[Illustration: GRAY CARROLL, Sutherlin Medalist, 1878; District
Solicitor, Little Rock, Ark.]
At this meeting it was proposed to have published a memorial volume of the late President Duncan. That it was not done promptly, and in a manner worthy of him, is, and always will be, a source of regret to those who knew and loved him. This affords another instance and example of how little has been done to let the lives and labors of Virginia's gifted men speak after they are dead. Surely he was worthy of a fitting biography.
[Illustration: RICHARD B. DAVIS, A. B., 1862., Member Board of
Trustees.]
At the annual meeting, June, 1878, the President, in his annual report, gave the number of students in attendance as 141, from twelve different States. He reported a revival of religion as having occurred, with twenty converts among the students.
[Illustration: FRANK NOLAND, First "Pace" Medalist, 1878; Assistant
Editor "Landmark."]
An effort has been made, with some success, to retire the floating debt of the College, amounting to about $23,000, on some of which ten per cent. interest was being paid, averaging eight per cent. The President was hopeful of good patronage and retiring the debt.
The following, on recommendation of the Faculty, received degrees, viz.:
Henry A. Boyd, of North Carolina, A. M.; Mansfield T. Peed, of
Virginia, A. M.; William J. Sebrell, of Virginia, A. B.; Wilbur Fisk
Tillett, of North Carolina, A. B.; M. P. Rice, B. S.
The "Sutherlin Medal for Oratory" was won by Gray Carroll, of Virginia.
The "Walton Greek Prize" went to Clarence Edwards, of Virginia.
[Illustration: PROF. R. BASCOM SMITHEY, A. M.]