University of Virginia - Corks and Curls Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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20 coRKs AND CURLS V01-XXVI oke a few months ago of the ice-bound frigiclity of the University of Virginia. This, sp D i . V . too, facing the fact that it has been an unusually mild winter. .At a Lexington alumni meeting held in Richmond on JanuaYY 20, DT- Smith, In glonflcauon of hls refently adopted step-child fdoubtful genealogy, Pefhapsl, dwelt UPOU the unadulterated Joy ff life at the institution to which Washington gave a legacy Of a few hufldred dollars when It was a struggling grammar school, and to whose patronymic a twin title was dubbed after General Lee had occupied a chair there at the end of the War. Within direct quotation marks, Dr. Smith is reported in the press as saying that compared to the genial tempera- THE STRUCTURE'BREATHES BOTH NOBILITY AND DIGNITYH ment of Washington and Lee, the atmosphere of the State University is a chill and biting blast such as Dr. Cook encountered on his quest for the Pole. It is left to be inferred that every time Dr. Smith comes to the University, he feels like Lieutenant Peary paddling a twenty-foot canoe across Baf'lin's Bay. Goose-flesh breaks out all over him, his teeth chatter, and he haistens back to his boys at Lexington to thaw himself out. This is not as it should be. Presumably, Dr. Smith is entertained on his visits les Alphonso Smith, and the distinguished ex- here at the home of his brother, Dr. Char Roosevelt professor to Berlin ought not to allow his guest and close collateral relative to t visit, he should help his 'circu- lation by circulating a little more around the campus: l-le will find that the students are, perhaps, more mature than those of his own fold, which may explain why they do not slap shiver thus unaccountably. On the occasion of his nex fr 511-1-51.45. f -V if YU' - ' A ' '1 -.'- ,f..,,,,V . , - --- , ,.,,4,5,l,,.,,s,.,g,,A,.3,,..t....-l-'s-4.x-N.e ,,ggQ.-4.......Q.-lQ...i.l.g..Q--4:::.f.'.:,'.,....a-.-.A-.,z,Q,.- A, - ' , ,, - 4- I

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S i 1913 RKS AND CURLS The Cor The R Corner ner lS ome a m o n g the Latlns all roads leadlng to ltS klndly rendezvous It IS at the entrance to the college grounds the cardlac valve through whlch IS pumped the llfes blood of the Unlver Slty It IS the center of com placence and repose ye wlthal the scene of the great est actlvlty Hlther repalr dally yea hourly the Whole Madison Hall Gymnasium and Some New heterogeneous populatlon all Fr21ff2rn1fVH0uS-21 but the lowly freshman as sured of a welcome Here reputatlons are made and lost fortunes ln favor galned or dlsslpated P0lltlCS thrlve or thrlves upon the current gOSSlp soclal organlzatlons form thelr final estlmates It IS the caldron ln whlch uncertalntles are bolled down to a substance In Splte of ltS magnetlc spell the Corner has been nelther beautlful nol orderly an appreclatlon that has lately aroused Wlth good effect the protests of the aesthetlcs Wlthln another twelve month the anclent structure of Temperance Hall on the southern slde wlll be replaced by a modern commerclal bulldlng ln keeplng wlth the prevalent style of classlclsm A stately arch wlll form the maln gateway But the Corner Wlll always remaln the same an ldeal dolce far nzenle retentlvc of ltS tradltlons dCSpltC the march of prog ress La Rowe s bllllard parlor wlll contlnue to be gulle and new and more handsome emporlums wlll swell thelr prollts from an lncreased prosperlty It could not have been wlth the dally scenes at the Corner ln hls Arct1c Explorers mlnd that Dr Henry LOUIS Smlth presldent of Wash Tennis Courts Laid Out Between Natural Embankments ' lngton and Lee Unlverslty , ll - ' ' , ' - as - . ll 7 ! ' ' . I . f ' , A fin. 4' l . ' 9 Y' . , K- . - . .. , I f ' 1-1 7 , 9 , ' , ' , Reneau . , . , ' a 'L .f. ' ' - ' ' - 1 1 . . a . , ..H 1 - ' .n . . . H ,, . . . .' -' 1 ' 9 .lu 1 4 - , ' ' ' ' IG 99 . , t -5 ' ' . . . . .V Q ' ' 1 I ,A .. ,g . . . . . . . . .- L 9 9 p E W - ' ls , V 9 - I - I ll., ' 'gg - 0 u ' ' ' -1 I Q 1,1 . . V . . . ' ' . . . . 'l A . sc as - - 'Y s I , . , 1 . Q . . ' ' 66 , y , i VYVV W . t v ' . ... .W .... Y., . .-., ,,.,-. , r.....--. .-..v,.. , -.,. , .... V..-,., . ., ,,. .- . un., .. . ,,.- .g . .1

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X X . -.,. Q . 1913 CORKS AND CURLS 21 one another indiscriminately upon the back or engage in boyish , ,, , pranks. There is, nevertheless, a . . . . 11.4 ,.. : sociability and esprzi cle corps, 1 which he has failed altogether to find. Among eight hundred and - twenty-two students, fregistraris figures for February 7, twice the , enrollment under Dr. Smith's charge? an individual acquaint- g r ance can not extend to the whole LAMBETH FIELD community, but friendships are sin-cere,.the enjoyments of social intercourse considerable, and there is no snobbery. A man chooses his own friends, and is estimated at his own worth, more than which can hardly be asked of the most democratic spirit. There is no class distinction. . . Among the social organizations, the broadest' classification is that Fratern1t1es .. . . , . of the twenty-three general fraternities. These include in their member- ship about one half of the student body. Each is labelled with distinctive letters of the Greek alphabet, and in the course of time each has come to stand for a definite thing. The part that the fraternities play in college life usually amazes the first year man, who often has but a vague idea 'of their existen-ce.i All but two of them have chapter houses, and all have their meeting places for the transaction of affairs. Within the past few years, many of them have put up handsome buildings and the rest have but one obsession, viz., to change their rented halls for homes owned outright. The day is not farndistanz when all will be enclosed between walls of masonry fronted by impressive columns, so firmly has the desire for proprietorship taken root. All fraternities are alike in their basic fundamentals. In the cellar or loft, each stores in a sacred crypt its symbols of inviolable secrecy. In its archives are related the circumstances of the birth of a new spirit in freemasonry and the dissemination of the doctrine abr-oad to other pure-souled adherents. There is a chart showing how to trans- mute an ordinary hand clasp into a grip by intertwining the fingers in a -characteristic vise. It is well, also, to have a skull or two lying around for state occasionsg an iron chain that will clank significantly in ominous suggestion of the terrors of the Inquisition, and a few chemicals with which to make a spectral light at initiations. Thus, a glamor is thrown over the cementing of the Hbondsf' It was once said by Deacon Hemphill that the fra- ternity throws around firm and lasting friendships the strong and enduring chain of mysti- cism. Well may the disclosure of the occult bind by vows taken in trepidation amid awe- some surroundings! . 1 - ,Y V W-,N HA--,W , ,.,,.,. ...-.,..--. .... M... -- . n-as -