Of the 234 students, 44 were studying with a view to the ministry, and 29 sons of ministers.
The honorary degree of D. D., on recommendation of the Faculty, was
conferred on the following: Rev. John C. Wills, president of Central
College, Missouri; Rev. Alpheus W. Wilson, of the Baltimore Conference;
Rev. John D. Blackwell, of the Virginia Conference.
The degree of A. M. was conferred on Franklin C. Woodward, of Virginia.
The "Sutherlin Medal for Oratory" was awarded Franklin C. Woodward, of
Virginia.
[Illustration: FRANKLIN C. WOODWARD, A. M., D. D., Sutherlin Medalist, 1873; President South Carolina College.]
The "Walton Greek Prize" was awarded to Robert Sharp, of Virginia.
An educational convention to devise plans to increase the Endowment and Building funds of the College was held in Richmond, April, 1874. The following plan was adopted:
"I. That delegates shall be appointed (by the committee under item III.), consisting of one layman and one preacher in each district, whose duty it shall be to present the subject to the several District Conferences at their meetings during the summer and fall of this year, and take up collections for this object, and that the presiding elders be requested to arrange the exercises of their district meetings so as to secure one whole day for the interests of Randolph-Macon College.
"II. That we earnestly solicit the co-operation of the presiding elders in this great work, and request the appointment of meetings in the several pastoral charges, in which this cause shall be presented and collections taken.
[Illustration: PROF. W. M. BASKERVILLE, PH. D., Vanderbilt
University.]