The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-26

Their mem'ry will not, as the years
ny, pass.
o noble class of nineteen hundred
seven.
To each Of US thy name will e'er BE
In prideful words recounting all thy
honors.
monument of praise 20 thee we'll
rear
Miss Nancy MacLaurin. of South
Carolina. president of the PhIlomathean
Literary Society and business manager
OF The Chisel." will follow with the
class prophecy. Miss MacLaurin is
known to be a young lady of much
wit and wisdom, aud her prognostic,-
tons for the future will doubtless ba
hailed with delight. Miss Walden will
prophesy Miss MacLaurin's future.
The VIII and Testament, by Miss
Ruth Temple Gillian, of Prince Ed
ward county. and the valedictory by
Miss BERTHE Merritt. daughter of Mr.
". H. Merritt. of Pleasantsville. Ia.
Will be followed by the singing of the
farewell song, composed by Mr.. Martin
and set to music by Professor Rein
hardt, as follows:
Fare thee we'll, dear Mother College,
Sweet mem'ries we you owe,
And to leave thy halls and classrooms
We've regrets ne'er felt before!
Fare thee well, long hours we've pom
dered
Der learning's mystic lore.
And our hearts have all been quick
ened
With desire to gain more.
III.
Fare thee well, dear friends, COM.
panions;
Deep in our hearts enshrined,
Closest ties must all be severed,
Sweetest joys left behind.
Chorus.
Alma Mater, Alma Mater
Fare thee well. fare thee we'll;
And to all thy sacred 1nem'ries,
A tender fare thee we'll.
The class and audience will then
adjourn to the campus. where Miss Ida
Pauline Trosvig, of Lightfoot, Va,
will make the tree Grafton. formally
defeating young sapling, planted
by the class, to Mr.. and Mrs. Ruggles
Nelson. of the college.
The bonfire Grafton will be made by
Miss Columbiana Male, daughter of
Dr. Orville Male, of Culpeper county.
Each young lady of the class will toss
into the 1iames the text book which
has been her greatest detestation dur
ing her senior year. reciting as she
does SO an appropriate couplet OF OPP
probrium. This completes the sad rites
of the mornings program.
Alumnne Dinner.
Tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock
the Alumnae Association of the col
lege will give their annual dinner, in
honor of the outgoing class. Miss Mary
Carter Anderson will be toastmistress
and guest of honor. Mrs, Frank Da-
shell Epps, president of the associa-
ton, will make the address, welcoming
the class Of 1907 into the association
to which Miss Helen Grace Iaytander
OF Newport News, will respond on be-
half of the class,
Tomorrow evening, in the college
chapel, the preparatory class, of which
Miss Marion Terrell has charge. will
have it's closing exercises, The follow
ing program will be rendered:
Cahtata, "a Garden of Singing Flow
ers,' third, fourth, fifth and sixth
grades.
Address. Professor NJ, A. Martin.
Music.
Presentation of certificates Of dis
tinction and promotion to collegiate
department. Professor Martin,
Delivery of scholarship medal, Dr.
w. p. Mathews.
awarding of prizes for department,
DR. Mathews.
Benediction, DR.. Nelson.
The Commencement.
Tuesday will be a day for farewell
land general social intercourse with the
Iout-of-town visitors who come to the
commencement. Tuesday evening the
|climax of the sessions Work will come,
when the diplomas and school certifi-