Wake Forest University - Howler Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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Charles Elisha Taylor iiAULKs JiLiSiiA Taylok Wiis boiii iu lUfliiiiouil, Virginia, October 28, 1842. Througli ln.th father and mother he is descended from distinguished ancestors. His fatlier, K.v. .1. H. Tii.vlor, D.D., was born in Kn-hind in tlii ' early part of the nineteenth .■.-.iinry, :in.i «;., brought to VirgiiiiM l. lii |i;n.i,i wliile an infant. 1)1. I ivl.,r MinHici was the daughter ..f K.x, KW h.i Williams, of Beverl.v, Mas.- aehu- M-tts, vlic.. afl.M a. live serxiii- as an oHi.-.-r in 111.- Itevnluli.ni. iH-canu- a Congregational minimi i-i-. , s a boy Dr. Ta.vl.ir «a fond ol outdoor games and siiorU, but at the same time was al va,ys devoted to I ks. Tlii liabil nt reading, acquired iu boyhood, has remained with liim througli lii wlmlr lib-, ind li;i- done much in shaping his character and career. He entered llielimond ' i.lli-g.- in Is. ' .s. but was not permitted to iinisli his college course uillioui iiit(-ii ujitioii. In .Xjiril, Isiil. on the da,v of the passage of the Ordinance of Seces- sion b. III.- iii;iniii (■..nv.-nti..ii. In- l.-ft i-.dlege and joined Comiiany F of the First Virginia Regiiii.-nl. . tl.-i iir.U In- wa a--igni ' d to the Twenty-first Virginia Regiment, and in July, 1861, a■ .-iii;.! .-.! in a .aiii|,aij;ii in West Virginia, under (ieneral Robert E. Lee. On Dee.-nili.-i ..i 111.- -a y.-ai lii Inigaile was sent to join Stonewall dael son in the lower valb-y. Iii.l.-i till- j;r.-al l.ad.-i li.- Iioi.- a brav.- jiart in some of tin- iii.. l ini|i .rtant Ijattles of tin- «ar. .U tin- b.illb- ..f K.rn liuMi, .Mai.-li 2:i, 1862. he re.ei .-.l a |.aiiiful wound, from tlie .-IV.-i-l-. ..t «lii,-li In- -till -.ilV.-i-. . rl.-r s|,rn.ling several wi-.-k- nn.l.-r Ui.- .-are of a sur- g.-..n, In- «as 1 1 a ii-iri i i-,l (., tin- Signal an.l S.-nel S.-rvi.-i- (nii,, iin.li-r lo-m-ral ,1. K. li. Stuall. In lsi;.l In- ua- iiia.lr a. ting a.ljutanl ..f tin- Signal .iii.l S.-.-r.-i S.-i i.-.. liureau in Iti.l 11.1. i.-niaining in this po itimi until the eii.l of tin- nai. . l III.- leiiiiening of the University of Virginia, in Isil,-,. Ii.- .-nt.-r.-.l this famous old institution, taking the .-utile a.-a.leiuii- course an.l graduating «illi tin- .-las, of 1,S70. F.d- lowilig bis gia.liiali..ii In- -|h-iiI s.-v.-ial nionlli- in l-:un.|.,-. ami ..n liis i.-hiin In- assu med the Cliair ot l.aliii in Wak,- l- ' .n.-l c ulli-g.-. Dr. ' , h,i u.i- a.lniirably .-ii.l.ni .-.1 by Nature f.ir a i-..ll.-g.- |.i..l.— ..11. Wliib- ..Mill.-., lis an.l .-asy .it a|i{,i ..a.li 1.. all. b.- Ii.-l.l t Iu- resj.e.-t an.l .-St.-.- f all uh.. kii,-« liiiii. . s a l.-.M-liei In- 1 .-.iiii 1 v.l a.-.-ma.-y 1 tln.r.nigbui-ss of his stinl.-lits. y.-l li.. nia.l.- .- .-ry l.-ss,ni iiiU-ie-t ilig t.. his i-lass. S I atl.-r .-..iiiiiig 1.1 Wak.- l- ' ..i.-sl. In- ,l.-.-i,l,-,l t., pr.-a.-li, an.l was or.lained .-Vpril 2:i. IS7I, Ills falln-i assislii.M in tin linalbni. 1)11 111,- .-l.- .-iitli ot S.-|.t.-inli.-i. is;:;. Dr. raOin inani.-.l .Mis- Mai. llinton Plit.-liard, 111.- .binglil.-i .if tin- gn-at llaplist |,i .-.i.-li.-r, Di. .I.ilin I,. I ' l it.liai .1. I S Ibis union seven -liil.li.-u Inn.- bi-.-ii bom, six .laugbl.-is an.l on.- son. Dr. Taxbir was .-l.-,-t.-d l ' |-.-si.l,-nl of Wak.- b.ir.-st in I )i-.-.-iiil,er, lss:l, sin-i-.-i-ding Dr. T. II. riil.liaiil. lb- f..iiii,l a .-..II.-l:.- Hilli s.-x,ii |,i,,[,-ss.,is. 111,..,- suli-lanlial bri.-k build- ings, ab..iil .■r;|llll.ll(lll .,t .-n.bnvni.iil, ami a -tml.-nl .-in ..llim-nl ..I l. ill. Tb.- .-..Il.-g.- .if to .lay, with its seventeen professors, witli six buibiings in US., an.l Iw.i im.ie in pi.ii-e-s .,f ..|.- -ti.in. with an endo inent of over $.300,000. and with n.-aily :i. ill stu.l.-nts. is largely the proiluct of Dr. Taylor ' s energy, perseverance, and ability.

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Table of Contents Frontispiece 2 Dedication 4 Dr. Charles E. Taylor 5 Life Sketch 6 College Calendar 8 Howler Editors 10 Faculty Roll 12 Our President 13 Faculty Group U Poem J. D.Ives 16 Senior Class— Officers 19 Class Roll 20 Class Will U Junior Class — Officers 43 Class Picture 44 Clas-s History Historian 45 Sophomore Class— Office 47 Class Picture 48 Cla History Historian 49 Freshman Class 51 Class picture 52 Class History HtstoriaD 53 Newish Poem .» Law Class— Officers 56 Class Picture 37 Class History Historian 5S Class Poem 60 Medical Class— officers 61 Class Picture ftS Class History SO The College BeU Ives 6b ToEuzelia iSonneti 6S Euzelian Society 69 Euzelian Hall 70 To Philomathesia i Sonnet) 71 Philomathesian Society 72 Phllomathesian Hall 73 Campus Scenes 74 Who Can Tell 75 Glee CInband Orchestra 77 To a Certain Corn-Cob Pipe 79 V. M. C. A.— Officers 36 Coming Back From Tea Goode 81 Anniversary Officers- Athletics Athletic Officers Ball Team 19(fi Base Ball Tennis Club Tract Team The Truth Sons of Morpheus High School Philosophers Midnight Matrimonial Orchestra . Loug-Legged Cohort In Memoriam Lazy Club Our Lyin ' Crowd Anti Calico Club The Similes Epicurean Club Class-room and Campu? His Wor;t Fault Dead Beats and Bums Staff Wate Forest Weetly Senior Speakers Ruminations on Exam Student Editors over the Banisters Mercer Debaters Campus Scene Wise and Inwise Perhaps There is Something in j The House of Fate ( Frank Barrett of Cleveland Lover ' s Leap Editorial College RoU After Advertisements ime After Syngardt 119 . Mangnm 121