Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-06-04
CLOSING G EXERCISES
Graduates at Episcopal Theological
Seminary to Receive Their Diplo-
mas on Wednesday Morning Next.

The closing exercises Of the Epis'
copal Theological Seminary will oc-
cur on Wednesday but will be of a
very simple character, owing to wal
conditions. The diplomas and certfi-
Gates will be given by Bishop Gibson
of the diocese of Virginia, at 10
o'clock in the morning and the ordi-
nation service will follow at II
o'clock in the seminary chapel.
The service will be public, but the
authorities of the Seminary will not
provide any conveyance to and from
Alexandria for the service.
The graduates Of the Seminary,
who will receive the regular diplo-
mas this year are Messrs. Frederick
Dean Goodwin, NJ A., John Lloyd,
B. A., and Winfield Shiers, of the
diocese of Virginia, and the Rev. E.
P. Wroth, B. A., of the diocese of
Maryland. Mr.. Wroth was ordained
two Sundays ago in All Saints
Church, Baltimore, on the 25th ami
versarv of his fathers, the Rev. E. P.
Wroth, rectorship of that church.
Seminary Notes.
The board of trustees of the Semi
nary and High School will meet TO-
morrow morning, Tuesday, June 5th,
in the library of the Seminary at
twelve o'clock while the board of
trustees of the Protestant Episcopal
Education Society will meet in the
same building at ten o'clock. Bishop
Gibson of the diocese of Virginia
is the president of both boards. DR..
Phillips of this city, is the secretary,
and treasurer of the Education So
ciety and the Rev. DR.. S. S. Moore,
of Parkersburg, West Va; is the Sec
retary of the board of trustees OF
the Seminary.
DR.. Jefferies formerly medical
missionary at Shanghai, China, gave
the address before the Missionary
Society at the morning service in the
Seminary Chapel yesterday;
The Rev. Joseph B. Dunn, D. d.,
rector of ST. Paul's Church. Lynch
burg, Va. preached the baccalau-
reate sermon before the Episcopal
High School and the Seminary Chapel
last night. 1t was an eloquent
statement of the newer democracy
and wider liberty for the world
which will grow out the present war
through the stand taken by the al:
lied nations and the wonderful
changes which will follow in the
true guidance of which the boys now
at the school must be among the
future leaders.
The sermon was. heard with great
interest and attention on the part of
the boys and the large congregation
present.
The Rev. DR.. Green, Dean of the
Seminary, preached the baccalau-
reate sermon at Sweet Briar Col
lege, Amherst County, Va, yester-
day.
The Rev. DR.. S. A. Wallis preached
the annual sermon on the need of
young men in the sacred ministry at
st. Adams Church, Washington, D..
c., yesterday morning. The rector
of, the church is the Rev. c. T. War
ner, an alumnus of the Seminary.
DR.. Bergman Green, Jr.. who re-
ceived his degree on medicine at the
University, of Virginia this. year, is
visiting his father and mother for a
short time pending his examination
before%the Virginia Medical Board.
Mrs: George w. Holmes, former
missionary to Persia, is visiting DR.
and Mrs. Wallis on her way to en-
ter upon missionary work in the
mountains near Asheville, n. C.
where she expects TO reside,
Miss Evelyn Gordon, of Richmond
Va, is also visiting DR.. and Mrs
Wallis.
on, Mr.. Hubert Steele, Mr.. Llewel