The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-11
No ELECTION YET
BY R,-M. c. BOARD
MAY NOT CHOSE SUCCESSOR TO
DIR. w. w. SMITH AT THIS
MEETING.
ALUMNI MEET D
ADDRESS BY DIR. VIM AND BAN
QUIET IN THE EVENING rs THE
PRoGRAM-AwARD DIPLOMAS
TOMORROW.

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
ASHLAND, VA, June 10.-No
president of Randoiph-Macon wo-
mans college at Lynchburg to sue
coed the late DIR. w. w. Smith. who
died last fall. was elected by the
Randolph-Macon system board OF
trustees here to-day. land 1t is prob
able that no selection will be made
at this meeting. which adjourns
Thursday.
The board held It's first sessions Of
the meeting today, organized and ap-
pointed the various committees which
will report tomorrow. Some other
routine business was transacted. but
for the most part the board merely
marked time while the committees
were meeting and preparing their re-
ports.
Committee At Work.
The committee to nominate a sue
cessor to DR.. Smith was n~amed-and
today held meetings. The commit
tee is composed of the following: b.
F. Lipscomb. w. NJ, Lear. j. w.
Duffy. Judge r. d. Newman. and E.
F. Shelley. This committee is con-
sidering several names among which
are DR.. w. ]. Young. of Richmond.
and DR.. Henry n. Snyder. Of Wofford
college. South Carolina. Tomorrow
or Thursday morning it will make its
report which Is expected to be In the
nature of a request for further time.
The nominee for the presidency may
be agreed upon. and his name may be
reported. but 1t is regarded as high
ly improbable that any election will
be made. Rather. 1t Is thought. by
several members OF the board of
trustees. that the board will adjourn
without taking n definite action,
postponing the election of a president
to a called meeting of the board to
be held this summer.
The date OF his called meeting de-
ponds more. than anything else upon
the date of the decision Of Judge Chi
chester. of the Hanover County Cir
cult court. in the matter of the man
ner OF electing members Of the board.
This controversy regarding the rela-
tive powers of h board. and Of the
Virginia and Baltimore conferences
was argued before Judge Chichester
in Richmond several weeks ago, the
Judge taking the matter under ad-
visement. When he makes his de-
cision the board will probably be
called together for the double pur-
pose OF electing a president Of the
Woman's college at Lynchburg. and
filling vacancies on the board.
Election OF Board Members.
All this is speculation. however.
The board a elect a president at
this meeting. A number Of the mem
bers are nf the opinion. however. that
Il will defer action. On the other
hand. 1t is extremely probable that
should Judge Chichester decide the
controversy between the minority and
majority members Of the board of
the trustees in favor OF the latter, an
appeal will be taken to- the Court OF
Appeals. thus delaying still further
the filling of the vacancies on the
board. In fact, an appeal may be
taken whatever the judges decision.
There, were no exercises at the col
lege today, the meeting of the board
Of trustees being the only feature of
the commencement exercises. Many
of the visitors went to Richmond for
a part OF the day. while others en-
joyed themselves on the campus, and
at the Henry Clay Inn. A number
OF young ladies are visiting here for
commencement, and many alumni
meet tomorrow to hear an address by
Or. J.. B. VIM, Of Danville. and at
night will hold a banquet at which
toasts to the college and to college
days will be responded to. Thurs
day is the final day. when diplomas
and honors will be awarded.
Candidates For Degrees.
Following are the candidates for
the degree Of bachelor Of arts: w. w.
B~arnhart. c. O. Bianton, E. A. Bur-
CESS. j. w. Childs. T. L. Cleaton. o.
L. Gillian. NJ. c. Harrison. f. G..
Hill, j. w. Holloway, p. b. Hopkins,
J. G. Hughes, Jr.. r. b., Jackson. w.
s. Long, r.. D.. McNeer, C. D. Nay
Tor, f.. p. Nicholson. j. H. Smith, r.
w. Tatem, F. M. wray. !.