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M N GAZETTE OF THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY IN VIRGINIA VOL. Ill WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1935 NUMBER 1 TWO HUNDRED FORTY-THIRD SESSION HOMECOMING DAY NEW STADIUM TO BE DEDICATED Homecoming Day for this ses- r OPENS HERE ON SEPTEMBER SIXTEENTH sion has been set for November 2nd when William and Mary plays WITH GAME AND EXERCISES SEPT. 21ST Everything Ready for Success- V.M.I., here. This will be the first ful Session With Enrollment CHANGES IN CURRICULUM time the V.M.I, team has ever ap- University of Virginia to Play Exceeding That of Last Year. peared on our home grounds and W. & M. FOOTBALL TEAM The Indians in First Football EFFECTIVE THIS SESSION hundreds of alumni will return for Game Since 1920. 475 FRESHMEN EXPECTED this occasion. REPORTS FOR PRACTICE REQUIRE CONCENTRATION The program for the day will EXPECT FULL STADIUM Three New Buildings Open, appear in the September and Oc- ON LABOR DAY, SEPT. 2ND Many Improvements on Cam- tober issues of the Alumni Ga- Dr. John L. Newcomb, '00, to Means Greater Coordination Be- zette. Squad of Forty Players Starts Receive Honorary Degree. Dr. pus, and Seven Additions to tween Work of Student in Faculty. Homecoming Day has developed Training for Hardest Schedule Douglas Freeman Will Speak High School and in College. into one of the biggest events of In Years. At Exercises. The academic session for the 243rd the year at the College. Set this The changes in the curriculum for Whatever the Indians may or may year of William and Mary's history date aside now and don't forget it. Work is being rushed to complete the A.B. and the B.S. degrees at the not do on the gridiron this fall they will open on September 16th when the new stadium in time for the gala College of William and Mary as an- are certain to attract unusual atten- freshmen will begin to register. Reg- opening on September 21st when this nounced in the catalogue for 1935-36 tion wherever they appear. The ath- istration will take up five days and new $175,000 structure will be dedi- are the result of faculty study over letic department has discarded the lectures will begin on the 21st, which OUTDOOR FINALS LAST cated with a football game between a period of three or four years. These colors of green, gold and silver, and day will probably see the largest William and Mary and the University; changes from the curriculum prior to JUNE VERY IMPRESSIVE gone back to the old orange and black of Virginia. crowd here ever assembled in the his- 1935-36 involve some fundamental which was adopted in the nineties. tory of Williamsburg. It will be the Rapid progress has been made dur- considerations of higher education. Senator Harry Flood Byrd De- And in the new uniforms there will day of the football game with the ing the summer, and everything now The College authorities have long livered Address and Senator be decidedly more black than orange. University of Virginia and the dedi- points to the completion of the major felt the need for greater coordination Glass Received Honorary De- Black jerseys with an orange stripe cation of the new stadium. It is con- construction of the stadium in ample between the work of the student in gree. down each leg and black stockings fidently expected that the stadium time for the formal ceremonies of the high school and in the college. with rings of orange will be the uni- dedication upon the 21st. Meanwhile will be filled to capacity which means Starting with a most successful In addition, it has been recognized for form. To top off these new colors, those in charge of the program for a crowd of 8500 or more. Alumni Day on June 8th, the Finals a long time that considerable care the players will wear gold colored that day are hard at work with pre- There is a thrill of expectancy in at William and Mary for the session should be taken in the selection of helmets. The only deviation from this liminary preparations to make this a the air at William and Mary over the of 1934-35 were as marked for their the students for admission to the new color scheme will be orange jer- gala day in the fall calendar at the opening of this new session. Chas. J. College. This selection should be impressiveness as any ever held at seys with black numerals which will College. Duke, Jr., Bursar of the College and based not only on the student's schol- the College. be used when the colors of the oppos- Every indication points to a capaci- assistant to President John Stewart arship record in his preparatory The baccalaureate sermon on Sun- ing team may require them. ty attendance at the football game. Bryan who took a well deserved va- day, June 9th, by the Rev. H. W. B. school, but also on the information Tommy Dowler, who starred at Col- Already inquiries from Alumni have cation this summer in Novia Scotia, Donegan of St. James Church, New obtained from his teachers, parents, gate a few years ago, after one year started to pour in on the office of has been right on the job all the sum- York City, was one of the best ever and others who have known him. It here as assistant coach and last the Athletic Association, and Billy mer and everything is ready for a heard here. It was a simple but mov- is believed that careful selection of year under the coordinate system, Gooch, who is in charge of arrange- smooth operation of all departments ing message that deeply impressed students for the work which is of- will be head coach. He expects a ments for this part of the program, of the College. all who heard it. fered at the College will result in squad of forty men, one of the largest is confident that the football game A class of about 475 freshmen is fewer failures. To this end, the Col- On Monday morning, June 10th, the in football history here, to report for expected and the total enrollment will be a "sell out" long before the lege selects its students from the up- Senior Class held its Class Day ex- practise on September 2nd. "Honest" first whistle blows in the stadium. should be around 1200 for the session. per half of the group of graduates ercises in Players' Dell, Matoaka John Kellison will be back from his Special care has been exercised in se- The program as now tentatively aFi in the school from which they come. Park. That afternoon President John mountain farm in West Virginia to ranged includes many features that lecting the freshman class. Gradua- Emphasis is placed not only on the Stewart Bryan held a reception in coach the line.- His reputation as a will be particularly interesting to tion in the upper half of high or prep quality of the student's grades, but the Great Hall of the Wren Building line coach is well established in this Alumni. During the day President school classes and good character rec- also on the sequence of his courses to the Seniors, their families, and state and with the material available John Lloyd Newcomb of the Univer- ommendations have been strongly in- in the high school. After it has been friends and nearly a thousand people this fall William and Mary should sity of Virginia will receive an hon- sisted upon. shown that a student has ability to passed through this historic wing of have another excellent forward wall orary degree. Arrangements are also Prof. J. Wilfred Lambert, a gradu- do work on the college level and that the old building to be greeted by Mr. to confront all of her opponents for being made for Dr. Douglas Freeman, ate of William and Mary of the class his interests are within the scope of Bryan and afterwards to mingle on the season. editor of the Richmond News Leader, of '27 and Assistant Professor of the curriculum, the college provides the campus where refreshments were Dowler gave tne squad of forty a to give an address. The football Psychology here since 1931, has been courses for him to begin where he served under the shade of the trees. stiff five weeks workout last spring game is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. appointed Dean of Freshmen Men and left off in the high school. By this The graduating exercises were held and the first three weeks of Septem- The Alumni at William and Mary has been working at his new duties means, more carefully selected stu- outdoors probably for the first tim- ber will be a concentrated drive to will have every reason to be proud most of the summer. He will have dents will be admitted, and these stu- in the history of the College. They be in shape for Virginia when they of the new stadium, which is being close contact with the new men which dents will not be confronted with started at 6 p.m. and were concluded come down on Sept. 21st for the dedi- made possible by a Federal grant will insure their proper guidance in high school deficiencies after enter- in the twilight after which a sump- cation of the new stadium. William through the Public Works Adminis- social as well as academic affairs ing college. tuous dinner was served in the Din- and Mary and Virginia have played tration. The structure is being built during their first year in college. It has been well recognized in col- ing Hall to all present. six football games with each other to replace the inadequate wooden A new feature of the administra- lege practice that too much emphasis These exercises took place in the since 1908, the last one taking place stands used for many years on Cary tion for this session will be student in the minds of the students has been rear of the Wren Building between in 1920, and the score by points Field. It will be of concrete and assistants to the president. They will placed on the securing of grades and the north and south wings. The stands, Virginia 219; William and brick with the open end of the huge act as hosts to guests of the College on the meeting of certain degree re- weather was perfect for such an oc- Mary, 0. When interviewed at the horseshoe facing towards the pines and to visitors and will assist in quirements, instead of upon the con- casion and every available seat was Alumni Office on the prospects for and the principal entrances from freshman orientation. Appointment tent of the courses which are taken. taken and a number of people wit- the coming season, Dowler made a Richmond Road. Temporary stands to this staff of aides to the president Too much the program of the college nessed the exercises from back of the careful note of this situation and no may be brought into use to fill the (Continued on Pa^e 3) (Continued on Page 4) white washed picket fence. (Continued on Page 2) (Continued on Papre 3) The processional formed on the front campus and headed by the Col- News of William and Mary Alumni lege Choir, followed by the faculty Alumni Day Last June Brought and Seniors, proceeded through the Several Elected to Public Office center hall of the Wren Building to Forty-Seven Classes to Campus their appointed places on the rear Lucius Parson McElrath, a gradu- Virginia was a visitor here late in piazza and in the quadrangle. June 8, 1935, made alumni history in the history of the Association. ate of 1933, was married on April June. Mr. Chitwood was much im- Two hundred and twenty-six de- at William and Mary. Not only more After the induction of the Senior 20th to Miss Julia Poindexter of pressed with the beauty of the cam- grees were awarded on this occasion. alumni came back to the College that Class into the body of the Alumni, day for the annual Alumni Day pro- Lawrenceville, Va. They will reside pus here. He says that William and (Continued on Page 3) which was presented by its president, at Milledgeville, Ga. Mary is the "college-est looking col- gram than have ever been here for Blake T. Newton, Jr., son of Blake lege" he has ever seen. any alumni event but more classes T. Newton, '10, and received by Dr< CONTRIBUTING MEMBERSHIPS were represented. Every class from Edward C. Joyner, who took his Sidney B. Hall, '16, the exercises in 1890 through 1934, except the class B.S. here in 1928, is now practicing Miss Willoughby Patton, '33, was honor-of Dr. Lyon G. Tyler, 1853- The Alumni Association at its of '96 was represented and in addi- medicine at Suffolk, Va. He is City a visitor here in May. She is con- 1935, president of William and Mary meeting last June established a tion to these classes, the classes of from 1888 to 1919 and president emer- Physician and City Coroner of Suf- nected with the National Geographic contributing membership in the '73, '76 and '80 were also represented. itus from 1919 until Feb. 12, 1935 folk and is president of the Nanse- Society in Washington, D. C. Association with dues of $5.00 per Member of these three classes of Col. when he died, were carried out. mond County Medical Society. John A. Clark, a B.S. of the Class year. It was the opinion of the Ewell's administration were Mr. R. M. J. Gordon Bohannon, '02, delivered majority at the meeting that many Hughes, Sr., '73.; Mr. Archie Brooks a splendid tribute to Dr. Tyler in J. Otis Johnson, '32, of Hampton, of '32 and a member of Kappa Sigma alumni would be glad to pay $5.00 and Dr. W. T. L. Taliaferro, '76; and which he dwelt on the political phi- has started a newspaper, "The Issue," and Phi Beta Kappa, visited William per year instead of the regular Mr. Magruder Powell, '80. Alto- losophy and strength of character of with circulation in the lower Penin- and Mary in May. He is now con- dues of $3.00. The Association is gether 47 classes had representatives this beloved president of William and sula. The paper declares its policy nected with the Veterans' Bureau at sorely in need of any additional on the campus on June 8th and these Mary. The Association ordered that to be Democratic and its purpose to Milwaukee, Wis. income it can get. classes covered a span of 62 years this address be printed and distributed discuss, frankly and fearlessly, local Annual Dues $3.00 in the history of the College. to the alumni of the College. civic and governmental affairs. Rev. C. N. Williams, '00, Washing- ton, D. C, visited the College several Contributing Membership .. $5.00 The attendance at the annual meet- Dr. George Oscar Ferguson, Jr., Life Memberships $50.00 ing of the Alumni Association on the Joseph H. Chitwood, '02, 'U. S. At- days the latter part of August. '07, reporting for a committee com* morning of June 8th was the largest torney for the Western District of (Continued on Page 2) (Continued on Page 3)

^^■MMi PAGE TWO THE ALUMNI GAZETTE Saturday, August 31, 1935 FRESHMAN ORIENTATION Jack Sheedy (Soph); Lawrence Oliver John Chandler Dugger (Soph.) James Spicer (Junior); Rob- John Chandler Dugger, '16, died at THE ALUMNI GAZETTE In keeping with its policy of ex- ert Walton, Jr. (Junior). his home at Brunswick, Va., on June OF panding and developing its facilities GUARDS—Joe Marino (Junior); 10th at the age of 37. Mr. Dugger THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY IN VIRGINIA for the guidance and assistance of Frank Livesay (Junior); Billy Davies was a prominent citizen of Brunswick Established June 10, 1933. students, the College of William and (Junior); Robert Sheeran (Soph.); County and was actively identified Mary has this year established the Walter Hadtke (Junior); Harold Potts with the civic and business affairs of Published on the last day of each month by the Alumni Association of the office of Dean of Freshmen and an- (Soph); Marshall Brickell (Junior); his county. At the time of his death College of William and Mary in Virginia nounced the appointment of Mr. J. Russell Haynie (Soph). he was president of the Dugger Cot- Wilfred Lambert to fill the position. The Alumni Association of the College of William and Mary in Virginia ENDS—Walter Zable (Junior) 170 ton Company and a director of the Mr. Lambert assumed his new duties Organized 1842—Chartered March 5, 1923. pounds, and Albert DeGutis (Junior), Farmers and Merchants Bank of Law- on July 1 and immediately undertook 185 pounds, two of the best ends in renceville. OFFICERS AND BOARD OF MANAGERS a study of the records of the enter- Virginia; John Coiner (Soph); Dick JOSEPH HEALY, '10 - President ing freshmen, following which a pro- Groettum (Soph); Albert Michaels John Henry Parr ADMIRAL CARY T. GRAYSON, '99 Vice-President gram of preliminary registration was (Junior); Billy Murray (Soph.). John Henry Parr, '92, a native of ROBERT P. WALLACE, '20 Secretary-Treasurer instituted. Upon acceptance by the QUARTERBACKS—Arthur Blaker Amherst County, Virginia, died in Terms expiring 1936—Dr. W. T. Hodges, '02; Robert P. Wallace, '20; Judge College of William and Mary, each (Senior), is fast, a good thinker and New York on June 10th. He was 62 H. Lester Hooker, '07. student was written a letter setting has had two years experience as al- years of age. Terms expiring 1937—Joseph E. Healy, '10; Dr. Sidney B. Hall, '16; Admiral forth information concerning the ternate to Charlie Shade; Ed Motley For ten years Mr. Parr was with Cary T. Grayson, '99. courses available to entering fresh- Terms expiring 1938—R. M. Newton, '16; Miss Cornelia Adam, '23, Dr. (Soph.), from the famous Petersburg the Library of Congress and later men, and asking each to make a se- Amos R. Koontz, '10. High School team of 1933; John True- with the Author's League of America. Charles A. Taylor, Jr., '09, Executive Secretary lection prior to his arrival at Wil- heart (Junior). At the time of his death he was li- liamsburg. HALFBACKS—"Stumpy" Bryant brarian for the engineering firm of CHAS. A. TAYLOR, JR., '09, ..... Editor With the beginning of the new (Senior), captain; Bill Yerkes (Sen- Ford, Bacon and Davis, Inc., where ROBERT P. WALLACE, '20, . Publisher school year a program of orientation, ior); Otis Bunch (Soph.), outstand- he had built up one of the finest en- under the direction of Mr. Lambert, Subscription Price: $3.00 Per Year ing on Freshman team of last year; gineering libraries in the country. will be begun. This program- in- Geo. Oldfield (Junior); Everett Blake He was buried at the family home A FACT AND AN OBLIGATION cludes lectures on the Honor System, (Senior); Elmo Benedetto (Junior); in Allwood, Va. lectures on the use of the Library, Fred Scruggs (Soph); William Rowe and the taking of a scholastic apti- Affairs at William and Mary are proceeding with a certainty (Soph); John Matheny (Soph); Dick Richard D. Gilliam tude test. In addition, the students and smoothness toward a realization of all our dreams for her Ames (Soph). Richard D. Gilliam, '74, a prominent will be entertained at a reception and that should stir the pride and love of her every son and daughter. FULLBACKS—A r t h u r Woodard citizen of Petersburg, Va., died on dance. During the three days of the One cannot escape seeing the physical signs of this progress, but (Senior) and Albert Szumigala July 18th at the age of eighty. Mr. orientation, faculty advisors, appoint- what is more important, the spirit and soul of the College are (Soph). Gilliam entered William and Mary reflected in every aspect of this growth. ed by the President, will entertain from Prince George C. H., in 1872 small groups on picnics. The new Marshall-Wythe Hall, the Taliaferro Dormitory for VARSITY SCHEDULE and after leaving college taught for men, a new stadium, one of the most beautiful in the South, and a short time after which he was ad- W. & M. FOOTBALL TEAM September 21—Univ. of Va., Here the sunken garden in the quadrangle west of the Wren Building, September 28—U. S. N. Acad, There mitted to the bar in Sussex County. will greet you upon your next visit here. REPORTS FOR PRACTICE Later he moved to Petersburg and be- ON LABOR DAY, SEPT. 2ND October 5—U. S. M. Acad, There William and Mary may now rest serenely, enthroned as it October 12—V.P.I., Richmond came associated with William B. Mc- were, in one of the most beautiful and historically sacred spots Ilwaine with whom he practiced law (Continued from Page 1) October 19—Guilford College, Here in America. There is room here for twelve to fifteen hundred October 26—Roanoke College, Here for forty-seven years. students who may come and drinking from this fountain go back doubt the squad will hear something Mr. Gilliam, who was prominent in from him about it between September November 2—V.M.I., (Homecoming) to their homes inspired for greater service to mankind. Hundreds November 9—Dartmouth, There church and Masonic affairs in Peters- of visitors are coming to the campus every month and will con- 2nd and September 21st. burg, was also one of the founders Dowler has some very definite ideas November 16—Emory & Henry, Here tinue to come. They, too, will carry William and Mary's mes- November 28—U. of R., Richmond of the Petersburg Telephone Company sage to other parts. about this season's football at Wil- of which he was secretary and treas- liam and Mary. He will work to To have watched the up-building of William and Mary during FRESHMAN SCHEDULE urer for a long time. the past sixteen years is like having watched the painting of a make a creditable showing against He was the father of fourteen chil- great picture by a master artist who labored with the perplex- Navy, Army, and Dartmouth, but he October 5—Fork Union, Here dren, twelve of whom survive him. ities of technique and yet was conscious all the while of what has his mind chiefly set on four im- October 25—Louisburg College, Here He is also survived by sixteen grand- the canvass would show at the end and that technique would not portant games, namely, Virginia, Nov. 1—V.M.I. Freshmen, Here children and one great grandson. bar the strokes of the brush that put a spirit and soul into the V.P.I., V.M.I., and Richmond College. Nov. 9—Norfolk Div. W. & M., There picture. And he isn't discounting Roanoke and Nov. 23—Richmond Freshmen, There FACULTY DEATHS And now that all this has come to pass what will be the Emory and Henry, both of which will reaction of the alumni of the College? Will you accept all of it be played at Williamsburg. ALUMNI DEATHS Dr. David J. King as a matter of fact or will it arouse you to a realization of the Being a loyal pupil of his old coach, Dr. David J. King, College physi- fact that there is something that you can do and ought to do? Andy Kerr of Colgate, Dowler will Reverend William Henry Pettus cian for more than fifteen years, died There are two very definite things you can do that will help hold on to the double wing back sys- Reverend William Henry Pettus, here on August 18th at the age of Wihiam and Mary. First, you can look around in your community tem and says that William and Mary's Rector of Grace Episcopal Church, seventy-one. He had been in ill health and select students for the College who will fit into the atmosphere play will be more open this fall than Everett, Massachusetts, died suddenly for the past two ■ years. here. There is hardly anything more important to the College ever. on June 29th at the age of fifty-two. Dr. King was a native of Canada than this kind of help from the alumni. The loss of material from last He visited Williamsburg last winter and came to Virginia thirty years ago. The other thing you can do is to become a member of the year's Varsity will be felt but it is where he is well known to some of He was greatly beloved at the College Alumni Association. You may stand anywhere in America and not a serious loss on account of the the older families. and among the people of Williams- proclaim with pride that you are an alumnus of William and Mary material that is expected back from He entered William and Mary in burg. He was an ardent follower of and that distinction will be accorded you. But unless you can last year's freshman team. Charlie 1904 from Petersburg, Virginia, and the William and Mary athletic teams say at the same time that you are a member of that organized Shade, Waddy Stewart, Joe Bridgers after leaving the College went to the and rarely ever missed a home game. group of the alumni who are aiding the College in such a vital and Junie Smith, all of Richmond, Theological Seminary at Alexandria His long and faithful services as way your status as an alumnus contains one very weak link. have played their allotted time. Harry where he was graduated in 1911. College physician were recognized The Alumni Association is a part of the very heart of the Spack, fullback, and "Preacher" Funeral services were conducted in here last June on Alumni Day when College and the work of the Alumni Office can be made of ines- Franklin are the other two who have Everett, Massachusetts, and the final the College Infirmary was dedicated timable value to our Alma Mater. Here in the Alumni Office the finished. services were held in St. Mark's and named for him. records of nearly 9000 living alumni of the College are kept. "Stumpy" Bryant of Newport News, Church, Washington, D. C. His funeral was conducted in the Through this office is published the Alumni Gazette which car- one of the best punters in the South He was buried in the Arlington Na- College Chapel and was attended by ries news of the College, of the alumni, and much historical data and a brilliant half back, will captain tional Cemetery. a large crowd in spite of one of the on the College. It is through this medium that you can keep in this year's team. Bryant has put rainiest days Williamsburg has seen touch with William and Mary. plenty of thrills in every game he has Lieut Winton Summers Graham for a long time. Interment was made This issue of the Gazette is going to 5000 alumni. If you played here and this year which is Lieut. Winton Summers Graham, in Cedar Grove Cemetery at Williams- are not a member of the Alumni Association a membership form his last, should be his best. who was at William and Mary for one burg. is enclosed in your copy. The act of filling this out is a mere The line will average 180 pounds, session, 1926-27, and later graduated Dr. King is survived by his widow; detail but the consequence of your membership in the Association lighter than usual, but it will be fast at the United States Military Accad- a twin brother, the Rev. W. J. King may be of great value to William and Mary and to vourself. which is more important than weight emy, was killed in an airplane crash of Newport News, two sisters living We urge you, therefore, to express your unquestioned loyalty in the modern football game. in Panama early in July. in Canada, and several nieces. to the College in this manner. The average weight for the back- While at West Point he won his One word more—come back to William and Mary on Septem- field is around 170 pounds and there letter in football, was captain of the Dr. Joseph R. Geiger ber 21st, when we play Virginia in football and dedicate the new will be plenty of speed with this track team and also a cadet captain. Dr. Joseph Roy Geiger, head of the stadium. Come back to support your team and to helD us who weight. For the first time in years Lieut. Graham was a native of Big Department of Philosophy and Psy- are here to welcome the Virginia team and the alumni of Vir- the team will have a man who has Stone Gap, Virginia, and his mother chology at William and Mary, died ginia who will be with us on that day. the weight and speed for an outstand- is making an effort through Senator on June 11th as the result of a fall ing fullback. This man is Albert Harry Flood Byrd to have his body down the stairway of his home here. NEWS OF WILLIAM & MARY E. P. Simpkins, Jr., a graduate of Szumigala, a sophomore weighing 190 re-interred in the family burying The fall is supposed to have been ALUMNI; SEVERAL ARE the class of '28 and a member of Phi pounds and fast enough to have been ground. due to an injured leg. ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE Beta Kappa, called at the Alumni Of- selected as a dash man on "Scrap" Dr. Geiger came to William and fice on August 31st. Mr. Simpkins Chandler's outstanding Freshman Miss Elsie Gentes Doughty Mary in 1916 and in point of service (Continued from Page 1) was nominated in the August Pri- track team of last session. Miss Elsie Gentes Doughty, '32, of was one of the oldest professors at An analysis of the squad shows the Portsmouth, Va., was instantly killed the College. His death was a shock Miss Clara Bamforth, '35, of Nor- maries as Commonwealth's Attorney following line up for the various po- in an automobile at a grade crossing to the whole college community where folk, Va., will teach at Deep Creek of Hanover County. He won out over sitions : of the Atlantic Coast Line near Ports- he was held in the highest esteem. high school, Norfolk County, this ses- three opponents. CENTERS—Bob Wallace, senior, mouth on May 11th. She was alone He had taken part in the graduating sion. . alternate center on last year's Var- in her car at the time. exercises of the College the day be- James Weaver Reed, '35, of Nor- sity and weighing 200 pounds; Claude Miss Doughty was to have been fore his tragic death. folk, will enter the Medical College Merrill Brown, '32, Instructor in Zykes (Soph.); Ted McGowan (Soph); married in June to Mr. James Kendall He was born at Ocala, Florida, in of Virginia in September to study Public Speaking at William and Mary Bruno (Junior); Willie Davis (Soph), Whittaker of Richmond. 1887 and took his undergraduate work dentistry. and associated with Channing M. Hall, center on last year's freshman team at Furman University. Later he re- '08, in the practise of law in Wil- and weighing 200 pounds; James Pye Mr. Richard M. B. Braithwaite ceived his M.A. and Ph.D. from Chi- liamsburg, was married on August George Bishop, Jr., '35, of Scars- (Soph.); Sam Schlapfer (Junior). Mr. Richard M. B. Braithwaite, '05, cago University. 22nd to Miss Marianne West Norris, as accountant with the Union Car- TACKLES—Norman Murray (Sen- died at Williamsburg on May 31st Before coming to William and Mary '35, of Waverly, Va. The ceremony, dale, N. C, has accepted a position ior), 180 pounds, and Ned LeGrande after an illness of several years. Mr. he had taught at John B. Stetson and which took place in the College bide and Carbon Co., at Long Island (Senior), 190 pounds, both regulars Braithwaite was in the mercantile Columbia University. Chapel, was performed by Dr. D. J. New York. from last year's varsity; Joe Zanghi business in Williamsburg for a num- Dr. Geiger was a member of Sigma Blocker of the College faculty. (Continued on Page 4) (Soph.); Wayne Harper (Soph.); ber of years. (Continued on Page 4) Saturday, August 31, 1935 THE ALUMNI GAZETTE PAGE THREE ALUMNI DAY LAST JUNE BROUGHT FORTY-SEVEN CLASSES TO CAMPUS

(Continued from Page 1) posed of Dr. John Lloyd Newcomb, '00, Dr. Robert H. Tucker, '97, and himself, read a beautiful and most affecting tribute to Dr. Tyler. All officers of the Association, Joseph E. Healy, '10, president; Ad- miral Cary T. Grayson, '99, vice presi- dent; and Robert P. Wallace, '20, sec- retary-treasurer, were reelected. Miss Cornelia S. Adair, '23, R. M. Newton, '16, and Dr. Amos R. Koontz, '10, •were elected to succeed themselves as members of the Board of Managers of the Association. Dr. H. M. Stryker, '16, of Williams- burg, was elected to the 3-3-3 Athletic Committee to fill the expired term of Otto Lowe, '23, who had served faith- fully for eleven years on the com- mittee. Upon the recommendation of the Board of Managers the Association established another form of member- WILLIAM AND MARY'S NEW STADIUM ship in the Association to be known as a Contributing Membership at dues its faculty for a period of 16 years. TWO HUNDRED FORTY-THIRD Accommodations have also been made also make its debut in the new uni- of $5.00 per year instead of the regu- Robert P. Wallace, '20, Williams- OPENS HERE SEPTEMBER 16 in Monroe Hall to take care of visit- forms of orange and black, with the lar annual dues of $3.00. It was burg, Virginia, a business man who ing parents. College banners, flags and other em- pointed out at this meeting that a has not allowed his every day tasks (Continued from Page 1) A finishing and most important blems flying from the new structure, number of alumni would be glad to to dampen his ardor and enthusiasm is a new honor at William and Mary touch to all of these preparations for it should be a colorful spectacle. pay $5.00 instead of $3.00 and that for his college. He guards its in- and should challenge the spirit and the 243rd session at William and Leave it to Coach Dowler and his the Association would be benefited by terest most zealously, and is always ambition of the entire student body. Mary which is looked forward to with football squad to produce the score in the difference. on the alert to render it service. The students selected by President such keen interest here is the addition this initial game, resuming football Lloyd H. Williams, '29, Williams- The Board also recommended that Bryan for this session are: of eight new members to the faculty. relations with the University after a a special drive for memberships in the burg, Virginia, a young alumnus and William P. Lyons, Senior, Virginia; These new professors are: lapse of fifteen years. Association be made during the week yet one who has served as an inspira- George Mason, Jr., Senior, Virginia; M. E. Borish, Assistant Professor of Alumni who are planning to come preceding Homecoming Day, Nov. 2nd, tion to other young alumni to lead Harold Gouldman, Junior, Virginia; English, from Harvard University. back to Williamsburg for the game and that reports on the results be them in the direction of loyalty and James Knox, Sophomore, Virginia; Leslie Cheek, Jr., Instructor in Fine are urged to make early application made here on Nov. 2nd. This recom- consecration to the best traditions of William Harman, Junior, Virginia; Arts, recently in the School of Archi- their Alma Mater. Ralph D. Eberly, Sophomore, Vir- tecture at Yale. for their tickets. Because of the heavy mendation was adopted by the Asso- demand already in evidence, it is go- ciation. After the Association meeting the ginia; Blake Newton, Jr., graduate, Dorothy Childress, Instructor in alumni paid their annual tribute to law student, Virginia; Cecil Harper, Secretarial Science, formerly of the ing to be a case of "first come, first President John Stewart Bryan pre- Col. Benj. S. Ewell and to the alumni graduate, law student, Virginia; John faculty of the E, C. Glass High served." Mail orders will be filled sented Alumni Medallions for Loyalty School, Lynchburg, Virginia. at the established box office price and Service to ten alumni reading who had died since last June. These Mapp, graduate, law student, Vir- exercises, under the auspices of the ginia; Harold G. Seymour, Senior, Richard H. Henneman, Assistant of $2.20 per ticket. the following citations: Alpha of Virginia Chapter of Phi Beta New York; Harold P. Bray, Senior, Professor of Psychology, who received The committee in charge of the Kappa, were held at Col. Ewell's New York; Peter Hansen, Junior, his Ph.D. from Columbia University day's program, under the general John Weymouth, '94, Hampton, Vir- grave on the campus. Channing M. New York; Alec Dempster, Junior, this year. supervision of President John Stewart ginia, a lawyer, a scholar whose de- Hall, '08, vice president of the Alpha New York; John David Rutledge, Dr. James W. Miller, Associate Pro- Bryan, and with the immediate su- light is in books, and a gentleman Chapter, presided and made a short Senior, New Jersey; Thomas Richards, fessor of Philosophy, and Tutor in pervision of Charlie Duke, includes whose life exemplifies the finest her- but very appropriate address. Senior, New Jersey; Carl Mitson, the Division of Psychology and Phi- W. S. Gooch, Jr., Athletic Director, itage of Tidewater Virginia and of Junior, New Jersey; Gordon D. Shin- losophy at Harvard. Tommy Dowler, Head Coach, John our Alma Mater. Nearly 1000 people were present at the luncheon in the Dining Hall at ners, Junior, Massachusetts; William Dayton Phillips, Instructor in His- Kellison, Line Coach, Theodore S. James Edward Wilkins, '98, New- 1 o'clock. President John Stewart Gove, Junior, Massachusetts; Edward tory, who has been pursuing gradu- Cox, Dean of the School of Jurispru- port News, Va., whose love for the Bryan made an inspiring address to L. Meister, Sophomore, Ohio. ate studies at Columbia. dence, L. Tucker Jones, W. L. Scott, College has grown stronger through the alumni on this occasion. Three new buildings completed George J. Ryan, Assistant Profes- Otis Douglas, and Y. O. Kent. the years, and whose three children After luncheon the David J. King since last June are the Marshall- sor of Ancient Languages, who comes have followed him to the college of Alumni wishing any more informa- Infirmary was dedicated in honor of Wythe where all the Administration from Washington University of St. our boyhood. His voice has been tion about the program may address Dr. D. J. King, beloved and loyal Offices are now located, the Talia- Louis, where he has been a member heard and the influence of his sterl- inquiries to the committee or to the physician to the College for the past ferro Dormitory for men, and the sta- of the faculty since 1928. office of the Alumni Secretary, Chas. ing character has been felt in support fifteen years. Dr. Reuben F. Simms, dium. A special dining room will be A. Taylor, Jr. of the College in the legislative halls Lionel H. Laing, Assistant Profes- '24, of Richmond, Va., made the ad- run in the Taliaferro. of the Commonwealth. sor of Government, from Harvard. dress on this occasion. Hundreds of yards of spacious brick James Hurst, '00, Norfolk, Va., a walks have been laid during the OUTDOOR FINALS LAST son of Alma Mater whose loyalty has The College Choir, under Prof. G. NEW STADIUM TO BE summer in the rear of the Wren JUNE VERY IMPRESSIVE always been strong and true. He has M. Small, performed most creditably DEDICATED WITH GAME Buildings. These walks connect up served the college well as the Presi- at several of the day's functions, as AND EXERCISES SEPT. 21ST the Library, Rogers Hall, Marshall- (Continued from Page 1) dent of its Alumni Association in also did the College Trio and Quartet. Wythe Hall, Phi Beta Kappa and United States Senator Carter Glass, some very important and trying The main feature of the afternoon (Continued from Page 1) Washington Halls. one of Virginia's most distinguished years. His life work as a teacher and was the baseball game between the open end and augmenting the normal sons of all time, was awarded the educational leader has been notable. Championship team of 1916 and the Work on the sunken garden which capacity of the stadium, which is degree of Doctor of Laws. In con- Joseph Chambers Bristow, '01, Rich- William and Mary Varsity. It was is located in the quadrangle back of 8,500, by approximately 1,500 seats. | ferring this degree upon Senator mond, Virginia, a business man whose an unusual thing to get an athletic the Wren Building and flanked on The President's box is in the center team intact back to the College after both sides by the buildings listed of the stands on the eastern side of Glass, President Bryan read the fol- readiness to serve the college has en- lowing citation: titled him to be listed among the 19 years and credit for this feat goes above, has progressed nicely during the field. Immediately above are ac- "faithful few" by all alumni for a to Dr. Mortimer H. Williams, '16, of the summer. This work required the commodations provided for the press. "In time of crumbling standards he whole generation. Roanoke, Va. Rain broke up the removal of nearly 20,000 cubic yard3 There will be enough gates to afford has stood like a rock in a washed land. game in the 4th inning with the score of dirt. Practically all of the exca- S. A. MacDonald, '08, Norfolk, Vir- easy access and exit, and the princi- An eternal foe to ignoble compromise, 7 to 2 in favor of the Varsity but vation has been done and a quantity pal parking areas will probably be undeterred by demagogery, unblinded ginia, an educator who loves his work the old timers provided some real of grass sod taken from the surface designated in the area adjoining the by fallacy, unswerved by specious- and loves the companionship of the thrills for the crowd assembled to of the plot of the garden has been structure along Richmond Road. On ness, with the courage of a soldier, youth of the land; one who has in- witness the fracas. Frank Garnett, laid on the slopes. All of this work, the opening day, special arrange- the certainty of a scholar, the wisdom spired them to sincere living, and to on the mound for the sixteeners, including the seeding of grass in the ments are being made to handle park- of a philosopher and the devotion of worthier ideals; one who reflects showed some of his old form that bed of the garden and the laying of ing quickly and safely, and the regu- a patriot, he has brought to his high credit upon his Alma Mater and upon made him one of William and Mary's several brick walks across the bed lar staff of gate attendants will be responsibilities the statesmanship his profession. greatest pitchers. He struck out Char- will be finished this fall. The mat- supplemented with special officers. that became a secretary of the Treas- Channing M. Hall, '08, Williams- lie Shade, first man at the bat for ter of the planting of shrubbery, much Provision will also be made for rest ury, a senator of the United States burg, Virginia, a lawyer; an alumnus the Varsity, and allowed only two of which will be old boxwood, will rooms, and the committee in charge and a son of Virginia." who follows in the footsteps of his take considerable time. This garden, hits in the four innings. expects to have facilities for those Senator Glass was visibly moved father in his love for his Alma Mater. which extends from a line drawn H. Page Williams, professor of who wish to purchase soft drinks, when Mr. Bryan concluded. This was He has given evidence of this devo- across the rear campus from Phi Beta mathematics at the North Carolina sandwiches, and light luncheons to do the_ first of five honorary degrees tion by his loyalty to the Alumni As- Kappa Hall to the Library, to the State College, was the hero on the. so on or near the campus and at conferred upon Senator Glass during sociation of his college, having served road marking the western boundary alumni side. He made a three bagger! points accessible to the stadium. In the last commencement period. it tirelessly for a great many years. and a single in two times at the bat | of the campus, will add great beauty other words, those in charge are try- Joseph Ewart Healy, '10, Norfolk, and showed real class at short stop. to the campus and is a fitting climax ing to do everything possible to ar- Senator Harry Flood Byrd delivered Virginia, a man whom Professor to the development of the College be- the graduating address. It was a Genial and portly "Polly" Stryker, range for the comfort and enjoymen* Royce might have had in mind when gun sixteen years ago. forceful and most interesting state- after missing a few at second, was of everyone who comes to Williams- he wrote his book on Loyalty. A faith- ment of his political creed in which presented with a basket by Ashton A new experiment is being tried burg on September 21st. ful supporter of our Alma Mater and he took an unequivocal stand for con- Dovell, '08, to aid him through the in one of the men's dormitories, Mon- It is still early to forecast too spe- a seasoned educational leader and servatism in governmental affairs and roe Hall. A woman will be placed in cifically about the team this year. remainder of the game. Big "Ox" for the principles of the Constitution teacher of youth. charge of this building and much at- However, Head Coach Tommy Dowler Marshall, '21, another great pitcher of the United States. R. C. Young, '10, Williamsburg, at William and Mary in the past, was tention will be paid to the social life is already optimistic over the material Virginia, an alumnus who brought to on hand to relieve Garnett but did of the students rooming there. Read- which has reported for early practice, Senator Byrd paid a fine tribute to the College the staunchness, the am- not get an opportunity to show his ing and indoor game facilities will be and he expects this first game to Dr. Lyon G. Tyler, Dr. J. A. C. Chand- bition and the sincerity of the great ler, and to Mr. John Stewart Bryan, stuff. provided in the two reception rooms point the way to a season that will Southwest. He is typical of that be satisfactory in every respect. who succeeded to the presidency of A well attended dance in Blow adjoining the lobby. All rooms on group of our alumni who have come In dedicating the stadium with the the College upon Dr. Chandler's death Gymnasium Saturday night concluded the first floor of the east wing have from that section. He has served his University of Virginia, the team will in 1934. a great Alumni Day. been fitted up for social activities. college unceasingly as a member of

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NEW OF WILLIAM & MARY John Marshall, '26, an attorney of Miss Katharine Woodward Spratley, Ernest E. Smith, '01, Vienna, Fair- Miss Dorothy Mae Reese, Norfolk, ALUMNI; SEVERAL ARE Newport News, Va., was recently ap- a graduate of the class of '32 and fax County, was on the campus Aug. Va., an A.B. of the class of '31, will ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE pointed deputy governor of Zone 6 a daughter of Judge and Mrs. C. 22nd. It was his first visit in thirty- be married on September 7th to Mr. of the Lion's Club. Mr. Marshall was Vernon Spratley, '01, of Hampton, four years and he was amazed at the Alva Lee Smith who teaches at the (Continued from Page 2) instrumental in the establishment of Va., was married on July 16th to Mr. new William and Mary. Unfortunate- William and Mary Extension in Nor- Miss Thomasia McClintic, '34, was this organization in Newport News. William F. Metts, of Greenville, S. C. ly his visit was at the lunch hour folk. married on March 23rd to Mr. Harry He was captain of the basketball G. K. Tebell, head coach at the Uni- when the Alumni Office was closed, W. Wilson, Jr. They will reside in team at William and Mary in his versity of Virginia, was best man to but his visit here was faithfully re- J. Allen Charles, Jr., '32, of New- Staunton, Va. senior year. the groom. ported by Henry Billups who usually port News, Va., was married this Since her graduation here in 1932, manages to see all the older alumni summer to Miss Mary Hansford Wal- Dr. C. P. Jones, Jr., '29, of Newport Nelson Case, '28, a native of Long Miss Spratley was on the faculty of when they step on the campus. lace of the class of '33. They will News, Va., was married recently to Beach, California, is an announcer for Hampton High School. reside at the St. Dennis Apartments, Miss Selma Schrunk of Sacramento, the National Broadcasting Company S. Ashton Ozlin, '28, principal ®f Newport News, Va. Cal. Dr. Jones was an interne at at Radio City, N. Y. E. B. Broadwater, '18, who has the high school at Kenbridge, Va., the Southern Pacific General Hospital been principal of the Chatham High was here recently in connection with Miss Marjorie Moon, '31, of Wash- but on July 1st he went to the Mater Dr. Lewis Littlepage, Jr., '30, of School for several years, has been ap- entering a student for this session. ington, D. C, was a visitor at the Miseriocosia Hospital in Sacramento, Norfolk, Va., was married this sum- pointed principal of the Salem, Va., Mr. Ozlin has directed several fine College this summer. Cal., as house surgeon. mer to Miss Eleanor Gertrude Mat- public schools. students to William and Mary. tingly of Fauquier County. Miss Mat- Ralph S. Nestor, '35, of Caldwell, Miss Mary Edwards, an A.B. of the Vernon M. Geddy, '17, was the sub- tingly was a second year student in F. Barrett Horton and Miss Mary N. J., will be with the Prudential Life class of '35, will have charge of the ject of a sketch of Representative Medicine at the University of Vir- Margaret Parmelee, both graduates Insurance Co. of America at Newark, library work of the public schools of New Jersey. Peninsula Citizens in the Daily Press ginia. They will reside at 966 James- of the class of '35, were married in Dickenson County for this session. of April 28th. Since his graduation town Crescent, Norfolk, Va. the College Chapel here in June. Miss She will be directly connected with here Mr. Geddy has been very active Parmelee is a member of Phi Beta Mrs. William N. Denton, formerly in political and civic affairs. He has L. Q. Hines, '27, who has been a Kappa and Mr. Horton was a very the high school at Clintwood, Va. Miss Frances Leigh Riley, '27, is now served as Commonwealth's Attorney member of the faculty and coach of prominent student and leader of the living at 2010 Kalorama Road, Wash- J. O. Nidermaier, '11, piloted by of Williamsburg and James City the athletic teams at the Suffolk College band. ington, D. C. She was a visitor to County, Judge of the Juvenile Court, High School, Suffolk, Va., has re- the faithful Henry Billups, walked the Alumni Office this summer. signed his position there and is now Albert C. Kirk of Newport News, into the Alumni Office on August and Councilman. For some time now FACULTY DEATHS he has held an important executive connected with the Benthall Machine and a B.S. of the class of '31, gradu- 26th. He had not seen William and position with the Restoration. Company of that city. ated in Medicine from the Jefferson Mary for twenty-four years and he (Continued from Page 2) While at William and Mary he was Medical College in June. wanted someone to show him what it Nu and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities active in athletics and after leaving Col. John W. Wright, '95, now sta- was all about. He thought it was and had been treasurer of the Alpha College coached the baseball team. tioned at Headquarters of the Third William L. Taliaferro, '31, son of now one of the most beautiful places Chapter of Virginia of Phi Betai He is a member of Kappa Sigma Corps Area of the U. S. Army, visit- W. C. L. Taliaferro, '90, of Hampton, in America. Mr. Nidermaier, who Kappa for a long time. and Phi Beta Kappa and has quite ed William and Mary in July. Be- Va., received his Medical degree in entered here from Southwest Virginia, He is survived by his widow, for- a reputation as a public speaker. fore being transferred to Baltimore June from the University of Virginia. is now living at Kingsport, Tenn. He about two years ago, Col. Wright was He will serve his internship at the was accompanied by his wife and merly Miss Dorothy Osborn Milchrist One of his favorite pastimes is to of Chicago; a young son, William Dow relate incidents of the famous foot- Commandant at the University of University Hospital. young son. Geiger; three brothers, Dr. Hugh S. ball game with the University of Missouri. Clarence L. Charlton, who entered Ralph W. Stambaugh, Jr., '35, of Geiger, Hardy Geiger and L. D. Delaware in 1915 and in which he Geiger; and one sister, Mrs. W. IL was a participant. The score was 93 DeShields Henley, '30, was married William and Mary from Montgomery Pulaski,- who was an outstanding and Brokaw of Florida. to 0 in favor of Delaware. on July 9th to Miss Jane Thornburg County, has been teaching at Mercer- very popular student at William and of Bloomfield, N. J., who has been a burg Academy, Pennsylvania, for the Mary for the past four years, is now CHANGES IN CURRICULUM student at William and Mary for the past ten years and has sent a num- an assistant chemist for the Troy Mr. Josephus Carr, '97, baittcer of EFFECTIVE THIS SESSION past three years. ber of students to William and Mary. Furnace Company, Troy, N. Y. His Leesburg, Va., visited William and REQUIRE CONCENTRATION Mary during the Colonial Court ses- Mr. Henley is in the drug businea? He took his A.B. here in 1918 and address is the YMCA at Troy.. He sion in May. His daughter expects in Williamsburg with his brother, W. his M.A. in 1925. expects to visit William and Mary T. Henley, '23. this fall. (Continued from Page 1) to enter here in September. student has consisted of the totalling Edwin L. Lamberth, '28, and hi? of so many quantitative measures wife, formerly Miss Dorothy Smither, Miss Bessie White, '34, was mar- Rev. S. B. Houghton, '10, is lo- Capt. Stanton L. Bertschey, '15, without a consideration of what the who has been stationed on the west '27, of Norfolk, Va., were appointed ried in August to Mr. Philip Page cated on Route 6, B:ox 163, Danville, student has actually learned. To this by Gov. Peery as delegates to the In- Nelson. They will live at Christian- Va. He has been in ministerial work coast for a number of years, has been end, the degree requirements have stitute of Public Affairs held at the burg, Va. in Danville for nine years but now transferred to Fort Bragg, N. C. been expressed as largely as possible has three county churches and is do- Capt. Bertschey was a star football University of Virginia this summer. M. Carl Andrews, '27, with the in year courses rather than in sem- ing rural research work toward an- player at William and Mary and was Times-World Corporation, Roanoke, ester courses. In addition, it is felt other degree. He wanted to be here captain of the team of 1914. Dr. Charles Roy Hoskins, Jr., '24, Va., visited the College while on his that the student should have more on Alumni Day but was prevented was married this summer to Miss vacation in August. Mr. Andrews is latitude in the selection of courses by other engagements. Miss Thelma Rixey Stinnett, of Virginia Eubank Segar of Saluda, looking forward to another visit here to meet his varied interests. With Remington, Va., a graduate of 1928 Virginia. on September 21st when he expects the organization of large unit courses Miss Jane E. Moss, who took her and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and the opportunity for wider selec- Miss Elizabeth Mason, '34, of Har- to cover the W. & M. Virginia game A.B. here in 1925 and a B.S. in Li- was married on July 24th to Mr. tion, it is believed that more unifica- borton, Va., was married last June for his paper. brary Science at Columbia University Dickerson Griffith of Culpeper, a tion of the student's program will be to Mr. William Mason of Pocomoke, in 1930, is Librarian at the Thomas graduate of the University of Illinois. obtained. Such unification is also Md., where they are now residing. Nathaniel J. Webb, '19, was nom- Jefferson High School in Richmond. emphasized in a student's field of inated by a large majority in the Miss Moss is a member of the Alum- Miss Sallie Moss Jones, '30, who concentration, which may be in one ni Association and writes the Alumni taught for several years at Berea Dr. Lee B. Todd, '27, was married August primary to represent New- subject or in two related fields. In last May to Miss Daisy Ann Burns Office as follows: "I want to tell College, Berea, Kentucky, is now do- poit News and surrounding counties order to place still further emphasis of Lewisburg, W. Va. They will make you how much I have enjoyed the ing medical missionary work in China in the House of Delegates. Mr. Webb on the content of the course and on their home at Quinnwood, W. Va. has been practicing law at Newpoit Alumni Gazette this year. I have under the Southern Baptist Foreign the amount of learning which has kept up with the College activities Mission Board. Miss James is a Life News for some time. actually taken place, it is planned ul- and it has increased my interest and Member of the Alumni Association Edward Tabb Justis, '29, was mar- timately to provide comprehensive ex- Douglas S. Mitchell, Jr., who took pride in the College as never before." and in informing us of her change ried in June to Miss Beatrice Earl aminations by which credit will be his A.B. here in 1927, defeated three She taught two courses in book se- of address wrote as follows: "I shall Morrissett of Westover Hills, Rich- determined. These comprehensive ex- other candidates by an overwhelming lection at the University of North always be interested in. the Alumni mond, Va. Mr. Justis was a star aminations will cover the work of a majority in the August primaries to Carolina this summer. Association of my college and will be track man at William and Mary and course or will cover the student's en- represent King and Queen, Essex and happy to learn of its activities from established a record in the javelin tire field of concentration. Rev. Van F. Garrett, '20, son of time to time." Her permanent ad- throw that stood until this year. Middlesex counties in the next House of Delegates. Mr. Mitchell is a. son Another consideration to which the the late Dr. Van F. Garrett, Profes- dress is Yangchow Hospital, Yang- faculty has given a great deal of at- Dr. R. H. Tucker, '97, Dean of of Douglas S. Mitchell, a member of sor of Chemistry at William and chow China. The Alumni Gazette will tention is the question of allowing a Washington and Lee, called at the the Board of Visitors of William and Mary for so many years, was ordained follow Miss James to her new home great deal of initiative and freedom Alumni Office in August. Dr. Tucker and Mary. to the priesthood of the Episcopal on the other side of the world. on the part of the student in hi3 was recently appointed a member of Church at Flint, Michigan, on May study. For this reason, emphasis will the new committee on Taxation and Miss Jane Gilmer, '35, of Richmond, 27th. He conducted the service at Miss Francis Randolph Hardy, '31, be placed on library work and on spe- Government of the State Chamber of will teach Latin and English in the Bruton Parish in August when Dr. of Blackstone, Va., was married on cial studies in the form of seminars. W. A. R. Goodwin was on his vaca- July 8th to Mr. Malcolm MacLachlan Commerce. high school department of Sullins College, Bristol, Va. this session. It is believed that the student, under tion. of Portsmouth, N. H., a graduate of more careful guidance, will develop Bowdoin College. Miss Hardy is a Rev. W. B. (Bish) Lee, Jr., '12, greater initiative. While the degree Albert F. Nurnberger, '35, will re- Miss Lillian Coates, '33, is a govern- member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma called at the Alumni Office on August requirements under the new curricu- main at his home in Emerson, N. J., ment employe at Philadelphia, Pa. sorority and at present is a student 29th. He was here with the members lum will be much more flexible than this session where he will be engaged She visited William and Mary last in the Library Science Department of of Kappa Sigma fraternity who had those in the previous curriculum, the in the writing of a novel which is May. Columbia University. Mr. and Mrs. come down from their convention in faculty plans definitely to improve scheduled for publication in the fall MacLachlan will live at 521 West Richmond to visit William and Mary. the quality of the instruction-. It is of 1936. Dr. Oliver P. Chitwood, '99, Pro- 123rd St., New York City. "Bish," as he was known when at expected, therefore, that the changes fessor of History at the University William and Mary, made a record in in the curriculum will contribute to Miss Vera Trabold, a graduate of of West Virginia, represented William Miss Lucy Smith, '24, of Riner, Va., football here that will probably stand unification of subject matter and the class of '31, was married on and Mary and the Alpha of Virginia was married in July to Mr. W. Har- for all time. He played center in learning, a depth and breadth of August 12th to Mr. Adrian W. Bald- Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at the rison McCann of Disputanta, Va., a every game of a four-year schedule knowledge, and thorough scholarship. 75th anniversary exercises of Phi graduate of V.P.I. They will reside and never missed a minute from play. win. Beta Kappa at Marietta College, Ohio. at Virginia Beach. Furthermere, the W. & M. teams that BILL SCOTT WEDS he played on never lost a game to James D. Webb, Jr., '14, formerly William Leary Scott, '31, Freshman Lt. Alvin D. Chandler, '19, of the Paul M. Keister, a B.S. of '26, was Richmond College, defeating our re- of Disputanta, Va., but now residing coach at William and Mary and a United States Navy, was a visitor married on August 3rd to Miss Fran- spected rivals five times in four in Greenville, Texas, was a visitor former star here in football, track and here this summer. He will be sta- ces Marshman of Oxford, N. Y. Mr. years. That's a record to be proud here in August. It was his first visit basketball, was married on June 12th tioned at Annapolis this fall and win- Keister, a member of Sigma Nu, of and to remember a life time. He to William and Mary since 1922 and to Miss Hallie Haxall King, '22. Miss ter. played football at William and Mary was captain of the team two years he was greatly impressed with what King is a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. and after his graduation was on the in succession. he saw at the College and in Wil- W. J. King of Newport News and a Chas. M. Hailey, Jr., '28, was on sports staff of a New York City He was accompanied to William liamsburg. Mr. Webb is a brother of niece of the late Dr. D. J. King, Col- the campus in July. He is now with newspaper for several years. He is and Mary by J. Bailey Locher, '08, Nat J. Webb, '19, of Newport News, lege physician. She has been a popu- the accounting department of the now a member of the staff of the now with the U. S. Department of who accompanied him on his visit lar and efficient nurse in the College R. F. C. in Washington, D. C. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Forestry. here. Infirmary for several years. SUPPLEMENT TO THE ALUMNI GAZETTE of the College of William and Mary in Virginia

close until after the Revolution. It panded into a teaching staff of three bare the facts, and if in the light of ALUMNI DAY ADDRESS OF J. GORDON had its own representative in the times that number. truth the feet of popular idols seemed House of Burgesses. For a while it During the last years of Dr. Tyler's to be of clay,, it was often because was the headquarters of the Colonial administration the College passed they were of no more substantial BOHANNON, '02, SATURDAY, JUNE 8,1935 Government's assembly and officials. through another period of war. Its matter. He stood always— The General Assembly selected its buildings were not destroyed as they For the truth that lacks assistance A Tribute to the Memory of Dr. accepted. His writings are the sources first Board of Governors and its first had been in previous wars but the For the wrongs that need resistance Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Presi- from which the future historians may president and contributed for many call to arms of the youth of America For the future in the distance dent of William and Mary take their materials. As a geneal- years to its support. With the estab- had reduced the number of its stu- And the good that it can do. From 1888 to 1919; President ogist he was not content with mere lishment of the Commonwealth and dents more than half. But he taught history not as a lists of names and dates of births the removal of the capital from Wil- Emeritus, 1919 to 1935. I doubt that Dr. Tyler, during his bare recitation of facts, of battles and deaths of sons and daughters. He liamsburg to Richmond a severance service here, ever dreamed of Wil- won and lost, of movement of troops, placed one's ancestors in the proper of the College from the State was Mr. President, Members of the liam and Mary with the student body of dates, and events. To him his- environment, and if it became neces- effected. After the renewal of that Board of Visitors and Faculty, Fel- approaching the enrollment of today. tory was, in the words of Carlyle, sary to drag the family skeleton from association in 1888, upon the reor- low Alumni, Students of the College He had championed the admission of "The essence of innumerable biog- the closet he did so with as much ganization of the college, opposition of William and Mary, ladies and gen- women to the College and in his fare- raphies," and Of events in the lives charity as the circumstances permit- arose to appropriations by the State tlemen: well address he said that this doubled of men who had cast their shadows ted. As a biographer, his purpose to an institution which was not whol- The acceptance of the very gra- the opportunity for development and across its pages, and in his teaching was not merely to defend persons, ly owned or controlled by the State. cious invitation, conveyed by you, Mr. that when normal times returned the those who had lived in history seemed Those of us who were students here President, on behalf of the Alumni principles or policies, but to reveal attendance "should readily number to walk the earth again. in 1898 and in 1901 can well remem- Association, has brought to me the and support the truth. As a lawyer, five hundred." I doubt that for him- In his writings and in his lectures ber the movement in Virginia for re- honor, as deeply appreciated as it is he had a knowledge of the principles self and for the purposes and ideals in the class room the significance of trenchment and reform and the ef- undeserved, of paying this tribute to of Constitutional Law and of the his- of his administration he thought a the colonization in Virginia, the char- forts of Dr. Tyler in those years, par- the memory of one whom it was my tory of. the making of the Federal larger student body than this desir- acter of the early settlers, their mo- ticularly, to save even the small ap- privilege to know, as President of this Constitution which few men of his able. His ideal approached probably tives and purposes, their religious propriation which was being received. College and as a friend, for many day possessed. As an author of books nearer the University of Virginia as toleration, their ideals of liberty un- And largely through his efforts the years. With this honor has come to and of articles and as an editor of he had known it, at which there had der the law, their conception of popu- College of William and Mary was ex- me the opportunity of acknowledg- "The Quarterly," his style was force- been transplanted some of the sys- lar government, the spirit of democ- pressly excepted from the provision ing a debt of gratitude for what this ful, his writings clear and incisive tems which had had their origin at racy which prevailed among them and of the State Constitution of 1902 association with him has brought to and his purposes definite. As an William and Mary. He believed in the commercial importance of the which prohibited appropriation of pub- me in my own life. And however educator he was proud to claim the direct contacts and associations be- Virginia Colony were always empha- lic funds to any institution of learn- imperfectly the duty may be~ per- distinction of having aided in reviving tween the president and the students, sized. He claimed not only that th< ing not owned or exclusively con- formed, such imperfections are not to the Mechanics Institute in Richmond without the intervention of a dean, pioneers who came to Virginia H trolled by the State or some political be charged to the subject which has after a suspension of twenty-three with final discipline vested in the 1607 "founded the Republic of tht division thereof, and the appropria- been assigned me, to him of whom I years. He was for four years a mem- president and the faculty. In his ac- United States based on English con- tion was actually increased. speak, his precepts or his own ex- ber of the State Board of Education. count of the history and works of ceptions of justice and liberty," but ample. *"" But it is of his services at this Col- But he became convinced that the the college published in 1907, his list that Jamestown was the "first per- Born August, 1853. Died February lege that I Shall Speak, principally, continued existence of the College of "needs of the College" was ex- manent colony of Great Britain . . . 12, 1935. In these words the span of for it was here, in an environment depended upon its absolute transfer ceedingly modest, an Assembly Hall the eldest child of England," and he the life of Lyon Gardiner Tyler is congenial to his taste and in a work to the State and he continued to urge to cost $30,000, and the endowment of delighted in quoting Lord Bacon who told. But the fullness of one's life, which was a labor of love, that he this course upon the Board of Visi- four chairs, American History, Edu- said that "in kingdoms or plantations even of a life beyond the allotted spent the best, the most profitable, tors, until in the year 1906, by an cation, Civics and Politics and Law, the first foundation or plantation is three score years and ten, does not years'of his long and useful life. Act of the General Assembly pro- at $40,000 each. of more noble dignity than all that Called from the practice of law in lfe in the mere passing of time. posed by Dr. Tyler and approved by We may judge from these specifi- followeth." the City of Richmond in 1888 to as- We live in deeds, not years; in the Board, the property of the Col- cations the lines along which he de- Virginia's leadership in coloniza- sume the Presidency of the College thoughts, not breaths; lege was transferred from the old sired the development of the College tion, statesmanship, jurisprudence and of William and Mary, he found here In feelings, not in figures on a dial. corporation to the new, and "The Col- to proceed. No man was more deep- in war was boldly asserted and was We should count time by heart a college in name only, still suffer- lege of William and Mary in Virginia" ly conscious of the contribution of clearly demonstrated. throbs. ing from the ravages of war, a cam- became a State Institution wholly the College of William and Mary to And when he felt the necessity of pus sadly neglected and overgrown He most lives owned and exclusively controlled by the making of the Nation. Out from defending the truths of history from with weeds, five buildings, including Who thinks most, feels the noblest, the State. its halls had gone men who had made the claims or attacks of others, his Acts the best. the Mathew Whaley Observation and Dr. Tyler in his farewell address the history which he desired to see weapons of defense, always affirma- And his life was full, not alone Practice School, all in need of repairs delivered at the close of the 226th taught here, who had established the tive, were weilded with a power with the fullness of time, but because and poorly equipped, and without session of the College, June 10, 1919, forms of government and shaped the which was convincing, often to those he lived in deeds, in thoughts and in modern improvements, and an endow- says that "the struggle up to 1906 course of American politics, who had who had challenged the truth assert- feelings, the imprint of which is writ- ment of scarcely more than $20,000 was largely one for permission to written and had interpreted the law ed. His "Narratives of Early Vir- ten deep on the minds and in the which had been saved by the zealous live," and that the Act of 1906 "placed in which it was his desire to have ginia" (1907) is a notable source hearts of those whose privilege it care of President Benjamin S. Ewell. the College on a plane where its real the students of this college instructed. book of the colonial period. His was to come within the influence of Classes had been suspended for a prosperity began." With the passage The association with the college of broader study "The English in Amer- his life. period of seven years. of this bill into law he felt that his those who had conceived of the col- ica," published in 1905, has been This occasion, which had been The corporate life of "The Presi- chief design had been accomplished, onies, as an independent nation and termed his most constructive work. planned before his death, was to have dent and Masters or Professors of and the destiny of the College made who had written and signed the dec- Of peculiar interest to him was been an expression to him in person the College of William and Mary in secure. And while he says that the laration of the principles of inde- that era which Fisk has called "The of the affectionate regard in which Virginia" had been preserved. But most important work was done be- pendence, who had helped to win it Critical Period of American History," he was held by his former students, there was scarcely more than the fore 1906, an importance not to be with the sword, and to establish it the years which lay between the and an acknowledgment by the ringing of the bell at the time for measured by the amount of money on the basis of a written constitution, achievement of independence and the friends of William and Mary College the beginning of each successive ses- obtained, the prosperity of which he gave to it a background of the love inauguration of government under the of the debt which the College itself sion to mark the fact that the spirit speaks brought to the college, after of liberty and of respect for the Constitution. He emphasized the ne- and they owe to him for his long was still alive. And even this might the year 1906, greatly increased ap- rights of the individual, out of which cessity for a study of contemporary years of service as its President. have been mistaken for the tolling of propriations for maintenance and for the institution of his day stood forth. history and of the proceedings of the improvements in the way of new Death has robbed us of that privilege. the knell of departing hopes and am- The names of the more distinguish- Constitutional and State Conventions But death has not discharged the debt bitions, so desperate were the times. buildings and equipment, additions to ed of those who had received their as the background against which this the endowment fund, enlargement of nor made us less conscious of our The Board of Visitors appealed to academic or professional training instrument was to be read and inter- the faculty, with increases in salaries obligation to him or of the place the General Assembly of Virginia for here, Randolph, Jefferson, Monroe, preted. and a larger student enrollment. which he holds in our hearts. aid, and an appropriation of $10,000 Marshall, Tyler and others, were not His "Letters and Times of the The son of John Tyler, the tenth annually, secured largely through Dr. During his thirty-one years of serv- only -written in living green upon the Tylers," published in 1884, is more President of the United States, and Tyler's efforts as a member of the ice he had seen the number of build- walls of the old College Chapel, but than a biography.. It is an authorita- of Julia Gardiner Tyler, of Easthamp- House of Delegates, was made, upon ings increase from five to fourteen they were inscribed upon the hearts tive work presenting in a new light ton, New York, Lyon Gardiner Tyler condition that there be established and the old buildings put in repair. and minds of the students, who were those great questions of public policy was born at "Sherwood Forest" in here a normal course in connecrior Oil lamps and unsightly stoves had never permitted to forget that the to the solution of which his dis- Charles City County, Virginia. Upon with the academic department. A given place to electricity and steam lives of those men should remind them tinguished father and grandfather the death of his father early in 1862, new Board of Visitors was provided heat. The library had grown from of the rights, duties and obligations contributed during the period of his mother returned to her home on for, ten of whom were to be appoint- 5,000 to 18,000 volumes, and a library of citizenship and that they might American history from the Revolu- Long Island, and with her, of course, ed under the charter and ten by the building had been built with funds make of their own lives more than tion to the "War of 1861," or the went her children. Governor, with the Superintendent of obtained by him. The campus had the mere commonplace; that it is not "War for Southern Independence," in Public Instruction as a member ex all of life to live, that their educa- Returning to his native State, he been enlarged from twenty acres to which terms he often referred to it. tional opportunities should mean more entered the University of Virginia in officio. fifty. The endowment fund had been He was firm in his convictions that, increased largely through his efforts to them than the mere gratification 1870. Graduated from the University And so, with this physical plant, as prior to 1787, under the Articles this meagre endowment and this par- to over $200,000. The annual appro- of a greed for gain, and that in the with a Master's degree, he was elect- of Confederation, each State "retained simonious appropriation, the new priation had been increased from ten contemplation of the William and ed, in 1877, Professor of Belles- its sovereignty, freedom and inde- President, burdened with professional thousand to fifty-four thousand five Mary of the past, they might find a Lettres at the College of William and new hope, a new ambition stirring pendence," and as these attributes natt duties, with a faculty of five mem- hundred dollars. Mary, where he taught also a class not been revoked by the Constitution, bers, in addition to himself, set to But as the true development and within them. One of Dr. Tyler's last in the Philosophy of Sir William so, under the Constitution the Union work to preserve all that was good in messages to the students of this Col- Hamilton. growth and stature of a man cannot was a league of Free, Sovereign and the history, traditions and associa- lege was, "Be true to the standards Such were the finances of the Col- be measured merely by the kind of Independent States, created by the tions of the old William and Mary, of the past." lege at that time that it was unable house in which he lives, the extent of consent of the States in their sov- and, upon the foundations of its past, The historic environment of Wil- to offer its professors a living salary. his acres or his possessions in world- ereign capacities, and that, as mem- to restore here a college which should Resigning his professorship here, aft- ly goods, so we adopt false standards liam and Mary, an institution of bers thereof, each State, in the ex- be of increasing service to the State of values by which to measure the er one year of service, he became the learning set down in the very place ercise of that sovereignty, had the and to the Nation. And may I in growth of a college if we rely solely principal of a private school in Mem- where history had been made, Wil- right to withdraw from that Union passing pay a tribute to the loyalty upon evidence of its physical or ma- phis, Tennessee. In 1882 he returned so created and revoke the powers of of that faculty which labored with terial enlargement. These are the liamsburg, "The Old Colonial Capi- to Virginia and began the practice of agency vested in the Federal Gov- him in the work of restoration. Few things upon which it grows rather tal," Yorktown, Jamestown, "The law in Richmond. ernment at any time for reasons of men could have been found with than evidences of true growth itself, Cradle of the Republic," gave to the which it was to be the sole judge. Numerous avenues of approach lie higher ideals or with greater devo- the hieasure of its opportunities for teaching of the history here an in- He defended secession both as a na- to any discussion of the life and work tion to duty. They have all passed the spreading of its influence. And terest which no other place could in- tural right of self government and as of Dr. Tyler. As a historian he to their reward, but they still live with the improvement and enlarge- cite. And I believe that Dr. Tyler a constitutional right under the re- sought only to know the truth, to in the hearts of those of us who knew ment in the physical plant had come found his chief delight in the class served powers of the States and unde: reveal it, to interpret it and to defend them. an improvement in the character of room in the teaching of American the compact by which the Union hac it, faithfully and without fear. And the scholastic work and an advance History, the revelation and interpre to do this he relied upon original Created by royal charter on Feb- been formed, just as his father ha< ruary 8, 1693, the association between ment of the academic standards. The | tation of its truths and the exposure material and was not satisfied mere- edfaculty of six members had been ex- of errors and falsehoods. He laid advocated secession in the Virginia wmm- THE ALUMNI GAZETTE

Convention of 1861, after his return gave his life to apparently broken, ted, firm in his ideas of justice, quick existence of William and Mary today TRIBUTEI TO DR. TYLER from the "Peace Conference" in the States divested of their sovereign- to condemn where there was fault as a factor in the educational life of Nearly a half century ago, in the Washington. He maintained that the ty, either by encroachment of the and equally ready to praise where Virginia is largely due to the efforts year 1888, the College of William denial of .the right of secession was Federal Government or by the sur- praise was due, he had the respect of of one who was willing to accept a and Mary, after two centuries of un- a denial of sovereignty. The cause render by the States themselves of the student body, not alone for the call to duty and to service which had surpassed service to Virginia and to of secession was the refusal of the their natural and constitutional rights. faculties of his mind, but as well for been declined by another because of America, stood a deserted and dilap- President and of his party to recog- And gladly would he have stooped the qualities of his heart. Always the almost hopeless task which was idated group of a few buildings in a nize the constitutional rights of the and built them up again, not with himself, the true examplar of the presented. small and poverty-stricken town. For States. Neither slavery nor secession worn-out tools, but with all the ener- highest type of Virginia gentleman., When one looks upon some tower- seven years the dust had gathered,, was the cause of war. gies of an eager mind. But he real- every student was to him a gentle- ing structure which lifts its lofty the weeds had grown, and ultimate Secession was a civil process and ized, I fear, the futility of this in man, worthy of respect and trust as head to the clouds, he may be so im- ruin and oblivion impended. To re- an era of increasing Federal domina- such, until that student had by his had within itself nothing in common pressed with its beauty and symmetry store such a college in such a land tion in trade, in industry, in com- conduct proved himself unworthy to with war. War, and the invasion of of design that he is unmindful of the to usefulnens and vigor seemed to merce, and in government. be so regarded. the South resulted from a rejection fact that down below the surface, many thoughtful men to be hopeless. Had he lived but a few weeks The following words of Judge on the part of the President of the where the eye cannot see, lie its foun- But it did not seem hopeless to a right of secession and a denial of the longer he might have heard from an Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, written dations, dug deep in the earth, upon young man thirty-five years old who right of self government. War was associate Justice of the Supreme when he was professor of law here which such a structure stands. came to Williamsburg to undertake an effort to coerce, subdue and to Court, in delivering a famous dissent- in 1834, might well be ascribed to When Dr. Tyler came to William the task. A few months before, destroy those States which had se- ing opinion, an echo of his own Dr. Tyler, for such were his princi- and Mary in 1888 there was here while a new member of the General ceded and which were exercising the thought when this Judge solemnly ples: "It has been the study of its scarcely anything more than the foun- Assembly from the city of Richmond, powers of self determination in set- pronounced that we no longer had a professors to cultivate at the same dations upon which to build. But upon he had persuaded that body to ap- ting up an organized government Constitution. But he did live to see time the intellect, the principles and these he began the work, in a spirit propriate the sum of ten thousand under which they desired to live, and some in high authority propose popu- the deportment of the student, la- of reverence for the past and with a dollars a year for the reopening of he denied the right of the President lar referenda for amendments to the boring with equal diligence to infuse vision of the needs of the future, of the College. When other men drew or of Congress, under the Constitu- Constitution when the Supreme Court the spirit of the scholar and the spirit rebuilding a college which, holding back from the responsibility and the tion, to make war upon those States, had declared an Act of Congress un- of the gentleman. He comes to us to the traditions of its past and pre- risk of directing the venture, he which were seeking, not to overthrow constitutional. as a gentleman. As such we receive serving its heritage of glory of other dared to try. And by his vision, his the Government of the United States, The great Chief Justice, John and treat him, and resolutely refuse days, would be responsive to the de- devotion and his unremitting labor, but to establish a government of their Marshall, in his opinion in Marbury to know him in any other character. mands of a new ero in the life of he restored William and Mary to the own. And, to that end, the South vs. Madison, a decision to which Dr. He is not harrassed with petty regu- Virginia and America. uses of men and enshrined himself was compelled, for the protection of Tyler frequently referred, had de- lations; he was not insulted and an- In that farewell address to which in the hearts of her sons. its rights, to repel the invasion of fined the powers and functions of noyed by impertinent surveilance. I have referred there is a distinct It was characteristic of Lyon Gar- the armies sent against its people. the Supreme Court under that instru- Spies and informers have no counten- note of sadness. The close of his diner Tyler, inheritor of the finest He justified his position by reference ment in upholding the supremacy of ance among us. We receive no accu- work was the meeting place of many traditions of both the South and the to the decision of the Supreme Court the Constitution and restraining Con- sation but from the conscience of the emotions. He likened it to a bar at North, that he was interested not in the Prize cases (67 U. S. 668) in gress within the limitations of its accused. His honor is the only wit- the mouth of a mighty river, where alone in conserving the cultural herit- which it was held that Congress alone granted powers. Had the life of Dr. ness to which we appeal." the waters rush down from the hills age of the few and transmitting it had the power to declare war, and Tyler been spared for a few months We laughed, at times, but always to meet the incoming tides from the to the leaders of the State; he was- that it "cannot declare war against a longer he might have heard the words with a friendly laugh, at his forget- ocean. The roar of the waves was also devoted to the welfare of the state or any number of states by vir- of another Chief Justice, following fulness, or rather, his abstraction, for blended with the glad songs of the common man. Shortly after he es- tue of any clause in the Constitution." the reasoning of the Court in Ex if his mind was turned for a moment mountains and the solemn dirges of tablished himself in Richmond for the k In an article published over his sig- Parte Milligin and exercising its pow- from the class room, it was directed the sea. But as he stood at the close nature a few months before his ers as defined in Marbury vs. Madi- to the more important affairs of the of his long period of public service practice of law in 1882, he was in- strumental in reviving the Virginia. death, he referred to and quoted from son, declare that extraordinary con- College, or to the righting of a wrong and the memories of the past came the opinion of Mr. Justice Davis in ditions do not create or enlarge con- done by some inaccurate statement sweeping over him, he heard then Mechanics Institute. He taught in. Ex Parte Milligan, 4th Wallace 107, stitutional powers, that those powers or by some intentional injustice to only the note of sadness of the mighty this Institution for a number of years without pay, and it always held a in which the Court had said: of the national government are lim- those things which he loved. If he waves. warm place in his affections. Sim- "The Constitution of the United ited by constitutional grants, and that forgot a lecture that was our loss. His work here, in an administrative those who act under those grants are ilarly, he was devoted to the cause States is a law for rulers and If we cut his classes, and we did, he capacity, was ended. He returned to not at liberty to transcend the im- of public education for the masses, people, equally in war and in may have been none the wiser, nor the scenes of his early boyhood, to peace, and covers with the shield posed limits, that Congress may not were we. and served as a member of the State the county of his birth. And there Board of Education during the forma- of its protection all classes of abdicate or transfer to others essen- I love to recall this incident: His in his home, his family, his friends tive years of the Virginia public men at all times and under all tial legislative functions, and that the class in psychology was scheduled for and his books around him, he was commerce clause was never intended school system. circumstances. No doctrine, in- a final examination and was assem- able to command his leisure, as he volving more pernicious, conse- to so enlarge the powers of the Fed- bled in the College Chapel. Dr. Tyler expressed it, for his "favorite histor- Throughout his long career there- eral Government that the authority quences was ever invented by had forgotten it. The faithful Bil- ical studies." But he was "never less ran like an unceasing undercurrent the wit of man than that any of of the State over its domestic con- lups was despatched to remind him at leisure than when at leisure," and beneath all his activities his passion- cerns would exist only by sufferance. its provisions can be suspended that his students were waiting. I can so he pursued his search for the ate devotion to the history of his during any of the great exigen- If the decision of the Court in Mar- see him now striding down the aisle truths of history, ayways bearing in state. He was one of the first of cies of government. Such a doc- bury vs. Madison preserved the Con- of the chapel and up to the platform. mind the thought embodied in the the moderns in his methods of his- stitution from the onslaughts of de- trine leads directly to anarchy or Hands behind his back, he strolled up passage from Cicero's De Oratore, torical research. But for him, the mocracy, the decision of the Court despotism, but the theory of ne- and down, lost in thought. It was "Historia vera testis temporum, lux history of Virginia would not today handed down on May 27th of this year cessity on which it is based is a warm spring day and amid the but- veritatis"—history indeed is the wit- be the living inspiration that it has helped to preserve the rights of the false." tercups on the campus a cow was ness of the times, the light of truth. become and will remain through the 1.- This quotation from the opinion of States which had not been delegated placidly grazing. He lifted his head In fact, Cicero might have furnished generations. His patient toil, his in- but which had been reserved to the the Court in this case expressed Dr. and through the open window spied to him a motto which was the guid- credible industry, his fearless pro- Tyler's conception of the sanctity of States under the Constitution. the cow. He walked to the black- ing principle of his life, when he claiming of the truth as the records- the Constitution. This decision, defining the powers board and wrote this one sentence, asked, "Who does not know that it proved it, have borne their rich fruit. He recognized, of course, that a of the National Government, with re- "I see a cow," and then he continued is the first law of history that it The volumes of his historical writ- written constitution could not be spect to the matter before the Court his walk, while his class gazed in shall not dare to state anything ings will always be a source book, changed by mere force of arms, and and the functions of the legislative wonder. And then, as if inspired, he which is false, and consequently that and an incentive to an understanding as a teacher of history he was firm and executive departments and re- wrote an examination, the first sec- it shall not shrink from stating any- of our people. They constitute a in his convictions with respect to the stating those principles of constitu- tion of which dealt with the relation thing that is true?" monument to his memory that will rights of the States under the Con- tional law to which he had always between the physical and mental as- His interest in the old College never endure through the years. stitution, notwithstanding the victory given his assent would have, I ven- pects of perception. And the cow, failed, and had he lived he would Restorer of William and Mary, re- of the North over the South. But ture to say, met with his fullest ap- wholly unconscious of the fact that have delivered here a series of lec- viver of an institution for training -in in the article to which I have just proval. In saying this I express no she had been the subject of a psy- tures in "The Contribution of William the practical arts, rediscoverer and referred he stated that the sovereign- opinion as to Dr. Tyler's views with chological test, continued her placid and Mary to Our National Life." vitalizer of the history of his state, ty of the States had been destroyed respect to the economic principles in- grazing amid the buttercups. That story must yet be told that this Dr. Tyler yet looked ever toward the and that a consolidated nation had volved in the program of recovery and The College of William and Mary and succeeding generations may know future. He caught the gleam from been established by force and violence. reform. I refer to his views as a in Virginia was possessed, he felt, of the part which the ancient institution a distant time when men would be The Constitution, intended originally lawyer and as a student of govern- an individuality which set it apart has played in the building, the better because of their reverence for to fit sovereign States, had become, ment only. He would have realized from other colleges. Its age, reach- strengthening and the protection of the great and noble that is old. He he asserted, a misfit when applied to that we still have a Constitution ing back through its antecedents into our nation. loved youth, and himself never grew consolidated power and was no longer which is more than " a set of con- the early years of the Seventeenth old in the freshness of his outlook, What though his work unfinished a solemn compact between the States, venient rules, to be departed from Century, gave to it a dignity which the buoyancy of his enthusiasms, or lies ? Half bent but a set of convenient rules, to be when public necessity seemed to re- age alone imparts. Its royal charter, his unending pursuit of truth. He The rainbow arch fades out in upper departed from when public necessity quire it" and that this Constitution, the first to be received from the lived and wrought for the years to air; seemed to require it. the sovereign law, still Crown, and its coat of arms from the come while he restored the past. The shining cataract half-way down This was a recognition by him of "Sits empress, crowning go)d, re- College of Heralds in London, lent the height There was a great harmony in all existing conditions as he saw them, pressing ill." to it a distinction which no other col- Breaks into mist; the haunting he did and in his way of life. Few the result probably of a sort of phi- The political philosophy of Dr. lege shared. He was proud of its strain, that fell men have had so single-minded a losophy of despair on his part. And Tyler, some phases of which I have priorities, of the fact that William On listeners unaware, loyalty to an ideal. We need not re- that he still held to the somewhat attempted briefly to interpret, was and Mary was the first College in Ends incomplete: but through the count the incidents of his career, for outmoded, but true conception of the a part of his very life, and I know America to have a full faculty of starry night they are known to us. He was our rights of the States under the Con- that I voice the sentiment of many of professors, the first to adopt the lec- The ear still waits for what it did teacher and our friend. We pay stitution, even in this age of unprece- his former students when I say that ture system, the first to establish the not tell. tribute today to the qualities of his dented centralization of power or ef- his views upon the great question of elective and honor systems, the first mind and heart. Courage was his, forts at centralization, I have no history, government and politics as to widen its scope to that of a uni- His work must go on. Death takes and he was ever ready to battle for doubt. set forth in his lectures and his writ- versity, the first to establish courses toll of all but truth. This alone is the right. His vision encompassed He had lived to see the fears of ings, did more to mold their own in municipal and constitutional law, eternal. But Heroditus said that the past, the present and the future those great Virginians, Patrick Henry, opinions with respect to these things modern languages, political economy truth lies hidden in an inexhaustible as one. An idealist, he was yet a Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe than any other influence exerted upon and history and that here was or- well. It must be revealed. The things practical man of affairs who would with respect to the increase in, and them. ganized the first Greek letter intercol- he taught must not be forgotten. In accept the lesser in order to accom- the use of, Federal power apparently Of the personality of Dr. Tyler, it legiate fraternity. our national life and in the formu- plish the greater. His energy was fully justified. He had lived to see may be said that no* student who It was his proud purpose to retain lation of our political and economic untiring. His tastes were simple and political theorists given free hand, knew him had for him any but the for William and Mary that individu- policies there must be a closer ap- he loved the homely things of life with untried experiments, to speed most kindly thought and affectionate ality, that dignity and that distinction proach to these principles for which that bring the most enduring satis- up the centripital forces which will, regard. Honest, industrious, of high to which it was rightfully entitled, he stood. factions. He accomplished much for if continuously applied, destroy the ideals, courageous, loyal to the prin- and to this he gave a life of devoted He sleeps near the last resting the people he loved; he lived a life States and mold the people of this ciples which were the guide of his service. place of his father, on the hills that that yet teaches by its example. We country into a confused and common life, unswerving in his purposes, he He lived to see the College whichoverlook the historic James. And as offer our admiring and affectionate mass. He had lived to hear those well merited the regard in which he he had restored reach its present its waters rush onward to the ocean, tribute to his memory. who opposed these forces branded as was held. Considerate at all times state of prosperity. As its President he hears no longer the solemn dirge John Lloyd Newcomb, '00 Tories and jeered at as Jeffersonians. of their comfort, as far as the facil- Emeritus, he rejoiced in its success. of the sea, but now only the glad Geo. 0. Ferguson, Jr., '07 He had lived to see the things he ities and funds of the College permit- But let us not forget that the very songs of the mountains. Robert H. Tucker, '97