The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-05
Creets
Arriving. Student

LANY WEDDINGS TO BE soLEM-
NIZED THIS WEEK-PERsONAL
AND SOCIAL NOTES OF INTER-
EST.
To the hundreds of young men VINO
re f1ocking to our city to become
|udents in her halls OF learning, Ricn-
ond extends greetings. And not only
-eetinss, but a good old-fashioneo
sarty welcome. Many of you are
ON the rural districts. with the
-eath of new-mown hay, the carol-
of birds the smell OF the eafth
i'd the quiet. sweet atmosphere OF
pine still fresh In your minds fou
ave been repeatedly warned against
4 pitfalls and glamour of city life:
bu have been told of its temptations
Id aliurements until now, during the
ut few days OF your stay in our
idst. when, man though you are,
eat wave of Inconsistencies seems to
ayelop you, there is almost the feel
r Of coming disaster, of being crush
In maestrom of worldliness. But
ok at city life as It really is. not
monster ready To pounce upon Its
lsuspecting victim. but a busting.
tive existence. teeming with ad-
sntages in social. educational, men
and religious spheres: a powerful
i to the proper development OF
bdy. mind and soul, that man may
ach the high plain his Creator In
rded ne should. Temptations there
e. II is true. hut the advantages
l. I'D 40 ha of G
Q voice of the tempter; pitfalls eX-
but uplifting Influences compass
und about them. the glitter has not
Z CLEAN OF pure gold, and the man
kth the chance of possessing the real
hggetS OF golden wisdom and knowi-
&c need not be turned aStde by the
litter OF the great white way. 80
res eRcoura cement tn the incoming
ldent' The hope exists that during
ur winter in Richmond you may reap
advantages. may drink deep at rs
untain OF learning. and may be
-onger, wiser, purer and noeter man
your sotourn among us. W ell
me!
student in the Law department OF
edmond College this session.
Mr.. Grady Gregory. of Roanoke. is
burning 70 the Medical College OF
rr.nia. where he was Il student last
NJ.
Mr.. Robert s. Hopkins, Of Fsrmvilie,
Ii enter the Medical College Of Viz
1tx, 10 study pharmacy Mr. Waiter
ey. OF Roanoke. will be AT the Med
College again this year,
Mr.. Marvin Boiling. Of Buckingham.
II enter the Union Theological Semi
~ this fall.
Weddings to Take Place This Week.
This week witt witness the releera-
In Of many weddings OF interest IN
chmond and throughout Virginia
rhaps the most prominent of these
the marriage Of Miss Martha Evans
Iuruurean. daughter Of Colonel and
IS G. Percy Halves. to George Bon
White, Of Highland Park. The
remony will take place on Tues
y morning, September 7. in Grace
bsscopai Church. and although the
hiding will he n quiet ore, II Is OF
lch Interest Miss Fenaurean Is
heb admired. and many pre-nuptiai
airs have been given In her honor
Another wedding of prominence will
solemnixed nj THE Plains.
uquier County. on Wednesday
pfember & when Miss Evelyn Ran
hph Meade will become the bride ~
more. This marriage is ~ par
ular interest to Richmond society.
Mr. Forsyth made his home here
several years being the son OF
late Rev Robert Wright Forsyth.
D.. rector Of ST. Paul's Episcopal
urch.
The wedding of Miss Catharine
dr,gues To John Sheppard Haw, of
rton Heights, this city. will take
ice Wednesday. September s, in the
me Of the brides mother Mrs.
ederfca venahle Rodrisues, in Mon
at. " {. After october !. they will
NJ home In Barton Heights
Cipsr,crping the Clarke-Stokes
Wedding.
Al the wedding Of Miss Ruth Clarke,
tighter Of Rev and Mrs r. T.
krke. of Lancaster, Va, TO Mr..
nry CLAY Stokes. Of Hartford, \, c..
September :, at r NJ. the
pomsmen will include Mr.. Garland
we. Chapanoke, \. @; Mr. WIN
mite. Hartford. y. c.; Mr.. Roy
.es, Of Driver, Va and Mr. John
NEWPORT. Of Lancaster. Mr. Vivian
rden. HEREFORD. y. c.. will he best
IN.
rhe maid OF honor will he Miss Rose
rke sister of the bride. and the
desnlRidS Will De misses fSesste
IKE. Iuctle Wilkinson. Jeanette
~den and IIllie Everett.
The ribbon girls will be little Misses
ry Clarke and Marguerite Combs.
rhe ringhearer viii be George
chran.
-he ceremony will be solemni2ed by
brides father. at White Marsh
\, -rh. and Will he followed by re-
btion at the home OF the bride.
Miss Clarke will have as her house
hsts Miss Jeanette Darden, Hert-
q, n c.; Lucille Wilkinson, OF
ehmond Va, Lille Everett, of
yer and Annie Wilkinson, of Rich
nd. Va.
Going to College.
beptemher means an ache of the
Their heart; a break in the home
Gle; a severance OF family ties, as
re- and more each year does college
make its imperative call TO the
this and matdens OF oar household.
ny mother watches her son go
III to college or university. bringing
en- the first separa ton with a Spar
smile, but an aching heart, as she
Lies that never again will he be
te the same However loving and
iful. there will always be a touch
independence. acquired by imhibing
college spirit. and. by contact with
outside world. And while re.
ling in his manliness. she sees the
tnninr of the end--the time when
world and outside affairs will claim
as thei~ own ard less and less