University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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M W-. . H-. IZQQQQ Q81 OUOIOICIOIIIOICICICIQIQIQIQIOIQICIDIQIQIIICICIQIQIQ ' ' ' ..l'I'l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.'.I.I.l.lM.l.l.l.l'l.'.l.l,' THEI9Z5 OLE MISS ' ' , Ve se The Alumni Association 4 . I.. A. SMITH, '99 ...... .... I 'rvzrztlrrll I..ANnkuM P. I.H.'xvA1,1,, '99 . . 1'ifw-I'1'wxi.1n11 J. K. HAMM, '17 ..........,. . .S'r4rrlr1ry REG1ox.x1. XHCE-PRIQSIIDIINTS Stewart M. Jones '98, Laurel, XV. T. VVynne '01, Greenville, Gerald Fitzgerald '03, Clarks- dale, VV. Pi. Stone '05, Charleston, j. H. Varruie '08, Meridian, J. U. Tyson '09, Holly Springs, David E. Guyton '11, Blue Mountain, j. M. Vardaman '11, Memphis, Tenn., A. F. Gardner, jr., I 7 14, Greenwood, D. Vi. Holmes, '20, Hattiesburg. Exncvrivia Cosmirrnn L. A. Smith '99, Chairman, Holly Springs, J. K. Hamm '17, Secretary, Vniversity, Thos. Brady, jr., '94, Brookhaven, VV. Calvin VVells '99, jackson, A. B. Schauber '07, Laurel, A. M. Foote '08, Hattiesburg, VVall Doxey '13, Holly Springs, C'halmers Potter '15, jackson, N. S. Sweat '16, Corinth, J. P. McC'ain '17, Rolling Fork, Thompson Mcflellan '21, VVest Point. Alumni Representatives on Vniversity Athletic Committee: I.. A. Smith '99, Holly Springs, Niles Moseley '18, Jackson. By action of the Board of Trustees of the Vniversity and Uolleges in the fall of 1923, an all-time alumni secretary is 11ow maintained at the l'niversity, to cultivate relations between the University and its alumni. Mr. Jefferson K. Hamm '17, formerly of Meridian, Mississippi, is the present secretary. It was decided tl1at one of the first things necessary to be done would be the complete reorganization of the old society of the Illlllfllli, which, although it had been in existence for a number of years, had become inactive, and was not regarded as a representative organization. The work of bringing this about was undertaken by Mr. Hamm, and at a meeti11g of the alun1ni during the 1924 commencement, at which there were about one hundred present, new ofhcers were elected a11d the actual work of reorganization begun. One of the first acts of the DCKS' president was the appointment of an executive committee and a number of regional vice-presidents. The work of the organization has been carried forward through the alumni ofhce under the direction of the executive committee and with the co- operation of the regional vice-presidents. Several alu11111i clubs have been formed in the state and vicinity, and others are 11ow in the process of formation. XVhen present plans are carried out the Vniversity will be able to boast of an alumni organization second to none. Aside from the reorganization of the alumni, the Alumni Office has co-operated with the administration of the University in getting the sentiment of the alumni on Vniversity matters, brought about class reunions, aided in bringing about a re-organization of the athletic committee of the l'niversity, secured alu1n11i representation i11 athletic control, established a11 annual home-coming of Illllllllli to be held each fall duri11g one of the home football games, co-operated with student organizations wherever possible, tried to keep the alumni in touch with the l'niversity and its activities, and co-operated with the various departme11ts of the Vniversity wherever possible. Thus far pleasing progress has been made along all lines, and the work has already begun to bring results to such an extent that the future of the Alumni Association of the l'niversity is assured. Other activities are anticipated and the ge11eral belief is that the time is not far distant when the organized alumni will become the real power in University affairs that they should. 25

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,,a,,,,,,,,,, ,, . 1 3615 Q , W 3 ' IQIIIOIIIOICIOICIQICIQIQICIQIQICIOIOIQIQICICICIQIO ' fl.I.ll.llOlOlllClllOl.lClOIOIOICIDIOIOIOIOIDIGIOIOI0 THEl9Z5 OLE MISS town was startled by the 11ews that l'lllIHil'6ClS of XVOUlldCd Southerners were being rushed to the university b11ildi11gs which were to be converted into a hospital. This was the first of the many war sce11es that Oxford witnessed during the remainder of the great confiict. People of the town worked unselfishly to provide the new hospital. Homes were stripped of their bedding, and hundreds of cots were placed in the chapel. Even the galleries were lined with beds for the wounded. llere ill this historic old building hundreds of soldiers lay suffering from their NYOUIICTS. The small brick residence on the circle which is 11ow occupied by the Y. NI. C. A. secretary was used as the morgue, and thus came to bear the name of The Dead House, a title which has clung to it through the years that have followed. The Lyceum was used as the dispensary, a11d there such drugs as could be obtained were stored. ln the observatory Doctor liugene XV. Hilgard distilled alcohol for the use of the soldiers. Molasses and other local products were used in the manufacture of this rude product. Many gallons of blackberry cordial were supplied the physicians by Dr. Hilgard during the period of the first Confederate hospital on the CZIIYTPUS. The I'niversity buildings served thrice as a war hospital. Grant invaded Oxford dllfillg the period of the first Confederate occupation and fought a victorious battle i11 the streets of the town. The Confederate wounded were sent to Gre11ada before Grant's advance on the town, Zlllli all escaped safely. Grant later retreated to Memphis, and General Forrest occupied this territory. The second hospital began with Grant's capture of the l'niversity, while Forrest's advance marked its end a11d the beginning of the third. ' just off the campus is a small cemetery in which sleep seven hundred gallant warriors who died here fftlln wounds received in battle. A fire some years ago destroyed the markers over the graves, and tl1ese heroes sleep unknown to the passerby who looks with admiration upon their resting place. A simple Illtllllllllflll stands as an inadequate memorial to their deeds. The Vniversity buildings were well protected in this period of occupation, evacuation, a11d re-occupation by the hostile ar1nies. Although Grant burned Oxford o11 his retreat, he spared everything o11 the ca111pus. The influence of Professors Barnard a11d Boynton, who were ill the North, Zllltl of Dr. llilgard, wl1o guarded the l'niversity property, was sufficient to save the institution fro1n the ravages of war. This courtesy o11 the part of the Federal commander has preserved tl1e observatory and physics building, the Chapel, the Lyceum, and The Dead llo11se, all of which are 1n11te witnesses to the suffering Zlllll sorrow that 01108 stalked this beautiful campus. Ole Miss re-opened l1er doors as Zlll educational institution ill 1865, rich in a glorious heritage. As students have co1ne Zlllli gone they have felt the unbreakable ties that bind the l'11iversity lo the best ideals of the days befoh de wah. Across tl1e years there seems to extend a hand of brotherhood i59iN'CK ll those first alumni a11d tl1e students of today, and gl'illltlS0llS bow in homage to the deeds of grandfathers ill tl1e very building where they died. The ideals Oll which their lives were b11ilded are still taught ill Ole Miss, Zlllll the students of 1925 glory in the valor of the boys who followed l.ee Zlllll jackson. VVhe11 l'11cle Sam issued the call in '98 Zlllli 1917, so11s of Ole Miss sought to emulate their fathers i11 deeds of TICTOTSIII. 9 1 Y 44 l CIQIOICIQIIIOIIIOICICIQIOIC T 011101010 o1o1o1o1o1o1o1o1o .. A 'Q' 1' 0,1 K

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is :CEE B Q IOIIIQIOIOIOIOIOIOICIQICICICIC I OIOII OICCCICIO '- .IQI.lllflllflllflOICIQIIIOlllilIIIIOIOICIOIOIQIQIOII THEIQZS OLE MISS I Ii!1:i'i 1 l l l I l I l l l ' 1 The Reunxon of the Class of The Viiiwrsity C'uiiiiiezweiiiciit Iixereises of the spring of Ifjll, were fezltureml hy the reunion l ul' the Vlgtss of 0299, the first gathering ul its kintl heltl un the Ole Miss Cznnpu-. liratluzxte- l ol tht' vt-iiwzilwle iiltl Mississippi institution of twenty-live years ago Came from far :intl near tn pau lirunzleft- tn their ixllllll lXlllTt'l', :intl tht' lnen1xn'i11l exercises in which the Class pnrtieipntecl were ll lwznitilnl trihntt' to th use srlinnl tlzlys of hy'-gone yezlr-. ljlSIIlIll't' playa-cl little pzirt in tleterniining what menihers of the olzl Class would he present tn V iiflelwmte their Lfffltlllllilllll ul :1 lllllll'ft'l l'i'Ilfl1l'y hefore. Lilllllll' llilfkly, uf New York, returned ti, his iigiiitrt- still- hir the iwvgii-iiiiig Hugh ll. Pnsey, of lmvzl, alrnve through the Country' to meet his nhl rlzissnizite-. uzivi- nmrc. llimnzis Dirk Davis, l'nitetl States Consul to Calais, lrfilllfii l4illIt'll his nltl lrientls rin the vannpns hir the event. l lht' first l11u'tinp,f ul the nlunnti ns-enzhletl was tnr the pnrpnee of pt-rleeting the alumni Hl'1.fLlIlil1lll4lll. l,. .-X. Smith, nl lliillx Springs, uns elevtetl presitlentg I.. l'. l,e:lx'ell, ul' Uxfurtl, , n H r xim--pn-sitlt-iitg :intl il. K. llzinnn, ul l'nivers1ty, permanent sevretnry. NV. XV. vt'Il1ll1lC, of Clnrlts- ilgihf, spiiki- In tht- gihnnni, uhili- AI, Ii. lliilines, ol lVleniphis, also mzule n fitting :uhlress in intrn- tllll'lllj,f Nlr. lenzihlr. I liht- rvinii in was iittingli vlusetl hi an lmnquet nn the final night of the cmmnencement exer- 'ist-s. ilht' eu-:ning uns gin-n In plt'SlSllllI l'4.'HlllllNi't'lll'C'N, 1llVI6l'-lllll!H'I' speeelles, :intl tn enter- .iinintg insists. .Xnwng the Illlllll-X-lllllt'l'N pri-sent were: F. P. Still, ul St'll1lIIll5i1l: l.. P. l.eavelI, -it Uxlurtlg XY. cl1llXlIl XYvlls, nl xlgivksnlig XY. l'. linggzxn, of lllpelog Mui. C. R. Pettis, nl' XV4isliiligtfwi1, ll. l'.g XV. sl. Hex, ul lizly Saint lmnis, :intl Prulessnr U. A. Shaw, of l'niversity. l l l .Zfn unuuuumuu 3. ' 4d47 iC, ' PTVU