The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-30
MARKS HAlF-CEMTURY
Of USEFUL SERVICE
rel~Arst,cr Mt soufkern Seminary At
traets Alteration tn Brilliant Recon-
through All the Years.

Ruena Vista. Va, May Estate STU
ner.rrenaent OF Education Harris Hart
Hon. w. Mcdonald Lee. whose wire ana
four daughters were southern ~eminafy
students, and S. w. Broaddus. OF
Eovrinx Green. sustained the interest
- TN. eunial commencement
~ southern seminary, which has been
"a absorbing, 70 tense AZ to be we'll
rtrh nalnable from the wonderful al
ar0es by the brilliant editor and ora
tor. John Temr1e Graves. OF Georgia.
"a saturday and the baccalaureate ser
mon on Sunday by DR.. @, 9. heiiy. OF
Ran0olnh- Macon college and the hd-
Are.a before the Foreign Missionary
no~iatv Of the seminary by DR.. James
Yntwis Howe, OF Washington and Lee
university, to the final word spoken by
The president OF the seminary, Rev Il.
H Rowe. who has been at the head OF
The institution for thirty years. to his
graduating class, representing th'rteeh
states when he said
~Yr this new era you will have the
sArvic~ and respons Utilities of men. But
.arart from all questions OF suffrage
fsod made man for his sphere and wo-
man for hers. Never merge them. Re-
member the divineiy -ordained place
FOR you ss the home. happy wife and
mother. Your work there is the great
est in the world. The presidents in
:e' ,s peace conference IS not comparable
"a part Of tho program Monday was
~ reading OF letters Of regret at in
u &hilsty 10 be present and OF eongrstu-
y tn1Ions from Governor Davis United
q 6fnfes commissioner of education; r. b.
4 f5Axton and Rev e y. Harris, ID. D.,
&1ttcr baltimore Southern Methodist
n John Temple Graves, of Georgia. In
sH6 address Saturday morning on The
a3smes About lis" held his audience in
NE most rapi attention. The following
IAN extract from his introductory re-
S164fks:
Y &sssThfa seni-centennial marks r. gao-
Eftons half century Of service / envy
H2Ek Rowe, the president OF southern
r. b1inary. in the fact that he In one
~ has served the state and We know
INV And one who has done his duty and
Il lose fruits will follow him Southern
@4inAry, in it's age. it's service it's sue
r. =. lis part OF our history II is part
&4sxhe records ~ our own glorious com
wealth, Of our republic. OF our own
III ttiful southland, ] am proud Of II az
4tixen. as an American. proud Of
A6e Nifty years ~ service and Mr.
Hax14e, the president. ought to be happy
#0 these nifty years of service in which
IN himself has been so large part
~ years in which Southern SEMINARY
bred hardest, perhaps. were those
Eh followed the war period OF the
nmonwealth when the South was
IN the great task Of bringing up
women Of the South in the great
M reconstruction. in section bat
tUG by toll and smitten by tho disas-
II Of that period He and those that
ee6ed him and those that have been
nCiAted with him. have been those
% have built I'M the South so that IL
III put on the beautiful mantle OF
perfty which is ours today He ~
n the vigor Of life. His is heros
facing an even larger and better
-. He has come 10 help this Sec
~ our country. 10 do a common
ths1 part In the building UP Of our
MAYA service which Ne will do for
pe-Aun1 and glorious future.
~ ours And our countrys today