Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-06-15
w. L. U. COMMENCEMENT
The Largest Graduating Class in
History of School

History of School
One hundred and nineteen gradu-
ates were sent out from Washing
ton and Les University today, the
largest number in the history of
this noted institution Of learning, in
the following departments: Master
OF Arts, B; Bachelor of Arts, As;
Bachelor of Science, 81; Bachelor
OF Law, Al; Civil Engineering, 2;
School of Commerce, /.
The final exercises were held in
the Lee Memorial Chapel at IL
O'Clock, and the spacious auditor
ium was crowded with friends and
patrons of the University. Presi-
dent Denny presided. Members of
the faculty and degree men were
respondent in cap and gown. The
announcement Of scholarships, the
delivery of prizes and the conferr-
ing OF degrees were interesting
features.
Former Governor Claude A.
Swanson OF Virginia gave the final
word to the graduates in an elo-
quent and practical address, and
the valedictory was by Charles Ed.
ward Burks, A. B.. of Alderman
Miss.
President Denny announced the
following honorary degrees as hav
ing been conferred by the Board Of
Trustees:
Doctor Of Divinity Cd. D.: Rev
VIM. Meade Clark, Richmond, Va.
Rev. f. R. Leyburn, Durham, NC.
Rev. H. I. Graham, Hampden-Sid
ney College, Va; Rev. Harry B
Lewis, Lancaster, Ohio.
Doctor of Laws Oil. d.: Hon
W. U. Hensel, Lancaster, Pa. Hon
George f. Chamberlain, Oregon.
Following are the academic anC
professional degrees conferred anC
the scholarships, medals and prize.
awarded:
MASTER OF ARTS
Orpha Arlington Chidister, Clarks
burg, W. Va; Benjamin Franklin
Luker, Proctor, Tex; Levi Thoma.
Wilson, Jonesboro, Ark.
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Rayford Wardlaw Alley, Musko
gee, Okla. Gard Hutton Anderson
Lexington, Va; Richard Henry
Anderson, Lynchburg, Va; Jess,
Garfield Arnold, San Antonio. Tex.
Robert Paul Ashley, Baltimore, Md.
Charles Edward Brrks, Alderman
Miss. Orpha Arlington Chichester
Clarksburg, W. Va; Frank Young
Conner, Tuskegee, Ala Marschal
Hornaday Conner, Tuskegee, Ala.
John Richard Dale, Jr.. Texarkana
Ark. William Brown Dudley, Mar
tinsville, Va; Charles Johnson
Ellison, Waynesboro, Va; William
Burton Fowlkes, Danville, Va.
Gordon Russell Fortson, Homer
La. Thomas Walter Fred, Middle
burg, Va. Harry Jennings Garnand,
Myersville. Md. Irwin Patton Ora
ham, Lexingto Va. Hugh Johnson
Hagan, Roanoke, Va. Herbert Everett
Hannis, Martinsburg, w. Va. Wyatt
Cephas Hedrick, Nashville, Va.
Philip Anthony Herscher, Charles
ton, W. Va. Loomis Franklin Kultz
Maiden, N. c.; Bernard Mcdowell
Krug, Sac Paulo, Brazil Karl Meyer
Leith, Meyersdale, Pa. Harry Wood
Lippi acott, Albany. N. Y; Robert
Blackwell Lloyd, Suffolk, Va. Law.
renee Moore Lynch, Chattanooga,
Tenn; Albert Smith McCown, Lex
ington, Va; Max Meadors, Homer,
La; James Nelson Montgomery,
Birmingham, Ala. Philip W. Murray
Newport News, Va; William Fort
Pipes, Clinton, La, Edward Lee
Potter, Haymakertown, Va. Ferdi-
nand Vaughan Pultz, Lexington,
Va; Joseph Gilpin Pyle, Philadel-
phia, Pa; Gilbert Wilson Rolston,
Mt. Clinton, Va; Henry Knox
Smartt, Chattanooga, Tenn. Ray
mond Magnus Strassel, Louisville,
Ky; Vergil Preston Sydenstricker,
Corinth, Miss; Robert Gordon
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