The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-22
& HO1L1Ns INSTITUTE.
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1io1I11Ns, VA, April 2i.--1n addition
u 10 various rcc.tals concerts, etc, given
al 11oll,ns this session By the students
there have Been various lectures by DIS
tinEuished men, mainly from distance
The following Is the list OF those We have
heard. Or. Charles w. Kent, University
~ Virginia, ideas and Ideals IN Eau
cation: Dr. II. w. Snyder, prcsidcn! Oh
1vofford College. ''shakcspcnre"; Dr. pr d " ,.
Atnes, director OF physics, Johns Hopkins
University, "spinning Tops; DR.. .. =
Il Mitchell, Richmond College. "Ti,e SCUM
and Education" Ernest Thompson sea-
3 ton. "Nfind In Animal Heroes; Or. y.
Hif, poteat. Wake Forest College, SCI
sSe nrn and LIFE; Or. Robert ~. tte'
WESLEYAN University. story OF e'octne
FAUST; Professor Frank W. DUKE, tl ,f.
Hrs, '',rhr Solar System; Dr. Robert ~ -.
Il i ,eavitt. Harvard University. "At'hnt,se.
ffDr. Il. o. 1.ovctt. Princeton u,.'Ncls. -
8t...rhc Comet" Colonel X. d. Lee, Jr,
,sa.a.sod ,ha Young ladies on leo Eve
ming
" Resides these lectures there have been
il ~, following concerts and readings: Re-
Il citsl OF piano music. Madame rive klhsi
Il Mrs Bertha. 1t,Inz Baker, reading, CSrn-
II ~ r1e I,erger1lc concert, Schubert String
4 Quartette. of Boston.
5S5 Among the speakers who are to be al
1Iollins for the commencement are tho
q Rer. Dr.. +. II. NtcTnden. pastor Of the
First PRESBYTERIAN Church. 1hchmond,'
Va, and Rev Or. Edgar Y. Mullins, pres
ident OF the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Louisville, Ky. The former
breaches the baccalaurcate sermon, ana
the latter delivers tho literary address.
The enrolment this year Mt Hollins IS
larger than It has ever been IN oil the
\ history OF the school. and the enroll
y mont would have been, perhaps, loo more
than It is II the capacity Of the schooi
were not limited.
u n This year for the first time In the his
f tory OF the school, the graduating class
Z viii be composed of those only who have
a won their "A, b. degree. Up to this time
Is Young ladies who won ''the literary dc
gree or ..the eclectic degree" or the
class ical degree were members Of the
graduating class.
This has been q most prosperous year
4 III the history Of Holllns. The health OF
the students has been good and good
work has bean done. Hollins has had
this session a great shadow and great
loss. Mrs. Susanna Y. Cooke, the widow
I OF Dr.. G. l. Cooke. died shortly after
Christmas. Every one at IIollins misses
her. She was a woman OF remarkable
strength and sweetness Of character, and
all these years she has been indeed
mother to the young women who have
studied here.
The Alumnae Memorial Association OF
Hollins Is Mt work seeking to raise
fund with which to erect a library build
: Ing In memory of DR.. Charles /. Cooke,
the founder Of this school.
Among the young ladies who hope to
graduate this year Is Miss Rose Mcclure
satterfield. OF Richmond. She IS this
year the president of the student body.
Miss NJ r. Parkinson, the lady prnci-
pal OF Hollins. expects to spend her vaca-
& ton in Europe, visiting Italy, Switzerland
. Germany, France and England.