The centennial of the University of Virginia, 1819-1921 the proceedings of the Centenary celebration, May 31 to June 3, 1921 |
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![]() | THE THIRD DAY The centennial of the University of Virginia, 1819-1921 | ![]() |

11.00 A.M. | Centennial Exercises. The Amphitheatre |
The Order of the Procession, Thursday Morning
BAND
I
THE CLASS OF 1921 IN DIVISIONS BY DEPARTMENTS
II
THE ALUMNI OF THE UNIVERSITY IN REVERSE ORDER OF
CLASS SENIORITY
III
THE PROFESSORS OF THE UNIVERSITY IN REVERSE ORDER
OF OFFICIAL SENIORITY
FORMER PROFESSORS OF THE UNIVERSITY
THE ALUMNI TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
ENDOWMENT FUND
THE TRUSTEES OF THE MILLER FUND
THE VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
FORMER VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
FORMER RECTORS OF THE UNIVERSITY
IV
GUESTS OF THE UNIVERSITY
V
DELEGATES FROM INSTITUTIONS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
DELEGATES FROM INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
VI
THE REVEREND HENRY WILSON BATTLE
THE RIGHT REVEREND DENNIS JOSEPH O'CONNELL
THE HONORABLE JOHN BASSETT MOORE
THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES
THE RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY
THE GOVERNOR'S MILITARY STAFF
THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

The Order of Exercises: The Amphitheatre
Invocation: | The Right Reverend Dennis Joseph O'Connell, of Richmond. |
An Address: | His Excellency Sir Auckland Geddes, LL.D., British Ambassador to the United States |
An Address: | The Honorable John Bassett Moore, '80, LL.D., Hamilton Fish Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, Columbia University |
Benediction: | Henry Wilson Battle, D.D., of Charlottesville |
Recession, The Audience standing
3.00 P.M. | Pilgrimage to Monticello. Commemorative Exercises in honor of the Father of the University of Virginia. The Private Life of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, by Richard Thomas Walker Duke, Jr., '74. An Address by Archibald Cary Coolidge, Ph.D., LL.D., of Harvard University |
8.00 P.M. | University Dinner to Delegates and Invited Guests. |
The Rotunda | |
John Stewart Bryan, '95, A.M., LL.B., LL.D., Rector of the University of Virginia, presided. Responses by Jacob Gould Schurman, Ph.D., LL.D., former President of Cornell University; Anson Phelps Stokes, D.D., of Yale University; Harry Woodburn Chase, Ph.D., President of the University of North Carolina; Hugh Hampton Young, '94, A.M., M.D., President of the General Alumni Association; and Thomas Watt Gregory, '84, A.B., LL.B., former Attorney-General of the United States |
![]() | THE THIRD DAY The centennial of the University of Virginia, 1819-1921 | ![]() |