The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-09
college MEN ION
POLITICAL GRAF /
Urge Graduates to Stand for Best
Principles III American
Lie.
HISTORIAN is UNMERclFUL
Audience Cheers as He Describes
Members, Not Over1ooking
Young Women

Cheers and handclaps from a large
crowd greeted the members of the
graduating classes Of Richmond Col
lcge when they assembled in the chapel
last night to bid farewell to the col
lege, and, incidentally,.to rehearse some
of the great achievements of the larg-
est graduating class the college has
ever turned out. The night was for
tho sole use of the graduates. All OF
the speakers were members of the
classes Of 1905. the presiding officer
being Mr.. j. Braxton Miller, president
of the student body.
They marched in the hall after the
audience had been seated, each man
who will get his diploma tomorrow
taking his place on the rostrum. The
pillars of the room were wrapped with
the red and blue Of the college. while,
streamers of bunting formed an arch
over the rostrum The prayer was
offered by the Rev. j. Calvin Stewart,
pastor of the Church of the Covenant.
Predicts Grcnt Univcrslty.
Mr.. Miller opened the address Of
welcome by predicting the rise of the
University of Richmond from Rich
IuOUu SOllt5e IL aIluSlSuS. LIZ SPono
of the commencement, meaning as 1t
should to each graduate the loss OF
the. protecting arms of the alma mater.
to put into practice in the university
of the world the truths which she had
taught them. More in the closing Of
ones college life. he said, is he brought
to the realization of the fact that the
life Of student is one to be coveted.
He spoke of the advantages accruing
to Richmond and her people from lav-
ing Richmond College here.
Mr.. w. o. Crockett who was to have
made the Grafton for the law class.
had a serious throat trouble, so his
speech was read by Mr.. A. w. Robin
son, graduate in law. 1t was plea
for clean government, and he gave the
teachers the credit for the efforts in
this direction, in that they prepare
young men to take up the reins of
government, each generation being
better prepared for combating present
conditions by having a. knowledge of
the governments of the past. BY edu-
cation, he declared. men are enabled
to build great governments on the
wreckage of the past.
Must Drive Ont Graft.
The battle. now, he said, is against
predatory wealth, political rottenness
and graft. The men of the present
generation must with the same patriot
ism that actuated the statesmen OF
the Revolution, seek out and destroy
this unhealthy condition of affairs and
conduct the government of the United
States on the same high plane that
was designed by Washington and JEFF
ferson. The dollar mark must be SUI
perseded by an ensign of honor, and
men must be measured by what they
b1,a 1tho
What the ration needs, he concluded,
is moro :len to stamp out the graft
ers and swinflers who are drinking
the life-plood of the country.
The historian of tho law class. Mr..
f. w. Hudgins, was then presented as
a man of wisdom and time honored
experience. He took his place and VEN
tilated the careers of his fellow class
men with all the skill and cleverness
Of an old practitioner. His description
OF the, members when they first met
at the college was particularly anus
ing.
who so successfully trained both the
also graduated in law, brought forth
the most hearty applause of the eve
ming. He closed the history with q
resume of the work of his class, and
turned the future over to the members
| of the class Of 1909.
The Other Features.
Mr.. T. II. Binford's academic Grafton
subject was Universal Peace He re,
viewed the strides which have recently
been made toward this great end, Civ.
| ing sound reasons why commercialisn
with other agencies will eventually sc
link one nation with another that wa
Will be almost impossible. To. the
United States he gave the credit OF
having made the first move in this iii
lrectlon and predicted that iunder the