt
for ANY as t II aeun5 and
COY eonst Il sa 81 Woman, What y9g can 20
force f9r }hG snh ny Be wnS u.
hon1rJs y nna bear maps 9It 81 unted effort
Nv such effort can YOU best advance ne n,
Of HUMAN culture las been created ana
Is ma''sirI1IiTi%si;Ep FOR DUTIES ,
If I have emphasized the co N9Ia tinn.
and beau, To ana 81, 60w yeho q has been
s shp y because sau this Relationship tits you
peculiarly for class Of dut iI n rrea te sp
oI hand S ana e fa he
e sahno, than its recent graduates, Let
s sGno, s 1,a Freely Of lis intellectual!
n ne rs aesthetic aspirations, IL moral
iofcps Men VIII hear ~ an gu. hea vheh th ps
f hnvn Seen see But the range of your on
ergIes must not end here, As re I n,at-
t,rcs. and experiences despens' ana x,Rg yity
vii vii ba DISCLOSED TO you, aud int9t one q,
or or nnoth Il 81 them some peraayI{nsi imi
ness, some speeaI tf Az MI 'nnP en
hpp' ,hcir powtr for higher service by
100 LOO early ana 700 complete ahs5R,,n%n " "
tie cares, af busness r ,e a iaaIis 20
p wn,nei, OF culture become uneulturcd IN
tie esasting servitndes of society, 81 do
NY ilrifN III fashIon . MholeGome inter