The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-27
WILL
DELIVER ADDRESS
Feature of Opening Convocation
of University of Virginia
on Saturday.
Especial to The Times Dispatch

Charlottesville. Va. September 2S.-
Alumni and invited guests OF the Uni
versity OF Virginia are beginning TO
arrive for the exercises attending the
opening convocation Of the eighty
ninth session to be held Saturday az
ternoon. Lectures began two weeks
ago. The enrolment Of students has
steadily increased since then. Presi-
dent Alderman will be able to an
nounce at the formal convocation cere-
monies that the number OF students
now enrolled is considerably above the
total at the same time last year. or
at any previous year in the history y
of the university. Tie prospect Is
that the official tigureA Will show oy
saturday morning that there mas oeeh
a substantial increase In every depart.
ment. The total for the year snoula
be well above $50. Judging by present
indications.
In addition to an increased enroll
ment there are more students ho!o-
Ing academic degrees from other IN
stitutions than ever before. the men
as a whole are better prepared ana
matured in years. ana the classes tnss
year bid fair to be representative OK
the university's best in its distin-
The principai address on Saturday
will be delivered by Hon. J. G. Eg-
sleston. State Superintendent Of Edu-
cation. HIS subject will be. .Educa-
ton and Citizenship The faculty
and guests will meet at the rotundA. As
usual on such occasions. and. clad in
cap and gown will march down the
lawn to Cabell Hall, where the con-
vocation exercises will take place.
President Alderman will make .
number Of important announcements:
Mrs. Charles Minor Blackford, OF
Lynchburg, has established at the
university q prize Of $50 to be COM
peted for by the law students. 1t ID
and annual in its award. 1t win be
awarded to the law student who shall
| in the judgment of the committee ap.
!, pointed by the university authorities
present the best essay on some legal
auasi-legal or sociciosicai subject
! Charles Minor Blackford Memorial
! Prize. Mr.. Blackboard was deeply i'm
! pressed with the thought that q law
| yer should be content with nothing
and that his life should exemplify
taste and culture as well as direct
ness OF thought and vigor OF speech.
Hence. Mrs Blackford's offer Of the
memorial prize. in order to present ia
| the students mind the value, in the
! q
and good taste in oppression and
to stimulate his ambition to achieve
distinction in those fields.
| President Alderman will also an
nounce the establishment OF a lecture
| ship on eugenics by Mrs. Huntington
Wilson, Of Washington. The incum-
bent will be DR.. H. e. Jordan. profess
sor OF embryology at the University
OF Virginia The lectures viii be oper
| to the public
! Another item Of interest will b
President Alderman's reference to the
intention Of the Virginia Medical SO.
ciety to erect at the university 9
| bronze tablet in memory OF DR.. Walter
Reed. whose great discovery made pos.
sible the eradication Of yellow fever
I DR.. Reed was q distinguished son Of
the university and died practically &
martyr to his profession.
At the close Of the exercises or
Saturday the students will sing The
Good Old Song"