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

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John Frioli Brown. • X, rs anolhcr former alhlele lurned lawyer. In his academic days he was quarter-back on the football team, and short stop on the baseball team. Brown came to the University from Davis and Elkins (. ollege. and after one year in the School of Commerce, dropped out Im two years. Reluming to Washinalon and Lee in 1909, In entered the Law School, and will gel his degree in June. He was Historian of the Junior Law Class. 1909-10; is Secretary and Treasuier of the University Elks ' Club; a member of the Graham-Lee Literary Society, the Goode Law Debating Society, the Pennsylvania Club, the Albert Sidney Boat Club, and the Theta Lambda Phi Legal Fraternity. Waiter Roscoe Burnett is a Virginian of the Virginians. a native of the grand old county of Floyd. After three years at William and Mary he tiansferred to Roanoke College, where he spent 1908-09. In September, 1909, he entered the Law Depa tment of Washington and Lee. While here he has stuck strictly to the pursuit of leral lore. He is a member of the Goode Law Debating Society. Burnett will practice his profession in Roanoke. ' a. John Lyle Campbell, Jr.. K . , is one of the old heads of the University, and has so long been a prominent hgure in college activities that the campus will not look natural without him. He was President of the Freshman Class. l905-0(.. Executive Committeeman. 1905-06. 07-06. 08-09; Mana-er ..: the Football Team, 1906-07; Secretary of the Strident Body, 1907-08; President of the Cotillion Club, 1908-09; P.esident of the Senior Academic Class, 1908-09, and Chanman of the Final Ball, 1909-10. He is a member of the Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity, II A X, Sigma, the Cotillion Club, and the Senate. 21

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Benjamin Pushmataha Ainsworth, - X, more familiarly known as Pop. has had a varied career in the mailer ot schools. Webb ' s School, Bell Buckle, Tenn., held him four years. Then he began the rounds of ihe X ' lrgmia colleges, sojournmg al V. P. 1. m 1903-04, at U. ' a. 1905-07, and winding up al Washington and Lee in September, 1909, Pop was on ihe Football Squad m 1909, but he has always remained a strong adherent of the greatest of indoof sports. He was a typhoid patient in the Jackson Memorial Hospital in November and December, 1910. He is Vice-Piesidenl of Ihe V. P. I. Club, and a member of H A . BVRON LeRov Ballard. :i ' I ' E, hails from Dallas, Tej He was born al Fort Worth, Texas, on the 2 1 si day February, 1890; he is therefore the second youngest man Ihe Senior Law Class. Ballard finished the course at Dallas High School and entered Washington and Lee September. 1909. He regularly holds down a chair al sessions of the Washington Literary Society, and was contestant in the preliminary for Intercollegiate Debaters 1911. He is identified with the Texas Club, and after 15lh of June will endeavor, with every assurance of succ to garner in the largest legal business in western Texas. George Cole Bell was born youth in New Jersey, and got hi; Ne prepai Je ey, spen t hv. for ege New Jersey, but when he yearned for a touch of real life, he came lo old Virginia. He matriculated in the Law School of Washington and Lee University in 1909, and immediately went in for literary sociely work. He is a member of the Washington Literary Sociely, and was one of the organizers of the Goode Law Debating Sociely. Bell will get his degree in June, and will enter into the practice of law, although he has not yet decided where. 20

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George White Chanev. K M ' , is a nailve of Texas, but has been m Virginia so long thai he has lost almost all of the marks of that wild state. He allended Fishburne Military .Academy, and later took his A. B. at Fredericksburg College. Entering Washington and Lee in September. 1909, he soon attained prominence, particularly in Y. M. C. A. work. This year he is Treasurer of the Association. George was admitted to the practice of law in Vi rginia in September, 1910, and will follow his profession in Fredericksburg, Va. John FarQUH.AR CH. TFtELD, A X P, was bom in Bridge- port, Conn., and attended the Bridgeport High School. Last year he spent at the Yale Law School, entering Washington and Lee in September, 1910. In his short slay here Challield es taken a part in many va ' ied enterprises. He was on the Foolball Squad in 1910, is a member of the Goode Law- Debating Society, and one of the heaviest actors in the Dramatic Club. WiLLlAlvi Forman Clarke, — X, is another prominent member of the Tidewater Club, being a resident of the citv of Norfolk. Prepared for college in the public schools in Baltimore, and at Strayer ' s Business College, Baltimore. Clarke entered the Law School in September, 1909. Clarke has starred in the classroom, working to advantage the private library he has installed in his quarters — a popular resort for the sharks. He is a member of the Washington Literary Society, and of the Theta Lambda Phi Legal Fraternity. ■?-