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

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emotiai4 WILTON WADE SAMPLE Class of 1937 ROBERT JOSEPH SflTT Class of 193 8 WILLIAM FREDERICK LATUS Class of 1939 JOHN ADAM McNEIL Instructor

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Upon Lee ' s death his son, General George Washington Custis Lee, was called from a professorship at V. M. L to succeed his father. After twenty-seven years of dis- tinguished service Custis Lee retired in 1897 and Wil- liam Lyne Wilson, former postmaster-general of the United States, was made president. He died in office after three brief years, and the trustees chose to succeed h ' m George Hutcheson Denny, professor of Latin in the University, who bent his efforts towards the increase of endowment and student body. His conspicuous suc- cess in these endeavors brought him to the attention of trustees of the nascent LJniversitv of Alabama, who called him to the presidency of that institution. His successor was Henry Louis Smith, member of a distin- guished Southern fami ' y, who left the presidency of Davidson College to come to Lexington. In the seven- teen years he guided the University ' s destinies, he proved a remarkable scholar and educator with a continuing insistence upon high standards of academic performance. On December 31, 1928, Dr. Smith retired from the presidency, and for over a year Robert H. Ti ' cker, dean of the University, was acting president. His service in that transition period was typical of the splendid work the Tucker and Campbell families have performed for the University. Henry St. George Tucker had served as acting president in 1900, and John L. and Henry D. Campbell had jointly fulfilled a similar office in 1911. Samuel L. Campbell, their great-great-grandfather, was acting president from 1796 to 1798, between the Gra- ham and Baxter administration. After considering a large number of possible successors to Dr. Smith the trustees of the University in 1930 chose Francis Pendleton Gaines, then president of Wake Forest College, for the office. Today, after a seven-year tenure of that office, Dr. Gaines is regarded as one of the outstanding college presidents of the country. For the first time in its nearly 200 years of existence the University is developing the plant and approaching the endowment necessary for full realization of its possi- bilities. Under Dr. Gaines ' administration the schools, departments, and courses of the University have been integrated and a ba ' anced curriculum has been achieved. In years to come there are doubtless other ideals to be attained, but those familiar with him and his work are convinced there is no abler man to secure their realiza- tion than Francis Pendleton Gaines.

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WASHINGTON COLLEGE AT NIGHT BOOK ONE • • ADMINISTRATION