Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-06-14
COMMENCEMENT AT w. L. U.
Attractive Features Mark Closing
Exercises This Year

ington and Lee University was
brought TO a close today, when 125
graduates were given diplomas.
Following are the departments:
Master of Arts. 2; Bachelor of Arts.
~; Bachelor Of Law, Al; School Of
Commerce, 4. Lee Memorial Chapel
was filled today at IL o'clock when
the exercises began. President
George II. Denny presided. and
seated on the platform were members
of the board OF trustees, faculty
and distinguished visitors.
The following honorary degrees
were announced by President Denny
as having been conferred by the
Board Of Trustees:
LII. O.-Professor Charles A.
Graves, University of Virginia;
Justice ]. II. Lamar, Washingto, ',
d. c.
Lit. D.-John Stewart Bryan,
Richmond. Va.
d. Drew. Merle D. Aubigne,
France; Rev. w. SHaumoud, Wood
stock, Va; Rev. Harry P Lee, Char
lottesville, Va; Rev. Jonathan Bach
man, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Senator Robert L. Owen addressed
the graduating class. His theme was
The Elements of Success, which
he presented Interestingly.
Following are the graduates in
the several departments
BACHELOR OF ARTS.
Benjamin Franklin Ames, Jr.,
James Madison Barker, Jr., Robert
Prentis Beaman, Richard Peyton
Bell, Rufus Calvin Bowman, Oscar
Holder Breiden bach, Edward En-
erson Brown, Michael Brown, Jr. g,
German Santee Bussard, Algernon
Houston Chan 1ler. B. s., Fletcher
Blaine Clement. Lewis Ginter Coop
err, Robert William Dickey. B. S.,
James Earle Drummond, Harvey
Christie Eley, Benjamin Harrison
Farquahr, Harvey Butler Fergus
son, Jr., Samuel Rhea Cannon, Jr.,
John Turner Gray, Jr., Frederick
Preston Guthrie, John Good.
win Herndon, Jr., Anderson
Dana Hodgdon, Lawrence Lewis
Humphrey, Ernest Victor Kelner
Jr., Austin Flint Klutz, Melvin
Earle Kurth, Pierce Byron Lantz
Russell Ernest Layman, Everett,
Burton Lemon, Virginius Everett
Manor, John Fppes Martin, Henry
Clapham McGavack, Wiley Frazier
McGill, Ulen Gail Medford, Samue
Rolfe Millar, Jr., b. s., Marshall A b
ner Moore, William Warren New
sum, James Burroughs NOEL, Rich
ard Chandler OVERLY, William Pax
ton, Mosby Hale Payne, Tobia
Cleveland Phillips, William ALDER
Reid, William Thurmond Riviere
Clarence Henry Stein, Mulfor,
Slough. George Mathiot Temple
Jefferson Francis Walter, Alton
Thomas West, Jesse Felix West
Jr., Frank Laird Wysor.
BACHELOR OF scIENCE.
3 Joseph Ramsey Blackburn ,Georg
Boyd, Owen.Dyer Colaw Henry Wor
sham Dew, Jr., George Nelson Dub
lin, James Alexander Hanna, Osca
t Henry Herring. Frederick Shor
= Johnson, James Granville Johnston
Albert Hamden Jones, Holmer W
9 King, Lackey McCown Kinnear
George Berry Leonard, Henry Mon
cure. John Silliman Mullings, Will
/ liam Trent Neel, Harry Risler Phil
lips, john Henry Poague, Edga
D Allen Salomonsky, Emmett Leitc
r Tardy. Raymond Sedgwick Walters
, DIPLOMA SCHOOL OF COMMERCE.
Virginius Everett Manor, Ule
Gail Medford, Richard Chandle
= OVERLY, Milford Slough.
MASTER OF ARTS.
James Earle Drummond, Virgi
Preston Sydenstricker, A. 5.
BACHELOR OF LAW.
Ben Pushmataha Ainsworth
George Cole Bell, John Friol
Z Brown, William Franklin Bantor
Walter Luther Burruss, Jr., job
. Lyle Campbell. Jr., Eber Abraham