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

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Joseph Gilpin Pyle, B. A. Assistant in German James Somerville, Jr. Assisianl in Malhemalics Benjamin Haden, Jr. Assisianl in French LIBRARY STAFF Anne Robertson White Libiarian Robert Russell Blake Assisianl Librarian John Francis Hatton Assisianl Librarian James Ellwood Weatherford Custodian of ihe ReaJing Room Lawrence Lewis Humphrey Cuslodian of Ihe Economics Library William Albert Reid Cusloilian of ihe Economics Llhrar)) Arlos Jackson Harbert Summer Librarian

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Noble Doak Smithson, B. A. Instructor in English Andrew Byron Conner, B. A. Instructor in English Robert William Dicke-i, B. A. Instructor in Phvsics Thomas Walter Fred, B. A. Instructor in Hislorv Philip Wilhelm Murray, B. A. Instructor in History ClALIDE PORTERFIELD LiCHT. B. A. Instructor in Mathematics John Peyton Hobson, Jr., B. A. Instructor in Mathematics Oscar Holder Breidenbach Instructor in Ph ,sical Culture Jonah Lupton Larrick Assistant Instructor m Physical Culture William Trent Neel Assistant in Enaineering Raymond Sedgewick Walters Assistant in Engineering George Frederick Ordeman Assistant in Engineering Walter Lee Hood As ' istant in Chemistr]) Warren Ashley Raine Assistant in Chemislr i William McElwee Miller Assistant in English Owen Dyer Colaw Assistant in Phvsics

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t!Ll)r Wlasliittston auti 3Lrr Ini )frsitP :3[lumni incorporntcli B ' William Taylor Thom, Secrelurv. T a meeting of the Washington and Lee alumni in Washington City held in the office of Prof. W. R. Vance, on February 5, 1909, the writer suggested that the alumni should try to raise a large endow- ment for their alma mater. A committee was appointed at that meeting to formulate a plan of action. After several meetings and much consultation with some of our alumni in Congress, the committee adopted a plan which, details omitted, included a vigorous appeal by letter to the alumni at large for the formation of a corporate alumni body to raise and hold a large alumni endowment fund for the benefit of the University. This plan was rejected upon being reported to a meeting of the Washington City Alumni Association held on May 4, 1910, and another committee, consisting of Messrs. Vance, Poindexter, Thom, Chamberlain, and Owen — two members of the local association and three others — was appointed to draw up articles of incorpora- tion for a Society of the Alumni, to raise, hold, and dispose of funds for the best interests of the University. A second resolution provided for a committee to go to Lexington and secure the cooperation of the General Alumni Association; this committee, however, was not appointed. Meanwhile time was pressing. The great body of the alumni, whose affair this was, had not been reached. Some sanction from them was most important before at- tempting anything at Lexington. Hence it seemed that something more than adopting resolutions was needed. Through the efficient help of Senator Chamberlain, the alumni in Congress were readily induced to undertake as individuals to communicate with their fellow alumni as individuals. This appeal to the alumni was made possible by funds furnished in part by some of our alumni in Congress — Senators Robert L. Owen, Geo. E. Chamberlain and Miles Poindexter, and Congressmen James Hay, James L. Slayden, H. D. Flood, and in part by other alumni, Messrs. John P. Walker, J. W. Bagley, Walter E. Harris, and Thomas Nelson Page. Between five and six hundred alumni signed and sent in the return postal card which reads: I hereby express myself as in favor of some form of incorporation of the alumni of Washington and Lee in order to give organization and permanence to a persistent effort to raise a large endowment for the University. In addition, many letters accompanied the cards, expressing the gratification of the writers that an organized movement was about to be set on foot and their desire to aid in its successful issue. So many replies upon such short notice showed th the alumni were