The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11
Graduate Miller Led Class at
Richmond College, Taking
Crump Medal.
WORKED HIS WAY THROUGH
Address by Mr.. Eggleston Fea-
ture OF Closing Exercises.
Changes by Board.

Failing to agree upon successor
to former Governor Montague, as dean
of the law school, the board of trustees
of Richmond College yesterday elect
ed DR.. w. L. Foushee. lately resigned
from the chair of Latin. to the profess
sorship in this department. The work
of the Law School will be divided
among the four professors, Temporal
rily. The selection of man TO take
the place OF DR.. s. G. Mitchell, who
will be absent from the college for u
year, with one for the associate chair
of English. was referred to the COM
mittee on Instruction.
Last night In the public hall d.
plomas and college honors We're dis
tributed. the baccalaureate address by
Mr.. George Cary Eggleston, one of the
most brilliant and honored alumni OF
the college, being the feature of the
exercises Honorary degrees We're am
nounced and the session was formally
closed by President Boatwright.
Many Honors Awarded.
In opening the exercises DR.. Boat
wright spoke of the great success that
past session. calling attention TO the
fact that s355.000 for the proposed
woman's College had been raised, only
S145,000 remaining to be collected 10
assure the establishment OF one or the
largest Institutions of its kind in the
country.
Then came the presentation of the
medals from the literary societies as
follows:
medal, Mr.. j. B. Terrell; best readers
medal, Mr.. II. j. Moore; medal for i'm
provement in debate, Mr.. J. It. Gulick.
MI Sigma Rho Society: Best debater's
medal, Mr.. G. H. Goodwin; and the
The medal for the best writer in both
societies was awarded to Mr.. H. NJ.
Bowling. and that for the best orator
to Mr.. y. f. CropP. 49,
went to Mr. C. B. Miller, and the
"Tanner'' medal for Greek to Mr.. T.
H. Binford.
Working Man Led All.
The prize won by Mr.. Miller is one
OF the most difficult to obtain that the
college offers. His average was 100
per cent. Besides getting the highest
worked his. way through school. per-
forming any labsr that he could OBJ
tain, antl' psrsuihg his studies in the
meantime. For great part of the
session lie arose at 3 o'clock in The
morning and served breakfast to the
men who took out the early street cars.
He was not able to be present last
night on account of having been called
TO his home in Baltimore by the illness
of his father.
IL no event OIL tne evening WAS inc
baCcalaureate address by Mr.. EggleSton,
which was mainly devoted. as he said,
ito Dragging about the country" He
pictured the United States as the only
nation in the world which lives solely
for the sake of It's people; the only
country that gives full opportunity to
all of It's people. and the only coun-
try founded and existing upon the idea
Of humanity as the basis of all things
Above all, he declared. 1T is the
only country in which every human be-
ing Is free TO make the most and tho
best that lie can of his capacities and
opportunities
1t is supremely and conspicuously
the country OF opportunity and it is
80, because of its instltutions-its fun
damental ideas-not because of any ac-
cldental circumstance whatever"
Grow TO Greatness Here.
he told of the ,paralyzing influences
Of Europe, OF which people in the
United States have no knowledge un-
less they have been to the continent
and observed them. He related Incl,
dents OF Ignorant and poverty strick-
en- immigrants who had come to this
country without even the price OF n
meal and had become prosperous in ali
walks OF life, and how they love this
country better than their own becal,sn
tney mad been given the opportunities
nero ere mat they could not obtain abroad.
80 '.'A siiiHt dh Tie lnSDiru-
tloIl or those who created our SYSTEM
&c said, there are two fundamenta,
thoughts-thoughts which no sonistr,
can escape and which no ingenuity nf
intellectual Juggling can negative
uhose Two great fundamental and cra,'
i've thoughts are. GO
Ihat every human heinz ~,
INTO this world has !, right To do a so ~ y
p!eases. 80 long as in doinp &c ne ne
pleases he does not trespass' 1,,non ~
equai right OF any other h,lmap hoi nv
70 90 as he pleases o''ns 3
,,on hat II Is the sole legitimate func.
s.ou ~ government In a free STAT ~
t "a n ne conditions Of liberty nd 10
~ the country. from a military st,rd
point. ne said thai there Was no otai ino
to % feared, and that we might az
mss the thought of foreign invasin,
as thing beyond even the con,ec,nr,
OF peraqventure. I'm popular parIance
he declared. we can lick anv ene,n,
which may choose TO nssail ,,s !, ~
therefore none Will assaij u.s. ~ 1't'
He admonlshed his audience however,
not to restsnpon the feeling Of se"nrtt,
given by strength OF arms arains
pther nations, but TO be contfnuati,,vv 20 70
guard forlthe dangers which come frn y,
within. These dangers he said az,
subtle and insidious, and are ene,nia
which come upon us IN the riI{s. n
friends. He gave all outline Of snm
4 Of the most dangerous Of the hiddel
enemies,
ConcIuding he said: 1T is for %,