The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-02
COLLEGE PLANS
FOR FINAL WEEK
lforty-cight Graduates to Receive
Degrees on June
IS.
DR.. GRAY WILL BE ORATOR
Titles OF Theses OF Aspirants for
College Hon
ors.

SOiiSSS iioh
ors.
clad In classic cap and gown, forty
eight young mon and women or Rich
,nond College will march up the steps
OF the old building on the night OF
"Wednesday. June 10, to receive IN.
degrees to which they have iookeu
forward for many the long day rms
year commencement at the college Is
10 be an unusually festive occasion.
Tor students and alumni share the
common vision of the larger Richmond
College that is rearing itself ALREADY
in their eager eyes. The gay young
freshman OF to-day will probably nave
lis commencement days out at West
hampton. where the new college is TO
be located and the college bell III the
Yower will in q few days ring out one
of the last classes TO graduate on the
present campus.
This week and next the students
will thread the narrow and uncertain
patti, OF examinations. The first event
OF the commencement comes on sun
day, June 10, at SIS r. NJ, when the
commencement sermon Will be preached
by Rev. o. C. S. Wallace, II. D., pastor
OF the IlTSI loGVllsi Va i't''tt
more.
DR. Wallace was formerly president
OF McMaster College in Toronto. Can
ada. and is a public speaker of ma
tional reputation. He will rank second
10 no baccalaureate preacher this year
in the South.
Class Day Plans.
Class day, with it's "quips and
cranks and wanton wiles," will come
at S:l5 Monday night Class orators
will turn loose the lingo Bryanistic,
while class historians will point out
what a model lot of graduates the
college is parting with this year. This
IS the one occasion OF the year when
the STUDIES" have the drop on the
'profs,n and there will be much
laughter and fun-makinG.
Tuesday is alumni day. That morn
ing comes the annual meeting of the
college trustees at IL. This will be a
most important session. for the board
will take up the report of the conf
mittee as to the new site, the plans
for the new college. the style of archi-
lecture to be used, and many other
matters touching the fine old institu-
ton that is to be created anew in
Westhampton.
The annual dinner of the Society OF
the Alumni will come at . o'clock
Tuesday afternoon. This Will be a
most happy event, and al it VIII take
place reunions of the class fifty years
out. that of 1860. and OF the other re-
union classes-1Ss5, 1900 and 1905
And the women grads" are going
to have reunion, too. At of the
same day, the alumnac and women
students will tender luncheon at
Guth's to the women graduates of
nc will ha n somewhat nninlle
part of the commencement program
but college spirit will be there in
abundance. and doubtless there will
be some very clever toasts and
speeches.
Dramatic Club.
For tho especial delectation of the
alumni. and as compliment TO them
the college Dramatic Club Will pre-
sent "rhe Two Gentlemen of Verona
on Tuesday night at Sis This de-
lightful old play was given with de-
cided success by the club few weeks
ago, and 1t will attract hundreds OF
alumni to the college hall. The women
students will take prominent parts In
this performance.
The most picturesque feature of the
final exercises is the academic pro-
cession, which occurs at IL o'clock on
the morning of commencement day.
FOR the first time in the annals of the
college the trustees will appear in
cap and goys,r They. together with
tho presidents" and faculty in their
gowns and varicoiored hoods. indica-
tive of many different degrees, and the
graduating class similarly arrayed,
will make an imposing spectacle, lend
ing much dignity to the occasion.
Honorary Degrees.
At the morning exercises, severa1
honorary degrees will be conferred
and the commencement address vii
be delivered by B. D. Gray, D. D.. Ill
D., OF Atlanta, Ca, formerly presi
dent of Georgetown College. Ken
lucky.
The closing exercises begin Mt 81
in the evening. 1t Will be then tina
the degrees will be awarded to tn
candidates Tho medals and othe
honors of the session will be present
ed at that time, Directly after tn
exercises are concluded, President an
Mrs. Boatwright will tender recep
ton to the alumni, the graduatin
class, the students. the faculty an
their friends.
Candidates for Degrees.
The only candidate for the mas
ter's degree is j. 3. Hill. whose them
IS on The Commission Plan OF MI
nicipal Government"
For the degree of Bachelor of Art
tho following are candidates, the Il
ties OF their theses being also give
below:
p L. Ackiss, international Peace.
+. r. Banner, THE Feudal system
J. G, Barbe, The Victories of Peace.
j II. Beazley. The Development q
the High School system in Virginia"
w. r. Beverly Upon the Origin an
Early Days Of the Spanish ln1uis!tlon.
X. Bowling, Immunity"
r. A. Brock. IN, Early Transport
tion in America"
Miss F. F. Coffee, When a Gep.u
loves.
W. G. Coleman, "A snort Essay Q
the Chinese People,
7. G, Durrun, radio Activity"
S. III. Ellyson, "A Love story
v. c. Frost. "InitIative and Refere,
dun in Switzerland
Miss c. NJ. Gary, The Rise and Fa
of Humanism in Germany