The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-20
SHAM BATTLE MOST
INTERESTING EVENT
This Feature of ". M. l.. Finals
No Less Spectacular and
Realistic Than Gstal.
.G,UMNI REVIEW
CORPS
Former Cadets See Boys Go
Through Familiar
Movements.

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.
LEXINGTON, VA, June l9--Ihe
most Interesting feature of the Nir-
Enia Military Institute commencement
day was battalion drill, or as Is
commonly known, the sham battle.
Colonel Mills. the commandment. and
the four cadet captains. Nichols, Riley,
rate and Brcckner, directed the parti-
citation of the different corps IN the
field movement which was very real
tstic. The visiting alumni reviewed
The corps Of cadets this afternoon, and
the alumni smoker was held Tonight
Tomorrow Will mark the closing en-
,rcises with the comforting of degrees.
The address before the graduating
class will be made by Hon. IA. y FLOOD
member Of Congress from this dis
trict.
The Final German.
Tho final military german was
danced last night in the institute gym
nasium, beginning at 10 o'clock.
Twenty Ave couples wero In the open
ing figure, which consisted of series
OF intricate mancuvres and marches,
which were executed with military pre-
csion. The cadets and their fair part
ners were dressed in white, and the
ladies' carried large punches Of Ameri-
Gun Beauty roses.
The decorations were elaborate and
tasteful, and We're arranged skllfully
by Mr.. William NJ. Kramer decorator.
The opening figure was led by the
president, Cadet Thomas L. sebrcll,
Jr., of Norfolk, with Miss Helen Tan
ner, of Richmond, who wore white net
trimmed with lace and rosebuds.
The other dancers in the opening
figure We're Cadet II. c. Adams, OF
Lyncfburg. with Miss Katherine !, Le !,
49,. 1tx, T,,.1r IL. Va III
Gill. of Round Hill. Va, with Miss rs
Katherine Boylnn, Of Raleigh, n. G..
Cadet NJ. +. Edwards, OF Itirkwood
Mo-. with Miss Elizabeth Swinney, OF
Fredericksburg, Va. with Miss llliz-
abeth Adams Of Lynchburg; Cadet J
D. sO'Reilly, OF New Orleans, La, with
Mss Beatrice Gilnore; Of Ne Y !; Or os
Texas, with Miss Frederick oReilly
OF New Oreans; Cadet W. p Tate, OF
Pulaski, Va, with Miss Emily Beebe
Of Baltimore. Nd; Cadet D. n. Diggs
Fl Talafe nsou of chariotte n N e cade
G. M. Peek. Of Hampton. Va, with Miss
Janet Peek, OF Hampton, va; cad &c,
". r. Johnson, OF Crescent City, w
City. Mo: Cadet WI. Riley. of Bloom
lngton. Ill. with Miss Louise Haskins
Of Lexington; Va: Cadet II. A. Tabh
gse Of va wath Mss Cadet a.
r.
Fulton, of Nettle Ridge. Va. with Miss
Florence Wilkerson. of Kirkwood Mo-
Cadet f. S Markham, of Beaumont
Texas. with Miss Laura Rice, of Hous,
ton, Texas; Cadet c. S. Fudge, of Chi
n cago, III, with Miss Blanche Fudge
Of Chicago;s Cadet T.. G. Taliaterro, o
Charlotte,N3 u With Miss Emily Drew
ry.@oe Raleigh. N c.; Cadet j. N. Ma
tor of Mitchells. Va, with Mis-!
f'rankie Taunt Of Culpeper, Va: Cade
?; a.. Fraser, Of San Antonio, T,xas
with Miss Bess Yoakum, of New York
&. Y; Cadet II. Beckner. of Winches ter
KY. with Miss Gladys Head, Of Lynch
burg. Va; Cadet G. " Nichols. Of
spartanburg, S, c., with Miss N1aut
Caskie, Of Lynchburg. Va; Cadet j. L
Townes. OF Petersburg. Va, with Miss
Eta Taliaferro, of Baltimore, Md.
Cadet O. A. Lyerly. of Chattanooga
Tenn. with Miss Jane Forbes. of War
renton, Va; Cadet A. j.. Stude, O.
Houston. Texas. with Miss jane Hutch.
inson, Of Houston, Texas; Cadet G. Il
Kahn, of Dallas. Texas. with Miss Con.
stance Edwards OF Kirkwood Mo.
Cadet z. Rankin, of Goshen. n. Y.
with Miss Alverda I5gerton, of Peters
burg, Va.