The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-22
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MARY FINALS Y
Glass Day Exercises Were Rem
dered and the Medals
Awarded. Z
THE LITERARY CELEBRATION
l7hilomathian Medals Awarded
Monday and the Phoenix Hold
Celebration Tuesday Night.

WILLIAMSBURG, VA, June Il.--Ihe
awards OF the medals Of the contestants
at the final celebration Of the Philo.
,nathean Literary Society last evening
were: For debate, James Noah Iilman,
and for oratory, James southall Wilson.
The awarding speeches were made by
Or. r.. g. yvatcrhouse. president Of I'm.
ory and Henry College, and Rev. Mr..
Moss, respectively.
The programme OF the senior class OF
1904 was rendered this morning. Tho pres
ident made a chaste and timely address
before introducing the class historian, L.
u. Vaughan. J. VIII Gossman delivered
the class poem. r. Lowry Sinclair read the
prophecy. and the last number on the
programme wns an eloquent and touch
ingIy beautiful valedIctory BY A. X, w.
Macsreth. All the members Of the class
wore their caps and gowns.
CLASS OFFICERS.
The officers Of the class are: William
Ice Davidson. president: Edwin Hugh
Smith. vice-president: W. Arthur Mad
tiox. secretary. and w, B. Coggin, treas
u,er. The graduates for the year are:
Arthur p. Wright a. NJ A. B.; u. Hugh
Smith. W. a. Maddox. r. a. Holt, a. X.
w. Maddox. James S. Wilson, r. Lowry
Sinclair, j. A. Anderson, g. n, Leather
berry. W. y. Coggin. w. Lee David
son and Edward Darlington Jones. A.
Bis.
Tho celebration Of the Phoenix Liter
airy Society was held In the college chapel
tonight. The president. ". r. Mason.
made the opening address. The sub
3ect Of debate was the Philippine ques-
ton.
Tie affirmative vas sustained by s1r.
Thomas n. Lawrence, and the negative
by Mr. James Allison Carson, The ora
tors for the evening were Mr.. Edwin
Hugh Smith and Mr. Robert Francis Ter
rell.
CLOSING GERMAN.
Immediately after the awarding OF
medals the band struck up the first
strains OF music for the Kappa Sigma
final german. led by Mr.. John Parrish. OF
Richmond The active members OF the
chapter, which rendered the german are
Tor the current session. T. r. Spencer,
John Tyler. w. r. Mason, Z. D. Jones.
n. Edward Henley, James S, Wilson,
George o. Ferguson. Jr., Ohm Tyler Ellis.
Joseph W. Meade. Malcolm Lee Hudglns,
l9redcric's r. Hynson, George Holt Barhs-
dale. Edmund Ruffn and j. e. Key
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ter are: Or. j. Blair Spencer, W. Spencer
Henley. of Newport News; John Par
IRISH, Of Richmond; +. S. Farrar. Of
Amelia; Robert II. Tucker, of Saltwater,
Okla, James Bossieu Jones, Fl. Z. y.
Wilson. OF Norfolk. Among the chape-
lrnes of the evening were: Mrs. Lyon
G. Tyler, Mrs. William G. Jones. Mrs.
Charles Washington Coleman. Mrs. E. G.
Booth OF Grove, Va; Mrs. l.. S. Foster
and Mrs. John Leslie Hall.
The music was furnished by Kessnick's
Band. of Richmond. and at ~ o'clock re-
ireshments were served.
The following were present: Miss Barks-
dale with Mr.. Davies. Miss Edna Brooks
With c. Barnes, Miss Davenport with
j. G.. Bohannon, Hazel Parker with Mr..
Davies. Emily Christian with c. a. Wood
ward. Julia Armlstead with DR.. Law
renee, Beulah Brooks with r. r. Creacy.
Mrs Moncure. Mrs. F. S. Farrar. Mary
Gait with j. w. Gossnan. c. Geddy with
j. E. Kcyser. Mamie Wright with M. r.
Morgan. DR.. j. Blair Spencer with Kat1-
,lne Newbill, Miss O'Keefe with Ed
mund Ruffin. Miss Mackreth with 3. II.
1den, Clara Booth with +. O'keefe, l..
Holt with NJ S. Jones. Mamie Carr with
j. f. Lamb. Miss Dickinson with r. ii.
Tucker, Miss Brander with w. S. Henley.
Hiss Tucker with John Parrish, Virginia
F'lemming with Dixon Foster, Ida tlein-
ming with r. A, Holt Elizabeth Tyler
rth A. r. w Mackreth, Mary Foster
with G. III. Barksdale. Lucille Foster with
II. E. Henley. Miss jenkins with Mr., Saw
age. Edith Merrill with w. A. WEYMOUTH
Agnes Taliaferro with I. 2. Spencer,
Mary Meade with j. C. Rawls, Lizzie
Meade with W. b, Newcomb. Mary
Meade with c. Wenrich. Miss HardaWay
with,J Fl. Lloyd, Miss Lillian Lloyd win
s. S. Hughes. NJ. Fl. Spencer with y. Y,
Ellis, M. B. Spencer with George Han
kins, Martha Spencer with T N, Law
renee, Louise Harrison with j. s. Foster,
Marie Lightfoot with j. 7, Booth, Court
ney Crump with r. Jones, Miss Funston
with Mr.. Gentry. Louise Henley with Or.
1aguna, Miss Catherine Henley with J.
w. Meade, Ida Henley with +. r: Hyn-
son, Miss Wynne with p. n smith, MISS
Chisman with o. L. Shewmake, Miss
Terkins with Mr.. Harrison. Miss Wei
bourn with j. l.. Stubs e. Barnes with
j. G. Williams, A. Barnes With w. +.