College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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J. B. TERRELL. John Haynham Terrell, Ullianee,EssexCo.,Va- Phoenix; final Orator ' s Medal, ' 03 ' 04; Fresiden! of Phoenix, ' 03- ' 04; Diplomas in American History ;iiul Polities, Genera] History and Pedagogy, ' 03-04; Senior Class Historian, ' 04- ' 0o; Y. M. C. A. Hand-book Committee, ' 04- ' 0o; Class Base ball Team, ' 03-04; Final President of Phoenix, ' 05. horth his fortunes shall be lifted higher; True industry doth kindle honor ' s tire. Ala . . A., A., JOHN TYLER. C. L. TURNIPSEED. Clarence Lee Turnifseed, Union Springs, 1 l . ' ; Philomathean ; Secretary Y. M. C ' 01-02; Member Cabinel of the Y. M. C. ' 01- ' 02- ' 03- ' 04 ; Intermediate chv s Foot-ball Team, ' 03; Secretary Philomathean, ' 03; Diplomas in Genera] History Mini Natural Science, ' 02 ' 03; Diploma in Pedagogy, ' 03- ' 04; Final Secretary I ' I iil. una t licnn Society, ' 04; Second Team Fool lull. ' 04- ' 05; Associate Editor William and Iary Lil- • run Magazine, ' 04- ' 05; Associate Editor Colo- i w. Echo, ' 04- ' 05. Contentment gives a crown Where fortune hath denied it. John Tyler, Williamsburg, Va. A J; Philomathean; Viee-Presidenl Philomathean, 04 ' 05; ( ' ui-i.-ii.iii.Iihl: Secretary ..I Philomathean, ' 04 ' 05; Diploma in Natural Science, ' 03 ' 04. ... if thou -. ert the noblest ... th ttrain I 21 |

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T. P. SPENCER. Thos. Peachy Spencer. Williamsburg, Va. A 2: Phcenix; Base-ball Team [Captain, 03 I ' 02 ' 03; Captain Intermediate Class b ' oot-ball I.. mi. ' 02 ' 03; Fool ball Team, 03 04; Presidenl Twenty-one Club, ' 04 ' 05; An Editor of Colonial K ii. i. ii4 ' 05; Winner . t Tennis Doubles, ' 03 ' 04; Dip] .i- in American Historj and Politics, Peda h.afh Runt! mtnit J ' ,iiblrt hit nan lonlenl, ll ' tirti til anuthrr ' i utt tliry glvt If irm. A- L. TERRELL. C. W. SYDNOR. Charles William Sydnor, Portsmouth, Va. - l I ' .; Phoenix; Vice-President of Phcenix, ' 02- ' 03; Presidenl of Phcenix, ' 02-03; Chairman of Bible Readers, Y. M. C. A.. ' 02-03; Chairman .if Missionary Committee, Y. M. C. A.. ' 03- ' 04, ' 04— ' 05; Treasurer of Phcenix. ' 03- ' 04; Interme- diate (In— Base-ball Team, ' 03-04; President of Phoenix, ' 03- ' 04; Presidenl ..t Phcenix, ' 04- ' 05; Secretary and Treasurer of Senior Class, ' 04 ' 05; President of Rooter ' s Cub (Base-ball), 4-05. I n n children followed with endearing wile. And pluck ' d his («wn to thare the g i ,d man ' i Smth. Alfred Lynch Terrell, Ullianee, Essex Co., Va. Phoenix; Improvement Medal in Declamation, ' 03 ' 04; Secretary of Phcenix, ' 03- ' 04; Phoenix Final Executive Committee, ' 04- ' 0o; Diplomas in American History and Poli- tics, General History and Pedagogy ' 02- ' 03; Diploma in Latin. ' 03- ' 04; Class Foot- l.all and Base-ball Teams, ' 02 ! feel within me .-i fence above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet uns tnte . I 2

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY. XT is with mingled feelings of pleasure and reluctance thai your scri i up his pen and addresses himself to the i nentous task of writing the historj iif the Senior Class of L905; for, while it is a pleasure to look hack upon and record our greal deeds of the past, yet, in a class so large and so illustrious, the task of the historian must necessarily be an incomplete one, - to record individually the history of these distinguished sons of America would be impossible in the shorl -pan ' and time allotted to him. So your present historian will have to content himself by touching only upon the mure importani facts in our history, and leave the completion and perfection of his task to the future and more capable historian. Ii was on a bright October morning, a g I many year- ago (a you have doubtless observed) that we arrived in the city of Williamsburg. The weather was still quite warm, and though ii was the time of the last rose of summer, all nature bore the unmistakable -lamp of the good old summer time, and ye ancient capitol was, I presume, looking her best. As we alighted from the train and caught our first glimpse of the city, about which we had read so much in our histories, we began to think that we were the victims of a joke, and that the conductor had landed us in a portion of the country that Columbus had purposely overlooked, but as we walked up the streets, and beheld on every side the moulding ruins of so many places Eamous and sacred in the annals of our history, we became convinced thai we had arrived at the right place. Doubly assured were we of this fact, when, on arriving ai the end of Duke of Gloucester Street, we beheld the old College, in front of which stood the majestic figure of our ancient friend. Botetourt, who seemed to he beckoning us to enter within the sacred portal.-, and drink of the fountain of knowledge from which Jefferson and scores of other distinguished sons of America had drunk in the great past. The Due Class, in which this stately and august body had its humble Ii. ginning, was, as you may guess, quite a heterogeneous mass, and represented nearly every known specimen of humanity. Among us could be found the stately peda- gogue, who. having disposed of his meagre store of knowledge, had come to College to replenish his stock; the farmer hoy. whose action- were sufficient proof of the fact that he was one of the greenest productions that hi- father had ever -hipped: and another class whose furrowed cheek and shining foretop bore testimony to the fact that they, like I ' once de Leon, had come searching for the fountain of youth. For a while the novelty of our new life delighted us, hut soon came that awful feeling of isolation, known as homesickness, which was not in the least alleviated by the midnight visit- of the old boys, who. having given us ample opportunity to display our abilities along various line-, departed, leaving upon us impressions of the mosl lasting nature. To our yet untutored mind- the wonderful ami seem- r 22