appointed editor of the _Richmond Christian Advocate_. By judicious
management and editorial ability, this necessary and popular journal was
established on a promising basis. In 1874 Rev. J. J. Lafferty became his
associate, who, in 1877, by satisfactory negotiations, assumed control,
and was appointed editor of the paper. The motives influencing Dr.
Bennett in this change were characteristic of the man and the result of
thoughtful conversation. His successor well understood him, and tells
us, in his affecting notice of his death, that 'he made known to him his
uneasiness in conscience as to his position--that he was too stout in
health to be out of the regular ranks. With much emphasis, he declared
his wish to be found in the pastorate when God called him.' Before the
Conference met in Lynchburg Dr. Bennett had arranged to change his
position. It was then made to appear his duty to go to the college, and
he yielded. But there must have been a peculiar joy when the summons
came that he was in his loved employ--the shepherd of a flock.
"In 1877 he was elected President of Randolph-Macon College. This
position he held for nine years, during, perhaps, its most critical
history; but by able, kind, and impartial administration, with the
confidence of his brethren in the ministry, the active co-operation of
his professorial associates, and the affection of the students, the
College accomplished a noble work. By his activity in visiting
throughout the Baltimore and Virginia Conferences and elsewhere, and
under his stirring appeals, the number of students compared favorably
with other institutions, and a large amount of money was raised in the
interest of the College. The sentiments of a writer from the Pacific
coast, we are sure, find echo here, that 'Virginia Methodism owes Dr.
Bennett a great debt for the work done by him at Randolph-Macon at the
crucial period of its history.' He left the College an enduring monument
of his heroic devotion, but, as many think, at the cost of his life. At
the close of the session in 1886 his health was so impaired that he
resigned the presidency of the College, and secured a retired home near
Trevilian's, in Louisa county, hoping that relief from the burdens and
cares of college work and the quiet of the country might nurse him back
to health again. But, alas! his disease baffled the best medical skill
and the loving attentions of his family and friends. He was prevailed
upon during the summer to visit the mountains, and, with some slight
improvement, he was in his place at the last Conference, believing that
he could even then attend to the work on some fields that would be open,
but naming none. The change disease had wrought in his robust frame was
a subject of mournful remark by all that knew him, and grave
apprehensions were felt that he would never recuperate. From that
Conference he was sent to Gordonsville and Orange, where he gave for a
time pastoral care and pulpit work that was surprising to his friends.
But as the summer advanced, he was compelled to yield, and after a short
confinement to his bed, his earthly labors ended.
"Dr. Bennett, in health, will always be remembered by his acquaintances
as an incomparable specimen of physical manhood, with a face bearing the
lines of strong character. Indeed, he seemed moulded for any work or
position in Methodism. His mental endowments were of a high order. His
early advantages were such as to secure a good English education, with
some knowledge of Latin; and from our knowledge of the man, we may
safely conclude that his opportunities were well improved. A schoolmate
says of him: 'He was studious, with great grasp of intellect and
steadiness of purpose.' The writer, and others, perhaps, will remember
his modest reference to his fondness for reading while a boy, in using
'the first money he could command to subscribe for the _Richmond
Advocate_,' which he subsequently edited with so much ability. By
judicious reading and study, and by such collegiate helps as his
appointments favored, he became the peer of any. Ten years before he was
elected President of Randolph-Macon College he received from that
institution the degree of D. D., was a member of every General
Conference since 1858, and was a representative of our church at the
Ecumenical Conference in London in 1881. The opinion of the editor of
the _Richmond Christian Advocate_, no doubt, is the judgment of his
brethren, that 'he was the best-rooted man in the Conference in
theology, and saturated with church history, dogma, and doctrine.'
"As a preacher, he occupied the front rank in pulpit power, and his
discourses were such as lived in the memory and hearts of his hearers.
'His sermons,' says Bishop Granbery, 'were stately, elaborate, and
massive, mighty discussions of great truths, with wide range of thought,
lucid and forcible argument, earnest, solemn, and often impassioned
application.' Bishop Doggett says of him: 'Bennett, at times, is the
greatest preacher I ever heard. His sermon at the late camp-meeting, on
Matthew xxiii. 37, 38, surpassed anything I ever listened to from the
pulpit. His description of the desolate house I can never forget. I
remember,' says he, 'to have heard him at Charlottesville, on the flood,
when for more than an hour the congregation seemed dazed by the power of
his eloquence.'
"His character was differently analyzed by some of his friends, though
all accorded him unexceptionable integrity, a high order of piety, and a
noble, generous heart. His occasional serious expression and brusque
manner awakened the suspicion with some that he was wanting in sympathy,
but those who knew him best indulged no such estimate of him. With all
his firmness of conviction and stern independence, where was to be found
greater gentleness and consideration of the feelings of others? He was
emphatically the friend of the friendless, the persecuted and neglected,
and was unchanging in his friendships. He was slow to find fault, and
indulged in no depreciation of others. At any time it required a great
provocation, and something more than mere personal affront or injury, to
evoke rebuke; but when it did come, it was felt, but was more the
utterance of conscientious impulse than the ebullition of personal
resentment.
"He was the head of a Christian household, where piety was fostered and
practised, and where Methodism was honored. He, with his devoted wife,
sought to make home attractive, and succeeded. While the proprieties of
religious training and filial respect were never relaxed, there was no
constraint on the freedom of social and religious intercourse, and no
lack of sympathy for such enjoyments as were proper, entertaining and
improving in a Christian home. He was looked up to by his family as a
practical and safe counsellor, and beyond whom there was rarely even the
desire to appeal. His brethren, I am sure, will endorse the sentiments
of his distinguished eulogist: 'His virtues were many, steadfast and
bright. The whole church will feel his loss. The Virginia Conference, as
one man, will cherish his memory with deep admiration and love.'
"After his confinement to bed the ravages of his rare disease were very
rapid and severe. He early sank into a comatose condition, yet
responding when spoken to. It will be gratifying to his brethren,
nevertheless, to know that his end was a great spiritual triumph. On
Monday, June 6th, at an early hour, with the family and a few friends
about him, fearful that he might pass away Without again rousing from
his lethargy, his wife, under her stress of grief, urged all to united
prayer. They knelt, and his eldest son led in prayer, expressing
assurance of the blessed result to the dying husband and father, yet
craving a lucid interval and some words of affectionate counsel. In a
few moments he asked to be turned on his back, and, opening his eyes, he
exclaimed, 'I am quickened up into a higher life!' When his wife
exulted in such an answer to prayer, he said: 'My dear, I have known for
more than forty years that God answers prayer.' Then, feeling his pulse,
and turning to Dr. Wills, his physician, he said: 'I suppose this thing
is steadily progressing to the end, is it not?' 'Yes,' said the doctor,
'but you have the Everlasting Arms around you.' 'Oh, yes,' he replied,
'and have had for more than forty years, and they have never failed me.
But I have much to say, and must speak slowly, so I wanted to know how
much time--a half hour?' 'Yes,' the doctor replied, 'perhaps several
hours.' He then called his family--but we must drop the curtain on a
scene in many respects too sacred and impossible to describe. With
affectionate counsel to each, he commended them to God. When one of the
family spoke of meeting him in heaven, he replied, 'And what a happy
meeting that will be!' He then asked his physician if he had shown any
signs of nervousness. When told he had not, with a tender consideration
for his loved ones, he said: 'I did not want to excite the family
unnecessarily, but I want you all to know that there is not a cloud, not
the semblance of a shadow, dark or small, between my Lord and me. All is
bright and clear.' He joined in singing that hymn of Christian triumph
commencing, 'How happy are they,' and when the family, by reason of
their emotions, were unable to sing, he carried the tune. He then sent
messages of love to his friends and brethren. 'Give my love,' said he,
'to the professors and students of Randolph-Macon College, and may the
blessing of God be upon them and their work forever.'
Then, with his heart going out to his brethren in the ministry, with
whom he had labored so long and so successfully, he said: 'Give my love
to the preachers--all of them. I am so weak my feelings would overcome
me. I can only give them my general blessing.' At intervals till he died
the expressions caught from his failing voice were, 'Hallelujah,' 'Glory
to God,' 'The portals on high,' 'Always the blood--saved by it,' and
almost with his expiring breath, and as if descriptive of his triumphant
passage from earth to heaven, he exclaimed, 'I am rising higher and
higher!' and at 1:15 o'clock P. M., June 7th, he passed away from his
family, a wife and six children, all one in Christ, who, though
desolated by their loss, are comforted in the blessed hope of meeting in
heaven.
"His remains were carried to Randolph-Macon College, where solemn and
touching services were held. The next day they were conveyed to
Centenary Church, Richmond, one of his old charges, where, by request of
his family, Rev. S. S. Lambeth, assisted by Bishop Granbery and some of
the ministers of the city and vicinity, in the presence of a large
number of friends and acquaintances, held appropriate and affecting
services. His body was then carried to Hollywood cemetery and laid to
rest 'till Christ shall bid it rise.'"
[Illustration: REV. W. G. STARR, A. M., D. D., _Member Board of
Trustees._]
[Illustration: MAJOR C. V. WINFREE, _Member Board of Trustees._]
This writer had intended to bring the History down to June, 1898. For
reasons satisfactory to himself, but not necessary to be given here, he
has concluded to discontinue the historical narration of events which
occurred during the twelve years from June, 1886, to 1898. The Appendix
will give some of the most important data, which may be interesting to
many, and may be used by the future historian.
He cannot close this narration of events without again expressing his
regret at the imperfections of this book, written and printed under many
interruptions and difficulties; but he trusts that the intrinsic
interest of the narrative will cause readers to overlook or forgive its
imperfections and defects.
Hoping that some more competent writer may in due time take the crude
materials given, along with others of like interest, and do full justice
to the oldest of Methodist Colleges in America, he lays down his pen.
[Illustration: VIEW OF CAMPUS OF RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE, 1896.]
APPENDIX.
DEGREES CONFERRED.
SESSION 1886-1887.
DEGREE GRADUATES.
A. M.
Eugene H. Rawlings, Virginia.
Arthur K. Davis, Virginia.
A. B.
George C. Bidgood, Virginia.
Edwin W. Bowen, Maryland.
John L. Bruce, Virginia.
Thomas E. Hunt, Virginia.
James Lindsay Patton, Virginia.
Henry R. Pemberton, Virginia.
George Shipley, Maryland.
D. D.
Rev. Peter Archer Peterson, Virginia Conference.
MEDALISTS.
_Sutherlin Medalist_.--W. H. H. Joyce, Maryland.
_Pace Medalist_.--James C. Martin, Virginia.
[Illustration: REV. JOHN L. BRUCE, _Missionary to Brazil._]
[Illustration: REV. FRANK W. CROWDER, _East New York Conference._]
SESSION 1887-1888.
DEGREE GRADUATES.
A. M.
George Shipley, Maryland.
James C. Martin, Virginia.
A. B.
W. Douglas Macon, Virginia.
Peyton B. Winfree, Virginia.
Paul Pettit, Virginia.
James W. Howell, Virginia.
Carlton D. Harris, Virginia.
James C. Dolley, Virginia.
_Sutherlin Medalist_.--Frank W. Crowder, Maryland.
_Pace Medalist_.--George Shipley, Maryland.
[Illustration: [A collage of three photographs arranged in a
triangle, captioned "DUNCAN MEMORIAL CHURCH AND CHAPEL, AND LABORATORIES,
RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE, ASHLAND"]]
[Illustration: REV. W. H. H. JOYCE, _Baltimore Conference._]
[Illustration: REV. JAMES LINDSAY PATTON, A. B., _Missionary Protestant
Episcopal Church to Japan._]
[Illustration: REV. WM. McGEE, TRUSTEE. _Founder McGee Endowment Fund._]
[Illustration: [A collage of four photographs arranged in a square,
captioned "COLLEGE BUILDINGS, RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE, ASHLAND, VA.,
1897."]]
[Illustration: JOHN P. PETTYJOHN. _Founder of Science Hall._]
SESSION 1888-1889.
DEGREE GRADUATES.
A. M.
Edwin W. Bowen, Maryland.
Thomas W. Page, Virginia.
A. B.
Charles D. Ragland, Virginia.
J. Gilchrist Herndon, Virginia.
B. S.
W. Alphonzo Murrill, Virginia.
_Sutherlin Medalist_.--A. M. Hughlett, Virginia.
_Pace Medalist_.--Jos. H. Riddick, Jr., Virginia.
D. D.
Rev. A. P. Parker, Missionary to China.
[Illustration: PROF. JOHN L. BUCHANAN, LL. D., _Elected Professor of
Latin, 1889._]
SESSION OF 1889-1890.
DEGREE GRADUATES.
A. M.
J. Jordan Leake, Virginia.
C. Dabney Ragland, Virginia.
John S. Richardson, Virginia.
W. Carroll Vaden, Virginia.
A. B.
E. C. Armstrong, Maryland.
W. B. Beauchamp, Virginia.
W. Asbury Christian, Virginia.
Wellford H. Cook, Virginia.
C. C. Cunningham, Virginia.
Samuel W. Eason, Virginia.
W. Alphonzo Murrill, Virginia.
W. Levi Old, Virginia.
Marshall R. Peterson, Virginia.
Jos. H. Riddick, Jr., Virginia.
Samuel C. Starke. Virginia.
H. M. Strickler, Virginia.
Walter L. Turner, Virginia.
Geo. W. Warren, Virginia.
D. D.
Rev. W. E. Judkins, Virginia Conference.
Rev. B. W. Bond, Baltimore Conference.
_Sutherlin Medalist_.--Joseph H. Riddick. Jr., Virginia.
_Murray Scholarship Medalist_.--A. R. Dudderar, Maryland.
_Pace Medalist_.--Frank G. Newbill, Virginia.
SESSION 1890-'91.
A. M.
Charles Hall Davis, Virginia,
Samuel W. Eason, Virginia.
De La Warr B. Easter, Virginia.
W. Alphonzo Murrill, Virginia.
D'Arcy Paul Parham, Virginia.
Samuel C. Starke, Virginia.
A. B.
Benj. W. Arnold, Jr., Virginia.
George E. Barnett, Maryland.
Benj. W, Beckham, Virginia.
Henry D. Blackwell, Virginia.
Major S. Colonna, Jr., Virginia.
Charles Hall Davis, Virginia.
Alfred R. Dudderar, Maryland.
Gustavus W. Dyer, Virginia.
Robert L. Fultz, Virginia.
John Calvin Hawk, W. Va.
Aretas M. Hughlett, Virginia.
Walter R. Old, Virginia.
George H. Ray, Jr., Virginia.
Robert T. Webb, Jr., Virginia
LL. D.
Prof. C. T. Winchester, of Wesleyan University, Connecticut.
D. D.
Rev. Walter R. Lambuth, of Japan.
Rev. James F. Twitty, Virginia Conference.
Rev. Edward M. Peterson, Virginia Conference
Rev. William E. Evans, Virginia Conference.
_Sutherlin Medalist_.--Robert W. Patton, of Virginia
[Illustration: CLASS OF 1890.]
[Illustration: RANDOLPH-MACON ACADEMY, BEDFORD CITY, VA, 1890.]
[Illustration: [Key to the illustration captioned, "CLASS OF 1890."
Names are given as follows:
1. M. R. Peterson
2. W. B. Beauchamp
3. E. C. Armstrong
4. W. L. Turner
5. C. C. Cunningham
6. W. A. Murrill
7. Hon. J. W. Daniel, Orator.
8. W. H. Cooke
9. J. S. Richardson
10. W. A. Christian
11. G. W. Warren
12. Prof. J. B. Crenshaw
13. Prof. R. M. Smith
14. Prof. J. L. Buchanan
15. Prof. R. E. Blackwell
16. Pres. W. W. Smith
17. Prof. W. A. Shepard
18. Prof. R. B. Smithey
19. Prof. J. A. Kern
20. W. C. Vaden
21. D. B. Easter
22. C. D. Ragland
23. H. M. Strickler
24. S. W. Eason
25. J. H. Riddick, Jr.
26. J. J. Leake
27. S. C. Starke]]
[Illustration: FRANK G. NEWBILL, A.M., _Pace Medalist, 1890._]
[Illustration: A. R. DUDDERAR, A. B.]
[Illustration: REV. ROBERT W. PATTON, _Chaplain of 2nd Virginia Regiment
(1898)._]
SESSION 1891-1892.
A. M.
George Pilcher, Virginia.
Charles L. Melton, Virginia
A. B.
R. H. T. Adams, Jr., Virginia.
Hall Canter, Virginia.
Wm. Holmes Davis, Virginia.
Thos. R. Freeman, Virginia.
Willie D. Keene, Virginia.
David H. Kern, W. Virginia
Bolivar Clarke Nettles, Texas
Scott Ray, Virginia.
W. R. Smithwick, N. Carolina
J. S. Zimmerman, Maryland
Harry L. Moore, Maryland.
_Sutherlin Medalist_.--I. W. Eason, Virginia.
_Pace Medalist_.--Jos. N. Latham.
_Murray Medals_.--Scholarship, Harry Ludwell Moore, Maryland;
Proficiency, James Elliott Wamsley, Virginia.
[Illustration: HARRY LUDWELL MOORE, A. B., PH. D., _Instructor at Johns
Hopkins University; Professor Smith College, Massachusetts._]
SESSION 1892-1893.
A. M.
C. C. Cunningham, Virginia.
Geo. W. Russell, Virginia.
Homer H. Sherman, Virginia.
Wm. J. Whitesell, Virginia.
A. B.
R. H. Hood, North Carolina.
James T. Myers, Maryland.
Alfred C. Ray, Virginia.
Clarence H. Rector, Virginia.
B. S.
Homer H. Sherman, Virginia.
D. D.
Rev. W. T. Young, Virginia. Conference.
_Sutherlin Medalist_.--Joseph Deming Langley, Virginia.
_Murray Medalists_.--Scholarship, Homer H. Sherman, Virginia;
Proficiency, Thomas M. Jones, Virginia.
[Illustration: RANDOLPH-MACON ACADEMY, FRONT ROYAL, VA., BUILT 1892.]
[Illustration: JOS. N. LATHAM, _Pace Medalist, 1892._]
[Illustration: JAMES E. WAMSLEY, _Prof. Kentucky Wesleyan College.
Murray Medalist._]
[Illustration: [A collage of four photographs arranged in a square,
captioned "PRESIDENT'S HOUSE, PROFESSOR'S HOUSE, GYMNASIUM, RAIL ROAD
STATION, ASHLAND, VA."]]
[Illustration: REV. JAMES T. MYERS, A. B., _Missionary to Japan._]
SESSION 1893-1894.
A. M.
E. C. Armstrong, Maryland.
B. W. Arnold, Jr., Virginia.
*R. Ferguson, Sr., Virginia.
R. Ferguson, Jr., Virginia.
*John W. Jones, Idaho.
Frank G. Newbill, Virginia.
Andrew Sledd, Virginia.
James E. Wamsley, Virginia.
A. M. Hughlett, Virginia.
* Under the old law existing when his A. B. was taken.
A. B.
W. M. Blanchard, N. Carolina.
R. W. Buchanan, Virginia.
H. M. Carter, Dist. Columbia.
Evan A. Edwards, Maryland.
W. T. A. Haynes, Virginia.
Thos. M. Jones, Virginia.
John L. Terrell, Texas.
S. H. Turner, Virginia.
Ernest Linwood Wright, Virginia.
D. D.
Rev. William H. Christian, Virginia Conference.
_Sutherlin Medalist_.--Andrew Sledd, Virginia.
_Murray Medalist_.--Scholarship, Thomas Madison Jones, Virginia;
Proficiency, George Virgil Rector, Virginia.
[Illustration: JOS. D. LANGLEY, _Sutherlin Medalist--1893._]
[Illustration: CLASS OF 1895.]
[Illustration: [Key to the illustration captioned, "CLASS OF 1895."
Names are given as follows:
1. D. T. Merritt.
2. A. H. Whisner.
3. C. M. Baggarly.
4. J. T. Porter.
5. E. L. Woolf.
6. R. E. Leigh.
7. C. E. Armentrout.
8. H. Fletcher.
9. I. H. Blackwell.
10. Richard Irby, Sec'y and Treas.
11. Prof. R. M. Smith.
12. Prof. R. E. Blackwell.
13. Pres. W. W. Smith.
14. Prof. J. A. Kern.
15. Prof. R. B. Smithey.
16. Prof. E. W. Bowen.
17. Prof. A. C. Wightman.
18. C. G. Evans.
19. B. M. Beckham.
20. H. A. Christian.
21. J. D. Hank, Jr.]]
SESSION 1894-1895.
A. M.
Benj. M. Beckham, Virginia.
Henry A. Christian, Virginia.
C. G. Evans, North Carolina.
Josiah D. Hank, Jr., Virginia.
A. B.
C. E. Armentrout, Virginia.
Carroll M. Baggarly, Virginia.
Irving H. Blackwell, Virginia.
Henry A. Christian, Virginia.
C. G. Evans, North Carolina.
Howard Fletcher, Virginia.
Josiah D. Hank, Jr., Virginia.
Ernest Lee Woolf, Virginia.
John B. Henry, Maryland.
Robert C. Howison, Virginia.
Richard E. Leigh, Mississippi
Daniel T. Merritt, Virginia.
Benj. F. Montgomery, Virginia.
James T. Porter, Maryland.
A. H. Whisner, West Virginia.
Ernest Lee Woolf, Virginia.
D. D.
Rev. John C. Kilgo, President Trinity College, North Carolina.
_Sutherlin Medalist_.---David Spence Hill, Missouri.
_Murray Medalists_.--Proficiency, Marvin E. Smithey, Virginia;
Scholarship, Charles E. Armentrout, Virginia.
[Illustration: THOMAS MADISON JONES, _Murray Scholarship Medalist,
1894._]
[Illustration: DAVID SPENCE HILL, _Sutherlin Medalist, 1895._]
[Illustration: FACULTY AND OFFICERS AND CLASS OF 1896.]
[Illustration: [Key to the illustration captioned, "Faculty and
Officers and Class of 1896." Names are given as follows:
1. P. H. Drewry.
2. H. O'B. Cooper.
3. S. D. Boyd, Jr.
4. J. S. Poindexter.
5. J. Mullen.
6. Prof. Knight.
7. Prof. Blackwell.
8. J. H. Robertson.
9. P. H. Williams.
10. F. W. Hilbert
11. G. T. Tyler, Jr.
12. A. S. Thompson, Ins. Ph. Cul.
13. Prof. Bowen.
14. Prof. Easter.
15. Richard Irby, Sec'y and Treas.
16. Prof. Kern.
17. Pres. Smith.
18. Prof. Smithey.
19. Rev. W. E. Judkins, Chaplain.
20. Prof. Wightman.
21. M. E. Smithey.
22. C. M. Kilby.
23. C. W. Watts.
24. S. H. Watts.
and, unnumbered, at the bottom of the list, W. S. Anderson.]]
[Illustration: CLASS 1896-'97. [The names of the classmates are written
in staggered rows, corresponding to their places in the picture. From
left to right and top to bottom, roughly, they are: Wise, Dulin,
Blackwell, Litchfield, Scott, Dolly, Simpson, Colonna, Kilby, McCartney,
Campbell, Licklider, Blanchard, Carter, Tyler, Cooper.]]
[Illustration: [A collage of twelve photographs, arranged in a circle,
and captioned "FACULTY AND OFFICERS, RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE, 1897.]]
SESSION 1895-1896.
JUNE, 1896.
RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE.
A. M.
W. S. Anderson, West Virginia.
Clinton M. Kilby, Virginia.
N. H. Robertson, Virginia.
Stephen H. Watts, Virginia.
A. B.
John F. Blackwell, Virginia.
Stephen D. Boyd, Jr., Virginia
Henry O'B. Cooper, Virginia.
Patrick H. Drewry, Virginia.
John C. Granbery, Jr., Virginia.
F. W. Hilbert, Maryland.
James Mullen, Virginia.
John S. Poindexter, Virginia.
John H. Robertson, Virginia.
Marvin E. Smithey, Virginia.
John A. G. Shipley. Maryland.
George T. Tyler, Jr., Virginia.
Charles W. Watts, Virginia.
P. H. Williams, North Carolina.
_Sutherlin Medalist_.--Boyd Valentine Switzer, Virginia.
_Pace Medalist_.--Walter Sewall Anderson, West Virginia.
_Murray Medalists_.--Scholarship, Patrick H. Williams, North Carolina;
Proficiency, Frank Allen Simpson, Virginia.
RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN'S COLLEGE.
A. M.
Emma E. Cheatham, Virginia.
E. B. Williams, North Carolina.
JUNE, 1897.
RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE.
A. M.
W. M. Blanchard, N. Carolina.
Horace Campbell, Virginia.
Hall Canter, Maryland.
Henry O'B. Cooper, Virginia.
Fred. W. Hilbert, Maryland.
Bradford Kilby, Virginia.
Albert H. Licklider, Virginia.
G. V. Litchfield, Jr., Virginia.
James E. McCartney, Virginia.
George T. Tyler, Jr., Virginia.
A. B.
William H. Best, Maryland.
William Veitch Boyle, Maryland.
Karl S. Blackwell, Virginia.
William B. Colonna, Virginia.
David Hough Dolly, Virginia.
John Henry Dulin, Virginia.
Neil Courtice Scott, Virginia.
Frank A. Simpson, Virginia.
Boyd Ashby Wise, Virginia.
D. D.
Rev. Collins Denney, Baltimore Conference, Prof. Vanderbilt
University.
_Sutherlin Medalist_.--William Martin Blanchard, North Carolina.
_Murray Medalists_.--Scholarship, Frank A. Simpson, Virginia;
Proficiency, George L. Bradford, Virginia.
RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN'S COLLEGE.
A. M.
Sallie Adams, Virginia.
Martha A. Franklin, Virginia.
Esten Holmes Jennings, West Virginia.
A. B.
Celeste Alspaugh, N. Carolina.
Edith S. Blackwell, Virginia.
Martha McGavock, Virginia.
SESSION 1897-1898.
Randolph-Macon College, since June, 1886, has grown into a system of
colleges (female as well as male), and fitting schools for both sexes.
At the joint commencement, held at Lynchburg, Va., June 6-9, 1898, all
these schools were represented. The Lynchburg _Daily News_ gave the
report of the commencement, as follows: