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The Order of Exercises: The Amphitheatre

       

Invocation:	The Reverend George Laurens Petrie, A.M., D.D.
Conferring of Professional Degrees
Conferring of Academic Degrees
The Address:	The President of the University of Virginia

Recession

                                                                         

3.00 P.M.	Meetings of Alumni in Departmental Groups
	Meeting of Clerical Alumni. University Chapel
	Topic: Religious Culture in State Universities by Denominational Agencies
	Presiding Officer, The Reverend William Mentzel Forrest, B.A.
	The Reverend Beverley Dandridge Tucker, Jr., '02, B.D., M.A., of the Episcopal Church
	The Reverend Samuel Chiles Mitchell, '92, Ph.D., LL.D., of the Baptist Church
	The Reverend Thomas Cary Johnson, '84, A.B., D.D., LL.D., of the Presbyterian Church
	The Reverend Byrdine Akers Abbott, '90, of the Church of the Disciples of Christ
	The Reverend John Samuel Flory, '07, Ph.D., of the Dunkard Church
	Rabbi Edward Nathaniel Calisch, '08, Ph.D., of the Jewish Church
	Meeting of the Alumni of the Law Department. Minor Hall
	Presiding Officer, Dean William Minor Lile, '82, LL.B., LL.D.
	The Policies of the Law School, Past, Present, and Future. Dean Lile
	The Plan and History of the Virginia Law Review. Randolph Caskie Coleman, '21, M.A., Editor
	Organization of Law Alumni Association
	Its Advantages and Opportunities. Alexander Pope Humphrey, '68, LL.B.
	Submission of Proposed Constitution
	Enrollment of Charter Members
	Election of Officers
	Presentation of Souvenirs
	Meeting of the Medical Alumni Association. Madison Hall
	President, Hugh Hampton Young, '94, A.M., M.D.
	Election of Officers
	Movements in Medical Education. William Holland Wilmer, '85, M.D., LL.D.
	Opening Discussion, David Russell Lyman, '99, M.A., M.D.
	Meeting of the Engineering Alumni. Mechanical Laboratory
	Topic: Organization of an Engineering Alumni Council
	Presiding Officer, Dean William Mynn Thornton, '73, A.B., LL.D.
	Opening Discussion, Allen Jeter Saville, '08, M.E.
	Discussion from the Point of View of a Civil Engineer, Walter Jones Laird, '09, C.E.
	Discussion from the Point of View of a Mechanical Engineer. William Carrington Lancaster, '03, M.E., E.E.
	Discussion from the Point of View of an Electrical Engineer. Matthew Orpheus Troy, '96, B.S.
	Discussion from the Point of View of a Chemical Engineer. John Marshall, '13, Chem.E.
	Meeting of the Collegiate Alumni by Sections. Peabody Hall
	General Group Meeting
	Presiding Officer, Dean James Morris Page, Ph.D., LL.D.
	An Historical Sketch of the Academic Department of the University. William Harrison Faulkner, '02, Ph.D., Professor of Germanic Languages, University of Virginia

I. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE GROUP

Presiding Officer, William Harrison Faulkner, '02,
Ph.D.

The Present Crisis in the Modern Languages. Robert
Herndon Fife, '95, Ph.D., Gebhard Professor of Germanic
Languages and Literature, Columbia University

The Demand for Teachers of French and Spanish. Henry
Carrington Lancaster, '03, Ph.D., Professor of
French Literature, The Johns Hopkins University

Educational Problems in University Instruction of English,
Morris Palmer Tilley, '99, Ph.D., Professor of
English, University of Michigan

II. MATHEMATICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCE GROUP

Presiding Officer, Robert Montgomery Bird, Ph.D.

Problems in Scientific Education, Charles Lee Reese,
'84, Ph.D., Sc.D., Chemical Director of E. I. du Pont
de Nemours and Company

A Plea for the Perfect, William Jackson Humphreys, '89,
Ph.D., Professor of Meteorological Physics, United
States Weather Bureau

III. EDUCATIONAL GROUP

Presiding Officer, Dean John Levi Manahan, Ph.D.

The Contribution of the University of Virginia to Education
through Private Academies, John Carter Walker, '97,
M.A., Headmaster of Woodberry Forest School

The Contribution of the University of Virginia to the Public
School System of the State, John Walter Wayland, '07,
Ph.D., Professor of History, Harrisonburg State Normal
School

What the Public School System of Virginia has a Right to
Expect from the University, Harris Hart, A.B., Superintendent
of Public Instruction of Virginia

 

4.30 P.M.

Exercises by the Class of 1921. The Amphitheatre. Presiding Officer, Edward Percy Russell, President

           

Overture:
The Poem, 1921:	Charles Edgar Gilliam
Address in Presentation of Class Gift:	Thomas Johnson Michie, Jr.
Address of Acceptance:	The President of the University
Song:	The Class of 1921
Farewell:	The President of the Class

           

5.00 P.M.	Band Concert. The Lawn
6.00 P.M.	Alumni Barbecue: Officials of the University, Delegates, other Guests, and their families are invited. Barbecue Grounds
9.00 P.M.	Torchlight Parade, with Review. The Lawn
	Procession from Barbecue Grounds to the Lawn by the Classes in Order of Seniority
	Fireworks, and Parade to the Rotunda
	Review by Officials and Delegates. The Lawn