The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-12
FORTY-THREE Go
OUT INTO WORLD
CURTAIN RUNG DOWN on 1912
1918 SESSION OF RICHMOND
COLLEGE.
LAST NIGHT
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ALUMNI ENTERTAINED AT HoME,
OF DIR. BoATwRIGHT-RAIN
STOPS BIG BONFIRE AND
SNAKE DANCE.

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Prepared I o plunge into the midst
OF ltte's battle. forty-three graduates
Of Richmond college. Ave OF whom
are OF h fair sex. were presented
their diplomas last evening In the coll
lege chapel. and the curtain was
drawn on this years session. With
words of commentator for h I'M
firing efforts on h part of the grad
yates to earn their degrees, DR.. +.
w. Boatwright. president Of the in
stitution. awarded the diplomas.
Following the closing exercises a
reception was given in the nome Of
DIR. Boatwright to the alumni. The
big bonfire and snake dance which
was looked forward to with much
pleasure by the students. and would
probably have been the feature of
the grand finals. was presented by
the rain
Award OF Medals.
Opened with the invocation of Rev.
J.. NJ. Pitcher. ID. D., almost the en-
tire evening was consumed with the
presentation of the various medals Of
fered. The school medalists are:
Malcolm Lee Straus. Crnmp prize
for highest average in mathematics,
Frank Carson Riley. Tanner medal
for Greek; Oliver Halbert Bagby.
Jennings prize for Spanish; c. c.
Webster. j. Taylor Ellyson medal for
research in history: Ciodius Harris
Willis. Wigham prize for highest
average in science; Harry Lamont
Snead. Pollard law prize.
Literary social medaiists. Mu Sigma
Rho society:
Archie Lee Jones. best debater's
medal: John Jordon Wicker, Jr.. best
deciaimer's medal; Lenior Valentine
Lee. best readers medal. Philo--
gian society: Edloe Bryan Snead. best
declaimers medal: William Werner
Hawkins, best debater's medal: Os-
valid Guy Poarch, q readers
medal; Walter Kendall Allen, media
for improvement In debate; William
Werner Hawkins. Joint writers
medal: William Thomas Hall. joint
orators medal.
Enjoy Good Music.
r. Justice Moore presented the Pol
lard law prize while the others were
awarded by DR.. Waite. Music was
furnished by Professor STEMS band
and tho Richmond college orchestra.
The College Glee club rendered e v
erai songs. OF which most were en-
core numbers
The exercises were opened yester-
day morning with the academic pro-
cession across the campus, which was
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dress by former Governor W. w.
Kitchin. OF North Carolina His talk
was largely on the duties OF h col
lege student to God. his parents
and to his college.
After the address OF Governor
Kitchen there was a presentation Of
three honorary degrees. Those hon.
pred were George A. Pimpton. presi-
dent OF CHM & Company, president OF
the. board OF trustees OF Amherst col
lege and treasurer OF Barnard col
.lege, who received Ill D.; Rev. Au-
brey Williams, pastor of First Bap-
'tfst church. Fredericksburg, Va, and
Rev. J.. w. Cammack. who received
the d. d. degree.
The Graduates.
The list of graduates follows:
Bachelor OF Law-Robert c. Duval,
Jr., John Billingsley Duval. Andrew
jackson Ellis, Rem Abraham Fitfield.
w Wallace Goldsmith. Frank g.
Louthan. Harry Lamont Snead. Thorn
as C. Fletcher, p. A. L. Smith. Jr.
Master of Arts-Stiles Hout Ellyson.
Bachelor of Science-Lewts GORDON
Porter and benjamin Perry Ttliery.
Bachelor of Arts-Samuel Lee ADAMS.
yr.. Charles Roy Angel. Mary Florence
Cox. Earl Crowefi, owen Osborne Diets.
FJohn wtlltg EdYnoIItn... JChn wesley SEf-
lott, Jr., Percy s. Ellis, John Alonxo
George, Francis bacon Hart John w.
c. Johnston, Joseph Leonard King. Jr..
Edmonia Darlington Lancaster. Lenoir
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