The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25
LAY CORNERSTONE
OF NEW BUILDING
Exercises at Wcsthampton Feat
ure of Richmond College
Finals.
KITcHIN TO MAKE ADDRESS
Former Governor of North Caro-
lima Will Speak to Graduates
on Final Day.

In commencement program of 9TH
erwise conventional cast, Richmond
College announces that at 4 o'clock OH
the afternoon of Tuesday. June 10, there
Will take place the cornerstone laying
of the administration building at the
new college site In Westhampton. AS
an event uniting the college that is
passing. with tho greater college that
is to be. 1t will easily outranlt in in
terest the other incidents Of commences
ment week.
The cornerstone laying will take
PLACE under the auspices Of Richmond
Lodge, No. 10. A. +. and A NJ and the
address of the occasion will he made
by Ralph y. Cram, D. Sc. of Boston.
tho architect, under whose direction
the new college plant at Westhampton
is being erected. Mr.. Cram is one OF
the foremost architects of America. and
has designed many of the buildings nj
Princeton and other colleges lie is
at present in charge Of the completion
OF the Cathedral of st. John the Divine.
in New York, probably the most cx :
acting architectural assignment of the
present day.
Kftchin TO Make Address.
Former Governor w. w Kitchin, OF
North Carolina, will make the address
TO the graduating class on Wednesday
morning, the final day of the COM
mencement period. Mr. Kitchin bears
Il chautauQua reputation as q speaker
or force. and has addressed tho students
OF many of the largest Southern col
leEes. Big in body and mind. he has
retained his youthful outlook on men
and affairs, and speaks by preference
10 men and women on the threshold OF
serious life.
Commencement proper will begin on
sunday evening, June S. with the an
nual sermon. 1t will DO delivered this
NV
OF New York City. DR.. Laws is n
member of the Richmond College class
OF 1856, and is at present editor of the
New York Examiner
Monday VIII be devoted to class ac-
tivities. The days program will he
gin at $3.50 o'clock in the afternoon,
with an interclass baseball game on
the college field, to which tho students
ana public Will be admitted without
charge In tho evening 1T $50 o'clock
VIII take place the public exercises Of
the classes of 1918. These as well AS
me other public exercises OF the week.
VIII be held In the college chapel
The participants in tho class day ex-
ercises for Monday evening will be- for
the College of Liberal Arts: Ellis Carl
primm, class president; Joseph Payne
Sneed' orator; and John Jordan Wicker,
historian. For the School of Law:
Thomas c. Fletcher. class president;
Levi Leachmond Self, orator: and =. A
l.. Smith. historian.
Hoard of Trustees Meeting.
The program on Tuesday. June 10
Will begin with the annual meeting
OF the board of trustees at IL o'clock
In the afternoon Will take place the
cornerstone la!ns of the New AID.
ministration Building In the even
ing the General Society of Alumni
VIII hold It's annual reunion at m,
Business Mems Club.
j. w. Cammack. NJ A. 90, and d
D.. 'l3. associate editor of the Re.
ligious Herald. will make the princi-
pal address at the alumni dinner
which Will be served in the dining
room of the Business Mems Club i'm.
mediately after the business meeting
The class representatives will include
Mitchell Carroll. NJ a. IS. eXecut!v,
secretary of the Archaeological In
stitute OF America; Rev. j. w. Kinche.
low, b. A, 03, of Richmond: Thoma.
Justin Moore. b. A. '0S, Of Cambridge
Mass. and Frank Gaines. b. A., u. OF
Circen Bay.
Academic Procession.
The final exercises on "Wednesday
VIII begin at 1880 o'clock with the
academic procession from Science Hal
10 the college chapel Former Cover.
nor kitchin Will make the commence.
mcnt address. and the exercises OF tn,
morning will close with the confer.
ring OF honorary degrees.
Al o'clock in the afternoon the
hoard of trustees will hold its annual
dinner. The closing exercises will take
place at S:l5 o'clock in the evening
with the award of college medals and
prizes. and the comforting of degrees
upon the classes OF 1913. The prcsi.
dents reception to graduates and
alumni, at 10 o'clock Wednesday even
ing Will formally end the college year
The faculty committee In charge OF
arrangements consists Of Professor l..
{. Bingham. chief marshal: Profess o.
II. +. Loving, in charge OF academic
costumes; Professor ". a. Harris H.
charge Of arrangements for the enter
tainmcnt OF alumni. and Professor d
H. Anderson. In charge of the final pro-
gram j. Aubrey Saunders, alumni
treasurer has charge Of the sale OF
tickets Tor the alumni dinner.
LnrRe Class to Graduate.
The graduating class this year will
number about fifty, and Will rank with
the largest that have gone out o!
/ Richmond College. Last years class
! was the largest in a number OF years
/ ates makes "A liberal allowance for the
I casualties and mortalties of exami-
/ nation week
or the fifty who Will graduate. about
ten Will come from tho department OF
/ law, and the others from the college
/ o! liberal arts. The class contains only
+ four g!rls-ali OF whom, 1t Is believed
/ viii receive diplomas