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

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— 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.

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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—