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

Text from Pages 1 - 216 of the 1897 volume:

PRESS OF THE CHAS. H. ELLIOTT CO., Ph 0..1 lA) k: C. 1 W ' . i ' ' ' A¥ ► [)l:l)ICATION TO Ti-ie il.lu tr:ou on op an illu triou, FATI-| = R; THE Dl TlNQLli M ED SCHOLAR and CIlKl r. IAN OE.NTLEA AN ; THE PAITMPUU AND EfPICIENI PREJlDENT, WflO FOR MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A CENTURr liA3 DEVOTED M IJ LIFE TO THE ER. -,CE OF OUR ALMA ATERJ TO (icii. George ' (LSl ii gtoi Curtis Lee, LL. D. Wc Dedicate xrws, Volome as an t1a,Mai-E Tri GKN. G. W. ClISTIS r.F.K Board of Iliditors L. C. Barret, M. Broxaugh, F. BOSSHARDT, D. K. Cameron, B. F. Harlow, Jr. A. G. Jknkixs, A. B. La Far, . K. S. McCi.iNTic, J. D. M. Armistead, Virginia, A. F. Toole, Alabama, Missouri ' irginia . Texas . California . West Virginia West Virginia . South Carolina Missouri V. A. Batchelor, North Carolina W. D. McSwEEX, Tennessee, C. F. Myers, Virginia, Editor in-Chief . Associate Editor B. McLester, J. M. Mason, J. P. MiCHLER, . H. R. Morrison, G. C. Powell, . J. R. Smith, . L. W. Smith, J. R. Tucker, Business Manager Assistant Business Manager Assistant Business Manager Tennessee West Virginia Pennsylvania Arkansas District of Columbia Virginia . Virginia Virginia B. C. FLOURNoy, R. W. FLOURXoy, W. E. Davis, ILLUSTRATORS. Maryland G. C. Powell, Maryland Tennessee H. W. M. Drake, fi. D. Sloan, P. L. Wilson, Mississippi District of Columbia Missouri Virginia MNTIC. MICB ARMISTEAp. iELOR. MA EIRE a veritable flower that blooms iu the Spring, the Calvx of ' 97 presents itself to the public gaze. The editors realize its many imperfections, and offer in extenuation only the fact that the entire work of compiling the book has necessarily been done in two months ' time. This fact, in addition to accounting for some of its shortcomings, should tend to add lustre to whatever of good it may contain. At all events we venture to hope that this volume will serve as an incentive to more energetic and systematic effort in the future. We believe that the work will be found, to some extent, at least, a true reflex of college life at Washington and Lee University, and as such we offer it to the student and alumnus. To all who have aided in the publication we extend hearty thanks, and especially to the Board of Trustees, whose timely financial support did much to make its existence possible. April 15th, 1897. —6— ■4 y I Session 1896-97 Began 9 a. m. Thursday, September 10. ■ EwMiNATiONS OF First Term BEC. AN Friday, neceinher 1 1 Christmas Hoijday began 3 p. m. Tuesday, ncceniljer 22 Second Term began 9 a. m. Wcducsday, December 30 1897. Lee Memorial Day, Si ' Spension Tuesday, January 19, Anniversary of the Graham-Lee Society S p. m. Tuesday, January 19, Washington Memorial Day, Suspension Monday, February 22 Anniversary of the Washington Literary Society . . . 8 p. m. Monday, February 22 Examinations of Second Term began Saturday, March 20 Suspension Tliursday, April i Third Term began 9 a. m. Fridiy, Ajiril 2 Examinations of Third Term begin Tuesday, June i Baccalaureate Sermon 11 a. m. Sunday, June 13 Address before the Young Men ' s Christian Association ... 9 p.m. Sunday, June 13 Final Celebration of the Literary Societies 9 p. m. Mond.iy, June 14 Stated Meeting of the Board of Tru.stees 10 a. m. Tuesday, June 15 Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association 6 p. m. Tuesd.iy, June 15 Address before the Alumni Association 9 p. m. Tuesday, June 15 Commencement Day, Closing E.xercises of the Session, AnIlR ss bebore the Literary Societies 11 . m. Wednesday, June 16 Corporation. Legal Title : The Washington and Lee Universitj ' . Judge WILLIAM McLAUGHLIN, Rector, 1888. TRUSTEES. Major Thomas Jellis Kirkpatrick, i860. Judge William McLaughlin, 1865. William Anderson Glasgow, Esq., 1865. Judge James Kerr Edmondson, 1870. William Alexander Anderson, Esq., 1885. Alexander Tedford Barclay, Esq., 1885. Rev. Edward Clifford Gordon, D. D., 1888. Hon. Henry St. G. Tucker, 1889. John Lyle Campbell, Thom. s Davis Ranson, Esq., 1891. Robert Flournoy Dennis, Esq , 1893. William Caruthers Preston, Esq., 1893. Rev. Givens Brown Strickler, D. D., 1894. Helm Bruce, Esq., 1895. William Henry Ruffner, LL. D., 1896. Clement Daniel Fishburne, Esq., 1896. Secretary and Treasurer, 1877. •General John Echols, died Ma SOUTH ENTRANCE TO CAMIT! Faculty and Officers. GEORGE WASHINGTON CUSTIS LEE, LL. D., 187 r, President. Alexander Lockhart Nelson, M. A., 1854, Cincinnati Professor of Mathematia. Charles Alfred Graves, M. A., LL. D., 1875, Professor of Common and Statute Law. Sidney Turner Moreland, M. A., C. E., 1880, Dean of tlie Faculty, and McConnick Professor of Pliysics. James Addison Quarles, D. D., LL. D., 1886, Professor of Philosopliv . Hexrv Donald Campbell, M. A., Pii. D., 1S87, Robinson Professor of Geology and Biologv . John Randolph Tucker, LL. D., 1889. Dean of the Law Faculty, and Professor of Fquitv and Connnercial Law, and of Constitutional and Interjiational Law. Died February 13, 1897. David Carlisle Humphreys, C. E., 1889, Thomas A. Scott Professor of Civil Engitieering . Henry Alexander White, M. A., Ph.D., D.D., iSS Professor of History. Addison Hogue, 1893, Corcoran Professor of Greek. Edwin Whitfield Fay, M. A., Ph. D., 1893, Peabody Professor of Latin . James Lewis Howe, Ph. D., M. D., 1894, Bayly Professor of Chemistty. William Spenser Currell, M. A., Ph. D., 1895, Professor of Modern Languages and English. John William Davis, A. B., B. L., 1896, Assistant Professor of Law. THE FACULTY. INSTRUCTORS. Harry Waddell Pratt, M. A., 1891, Hugh Miltox McIlhany, Jr., M. A., 1895, Physical Director and Instructor in Matliematics . Instructor in German. Thomas James Farrar, A. B., 1895, Benjamin Franklin Harlow, Jr., A. B., 1896. Instructor in Enolisli and French. Assistant in the Chemical Laboratory. Harrington Waddell, A. B., 1896, Assistant in the Physical Laboratory. officers. John Lvle Campbell, B. L., 1877, William Reynolds Vance, Ph. D., 1896, Secretary of the Faculty. Law Librarian. Mlss Annie Robertson White, 1895, Edward Waring Wilson, 1896, Librarian. Assista?U to the Libiariati. Washington Loring Lee, 1896, Assistant Custodian of the Reading Room. Alumni Association, The Alumni of the University have had an association for many years. Its object is to keep alive among the alumni the sentiment of affection for their Ahna Ufala , and to unite the graduates of successive years by a common tie of fellowship. Its annual meetings are held at commencement, when, after the transaction of business, an anni- versary oration is pronounced by some alumnus chosen by the society. The following is the present organization : Thos. D. Ransox, Virginia, President. Newton D. Baker, West Virginia, ] ,.. -„ • i  _ ' ice-Presidents. Wm. M. McElwee, Jr., Virginia, ) H. D. Campbell, Secretary. Jxo. L. Campbell, Treasurer. H. D. C.VMPBELL, Chairman, M. W. Paxtox, Wji. M. McElwee, Jr., W. G. McDowell, H. A. White, Executive Committee. LOCAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS. Camden, Arkansas. Arkansas. Cynthiana, Ky. Lexington, Ky. Louisville, Ky. Shreveport, La. Kansas City, Mo. Baltimore, Md. New York City. Oregon. New Orleans, La. Chattanooga, Tenn. Knoxville, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn. Nashville, Tenn. Texas. Galveston, Texas. Bath and Allegheny Counties, ' a. Bedford City, Va. Buchanan, Va. Buena Vista, Va. Christiansburg, ' a. Harrison and Marion Counties, W. Va. Huntington. W. ' a. Charleston, S. C. Harrisonburg, Va. Highland Co., Va. Loudoun Co., ' a. Lynchburg, Va. Norfolk and Portsmouth, ' a. Richmond, Va. Roanoke, Va. Staunton, ' a. Waynesboro, ' a. Winchester, Va. Charleston. W. ' a. Lewisburg, W. ' a. Monroe Co., W. Va. Parkersburg, W. ' a. Koll of Academic otudents. Allan, John Preston, . Anderson, William Dandridge Alexander, Armistead, Jacob D. M., A. B., . Bachman, Nathan Lynn, . Barclay, David Moore, Barret, Le Roy Carr, Blain, Robert Waller, Brundidge, John Peebles, Bryan, Fred Adair, Burke, Cecil Henry, Campbell, Robert Granville, . Capito, Gistav Benz, Chermside, Herbert Brooke, Connor, Elgene Caper, CooTES, Frank Graham, Cowan, James Randal Kent, David, Henry Jay, Davis, William Emrys, Deacon, Ernest F., Dixon, Harlow Shaw, Downey ' , Frank Le Fbvre, Drake, Henry Winhourne Magruder, Farrar, Thomas James, A. B., . Felder, Paul S., Jr., FiSHBURNE, George Petrie, Fitzhugh, Norman Shrewsbury, . Flournoy, Benjamin Cortlandt, Flournoy, Richard Parke, Garrow, Harris Walker, Jr., GaRROW, John Wanroy, Virginia Gordon, William Ale-Xander, Virginia Graves, John Kirkpatrick, Virginia Gr.aves, William K., . .Tennessee Gresham, William D., Virginia Griffin, Robert Justin, Jr., . . Missouri Guthrie, Charles Waldo, . Virginia Hamilton, Farrar Petrie, Arkansas H. mner, Samuel Garland, Tennessee Harlow, Benjamin Frankli-n, Jr., . Alabama Harrison, Samuel Davis, . Virginia Harvey, Frank Leslie, West Virginia Hattan, William Cary, Virginia Hemphill, J.a.mes, Te.xas Herold, Sidney Levy, Virginia Hodgson, Joseph Ellis, Virginia Holmes, Linwood Ruff, Louisiana Horne, Samuel Ruffin, . Tennessee Houston, Gordon Randolph, Virginia Hubb.ard, Ebenezer George, . West Virginia Hunter, Edmund Pendleton, Jr., West Virginia Jones, Andrew Lewis, . Mississippi Jones, Alexander Seddon, Jr., Virginia Jones, Clarence, South Carolina Joyner, Reginald Hkber, . Virginia Karnes, William Lee, . West Virginia Lacy, Robert Madlson, Maryland Lakin, Francis Dare, . West Virginia LEE, Washington Loring, . Texas Lind, Samuel Colville, Texas Lindenberger, Emory Hopewell, District of Columbia Virginia Virginia Virginia Georgia . Kentucky Misfissipi Mrginia . West Virginia Virginia M issonri Virginia Kentucky . Louisiana Virginia Virginia North Carolina Virginia Alabama District of Columbia ' irgiuia N ' irginia Virginia West X ' lrginia Virginia . Virginia Maryland South Carolina Tennessee . Kentucky LrsBY, Oscar William, Marshall, Thomas E., Jr., Mason, James Montgomery, Mason, Thomas Mutter, Maxwell, David Elwell, McCluer, John Cameron, . McCluer, James Steele, McClure, James Alexander, McCli ' ng, William Kvle, McGuire, Randolph Tucker, McIlhany, Hugh Milton, M.A. Molester, Battle, . McPheeters, Samuel Brown, . Moore, Edward McDowell. Morrison, James Luther, Morrison, William Brown, Myers, Charles Franklin, Miley, Henry Mackev, A. B., Nelson, Robert, NowLiN, Elmo Pevtox, Oberlin, Jay, . O ' Neal, Edward Asbury, . Ott, William Pinkerton, Parrish, William Cardelle, Perrow, Mosby Garland, Prather, Carter Harris, . Pratt, Harry Waddell, M A., Roark, Charles Norvell, . Rogers, Chisolm Tucker, Rogers, Robert Hale, Marylaud Rosebro, Benjamin M., Virginia Savage, Harvey B., . West Virginia Shepherd, William A., . Marj-land SHIELDS, G. Benoist, Florida Shields, Randolph Tucker, West Virginia Sloan, Ewing Davidson, . . West Virginia Smith, Christopher Tompkins, . Virginia Smith, Emery Homer, Virginia Smith, Livingston Waddell, A. B, Virginia Snyder, Alban Goshorn, . Virginia Snyder, Kenton Matthews, . Tennessee SuTER, David Irenaeus, South Carolina Toole, Arthur Fulkerson, Virginia Tucker, John Randolph, . Virginia Von Borries, Ehrmann Francis, . Virginia Waddell, James Gordon, . Virginia Waddell, Harrington, A. B., Virginia Watson, William Craven, . Kentucky Webb, Albert Walter, . Virginia W ' ebb, Thomas Henry, Virginia White, William Henry, . Alabama Whitehead, Troup, Virginia Whitside, Warren W, . Indiana Wingfield, GusTavos Adolphus, Virginia Wilson, Louis Feuilleteau, . Virgiuia Wilson, Philip Lindsley, . Virginia Witherspoon, John Donnom, . Kentucky Witherspoon, Lister, Jr., . Virginia Winn, James Julius, Jr., . Missouri WiTz, JULIUS L-, . Virginia Missouri Virginia Virginia Virginia Missouri West Virginia West Virginia Virginia West Virginia West ' irginia Virginia Alabama Virgiuia Kentucky Virginia Virginia Virginia Maryland Marylaud . South Carolina Georgia Texas Virginia Virginia Virginia South Carolina . Kentucky Alabama Virgiuia Academic Class V Colors: Olive and Pink. OFICERS. H.W. Garrow, Jr., Tex., President. J. R. K. CowAX, Va, Vice-President. B. F. Harlow, Jr., V. Va., Secretar} ' and Treasurer. CANDIDATE FOR PH. D. J. D. M. Armistead, Va. Flower: The Red Rose. W. B. Morrison, Va., Historian. A.W.Webb, Md., Valedictorian. CANDIDATES FOR M.A. T. J. Farrar, Va. B. F. Harlow, Jr., W. Va. CANDIDATES FOR A. B. L. C. Barret, Mo. E. A. O ' Neal, Ala. J. R. K. Cowan, Va. M. G. Perrow, Va. W. B. Morrison, Va. A. F. Toole, Ala. A.W.Webb, Md. CANDIDATES FOR C. E. B. C. Flournov, Md. S. M. D. Harrison, Va. H. W. Garrow, Jr., Tex. T. H. Webb, Md. CANDIDATE FOR B. S. H.W. M. Drake, Miss. History of the Academic Graduating Class of 97 Prociil, O . ' piocul else t rojani ! HE Academic graduates have the floor, and claim full possession. With bated breath let the shiver- ing Bics. and all small fry attend while the His- toric Muse touches my lips with a live cigarette stump and infuses inspiration into my heart ' s core. In the first place, I am led to observe that in what- ever light considered the superiority of the Academ. over the Bic. is undisputed, — save by incompetent and preju- diced persons. The Bic. comes and goes like the waver- ing tide. He springs into existence like the mushroom, and as suddenly sinks into oblivion. The Academ., on the other hand, comes to stay. His growth is slow, but sure. Starting from the weakest beginning as a verdant Freshman, he broadens in stature and in mind through- out his course. Around his heart ' s affections are twined the Alma Maternal apron-strings, till, when his gradua- tion day comes he finds that his home is here, his friends are here and his treasure and his heart are here. What wonder, then, that we of ' 97 feel our bosoms swell with emotion when we realize that soon the cords must be broken, the tender ties loosed. At this closing moment of our history we are con- strained to glance back over the events of the years behind us. In rapid succession they pass before us, and, as they go, we realize that in nothing pertaining to the true and faithful performance of undergraduate duties have we been wanting. As each fall term has rolled around we have rushed the P ' reshmen for the final ball election, and many are the stern and deep arguments with which we have loaded their unsuspect- ing minds. We have regu- larly attended the opening re- ceptions of the V. M. C. A., and the Sunday meetings — occasionally. Most persist- ently have we averred that the foot-ball team would defeat our neighbors, the Cadets, and in this, our final year, we have had our prophecy fulfilled to our immeasurable surprise and delectation. In literary society matters we have shone signally as the preeminent champions of Roberts ' Rules of Order, to the successful exclusion of all debate upon the question under discussion, and have learned thereby to evade in the most artistic manner the fines attendant on neglected duty. 33-l t; Throughout the winter terms we have studied, when our other rather onerous duties have not intervened. But in the spring ! Our young and growing fancies have turned, not lighth ' , as saith the poet, but heav- ily, bodily, totally. to thoughts of calic. How could we help it, with the the loveliest of campuses before us, and the sweetest of maidens strolling so temptingly, so trequently, so slowly, over its beautiful sward ? Help it we could not, and so we had it incorporated into the constitution and by- laws of the class that no one should presume to apply for a degree of any character until he could show reason- able proof that he had at least once in each session been in love. This duty has been faithfully performed by each and every one of us : by some even more frequently than the law required. The great collegiate duty of the spring term, that of witnessing every game of base ball, has also been per- formed, and we have won high honors as onlookers and encouragers of the team. In the later spring we have not forgotten the Father of his Country in our rambles on moonlight nights, and many are the occasions on which we have glorified Old — 20- George with the red or blue insignia of our respective boat crews. On several occasions, which come to us now most vividly, have we seen the venerable G. W. display the national colors, the white being furnished b} such small parts of his own person as had escaped the hostile paint brush of fratricidal strife. In commencement days we have gone regularly to chapel and talked religiously throughout the exercises to our best girl, or to some other fellow ' s, as the case might be. A righteous horror has been exhibited, since our very first commencement, of hearing one word which proceeded from the rostrum, and careful attention has been given to the discourse of those who filled the pews. In all seasons we have endeavored honestly to make as much noise on the streets of Lexington as was ex- pected and desired by Sergeant Hazlewood and Mayor Houghawaut in order that some amusement might be afforded the anxious spectators who daily thronged the municipal courts of justice. The spirit of tender solici- tude for the dumb beasts of the t jwn has been carefully fostered, and in furtherance of this end more than one bovine has found a night ' s lodging far from the noisy crowd in the company of the shades of Plato and Aristotle. On Sundays we have attended service regularly, — some Sundays, and on these occasions have never failed to stand on the church steps and watch the calic, as with downcast eyes they departed from the sanctuary. all unconscious of our miserable existence, and ever sur- prised when we offered our services to see them safely home. In addition to these primary duties, we have found time to tremble three times each year in the presence of examinations, and have escaped from these ordeals so as bv fire. We have studied alwavs, whenever time and inclination have happened to fall in together, and in all things we have proved ourselves worthy. Wherefore, seeing that all these duties have been accomplished, we are ready to pass into history. The story is told, the play is played out, and the curtain falls on the last act of the Academic Class of ' 97 amidst the deafening applause of Commencement Day, and as the last echo dies away, a voice from the clouds is heard : El have oliin iiuinitiiac jiiitibit. Academic Class, o Class Colors : Royal Purple and Orange. Class Ykll : Rah I Kliee ! Rhi ! Rho ! ring, rang, rale ! Senior Class 1 Senior Class ! ' y8 ! OFFICERS. Wm. K. McClung, ' a., President. W. W. Wiiitsidk, Tex., Treasurer. Jas. M. Masox, W. Va., Vice-President. S. G. Ha.mnkr, ' a., Historian. Gordon Houston, Va., Secretary. E. McD. Moore, Va., Poet. MEMBERS. CANDIDATES FOR Ph. D. H. W. Pratt, M. A., X ' a. H. M. McIlhany, M. A., Va., CANDIDATES FOR M. A. M. G. Perrow, Va. L. C. Barrkt, Mo. L. W. Smith, A. B., •A. CANDIDATES FOR A. B. R. G. Campbell, Va. R. T. Shields, Va. W. K. Gkavhs, Va. J. L. Morrison, Va. J. M. Mason, V. ' a. E. McD. Moore, Va. J. E. Hodgson, Va. A. G. Snvdkr, W. Va. J. A. McClure, Va. W. K. McCi.LNG, V, . S. G. Hamner, Va. CANDIDATES FOR B. S. V. W. Wiiitsidk, Tex. G. R. Hovston, Va. W. C. W.atson, Va. F. P. Hamilton, Miss. —23— History of the Class of 98. PRESUMPTION, what are thy penalties, what thy consequences ! It is with no little fear and trembing that the Class of ' 98 steps upon the arena of life, as never before in the history of Washing- ton and L,ee University has the sub-graduating class dared to make itself prominent. Already have the gradu- ates of ' 97 cast at us glances of mingled surprise and contempt, like a big bull dog looking down at a little pup, as much as to ask, Where did you come from ? It is beyond me to say where we did come from, but nevertheless, we are here, as big as life. Whether or not we have any history, is a question which the gentle reader will not be long in answering. How can a class, which at the present writing is only four da ' s old, have a history ? Well, we will see. Although the Class of ' 98 has only been in existence four days, as a class, it has existed in embryo for — lo ! these many years ; and as this is in- tended to be an exhaustive history, it needs must trace the growth of the class, even when it was a single germ, and study the predominating causes which have produced such a wonderful result. The most primitive individual of the Class of ' 98 appeared on the Washington and Lee campus way back yonder in ' 89, and well maj ' we boast of him as true and loyal supporter of the white and blue. How often has he borne our unsullied banner triumphantly through the raging battle, and brought joy to the hearts of the base-ball enthusiasts ! Of course I refer to Pratt, the dauntless twirler, sans peur ct sans repivche. This gentle- man needs no enlogy from me, as we all know his merits, and greet the mere mention of his name with reverence and respect. Numerous other members of this class deserve mention here on account of their deeds of valor and their great accomplishments, but alas ! time fails me, and thev ' are doomed to pass into oblivion, unwept, unhonored and unsung. But although their brilliant achievements are not recorded in this histoiy their fame is spreading far and wide, and doubtless in the future 3 ' ears they will become beacon lights on the shores of time, so that the proudest boast of the Class of ' 98 will be, that they were once enrolled among her members. Many and memorable were the experiences of our freshmen days, and never will they be forgotten while memory doth hold a seat in this distracted globe. What student will ever forget the fatal day when he first met that bewitching siren of Lexington, called The Calic ! Little dreamed he then, poor innocent boy, that a dangerous snare was hidden behind the meshes of those long black eye-lashes, and that this snare was set especially for Freshmen. Dauntlessly he marches for- ward, but before he knows it, the fatal snare has caught him, and he is stuck fast in the trap. Of course you know the rest — how the poor victim is lead higher and still higher, until his head is in a whirl, and he is almost unconscious of everything except his relentless captor. Suddenly — O horrors I — the victim is dropped from this dizzj ' height, and the heartless siren claps her hands with joy to see his bruised and lacerated form, lying crushed on the rocks beneath. The blow is a hard one, and the painful wounds are slow in healing. By degrees however, the poor fellow recovers, but that fresh bright color of former days has left his cheek, and his haggard face is somewhat sadder than before. He is no longer an unsophistocated Freshman, but a wise and experi- enced student. Pardon me, dear reader, my digression, and I will promise to adhere more closely to my history in the future. Early in the session of ' g6- ' 97, our class spirit began to make itself evident, and the spark was carefully nourished until on March 2, 1897, it burst into a bright flame. Our class was oganized on this day and the following officers elected: W. K. McClung. of Va., president: J. M. Mason, of W. ' a., vice-president; G. R. Houston, of Va., secretary: V. W. Whitside, fcosmopolitan), treas- urer : last, but by no means least, Mr. E. McD. Moore of Va., was elected class poet, and some day, (who knows I, we may all be immortalized in verse by this second Shakespeare. At the present time the Class of ' 98 is in a flourishing condition, but already we can see the clouds of war gathering along the horizon, which are growing thicker and thicker, and which in a short time will sweep down upon us in the form of examinations. Who knows but that some of us will fall in this fierce struggle, and will be severed from our class-mates for- ever ! If such a sad fate should befall any of us, we ask, fellow comrades, that you will shed a tear on the grave of your lost friend, and inscribe the following epitaph over his head : Hie jacct iiicmbrniii c assis ' p S ' . Ud iiiescal in pace . Time passes on in its incessant course, and the dark clouds are one by one dispersed, until the sun bursts through on us again in all its glory. We see in the near future the bright prospects of next session, and our hearts leap with joy at the thought of spending another year under the wall of our beloved Alma Mater. Not seldom have we looked forward to the time when we would don the cap and gown, and assume the dignity of a Senior. It is hard to realize that this looked-for time has almost come, and that we are already beginning to assume the sedate and measured tread of the full gradu- ates. And now as we depart for our homes, to spend the happy months of vacation, may the members of the grand old Class of ' 98 cherish even more dearly than ever the hope of reuniting in the coming autumn, and as well be the first class to graduate under our new presi- dent, Wni. L. Wilson, may we do credit and honor to this noble son of West ' irginia. S. G. H. Law Department KolL Batchelor, v. a., . Baxter, J. G., . Birch, A. C, BOSSHARDT, F., . BOWEN, J. W., BowEX, T. C, . Brewer, O. C , Bronatgh, M., . Brooke, G. M., Burr, B. H., Camerox, D. K., Cochran, R. O., . Conrad, B., Cox, W. S., Faulkner, C. J., Jr. Fry, C. G., North Carolina . Virginia Alabama Texas Virginia . Virginia Virginia . ' irginia Virginia Alabama California . Georgia Virginia . Virginia West Virginia West Virginia Haim.mat, D. M., Hanki.a, D. S., , Henry, J. R., HorcuiNS, T. v., Hn-KMAN, O C, Jenkins, A. G., . Keyser, W. W., La Far, A. B., , Lang, F. A.. Larrick. H. S., Leonard, J. L., Lisi.K, H. H., McCann, X. v., McCi.iNTic, R. S. MCSWEEN, W. D. Michler, J. p., West ' irginia . ' irt;iiiia ' irgiiiia . ' irginia ir iiiia West ' irginia Missouri South Carolina West ' irginia . ' irginia Missouri Kentucky West X ' irginia Missouri Tennessee Pennsylvania Moore, V. McB., Morrison, H. R., Neblett, C, Nelms, G. K., Perry, G. C, Perkins, W. R., Powell, G. C , Rector, H. M., . Roop, R. I., . Slicer, J. S., Jr. Smith, J. R., Kentucky Arkansas Virginia Virginia Virginia Virginia District of Columbia Arkansas Virginia A ' irginia Virginia Speers, L. C, Spencer, C. W. F. Thornton, G. L., Thrift, J. E., Vance, W. R., . Wayt, H. H., Webb, A. W., Weber, C. C, Wilson, E. W., . Wohlwender, E., South Carolina South Carolina Virginia Virginia Kentucky Virginia Maryland Louisiana Kentucky Kentucky oenior Law Cl ass. Jno. R. Smith, Va., President. H. H. Wayt, Va., Vice-President. H. R. Morrison, Ark., Secretary. R. O. Cochran, Ga., Orator. V. R. Perkins, Va., Historian. Birch, A. C, BOSSHARDT, F., BOWEN, J. W., BowEN, T. C, . Brewer, O. C , Bronaugh, M , Burr, B. H., Cochran, R. O., Conrad, B., Cox, W. S., Fry, C. G., . Hankla, D. S., Henry, J. R., HorcHiNS, T. Y., Jenkins. A. G., La Far, A. B., Larrick, H. S., Alabama. . Texas. Virginia. ' irginia. ' irginia. ' irginia. Alabama, Georgia. Virginia. Virginia. West Virginia. Virginia. Virginia. Virginia. West Virginia. South Carolina. Virginia. Leonard, J. L., McCann, X. v., McClintic, R. S.. McSween, W. D., Morrison, H. R., Neblett, C, Nelms, G. K., . Peery, G. C, Perkins, W. R., Rector, H. M., Roop, R. I., Smith, J. R., Speers, L. C, . Thrift, J. E., Vance, W. R., Wayt, H. H., Wohlwender, E. . Missouri. West Virginia. . Missouri. Tennessee. Arkansas. Virginia. . ' ' irginia. Virginia. . Virginia. Virginia. . Virginia. Virginia. South Carolina. Virginia. Kentucky. Virginia. Kentucky. FRY. THS ROOP. BIRCH. UCRR. PROF. GRAVES. CONRAD. HRONAVGH. IlGl-CHINS. MS. SPEERS. CMNTIC. PROF. DAVIS. M SWHEN. LARRICK. riistory of the Oenior Law Class. ' Tf T FIRST, I thought that, perhaps, I ought to LV crave pardon for thrusting, thus ruthlessly, V upon the unsuspecting and unoffending reader - such an elaborate review of Tex - bocks vs. La-w Sii(dc ils: but, when I called to mind the eminent justices who presided at the trial, the learned counsel employed, the intricate questions as well as fundamental principles of law decided, which will forever make it a leading case, and last, but not least, the distinguished personages there arraigned (among whom may be mentioned the editor of a monthly magazine, a doctor, a contortionist and a moonshinerj, I concluded that not only would an apology from me he an insult to the dramatis pcjsonif, but entirely unnecessary, inasmuch as a full and minute narrative of this important event by a participant must be a perma- nent and most valuable addition to historv. Without more introduction, therefore, I proceed. An indictment drawn under the supervision of Criminal Procedure having been found a true bill, we were all arrested on a capias ad respondendum ( requisitions being made for non-residents), and on September loth brought before the International Court, which administers universal law and holds its yearly sessions at Lexington, ' irginia. Deeply impressed on the memory of each and every one of us are the incidents of the momentous morn- ing we were ushered into the presence of that august tribunal. In the centre, on a throne of high estate, majestic sat the honored Chief Justice, expositor of International and Constitutional Law and Equity Juris- prudence : on his right was the learned Justice who ad- ministered Common and Statute Law; and on his left, the able Justice who interpreted Contractual Relations. The docket was called and the indictment read to us by the clerk. It was a lengthy instrument, and the charges contained therein too numerous to mention. During this time we entertained ourselves by inspecting the court room, and were quite puzzled by the inscrip- tions on the walls such as Old §3 299 for Exam., and. especially, those just over the bench, which ran Get your bearings and Orient yourselves. What was most curious to behold was the antique furniture. Every piece seemed to be an heirloom that had been handed down, generation after generation, from a time when the mind of man runneth not to the contrary ; for they were black with age, showed signs of long service, and in the rich carvings which adorned them we deciphered the his- tory of long lapsed years and the names of former like unfortunate culprits. The sight gave rise to a flood of thought, and we pictured in our imagination the joy of the antiquarian, the virtuoso, or the German philosopher over these priceless treasures, and the great loss theii destruction would be to the world. The clerk clearing his throat recalled us from our reverie just in time to hear the last count of the indict- ment which ran as follows, to wit: — And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath afore- said, do further present that the said (naming us) did wilfully and deliberately aid and abet Judge Joseph Storj- and Herr von Hoist in their opposition to the doc- trine of State ' s Rights, thereb) ' forever destroying the eqalit} ' , sovereignty and independence of each and every State of this Union and removing the foundation-stone of Anglo-Saxon polity secured to us by Magna Charter and the Trial of the Bishops in culpable ignorance oi Jus and Lex and against the peace and dignity of the Common- wealth. So incensed were we to hear such monstrous accusa- tions made against us that we pleaded ' ' not guilty ' ' with a vim; and in the godlike magnanimity born of our wounded sense of innocence waived all formal errors of law and our right to a jury of our peers, and determined to refute the charge upon its merits before the Court alone. The trial was immediately begun. After consultation, we agreed to effect an organization (though each persisted in remaining his own sole counsel), and to this end chose Henry County, president; Doc, vice-president, and RuflF, secretary. As it progressed good things of day began to droop and drowse, and full soon we realized that, When on your head the law- Doth lay its heavy paw, lu innocence or guilt, Thou then shall wilt. That the case would be protracted soon became apparent, as, at an early stage, a division of time was made, the morning being given to the taking of testi- mony, and the afternoon and evening to the argument of counsel, which latter soiiicliiiics extended into the night. Finally, the evidence being all in, the Court in- formed us that, notwithstanding the presumption of our innocence and that our guilt had to be proved beyon l a reasonable doubt, on account of its conflicting nature they had concluded to propound to us certain test ques- tions which we were to answer in writing on our honor to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothingbut the truth, and having sanguine hopes of our full acquittal, they offered as inducement a week ' s freedom on our personal recognizances, as r ir a viilt advcrsaii. We acquiesced, fulfilled our promise and departed. But alas ! Like the French, who, when a popular uprising had freed them from the tyranny of Louis, suf- fered themselves to run riot until their revolution was the result, so, after our long confinement, when we did come straggling in, we found ourselves acquitted, to be sure, but under such an irate judiciary that we were placed in custody for contempt of court and forced to make a pilgrimage through Hades with Baron Surre- butter as guide, to listen to the croakings of Crogate, and hold converse with the subtle Sir William Saunders. This was not so disgraceful, as we had had several dis- tinguished predecessors ( notably Dante and his illus- trious guide) : but, what was our horror to find that we brought back with us a loathsome disease we had con- tracted while associating with such companj ' , which be- came such an epidemic among us that we all insured our lives, a step we have regretted taking ever since. We subsequently found out that the technical name for this disease is measles. What was equally as bad, having by our tardy return forfeited our recognizances, we found ourselves beset with an action of debt for their penal sum. What to do we knew not. Most of us, in conformity to our pre- vious experience, pleaded not guilty, and were promptly thrown out of court. One of us who had studied Latin and read a little law entered nil debit ; but notwithstanding his learning, he fared no better. An- other put in lie injuria, but the Court, while admitting that logically he might be right, said that legally he was wrong, this being a plea and matter of record. He after- wards told us that when he presented his plea the Justice on the right cried out, That voice sounds strange, in manifest pain. Having failed in this, we pleaded in abatement, but were told that we should have filed this at the same rules with the declaration, which had long since passed. To this we all (except one poor fellow, who in a hopeless quandary put in non sum informatiis) demurred, but pleading over had aided all errors of which advantage could be taken in this way. So despite the strenous efforts we put forth in motions venire facias lie ncii ' o and non obstante veredicto, judgment went against us and fieri facias old and new were issued on our per- sonalty even to some shares of stock to which we had a little while before subscribed and could not assign be- cause of the collapse of the boom, and, in addition, we were compelled to disclose all we knew upon written interrogatories. Thoroughly disgusted with law which cuts off all equities, we resorted to the latter tribunal with a bill for an injunction to stay execution. But here, too, the plaintiffs had forestalled us, having already invoked its aid to subject our real property; and when the suit did end, all our personalty was gone; and while most, by the skin of their teeth, escaped with quit claim deeds, some had their estates reduced to terms of years, and a few to mere contingent remainders. In looking back, most of the days we spent ' neath the walls of our dear Alma Mater have been bright with sunshine; some, alas, dark with shadow. Sunshine, in our friendly intercourse with one another, the kindness and courtesy of Old Charlie, and the thorough good nature and marked ability of our new Prof.; shadow, in the death of Hon. John Randolph Tucker, the Grand Old Gentleman whom we loved as a teacher and revered as a man. But past has become present, and with it the realm of history ends. Would I could step over the line of boundary and dip into the future, but it cannot be. All that is allowed me is to express the wish that in the prosperity and honor that awaits each and every one of us in the noble profession we have chosen for our life work, there may be happiness withal. Engineering Class Deacon, Ernest F., . Downey, Frank Le Fevre, Drake, Henry W. M., Felder, Paul S., Jr., Flournoy, Benjamin Cortlandt, Garrow, Harris Walker, Garrow, John Wanroy, Hamilton, Farrar Petrie, Harrison, Samuel Davis, Hattan, William Kary, Virginia West Virginia Mississippi Georgia Maryland Texas Texas Mississippi Virginia Virginia Herold, Sidney Levy, Houston, Gordon Randolph, Lakin, Francis Dare, Morrison, Luther James, RoARK, Charles Nowell, Snyder, Alban Goshorn, Watson, William Craven, . White, William Henry, Whitside, Warren W., Wilson, Philip Lindsley, Louisiana Virginia Maryland N ' irginia Kentucky West Virginia Virginia Soutii Carolina Texas Virginia -36- GKXERAI. VIKW OF WASHIM.TUN A.si. l.::i Commencement 97, SUNDAY, JUNE 13th. Morning, . . . Baccalaureate Sermon. Evening, . . . Address before Y. M. C. A. MONDAY, JUNE 14th. Afternoon, . . . Boat Race — Albert Sidney vs. Harry L,ee. Evening, . . . Final Celebration of the Literarv Societies. ORATORS. Graham-Lee Soci ety : Washington Society : C. F. Myers, Va., H. S. Larrick, Va. D. M. Hammat, W. Va. W. K. McClung, Va. FINAL GERMAN, II P. M. TUESDAY, JUNE 15th. Stated Meeting of the Board of Trustees. Address belore Law Class, ii A. m. Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association. Evening — Annual Address before the Alumni Association. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16th. Morning, . . . Commencement Day — Closing Exercises, Diplomas, Awards, Valedictory, Address before Literary Societies. Afternoon, . . . Alumni Banquet. Final Ball, lo i . Ji. -38- Final Ball, ' 97. J s. R. K. CoWAX, rrcsitlciit. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. jNi). R. Smith, V:i., CliMiriium. A. B. LaFar, S. C. r,. C. I ' OWKIJ., D. C. T. E. Makshaij., Jr., Va. J. S. Slickr,Jk., Va. W. Men. MoORK, Ky. K. W. WII.SON ' , Ky. INVITATION COMMITTEE. E. A. O ' NKAt,, Ala., Cliainiiaii. J. I). M. Armisteai), Va. S. B. MCl ' HKETERS, S. C. H. F. Hari.ow, Jr., W. a. v.. II. Smith, V. Va. ARRANGEMENT COMMITTEE. A. G. Snydhr, W. a., Cliainiiaii. I. M. Mason, W. Va. V. R. Phrkin.- , a. W. I). McSwKHx, Tciiii. . . V. Tooi.K, Ala. DECORATION COMMITTEE. L. C. llARRKTT, Mo.. Cliainiiaii. C. H. BlRKK, Ala. H. W. Garrow, Tcx. B. Co.nrad, a. n. M. RosKKRO, Va. -39-- The Southern Collegian, L. C. Speers, South Carolina, . Editor-in-Chief. A F. Toole, Alabama, . . Assistant Editor-in-Chief. G. C. Powell, District of Columbia, . Athletic Editor. Legal Editor. S. G. Hamner, B. McLester, E. W. Wilson, Kentucky, Graham-Lce Socictv. Virginia. Washington Society. I ennessee. M. G. Perrow, R. S. McClintic, Virginia. Missouri. J. Sam Slicer, Jr., Virginia, Chas. V. F. Spexcer, South Carolina, Business Manager. Assistant Business Manager. HE independent literary and journalistic instincts of the students of old Washington College found expression in the pages of a small paper that was published in the fall of 1S48, under the suggestive name of The Owl. The students of that day wrote verses to black-eyed Chloe, translated Horace, became alternately ecstatic and pathetic in observing the chaste beauty of the pale moon, inveighed against the Faculty — and went on nightly calithumps. Those old Wash- ington College boys seem to have been about as unruly as the Faculty were dictatorial, and they, and all belonging to them, were continuall} ' in trouble. The career of the new-fledged Owl was thus troubled from the beginning, and came to an early close during the first months of 1849. The poetry that unceasingly wells up from the student heart remained without record, and perhaps unspoken, unless to those marvelously sweet and perfect damsels of the olden times, that doubtlessly looked as rapturously at the Commencement moon as do their granddaughters now, during the twelve years before the war. It was not till the fall of 1868 three years after the old college doors, so long closed — while the spirited young students bore muskets in the Stonewall Brigade — had been thrown open to admit as president the great war chieftain of the Confederacy, that another attempt was made to establish a student publication. The revived periodical was issued semi-monthly, and contained eight folio pages. The new paper, to which was given the name of The Collegian, was fortunate in -42— MXLINTIC having at the first two talented men as editors — C. R. Breckinridge and S. Z. Amnien — both of whom have since attained prominence, the one as Congressman from Arkansas, and the other as editor of the Baltimore Sun. The Collegian seems to have obtained tlie support of the best literary talent in the institution, and during the first five years of its existence its pages contained some unusually good writing. During the session of 1871-72 its pages dis- played some of the first work of the now famous Thomas Nelson Page. In the list of editors which may be seen below are found several other names since distinguished in letters and politics, as well as several that have become well known in the educational world. Among these last may be noticed Charles A. Graves, Henry Alexander White, and W. S. Currell, all Professors in Washington and Lee University; and J. H. Dillard, of Tulane. During the first year of The Collegian ' s existence it was edited by two editors, one from each society, who held office during terms of three months. In 1S69 the name was changed to The Southern Collegian. In addition to the two editors from the two societies, respectively, in this year, an annual editor was elected by the joint ballot of the two societies. This system continued till 1873, when the jealousy of the societies made it necessary to choose two annual editors. In 1878 The Collegl n became a monthly, and was reduced to its present magazine form. In the same year began the custom that still prevails, of putting in charge of the magazine an editor-in-chief, chosen by the societies jointly, and four associate editors, two from each society. In 1892 the societies began to elect jointly also an assistant editor-in-chief. In 1870, Mr. Joseph Santini, of New Orleans, gave to the University $1,000, the income from which was each year was to be used in purchasing a medal to be awarded to the writer of the best essay appearing in The Collegian. For a number of years the Z.d?x ;i (7 2 Gazette XiiO gave a medal for the second best essaj but that has long been discontinued. The list below contains the names of all the editors down to 1872, after which only the names of the chief editors are given : 1868. i860. 1870. 1871. S. Z. AjIlIEN. C. A. Graves, Annual Eilitor. A. N. Gordon, Annual Editor. Geo. Santini, Annual Editor. C. R. Breckinridge. W. L. Prather. J. L. Logan. S. R. Fisher. C. C. Garrett. N. B. Feagin. R. H. Fleming. R. D. Haislip. T. S. WiLKESON. Geo. B. Peters. E.G.Logan. M. N. Wisdom. W.M.Neil. W. T. Thom.as. H. Piclks. R. J. Richv. W. S. Graves. A. H. Hamilton. J. B. Stubbs. J. K. Lake. R. B. Bayly. P. D. English. Thomas N. Page. —44— 1872. William Edmunds. iS73- W. H.Tayloe. W. B. Childers. 1S74. C. V. Anderson. H. L. DuFouR. 1875- J. H. DiLL.ARD. W. P. McCORKLE. 1876. jAiiKS Hay. W. K. BOCOCK. 1877. W. S. CURKKLI.. A. R. Cocke. 1878. V. S. CrRRici.i.. 1 879. J. H. Hamilton. 1880. Glover Moork. 1881. J. E. COCKERKLL. 1882. J. G. Meadors. 1883. H. A. White. 1884. J. M. Allen. 1885. B. F. Sledd. 1 886. W. C. LuDwic. 1887. E. M. Harris. 1888. T. G. Hailev. 1889. R. B. Wn.Li.vMF 1890. W. H. FiicLD. 1 8y I . H. F. FiTZPATRICK. 1892. W. R.Vance. :893- J. H. Hall. W. McC. Martin. 1894. W. McC. Martin. 1 895 . D. C. McBrvde 1874 — W. Boyle. 1875 — C. Edmondson. 1876 — Harold Walsh. 1877 — W. K. BococK. 1878 — E. K. Leavell. i979 — R- F- Campbell. 1880 — J. H. Ha.milton. 1 88 1 — Glover Moore. 1S82 — H. D. Campbell. 1883— J. G. Meadors. 1884— H. A. White. i88s— G. H. Norman. SANTINI MEDALISTS. 1886— B. F. Sledd. 1887— W. M. Reid. 1888— L. M. Harris. 1889 — W. Z. Johnstone. 1890 — J. S. Bunting. 1891— W. H. Field. 1S92— V. F;. Hauris. 1893— J. H. Hall. 1894 — W. R. ' anci;. 1895— W. C. I.AUCK. 1896— T. S. ' ANCE. Historical Papers, A complete and accurate history of the institution from its foundation, down to the year 1829, has been published by the Trustees, and may be found ia the library. ALUMNI CATALOGUE. The University has issued an Alumni Catalogue, containing the names of the Alumni of the institution from 1782 to 1887. Brief biographies of many are given. ANNUAL CATALOGUE. The Annual Catalogue is issued about May ist. It will be mailed on application to any one desiring it. Y. M. C. A. HANDBOOK. The University Y. M. C. A. issues annually a neat handbook, containing a fund of miscellaneous and useful information regarding the University. The handbook is distributed gratis among the students at the beginning of the session. -46- Periodicals to be Found in the Reading Room, DAILIES. New York Herald. Baltimore Sun. Richmond Times. Richmond State. Florida Times- Union. WEEKLIES New York Herald. Norfolk Journal of Commerce. Augusta County Argus. Staunton Spectator. The Washingtonian. Lexington Gazette. Rockbridge County News. Christian Observer. Baptist Record. The Southern Churchman. St. Louis Christian Advocate. The Arkansas Methodist. The Independent. The Critic. Public Opinion. The Nation. Modern Language Notes. The Illustrated London News. MONTHLIES. Harper ' s Monthly. The Century. Scribner ' s Magazine. Atlantic Monthly. The Forum. The North American Review. Blackwood ' s Magazine. Westminister Review. The Nineteenth Century. The American Geologist. The American Journal of Philology. The American Naturalist. The American Journal of Science. Popular Science Monthly. Littell ' s Living Age. Magazine of Christian Literature. The Uni ' ersity Magazine. FORTNIGHTLIES. The Fortnighly Review. The Literary World. QUARTERLIES. The Political Science Ouarterly. The Edinburgh Review. The Ouarterly Review. Hon. John Randolph Tucker. As a Christian. FUNERAL ORATION DELIVERED BY REV. J. A. QUARLES, D. D. OUR country has lost the interpreter of the constitu- tion ; Virginia, the wise statesman ; Washington and Lee University, the professor beloved by his colleagues and revered by the students ; Lexing- ton, her distinguished and honored citizen; society, one of its most delightful wits and humorists ; the law, a pleader and a judge, true to client and to justice ; the Church, a prophet of righteousness by life and lip, a priest that drew near the mercy-seat and carried the people with him ; and all who knew him, a friend that never wavered, generous to their faults and appreciative of their virtues. In my observa ion of him, Mr. Tucker was unique in the fact that he was never ordinary, but ever on a high plane. As I saw him in society, he was always on the crested wave of pleasantry, charming every one with the coruscations of his wit. When we were alone, he was as regularly diving into the depths of philosophic, political, or religious thought, and I was a delighted and instructed listener. This was true of him to the last, for his sick and dying chamber was made luminous with the lustre of his genius. But in this tribute we shall confine ourselves to more hallowed thoughts. Mr. Tucker was a Christian ; not merely a member and an officer of the church, but a Christian. No one that ever heard him pray could doubt this ; it was mani- fest that his soul held habitual communion with God. He said to me in my house, one night, with a force that burned the words into my memory : Let the skeptical astronomer construct the universe as he will, so he leaves me the Sun of Righteousness ; let the geologist delve into the crust of the earth and come to what conlusion he may, so my feet stand on the Rock of Ages ; and let the evolutionist trace man back to some primordial germ, he cannot evolve a Christ, nor evolute me from a joyous faith in Him. Mr. Tucker was not only a sincere Christian, but he was a liberal one. Evangelical and orthodox, with an intelligent preference for Presbyterian doctrine, polity and customs, his warm heart forbade that he should be a bigot, or lacking in sympathethic interest and affection for all the lovers of our Lord. He had ten reasons HON. JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKKR, L.I.. 11., nlRP FRDRr.VRV IJ, 1897 for being a Christian for every one that made him a Presbyterian. Mr. Tucker was a useful Christian. He was not like Nicodemus, a secret follower ot Jesus ; but, like Gladstone, a defender of the faith and an earnest preacher of the Gospel. In his home, at Lexington, he exerted a powerful influence for Christianity. Not only by his regular attendance upon the sanctuary, his contributions to the charities of the church, and his active participa- tion in the weekly gatherings for prayer ; but also, and especially, by the words he spoke to his classes at the University; and, most of all, by a series of Sabbath lectures delivered in the Presbyterian church, and con- tinued for several years. Designed primarily for the students of the I ' niversity, these lectures were attended by many others; all of whom remember the irresistible logic and eloquence with which he maintained the fundamental truths of Christianity. I shall never forget one striking statement, made in speaking of the resurrection of Christ; he said that he had never won a case in court upon evidence as strong as that which convinced him of the resurrection of our Lord. But more than his logic and eloquence, we recall those tender, fervent appeals to the young men to accept Christ as their personal Saviour, which formed the climax and conclusion of every lecture. His dying message to the Law class was another of these appeals, Mr. Tucker was a happy Christian ; as every sincere and useful Christian may and should be. He was a superlatively happy Christian. He seemed to enjoy everybody and everything ; he found honey in every flower. Ha invested every object with the halo of his own lovely character. Like the sun, he made brightness by the radiations of his own cheerfulness. He was happy in the things of this world ; it was a bright world to his glad eyes and grateful heart. He was happier in the things of the world to come. This was maiiifest as he drew near to its realities. There was no dread, no reluct- ance, no shrinking ; but, on the contrary, a joyful antici- pation of the glories of our heavenly home. With hum- ble penitence, he had no reliance on his own merit, but trusted fully the redemption of Calvary. He said, a few hours before he died : My trust is all in Christ, and it is strong in him. This made that chamber of death the brightest spot ; for it was illuminated by a waiting retinue of angels, and made the vestibule of heaven by the wel- coming presence of the king. We shall miss him, but we do not mourn him. We would sooner call the heir from his inheritence, the victor from his prize, the king from the throne of his coronation. His sun has set : As sets the morning star. Which goes not down behind the darkened West, Nor hides obscured amid the tempests of the sky. But melts away into the light of jieayeH, -53- Gen G. W. C. Lee. N VIEW of the fact that the present session of 1896-7, has seen the resignation of our beloved president, it seems a fitting occasion to present again a short sketch of his life as gathered from his latest and most correct biography in the recently published Lee of Virginia. George Washington Cus- tis Lee, was born at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, on the i6th of September, 1832. He was the eldest son of Robert Edward Lee and Mary Anne Randolph Cus- tis. His earlye ducation was received at the classical school of the late Rev. Geo. A. Smith, at Clarens, in Fairfax County. After leaving this school, he went to Alexandria, to the celebrated mathematical school of Benjamin Hallowell. His father had attended the same school. He received from President Zachary Taylor the nomination to a cadetship at West Point, and June, 1850, saw him enter that institution. His remark- able career as a student there, during the next four years, is well known to all. He graduated at the head of his class, in 1854. During his stay at West Point, not a single demerit was charged up against him. On his resig- nation he received the rank of brevet second lieutenant, and was ap- pointed to the corps of en- gineers. Being promoted, he became, in 1855, full second lieutenant, and in 1859, first lieutenant. His service in the United States Army lasted seven years ; and during that time he was on duty in the engineer bureau at Washington, in Georgia, Florida and Cali- fornia, in the work of harbor defenses and river improve- ments. cT ' s HOUSE. Theyearof 1861, which changed the course of so many lives, then came on. He resigned from the army of the United States, on May 2d, of that year, and tendered his services to Virginia. He was first appointed major of engineers ; the Confederate States government then took charge of the ' irginia forces, and he received a commission as captain of engineers, C. S. A. Shortly, in August, iS6i, his worth received further recognition by an appointment as aide- de-camp, to the president of the Confederate States, with a colonel ' s rank. The defenses of Richmond were made under his supervision, and in the summer of 1863, he was made brigader-general, commanding troops to defend the Confederate capital against cavalry raids. In 1864, he became major-general over a divi- sion stationed along the lines below Richmond. He continued in this service until the evacuation of Richmond. When the second change of affairs came on, in 1865, the military man became the professor : in the autumn of that year he was appointed to the chair of Civil and Military Engineering at the Virginia Mili- tary Institute. His work as a professor in this institu- tion continued until the death of his father, in 187 i. On the first of February, 1871, he was elected Presi- dent of Washington and Lee University, and his life since that time has been devoted continuously to the up- building of the college. It would be vain to attempt in this article any history of his generous acts toward the student body ; but all these deeds of kindness are stored up in grateful remembrance by Alumni and students. Nor can his lasting, quiet in- fluenceon those around him be over-estimated : his char- acter soon becomes in the minds of all students their model of honor, chivalry and Christian manhood. The announcement of his resignation l)rought over all the deepest feeling of regret, and formal reso- lutions were drawn up by the student body, intended to express their sorrow ; with a realization, however, that such words were too weak to repay over twenty- five years of well-spent labor. Wlierever the rest of his life be spent, the mnny hundreds of his old students throughout the land will make him still an object of most earnest respect, and most hearty wishes. T. Hon William Lyne Wilson LL. D THIS distinguished gentleman, who has been elected to the presidency of Washington and Lee Univer- sity, was born May 3, 1843, in the county then known as Jefferson County, Va. He studied at Clurlestown Academy and Columbian University, where he was graduated in i860. He was studying at the University of Virginia when the war began, and through- out the war he served in the Twelfth Virginia Cavalry. In 1867 he received his degree in law at Columbian Uni- versity. He was Professor of Latin in Columbian from that time until 1 87 1, when he entered upon the practice of law at Charlestown, W. Va. In 1882 he became Presi- dent of West Virginia University, but the next year he went to Congress, in which body he represented his dis- trict for twelve consecutive years. In 1892 he was per- manent chairman of the Democratic National Convention, and in ' 93- ' 94, as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee in the House, he prepared the well-known Wilson bill. In 1895 he was appointed Postmaster General. In 1890 Mr. Wilson declined the presidency of the University of Missouri, and in 1892 that of Richmond College. He has been on the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute and is now a citizen regent of that institution. He also holds other positions of a similar nature and is a member of various political and social science clubs. His powers as an orator are well known, and this year as Phi Beta Kappa speaker at Harvard he will follow a long line of illustrious literary men. As President of our University we believe he will add new lustre to his already brilliant record. L. C. B. -56- HON. VM. I.YNK WILSON, LI.. D. THE PRKSIDENT ' S HOUSE, ERECTED BY GEN. R. E. LEE. Some Illustrious Sons of Washington and Lee. OF A UNIVERSITY more truly than of the Roman matron, it maj- be said that her sons are her jewels. Ab American institutions go, Washington and Lee University is very old, old enough to be not only the mother of many brilliant sons who have taken a brave part in laying the foundation of the great Western Republic and in adorning the superstruc- ture, but also the grand- mother of even more, through the great teachers who went from her class- rooms to found and build up other younger institu- tions. A Publick Semi- nary for the liberal educa- tion of youth, ran the Presbytery minutes in 1773, and right well did the old Scotch-Irishmen work out their purpose. For truly there were giants in those days among the pioneer stu- dents who wore coon-skin cap;:, and hunting shirts, and doubtless played hide-and-seek among the great oaks that even yet stand guard over the dismantled walls and deserted grounds of the old Academy. We say hide- and-seek through reverence for the youthful great of old, but if traditions and stray minutes of the sessions of the old Hanover Presbytery are to be believed, the stu- dents of that day indulged in pranks and games that would make the modern calithunip and foot-ball game seem pale and tame. In the scanty records of the anti-Revolutionary period and the years imme- diately after, may be found many names that became great in after years. There were four of the Hreckin- ridges from Botetourt County, Va., three of whom removed to Kentucky and took a distinguished part in the erection of that great commonwealth. To one of these three, John Hreckin- II 1, ridge, belongs the honor, often attributed to Jeffer- son, of having drawn up the famous Kentucky Resolu- tions of 1799. John Breckinridge also sat in the U. S. Senate, and was Attorney-General under Jefferson. The fourth brother of this remarkable family, James, remained in Virginia, from which he was four times sent to Cou- -59— gress. Three others of these old boys who went West after the fashion of that time and won renown in Ken- tucky were James, John and Samuel Brown, all of whom were born in Rockbridge County. John Brown repre- sented Kentucky in the Continental Congress, and was one of her first representatives in the U. S Senate, where he did valiant service in defeating the conspiracy to sever Kentucky and the trans -Allegheny territory from the Union. James Brown also served his adopted State for two terms as U. S. Senator, and was Minister to France under John Quincy Adams. Samuel Brown became a professor in the old Transylvania University. Another one of these old boys was General Samuel Blackburn, who was the author of the famous Anti- Duelling Law passed by the Virginia Assembly. This law contained the original of the present Statute of Insulting Words, of bitter memory to many law students of this generation ; and thereby hangs a tale of woe. We find also the name of Gen. Andrew Moore, as famous for his exploits as an Indian fighter, as for his services in the U. S. Senate. There is also Gen. William Camp- bell, who commanded at the famous fight at King ' s Mountain, and Col. John Allen, a distinguished lawyer and orator, who perished in the terrible massacre of the Kentucky troops at the River Raisin. Without noticing the many others of the old Liberty Hall students who won fame as statesmen and orators, we find that Meriwether Lewis, who was private secre- tary to President Jefferson, and accompanied Clark in his famous explorations across the Rocky Mountains and along the Pacific Coast, studied geography within the stone walls of the old Academy, and that Robert Trimble and Thos. Todd, Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, were his fellow students. Besides these we find the names of such distinguished scholars and teachers as Moses Hoge, James Priestly, Archibald Alexander, Jas. Moore, Geo. A. Baxter and John H. Rice. To make even the briefest mention of those students after 1800 who became famous as soldiers, statesmen or jurists is not possible within the necessarj ' limit of this article. We must content ourselves with reviewing the names of those sons of Washington and Lee who have of recent years won public notice or now occupy public positions of honor. W. A. MacCorkle, ' 79, who as a student was a famous athlete and popularly known as Fireman Billy, has just retired from the Executive Mansion after a term of four years as Governor of West Virginia. M. J. Foster, ' 68, led the Anti-Lottery party in Louisiana in 1892, and became Governor of that State. He was re-elected in 1896. Chas. T. G ' Ferral, ' 69, ser ' ed through the war with distinction as a cavalry officer in the Confederate army. After being six times elected a member of Congress, he was chosen Governor of Virginia, which office lie now holds. L. V- Stephens, ' 98, was elected State Treasurer of Missouri in 1890, and Governor in 1896. In the present Congress there are but four Wash- ington and Lee men. -60- Thomas C. McRae, ' 72, after holding various politi- cal offices within the State of Arkansas, was elected to Congress in 1886, of which he has been a member ever since. Stanyard Wilson, ' 78, of South Carolina, was first elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress. James Hay, ' 77, was a member of the General Assembly of ' ir ginia contin- uously from 1S85 until 1S96, when he was elected to Con- gress. Harvey B. Ferguson, M. A., B. L , New Mexico. In the Fifty -fourth Congress was H. St. George Tucker, ' 76, who had represented the Tenth District of Virginia in the three preceding Congresses. Mr. Tucker led the Democrats in the fight against the notorious F ' orce Bill. In the Fifty-third Congress was Chas. T. O ' Ferral, mentioned above; James F. Epes, ' 67, of the Fourth Virginia District, and Clifton R. Breckinridge, of Arkansas, who had been first elected to the Fort ' -eighth Congress. Mr. Breckinridge was appointed Minister to Russia by President Cleveland. Washington and Lee has distinguished representa- tives also at the bar and upon the bench. Ernest B. Kreutschnitt, of New Orleans; Geo. B. Peters, of Mem- phis ; Helm Bruce, of Louisville, and many others that might be named have won distinguished success as lawyers. John W. Reily, ' 61, is now one of the judges of the Virginia Court of Appeals, and Judge E. C. Burks, ' 41, after a term as President of the Virginia Court of Appeals, and collaborating with John W. Reily and Walter N. Staples in the Code Revision of 1S87, now lives in retirement at his home in Bedford City, honored as the Nestor of the Virginia Bar. Seth Sheppard, ' 6S, is also an honored Judge of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. Much might be said of other illustrious sons of Washington and Lee who have won laurels in other fields, but the list must needs be closed. And it is as well so; for Washington and Lee is proud, not only of those of her children whom fortune and fame have chosen to shower their favors upon, but also of the hun- dreds of others who, all unblazoned, are quietly, each in his sphere, advancing the interests of humanity and working out the betterment of the race. W. R. V. SUNDAY JUNE 13 -J, f ADDRESS BEFORETHE YM,CA ' ' ' ' ' ' . MONDAY JUNE 14 -£ , ' I ' if . ®P ' BOAT R E f PM. riNALi)fELEBR ; TIOAI F LITERARY i lOPM ' FINAL GE;9?I ;aN SOClETigS TUESDAY JUNE 15 10 AM. M EET NG OFTHE B QARD OETRUSTEE J ,w.,,6 PM. MEETING GF - f LUMAlIASSOCJATIO M m Z 3 PM:m)REss eforeVhealum 1 assocj MIi K ' wedneSay JUNE 16 j; r ' (imM. COMMENCEMENT EX:t CISE5 10 PM. FINAL BALL sl ?k. S. iJU The Finals of 96, ROFESSORS of long ago, in the cause of knowledge, set apart two or three days at the close of the session for elo- quent sermons and patriotic orations ; a spirit of deep interest prompted them to have several hours of sound advice given free to the law class and liter- ary societies ; some faint pangs of conscience led them to reward the poor degree-men pub- licly with diplomas as receipts for study ren- d;red, and to let the valedictorian, in beautiful and touching vows of affection, heap coals of fire on their heads. But the calic, who had been ignored, saw an opportunitj ' ; they made one swoop and captured it, and commencement was theirs ; theirs to alter and fix up to suit themselves. Since that time no one, outside of the Bachelors ' Club, would dare try to run a commencement without calic. Then show an old college man some souvenir of commencement ; he will think of the calic first, and of commencement second. O, these stray souvenirs of by-gone college days — these little trifles, seasoned by time and rich with thoughts and reflections ! It ' s an old plan, but after all it ' s a good plan, to save them and kindle the flame of memory with them in after years. So when the matter- of-fact world, about which the students of ' g6 knew so little, has done its best to separate him from that other college world, it will have to take care of itself for a while, as he carefully brings out his prec- ious odds and ends, and falls into reveries of those other days. There, first of all, was his list of engage- ments, looking too formal and business- like. Sunday morn- ing, Miss Blank ; Sun- day night. Miss Dash — and so on ; it happened, curiously enough, that Miss DasH was also down for the boat-race and final ball, but let that pass. -64- There was the little printed sheet headed Siouiay A oni L;, and on it the hymns in full ; bits of writing around the edges that di(hi ' t have much connection with the sermon, or with Sunday either, for that mat- ter. It was smooth and fresh at first, but had soon be- come crumpled, and wore a look ,_ that reminded one of white dresses, and rustling fans, and hot weather, and eight in a pew. But there was where he had folded it up, and put it away, while they gradually worked their way into open air, and took their place in the long stream of laughing and chatting humanity. Then there was another sheet, looking just like the first, except that it was headed Sunday Alghi. But somehow it had a cooler and more comfortable look than the other, and seemed trying to tell of moonlight, and a very leisurely st roll homeward, and a rather lengthy ail ?evoir on h porch, with several other things that would sound a little silly if told. There on the margin was Miss Dash written several times, as if for practice; and then her first name, with no Miss before it ; and then slowly and carefully printed out, was his own name, with Mr. and Mrs. before it. He knew very little about music, till he reniembed noticing while he printed it how much the notes of Old Hund- red ' ' from the organ resembled some wedding march — but it must have been imagination. The end of one Com- mencement Sunday ; how solemnly and almost mourn- fully did the echo of God be with you till wemeetagain keep ringing ; how long before another such day would come, if ever. Till we meet again — till we meet again. But there were other days to follow, thanks be for that. When the last token of Sunday ' s pleasure was laid aside, a bit of red ribbon, just long enough to be a bow tied on a whip, gave a little flutter, as if there still was left some of the life and gayety of that Monday afternoon. How it must long for one more drive up and down the streets, with red and blue flags and ribbons and streamers waving defiantly everywhere ; from hurrying people of all sizes and ages, from houses and poles, from spinning wheels, and prancing horses ! If it, too, had a memory, how often must it have thought of the old island, fairly covered with its load of red and blue, and ringing with the mingled yells of loyal Harry Lees and and Albert Sidneys ; with laughter everywhere, and lively music from the band while the excitement grew more and more intense. And at last, when away up the river a shout was borne down from the cloud of little black -65- specks, hovering on the cliflf and clinging to its sides, how the crowd stopped laughing and bent forward, wait- ing almost breathlessly for those creeping seconds to pass that would make a glorious victory for the one and an honorable defeat for the other ! Now the supreme moment had come; the band struck up Dixie, and two paper shells swept around thelast curve, with enough unconscious prayers poured out on each to make them fly, if prayers could help. Then all was over ; well might the blue flutter in wild triumph, but the red was still there, and no one saw it droop, or hide in shame. The boat-race of ' y6 was a thing of the past, but the menory of that June evening ' s drive was left to console him for defeat. So the ribbon was laid aside, and the next scrap of paper taken up ; a program of the joint celebration of the Graham and Wash, politely handed Miss Flirt by the usher, as he showed them into one of those rear seats under the gallery, reserved by an unwritten law for calic and escorts. His recollection of the next two hours was rather confused ; being a mixture of music from the gallery, impassioned oratory, applause, more music, more oratory-, ending up with the decision of the judges as to the fortunate Demosthenes of the evening. He made a short mental calculation of his own worthlessness, as he thought how much money he might have begged from home as a reward, if he had only been able to get up there and win the medal. But here he was, enjoying himself and making the best of it, writing and receiving mj-steriously worded notes, and paying more attention to low whispers and smothered laughter than to ringing orations. Now the rostrum is crowded with friends, congratulating the speakers, and it is time to leave ; but that journey homeward violated all rules of distance and direction, and took entirely too long a time. Tuesday, the lawyers ' day. The day when poor little ' Demies must stand aside and yield all creation to the self-important Bics. The day when leading lights of the bar, and dignified judges, and governors, and con- gressmen are the idols of still greater men to be ; when the law student, who for many a month has fed on the law of contracts, torts, crimes, real property, and so on without end, can at last give a sigh of relief, and make plans for the future, as he listens to words of wisdom from older heads. How comforting to sit up and hear an exam- ple of success, tell anecdotes about poverty and struggling, when he first began to prac- tice ! But when thespeaker of the morning had told them what a glorious profession thej ' were entering, and the class historian had recounted all the difficulties they had met and overcome, and the prophet had consigned each individual to a horrible fate, knowing that they all looked forward to nothing less than a judge ' s bench — then the Bics. knew they were the envy of all, and felt justly proud. Truly, where did the poor ' Demy come in on such a day as this, and of what use was his being in existence ? Why, it were better to be office boy to a big corporation lawyer than to make 98 in Senior Math ! Uut he had two engagements for that day, so he might as well get his calic and walk humbly in the back part of the chapel, with head bowed low. Then he could sit there and listen to the address in the morning, and the oration, poem, and prophec}- at night, all the while making light of the pompous Bics. and writing foolishness on Miss Sweet ' s fan, but nevertheless secretly resolving to come back next year and stud}- law. That next big sheet lying there was a token of Wed- nesday ' morning. Washington and Lee University, Comencement Day, June 17, 1S96. The day of the finals, the time of reckoning, when the lucky ones could see their names down in black and white, as having passed so and so; when flunkers could make good resolutions for next year, and lay all the blame on weak eyes, or too much foot-ball, or too much calicoing. Then the ' Demies could get their kid-skins in the different departments, and the A. B. ' s of ' 96 could get their long- coveted sheep-skins ; the B. L. ' s could get their dips to frame and hang up , while their class orator painted in glowing colors the years to come, if they would only be good and tend strictly to business. Then the vale- dictorian could get up and bid a fond official adieu in the name of ' 96, to the professor who had almost pitched him, to Lexington in general, and to several things thereof in particular. When the literary societies had received their final advice, the crowd could leave, for the doors would be shut until September. Slowly, however, another crowd began to gather around the doors of Newcomb ; from the old alumnus who had enrolled when Lexington was a small town, to the new graduates who held their diplomas in plain view as tickets of admission. There was a cigar slipped away as a souvenir of the banquet, where all who had sat in the old classic halls, were bound by one common tie of loyalty to their Alma MaUr ; when bursts of the same college spirit that had cheered athletic teams to victory sounded still in the brimming toasts, and a final Chick- a-gorunk, came from the throats of Washington and Lee men, young and old. Then the classes of ' 96 went out, feeling several years older, and waiting for the day when they should return and talk of the good times while I was here. Now let the town be quiet for a few hours, until the grand ina i ' of commencement. Let the calic catch an afternoon nap, to stay them through the coming hours of dancing. The social event of the year would soon begin, to which so many had looked forward in eager- ness. When the last detail had been attended to. the president of the ball could rest a little before his reigu commenced. Half-past ten ; the sober-looking halls of study drew up close in the shadow , as if aware that they were out of place ; from its height the statue of Wash- ington looked down on carriage lamps moving to and fro, while the laughter of dimly-seen couples strolling across the campus was heard again and again. Then slowly and with a supreme effort the venerable figure turned his head, to gaze on the brightly lighted place of revelry ; for had the day not been when he too would put on his finest waistcoat and best powdered wig, to dance with the beauties of auld lang syne? The strains of music were borne softly up to his ear, and he pictured the brilliant scene below ; he thought of fair women at their prettiest, and men at their best ; of the careless joy and gayet}- that ruled in each breast ; of the soul-stirring music that made each heart fill with ten- derest sentiments; of words that meant volumes, and looks that meant more ; he thought of it all, and smiled, with a sigh. Memories of years long past crowded up before him, and he hardly noticed the hours go bj ' , nor the merry dancers streaming in Newcomb to the bountiful tables. But dawn has stolen up too soon. Hark ! the old soft melody of Home, Sweet Home, floats out on the air, and all is over but the last farewells. The goddess of the dance reluctantly takes her leave, and the night ' s gayety dies away ; music and words and looks tell good- byes far to feebly for the hearts that prompt them. Let faces wear a smile ; the sorrow is there behind it. — Look up ; the sunshine of another day is breaking over the hills ; the sesion of ' 95- ' 96 has passed awaj ' , and is no more. A. F. T. Calic Thy Name is Flirt, I talked of all the things — but never mind, I talked to her — that was for ine enough ; Just then I thought the world was very kind ; The moonlit waters smooth, and gone the rough And countless cares of earth — and all that kind of stuff! I told her — but it was the same old thing — Her eyes were brighter than the stars above ; Her hair more lustrous than the raven ' s wing ; I told her — in a single word — my love : She said there was no greater joy than licr ' s in heaven above. And then with meek and kind submissive grace, Her little head was on my shoulder laid As tho ' it ne ' er had known another place, My lips expressing what I would have said — Had I not wanted her to think me half afraid. Those wells of liquid light — her gloiiuus eyes. With seeming hungriness did on nie dwell ; Her breathing fanned my cheek with lovelorn sighs, And then I thought— O shame ! should 1 it tell ? Just this : did she not do it just a little bit loo well ? TiDliWATICK. -69- A Short Local History of Fraternities, THE American College Fraternity S ' steni from its beginning, in 182S, to the present day, has passed throngh many changes which naturally result from the untiring efforts of the founders and succeeding members of the various brandies to place their own society above all the rest, until to da) ' , it stands a neces- sity in college life and almost perfect in its organization. For many years the halls of Washington and Lee University were not invaded by any fraternity. The end- ing of the first century of the institution, found many fraternities only staggering into existence, none of which had so far spread as to reach her territory, and until the year 1855, when entered by Phi Kappa Psi, founded at Washington and Jefferson College three years previously, she was without a chapter. From its establishment, this chapter has enjoyed iininterrupted prosperity, with the exception of war time, during which period it was in- active. The war over, it was at once revived and was in the same year deprived of its monopoly by the formation of Kappa Alpha, which has not only maintained a good local chapter, but has established chapters over the entire South, confining its field of labor to the institutions of that section. The foundation of Kappa Alpha was follow- ed in 1866, by the establishment of the Sigma chapter of Sigma Chi, which fraternity was founded at Miami, in 1855. The year 1 868 saw the acquisition of Sigma Alpha Epsilou and Phi Gamma Delta, the former founded at the University of Alabama, in 1856, and the latter at Washington and Jefferson, in 1848. Both of these chap- terS; though for a short time inactive, have contributed much toward the fraternity life of Washington and L,ee, and now maintain creditable chapters. For the space of fourteen years these five chapters held full sway, but in 18S2, Sigma Nu, born at the Vir- ginia Military Institute, in 1869, made its way into the arena of fraternity life as it existed at Washington and Lee, and since that time has done much to prove itself a woithy competitor of its rivals. Phi Delta Theta, founded in 1848, was the last of the Miami Triad to enter, having been preceeded by Sigma Chi as before mentioned, and by Beta Theta Pi, which only remained a short while and which has persistently retused to revive its chapter, though having had several urgent applications for a renewal of the charter. Established in 1887, Phi Delta Tiieta is therefore just completing the first decade of its progressive activit) ' . In 1888 Kappa Sigma, founded at the University of Virginia, in 1865, invaded the territory and one year later was followed by the ' irginia Beta chapter of Alpha Tau Omega, which organization first saw the light within the walls of the Virginia Military Institute, in 1865. Pi Kappa Alpa, founded at the University of Virginia, in 1868, placed its Pi chapter here only six years ago, and in 1893, Phi Kappa Sigma first made its appearance, forty-five years after its foundation at the University of Pennsylvania. Though at present the chapter is in a comparative state of innocuous desue- tude, there is promise of new life for it in the future, in the return of old members, who for various reasons have been unable to be here in its interests this year. Within the past ye.ir Delta Tau Delta, founded at Bethany Col- lege, in i860, has appeared in our midst, and with a strong chapter of nine members has already taken posi- tion in the front ranks of its rivals. Since the opening of the present collegiate year there has been made known to the world, the birth of a new organization called Mu Pi Limbda, which was first luirtured within our walls, but which has already placed chapters in two other lead- ing institutions. Beta Theta Pi, Delta Kappa Kpsilon, Theta Delta Chi, Delta Psi and Phi Theta Psi, have in the past been repre- sented here, but are now inactive. Phi Theta Psi was founded here in 1886 and after establishing about ten chapters, which met with more or less success, was dis- banded nearly two years since, the majority of the local chapter becoming charter members of the Phi chapter of Delta Tau Delta established last June. Theta Xu I{psilon, commonly called the Sophomore fraternity, founded in 1870, has in reality been here only three or four years, but according to its reported date, first appeared in infinity, if mathematical calculations count for aught. This organization usually has a mem- bership of from twenty to thirty, made up exclusively of members of the regular fraternities. Achapterofasimilar organization was reported as being sub vsa during the closing month of last year, but has not as yet materi- alized. Virginia Beta Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi. ESTABLISHED IN 1855. IN URBE. W. A. Anderson. J. H. Moore. W. P. Irwin. W. T. Po.vcurE. F. D. Coh. IN FACULTATE. James A. Quarles, D. D., LL. D. Addison Hogue, M. A. J. W. Davis, A.B., B. L. IN COLLEGIO. Wii.MAM Reynolds Vance, Kentucky. Edward Asbury O ' Neal, Alabama. Edward Waring Wilson, Kentuck} ' . Randolph Tucker Shields, Virginia. Livingston Waddell Smith, Virginia. Hampton Heiskell Wayt, Virginia. William Lee Karnes, Virginia. Lister Witherspoon, Jr., Kentucky. Xyllo Yeman McCann, West ' irginia. —74— Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. FOUNDED AT WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE IN 1852. ROLL OF CH PT£R5 AND DISTRICT 1. Pennsylvania Alpha, Wo ' hinyton and JelTerson College Beta, . . Allegheny College ' Gamma, Bucknell University ' Epsilon, Gettysburg College Zeta, Dickinson College Eta, . Franklin and Marshall College Theta, Lafayette College Iota, . University of Pennsylvania Kappa, Swarthmore College New York Alpha, . Cornell University Beta, . Syracuse University r,anima, . Columbia University Epsilon, Colgate University Zeta, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute Massachusetts Alnha, Amherst College New h anipshire Alpha, . Dartmouth College Philadelphia Alumni Association. Pittsburg Alumni Association. Meadeville Alumni Association. New York Alumni . ssociation. BufFalo Alumni .Association. DISTRICT II. Yirginia Alpha, Beta, . Gamma, . West Virginia .Alpha, Maryland .Alpha, District of Columbia . lph.-i Mississippi . lplia, . University of Virginia Washington and I,ee University Hampden-Sidney College University of West Virginia Johns Hopkins University Columbian University University of Mississippi ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS. Maryland Alunnii Association. Washington . lumni . ssociati ' DISTRICT III. ( Ihio Alpha, Beta, . •■ Delta, Indiana . li ha, Beta, . Gamma, Cleveland Aluii Michigan . lpha, Illinois Aljiha, Beta, Wisconsin .Mpha, Gamma Jlinnesota Beta, Iowa . lpha, Kansas . lpha, Nebraska . lpha, California Beta, o Wesleyan University . Wittenburg College University of Ohio . De Pauw University University of Indiana Wabash College ni . ssociation. . ' cwark . lumui . ssociation. Sjiriiigficld . lunini DISTRICT IV. University of Michigan . Northwestern University University of Chicago . I ' niversity of Wisconsin Bcloit College University of Minnesota University of Iowa University of Kansas University of Nebraska I, eland Standford, Jr., I ' niversity Chicago .Alumni .Association. Kansas City .Alumni Association. Twin City .Alumni . ssociatiou. Denver City .Alumni .Association. Multnomah . lunini .Association. Bucyrus . lunini .Association, Alpha Chapter of Kappa Alpha, ESTABLISHED 1865. IN URBE. T. E. McCoRKLE. H. W. Barclay. Col. E. W. Nichols. Major N. B. Tucker. Dr. J. H. Campbell. G. D. Letcher. W. Z. Johnstone. Capt. M. B. Corse. Capt. W. H. Voorhees. IN COLLEGIO. ACADEMIC. D. M. Barclay. G. P. FiSHBURNE. W. A. Gordon, Jr. R. T. McGuire. A. S. Jones, Jr. Robert Nelson. C. T. Smith. LAW. H. H. l,isLK. G. C. Powell. -76- . Kappa Alpha Fraternity, FOUNDED AT WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY IN 186S. CHAPTER LIST. Alpha . Washington and Lee University Psi Ciamma University of Georgia Omega Delta . Wofford College Alpha Alpha Epsiloii Fhnory College Alpha Beta Zeta . Kuiidolph-Macon College Alpha Gamma Eta Richmond College Alpha Delta Theta . Kentucky State A. and M. College Alpha Kpsilon Iota Freeman Uiiiversitj- Alpha Zeta K.ippa Mercer University Alpha Kta . Lambda University of Virginia Alpha Theta Nu Polytechnic Institute A. and M. College Alpha Iota Xi . Southwestern University Alpha Kappa Omicrou University of Texas Alpha Lambda Pi . University of Tennessee Alpha Mu Rho . South Carolina College Alpha Nu . Sigma • . . Davidson College Alpha Xi Upsilou University of North Carolina Alpha Oniicron Phi Southern University Alpha Pi Chi . Vanderbilt University Alpha Rho Tulane University Centre College University of the South University of Alabama Louisiana State University William Jewell College S. W. P. University William and Mary College Westminster College . Kentucky University Centenary College Missouri State University Johns Hopkins University Millsaps College Columbian I ' niversity University of California Arkansas Industrial University Lcland Stanford, Jr., University University of West Virginia ALUMNI CHAPTERS. Richmond, Virginia. Norfolk, Virginia. New York, New York. Raleigh, North Carolina. .Atlanta, Georgia. Washington, District of Columbia. Macon, Georgia. Mobile, Alabama, Athens, Georgia. Dallas, Texas. -76- Zeta Chapter of Oigma ChL ESTABLJSHED IN 1866 IN FACULTATE. Charles Alfred Graves, M. A., LL. D. in collegio. academic. Alban Goshorn Snyder. Normon Shrewsbury Fitzhugh. John Randolph Tucker, Jr., A.O., ' 99. Gabriel Benoist Shields. engineering. Gordon Randolph Houston. Fakrar Petrie Hamilton. Oigma Chi Fraternity. FOUNDED AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY IN1855. CHAPTER ROLL. Alpha, Gamma, Epsilon, Zeta, . Eta, Theta, . Kappa, Lambda, Mu, Xi, Omicron, Rho, . Tau, Chi, Psi, Omega, Alpha Alpha, Gamma Gamma, Delta Delta, Zeta Zeta, Zeta Psi, . Eta Eta, Kappa Kappa. Lambda Lambda, Miami University. Ohio Wesleyan University. Columbian University. Washingtoti and Lee University. University of Mississippi. . Gettysburg College. Bucknell University. . Indiana University. Denison University. . De Pauw University. Dickinson College. Butler University. Roanoke College. Hanover College. University of Virginia. Northwestern University. . Hobart College. Randolph- Macon College. Purdue I ' niversity. Center College. - -UniN-ersitv of Cincinnati. . Dartmouth College. University of Illinois. Kentucky State College. Mu Mu, . Nu Nu, Xi Xi, Sigma Sigma, . Phi Phi, . Alpha Beta, Alpha Cianima, Alpha P psilon, Alpha Zeta, Alpha Theta, . Alpha Iota, Alpha Lambda, Alpha Nu, Alpha Xi, Alpha Omicron, Alpha Pi, Alpha Rlio, Alpha Sigma, . Alpha Tau, Alpha Upsilon, Alpha Phi, Alpha Chi, Alpha Psi, Alpha Omega, . University of West ' irginia. Columbia College. I ' niversity of Missouri. Hampden-Sidney College. University of Pennsylvania. University of California. Ohio State I ' niversity. University of Nebraska. Beloit College. MassAchu.setts Institute of Technology. Illinois Wesleyan Ibiiversitv. University of Wisconsin. University of Te.xas. . University of Kansas. Tulane University. Albion College. Lehigh University. I ' niversity of Minnesota, University of North Carolina. University of Southern California. Cornell I ' niversity. Pennsylvania State College. X ' anderbilt University. Leland Stanford University. Chicago. ALUMNI CHAPTERS. Cincinnati. L uis ille. Indianapolis. Lafayette. Lincoln, Neb. New York. —79— Springfield, ( )liii Washington. Milwaukee. Virginia Sigma Chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, ESTABLISHED tS67. FRATRE IN FACULTATE. Edwin Whitfield Fay, M. A., Ph. D. LeRoy C. Barret. FRATRES IN COLLEGIO. ACADEMIC- GUSTAV B. Capito. RoBT. J. Griffin, Jr. E. H. Lindenberger. LAW. V. D. MCSWEEN. Edw. rd Lacy Grah. m. FRATRES IN URBE. S. McPheeters Glasgow, M. U. William W. McElwee. aS Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, ROLL OF CHAPTERS. PROVINCE ALPHA Massachusetts Beta Upsiloii, Gamma, Delta, . Iota Tail, Connecticut Alpha, Boston University . Harvard University- Worcester Polytechnic Institute . Mass. Institute Technologj ' Trinity College New York JIu, Signui Phi, Pennsylvania Alpha Zeta, Zeta, Sigma Phi, Omega, PROVINCE BETA. Columbia Universit)- St. Stephens College Pennsylvania State College Bucknell University Dickinson College Allegheny College Virginia Omicron, Sigma, North Carolina Theta, Xi, . South Carolina Gamm; Delta, Phi, Georgia Beta, Epsilon, Phi, Psi, Michigan Alpha, Iota Beta, Ohio Delta, Epsilon, Theta, Sigma, . PROVINCE GAMMA. University of Virginia Washington and Lee University Davidson College University of North Carolina ,, . . . Wofford College . South Carolina College . Furmau University University of Georgia Emory College Georgia School of Technology Mercer Universi ty PROVINCE DELTA Adrain College University of Michigan Ohio U ' esleyan Universitv University of Cincinnati Ohio State University Mt. Union College Indi.ana Alpha, Beta, . Illinois Psi Omega, Kentucky Iota Kappa, Tennessee Eta, Kappa, Lambda, Nu, Omega, . Zeta, Alabama . lplia Mu, Iota, . Mu, Mississippi Garaa, . Franklin College Purdue University Northwestern University PROVINCE EPSILON. Bethel College Central University Southwestern Ba])tist University University of Tennessee Cumljerland University . Vandcrbilt University University of the South Southwestern Preslnterian I ' niversity . Alabama A. M. College Southern University Universitv of .Alabama University of Mississippi PROVINCE ZETA. Iowa Sigma, Missouri Alpha, Beta, Nebraska, Lambda Pi, Louisiana. Epsilon, Phi, Simpson College . University of Missouri Washington University . Univer sity of Nebraska Louisianna State University Tulane University PROVINCE ETA. Arkansas Alpha Upsilon , Texas Rho, . Colorado Zeta, Chi, California Alpha, . Beta, University of Arkansas University of Texas . Denver University . University of Colorado Leland Stanford, Jr., University Universitv of California ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS. New York City. Boston. Atlanta. Cincinnati. Savanah. Pittsburg. Augusta. Alliance, Ohio. Chattanooga. Kansas City. Jackson, Miss. Zeta Deuteron Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. ESTABLISHED 1868. Fraternity Flower, ..... The Heliotrope. Fraternity Color, ..... Royal Purple. IN URBE. Hugh Spottswood White. IN FACULTATE. Sidney Turner Moreland, M. A., C. E. David Carlisle Humphreys, C. E. William Spencer Currell, M. A., Ph. D. IN COLLEGIO. Charles Franklin Myers. Charles Ja.mes Faulkner, Jr. Benjajiin Cortl.vndt Flournoy. James Montgojiery M.ason. Samuel Brown McPheeters. David Elwell Maxwell. EwiNG Davidson Slo.an. —82 — Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, FOUNDED AT WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON IN 1848. ACTIVE CHAPTERS. Alpha Beta Delta Epsilon Zeta . Eta Lambda Mu Nu . Xi Oniicrou Pi Sigma Tail rpsilon Chi Psi Omega Alpha Deuteron Alpha Chi Beta Deuteron Beta Mu . Washington and Jefferson College University of Pennsylvania Bucknell University University of North Carolina . University of Indiana Marietta College De Pauw University University of Wisconsin Bethel College Pennsylvania College University of Virginia Allegheny College Wittenberg College . Hanover College College of City of New York Union College Wabash College Columbia College Illinois Wesleyan Universitj- . Amherst College Roanoke College . Johns Hopkins University Beta Chi Gamma Deuteron Caninia Phi Delta Deuteron Delta Xi Zeta Deuteron Kappa Nu Kappa Tau Theta Deuteron Theta Psi . Lambda Deuteron Mu Sigma Nu Deuteron . Xu Epsilon Oniicrou Deuteron Pi Iota Pi Deuteron Rlio Deuteron Rho Chi Sigma Deuteron Tau Alpha Zeta Phi . New York City. Cleveland, Ohio. Kansas City, Missour ALUMNI CHAPTERS. Indianapolis, Indiana. Chattanooga, Tennessee. Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Spokane, Washington. San Francisco, California. Dayton, Ohio. Washington, District of Columbia Lehigh University Knox College Pennsylvania State College Hampden-Sidney College University of California Washington and Lee University Cornell University University of Tennesse Ohio Wesleyan University Colgate Universil} ' Denison University University of Minnesota Yale University University of City of New York . Ohio State University Worcester Polytechnic Institute University of Kansas Wooster University Richmond College Lafayette College Trinity College William Jewell College Columbus, Ohio. Chicago, Illinois. Baltimore, Maryland. Lambda Chapter of Sigma Nu, ESTABLISHED IN 1882. IN COLLEGIO. ACADEMIC. Albert W. Webb. J.vs. R. K. Cowan. Chas. W. Guthrie. Julius L. Witz. Eugene C. Connor. Arthur F. Toole. engineering. Thos. H. Webb. Warren W. Whitside. LAW. John R. Smith. Alex. C. Birch. Borden H. Burr. IN URBE. John Carmichael. John Car.michael, Jr. Hugh W. McCrum. John T. L. Preston. Sigma Nu Fraternity, FOUNDED AT THE VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE IN 1869. Colors : Black, White and Gold. ROLL OF ACTIVE CHAPTERS. Beta Delta Zeta Eta Theta Iota Kappa Lambda Mil Nu . Xi Oiiiicrou Pi Rho Sigma Upsiloii Phi Psi Beta-Beta University of Virginia South Carolina College Central University, Kentucky Mercer University, Georgia University of Alabama Howard College, Alabama North Georgia College Washington and Lee University University of Georgia University of Kansas Emory College, Georgia Bethel College, Kentucky Lehigh University, Pennsylvania University of Missouri Vaiiderbilt University, Tennessee University of Te.Nas University of Louisiana L ' uiversity of North Carolina De Pauw University Beta-Zeta Beta-Eta Beta-Theta . Bota-Iota Beta-Lambda Beta-Mu Beta-Nu Beta-Xi Beta-Pi Beta-Tan Beta-Upsilon Beta-Phi Beta Chi Beta-Psi Beta-Rho . Gam ma- Alpha (Tamma-(Tainnia Gamma-Chi Delta-Theta Flower : White Rose. Purdue University, Indiana University of Indiana Alabama A. and M. College Mt. Union College, Ohio . Central College, Missouri University of Iowa Ohio State University William Jewell College, Missouri University of Chicago, Illinois North Carolina A. and M. College Rose Polytechnic Institute . Tulaiie University, Louisiana hind Stanford, Jr., University, California University of California University of Pennsylvania . Georgia School of Technology . Albion College, Michigan University of Washington Lombard University, Illinois Texas Alumni .Association. Louisiana Alumni Association. Iowa Alumni Association. ALUMNI ORGANIZATIONS. lissouri Alumni . ssociation. Georgia Aluinni Association. Indiana Ahimni Association. California .Alumni Association. -85- Atlanta Alumni Chapter. Kansas City . lumni Chapter. Birmingham Aluinni Chapter Virginia Zeta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta. ESTABLISHED 1887. Fked. Adair Bryan. Thomas Battle McLester. IN COLLEGIO. Samuel Ruffix Horne. Robert Granville Campbell. Thomas Edmunds Marshall, Jr. Albert Gallatin Jenkins. Robert Shanklin McCliktic. James Lawrence Leonard. Leland Coppock Speers. Frank Howard Campbell. John Hunter Pendleton. Rev. Thornton Whaling, D. D. Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. FOUNDED AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY, 184.B ALPHA PROVINCE. Maine Alpha New Hampshire Alpha Vermont Alpha Massachusetts Alpha Massachusetts Beta . Rhode Island Alpha New York Alpha New York Beta . New York Delta New York Kpsilon Pennyslvania Alpha . Pennsylvania Beta Pennsylvania Gamma Pennsylvania Delta Pennsylvania Epsilon Pennsj-lvania Zeta Pennsylvania Eta ' iri inia Beta ' irginia Gamma Virginia Zeta North Carolina Beta Kentucky Alpha . Kentucky Delta Tennessee Alpha . Tennessee Beta Colby University Dartmouth Collejie University of Vermont Williams College Amherst College Brown University Cornell University Union University Columbia University Syracuse University Lafayette College . Gettysburg CoU. ge . Washington and Jefferson College . Allegheny College Dickinson College Universitv of Pennsvlvania Lehigh University PROVINCE. University of ' irginia . Randolph-Macon College Washington and Lee University University of North Carolina Centre College Central University Vanderbilt University . Universitv of tlie South Georgia Alpha Georgia Beta Georgia Gamma Alabama Alpha . Alabama Beta Mississippi Alpha Louisiana Alpha Texas Beta Texas Gamma Ohio Alpha Ohio Beta Ohio Gamma Ohio Delta . Ohio Zeta Ohio Eta Indiana Alpha Indiana Beta . Indiana Gamma Indiana Delta . Indiana Epsilon Indiana Zeta . Indiana Theta Michigan Alpha Michigan Beta Michigan Gamma GAMMA PROVINCE. L ' niversity of Georgia Emory College Mercer University University of Alabama Alabama Polytechnic Institute University of Mississippi Tnlane Universitj ' . University of Texas . Southwestern University DELTA PROVINCE. Miami University Ohio Wesleyan University Ohio University University of Wooster Ohio State University . Case School of Applied Science . Indiana University Wabash College Butler College Franklin College Hanover College De Pauw University . Purdue University University of Michigan . State College of Michigan Hillsdale College -87- EPSILON PROVINCE. Illinois Alpha . . Northwestern University Illinois Beta .... University of Chicago Illinois Delta .... Knox College Illinois Epsilon . . Illinois Wesleyan University Illinois Zeta . . . Lombard University Illinois Eta .... University of Illinois Wisconsin Alpha . . . University of Wisconsin Missouri Alpha . . . University of Missouri Missouri Beta Missouri Gamma Iowa Alpha Iowa Beta Minnesota Alpha Kansas Alpha Nebraska Alpha California Alpha California Beta Westminster College Washington University . Iowa Wesleyan University State University of Iowa . University of Minnesota . University of Kansas University of Nebraska University of California Leland Standford, Jr., University ALUMNI CHAPTERS. Boston, Mass. Philadelphia, Pa. Richmond, Va. Atlanta, Ga. Selnia, Ala. Cincinnati, O. Louisville, Ky. La Crosse, Wis. Galesburg, 111. New York. Baltimore, Md. Columbus, Ga. Nashville, Tenn. Brimingham, Ala. Akron, O. Franklin, Ind. St. Louis, Mo. Kansas City, Mo. Pittsburg, Pa. Washington, D. C. Macon, Ga. Montgomery, . la. Mobile, Ala. Cleveland, O. Indianapi lis, Ind. Chicago, 111. Denver, Col. Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn. San Francisco, Cal. Spokane, Wash. Salt Lake City, Utah. Los Angeles, Cal. Mu Chapter Kappa Sigma, ESTABLISHED 1888. IN COLLEGIO. Bryan Conrad. Wm. McBrayer Moore. Charles W. F. Spencer. Minor Bkonauoii. Edmund Pendleton Hunter. George C. Pekry. John Randolph Henry. Robert L. Owen. B. B. Morgan. C. W. W.VTTS. Kappa Sigma Fraternity, FOUNDED AT UNIVRESITY OF BOLOGNA IN 1400. BROUGHT TO AMERICA IN 1865. CHAPTER ROLL. Gamma — Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. Delta — Davidson College, Davidson, N. C. Bpsilon — Centenary College, Jackson, La. Zeta — University of Virginia, Va. Eta — Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va. Theta— Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn. Iota — Southwestern University, Creorgetown, Texas. Kappa — Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. Lambda — University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn. Mn — Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. Nu — William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va. Xi — University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark. Pi— Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa. Sigma — Tulane University, New Orleans, Ln. Tan— University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Upsilon — Hampden-Sidney College, Hampden-Sidney, Va. Phi — Southwestern Presbyterian University, Clarksville, Tenn. Chi — Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. Psi — Maine State College, Orono, Maine. Omega — University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. Chi Omega — South Carolina College, Columbia, S. C. Eta Prime — Trinity College, Durham, N. C. Alpha Beta — Mercer University, Macon, Ga. Alpha Gamma — University of Illinois, Champaign, 111. Alpha Delta — Pennsylvania State College, State College, Pa. Alpha Epsilon — University of Pennsylvania, Phil adelphia, Pa. Alpha Zeta — University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. ' . lphi Eta — Columbian University, Washington, D. C. Alpha Theta — Southwestern Baptist Univ., Jackson, Tenn. Alpha Iota — U. S. Grant University Athens, Tenn. Alpha Kappa — Cornell Universit}-, Ithaca, N. Y. Alpha Lambda — University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. Alpha Mu— University of North Cirolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. Alpha Nu— Woiford College, Spartanburg, S. C. Alpha Xi— Bethel College, Russellville, Ky. Alpha Omicron — Kentucky University, Lexington, Ky. Alpha Pi— Wabash College, Cravvfordsville, Ind. Alpha Rho — Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. Alpha Sigma — Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Alpha Tau — Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta, Ga. Alpha Upsilon — Millsaps College, Jackson, Miss. Alpha Phi — Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa. Alpha Chi — University of Nebraska. Alpha Psi — Lake Forest University. ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS. Yazoo City, Mississippi. Philadelphia, Penn sylvania. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. New York City, New York. New Orleans, Louisiana. Chicago, Illinois. Indianapolis, Indiana. —90— Beta Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega, ESTABLISHED IN 1865. Fraternity Flower: White Tea Rose. Fk.-vternity Colors : Sky Blue and Old Gold. IN FACULTATE. Henry Donald Campbell, M. A., Ph. D. IN URBE. Major Francis Henney Smith, Virginia a. J. R. A. Hobson, Virginia a. Samuel Houston Letcher, ' irginia a. Matthew White Paxton, Virginia jj. J.VMES McClintic D.widson, Virginia i-;. IN COLLEGIO. academic. law. Cecil Henry Burke. Ralph Owen Cochran. Harlow Shaw Di.xon. David McKinney Hammat. Samuel Garland Hamner. James Porter Michler, Jr. GusTAvus Adolphus Wingfield. Joseph Samuel Slicer, Jr. -91— Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, FOUNDED AT VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE IN 186S. Alabama Alpha Epsilo n Alaliama Beta Beta Alabama Beta Delta California Beta Psi Georgia Alpha Beta Georgia Alplia Tbeta Georgia Alpha Zeta Georgia Beta Iota . Illinois Gamma Zeta . Indiana Gamma . Louisiana Beta Epsilon Massachusetts Gamma Beta Maine Beta Upsilon . Maine Gamma Alpha Michigan Alpha Mu . Michigan Beta Kappa Michigan Beta Omicrou North Carolina Alpha Delta North Carolina Xi New York Alpha Omicron New York Beta Theta ACTIVE A. and M. College. . Southern University. University of Alabama. Leiand Stanford, Jr., University. University of Georgia. Emory College. Mercer University. School of Technology. University of Illinois. Rose Polytechnic Institute. Tulane University. Tufts College. State College. Colby University. Adrian College. Hillsdale College. Albion College. University of North Carolina. Trinity College. St. Lawrence University. Cornell Uuiversitv. CHAPTERS. Ohio Alpha Nu . Ohio Alpha Psi Ohio Beta Eta Ohio Beta Mu Ohio Beta Rho Ohio Beta Omega Pennsylvania Alpha Iota Pennsylvania Alpha Rho . Pennsylvania Alpha Upsilon Pennsylvania Tau Rhode Island Gamma Delta South Carolina Alpha Phi Tennessee Alpha Tau Tennessee Beta Pi Tennessee Beta Tau . Tennessee Lambda Tennessee Omega Texas Gamma Epsilon Vermont Beta Zeta Virginia Beta A ' irginia Delta Mt. Union College. Wittenburg College. Wesleyan University. Wooster College. Marietta College. State Universit) ' . Muhlenberg College. Lehigh University. Pennsylvania College. University of Pennsylvania. . Brown University. South Carolina College. S. W. Pres. Universit) . . Vanderbilt Universit) ' . S. W. Baptist University. . Cumberland College. University of the South. Austin College. University of Vermont. Washington and Lee University. University of Virginia. Alabama Alumni Association. Allentown Alumni Association. Boston . lunini Association. Chicago Alumni Association. Cleveland Alumni Association. ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS. District of Columbia Alumni Association. New York Alumni Association. Ohio Alumni Association. Pennsylvania Alumni Association. Pittsburg AUumni Association. -92— Springfield Alumni Association. Tennessee Alumni Association. Texas Alumni Association. Pi Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha. ESTABLISHED 1691. IN URBE. John C. Dillon. IN COLLEGIO. ACADEMIC. W. LORING Lke, South Carolina. S. M. D. H. rrison, Virginia. J. W. UROY G. RRO v, Texas. H. rris W. G.arrow, Texas. Arthur B. L. F. r, South Carolina. G. Lom. .x Thorntox, Virginia. Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity FOUNDED AT UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. CHAPTER ROLL. Alpha, University of ' irginia. Nu, . Beta, Davidson College. Xi, Zeta, . University of Tennessee. Pi, . Theta, Southwestern Presbyterian University. Rho, Iota, . Hampden-Sidney College. Tau, Mu, S. C. Presbyterian College. Upsilor 1, . Phi, Roanoke College Wofford College. South Carolina College. Washington and Lee University. Cumberland University. University of North Carolina. Alabama A. and M. College. ALUMNI CHAPTERS, Alumnus Alpha, . . Richmond, Va. Alumnus Delta, Alumnus Beta, . . . Memphis, Tenn. Alumnus Upsilon, Alumnus Gamma, . White Sulphur Springs, W. ' a. Alumnus Zeta, —94— Charleston, S. C. Norfolk, Va. Dillow, S. C. Virginia Alpha Chapter of Mu Pi Lambda. ESTABLISHED 1895. IN COLLEGIO. MosBY G. Pkrrow. P , j, j bosshardt. James S. McCluer. William R. Perkins. p. Albert Lang. J. Cameron McCluer. Mu Pi Lambda Fraternity, CHAPTER ROLL. Virginia i lpha, . Washington and Lee Universit} ' . Massachusetts Alpha, Virginia Beta, . . University of ' irginia. Missouri Alpha, Harvard University. Missouri State University. i Phi Chapter of Delta Tau Delta, ESTABLISHED 1896. H. W. Myers. H. Eugene Hyatt. « IN COLLEGIO. H. M. McIlhany, Jr. J. D. M. AnitiSTKAD. H. B. Chrrmside. F. Graham Cootes. T. J. Farrak. H. W. M. Drake. Paul S. Felder. Louis F. Wilson. Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. FOUNDED IN 1860. CHAPTER ROLL. GRAND DIVISION OF THE SOUTH. A — Vauderbilt University. n — Uuiversity of Mississippi. — Washington and Lee University. 15 A — University of Georgia. B E— Emory College. B 6— University of the South. I! E— Tulane University. GRAND DIVISION OF THE NORTH. B— Ohio University. A — University of Michigan. E — Albion College. Z— Adelbert College. I — Michigan Agricnltural College. K— Hillsdale College. JI — Ohio Wesleyan University. X — Kenyon College. B A — Indiana University. 1! B — De Pauw Uuiversity. B Z — Butler College (University of Indianapolis). 11 ' 1 ' — Ohio State University. B t— Wabash College. GRAND DIVISION OF THE WEST. — University of Iowa. B r — Universit} ' of Wisconsin. B H — University of Minnesota. B K —University of Colorado. B n — Northwestern University. B P — Leland Stanford, Jr., University. B T — University of Nebraska. B T — University of Illinois. GRAND DIVISION OF THE EAST. — Allegheny College. r — Washington and Jefferson College. X — University of Peunsylvania. P — Stevens Institute of Technology. y. — Williams College. T — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. B A — Lehigh University. B M— Tufts College. B X — Massachusetts Institute of Technology. BO — Cornell University. B X — Brown University. ALUMNI CHAPTERS. New York. Chicago. Nashville. Twin City. Pittsburg. Nebraska. Cleveland. Detroit. Grand Rapids. New Orleans. New England. Cincinnati. i- Omicron Chapter of 1 heta Nu tpsilon. ESTABLISHED Le Roy C. Barret. Robert Granville Campbell. J. R. K. Cowan. Albert G. ll. tin Jenkins. Battle McLester. W. McBrayer Moore. G. CuTHBERT Powell. Randolph Tucker Shields. C. W. F. Spencer. Edward Asberry O ' Neal. Ben. M. Rosebro. Minor Bron. ugh. Brv.vn Conrad. Samuel D. Harrison. E. H. LlNDENBERf.ER W. D. McSwKKN. Leland C. Speers. Edward Waring Wilson. Van Astor Batchelor. Hampton H. Lisle. J. R. Tucker, Jr. R. T. McGuire. E. P. Hunter. Theta Nu Epsilon Fraternity, FOUNDED 1870. CHAPTER ROLL. . lpha, Beta, (Tanima, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, . Theta, Iota, . Kappa, Lambda, Mu, Nu, . Xi, Omicron, Pi, Wesleyan University Rho, Syracuse University Sigma, Union College Tau, Cornell University Upsilon, . Rochester University Phi, Universit}- of California Chi, Madison University Psi, Kenyon College Omega, Adelbert College Delta Epsilon, . Hamilton College Pi Phi, . Rensselaer Polvtechnic School Delta Kappa, . Stevens Institute Beta Epsilon, Lafayette College Alpha Mu, . . Amherst College Alpha Iota, . Washington and Lee University Beta Rho, . . Pennsylvania Sta ' .e College Beta Eta, University of Pennsj-lvauia University of the City of New York Wooster University University of Michigan . Rutgers College Dartmouth College Ohio State University . Swarthmore College University of Kansas University of Virginia . Bowdoin College . University of North Carolina Lehigh University University of Missouri . Hampden-Sidney College University of Mississippi i Fraternity Yells Hi ! Hi ! Hi ! Phi Kappa Psi ! Live Ever ! Die Never ! Phi Kappa Psi ! Alpha Tan ! O-me-ga ! Beta Chapter ! Virginia ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Kappa Alpha ! Alpha Chapter! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Hurray K. A. I Hurray K. A. ! Kappa Alpha ! Hippi ' . Hippi ! Hi ! Rip ! Zip ! Zelta ! Fizz ! Boom ! Ah ! Ha Phi Gamma Delta! Wah-rippety zip bang Whoop-bang-hi ! Hurrah ! Hurray ! Hurrah Pi ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! The Crescent Star ! Vive-la ! Vive-la ! Kappa Sigma ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Ree ! Virginia Sigma ! S. A. E. Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Phi ! Keia ! Phi Delta Theta ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Who ! Who ! Who am I ? I ' m a loyal Sigma Chi ! Hi Rickety ! Hoopty Do ! What ' s the matter with Sigma Nu Terra-ga-hoo ! HuUahalloo ! L,ambda Chapter, Sigma Nu ! Rah ! Rah ! Delta ! Delta Tau Delta ! Rah ! Rah ! Delta Tau ! Delta Tau Delta ! i General Athletic Association G. C Powell, D. C, President. K. T. Shields, Va., Vice-President. A. F. Toole, Al.a., Secretary. L. C. B. RRKT, Mo., Treasurer. FOOT BALL ' 96. A. B. L. F- R, S. C, Manager. . . G. Jenkins, W. V.a.., Captain. BASE-BALL ' 97. W. McB. Moore, Kv., Manager. C.J. F.aulkner.Jr., V. Va., Captain. COMMITTEES. ADVISORY. FACfLTY, Profs. D. C. Hr: iPHREvs and H. D. C. mpbell. Alumni, W.m. S. Hopkins, Esq. Students, G. C. Powell and R. T. Shields. BOAT CLUBS. HARRY LEE. L. C. Barret, Mo. A. F. Toole, Ala. E. A. O ' Ne. ' Vl, Ala. albert SIDNEY. G. Jenkins, W. Va. T. E. Marshall, Va. C. W. Guthrie, Ky. POWELL, Qua S. D. TRACK ATHLETICS. Harrison, Manager. A. F. Toole. G. C. Powell. This association was organized during the session of ' 95-6, for the promotion of athletics in the University. Membership in it, gives free admission to all games played on the University grounds, which are entirely under the supervision of the different managers in season. Its government is principally by an advisory committee, consisting of two members of the Faculty, one Alumnus and the President and Vice-President of the Association. — 104 — I Field Day, May 15, 1897. S. M. D. Harrison Manager. Standing High Jump. Running High Jump. Hop, Step and Jump, loo Yards Dash. Mile Run. Throwing Hammer. High Kick. 220 Yards Dash. Putting Shot. Standing Broad Jump. Running Broad Jump. Pole Yaulting. 440 Yards Dash. Hurdles. Throwing Base Ball. 96- ' 97 Left Guard, J. R. K. Cowan. Lejl Tackle, Right Tackle. Jay Oberun. D. M. Barclay. Left Half Back, A. G. Jenkins. Manager, Captain, . TEAM. Centre, T. H. Wkbb. Quarter Back, G. C. Powell. Full Back, R. G. Campbell. A. B. LaFar. A. G. Jenkins. Right Guard, R. S. McClinTic. Left End, Right End, J. P. MiCHLKR. S. B. McPHEETERS. Right Half Back, R. T. Shields. SUBSTITUTES. Griffin. Floornov. Mller ' s School St. John ' s College GAMES PLIVYED. W. L. U.- V. L. U. -0-22 -0-24 V. M. I. Roanoke College . V. I.. U. W. L. U.— 12-0 W. L. U.— a-6 MCCLINTIC- CAMPBELT-. Tournament, May, ' 96. Last round. G. C. Powell. ( W. R. McCain. | S. B.McPheeters. I C. F. Faulkner. j SINGLES. Finals. W. R. McCain. S.B. McPheeters. DOUBLES. Finals. Winner. W. R. McCain. Lasl round. C.J. Faclkner. and I C. F. Myers. | C. J. Faulkner. I and C. S. Dice. 1 C. F. Myers. and S.B. McPheeters. J L. W. Smith. and G. C. Powell. Winners. L. W. Smith. and G. C. Powell. — io8- H. W. Pratt, Instructor. L. F. Wilson, Va. H. W. Drake, Miss. Paul S. Felder, S. C. R. T. Shields, Va. R. G. Campbell, Va. L. C. Barret, Ark. RoBT. Nelson, Ky. Reginald Joyner, W. Va. T. H. Webb, Md. W. H. White, S. C. PUBLIC EXHIBITION, MAY 10. Left Field, Centre Field, Right Field, B. M. RosEBRO. T. H. Webb. D. E. Maxwell or E. C. Connor. Short Stop, Second Base, R. G. Campbell. C. J. Faulkner, Captain. Third Base, Pitcher, Fsrst Base, C. F. Myers. H. W. Pratt. A. G. Snyder. Catcher, B. H. Burr. SUBSTITUTES. R. J. Griffin, Jr. P. L. Wilson. SEASON OF ' 96. W. L. U. vs. Hobart, in Lexington 3 to 4 W. L. U. vs. Columbian, in Lexington 5 to 4 W. L. U. z ' j. Princeton, in Lynchburg i to 18 W. L. U. w. St Johns ' , in Lexington 12 to i W. L. U. vs. V. M. I., in Lexington 7 to 2 W. L. U. vs. U. N. C, in Danville, o to 19 W. L. U. vs. V. M. I., in Lexington 11 to 2 — no — A History of Boating at Washington and Lee University. IN ORDER that the oft repeated and gradually increasing disputes con- cerning past records of the two crews may be definitely settled, we publish a short history of the yearl} ' races. The declining sun of June 23d, 1S74, witnessed the first boat race at Washing- ton and Lee University, and Old Sol was probably the best judge of the foul which is credited to the Albert Sidney crew, as it appears by the boating records, that the mishap escaped the notice of the regularly appointed judges, and the race was therefore called a draw. How- ever, in the absence of a prize cup, the result of the race might be termed oppor- tune. The race was over a one and a half mile course below the dam. The Harry Lees carried off the palm and likewise the cup, a silver one, and the first one offered. The reporter of this race, waxed eloquent in its narration — so much so that by a slight stretch of the imagination, we can easily conceive of him as being a Harry Lee— and also poetical, breaking into the following rather appropriate jingle. In each boat were ■ith but a single thought : souls and Thr. I each side of each ; that beat ; 1876. EV Prize Cri From the Cc) fgi(7 i ' s accountof this race, we clipped the following : Owing to the defeat which the Albert Sidneys sustained last year and the supposed weakness of their crew, the} ' were the most unpopular of the two crews. .A faint cheer greeted them as they pulled slowl) ' down the course from the boat house. The Harry Lee crew on the other hand received several rounds of applause, and rowed down in fine style ; a large and crowded canal boat, almost completely imbued with red, was particularly enthusiastic in this direction. Some impatience was manifested, until the boats came around the bend, then all was excitement and speculation ; no one doubted that the leading crew was the Harry Lee, for the Harry Lee had that (the inside) track, and the approaching crew was holding the course which the Harn,- Lee should have held ; but when the blue came in sight and there was no longer any doubt as to who they were, a tremenrtous cheer was raised, and the blue foUowiug, before so despondent, became uproariously enthusiastic ; they could hardly believe their eyes and cheered themselves hoarse. The blue boat came up, steadily gaining, and passed under the wire about five lengths ahead of the red. Every- one was surprised at the result, as all had expected that the race would be almost a farce, imagining that the blues would be fifteen lengths behind. We can only account for it by saying, the Albert Sidney stroke was better adapted to the condition of the river than the Harry Lee. The Albert Sidney, too, made a better start, took the lead and kept it. There were no striking incidents on the race : Henshall, No. 3, on Albert Sidney, deserves credit for having pulled up from the bend without his seat, which slipped from under him at that point. 1S77. The Harry Lee crew had the honor this year, not onlv to win the race, but to be the first crew to win the Pinckney Prize Cup, presented b - Bishop Pinckney, of Maryland, to the Harry Lee and Albert Sidney Boat Clubs, to be thereafter contested for in the annual regatta. The following from the Collegian, may be of interest: Hon. John Randolph Tucker, in a few stirring and appro- priate remarks, presented the championship cup to the Harry Lee crew, which was received by Captain Jack. This cup is one of rare design, and one of the finest that it has ever been our good fortune to look upon. It is a present from Bishop Pinckney, of Marj-land, who has evinced the liveliest interest inour boat clubs. 187S. Steady uniform work won the race for the -Albert Sidneys. .At the word the crews fell to their oars with a handsome send off. The .Albert Sidneys soon drew ahead, however, and on turn- ing the first bend, were clear of their antagonists, widened the gap, and took the inside track on the big bend some distance in the lead. The race of three-quarters of a mile up the straight stretch to the closefbecame doubly interesting. The Harry Lees quick- ening their stroke seemed determined to make up their lost ground, but though they gained considerably, the Albert Sidneys were too far in the front, and the blues passed under the line victorious by two lengths, pulling a steady stroke of thirty eight to the minute over the whole course. 1S79. One of the .Albert Sidney oarsmen lost his seat at an early stage of the contest, and the result of the race was never doubtful. The doubtful element being eliminated, comparatively little interest was shown in the balance of the race ; especially was this lack of interest noticeable on the part of the cohort of Albert Sidneys. In the language of the Collegian, the cup was pre- sented by the Hon. J. Randolph Tucker, in his inimitable style, that happy commingling of the serious and the jocose which is so pleasing. 1880. The Harry Lees again tuck another scalp in their belt and win the race as follows : The Albert Sidneys won the toss and took the tow-path side. After some dela ' the crews took their positions at the starting point, and after one false start the boats came in position, and at the word go, the crews caught the water about the same time, both doing their very best to gain the best course after the first bend, the reds pulling forty-one and the blues forty-four strokes per minute. At Hoffman ' s run the reds were clearly gaining on their opponents, and the first bend was rounded with clear water between the boats. The Harry Lees took the blues ' water to the cliffs, where they returned to their own course, and passed into the straight stretch with nearly two lengths of clear water. This lead was slightly increased up the stretch, the reds crossing the line four lengths ahead in nine minutes and fifty-five seconds, the the fastest time for four years. After an entertaining medley of hurrahing, crying, fainting, etc., the crowd reluctantly disbanded to await the expiration of another year, the wearers of the red declaring it to be the finest race ever rowed on the river. iSSi. This year the Albert Sidneys break the monotony of defeat and win the race by superior all round work, beating out the reds by six or eight lengths. Professor Tucker pre- sented the prize cup to Mr. L. Pearce, from Cen- tral America, captain and stroke of the Albert Sid- ney crew. 1882. The Collegian has this to say of the race : The excitement was too much for one of the Harr} ' Lee oarsmen ; there was a crab, a sudden stop, and quick as thought the Albert Sid- neys had the Harry Lees water and the race was theirs. George Robiuson, the .Albert .Sidney cox- swain, called forth the ad- Albert sh miration of the spectators for the ready and skillful m.nnner in which he took advantage of the unlucky accident of the Harry Lees, as well as for the manner in which he made starboard bend, showing that he was an expert at manipulating the ropes. We note that the average weight of the Harry Lee crew was one-hundred and forty-seven pounds and that of the Albert Sidneys one-hundred and thirty pounds. 1883. As a good description of a poor race, the following from the Collegian will probabh remain without an equal from a liter- ary point of view, for years to come ; .As an athletic feat, it was not such a success — as a farce it was unprecedented and not likely to have a rival for some years to come. Rain, mud, and some hundreds of miserable looking objects bedecked in as many miserable looking ribbons, were in attend- ance. The crews were anxious to get rid of the race at any cost, and the spectators about as anxious to get rid of the crews and this feature of commencement. A med- ley of bedrabbled muddy specimens of humanity congregated on the bank of the river to witnessthe first race on the glorious new course, i. e , the tor- tuous hog-wallow which we, with characteristic regard for all that per- tains to us and ours have chosen to designate by this somewhat over-polite appellation. The boats after considerable delay — caused, we are told by the difficulty experienced in getting ye mariners to man the navy— got afloat and were feebly cheered by the sympathic tooth- picks on the cliffs. A mean-spirited wag declared that the Harry Lee captain, tolled his men to the river with a I ag of candy, and we are informed by reliable people that the Albert Sidney captain and coxswain flogged their oarsmen into action, like Turkish I soldiers. After much suspense, varied by mutterings of thunder and showers of rain, it was announced that the boats were coming. It was like waiting for Christmas, but at last they came in sight — the -■Vlbert Sidney boat ahead as they rounded the bend, just above the bridge and beyond the new boat house. Both coxswains headed their boats for midstream — the Harry Lees to avoid the sharp bend and to take advantage of the current, the Albert Sidneys to give their adversaries dead water. What then ? A collision ! The Albert Sindey gig was struck by its adversa- ries, bow between the fourth and sixth oar-locks, utterly deranging the port oars atid knocking the stroke oar on the starboard side out of the water. The Albert Sidney stroke taking it for granted that his coxswain had run into the adversa- ries, water , bade his men lie on their oars. The Harry Lee boat came on down the river — the Albert Sidneys, after waiting some ten or fif- teen minutes, followed Harry I. suit — the crowd cheered, the old oarsmen vented their disgust in well chosen language from the Sunday-school vocabularj-, and the red flag unfurled itself in hilarious triumph. But alas, human glorj- is at best but frail, and in this particular instance was destined to meet with a dreadful rebuff. The Albert Sidneys cried foul! They probably referred to the mud and filth, but the crowd thought they meant the collision. In vain did the backers of the red boat cry fair ! In vain did the wearers of its colors cry shame ! A committee must investigate the business. A committee was accordingly chosen, and in justice to these gentlemen, who certainly did their best, let us say honestly and candidly that their course, if not the fairest was the most judicious. Witnesses were examined, and in spite of the honest attempts of Messrs. Gaines, Gordon and Rob- inson, the arbitrators, it was impossible to find out anything. The com- mittee declared the race to be a draw. 1S84. There was no race this year, due to the bad weather. Thus three months training went for naught, except for the physical development of the oarsmen. 1885. The Harry Lee crew won by steady all round work, the Albert Sidneys losing to them, when victory was almost in their grasp, by catching a crab while leading by a small margin near the finish. The Harry Lees finished in splendid form and won by a boat length. 18S6. The Harry Lees added another victory to (heir list and won the mile race in five minutes and fifteen seconds, Ijeatiug the Albert Sidney crew several boat lengths. Again it is my duty to relate that the Harry Lees, without the slightest hesitation and the least compunction of conscience, and without any perceptible delicacy in the matter, serenely sailed off with the third consecutive victor}-. iSSS. The Albert Sidneys were victors in a one-sided and uninterest- ing race. As the Harry Lees had won three years in succession the question in the minds of all, was, whether they could administer a fourth defeat and establish a new record, but as the following will show they were doomed to disappointment. The race itself was not an interesting one. At the start the reds forged ahead, but the lead was soon gained and kept by the blues. The spirit of the Harry Lees near the close was only halfhearted, so far were their opponents ahead. The shouts of those wearing the blue badges became louder and louder and were soon almost unbearable. It seemed as if by one mighty effort they were seeking to atone forthe long silence of three years, caused by three successive victories of the other side. The excitement was so great at seeing a blue victory at last, that young ladies even forgot where they were, stood up in carriages and waved flags. 1889. The Albert Sidneys repeated the performance of the previous year and won the race by superior work. iSgo. This year the Harr)- Lees won, thus keeping the Albert Sid- neys from the third consecutive victory. The workof the winning crew was characterized by coolness and the perfect unison of the stroke. 1S91. The following will account for the absence of a boat race this year; The boat racescheduled for theafternoon was declared off, because of the loss to our crew of And)- Woods, and so the — n6- young ladies prolonged their siestas preparatory to the night, the overworked livery horses reqtiiescaveriint in pace — and their stalls— and the monetary pulses of the gallants beat with gladsome health and vigor in consequence thereof. 1892. This race was hardly worth the seeing, judging from the fol- lowing account : ' ' The red and blue glistened and waved from Col Alto to Perrys- ville, and the happiest auguries were indulged in, the gayest hopes entertained. ' Vain, transitory splendor. ' At six o ' clock in the afternoon the ' finish ' was crowded with vehicles of all sizes and kinds, decked with red, blue and the opposite sex. All eyes were bent upon the bend around which the gallant crews must dash to hard-earned victory or honorable defeat. Alas for the perishability of mortal hopes, for the instability of human aft ' airs. After a period of suspense, a few feeble cheers were heard some distance up the river; they approached ; a Harry Lee flag became some- what agitated, but as yet nothing could be seen ; then a boat appeared, splashing wildly through the waves toward the ' finish. ' Nothing else appeared. It passed amid cheering, and the crowd anxiously awaited further developments; but neither developments nortlie Albert Sidney crew appeared. ' Well, was that a Washing- ton and Lee boat race ? ' she scornfully asked, as they drove away ; and he answered never a word, but thought, yea, even meditated upon broken oar locks and ' crabs, ' and only the livery stable man chuckled fiendish!}- as he muttered, ' it ' s an ill wind that blows nobody good. ' 1893. The spectators this j-ear witnessed the best boat race in the history of boating at Washington and Lee, as judged from the fol- lowing account : At 6.15 p. M. the starter had the boats neck-to-neck ; counted ' one, ' ' two, ' and fired the signal. Off went the crews, the Harry Lee leading. Coming around the first bend the same positions were kept, red ahead, blue crowding close behind. The struggle kept up clear to the second bend, where loTers of tbe red began to turn pale as the blue was seen to close up the gap between the bows. . Vt the big bend, bow stood e% ' en with bow, then slowly tlie red flag dropped inch by inch beliind. Veils and cheers from friends and enemies iilled the soft evening air, and alike reached the agonizing oarsmen as an indistinguishable conglomeration of noises. The struggle continues ; intense excitement from cliff to shore only became more intense. But the red flag continued to lose; wh en the boat house was passed it seemed to be a boat length behind the blue. Here it gained for an instant but only for an instant ; for when its coxswain called for a spurt no spurt could be given. At length, amid cheers, wild and frantic, the blue passed under the wire two good lengths ahead of the drooping red. Thus ended the struggle. Willing hands aided the tired boatsmen at the landing, and ready words of congratulation and condolence awaited victor and vanquished. The time for the mile was four minutes and fourty-eight seconds, the best ever made in any race on North river. 1894. With apologies to the Collegian, we again clip the following : At first the Harry Lee boat was in the lead ; but before they had reached the first bend they were overtaken and passed by the Albert Sidneys. When they appeared in sight the people on the island could not tell which one was ahead, but the red flag was seen fluttering in the bjeeze, and the cry ' Harry Lee I ' ' Harry Lee ! ' went up from the crowd, but as the boats drew near, it was was seen that the flagless boat had a good lead of a little over three lengths and was winning easily. What had become of the blue flag we do not know. It seems a pity that it could not have waved from the bow of the boat. The boats went on past the judges ' stand, the band played in honor of the winners and the people howled ; the blue had downed the reds once more, and two months of hard work was over. Yes, it took just four minutes and forty-four seconds to declare the result of eight weeks of the hardest kind of training. 1895- The Albert Sidneys for the first time win the third consecutive victory, although a very closely contested one; both crews were evenly matched and the race was intensely exciting from the start to finish. Martz of the engineering class, who pulled at No. 3 on the victorious Albert Sidneys of ' 93, and who stroked that crew in 1894 again stroked the hardy blues to victory. 1S96. The Albert Sidneys established a new record by winning the fourth consecutive victory, bes ' des being for the first time in the lead of their valiant opponents in the list of victories. The start was perfect, both crews catching water at the same time, with the Harry Lees pulling a thirty six stroke and the Albert Sidneys thirty. Harry Lees immediately took the lead, and at the end of the first mile had increased it to a clear boat length and a half. From that time on the struggle was magnificent. Albert Sidney quickened her stroke and the boat shot through the water, the men rowing clean and hard ; Albert Sidney spurting at the last bend, overtook Harry Lee and won out by half a boat length, in the remarkably good time of 4:40. The race was the closest and the most exciting seen on the river for years, and the victory was well earned and well deserved. In justice to the Harry Lee crew, it can be stated this account of the race is not exactly correct. At the half mile point, (the big bend ) while leading by a good margin, one of tbe oarsmen of the Harry Lee crew lost his seat thereby losing several seconds for his crew, diminishing to some extent its chance of victory. The Albert Sidneys won in ' 76, ' 78, ' 81, ' 82, ' 88, ' 89, ' 93, ' 94, ' 95, and ' 96. The Harry Lees won in ' 75, ' 77, ' 79, ' So, ' 85, ' 86, ' 87, ' 90 and ' 92. ' 74 and ' 83 draw. ' 84 and ' 91 no race. Victories, Albert Sidney, 10 ; Harry Lee, 9. THE CAMPUS, SHOWING MAUSOtKUM OF GKN. R. H. LKE. Washington and Lee University Glee and Banjo Club. S. B. McPheeters, S. C, President. First Tenors. Jenkins. H. J. David, La., Business Manager. GLEE CLUB. Tucker. H. V. Pr. TT, Va., Director. Second Tenors. Felder. Snyder, A. G. Mandolins. Dillon. Horne. Snyder, A. G. McPheeters. D.wis, Jno. W. Second Basses. McLester. McPheeters. Banjeur Violin, Mason, T. M. Flute, Hamner. BANJO CLUB. Gtii ars. McSween. Pratt. Fishburne. Marshall. Wingfield. Felder. McPheeters. Dillon. Connor. Toole. Banjos. McGuire. Hunter. Milev. Snvder, K. M. Violincello, .... Houston. C.APiTO. Piano, . . . Hamner and Barret. McIlhany. THE BLACK DIAMOND QUARTETTE. Dillon, .... First Tenor. BaTCHELOR, . . . Second Tenor. RosEBRO, .... First Bass. McPheeters, . . . Second Bass. — 120 — W. L. U. GLEE AND BANJO CLUB, 97. OFFICERS. C. F. Myers, President. S. B. McPheeters, Vice-President. J. A. McClure, Recording Secretary. D. M. Hamm. t, Corresponding Secretary. B. F. Harlow, Jr., Treasurer. Membership, Finance, Missionary, . Reception, CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES. Bible Study, S. B. McPheeters B. F. Harlow, Jr J. A. McClure B. M. Rosebro Music, I Workers ' C ass, H. M. McIlhany. [ Devotional, Dr. McBryde. r ] ' ocal, H. W. Pratt. I Iiistnonental, G. B. Capito. CHAPLAINS. Rev. Thorton C. Whaling, D. D. Rev. J. T. Wightman, D. D. Rev. R. J. McBryde, D. D. Rev. T. a. Johnson. GRAHAM LEE SOCETY THK Graham-Lee Literary Society was organized Januarj ' 19, iSog, as the Graham Philanthropic Society, and was one of the first three literary societies organized in American colleges. The founders were John D. Paxton, president; Uel Wilson, vice-president; James W. Paxton, secretary ; Randolph Ross, William C. Preston, John D. Brown, Gustavus R. Jones, Edward C. Carrington and John P. Wilson. Ever since, Old Graham has been fitting men for the high responsibilities and honors which they were to sustain in the g reat world. The records of the society were destroyed during the war by Hunter ' s troops. From its reorganization after the war until the present, they are complete. The anni- versary of Graham-Lee ' s foundation, which is publicly celebrated, is also the anniversary of General R. E. Lee ' s birth. Since 1867, the society has been giving a debater ' s medal. A declaimer ' s medal has been competed for from 1871 until the present year, when it was abolished to give place to a medal for the best oration. Graham-Lee Officers, 96-7. Presidents. E. W. Wilson. H. H, Wavt. A. B. LaF. r. C. J. Faulkner, Jr. Secretaries. T. E. Marshall, Jr. C. C. Weber. Vice-Presidents. W. W. Kevser. D. M. Hammat. Treasurer. A. F. Toole. C. J. Faulkner, Jr. CRITICS. G. L. Thornton. W. R. Perkins. Graham-Lee Medalists 1867 GivENS Brown Strickler, . 1868 J. Harvey McLeary, 1869 George Boddie Peters, Jr., 1870 WiLUAM LaMBDIN PrATHER, 1871 James Batop Stubbs, 1S72 Joseph Willis Taylor, . 1873 Angus Neal Gordon, 1874 Henry St. George Tucker, 1875 Miles Macon Martin, 1876 Benjamin W. Bettis, . 1877 Walter Russell Bowie, 1878 Frederick Cockerell, 1879 William FrankCin Paxton, 1880 Alfred Winston Gaines, 187 1 Edward Mansfield Kirtland, 1872 Frederick Hugh Heiskell, 1873 Robert Rennolds Bkntley, 1874 Ben ' jamin W. Bettis, 1875 Samuel Jordan Oraham, . 1876 George Earle Chamberlain, . 1877 George Anderson Robinson, 1878 Samuel Jack, Jr., DEBATERS. Va. 1885 A. P. Taylor, . Texas. 1886 J. G. Scott, Tenii. 1887 J. H. Smith, . Texas. 1888 J. A. QUARLES, Texas. 1889 J. Q. Chambers, . Texas. 1890 E. M. Jackson, Ky. 1891 W. P. Johnson, Va. 1892 H. S. Powell, . Va. 1893 A. E. Reames, . S. C. 1894 J. W. Wool, . Va. 1845 H. V. C. NTER, . Texas. 1896 C. F. Myers, . Mo. 1897 D. K. Cameron, . Ky. DECLAIMERS Tenn. 1879 Alfred W. Marshall . Tenn. 1880 Thomas Barrett, Va. 1892 A. E. Strode, . S. C. 1893 J. FiSHBURNE, . Va. 1894 R. A. Baker, . Miss. 1895 C. F. Myers, . Ky. 1896 L. H. Willis, . Tenn. Va. Va. Oregon. Va. Mo. . Mo. Va. . Ark. Oregon. Va. Va. Va. Cal. Ky. Ga. S. C. Va. Fla. Va. Ky. ORATOR ' S MEDAL, 1897. J. S. McCluer, THE Washington Literary Society was established in the year 1812. Unfortunately, the records of its early history, which might prove interesting, are lost. It was established shortly after the Graham- Lee, and ever since has maintained a good roll of mem- bers and run hand-in-hand with the sister society. In 1867 its members began to hold annual contests among themselves for the best oration, and in 1871 decla- mations were introduced into the contests. In 1879 the declamations were omitted and only orators took part until 1881, in which year no medals were awarded. So much excitement and dissension were created by the elections that the Faculty, for the interest of the societies, offered medals for the best orator and declaimer, in a con- test between the societies at finals. In i8gi the decla- mations were abolished, but the orator ' s medal is still awarded. In 1885 the society revived its individual annual celebration, but holds it now on the 22nd of February, with less excitement, and awards its own medals then and there. The Washington Society awarded only a debater ' s medal until i8go, since which time a medal has also been given to the best declaimer in the annual celebration. Washington Society Officers 96-7, Presidents. Vice-Presidents. J. L. Leonard. H. S. Larrick. R. O. CocHRAX. W. K. McClung. F. BOSSHARDT. W. A. GORDOX, Jr. Secretaries. Treasurers. Geo. Brooke. R. O. Cochran. T. C. BOWEX. E. WOHLWENDER. E. H. S.MITH. CRITICS. R. S. McClintic. D. Hankla. WASHINGTON LEE UNIVERSITY, Lejcrngton, Va. Washington Society Medalists, ORATORS. DECLAIMERS. 1867 T. T. Eaton, Tenn. 1871 Ashley Cabell, . N. Y. 1868 J. W. DuNi,AP, . W.Va. 1S72 W. W. Topp, Miss. 1869 T. S. Wilkinson, La. 1873 J. P. Hawks, . . Miss. 1870 Alston Bovd, . Tenn. 1874 B. G. KiGER, Miss. I87I R. H. Fleming, Va. 1875 W. E. DOLD, . Va. 1872 Isaac W. Stephens , Tenn. 1876 Henton Gordon, . Mo. 1873 Lawrence Rush, Va. 1877 W. T. Crenshaw, . Ala. 1874 J. R. Winchester, Md. 1878 S. F. Floed, Oregon. 1875 H. L. DUFOUR, La. 1891 J. M. Graham, . Tenn. IS76 M. W. Paxton, Va. 1892 J. U. Goode, Va. 1877 R. L. Owens, Va. 1893 R. F. WENDEL, . Tenn. 1878 L. N. Shanks, . Va. 1894 H. B. Lewis, Penna. 1879 J. R. Tyson, Ala. 189,5 E. A. OuarlES, Va. i88o J. G. Paxton, . Va- 1896 1897 R. S. McClintic, . E. WOHLWENDER, Mo. . Ky. DEBATERS. 1891 W. P. Andrews . N. C. 1892 T. W. Gilmer, Va. 1893 M. K. YONTS, . . Ky. 1S94 J. T. Jackson, Ky. 1895 C. A. Macatee, Va. 1896 L. H. Carlock, Tenn. 1897 W. S. Cox, Va. Winners of University Medals for Oratory and Declamation. In 1 88 1 the University began to give medals for oratory and declamation to the winners in a contest at finals between representatives of the two societies. The Declaimer ' s Medal was withdrawn in 189 1. 18S2— H. A.White, 18S3— S. O. BovcE, 1884— W. A.Carter, 1885— W. A. Glasgow, 1886— J. G. Scott, 1887— T. G. Hailev, . 1888 — J. L. Bumgardner, 1889— Jas. Quarles, ORATORS Washington Washington Graham-Lee Washington Graham-Lee Washington Graham-Lee Graham-Lee 1890 — J. A. Glasgow, 1891 — Miles Poinuexter, 1892 — J. B. Andrew, 1S93 — Charles Lyons, 1894— J. I). McRae, 1895 — G. R. Hunt, 1896 — Not awarded. DECLAIM ERS. J. A. Steele, G. S. Raymond, J. W. W. Bias, J. H.Wise, . W. T. Armstrong, B. C. Patterson, S. W. Hamilton, . J. M. Blaix, . KiRBY S. Miller, J. H. Kempxer, Graham-Lee Washington Washington Washington Washington Washington Washington Graham-Lee Graham-Lee Washington Grab am- Lee Washington Graham-Lee Graham-Lee Washington Washington Southern Interstate Oratorical Association FOUNDED IN 1891 MEMBERS. Vanderbilt University. University of the South. University of Virginia. South Carolin. University. Centre College. Washington and Lee University. University of Texas. CONTESTS. 1891, at University of Virginia, won by J. W. Moore, of Vanderbilt University. Washington and Lee ' s 1895, Representative, E. M. Jackson, Mo., Graham-Lee. 1892, at Vanderbilt University, Washington and Lee ' s Representative and Winner of the Medal, E. G. Smith, W. Va , Washington. 1S96, 1893, at South Carolina University, won by Martin Hardin, of Centre College. Washington and Lee ' s Representative, Don P. Halsey, Va., Graham-Lee. 1897, 1S94, at University of the South, won by M. G. Johnson, of University of the South. Washington and Lee ' s —134— Representative, R. F. Wendel, Tenn., Washington, at Washington and Lee LTniversity, won A. E. Strode, of Universit} ' of Virginia. Washington and Lee ' s Representative, W. McC. Martin, Ky., Graham-Lee. at Centre College, won by J. B. Galleher, of Univer- sity of the South. Washington and Lee ' s Repre- sentative, L. H. Carlock, Tenn., Washington. to be held at University of Texas. Washington and Lee ' s Representative, A. B. LaFar, S. C, Graham - Lee. J AS. R. K. Cowan, Vs., President. Minor BronauGH, Va., Vice-President. E. W. Wilson, Ky., S2cretaT3 ' and Treasurer. V. A. BaTCHELOR. A. C. Birch, E. C. Connor. Jno. Djllon. W. A. Gordon. S. D. Harrison. W. Karnes. MEMBERS. A. B. La Far. W. D. McSwEEN. W. McB. Moore. E. A. O ' Neal. RoBT. Owen. G. C. Powell. R. T. Shields. J. S. Slicer, Jr. Jno. R. Smith. H. H. WayT. C. C. Weber. G. A. WiNGFIELD. L. Witherspoon. J. L. WiTz. MEMBERSHIP. J NO. C. Dillon, Frater in Urbe. Roy G. Mitchell, Frater ex-Urbe. ACTIVE MEMBERS. . RTHrR B. L. Far. Van A. Batchrlor. Hampton H. Lisle. William D. McSween. Leland C. Speers. McBrayer Moore. S. M. D. Harrison. B.attle McLester. C. W. F. Spencer. Ben M. Rosebro. -,36 THE DELTAS. Coi,ORS : Red and White. Fi owKR : Red Dahlia. H. B. Chermside, W. E. Davis, H. W. M. Drake, P. S. Felder, S. R. Horne, . W. h. Lee, . ANNUAL BANQUET MAY 14. W. L. Lee, L. H. P. R. R. LIST OF MEMBERS. Virginia, T. M. Masox, Tennessee. R. Nelson, . Mississippi. G. L. Thornton, South Carolina. L. F. Wilson, North Carolina. P. L. Wilson, South Carolina. G. A. Wingfield, Yell : Hurrah ! Hurrah ! R.— A.— P. Triple X Order, Washington and Lee. Maryland. Kentucl y. Virginia. Virginia. Virginia. Virginia. AM Motto; Here we rest; we generally do rest. Colors : Yellow, Olive, Purple, Mauve, Gold, Heliotrope, Claret, ludigo and Black. Yell: Here we are! We ' re here to stay! A-L-A-B-A-M-A ! Hot potatoes and ' possum treed ! Alabama ' s in the lead ! OFFICERS. E. A. O ' Neal, President. (Successor to Rulie Burrows.) J. J. Winn, Faculty Adviser. A. F. Toole, Vice-President on Probation. E. G. Hubbard, Chairman of Banquet Committee. C. H. Burke, Secretary and Absconding Treasurer. B. H. Burr, Chief of the Lynching Department. A. C. Birch, Guardian of the little .Alabama Coon. SCHEDULE OF BANQUET COMMITTEE, ' 96-7. Oct. 15. ' Possum on Sweet Potatoes. Feb. 22. Mud-turtle on Toast. Nov. 25. ' Possum and Corn-bread ; ' Simmon Beer. May 4. Barbecued Cat-fish. Aug. 12. Grand Watermelon Reunion at Pratt ' s Mines; members please wear full striped suits. AN APPEAL. To .All Lovers of Noble Manhood ; The Board of Trustees has granted us a beautiful site on the campus, whereon to erect a monument to our distinguished fellow-statesman, Rube Burrows, who departed this life in a little affair of honor some time ago. Therefore we earnestly solicit contributions for this worthy cause. The amouut already contributed was lost lately by the treasurer in a crap game ; hence please remit to the Treasurer of the University. -139- Blue, Green and Red. Flower : Clover Blossoms. Hi ! Hi ! Hi ! Rock and Rj ' e. Bluegrass country, Ken - tuck - i. E. W. Wilson, President. W. R. Vance, Shelby%-ille. E. W. Wilson, Louisville. W. McB. Moore, Lawrenceburg. C. W. Guthrie, Shelbyville. James Lewis Howe. J. C, OFFICERS. Lister Witherspoon, Jr., Vice-President. MEMBERS. Edw.ard Wohlwender, Cynthiana. Lister Witherspoon, Jr., Versailles. E. F. von Borries, Louisville. H. H. Lisle, Lexington. HONORARY MEMBERS. S. Blackburn. Helm Bruce. — 140 — C. W. Guthrie, Secretary and Treasurer. C. N. ROARK, Franklin. James Hemphill, Louisville. Robert Nelson, Lexington. E. H. Lindeneerger, Louisville. John G, Carlisle. Colors: Black and Old Gold. YELL. ' Walk up! Chalk up! Up - i - dee. We ' re from Missouri, Yes sir - ee ! Flower: Violet. L. C. B. RRET, President. OFFICERS. R. H. Rogers, Vice-President. E. D. Si.o. N, Secretary. R. S. McClintic, Treasurer. W. W. Keyser, Historian. L. C. Barret. F. L. H. rvey. MEMBERS. W. W. Keyser. R. S. McClintic. J. L. Leox. rd. r. h. Rogers. H. B. S.AVAGE. E. D. Sloan. HONORARY MEMBER. Dr. J. A. QuARLES. colons Fi,OWER : Yellow Jasmine. Yell : Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Ree ! Blind Tiger Liquor And Palmetto Tree ; South Carolina ! A. B. LaFar, President. W. H. White. P. S. Felder. OFFICERS. C. W. F. Spencer, Vice-President. J. D. WiTHERSPOON, Secretary. MEMBERS. A. B. LaFar. L. C. Speers. Honorary Member, Dr. W. S. Currell. —142— S. B. McPheETERS. w. L. Lee. C. W. F. Spencer. J. D. WiTHERSPOON. Colors : White and Old Gold. Bingo! Ban go ! Up-to-date! We ' re the boys from the Lone Star State! Wild and woolly and wicked too, Texas! Texas! W. and L. U. ! Flower : Cotton Bloom . OFFICERS. E. C. Connor, President. W. W. Whitside, Vice-President. Fr.vnk J. Bosshardt, Secretary. J. W. Garrow, Treasurer. A. W. Webb, Historian. • H. W. Garrow, Toast Master. Frank J. Bosshardt, E. C. Connor, J. W. Garrow, . MEMBERS. San Antonio. H. W. Garrow, Dallas. A. W. Webb, Houston. W. W. Whitside, Houston. Cuero. Fort Sam, Houston. HONORARY MEMBERS. Rodger Q. Mills. Charles A. Culberson. J. S. McCluer, President. G. B. Capito. H. S. Dixon. F. L. DOWNEV. C.J. Faulkner, Jr. N. S. FlTZHUGH. R. p. Flournoy. C. G. Fry. Henry Alexander White, D. D. OFFICERS. K. M. Snyder, Vice-President. MEMBERS. D. M. HammaT. B. F. Harlow, Jr. A. G. Jenkins. R. H. JOYNER. F. A. Lang. J. M. Mason. X. Y. McCann. HONORARY MEMBERS. Hon. William L. Wilson. —144— B. F. Harlow, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer J. C. McClher. J. S. McCluer. C. T. Smith, Jr. E. H. Smith. A. G. Snyder. K. M. Snyder. John William Davis. OFFICERS, Rex Hiberniae, ... Cud Powell. Crown Prince, . . Jimmv MlCH EL M. soN. Prime Minister, . . . E. Sh. nr 0 ' Ne. L. Past Granil Keeper of the Royal Shillalee, . A. F. Toolig. n. Grand Bearer of the Rojal Shillalee, . DooLEV McSween. Keeper of the Royal Potato Patch, . E. K. thlekn Connor. Keeper of the Sacred Jug, Keeper of the Royal Swine, Royal Hod Carrier, Royal Snake Killer, Chief Marshal of the Royal Wake, Keeper of the Royal Poipc, St. P. TRICK. Jim Corbett. Firs Ward. C. C. Burke. Dave Mullig. n H. mm. t. WAKES. September 14. Decemlicr 20. Febrnary 22. April I. May 15. J HONORARY MEMBERS. Boh Fitz.- ijimons. POLICE FORCE. Stco td ll ' ci d. S. M Slicer. D.i VE MULLIOAN B. RCLAN M.-iJ. McKlNLEV. Pat Harlow. Cat McGuire. Joi.lv McPheeters. Brvan Conrad. . Cap Faulkner. . Chris Smith. Gen. Coxev. r iird IVard. Wm. McB. Moore. I ' uRi ' Spencer. POLICE COURT. March 17. Jndgc, John V. Davis, i Grandson of Jimmy Steen.) Clerk, Hugo McIlhanv. HEADOnARTERS CUBAN INSURGENTS. General Order A ' o 4, 11 , 44. The 1st Battallion, 2d Regiment, 3d Brigade, of the United Army of Cuban Insurgents will report in the following marching order June 17, 1897, for the storming of Havana. COMPANY A. Captain, First Lieutenant, Color Sergeant, High Private, Low Private, Vivandiere, COMPANY B. Captain, ..... Bryan Conrad. First Lieutenant, . . Mike Brooke. Color Sergeant, .... Gabe Shields. High Private, ..... Ed. Hunter. Low Private, . . . . . C. C. Wkber. Vivandiere, .... Miss WiLLV Karnes. The Knight of the White Plume.) Surgeon General, . Chief of Staff, . Quartermaster General, Commissar} ' General, By order of Lister Witherspoon. Dave Barclay. Silas Speers. Big-head Holmes. . Honey Griffin. Miss E. P. Nowlin. STAFF. Cat McGuire, M. D. Father Roop. Puss Batchelor. . Goat McSween. Gen. V. Jenkins, Cud Powell, Captain and Adjutant U. A. of C. I. — 146 — O Monster! We, the weary editors, do invoke thee to hover nightly over the pillows of those guilty college poets, who could write poetry, and would not. Make their sleep a torment, and their waking hours a grievous burden unto them. Heed, we pray thee, our request, O Monster ; for to thee we have dedicated this entire page, which might have been used for advertisements. u THE RAWCHE5 -. Cj( C LL AN Qr . ODDS AND CND.-S CAnPU5 ECHOE5 STATISTICS -14S- Countersign : Haec oliii meminesse ju vubit. Colors : Beer Bottle Greeu and Piinkiii VcUow. Color-Bkarkr ; Desdemoiia XXXX, ■ ' faj!! - VelL : Osky wow wow, Whisky bow bow, Ola niucka bum, Preston ! Preston ! Rum ! Ruin I Rum ! Ranch Song: .Little Ah Sid. Preston Syinphou)- Club comprising entire ranch. F. P. Hamilton. Miss., General Manager and Beater of Bass Drum. G. B. C. PiTO, W, Va., Violin, Mandolin, Guitar and 2d Tenor. A. G. Snyder, W. Va., Violin, Mandolin, Guitar, Flute and 2d Bass. L. C. Barret, Mo., Piano, Mandolin, Guitar and ist Bass. G. P. Fishburne, Va., Violin, Two Guitars and ist Tenor. E. H. LiNDENBERGER, Ky., Manipulator of Boues and 4th Bass. W. L. K. RNES, Va., Piccolo, Lyre and Soprano. Dr. H. H. Wavt, Va., Chief Resuscitator, Drum Major and 3d Patron Saint: Gen. R. E. Morse. ' vj,i, : Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah I Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Graham ! j Y V- ' yM Song: Where is My Wandering Boy To-night? 3BVERAGE: Cold Tea with Lemon. MEMBERS. Van Astor Batchelor, NoRM.AN Shrewsbury Fitzhugh, Gordon Randolph Houston, H.AMPTON Holley Lisle, James Porter Michler, Christopher Tompkins Smith, Joseph Samuel Slicer, Lkland Coppock Speers, North Carolina. West Virginia. . China. Kentucky. Pennsylvania. West Virginia. Virginia. South Carolina. HONORARY MEMBERS. Charles W. F. Spencer. George K. Nelms, Color : Crest : Green. Hand grasping pantry key. Favorite Drink Coat of Arms : Ice Water (?) Closed Book recumbent. Motto : Always do things by halves. Jack of Spades rampant. Five-cent piece. Motto : Favorite Whistle : Ignorance is Bliss. Come down, my Song: honey, do. Father, Kind Father, ATTRACTIONS. Cfesar, the prevaricating gladiator, J. L. WiTz. The Youth, who is too young to know, J. M. Mason. Half-way, the connoisseur in mastication, H. S. DixoN. The Dragger, a man of wonderful strength, R. H. ROGERS. I don ' t know, the fearless cat trainer, W. W. Kevser. Molly, the man who had his leg pulled, C. W. Guthrie. Push-pin Whit, a man of the world, W. W. Whitside. Katie, champion egg-eater and graphophone engineer, E. C. Connor. Beautiful music will be afforded free by a magnificent grapho- phone. All the latest tunes may be heard, such as Dear Kind Doctor, Grover Cleveland, etc. Take the Washington Street Electric line, at Dold ' s corner, for Balcony Falls. Send Check. CAST OF CHARACTERS. Jim, Student-in-chief and Preserver of the Peace, C. J. Faulkner. Gran, Solo Warbler and Primus Donnus, R. G. Campbell. Dave, Reformed Tramp about to study law, D. M. HammaT. Skeet, Stage Manager and Heavy Villain, D. E. Maxwell. Honey, Facial Contortionist and Tobie-shooter, R. J. Griffin, Jr. Mac, in living pictures as Truth and Innocence, R. S. McClinTIC. Neb, Juggler and Ventriloquist, C. Neblett. Tooley, Low Comedian and Chief of Ballet, A. F. TooLE. Continuous vaudeville performance at all times, except Sun- days, in Griffin ' s room, (which is either Maxwell ' s or Faulkner ' s). The public is not admitted from lo to 10.15 i ' . M., which is the time set apart for study. On the I2th of May, Griffin will study twenty minutes with- out stop. Special trains will be run to Lexington from all points in Virginia. -150- Ykli, : Hobble- gobble, Razzel-dazzel, Sis-booni-ah, Tucker Ranch, Tucker Ranch, Rah I Rah ! Rah I Favorite Game ; California Jack. RANCH QUARTETTE. R.T. Shields, G. B. Shields, G. C. Powell, R. T. McGuiRE, G. CuTHBERT Powell, Randolph T. McGuire, G. Benoist Shields, Randolph T. Shields, . Oscar C. Huefman, J. Randolph Tucker, Jr., Second Bass. First Bass. Second Tenor. . First Tenor. MEMBERS. Grand High Bartender. Official Fakir. Ranch Gambler. Official . ngel. Captain of Roly-Holy Team. Chaplain. Yell: Rah I Rah ! Rah I Hotel Blue ! Whoopla ! Whoopla ! W. L. U. Colors: Black and Yellow. ( H ' i i gralefiil ackiiozcl- edgenients to Nature, as she appears to the Directors of the Commissary Depart- ment, James Scruggs and .Irthur James.) MUSICAL C MOZRT CLUB. S. R. Hornk, Mandolin. Robert Nel.son, Guitar. P. S. Felder, Guitar. T. M. Mason, Banjo. K. M. Snyder, Banjorine. F. G. Cootes, Flute. G. .-V.WiNGFiELD, Guitar. RGANIZATIONS. ADELINA PATTI QUARTETTE. . . i;. Jenkins, First Tenor. P. S. Felder, Second Tenor. T. M. Mason, First Bass. Robert Nelson, Second Bass. H. M. McIlhany, Jr., Accompanist. W. R. Blain, Business M ' g ' r. GALLOPING CONSUMPTION DINING CLUB. OMNES IN DAMO. Motto: Every man for himself, and the hindcrmost for his Satanic Majesty. (Practically applied three limes daily.) HONORARY MEMBER. John Dalrvmple Rogers. Beware of imitations. None other genui; Chaplain to the Ranch, Director of .-Vthletics, Toast-Master, Postmaster General, . O. W. LUSBY. h. G. Jenkins. H. M. McIlhany, Jr. . J. D. M. Armistead. Atomic Love Ih ' drogen to Chlorine. Ah ! whither, whither have you strayed ? My beautiful, my green ! Come to your faithful lover ' s arms. My love, my own Chlorine! Chloiinc to Hydrogen. In darkness bound, to my lone love: I this fond message send : When I have bleached this piece of cloth I ' ll meet my Hydrogen. Both. Oh ! happy day, oh ! joyful hour, To parted lovers fond ! The twain shall evermore be one. In Hydrochlorine bond. P. For the benefit of the students of chemistry ; found in the personal memoirs and letters of Sal Ammoniac, and written during her younger days, in the seventies. —153— Callithump, Hear the sticks upon the pans ! Frying pans ! What a world of noise from out the empty cans ! How they clatter, clatter, clatter, ' Long the rainy streets to-night. While ' gainst the doors they batter. Waking yells of What ' s the matter? And Who ' s that on a tight ' What a time, time, time, For a Callithumpic rhyme ; To the people ' s tribulation, unceasingly the hands In the pans, pans, pans, Pans, pans, pans. Clatter loud as the crowd still expands. Hear the roaring dinner gongs — Copper gongs ! What a world of eating hours to their memory belongs ! Up the alley, down the street. How their echoes part and meet ! From their surface hammered o ' er, And all in wrath, What banging clatters bore The students who must hear it while they pore O ' er their Math! Oh, from under the bouncing tongs What a burst of clamor voluminously throngs ! How it dongs, About its wrongs In the past. How it longs For desserts ; that the songs. That the banging and the clanging Of the gongs, gongs, gongs. Gongs, gongs, gongs. May be drowned in the sound of the prongs. An Ancient Participator. [With Profound Apologies to Mr. J. K. Bangs.] Semi-annual Meeting of the Erebus Jokers ' Club. (While making some excavalinns recently for the foundations of the new Snake-hunter Bank Building at Jacktown, a sulphurous packet was un- earthed by the contlaclor. and brought to the University as a valuable dis- covery. For the sake of the present generation, we publish the contents. i Proceedings of the semi-annual ineeling; of ' tlie Erebus Joicets ' Chib, in tluir cluh-roon aboard tlit ' ' House-boat on tlic Styx. The meeting will please come to order, said Bill Nye, brushing three flies from the baldest part of his head. Any one with a joke not over fifty years old may begin the ceremonies. Mr. President, exclaimed Adam, jumping to his feet, I think I ought naturally to come first, because I was first made. O, come off, said Eve, was first maid Henry VIII smiled a little, and then looked around to see if anybody else smiled. To turn off the embar- rassing silence, Eve tripped lightly over to the piano, and sitting down, began to sing in a beautiful contralto voice ; He took her fancy when he came ; He took her hand , he took a kiss ; He took no notice of the shame That glowed her happy cheek at this. He took to coining after- noons. He took an oath he ' d ne ' er deceive ; He took her father ' s silver spoons. And after that he took his leave. Really, said Columbus, with fine sarcasm, you ought to sing that into a graphophone for the old reliable H. O. Dold, the Student ' s Friend. I ask, cried Noah, on being recognized by the chair, the attention of the house while I tell a little tale— Far be it from me to cast any aspersions on my grandpa ' s character, said Canaan, interrupting, but it is against the principles of this society that it should be addressed by an inebriate, and papa will witness the truth of my statement when I say that I caught grandpa lying intoxicated on the wood-pile, and so I don ' t think he ought to be allowed to speak. The whole club was dumbfounded at this attack, and expected Noah to heap another curse on Canaan ' s head as he had at the time Canaan caught him drunk, but he smiled sweetly and said that he was only laying in his winter fuel. Emerson, who had broken his eye-glasses, and so failed to see the point, said gently ; You mean lying, Dr. Noah, — a hen lays. A ship lays-to, piped in Magellan, looking at his pocket compass. O, let Noah alone, said Prof. Huxley, he ' s only an old antedeluvion stratum, — a layer of something, you know. Let Noah go on with his story, said Munchau- sen, eagerly. You all have an impolite way of inter- rupting anybody. ' ' I was just going to tell, said Noah, meekly. ' that the meanest trick I ever heard of was where a man employed to do some blasting was blown up half a mile in the air by a keg of powder, and — I don ' t see anything mean in that, said Nero. That isn ' t all. He came down safely and started to work again, but the boss docked him be- cause he stopped work for twenty minutes. An almost inaudible sigh passed through the gathering, and Noah sat that Pocahontas glided out down in a silence so painful to call a doctor. Speaking about things coming down, said Sam- son, running his fingers through his hair, do you know, Miss Cleopatra, what becomes of all the pins that fall on the ground and are lost? No, sir; I had never given it a thought, she replied, curtly. They become terra-pins. Gentlemen, shouted Bill Nye, any more jokes like that will positively be ruled out. Where is Demos- thenes ! He was to tell us a joke about his college days at Athens, 156 I ' m here all right, said Demosthenes, as he took a pebble from his bon-bon box and began to suck it. But my joke is more of a conundrum than a joke. I want to know what was done to Jonah when he refused to go to Nineveh ? ' ' Why, he got whaled, said Artemus Ward, with a chuckle. Any schoolboy could have told you that. ' ' I always thought that was a fish story about Jonah, put in Napoleon, and Welling- ton ' s face bespoke an- other Waterloo if the offense was repeated. Here Sherlock Holmes, turning to Ophelia, said, Beau Brummel was up to see you last night about 8 o ' clock, wasn ' t he? Well— faltered the poor girl, for she was afraid to prevaricate directly to the noted de- tective. She had sent word to Hamlet when he called the night before that she had a headache, and so didn ' t like to acknowledge Beau Brummel ' s visit Holmes, cried Hamlet, I will give you two oboli if you prove conclusively that Brummel saw Ophelia last night. That ' s like picking oboli up in the street. It is easily proven. This morning in the mud on the cross- ing of Ellfire and Amnation streets I saw two foot-prints, one pointing towards and the other away from Ophelia ' s house, and by the difference in their impression I knew that they were made two hours apart and that they were Beau Brummel ' s, for the shoes that made them needed half-soleing and were run down at the heel — Quite a feat of perception, cried the good Queen Bess, and she shook hands with herself over her own brightness. ' ' The foot prints only gave me the person and direc- tion, but a cigar stump found on Beau Brunmiel ' s porch gave me the destination. He had smoked it half up when he reached Ophelia ' s and choked it and put it on the brass knocker while he was inside. I know that because the brassy smell it had was one peculiar to Ophelia ' s knocker, the only one of its kind in Erebus. Hamlet ' s eyes were flashing all sorts of green flames, but, like a drowning man grasping at a straw, he cried, ' ' You haven ' t proved that he saw her yet. ' ' If you want any proof of that, go smell the right side of Brummel ' s clothes and see if you do not detect that peculiar odor of river damp that Ophelia always has about her. Hamlet made a dive for Beau Brummel, but the bailiffs who had a lien on his clothes defended his person so lustily that a general fight ensued, and President Nye, after several attempts to legain order, declared the meet- ing adjourned. -157— Valedictory of the Students of VO, LEXINGTON GAZETTE, JUNE, 1S70. Beef of Athens, ere we pait, Give, Oh 1 give my muse a start. Let her now inspire me well, And of toughness truly tell. Hear my song, consummate bore, Rockbridge beef I ' ll eat no more. By those cattle unconfined. So lean and lank, so lame and blind, By the bones which hold their meat, Which is far too tough to eat, Swear I, yea, swear o ' er and o ' er, Rockbridge beef I ' ll eat no more. Let it be broiled, or hashed or fried ; Baked or stewed, hoof, horn and hide ; Flavored to a high extent With every kind of condiment : Still I say, as oft before, Rockbridge beef I ' ll eat no more. Beef of Athens, I am done, A word which thou hast never known. Done or raw, what boots it now. Since I leave this tough old cow To the student and cadet, ■Whose hunger ' s keen, and teeth well set. Vol- Bet. -158- College Yells TRIPLE YELL. Riiik-tum-phi, Stickeri-bum ! We are the stuff From Lexington Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! White and Blue Whoopla ! Whoopla W. L. U! Chicky, go runk, go-runk, go-ree, Heigh ho ! High ho ! Washington and Lee ! Washington and Lee ! Washington and Lee ! Tiger ! Rip ! Rap ! Ruff ! We ' re hot stuff ! We play Football, Never get enough ! Ya-a-ah ! Sis-s-s-s Boom ! Cuckoo ! ! BOAT YELLS. ALBERT SIDNEY. Hoo-ra-ray ! Hoo-ra-ri ! Albert Sidney, Hi ! Hi ! Hi ! HARRY LEE. Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Ree ! Ree ! Ree ! Harry Lee ! College Songs Tune. — Rambling zvrcck of Poverty. Tune. — There is a Tavern in l ie Town. We ' ll yell and sing for the team so true, The team that plays to beat ; The team that wears the white and blue, That never knows defeat. Chorus. — Oh now ' s the time to play, boys. And now ' s the time to win, Now let ' s give one good old chicky-goiunk. And let the fun begin. ■We cheer the team so tried and true, tried and true. That plays beneath the white and blue, white and blue ; They ' ve won before, they ' ll win to-da} ' , We glory in the way they play. Cho. — Come boys, come, we must defeat them, Line up, rush line, we must beat them, Now we ' ll chase them down the field, as oft before, before. We make the teams all jump around. And play their very best ; We bury them under a grassj ' mound. And there we let them rest. Cho.— Look, look, now down the field they go, field they go. Block hard and tackle sure and low, sure and low ; And now across the line we ' ll roll, A touchdown first and then a goal. Way over yonder, Oh, how I wonder. Where are the V. M. I. to-day. They did not begin, boys, Did not rub it in, boys, Did not forever play. Tunc. — There ' s Only One Girl. There ' s only one team in the world for me, Only one team has my sympathy ; They play football in earnest, a pleasure ' tis to see; The team we cheer for is Washington and Lee. We are the stuff, boys, Never get enough, boys, We made poor Miller ' s groan and sigh. We beat St. John ' s, boys, Roanoke was fun, boys, Then beat the V. M. I. Only one team fills my heart with pride. No team like that team, so steady and so tried ; We bet our money on them, they win so easily, The team we cheer for, is Washington and Lee. Statistics In every student body, and indeed in every assem- blage, there are those whose personalities are distin- guished by such noticeable and varied characteristics as to become of peculiar interest to even the most casual and thoughtless. It often happens that those whose individualities are thus distinctly marked are proud, and justly, of that which separates them from those less highly favored. But it as frequently perhaps occursi that nature has been not quite so kind in the bestowal of her gifts, and the individual becomes an object of notice from the absence of those traits and quali- ties which mark the more fortunate. Then it is that the life of him, whose dut} ' it is to record and make known alike the properties of the just and the unjust, the gifted and the otherwise, becomes en- dangered by those who fear the stingings of the lash of truth, and whose acts being evil hate the lig ht lest their deeds should be reproved. Thus it appears that the term statistics, as ap- plied to the literature of a college annual is divested of its accustomed meaning as a tiresome record of dry, unin- teresting facts, and becomes a treatise upon the special features of school life and a discussion of those who have excelled in its varied spheres. In the realm of popularity, J. W. Garrow has been chosen the Universal Favorite. His winning manners have found for him a warm spot in every heart and have caused him to be beloved by all. The Best Looking Man is E. A. O ' Neal, whose finely-fashioned features would cause him to be an object of notice in any crowd. C. T. Smith is our Most Promising Man, the one whose future seems to be brightest. With his manly qualities and devotion to study there seems to be no doubt but that our fondest hopes for him may be real- ized. The vote for the Most Angelic Man was somewhat scattering, owing doubtless to the fact that the term was somewhat widely construed. A decided majority, how- ever, was attained by R. Waller Blaine, and we congratu- late him most heartily upon the unusual heavenly ten- dencies which the ballot assures us that he possesses. James R. K. Cowan, our Final Ball President, and H. W. Garrow are acknowledged to be our Most Graceful Dancers. Our young lady friends have almost unani- mously concurred in this opinion, and have evidenced their beliefs by looks of genuine satisfaction when danc- ing with these young gentlemen. There is an unusual unanimity in the choice of F ' un- niest Man. Honey Griffin ' s bright, witty sayings, accompanied by the numberless, unaccountable contor- tions which his one little body undergoes, and the 163- strange and equally numberless expressions assumed by his changing countenance, imitative of anything earthly, unnatural or heavenly, have won for him almost unani- mously this honor. Plampton Holly Lisle in an exceedingly close race with several very anxious competitors has been happily selec- ted Biggest Crank. This strange and rather vague title carried with it little significance in this instance at least, other than a ludicrous outburst of college humor against one of the best natured and most popular among us. The Southern Collegian throughout the year has been greatly enriched by the bright and sparkling genius of W. R. Perkins, and there has been little opposition in his choice as the favorite of our college authors. Popular sentiment has centered upon Ben Rosebro as the Most Scientific Flirt. This opinion could surely not have resulted from any cruel or evil design which he has ever seriously entertained ; but rather from the fact that his heart and thoughts have been so entirely bestowed upon a young lady from the West that he has only seemed to forget those who formerly claimed a share of his affections. The friends of Mr. Hubbard and of Mr. Lakin both maintain that their favorite is the Greenest Man. Each of them has attained quite a high degree of excellence in this respect, but by his extremely liberal distributions o cigars and soda water, the former gentleman has suc- ceeded in winning to his side the majority of votes. The Sweetest Boy is W. L. Karnes, whose winning ways have made him the pet of all the older boys. Mr. W. R. Vance has always excelled in every branch of college life that he has undertaken, and as is the natural result in all such cases, he has been termed the Faculty ' s Darling. Likewise, as is the fate of all those who from obedience and faithfulness in the performance of duties, have become popular with the teachers, he has been chosen Biggest Booter. No one is more sure of anything than that R T. McGuire is the Pet Goat. Ran has advanced wonder- fully in the mystic sphere of goatdom, and is now fully dev ' eloped. A more popular one or a greater favorite was never known. J. D. M. Armistead has been selected the Most Learned Man ; doubtless as the result of the very seri- ous air indicative of extreme wisdom and understanding which he has acquired, in connection with the fact that his pursuit of knowledge at this institution began before the memorj ' of man. The Most Brilliant Man is Mr. A. B. LaFar, and the words are peculiarly expressive of his wonderful abilities. His extremely attractive manners and quick genius never fail to make him the brightest and most pleasant of com- panions. His wit ever sparkles at the most opportune moments and his many virtues have rendered his popu- larity unbounded. On John R. Smith, better known as Henry County, has fallen the distinction of College Politician. Bryan Conrad is our Biggest Swell. Nothing new or novel in style or fashion escapes his ever watchful eye. A. G. Jenkins, our loved Foot-ball Captain, seems never to think of himself. All have been delighted with his boundless generosity, and are glad for an opportunity to call him the Biggest Hearted Man. Possibly it is because of the strange and weird shadow pictures, cast by the electric light, when Dr. H. H. Wayt walks out in the evening, that he has been styled, The Most Bow Legged Man. McB. Moore has been chosen Laziest Man. This opinion has doubtless arisen because of the truth of the statement, and also on account of the natural aversion which he has for Blackstone and his preferment for the luxury of his own apartments, rather than the rustic furniture of the law room. By some mysterious power. Battle McLester seems to have succeeded in making himself heard above the social buzz of conversation that greeted the speakers on January 19th, and has accordingly been given the honor of Best Orator. The honor is well deserved. Some faint conceptions of the lotty and ideal virtues by which the students of Washington and Lee are characterized, may be gathered from the following sum- mary. Only forty per cent, of them smoke. Ten per cent, acknowledge that they flirt. Ninety per cent, think they dance. Eighty per cent, occasionally flunk. Seventy per cent, admit they are in love. Eighty-five per cent, claim they are broke, and all are going to be married if they can. -165- Table of Contents. A. B. Degree (Illustrated), A. B. ' 98 (Illustrated), Academic Class, ' 97, Academic Class, ' 98, Academic Students, Advertisements, Alumni Association, Athletics, . Biographyof Gen. G. W. C. Lee Board of Editors, . Board of Editors (Photograph), Calendar, Calic, Thy Name is Flirt, Commencement, Corporation, Dedication, Editors of The Southern Collegian (Photograpl: Engineering Class (Illustrated), Engineering Class, Faculty and Officers, Faculty (Photograph), Final Ball, ' 97, Finals of ' 96 (Illustrated) Finals of ' 96, Fraternities, Frontispiece, Glee and Banjo Club, . Greetings, . 18 23 15 167 13 103 54 4 120 6 History of the Academic Class of ' 97, History of the Class of ' 98, History of the Senior Law Class, Historical Papers, .... Hon. John Randolph Tucker, Funeral Oration, Hon. John Randolph Tucker, Portrait, . Instructors, ...... In Memoriam, John Randolph Tucker, (Illustrated) Illustrations, Sons of Washington and Lee, Law Department Roll, Law Class, Senior, Law Class, Senior, (Photo), . Lee Memorial Church, Literary Societies, Literary and Biographical, Mausoleum of Gen. R. E. Lee, Miscellany, Organizations, . Portrait of Gen. G. W. Custis Lee, Periodicals, Publications, . . . , Photograph of Hon Wm. Lyne Wilson, LL. D, Photograph of President ' s House, Sketch of Hon. Wm. Lyne Wilson, LL D South Entrance to Campus, (Photo), The Southern Collegian, View of Washington and Lee University, Y. M. C. 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MLL-EIN St GINTER The American Tobacco Company Successor, Manufacturer RICHMOND, VIRGINIA • X 1 1 ■ -x LEXINGTON cishingTon and [C ce Igfni GPSiTV) VA. o : ACADEIVIIC DEPARTHENTS ♦ ■♦ elective courses of studj ' lead to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and ♦ Doctor of Philosophy ♦ J In the professional ♦ ♦ SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING courses of study lead to the degrees of Bachelor of Science, in Civil, Electrical and Mining Engineering In the professional : SCHOOL OF LAW ♦ the course of study leads to the degree of Bachelor of Law ♦ The Session opens on the Second Thursday in September For Catalogue giving full information, address GErl ' U G. UJ. C LiEE, lili. D , President XV t