The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-29
SEMINARY SESSION
NEAR ITS CLOSE
SEVENTEEN STUDENTS WILL GRAD
uArE FROM PRESBYTERIAN THE
ILLOGICAL INSTITUTE.
WORK TO BE ASSIGNED
SOME GOING TO FOREIGN FIELDS
AND SOME TO LABOR AT
BOME-FELLOwsH
AWARDED.

commencement exercises n, rnIo,
Theological Seminary will bexin nov,
sunday with the baccalureate sermon
IN Watts chapel. by the Rev. Dunha,
n. Ogden, Of Atlanta. At sP. NJ the
same day, the annual address TO the
missionary society OF the seminarv
will be delivered by the Rev Wi.
bert w. White. principal of the Bibls
Teachers Training School, New York
The following night, the students re-
ception VIII be held. Tuesday. Nav
It'll. the board of directors will hold
their annual meeting. At s p. M,
the same day, the Rev. Walter L. Lin
gle will be formally installed as pro
lessor Of Hebrew and Sunday school
work. DIR. Lingle came to tho semi
nary last fall from Atlanta, giving up
a large charge there.
Wednesday. May sth. the address to
the graduating class will be made By
the Rev. H. G. HILL who has been
for forty years a member OF the boaro
Of trustees Following this address
diplomas win be presented to the grad
yates by George w. Watts. Of Durham
n. c.. president OF the board This
will bring the commencement exercises
to close.
Those Who Graduate.
Seventeen students are booked to
graduate as follows:
Thomas Holden Daffin, B. s.. MARI
ann. Fla: Robert McElwee FIrebaugh
Rockbridge Baths, Va; James Chalmel
Grier. a. B.. Concord. y. c.: H. VIII
liam Koclling. St Louis: Harold Hous-
ton Leach. A. b.; Anderson, W. Va;
Wilfred Campbell MCLAUGHLIN, A. b.;
Atlanta. Ca; Randall Alexander Me-
Leod, A. B.. Carthage, y. c.: Walter
Wy1ie Morton. A. II. Rice. Va; George
W. Oldham. a. b.. Mebane, y. c.: Juan
Orts Gonzalez. d. D., New Orleans
Percy Pemberton, 4. B., Richmond:
John Edwin Purcell. Jr., r. s. REQ
Springs. y. c.: James Miller Smith
r. g.. Petersburg; Plumer Smith. A.
B.. Caledonia, Mo-: Frederick d. Stew
enson, A. B.. Williamson. w. Va;
Willis Thompson. Baltimore. and John
Mack Walker, A. b., Burlington. n. Z
Six of the young men VIII be sen,
out to foreign fields. Their assign
ments Will probably be announced
within two or three days.
Three students have been pursuing
post grs duate courses during the past
session. These are Robert King. \
B.. r. n, Summerviile. Ga; Joseph
Kenton Parker, A. B.. A. NJ. r. ID.
ynehburg: Walter Reynolds Hill
Romney, W Va.
To Work In Congo.
Mr.. Parker will do work in the Con
go country, and has already left fol-
the foreign fiel1 Mr.. King will worf
in the mountains Of North Carclinss
Percy Pemberton, one Of the grad
yates, IL a son Of r. w. Pefnb~rtOn, ST.
West Franklin street. He is grad
uate Of Richmond College, and Ia sai
TO re a young man OF great promise
Another member of tho graduating
c.ars ia Juan Orts Gonzalez D. D..
Of New Orleans. formerly of Franciscan
friar, OF the province of Valencia
Spain. He expects TO return to Spair
to aid in spreading Presbyterian doc
triies in that country.
The work Of collecting the subscrip'
lions To the centennial endowment FUND
Of 5000 600 has been tndusr -ious',
prosecuted during the year. and It Il
stated that the treasurer vii; have 6
gratifying report to lay before the
trustees at their meeting early in May
The Hoge fellowship will 60 t. IN
fred Campbell MCLAUGHLIN. Of Allan