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The  Colonial  Echo 


1902 


PUBLISHED       BY       THE       STUDENTS       OF 

WILLIAM    and     MART    COLLEGE 

WILLIAMSBURG     — =    V   I    R  G    I    N    I   A 


I  M^fe—  ,A*~" 

-1  TABLE  •'  CONTENTS. 

Preface— 

Editors 

Calendar 

History  of  the  College  of  William  and  Mai  \ 

Board  of  Visitors 

Alumni  Association 

Faculty 


Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society 

Senior  Class  ('02) 

Junior  Class  ('03)      

Sophomore  Class  ('04) 

Freshman  Class  ('05) 

Young  Men's  Christian  Association  .    . 

Phcenix  Literary  Society 

I'hilomathean  Literary  Society   .... 

Final  Men 

Fraternities  : 

Kappa  Alpha 

Kappa  Sigma 

Pi  Kappa  Alpha 

Mu  Pi  Lambda 

Order  of  Loyal  Knights 

( rerman  Club 

Glee  Club 

Dramatic  Club 

May  (Poem) 

The  Madman  of  Foxhill  Forest         .    . 
The  Fane  of  Knowledge  (Poem)    .    .    . 

A  Word  to  the  Wise      

Reveries  of  a  Summer  Evening  (Poem) 
Childe  Hood's  Pilgrimage  (Poem)  .  .  . 
Periodicals 


William  and  Marj  College  Quarter!)   Historical  Magazine. 
William  and  Mar)  College  Monthly'. 


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Athletic  Association  Officers -flC 

itball  Team "i 

Baseball  Team 

Tennis  Club '7° 

Gymnasium  Team 

Knigl  I    ludoun ■  77 

Eastern  Shore  Club T7's 

Owl  Club  i  Illustration) •   ■ 181 

Disciples  oi  (  Anarchist  Club) 183 

Misers'  Club •   ■    •  'si 

Business  Mm's  Association 185 

Sleep)   Heads   .   .       '  ■' 

robacco  Chewers1  Club ,N7 

Majores  Natu |SS 

Foragers' Organization lSf' 

Grub  Devourers' Club 19° 

Kids "" 

Anti-Calico  Club ">-' 

Vssociated  Press  Staff 193 

Blowers,  Bluffs,  and  Brags >94 

The  William  and  Mary  Westmoreland  Club 195 

Aptlj  Quoted "'' 

The  Ei  ii"  Election 198 

Advertisements 


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COLORS. 
Orange  and  White. 

Yells. 

William  and  Mary, 

Vir — gin — i — a, 

Croatan,  Powhatan, 

Ra !     Ra  !     Ra  ! 
Zipti  Ripti  Rev,   Zipti,  Ripti  Rei  ! 
vSpotswood,   Botetourt,  who  are  we? 
Razzle  Dazzle,   Razzle  Dazzle,  Sis  Room    Ba 
William  and  Mary,  Vir — gin — i — a  ! 


We  have  made  a  book  which  we  tondlv  dedicate  to  our  sweethearts, 
for  it  is  theirs.  In  them  we  found  our  inspiration  ;  to  them  we  turn 
tor  praise.  Ever  loyal,  ever  true,  they  will  say  it  is  good.  And  then 
the  critics  may  come,  and,  in  their  barbarous  fashion  say  uncharitable 
things  j  but  we  shall  be  Gentlemen  Unafraid;  for  we  shall  have  the 
delightful  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  Bright  Eyes,  wherever  they  may 
be,  will  look  with  approval  upon  our  work  ;  that  Red  Lips  will  utter 
kind  words  for  it  ;  and  that  Dainty  Hands  will  carefully  attend  to  it 
that  Posterity  shall  not  lose  the  fruits  of  our  labor. 


PREFACE. 


THE  third  volume  of  "The  Colonial   Echo"   is  before  you,  with  our  best  wishes.     We 
do  not  wish  to   bore    you  with  excuses,   but    only  ask    for  a    consideration  of    the 
great  difficulties  that  had   to  be  overcome,  and    the  arduous    labors  that  we  have 
spent  to  make  this  little  volume  attractive.     We  have  endeavored  to  give  a  panoramic  view 
of  college    life  as  it  appears  upon  the  campus,  in  the    dormitories,  lecture-rooms,  society 
halls,  Y.  M.  C.  A,  athletic  field,  and  everywhere  dealing  with  all  these  experiences  as  one 
with  a  light  heart,  of  keen  sensibilities,  and  always  a   bent  towards  the  humorous.      If  any- 
thing of  importance  has  escaped   our  notice,  it  has  surely  been   unintentional  on  our  part. 
Now  and  then  we  have  sought  to   penetrate  into  the  pith  and   marrow,  but  in  general  we 
have  left    the  deep    and    didactic   side  of    life  to   our    more    philosophic    contemporaries. 
That  our    friends    may  find    a  pleasure  in  straying  over  these  pages,   and    share  with    us 
the  sacred   reverence  for  the  glory  of    our  Alma    Mater,  so  interwoven  with  the    memories 
of  Colonial  Virginia,  and   that  we  may  in  after  years,  when  entangled   in   life's  hard   battles, 
ever  revert  to  the  pages  of  this   little  book  and  fondly  brood    over  these  cherished    expe- 
riences and   inspiring  scenes,  is  our  sincerest  wish. 

We  desire  to  express  our  deep  gratitude  to  the  Board  of  Visitors,  Faculty,  and  the 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  Fraternity,  for  the  aid  which  they  have  so  kindly  extended  to  us  ;  and 
especially  do  we    acknowledge  our    indebtedness  to  the    student    body  for    their    constant 

support   in  all   our  undertakings 

The  Board. 


ILONIA  I.    ECHO    EDITORS 


Calendar, 


Si  nday,  June  22,  1902,  n  A.  M.,   Final  Sermon. 

Sunday,  Junk  22,    1902,  8  P.  M.,  Sermon   before  the  Young  Men's  Christian 

Association. 
Monday,  June  23,  1902,  8  P.  M.,  Celebration  of  the  Phcenix  Society. 

Ti  1  5DAY,  June  24,  1902,  10  A.  M.,  Celebration  of  the  Senior  Class  ;  8  P.  M., 
Celebration  of  the  Philomathean  Society. 

Wednesday,  June  25,  1902,  11A.  M.,  Celebration  of  the  Society  of  the  Alumni ; 
Oration,  n  A.  M.;  Banquet,  9  P.  M. 

Thursday,  June  26,  1902,  A.  M..  Address  before  the  Literary  Societies;  12 
A.  M.,  Awarding  Diplomas,  Medals,  and  Scholarships  ;  10  P.  M.,  Final 
Ball. 

Next  Session  begins  Thursday,  October  2,  1902. 

Tlie  13th  of  May  of  each  year,  being  the  day  the  first  English  settlers  landed  at 
Jamestown,  is  a  general  holiday. 

The  session  of  each  year  ends  on  Thursday  before  the  29th  of  June,  the  date  of 
the  adoption  of  the  first  written  Constitution  of  Virginia. 


The  College  of  William  and  Mary, 


T  IS  pleasing  and  profitable  to  trace  minutely  the  evolution  of  institutions 
and  of  men,  but  to  describe  the  stages  of  progress  which  the  College  of 
William  and  Mary  has  passed  since  its  establishment  in  1693,  would  be  a 
seemingly  endless  task.  Consequently,  the  writer  has  contented  himself 
with  mentioning  a  few  of  the  most  important  and  inteiesting  facts  con- 
nected with  its  origin,  foundation,  and  subsequent  career. 

"William  and  Mary,"  the  oldest  College  in  America  with  the  single 
exception  of  Harvard,  although  not  formally  established  until  1693,  has 
antecedents  which  date  as  far  back  as  1617.  Before  the  little  colony  had 
hardly  gained  a  firm  footing  at  Jamestown,  before  the  onerous  task  of  clearing  the 
forest  had  hardly  begun,  and  while  the  hostile  Indians  were  still  hovering  around 
the  almost  defenceless  settlement,  these  early  Virginians  conceived  the  idea  of 
higher  education.  The  primary  object  in  founding  a  college  was  the  education 
and  conversion  of  the  Indians,  whose  condition  seemed  to  weigh  heavily  upon  the 
consciences  of  the  people  of  that  time.  So,  in  1619,  Sir  Edwin  Sandys,  together 
with  some  good  people  of  England,  raised  a  considerable  sum  for  the  establish- 
ment of  an  Indian  College  and  the  "  foundation  of  a  seminary  of  learning  for  the 
English."  Mr.  George  Thorpe,  "a  gentleman  of  His  Majesty's  Privy  Cham- 
ber," was  sent  over  to  superintend  the  so-called  university.  But  this  fust  begin- 
ning of  philanthropy  to  the  Indian  was  nipped  in  the  bud  by  the  "  Great  Mas- 
sacre" of  1622,  when  Thorpe  and  three  hundred  and  forty  other  settlers  per- 
ished. 

Passing  over  the  next  forty  years,  during  which  the  seed  sown  in  161 7  was 
still  in  embryo,  we  find  that  in  1660  the  Virginia  Assembly  voted  "  that  for  the 
advance  of  learning,  education  of  youth,  supply  of  the  ministry,  and  promotion  of 

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piety,  there  be  land  taken  upon  purchase  for  a  colledge  and  free  schoole."  Sub- 
scriptions wire-  also  taken  up,  lo  which  "His  Majesties  Governor,  Council  of 
State,  and  Burgesses  of  thi  pre  enl  Grand  Assembly  have  severally  subscribed 
considerable  suraes  of  money  and  quantityes  of  tobacco. "  Some  have  gone  so  far 
as  to  say  that  the  College  was  really  established  in  1661,  but  for  this  there  is  no 
proof.  The  people  subscribed  liberally  towards  the  College  but  the  odds  were 
against  it,  both  in  the  economic  and  political  conditions  of  the  country. 

Ideas  assumed  a  more  definite  shape  in  1691,  when  Rev.  James  Blair  was 
sent  to  England  to  secure  a  charter  for  said  College.  He  laid  the  plans  of  the 
colony  before  Queen  Mary,  who  heartily  favored  the  idea.  William  concurred, 
and  gave  "  out  of  the  quit-rents  "  two  thousand  pounds  sterling.  Mr.  Blair  was 
then  sent  to  Seymour,  the  Attorney- General,  but  with  him  he  found  more  diffi- 
culty. The  nation  was  expensively  engaged  in  war,  and  could  ill  afford  the 
necessary  funds  for  planting  a  College  in  America.  Mr.  Blair  urged  that  the 
institution  was  to  prepare  men  to  become  ministers  of  the  Gospel,  and  that  Vir- 
ginians had  souls  to  save  as  well  as  Englishmen.  The  argument  was  no  doubt 
forcible,  but  it  only  evoked  from  Seymour  that  exclamation  which  has  since 
become  classic:  "Souls/  Damn  your  souls  .'  Make  tobacco  ! "  But  in  spite  of 
the  Attorney- General,  the  King  and  Oueen  adhered  to  their  former  resolution, 
and  signed  the  charter  on  February  19th,  1693. 

Let  us  now  glance  at  this  ancient  paper,  which  is  so  honorable  to  the  King, 
Queen,  and  the  colonists,  in  their  efforts  to  spread  learning  and  the  Christian 
religion  throughout  the  Western  continent. 

The  College  was  founded  on  the  broad  and  comprehensive  plan  "that  the 
Church  of  Virginia  may  be  furnished  with  a  seminary  of  ministers  of  the  Gospel, 
and  that  the  youth  may  lie  piously  educated  in  good  letters  and  manners,  and 
that  the  Christian  religion  may  be  propagated  among  the  Western  Indians,  to  the 
glory  of  Almighty  God."  The  officers  consisted  of  a  chancellor,  a  president,  or 
rector,  eighteen  visitors,  and  six  professors.  By  recommendation  of  the  Virginia 
Assembly,  Rev.  James  Blair  was  "created  and  established  the  first  president  of 
the  College  during  his  natural  life."  The  Bishop  of  London  was  to  be  the  fist 
chancellor,  and  the  visitors  were  to  be  a  self-perpetuating  body  of  eighteen  men, 
who  should  have  entire  control  of  the  institution. 

The  charter  then  endows  the  College  with  "  the  whole  and  entire  sum  of  one 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  eighty-five  pounds,  fourteen  shillings,  and  tenpence, 
of  good  and  lawful  money  of  England,  that  has  been  raised  out  of  the  quit-rents 
of  said  colony."  The  College  was  also  to  have  a  penny  a  pound  on  all  tobacco 
exported  from  Virginia  and  Maryland  ;  the  office  of  Surveyor-General,  with  all 
"issues,  fees,  profits,  advantages,  liberties,  places,  privileges,  and  preeminences 
whatsi  >ever  ' '  ;  and  a  grant  of  twenty  thousand  acres  of  land  lying  in  the  Pamunkey 
Xeek.  Authority  was  also  granted  to  the  president  and  professors  to  select  some 
one  of  their  number  to  represent  them  in  the  House  of  Burgesses  of  Virginia. 


To  this  liberal  charter  only  one  condition  was  added.  The  College  author- 
ities were  to  pay  "to  us  and  our  successors  two  copies  oj  Latin  verse  yearly ,  on  the 
fifth  day  of  November,  at  the  house  of  the  Governor  or  Lieutenant-Governor 
for  the  time  being"  ;  and  in  the  Virginia  Gazette  for  November  12th  1736, 
nearly  fifty  years  after,  the  following  appears  :  "  On  this  day  s'en  night  being 
the  fifth  day  of  November,  the  president,  masters,  and  scholars  of  William  and 
Mary  College  went,  according  to  their  annual  custom,  in  a  body,  to  present  his 
Honor  in  obedience  to  their  charter.  Mr.  President  delivered  the  verses  to  his 
Honor,  and  two  of  the  young  gentlemen  spoke  them." 

By  act  of  the  House  of  Burgesses,  the  royal  endowment  of  the  College  was 
considerably  strengthened.  Also  this  College,  together  with  Harvard,  fell  heir 
to  the  estate  of  Hon.  Robert  Boyle,  who  died  in  England  in  1691.  From  these 
funds  the  "  Brafferton  "  estate  in  Yorkshire,  England,  was  bought,  and  the 
"  Brafferton  "  building  was  erected  on  the  campus  at  William  and  Mary  College, 
in  Virginia,  for  the  purpose  of  accommodating  Indian  youths,  who  continued  to 
come,  down  to  the  Revolution. 

The  House  of  Burgesses,  after  much  deliberation,  decided  that  "  Middle 
Plantation  "  (afterwards  known  as  Williamsburg)  should  lie  the  site  of  the  Col- 
lege. The  buildings,  planned  by  Sir  Christopher  Wren,  were  erected  between 
1692  and  1700,  when  the  first  commencement  exercises  were  held.  Beginning 
with  a  President,  Grammar  Master,  Usher,  and  Writing  Master,  the  College  bid 
fair  to  gratify  the  most  sanguine  hopes  of  its  advocates  ;  but  in  1705  a  fire  broke 
out  and  completely  destroyed  the  building,  with  the  laboratory  and  other  appa- 
ratus. Steps  were  immediately  taken  for  rebuilding,  but  owing  to  the  lack  of 
funds,  the  work  was  not  entirely  completed  until  1723,  soon  after  which  a  full 
corps  of  six  professors  was  selected,  and  the  College  entered  upon  a  career  of  use- 
fulness unparalleled  by  any  other  institution  in  the  country. 

Opposite  the  "Brafferton"  on  the  College  campus  stands  the  President's 
house,  the  foundation  of  which  was  laid  in  1732.  During  the  Revolution  this 
building  was  accidentally  burned  while  occupied  by  French  troops,  before  the  siege 
of  Yorktown.  Louis  XYI  kindly  rebuilt  it,  and  presented  the  College  library 
with  six  hundred  volumes  of  great  value. 

About  this  time  the  famous  old  chapel,  which  forms  the  southwestern  wing  of 
the  College  building,  was  opened.  It  was  concerning  this  that  Bishop  Meade,  in 
his  Old  Churches  and  Families  of  Virginia,  said:  "Williamsburg  was 
once  the  miniature  copy  of  the  Court  of  St.  James,  somewhat  aping  the  manners 
of  that  royal  palace,  while  the  Old  Church,  and  its  graveyard,  and  the  College 
chapel  were-  si  licet  cum  mao-no  comfio  ere  patva — the  Westminster  Abbey  and 
the  St.  Paul's  of  Loudon,  where  the  great  ones  were  interred." 

The  remains  of  Sir  John  Randolph,  his  sons,  Peyton  Randolph,  President  ol 
the  first  American  Congress,  and  John  Randolph,  Attorney  of  the  Crown  for  the 
Colony  of  Virginia,  Lord  Botetourt,  bishop  Madison,  and  Chancellor  Xel.-ou 
sleep  in  vaults  beneath  the  floor. 

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There  are  two  uotable  things  embodied  in  the  charter  of  William  and  Mary, 
and  demonstrated  by  its  subsequent  history  ;  the  pious  spirit  with  which  it  began 
and  continued  its  career,  and  the  close  connection  it  has  always  had  with  the  State. 
The  motives  for  founding  the  College  were  the  same  in  if>o;,  as  in  1619,  to  edu- 
cate ministers  and  to  propagate  the  Christian  faith.  The  first  words  in  the  oldest 
record-book  of  the  faculty  are,  ///  nominee  Dei  I  at)  is,  Filii,  et  Spiritus  Sancti. 
.  linen.  The  religious  character  was  shown  by  the  selection  of  officers.  Rev. 
James  Blair  was  the  first  president,  and  the  Bishop  of  London,  and  Archbishop 
of  Canterbury  were  the  holders  of  the  chancellorship  down  to  the  Revolution. 
After  this  time  the  College  was  presided  over  by  Bishops  Madison,  Johns,  and 
other  eminent  divines.  Although  after  the  Revolution  all  connection  between 
College  and  Church  and  State  was  severed  by  Jefferson,  some  of  the  most  distin- 
guished divines  of  modern  days  have  been  sons  of  William  and  Mary. 

William  and  Mary,  like  Harvard,  had  no  private  ends  to  subserve  :  it  has 
lived  for  the  State.  The  privileges  granted  in  the  charter  of  1693  had  great  influ- 
ence in  bringing  the  College  into  close  connection  with  the  State.  By  being  situ- 
ated in  Williamsburg,  which,  for  a  long  time  was  the  social  and  political  center 
of  the  colonies,  it  had  every  opportunity  for  sending  out  the  men  who  should 
shape  the  destinies  of  our  country.  By  holding  the  office  of  Surveyor-General,  it 
practically  controlled  the  land  system,  and  thus  the  wisest  statesman  that  America 
can  boast  of — George  Washington — received  from  William  and  Mary  his  first 
commission  as  a  public  land  surveyor.  It  exercised  the  duties  of  this  office  until 
is  19,  and  among  the  other  surveyors  appointed  by  the  College,  were  Zachary 
Taylor,  grandfather  of  the  late  General  Taylor,  and  Thomas  Jefferson. 

Prior  to  the  Revolution,  the  College  consisted  of  six  schools,  including  the 
Indian  school,  supported  by  the  donation  of  Hon.  Robert  Boyle. 

The  average  number  of  students  was  about  sixty.  These  were  not  excep- 
tions to  the  general  rule  of  young  men  of  their  time,  and  the  Faculty  was  often 
considerably  exercised  to  control  their  restless  natures.  A  few  quotations  from 
the  old  records  may  be  of  interest  and  amusement. 

In  the  first  place,  it  would  appear  that  some  of  these  young  gentlemen  had 
unbounded  love  for  horse-racing,  billiards,  and  other  amusements,  which,  if 
indulged,  was  naturally  calculated  to  detract  from  the  performance  of  College 
duties.  Therefore,  we  find  that  at  a  meeting  of  that  august  body  in  1752,  it  was 
ordered  that  "no  scholar  belonging  to  any  school  in  ye  College  of  what  ;>ge,  rank, 
or  quality  soever,  do  keep  any  race-horse  at  ye  College,  or  in  ye  town,  or  any- 
where." If  the  student  dared  to  break  the  rules  of  the  Faculty,  or  was  "in  any 
way  concerned  in  making  races  and  abetting  those  made  by  others,"  he  should 
be  ' '  immediately  despatched  and  sent  off  and  never  again  brought  back  under 
pain  of  severest  animadversion  and  punishment." 

Having  put  its  foot  down  on  horse-racing,  the  Faculty  then  proceeds  to  order 


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that  "no  scholar  do  presume  to  appear  playing  ye  billiards,  or  other  gaming 
tables,  or  be  in  any  way  concerned  in  keeping  fighting-cocks,  under  ye  like  severe 
animadversion  and  punishment." 

Nothing  could  be  more  amusing  than  the  record  of  the  action  taken  by  the 
Visitors  on  a  certain  occasion  in  1769,  when  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Camm  and  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Josiah  Johnson  were  arraigned  for  the  terrible  crime  of  having  "  lately 
married  and  taken  up  their  residence  in  the  City  of  Williamsburg,  by  which  great 
inconvenience  has  arisen  to  the  College,  and  the  necessary  attention  which  those 
professors  ought  to  pay  to  the  conduct  and  behavior  of  the  students  has  been 
almost  totally  interrupted."  Whereupon  they  solemnly  declare  that  those  profes- 
sors, "by  engaging  in  marriage  and  the  concerns  of  a  private  family,  and  shifting 
their  residence  to  any  place  without  the  College  "  had  acted  "  contrary  to  the 
principles  upon  which  the  College  was  founded,  and  their  duty  as  professors." 
Then  follows  the  broad  resolve  "  that  all  Professors  and  Masters  hereafter  to  be 
appointed,  be  constantly  residents  of  ye  College,  and  upon  marriage  of  such  pro- 
fessor, or  master,  that  his  professorship  be  immediately  vacated." 

However  arbitrary  and  anti-matrimonial  these  Visitors  may  seem,  they  gov- 
erned the  affairs  of  the  College  in  a  wise  and  judicious  manner,  as  is  shown  by 
the  unusual  degree  of  prosperity  that  it  enjoyed  during  their  administration. 

Before  1781  the  yearly  income  of  the  College,  from  duties  and  advantages 
granted  by  the  charter  and  from  the  many  handsome  endowments  that  it  received 
from  the  colonists,  was  about  ,£4,000.  By  the  Revolution  it  lost  all  of  its  endow- 
ment except  $2,500  and  the  extensive  grants  of  land  originally  conferred  by  the 
favor  of  King  William  and  Queen  Mary.  The  sale  of  these  lauds  and  some 
others  in  the  neighborhood  of  Williamsburg,  voted  to  the  College  by  the  Legisla- 
ture, enabled  the  College  to  realize  a  sufficient  fund  to  prosecute  its  work  as  of 
old. 

The  organization  and  courses,  however,  were  entirely  changed  by  Jefferson. 
At  this  College,  as  in  other  places,  this  eminent  philosopher  showed  himself  to  be 
at  least  one  hundred  years  ahead  of  his  time.  Many  changes  which  he  made  in 
the  courses  at  William  and  Mary,  are  only  just  being  adopted  by  other  colleges. 
Being  elected  in  1779  one  of  the  Board  of  Visitors,  he  had  the  two  professorships 
of  Divinity  and  Oriental  Languages  abolished  and  substituted  a  professorship  of 
"  Law  and  Police,"  one  of  Anatomy,  and  one  of  Modern  Languages  ;  and  as  the 
charter  confined  the  Faculty  to  six  professors,  he  added  the  ' '  Law  of  Nature  and 
Nations  "  and  the  "  Fine  Arts  "  to  the  duties  of  the  Moral  Professor,  and  Natu- 
ral History  to  the  duties  of  the  Professor  of  Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy. 
As  the  English  courts  refused  to  permit  the  rents  from  the  ' '  Brafferton  ' '  estate  to 
come  to  America  after  the  Revolution,  the  Indian  school  was  abandoned. 

In  1789  Washington  was  elected  Chancellor,  and  under  the  wise  guidance  of 
Bishop  Madison  and  his  successors,  the  College  continued  its  career  of  usefulness. 
From  1835  to  the  Civil  War  the  catalogues  show  an  average  yearly  attendance  of 

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seventy  Bve  students  who  came  to  drink  at  this  spring  of  philosophy,  literature, 
ami  science,  under  the  guidance  of  such  men  as  Judge  Beverley  Tucker,  the  Right 
Rev.  John  Johns,  Thomas  R.  Dew,  and  their  associates  and  successors.  The 
largest  number  attending  at  any  one  time  was  in  1840,  under  President  Thomas 
R.  Dew,  when  the  matriculation  book  showed  an  attendance  of  one  hundred  and 
forty. 

( hi  the  night  of  February  8th,  1859,  at  a  time  when  the  Alumni  were  pre- 
paring  to  celebrate  the  one  hundred  and  sixty-sixth  anniversary  at  the  coming 
commencement,  fire  broke  out  in  the  main  building  of  the  College.  All  attempts 
to  stay  the  flames  were  futile,  and  nothing  was  saved  except  the  records  and  the 
College  stamp.  But  the  authorities  did  not  despair  ;  and  within  one  year  from 
the  date  of  the  burning,  the  College  had  been  completely  rebuilt,  and  was  again 
in  full  operation  with  ample  means  to  sustain  the  Faculty. 

When  the  war  between  the  States  broke  out,  ninety  per  cent,  of  her  stu- 
dents joined  the  Confederate  army,  and  in  May,  1861,  the  existence  of  hostilities 
at  her  very  threshold  rendered  it  necessary  to  suspend  exercises.  In  September, 
1  sfij,  some  drunken  Federal  soldiers  fired  and  once  more  destroyed  the  College 
building,  together  with  the  library,  apparatus,  and  other  property  belonging  to 
the  College.  Afterwards  other  houses  and  property  were  destroyed  by  Union 
soldiers. 

To  many  at  that  time  it  must  have  seemed  that  the  institution  had  fallen 
never  to  rise  again.  Its  buildings  were  in  ruins,  and  the  country  around,  after 
the  departure  of  the  Federal  army,  seemed  utterly  desolate.  But  those  walls  in 
which  the  calm  voice  of  philosophy  had  echoed  for  so  many  years  were  not  des- 
tined to  stand  as  a  mouldering  monument  of  the  wickedness  of  war.  Loyal 
friends  and  alumni  rallied  around  the  College  ;  1869  saw  the  buildings  entirely 
restored,  and  the  College  in  the  enjoyment  of  a  new  Faculty,  organized  with  the 
departments  of  Latin,  Greek,  Mathematics,  Modern  Languages,  Natural  Science, 
Philosophy,  and  Belles-Lettres. 

It  is  a  peculiar  fact  in  the  history  of  institutions  of  learning  that  compara- 
tively few  of  them  are  self-sustaining.  William  and  Mary  was  not  an  exception 
to  the  general  rule.  Old  endowments  had  been  lost,  new  ones  proved  inadequate, 
and  the  annual  expenses  exceeded  the  annual  income.  The  venerable  President, 
Benjamin  S.  Ewell,  thrice  appeared  before  Congress,  asking  for  reimburse- 
ment for  buildings  destroyed  by  the  wanton  acts  of  Federal  troops.  This  bill 
was  ably  supported  by  Senator  Hoar,  of  Massachusetts,  and  others,  but  with  no 
avail  ;  and  "  an  institution  which  was  once  the  beacon  of  learning  and  political 
intelligence,  not  alone  for  Virginia,  but  for  the  whole  South  and  for  the  country 
at  large,  was  suffered  to  decline  by  a  nation  which  owed  it  an  actual  though 
paltry  debt  of  $70,000."  Noble  efforts  were  made  to  sustain  the  College,  but  at 
last  all  the  professors  were  dismissed  because  their  salaries  could  not  be  paid  ; 
1 88 1  found  it  without  a  single  student,  and  exercises  were  suspended  until  1888. 

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The  President  alone  remained  at  his  post,  and  at  the  beginning  of  each  collegiate 
year  caused  the  College  bell  to  be  rung  as  a  reminder  to  the  people  that  although 
forgotten,  and  neglected,  William  and  Mary  could  not  die. 

During  the  suspension  of  seven  years,  the  debts  was  reduced  to  $7,000,  and 
this  was  the  state  of  affairs  when,  in  1SS8,  the  proposition  by  which  the  institution 
was  revived,  was  first  presented  to  the  State  Legislature.  The  Constitution  of 
the  State  made  it  mandatory  upon  the  Legislature  to  establish  normal  schools. 
It  was  shown  that  the  use  of  the  College  buildings  would  save  the  State  a  large 
outlay  of  money.  Moved  by  this  consideration  and  by  the  generous  motive  of 
making  some  reparation  for  revolutionary  losses  and  of  rescuing  from  destruction 
an  object  of  such  historic  interest  and  connections,  the  Legislature  appropriated 
the  sum  of  $10,000  annually  to  the  College  on  condition  that  "said  College  shall 
establish  in  connection  with  the  collegiate  course,  a  system  of  normal  instruction 
and  training  for  the  purpose  of  educating  white  male  teachers  for  the  public 
schools  of  the  State."  It  was  enacted  that  hereafter  the  affairs  of  the  College 
should  be  administered  by  a  board  consisting  of  ten  of  the  old  Board  of  Visitors, 
and  ten  members  appointed  by  the  Governor,  and  every  county  and  city  of  the 
.State  was  declared  entitled  to  have  one  or  more  of  its  young  men  educated  free  at 
the  College. 

These  terms  were  duly  accepted  by  the  College,  and  at  the  first  meeting  of 
the  joint  board,  held  May  10th,  1888,  six  different  departments  were  determined 
upon,  and  Professors  Hall,  Stubbs,  Wharton,  and  Garrett  were  elected  to  hold 
office  from  the  first  of  Octobe  ensuing.  At  a  subsequent  meeting  held  in  August, 
1888,  Lyon  G.  Tyler  was  elected  President,  to  hold  office  from  the  first  of  Sep- 
tember ensuing,  and  the  organization  was  completed  at  the  same  meeting  by  the 
election  of  Hugh  S.  Bird,  Professor  of  Pedagogy. 

Since  1888  the  College  has  been  in  full  operation,  and  during  this  time  has 
had  an  average  attendance  greater  than  at  any  period  in  its  history.  In  1890  the 
annual  appropriation  was  increased  to  $15,000,  and  in  1893  Congress  voted 
$64,000  as  a  reimbursement  for  the  buildings  destroyed  during  the  Civil  War, 
thus  happily  in  a  great  measure  removing  the  stigma  which  had  attached  so  long 
to  the  good  fame  of  the  government. 

Of  the  part  which  William  and  Mary  will  play  in  the  future,  under  the  new 
regime,  it  is  too  early  yet  to  peak.  With  a  faculty  of  ten,  with  an  average 
attendance  of  nearly  two  hundred  students,  and  with  a  course  of  study  second  to 
none  in  the  State,  it  bids  fair  to  rival  its  former  history. 

In  closing  this  account,  it  might  be  well  to  mention  some  of  the  most  promi- 
nent alumni  of  William  and  Mary.  Rightly  has  she  been  called  "the  mother  of 
statesmen."  In  the  list  of  students  preserved  since  17 10,  will  be  found  an  impo- 
sing array  of  names  holding  the  highest  stand  in  the  legislature,  at  the  bar,  and 
in  the  pulpit,  not  only  in  Virginia  and  the  South,  but  throughout  the  entire 
country.     The  valor  of  her  sons  has  added  to  the  renown  of  Virginia  from  the 


defeat  ol  Braddock  to  the  surrender  at  Appomattox.  Situated  in  a  political  ceii. 
ter,  William  and  Mary  was  a  seminary  of  history  and  politics,  and  with  a  Faculty 
which  lias  been  from  time  to  time  adorned  with  the  names  ol  such  men  as  James 
Blair,  Samuel  Henley,  Hugh  Jones,  Rev.  Gronow  Owen,  William  Small,  William 
Stitb,  Thomas  R.  Hew,  Madison,  Wythe,  Rogers,  Holmes,  Wilmer,  and  others  ol 
equal  merit,  it  was  nothing  but  natural  that  it  should  have  sent  forth  an  ana\  ol 
unrivaled  lawyers,  statesmen,  and  divines. 

Among  those  whom  it  furnished  to  the  American  Revolution  were  Benjamin 
Harrison,  Carter  Braxton,  Thomas  Nelson,  and  George  Wythe,  signers  01  the 
Declaration;  Peyton  Randolph,  President  of  the  first  American  Congress; 
Edmund  Randolph,  draftsman  of  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States;  John 
Marshall,  Chief  Justice  ;  Thomas  Jefferson,  and  James  Monroe,  Presidents  ol 
the  United  States,  not  to  mention  others  of  almost  equal  merit.  During  the 
first  half  of  the  present  century  it  sent  forth  John  Tyler,  President  ot  the  United 
States ;  Littleton  W.  Tazewell,  William  B.  Giles,  John  Randolph,  Spencer 
Roane,  Bushrod  Washington,  James  Breckinridge,  Archibald  Stewart,  William 
Brockenbrough,  James  P.  Preston,  Robert  B.  Taylor,  George  M.  Bibb,  William 
T.  Barry,  Philip  P.  Barbour,  Benjamin  Watkins  Leigh,  William  H.  Cabell, 
Briscoe  G.  Baldwin,  H.  St.  George  Tucker,  John  T.  Dornax,  John  Kelson, 
William  S.  Archer,  John  J.  Crittenden,  Winfield  Scott,  William  C.  Rives, 
and  others  of  national  and  state  service. 

Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  she  has  suffered  two  fires  since  1S57,  and  was 
forced  to  discontinue  lectures  during  twelve  years  of  the  time,  William  and  Mary 
in  the  interval  since  has  kept  pace  with  her  former  history,  and  sent  forth  scores 
of  men  who  have  occupied  and  are  now  occupying  the  highest  places  in  their 
respective  professions. 

The  catalogues  show  the  names  of  over  five  hundred  others  who  have  reached 
a  high  degree  of  eminence.  To  enumerate  these  is  beyond  the  scope  of  this 
sketch,  and  so  we  shall  simply  quote  the  summary  made  in  the  present  catalogue: 
Her  alumni  gave  to  the  Federal  bar  two  eminent  Attorney-Generals  of  the  United 
States ;  to  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States, 
over  sixty  members ;  to  the  Senate  of  the  United  States,  twenty-nine  Senators ; 
to  Virginia  and  other  States,  twenty-five  Governors  ;  to  the  country  one  historian, 
and  numberless  eminent  law  and  other  writers  ;  to  the  State  and  the  United 
States,  thirty-seven  judges  ;  to  the  Revolution,  twenty-seven  of  her  sons  ;  to  the 
army  of  the  United  States,  a  Uieuteuant-General  (Winfield  Scott),  and  a  score  of 
principal  and  subordinate  officers ;  to  the  United  States  navy,  a  list  of  paladins 
of  the  sea  headed  by  Warreuton  and  Thomas  Ap.  Catesby  Jones  ;  to  the  Colleges 
and  Universities,  numerous  professors ;  to  the  Union  three  Presidents  (Jefferson, 
Monroe,  and  Tyler)  ;  to  the  Federal  judiciary,  its  most  eminent  Chief-Justice 
(John  Marshall)  ;  to  the  Federal  executive,  nine  cabinet  officers,  and  to  the  con- 
vention which  framed  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States,  its  chief  author  and 
draftsman,  Edmund  Randolph. 

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While  it  seems  that  the  day  of  exulting  in  the  deeds  of  ancestors  and  prede- 
cessors has  passed  away  in  this  practical  age  of  ours,  and  we  are  more  concerned  in 
grasping  the  problems  of  the  living  present,  yet  it  is  more  than  a  mere  fancy  that 
the  student  will  gain  some  inspiration  by  enrolling  his  name  with  those  of  our 
nation's  greatest  heroes — to  emulate  and  follow  whom  should  be  the  greatest 
ambition  of  the  youth  of  America.  That  same  spirit  which  inspired  so  many  to 
follow  "wisdom,  truth,  and  justice,"  still  hovers  around  the  walls  of  the  institu- 
tion. That  same  society  for  which  Williamsburg  has  been  noted  since  the  days 
of  the  "  Middle  Plantation,"  still  exists. 

The  many  historical  associations  which  cluster  around  William  and  Mary 
make  it  peculiarly  appropriate  as  a  seat  of  learning. 

Just  seven  miles  away  is  historic  Jamestown,  from  whose  scattered  ruins  the 
student  may  gather  lessons  of  the  toil,  hardships,  and  final  triumph  of  the  early 
settlers,  which  will  aid  him  when  he  goes  forth  to  meet  the  realities  of  life. 
Twelve  miles  to  the  east  is  Yorktown,  where  the  roar  of  the  last  cannon  of  the 
Revolution  was  lost  in  the  glad  clamors  of  a  free  people. 

His  soul  can  not  but  be  fired  with  patriotism  as  he  wanders  among  the  ruins 
of  the  old  Capitol  or  of  Raleigh  Tavern,  where  the  sons  of  his  own  Alma  Mater 
deliberated  upon  the  greatest  crisis  of  the  world's  history.  These  monuments 
speak  louder  than  the  words  of  silver-tongued  orators.  The  oracles  of  a  glorious 
past,  they  beckon  us  on  to  a  more  glorious  future. 

In  conclusion  it  may  be  said  that  few  institutions  have  sustained  as  many 
vicissitudes  as  William  and  Mary.  Established  in  the  infancy  of  the  settlement, 
it  has  experienced  civil  convulsions  which  have  shaken  continents.  It  flourished 
with  the  State,  and  witnessing  the  scenes  of  the  early  Revolution,  re-echoed  the 
words  "liberty  or  death."  It  has  given  shelter  to  British,  American,  French, 
Federal,  and  Confederate  troops.  Although  thrice  burned  to  the  ground,  it  has 
always  risen  from  its  ashes. 

Obstacles  and  misfortunes  have  always  been  overcome,  and  if  the  future  may 
be  judged  by  the  past,  then  it  is  bright  indeed. 


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Board  of  Visitors,  \  900-1 90  U 


Dr.  John  W.  I^awson,  President Smithfield,  Isle  of  Wight  County. 

Hon.  J.  N.  Stobbs,  Vice-President .    .    .    .  Woods  X  Roads,  Gloucester  County. 

Col.  William  Lamb Norfolk,  Ya. 

Hon.  D.  Gardiner  Tyler Sturgeon  Point,  Charles  City  County. 

Hon.  15.  B.  Mtjnford Richmond. 

Hon.  Walter  A.  Edwards Norfolk. 

Hon.  Thos.  H.  Barnes Elwood,  Nansemond  County. 

E.  G.  Booth,  M.  D Grove,  James  City  County. 

Robert  M.  Hughes,  Esq Norfolk. 

Hon.  James  C.  Lamb Richmond. 

Rev.  Beverley  D.  Tucker,  D.  D Norfolk. 

Hon.  Joseph  W.  Soutiiall  (Supt.  Public  Instruction) Amelia. 

Hon.  R.  Walton  Moore Fairfax. 

Hon.  Armistead  C.  Gordon Staunton. 

Hon.  Wii.i.ia.m  M.   Ellis Shawsville,  Montgomery  County. 

James  F.  Crocker,  Esq Portsmouth,  Va. 

Henry  C.  Stuart,  Esq Elk  Garden,  Russell  County. 

William  B.  Clarke,  Esq Surry,  Va. 

Henry  B.  Smith,  Secretary Williamsburg,  Ya. 


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Alumni  Association. 


OFFICERS. 


President, 
Rev.  C.  B.  Wilmer,  of  Atlanta,  Ga. 

First  1  'tee-President, 
Prof.  J.  A.  C.  Chandi.kk,  of  Richmond,  Va. 

Second  J  Hce-Pn  side///, 
Rev.  C.  P.  Williamson',  of  Richmond,  \"a. 

Third  \  'ice-  President ', 
R.  M.  Page,  of  Gloucester,  Va. 

Secretary  and    Treasurer, 
II.  D.  Colk,  of  Williamsburg,  Va. 

Executive  ( 'ommiltee, 

JohnS.  Charles  William  (',.  Jones  B.  E.  Peachy 


Members  of  Faculty. 


President,  Masters  or  Professors,   igoi-igo2. 


LYON  G.  TYLER,   M.  A.,   LL.  D.      -------     President 

Masters  or  "Professors. 
(In  the  order  of  Official  Seniority). 

LYON  G.  TYLER,   M    A.,   LL.  D. 

Professor  of  American   History  and  Polities. 

JOHN  LESSLIE  HALL,   Ph.   D 

Professor  oj  the  English  Language  and  Literature,  and  of  General  History. 

THOMAS  JEFFERSON  STUBBS,  A.   M,   Ph.  D. 

Professor  of  Mathematics. 

LYMAN    B.  WHARTON,   A.   M„   D.   D. 

Professor  of  Latin. 

VAN   F.  GARRETT,  A.  M.,   M.  D. 

Professor  of  Natural  Science. 

HUGH  S.   BIRD,   L.  I.,  A.  B. 

Professor  of  Philosophy  and  Pedagogy,  and  Supervising  Principal  of  the  Mode/  School. 

CHARLES   EDWARD  BISHOP,   Ph.   D. 

Professor  of  Greek,  French,  and  German. 


I  "I.I.K'.I:    IN-  I  Kl  '  TORS 


M<MiK1.  SCHOOL   INSTRUCTORS. 


Phi  Beta  Kappa, 

(  Alpha  of  Virginia  ) 


THIS  unique  Society  originated  at  the  College  of  William  and  Mary  towards 
the  close  of  the  year  which  saw  the  enactment  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence. The  original  records  extending  from  December  5,  1776,  to 
January  6,  1777,  when  the  parent  chapter  dispersed,  owing  to  the  stress 
of  war,  read  as  follows:  "On  Thursday,  the  5th  of  December,  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord,  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  seventy-six,  and  the  first  of  the 
Commonwealth  ;  a  happy  spirit  and  resolution  of  attaining  the  important  ends  of 
Society  entering  the  minds  of  John  Heath,  Thomas  .Smith,  Richard  Booker, 
Armistead  Smith,  and  John  Jones,  and  afterwards  seconded  by  others  ;  prevailed 
and  was  accordingly  ratified."  These  were,  therefore,  the  charter  members,  and 
seem  possessed  by  a  broad,  humanitarian  spirit. 

A  square  silver  medal  was  then  adopted,  engraved  on  one  side  with  the  letters 
S.  P.  as  he  initials  of  Latin  words,  and  on  the  other  side  with  the  initials  of 
Greek  words,  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 

On  January  5,  1777,  they  again  met  and  fixed  upon  an  oath  designed  to  make 
its  members  more  faithful  and  loyal  to  the  purposes  of  the  Society.  The  objects 
were  partly  social  and  partly  literary,  as  was  evidenced  by  the  banquets  which 
occasionally  called  its  members  together  in  social  mirth  and  festivity,  and  by  the 
literary  compositions  and  debates  which  constituted  the  central  features  of  their 
monthly  meetings.  At  their  meeting  on  March  5,  1777,  the  first  rule  made  was 
as  follows  : 

"Resolved,  1st,  That  in  every  design,  or  attempt,  whether  great  or  small, 
we  ought  to  invoke  the  Deity."  Thus  the  keynote  of  religion  was  not  absent 
from  the  Society  in  the  beginning  of  its  years. 

With  a  broad,  humanitarian  spirit,  which  they  considered  to  be  not  foreign 
to  a  true  philosophy,  they  soon  determined  that  their  social  and  literary  organiza- 
tion should  not  be  confined  in  its  benefits  to  the  parent  chapter,  but  should  be 
extended  elsewhere.  They,  therefore,  issued  charters  for  three  Virginia  chapters, 
one  in  Westmoreland  county,  which  chapters  either  never  started,  or  soon  expired. 
Finally,  Mr.  Elisha  Parmelee  was  on  December  4,  1779,  granted  permission  to 
establish  chapters  at  Harvard,  his  own  Alma  Mater,  and  also  at  Vale  ;  the  Alpha 
of  Virginia  professing  itself  desirous,  in  almost  true  prophetic  spirit,  of  establish- 
ing chapters  "in  all  the  United  States."  These  were  the  original  thirteen 
Colonies.     ' '  They  builded  better  than  they  knew. ' ' 

The  Alpha  of  Virginia  continued  its  peaceful  work  of  social  and  literary 
culture  until,  finally,  January  3,  17S1,  a  British  fleet,  with  Benedict  Arnold  011 
board,  anchored  off  Jamestown.     On  January  6th  the  records  were  sealed  and 

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delivered  to  the  college  steward  ;  the  members  dispersed,  expressing,  however, 
enthusiastic  hopes  that  the  Society  would  ere  long  revive  and  be  arrayed  in 
garments  of  beauty  and  glory. 

These  expectations  were  strangely  disappointed.  More  than  fifty  years  later, 
in  1S40,  the  Alpha  of  Virginia  resumed  its  organic  life.  Then  William  Short,  of 
Surry  County,  Virginia,  then  living  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  an  old  man 
of  ninety-two  years,  who  had  been  its  President  at  the  time  of  its  last  meeting  in 
17S1,  consented  to  act  in  its  reorganization,  and  thus  preserve  the  continuity  of 
its  existence.  In  1S61  war  again  disbanded  the  chapter.  About  the  year  1875, 
when  the  College  was  almost  crushed  out  of  life  by  financial  straits,  an  effort  was 
made  to  revive  it  by  electing  a  few  new  members  ;  but  it  went  no  further. 

In  1893,  when  the  College  itself  had  taken  on  new  life  under  the  auspices  of 
the  State,  the  Alpha  of  Virginia  rose  once  more  to  new  life.  Colonel  B.  S.  Ewell, 
Emeritus  President  of  the  College,  was  the  connecting  link  in  1893,  as  William 
Short  had  been  in  1849.  To  Colonel  William  Lamb  has  been  mainly  due  its 
present  successful  revival. 

Meanwhile,  chapter  after  chapter  had  been  formed  in  various  colleges  of  the 
United  States,  beginning  with  the  chapters  at  Vale  and  Harvard.  The  secret 
features  which  characterized  the  original  Alpha  of  Virginia  became  much  obliter- 
ated in  many  chapters,  totally  in  one,  or  more.  Other  secret  societies  arose,  and 
supplied  a  real,  or  supposed  want  for  such  fraternities,  and  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
came  gradually  to  occupy  a  sphere  peculiarly  its  own.  It  has  continued  to  main- 
tain its  collegiate  character  by  establishing  chapters  at  colleges.  But  in  most 
colleges  it  is  only  distinguished  graduates  who  are  admitted  :  though  in  some  few, 
undergraduates  along  with  graduates  are  members,  and  have  frequent  meetings 
during  the  session,  with  compositions  and  debates  as  in  the  original  Alpha  :  and 
at  times  even  speakers  outside  the  college  are  invited  to  address  the  chapter. 
But  all  the  chapters  now  stretch  out  the  hand  of  college  fellowship  by  admitting 
men  of  high  social  culture  and  superior  literary  acquirements  to  membership,  and 
such  admission  is  a  distinction  which  no  intelligent  man  despises,  and  some  most 
eagerly  covet. 

In  iSSr,  just  a  centurv  after  the  original  Alpha  disbanded,  steps  were  taken 
to  organize  a  National  Council,  in  which  the  various  chapters  might  be  repre- 
sented. Of  the  original  fifty  members,  nearly  all  went  into  the  Continental  army  : 
many  of  the  rest  figured  notably  in  the  history  of  their  country.  The  first  two 
presidents  of  the  original  Alpha,  Heath  and  Short,  were  eminent  in  political  life. 
Chief  Justice  Marshall  is,  perhaps,  the  most  widely  known  of  all. 

The  present  Alpha  has  many  distinguished  men  on  her  roll,  and  has  an 
annual  celebration  and  collation,  with  an  address,  combining,  as  in  the  golden 
days  of  the  original  Alpha,  social  and  intellectual  culture. 

The  present  officers  are  :  B.  D.  Tucker,  President ;  L.  B.  Wharton,  Vice- 
President  ;  J.  L.  Hall,  Secretary  ;  V.  F.  Garrett,  Treasurer. 

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1'HI    BETA    KAl'I'A    SOCIETY. 


Senior  Class  of  '02, 


COLORS. 
Purple  and  Old  Gold. 

MOTTO. 
Benefacta,   Benefactis  Aliis  Pertegito. 

YELL. 

Seniors  !     Seniors  ! 

Brave  and  true, 

We  are  the  boys  of  1902. 

OFFICERS. 

H.  J.   Davis President 

C.   M.  Chichester Vice-President 

E.  J.   Taylor Secretary 

Treasurer 

E.   R.   Bird Historian 

E.  S.  Brinkxey Prophet 

W.    A.    Wilkinson Poet 

J.  L.  Long Orator 


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Senior    Class    Statistics. 


phannan.'James  Gordon Surry,  Va. 

II  K  A:  Philomathean ;  L.  L'97-98;  Brafferton  Scholar- 
ship Medal  in  School  of  Pedagogy,  '97-98;  Diplo- 
mas in  Pedagogy,  Moral  Science,  American  History 
and  Politics,  '00-01  ;  II  K  A  Scholarship,  '00-01  ; 
Model  School  Instructor,  '01-02;  Associate  Editor 
College  Monthly.  01-02;  Associate  Editor  The 
Colonial  Echo,  '01-02. 


Brinkley,  Edward  Stanley    ....    Hampton,  Va. 

Philomathean;  Diploma  in  English,  oo'-oi  ;  Associate 
Editor  College  Monthly,  '00-01  ;  Associate  Editor 
The  Colonial  ECHO, '00-01  ;  Associate  Editor  The 
Colonial  Echo,  '01-02;  Editor-in-Chief  College 
Monthly,  '01-02  ;  Football  Team,  '01-02  :  Prophet  of 
Senior  Class, '01-02 ;  Corcoran  Scholarship,  '99-00; 
The  Club,  '01-02. 


Ciiitw ,  Joseph  Howard  .    .    .   .  Rocky  Mount,  Va. 

M  II  A;  Philomathean;  Improvement  Medal  in  De- 
bate, '<i<>-')7  ;  I-  I-,  '00-01:  Associate  Editor  College 
Monthly,  '00-01  ;  Business  Manager  The  Colonial 
Echo,  'oi-oi;  Diplomas  in  Pedagogy,  Moral  Phi- 
losophy and  American  History  and  Politics,  '00-01; 
Elected  most  popular  student,  '00-01  ;  Model  School 
Instructor,  '01-02  ;  Editor-in-Chief  Tin-:  COLONIAl 
Echo,  '01-02. 

Chichester,  Cassius  Moncure  .   .  Frederickburg,  Va. 
k   l;  Phoenix;  Final  Debater, '99-00 ;  President   Phoe- 
nix,'00-01 ;  1..  I.  Degree,  '00-01 ;  Diplomas  in  Ped 
agogv  and  Moral   Philosophy,  '00-01  :   Business  Man 

ami  Monthly,  '01-02;  Associate  Editor  The  Colo 
NIAl  El  no. '01  02:  Treasurer  German  Club,  '01-02; 
Treasurer  Final  Ball,  'oi  02;  Final  President  Phoe 
nix,  '0.-02;  Dramatic  Chili,  '01-02;  Vice  President 
Senior  (.'lass,  '01-02. 


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Cox,  Berri  Madison .  Coal  Creek,  Va. 

Philomathean  ;  Presidenl  Philomathean  Society,  "u<)-oo: 
Assoi  iate  Editor  (  ollege  Monthly,  'oo  01  ;  Presidenl 
Junioi  Class,  'oo  or;  Final  Debater,  '00-01  :  Final 
I'u  ;idenl  Philomathean  Society, '01-02. 


Davis,  Henry  Jackson Meadowville,  Va 

M  II  A.  Phoenix;  Final  Debater's  Medal,  '99-00 ;  Final 
Orator,  '00-01;  President  Phoenix  Society,  '00-01; 
President  Y.  M.  C.  A., '01-02:  Instructor  in  English, 
'01  02:  Football  Team,  '01-02 ;  Diplomas  in  French 
and  Pedagogy, '00-01  :  L.  I.,  '00-01:  President  Senior 
Class,  '01-02. 


[den,  Ben j    Franklin 

L.  I.,  'oo-oi. 


Manassas,  Va. 


Hodges,  William  Thomas Chatham,  Va. 

M  II  A;  Philomathean;  President  of  Philomathean 
Society,  '01-02:  Treasurer  of  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  '01-02: 
Diploma    in    French,    '0001:    Normal   Graduation, 

'00-01  ;  Secretary  of  Philomathean,  '')'i-oo,  '00-01, 
'01-02  :  Class  Football,  '00-01  ;  Scrub  Football 
Team,  '01-02:  Secretary  of  Athletic  Association, 
'00-0 1 . 


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Jones,  Rober  r  McGuiri  ...       Hampstead,  \  a, 

K  A;  Phoenix;  The  Club,  '01  02;  President  Junior 
Class,  '98-99  ;  M e  Medal  in  Politics, '98  99;  Man- 
ager Football  Team,  '00-01,  '01-02;  Associate  Editor 
College    Monthly,   '01  02;    Associate    Editor    The 

C niai     Echo,  '01-02;   Football   Team.  '01-02; 

President  Senior  Class, '00  01;  Final  Oratoi  Phcebix, 
'01-02;  Diplomas  in  Moral  Philosophy,  French,  His- 
tory, Pedagogy  ;  The  Club,  '01-02. 


Long,  John  Lindsay Williamsburg,  Va 

K  A;  Phoenix;  Diplomas  in  History  and  Politics. 
'96-97;  President  Phoenix  Society,  '96-97;  Final 
Debater,  '01-0;:  Orator  Senior  (lass.  '01-02;  Vice- 
President  Y.  M.  C.  A..  '02;  Football  Team,  '96-97; 
L.  I.,  '96-97. 


Rogers,  Ri<  hard  Ovid  .  .  Carsley,  Va. 

Philomathean ;     Normal    Graduation,    '00-01;     Final 

Secretary  Philomathean    Society,   '00-01 ;  Associate 

Editor  College  Monthly,  '01-02  ;   Business  Manager 

The  Colonial  Echo,  01-02  ;  The  Club, '01-02. 


Sizi  1:,  I  1:1  in  rii  k  Mor  1  imer  St.  fust,  Va 

Philomathean;  Diploma  in  Pedagogj    '99  00;  Diploma 

in    History,    '0001:      Instructor     in     Model     School, 

'00-01:  '01-02;  1.    I  ,  '99  00;  Associate   I  ditoi    I  111 

Coloniaj    Echo, '01  02  ;  Football  Team,  'oi  02. 


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Smith,  Thomas  Blackweli Upperville,  Va. 

K  i:  Football  Team,  '01-02:  President  German  Club, 
'00-0 1  :  Norma]  Graduation,  '99-00;  L.  I.,  '00-02; 
Diploma  in  Pedagogy,  '00-01:  Dramatic  Club, 
'00-01, '01-02 :  Final  Orator  Philomathean,  '01-02. 


Taylor,  Edward  Jordan Driver,  Va. 

Philomathean;  Philomathean  Final  Committee, '98  99; 
Diploma  in  Moral  Philosophy,  '99-00:  Secretary 
Senior  Class,  '01  02  ;  Secretary  and  Treasurer  Ath- 
letic Association,  '0001,  '01-02:  Normal  Gradua- 
tion,'00-01:  Manager  Senior  Class  Football  Team, 
'01-02:  Chairman  Philomathean  Final  Committee, 
'01-02:  L.  [.,  '00-01:  Assistant  Business  Manager 
College  Monthly,  '01-02:  Manager  Football,  '02-03. 


Taylor,  Eugene  Clarence Burnley's,  Va. 

Vice-President  Junior  Class,  '00-01  :  Normal  Gradua- 
tion. '00-01:  Football  Team,  '01-02:  Elected 
Smartest  Student,  '01-02. 


Vest,  Walter  Edward Flint,  Va. 

Philomathean;    Normal     Graduation,    '99-00;    Moore 

Medal  in  Politics,  '1)9-00;  Corresponding  Secretary 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  '00-01  ,  '01-02  :  L.  I.,  '00-01  ;  Diploma  in 
Pedagogy,  '00-01  :  President  Philomathean  Society, 
'01-02:  Instructor  in  French  and  German,  '01-02 ; 
Final  Secretary  Philomathean  Society,  '01-02  ;  Asso- 
ciate Editor  The  Colonial  Echo,  '01-02. 


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Wilkinson,  William  John New  York,  N.  Y. 

K  2;  Phoenix;  Diploma  in  German,  '98  99;  Final 
Orator,  '00-01:  Associate  Editor  College  Monthly, 
'00-01;  Associate  Editor  The  Colonial  Echo, 
'00-01,  '01-02  ;  elected  most  Literary  Student,  '01-02: 
Senioi   1  lass  l'oet,  '01-02. 


Bird,  Edward  Randolph Petersburg,  Va. 

K  A;  Phoenix;  Normal  Graduation,  '00-01:  Member 
Senior  Class  Football  Team,  '0001;  Associate 
Editor  The  Colonial  Echo,  '00-01 ;  I..  I., '00-01: 
A.  B.,  '00-01  ;  Senior  Class  Historian,  '01-02  :  Presi- 
dent Phoenix  Society,  '01-02. 


Chalmers,  Horace  Hali Houston,  Va. 

Philomathean ;  Diploma  in  German,  '99-00;  Diploma 
in  French,  '00-01  ;  Normal  Graduation,  '0001. 


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The  Class  of  Naughty-Two. 


ASaclass — well,  what  is  the  use  of  trying  to  include  them  in  a  class?  As 
l\  in  every  other  circumstance  of  life,  it  takes  all  sorts  and  conditions  of 
-*-  -^-  men  to  make  up  a  .Senior  Class.  Why  !  some  are  young,  some  are  old  ; 
some  of  the  young' ones  are  bald,  some  of  the  old  ones  have  hair  from 
chin  to  crown.  A  few  of  them  have  been  at  college  ever  since — let 's  see.  was  it 
1693,  B.  C,  or  A.  D.  ?  The  fact  is  they  have  forgotten,  and  our  learned  pro- 
fessor of  records  can  not  find  out  anything  about  them  since  man  began  to  write 
such  stuff. 

Two  hundred  years  ago  the  majority  of  them  were  considered  a  little  old. 
Now  no  more  of  this — they  have  entered  their  third  childhood,  and  the  Dues 
think  some  are  ready  to  be  born  a  fourth  time. 

But  there  are  young  ones,  too  ;  in  fact,  a  few  months  ago  in  the  homes  of  at 
least  two  of  them  there  was  heard  one  day  two  severe  screams.  What  do  you 
think  had  happened  ?  "  Bahy'sgot  a  tooth  !  !  .  "  "And  baby  hasn't  stopped  on 
his  thumb  yet." 

Humph  !  we  were  about  to  forget  to  mention  the  Solomons — or  was  it  a 
member  of  the  Class  of  hjoi  noted  for  his  wisdom  ?  Here,  we  say  this  member, 
but  outsiders  who  happen  to  know  some  one  of  the  name  might  think  we  are 
talking  now  of  the  stupid  ones.  However,  let  us  proceed.  Who  are  the 
Solomons  ?  People  will  differ,  so  we  will  hardly  try  to  find  any  of  this  class  who 
would  fit  our  definition  of  Solomonish.  You  doubt  extremely,  after  this  word,  if 
the  class  chose  a  wise  historian  :  but,  d>  n't  worry,  he  has  finished  rhetoric 
long  ago. 

History  includes  biography  ;  biography,  personal  description — we  are  going 
to  describe. 

Age  before  beauty  :  Three  bald-headed  men  who  look  old,  whom  we  tell  by 
their  usual  stateliness  of  movement,  and  the  awful  scarcity  of  hair,  making  their 
foreheads  of  indefinite  height.  Two  of  these  are  rather  spare,  but  the  third  i-. 
latge  of  limb  atid  short  of  stature. 

The  next  man  says  he  's  twenty — he  may  be,  but  as  he  is  noted  for  truth 
we  would  hate  to  hear  him  swear  to  it.  He  is  in  the  shape  of  a  from  his 
shoulders  to  his  ankles,  but  here  it  stops.  By  his  head  and  feet  you  may 
know  him. 

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Two  very  nice  young  (?)  men  room  together  in  Ewell,  both  old — the  one  in 
years,  the  other  in  face  :  both  young — the  other  in  years,  the  one  in  face.  Both 
arc  fat ;  both  laugh  immoderately.  Both  are  trying  for  degrees,  and  the  one 
swears  a  dozen  times  a  day  :  "  If  I  can  make  that  Math.  I  've  got  my  A.  B.," 
or  "  I  '11  swear,  I  'hi  going  home.  I  can  't  make  my  degree," — seventh  heaven  ; 
seventh  hell. 

Three  of  them  you  would  not  know  anyway,  because  you  will  not  see  them — 
in  their  rooms  where  they  grind  so  that  your  flesh  would  crawl — for  some  of  the 
cogs  need  oil. 

Another,  a  large  fat  fellow,  who  looks  most  at  home  when  dressed  as  a 
farmer  ;  and  from  his  peculiar  gait  he  is  liken. d  unto  an  old-fashioned  side- 
wheeler. 

Some  one  or  two  have  come  on  a  visit,  expecting  to  find  a  piece  of  sheep- 
skin lying  around  somewhere  with  their  names  on  it  and  elated  some  years  back. 
Let  us  hope  they  will  not  be  disappointed. 

There  are  not  many  more — and  they  are  short  and  thick-set  boys,  some  of 
whom  stumble  on  every  oyster  shell  as  if  they  were  from  paved  streets;  others 
walk  down  Gloucester  Street  as  in  a  corn-field. 

Of  good,  bad,  and  indifferent  material  are  we  composed,  as  is  the  way  of  the 
world  ;  and,  looking  forward  towards  the  jiunping-off-place,  we  are  beginning  to 
run  for  it.      May  our  landing  be  as  easy  as  some  of  our  beds  ! 

So,  with  a  last,  long,  lingering  look  back  over  their  shoulders,  the  Class  of 
Naughty-Two  bids  you  farewell. — Gentlemen,  The  Class  !  !  ! 

One  of  Them. 


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1,1, 

I 


:      ■  «*|   - 


>■ 


Senior  Poem. 


Of  Mi;in\    themes  liave  poets  sung  -of  man}    heroes  bold, 

Brave  deeds  thai   through  the  ages  ring  by  myriad  tongues  are  told; 

Of  love,  of  war,  of  fond  romance,  of  spirit,  heart,  and  mind, 

Of  passion,  envy,  evil  chance — a  thousand  of  like  kind: 

They  chant  and  down  the  vale  of  years,  in  ev'ry  age  and  clime, 

The  mingling  of  the  poet's  tears  lias  stayed  the  march  of  Time. 

Fair  ( iteeie  around    Parnassus  steep. once  viewed  the  brightest  choir 

That  ever  wandered  by  the  deep,  or  smote  the  tuneful  lyre; 

Her  sweetest   songs  so  scattered  there  were  gathered  to  a  god; 

Transformed  by  him,  to  simpler  men  he  sung  of  sacred  sod: 

Italy's  fair  skies  have  seen  the  "all   Etruscan  three." 

And  where  their  sweetest   harps  have  been  their  names  shall  ever  be: 

Dante  sung  of  gloomy   Hades.   Petrarch  id'  dark  Africa, 

Boccaccio  of  the  charms  of  ladies.  Tasso  of  a    Holy  War: 

Virgil,  "  wielder  of  the  measure."  stateliest    lips  of  man  can   mould 

For   mankind's   delight    and    pleasure,   of   .l'.neas's   wand'ring   told: 

Walter    Scott,    the    genial    wizard.    Ariosto   of    the    North, 

Sung  in  pantomimic  stanzas,  ladj'e  love  and  knightlj   worth: 

Shelley,  Wordsworth,  Keats,  and  Byron,  poets  of  mute  Nature's  school, 

Chanting  strains  id'  gentle  sweetness,  o'er  our  hearts  so  Eondlj    rule. 

Last,  but  least  not  of  the  pupils  who  have  urged  their  stanzas  on. 

Stands   the   "heir   of   all    the   ages,"    sweet    and    .-haste    Lord    Tennyson: 
Yet    another    bard,    whose    fame    is    sanctioned    not     U\     voice    of    time. 
Soaring  on  the  wings  of  fancy  o'er  a  subject   most   sublime. 
Sings  the  virtues  of  tic  Seniors— if  but  virtues  thej   will  seem — 

Dting    elforl     but    a    pleasure    to    do    justice    to    his    theme. 

Trusting,  i>   most   gentle   reader,   hoping  you  may  trust   the  same. 
That    the  song  will   raise  the  singer  from  obscurity   to  fame. 


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Sow  shall  ui\  verse 

Truly  rehearse 
How  shall   my    line   begin? 

\\  ell,  as  of   Bird 

We  A e  often   heard, 
With  him  we  Know   we'll   win; 

Then    entering    next, 

On  slight   pretext. 
We  usher  in  Bohannan, 

Whose   blust'ring   name 

Bequeathed  to  fame 
Shall  sound  like  shot    from  eannon 

Let    I'.kinkui    stand 
At    my  comma  ml 
"  Calico     literary  " 
He  'II  acknowledge 

At  lends  the  College 

Not  of  -  Kill.''  but  -  Mary." 

And  Chichesteb 

We  do  aver 
The  prettiest  of  the  lot; 

Such    temper   sweel     [  '.' ) 

May   never  meet 
On  any  other  spot. 

.lot:   CHITWOOD   now 
Will  make  a   bow, 
And    (ON    will    do    likewise. 

Whose  brisk  mustache, 
So  very  brash, 
Betokens  more  aye  than  size; 
Then  Chalmers,  he 

We  plainly  see 
A   much-disputing  scoffer — 

\o    matter    when. 

Both  now  and  then, 
Opinions    he    will    offer. 

lint    unlike    him. 
Wit  h  much  more  vim, 
Is  Copenhavee  meek 
To   prove   this  I  rue. 
We   ask    of   yon 

To  listen  to  his  shriek; 

.Now   t  he  ""  good    hoy." 

A   mot  her's  joj  . 
Is  Davis,  whom   we  Know  : 

While   I Ioim.i  s  sma II 

Can   play   football, 
Aye.  take  the   hall   righl    1  hi''  Ugh. 

\  OUng    [DEN'S    nose 

SI  ill    grows   and    grows, 

Though  he  remains  the  same; 
While  Jones,   i  he  si  udeni . 
\ml   Long,  mosi    prudent, 

Make    I  he    rest    feel    lame: 

\o»    Rogers  shj 
(This  is  no  lie) 

lias  lots  of  co i  sense; 

\nd   Sizer,   too, 

If  you   hut    knew, 
Needs  no  tongue's  defense. 

4' 


TA1  I  OR,    E.   I  ., 

\ii,i  Smi  i  ii.  T.  I!.. 
Profoundly    wise  are   they, 

Km    to  whal    end 

Their  wits  will   tend 
Nil  mortal  man  can  say; 

Tii. -n  there  is  Vest, 

Not    last,   nor  blest, 
Bui  -i  ill  can  hold  liis  own; 

in  learn  rules  bj   hear! 

Is  lini   ;>   pari 
or  whal   he  's  often  shown; 

And    W  1LKINSON, 

WImi  well  has  won 
The  name  of  Bowerj   Sporl . 
Is  iii. i   the   K i i n I 
Rxped    tn   find 
To  frequenl   such   resort. 

Now     hist     of    all 

We  dare  tn  call 
Another  Taylor  in: 

Ami  if  we  .1.. 

We   hope   thai    vein 
Will    think    it    nut    a   sin. 

I'm-  In'  's  a   lad 

Who  never  had 
lint   energy   ami   ambition, 

While  "  |insli  "  with  him 
Amounts  tn  vim   i  'i 
A  not   unreal   condition. 

Now    here  we  end, 

\nil  Irt  mi-  send 
Mv  blessings— nol   in  Fain — 

For   ere    we    part 

"I'  would  break  my  hearl 
To  cnil   this  simple  strain 

Withoul   the   word 

So  often  heard: 
"arewell — we  "II  meet  again. 


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Senior  Class  Prophecy, 


■NE  beautiful  moonlight  night  in  the  latter  part  of  April,  I  was 
seated  in  my  room  before  a  table  piled  with  books  and 
papers,  thinking  of  the  prophecy  that  I  should  have  written 
weeks  and  weeks  before.  It  was  after  twelve  o'clock.  Every 
light  was  out  in  the  Brafferton  across  the  way,  and  the  bril- 
liance of  the  moonlight  dimmed  the  light  of  the  lamps  upon 
the  campus.  I  had  been  sitting  thus  for  a  long  time,  wonder- 
ing whatever  in  the  world  I  should  write  about  and  why 
I  invariably  put  things  off  until  the  last  moment.  In  the 
first  place  I  appreciated  the  difficulty  of  the  task  of  writing  a  prophecy  of 
the  Class  of  1902.  Such  a  widely  diverse  and  badly  assorted  crowd  of  people 
never  before  have  assembled  in  the  history  of  the  world.  From  Benny  Iden  to 
John  Long  there  are  all  sorts  and  conditions  of  men,  and  to  foretell  the  destiny  of 
each  individual  member  of  this  highly  interesting  group  was  the  almost  impos- 
sible feat  which  I  had  promised  to  accomplish. 

As  I  sat  there  almost  dreaming  my  vagrant  fancy  strayed  to  climes  and 
countries  far  away.  I  thought  of  mighty  prophets  and  their  prophecies  teeming 
with  weighty  import  to  the  sons  of  men  ;  and  yet  how  often  in  those  days  long 
past,  have  careless  mortals  jeered  at  some  snge  seer,  and  disregarding  the  great 
truth  he  brings,  have  heaped  upon  him  scorn  and  to  his  warnings  turned  unlis- 
tening  ears.  My  thoughts  went  back  to  myth-enshrined  Judea.  There  for 
countless  ages  prophets  had  lived  and  died,  had  dreamed  their  dreams  and  stead- 
fast, n  solute,  unshaken  by  the  storms  of  disbelief  and  bowing  only  to  suhlimer 
fate,  had  told  the  meaning  of  their  dreams  to  countless  multitudes,  and  then 
passed  on  forgotten  and  unloved.  I  saw  in  fancy  an  old  patriarch,  his  heart 
o'erflowing  with  the  love  he  bore  the  children  of  his  kin,  bending  his  ear  atten- 
tive to  the  mutterings  of  an  angry  God,  and  when  his  people,  intent  on  naught 
but  pleasure,  heed  not  the  God-given  message,  I  marked  the  flash  of  pain  that 
swept  across  his  brow.  And  now  there  comes  a  picture  of  that  one  standing 
serene  on  Patmos's  lonely  isle,  seeing  with  eyes  that  pierce  through  veil  and 
scroll  visions  of  heaven  and  hell.      With  eager  fingers  drawing  aside  the  curtain 


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that  hides  mysterious  future  from  the  eyes  of  mortal  men,  he  peers  through  dark- 
ness deep  and  weird  as  a  dream  of  demons,  and  sees  what  timid  human  never 
dared  before  to  look  upon. 

Then  I  wished  that  I  too  might,  for  a  brief  period,  receive  the  gift  of  proph- 
ecy, and  so  intense  was  my  desire  that  I  think  I  uttered  my  wish  aloud.  And  as 
I  sat  with  my  head  bent  forward  on  the  table  thinking  of  all  these  things,  I 
became  aware  that  someone  was  standing  behind  me,  although,  strange  as  it  may 
seem,  I  was  not  at  all  frightened  or  discomposed  at  the  discovery.  Slowly  rais- 
ing my  head  and  glancing  over  my  shoulder  I  saw,  standing  at  the  back  of  my 
chair,  a  person,  who,  judging  from  his  dress,  might  have  just  emerged  from  the 
pages  of  "  Arabian  Nights."  He  was  tall,  very  tall  and  slender,  and  his  great 
height  was  increased  by  the  massive  turban  which  he  wore.  His  intellectual  face 
was  covered  by  a  beard  that  had  once  been  black  but  was  now  almost  white  with 
age.  A  loosely  flowing  robe  of  some  rich  Oriental  texture  concealed  the  remain- 
der of  his  figure. 

After  gazing  at  my  strange  visitor  some  time  in  mute  astonishment,  I 
regained  my  composure  and  inquired  of  him  who  he  was  and  what  I  might 
do  for  him. 

Stepping  back  a  few  paces  and  regarding  me  intently  from  under  his  shaggy 
brows,  he  said  in  a  voice  full  of  depth  and  melody,  "  I  am  Azrim,  friend  of  the 
unfortunate.  Hearing  your  wish,  I  came  to  see  if  I  might,  in  any  way,  be  of 
assistance  to  you." 

"  Do  you  know  anything  about  prophets  and  prophecies?  "  I  asked. 

A  sardonic  smile  curled  the  lip  beneath  the  gray  mustache,  and  Azrim  made 
answer. 

"  I  have  met  some  noted  prophets  in  my  day,  and  have  seen  the  fulfilment 
of  many  strange  prophecies." 

"  Then  I  am  sure,"  said  I,  "  that  you  could  help  me  to  foretell  the  future  of 
the  members  of  the  Senior  Class." 

"  I  have  here  s  niething  which  I  think  you  might  use,"  he  replied,  drawing 
a  queer-looking  instrument  from  the  folds  of  his  toga.  "This  is  a  mirror  of  the 
future.  Probably,  you  have  heard  of  it  before,"  he  went  on.  "  You  have  only 
to  look  into  it  and  think  of  the  person  whose  future  you  wish  to  know,  and  you 
will  see  him  as  he  will  be  twenty  years  hence.  Try  it  and  see  if  the  result  will 
not  be  as  I  have  said." 

I  took  the  instrument  from  him  and  looked  at  it  curiously.  It  seemed  to  be 
an  ordinary  hand-mirror  except  that  the  glass  did  not  reflect  but  was  entirely 
opaque  and  of  a  dull  gray  color.  I  was  almost  afraid  to  look  into  the  glass  as 
the  old  man  had  instructed  me,  and  I  suppose  I  showed  my  perturbation,  for 
Azrim  said:  "  You  need  fear  nothing.  The  glass  is  for  your  use.  Everything 
will  be  as  I  have  said." 


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Although  my  scruples  were  not  quite  overcome,  I  knew  that  the  prophecy 
had  to  be  written,  so  I  took  up  the  glass,  looked  into  its  misty  depths  and 
thought  of  our  president,  Jack  Davis.  Instantly  the  gray  mistiness  into  which  I 
was  looking  cleared  away  and  I  saw  the  interior  of  a  large  and  magnificent 
church.  The  light,  streaming  through  the  stained-glass  windows  bathed  every- 
thing in  softened  splendor.  The  pealing  notes  of  the  grand  pipe-organ  swelled 
in  rich  cadences  through  the  lofty  building.  The  white-robed  choir-boys  chanted 
sweetly  a  Te  Deum.  Then  the  strains  of  music  ceased.  The  singing  sank  into 
scarce  a  sighing.  A  murmur  ran  through  the  large  and  well-dressed  congre- 
gation. Out  of  the  door  of  an  anteroom  stepped  a  man  clad  in  the  robes  of  an 
Episcopal  bishop.  Slowly  and  sedately  he  advanced  to  the  chancel  and  opened 
the  prayer-book.  Then  in  a  voice  deep  and  mellow  he  read  the  service.  It  was 
not  until  I  heard  his  voice  that  I  recognized  in  this  dignified  bishop  the  Jack 
Davis  of  my  college  days.  A  great  wave  of  thankfulness  swept  over  me,  for  I 
was  glad  that  he  had  become  nothing  worse  than  an  Episcopal  bishop. 

I  laid  down  the  glass  and  looked  to  see  what  had  become  of  Azrim.  He  was 
calmly  seated  on  the  bed  with  his  back  against  the  head-board  and  his  knees 
drawn  up  under  his  chin,  absorbed  in  a  copy  of  the  William  and  Mary  Monthly. 
Knowing  that  this  would  occupy  his  mind  for  some  time,  I  felt  at  liberty  to  con- 
tinue my  work. 

I  thought  of  Cassius  Chichester  and  looked  again  into  the  glass.  I  saw  a 
splendidly  furnished  office  in  the  heart  of  one  of  our  largest  cities.  In  this  office 
at  a  desk  strewn  with  books  and  manuscript,  sat  a  man  writing.  His  black  hair 
was  streaked  with  gray  and  his  face  was  covered  with  a  Van  Dyke  beard.  As 
he  looked  up  from  his  desk,  I  noticed  that  he  smiled  cynically.  With  difficulty, 
for  it  was  written  in  the  almost  illegible  handwriting  that  I  knew  so  well,  I  read 
from  the  manuscript  upon  which  he  had  been  engaged.  It  was  a  sca'hing 
criticism  of  one  of  the  latest  popular  books.  Cassius  Chichester  had  become  one 
of  the  greatest  literary  critics  of  his  day. 

I  noticed  in  the  criticism  which  I  had  just  read,  a  name  which  brought 
to  me  a  flood  of  recollections.  It  was  that  of  Richard  Ovid  Rogers.  He  was  the 
author  of  the  book  which  I  had  just  seen  criticised.  I  looked  into  the  glass  to 
find  out  more  about  this  distinguished  man.  I  saw  a  beautiful  garden  all  in 
bloom.  Its  shaded  walks  and  fragrant  retreats  seemed  cool  and  inviting.  In  a 
secluded  corner  of  this  garden,  walking  to  and  fro  beneath  the  shade  of  stately 
trees,  was  a  small  man  reading  a  book  which  he  held  in  his  hand.  His  beardless 
face  was  marked  with  lines  of  care,  and  his  thoughtful  brow  gave  evidence  that 
his  struggle  for  fame  had  been  a  hard  one.  As  I  looked  at  this  man  who,  by  his 
great  genius  and  untiring  energy  had  commanded  respect  and  admiration  from  a 
selfish  world,  I  was  glad  that  I  had  the  honor  of  being  a  classmate  of  R.  O. 
Rogers. 


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Again  I  looked  into  the  glass  to  see  what  progress  T.  B.  Smith  had  made  in 
the  world.  I  saw  a  large  theater  gleaming  with  a  thousand  lights  and  crowded  to 
the  aisles.  The  orchestra  dispensed  sweet  music,  while  splendidly  dressed  ladies 
in  the  boxes  fanned  themselves  and  chatted  about  the  great  star  with  the 
romantic  name.  Then  all  was  suddenly  quiet.  A  hush  fell  upon  the  vast 
audience.  Out  upon  the  stage  stepped  a  man  dressed  in  the  costume  ol  a  Roman 
.Senator.  As  the  first  accents  of  his  magic  words  fell  upon  thousands  oi  listening 
ears,  I  recognized  the  shrill  voica  and  knew  that  this  great  actor  was  none  other 
than  T.  B.  .Smith. 

My  thoughts  went  back  to  Bennie  Iden  and  I  looked  in  the  glass  to  see  how 
time  had  treated  our  little  friend.  I  saw  a  broad  field  waving  with  growing 
grain.  Two  large  and  puissant  armies  were  marshalling  for  battle.  Orders 
were  hastily  given,  officers  shouted,  swords  clattered,  and  horses  neighed.  In  the 
midst  ot  this  confusion  I  saw  a  small  man  dressed  in  a  brilliant  uniform,  seated 
upon  a  magnificent  charger.  He  seemed  to  be  the  soul  of  every  movement. 
Aides  came  and  went  at  his  command  and  officers  awaited  anxiously  the  word  of 
their  chiet.  Then  I  knew  that  the  little  man  with  the  large  nose  was  General 
Iden,  commander  of  the  American  forces  in  the  war  with  Russia. 

A  longing  came  over  me  to  see  what  Bob  Jones  was  doing  after  these  many 
years.  I  looked  into  the  magic  glass  and  there  presented  to  my  gaze  was  the 
library  at  old  William  and  Mary.  I  recognized  every  shelf,  every  corner,  every 
portrait  in  that  old  place.  It  was  all  as  it  had  been  twenty  years  before.  My 
glance  happened  to  stray  to  the  librarian's  table,  and  there  seated  in  his 
accustomed  place  was  Bob  Jones.  He  was  changed  slightly,  it  was  true,  yet  it 
was  the  same  old  Jones.  "  Yes,"  I  heard  one  of  the  students  say  in  response  to 
a  Freshman's  query,  "  no  one  knows  how  long  he  has  been  here,  and  he  won't 
tell.     He  says  he  isn't  twenty-five  yet."     I  smiled  and  laid  down  the  glass. 

Then  I  thought  of  the  next  man  on  the  list,  Billy  Hodges.  What  had 
become  of  him  ?  I  picked  up  the  glass  and  looked  into  it.  The  interior  oi  a 
large  and  magnificent  bank  building  was  presented  to  my  view.  Remains  of  a 
shattered  safe  and  scraps  of  paper  money  lay  on  the  floor.  Police  officers  and 
curious  onlookers  were  busy  around  the  scene.  A  great  burglary  had  been  com- 
mitted. Suddenly  the  surrounding  crowd  gave  way  and  into  their  midst  walked 
a  small,  dark  man  wearing  glasses.  I  heard  one  of  the  policeman  say.  "  It's 
'  Tecumseh  '  Hodges,  the  great  Pinkerton  detective.  He  's  the  greatest  since 
Sherlock  Holmes.      You  kin  just  betcher  life  he  '11  trace  'em  up." 

I  thought  then  of  K.  C.  Taylor  and  took  up  the  glass  to  determine  his 
future.  I  looked  into  a  large  and  well  equipped  observatory.  The  huge  tele- 
scopes and  other  instruments  for  astronomical  observation  almost  filled  the  room. 
Seated  at  a  table  was  a  man  in  the  prime  of  life.  His  intellectual  lace  was  bent 
over  a  mathematical  calculation  upon  which  he  was  busily  engaged.     I  recog- 


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nized  in  this  great  astronomer,  who  had  discovered  a  most  important  law  concern- 
ing the  gravitation  of  comets,  E.  C.  Taylor,  the  great  mathematician  of  the  Class 
of  1902. 

Wondering  if  Bohannon  had  reached  those  heights  of  fame  to  which  I  had 
always  thought  his  abilities  should  have  carried  him,  I  looked  again  into  the 
magic  mirror.  I  saw  the  United  States  Senate  in  session.  The  brains  of  the 
country  were  there.  The  best  and  the  noblest  men  that  the  nation  could  produce 
were  making  laws  for  the  republic.  There  were  men  whose  hair  was  silvered 
with  the  frost  of  winter,  and  men  who  had  not  yet  reached  middle  age.  Present- 
ly there  was  a  flutter  of  excitement  among  the  spectators  in  the  galleries,  and  one 
of  the  most  distinguished  looking  of  the  Senators  rose  from  his  seat  and 
addressed  the  august  body  of  which  he  was  a  member.  As  the  silvery  tones  of 
his  voice  vibrated  through  the  Senate  chamber,  his  hearers  seemed  enthralled, 
and  as  J.  Gordon  Bohannon,  the  young  and  gifted  Senator  from  Virginia,  took  his 
seat,  a  tremendous  burst  of  applause  greeted  his  concluding  words. 

Then  I  looked  to  see  what  the  glass  could  tell  of  the  future  of  Jimmie  Vest. 
I  looked  into  a  lecture-room  of  one  of  our  greatest  universities.  A  large  class  of 
bright-looking  young  men  were  in  their  places,  jotting  down  their  professor's 
remarks.  The  professor,  a  tall  man  with  a  long  sandy  beard,  stood  leaning  on 
his  desk  explaining  to  the  class  the  remarkable  gyrations  of  the  Greek  verb.  I 
recognized  with  difficulty  in  this  great  professor  bowed  down  with  the  weight  of 
superabundant  lore,  W.  E.  Vest,  our  instructor  in  French  and  German. 

When  I  looked  to  see  what  would  be  the  future  of  "  Nat  "  Taylor,  the  glass 
revealed  to  my  gaze  a  busy  thoroughfare  in  a  large  city.  Immense  crowds  of 
people  pushed  and  jostled  one  another  in  their  eager  hurry.  From  one  of  the 
arched  passageways  that  opened  upon  the  street  a  tall  and  well  dressed  man 
stepped  forth.  His  broadcloth  suit  and  massive  gold-headed  cane  as  well  as  his 
general  air  of  prosperity  told  plainly  enough  that  he  was  one  of  the  favored  ones 
of  the  earth.  I  had  looked  upon  Edward  Jordan  Taylor,  Wall  Street  broker  and 
financier. 

Then  Chitwood  came  to  my  mind.  I  wondered  why  I  had  not  thought 
of  Joe  before.  I  looked  into  the  glass  and  saw  the  interior  of  a  grand  Catholic 
cathedral.  The  massive  columns  and  vaulted  roof  thrilled  me  with  a  feeling  of 
awe.  The  notes  of  the  great  organ  sounded  through  the  building  and  filled  every 
recess  with  a  volume  of  sweet  sound.  Forth  Irom  the  anteroom  stepped  the 
priest,  clad  in  the  robes  of  his  church,  and  began  to  read  something  in  Latin.  I 
heard  a  richly  dressed  Irish  lady  whisper  to  her  companion:  "  It  s  Brother 
Josephus.  He's  the  greatest  concp.test  the  church  has  made  since  Newman. 
They  say  that  he  is  soon  to  receive  the  red  hat  of  the  Cardinal."  Then  I  looked 
more  closely  at  the  priest  and  recognized  Joe  Chitwood.  "  Wonders  lKver 
cease."     Chitwood  had  become  a  Catholic  priest. 


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After  I  had  recovered  from  the  shock  of  the  last  discovery,  I  looked  in  the 
glass  to  see  what  it  could  tell  me  of  the  future  state  of  Bennie  Cox.  There  was 
revealed  to  me  a  smiling  valley  amid  the  mountains  of  Southwest  Virginia.  In 
this  valley  nestled  a  little  village,  and  the  people  that  hurried  through  its  streets 
seemed  to  be  actuated  by  no  ordinary  motive.  Soon  I  saw  the  cause  of  the  com- 
motion. In  the  center  of  the  little  town  a  rude  platform  had  been  constructed. 
Mounted  upon  this  platform  an  orator  was  haranguing  the  people.  The  rough 
throng  crowded  around  the  speaker's  stand  seemed  spell-bound  by  the  charm  of 
his  eloquence.     Bennie  Cox  was  a  candidate  for  Congress  from  the  Fifth  District. 

Now  it  was  Chalmers's  turn,  and  I  looked  into  the  glass  and  saw  a  large 
laboratory  with  its  great  retorts,  its  Bunsen  flames,  and  its  thousand  and  one 
other  things  of  which  I  did  not  know  the  name  nor  the  use.  Busied  over  a  small 
alcohol  lamp  was  a  tall,  spare  man  with  a  hooked  nose.  He  was  so  intensely 
inte  ested  in  his  work  that  it  was  a  long  time  before  he  looked  up  so  that  I  could 
see  his  face.  Then  I  recognized  Chalmers.  He  had  become  a  great  chemist  and 
was  searching  for  the  philosopher's  stone. 

An  I  looked  into  the  glass  to  find  out  what  had  become  of  Randolph  Bird,  I 
saw  the  interior  of  a  splendidly  appointed  palace.  It  was  receiving  day  and  the 
King  was  seated  in  state  upon  his  throne.  Among  the  foreign  ambassadors  and 
attaches  that  surrounded  the  throne,  I  noticed  one  whose  face  seemed  familiar. 
He  was  tall  and  dignified  and  his  black  frock  coat  sat  well  upon  his  commanding 
figure.  Advancing  to  the  throne  of  the  sovereign  he  exchanged  greetings  with 
him  and  then  withdrew.  Bird  had  become  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister 
Plenipotentiary  to  the  Court  of  Montenegro. 

Sizer  came  next  upon  the  list,  and  as  I  raised  the  glass  to  my  eyes  I  looked 
into  a  magnificent  office.  Clerks  ran  hither  and  thither,  typewriters  rattled, 
telephone  bells  rang,  and  everything  seemed  to  be  in  an  uproar.  Seated  at  a 
desk  in  the  center  of  the  room  calmly  reading  a  letter  sat  a  large,  florid  man  with 
side-whiskers,  whom  I  at  once  knew  to  be  Sizer.  He  was  now  Chicago's  great- 
est pork  packer,  successor  to  Philip  D.  Armour. 

Next  came  Billy  Wilkinson,  the  unfathomable.  The  glass  revealed  to  me  a 
scene  upon  the  Bowery.  A  small  and  unpretentious  brick  church  attracted  my 
attention.     I  read  upon  the  stone  slab  at  the  door: 

FIRST   PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH, 
W.  J.  Wilkinson",  Pastor. 

Just  at  that  moment  there  stepped  from  the  door  of  the  church  a  man  dressed 
in  clerical  garb.  I  at  once  recognized  Billy,  changed  but  slightly  from  what  he 
was  when  at  college.  Locking  the  door  carefully  behind  him,  the  dignified 
clergyman  passed  on  down  the  street. 

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Now  came  Long,  the  last  upon  the  list  The  glass  revealed  a  dusty  country 
road  in  summertime.  Jogging  leisurely  along  the  road  was  a  gray  horse 
attached  to  an  old-fashioned  docter's  carriage.  Seated  within  the  carriage  was  a 
a  very  stout,  very  red-faced  man.  It  was  Dr.  John  Long  driving  out  to  s^e  one 
of  his  numerous  patients  by  whom  he  was  held  in  great  esteem  on  account  of  his 
kindness  and  rare  good-nature. 

My  task  was  finished.  Taking  the  glass,  I  turned  to  my  strange  visitor, 
who  rose  from  his  seat  on  the  bed. 

"Sir,"  I  said,  handing  it  to  him,  "  I  am  under  many  obligations  to  you  for 
the  service  which  you  have  this  night  rendered  me. ' ' 

Bowing  gravely,  Azrim  made  reply  :  "It  will  always  be  a  pleasure  to  me  to 
know  that  I  have  done  you  a  favor.  I  fain  would  tarry  longer,  but  time  is  press- 
ing and  I  must  go." 

Bidding  him  a  hearty  good-night,  I  held  the  door  open  for  him,  and  watched 
his  tall  figure  disappear  into  the  darkness  of  the  hallway. 

Prophet. 


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Third- Year  Class  of  1903, 


COLORS. 
Red  and  Black. 


YELL. 

Rip  !     Ra  !     Re 

Who  are  we  ? 

Senior  Class 

Of  1903. 


MOTTO. 
Finem  respicimus  spe  ram  usque. 

OFFICERS. 

J.  S.  Eastman President 

W.  C.  Parsons Vice-President 

B.  S.  Clements Treasurer 

M.  S.  Jones Secretary 

E.  S.  Cowi.ES Historian 


5' 


Third- Year  Class  Statistics. 


Anderson,  J.  M  Gaines  X  Roads,  Virginia 

Philomathean ;  President  Philomathean,  '01-02. 

lie 'i  ii.  J.  Thomson       Grove,  Virginia 

K.  2.;  Phoenix;  President  German  Club, '01  oj  ■.  Declaimer's  Medal,  'oo:  Member  Glei 
Club;  Junior  Class  Football  Team, '00-01. 

KHl  vn.  E.  F Promt,  Virginia 

Phoenix;  Secretarj  of   Phoenix, '01-02  ;  Vice-President,  '01-02. 

1  1  1  vn  \  1  5,  1!.  S    .    . Manquin,  Virginia 

Phoenix  ;  Treasurer  Class  'o;,.  '01-02  .  Baseball  '['cam,  '01-02. 

Crim,  J.  W.  II Bolington,  Virginia 

Phoenix;    Improvement    Medal   in    Debate,   '98-99;   Chief   Marshal,  treasurer 

Phoenix,  '98  99;  Baseball  Team,  '98-99;  President   Phoenix,  '01-02;  Magazine  Staff 
'01-02:  Colonial  Echo  Staff, '01-02  ;  Final  Debater,  '01-02. 

Cowles,  E.  S ■    ■ Williamsburg,  Virginia 

n.  K.  v.;  Philomathean;  Final  Debater, '01-02 :  Historian  Class '03, '01-02. 

Cowles,  W.  L Williamsburg,  Virginia 

Philomathean. 

Eastman,  J.  S Saluda,  Virginia 

Phoenix;  President  Class '03, '01-02  ;  President  Phoenix, '01-02. 

Holi  vmi.  I.  T Windsor,  Virginia 

Philomathean;  Final  Debater's  Medal, '99-00 ;  Final  Orator's  Medal, '00-01 ;  Diploma 
in  Pedagogy, '00-01 ;  Manager  Baseball  Team,  '01-02:  Representative  State  Orator- 
ical Contest,  'oi  -02. 

[ones,  I .  I'. Williamsburg,  Virginia 

K.  i 

Jones,  M.S.  New  Store,  \  irginia 

K.  .'..:   Philomathean;  Secretary  Class  '03. 

Maddox,  W.  A Washington,  D.  C. 

M.  II.  v.;  Phoenix  ;  Diploma  in  History,  '00-01  ;  Magazine  Start.  '00  01  ;  Final  Secretary 
Phoenix,  '00-01  ;  Vice-President  Phoenix,  '00-01  ;  Secretary,  '00-01,  and  Treasurer. 
'01-02:  Secretary  Y.  M.  C.  A.;  Secretary  German  Club,  '01-02:  Stage  Manager 
Dramatic  Club,  '01-02. 

Parsons,  W.  C Atlantic,  Virginia 

K.  A.;  Vice-President  Class '03, '01-02;  Most  Popular  Student, '01-02  ;  President  FLastern 
Shore  Club.  '01-02. 

Smith,  E.  H      Heathsville,  Virginia 

n.  K.   v.:   Phoenix;  Secretarj  Phoenix,  '01-02 ;  President  Phoenix, '01-02. 

Shewmake,  O.  1. Newport  News,  Virginia 

Phoenix;  Final  Debater's  Medal, '00-01  :   Final  Orator,  '01-02:  Magazine  Start. '01-02 : 
LONIAL   Echo  Staff, '01   02;   Historian  Class  '03,  '00-01  ;  President  Athletic    Asso 
ciation,  '01-02:  Captain  Football  Team.  '01-02.  elect  '02-03. 

Stacy,  E.  1', Amelia.  Virginia 

Phoenix;  L.  I.  Degree, 'oo-'oi  ;  Diplomas  in  Science  and  Pedagogy,  '00-01:  Instruc- 
tor, '01-02. 

Wilson,  J.  S Norfolk,  Virginia 

K.  2.;   Philomathean:   Final  Debater,  '01-02. 

Wright,  A.  D Richmond,  Virginia 

M.  II.  \.:  Phoenix. 

Woodbridge,  W.  W Atlanta,  Georgia 

Philomathean:   Declaimer's  Medal,  '00-01. 

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I  lLASS  mi    1903 


Third -Year  Class  History, 


IN  attempting  to  write  the  history  of  the  Class  of  '04,  I  feel  myself  unworthy 
of  the  task. 
No  class  history,  however  good  it  may  be,  is  a  true  history  of  a  class. 

Few  class  histories  really  portray  the  life  of  a  class  ;  few  ever  mention  the 
real  aims  of  a  class,  the  work  done  towards  the  accomplishment  of  those  aims  ; 
the  struggles  and  triumphs  of  a  class,  the  defeats  and  victories.  In  putting  forth 
this  little  history  of  our  Junior  Class,  I  feel  that  it  is,  like  other  class  histories,  no 
true  history  of  our  Class,  but  the  mere  outline  of  a  history. 

Three  years  ago  our  Class  came  to  "  ye  ancient  city  of  Williamsburg,"  and 
entered  the  old  historic  college  of  William  and  Mary.  When  we  reached  the 
little  town  many  of  us  were  already  feeling  homesick  and  lonely  ;  but  after  a  brief 
stay  the  sad  home-longing  left  our  hearts,  for  the  kindness  of  the  "old  "  students 
and  the  hospitality  of  the  Williamsburg  people  made  us  feel  that  we  had  found  a 
second  home  in  the  quiet,  quaint  little  town. 

In  a  little  while,  after  having  been  made  the  innocent  subjects  of  amusement 
to  the  upper  classmen,  we  got  earnestly  to  work.  We  doubtless  had,  m  those 
freshman  days,  our  share  of  "  confidence  in  self,"  which  is  so  characteristic  of 
the  freshman  But  "  our  wakiug-up  "  time  came  ;  gradually  we  began  to  realize, 
whenever  our  learned  professors  rose  in  our  midst,  and  spoke  in  their  usual  elo- 
quent manner,  that  we  had  but  little  of  that  "  knowledge  gained  from  books." 

Finally,  intermediate  examination  time  came — that  period,  dark  and  dismal 
to  every  freshman.  Then  it  was  that  even  the  remnant  of  that  self-confidence 
left  us  at  the  approach  of  the  professor  with  his  examination  papers  to  the  class- 
room. Those  anxious  days  passed  at  last,  however.  Soon  the  finals  came — the 
gay,  the  happy  finals  !  We  remember  the  long  addresses.  Ah  !  we  remember 
well  how  we  looked  with  awe  upon  the  dignified  Seniors,  who  were  graduating 
with  honors,  and  who  were  assuming  such  indifference  ; 

"And  still  our  wonder  grew 

How  their  small  heads  could  carry  all  they  knew." 

And  we  remember  too  the  girls —  their  bright  e}res  and  happy  smiles  ;  the  flutter- 
ing of  their  fans  and  dresses.  And  perhaps  we  wondered  too  —  we  who  were 
mere  "Dues"  then  —  if  there  would  be  any  to  look  pleased  and  blushing  when 

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we  would  receive  our  sheepskins  in  what  seemed  to  us  alas  !  the  far  distant  days  ! 

During  our  second  year  our  work  was  characterized  by  a  more  systematic 
ami  earnest  effort  to  perform  it  well  ;  for  each  member  of  our  class,  no  doubt,  was 
making  plans  for  his  life  work  ;  some  in  a  vague  way,  others  more  definitely. 
But  all  of  us  at  least  realized  in  a  more  practical  way  than  ever  before  the  impor- 
tance of  our  taking  advantage  of  our  present  opportunities.  We  felt  too,  as  all 
strangers  feel  in  the  quaint  little  town  of  W'illiau  sburg,  the  inspiration  of  the 
glory  of  our  forefathers  ;  and  many  of  Virginia's  sons  stood  ever  before  us  on  a 
pedestal,  as  it  were,  noble  and  inspiring,  representing  to  us  the  heigh  s  of  our 
ambitions. 

Our  second  year  his  ended,  and  now  the  third  year  is  Hearing  its  close.  In 
a  little  while  we  will  be  the  dignified  Seniors  ;  and  a  class  of  "  Dm  s  "  no  doubt 
vvi  1  be  looking  upon  us  in  awe. 

In  concluding  this  little  history  I  could  say  much  more  in  an  individual  way 
concerning  each  member  or  our  class,  but  I  feel  that  it  is  not  necessary.  The 
students  here  and  the  professors  here  know  what  we  have  done,  wdiat  we  are  now- 
doing  ;  and  we  ourselves  know  that  we  have  made  an  honest  effort  to  do  our 
work  well,  to  do  it  thoroughly,  and  to  shirk  no  duties  or  responsibilities.  Most 
of  the  boys  of  our  class  have  taken,  and  do  take,  an  active  part  in  the  debates  and 
other  work  of  our  literary  societies.  And  most  of  them  also  are  members  of  our 
football  and  baseball  teams;  indeed,  our  class  is  well  represented  in  all  the 
athletic  sports  of  our  college.  But  along  with  our  work  and  along  with  our 
games  I  think  we  have  had  our  share  of  a  "  right  jolly  good  time." 

As  I  close  this  history,  thinking  of  each  member  of  our  class  and  his  particu- 
lar forte,  I  see  before  me,  as  it  were,  what  the  years  may  bring  ;  what  our  lives 
may  be.  But  I  shall  make  no  mention  of  a  class  prophecy.  The  years  themselves 
will  tell  whether  or  not  the  class  of  '04  is  an  honor  to  the  good  old  College  of 

William  and  Mary. 

Edward  Spencer  Cowlks. 


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§>opl)o™or  c 


Second -Year  Class  of  '04* 


MOTTO. 

"  Nunc  videmus  calcem  ;  illuc  de  currenduin." 

COLORS. 
Crimson  and  Gold. 

YELL. 

Rah !   Rah  !   Roo  ! 
How  do  you  do. 
Junior  of  one  and  two  ! 

OFFICERS. 

\V.   L.  Davidson President 

P.  J.   Strother Vice-President 

T.   N.  Lawrence Secretary 

C.  D.  Shreye Treasurer 

J.    W.   GOSSMAN Historian 


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Second -Year  Class  Statistics. 


Blackiston,  Slator  Clay Hampton,  Virginia 

U.K.  A.:  Philomathean ;  Baseball  Team,  '00-01,  '01-02  ;  Football  Team,  '01-02. 
Iii.v,  Thomas  Edward Strasburg,  Virginia 

Football  Team,  '00-01,  '01-02. 
Bowen,  Benj.  Thomas Broadwater,  Virginia 

Phoenix;  Football  Team,  '01-02. 
Bruce,  Cornelius  Smith Hudson's  Mills, Virginia 

Phoenix. 

Cary,  Charles  Irving Hague,  Virginia 

Chandler,  Joseph  Merritt Rue,  Virginia 

Baseball  Team,  '01-02  ;  Secretary  Eastern  Shore  Club,  '01-02. 
Dade,  Robert  Beverly      Airmount,  Virginia 

II.   K.  A.;  Phoenix;   Football   Team,   '01-02:    U.i.seball    Team. '01-02:    Glee  Club,  '01-02 ; 
Klected  Best  Singer,  '01-02. 
Davidson,  William  Lee Jonesville,  Virginia 

Philomathean;  Final  Debater's  Medal,  '00-01:   Medal   for  One-half   Mile  Race,  '00-01; 
Gym  Team,  '00-01  ;  President  Class  '03,  '01-02;  Junior  Class   Football  Team,  '01-02; 
Vice-President  Athletic  Association,  '01-02. 
Davis,  Fletcher  Cleveland Williamsburg,  Virginia 

Philomathean. 
De  Shazo,  Thomas  Maynard Daisy,  Virginia 

Philomathean. 
Dunkley,  Richard  B Peters  Creek,  Virginia 

Philomathean;  Secretary  Philomathean, '00-01. 
Ellis,  Stanley  Burt Waverly,  Virginia 

Junior  Class  Football  Team,  '01-02. 
Forbes,  Thomas  Parrick Buckingham,  Virginia 

II.  K.  A.:  Junior  Class  Football  Team,  '01-02:  Corcoran  Scholarship,  '00-01. 
Garnett,  Taylor Mathews,  Virginia 

II.  K.  A.:   Phoenix;  Junior  Class  Football  Team,  '01-02. 
Gossman,  J.  WlLI New   York 

Phoenix;  Vice-President   Phoenix,  '01-02;  Vice-President    V.  M.  C.   A.,  '01-02:  Gymna- 
sium Leader, '00-01-02 :  General  Manager   Dramatic  Club, '01-02  ;  Historian  Class  '04, 
'00-01,  '01-02  ;  Glee  Club,  '00-01-02. 
Greear,  George  Hopkins Coeburn,  Virginia 

Philomathean. 

Healev,  Edward  Turner Mathews,  Virginia 

Hall,  Eugene  Hedgman Lynhams,  Virginia 

Phcenix  ;  Football  Team,  '01-02. 
Harrison,  Herbert  A Carsley,  Virginia 

Football  Team,  '01-02. 

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Hash,  Vivian Major,  Virginia 

Philomathean. 
Iliu  i.  Roberi   Armistead Hampton,  Virginia 

M.  II.  v.  Phoenix;  Baseball  Team, '01-02. 
Howard,  Grover   Latham    . Floyd,  Virginia 

l'lm  nix. 

Hughes,  Sydney   Smith Norfolk,  Virginia 

11.  i\ .  A.;  President  Tennis  Club,  '01-02. 
Hi  ndley,  John   Arthur  .... Williamsburg,  Virginia 

K.  1.:  Junior  Class  Football  Team, '01-02. 
Jenkins,  John   Verxici Windsor,  Virginia 

Philomathean;  Improvement  in  Debate,  '00-01. 
[ones,  Ashton  Carroli Brydie,  Virginia 

Graves  Si  holarship,  "01-02. 
[ones,  Edward  Darlington .   .  Williamsburg,  Virginia 

K.  i.. 
Kirkpatrk  k.  Robert  Dysart William's  Wharf,  Virginia 

Phoenix. 
Lamb,  Ji  mi  s  Beyerly Williamsburg,  Virginia 

II.  K.  A. 
Lawreni  e,  Thomas   Nevitt Pope's  Creek.  Indiana 

Phoenix;  Junior  Class    Football   Team,  '01-02:  Business  Manager  Dramatic  Club, '00-01  : 
Vice-President    Phoenix,  '01-02 ;  Secretary   Phoenix,  '00-01  :  Secretary   Class  '04,  '01-02. 

Leatherbury,  Charles  Neely Norfolk,  Virginia 

Masox,  Wiley    Roy Colonial  Beach,  Virginia 

Phoenix;  Secretary    Phoenix;   President  V.  M.   C.  A.  and  Junior  Class  Football    Team. 
'01-02. 
Newcomb,  Benjamin  C Sassafras,  Virginia 

Phoenix. 
Nottixgham,  William   Fin  hett Eastville,  Virginia 

II.  K.  A.;   Phoenix;  Glee  Club. 
1  rby,  T.  Guy  Burrell Clarksville,  Virginia 

Philomathean. 

Price,  Thomas  Brooke Lawrenceville,  Virginia 

Shreve,  Campbell  Dudley Luckett's,  Virginia 

Phoenix;  Manager  Junior  Class  Football  'ream,  '01-02. 
Six(  lair,  Thomas  Lowry Selden's,  Virginia 

Philomathean;  Junior  Class  Football   Team.  '01-02:  Treasurer  V.  M.  C.  A.,  '01-02. 
Smith,  Charles  Samuei Miller's  Tavern,  Virginia 

Phoenix;   Improvement  in  Debate, '00-01. 
Spencer,  Thomas  Peachy Williamsburg,  Virginia 

K.  -. :   Baseball   Team.  '00-01,  '01-02  :    Junior   Class    Football   Team,  '01-02:    Glee   Club. 
'00-01.  '01-02:   Dramatic  Club,  '00,  '01.  02. 
Miiiiiiii.ii.  Philip  Johnson Culpeper,  Virginia 

Phoenix;  Vice-President  Class,  '04,  '01-02. 
Si  mmers,  James  Herman Sterling,  Virginia 

Phoenix;  Secretary  Phoenix, '01-02;  Junior  Class  Football  Team,  '01-02:   Baseball    Team. 
'01-02  :   Final  Secretarj   Phoenix,  '01-02. 
Terrell,  Ali  red  Lynch Pedro,  Virginia 

Phoenix;  Improvement  in  Declamation, '99-00. 

fio 


Terrell,  Edgar  Mk  ou       Pedro,  Virginia 

Phoenix. 
I  i  rrell,  John   Baynham Pedro,  Virginia 

Phoenix. 

Turnipseed,  Clarence  Lee Union  Springs,  Alabama 

\  u  ghan,  Lorenzo  I) Broad  Run,  Virginia 

Philomathean ;  President  Class  '04, '00-01 ;  Treasurer  Philomathean,  'oi-oj:  Correspond- 
ing Secretary  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  '01-02. 
Walton,  James  Howard Lewinsville,  Virginia 

Phoenix;  Junior  Class  Football  Team, '01-02. 
Whitehead,  Wade  Hampton Lowesville,  Virginia 

Phoenix. 


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Class  of  I'M. 


Second -Year  Class  History . 


LITTLE  did  we  realize  a  year  ago  how  unimportant  were  the  noisy  "  Dues." 
Now  that  we  are  elevated  so  high  above  them  in  college  life,  we  may 
■*  condescend,  occasionally,  to  stoop  and  look  down  upon  the  fledgelings 
with  feelings  of  pity  and  compassion.  How  we  laughed  at  them  when  on 
holidays  those  tender  young  shoots  went  home  to  see  the  "folks" — wanted  to 
ride  the  old  horse  to  the  post-office  again,  and  sit  on  the  church-yard  fence  after 
Sunday  School  and  talk  to  the  girls. 

There  may  have  been  times  when  those  things  appealed  to  us,  but  we  are  now 
men  of  the  world  and  do  not  care  for  so  much  sentiment.  Some  of  us  went  home 
to  attend  a  german  or  take  part  in  a  fox  hunt,  but  howr  much  more  natural  it  was 
for  us  to  take  a  run  to  Richmond  to  see  some  of  the  "Meds,"  our  Seniors  of  last 
year,  or  to  visit  a  near-by  town  where  we  have  a  few  friends. 

History  must  be  made  and  recorded,  despite  all  obstacles,  so  the  "  Dues"  of 
a  year  ago  have  soared  into  Juniorism — not,  however,  without  closing  their 
brilliant  record  with  a  series  of  intellectual  and  athletic  victories. 

In  the  Field- Day  events  we  carried  off  six  medals — two  first  and  four  second 
prizes.  In  the  intellectual  gymnasium  our  worthy  President  won  the  Philo- 
mathean  Final  debater's  medal.  The  debaters'  improvement  medals  were  won 
by  J-  V.  Jenkins,  Philomathean,  and  "Pinky"  Smith,  Phoenician,  while  Bruce 
won  the  Phoenix  declaimer's  medal. 

On  the  diamond  we  are  represented  by  "Dutch"  Summers,  Hlackiston, 
"Peachy"  Spencer,  Chandler,  "Bob"  Dade  and  "Bobby"  Holt.  Not  being 
content  with  having  most  of  the  men  on  the  regular  team,  we  have  the  champion 
class  team. 

In  football  the  Juniors  are  also  well  represented  in  Harrison,  "  Bob"  Dade, 
Bowen,  "  Nellie"  Bly,  Blackiston  and  "  Oyster"  Hall.  The  Junior  Class  Team 
defeated  the  Dues  so  badly  on  the  gridiron  that  the  other  class  teams  immediately 
disbanded,  rather  than  suffer  the  crushing  defeat  that  they  knew  awaited  them  if 
they  dared  venture  to  give  battle.  Like  the  conquering  legions  of  Hannibal,  the 
Juidors  march  where  they  will  and  no  one  is  so  rash  as  to  try  to  oppose  them. 

We  have  learned  a  number  of  things  since  last  year.  We  have  learned 
patience.     We  no  longer  cudgel  our  brains  when  the  Professor  of  Natural  Phi- 

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losophy  tells  us  that  an  apple  falls  to  the  earth,  because  it  is  attracted  by  the 
larger  number  of  molecules,  nor  do  we  go  into  spasms  and  show  symptoms  of 
brain  fever  when  our  "  Math  "  Professor  t  lis  lb  that  sin  A  equals  a  over  c. 

We  have  learned  the  pedagogical  trick  that  a  superfluity  of  neurosis,  which 
can  not  be  generated  without  psychosis,  has  a  te.dency  to  consume  an  over 
abundance  of  molecular  anatomical  tissue  The  consequences  may  be  deduced 
by  any  one  who  knows  as  much  as  we  do. 

We  have  learned  that  eating  is  not  the  chief  end  of  man,  but  that  the  acquisi- 
tion of  knowledge  is  the  highest  thing  we  can  possibly  aspire  to,  so  we  are  study- 
ing the  football  and  baseball  scores,  con  the  athletic  records  are  close  students  of 
Hoyle,  and  have  become  ardent  devotees  of  Terpsichore. 

All  of  us  may  not  become  famous  like  our  predecessors,  but  as  there  can  be 
only  a  limited  number  of  famous  men,  there  is  no  hope  for  any  one  not  in  the 
Junior  Class  of  1901-1902.  Historian. 


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Class  of  '05. 


COLORS. 
Blue  and  Green. 


MOTTO. 
Diim  spiro,  spero." 


YELL. 

Rah  !  Rah  !  Ree ! 
' '  Dues  ' '  are  we  ! 
Hoorah  !  Hooree  ! 

OFFICERS. 

J.  T.  White President 

L.    M.   Dade Vice-President 

Cecil  Riddick Secretary 

B.   C.   Hexso.n Treasurer 

J.    W.  Smith Historian 


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Statistics  of  First -Year  Class  1905. 


Ashton,  Stuart  Arthur Hooes,  Va. 

Phoenix. 

Baird,  Solon  Lee Carsley,  Va. 

Bai  i  u;i>.  Aicin/a  W Dardens,  Va. 

Barnes,  Mahlon  Clyde Williamsburg,  Va. 

II  K  A. 
Bl(  K.ERS,  Lu<  ian Crooked  Run,  Va. 

Philomathean. 

Banner,  Coskery  Logan Coeburn,  Va. 

Blankinship,  Herman Brookneal,  Va. 

Philomathean. 

Bowles,  William  Henry Gaines' Mill,  Va. 

Brown,  Wade  Thomas State  Mills,  Va. 

Chapman,  Herbert  Lester Smithfield,  Va. 

Charles,  Benton  Crooks Grafton,  Va. 

Phoenix. 

Cooley,  Henry  Rockweli Williamsburg,  Va. 

COPELAND,  Thomas  Edgar Round  Hill,  Va. 

Captain  Baseball  Team,  '01-02. 

C01  nis.Chari.ks  Franklin Coeburn,  Va. 

Dade,  Li  1   Massey,  Jr Airmount,  Va. 

II  K  A  :  Vice-President  Class  '05,  '01-02  :    Manager  of   Introductory  Class  Football  Team. 
'01-02  ;  Glee  Club,  '01-02  :  Loudon  Club. 
Davis,  Charles  Arthur Dido,  Va. 

Phoenix. 
Dibble,  Charles  Fox Claremonf,  Va. 

Phoenix. 
I  11  1  .  William  Henry Ransons,  Va. 

Philomathean;  Final  Orator  Philomathean, '01-02. 

Goode,  William  Edward Manassas,  Va. 

Gray,  William  Alfred Vontay,  Va. 

Philomathean. 
Haizlip,  Samuel  Lee Hopper,  Va. 

Phoenix. 

Hail,  Francis  Catesby Hopeside,  Va. 

Hardwick,  Hiram Kinsale,  Va. 

Philomathean. 

Harrison,  Hugh  Thornton Shirley,  Va. 

Hening,  Malcolm - Jefferson,  \'a. 

K  A  ;  Phoenix;  Glee  Club. 

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Henson,  Benjamin  Carroli Poindexter,  Va- 

'  K  -  ;  Treasurer  Class  '05,  '01-02. 

Hinton,  Doyle  Ernest Williamsburg,  Va. 

Hubbard,  James  Nimmo Wilcox  Wharf,  Va. 

Jackson,  James  Walker Bridgetown,  Va. 

M  II  A;  Philomathean ;  Eastern  Shore  Club. 
Jenkins,  Modie  Seron Windsor,  Va. 

Philomathean. 
Jones,  Ernest New  Store,  Va. 

K  A  :  Philomathean.   - 

Jones,  Fred.  Minson Williamsburg,  Va. 

Jones,  James  Amos Roseville,  Va. 

Jones,  Walter  Meredith Roseville,  Va. 

Knight,  Rufus  Carr Boykins,  Va. 

BasebalJ  Team,  '01-02. 

Lewis,  Marion  Buford Culpeper,  Va. 

Mapp,  Levin  Nottingham Belle  Haven,  Va. 

Philomathean  ;  Eastern  Shore  Club. 

Martin,  Horace  Lightfoot Oak  P.  O.,  Va. 

Maynard,  J.  Cleveland Magruder,  Va. 

M(  Donald,  Wade  Elijah Warrenton,  Va. 

Phoenix. 
Miller,  Charles  Dare Salem,  N.J. 

II   K  A. 

Moore,  William  Hunter Wheatland,  Va. 

K  A  ;  Phoenix:  Loudon  Club. 
Riddick,  Cecii Great  Bridge,  Va. 

Philomathean  :  Secretary  Class  '05,  '01-02  :  Handsomest  Student,  '01-02. 

Rison,  Henry  Taylor Richmond,  Va. 

Robinson,  John  Wesley Irisburg,  Va. 

Ruffner,  Robert  Henry Opal,  Va. 

Philomathean. 
Shackleford,  William  Nelson Marshall,  Va. 

Phoenix. 
Shreve,  Vernon  Dan Stirling,  Va. 

Loudon  Club. 
Smith,  John  Wise Belle  Haven,  Va. 

Philomathean;   Historian  Class '05, '01-02  :  Vice-President  Eastern  Shore  Club;    Secre- 
tary Philomathean,  '01-02. 
Sparrow,  William . Belinda,  V a. 

Eastern  Shore  Club. 
SPENI  ER,  JOHN Newport  News,  Va. 

Captain  Introductory  Class  Football  team,  '01-02. 
Taber,  Clifford  Hamilton Williamsburg,  Va 

N   K    \:  Introductory  Class  Football  Team. 

Tyler,  John Williamsburg,  Va. 

K  2. 
Wade,  William  Watkins Quinton,  Va. 

Philomathean. 


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\\  i  st,  Frank  Thornton Huron,  Va. 

K  i ;  Philomathean. 

Weston,  John  Borum Matthews,  V a 

Weymouth,  William  Asm:      Hampton,  Va. 

K  A:   Philomathean;   Introductorj  Class  Football  Team,  '01-02;  Baseball  Team, '01-02. 

White,  David  Duncan Crab  Neck,  Va. 

White,  John  Thomas Parksley,  Va. 

Philomathean  ;  President  Introductory  Class,  '01-02  ;  Eastern  Shore  Club. 
Whitley,  Jesse  Trafton Indika,  Va. 

Philomathean. 

Wingo.John  Flavius Drake's  Branch,  Va. 

Wyatt,  John Belle  Haven,  \  .1 

Philomathean;  Eastern  Shore  Club. 
YOWELL,  Hi\k\   LEWIS Culpeper,  Va. 

Philomathean. 


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History  of  Class  of  1905. 


TO  write  anything  of  the  Class  of  '05  would  require  a  man  possessing  more 
prognostic  ability  than  myself,  as  our  future  is  unknown.  But  judging 
from  this  session's  acquirements,  no  doubt,  many  of  us  will  fill  positions 
of  honor  to  both  ourselves  and  our  beloved  State. 

The  sessions  of  1901-1902  opened  with  about  seventy  ''Dues,"  and  the 
Professors  say  a  more  intelligent  flock  never  roosted  here  ;  and,  with  their  timely 
instructions,  we  hope  to  verify  their  statements. 

The  first  few  weeks  here  were  very  unpleasantly  spent,  as  midnight  visitors 
were  a  sure  thing,  and  visitors  at  that  hour  are  for  no  good,  unless  for  voice 
culture  or  development  of  speed — and  some  of  us  made  records  that  will  never  be 
beaten.  With  these  excitements  and  the  tumult  of  the  arrival  of  old  students, 
we  were  unable  to  devote  ourselves  to  hard  study,  and  began  to  think  that  our 
lots  were  difficult,  but  took  consolation  in  the  old  proverb,  "  A  bad  beginning  be- 
tokens a  good  ending."  Should  this  be  true,  stars  are  already  visible  in  many  of 
our  crowns. 

On  the  athletic  field  we  are  important  factors,  as  "  Mac"  and  "  Shac"  are 
star  players  on  the  first  football  team,  and  "Mac"  with  his  elephant  size  and 
locomotive  speed  looks  like  victory,  and  let  us  add,  that  he  is  even  worse  than  he 
looks.  In  the  Literary  Society,  we  are  well  represented.  In  the  Glee  Club  we 
are  there,  and  constitute  no  little  part,  as  "  Nott"  says  without  him  it  would 
have  to  discontinue  its  existence. 

When  the  Christmas  holidays  arrived,  they  found  us  all  ready  to  welcome 
them,  as  many  of  us  were  ill  with  the  disease  that  is  so  fatal  to  "  Dues" — home- 
sickness. Now  the  holidays  are  over  and  we  are  back  at  our  dear  old  "Alma 
Mater"  again  with  no  taste  for  turkey,  mince  pie  or  any  of  the  Christmas  delica- 
cies, but  a  natural  thirst  for  study.  As  the  intermediate  "  exams."  are  only  one 
month  off,  and  to  save  the  professor  too  much  work  and  extra  expense  of  buying 
a  new  supply  of  red  ink  for  the  finals,  we  are  going  to  try  to  prepare  ourselves,  so 
will  say  good-bye  until  after  that  period. 

*  :|c  *  *  *  *  *  =1:  * 

Examinations  are  over,  we  have  not  learned  the  result,  but  judging  from 
the  empty  red  ink  bottles  found  under  the  chapel  windows,  we  suppose  red  is 
quite  prominent. 

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GocxU-  is  a  likely  candidate  for  the  lecture  cutter's  medal,  though  Wingo  is 
not  far  in  the  rear — too  close  to  bet  against. 

None  of  us  are  calico  sports,  not  because  we  could  not  be,  but  simply  be- 
cause we  do  not  care  to  be.  Perhaps  some  of  us  will  add  calico  to  our  tickets 
next  session,  as  most  of  the  upper  classmen  do.  Some  of  us  have  already  begun 
to  part  our  hair  in  the  middle,   so  as  to  balance  our  brain. 

Now  that  the  final  examinations  are  almost  upon  us,  as  my  predecessors  from 
the  Eastern  section  of  the  State  have  established  a  reputation  that  is  a  light  for 
us,  and  as  I  do  not  wish  to  make  it  less  brilliant,  will  have  to  devote  the  remain- 
der of  the  session  to  study,  and  when  you  hear  from  me  again,  I  will  be  a  second- 
year  man  instead  of  a  "  Due." 

J     Wise  Smith,   Historian. 


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The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association* 


OFFICERS. 

W.   R.    Mason       President 

John  L.  Long Vice-President 

T.   L.  Sinclair Treasurer 

C.   L.   Turnipseed Recording  Secretary 

L.   D.   Vaughan Corresponding  Secretary 

CHAIRMEN  OF  COMMITTEES. 

W.  T.  Hodges Bible  Study 

John  L.  Long Devotional 

L.   D.   Vaughan Missionary 

T.  L.  Sinclair Finance 

J.  S.  Wilson Membership 

W.  N.   Shacklekord Sick 

E.  C.  Taylor Room 


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The  Y.  M.  C  A. 


EARLY  in  the  session  of  [888-'8a  our  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
was  established.  Realizing  that  "in  union  is  strength,"  the  Christian 
students  met,  and  Mr.  J.  L.  Hunter,  of  Norfolk,  was  elected  president. 
Difficulties  beset  the  new  organization  on  all  sides  ;  but,  through  the 
blessings  of  providence  and  the  tireless  efforts  of  the  president,  they  were  all 
overcome.  A  generous  friend  in  town  offered  the  new  association  a  room  which 
was  gladly  accepted  and  fitted  up  as  a  reading-room.  This  was  used  several 
years,  but  when  the  Taliaferro  was  completed,  a  room  was  secured  in  the  Evvell 
and  used  until  early  last  session,  when  we  moved  to  our  splendid  new  room  in 
the  gymnasium.  Such,  very  briefly,  is  the  history  of  the  William  and  Mary 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association. 

At  the  opening  of  the  present  session  our  prospects  were  gloomy  enough. 
But  few  of  our  old  men  had  returned,  and  it  necessarily  required  time  and  labor 
to  secure  as  many  members  as  usual.  However,  largely  through  the  efforts  of 
the  president,  Mr.  Davis,  we  have  sixty-five  members  and  our  finances  are  in  a 
better  condition  than  usual,  as  is  evidenced  by  the  act  that  we  were  able  to  send 
a  delegate  both  to  the  State  Convention  at  Staunton  and  to  the  Student  Yolunteer 
Convention  at  Toronto.  We  hope  to  send  one  to  the  Southern  Student's  Confer- 
ence at  Asheville  also. 

It  is  not  our  aim  to  give  a  detailed  account  of  the  work  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  in  college  life,  and,  if  it  were,  lack  of  space  would  forbid. 
However,  we  will  try  to  give  a  brief  account  of  its  work  and  point  out  a  few 
reasons  why  all  students  should  become  either  active  or  associate  members  and 
attend  its  services  regularly.  To  begin  with,  it  is  an  indispensable  feature  of  the 
modern  college.  What  the  Athletic  Association  is  to  the  physical  man,  and  the 
Literary  Society  to  the  intellectual  man,  the  Christian  Association  is  to  the 
moral  and  spiritual  man.  Here  the  Christian  students,  entirely  regardless  of 
denominational  ties,  are  united  on  common  ground,  and  work  together  for  the 
spiritual  uplifting  of  their  fellow-students.  Standing  as  a  unit  for  the  Gentle 
Nazarene  and  his  teachings,  they  are  the  moral  leaven  of  the  student  body. 
Another  feature  is  what  may  be  termed  filling  a  gap  in  the  student's  time, 
Sunday  afternoon.  At  no  other  time  is  he  so  likely  to  yield  to  temptation,  for  at 
other  times  he  is  in  some  way  occupied.     Six  days  he  is  busy   with   his  studies, 


Sunday  morning  and  night  he  may  attend  the  religious  services  of  his  own 
denomination  ;  but  Sunday  evening  he  is  unemployed.  Then  it  is  that  he  would 
be  more  apt  to  break  not  only  the  Fourth  Commandment  but  the  whole  Decalogue 
than  at  any  other  time.  But  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  offers  an 
opportunity  to  overcome  this  temptation.  Here  may  the  student  meet  with  his 
companions,  and,  in  a  more  or  less  informal  way,  worship  the  Supreme  Ruler. 
Meeting  as  a  band  of  young  men  of  equal  rank  in  the  sight  of  God,  no  one  need 
hesitate  to  take  part  in  the  services  if  he  desires  to  do  so. 

The  Bible  Study  Committee  has  been  very  successful  this  year.  The 
"  King's  Household  of  Bible  Readers  "  has  a  larger  membership  than  usual,  and 
there  are  three  other  regular  classes  in  "  The  Life  of  Christ,"  "  Studies  in  the 
Acts  and  Epistles"  and  "Old  Testament  Characters."  These  classes  have  a 
total  membership  of  thirty-one,  and  meet  regularly  to  go  over  their  work  in 
detail.  In  this  manner  a  deep  interest  in  Holy  Writ  is  cultivated  and  a  much 
better  knowledge  of  the  subject  is  acquired  than  is  possible  by  casual  reading,  or 
even  by  a  close  study  without  the  regular  meetings  and  a  careful  discussion  of 
the  lesson. 

By  no  means  unimportant  features  of  the  work  are  the  Temperance  and 
White  Cross  Unions.  The  pledges  taken  by  the  members  of  these  two  organiza- 
tions are  a  great  help  towards  overcoming  temptation.  They  are  taken  for  only 
one  year,  but  may  be,  and  in  almost  every  case  are,  renewed  at  the  expiration  of 
that  time. 

It  is  very  gratifying  to  know  that  we  have  the  sympathy  of  the  Faculty  in 
our  work.  They  have  always  shown  themselves  willing  to  aid  us  in  any  way 
they  can.  Dr.  Hall  has  prepared  a  series  of  lectures  to  be  delivered  on  the  first 
and  third  Sundays  of  the  spring  months.  In  these  lectures  he  views  the  Bible 
from  a  literary  standpoint,  but  besides  treating  it  as  a  masterpiece  of  literature, 
each  time  he  brings  a  fresh  spiritual  message  from  its  sacred  pages.  In  addition 
to  this  regular  series,  he  has  at  various  times  throughout  the  year  given  us  help- 
ful lectures.  Every  Friday  night  Dr.  Bishop  gives  a  lecture  b. -aring  on  Practical 
Christianity.  Nowhere  else  in  Virginia,  we  are  told,  except  at  the  University, 
has  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  this  helpful  and  attractive  feature. 
Dr.  Bishop  has  been  an  earnest  student  of  the  Sacred  Volume  his  whole  life  long, 
and  in  addition  to  revealing  its  hidden  truths,  he  always  brings  a  helpful  and 
encouraging  message,  and  applies  it  to  the  lives  of  his  hearers. 

Before  closing,  we  desire  to  express  our  hearty  thanks  to  the  ladies  of  the 
town  for  the  aid  they  have  always  given  us.  Whenever  we  have  been  in  need  of 
assistance,  all  that  was  necessary  was  to  notify  the  Ladies  Auxiliary,  and  we 
have  never  failed  to  rece  ve  their  loyal  support. 


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Phoenix    Literary    Society. 


MOTTO.  COLORS. 

Invictus  Resiirgani.  Red  and  White. 

OFFICERS. 

PRESIDENTS. 

J.  vS.  Eastman  J.  W.  H.  Crim  K.  R.  Bird 

E.  F.  Birckhead  E.  H.  .Smith 

VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

T.  N.  Lawrence  C.  S.  Bruce  E.  F.  Birckhead  J.  S.  Eastman 

SECRETARIES. 
E.  F.  Birckhead  J.  H.  Simmers  E.  H.  Smith  W.  R.  Mason 

TREASURER. 
W.    A.     Maddox 


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Phoenix    Literary    Society. 


MEMBERS. 


S.  A.  Ashton 

E.   F.    BlRCKHEAD 

J.  C.  Bristow 
C.  S.  Bruce 
B.  T.  Bowen 
E.  R.  Bird 
J.  W.  H.  Crim 

B.  S.  Clements 

C.  M.  Chichester 

B.  C.  Charles 
H.  J.  Davis 

C.  A.  Davis 
C.  F.  Dibble 
J.  S.  Eastman 
J.  W.  Gossman 


Taylor  Garnett 
S.  L.  Haizlip 
E.  H.  Hall 
G.  L.  Howard 
R.  A.  Holt 
M.  P.  Hexing 
R.  M  Jones 

R.    D.    KlRKPATRICK 

T.  N.  Lawrence 
J.  L.  Long 
W.  R.  Mason 
W.  H.  Moore 
W.  A.  Maddox 
W.  E.  McDonald 
\V.  F.  Nottingham 


H.  T.  Rison 

O.  L.  Shewmake 

J.  H.  Summers 

P.  J.  Strother 

C.  D.  Shreve 

C.  S.  Smith 

W.  N.  Shackleford 

E.  H.  Smith 

J.  B.  Terrell 

E.  M.  Terrell 

J.  H.  Walton 

W.  J.  Wilkinson 

Arthur  D.  Wright 


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Philomathean  Literary  Society* 


MOTTO.  COLORS. 

Praesto  et  Persto.  Blue  and  White. 

OFFICERS. 

PRESIDENTS. 

W.  E.  Vest  W.  T.  Hodges 

J.  M.  Anderson  E.  S.  Brinklky 

VICE-PRESIDENTS. 
L.  D.  Vaughan  R.  O.  Rogers 

f.  m.  Sizer  J-  s.  Wilson- 

secretaries. 

W   T.  Hodges  J.  W.  Smith 

H.  L.  Yowell  Vivian  Hash 

TREASURER. 
L.  D.  Vaughan 


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Philomathean  Literary  Society* 


J.  M.  Anderson 

J.  G.  Bohannan 
B.  M.  Cox 
W.  L.  Cowles 

R.    B.   DUNKLEY 

W.  A.  Gray,  Jr. 
F.  T.  Holland 

Ernest  Jones 
J.  V.  Jenkins 
R.  O.  Rogers 

J.  W.  Robertson 
T.  B.  Smith 

L.  D.  Vaughan 

W.    W     WOODDRIDGE 

J.  T.  Whitley        W.  A. 


MEMBERS. 
L.  Bickers  H.  Blankinship 

E.  S.  Brinkley  H.  H.  Chalmers 

J.  H.  Chit\yood  E.  S.  Cowles 

W.  L.  Davidson  T.  M.  Dk  Shazo 

F.  C.  Davis  W.  H.  File 

W.  T.  Hodges  H.  Hardwick 

Vivian  Hash  D.  E.  Hinton 

J.  W.  Jackson  M.  S.  Jones 

M.  S.  Jenkins  L.  N.  Mapp 

C.  Riddick  R.  H.  Roffner 

F.  M.  Sizer  J.  W.  Smith 

T.  L.  Sinclair  E.  J.  Taylor 

W.  E.  Vest  J.  S.  Wilson 

J.  W.  Wyatt  J.  T.  White,  Jr. 

Weymouth        F.  T.  West,  Jr.  H.  I,.  Yowell 


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Final  Men. 

Phoenix  Literary  Society. 

C.  M.  CHICHESTER President 

J.  H.  Summers Secretary 

W.  A.  MADDOX     .    .  Cliairman  of  Executive  Committee 

R.  A.  HOLT Chief  Marshal 

DEBATEKS. 

J.  \V.  II.  Crim  Jno.  L.  Long 

ORATORS. 
R.  M.  Jones  O.  L.  Shewmake 


Final  Men. 

Philomathean  Literary  Society. 


H    M.  Cox President 

W.  E.  Vest    .    .  ...  Secretary 

E.  J.  Twi.ok    .  Chairman  of  Executive  Committee 

\V.  A.  Weymouth  Chief  Marshal 

DEBATERS. 

E.  S.  Cowi.i  s  J.  S.  Wilson 

ORATORS 

T.  B.  Smith  \V.  H.  File 

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KAl'l'A    AI.I-ll  \    I1A  I  i:i;MTY. 


Kappa   Alpha    Fraternity. 


Alpha  Zeta  Chapter. 


ESTABLISHED  1890 


CHAPTER  FLOWER. 
Violet. 

YELL. 

K.   A.    Kappa  ! 
K.   A.   Alpha  ! 
Alpha  -  Zeta  ! 
Kappa  !   Alpha  ! 


FRATRES  IN  COLLEGIO. 

Edward  Randolph  Bird  Cassius  Moncure  Chichester 

Guy  Malcolm  Hening 

Maben  Somerville  Jones  Ernest  Jones 

Robert  McGuire  Jones 

John  Lindsey  Long  William   Hunter  Moore 

William  Coard  Parsons  William  Ashe  Weymouth 


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Fraternity  Directory, 


Km  mii  ii  at  Washington  College  (now  Washington  and  Lee  University),  Lexington,  Va., 
1  lecembei   •  i .  1865, 

Founders:  James  Ward  Wood,  Willliam  Nelson  Scott,  Stanhope  McClelland,  William 
A.  Walsh 

COLORS. 
Crimson  and  Old  Gold. 

FLOWERS. 
Magnolia  and  Red  Rose. 

ROLL  OF  ACTIVE  CHAPTERS. 


Alpha. — Washington  and  Lee  University,  Lexington,  Va. 

Gamma. — University  of  Georgia,  Athens,  Ga. 

Delta. — Wofford  College,  Spartanburg,  S.  C. 

Epsiton. —  Emory  College,  Oxford,  Oa. 

/.eta. — Randolph-Macon  College,  Ashland,  Va. 

Eta.     Richmond  College,  Richmond,  Va. 

Theta. —  Kentucky  State  College,  Lexington,  Ky. 

Kappa. — Mercer  University,  Macon,  Ga. 

Lambda. — University  of  Virginia,  Charlottesville,  Va. 

Nu. —  Polytechnic  Institute,  A.  &  M.  College,  Auburn,  Ala. 

Xi—  Southwestern  University,  Georgetown,  Texas. 

Omicron. — University  of  Texas,  Austin,  Texas. 

Pi. —  I  'niversity  of  Tennessee,  Knoxville,  Term. 

Sigma. — Davidson  College,  Mecklenburg  Co.,  N.  C. 

t  psilon  —  I'niversity  of  North  Carolina,  Chapel  Hill,  N.  C. 

Phi. — Southern  University,  Greensboro,  Ala. 

Chi. — Vanderbilt  University,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Psi. — Tulane  University,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Omega. — Centre  College,  Danville,  Ky. 

Alpha-Alpha. — I'niversity  of  the  South,  Sewanee,  Tenn. 

Alpha-Beta.— University  of  Alabama,  I'niversity,  Ala. 

Alpha-Gamma. —  Louisiana  State  University,  Raton  Rouge,  La. 

Alpha-Delta.— William  Jewell  College,  Liberty,  Mo. 

Alpha-Epsilon. — S.  W.  F.  University,  Clarksville,  Tenn. 

Alpha -Zeta.  —William  and  Mary  College,  Williamsburg,  Va. 

Alpha-Eta. — Westminster  College,  Fulton,  Mo. 

Alpha-Theta. — Kentucky  University,  Lexington,  Ky. 

Alpha-Iota. — Centenary  College,  Jackson,  La. 

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Alpha-Kappa. — Missouri  State  University,  Columbia,  Mo 

Alpha- Lambda. — Johns  Hopkins  University,  Baltimore,  Mil. 

Alpha-Mu. —  Millsaps  College,  Jackson,  Miss. 

Alpha-Nu. — Columbian  University,  Washington,  D.  C. 

.  \lpha-Xi. — University  of  California,  Berkeley,  Cal. 

A lpha-0 micron. — University  of  Arkansas,  Fayetteville,  Ark. 

Alpha  Pi. — Leland  Stanford,  Jr.,  University,  Stanford  University  P.  O.,  Cal. 

Alpha-Rho. — University  of  West  Virginia,  Morgantown,  W.  Va. 

Alpha-Sigma. — Georgia  School  of  Technology,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Alpha-Tau. — Hampden-Sidney  College,  Hampden-Sidney,  Va. 

Alpha  Upsilon. — University  of  Mississippi,  University,  Miss. 

Alphi-Phi—  Trinity  College,  Durham,  N.  C. 


ALUMNI  CHAPTERS  AND  SECRETARIES. 


Norfolk,  Va.— T.  T.  Hubard,  50  Bank  St. 

Richmond,  Va.— W.  D.  Duke. 

New  York  City. — Gordon  Gordon,  115  Broadway. 

Raleigh,  N.  C— Dr.  R.  S.  McGeachy,  112  Halifax  St. 

Macon,  Ga. — R.  D.  Feagin. 

Mobile,  Ala  — 

Dallas,  Texas. — 

Franklin,  La. — 

Lexington,  Ky. — W.  O.  Sweeney,  Jr. 

Petersburg,  Va. — Wm.  T.  Davis. 

Talladega,  Ala.  — F.  P.  McConnell. 

St.  Louis,  Mo. — T.  P.  Dudley,  Century  Building. 

San  Francisco,  Cal. — Brooke  M.  Wright,  Mills  Building. 

Alexandria,  La. —  R.  A.  Hunter. 

Jackson,  Miss. — Charles  P.  Manship. 

Atlanta,  Ga. — J.  H.  Sledge,  402  Peachtree  St. 

Hampton — Newport  News,  Va. — H.  H.  Holt. 

Chattanooga,  Tenn. — M.  E.  Temple. 

Montgomery,  Ala.  — Kay  Jones. 

Augusta,  Ga. — C.  A.  Robbe,  Jr. 

Staunton,  Va. — 

Jacksonville,  Fla. — R.  P.  Daniel,  Jr. 

Meridian,  Miss. — 


STATE  ASSOCIATIONS. 


Kappa  Alpha  State  Association  of  Missouri.     C.  E.  Dicken,  President. 
Kappa  Alpha  State  Association  of  Georgia.— Julian  B.  McCurry,  President. 
Kappa  Alpha  State  Association  of  Kentucky.  —  R.  C.  Stoll,  President. 
Kappa  Alpha  State  Association  ol"  Alabama. — J.  A.  Henderson,  President. 
Kappa  Alpha  State  Association  of  North  Carolina. — H.  A.  Foushee,  President. 

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KAPPA    SIGM  \    IK  \  I'KKNITV. 


Kappa  Sigma  Fraternity. 


Nu  Chapter. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  BOLOGNA,  1400  UNIVERSITY  OF    VIRGINIA,  1867. 


COLORS. 
Old  Gold,  Maroon,  and  Peacock  Blue. 

FLOWER. 
Lily  of  the  Valley. 


FRATRES  IN  FACULTATE. 
President  Lyon  G.  Tyler,  LL.  D.  Rev.  W.  J.  King 

IN  COLLEGIO. 

J.  Thompson  Booth  J.  B.  Jones  E.  D.  Jones 

B.  C.  Henson  T.  Blackwell  Smith 

T.  Peachy  Spencer  John  A.  Hundley  John  Tyler 

J.  S.  Wilson  F.  T.  West,  Jr. 

W.  J.  Wilkinson 

IN  URBE. 

Littleberry  S.  Foster  Frank  G.  Scott  H.  E.  I>.  Wilson 

J.  Blair  Spencer  Harry  L.  Hundley 

Spencer  Henley 


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Directory  of  Kappa  Sigma, 


Zfe/a— University  of  Alabama,  University,  Alabama. 

Gamma — Louisiana  State  University,  Baton  Rouge,  Louisiana. 

Delta    -Davidson  College,  Davidson,  North  Carolina. 

Epsilon     Centenary  College,  Jackson.  Louisiana. 

/.eta — University  of  Virginia,  Charlottesville,  Virginia. 

Eta-  Randolph-Macon  College,  Ashland,  Virginia. 

Theta — Cumberland  University,  Lebanon,  Tennessee 

Tota  -  Southwestern  University,  Georgetown,  Texas. 

Kaj>pa — Vanderbilt  University,  Nashville,  Tennessee. 

Lambda    -University  of  Tennessee,  Knoxville,  Tennessee. 

,V«—  William  and  Mary  College,  Williamsburg,  Virginia. 

Pi — Swarthmore  College,  Swarthmore,  Pennsylvania. 

Sigma   -Tulane  University,  New  Orleans,  Louisiana. 

7,i//-  University  of  Texas,  Austin,   Texas. 

C  'psilon  —  Hampden-Sidney  College,  Hampden-Sidney,  Virginia. 

/'///--.Southwestern  Presbyterian  University,  Clarksville,  Tennessee. 

Chi — Purdue  University,  Lafayette,  Indiana. 

Psi — University  of  Maine,  Orono,  Maine. 

Omega —  University  of  the  South,  Sewanee,  Tennessee. 

A Ipha-A Ipha — University  of  Maryland,  Baltimore,  Maryland. 

Alpha-Beta — Mercer  University,  Macon,  Georgia. 

Alpha-Gamma—  University  of  Illinois,  Champaign,  Illinois. 

Alpha-Delta  —  Pennsylvania  State  College,  State  College,  Pennsylvania. 

A  Ipha- Epsilon— University  of  Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 

Alpha-Eta — Columbian  University,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Alpha-Theta— Southwestern  Baptist  University,  Jackson.  Tennessee. 

Alpha-Kappa  — Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  New  York. 

Beta-Pi — Dickinson  College,  Carlisle,  Pennsylvania. 

Eta-Prime— Trinity  College,  Durham,  North  Carolina. 

.  Upha-Laii/b/la  —  University  of  Vermont,  Burlington,  Vermont. 

Alpha-Nu—  Wofford  College,  Spartanburg,  South  Carolina. 

Alpha-Xi— Bethel  College,  Russellville,  Kentucky. 

Alpha-Pi— Wabash  College,  Crawfordsville,  Indiana. 

Alpha-Rho— Bowdoin  College,  Brunswick,  Maine. 

A  Ipha-Sigma— Ohio  State  University,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Alpha-  Tail     Georgia  School  of  Technology,  Atlanta,  Georgia. 

Alpha-Upsilon—  Millsaps  College.  Jackson,  Mississippi. 

Alpha  Pin  -  Bucknell  University,  Lewisburg,  Pennsylvania. 

Alpha  ('///-Lake  Forest  University,   Lake  Forest,  Illinois. 

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A  Ipha-Psi — University  of  Nebraska,  Lincoln,  Nebraska. 

A lpha-0 'mega — William  Jewell  College,  Liberty,  Missouri. 

Beta-Alpha  —  Broun  University,  Providence,  Rhode  Island. 

Beta-Beta  -Richmond  College,  Richmond,  Virginia. 

Beta-Gamma  —  Missouri  State  University,  Columbus,  Missouri. 

Beta-Delta  —  Washington  and  Jefferson  College,  Washington,  Pennsylvania. 

Beta-Epsilon — University  of  Wisconsin,  Madison,  Wisconsin. 

Beta-Zeta — Leland  Stanford,  Jr.,  University,  Stanford  University,  California. 

Beta-Eta —  Alabama  Polytechnic  Institute,  Auburn  Alabama. 

Beta-Theta — University  of  Indiana,  Bloomington,  Indiana. 

Beta-Iota — Lehigh  University,  South  Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania. 

Beta-Kappa — New  Hampshire  College,  Durham,  New  Hampshire. 

Beta- Lambda — University  of  (Georgia,  Athens,  Georgia. 

Beta-Mu — University  of  Minnesota,  Minneapolis,  Minnesota. 

Beta-Nu — Kentucky  State  College,  Lexington,  Kentucky. 

Beta-Xi — University  of  California,  Berkeley,  California. 

Beta- Omicron— U  niversity  of  Denver,  University  Park,  Colorado. 


ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION. 

Yazoo  City,  Mississippi.  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 

Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania.  New  York,  New  York. 

New  Orleans,  Louisiana.  Chicago,  Illinois. 

Indianapolis,  Indiana.  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 

Pine  Bluff,  Arkansas.  Ruston,  Louisiana. 

Boston,  Massachusetts.  Chihuahua,  .Mexico. 

Memphis,  Tennessee.  Buffalo,  New  York. 

Waco,  Texas.  San   Francisco,  California.  Danville,  Virginia, 


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I'l    K  VPP  \     U.I'll  \    PR  VTERMTY. 


Pi  Kappa  Alpha  Fraternity. 


FOUNDED  AT  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  VIRG'NIA,   1868. 


COLORS.  FLOWER. 

Garnet  and  Old  Gold.  Lily  of  the  Valley 


YELL. 


Rah  !  Rah  !  Ralpha  ! 
Rah  !  Rah  !  Ralpha  ! 
Gamma  !  Gamma  ! 
Pi  Kappa  Alpha  ! 


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Chapters. 


ACTIVE  CHAPTERS. 

Alpha — University  of  Virginia,  Charlottesville. 

Beta-  Davidson  College,  North  Carolina. 

Gamma — William  and  Mary  College,  Williamsburg,  Virginia. 

Zeta     University  of  Tennessee,  Knoxville. 

Theta  -S.  \V.  P.  I'..  Clarksville,  Tennessei 

Iota-  Hampden-Sidney,  Virginia. 

Kappa—  Kentucky  University,  Lexington. 

Mu     Presbyterian  College,  Clinton,  South  Carolina. 

JVu     Wofford  College.  Spartanburg,  South  Carolina. 

O micron  -Richmond  College,  Richmond,  Virginia. 

Pi—  Washington  and  Lee  University,  Lexington,  Virginia. 

Rho— Cumberland  University,  Lebanon,  Tennessee. 

Sigma— Vanderbilt  University.  Nashville,  Tennessee. 

Tau— University  of  North  Carolina,  Chapel  Hill. 

Upsilon — Alabama  Polytechnic  Institute,  Auburn. 

Phi—  Roanoke  College,  Salem,  Virginia. 

Chi—  University  of  the  South,  Sewanee,  Tennessee. 

Psi—  Georgia  Agricultural  College,  Dahlonega. 

Omega — Kentucky  State  College,  Lexington. 

Alpha-Alpha— Trinity  College,  Durham,  North  Carolina. 

Alpha-Beta— Centenary  College,  Jackson,  Louisiana. 


ALUMNI  CHAPTERS. 

Alumnus  Alpha— Richmond,  Virginia. 

Alumnus  Beta — Memphis,  Tennessee. 

Alumnus  Gamma— White  Sulphur  Springs,  West  Virginia. 

Alumnus  Delta— Charleston  South  Carolina 

Alumnus  Epsilon— Norfolk,  Virginia. 

Alumnus  Zeta — Dillon,  South  Carolina. 

Alumnus  Eta — New  (  »rleans,  Louisiana. 

Alumnus  Theta— Dallas,  Texas. 

Alumnus  lota — Knoxville  Tennessee. 


no 


Pi  Kappa  Alpha* 


Gamma  Chapter. 


CHARTERED  1871. 


CHAPTER  FLOWER. 
Pansy. 


FRATRES  IN  URBE. 
G.  A.  Hankins,  M.  D.  Dudley  R.  Cowles 

FRATRES  IN  COLLEGIO. 

E.  S.  Cowles  J.  Gordon  Bohannan  R.  B.  Dade 

S.  C.  Blackiston  S.  S.  Hughes 

J.  B.  Lamb  Taylor  Garnett  E.  H.  .Smith 

C.  D.  Miller  M.  C.  Barnes 

W.  F.  Nottingham  T.  P.  Forbes 

L.   M.  Dade  C.   H.  Tahkk 


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Ml     i'i    i.  winhA    FR  \it;kmt\  . 


Mu  Pi  Lambda  Fraternity. 


Virginia  Gamma  Chapter. 


ESTABLISHED   APRIL  8,   1901. 


CHAPTER  FLOWER. 
White    Rose. 

YELL. 

Rah  !   Rah  !  Lambda, 
Sis  !  Boom  !  Lambda. 
Virginia  Gamma  Chapter 
Mu   Pi  Lambda. 


FRATRES  IN  COLLEGIO. 

H.  Jackson  Davis  William  Thomas  Hodges 

W.  Arthur    Maddox 

Joseph  Howard  Chitwood  Arthur  Davis  Wright 

Robert  Akmistkad  Holt  James  W.u.kek  Jackson 


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Mu  Pi  Lambda  Fraternity. 


FOUNDED  AT  WASHINGT    N  AND    LEE  UMVERS  TY  1895. 


COLORS. 
Orange  and  Royal   Pnrple. 


FLOWER. 
Carnation. 


ROLL  OF  CHAPTERS. 

Virginia  Alpha—  Washington  and  Lee  University,  Lexington,  Ya. 
/  'irginia  Beta — University  of  Virginia,  Charlottesville,  Va. 

Virginia  Gamma  -William  and  Mary  College,  Williamsburg,  Ya. 

West  Virginia  A  Ipha — University  of  West  Virginia,  Morgantown,  W.  Va. 
Massachusetts  Alpha — Harvard  University,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Missouri  Alpha  -Missouri  State  University,  Columbia,  Mo. 


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Order   of   Loyal   Knights* 


IN  1898  there  was  established  at  William  and  Mary  College  a  secret  organ- 
ization known  as  the  Order  of  Loyal  Knights.  This  organization  is  a 
simple  order  created  for  the  benefit  of  those  non-fraternity  students  who 
appreciate  the  pleasure  of  meeting  on  common  ground  with  their  fellow- 
students,  and  treating  the  same  in  a  brotherly  manner. 

We  wish  to  state  that  we  are  in  no  sense  a  college  fraternity  of  the  Greek 
letter  type,  but  only  an  organization  composed  of  non-fraternity  students,  and 
based  purely  on  democratic  principles. 

Our  motive  is  to  bestow  honors  upon  those  deserving  them,  regardless  of  their 
position  in  college  society.  It  is  not  our  aim  to  create  strife,  but  to  allay  it,  for 
we  believe  in  looking  upon  the  whole  student  body  as  one  class  of  fellow-students 
laboring  together  for  the  same  end. 

The  Order  has  proven  to  be  a  success  by  its  steady  increase  in  membership 
and  popularity.  Since  the  establishment  of  the  Order  we  have  succeeded  in 
organizing  a  chapter  at  our  sister  college,  The  State  Female  Normal  School  at 
Farmville,  which  has  grown  so  rapidly  that  to-day  it  is  the  one  bright  star  that 
keeps  bright  the  society  of  that  institution. 

While  the  order  is  at  present  confined  to  the  above  named  institutions,  we 
wish  to  state  that  our  ideas  and  principles  are  the  same  as  those  held  by  many 
other  colleges  throughout  the  South,  as  is  clearly  shown  by  the  organization  of  a 
similar  order  in  one  of  our  Southern  universities. 

We  hope  that  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  the  non-fraternity  element  of 
the  South  will  form  themselves  into  a  society  for  the  protection  and  vindication  of 
their  rights. 

Representative. 


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German  Club* 


OFFICERS. 

J.  Thompson  Booth President 

W.  Arthur  Maddox Secretary 

C.  M.  Chichester      Treasurer 

FINAL  OFFICERS. 

R.  M.  Jones President 

C.  M.  Chichester Treasurer 

MEMBERS. 

J.  G.  Bohannan  S.  C.  Blackiston  J.  T.  Booth 

E.  S.  Cowi.ks  W.  L.  Cowles 

J.  W.  H   Crim                           C  M.  Chichester  R.  B.  Dade 

L.  M.  Dade  L.  S.  Foster 

J.  W.  Gossman  R.  A.  Holt                                 B.  C.  Henson 

G.  L.  Howard  J.  A.  Hundley 

M.  P.  Hexing  B.  F.  Iden                                  J.  \V.  Jackson 

R.  M.  Jones  M.  S.  Jones 

J.  S.  Jenkins  J.  L.  Long                                     J.  B.  Lamb 

Hunter  Moore  W.  A.  Maddox 

W.  F.  Nottingham  T.  B.  Smith                                 C.  D.  Shrevb 

F.  G.  Scott  O.  L.  Shewmake 

T.  P.  Spencer  W.  A.  Weymouth  F.  T.  West  R.  0.  Rogers 


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William  and  Mary  Glee  Club. 

E.   STANLEY    BRINKLEY •     •    DlreCt°r 

VOCAL. 

FIRST  TENORS. 

j    T.  booth  Malcolm  Hening  T.  Peachy  Spencer 

C.   H.  Taber 
SECOND  TENORS. 

R    b.  Dade  J-  A.  Hundley  E.  S.  Brinkley 

FIRST  BASSES. 

J.  H.  Summers  J-  Will  Gossman  W.  F.  Nottingham 

SECOND  BASSES. 
I,,,,,;  dade  0.   L,  Shewmake  R-   A.   Holt 

INSTRUMENTAL. 
„  .    .  Violin 

Lee  Dade '        m.     ... 

C.  H.  Tabkr ■    '    -^      and,0m 

R.  A.  Holt  .......  ■  Second  Mandohn 

R.  B.  Dade  ...  Gmtar 

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The  William  and  Mary  Dramatic  Club. 


OFFICERS. 


Mrs.  J.   B.   C.  Spencer President 

Miss  Rosa   Emory Vice-President 

Miss  Virginia   B.    Braithwaite Secretary 

Mr.    R.    M.  JONES Treasurer 

Mr.  J.   W.   GOSSMAN General   Manager 

STAGE  MANAGERS. 
Mr.   W.   A.    Maddox  Mr.    R.   A.  Holt 

MASTERS  OF  PROPERTY. 
Mr.  T.  P.  Spencer  Mr.  J.  A.  Hundley 

MEMBERS. 
R.   M.  Jones  W.  A.   Maddox  J.  A.   Hundley 

T.  P.  Spencer  T.  B.  Smith 

W.  J.   Wilkinson 

J.  Will  Gossman  J.   H.  Chitw C.    M.  Chichester 

R.  A.   Holt  J.  G.   Bohannan 

R.  B.  Dade 
Mrs.  J.  B.  C.  Spencer    Miss  Virginia  Braithwaite     Miss  Mary  McNair 
Miss  Rosa  Emory  Miss  Lxcile  Foster 

Miss  L.  G.   Henley 


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A  little  later  a  tall,  broad-shouldered  man  came  out  at  the  front  door,  and  mount- 
ing a  horse  which  a  negro  boy  had  brought  around  from  the  back  yard,  he  rode 
off  with  his  companion. 

At  the  end  of  the  lane  they  joined  a  band  of  waiting  huntsmen  and  galloped 
off  down  the  road,  with  the  impatient  pack  of  hounds  running  eagerly  among 
the  forest  trees  before  them.  The  sound  of  the  huntsmen's  horns  and  the  deep 
bay  of  the  dogs  had  been  echoing  for  several  hours  through  the  forest  before  the 
wily  fox  had  been  captured.  Late  in  the  day,  the  hounds,  at  full  cry,  cornered 
him  in  a  little  ravine.  Welton  was  the  first  huntsman  in  at  the  death,  and  when 
he  reached  there  the  fox  was  making  a  desperate  fight  for  life,  though  sur- 
rounded by  the  whole  pack.  As  he  leaped  from  his  horse  and  ran  down  the  side 
of  the  ravine,  however,  he  was  surprised  to  see  a  young  girl  standing  among  the 
dogs,  watching  the  dying  fox.  On  the  other  side,  at  the  top  of  the  ravine,  stood 
another  girl,  one  hand  full  of  ferns  and  autumn  leaves  and  the  other  yet  grasping 
a  branch,  from  which  her  companion  had  been  breaking  wild  grapes. 

Helen  Grey  and  Maud  Wythe  had  been  schoolmates,  and  Maud  had  come 
from  Chesterfield  to  visit  her  old  friend  ;  together  they  had  wandered  into  the 
woods,  gathering  the  ferns  and  wild  grapes,  when  the  cry  of  the  dogs  had  sud- 
denly interrupted  them.  When  Welton  had  called  off  the  dogs  and  cut  the 
brush  from  the  dead  fox,  he  presented  it  to  Maud.  "To  the  first  in  at  the  death 
belongs  the  trophy  of  the  hunt,  Miss  Wythe,"  he  said.  "O  !  how  fine  of  you," 
she  shouted  ;  "  Helen  !  Helen  !  come  here,"  she  called  to  her  friend,  who  stood 
on  the  hill  even  yet  too  frightened  to  descend. 

In  the  meantime  the  other  huntsmen  had  dismounted,  and  a  gay  group  gath- 
ered around  the  ladies,  and  received  from  them  the  promise  to  go  on  the  hunt 
the  next  day.  But  Bernardo  Lascara  stood  sullenly  aside,  only  raising  his  hat 
slightly,  as  he  saw  the  ladies,  and  when  the  huntsmen  rode  off  together  he 
complained  angrily  because  the  girls  had  been  asked  to  join  them  the  next  day. 

Bernardo  Lascara  was  an  only  son.  His  father,  the  old  Count  Lascara,  was 
an  Italian  of  rank  and  culture,  who  becoming  enamoured  of  a  beautiful  Vir- 
ginian, had  forgotten  the  old  viueclad  home  of  his  father  in  the  far-away  sunny 
hills  of  Italy,  for  the  sake  of  his  beautiful  bride.  At  the  death  of  her  parents 
they  had  inherited  Foxhill  and  its  stately  old  house,  built  in  long  by-gone  years. 
Bernardo  had  been  heir  alike  of  his  mother's  wealth  and  the  dark,  wild,  hand- 
some face  of  his  father.  He  was  a  strange  but  beautiful  child,  and  had  grown 
into  a  yet  stran  er  man.  Affectionate  and  generous,  he  was  devotedly  loved  by 
his  friends  ;  but  when  angry  he  strode  like  a  maniac  up  and  down  the  great 
rooms  of  Foxhill,  with  clenched  fists,  and  wild,  flashing  eyes.  At  such  times,  it 
was  rumored,  nothing  could  restrain  him,  nor  did  any  reason  direct  his  acts. 
From  childhood  he  had  possessed  a  handsome  face,  with  fine  brown  eyes  and 
black  curling  hair,  but  he  had  ever  shunned  the  society  of  women  and  found 
pleasure  only  in  his  books  and  his  passionate  fondness  for  the  chase 

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But  day  by  day,  as  Maud  Wythe  joined  the  huntsmen  in  the  chase,  a  wild 
love  came  over  Bernardo,  and  in  his  strange,  impetuous  manner  he  wooed  and 
won  her.  On  one  damp  fall  day  when  the  chill  winds  of  November  were  hurl- 
ing the  brown  oak  leaves  against  the  church  windows,  and  the  rain  was  falling 
in  a  fine  drizzle,  Richard  Welton  walked  by  the  bridegroom  to  the  altar,  with  a 
heavy  heart. 

Thus  Foxhill  Manor  gained  a  mistress.  Yet  all  was  as  it  had  been  there, 
save  in  the  house  itself,  where  a  woman's  hand  wrought  many  changes  The 
days  went  on,  and  the  lover  became  the  tyrant  ;  he  loved  with  a  selfish  love  ; 
worshiping  his  wife  in  his  strange  way,  he  feared  lest  some  one  else  should  kneel 
at  the  same  shrine.  His  hunting  friends  came  as  of  old,  but  they  never  beheld 
the  beautiful  lady  of  the  Manor  ;  her  friends  c  ime  from  the  city,  but  their  visits 
were  rarely  returned.  Yet  the  stubborn  strength  of  the  girl  was  not  broken  ; 
she  grew  restless  and  petulant,  and  often  gave  expression  to  her  anger,  but  her 
wrath  only  brought  upon  him  fits  of  madness. 

At  last  she  would  endure  it  no  longer  ;  he  had  his  pleasures  in  the  hunt,  and 
she  determined  to  have  hers  while  he  was  gone.  Often  he  was  away  days  at  a 
time  on  hunting  trips,  and  on  such  an  occasion  she  would  give  an  entertain- 
ment to  her  friends,  and  be  the  gay  hostess  as  of  old. 

She  confided  her  plans  to  Richard  Welton  who  promised  that  he  would 
leave  the  hunt  in  time  to  be  present  at  the  party.  Bernardo  had  told  her  of  a 
hunting  trip  on  which  he  would  go  and  be  absent  several  days.  It  was  on  the 
evening  after  he  should  leave  that  she  intended  to  give  the  entertainment.  The 
night  was  clear  and  cold,  lit  by  the  silver  moon  and  the  myriad  hosts  of  the  stars. 
The  guests  arrived  early  from  all  the  adjacent  country,  and  from  the  little  town. 
The  wide,  old-fashioned  hall  made  an  excellent  ball-room,  and  't  was  a  sight  to 
warm  ones  heart  to  see  the  handsome  couples  moving  over  its  polished  floor. 

As  the  night  grew  late  Maud  led  her  guests  to  the  dining-room.  She  was  a 
beautiful  sight  that  night,  wearing  a  simple  but  handsome  white  satin  gown, 
which  showed,  in  splendid  contrast,  her  fair  clear  complexion  and  dark  auburn 
hair.  The  long,  handsome  old  table,  set  with  antique  blue  crockery,  brilliant  cut 
glass,  and  heavy  silver,  was  laden  with  every  delicacy.  At  the  head,  Maud  sat, 
paying  graceful  attention  to  the  needs  of  every  guest,  while  to  hei  left  sat  Rich- 
ard Welton,  chatting  gaily.  When  the  wine  was  brought  on  some  one  proposed 
a  toast  "To  our  beautiful  hostess,"  and  Richard  Welton  followed  it  with  one 
"  To  our  absent  host."  Maud,  who  had  not  responded  to  the  first,  now  raised  her 
glass,  but  even  as  she  put  her  lips  to  the  edge  she  heard  the  swift  canter  of  a 
horse  and  the  quick,  stern  voice  of  Bernardo,  as  he  gave  the  bridle  to  a  negro 
who  had  met  him.  Without  the  pause  of  a  moment  or  the  tremble  of  her  lip  she 
drained  the  glass,  but  a  swift  color  came  over  her  cheek. 

Down  the  long  hall  came  Bernardo's  heavy  tread,  and  the  door  was  thrown 
impetuously  open.     In  the  doorway,  Bernardo  stopped,  his  eyes  flashing  with  the 

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fire  of  a  sudden  madness.  He  was  clad  in  a  rough  riding  suit,  with  a  belt 
around  his  waist,  at  one  side  of  which  hung  a  short  hunting-knife.  "  What 
means  this,  Maud?"  he  shouted  angrily:  then  advancing  a  step,  he  waved  his 
hand  to  the  door,  "Leave  this  place,  all  of  you  !  "  Swiftly  rising,  Maud  ran  to 
him,  and  throwing  her  beautiful  arms  about  his  neck,  strove  to  bring  his  face  to 
hers.  "  Don't,  Bernardo,"  she  said,  softly,  '"  they're  only  my  friends."  "Fool !" 
he  shouted,  wildly,  his  brown  eyes  now  glaring  like  those  of  a  maniac,  "  fool 
that  I  was,  I  will  be  fool  no  longer."  As  he  spoke  he  drew  the  knife  from  his 
belt  with  a  quick  movement  and  held  her  from  him  with  his  other  hand.  But 
another  eye  had  seen  the  motion,  and  a  hand  swifter  than  his  own  had  been 
uplifted.  Richard  Welton,  turning  the  fruit  upon  the  table,  grasped  one  of  the 
heavy  silver  platters  and  hurled  it  with  strength  and  skill  at  the  head  of  the 
crazed  man.  It  struck  him  on  the  temple  and  he  fell  as  if  stunned  by  the  blow 
of  an  axe.  The  company  looked  on  aghast  :  there  the  table  stood  with  its 
splendid  setting,  covered  with  lucious  fruits  and  beautiful  confections,  and  around 
it  the  guests  in  their  rich  garments,  while  on  the  floor  lay  the  unconscious  man, 
his  wife  kneeling  beside  him.  She  took  his  bleeding  head  in  her  lap  and  the 
dark  blood  ran  down  in  crimson  streams  over  her  white  satin  dress.  In  a 
moment  several  men  were  at  her  side  and  raised  the  limp  form  of  Bernardo  and 
carried  him  to  his  room. 

When  morning  broke  a  doctor  was  still  leaning  over  Bernardo.  "  Conscious- 
ness is  returning,"  he  said,  and  beckoned  to  his  wife.  Bernardo  opened  his  eyes 
and  saw  her.  "  Maud,"  he  whispered,  "you  can't  forgive  me,  I  won't  ask  it. 
But  it  was  only  my  mind,  I  was  all  wrong  here,"  and  he  touched  his  forehead. 
"  Hush,  dear,"  she  said,  "  there  is  nothing  to  forgive,  and  if  there  were  I  should 
do  it  gladly."    She  leaned  over  and  kissed  him  tenderly.     "  Thank  you,  Maud," 

he  said,    "Oh  how ,"    his  voice  broke   and   he  became  again   unconscious. 

After  a  little  his  eyes  opened  ;  the  calmness  had  left  them  :  they  burned  now  like 
coals  of  fire.  "  Curse  him,"  he  cried,  "  why  has  he  left  the  hunt?  I  shall  seek 
him  there.  What  does  this  mean,  Maud?  Out  of  here,  all."  He  fell  back 
struggling  ;  the  blood  flowed  from  his  mouth  and  he  again  became  unconscious. 

The  show  came  late  in  Virginia  and  the  first  flakes  of  the  season  had  been 
falling,  though  December  was  nearly  past.  There  was  little  travel  on  the 
country  road  that  passed  Foxhill  and  the  snow  was  scarcely  marked  by  the  track 
of  a  single  wheel.  <  inly  the  footprints  of  a  little  hare  that  had  crossed  it  and  of 
the  snowbirds  that  flew  from  rail  to  rail  of  the  fence  that  ran  beside  it.  It  was 
near  the  hour  of  twilight,  and  the  only  sound  to  break  the  stillness  was  the  toll- 
ing of  a  distant  church  bell.  Then  through  the  gate  of  Foxhill  came  a  long  pro- 
cession of  carriages  slowly  filing  on  toward  the  church.  After  the  service,  a 
strange  behest  he  had  once  given  his  friends  was  fulfilled  ;  over  his  grave  three 
blasts  of  their  hunting-horns  were  given  by  his  old  companions  of  the  chase. 

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Deep  in  the  wood  a  fox,  wearied  by  his  tramp  through  the  snow,  stopped  a  while 
to  rest,  but  when  he  heard  the  horns  he  dashed  away  into  the  deeper  shades  of 
the  forest  ;  but  the  dogs  of  Foxhill  answered  the  blasts  with  loud,  dismal 
barking. 

By  the  window  of  Foxhill  Manor  sat  a  woman  with  red  and  swollen  eyes  ; 
she  heard  the  horn  blow  and  the  answering  bay  of  the  hounds,  and  wept  anew, 
while  the  vision  came  to  her  of  what  might  have  been,  yet  was  not.  Outside,  in 
a  bare  maple,  a  little  owl  hooted  mournfully,  and  in  the  dark  forest  a  fox  was 
barking  ;  all  else  was  silent  and  still. 

Toby  Roister. 


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The  Fane  of  Knowledge. 


W  ii. 1. 1  am  ami  Maui  <  01  LEGE. 

Ere  yet   the  i lortal  century    had   begun, 

When  goddess  Freedom,  Pallas-like,  was  born, 

in. in  nut  the  brow  of  young  <  olumbia  sprung, 

In  lil'i   ami  shield  tin'  grovelling  hordes,  who  lawn 

In  slavish  service  to  some  son  of  earth. 

Whose  only  merit  is  his  royal  birth: 

Then  midst  tin-  new   world's  wilderness  was  raised 

\n  altar  to  sweet    Knowledge,  whose  young  Hies. 
First  kindled  from  the  old  world's  shrine,  soon  blazed 

A  beacon  to  Virginia's  new-made  shires. 
Anil   taught    her  suns;    who  in   the  hour  of  neeil 
Preserved  their  Slate  by  wise  anil  noble  deed. 

The   spirit    that    was    burn    when    first    began 

The  college    whose   lair  fame    1   proudly   sing, 
Through  Jefferson,  Iter  young  disciple,  ran. 

And  spoke  when  .Marshall's  voice  was  heard   to  ring. 
\\.  and   inspired  that  host  whose  every  name 
Is  deep  engraven  in  the  halls  of  Fame. 

When   swept    by   storms  of   steel   and    war.   a    while. 
Her   halls    deserted,    then    her    tires    burned    low; 

_\o  footsteps  echoed  down  her  chapel's  aisle; 
In  empty  memory  of  the  long  ago 

llei'  bell  pealed  out.  but   urged  no  hastening   feet 

To  swifter  speed  across  the  grass-grown  street. 

Yet   from  the  dust,  dove-like,  with  silver  crest, 
She  rose,  her  ruffled   pinions  still  unstained; 

The  sunlight  shimmered  on  her  snowy  breast, 

As  up  she  soared,   while  seasons  waxed  and  waned. 

Vet  in  her  bill  no  olive  branch  bore  she. 

lint   in  its  stead  a  twig  from  Wisdom's  tree. 

The  speeding  years  in  widening  circles  spread. 

\~  o'er   Time's  ocean  face  they  noiseless  run; 
And  yet  tin-  fane  of  Knowledge  still  is  fed 

With  fire,  whose  sacred  name  inspires  each  son 
With   that    same  noble  love  of  Wisdom's  light 
Thai    made,  and  yet    shall  make,  our  nation's  might. 

(Ireat   has  its  mission  been,  and  great   shall  be; 

Belittled  but  by  those  who  know  it  not: 
Where   now    it   stands,  may  eyes  of  ours   ne'er  see 

A   tireless  fane  by  faithless  priests  forgot: 
I'.ut   still  may  flames  upon  its  altar  rise, 
A   brighter  beacon,   under  brighter  skies. 


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"A  Word  to  the  Wise. 


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IT  WAS  late  summer  at  a  fashionable  watering  place.  The  season  was  far 
gone.  It  was  too  late  for  mosquitoes  and  too  early  for  frost.  Cupid  had 
been  busily  at  work  during  the  entire  warm  spell  ;   he  had  numbered  his 

conquests  by  the  thousand.  History,  both  sacred  and  profane,  teaches  us 
that  it  was  ever  so.  Among  the  victims  of  the  designs  of  the  winged  god  were 
two  interesting  young  persons  who  were  enjoying  their  first  affair,  so  to  speak, — 
the  one  an  enterprising  young  pork  packer  from  Cincinnati,  the  other  a  winsome 
Southern  lass  from  Savannah.  They  had  met  on  equal  ground — the  one  bash- 
ful, timid,  yet  in  love  ;  the  other  saucy,  mischievous,  yet  fond  of  adventure. 

They  had  strolled  together  through  the  shady  lanes  and  over  the  whitened 
sands  ;  they  had  talked  together  about  many  things  ;  they  had  read  to  each  other 
about  goblins,  and  knights  of  old,  and  cooking  schools.  She  had  told  him  how 
she  adored  Richard  Harding  Davis,  and  he  had  told  her  how  they  cured  hams  in 
Cincinnati  ;  and  these  two  had,  in  their  chatterings  and  musings,  covered 
nearly  the  whole  wide  range  of  human  understanding.  Vet,  he  was  afraid  to 
speak  of  love  ;  for  he  reasoned  that  the  time  was  not  yet  come  and  probably, 
like  Plato,  he  reasoned  well.  The  man  who  knows  when  is  wise, — so  I  say  unto 
them,  let  the  women  do  the  hinting,  and  all  will  be  well.  Byronically  speaking, 
pardon  the  digression. 

This  man  from  Ohio,  however,  was  determined  to  speak  at  some  time,  though 
he  may  never  have  done  so  had  he  not  received  a  telegram  one  afternoon  calling 
him  home  on  the  night  train.  The  situation  was  interesting  to  a  fault.  He  had 
four  hours  left  and  had  never  spoken  a  word  of  love  to  her.  Strange  to  say, 
many  persons,  being  but  human,  imagined  that  he  had,  and  thought  that  only 
the  banns  were  now  necessary.     Still,  there  was  no  ring. 

When  the  telegram  came  the  young  man  from  Cincinnati  swore  savagely. 
Then  he  very  properly  got  mad  with  himself,  which  was  the  right  thing,  as  he 
had  no  one  else  to  blame,  save  possibly  the  girl.  After  pondering  a  while  he  put 
on  his  cream  flannels  and  invited  the  girl  to  go  rowing.  She  jumped  at  the  idea, 
for  possibly  this  was  the  last  row,  and  then  some  other  fellow  would  have  a 
chance  to  say  what  he  had  not  said. 

The>-  strolled  down  to  the  little  bridge.  He  passed  her  in  and  unfastened 
the  boat, — he,  clad  in  cream  flannels  (supra),  and  she   in  PK  (short  form)  ;  and 

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together  they  floated  down  the  stream  of  life,  both  wondering  what  he  was  going 
tosay.     Be   it  remembered  that  she  was  a  most   enthusiastic  boatwoman  and 

delighted  in  rowing.      She  took  much  pride  in  sitting  in   the  stern  and  directing 
the  course  of  the  boat. 

They   glided   along   gently   for  perhaps  half  a  mile,    when   he  stopped   and 
mopped  his  brow,  remarking  that  his  time  at  Barnacle  Beach   was  far  too  short. 

"  Yes,"  said  she.  fully  as  short. 

"  I  shall  never  forget  this  one  summer,"  he  faltered. — "  I — " 

"  Look  out  for  the  stake  ahead  of  you,"  she  firmly  warned. 

He  pulled  on  the  port  oar  and  began  again. — 

"  This  being  with  you  has  meant  much  to  me. — " 

'    Your  oar  is  slipping  overboard,"  she  said,  leaning  forward. 

He  shipped  his  oars  and  rowed  steadily  for  a  while  ;  then  thinking  that  he 
might  speak  with  impunity,   said, 

"  May  I  write  when  I  get  back  to  Cincinnati  ?  " 

"  Yes,  if  you  are  good." 

"  May  I  tell  yon — "  he  leaned  forward  eagerly. 

"  Trim  the  boat,"  she  cried,    'or  you  will  topple  us  over." 

He  sat  back  once  more  and  thought  of  his  past  life,  and  he  ran  a  few  things 
over  in  his  mind  which  were  not  at  all  orthodox  ;  but  he  was  a  persevering  man, 
and,  we  should  presume,  loved  the  girl. 

"Roweua,"  he  said  in  a  tone  that  there  was  no  mistaking, — "all  these 
weeks  and  days  I  have  thought  only  of  you.  Since  knowing  you  there  has 
come  into  my  life, — " 

"  Oh-h-h-h-h-h,"  she  screamed,  "  there  is  a  great  boat  bearing  down  upon 
us  ;  row  for  our  lives." 

He  seized  the  oars  and  he  rowed.  In  due  time  they  reached  the  shore.  He 
escoited  her  to  her  cottage,  bade  her  good-bye,  and  went  forth  into  the  night. 

Three  weeks  later — when  he  had  thought  it  all  over — he  proposed  by 
special  delivery  letter  ;  but  the  second  man  had  proposed  one  moonlight  night 
on  the  piazza,  thereby  showing  good  judgment. 

So  here  endeth  the  sad  story  of  the  obtuse  young  man  from  Cincinnati,  who 
did  not  know  where  to  propose  and  the  acute  young  Miss  from  Savannah  who 
knew  how  to  stop  him. 

Nat  Prune. 


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Reveries  of  a  Summer  Evening. 


Deep  down  in  tin-  recess  of  each  human  hearl 

Lies  buried  some  tale  to  the  world  yet   untold; 

Some  sorrow  the  li|is  could   never  impart. 

For  words  its  deep  secrel   could  never  unfold. 

How   often  in  circles  where  joy  reigns  supreme, 

When  anguish  and  sorrow  seem  tied  far  away, 
I  toes  there  suddenly  over  the  human  heart  gleam 

Tin-  thought  that   pleasures  are  Inn    lor  a  day. 

llnw   fleeting  ami  transient   life  seems  to  the  soul, 

When  mem'ry  revisits  the  chamber  of  Death, 
When  l  hi-  human  heart   kneels  at   I  he  toot  of  a  knoll 

Which   tells  of  a   life  that    was  slain  with  a   breath. 

How    joyous  and    happy    lit.'  seems  to  the  maid 

Approaching  the  altar  uiili  pledges  of  love: 
How  anxious  and  lonely  when  Time  has  portrayed 
The  sorrows  that  follow  wherever  we  rove. 

How    proud   is   the   mother  of  that   little  one, 

Her  first-born,  which  nestles  it-  head  on  her  breast; 

How  crushed  are  her  hopes  when  from  her  he  is  borne, 
Beneath  the  cold  earth  forever  to  rest. 

How    buoyanl  and  cheering  life  seems  to  the  youth 

While  walking  i  he  gardens  where  bright   hopes  have  bloomed; 

How  emptj  and  fragile  at  tin-  firsl  dawn  of  truth 

That   in  sorrow   those  hope-   mu-1   si I  »■  entombed. 

With   faith  in  himself  and   with    faith   in   tin'  world, 

II,-  launches  his  bark  on  the  dark  sea  of  life: 
The  banner  "  Excelsior"  o'er  his  head   is  unfurled, 

j'.ut  't   is  often  borne  down  in  conflict  ami  strife. 

lie  gathers  the  treasures  for  which  he  has  fought, 
Vnd  rai  ses  his  ej  es  t"  I  he  Eace  of  his  i  iod: 

!!,■  learns  that   the  treasures  in  \anit.\    sought 

Lead   to  death,  and  he  musl    pass  under  the  rod. 

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Then  live  oo1  tor  pleasure,  nor  ye1  li \  c  for  Came, 
For  glory   or  riches,  which  cling;  to  the  sod; 

Live  for  man,  that  angels  may  write  your  name 
On  i  In-  scroll  thai  numbers  the  children  01  God. 

As  the  leaf  thai  trembles  with  each  passing  breeze, 

Crows  brighter  when  touched  by  Autumn's  cold  breath, 

Sd  sorrow  grows  sweeter  when  taken  from  ease 

To  dwell  on  the  memories  thai  linger  'round  death. 

How   fragranl  and  lovely  the  rose  in  its  bloom, 

When  dewdrops  have  bathed   its  fair  face  for  the  morn; 

'The  breezes  soon  find  each  petal  a  tomb; 

Instead  of  the  roses  we  now  see  a  thorn. 

Dudley  K.  Cowi.es. 


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Childe  Hood's  Pilgrimage. 


Immortal  city  '.     Thou  whose  changing  weather 

And  ever-changing  aspect  makes  the  air 
Seem  heavy,  and  forbids  our  guessing  whether 

The  next  day  will  be  dark  or  clear  and  fair ; 
Too  often  hast  thou  made  my  proud  feet  share 

Thy  watery  ways,  and  seemed  too  often  rude 
When  down  thy  streets  I  've  puddled  and  did  bear 

My  limbs  reluctant  through  thine  ooze  and  mud, 

And  deemed  thee  worthier  far  than  my  proud  spirit  should. 

These  are  the  first  impressions  which  I  found 
Thou  leav'st  on  young  untutored  minds  as  mine, 

And  lasting,  too,  for  near  three  months  thy  ground 
Was  covered  with  a  long  and  gloomy  line 

Of  mud-holes  on  which  sunlight  ne'er  did  shine ; 
They  seemed  to  be  a  portion  of  thy  clay 

And  sand  and  shells :  through  them  the  numerous  kine 
Would  splash  and  plod  their  froward,  awkward  way, 
And  o'er  thy  streets  would  hold  their  undisputed  sway. 

But  this  in  me  is  rude  :   I  should  respect 
The  years  which  weigh  upon  thy  famous  streets  ; 

Though  marked  with  splendid  footprints,  sheer  neglect 
Has  made  it  seem  (where  Duke  of  Gloucester  meets 

At  either  end  two  arms)  that  she  retreats 
(  I  thus  make  sex  of  thing  inanimate) 

In  four  directions— and  upon  them  heats 
The  sun  their  sands — this  truly  I  relate, 
For  through  and  over  them  too  oft  has  been  my  fate 

To  ride  the  steed  of  steel :  when  I  recall 

The  treacherous  bogs  of  mud  and  slime  and  sand, 

Which  many  times  did  cause  me  brutal  fall, 
And  think  that  I  am  able  still  to  stand 

In  stalwart  wholeness,  I  can  now  command 
My  tongue  be  silent  and  dare  not  profane 

The  air  with  its  abuse  of  thy  proud  land, 

Which  neither  drinks  nor  soaks  its  spacious  rain, 
But  bears  it  on  its  breast  till  more  falls  on  again. 


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But  what  care  I  what  weathei  thou  lik'sl  best 

Sn  long  as  thou  canst  hold  thj  head  above 
Thy  waves  and  feel  upon  thy  head  is  prest 

The  crown  of  light,  oi  beauty,  life,  and  love — 
So  long  shalt  thou  in  adoration  prove 

To  all  the  world,  thy  worshipper,  that  thou 
Art  inspiration's  fount,  and  yet  dost  move 

The  hearts  of  countless  tourists,  when  they  plov. 

Their  way  through  thy  churchyard,  pursued  by  some  vain  cow. 


The  extended  arms  of  thy  main  street  lead  where? 

To  Jamestown,  Yorktown.  King's  Mill,  Carter's  drove: 
Four  famous  sites  that  evenly  do  share 

Immortal  jjlory  —  such  is  now  the  love 
Of  him  who  knows  them,  that  their  charms  do  move 

Him  to  forget  the  sands  through  which  he  tramped, 
When  on  some  evening — the  skies  fair  above — 

Returned  he  from  their  meadows,  sore  and  cramped, 

With  yet  their  beauty's  glow  upon  his  tmage  stamped. 

Venerable  Jamestown!     Thou  art  decayed! 

"  Immortal,  though  no  more:  though  fallen,  great." 
Would  that  a  ruling  Providence  had  stayed 

The  hand  of  Time  which,  ruthless,  sealed  thy  fate  : 
Would  that  the  words  of  those  who  oft  relate 

Thy  worthy  past,  could  lend  me  Inilf  their  power, 
1  would  pour  praise  to  thee  at  this  late  date 

As  if  I  'd  seen  and  known  thy  grander  hour, 

When  thou  had'st  more  to  show  than  one  lone  desolate  tower. 


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Though  months  have  passed  since  my  last  sad  farewell, 

My  soul  in  retrospect  still  clings  to  thee  : 
For  I  remember  and  recall  full  well 

How  in  the  May-time— thirteenth  it  may  be. 
Or  twenty-sixth— thou  bad'st  me  come  and  see 

Thee  in  thy  hoariness  of  years,  and  share 
With  other  lovers  thy  fond  company. 

When  to  thy  shrine  a  while  would  make  repair 

The  lovely  and  the  brave,  bold  youths  and  maidens  fair. 

That  day  in  sooth  were  glorious  holiday  ! 

Right  welcome  to  the  student's  heart  it  came: 
It  bade  him  then  his  weary  toils  repay 

By  seeking  out  some  pretty,  loving  dame, 
Whose  darting,  flashing,  brilliant  eyes  would  flame 

His  soul  with  passion,  and  make  him  forget 
His  hated  books,  his  waking  hours  of  shame - 

In  A  tin- us  of  Virginia  maids  are  met 

Would  pale  the  Trojan  blonde  or  shame  the  Xile  brunette. 


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Birthplace  of  a  nation!     'T  is  all  in  vain 
I  pour  my  heart  and  spirit  out  to  thee; 

Fond  recollections  crowding  on  my  brain 
Confuse  the  scenes  which  I  in  mem'ry  see 

The  yellow  river  rolling  to  the  sea, 
Kissing,  ay  caressing,  thy  peaceful  shore, 

Awakes  the  lover's  heart  and  lyre  in  me, 
And  bids  me  sins  the  song  while  I  adore, 
And  to  thy  glorious  name  these  feeble  accents  pour 

0,  Jamestown  !     Thy  deserted  isle 

Is  mute  in  anguish  now; 
Thou  wearest  no  triumphant  smile., 

But  sorrow  on  thy  brow. 
Possessed  with  but  a  gorgon  face 
Of  woe  and  ruin — that  these  displace 

Thy  fame  I  disa\  ovt , 
For  who  on  thy  proud  dust  could  tread 
Nor  feel  the  glory  round  thee  shed  ? 

Upon  thy  ancient,  crumbling  tower 

The  sunshine  pours  its  gold, 
Above  its  head  the  tempests  lower 

And  winds  sweep  round  it  cold  : 
Although  by  war  and  fire  't  is  rent, 
It  stands,  thy  proudest  monument, 

And  bids  me  to  behold 
This  famous  pile  of  early  morn 
At  eve  by  man  so  rudely  torn. 

But  thou  hast  monuments  which  last, 

If  not  this  failing  earth, 
As  long  as  Time  his  darts  shall  cast, 

Despite  thy  mournful  dearth. 
A  nation  is  thy  offspring — bow 
Thy  hoary  head  to  think  that  thou 

Shouldst  e'ei  have  given  birth 
To  child  of  such  ungrateful  mind  ! 
Forgets  thee  when  thou  'it  old  and  blind. 

He  little  recks  the  stifling  pang 

Endured  that  he  might  be  ; 
When  war  whoop  through  the  forest  rang. 

The  savage's  hellish  glee; 
When  fire  and  blood  and  massai  re, 
And  all  attendant   horrors  that  were 

Played  round  his  infamy. 
Thou  stood'st  above  his  cradled  form 
And  braved  the  fury  of  the  storm. 


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But  he  '11  remember  thee  ;  and  when 

His  wand'ring  footsteps  roam, 
Will  leave  the  haunts  of  savage  men 

And  turn  his  heart  toward  home; 
Will  honor  in  thy  lonely  hour 
Thy  lost  and  long  "abandoned  power," 

A  nation's  epitome  ; 
Will  hear  the  story  of  his  birth 
Repeated  by  the  sons  of  earth. 


In  years  not  distant  this  shall  be. 

And  till  that  time,  farewell  : 
If  I  may  not  in  person  see 

My  blessings  with  thee  dwell. 
My  heart  with  joy  shalt  leap  when  thou 
Shalt  wipe  the  sorrow  from  thy  brow; 

My  bosom  proudly  swell 
To  see  thy  child,  called  not  in  vain. 
Return,  thine  own,  to  thee  again. 

But  I  must  on  to  where  the  noble  York 
Rolls  his  broad  tide  majestic  to  the  sea. 

On  Vorktown's  plain  there  is  a  nobler  work 
<  >f  art  in  marble  than  we  e'er  may  see 

In  Southern  land,  in  aught  our  pride  maybe. 
'T  was  here  that  Britain  fought,  but  fought  in  vain 

(Washington's  .-word  declared  her  daughter  freei: 
And  when  in  woe  she  left  the  reeking  plain, 
She  sought  her  ancient  shores  to  mourn  her  chosen  slain 

Fair  Freedom's  held  !     Fame  marked  thee  as  her  own, 
And  History  with  her  voice  sustains  the  claim  ; 

( If  all  the  splendid  triumphs  time  has  shown, 
Not  one  outshines  thy  bright  untarnished  name  I 

Go  stand  along  with  Marathon,  and  shame 
The  vaunted  carnage  of  a  thousand  plains, 

Where  blood  in  torrents  flowed,  yet,  still  the  same 
Tyranny  has  bound  them  with  despot's  chains, 
While  over  all  their  land  in  brutal  pomp  she  reigns. 

I  must  not  linger  on  this  sacred  spot, 
Nor  tread  but  softly  on  its  hallowed  clay : 

With  those  who  love  it  I  must  share  the  lot 
Of  having  seen  it  in  its  rude  decay: 

Its  ancient  glory  all  but  passed  away  ! 
Vet  ere  1  turn  me  from  this  famous  soil, 

I  '11  soothe  my  sadness  with  this  plaintive  lay: 
And  while  my  thoughts  shall  vainly  strive  to  foil 
The  sorrow  of  my  mind,  with  words  like  these  1  toil: 


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Farewell  to  thee,  thou  field  of  glorious  gain, 
Where  Freedom's  triumph  broke  the  tyrant's  chain ; 
Where  every  step  that  left  its  hideous  stain 
Was  washed  with  blood  upon  thy  anxious  plain, 
And  every  blow  that  wrung  thy  breast  with  pain 
Was  dealt  with  pride,  nor  (haply)  dealt  in  vain. 
Farewell,  I  sing,  yet  linger  in  my  song 
As  loath  to  leave  the  place  I  loved  so  long, 

When  every  charm  that  binds  me  to  thy  strand 

Begets  a  charm  that  I  can  not  withstand; 

No  clash  of  arms  along  thy  shores  resound, 

Upon  thy  plain  no  martial  host  is  found, 

But  silence  spreads  its  sombreness  around. 

Thy  granite  column,  of  majestic  mien, 

Surveys  at  lofty  range  the  quiet  scene, 

While  Nelson's  home  (that  once-heroic  pile 

Refused  a  shelter  in  its  loyal  aisle 

To  British  trooper),  though  through  its  proud  hall 

The  tourist  roams,  is  tott'ring  to  its  fall. 

Thy  stream  majestic,  ocean's  sturdy  arm, 

Still  rolls  its  tide  with  undiminished  charm: 

Though  changed,  thyself,  by  time — and  human  wrong — 

Unchanged  it  flows  in  sullenness  along; 

Its  breast  the  same  as  on  the  day  it  bore 

Ue  Grasse's  fleet,  whose  thund'ring  cannon's  roar 

Compelled  the  foe  to  quit  thy  sacred  shore. 

Farewell,  I  sing,  a  third  time,  this  I  mean, 

To  leave  anon  thy  worn  and  weary  scene ; 

To  other  strands  I  pass,  nor  pass  in  haste, 

Else  would  I  long  have  left  thy  magic  waste. 

Reluctantly  I  leave  thee ;  thou  hast  kept 

My  heart  so  long  that  each  receding  step 

That  marks  a  farther  distance  is  but  slow, 

And  from  thyself  I  sadly,  fondly,  go. 

Vet  on  I  wander,  till  my  footstep's  tread 

Is  echoed  in  no  clay  of  hallowed  mold  ; 
King's  Mill  inspires  no  memories  of  the  dead, 

Awakes  in  me  no  deeds  so  brave  and  bold 

As  those  which  Yorktown's  plain  bids  me  behold. 
It  boasts  no  martial  host,  no  famous  pile, 

No  battle  won,  no  trophied  column  cold: 
Its  only  claim — and  on  such  claim  we  smile — 
Is  this:      Its  distance  is,  from  Williamsburg,  four  miles. 


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I  will  no)  tarry  here,  for  1  did  ne'er 
Id  such  a  place  find  aught  but  nature  fair; 

Though  others  oft  have  found  a  refuge  here, 
\nil  in  tlic  summer  heal  have  loved  to  bare 

Their  lazy  limbs,  and  breathed  the  stifled  air, 
/  have  not  counted  as  true  pleasure  these, 

But  from  its  shore,  where  sand  and  sea-shells  glare, 
I   would  retreat  to  where  the  cooling  breeze 
Would  fan  with  gentle  wind  the  tall  and  foliaged  trees. 

I.rl  those  who  yet  love  mUL-h  the  waves  that  lash 
This  gloomy,  dismal,  and  .ill  tiresome  shore, 

Continue  still  to  sport  and  play  and  splash. 

Nor  deem  that  their  bright,  youthful  days  are  o'er: 

But   I  will  pass,  as   I  have  said  before. 
To  other  scenes,  nor  rest  here  in  my  song: 

Will  wend  my  way  to  what  I  loved  the  more, 
For  all  the  time  its  halls  I  've  dwelt  among, 
Where  every  youthful  joy  hath  wooed  me  much  and  long 

Ah  !  those  were  days  that  time  can  not  recall, 
Such  happy  days  of  which  youth  loves  to  boast; 

When  everything  that  made  them,  great  and  small, 
Was  what  we  prized  and  loved  and  honored  most ; 

All.  .ill  is  past,  and  now  my  words  are  lost 
In  thoughts  too  deep,  in  saddened  memory. 

When  every  joy  that  well  repaid  its  cost 
Of  lectures  spurned,  of  lost  11.  A.  degree, 
Is  crowding  on  my  brain  in  fruitless  reverie. 

But  I  awake,  and  start,  when  in  my  dream 
Of  pleasures  past  1  see  thee.  Carter's  Grove  I 

When  1  bethink  how  many  times  the  stream 
That  flows  so  sweetly  past  this  home  I  love 

Has  risen  in  its  wrath  as  loth  to  move 

Within  the  banks  which  nature  doth  provide, 

Which  seeks  to  find  some  new,  unnatural  cove; 
It  seems  that  all  the  field  and  world  beside 
Is  but  a  lied  upon  which  rolls  this  mighty  tide. 

But  nature  hath  a  barrier  reared  for  thee 

To  check  the  river's  sudden  overflow. 
For  ere  this  tributary  of  the  sea 

Would  urge  its  briny  waters,  grim  and  slow. 
l')>  to  thy  hall,  as  if  it  fain  would  show 

Its  mastership,  ay  lordship,  over  all, 
Thy  natural  rampart  would  forbid  it  go 

Beyond  the  line  which  marks  its  rise  and  fall. 

So  from  this  wall  of  earth  its  yellow  waves  recall. 


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Around  this  lovely  spot  there  is  a  charm 

Such  as  no  other  place  to  me  can  lend : 
The  very  blood  within  my  vein  grows  warm 

Whene'er  upon  its  name  my  thoughts  attend. 
Ah  !  how  much  more  delightful  then  to  spend 

The  hours  within  this  pleasure-giving  dome 
Than  o'er  dull  books  the  jaded  form  to  bend  ; 

Here  may  we  rove  mid  varied  scenes,  and  roam 

Through  spacious  hall  and  held  of  man  and  nature's  home. 

Within  the  hall  what  quaintness  greets  us  there! 

What  generous  feeling  doth  it  well  inspire  ! 
The  splendid,  famous,  interesting  old  stair 

Is  something  that  we  can  not  but  admire : 
The  banister,  which  Tarleton's  troops  in  ire 

Smote  rudely  with  their  sabre-strokes,  still  bears 
The  marks  which  set  a  patriot's  soul  on  fire: 

To  think  that  man  in  wanton  rudeness  will 

Give  way  to  feelings  such  as  wreak  these  deeds  of  ill. 

The  midnight  stars,  in  twinkling  lustre,  shed 

Their  beauteous  halo  round  this  quiet  scene; 
The  fleecy  clouds  that  move  above  its  head 

Are  scarcely  fairer  than  this  place  I  ween ; 
Here  nature  ever  wears  her  brightest  sheen, 

And  man  has  done  what  nature  would  not  dare, 
To  leave  with  vandal-hand,  in  hideous  mien, 

His  impress  on  the  noble,  ancient  stair 

That  merits  no  such  blow,  far  less  such  shame  to  bear. 

But  these  are  gone !     The  glory  of  the  past 

Of  which  the  generations  yet  unborn 
Shall  sing,  is  what  we  deem  the  best  at  last  ; 

Though  on  the  present  with  a  look  forlorn 
We  sadly  think,  reflect,  how  time  has  shorn 

Us  of  association,  such  a  night 
That  spreads  a  sombre  veil  ere  yet  the  morn 

Can  follow  with  a  fully  wholesome  light 

Is  not,  as  some  would  deem,  a  rudeness  or  a  blight. 

What  though  no  warrior's  steed  now  rides  upon 

The  staircase,  which  so  oft  has  felt  the  shock 

And  clang  of  hoof  and  sword  ?  must  I  too  shun 

The  place  that  standeth  firm  as  is  a  rock, 
And  with  a  cynic's  voice  still  scoff  and  mock? 

Ah  !  no!     Such  scorn  but  ill  becomes  my  song  ; 
Fond  recollections,  such  as  will  yet  flock 

In  countless  folds,  and,  as  of  old,  1  long 

To  linger  yet  within  these  walls,  nor  judge  them  wrong. 

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In  happier  days  I  've  heard  sweet  music  swell 
In  loveliest  tones  through  this  delightful  hall; 

Have  led  in  maze  oi  dance  the  village  belle, 
In  rapture  rare  have  felt  the  merry  ball  : 

Is  there  no  voice  that  teaches  us  the  thrall 
I  M  earthly  pleasures?      Yes,  we  hear  the  past 

Crying  aloud  in  agony;  its  call 

Doth  make  it  seem  that  moments  fly  so  fast, 

And  still  we  deem  that  "  Time's  best  offspring  is  her  last." 

The  polished  Moor,  where  "many  twinkling  feet" 
Glide  so  gaily  o'er  its  bright  surface,  smooth. 

Where  lovers'  eyes  in  blissful  silence  meet, 

Where  music  hath  the  charm  and  power  to  soothe ! 

Here  doth  the  merry  dance  our  hearts  so  move 
That  we  forget  what  glories  once  were  thine, 

And  think  the  more,  as  through  thy  hall  we  rove, 
Of  glittering  show,  where  these  the  brightest  shine 
In  brilliant  dress  arrayed,  yet  wearing  no  other  sign 

Of  real  pleasure;  this  too  well  we  know, 
Their  hearts  are  sad,  the  cloud  is  on  their  brow ; 

Their  glaring  costume  in  such  splendid  show 
Is  but  a  token  false  of  joy,  I  trow  : 

But  who  can  tell  wdiat  these  be,  and  how 
These  hours  of  revel  will  warp  the  soul, 

The  heart  must  seek  yet  other  scene  and  vow- 
Divorce  from  sordid  pleasures,  or  control 
The  passions  which  so  fierce  in  maddened  torrents  roll. 

Enough  of  moral  truths !  let  such  as  these 
Be  emphasized  by  those  who  feel  the  pain 

Of  pleasures  which  for  me  can  not  but  please. 
I  have  other  theme  for  this,  my  simple  strain  : 

Back  to  "ye  ancient  capital"  once  again 
I  wander,  and  for  her,  I  call  thee,  Muse; 

Nor  let  such  call  be  long  nor  yet  in  vain. 
The  glories  of  this  hallowed  place  I  lose 
Lest  ve  in  kindness  will  my  mind  with  these  infuse. 

Behold  her !     With  her  voice  a  nation's  past 
Speaks  out  in  echoes  full,  sublime,  and  grand  : 

In  richest  tones,  which  shall  forever  last, 
The  words  of  wisdom  of  her  chosen  band 

Did  penetrate  to  earth's  remotest  land ; 
To  bear  the  brunt  of  conflict  e'er  hath  been 

A  lot  which  fell  to  her,  when  through  the  land 
War's  "songs  of  death  "  were  heard  in  dale  and  glen, 
And  crystal  streams  were  dyed  with  blood  of  bravest  men. 

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What  scenes  will  litre  remind  us  of  the  past  ? 

What  soil  is  there  that  mourns  beneath  our  feet? 
What  time-worn  structures  as  our  eyes  we  cast 

Along  that  highway,  Duke  of  Gloucester  street, 
With  a  sullen  frown  doth  our  vision  greet  ? 

What  voices  yet  are  heard  in  echoes  loud 
To  fill  each  famous  and  remote  retreat? 

Where  lie  the  buried  great,  that  silent  crowd 

Whose  dust  lies  hidden  'neath  the  winding  and  the  shroud  ? 


We  journey  on;  to  left  and  right  arise 
The  broken  fragments  of  a  vanished  sway, 

Nor  can  we  so  these  crumbling  walls  despise, 
Howe'er  we  feel,  enjoy  this  modern  day  ; 

Her  glories  done,  the  past  may  flee  away 
And  lost  may  be  with  many  a  fleeting  age, 

But  these  remain  to  honor  her  decay, 

And  cure  the  pain  which  naught  can  yet  assuage 
In  splendoi  bul  to  shine  on  History's  brightest  page. 


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Proud  capitol !  how  leveled  with  the  ground  ! 

Naught  still  remains  to  show  where  unci-  thou  stood  ; 
["hough  some  have  labored  o'er  thy  chosen  mound 

To  spread  a  mantle  of  cement  and  wood, 
Preserving  thee  from  hands  so  rough  and  rude 

W  those  which  tore  thj  pillars  from  their  plai  i 

[s  harder  task  than  these  e'er  deemed  it  should: 

How  he  who  thinks  upon  thy  glory's  gi 

Must  blush  with  shame  for  those  who  could  such  walls  deface. 

Resounding   like  a  stern  alarum  gong, 

Here  Henry's  voice  in  tyrant-crushing  tone 
Sounded  the  call  to  right  a  nation's  wrong, 

Making  a  king  to  tremble  on  his  throne  ; 
He  who  no  voice  respected  save  his  own. 

Recoiled  from  this  thunder-storm  of  thought- 
Flashing  in  lightning  and  in  darkness  shone 

Most  worthy  of  the  mighty  deed  it  wrought, 

In  thunder-tones  to  quell  who  never  could  be  taught. 

Where  next  1  lead  in  this  my  simple  song? 

Oh,  Raleigh  Tavern,  let  thee  none  despise; 
Thy  halls  have  welcomed  such  a  famous  throng 

Of  noblest  men  :  what  structure  with  thee  vies  ? 
Where  once  thou  stood  yet  other  walls  arise, 

And  where  the  Sage  of  Monticello  read 
The  light  that  shone  from  fair  Belinda's  eyes. 

Now  commerce  plys  her  e'er-increasing  trade. 

And  where  thy  once-famed  pile  now  all  is  newly-made. 

Ah  !  must  1  then  still  trust  my  fickle  muse 

While  pondering  on  another  ancient  pile? 
Will  she  not  weary  of  the  scenes  I  choose. 

Nor  wave  her  wing  o'er  this  my  verse  a  while? 
Inspire  one  song,  celestial  one,  and  smile 

With  favour  on  my  earnest  efforts  now 
To  grace  the  splendour  of  this  little  aisle 

With  words  that  justly  shall  that  praise  bestow, 

Which  rightfully  belongs  to  that  such  past  can  show. 

What  deems  the  stranger  when  thy  guardians  tell 
How  once  in  thee  there  dwelt  a  gallant  band, 

A  chosen  few,  who,  armed  with  shot  and  shell, 
Stood  to  resist  a  petty  tyrant's  hand 

That  would  lay  waste  thy  then  devoted  land? 
They  marvel  that  thou  art  so  little  worn 

By  Time,  whose  .mows  nothing  can  withstand: 
Thee,  least  of  all,  of  former  strength  art  shorn, 
Thou  relic-museum  !     O  wondrous  Powder  Horn  ! 

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"1"  is  done;  no  more  within  ihy  rotund  wall- 
That  once  so  echoed  to  the  martial  tread 

Of  warrior-men— shall  fife  or  drum  beat  call 
The  soldier  from  his  peaceful,  midnight  bed  ; 

No  more  shall  gather  round  thy  pointed  head 
The  hopeful  patriots  of  thy  younger  day  ; 

Where  once  they  trod  now  all  seems  doubly  dead, 
And  children  in  their  merry,  careless  play 
Cervantes-like  will  laugh  thy  chivalry  away. 


How  greets  thy  pile  the  tourist?     Doth  not  he 
With  curling  lip  and  undissembled  sneer 

Look  on  thee  as  a  thing  e'er  meant  to  be 
The  object  of  his  ridicule  and  leer? 

How  they  who  know  thee  best?    They  do  not  jeer, 
Yet  pass  thee  by  with  sympathetic  smile, 

Nor  deem  thee  worthy  a  consoling  tear; 
Thy  fame  consists  in  glories  far  too  mild 
For  folks  like  these  to  prate  or  linger  here  a  while. 


o  Bruton  Church!    Within  thy  holy  place 

What  sci  invites  the  stranger's  curious  eye: 
What  beauties  still  thy  sacred  walls  so  grace 

That  those  who  see  ne'er  pass  thee  heedless  by? 
So  peaceful  is  thy  yard  where  silent  lie 

The  ashes  oi  the  dead  in  fond  repose; 

While  o'er  thy  head  two  hundred  years  do  fly, 
Still  thou  remaineth  on  the  spot  thou  rose. 
Unchanged,  unaltered  still  by  losers  or  b\    toes, 


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Lies  peacefully  entombed  the  shrouded  dust 

Above  whose  sepulchres  thou  standest  guard; 
As  ivy  clings  about  thy  ages  rust. 

As  faithful  art  thou  to  thy  sleeping  ward; 
Though  peaceful  thou  doth  seem,  tin  peat  e  is  marred 

By  pettiest  passion,  in  whose  conflict's  jar 
A  city  feels  to  be  unduly  hard  — 

Thy  holy  temple  e'er  bear  a  scar 

Thai  is  bequeathed  to  thee  by  such  unholy  war. 

Mighty  are  the  differences  that  rive 

Thy  congregation  !     Whether  they  should  place 

Thy  organ  where  no  music  it  might  give, 
Or  leave  where  now  it  adds  but  little  grai 

Thy  pulpit,  whether  it  should  stand  and  face 
Thy  eastern  door,  the  chiefest  entrance  there. 

Or  never  be  restored  to  this,  the  space- 
It  occupied  when  once  it  felt  a  share 
Of  peace  that  used  to  reign  within  thy  temple  fair. 

Historic  spot !     Of  all  thy  boasted  pride 

Of  things  antique,  of  piles  of  ancient  day  s, 
Thy  best  conceit  lies  in  naught  else  beside 

These  walls  to  which,  most  meet,  belongs  my  praise : 
Three  times  have  flames  wrapt  round  her  in  their  blaze! 

Three  times  a  Phoenix  from  her  ashes  reared ! 
With  hallowed  brightness  doth  the  sun's  fond  ray-- 

Beam  full  upon  this  noble  pile,  endeared 

l'.\  every  thought  that  grieved,  that  solaced,  or  that  cheered 

Time,  the  leveller,  and  her  daughter,  Death, 
Have  dealt  most  cruelly  on  these  ancient  walls. 

But  fame  shall  right  the  wrongs,  immortal  wreathe 
Her  name  with  glory  when  her  tower  falls ; 

Where  are  the  names  that  deck  these  lovely  halls? 
How  are  they  numbered  and  forever  shine 

Immortalized  by  deed  which  oft  recalls 
That  glorious  hour,  ere  verse  of  feeble  line 
Becomes  the  record  of  thy  sad,  yet  just,  decline. 

But  who  are  they  would  deem  thy  day  is  o'er 
While  gazing  on  thy  now  dismantled  tower, 

And  think  of  thee  whose  fame  can  be  no  more 
Than  what  is  fleeting?     Can  the  present  hour 

Not  show  one  record  of  thy  former  power? 
Ah.  once  wert  thou  the  moulder  of  great  thought, 

The  seat  of  culture  and  of  art,  the  bower  ; 

Shall  envy  count  such  past  as  this  but  naught, 

And  curse  thee  for  the  minds  thou  hast  so  nobly  taught? 


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So  famous  wert  thou  once,  and  famous  still ! 

E'en  time  thy  hallowed  wall  but  sanctities; 
For  him  who  treads  thy  floor  awaits  a  thrill 

Of  feeling  deeper  than  mere  light  surprise ; 
No  splendid  show  will  meet  his  wond'ring  eyes, 

But  silence  is  a  thing  so  near  profound 
That  thoughts  the  same  to  match  with  it  arise: 

Where  once  there  moved  thy  famous  men  around, 

Responsive  yet  thy  walls  reecho  to  the  sound. 

Farewell,  inspiring  and  belove"d  pile ! 

For  me  no  more  shall  sound  thy  warning  bell ; 
XV here  once  I  labored  in  thy  spacious  aisle 

O'er  hated  books,  now  other  tongues  may  tell 
Of  other  scenes  which  bind  them  in  their  spell ; 

To  thee  e'er  turns  my  never-failing  heart, 
Fore'er  with  thee  my  happiest  mem'ries  dwell ; 

So  with  a  sense  of  what  thou  wert  and  art, 

I  pen  this  sad  farewell  to  linger  as  we  part : 

What  thoughts  arise  in  this,  my  simple  line, 

To  do  thee  justice  in  thy  sad  decline? 

What  trace  at  once  of  thy  proud  fame  and  power 

Is  left  to  soothe  the  sadness  of  this  hour? 

Mute  in  thine  anguish,  desolation's  mien 

Assumed  control  around  thy  peaceful  scene, 

But  Time  returned  a  portion  of  thy  due, 

And  now  thy  color  is  a  livelier  hue  ; 

Though  fire  has  swept  thee  surely  three  times  o'er, 

Thy  walls  arise  e'en  stronger  than  before. 

And  though  assailed  by  hosts  of  Northern  foes, 

E'en  Botetourt  retains  all  but  his  nose; 

Thy  sister-buildings,  life  with  thee  begun, 

Thy  president's  home  and  time-worn  Brafferton  ! 

To-day  they  stand  defiant  as  of  old, 

And  in  their  past  is  thy  past  history'  told : 

The  former  pile  in  latter  time  ignored, 

Razed  to  the  ground,  by  the  same  hand  restored; 

The  latter  boasts  at  least  one  famous  room, 

Where  dwelt  thy  wisest  and  thine  ablest  son 

When  life's  career  he  scarcely  had  begun. 

A  thousand  truths  like  these  of  thee  untold 

To  glorify  thy  more  than  hallowed  mold, 

And  could  my  line  possess  an  equal  strength, 

Nor  grow  in  weariness  as  it  grows  in  length, 

How  justly  might  it  phrase  thine  age's  lame, 

And  cilio  back  the  plaudits  of  thy  name 


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Since  such  can  not  be  done  with  reason  here, 
My  love  retain,  nor  yet  believe  the  tear 
That  falls  for  thee  naught  else  lint  most  sincere, 
Anil  while  in  thy  e'er  calm  and  quiet  sphere 
Thou  makest  all  who  know  thee  love  thee  dear  — 
To  thee  the  same.  Farewell  :  m\   muse  deserts  me  here. 


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William  and  Mary  College  Quarterly  Historical  Magazine. 


Edited  by 
Lyon  G.  Tyler,  M.  A.,  LL.  D. 


William  and  Mary  College  Monthly. 

Published  by 
The  Phoenix  and  Philomathean  Literary  Socielies. 

STAFF. 
E.  Stanley  Brinkeey,  Philomathean Editor-in-Chief 

Associate    Editors. 

J.   G.   Bohannax,    Philomathean Book  Review 

R.   M.  Jones,  Phoenix "'"...    Exchanges 

R.  O.   Rogers,   Philomathean ■    •    .    .  College  Notes 

J.   \V.   H.  Crim,  Phoenix Alumni 

H.  J.   Davis,   Phoenix V.    M.   C.   A. 

O.  L>  Shewmake,   Phoenix Athletics 

C.    M.   Chichester,  Phoenix Business  Manager 

E.  J.  Taylor,  Philomathean Asst.   Business  Manager 

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MAGAZINE  STAFF. 


Athletics. 


|HH  other  editors  of  this  issue  of  our  Annual  have  shown  the 
good  records  made  by  our  boys  in  the  various  branches  of 
work  which  go  to  make  up  the  sum  of  college  life,  and  they 
have  done  well.  But,  pardon  the  conceit,  we  now  come  to 
that  phase  of  the  student  life  which  holds  the  first  and  best 
place  in  the  heart  of  every  true  and  loyal  college  man.  To 
that  part  of  the  college  work  where  the  whole  student  body, 
casting  aside  all  pretensions  to  class  or  caste  distinction, 
has  the  opportunity  to  stand  shoulder  to  shoulder  and  work 
for  the  honor  ard  advancement  of  their  college.  It  is  here,  and  here  alone,  that 
the  entire  student  body  meets  upon  a  common  level,  where  laurels  are  won  by 
true  merit  alone,  where  the  cad  is  distinguished  from  the  gentleman  and  treated 
accordingly.  Therefore  it  is  with  a  feeling  of  peculiar  pleasure  that  we  take  up 
our  pen  to  show  to  our  friends  the  status  of  athletics  at  William  and  Mary. 

The  General  Athletic  Association  is  now  on  a  firmer  basis,  and  is  enjoying 
greater  prosperity  than  ever  before.  A  new  constitution  has  been  drawn  up  and 
adopted,  and  the  roll  shows  the  largest  membership  we  have  ever  had.  The 
Board  of  Visitors  has  generously  aided  us  financially,  and  the  Faculty  is  beginning 
to  look  on  athletics  with  a  more  approving  eye.  Under  these  conditions,  with  the 
hearty  cooperation  of  Faculty  and  students,  a  new  era  in  the  history  of  athletics 
here  is  expected  to  begin  with  the  coming  session. 

Our  Field-Day,  such  a  success  last  year,  is  now  not  far  off.  Quite  a  number 
of  men  are  working  hard  under  the  able  supervision  of  our  instructor,  Mr.  King, 
and  the  good  records  made  last  year  by  Harry  Shawen  and  S.  B.  Thomas  are  in 
imminent  danger  of  being  broken. 

For  the  hammer-throw  and  shot-put,  Shackelford,  McDonald,  Copeland, 
Davidson,  and  others  are  doing  good  work.  McDonald  is  nearing  the  ten-foot 
mark  in  the  pole-vault,  and  several  others  are  not  far  behind  him.  Among  the 
fast  men,  J.  S.  Jenkins,  Mason,  L.  M.  Dade,  McDonald,  and  numerous  lesser 
lights  will  make  the  dashes  interesting.  The  medal  for  the  "all-round  "  cham- 
pionship, won  last  year  by  Harry  Shawen,  will  be  offered  this  year  by  Mr.  Walter 
Burke,  of  Hampton. 

The  football  team  of  1901  was  greatly  handicapped,  not  onl}*  by  the  late 
beginning  of  the  season  here,  but  by  only  one  member  of  last  year's  team  return- 
ing.    However,  under  the  able  management  of  Mr.  R.  M.  Jones,  the  boys  got 

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together  and  worked  hard,  and  with  such  good  effect  that  we  lost  only  one  out  of 
four  games  played.  We  begun  by  defeating  Old  Point  Comfort  College  by  a 
score  of  eleven  to  six,  and  a  week  later  played  a  hard  game  with  Randolph-Macon 
College  in  which  neither  side  scored.  We  then  lost  to  Richmond  College  by  a 
score  of  twenty-seven  to  eleven,  and  wound  up  the  season  by  defeating  Fredericks- 
burg College  six  to  nothing,  they  forfeiting  the  game  by  leaving  the  field  on  a 
decision  of  the  referee,  Mr.  Robert  X.  Groner,  of  the  University  of  Virginia. 
A  return  game  with  Richmond  College  on  their  grounds  was  canceled  by  them, 
their  team  not  being  in  condition  to  play. 

As  regards  next  year's  eleven,  we  are  happy  to  say  that  eight  of  the  team  of 
1901  will  return,  and  that  Mr.  R.  N.  Groner  has  been  engaged  as  trainer.  What 
more  need  be  said  ? 

The  system  of  inter-class  contests  in  baseball  and  football,  begun  last  year, 
has  done  much  to  keep  alive  the  athletic  sp'rit.  The  championship  in  football 
this  year  went  to  the  Juniors  who  were  so  fortunate  as  to  have  as  their  captain, 
J.  A.  Hundley,  our  substitute  quarter-back,  and  as  their  manager,  C.  D.  Shreve. 

As  we  write  this,  the  baseball  team  of  1902  is  just  beginning  to  make  a 
record  for  itself,  and,  judging  by  present  indications,  it  will  be  one  of  which  we 
need  not  be  ashamed.  So  far,  only  four  games  have  been  played,  and  the  follow- 
ing are  the — 

SCORES: 


Hampton 11 

Hoge  Academy 7 

Richmond  College 10 

St.  Albans 9 


William  and  Mary 12 

William  and  Mary 8 

William  and  Mary 1 

William  and  Mary 8 


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Athletic    Association, 


O.   L.  Shewmake President 

W.   L.   Davidson Vice-President 

E.  J.   Taylor Secretary  and  Treasurer 

FOOTBALL   DEPARTMENT. 

R.    M.  Jones Manager 

O.  L.  Shewmake Captain 

BASEBALL  DEPARTMENT. 

F.  T.  Holland Manager 

T.   E.   Copeland Captain 


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-N  \l-H'  ITS   TAKEN    K lv<  -M    GAME   WITH    BH  HMOND   i  OLLEGE.      WILLIAM     w  I'    M.\K\     DEFENDING    EASTERN    GOAL. 


The  Gridiron. 


TEAM  OF  J 90 J. 

R.  M.  JONES Manager 

\V.  J.  King Trainer 

T.  E.  Bi.v Center 

W.  N.  Shackelford Right  Guard 

\V.  E.  McDonald ....  Left  Guard 

B.  T.  Bowen Right  Tackle 

R.  M.  Jones Left  Tackle 

S.  C.  Blackiston Right  End 

H.  A.  Harrison Left  End 

E.  H.  Hall Right  Half-back 

R.  B.  Dade Left  Half-back 

O.  L.  Shewmake  (Captain) Quarterback 

J.  W.  H.  Crim Full-back 

SUBSTITUTES. 

H.  J.  Davis  F.  M.  Sizer 

E.  C.  Taylor  E.  S.  Brinkley 


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Champion  Inter-Class  Football  Team, 


CLASS   OF  1%4. 

C.   D.  ShrEVE Manager 

Walton Center 

G.    H.    GREEAR •    ' Right  Guard 

T.   P.   Forbes Left  Guard 

J.    11.   Summers Right  Tackle 

S.   B.   Ellis Left  Tackle 

C.   D.   ShrEVE Right  Half-back 

T.   Garnett Left  Half-back 

J.    A.   Hundley   i  Captain) Quarter-back 

W.   L.   Davidson Full-back 

SUBSTITUTES. 
T.  N.   Lawkence  T.   M.  DeShazo 


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Baseball  Team   1902. 


F.  T.  Holland 


Manager 


T.  E.  Copeland  (Capt. 


B.  S.  Clements    / 


T.  P.  Spencer 


R.  C.  Knight 


J  K.  A.  Holt 


S.  C.  Blackistori 


W.  A.  Weymouth 


J.    H.   .Summers 

SUBSTITUTES. 
R.  B.  Dade  J.  M.  Chandler 


i  68 


3        HE 


Tennis  Club, 


OFFICERS. 

Sidney  S.   Hughes President 

H.  Jackson   Davis Secretary  and  Treasurer 

MEMBERS. 

S.    C.    Bl.ACKISTON  E.    F.    BlKCKHEAD  W.    L.    COWLES 

H.  J.   Davis  T.   P.  Forbes 

T.  Garnette  J.  W.  Gossman  R.  A.   Hoi.t 

S.  S.  Hughes  M.   P.  Hening 

J.   A.   Hundley  B.  F.  Iden  M.  S.  Jones 

J.    \V.   Jackson  J.    B.   Lamb 

W.  A.  Maddox  C.   D.   Miller  W.  C.   Parsons 

O.   L.  Shewmake  C.   D.  Shkevk 

J.   W.   Smith 

T.   P.  Spencer  John  Tyler  F.  T.   West 


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W     J.    K1XG,    PHYSICAL    INSTRUCTOR. 


Gymnasium  Team. 


OFFICERS. 

W.  J.   King Instructor 

J.    W.   Gossman        Assistant  Instructor 

MEMBERS. 

C.  L.   Banner  C.  F.  Counts  W.  L.  Davidson 

G.   H.  Greear  J.  W.   Gossman 

W.  T.  Hodges 

J.  A.   Hundley  J.   L.  Long  W.  N.  Shackelford 

E.   H.  Smith  C.  L.  IYrnipseed 

L.  D.   Vatjghan 


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Knights  of  Loudoun, 


MOTTO. 
Onward  !  the  fight  has  just  begun. 

COLORS. 
Old  Gold  and  Greenbacks. 

FLOWER. 
Arbutus. 

Favorite  Drink — Martina  cocktails. 
Favorite  Dish — Sauerkraut. 
Favorite  Pastime — Mountain  climbing. 
Favorite  Song — She  is  the  belle  of  Ketoctin. 

MEMBERS. 

John  Buckner Knight  of  Sudley 

Edward  Copei.and Knight  of  Short  Hill 

John  W.  H.  Cum Knight  of  Woodland 

R.  B.  Dade Knight  of  The  Grove 

L,.  M.  Dade Knight  of  The  Grove 

Hunter  Moore Knight  of  Glenmore 

C.  Dudley  Shreve Knight  of  Spelton  Hall 

V.  Day  Shreve Knight  of  Granite  Ikiglit 

R.  L.   Lynn Knight  of  East  Lynn 

J.  Herman  Summers Knight  of  Buchanan 


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Eastern  Shore  Club. 


MOTTO.  COLORS. 

Strive  to  Win.  Yellow  and  Black. 

FAVORITE  DISH.  FAVORITE  DRINK. 

Oysters  on  Half-shell.  Champagne. 

FAVORITE  PASTIME.  FAVORITE  SONG. 

Playing  Cards.  Show  Me  the  Way  to  Go  Home,  Babe. 

OFFICERS. 

W.   Coard  Parsons President 

J.   Wish  Smith Vice-President 

J.  Mekritt  Chandler Secretary 

L.  Fitchett  Nottingham Treasurer 

MEMBERS. 
1.  West  Wyatt  J.  Walker  Jackson  B.  Thomas  Bowen 

W.  Samuel  Sparrow  L.  Nottingham  Mapp 

W.   Coard  Parsons  J.  Wise  Smith  J.   Merritt  Chandler 

W.   Fitchett  Nottingham  J.  Thomas  White 

NOTED  OFFICERS  OF  THE  EASTERN  SHORE  FLEET. 

Lord  High  Admiral  .    .  J-  West  Wyatt 

Rear  Admiral B.  Thomas  Bowen 

Commodore L.  Nottingham  Mapp 

Captain J-  Walker  Jackson 

Chaplain w-   SAMUEL  Sparrow 

Lieutenant John  Thomas  "Buck"  White,  Jr. 

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Disciples  of  Czolgosz  (Anarchist  Club), 


PURPOSE. 

To  slay  everybody  and  blow  up  everything,  as  soon  as  we  are  able. 

PRESENT  OCCUPATION. 
Cussing  everything  and  everybody  from  the  Model  School  down. 

MOTTO. 
Revenge  !     About  !     Seek  !     Burn  !     Fire  !     Kill  !     Slay  ! 

DISCIPLES  OR  MEMBERS. 

J.  S.  Eastman  W-  C-  Parsons 

J.   G.   BOHANNAN 

W.  T.  Hodges  J-  H-  Chitwood 

W.  J.  Wilkinson 
F.  M.  Sizer  E-  s-  Brinklev 


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The   Misers'  Club. 


MOTTO. 
"  Do  unto  the  other  as  the  other  wishes  to  do  unto  you,  and  do  it  fust." 

YELL. 

Money  !    Mone3r  !    Money  ! 
Money  !    Money  '    Money  ! 
Money  !  !  ! 

MEMBERS. 

Ganzy  Anderson  Thompsing  Booth  Wade  Whitehi  \i> 

Joe  Chitwood  \V.  A.  Maddox 

Ran  xy  Bird 

Hugh  Smith  Billie  Eastman  Jimmie  Vesi 

Sheep  Lamis  Stanley  Brinklev 

W.  J.  Wilkinson 


184 


Business  Men's  Association. 


MOTTO. 

"  Why  stand  ye  here  all  the  day  idle  ?  " 

OFFICERS. 

Floyd  T.  Holland •   .    .  President 

Floyd  Talmage  Holland Vice-President 

F.  Tai. magic  Holland Secretary 

F.  T.  Holland Treasurer 

MEMBERS. 

Floyd  T.  Holland Agent  Burke  &  Co. 

F.  Talmage  Holland  ....  Agent  Norfolk  Steam  Laundry 

Floyd  Talmagk  Holland Correspondent  Virginian-Pilot 

F.  T.  Holland Correspondent   Washington  Post 

Talmage  Holland Proprietor  Ewell  'Phone 

Floyd  Holland Manager  Baseball  Team 


•»5 


Sleepy  Heads, 


MOTTO. 
Let  's  go  to  bed. 

OCCUPATION. 
Sleeping. 

REQUIREMENTS. 
Must  sleep  or  spend  in  bed  twenty- five  hours  a  day. 

MEMBERS. 

J.  M.  Chandler  W.  C.  Parsons  J.  S.  Eastman 

J.  H.  Chitwood  J.  M.  Anderson 

E.  J.  Taylor 

W.  A.  Maddox  W.  J.  Wilkinson  E.  S.  Brinkley 

L.  N.  Mapp  T.  E.  Bly 

J.  H.  Summers 


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Tobacco  Chewers'  Club. 


MOTTO. 
When  you  can't  chew  the  rag,  chew  tohacco. 

FAVORITE  EXPRESSION. 
Gimme  a  chew. 

FAVORITE  OCCUPATION 
Bumming  tobacco,  chewing  it  and  spitting  on  everything. 

OFFICERS. 

J.  T.  Booth President 

J.   H.   Chitwood Vice-President 

J.  S.  Eastman Secretary 

MEMBERS. 

L.   D.  Vaughan  L.   M.  Dade  R.   B.  Dade  J.  T.  White 

T.  P.  Forbes     J.  A.  Hundley     J.  H.  Summers      W.  H.  Moore 


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Majores  Natu. 


As  the  day  of  Final  and  Eternal  Dissolution  approaches,  let  us  bethink  us  of 
our  past  lives. 

YELL. 
Our  yelling  days  are  almost  o'er. 

OCCUPATION. 
Talking  to  themselves. 


L.  D.  Vaughan 

W.  J    Wilkinson 
J.  L.  Long 

J.  W.  O i iss MAN- 


MEMBERS. 

B.  M.  Cox  J.  H.  Chitwi 

J.  G.  Boh annan 
W.  E.  McDonald  J.  W.  H.  Crim 

"  Nellie  "  Bl~v 


ISS 


Foragers'  Organization, 

(  Auxiliary  to  the  Commissary  Department  ol  the  College.) 

MOTTO. 
"  Eat,  drink,  and  be  merry,  for  to-morrow  we  die." 

COLORS. 

Black. 

YELL. 
Chicken,  chicken,  chicken,   fowl  ! 
Turkey,   turkey,   eat  and  growl  ! 

OFFICERS. 

J.   S.   Eastman President 

L.  D.  Vaughan Vice  President 

C.   S.   Smith Secretary  and  Treasurer 

MEMBERS. 
J.  T.  Booth  C.  S.  Bruce  O.  L.  Shewmake 

R.  M.  Jones  p.  J.  Strothek 

Slatob  Bi,ackiston  W.  E.  Vest  J.  \v.   n.  Crim 

\V.  C.   Parsons  J    H.  Chitwood 

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Grub  Devourers'  Club, 

PURPOSE. 
To  eat  up  everything  we  can. 

OCCUPATION. 
Stuffing  ourselves,  and  then  sleeping  it  off. 

MOTTO. 
"  We  live  to  eat." 

MEMBERS. 
Willie  Wade 
Willie  Bowles  • The  Second  floor  Ewell  Triumvirate. 

J.   B.  Terrell 

k    M.  Jones 

O.   L.  Shewmakk  ■    •  The  Second  floor  Taliaferro  Triumvirate. 

E.  S.  Brinkley     j 

J.  W.  H  Crim    I 

E.  C.   Taylor     ■ The  First  noor  Brafferton  Triumvirate. 

Rufus  Knight 

OTHERS. 
Chapman  : 

A.  L.  Terrell  E.   M.  Terrell  Whitley 

Wilkinson         H.  T.   Harrison 

190 


Kids. 


OCCUPATION. 
Crying  for  mamma. 

COLOR. 

Blue. 

FAVORITE  SONG 
Home,  Sweet  Home. 


NICKNAMES  CHARACTERISTICS. 

"  Benny  " Big  nose 

"  Catpy  " ...  Gawkiness 

"Willie" Lying 

'Brick" Whining 

"  Blacky" Grinning 

T.  Garnktt "  Gargantua  "  .    .    .  Keeping  open  mouth 

S.  S.  Hughes "Kid" Loafing 

SOME  OTHERS  TOO  YOUNG  TO  HAVE  EITHER 
NICKNAMES  OR  CHARACTERISTICS. 


MEMBERS. 
B.  F.  Iden  .    .    . 
F.  C.  Hall  .   .   . 
W.  E.  Goon    .    . 

E.  F.    BlRCKHEAD 

S.  C.  Blackiston 


Peachy  Spencer 

M.  S.  Jenkins 


W.    A.   Gray 
Teddy  "  Jones 


John  Tyler 
Ernest  Jones 


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Anti-Calico  League. 

PURPOSE. 
To  discourage  the  sale  of  that  article  of  clothing  for  obvious  reasons. 

MOTTO. 
He  that  marrieth  doeth  well  ;  but  he  that  marrieth  not  doeth  better. 

REQUISITE. 

Must  abstain  from  all  calico,  or  even  appearance  of  calico. 

MEMBERS.  REASONS. 

J.  H.  Chitwood    .    .    .  Has  a  tendency  to  snatch  up  calico  and  run  awa.v  with  it 

J.  T.  Booth .    .  Needs  to  study  too  hard 

R.  M.  Jones Indifference 

H.  S.  Bkixki.ky Too  stingy 

J.  W.  H.  Crim None  for  him 

T.   Garnett Might  swallow  them 

B.  C.  Henson Has  a  good  substitute 

"Jimmy"  Vest His  moustache 

B.  M.  Cox He  's  too  old 

F.  T.  Holland Talks  too  much 

"Spoony"  Woodbridge He 's  against  everything 

"  Bishop"  Vaughan Has  lost  his  hair 

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PURPOSE. 
To  disseminate  all  the  lies  we  can. 

MOTTO. 

I  could  a  tale  unfold,  etc. 


OFFICERS. 

J.  H.  Chitwood Editor-in-Chief 

J.  S.  Eastman Business  Manager 

R.  M.  Jones Reporter 


B.  C.  Newcomb 

J.  M.  Anderson 
W.  C.  Parson 


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B.  F.  IDEN 

Bii.uk  Hodges 
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MOTTO. 
"  He  that  tooteth  not  his  own  horn,  verily  it  shall  not  be  tooted.'' 

OCCUPATION. 
Talking  about  ourselves. 

PURPOSE. 
To  blow  and  brag  and  bluff  everybody  we  can. 

OFFICERS. 

J.   W.   H.  Crim Grand  Royal  Chief  of  Brags 

O.  L.  Shewmake   ...  First  Vice-Grand  Royal  Chief  of  Brags 

R.    M.  Jones Second  Vice-Grand  Royal  Chief  of  Brags 

J.   H.   Chitwood Grand  Royal  Chief  of  Blowers 

W.   C.   Parsons First  Vice-Grand  Royal  Chief  of  Blowers 

W.   A.    Maddox    .        ...  .    .  Second  Vice-Grand  Royal  Chief  of  Blowers 

J.   S.   Eastman .        .    .    Grand  Royal  Chief  of  Bluffs 

\V.  J.   Wilkinson First  Vice-Grand  Royal  Chief  of  Bluffs 

J.  T.    White Second  Vice-Grand  Royal  Chief  of  Bluffs 

MEMBERS. 

Dr.  Lyon  G.  Tyler  Dr.  J.  L.   Hall  Prof.  H.  S.   Bird 

Dr.  C.  E.  Bishop  Dr.  T.  J.  Stubbs 

Dr.  L.  B.  Wharton  Dr.  Van  F.  Garrett  Rev.  W.  J.  King 


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The  William  and  Mary  Westmoreland  Club. 


MOTTO. 

"  We  are  the  stuff." 

FAVORITE. 

Give  us  a  drink,  bartender. 

OCCUPATION. 

Sporting. 

REQUISITES. 

Wear  good  clothes,  smoke  cigars    and  have  a  five-dollar  bill  to  show  when- 
ever unnecessary,  and  go  calling  every  day  and  twice  on  Sunday. 

MEMBERS.  REMARKS. 

J.  T.  Booth His  desperate  attempts  at  sporting  life  will  ruin  him 

J.  T.  White A  great  sport  by  word  of  mouth 

T.  B.  Smith The  would-be  great  sport 

Junius  Lamb In  imagination 

Hunter  Moore On  paper 

J.  H.  Chitwood The  one-sock  sport 

Willie  Goon  The  Kindergarten  sport 

T.  "Perrick"  Forbes The  mill-pond  sport 

J.  W.  Jackson If  he  only  could 

R.  M.  Jones    .    .        The  changeable  sport 

Slater  Blackiston The  intermittent  sport 

"AS 


Aptly  Quoted, 


"  Would  to  God  ye  could  bear  with  me  a  little  in  my  folly."  .  .  R.  H.  RuFFNBR 

"  Pray  God  he  prove  not  as  mean  as  he  looks." S.  T.   HealEy 

"  To  be  beloved  is  all  I  need, 
And  when  I  love,  I  love  indeed." J.    H.   Chitwood 

"  We  ply  the  memory,  we  load  the  brain." \V.   H.   Whitehead 

"  Be  sure  I  give  them  fragments,  not  a  meal." College  Hotel 

"  Let  not  the  creaking  of  shoes,  nor  the  rustling  of  silks,  betray  thy  poor  heart  to 

women." F.  T.   West,  Jr. 

"  As  you  are  old  and  reverend,  you  should  be  wise." L.   D.   Vaughan 

"  What,  ho  !  apothecary,  give  me  a  dram  of  poison." W.  T.  Hodges 

"  I  am  but  a  stranger  here, 
Heaven  is  my  home."  W.  Sparrow 

"  Shall  we  go  see  the  reliques  of  this  town  ?  " Tourists 

"  The  great,  green,  bashful  simpleton, 
The  butt  of  all  good-natured  fun." S.   L.   Haizi.ip 

"  The  soul  of  this  man  is  in  his  clothes." G.   L.   Howard 

"  O,  I  smell  false  Latin  !  " Dr.  Wharton 

'•  This  is  the  very  ecstacy  of  love." C.   M.  Chichester 

"  It  may  be  days,  or  months,  or  years. 
Since  I  first  came  to  college  ; 
I  only  know  my  time  at  school 
Surpasses  human  knowledge."        R.    M.   Jones 

"  That  great  baby  you  see  there  is  not  yet  out  of  his  swaddhng-clouts." 

F.  C.  Hall 
"  Tax  not  so  bad  a  voice 
To  slander  music  any  more  than  once." W.  J.    Wilkinson 

"  Making  night  hideous." Braffertonians 

"  A  horse  !  a  horse  !     My  kingdom  for  a  horse  !  " W.   T.   Hodges 

"  Those  whose  chariots  roll  upon  the  four  aces, 
Are  liable  to  have  a  wheel  out  of  order." Taliaferro  Whist  Club 

196 


Heboid  the  child  by  nature's  kindly  law, 

Pleased  with  a  rattle,  tickled  with  a  straw." R.   F.    BlRCKHEAD 

For  thy  sake,  tobacco,  I  would  do  anything  but  die.''    ....  Jok  Chitwood 
There  is  no  eel  so  small  but  would  become  a  whale."    .    .    .    .    M.  S.  Jenkins 

A  hit,  a  very  palpable  hit  !  " "Under  the  Laurels " 

Hie  ego  propter  bovem,  quod  erat  deterrimus,  ventri 

Indico  bellum." College  Hotelian 

Ha!  is  it  come  to  this  !  " F.   T.   Holland 

;  Prone  to  mischief." C.   L.   Banner 

Who  can  blot  that  name  with  any  just  reproach  ?" H.  J.    Davis 

The  observed  of  all  observers." J.   W.    H.   Crim 

'Frailty,  thy  name  is  woman." Williamsburg  Girls 

1  My  life  is  in  the  yellow  leaf." B.   M.  Cox 

A  light  heart  lives  long." W.  A.   Weymouth 

'  There  is  no  evil  angel  but  love." J.  Will  Gossman 

'  A  lean  cheek, —  a  blue  eye,  and  sunken, —  an  unquestionable  spirit, —  a  beard 

neglected." H.   H.  Chalmers 

'  When  shall  we  three  meet  again  ?  " Smith,  Wvatt.  and  Mapp 

1  Rude  am  I  in  speech." Robertson 

'  Oh,  sleep  !  it  is  a  gentle  thing."    .    .    .    R.  S.   Brinklev  and  R.   J.   Taylor 

1  The  loud  laugh  that  speaks  the  vacant  mind." J.    B.    Weston 

'  I  saw  him  towering  rise, 
Huge  as  a  mountain,  with  his  hideous  hair 
Dragging  upon  the  ground." Willie  Wade 


197 


The  Echo  Election, 


E MOVED  far  from  the  madding  crowd  there  is  an  ancient 
town  called  Williamsburg.  At  the  end  of  the  main  thorough- 
fare of  the  aforesaid  ancient  town  is  an  equally  ancient 
college.  This  ancient  college  in  its  halcyon  days  of  pristine 
glory  was  renowned  for  the  eminent  statesmen  and  political 
leaders  which  it  poured  forth  to  battle  in  the  turbulent  arena 
of  public  affairs. 

But  as  the  years  rolled  on  the  embryo  political  giauts 
were  no  more  to  be  seen  strutting  its  campus.  However  this  sad  decline  was  not 
to  last  forever.  One  day  there  came  out  of  the  southwestern  part  of  our  beloved 
State  a  certain  J.  Horatius  Chitwood.  Now,  this  Joseph  H.  Chitwood  being  a 
wily  politician,  was  elected  by  his  fellow-students  as  the  High  Mogul  of  the 
William  and  Mary  Annual.  This  Chief  Mogul  of  the  Annual,  in  order  to 
chronicle  those  students  who  were  particularly  graced  or  disgraced  by  peculiar 
and  particular  idiosyncrasies  and  accomplishments  of  the  heterogeneous  mass  of 
students,  ordered  an  election.  These  assembled  and  manipulated  a  so-called 
Annual  election,  wherein  the  various  politicians  might  scuffle  for  honors. 

Early  in  the  campaign  the  Honorable  J.  W.  Henrico  Crim  and  the  no  less 
Honorable  Billy  Eastman  announced  themselves  as  candidates  for  the  very- 
desirable  honors  of  Bluff  and  Liar,  the  latter  being  the  most  coveted  plum  on  the 
tree  of  the  Annual  Election.  This  claim  to  distinction  was  enjoyed  on  another 
occasion  by  R.  Marcus  Jones.  He  it  was  who  piloted  President  Hughes  by  dint 
of  silver-tongued  persuasion,  bribes,  and  clear  manipulations,  to  the  dignity  and 
joys  of  presiding  over  the  dusty  domains  of  the  Tennis  Court.  But  to  return  to 
the  college  election.  Another  highly  desired  distinction  was  that  of  the  most 
inquisitive  student.  This  contest  was  made  interesting  by  two  favorites  appear- 
ing in  the  field,  F.  Townsend  West  and  William  Tecumseh  Hodges.  Through 
the  efforts  of  each  man  to  prove  himself  the  most  inquisitive  student  the  entire 
stock  of  information  and  knowledge  possessed  by  the  student  body  was  made 
public.  West  received  a  flattering  majority,  and  Tecumseh,  after  thanking  his 
friends  for  their  support,  was  about  to  commit  suicide  by  reason  of  his  defeat, 
from  which  rash  act  he  was  deterred  by  the  interference  of  West,  who  generously 
took  him  into  partnership  and  formed  a  joint  detective  agency. 
We  feel  assured  that  what  one  can  not  find  out  the  other  can. 

198 


Next  in  importance  was  the  election  of  the  biggest  calico  sport.  Although 
the  students  of  William  and  Mary  have  heretofore  justly  prided  themselves  on 
their  ability  to  dazzle  the  fair  sex  of  Williamsburg,  still  it  was  necessary  for  a 
fair  gallant  from  the  rocks  and  grapevines  of  the  Blue  Ridge  to  set  the  pace  of 
all  other  wooers  by  making  ninety-one  visits  in  forty-two  days.  This  inde- 
fatigable lover  was  T.  Peanuts  Copeland.  Leon  Czolgosz  Healey  was  con- 
spicuous as  receiving  the  second  longest  number  of  votes,  and  although  his  calico 
diversions  in  some  ways  are  conducted  on  a  more  elaborate  scale,  still  fickle 
fortune  favored  the  redoubtable  and  lucky  "  Peanuts." 

Our  friend  Healey  was  second  choice  for  the  ugliest  man,  but  again  Dame 
Fortune  deserted  him  and  smiled  on  "Handsome  Bobby  Holt."  Haizlip  also 
loomed  up  in  the  distance  with  a  small  but  devoted  following  from  the  "  Due  " 
Class.  Alas,  those  "  Dues"  !  William  and  Mary,  I  see  thy  doom  !  Thy  future 
hopes  and  grandeur  have  been  shattered  by  the  vain  o'er-vaunting  ambition  of 
the  "Due"  Class.  When  Buck  White  ruled  this  conglomeration  of  lawyers, 
dudes,  deadgame  sports,  and  hoboes,  it  was  a  monarchy,  but  with  the  passing  of 
the  mighty  Buck  it  has  degenerated  into  an  oligarchy  ruled  by  the  third 
triumvirate  of  Spencer,  Chapman,  and  Dade.  But  nowhere  has  the  obnoxious 
intrusion  of  the  "  Dues"  been  more  pestiferous  than  in  the  Annual  election. 

Just  before  the  election  they  made  the  night  hideous  by  their  ubiquitous 
and  ungodly  footsteps  treading  the  floors  of  Brafferton  and  Ewell.  It  was  their 
wicked  influence  which  made  it  possible  that  the  musical  accomplishments  of  W. 
Jeremiah  Wilkinson  and  R.  M.  Jones  should  go  unheeded  and  unrecognized. 
Upon  the  handsome  brow  of  Bob  Dade  were  placed  the  laurels  of  the  best  singer. 

With  the  exception  of  the  above  accidents  the  election  was  uneventful. 
Parsons  good  nature  and  even  temper  justly  won  him  the  election  of  the  most 
popular  student.  Whitehead  was  chosen  as  the  biggest  grind  which  honor  has 
become  hereditary.  So  has  that  of  Maddox,  who  is  again  our  laziest  student. 
Shewmake,  the  overflowing,  effervescent  Shewmake,  came  unto  his  own  when  he 
was  elected  the  most  college  spirited  student.  Dr.  Tyler  succeeded  Dr.  Hall  as 
the  most  popular  professor.  Wilkinson  was  elected  the  most  literary,  Riddick 
the  handsomest,  and  E.  C.  Taylor  the  smartest  student,  while  "Dolly  Gray" 
was  chosen  as  our  favorite  song.  In  another  place  will  be  found  the  number  of 
votes  cast  for  each  candidate. 


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Kind   Words   About   Some   of  Our    1902   Annuals. 

51   \i  "i  is  \.    \i  vbama,  Ma)  j;ih.  igo2. 

We  received  the  books  yesterday,  and  we  are  perfectly  delighted  with  them.     We  have 
.  era!  to  the  girls  here  in  school,  and  several  in  town,  and  all  seem  highly  pleased. 
M  \mii    H  iyes,  Business  Manager  '■/',///  and  Violet?* 

Alabama  Central  Female  College. 

Si  i  I  IN-    ( BRISTOI  .  Tl  w.  Max    24th,  1002. 

•  *  *  We  were  verj  much  pleased  with  the-  books— in  fact  the)  were  a  great  deal  prettier  and 
handsomer  than  we  expected  them  to  be,  and  we  were  all  delighted  with  them. 

Marie  Cowan,  Associate  Editor-in-Chief  of  ■■Tin-  Omega." 

Baths   Rouge,  La.,  May  5th,  1902. 

*  *  *  I  am  delighted  with  the  hooks.  There  is  no  doubt  that  they  far  surpass  any  published 
previously.  *  '  The  Governor  of  Louisiana,  W.  W.  Heard,  was  delighted  with  the  books  and 
the  make-up  of  same.  R.   Powei  1    Crn  hton,  Business  Manager  "Gumbo" 

Louisiana  State  Universit) . 

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1  1  elegram.) 

Much  pleased  with  Decennial.     Can  we  secure  two  hundred  additional  copies?     Wire 

((notations. 

1  Letter,  same  date. 

It  is  expressing  it  mildly  to  say  that  we  are  delighted  with  the  volume,  and  appreciate 
your  efforts  to  give  us  satisfactory  work  in  the  face  of  great  difficulties. 

I   u  ka   H.  Coit,  Editor  "Decennial" 

The  State  Normal  and  Industrial  College. 

Columbus,  Miss.,  May  10th,  1902. 
1  am  glad  to  say  that  I  am  very  much  gratified  with  the  books.    The  editor-in-chief  asks 
me  to  express  her  approval  of  the  1 ks  as  a  whole.     The  hall-tones  are  good,  the  zinc  etch- 
are  perfectly  satisfactory,  and  the  printing  and   arrangement  of    material    is   all   that   we 
could  desire.  *  *  *  1  appreciate  youi  uniform  kindness  in  sparing  me  all  possible  trouble.     It 
will  give  me  great  pleasure  to  recommend  you  to  the  Annual  Staff  of  next  year. 

Mary  R.  Johnson.  Business  Manager  "Meh  Lady." 

Industrial  Institute  and  College. 

Peace  Institute,  Raleigh,  X.  C,  May  14th.  1902. 
The  Lotus  was  received  this  evening,  and  we  feel  very,  very  proud  of  it.  The  work  is 
beautifully  done,  and  everybody  seems  so  much  pleased  with  it.  We  want  to  thank  you  for 
your  suggestions:  we  certainly  appreciate  them.  They  have  been  a  great  help  to  us,  and  we 
assure  you  that  if  it  be  in  our  power  you  shall  certainly  have  the  publication  of  Tlic  Lotus  in 
the  future.  Till.    EDITORS  of    The  Lotus. 

University  of  Virgini  \. 
Your  copy  of  Annual  by  express  was  duly  received,  and  we  are  all  very  much  pleased 
with  it.     It  seems  fully  up  to  last  year's  standard,  which  is  saying  a  great  deal.  *  *  *  *  Again 
atulating  you.  in  the  name  of  the  Board,  on  our  work.  1   am 

John   I'iiii  \v  S11  ptoe,  Business  Manager  "Corks  and  Curls." 

University  01  Alabama,  June  2d,  1902. 

*  *  The  books  are  all  right.     You  have  agreeably  surprised  me.     Every  one  compliments 
your  work.  Frank  M.   Lett,  Business  Manager  "Corolla." 


This  OVER   TWENTY  college  and  university  annuals  printed  and  bound  at 

Our  establishment  during  the  season  of   1902. 

The  Stone  Printing  and  Manufacturing  Company, 

Edward  L.   Stone,   Prest.  110=12=14  N.  Jefferson  St.,  Roanoke,  Va. 


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