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Caption: Book - John Milton Gregory Memorial Convocation (1898)
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\ ' MEMORIAL CONVOCATION. John M Wed October 19, 1S9S. H a v i n g expressed the wish that his burial place might be within the grounds of the University, and the suggestion having been approved by the Trustees, the remains were received and taken charge of by the University on Sunday morning, October 23. Under the care of a guard of honor from the University Military Battalion they lay in state in the rotunda of the Library Building, where the public was permitted to view them between the hours of 12:30 and 2:30 P. M. Great numbers availed themselves of the opportunity. At two o'clock the T r u s t e e s and former Trustees, with the special!}' invited guests, assembled at the President's Rooms, the Corps of Instruction at the Faculty Room, and students of years prior to 18S1 at the Business Offices. At 2:15 the University procession moved to the Chapel from the Library Building, passing through the r o t u n d a and around the casket in the following o r d e r : President of the University with the Chaplain of the day, Rev. \V. H. Stedman, D.l). SPEAKERS: Dean T h o m a s J. Burrill. J u d g e Charles G. Neely, of the class of '80, HONORARY PALLBEARERS: Trustees Krancis M. McKay and Samuel A. Bullard. Profe ors Samuel W. Shattuck, N. Clifford Ricker, Ira o. Bake^ Stephen A. r<>rl)es, David Kinley and Kugem D a v n p o r t ; l i o n . Kmory Cobb, I Ion. !. ('). ( unningham and Geor e l\ Bcardsley, Ksq, \\ ard oi I rusi ol the I 'niversitv,
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