The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-19
McGuirc's Ends Successful SEES
sio1-Sclolarship Established
in Memory Of Pupil.

McGuire's University School closed
Its forty-sccond session yesterday at
u O'Clock. The commencement exer-
cises. which were held In the school,
room, were Of the usual interesting
character, quite number Of tho old
pupils of tho school coming back to
shake hands with the teachers and to
cheer on the present students.
The gathering was very much of
family affair, no outsiders being In
vted, and the address OF tho principal.
Mr.. John r. MCGUIRE. to his old boys
and present scholars was received with
enthusiasm, a feature OF tho COM
mencement exerclses that attracted the
|attcntion Of tho pupils was tho reading
OF tho "University and College Record"
showing the degrees and honors won by
former pupils Of the schools in lnsti-
tutions of higher learning.
Now Scholarship.
a new scholarship was added to the
list this year in memory OF former
pupil of the school, Jack" Gordon,
who lost his life on the river last year.
The school has had n most satisfactory
session, the number attending exceed
Ing the best year in It's history. The
standard OF scholarship and tho char
acter OF the student body has also been
exceptionally good, the main body of
the pupils having done substantial
and continuous study during the SEES
sion.
University Record. 65
AS stimulus to thorough wa:k and
| q worthy ambition, the university and
College Record" Of the school Is made
conspicuous part OF tho announces
ments OF the closing day. The particu-
Ilarly high record OF the University of
Virginia this year afforded q high de-
gree of qualification to tho school.
1.-THE MCGUIRE boys" at tho University
Of Virginia, where the school had this
year twelve repre- entatives, received
! a total Of eight degrees and forty
4 seven academic and professional diplo-
mas out of ffty-two applied for. The
Mcclure boys" receiving degrees at the
university Of Virginia this year were
|s G. Christian. B. L.: w. 3. Lamb,
B. A. and NJ, a.; c. s, Mcveigh, b. A.
and B. L.; T. X. Nelson, 3. a. and
M. A.; Henry Taylor. G. T. -Four OF
the boys are Ravens. There werc sew
eral other young gentlemen highly dis
i tinguished at the university this year,
, formerly pupils In the school, whose
success at college and whose former
Z association with the school are sources
of pride and pleasure to the boys and
to their teachers;5 but as they did not
, the school felt that their degrees and
diplomas should be credited to the
! school last attended.
At Princeton the single representa-
tive, Albert G. Bruce, is an honor man
At Davidson College. Routt is an honol
I. man, and both Of the boys were sue
cessful In all examinations. At Johns
!, Hopkins. Freeman was elected TO 9
, scholarship. At V. P. I. there were two
Z ~ u
Paul, B. Sand other representatives
were successful In all examinations. a.
:. were our boys at Washington and Lee
lHampden- Sidney, William and Mary
: United States Naval Academy. and Co
Humbia, SO far as heard from.
: This closed the University and Col
i, |lege Record for the session, Ihen
: after a few words of congratulatlon
9 the principal distributed the certlil
: Gates and diplomas. as follows:
Scholarship Honors.
PURPLE RIBBON DIVISION (93-1Oo,l
Upper school--H. ANDERSON. - !; L
fAFi +. Lee e. Il s. Marxey. q 8 Miller
i, r, Miller j q I'M M;lleT, s Simmons Muos
!. Trigg. r. T. Wallerstein, g. Williams
;, W. 4. Williams, J.. Il; Wright; = Z
: Lower School-F. G. Christian, =.
d RED RIBBoN DIVISION (s6-s2}.
= Upper Schools. M. Bemiss, j. /.
:. Boehling, d. p. <Bowe, B. w. Broken
n brough. ]. NJ. Cecil H. A. CowardiiI r
8, DcButts, D. p. Ellyson, T. Ms Forsyth.
7 NJ. Fourqurean. r. G. Hooker. "
johnson, r, r. Jones' w. w. Martir
! w L. Mason, W, n Mercer, j: a. Mer
% edith. s. Meredith, ": j. Miller, g. 7
. Regester, j. Ridout, w. L. Royal, D. T
II Semmes, T. u. Stngg, r. c. 6yfan. I
P. .Taylor+ r. W. Taylor, ]. II. Well
10 Lower schoolMW. B, Davlo. B. NJ, Da
= Wis, W. r. Tairlamb, T. L. Carrot, n
y. .. Jones, r. D. Knapp, Fl. II. Mcclure
: II. A. w. Oppenheimer.'
IS BLUE RIBBON DIVISION (S0-S6).
l. 4 Upper School-~T. D. Adamson. A. I
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