The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-11
RANDOLPH !.
FINALS ARE OVER
COLLEGE HAS MOST BRILLIANT
COMMENCEMENT IN ITS HIS
ToRY-sTUDENTs LEAVE.
DIPLOMAS, A w ARDED|
ASSISTANT PosTMAsTER-GENER
ROPER MAKES CLOSING AD-
DRESS BEFORE BIG CROWD.
LIST OF GRADUATES.
DIPLOMAS. w ARDED

Ashland. Va, June 10.-The
eighty-second annual commencement
exercises Of Randolph Macon college
came to a very successful close here
tonight when the senior class gave
very interesting play entitled THE
Senior" to large enthusiastic audi
ence. composed of many visitors from
throughout the State. The annual
address to the graduating class was
delivered In the morning by the Hon.
Daniel T. Roper, assistant postmaster
general The awarding of diplomas
and medals took place this after
noon.
In his address to-the class Mr..
Roper brought out the duties in life
OF the college graduate. THE attitude
OF the college man should always be
Eympathitic towards humanity and
his purpose in life should be to up
lifs others rather than to make them
feel that you thought yourself bet
ter than they. II this Is not your
attitude. towards the world then you
could hardly call yourself an educated
man" he declared The address de-
ivered by Mr.. Roper. was thought by
many who heard him to be one OF
the best heart to heart talks ever
made TO a graduating class at Ran
dolph- Macon. Showing diversity
OF wit, humor. seriousness and truth
he kept his audience intensely inter
ested throughout his discourse.
At ! O'Clock in the afternoon the
awarding Of medals for special merit
and the conferinc Of the degrees hv
President Blackwell upon the gradu-
ates took place The following mem
bers Of the class received the degree
of bachelor OF arts:
Capers Potts Amory. Marvin Key
uH~ fY
William Howard Cardwell Edmund
Gwynn Coe. Ernest Lee copley, Walter
Scott Deyerie James Baxter Douglas,
Charles CuiIom Gault Manhood Porter
Hardy, Charles Adair Harrel, Frank
Luckett Hughes Fielding F9cklen
Jeter. Thomas Lee Lipseomb. Archer
Smithson Millican. Carlton Thomas
Norman. Frank Eldridge Pope, John
Duncan Riddick. John Terrell Scott,
Charles Phillips Mahoed Sheney
Roscoe Newton walker Samuel Lynn
wood Walton. William Luckett VIII
nams. Davis Lee McWhorter.
The degree Of master OF arts was
conferred upon the following four
students: Travis Herndon Brown, IT.,
Edgar Booker Jackson. Fielding Flick
len Jeter. Frank Eldridge Pope.
The following medals were awarded
10 the graduates for proficiency in
certain departments Of their college
work: The Sheppard Chemistry
medal was awarded c. G, Gault: the
Bennett Historical medal was awarded
r. n. Marston; the MURRAY medal
for general proficiency was awarded
n z. Smith. the Murray medal for
scholarship was awarded c, c, Ganlts
the Sutherlin Oratorica1 medal was
awarded f. L. Copley; the Faculty
medal for the best article whittier for
the Monthly Magazine was awarded
Horatio Iapsley; the Faculty medal
for the best story written for the
Monthly Magazine was awarded c. II
Estetl
After the awarding Of the medals
and comforting Of degrees. the board
Of trustees Of the Randolph Macon
system held n very important meeting
al which time the reports from the
auditors Of the different schools which
compose the system were read, Ow
ing to the time takem M by matters
concerning routine business. the pa
pers were not discussed. but were re-
Jared To committee composed Of
FIVE members OF the board who Will
carefully consider the details contained
in each report and a meeting or the
fNll board will then be called TO hear
the report of the committee
The attendance az the different
schools as announced following the
meeting Of the hoard. shows A de-
cided growth in the total number en-
rolled at the 1--WE schools COMPOSING
the svster The figures showed that
during tho rast YEAR that ov@r 400
students h~d e~-otled at either one
nr the othe- ~ the schools Ibis num-
her Is a slight increase over last year
nnd is the LARGEST in the history of
III. Randolph Macon system.
The play given tonirht h~ the
graduating class and a few Ashland
girls nroved to he very Interesting.
several local peopIe coming IN for a
Few hits. while tho Jokes on the diff
ferent members II the faculty were
great the play having been revised
n suit some Of the habits Of the
ba chelor members Of the faculty
The MAY tonight brought to a close
one OF the most successful romme'>~o-
ment programs ever carried out ~
graduating class at Randolph Nac con.
and a few of those students who re-
manned over to be present left for their
homes on late trains tonight. while
many more are packing preparatory
TO leaving on early trains tomorrow