Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-02
Students in Wrong Room.

Several DAYS ago the students at Ran
dolph- Macon College at Ashland succeed
ed in winning a base ball trophy. and that
night they proceeded to 6elebrate-after
the manner of students, They made
merry. as they understood the term. the
celebration lasting till late in the night.
They went TO the home of Prof. j. r.
Fisher at an unseemly hour for the pur-
pose of having him make speech. and
in some way they became befuddled and
got TO the wrong room. They found a
young woman guest asleep, and when the
boys, there were several of them, accord
ing 70 report. undertook to remove the
window she began to scream. 1t soon
spread that there had been an attempt to
enter her room but IL was nothing more
nor less than A gang of hilarious stu
dents wanting TO get the professor 70
make them speech at that hour.
The Richmond Howitzers. one of the
military organizations of the south, will
soon start on a hike to the old battle
fields OF the state. They will not go to
the maneuvers at Mount Gretna. but will
make the visit to Fredericksburg. Chan
cellorsville. Spotsylvania Courthouse and
other batlefeds in that vicinity. Several
of the veterans of the civil war are ex-
pected 10 make the trip with with the
battery, and the whole trip, starting from
Fredericksburg and back 10 Richmond.
will be made afoot. The guns will be car
RED the men will have to rough 1t. and
they will be given hard marching every
day Rev. DIR. James Power Smith, a
Confederate veteran. one of the survivors
OF Jackson's foot cavalry. will go with
the command. and he will explain TO the
members of the battery the positions. the
scenes and the events OF the memora BILE
campaign through that section,
About iOp lawyers. doctors and preach
ers will go forth from the several schools
in this state as result of the years
work The finals of all the schools are
now on. and all Will have ended within
the next fifteen DAYS. The University of
Virginia sends forth lawyers the Union
Theological Seminary. the Episcopal Sem
mary Richmond College and Randolph
Macon commission the ministers. while
the Medical College of Virginia. the Uni
versity of Virginia and the University
College of Medicine send out the doctors.
Will Stand by President Taft.
Virginia delegates to the republican ma
tiona convention at Chicago having ex
pressed a preference for President Taft
and having been instructed for him. will
go TO that convention and they will stand
by him 70 the last. They declare that
such course is the only one that they
can pursue with honor TO themselves and
In regard for the instructions OF the
state convention. They take the ground
that they have declared for the Presi-
dent, that they have been instructed, and
were lteN 10 vote TOT any OtNST tdHul-
date they would stultify themselves. Not
that alone. but in case any other than
the President is named they could not
and would not he given consideration
and for the reason set forth they will
stand pat and will vote for President Taft.
II is not believed that the contesting del
egation has the ghost of a show.
The affairs OF the United States Base
Ball League are attracting some atten-
ton here. This city has club in the
outlaw organization, and the majority
or the games played have taken place
here, with fairly good attendance The
man who mas done much to boost and
advertise the scheme says il is dead
Three of the clubs have dropped out
ard vet the men who are at the head Of
the league insist that Il Is intact that
" VIII play the season out and that IL
refuses 10 be dead, Whatever may be
the outcome Of the tangle in which the
league finds itself. il Is no secret that
players on the local team have been and
are trying TO land Jobs in the state
league clubs The Richmond team has
not made any money and the other
cubs have been playing 10 less than one
fourth the Richmond crowd