The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-13
FINALS Of COLLEGE
NOW UNDER WAY
Great Enthusiasm in Exercises at
Richmond Institution De
spite Pouring Rain.
CLASS DAY CELEBRATION
Attractive Program for Monday
Night--Events of Tuesday
Sermon by DIR. Wallace.
CLASS DAY CELEBRATION

The enthusiasm of the students OF
Richmond College has not been dam
pened by the continued wet weather,
FOE they have entered into the spirit
OF commencement week, which WAS
ushered In Sunday night with a spirit
such as comes only TO those who ale
satisfied with years hard work.
Monday night exercises incident to
class day will be held in the college
chapel. when addresses will be made
BY class orators and historians. The
officers of the class of 1919 are Ernest
l.. Ackiss. OF Princess Anne county.
president: Miss Frances i. Coffee, OF
Richmond. president, and James
X. Sheppard, Jr., Richmond, secre-
tary-treasurer.
The orators Monday night will be
John G.. Barbe, Bristol Tenn, OF the
College OF Liberal Arts; George r.
Cooke, Smythz county, Va, OF the Law
School; Miss Virginia /. Ware, Rich
mond. class historian. and Macon NJ.
Long. Culpeper county. Va, of the
Law School.
A full orchestra will furnish musio
for the occasion. which will be large
iy attended by friends and relatives
of the students, who have 0een flock
ing to Richmond since Saturday.
Features of Tuesday.
Tuesday will witness numerous
events in connection with the COM
mencement exercises. The annual
meeting OF the college trustees will be
held at II o'clock.
At 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon the
alumnae of women students win ten
der a luncheon at Guth's in honor of
the members Of the fair sex who will
graduate this year.
. At $50 O'Clock the annual dinner
of the society of the alumni win be
held This event Will also witness
reunion of the classes of 1860, 1885,
1900 and 1905.
AT Sis o'clock the day will be
closed with the presentation of Two
Gentlemen OF Verona" by the col
lege dramatic club. This promises
lures OF the commencement. Adnlis-
sion will be by ticket only. All other
events are. opeu,<o the public.
Tickets for the play may be had by
members OF the alumni upon appli-
cation to Prof w. A Harris, No.
1895 West Grace street, or Mr.. Inn
Montague, Chamber of Commerce
building. who il president OF the Rich
mond chapter of the Alumni Associa-
ton.
The final exercises will take place
W SuH@sudy, AT " IlOCA
with the academic procession.
Baccalaureatc Sermon.
Despite Indictment weather. the
chapel of the college was filled to
it's capacity Sunday night, when Rev.
q. c. S. Wallace. ID. d. pastor of the
First Baptist church, Baltimore, Md,
preached the baccaiaureate sermon.
The students. faculty and trustees for
the frs thine in the history OF the
college. appeared III cap and gown.
President Boatwright introduced
DIR. Wallace. who took as his text
the words of the Apostle Paul: ITO
live is Christ: to die is gain. lie
urged the graduates to live as the
Master would have them. declaring
that ito work is good, but TO live is
better
He spoke from age and experience
and advised the students to live. and
live for a purpose. To be success
>4n liSe, the speaker pointed dat,
man or woman should not set Christ
up as a goal to reach at some future
time. but that they should live for
Christ daily; take up the cross OF lie
and bear IL TO the end. Life physical,
life intellectual and life spiritual. he
said, are the goals for the man or
woman who desires to be worth
while, and that one Is not complete
without the other.
At this point nr. Wallace referred
To the coming fight of Jefries and
Johnson. He characterized the men
as brutes. He said; When these two
enter the ring on July 4 they viii
be almost physical perfection. Meth
er would be expected to say TO live
like Christ. They lack the spiritual
life"
"You must pass through many
rough places" said the minister, "be-
fore reaching the dizzy heights, OF
spiritual. intellectual and physical
perfection" Here he discussed the
trials and tribulations which beset the
college graduate In striving for life
and livelihood. He encouraged them
by the reward which he said must
follow when they have reached the
end of the journey and passed into
The invocation was made by Rev.
Robert j. Willingham, ID. D., secre-
tarv of the foreign mission board Of
the Southern Baptist convention. The
Scripture lesson was read by Rev.
Charles H. Ryiand. secretary-treasu-
rer and librarian of the college. Rev.
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