The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-01
CELEBRATION WAS
MOST SUCCESSFUL
"INTERMEDIATE' EVENT AT
HASIPDEN-SID NOT
MARRIED BY BAD
WEATHER.

Especial u The Richmond Virginian.p
HAMFDEN- SIDNEY, VA. Feb. 20,
The intermediate celebration OF
tInmpden- sidney College, with Its at
tending Raities has broken the mo-
notony of life here and passed into
history as "a most successful occasion,
in spite of the worst weather on
record.
The speaking on Friday night was
well attended and the speeches show
ed that Hampden-Stdney liz keeping
up her reputation as training place
tor orators The speakers were:
Francis ri. Moore. union senior orator.
subject, Ideal College Education; :"
c. L. Clarke. philanthr"pic senior
orator, subject, The Man In the
Background.
Junior orators G. A. Payne. Union
subject, The Successful Man" 6. r.
Ciwinn, Phiianthropic. subject, Moral
Courage" II. f. Wool, Union, subject,
"Citizenshlp:" r. j. McTlwaine. Phil
anthropic, subject. The Awakening
Of China: lis Significance to America. ="
The young gentlemen all acquitted
themselves crcditahly and were often
applauded.
After the speaking. there was a
dance in the Comfy Club hall Dane
ing We're. Miss Iiaara with Henry
Donnelly. Miss Martha Purcell with
". T. oppenhimer, Miss Helen Jack
son with G. T. Baskerville. Miss
Miss Eva Lovelaee with William Nc
Clintic. Miss Julia Bethel with =. @.
Nnrthingt nn,- Miss Bessie Price with
Morelle Clark. Miss Carry Rennie
with William Rennie. Miss Eliza beth
Houston Xith Hobbs - alker---Mixs
Eta Morrison with Blair Fits. Miss
Alice Burgess with William Dunning-
ton, Miss Hattie Bugg with Wyndhan
H4a ate4s,-M s=.-1 w Il iter-4etttts VII h
r. r. Atkinson, Mr.. Warren Wall. of
FarmvilIe. with his bride.
The chaperons were Mrs, Tucker
Graham and Mrs. Whiting.
ON Saturday there was the morn
ing germssn and in the afternoon the
/, Dramatic Club delighted full house
with its rendering of the College
Chap The cast of chare cters was:
David Crane, Il. r. Atkinson, Art
| Clay, w. T. Oppenhimer, Jr., Sam
! uel Clay. Charles Saunders. John
4 Drew Irving, X. j. Reid; Bart Eator
and Miss BERTHE Flye. T. J. Mcllwaine
! Sally Crane. w. II. Mcllwaiue; Mrs
! Mortinore Jones-Brown. BrownleS
Hodges. Madgo Clay. Alexander Don
nan; Miss Margaret Symmes and Sell
| Hines, w. II. Frye. Mrs. James Crane
| Berkeley Darlington.
Tho characters We're wonderful,
! we'll sustained and each man did hi.
part 80 well that the audience wal
unable TO decide who did the best
The club will repeat the play IL
Farmville, Lynchburg and Blackstone
The short dance on Saturday nigh
from ! to II o'clock was pronounced
by the young people as the best dance
of all and closed the season of merry
| making for time. Most OF tn
, visitors left on Sunday and quie
again reigns. There has been quit
a congregation of alumni the pas
week, In and around the college. Pro
fessor Houston Moore. of Lewisbure
w, Va. spent several days Will
friends here.
Mr.. Frank Brown, an alumnus o
the college, now at Union Seminary
Richmond, preached in the colleg
chapel on Sunday night.
Among the number of old boys ba 81
for the dances were: Marion Stratton
Tom Painter. Blair Fits, Jim Sintor
Jack Huntington. Joe Crockett, Wynd
Warren Wall. Tom Swineford.
Miss Emma Nenable is at HON
for n ten DAYS visit.
Miss Portia Owen. of Halifax, is
guest at Or. A. j. Morrison's.
Mr.. w. c. Dumkum Is very iii wit
pneumonia.