The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-07
RICHMOND FINALS
BEGIN T0-NIG.HT
The Baccalaureate Sermon to BE
Preached by Or. Skinner III
College Chapel.
AWARD DIPLOMAS WEDNESDAY
Board Of Trustees to Decide Upon
AWARD DIPLOMAS WEDNESDAY
Board Of Trustees to Decide Upor
Enlarged Plan and Elect
Professors.


Educational institutions Throughout
the city which have been closing their
doors for the last two weeks or more.
will be dark by the end of next week.
A few OF the students are now free
for the summer. some have only to
participate in the festivities incident
TO commencement, while many more
are wrestling with final examinations.
Each school. apparently. has had it's
share of success. s
The chief events of the week are
the celebration ut Richmond College,
beginning with the baccalaureate SER
mon this evening. and closing with
the Presidents reception Wednesday
night, and the closing exercises of the
city district schools on Friday.
The last of the final examinations at
Richmond College Friday afternoon
concluded the working session. That
the year has been successful beyond
the expectations Of the most ardent
workers for the college. is shown by
the TACT that the graduating classes
arc larger than ever before in the his
tory of the institution. and that this
year for the first time, the session ends
with moro than 900 students. From
the viewpoint OF the athlete. the ses-
sion has been exceptionally good
Baccnlnureatc Sermon Tonight.
The exercises proper open this eve
ming at SIS o'clock in the public hall
with the baccalaureate scrmon By the
Rev. I. Claggett Skinner D. D.. of Roa-
noke. AS this sermon is especially to,
the graduates. they, together Nth the
board OF trustees. will occupy the front
seats In the hall AT the same hour
Monday evening the graduating classes
VIII hold their class day celebration.
presenting their orators and historians.
The most important event of the COM
mencemcnt will be the annual meeting
OF the board Of trustees on Tuesday
morning It II o'clock. 1t will be i'm
portant. not only on account of the
fact that many plans will be made for
the extension and Improvement. Of the
college during the next session. but
successors to Ex-Governor "A. j. Mon
tague, who has resigned as dean of the
law school; DR.. W.. L. Foushee. who
leaves the chair OF Latin to practice
law. and DR.. c. H. Winston. in the
chair of physics. will be selected. Dr.
Winston has heretofore mad charge OF
both the physics and astronomy chairs.
The newly elected professor in this de-
partment VIII have charge of the chair
in physics and the physical laboratory,
while DR.. Winston will give his full
attention to the course of astronomy.
| Award Diplomas Wednesday,.
AT 9 O'Clock Tuesday afternoon there
will be luncheon to the members of
| the board in the Shenandoah, with the
alumni dinner in the Thomas Art Hall
at P. N. This will be followed by a
I, reunion of the classes of 1855. 1885
i 1898 and 1903 IS
The public session OF the General
Society of. Alumni will be held at s:1s
/ in the evening. Addresses will be de-
livered by Judge Charles E. Nicol. III;
". NJ Turpin. IA and Mr.. Robert N
/ Pollard, OF.
4 Diplomas and other collese1honors
will be awarded Wednesday evening at
/ SIS o'clock The commencement ad
dress Will be made by Mr.. George
Cary Eggleston. 90, of New York I'm
mediately afterward the presidents re-
ception in his residence will be given
The trustees. faculty, alumni and ali
friends OF the college have been invited.
The list of graduates In the different
departments, with the subjects of
theses and essays of those in the acad-
emic department. are as follows:
Naster@of Arts.
Miss Rache, L. Lovenstein. IA Study
OF the Social Movement of the English
Writers of the xIXth Century,
G. T. Waite. The Origin OF the ordi-
I nance of 1887. and its Effects Upon
American History; w G. Payne
Francis sLieber as a Lover of Liberty"
Floyd B. Clark. The Rise of the Idea
of Free Trade; r. N, Daniel, "A Study
OF the Sources of the Symbolism OF
the Anglo-saxon Phoenix''; E. NJ
Louthan. The English Cabinet"
Bachelor of Arts.
Miss Leila Gilmer Betty. THE Politi-
cal Teachings OF Shelley"::t Thomas H
Binford. Some of the Forces Working
for international Peace; Harry NJ.
Bowling. "a Study of Shelleys Social
Ideas: Matte Louise Brown. Eng
l lands Attitude Towards the Southern
Confederacy"; Joseph F. Crop. "Tur-
got, the French Statesman; Herbert
G. Gillian. "The Decline and Fall of
the House OF Burgesses";; Henry H.
George, III, Heinrich IIeine";; Conrad
H. Goodwin, THE Growth and Devel,
/ opment Of the Swiss Confederation
Edwin NJ Heller, Robert Edward Lee
H. II. Henderson. Edmund Burke's
Views on the American and French
Revolutions Compared: John *. Hut.
ton. "The Economic Feature of Slavery
In the South; Joseph r. Ingram. Ma
poleor1's Overthrow Of the Directory
Bertha G. Knapp. "Women In American
LITERATURE; Algie Y. Maynard. II:
Matthew Arnold's Criticism of America
Just?"; Thomas J. Moore The Effect:
OF the Ordinance OF 1857 on American
History: Oscar B. Ryder Millions
Religious sViews";s Archie&G. Ryland. "a
Comparison Of Tennyson's Guinevere
with NIalory's Guineyere"; Isabel L
Walker, "Tennyson's Views onathe Ar
OF Poetry"
Bachelors of Science.
Eugene f. WiGhtman. Scientific In
yestigation a. Factor OF Industrial I'M
provement,
Bachelor OF Laws.
John Baker Roatwright. Buckin char
county; William oglesby Crockett
Wytheville, VA; Edward Augustu
Dunlap PENNSYLVANIA; Homer Stuar
Goehler,s Richmond; Edward Wrel
Hudgine, buckingham county; tn oma
Henry Howard. fJr,, Floyd county; Johl
Martin. Richmond ~ ohn Braxton MI
Ter. West Virginia; William NJ Mount
10y, Richmond;t Thomas Henry Not
| tingham, Northampton county; Jane
ffoge Kicks. Richmond; Absololn7 WIFI
Robertson Salen,, Va: Tred. SBucknnr
| 80. y.