The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-06
RANDOlPH-nAC0A HAS
FINALS ON WEDNESDAY
Glass of Twenty four. Graduating
With Degree OF Bachelor of Arts,
VIII Receive Diplomas.
TRUSTEES MEET TOMORROW.
Annual Session of Those In Charge OF
Randolph Macon System In ASH
land Tonorrow--Many sociais Mark
commencement Week.
(Ry Staff Correspondentl

! terest is attached to the annual meet
ing OF the board OF trustees OF the
Randolph Macon educational SYSTEM
/ which will hola it's sessions in the
auditorium Of r a n d o . h-Macon's
Mems College here tomor and
| Thursday The delegates will arrive
just in time for the finals of the coll
lege, the activities OF commencement
week having been begun in earnest
1 here today.
There viii be more than fifty dele
gates. Besides the regular board Of
trustees, representing the entire sys-
tim, there VIII be present members of
the executive committees of the separ-
ate institutions.
Great Progress Made.
The system includes Randolph
Macon Woman's Institute, Danville;
Randolph Macon Academy. Front
Royal, Va: Randolph Macon Acad-
envy, Bedford City Va; Randolph
Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg,
Va, and the Randolph Macon Mems
College, in Ashland. The members of
the executive committees, representing
the schools will make recommended
lions for the session of 1916-le17, and
their requests for appropriations,
buildings, etc, will be acted upon by
the board of trustees
The progress of the five schools
under the systems Jurisdiction has
been so great during the past session
that II Is expected much will have TO
be done in the way of charging the
scope of the college work at the SEES
sion tomorrow. SO far as could be
learned tonight. none of the dele
gates will be absent from the meet
tngs. The first meeting will be held
at o'clock in the afternoon
This Years Graduates.
Or. S. G. Hatcher announced tonight
the following members of the senior
class as graduating with the degree of
Bachelor of Arts: Edgar Carroll
Beery, Broadway, Va; Richard Rome
Burnett, Highland Springs. Va. Will
liam Hazard Cassen, Portsmouth,
Va; Clavert Lewis Estii1, Lewisburg,
W. Va. Julian Briscoe Gaseaway,
Gaithershurg, Md: George william
Gillette, CORTLAND, Va; John Osles-
by winston GraveIy, Rocky Mount, N
c.. John Howard Green, Hollydale.
Va. Irving Minter Groves, Martins
Vile, Va; Charles Thomas Harrell.
Adams Grove, Va; Virgil Barney
Heltzel. Wardersville, w. Va: Frank
Hazel Hiil Elmont. Va; Hastings
Brown Hopkins. Baltimore. Md; Ed
ward Emith Many. CORTLAND, Va;
Rumsey Bissel Marston, Woodstock,
Va, David Yum Namkoong. Seoul,
Korea; Gates Randolph Richardson,
FarmvIle. Va; John Alexander Rorer,
i.ynchhurg; John Henry Rosenberger,
/ Winchester, Va; Harry Kind Smith,
( Jra Baltimore. Md. John Richard
/ spann, Dallas, Texas: William Roger
/ Squire, Emporia, Va: Wilbert Hesket
York. Cumberland Md, and James
Arthur York, Cumberland Md
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ing the speakers in the graduating
class will contest for the Sutherlin
medal
Judge McLemore Is Orator
The diplomas will be given to the
graduates on Wednesday. DIR. f. f.
Smith. or Richmond, president of the
/ Randolph Macon Alumni Association,
will preside. Judge j L. McLemore
I OF Suffolk. Va. will deliver the ora
ton. The exercises will be held in
the college chapel.
Hr The alumni association and the
friends of the students will be given
dinner in the gymnasium OF the
school after the exercises.
At $50 o'clock Wednesday evening
the Washington and Franklin Liter
airy Society Will hold It's annual cele-
bration. Professor Arthur Kyle Davis.
president OF the Southern Female Col
i'gt, iEleIHbuiBt Will MAKE the au-
dress The medals won in the ora
torical contest will be awarded at this
time
Social Functions.
Tonight the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fra
teruity held a reception from to
l2 o'clock, The members of the fra
terntty entertained their visiting
friends royalty. Dancing followed a
light supper.
AS a result OF the day when the COL
lego will be officially closed for the
summer is fast approaching, many So
Gals are being given members OF the
student body and the various organi-
cations by the young ladies of Ash
land. The holiday spirit has struck
this town a hard blow. and II will not
probably recover until June Is, when
the last visiting student is expected to
leave for home.
The yellow Jacket, Randolph
Macon's year book, has just been pre-
scented the students. 1t Is a handsome
volume, containing Invaluable memen-
toes to the members or the studen
body. There are many attractive cuts
and engravings in the book which