The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-15
CLOSING DAY At
RANDOLPH MACON MA.
Dr.. Edwin Minis Makes q Master
ful Address to tie Gr Ct;
atcs.
THE MEDALS :: J Us AWARDED \'''a .. I
j Class Exercises Celebrated in the
Chapel at Night Before Bril-
liant Audience.
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ASHLAND. VA, June 1.-THE COM
z menccment exercises Of Randolph Macon
College came to brilliant close to-day
with the omcial commencement under the the
auspices Of the Board Of Trustees an. and
the faculty.
Rev. DR.. Paul Whitehead opened the
assembly With prayer Or. BlackWcil
then introduced Dr. Edwin Minis OF 4 Trim rim
{ ity College N. c.. who made the adj
dress to the graduating class. Or.
Mims's subject was Tho Act OF Think
ing, which he mastery developed. Rare
" has the cultured Ashland audience
been 80 charmed by a speaker
After DR.. Aiims's speech the medals
Il were delivered The magazine medal for
poetry was awarded to Mr. u faaii
Il OF Ashland. Va, and the prose prize was was
won bys Mr.. r. L. Starr, OF Norfolk, va.
4 The medal was 5a"arden pyl NJ MI. y. -. -
Christian. III 4. q, l If /. s,
6Dr. ~ Men. Simpson then delivered
the Walton Greek prize to Mr.. a. =.
James. gs.s III,
S. me Murray medals were next deliv-
cred BY DR.. w. w. Smith. Mr.. II. q.
Stephenson won the Murray medal foI
scholarship and Mr.. w. L.. Chenery won won
the Murray medal for proflcicncy h:
After this the Shepherd medal for chem
R lstry was awarded TO M L. W ny i 6
A BY DR.. WV. Young.
s Mr.. Herbert Lipscomb then presented
tho Bennett historical prize to James s.
Keen, after which Mr.. J. 81 II. Light an
nounced the result OF the Sut1ferlin ora
torical contest, d which was held yester-
4 day. Mr.. II. L.. Lowry won this medal.
4 The Washington Literary Society
medals were awarded as follows ~
THE oratorical medal to Mr.. NJ. T.
Il Tabler, the debater's medal to Mr.. w.
w. Barnhart. the essayist's medal to
J. p. Simmons and the declaimers medal
& to a1r. "a. n. Warner. N
q The Franklin Literary Society's honors
were thus awarded: The debatcrs medal
ia air.s .35SL r. Yancey. the medal for in1-
& proyement in debate to Mr.. G. y. YAM IAN,
cey and the declaimer's medal to Mr..
u r. r. Crowder. Esss
DEGREES CONFERRED.
Upon the following men the degree
a.. b. wa conferred by President r. p.
Blackwell:
II. M Brent. w. NJ. comton j.: 8.
u Cooley, l.. G. Crutchheld,l r. B. Davis,
j. 91B. u Dc, Jarnette, s. Duke, c.. a.
Edwards, r. H. Fravel. H. G.. Gregory,
w \, IT, Hall, a. F. James, w. z .Es LIP
scornb, II. l.. Lowry, J. n. Mast. A. =.
8Philpotts. e. r. Smith. FL. "a. Stephen;
g son, p q. N. Thrasher, 81. ". Thrasher,
,47 Those to whom he "a. n. degree was ls
awarded were c. Burruss. +. b. Cooper,
+ nm C;. Criltcllfeld, ". Z. Burge. r. -.
Frayel H.. l. Mills. & G.. f. Williams.
The meeting was adjourned until :3O
5PE NJ. Dr.. Cox pronouncing the bened'c-
CLASS EXERCISES
At $50 p. NJ, the college authorities
and the townsoeople assembled In the
8 college chapel for the celebration Of
class night exercises. the last meeting
Il for the session OF l095-'06. The class. IN
fheir sombrc caps and gowns, were Sc ted
III n the rostrum in full possession Of their
ggis new found dignity. Their president, MI.
i = N Mast presided. and he called on Rev.
Mr. E. T. Dadmun to open the naee.lns
with prayer. after which the p IS
made his address sga sFlS Il,
ss5s NJ. a. p. u an1es then delivered the
saIutatory. and he was followed by Mr..
=, p. Smith, the class historian
4. Mr.. II. NJ Brent then became prophetlc,
and outlined 4 the future career OF MS
Mr.. r.. u Starr. was tho entertaining ?! :;
lawyer who SO wittily drew up t tn, y =
of the 1ClQSS OIL 5lSco.
Nj Leo G. Crutchfeld. whose elo-
,,nence Il the boast Of his class. grace
fully closed the literary exercises OF INC nc
The younger portion OF the audience
then retired to the gymnasium IN % ;l.N,
refreshments were served me pane
,,layed to a late hour In the night aaa-
ING soft music to the still softer Wy . ~ ,
which in various hooks ana sequestel Isu
snnrs around the chapel the representa-
s siMas ~ the departing class Of 1906 were
.,ttar,ne "a the fair maidens, whose
Il sr,andshin had SO helped them IN the ht.
ta,,r long years since their "F1shhood
days.
..rh. AT az Thinking was the subject
=, M - 'Mlns's ddress. He is the professor
Enrl,sh literature at Trinity College
: ! Val "a editor Of tho South Atlantlc
The , following brief synopsis Of his bril-,
,,ont address gives but q faint idea OF
emerson. In his American Scholar, q e
rnas ina scholar as man thinking. Man
thinking with discrimination and balance
and judgment, man thinking widely ana
freely, is not a common enough pnesno y !,
snon: a whole society permeated WI" ~
Thought has not yet been seen on tle
earth. Alta time when even one q oul
most active reformers has warned us
against lhysteria, and when there Is 50
much danger OF a tin-pan clamor, It may
Z ioegwell to call attention to some OF the
Is dane points in the art OF thinking-nol y
the science of thought, but the delicate
Shadlngs and distributions IN th!nKins g. W 9