Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-14
GYMNASIUM DEDICATED
AT WASHINGTON AND LEE

Especial 70 The Times DtspatchJ
LEXINGTON. VA. June l3.-Aiumni
Day proved suspicious in the round of
commencement events. The handsome
formally. The alumni reelected tho
present officers and made plans for the
/ future Of the organization.
Perhaps the most striking event Of
the afternoon was the pageant of ath-
!etes. which preceded the dedication OF
the gymnasium. Nearly 500 alumni
we're participants in the parade over
the Washington and Lee campus
After passing along the campus the
pageant Of athletes and alumni moved
20 the gymnasium. where Charles ].
McDermott. Of New York City. made 4
ded!catory speech, after recalling the
noble traits OF the donor, Robert
Parker Doremus.
y, the meeting of the alumni the
present officers. with Senator George
Z. Chamberlain. of Oregon, az prcsi-
dent. were reelected. The graduating
classes OF 1916 were formally enrolled
From Il social viewpoint the day was
rcpletc with events. There was
! luncheon and n smoker for the grad
uates. President Henry Louis Smith
gave a reception to the alumni to-
night.
Eighty-seven degrees will be award
cd at the one hundred and thirty third
commencement exercises. OF this num-
Der, forty-three constitute the gradu-
ating class of the law school. while
the bachelor of arts degree will be
conferred upon thirty-three.
The graduating address will be de-
livered by II. W. Anderson. of Rich
mond. Preceding the awarding OF
diplomas two memorial tablets will he
unveiled. One is to Charles Francis
Adams and the other to Lee Sutton.
The following is the list of the grad.
yates from the respective schools and
the winners Of honors:
Master OF Arts-Samuel Gwynn Coe
EdinburG. Va; Edward Leyburn Junkin.
Lexington. Va: Rupert Nelson Latture,
Bristol. Tenn. and George Robert Shaw,
Frederick, Md.
Bachelor OF Arts-John BARLEY Ar
rowood, Candor, n. c.; Lawrence Battle
Bagley, Fayetteville, Tenn: Albert
, Luther Bennett. Louisville. Miss: Mike
Shoffner Cannon. ShelbyviIle. Tenn:
Charles Lynch Christian. Lynchburg,
Va: Albert Nicholas Cocks. Jr., Edin-
burg. Va: Edward Arthur Donahue.
Boston. Mass: David Archer Falk.
Tampa. Fla: Ralph Terrell. New Mar
tinsville. w: Va: Horner Charles Henry
Fisher. Washington: Wiley Davis
Forbus, Militia Yuma, Miss; John Lump
kin Harrison. Richmond: Robert Pres
ton Hawkins. Jr., Clifton Forge, Va;
David Taylor Hyatt. Monticello. Ark;
William McCleery Junkin. Lexington.
va, FRANK NCCOnnell LeeCh. Murat,
Va: Theodore Bryant Leith, Mountville.
Va; Reuben Alexander Lewis. Jr.. Bir-
mingham. Ala: Harrison Philip Ma
sruder. Woodstock, Va: Thomas Smith
Patton. Marietta. Ga: Russell Spe
Rhodes, Dayton, Va; Maurice Brayden
Ridenour' Williamsport. Md; Joseph
Crawford Rivers, Meridian, Miss: Sam
ucl Lee Robertson, Cumberland. Va;
Henry Madison Rowan, Greenville, Va;
Burton Sharpe Sanford. Ripley. Tenn;
! Edwin Beswick ShultZ, Lexington, Va;
Frank Oscar Steele, Lexington. Va;
Clarence Richard Weinberser. Parkers-
burg. w. Va; Lorentz Trigg White,
Raleigh. y. c.: Bruce Franklin Wood
ruff, Hopklnsville, Ky; Charles Ed
mund Worth. Tampa. Fla.
Bachelor of science-Carroli Pratt
Finlayson. Mariana. Fla; Lacy Lam
bert Shirley. keenan,, w Va. and Sam
Houston Showell, Ocean City, Md.
Certificate in school of commerce
John Lumpkin Harrison. Richmond;
| Hiram Cassidy Holden. McComb, Miss,
Donald David UT, Cumberland. Md.
Brown. Jr.. Tazewell. Va; Joshua
Enoch Buckley. Buckeye. w. Va;
Parker Wilson Buhrman. B. A, Gala.
Va; Edmund McClelland Galloway,
Norwood. Va: Preston Armour Child
crs. Temple. Tex: Frank Deane Coe,
Jr., Is. a., Lexington, Va; Sidney
Matthias Baxter coulling, Jr, B. A.,
Tazewel. Va; Robert Mitchell Curtis.
Roanoke Va: William Henderson
ECstes, Middletown. Ohio; :, Norvin Charles
Evans. Chicago. Ill: Thomas McPheet-
crs Glasgow, B. A., Lexington, Va;
Byrum Perry Goad, Hillsville, Va;
Charles Thaddens Herndon. r. A.,
Salem, Va: Howard Cornell Hicks, In
wood. Long Island, N. ": William S.
Holland. Jr.. Suffolk, Va: Lycurgus
Hyre, Frenchtown. w. Va; Floyd
| Eaton KelIam. Princess Anne Court
house, Va; Robert Sagendorf Kline, b.
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