The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-13
N-S|DNEY
EXERCISES OVER
Interesting Events During Com
mencement Week-Diplomas
Awarded.
Especial to The Timcs-Dispatch.

Hampton Sidney. Vn. June l2-The
bacchlaurcate sermon In College Church
on sunday by tho Rev. William Hervey
Woods. u. D., "A, OF Baltimore. Md.
opened the commencement exercises OF
tho one hundred and thirty-s
session OF Iiampden- Sidney College. At
+. NJ. the annual sermon before the
y. VI. c. a. was preached by the Rev.
w Twyman Williams. %. OF Lynch
burg.
The Union Literary Society celebrated
the one hundred and twenty-nfth an
niversary of its foundation by a pro-
gram OF unusual interest ID. Todd
Wool. of Portsmouth. was the final
senior president. The speakers and
their subjects we're as follows: senior
orator. q. H. Payne. The Successful
Man; junior orator. /. 9. Benedict.
perseverance,; Junior orator, Il. T,
Thompson. The Worth OF tho Indi-
vidual" The medals We're awarded by
John McGavack. Jr.. 10 II W. Garrett,
T. I. Thompson, j. ". Sydenstrickcr
Peters. r. W. venabie, II. r Crockett,
Curry Carter.
on Tuesday morning number OF
interesting exercises took place in the
college chapel The Ilalscy trophy for
debate was presented TO d. 7. Wool
the Union Society, by Hon. T. J. Wool.
81. of Portsmouth. Next followed tho
presentation of the several athletic
trophies. 6. w Herd. or Texas. re-
ceived for the freshman class the Nc
Allister athletic trophy. To him also
was awarded the Denny track trophy.
for greatest skill in track work. The
Halves tennis trophy went to j. b.
Reynolds. of Korea, champion in sin
giles. These three trophies were pre-
scented by Wyndham i. Blanton. 10.
OF Richmond Rev. w. Twyman Will
Bagby prize To John McGavack. Jr..
Ia, OF Waterford
The address before the literary So
cieties was made by Fairfax Harrison.
OF Chicago.
4 large gathering OF the alumni as
sembled in Memorial Hall at $50
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. number
of matters looking TO the welfare of
the college were discussed and acted
on. The following were elected as
officers of the associations president,
Charles ID. Mckinney. 80. Atlanta, Ga:
yice-president. Theo. j. Wool, ST.
Portsmouth; secretary treasurer, p
Tulane Atkinson. OF, Hampden Sidney;
executive committee. r. *. Brock. 81,
chairman. Farmville; w. X. Whiting.
| So Hampden- Sidney: l.. S. Epps. 90.
ackstone; George l.. walker 10
Hampden- Sidney: p Tulane Atkinson,
90, IIampde n Sidney.
The one hundred and eighth annual
celebration of the Philanthropic Liter
AIRY Society was held ut p. NJ. with
Donald l.. Corke in the chair as final
senior president. The senior orator
was Venable Moore. whose subject was
Tho Goal OF Life; junior orators.
MARION Fitzgerald and b. ID. Morton,
whose subjects were. respectively. Col
legc Spirit" and The Value OF Labor
Unions" w. T. Ryburn presented to
b. ID. Morton tho sophomore debaters
medal. j. F. NJ. Simpson presented to
To- B Richmond the freshman declaim-
ers medal. The senior orators medal
was awarded TO Venable Moore by ID.
L. Corke.
Wednesday the annual commence
mcnt exercises began with the address
before the society Of the alumni By
the Hon Hugh y. White CS6), of Lex
! ington. The magazine medals were
presented By the Rev. John II. Davis.
Of Tusca looSa. Ala.--to Nenable Moore,
junior senior essayist medal; to Robert
Il. Warwick. OF mississippi. freshman
sophomore essayist medal.
The following men received the de-
gree of bachelor OF arts:
Bedlnger, Samuel Davies, Brookneal;
Corke. Donald Lupton, Charleston. w.
Va: Frey. William Henry. Jr. Peters,
burg: Garrett, Hunter Whitis. Green
Bay; Hammer Thomas Flonrnoy. Jr.
Roanoke; Jones. George william, Jr.,
ictcISDuis, MS1iNitN' ooht' -
Waterford: Moore. Venable. Waverly.
Tenn: Profiitt, julius Preston,
Watauga. Tenn. Rector. George Hamp-
ton. Plumtree. n. c.: Rhoadcs Gilbert
Lowman. Pulaski; Wool Darius Todd,
Portsmouth
Master of Arts-Moore, Venable.
Waverly. Tenn.
Bachelor OF Sciencc--Thomas Flour
noy Hammer. Jr.. Roanoke. Va.
Mr.. Moore was first honor graduate,
having made an average Of above "a
during his collegiate course. Mr.. NC