The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-08
FINALS BEGIN AT
union SEMINARY
Baccalaureate Sermon Delivered
by pr. Anderson, of North
Carolina.
MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Address to Graduating Glass by
DIR. Woods Takes Place on
Wednesday.

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commencement exercises were held
at Union Theological Seminary. Ginter
Park, yesterday, In tho presence OF a
large number of visitors, including
members OF the board OF trustees of
the institution and Presbyterian visI-
tors from Richmond. The baccalnu-
reate sermon was delivered yesterday
morning in the seminary chapel By
Rev. Neal L. Anderson, D. D., of Win
ston Salem, n. c. The annual address
before the Society OF Missionary In
curry was delivered last night by Rev.
Egbert Watson Smith d. D.. OF Louis
vile. Ky Both addresses wcro heard
by audiences which taxed the capacitv
OF the chapel.
The graduating exercises propcr will
DC held OH Wednesday morning at II
o CLOCK IN the chapel. when the address
TO INC graduating class will be dcliv-
cred by Rev. David j. Moods, Of
Blacksburg. Va. Following that ad-
dress. diplomas and degrees will be
a"aIoed 70 graduates. and the work
OF the session Will have closed
No Successor to DIR. GIlmour.
nc board of trustees of tile institu-
lion Will be In session to-day and to-
morrow, considering financial and other
matters II seems to have been deter
mined in advance that there will be no
eiection at this time 10 succeed Rev.
y. -. II. Gilmour. ID. D., associate pro-
lessor OF Hebrew who recently re-
signed to accept charge at Chester. S.
Z. For the coming session IL is eX-
pccted that tutor in Hebrew. Will ba
engaged.
Final examinations have been in pro-
gress for the past week. In many re-
spects the session now coming to a
close has been one of the best in the
history OF the institution. the attend
anec having been larger than in many
previous years The graduating class
numbers thirty-;wo men. During the
year substantial increase has been
made In the endowment fund OF the
seminary. regarding which an an
nounccnent will be made by the board
OF trustees OH "Wednesday. after tho
accounts have been audited
Increase In Endowment.
The increase In endowment. it is
efforts Of Rev. Reid Lacy. the fielu
secretary. who has Interested many
men OF largo nicnns throughout the
South In support of ministerial cduca-
ton The year 1912 will be the Tooth
anniversary Of the founding OF Union
Seminary by Rev. John Holt Rice, II.
d.. AT lampdcn- Sidney.
1T Is planned TO make the centennial
year one of peculiar value to the insti-
tuition. Besides making 1t an occasion
for completing al extensive campaign
for a permanent endowment. IL is
planned to invite the Presbyterian
General Assembly TO meet In the sem
mary buildings In May, 1912. shortly
after the seminary closes. Tho Cen
on sol IL A =
Presbyterian Church in the South met
last in Richmond twelve years ago, the
spring following the opening OF Union
Seminary in it's new home In Ginter
lark, after removal from Hampden-
Sidney. The sessions at that time were
held In the First Presbyterian Church.
The delegation from East Hanover
Presbytcry and representatives OF the
seminary board and faculty will attend
this years meeting and present tho In
vitation both Of the seminary and of
the Presbyterian churches or Richmond
10 have the meeting held here next
year ms an especial feature OF the eel
ebratlon of the tooth anniversary OF
this, the oldest and largest seminary
of the Presbyterian Church In the
South.
List OF Graduates.
Members OF the graduating class
nave accepted charges at tic fOlloW-
Ing places. for which they Will leave
Immediately following the close of the
session.: l If
Oliver May Anderson, Leland. Miss;
James Andrew Armstrong. Eilumore.
w. Va. John Tllman Barr. Jr., Wom-
BILE. Ark: Robert Dabncy Bedinger.
Brookneal, Va; Thomas Mcneil Bulia.
Emporia, Va. Herman Lewis Cathey.
Lynchburg. Va. Muir Reid Clayton.
Milton. y. c.; Charles LaCoste Crane,
Atlanta. Ga; Andrew Secrcst Cppwell,
Jtta Bena, Miss; William Denham.
Stanton. Va; Edgar Graham Cannon,
Clarksburg, w. Va; Guy Tillman Gil
lespie Cordeli. OKLA. Samuel Baldwin
Hannah. Arb0rvalc, Va; Thomas Little
ton Harnsbergcr. Horton, W. VA:
James Edwin Hemphill, Willow Spring.
n. c.; Walter Reynolds Hill, Itomncy.
w Va: John Scott Johnson, Duncan.
Oala.; Robert King, Grecnvillc, y. e.:
Gurdon Foster Kirkpatrick, Kcnly. N.
c.; Nathaniel White 1Suykcndall. Bev-
erly, w. Va: Thomas NJ. Lemly. LeXing-
ton. Miss; Augustus Alexander Mclean.
Ciotebo. Okla: John Alexander Mawhin-
ney Macalpnc, w. Va: Juan Orts
Gonzales. Texas; Joseph Kenton Parker.
Floyd, Va: Frank Wendell Philips.
Ginter Park, Richmond; Charles Henry
Phipps. Fincastle, Va: Charles w. Reed.
Rocky Mount, Va: Waldo p. Robertson.
Bristol. Va; danes Harvey Wiser,
Burkville, Va; Robert Hardy Wiser.
Piedmont. w. Va: Samuel Dwight
Winn. Lexington, Va; Thomas Kay
Young, Holden. w Va.
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