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II.—CHAPEL SERVICES.
The religious services of the University consist of a
daily prayer-service of fifteen minutes, just before the supper
hour; and the regular preaching services in the Chapel
on Sunday morning and evening. These services have
heretofore been in charge of a chaplain, elected by members
of the Faculty, from the four leading evangelical denominations
of the State, for a term of two years.
At the beginning of the present session, however, the
chaplain, Rev. L. C. Vass, D. D., died suddenly. As there
were difficulties in the way of procuring the services of a
suitable chaplain after the session had begun, it was decided
to try, temporarily, the plan of having the pulpit filled by
representative ministers of all evangelical denominations,
invited from Virginia and adjacent States. The execution
of this plan was intrusted to a committee on Religious
Exercises composed of three members of the Faculty and
three students selected from the officers of the Young
Men's Christian Association. The plan has been so successful
that it has been unanimously decided by both
professors and students to continue the experiment for the
coming session. The list of the visiting ministers for this
session will be found on page 9.
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