The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-08

Thou Almighty King &C. Wesley.
Or. Gcorgc< Braxton Taylor, chaplain
led In the Invocation.
After the delivery OF diplomas in dc.
partments by the respective professors
plano solo, Mignon March (poldini)
was rendered by Miss Marietta Walkur
graduote).
Or. Z. Y. Mullins, president of the
Southern Theological Seminary, Louis
VILE Ky, addressed the school, taking
rs his subject "The Masterpiece OF
Raphael. Tho Sistne Madonna one
Of II not tho. greatest productions IN
art In the world. Ho described this pic
ture in all OF It's beauty, In room 70
itself. q picture that was looked at III
silence, before which men uncovered
their heads; picture that caine to you
as you lay awake at night or early In
tho morning, and came of itself. He
thought this picture peculiarly appro-
pirate in suggcstivcness to young women.
He used his time in speaking of tho sug-
gestions rather than In description. What
does 1t teach? Life is for each one-thc
art of living. Put into life all that
Raphael put in tho painting. Master
the technique OF living as Raphael did
his art. Mastering "details Is followed
finally by bursting out Of genius.
What Is the technique Of life?
/. Tho period Of self-discipllnc, OF will,
emotions, conscience
2. The love OF duty; cultivate the beau
tIful in everything, along with, the
drudgery, for the beautiful Is hut the
reproduction OF the divine.
8. The simplicity of naturalness. "lml-
tatlon," says Emerson, "ls suicide" God
is ncxhaustiblc in His production Of tho
beautiful.
L. Symmetry and proportion Shines forth
tn, ha (ct,, IN, r11Yo1tfop
exaggerations' one way or the other.
s. Cultivate spirit Of service.
6. Influence. Young women are the
rulers Of the social sphere. They have
1t in their power to transform the world
with their brightness gladness. culture
and beauty. Finally, tlv, gloriticatioe Of
motherhood is portrayed. Mothers should
be crowned as queens In consideration
of all they bave endured.
This address was received with round
after round OF applause from the audi
cnoe. Miss Tina Fontaino and Evelyn
Talbot very much delighted the audience
with Sonata for piano and violin first
movomcnt), Grieg. Rev. Mr.. Shipman,
OF the First Baptist Church. Roanoke,
delivered tho handsome scholarship
medal to Miss Mary Gooch Anderson, Of
Clifton Forge. Miss Anderson also re-
.ceived $40 in gold as prize offered by
the Colonial Danes lana not the -. a..
r.. as stated In a former communca-
tion). through the Association of Collie
Eate Alumnae, to senior classes in In
situations on colonial life. in old Virginia.
Miss Anderson Is the daughter Of Judge
George K. Anderson. CT Clifton Forge
and the granddaughter Of calNain Sta
pleton Gooch, Of Louisa county. Her
essay was on little Men and Little
Women in Old Virginia" Professor
Cummings delivered this prize.
Professor William II, Peasants. dean
OF the faculty, made an address to those
receiving academic certifcates-Misses
Courtney Rountree. OF Richmond; Miss
Ellie Miles. University Of Virginia: Kitty
Talbot. of West Virginia: Josephine
Hayden. Fincastle, Va: Miss avirden, OF
Montgomery, Ala, and to thqso receiv-
ing the A. B. degree-A1isses Rose Nc
CURE. satterf1eld Mcclure. Richmond,
Va; Mary Gooch Anderson. Clifton
Forge; Susie Wilson. iArvonla, Va Sal
lie Lee Carpenter. Clifton Forge, Va;
Roy Denman, Of San Antonio. Texas !;
iFlossie Denman, Of San Antonio. Texas;
Mary Stuart. Cooke. Of Roanoke. Va;
May Mclaughlin, Holllns, and Miss
Frances Ligon, Of Anderson. S. c.
The session of 1so646 closed with
t(chorus and strings) Trust in the Lord
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