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

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At leasl one Alabamlan In ihe University is not from Birmingham — consequently he has never once been heard to boast of the Iron City ' s three million inhabitants. Henr ' i Ki.iNE Dickinson calls Opelika home, although the place ot his nativity was Blountsvllle. How he got to be President ot the Florida Club is unexplained, but he Is charged on the record with that offense. He is also President of the Masonic Club and of the Graham-Lee Literary Society, and a member of the Goode Law Debating Society. His piowess in argu- ment was demonstrated in the Graham-Lee Celebration on January 19, 1911. William Reese Dodd is a resident o( Tazewell County — region fitted by nature for the production of great lawyers id great soldiers. Afler reaching the status la!t named at Staunton Mililary Academy. Dodd transferred his iance to Washington and Lee, for the purpose of attaining e former eminence. He spent 1908-09 in ihe Academic eparlment in preparation therefor. That he has progressed ipidly toward his goal is evidenced by the fact that the irginia Board of Examiners, m November. 1910, issued him license to practice. Dodd is a member of tSe Graham-Lee terary Society, the Goode Law Debating Society, and the luthwest Virginia Club, in which he has been promoted to c 1 e la ry -Treasurer. Donaldson Baxter Earwooc, H K - . turned his to athletics immediately after his arrival in 1908, and the football team that year, playing at half-back. Aga 1909 he was a source of strength to the Eleven. In 19 was eslopped by the responsibilities of a Senior Lawyer a an appea ing on the gridiion, so he has spent his moments directing the destinies of the V. P. I. Club, is a member of the Cotillion Club, II . X. and Sigma, will after June 15th retuin to the mountains of West V ' l to aiouse the ire and envy of the inhabitants with his learning. 23

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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. ■?-

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William Staples Engleby. o f Roa, noke. Va., is another member of La V 1911 w ■ho in his Junio, • year was fficiently successful in m i argumen; with the Board of L aw E xar niners lo allain a license lo pracli ce. Bill look a n aca idemi c c ourse at Roanoke CoUe ge befor, ' . coming lo Washir igton id Lee. While here he has folio- wed the usual c. Durse for 1 futu ire great spcakeis — the Graham-L ee Litera ry Soc riety and the Goode Law Debaling Society. To this ; expei he ha! ; added foolball. being on the V arsity Sqi lad in 1909 and 1910. He will practice m Roanoke. William Leonard Freeland. K . , the Countess of Lama, a name lo conjure withal the shades of departed justices to the aid of bewildered Law students, and worthy to be associated with ihe appellations of the masters of the profession, past, present, and future. But, to come to earth, Freeland was born in Charleston. S. C. — that accounts for most of his excellent qualities. Add lo that, he lives in Jacksonville, and Ihe whole problem is solved. He is a Phi Delta Phi. a While Friar, a member of the Tennis Club, the Albert Sidney Boat Club, the Flo.ida Club, llie Goode Law Debaling Society, and the Cotillion Club. The versatility of the members of Law 1911 is remarkable. Included in its ranks are not only poets, and philosophers, and social lions — witness Bennie Hooper — and editors, and athletes, but even musicians; of whom SiDNEV RuDOLPH GrizzarD is which, for he is a member of the University Band — an organization which deserves and has the thanks of the entire collete for its faithful and efficient work. Grizzard admits thai he is from Boykins, Va. He graduated at the Boykins High School, and atiended ihe Soulhern Shorthand and Business University of Norfolk. As secretary ;o President Denny he has done three limes as much work as the ordinary law student. He is a member of the Masonic Club. 24