The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-29
Last Session Of Occupa-
ton Of Site Is Finely
Observed.
ARMY MAN SPEAKS
Col. Hornsby Says That
Westhampton School
Was Leading in
War Spirit. .

The feature IF the commencement
exercises OF Richmond and West
hampton colleges yesterday was the
presence Of a representative Of the
United States army and two addresses
which he made. the one at the main
exercises OF the morning. and the
other before the Alumni association.
Former Dean Metcalt was to have
delivered an Grafton before the Socie-
~ or Archnicae. nut during the course
OF the exercises the president OF the
college received a telegram saying that
Professor Metcalf had found 1t i'm
possible at the last moment to come.
The presence OF Mr.. Metcalf, would
have been great delight to the large
audience of students trustees, faculty,
and friends OF the college. How
ever, the best traditions of Richmond
college commencement oratory were
maintained by Colonel Hornsby, the
representative of the war department
and by President r. w, Boatwright IN
his farewell remarks 10 the gradual
ing class. Lieutenant Colonel john
A Hornshy before the war was in civil
life as a physician who had made
competence and was thinking about
retiring I'm ease and comfort. The
war. however. came on and he enter
ed the service OF his country work
ing harder than he had ever worked
In his own private profession. 1t was
Colonel Hornshy who discovered the
possi hilities Of the Richmond college
buildings and campus for hospital
for returned wounded and sick SOL
diers 1t is he who suggested to the
college authorities that here was the
one place in this section of the country
most suited in every way for the
AL trh ~
ment Is trying to serve here. In his
address 10 the Society OF the Alumni.
which took place at o'clock yes
terday. he told In a tentative and yet
interesting way something OF the
plans which the United States govern
ment had in view for Richmond col
lege They intended it. he said. as
a general hospital to which WOUNDED
and sick soldiers would be transferred
without delay after their landing at
Newport News. Most of them would
be kept for only a few days before
their transfer to other points. He
said that the government expected to
have nfteen hundred beds at least in
the college buildings. There will he
six hundred enlisted men of the medi-
cal corps, one hundred and ffty
nurses and seventy-nve physicians TO
take care OF these men. He believe
that parents and friends Of the wound
ed bows from all over the country. as
soon as they learned that their sol
der boys were here, would hock to
Richmond. He pointed out the
splendid opportunities for hospitality
which would be afforded to Richmond
people aver renowned for that spirit.
He suggested also that there would
be rich opportunity for service by the
women IN assisting in various ways
the work OF restoring the wounded
men beack to health and strength.
He declared that the college could
teach nothing in half so profitable
way from books as il was teaching by
it's example set In the surrender of Its
property for this henehicent service.
As a matter OF fact, the college was
illustrating in a marked. indeed. in an
unrivalled way, the spirit to be learn
ed from this war.
President BcatwrifAt- in a pleas
Ing expression of farewell to the
graduates pointed out the fact that
over one HUNDRED students had left
the college this year for war ser
vice and that all of the missing can
didAtes for degrees owed their absence
to the service in the United States
number OF those present would put
on the uniform of Uncle Sam.
Degrees were conferred as follows:
Bachelors OF Arts.
tRichmond College.)
Ray Hamilton Abrams. Patchogue,
N. Y: Philip Chappell Adams, Cluster
Springs. Va: Byron Leslie Fielder An
derson. Seven Mile Ford Va: Hiram
Douglas Anderson. Clarkton, Va:
James Foster Barnes, Amelia. Va:
Roland Jennings Beazley, Upper Zion.
Va: Titus Walker Beasley. Holly
wood, Va; Albert Cornelius Cheat
ham. Baltimore. Md: Richard Taylor
Coleman. Richmond. Va: James
Henry Donahue. Richmond. Va:
Frank Bernard Dunford. Ir., Rich
mond. Va: Richard Grifith Entz-
miner. Greerville, S. c.: Percy Ry-
land Fox. TERRELL Ga; Max Glass.
Richmond. Va: Perry Elwood Hamil-
ton, Lynchburg, Va: James Malcolm
Mart Harris. Pendleton. Va: Philip
Jerome Hibbitts., Grundy. Va. Ashby
weldon Kay. Sparta, Va: Rhoderic
Lee Lacy. Scottsburg. VII: Walter
Franklin Martin. Glasgow, Va; Clin-
ton Lee Mason, Parksley, Va: Edward
Walter Miller. Richmond. Va Blan-
ton Page Seward, Isle OF Wright Va. !;
Meade Thompson Spicer. Jr.. Rich
mond, Va: Andrew Johnston Thomas.
Talladega. Ala: William Orrin Tune.
pAke4 Va. Iere MAlcoln Harris