The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-06-12
Annual Address Delivered by Pres.
ident VenabIe.
Governor Glenn Had to Cancel His
Engagement on Account of Illness.
Faculty Changes Announced-Gifts
to the Observation-Disclosures of Di-
pIomas, Medals and Prizes.
Especial to The Messenger.)

"CLC VpCnCU LloL AiAS VI
1915 when the seniors formed in 'front.'
of the alumni building, and paradedI
ITO the Memorial hall, where the final
exercises were held. An enormous
crowd had come in from the surround
ing country, and many coming in on
the morning train from over the state
with the visitors already here swelled
the gathering TO about twenty-five huh
dred The grove in the rear Of the,
Memorial hall is filled up with the ve-i
hicIes of the country people and theI
sight almost exceeding that of cir
Gus day is in evidence.
The exercises were opened at 1O:30I
with a prayer by the Rev. DR.. Craw-
ford, of ReidsviIle Then the theses,
by candidates for the baccalaureataI
degrees were submitted.
The OratiOns by members of the
graduating class were next in Order
Walter Bennett Love, of Monroe, N. c. !
spoke on the individuality Of Ameri-I
can Life" Perry Edgar Seagle on
the 'Privileges and Responsibilities of
Scholarship in the South Barrie 8as-,,
comb BlackWOlder, '|The South as a
Field for Romance" Walter Ralelghi
Jones, THE Forces That Make Ameri- /
can Citizenship"
President Venable then read a let
ter from Governor Glenn, announcing
the cancellation of his engagement tOI
Il oI1 N,,t
account Of illness, in which he eX-
pressed the most sincere regrets at not
being able to he present. DR.. Venable,
stated that he was sorry for the audi
ence and for himself, particularly for
himself, because it fell to his lol tol
fill Governor Glenn's appointment,
President Venable then proceeded With
one of the most scholarly and thought
full addresses heard here at any COM
mencement. He spoke for thirty min
utes, and held the closest attention Of
the large audience present. His
speech was appropriate, thoughtful and
eloquent
Following this address came the an
nouncements by the president Of the,
university, which are given below
The following gifts had been re-
The McNair bequest, value $4,000; the
Martin bequest, value $1,000 The
MurchiSon scholarship, value $1,000;
try, the Henry R. Bryan prize n
aaW.
Tt was announced that DR.. Charles
Lee Raper formally associate profes-
ssor of economies and history, had been
made professor of economies; thai Gr.
James D. Bruner, associate professor
of French mad been promoted 20 be
professor of romance languages; that
w. s. Bernard instructor III Greek,
had been made associate professor N
that department. 1t was further an
nounCed that DR.. David H. Dolley, a
graduate of the Johns Hopkins Medl-
cal Caliege, and now a member OF the
faculty Of the Western RereServe uni
versity, of Cleveland, Ohio, had been
elected to the position of Professor OF
pathology and histology in the uni
Yersity medical school, at Chapel Hill,
and that DR.. J. Der. Hamilton nad
been chosen associate professor OF
history Mention was also made OF
the fact that DR.. James E. Mills, who
has been studying in Europe during
the past year will return TO his Work
in the department Of chemistry in Sep
tember, and that Mr.. NJ. H. Stacy VIII
come back after a year of graduate
work at Cornell to be associate pro-
fessor of civil engineering. The names
of the following men were read as
having been appointed to assistant
ships in the university: In geology,
N B. Jeffrees and w. W. Eagles; in
chemistry, F. E. Randolph, S. Jordan
F. P. Drane and Hampden Hill; in
physics, j. H McLain; in Latin, J. B..
Palmer; in zoology, W. H, KibleT; in
German, L. R. Wilson and S. r. Lo-
gan; in English, H. H. Hughes.
DR.. Venable stated that the follow
ing medals, prizes and fellowshlps hai
been won and awarded. The Holt med,
al, C. H excl; the Harris prize, }. B..
lSchonwald; the Greek prize, P. J,
Haley; the Worth prize, A. c. Dalton;
the Early English text society prize,
II. II. Hughes; the Thomas Hume
prize, r. M. Brown; the international
medal, J. W. Haynes; the Henry r.
Bryan prize, H. H. Phillips; the Toch
fellowship in chemistry, F. P. Drane;
the Sutherland fellowship in chemis-
try, J. E. Pogue, Jr.; the W. J. Bryant
prize, J. J. Parker; the Bingham
prize, Roby T.. Day; the Manglm med
al, w. r. Jones.
Next in the order of exercises came
the comforting of degrees on the mem !
bers of the graduating class. There
were forty graduates, not counting
those taking higher degrees, nor those
graduating in the schools of pharmacy,
medicine and law. The names of the
graduates as follows.
Presented by Professor Eben Alex
ander.
Bachelors of Arts-Frederick Arch
er, Barrie Bascom Blackwelder, RoyI
Melton Brown, Theophilus Parker
Cheshire, Frederick Null Crawford, :,
Junius Blake Goslen, Ray Henry, Ham,
Iton Chamberlain Jones, William Her
bert Kibler, Brownie Augusta Lam
bertson, Walter Bennett Love, Hugh
white Mccain, Rufus William McCul-l