Washington and Lee University - Calyx Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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SAJirEL ITAiXES WJLLIAMS, K 2, !■ A Lyxchburg, Virgixia. Sam is one of the best-knowu men in the Uni- versity, even to tlie freshmen, having operated the Co- operative Book Store for the last two years, where they sell everything from chocolate to dictionaries. The place and date of his birth are as follows; Lynch- burg, December ' JT, ISllil. Entered the Academic School in 190.S. Out of college two years before he matriculated in tlie Law School in 1912, teaching during that time. Executive Committeeman of Junior Law Class; Caiy.x Staff, 1914; Eing-tum Fhi Staff ' , 1909-10. There is no doubt of his success at the bar. KOHEKT WAKKEN WINHOKNE, s T 1. A ■] , p A , :; KO.VXOKE, ' lKliIXIA. • ' Bob ' ' points with pride to the fact that he was liorn in Buena Vista, in 1S92. Randolph Macon Acad- fHiy was the scene of his prejiaratory education. y . P. I. was the next stopping jdace of tlie pilgrim who was seeking the shrine of learning, and the goal will be attained in .Tune when, with a sheepskin tucked :iway in his satchel, he will return to the Magic City til join that great throng of Washington and Lee lawyers who have gone on before him. Bob ' s ]irincipal claim to distinction is that he was one of the i ' vmortal •■live ' ' who irade that Special on Real Property. Men ber Cotillion Club. Member 13 Club.

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.lAMKS THOMAS, .IR., 1 1 ' A Charixtte JIai.i,, Makyi.and. ' ' .1 iiiiiiiie ' ' was liorn iu 1-ialtimove several years ago, t nil one has lieeii found who knows just liow lonj; 0. ( ' ertainly not over thirty years. His preiiaratory lu-atiou was gained at Portland High School, St. ml, Minn., and at (. ' harlotte Mall Military Academy his home town. He entered Washington and Lee in 11, sojourning for the space of one year in the •ademic School, but iu 1912, his pilgrimage in iU ' ch of learning carried him to Tucker Hall, and is a foregone conclusion that he will become a LL. in .luue. for lie is one of the surest in the class. .MAIJ ' OL.M FJHOK TKIMBLK. K 1 ' ' ashini:ti;x, O. i ' . Kelly ' ' lias liccn in the I ' uiversity since Sejiteu ber, UUO, but the seriousness of the sit- uation did not dawn ujiou him until exactly three years later, to wit, Sejitember, 1913, when, wiih a great vim, he seized upon the Law and passed oil enough ' ' tickets to be before you as a candidate for a degree. Now lie is headed for the supreme bench. His natal jilace was Catlettsburg, Kentucky, but we do not know whether that village ajijiears mi tlie map since the 1913 floods. The date of his birth seems to have been Ajnil ' I ' .K 1892, and before leaving the Blue Grass State he be came a full-fledged Colonel. Member 13 flub. KKNNDN I ' AITIINKSS W 1 1 I ' l ' l ' l.K, II K . ' I ' A 1 ' . W. [■ ' . .MaRTIX.SVII.LE, ViRlilMA. Ki ' iiniin will be a lawyer non obstante eredicto. ' ' II .lime, because he has already dis|ilayed his learn- ii;; by passing the Virginia State Bar in 191.1. But if ii.iirse he will get the sheejiskin. The date of his niveiit into this world was October 12, 1.S91. E.xactly weiity years later, he had gradauted from the high ichiiul ill Ills home town and had inatriculated in Washington and Lee. Now lie is recognized as one if the most able advocates .-it tlie bar of the Moot ' iiurt. Member (iraham-Lee Literary Society and was ' ice-presldent of its centennial celebration in 1911. I. ' owed on llarrv l.ce second crew in 1913. .34

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MB I CAN ' T T Can ' t lacks in iiorvo: he ' s tno faint of lipai ' t ' pitch in ' ike ■! man and iln liis jiart: lie ' s none nf tlu ' spirit that tii;ht and wins ; lie adnnts lie ' s lieaten before lie lieiiins. ' I Can ' t sees as nmnntains what Imlder eyes Tiecogiiize as nidle hills: andiitinn dies. An l leaves him ciiiii|ilainini; in l ' el|iles wi ' atli. When the first small (.hstacle lli.cks his path. I Can ' t ha a n itinn that. (Mit (d ' sjiiic. Ue ' s heini; cheated if what ' s hi rii;hl. ' I ' lie men wlm snc(eei| hy hard work and plnck. lie enx ' ies. and sneei ' s at as ■•Funis fur Inckl ■ ' J Can ' t is a loafer, who won ' t adnnt That ' his life ' s the mess he has made of it ; The treasnre that ' s s] ' arklini;- l:ereath his eye. lie thinks he can ' t reacdi — and won ' t even try. 1 ( ' an ' f has a feeling the world ' s in deht ' i ' o him for a living he ' s faileil to get ; lint. gi -en a chani-e to collect, he ' ll rant Vhont |iast failures, and whii:e. 1 can ' t ! — CiiAi;i.t:s R. i!Ai;i:i:i ' I ' .