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

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came, General G. W. ( ' . Lee was tlie l)eloveil president — beloved not only because lie was tlie illustrious son of an illustrious fatlier, but because he was a man of the liighest and noblest qualities — as one of our professors said : One of the noblest men on God ' s green earth. It was with saddened hearts that we learned a year ago that failing health had compelled him to resign the position he had filled witli so much honor. But now there is a mingled feeling of joy and sad- ness, for there has come into our midst one of the nation ' s greatest men, and be has taken up the W(irk liiiil down by iriieral Lee. We part with General l ee wilh regret. Imt we bail willi jny tbe administration of Hon. William h. Wils, m. What more can we say V The men- mention of Mr. Wilson ' s name speaks a volume to every l)atrioti ' American citizen. I must stoj), though not half done. Let me say to you in closing, my fellow graduates of ' 98, let us )nake history in the years to come. We start out with a brief history, but let us so live and act and labor, that we may live forever in the history of the present generation.

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have learned by hard experience that there is such a thing as politics in college, and some of us can greet a freshman with a right cordial smile. After the first few weeks, our freshman year was uneventful. We had learned how to bat Old Alec ' s eye out and score a max in junior Math. We uow knew what a flunk was and at the end of the year we found out that the flunking process had decreased our ranks for the second year. I shall not take up any other particular year, but shall mention a few things of historic interest. Every year at college is very much alike and a history of each would be a great deal of repeti- tion verbatim. Of course I should mention any one of our number who is especially worthy of note. First and foremost stands Pratt, the phenomenal twirler, athlete, and mathematician. He has two sheepskins in his vest pocket and is a candidate for Ph. D. this year. He has been known to spend many a night before a baseball game in making a scientific size-up of the men he was to pitch against. He not only has the theory, but can wrap the ball around a man ' s neck three times. Next to be mentioned is .Jimmy Mason, the fat man. He matriculated at sixteen, but what he lacked in years he made up in pounds for he had two hundred and thirty-five of them. In four 3 ' ears he has fallen oft on account of hard study and now only weighs two hundred and thirty-four pounds. He is a good all-round athlete and a fast sprinter. Liv Smith, the tall man, towers above us all in height and probably in intellect. We would like to mention every member of the class, but I have been instructed by Pat to be brief. Yes, we have enjoyed these years of study, and our pleasure has been unalloyed except by a few flunks. These flunks have been heart- lessly administered ; but we have stood them with the soliloquy : Oh ! what a noble mind is here o ' erthrown. The professors have greatly aided us and we all appreciate their labors. Professor Ourrell has added to our store of words greatly, even though he does not consider the human mind as a receptacle for the holding of curious erudition, and he always instructs us not to spin out the thread of our verbosity longer than the store of our argument. Doctor Quarles has carefulh ' instructed a few of us in philosophical speculation and has taught us the use of Occam ' s razor: Entia non sunt multipUcanda -prater neces- sitatem. Each professor has done his duty and done it well and if we are lacking it is not their fault. Let us not close this historj- without mentioning the two presidents under whose administrations we have labored. When we

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Class of ' 99. ©fficers. H. S. DIXON, West Virginia, J. P. ALLAN, Virginia, C. N. ROAKK, Kentucky, W. K. GRAVES, Virginia, S. C. LLND, Tennessee, C. H. BURKE, Alabama, President. Vice-President. Secretary. Poet. Historian. Editor. IRoll. J. P. Allan, Virginia. C. H. Burke, Alabama. G. B. Capito, West Virginia. W. E. Davis, Tennessee. H. S. Dixon, West Virginia. J. W. Garrow, Texas. W. K. Graves, Virginia. S. L. Herold, Louisiana. S. C. LiND, Tennessee. F. L. Miller, Illinois. C. F. Myers, A rginia. R. Nelson, Kentucky. J. Oberlin, Virginia. E. B. Pancake, West Virginia. C. N. RoARK, Kentuckj ' . E. D. Sloan, Missouri. J. R. Tucker, Virginia. W. C. Watson, Virginia. A. F. White, West Virginia. P. L. Wilson, Virginia.