Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-09
FINAL EXERCISES At
RICHMOND COLLEGE
Amateur Play Is Presented by Com
petent Cast From Student
Body.
MANY MEDALS ARE AWARDED
j. Taylor ElIyson Medal for Research
In History Is Won by Miss Mar
garet Monteiro-Degrees VIII BE
Conferred This Morning.

The commencement exercises Of
Richmond College were continued yes
terday with the brilliant success fore
Swallowed by the services of Sunday
and the attractive program Of Monday.
Tuesday was alumni day. At Q o'clock
was held the alumnae meeting OF tho
Arachnidae. the alumni and college
honor society for scholarship The
public exercises began at 10 o'clock
with an academic procession in cap
and gown. after which the following
program was rendered.:
Invocation. Rev. George Braxton Tay-
lor. d. D.: senior grafton. David ". SUIT
ton: Arachnidae grafton. Robert A.
Brock, p. y. C10), NJ A. (Univ. Va.
LII B., lD; Arachnidae poem, Robert
a. Stewart. Phi. D.; adaptation from
Largo" by Handel. chorus choir.
Awarding OF medals and prizes:
crump prize (mathematics), John c.
Fields; Tanner medal (Greek). Chester
y. Tucker: Jennings prize (Spanish),
Writ l. Davis. Clyde C. Webster: J.
Taylor Ellyson medal (research in his
tory. Miss Margaret Monteiro
Literary society mcdalists: Mu Sigma
Rho Society-Joint writer's medal. A.
Russell Bowles. Jr.; best debaters
medal. Waverly s. Green: best declaim.
er's medal. Edward w. Miller. best
readers medal, Edward W. Miller.
PhiloloEian Society-Joint orators
medal. Edward V. Peyton; best de-
batcr's medal, Edward V. Peyton: best
dcclaimer's medal. Byron Anderson:
best readers medal, w. Nistar Hamil-
ton, Jr.: medal for Improvement in
debate, Leonard Fl. Hubbard: intercol-
legiate debating cup. f. y. Gardner, D.
y. Sutton.
HISTORY MEDAL WON
ny YOUNG WOMAN
Parttcular interest was attached 10
tho delivery OF the J. Taylor Ellyson
medal for research in history, because
or the enormous labor and great talent
necessary to win this costly prize. AS
II Is the only one OF the regular college
prizes now open to women. II was
matter OF great delight 10 the audi
cnce that the successful contestant this
year should he a student OF West
hampton College for Women Miss
Margaret Monteiro, whose subject was
The Virginia Campaign of 1850" Sew
cral Of the escays Will appear in the
newly established Richmond College
Historical Papers. the first issue of
which has recently been published.
The evening session included the
performance OF the college play. "As
You Like l." Five hundred people
gathered at $3.50 on Administration
terrace to enjoy the splendid presen-
tation given by the all-star college
displays, as we'll as the acting. were
Of professional character. in the tudg-
ment OF the spectators, rival!ng the
Ben Greet players. The leading parts,
Rosalind and Orlando, were convinc-
nGly played by Miss Mary r. Porter
and ]. a. Carter. They were ably sus-
tanned by their fellow craftsmen
CAST OF CHARGERS
IN COLLEGE PLAY
The cast follows:
The Banished Duke, j. A. Kennedy:
Frederick, his usurpinG brother, NJ. l..
Breitstein: Amiens, Jacques. lords at
tending on the banished duke II. G.
Privott. J. b. Omohundro; LIE Beun, a
courtier. ". a. Bagley; Charles, wrest-
w. Miller; Orlando. John Archer Car
clown, j. f. Dunford; CORN. Silvius,
Jr.: William. a country fellow in love
with Audrey, ]. ". D. Olmsted; Rosa
lind. daughter TO ban!shed duke. Mary
r. Porter; Celia. daughter to Frederick,
Susie y. Blair: Phebe, a shepherdess,
Mary F. Clay; Audrey. a country wench,
Margaret Wallenstein.
To-day will be the great day of the
commencement. In the morning aca-
demic and honorary degrees Will be
conferred. and In the evening an en-
tertaining and instructive water
pageant Will be presented on West
hampton lake, illustrating the eleva-
ton of education. The final event Of
the college year will be the presto ent's
annual reception to students and
friends Of the college at 10 o'clock.