The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-03

Inc llUdl QUALIFICATIONS dL OulOIl
Theological Seminary. which began on
May LIST. will continue for nearly two
weeks. The examining and business
committee OF the board of directors
will meet at the seminary on Saturday
at 10 A. NJ
AT It's last meeting the board of
directors made provision for an annual
sermon to the graduating class. The
first preacher chosen for this impor-
tant service Is the Rev. Theron II.
Rice. D. D.. pastor of the Central
Presbyterian Church. Atlanta. Ga. Dr..
Rice, who has received more calls to
important charges in the various cities
of this country North and South. than
perhaps any other man of his age in
the ministry and whose services have
also been sought by famous educational
institutions, such as Princeton Thoo-
logical Seminary, is himself graduate
of Union Seminary. and has frequently
addressed the students of the insti-
tuition on former occasions. His pres
ence as the preacher of the fias. an
nual sermon to the graduating class
will be heartily welcomed not only by
the students and the people OF the
seminary community. but by the citi-
zens of Richmond generally, who have
often heard him in the pulpits OF their
churches. DR.. Rice will preach the
graduation sermon in the Watts Chapel
at the seminary, on Sunday. May 10th,
invited to attend this service.
Large Gr"duatinss Glass.
Tile annual address to the Society
of Missionary Inquiry will be delivered
by the Rev. Professor Charles r. Erd-
man. we'll known throughout the coun-
try for his gifts as an evangelist, and
nrnfasSnr
and evangelistic work in Princeton
Theological Seminary. This service.
which is under the general direction
of the Society Of Missionary Inquiry,
will be held in the First Presbyterian
Church on Sunday night. May 10th, at
s o'clock. Mr.. C. T. squires, President of
the society. will preside and make a
brief address In regard to the pur-
poses and work of the organization.
In accordance with the established Gus
tom on these occasions, the other Pres
byteran congregations of the City will
dispense with their own services on
that evening and attend the exercises
at the First Church. The students of
the seminary will be seated in a body
directly in front of the pulpit
The board of directors of the sem
mary will meet in the reading room Of
the Spence Library on Tuesday. May
18th, at 10 a. NJ. The usual final en-
tertainment given by the under-s radu-
ates to the graduating class will occupy
the evening of May 18th, and the stu
dents will receive their invited guests.
including the visiting directors and the
members of the faculty and their fam
lilies in the library.
A racy program has been posted on
the bulletin board, and 1t is confident
ly expected that the evening will be
one of thorough enjoyment. The grad
uating class this year is a large one
twenty-siX in number. and there are
besides two special students and three
ost-graduate students, so that the
number of those going out to take uE
the work of the ministry is larger than
usual.
Final Exercises.
The final exercises Of the session
will be held in the Watts Chapel on
Wednesday. May 18TH, at II A. NJ The
address on behalf Of the board OF
directors to the members of the senior
class will be delivered at that time
BY Rev. William r. Laird, D. o.. pastor
Of the First Presbyterian Church. OF
Danville. Va, and ,ne diplomas vii
be presented to the graduates by the
president of the board, Mr. George W
Watts. of Durham, N. G. The names
and addresses Of the members Of the
graduating class are as follows:
William Waddell Arrowood Glover
S. C.
Joseph Allan Christian, Richmond
| Va.
James Frank Emmett Clark, Abing.
don, Va.
Jack Holman Clarke. Clinton. S. c
Lowry Davis Greenvlle, S. O.,
Frank Lee Delaney. Bristol, Tenn.
| Samuel McPheeters Glasgow, Lev
! lngton, Va.
n. c.
j, Harlin Gruver, Reliance Va.
/ Allen Reese Harrison, tIuntersville
/ S, c,
John William Hethorn McTarlaud's
Va,
Harry Moscley Jenkins, shuqualas
miss,
/ Robert Alborti Lapsley Ashland, Va
I. Murphy Bethune MacLaughlin, Rec
Springs, ~ G,
Leonard ", Matthews, Matthews
N. G.
James NJ Mcchesney, Bristol, Va.
/ Lyle Moore Moffet, stanton, Va.
George Colt Moore, Sherman, Texas
Henry Clay Nelson, Num-, Va.
Henry Ward shannon, Gastonia, N. G
f. AUGUSTUS Worth Shaw. Lumhe
Bridge, \. c.,
l Flournoy Shepperson Columns Ark