Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-15
JUDGE MANN SPEAKER
At v. P. /. EXERCISES
Appeals to Graduates to Take Ad'
vantage Of Possibilities In Life
Awaiting Them.
NINETY-oNE DIPLOMAS GIVEN
w. L.. Cogbill, DR., of Richmond, Is
Awarded Medal for Having Best
Drilled Company-Valedictory De-
livered by J.. G. Benedict.
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BLACKSTONE. VA. June IA
exercises Of the class of 1916 at tho
Virginia Polytechnic Institute to-day.
Promptly at 10 o'clock n procession.
headed by President EEgleston and the
orator of the day. former Governor
William H. Mann, and of the
corps of cadets. faculty. alumni and in
Nitcd guests. marched from the aca-
demic building to the hall, whore the
exercises were held.
~Ntnety-one diplomas were delivered
and an interesting program was car
ried out. DIR. j. NJ. NlcRryde, president
emeritus OF the institution. was on the
platform. Music was furnished by the
Cadet Band. After Invocation by Rev.
X. i. Nelson. Cecil X. Moore. of Har-
risorhurg delivered the class saluta-
tory. and John W. Stull. of Oriskany.
the new president of the General Alum
nj Association. presented the medal for
the best all-round athlete in college TO
James Powell. of Norfolk, on behalf of
the Athletic Association. President Egg
sleston presented the medals won in
the Joint celebration OF tho literary So
cieties on Saturday night. that for tho
best orator going TO l.. c. Benedict, OF
Farmrilie: that for the best debater 10
+. X Kirby, OF Grayson. and tina for
the best declaimer TO r. G.. Hutcheson,
! OF Charlotte County.
DISCUSSES pRE.PARATIOS
FOR DUTIES OF LIFE
Judge Man spoke on preparedness,
not for Wal particularly, but for tr-
duties Of life. He c~ontrasted the CO.
operation that now exists between the
governing powers the faculty. ths
alumni and the students at V. p. l..
with the lack of harmony that worked
harm several years ago. The address
was replete with sound advice to the
graduates, and an appeal was made to
thcnl TO take advantage of the poss,-
bilities that await them. provided they
are prepared TO meet these with n
wide vision. genius for work and a de-
termination TO succeed. Colonel S. W.
AndinE, commandment of cadets, then
presented the medal for the best-dr;ll-
cd company during the year TO w. l..
Coghill, Jr., of Richmond, captain of
Company G., and read tho military ap-
pointnents for next session.
After reading the honor list for this
session, President EEgleston conferred
the degree Of bachelor of science on
seventy-siN young men. that OF master
of science on sever, civil engineer on
three, electrical engineer on four ar,
mechanical engineer on one. On ac-
count OF the latcncss OF the hour, the
president made only a brief address TO
the graduates. lie announced that the
class or 1916 had donated s1oo as "a
nucleus for the alumni clubhouse
building fund l.. c. Benedict, of Farm
Vile. delivered the class valcdictory.
The exercises ended with the benedic-
ton and singing OF Aud Lang Sync.'
The social Eayeties of the week ended
with the final ball Tonight.
Those who received degrees we're
Bachelor Of Scicnce-Francis Villa
Bailey. Frederick; Stanley Lehman
Aiabana, Loyal Clark Benedict, Prince
Edward: Harry Joe Bopp. Pulaski;
stephen Miller Boyd, Jr., WARREN; vir-
ginius Fauntlcroy Brown, Madison;
Frank Austin Buchanan, Dinwiddie;
Edward Bouldin Burwell, Fauuuier;
Clay Maximilian CampbeIl: Thomas
Franklin Clenmer. Augusta: William
Louis Cogbill, Jr, Henrico: Archie Mac
Coleman, L~unenburg: Richard Logan
Coleman, Pittsylvania; Robert Raney
Connolly, Brunswick; Benjamin Cot
trcll, Henrico: Henry Herbert Grafton,
Henrico; Henry Ashby Davenport.
Roanoke; Stephen Webb Davis, North
Caroiina; Vincent Dixon. Elizabeth
City; David Seth DoGgett, Henrico:
WILDER Russell Ellis. Sussex; Ike
Epstein. Alabama: Lucius Samuel
Fletcher, Rockingham: Guy Littleton
Elizabeth City; John Andrew Halter,
Norfolk: Samuel Carr Hartman, Au-
gusta; Paul Drayton Heuser, Wythc;
Thomas Lodawick Hill, Henry; Clifton
Tredway Hunt (class 1870. Ptttsyi-
vania; Richard Motley Hutchinson,
King and Queen: Thomas Josiah jack
son, Charlotte: Moses Abraham Jacob
SON. Norfolk; John Ashby Jones, Craig;
Ralph Robert Jones, Henrico; John
William Kavanaugh, .Jr., Roanoke:
Fred Robert Kirby. Grayson; Charles
Tell lawson, Lancaster; Hanson Shelly,
Rockingham: Robert Cornelius Light.