The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-24
FINAL BALL AT ". NJ. I.
Chief Social Function of Commence
ment Week,

tspec!al to Tho Times- spatch.]
Lexington. va. Juno 23.--The
final ball the great social func-
ton of the Virginia military Institute
commencement exercises, took place
Wednesday night In the Mess Hall. and
at 1880 o'clock all the dancers re-
paired TO the gymnasium. and there
danced until supper was served In the
Mess Hall.
The opening figure was danced by
forty couples. all the young women
being gowned in white and tho cadets
in full dress uniforms with sword,
sash and plumcs.
Tho leaders were Final Ball Presi-
dent Calvin c. Satterfiel Jr., of Rich
lnond. with VI SIS Eta Taliaferro, of
Baltimore, and Assistant stephen T.
Schiliig. of Port Gibson, Miss; with
Miss Margaret Dalton. of Winston
Salem. ~ &.
The other couples in the opening
hSure were: -Aiss Alene hcckley, with
Cadet J. Aylor Anderson, of Linden;
MISS Lucy Lenore LAM. of Los An
, seles Cal. with Cadet hancock Ban
ming. Jr., of Los Angeles: Miss Stella
Kane. of Bristol, Va, with Cadet Cor
don c. Bell. of Dublin; Miss Sable
Bowles, Salem. with Cadet William d.
Bowles Jr.. Salem: Miss Anna Megin-
nins. Denmore Park, Baltimore. with
IL,
Miss: Miss Margaret Robinson Lex
ington' with Cadet b. Langhorne
Coulbourn, Walkers Ford: Miss Bert
Gates, Fort Smith, --rk, with Cadet
w. Frank Cunningham. Birmingham,
Ala; Miss Mercer Taliaferro, Baiti-
more with Cadet By,bn r. Dawes.
Cleveland, o.; Miss Fannie Scott, Rich
mond. with Cadet Horace X. Dixon.
Norfolk; Miss Rosa Gru~cs. Barbours-
vile. with Cadet Nathaniel MEG
Ewell Ruckersville; Miss Margaret
Mcdaniel, Lynchhurg, with Cadet John
ID. Ewing, New Orleans; Miss Jean Au-
brey. San Antonio, Tex. with Cadet
Edward j. Frazer. Comfort, Tex; Miss
Nan Cuthbert. Petersburg, with Ca
det L. Saunders Gerow, Petersburg;
Miss Gussie Bowles, Salem. with Ca
Diet Virgil Gutierrez, SaGun In Grandc,.
cuba; Miss Virginia Moore -cxinE-
ton. with Cadet Herbert r. Herdern.
Warrenton; Miss Gladys Howard. St.
Louis, Mo-. with Cadet Richard j.
Howard. ST. Louis; Miss Edith Bry>
son. Savannah. Ga. with Cadet Ell
Margaret Lucado, Lynchburg. with
Cadet Charles Karst, lew Orleans,
La; Miss Loland Lauvc, Dallas, Tex,
with Cadet Mathew bingham, Des
Moines. Iowa; Miss Ester Ewing, New
Orleans. with Cadet Lloyd l. Leech,
iSeAiHbtOnI MISS Elizabeth Richard
son. Richmond. with Cadet Moritz II.
10th, Waynesboro; Miss Virginia
Chesterman, Richmond. with Cadet
samuel Marshall, Charlottesville; Miss
Frances Hargrave. Petersburg. with
Cadet William w. McClevy, Peters
burg; Miss Sallie Edmonds, Lynch
burg. with Cadet Averett mckinney.
LynchburE; Miss Margaret Payne,
Charleston, w. Va, with Cadet Ed
ward w. McMillin, Chattanooga, Tenn. ;
Miss Josephine Clarke Lynchburg
with Cadet Arthur II. Mitchell. Gra-
ham; Miss Laura Ecarne, Automatic.
n. c., with Cadet Hugh A. Murrill
Charlotte. \. c.: Miss Margaret Tenn
pie, Danville. with Cadet Max G. Pat
terson, Chatham; Miss Florence Coffin.
birmingham. Ala. with Cadet Herman
i. Quentin, Denver, Col; Miss Mayo
Thach. Birmingham, Ala. with cadet
Walter A Richards, Clifton Station:
Miss Antoinette =" Franklin. with
Cadet r. Lynn Robertson. Catherpin;
Miss Kate Dale Osvorne, Savannah,
Ga, with Cadet Edward B. Stroud.
Fort Worth. Tex: Miss Eugenia Gull
berson, Houston. Tex. with Cadet
George ID. Wiltshire, Baltimore; Miss
Marie Paul, WATERFOWL, Fla. with
Cadet William p. Woods, Jr., Norton:
Miss Elizabeth Hill. Tarboro, n. c..
with Cadet Henry T. Bryan, Jr., Tar
boro. ~ c.; Miss Dorothy Harrison,
Leesburg. with Cadet Coke Flanna-
gan, New York