The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-12
DELIVERS annual.
ALUMNI ADDRESS
PROF. LEWIS PARK CHAMBER
LAYNE is SPEAKER AT UNI
vEasiTY OF VIRGINIA.
PRIZES ARE AWARDED
DEeATER's MEDAL GOES TO LIE.
LAND MILLER. or RICHMOND
AND LEWIS TYREE,
OF SALEM.
PRIZES ARE AWARDED

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. June
1.-The annual address 10 the alumni
was delivered at noon tady In Mad
ison hall. by Professor Lewis Park
Cilamberlayne. of the University of
South Carolina. As was natural. his
-et'.,rGs we're Influenced by the pte-;-
ence Of the veteran alumni. who have
returned al the invitation OF the uni
Versity to receive medals in comnem-
Grafton OF the fact that they laid dam..
their books In 1851 and wont into this
service OF the Confederacy. When"
said he. II look into the faces of the
survivors Of the Southern Guard. the
University Volunteers and the Sons
of Liberty II seems 10 mo ! am pres
ent at one Of those occasions In Ath-
ems when the men OF later days saw
before them the warriors who charg-
g ! at tia.@ IN. or manned the lI'i-
rome tina hIuke the great E,~gs
armada of Saiamis. or press, q
shoulder TO shoulder over the fence
> el''cidS e. Ilataea. The III - ~
never wearied Of listening TO those
glories. nor do We Of hearing a. 4-nl4+--
deeds once when her wounds we're
still raw. the university. bereft of SO
many noble sons. could not bear to
think of their strong voting bodies
stir on the blody slopes of Malvern
Hill. or Cemetery Ridge. or under the
gloomy pines Of Five Forks. But
now after City years with their heal
iug touch have passed over those
r,4t oh .stia
= al /. at.r for their d44r trad
touched by the unmelring frost oc
death. is mingled with equa! pride
that they were hers
THE tie that binds rs together as
alumni is a precious one, uniting rs
10 such glorious young spirits as
David Harton. Randolph FAIRFAX.
Robert MeKim. Ellis Munford. and
William Johnson PeGram. Rust Bed
niger. r j. Randolph and l. A. Hen
tlerson. to mention but very few out
OF Il galaxy of noble names, and unit
.,4s-4.S t4-ron,- nnw-nld man in Years
and honors. skilled to sway the conti-
ell board and skilled TO set the bat
tie in array Ike hester OF old. but
then the familiar friends and room
mates aye, and tent mates too. and
comrades in the forefront Of the bat
Il. Wa those ycung equals y ed
and Achilles. You were with them
when the red battle flags OF the south
eru Cross sgooped down Ike the eagle
on the plans OF Second Manassas. you
swept with them over the ~orks OF
charlottesville. while Stuart rode be-
fore you singing like Taiilefer at SEN
lac. and with them you beat back the
enemy. and conquered cold ana nun
ger and despair at Petersburg,
The University Of virginia maya
zine annually offers three prizes
the awards for the present session
have been made. Mr.. Charles F.
popes, who came TO the university
iron, the Lynchburg high school. won
the poetry prize The prize Tor the
short story went to Clayton A. paVl"-
son. OF Boise. Idaho. c. L. LIvinPston
q INV student from Carlsbad, New
Mexico. won the essay prize" ne
Colonial Danes Of Virginia offer
rr;ze fo.- the best ESSAY on some sun
tect connected with colonial history.
r. Ebert Wright. of Roanoke q sFu-
dent IN the college department. was
awarded this prize.
The Linden Kent prize. offered by
the Linden Kent Memorial SCHOOL OF
literature for the best essay on an
exploited. Virginia author, was award
cd 10 Peyton Randolph Harris' OF
Harrisonbure.
The Bryan prize, established ~ VII
liam Jennings Bryan for award II the
writer =. the best essay on any topic
connected with the theory Of govern
nsent. was won by Jona Walter smith,
of Maryland,
The following we're winners o. med
ais:
Leland l.. Miller. ot Richmond. and
Lewis Tyree. Of salem, winners OF
the Virginia Tulane debate at New
Orleans.
PETE r. Hodo. of Millport. Ala. and
William A. Adams. Of Deiand. tta.,
winners OF the Harrison trophy de-
na{s. Mr. Adams vas Also ST'i9nsr OF
rhe debater's medal of the Washing
ION society. and tire orators medal of
the jefferson society.
William NJ Stor,n, OF Frederick.
Md, winner Of the orators medal OF
/ the Washington society.