Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-08
UNION SEMINARY
. FINALS UNDER WAY
DR.. j. G.. Vcnable, of Norfolk.
breaches Baccalaurcale
Sermon.
BANQUET WE'D NESDAY
commencement Sermon for
Training School Tonigh,
AT 8 O'clock.
BANQUET WEDNESDAY

Finals for Union Theological Sem.
mary were begun yesterday morn.
Ing with the baccalaureate sermon
by Rev. Joseph O. vcnablc. u. ID.
pastor Of First Presbyterian Church
OF Norfolk. in the auditorium Of
Schauff!er Hail. Ginter Park. DR.
N"nable Is Well known in Richmond
having been "a speaker during this
Million Dollar Campaign
The annual address to the Society
OF Missionary Inquiry was delivered
by Rev. Homer Mcmillan. D. d., OF
the General Assembly's Home Mis-.
sion Committee, Atlanta, Ga, last
night I'm Schaufrler Hall also.
Tho commencement sermon for the
General Assem- bly's Training School
for Lay Workers will be delivered
tonight at o'clock in Schaufrler
Hall by Rev. A. VI. Fraser. ID. D., OF
S;aunton. Tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock the annual luncheon of the
alumni of the training school will be
held In the hall.
Formal Social Functions.
Besides number OF small enter
tainments given by members OF the
faculty and friends in the, neighbour
hood 10 the graduates, there will be
two formal social functions, ono OF
these being reception tomorrow
night by the student body OF Union
Theological Seminary to the grad
uating class. to be held in Richmond
Hall. Several hundred friends of the
students and pastors of Richmond
are expected to attend. Tho alumni
banquet and reunion OF the Seminary
Will be held Wednesday afternoon
at 1880 o'clock. at which time there
L.. IL
1872, 1892 and 1912.
Commencement exercises for rhe
Seminary will be conducted IN the
Chapel OF Watts Hall at IL O'Clock
Wednesday morning, when diplomas
Will be delivered by Rev. W. w.
Moore. ID. D., president Of the Sem
mary. Twenty nine diplomas and
certificates will be awarded ut this
time. including two for the degree
OF Doctor OF Divinity, which is con-
terred In recognition OF proved at.
tainments and eminent scholar ship,
as shown by the successful compile
ton of prescribed courses OF posi-
graduate study.
DIR. Young Will Speak.
Following the, custom for ono OF
the members of the board of trus-
tees TO deliver an address on behalf
OF the trustees to tho graduet ting
/ class on Com announcement Day. Rev.
Thomas II. Young, y. D.. pastor OF
First Presbyterian Church. Lexing-
ton. will speak.
At the close of the commencement
exercises and just prior to tho alumni
reunion. there will be exercises in
connection with the unwilling OF a
Watts Hail. in honor OF tho original
building committee. This tablet
bears the following inscription:
This tablet commentaries tho
services rendered TO this Institute
in the years ~. n. 1S96-lS9S by the
Building Committee, S. Horace
Halves. chairman; John s. Munce.
Charles d. Larus. treasurer, and Rob-
crt T. Kerr, 10 whose sound judg-
mcnt and faithful labors the, Semi
nary is indebted for the erection OF
the original group OF eight buildings
on this campus
Hoard Meets Tomorrow.
The annual meeting OF the hoard
OF trustees will be held tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock. There are
at present twenty-seven members of
the board of trustees. representing
the four synods OF Virginia. North
Carolina, West Virginia and Appa-
lach!a. These are chosen by their
respective synods on account OF their
usefulness as church officers. The
meetings OF the board Of trustees
are marked by thorough examina-
tion into all affairs OF the institu.
ton. financial and scholastic, rarely
rqualed in the conduct of any cor
poration.
The approaching meeting OF the
board will be marked by an event OF
unusual character and interest.
will be the titticth anniversary of
nc mbcrship on the board OF Rev. II.
q. lin, ID. ID, of MaXton, y. G. This
Will be the forty eighth annual meet
Ing which he has attended in sue
ccssion. making a record which prob
ably has never been equallcd by the
trustees OF any institution in the,
United States.