The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-07
GENTLE GIRL GRADUATE.
NOW REIGNS SUPREME.
Randoph-Macon Womans and Sweebriar Colleges Confer
Degrees onMany Graduates-Institutions of Learning
Close Mos; Successful Sessions

LYNCHBURG. VA, June THE
/ Ra ndolph Macon Woman's College
closed the most successful session in
lis history Tuesday with the award
Ing OF honors for the past term and
/. The bestowai OF degrees. The COM
msncen1ent exercises followed several
days OF varied exercises. The bac-
calaureate sermon was delivered by
Rev. George Il. Booker OF Peters
purs, and on Sunday evening at the
/ Fesper service President w. W. Smith
followed his usual custom of hold
ing farewell service with the stu
dents and the teachers.
The ciass day exercises Monday al
| ternoon were elaborate and beautiful.
lhey were held on the spacious
campus and the classes paraded be-
decked with flowers. toward a central
| sUnNower or gigantic proportions, and
| there parting words were spoken by
the represe atatiVes of the various
classes. Monday night an original
play was presented in the Rivermont
+ casino 70 packed audience.
Or, kendrick c. Babcock. Of the
Federal Bureau OF Education. was the
! commencement orator and he deiiv-
cred an address on The Quest for
Efficiency. IL was regarded as one
/ OF the most interesting and polished
addresses ever delivered in the his
tory nj the institution, In the course
OF his address ne made sofae very
practical observations
From the completely Of past edu-
cattonel standards emerses the golden
mean. and under the new scheme the
edUeafea fprcdue~s INV sDeaasr a.
ciared, is different IN four essentials
from the product Of the old. First,
the produce Of the new scheme,
would be far different from the ira
ditionat blue stocking" Second. she
VIII not he the staggering girl whose
chief interest Ia over the joys of life.
Third. she will be different from
the fiippant slang user SO common In
cur larger cities whose brain In size,
ia In inverse proportion TO her false
hair" and four. she VIII not he OF
the retiring. posing. do-nothing.
ladv-like type" The last named
.heing characteristics OF MANY or the
older schools that houriShed under
the name Of seminary.
The speaker took occasion 10 say
he thought II was a hopeful sign to
see how eagerly some Of these semi
naries are now scurrying under cover
of the college" and It Is this, the
college. that must prepare men and
women for the larger field that now
stretches ont before them and for
the obligations to he met with; the
world has been transformed and upon
the college rests the responsibility Of
preparing men and women for places
In this new world. And II is a JOY.
declared the speaker. TO see how the
colleges are setting themselves 10 this
task
Following the address. came the an
rouncement OF honors. The follow
ing were awarded certificates Of pro-
ficiency in music.
Misses Bessie NJ. KILLER. Marion
Norvell and Margaret Tpshur Not
tingham.
Miss Mamie Walden was anneunc-
ed as the winner of the prize scholar
ship given To the member of the
freshman class making the best record
for the session
The next feature on the program
was the comforting of degrees The
names Of the mem hers OF the senior
class 4~efe read s,ss. Professor .AfrffD
strong. secretary OF the faculty. and
as each name was called the young
lady marched to the rostrum and re- 4
ceived her diploma at the hands of
DIR. Smith.
highest given by the college. was con-
ferred. this going TO Miss Mary Laura
Sheriff., OF North Carolina.
55;;ssA fterssth ncanfeEring ~. of degrees
came the presentation Of the senior
class memorial and the installation of
the class of 1912, j
DIR. Smith made few remarks To
the departing class and welcomed the
incoming one.
Following are the names Of MEM
bers OF the senior class.
n u
ley, Nellie May Barham, Elvira Bar
row. Virginia Bell. Bess Benas. Anna
Katherine Bryan. Frances Elizabeth
Barrow. Mary Booker Campbell, Lula
Lee Cannon. Audrey Lee Davis, Mary
Davis Carrie Darkins, Susie Garland
Dawson. Mabel Adrfenne Drane, Sal
lie brewery, Pauline Fisher, Hardinia
Rodes Fletcher. Frances Fritchie. Ida
Belle Gay. Gladys Godbey. Mary Blair
Gordon. Helen Green. Mary Green.
Kate Terry Green. Eleanor Doueson