The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-18
JUDGE STAPLES ORATOR
OF OCCASION AT WI.
President Eggleston Confers Degrees
ON Seventy Four Graduates.
Anding to Remain.
DIR. MBRYDE IN ATTENDANCE
One en- the Amber johnson Priezs Is
Awarded to J. II. @. Beverley,
Week.

Especial to The Richmond virginian.l
Blacksburg. Va, June 17.-Formal
graduating exercises for the class Of
1915. Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
were held yesterday morning begin
ing at 10 o'clock.
In the procession for the march to
the chapel were the corps of cadets
the faculty, alumni. the president Of
the college and invited guests, Pres
ident Eggleston being accompanied in
the procession by DR.. John NJ. Nc
Bryde, president emeritus of the coll
lege.
Before introducing the speaker of
the day. Judge Waller r. Staples, OF
Roanoke, DIR. Eggleston made pleasant
reference TO the valued service that
DIR. McBryde rendered to the v. P.
I. in the seventeen years that he
was president, and expressed his pleas
ore at having him present.
Judge Staples made carefully
prepared and very thoughtful adj
dress to the graduating class on the
- -~nce of self-knowledge. self
~' e and self-control in the life
81 rne Individual as well as of ma
ton. these three things. he said, lead
ing life to sovereign power.
Most Able Address.
The address was a most able one
and repiete with quotations and Illus
trations from the writings and lives
Of fam dl.s men iof the past and
IN Is nv 4
Newman presented the medals won by
the three representatives of the Maury
Literary Society in the joint celebra-
ton with the Lee Society Monday
afternoon. and Professor L. S. RAN
doiph then announced that W. r.
Epes. of Nottoway, and ]. III. C. Bev-
erley, OF Essex, were winners of the
medals offered by Amber Johnson, OF
Richmond for the best joint thesis
submitted by seniors in the depart
ment of mechanical engineering.
Beverley is the senior whose death
last Friday caused such sorrow in the
college and he would have received
his diploma as well as this medal
today. Professor Randolph paid a
feeling tribute TO the young man and
was followed by ]. w. Stull. of Oris-
kaney. Va, who presented the medal
for the best drilled company dur
ing the past year to Captain ]. A.
Jones. of Craig County, for Company
d.
Colonel Anding Popular.
An unusual feature of the exercises
was the hearty demonstration OF APP
prevail given by the students at the
announcement by President Eggles-
ton that Colonel S. w. Anding had
been officially detailed by the United
States War Department as COM
mandant of cadets here for another
year
Three rousing cheers were sincere
tribute to the man whose firmness and
rare tact as we'll as his military knowi-
edge has made the session one of the
most successful along military lines
In the histnrya OF the school.
After expressing his appreciation
of the tribute, Colonel Anding read
the list OF military appointments for
next session. After reading the list
of appointments in the academic de-
partment for another year, President
Eggleston conferred the degree OF
bachelor OF science on sixty young
men: that of master of science on
nine; the degree of mechanical engi-
neer: on two; that of electrical eng1-
neer on two, Owing to the latenesss
of the hour the president said that
he would omit the customary talk to
the graduates as they had already
been so ably addressed by Judge
Staples, and the exercises ended with
the singing of Aud Lang Syne' by
the audience and benediction by Rev.
r. B. Nelson. Of the Episcopal