Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-06-27
v. NJ. 1. COMMENCEMENT
Brilliant Finals Conclude Sue
ceesful Session

Brilliant Finals Conclude Sue
cessful Session
The commencement exercises G
the Virginia Military Institut
were brought to a close today wit
the graduating exercises, whic
were held in the Slonewall Jack
son Memorial Hall, and witnessed
by a large and appreciative gath
ering. Gen. Scott Ship preside'
and presen ted the diplomas to tn
graduates. Rev. DR.. James L
Smith of Richmond, Va, mad
the address delivering the Jack
son-Hope medals to the two high
est men of the graduating class,
Cadets Dodson and Nichols. TIL
valedictory address wac delivered
by Cadet K. A. Saunders of Rich
mond, Va.
After the exercises in The
hall the battalion assembled on
the parade grounds when the pro
motions and appointments were
announced, at tine conclusion OF
which. after "Auld Lang Syne" By
the band, the battalion broke
ranks.
Following is the list of full
graduates, the largest class sent
out in years:
Richard Stearns Dodson, Nor
folk, Virginia.
William Robert Nichols, Peters
burg, Virginia.
James Cleland Snead, Lynch
burg, Virginia.
Frederick Dial Stafford, Chatta-
nooga, Tennessee.
James Wallace Peyton, Char
louisville, Virginia.
George Almond BLOW, Glouces-
ter county, Virginia.
Cary Robinson Wilson, Norfolk,
Virginia.
John Doster, Topeka. Kansas.
Tazewell Elicit, Jr., Richmond,
Virginia.
Edmund Archer Saunders, Rich
mond, Virginia.
Harry Halfway Rcuntree, Sber-
man, Texas.
G. W.Carlyle Whiting, Marshall,
Virginia.
H. Edwards Mecredy, Roanoke,
Virginia.
Archibald Huston Bell, Mt. Sid
ney, Virginia.
William Trezevant Davant,
Roanoke, Virginia.
Richard Bernard Burroughs,
Jacksonville, Florida.
Arthur Griffith Campbell, Lex
ington, Virginia.
Thomss Alexander Balm, Jr.,
Norfolk, Virginia.
Lucius Smith Nottingham, Jr.,
Sea View, Virginia.
Ernest Miller Dewey, Colds
boro, North Carolina.
Edward Ross Switzerland.
Mamore, Virginia.
G. Harold Whitney, Lexington,
Kentucky.
John Nash, Portsmouth, Viz
ginia.
Ballard Lyerly, Chattanooga,
Tennessee.
George F,irfax Gunnell, Cat
let's burg, Kentucky.
Walter Heron Doyle, Norfolk,
Virginia.
Howard McClymonds Yost,
Massilon, Ohio.
NJ. Hubert Judd, Dalton, Georg-
ia.
Caleb Branson Bell, Shawboro,
North Carolina.
cambridge Warren Marston,
Toano, Virginia.
Allen Kimberly, Ft. Monroe,
Virginia.
William EchOls Spragins, Hunts
vile, Alabama.
Carl German Schneider, Orion
vile, Minnesota.
w. Gerard Fraser, San Antonio,
Texas.
j. Newman Perry, Natchez, Mis-
sissippi.
Roger Rankin, Kansas City,
Missouri.
Tavenor Benjamin Goodloe, Big
Stone Gap, Virginia.
Harry Wilton Davant, Roanoke,
Virginia.
Laurance Hannah Phister, Mays
vile, Kentucky.
Mahlon Wilkins Caffee, Car
thage, Missouri.
Anthony Barclay Taliaferro,
Orange, Virginia.
John Roberts Taylor, Fredericks-
burg, Virginia.
Harrison Fitzhugh Carr, New
mort News, Virginia.
Robert Dukson Bogart, Little
Rock, Arkansas.
Henry Van der Hart Roelofs,
Pennsylvania.
William A. Maeder, Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania.
Chi Chun Wen, Canton, China,
no stand.
Distinguished graduates; Rich
ard Stearns Dodson, William Rob-
ert Nichols, and James ClelhnJ
Snead.
Sermon Before Cadet Corps