M N GAZETTE OF THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY IN VIRGINIA VOL. II WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1934 NUMBER 2 PRESIDENT BRYAN TO BE INDUCTED TWO HUNDRED FORTY-FIRST SESSION INTO OFFICE HERE ON OCTOBER 20TH OPENED HERE SEPT. 11TH AUSPICIOUSLY * — CofeSS"'S.-'PSWJOHN STEWART BRYAN Registration Now Nearly Twelve Thousand ALUMNI OFFICIALS MEET Hundred and Expected to Ex- {&*"**■ HAS HAD ACTIVE CAREER WITH PRESIDENT BRYAN ceed Last Year's Figures. ROOSEVELT TO ATTEND IN AN EXTENSIVE FIELD AT HIS RICHMOND HOME SIX NEW PROFESSORS Mr. Bryan Addresses Students President of United States to Practised Law at One Time But Received Honorary Degree or' Interesting Discussion of Will- and Faculty at Enthusiastic Has Spent Most of His Time Mass Meeting. LJU. D. iam and Mary's Future En- in Newspaper Work. gaged in by All Present. The 241st session at William and The College of William and Mary A review of the life of Mr. Bryan Mary opened on September 11th with extends a cordial welcome to all of President John Stewart Bryan en- who will be installed as the nine- everything set for one of the best her alumni and friends to attend the tertained William and Mary Alumni teenth president of William and years in the history of the College ceremony of installing Mr, John Club presidents and officials of the Mary on October 20th, reveals a re- general Alumni Association of the The registration, scheduled for three Stewart Bryan as nineteenth presi- cord of unusual activity and achieve- JOHN STEWART BRYAN College in his luxurious home, "La- days, went off without a hitch and dent of the College here on October ment. who will be installed in office Oct. 20 burnum," on the night of September much credit is due the Bursar and 20th. It will no doubt be one of the The son of Joseph Bryan and Iso- 14th. Mr. Bryan is a gracious host Business Manager, Chas. J. Duke, greatest daps in the history of the bel Stewart Bryan, he was born at and the occasion was a most pleas- Jr., Miss Kathleen Alsop, Registrar, College and of the old City of Will- "Brook Hill", Henrico County, Vir- ant and enjoyable one. and members of the faculty and em- iamsburg. PRES. BRYAN'S MESSAGE Mr. Bryan stated that no educa- ployees of the Administration Office President Franklin D. Roosevelt Mr. Bryan's preparatory education 1" ALUluIlI KLVJULOIIJ tional institution in the history of for the ease and efficiency with which will attend the exercises and will de- was received at the Norwood School, the world had turned out a group of it was handled. liver an address now scheduled for Richmond, Va., and the Episcopal THEIR COOPERATION greater men than William and Mary By Friday, the 14th, professors 12:1.0 p. m. Mr. Roosevelt is expected High School, Alexandria, Va. He took did from 1765 to 1795. were holding classes, most students to arrive in Williamsburg on a spe- his B. A. degree at the University of Asks Alumni for Constant Flow He invited every alumnus present had purchased their books and every- cial trian about midnight on the 19th. Virginia and a law degree at Har- of Noble Youths to William to give his views and desires for body was ready to settle down for a The President's visit to William vard. His honorary degrees are: LL. and Mary. the future development of William happy and successful session. and Mary where he will receive an jD. University of Richmond; LL. D. and Mary and under the guidance Y. O. Kent, '31, Steward of the honorary LL. D. degree during the University of Ohio; Litt. D. Wash- Mr. Charles A. Taylor, Jr., Execu- of Joseph E. Healy, President of the College, had the Dining Hall in ship installation exercises calls to mind ington and Lee University. tive Secretary of The Alumni Asso- Alumni Association, a very interest- shape and supper was ready for the the visit of two other presidents of As a member of the firm of Mc- ciation has asked me to sav a word ing discussion ensued. students who came in the day before the United States to the College Guire and Bryan he practised law in of greeting to the Alumni at large registration. The questions of developing Will- within the past 13 years. President Richmond from 1898 to 1901 but the I very gladly avail myself of this iam and Mary into a strictly liberal All dormitories were in first class Harding was here on October 19th, opportunity, not only for the pleas- newspaper field was to claim his arts college and of coeducation re- condition and old students were de- 1921, when Dr. Chandler was install- ure of speaking to the Alumni, but greatest attention and for sometime ceived much attention. lighted to find new mattresses and ed as president of the College and for th? larger £ood the Alumni can he assisted his father, Mr. Joseph Those present were: Mr. Bryan springs throughout most of the dor- President Coolidge visited here in perform for The College of William Bryan, in the editorial and manage- and his son; Dr. W. T. L. Taliaferro, mitories. May, 1926. Both made addresses and rial departments of the Richmond and Mars. received honorary degrees. Mr. Hoov- '76, president of the Washington The Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. Times-Dispatch and assumed entire This ancient institution has one Alumni Club; Robert M. Newton, gave a big get to-gether for the er was the third president to receive charge of the paper upon the death tiling in common with the newest I '16; James Campbell, Jr., '25, presi- freshmen boys and girls in Blow Gy- an honorary degree from William and of his father in 1908. He and his'born fields of learning: that a col- dent of the Philadelphia Alumni mnasium on the night of the 13th Mary ,the degree being conferred brothers sold the Times-Dispatch in lege is after all compounded of the jClub; Dr. Sidney B. Hall, '16; Jack- and the crowd just about filled the during his visit to the Yorktown Ses- 1914. reactions of the student body, the : son Davis, '02; John Weymouth, '94; floor of the gymnasium. It was a hap- quicentennial. In 1909 Mr. Bryan, along with his'faculty and the traditions. Of course, ! J. E. Capps, '11, representing the 3- py event and no doubt chased the' The College, the Restoration and brothers, acquired the Richmond the difference between William and | 3-3 Athletic Committee; W. S. homesick blues from the hearts of the City of Williamsburg are work- News Leader which has been develop- Mary and every other college in , Gooch, Jr., Athletic Director; W. S. many a freshman. fc# hand in hand to make October ed into one of the leading evening America is that William and Mary is Wallace, '20; Chas. J. Duke, Jr., '23, President Bryan met the fresh- 20th, a memorable occasion. A crowd papers in the country. Its editorials .surpassed by only one college in Bursar and Business Manager of the men boys and girls separate!;' at a of 25,000 is being provided for. Free are conservative but brilliant and its length of tradition, and by none in College; Judge Vernon Spratley, '01, meeting during the week and on the parking space will be available and policies as a whole reflect the high glory. For without intending un- president of the Hampton Alumni night of the 17th addressed the en- idealism of its publisher. fiiendly comparison, we may frankly the matter of this many people get- Club; Dr. W. E. Vest, '03, president tire student body and faculty in Phi ting food in Williamsburg will be In 1903 Mr. Bryan married Anne Toim out that William and Mary of the West Virginia Alumni Club; Beta Kappa Memorial Hall. There fully taken care of. Elizabeth Tennant. Their children; Irom its inception was cast in the Dr. W. T. HocVres, '02; Joseph E. was hardly standing room but the Business Manager Chas. J. Duke, are Mrs. Amanda Bryan Kane of larger mold of a school of citizen- Healy, '10; Judge H. Lester Hooker, students gave rapt attention to Mr. Jr., of the College, has already had New York City, David Tennant Bry-'ship- And from the pursuit of that '07; Carroll C. Pierce, '92; W. E. Bryan's inspiring and feiicitious a conference here with fifteen or an and John Stewart Bryan, Jr., ofj^eal the College was enabled to Somer, '15, president of the Green- words. Richmond. produce and prepare an incomparable twenty traffic managers of transpor- ville-Brunswick Alumni Club; Dr. Registration has nearly -eached tation companies working out the de- His newspaper work has brought' company of builders of our nation, Amos Koontz, '10; Dr. Howard the 1200 mark and will no doubt ex- tails of railroad and bus transpor- him many honors from his colleagues I (Continued on page 6.) Smith, '20, president of the Balti- ceed the registration of 126u for last tation. in this field. He was secretary of the more Alumni Club; M. W. Thomp- session. The first feature of the day's pro- American Newspaper Publishers As- HOMECOMING DAY son, '28, president of the Southside The registration figures : eveal that (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page 6.) Nov. 17, 1934 (Continued on page 6.) (Continued on page 6.)

We could not present the full Interesting Bits of History from the program for Homecoming Day in President Horrocks and Masters this issue of the Gazette which will Old Wm. & Mary College Records be mailed to every alumnus of the Address Memorial to Visitors College and as the October issue Although the Rev. James Blair, sentative) to the House of Burgesses cannot be mailed to our entire The President and Masters of Wil- The Rev'd Mr. Horrocks President first president of William and Mary would mean higher taxes. alumni group we trust that you liam and Mary had a great many Mr. Camm, E. Jones, and Mr. and chiefly responsible for its estab- Daniel Parke, grandfather of Dan- will keep the above date in mind disputes during the Colonial period Johnson. lishment in Virginia, was distinctly iel Parke Custis, the first husband of and that you will be here for this with the Visitors and Governors of Agreeable to the Direction of the a man of God, he did not hestitate to George Washington's wife, was a biggest day of the session. the College. These disputes reached Visitors & Governors of Wm. & Mary courtier of Andros and sought his a high pitch of feeling and interest fight an enemy and as he had many The main features of the day College on the 28th A?ril last, the favor by a campaign of insult to during the administration of the Rev. of them, he was very often involved will be a great parade of floats President & Masters of the said Col- Blair. He was an expert swordsman James Horrocks, president of William lege this Day presented to the Visita- in strife. He had a fight on his hands representing students and the civic but being unable to challenge Blair on and Mary from 1764 to 1771. tion the following Memoria for the when he went to England to secure organizations of Williamsburg, an account of his cloth, resorted to other The followirft Memorial to the better Government of the College: a Charter for the College, but he outdoor barbecue and oyster roast means of infuriating him. He set up Visitors and Governors was adopted We the President & Mas! era of overcame all opposition and returned dinner, the ..football game ..with a claim to the pew in the church oc- by the President and Masters at a Wm. & Mary College in met cheer- to Virginia triumphant. But from Washington and Lee and a ..big cupied by Mrs. Blair, and one Sun- faculty meeting on May 4, 1768. As ful Compliance with the Directions the very time of his arrival in Vir- get-to-gether party for the alumni day morning "with great fury and it did not accomplish the results de- of the Visitors for this Purpose do ginia with the Charter in his pos- that night. session he met formidable opposition violence pulled her out of it in the sired by the President and Masters with the Greatest Deference & Make a point to be here early in the person of Sir Edmund Andros, presence of the minister and congre- they appealed later to the Bishop of Respect propose to their considera- on the morning of Nov. 17th or governor of Virginia. gation, who were greatly scandalized London, then Chancellor of the Col- tion the following Articles and Prin- Andros was violent in his opposi- at his ruffian and profane action." jou will miss one of the biggest lege. This appeal to the Chancellor ciples for forming a new statute, features of the program. l tion to the founding of a College in The quarrel with Andros was will appear in the next issue of the which shall explain & set 'e in -the Virginia and tried to inflame the finally referred to the Bishop of Lon- Yon can't afford to miss this Alumni Gazette. most clear & explicit Manner the 1 wealthy colonists against the project don and the Archbishop of Canter- year's Homecoming Day at Will- At a meeting of the President & just & proper Authority of t *' Visi- on the grounds that to elect a "Col- bury. In a conference at Lambeth iam and Mary. Masters of Wm. & Mary College, j tors, as well as the Rights, Privileges legian" (William and Mary's repre- (Continued on page 6.) Present, (Continued on page 5.) v

Saturday, September 29, 1934 PAGE TWO THE ALUMNI GAZETTE THE HONOR SYSTEM H. RAGLAND EUBANK ATTENTION ALUMNI! WRITES GUIDE BOOK "THE ALUMNI GAZETTE To this time (1779) is to be re- Our Alma Mater is at the thres- OF The Northern Neck of Virginia, ferred what has been called the hold of a new era in her history. THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY IN VIRGINIA comprising five counties, King "Honor System", which from its in- The future holds unlimited possi- Established June 10, 1933. George Northumberland, Westmore- fluence upon educational discipline bilities for her and the eyes of a land, Richmond and Lancaster, lying must be deemed worthy of especial A monthly publication in the interest of the College of William and Mary nation are turning toward Will- between the Rappahonnock and Poto- note. It was the aim of the profess in Virginia and its Alumni mac Rivers, is one of the most histo- iamsburg. sors of William and Mary to control In the work ahead of him, our Published on the last day of each month by the Alumni Association of the ric sections of Virginia. It was the the students without harassing them new president, Mr. Bryan, needs College of William and Mary in Virginia birth place of Washington, Lee and with petty regulations or subjecting many other noble Virginians. the support of William and Mary them to a system of espionage in The Alumni Association of the College of William and Mary in Virginia It is truly a "garden spot" of the alumni and will welcome it. the class room and on examinations- Organized 1842—Chartered March 5, 1923. state, but in spite of its great natu- You can give this support more The published rules of the Colleg" effectively through the Alumni OFFICERS AND BOARD OF MANAGERS ral resources and its splendid history in 1817 contained a provision re- no authentic account of its greatness Association than in any other JOSEPH HEALY, '10 President quiring students "to give evidence way. ADMIRAL CARY T. GRAYSON, '99 Vice-President and points of interest was ever writ- on their honor" respecting of- ten until H. Ragland Eubank, an The Alumni Office urges you to ROBERT P. WALLACE, '20 Secretary-Treasurer fense. But that the Honor System alumnus of William and Mary, under- join the ranks of the faithful and Terms expiring 1937—Joseph E. Healy, '10; Admiral Cary T. Grayson, '99; had been recognized many years took the work. loyal without delay. Dr. Sidney B, Hall, '16 before, is evident from the His prodigious labors produced a Keep up with the College Terms expiring 1936—Dr. W. T. Hodges, '02; Robert P. Wallace, '20; R. M. words of Judge Nathaniel Beverley book of over 100 pages, describing •.hrough the Alumni Gazette. Car- Newton, '16; Miss Cornelia Adair, '23; Judge H. Lester Hooker, '07. Tucker, who was a student at the 176 places of interest in this section. ry your membership card with College in 1801, and as Law Profes- Terms expiring 1935—Dr. Amos R. Koontz, '10. It is full of good pictures and Mr. you as a reminder that you are Charles A. Taylor, Jr., '09, Executive Secretary sor in 1834, referred to the system Eubank's descriptions of the historic doing your bit. .Put the etching as one of 'long experience." Judge CHAS. A. TAYLOR, JR., '09, Editor homes of the Northern Neck are most of the Wren Building in your of- Tucker said: "It has been "the study ROBERT P. WALLACE, '20, Publisher interesting. fice or home and use the new of its professors to cultivate at the A reviewer says of the book: "It Alumni Catalogue to see where same time the intellect, the princi- Subscription Price: $3.00 Per Year is fair and safe totay t'.:at H. Rag- your classmates are today. ples and the deportment of the stu- land Eubank's Authentic Guide Book Sign up now and help swell the dent, laboring with equal diligence WILLIAM AND MARY'S FUTURE of Historic Northern Neck of Virgi- ranks of the Alumni Association to infuse the spirit of the scholar and nia is the most accurate and by far to the point where the College the spirit of the gentleman. He comes the most interesting compilation and The College of William and Mary, so rich in its antecedents can look upon this organization to us as a gentleman. As such we re- description of the Land between the and its associations with that period of the history of our nation with just pride and hope. ceive and treat him and resolutely which had to do with the establishment of a Democratic Govern- Rappahannock and Potomac yet to refuse to know him in any other ment on the American Continent, has passed through several appear. Mr. Eubank justly deserves character. He is not harassed with very interesting periods in its history. I might refer briefly to and merits the praise and plaudits of DR. TYLER'S LECTURE petty regulations: he is not insulted them. First, there is the period in the history of the college when the people of this section, in fact of and annoyed by impertinent surveill- the training of ministers was its primary form, that period when all Americans who know the immor- The Times-Dispatch in a recent edi- ance. Spies and informers have no "Logick," "Rhetorick," "The Classicks," and "The Humanities" tal Washington and revere the name torial entitled "A National Asset'" countenance among- us. We receive constituted the curriculum, with an emphasis always upon Bibli- of Lee. We bespeak for his book a made the following interesting com- no accusation but from the conscience cal Philosophy. At that time the faculty was composed largely continual widening and ever increas- ment on a series of lectures to be of the accused. His honor is the only of ministers, in fact until the Revolution most of the rectors of ing circle of friends." delivered here this session by Presi- witness to which we appeal. The Bruton Parish Church, from James Blair down, were presidents This publication can be secured dent emeritus Dr. Lyon G. Tyler: effect of this system in inspiring a or professors of the college. This type of organization, more or from the Northern Neck Association President Bryan has just made high and scrupulous sense of honor less, prevailed until the outbreak of the War Between the States. at Colonial Beach, Va. The price is the interesting announcement that, and a scorn of all disengenuous has fifty cents. »~ during the coming session, Dr. Lyon been ascertained by long experience During that time the lecture system prevailed at William and o Mary, and practically no choice of subject matter seems to have G. Tyler will deliver a series of lec- and rebounds to the praise of its been allowed the young student. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION tures on the contributions that the authors." (From W. & M. Historical OF WILLIAM AND MARY ALUMNI The second noteworthy period in the history of the college College of William and Mary has Quarterly.) has to do with the period covered by the administrations of Presi- made to American life. If the Society of President, Mas- A check on the geographical This is a subject that no one could ters and Professors or any member dents Lyon G. Tyler and J. A. C. Chandler. During that era the distribution of William and Mary college followed the trend set up by so many American colleges handle so well or with so much feel- of it shall believe that a Student or alumni with known addresses ing as Dr. Tyler. He was president Students have in any manner misbe- and established a system of credits which had to be earned for made by the Alumni Office haved or have been idle or inattenta- ^graduation, with a number required, and a certain number elec- for thirtv-one vears of this second this summer shows that 2466 oldest college in the United States., tive to his studies, it shall be the Hive. The idea back of this plan was to liberalize the requirements, are located in Virginia counties, 1986 dut jand to allow a greater choice on the part of the student after cer- To him William and Mary is more y of the Society to appoint one or in Virginia cities, 1332 in other states than a mere institution of higher more of their own body to confer tain essential courses had been covered. This plan, with certain and the District of Columbia and 42 with and advise in private and in a modifications, has existed until the present, with probably a learning: it is representative of the in foreign countries and possessions highest traditions of patroitism and friendly manner such student; and if slight increase in the elective courses allowed each student. The of the United States. In the larger statesmanship. he shall deny on his Honor as -a latter part of this period was characterized by a very great ma- cities outside of Virginia, we find 113 Dr. Tvler, one of the country's, Gentleman the offense of which it terial development under the leadership of the late Dr. Chandler. in Washington, D. C, 42 in Baltimore most competent, . historians,.. . . . !,_„„„.knows I has^ .^ been _ _believed , _,he was _6guiltv, _ J\ such The school has always been, more or less a State institution. and 82 in New York City. denial shallv 11 be takent as conclusive When the charter was granted by the Crown of England its iden- Among the Virginia cities, Rich- the annals of the college as Boswell knew his Johnson. He is an attract- evidence of his innocence. tification with the State was established. Situated in the old Capi- mond leads with 492. The next in And to obivate any doubt as to tal of Virginia as it is, and being the mother of three presidents, order are Norfolk, with 385; Will ive lecturer who puts his whole heart and soul into a subject. The history the mode or Sufficency of proof,, it and having had the first school of municipal and constitutional iamsburg, 230; Newport News, 192; is declared to be their duty, and the Portsmouth, 141; Hampton, 107; of William and Mary is largely th law, there has always been a decided emphasis upon constitution- history of the United States. Tho- Society and each Professor is strictly Roanoke, 95; Suffolk, 56; Charlottes- al government. mas Jefferson, John Marshall and a I injoined and required, to act when-t ville, 46; Petersburg, 45; and Alexan- Now we come to a period in the progress of the college when host of others will live again under | soever they shall believe that a Stu- dria, 32. it seems that a third step forward is about to be taken. We who the charm of Dr. Tyler's scholar- dent or Students have committed Accomac county leads in the rural are alumni of the institution are naturally interested. We have any Offense or misbehaved in any sections with 120 and Southampton ship." dreamed of the place that William and Mary will eventually hold manner; and when any Student or is next with 84. Northampton is third in the education of the youth of the nation. How would we organ- Students are thus charged with any with 79. Frank T. Witten, '91, has been ap- offense, unless he or they shall deny ize it so that it may more completely fulfill our dreams? We are Among the outside states, New pointed postmaster at Tazewell, Va. it, the Society shall proceed to act; hoping, of course, that persons who have been interested in its York is fir"t witv 147. Others in or- and this upon the strict legal princi- history and its traditions will come to her financial assistance at - are: Pennsylvania, 140; North ple that if one charged with an of- this time. Should this money be forthcoming how shouM it be Carolina, 124; west Virginia, 109; ANNUAL ALUMNI fense shall stand mute he shall be utilized? Should we sever a connection with the State which has New Jersey, 96; Massachusetts, 87; THANKSGIVING DINNER punished. endured to a greater or less degree since its establishment? I, Maryland, 70; Ohio, 38; Florida, 36; personally, would regret to see this connection severed lightly. In Connecticut^ 31; California, 29; Geor- The custom of having a W. & But in all cases when a Student my opinion some way can be found to receive an endowment with- gia, 26; Illinois, 23; Kentucky and M. alumni dinner in Richmond on or Students shall be believed to have out making it a private institution. At any rate the achievements Tennessee 20 each. the ere of the football game with committed an offense and shall on and the traditions of the past should influence our panning. It appears from the check that the University of Richmond will his Honor as a Gentleman denv it I would like to see the Marshall Wythe School of Law anrl Nevada is the only state in the Union be carried out this year as usual. and aver his innocence, such declara- Citizenship elevated to a position second to none among the great in which there are no William and The dinner will be served at I tion shall be taken by a Professor as law schools of the nation. I would like to see William and Mary Mary alumni. 6:30 p. m., Nov. 28th, at Murphy's . conclusive proof of his innocence, be- I ""use the convocation is satisfied a wealthy college for the poorer boys of the land, with a large 13019 alumni are unlocated, who to- Hotel. number of scholarships which would permit a great number of gether with the 5958 with known | that no Student will degrade himself In view of the large number of by a falsehood, and that an appeal worthv students to secure an education without a grept deal of addresses make a total of 7267 our alumni residing in Richmond cost. There could be no obiection to William and Mary's becoming alumni on the Alumni Office records. to his Honor will never be made in and the scores of alumni who will vain. (From College Statues-1830.) a college with a large endowment, to its becoming a wealthy col- o attend the Educational Confer- lege but 1 would object very seriously to the poorer students being J. E. Elliott, '99 Engineer with the ence in session there at Thanks- PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS financially embarrassed in any sense by lack of funds. I wouM like American Bridge Co., of Pittsburg, giving, the dinner should be well to see the co^ege go still further toward liberalizing its offerings, ALUMNI DIRECTORY ''i., was on the campus this summer attended. It should take the leadership in the liberal movement amoner the and was recognized at sight by Henry Please notify the Alumni Office colleges of the country which are emphasizing a sympathetic, con- Billups who had not seen him for J. D. CARNEAL, JR., '20 if you will attend this dinaer so ference type of teaching as opposed to the lecture svstern with more than thirty years. Mr. Elliott Real Estate - Insurance - Loans was captain of the football team here that we will know how many to large classes, attendance upon which is rectuired. I would like to 12 N. 9th Street, see a. kind of laboratory period organized for the student when in 1898, Admiral T. Grayson being prepare for. he could sit down with the instructor and discuss the problems manager of the same team. Richmond, Virginia which arise. I would like to see a very high degree of selectivity applied in the choice of the students who would attend the col- has to offer, and then be allowed to make hi: own choice as tc lege, and the basis for their selection wouM be m'tnral abtfitv, whether he attends or not. In other words, I would like to see the GARDINER T. BROOKS, '14 natural, background, and a sympathetic interest in the associa- virtues of the Cavalier live again fir the history of Virginia and tions with which he will be constantly surrounded whiip at Will- the nation bv reason of the influence of the ancient College of Real Estate and Insurance - iam and Mary. It should not then be necessarv +o solicit- attend- William and Mary. " Williamsburg, Virginia ance upon the college. A student should be advised as to what it (By Joseph Healy, President, Alumni Association.) Saturday, September 29, 1934 THE ALUMNI GAZETTE PAGE THREE FOOTBALL PROSPECTS

Charles Hamilton, sports editor of SPECIAL FOOTBALL NEWS i the Richmond News Leader, came to Williamsburg several weeks ago to size up William and Mary's football Kellison and Dowler, Coordinate Coaches prosjects for this season and as his newspaper article said about all that THE ATHLETIC COMMITTEE could be said about the situation we are presenting it herewith. The sche- Athletic affairs at William and dule this year presents some tough Mary have been handled for the past opposition but we have a hunch that I ten years by a 3 3-3 committee com- our boys will put up some surprising posed of three faculty members, games and that the outcome of each three student members, and three game will be an unknown quantity alumni members. until the final whistle is blown. It was on June 12, 1923 that J. E. William and Mary's Prospects j Wilkins, '98 of Newport News, Va., Charles Hamilton—News Leader then a member of the Board of Man- William and Mary this year has its agers of the Alumni Association, smallest football squad since 1928, urged at a meeting of the Board but in spite of that should produce a that alumni members be added to good, eleven-man team. Whenever any the Athletic Committee. On July 9, of those eleven men ,-jo out of action, 1923 at another meeting of the the team will be weakened by the in- Board Mr. Wilkins brought up the jection of weak reserves. matter again but action was deferr- Fourteen lettermen were lost and ed. ten are back. Of the ten, six were Finally at a meeting of the Board regulars last year. This, under nor- on Jan. 4, 1924, Mr. Wilkins per- mal conditions, is not an acute sit- suaded the Board to appoint four uation, but here's the rub—only three alumni to meet with the Athletic of last years reserves are on hand Committee between that date and and all of the remainder of the ta- June and to report to the annual lent must be recruited from a fresh- meeting of the Alumni Association. man team that won just two games P The following alumni were appoint- while losing four. \ ed: J. E. Wilkins, '98, C. M. Hall, The line lettermen lost are Cap- tain Jerry Quirk, tackle; Jack Dar- W. S. GOOCH, JR. '08, A. H. Foreman, '99, and Chas. A. Taylor, Jr., '09. den, Irving Upson and Emil Johnson, guards; Bob Henderson, Bob Downs TOM DOWLER At the June 9, 1924 meeting of the Board of Managers the above com- and Fred Myers, ends, and Earl Hillman, center. Backfield lettermen, , Tom Dowler, our varsity back field mittee made its report and recom- coach, came to William and Mary at mended the appointment of three Dale Worrell, Billy Palese, Dave the beginning of the football season alumni to the Athletic Committee. Young, Bill Chalko, Stanley Lawson and Ed. Bergin. / of 1933 and during his one year here At the meeting of the Alumni Asso- he has proven himself an able coach ciation the next day J. E. Capps, '11, LINE VETERANS returning are and furthermore he is very popular Otto Lowe,'23 and Chas. A. Taylor, Ned Legrande, 175 pounds, guard; with the students. Jr., '09, were elected to serve on the COACHES DOWLER, KELLISON AND CAPT. BRIDGERS Cabell Franklin, 165 pounds, end; Tommy graduated from Colgate committee. The terms for the three Harry Spack, 178 pounds, guard; Norman Murray, 177 pounds, end; and was an outstanding football play- were to be one, two and three years JOHN KELLISON W. S. GOOCH, JR. er at that institution. In 1929 he was and were determined by lot. Capps Captain Joe BrkVrers, 185 pounds, center; Waddy Stewart, 210 pounds, mentioned by many sports writers as drew the one year, Lowe the two "Honest" John Kellison, as he is W. S. (Billy) Gooch, Jr., Athletic tackle. All except Franklin played re- AU-American material. In that year year and Taylor the three year term. known among the sports writers of Director at William and Mary is a gularly last fall. he scored a touchdown in the first Thus one term expires each year and the state and among his many familiar figure in the athletic history Backfield lettermen returning are five minutes of each game of an the election is for a three year peri- friends, was introduced to football of this state. At the University of Junie Smith 150 pounds, halfback; eight game schedule which included od. Capps, Lowe and Taylor have twenty odd years ago at West Vir- Virginia, 20 years ago, he was a star Charlie Shade ,142 pounds, quarter; the strong elevens of Wisconsin, In- served continuously since 1924. J. E. ginia Wesleyan. He was a powerful in football, baseball, basketball and Melville "Stumpy" Bryant, 150 diana, Columbia, Brown and Syra- Capps is the present chairman of tackle on that team and was highly track. The late H. H. "Pop" Lanni- pounds, halfback; and Bill Yates 155 cuse. This feat was featured by Rip- the committee. recommended for All-American hon- gan of the University said a few pounds, fullback. Shade is the only ley in one of his famous cartoons. This committee has full charge of ors. He helped to beat the University years ago that Billy was one of two one who was regular all year al- In 1930 Dowler was a member of all branches of athletics at William of West Virginia with the mighty of the best athletes ever to play at though Bryant finished strongly and the All-American team that played and Mary. Its annual meeting is held All-American Rogers battering the Virginia. was extremely valuable near the end the West Coast stars. in May each year but there are Wesleyan line but it is safe to say After leaving Virginia, Billy play- of the season. After graduation, Dowler was many special meetings during each that he didn't get through "Kelly's" freshman back field coach at Colgate ed professional baseball and basket- Reserves available are Bob Wal- session. It hires all coaches and ap- side of the line. ball with the Million Dollar Dupont one year. In 1931 he played profess- proves all schedules. lace, 185 pound center; Arthur Bla- Kelison entered the coaching game League in New Jersey. Next we find ional football with the Brooklyn Its most important duty is that of ker, a 150-pound junior who has a Dodgers and in '32 he was with the immediately after graduation, serving him a lieutenant in the Marines,' fine chance to make the quarterback handling athletic finances. When it playing football with them and help- Providence Steam Rollers. as assistant to A. E. "Greasy" Neale berth, and Everett Blake, a 145- started functioning as a 3 3-3 com- ing Uncle Sam to keep order among When off duty Tommy's favorite in 1916 and 1917 at his own Alma pound halfback. mittee in 1924 there was a deficit of obstreperous nearby islanders. He had rendezvous is the College Shop where Mater. THE BEST SOPHOMORES prospects $10,000. eight years of this experience which j he mixes with his charges, and on He was in the Army during the in the backfield are Art Woodard, a "Under the impulse given athletics ought to make his present job of account of his youthful years might World War and afterwards taught 170-pound redheaded halfback from here by J. W. Tasker which resulted keeping peace among a hundred or so easily be taken for one of the boys. (Continued on Page 4) in the committee being able to ar- one year at the Wheeling West Vir- athletes and pleasing 6,000 or more range a more profitable football ginia High School. alumni, a comparatively easy one. schedule this deficit was very speed- Next he went to Marietta College, After this Marine Corps experience ily wiped out. Ohio, as athletic director and coach he entered the athletic game and has At the annual meetir^ in May a for one year. stuck to it consistently. He was back- budget for the year is adopted. This In 1921 he joined forces with field coach at Virginia for 3 years budget in the past has run as high "Greasy" Neale and assisted him as and after a short absence came back as $55,000. For the present year, coach at Washington and Jefferson in to engage in the athletic goods busi- July 1, 1934 to July 1, 1935, it is ap- '21 and '22. They took the W. & J. ness and to coach the Virginia Swim- proximately $40,000. The main in- team to the Rose Bowl on New Year's ing team for 2 years. come is from the student athletic fee Day, 1922. His further experience was 2 years of $23 per session. This fee was set Still following his friend Neale, he at St. Christopher's and three years by the students themselves and with- went to the University of Virginia in at Christ Church. out it athletics at the College could 1923 and assisted Neale there until Billy came to William and Mary as not te carried on on the present basis. January 1, 1929 when he came to Athletic Director in June 1928 and Income from football games gross- William and Mary as assistant to that fall assisted Bocock in coaching es approximately $25,000 per year Bscock and was made head coach the football team. William and Mary The income from basketball, base- here in 1931 when Bocock resigned. has had a prosperous athletic experi- ball and track is negligible so that Since Kellison started to coach here ence under his management. football has to carry these sports. the William and Mary football team He is a member of the Phi Kappa The bookkeeping of the committee defeated W. & L. and V. M. I. for the Sigma fraternity, the Rotary Club is done by Mr. Wayne F. Gibbs, pro- first time in our athletic history. and the Democratic Committee of fessor of accountancy at William and Against Richmond College his teams Williamsburg. Mary, and an annual audit is made have won 3 out of 5 games, scoring Billy is a likeable, good natured of all accounts. 61 points to Richmond's 22. fellow and has a host of friends. The present membership of the He also coached the line that held He is blessed with three wide-a- committee is: Faculty, T. J. Stubbs, j Harvard to tie score 13 to 13, and wake boys all of whom will no doubt Jr., L. Tucker Jones and Charles J. \ his team of '32 defeated the Navy 6 choose William and Mary as their Duke, Jr., appointed recently to fill , to 0. In three games with V. P. I. Alma Mater. the vacancy left by the death of Dr. | the total points scored were: W. & J. A. C. Chandler. Students, Joe M., 19, V. P. I., 33. Kellison's basket- Bridges, senior, E. Benedetto, sopho- : ball and baseball teams at W. & M. can visualize and rehearse every play --•ore. The junior class representa- have made splendid records. of any game he sees. tive is to be elected in the near fu- Kellison has a keen analytical mind "Kelly's" boon companion when off ture. Alumni J. E. Capps, Otto and is a wizard as a football scout. the football field is his tiny baby OTIS DOUGLAS W. L. SCOTT Lowe, and Chas. A. Taylor, Jr. In scouting he takes no notes but daughter. PAGE FOUR THE ALUMNI GAZETTE Saturday, September 29, 1934

FOOTBALL PROSPECTS W. L. SCOTT

(Continued from page 3) Bill Scott, coach of all branches of St. Albans, W. Va., and George Old- freshman athletics at William and field, a 165-pound halfback from New Mary, graduated here in 1931. Jersey. Woodard is tall, rangy and He was one of the best athletes is a triple-threater. Since Stumpy ever to enter the college, starring in Bryant is also a triple-threater, that four branches of sports, football, gives the Indians two good all-round baseball, basketball, and track. backs—the first time they have had In football he was a fleet half back two in several years. and scored many touchdowns in his Other sophomore backs include John four years here. He doesn't remem- Trueheart, from Petersburg. Elmore ber all of his touchdowns but one Benedetto, from Boston, and Al Mi- against the Navy in 1930, two against chaels, from Long Island, N. Y. V. P. I. and quite a few against Although the 1933 freshman made Richmond College stand out in his a miserable record ,they are furnish- mind. ing some good line prospects. Al De- Bill was a good baseball pitcher Gutis, a 170-pound end from South and an outstanding hitter and out- Boston, Mass., and Walter Zable, an- fielder. When he left College he other 170-pound end from Boston, signed up with the Washington Base- are particularly promising. ball Club but his heart was set on coaching and he came back to Will- "They stand a good chance to be- iam and Mary in the fall of 1931 to come the best pair of ends we've had assist Meb Davis at coaching our in many years," says Coach John BACKFIELD—BLAKER, WOODWARD, YERKES, BRYANT freshmen. Kellison. In track Bill was a shining star. WALTER HADKE, A 170-POUND FRESHMAN FOOTBALL Lest end on the.Suffolk High School The third and last program of the His specialty was the 100 yd. dash. guard from Reidsville, Va., and Joe team; John Sturn, fast 190 pound series will feature Homecoming Day, He established a William and Mary Mariono, a 175-pound guard from Alumni, lend us your ears while tackle from Newport News, William record of 9 4-5 seconds in this event Jamaica, N. Y., are others moving Nov. 17th and the game with Wash- we whisper to you. There is the fin- Davis, a 195 pound guard and a and in his three year's performances tip from the freshman who may win ington and Lee. This will carry the est freshman football squad out on cousin of Crawford Syer, one of W. his record was always 10 seconds or varsity berths. Frank Livesay, Peters- Cary field this year that any one has & M.'s greatest guards, and Eugene Homeconvng Day Program, pictures better. burg, guard; Marshall Brickell, Bos- seen here for seven years. And how Engram, Woodrow Wilson High of f.Jumni, campus scenes, pictures Representing William and Mary in ton, guard; Bill Davies, Clarendon, they will be needed in '35 wnn the School tackle. of last year's parade and will be one of the I. C. A. A. A. meets he guard, and George Beach, Alexand- v&rsity takes on Navy, Army and V. The most promising from out of dedicated to Dr. J. A. C. Chandler. ran in the 100 yd. dash against dria, center and tackle, may also see P. 1. in succession, not to mention state are: James Pye, 180 pound The program will be on sale at Frank Wycoff, Eddie Toler and Hec- service. Dartmouth, V. M. I., Richmond and center, Mass.; Jack Sheedy, 170 each of the three home games, Oct. tor Davis. He was second in the first That tells almost the whole story three other games not yet scheduled. pound guard, Mass.; W. Murray, a 6th, Oct. 27th and Nov. 17th or can heat but was finally eliminated. of material. There is still one other be secured by sending thirty cents William and Mary is sure to have brother of this year's varsity tackle, Scott has some promising material factor. Charlie Shade, dynamic little to tLc Alumni Office. a t.iphoniore varsity next year with N. Y., Albert Zumigalla, an out- to work with this session and should! Richmonder, is due to see little—if • o some outstanding Juniors sprinkled standing, 170 pound fullback from turn out a good freshman football any-service this year. The courte- in to steady the team. Erie, Pa.; Ed. Coiner, a 165 pound, SCHEDULE FOR 1934 team. ous little quarterback has a stiff fin- And these freshmen are not just! hard tackling end from Washington, ger on one hand and a muscle injury theie looking pretty in crushed D. C; Joe Zai>?hi, 185 pound tackle, September 29, Navy Annapolis in one shoulder. If he plays at all he SCHEDULE FOR 1935 i orange sweaters. Bill Scott and Otis Ted McGowan, 185 pound tackle, and Oct. 6, Emory & Henry..Williamsburg will probably be used against only j Douglas are putting them through the Anthony Guidetti, a 190 pound full- one or two legendary rivals. The 1934 October 13, V. P. I Richmond Sept. 28—Navy at Annapolis. paces tvery minute they are on the back, all from New Jersey and who quarterbacking is a maior problem. October 20, Georgetown....Washington Oct. 5—Army at West Point. field and the squad is taking it and will be heard from a plenty; and October 27, Roanoke Williamsburg Oct. 12-V. P. I. at Richmond. 1 IF THE SOPHOMORES COME liking it. Robert Sheeran, an end from New through—and they MUST come The thing that this freshman squad York City, who tackles like he means November 3, V. M. I Norfolk Oct. 19-Open. through for the Indians to win—cer- likes best, however, is to be led from it. November 17, W. & L Williamsburg Oct. 26-Open. tain shifts will be made. Legrande sthcii' practise ground onto the regu- Now lest some alumni misunder- November 29, Richmond Richmond Nov. 2-V. M. I.-Williamsburg (?) and Spack, veterans guards, and Mur- lar gridiron and to line up against stand this symposium on our fresh- Nov. 9—Dartmouth at Hanover, ray, end, will be tried out at the va- the varsity. This is where they show man football hopefuls let it be said cant tackle as running mates for a spirit and fight that lifts them out Alumni Association N. H. that they may not win anything like Stewart. Murray probably will be of the category of ordinary fresh- Membership Dues Nov. 16—Open. 100 per cert of their fiames this fall the one making the tackle grade. men. And how they do fight the Nov. 28--U. of Richmond at Rich- because the freshman team at Will- This hinges on Zable and DeGutis varsity in scrimmage. An alumnus Annual Dues $3.00 mond. iam and Mary is not coached prim- coming through at the flanks. watching the performance the other j Life Membership .. $50.00 arily to win the games on its sche- It is expected that the V. M. I. The tentative varsity line includes day said: "Somebody ought to intro-1 dule. It is coached in the funda- With your membership you get- game on the above schedule will be Stewart and Murray at tackles; duce those freshmen to the varsity Membership card, etching o f mentals of football so that when it played in Williamsburg in which Zable and DeGutis at ends with boys." j goes up to the varsity each year it will Wren Building, the new Alumni case the date will be set as Home- Franklin, as first reserve; Spack and The statistics of the squad of forty know 1'. otball as it is played at Catalogue and the Alumni Ga- coming Day for 1935. Open dates on. LeGrande at guards and Captain zette. three show 16 candidates for the William and Mary. the schedule will be filled in the Bridgers at center. This forewall will j backfield and 27 for the line. They I But the prospects look good and near future. average around 180 pounds and will ! hail from five states and the Dis-1 hold its own with most state lines even the ■ "down town coaches" in trict of Columbia. 26 are from Vir-, FOOTBALL SQUAD COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY FOR 1934 —as long as those men stay in there. Williamsburg agree on that. gniia high scools, 5 from New York, | Year on The probable backfield shows Bla- 2 from Pennsylvania, 4 from New Tl'e freshman football schedule No. Name Position Weight Team Home Town ker at quarter, Woodard and Bryant Jersey, 5 from Massachusetts and 1 follows: 26 De Gutis, A. End 170 1 S. Boston, Mass- at the halves and Yerkes at full. This from the District of Columbia. Sept. 28—Lewisburg College, here. group will average 155 pounds, light Looking over the list of 43 we find 0,:t. 19—Oak Ridge Military Acade- 40 Stewart, W. Tackle 210 3 Richmond, Va- even for Virginia, where heavy ball- quite a few that should be heard my, hoie. 10 Hadtke, W. Guard 174 1 Reedsville, Va- toters are the exception. from during the three years that Oct. 26—Washington and Lee, there. 31 Bridgers, J. Center 185 3 Richmond, Va. IN PRACTICE, WILLIAM AND they will have on the varsity. Nov. 3—V. M. I., there. 7 Livesay, F. Guard 165 1 Petersburg, Va. Mary's new coaching system is work- To start with there is K Motley, Nov. 10 —Norfolk Division, W. &. M., 27 Murray, N. Tackle 180 2 Long Island, N. Y. ing well. John Kellison, old-time quarter back of the famous Peters- there. 20 Zabel,, W. End 170 1 Boston, Mass. West Virginia Wesleyan star and pro burg, Va., High School team of '33 Nov. 24-—Richmond College, here. 1 Shade, C. Q. B. 145 3 Richmond, Va. player, is handling the linemen; Tom- He seems to be right at home stand- 21 Bryant, M. Back 150 2 Newport News, Va. my Dowler, ex-Colgate backfield ace, ing back of his line on the defense FOOTBALL PROGRAMS 6 Woodward, A, Back 165 1 St. Albans, W. Va. is coaching the backs and ends. They and urging his teammates to great- S3 Yerkes, W. Back 170 2 Gloucester, N. J. are called co ordinate coaches. Work- er efforts against the Varsity. With A feature of home football games ing with equal authority. Dowler him is J. Gill, an end from the same rit William and Mary this fall will 19 Franklin, C. End 165 3 Lynchburg, Va. will be in charge on playing days crack team. be souvenir football programs put 17 LeGrande, N. Tackle 185 2 Lynchburg, Va. and Kellison will scout. In addition, From the Crewe, Va., High School, out by the Athletic Association, as IS Marino., J. Guard 180 1 Jamaica, N, Y. Bill Scott and Otis Douglas, frosh coached by J. M. Eason, '28, a great sisted by Tom McCaskey, '31, man- 29 Wallace, B. Center 180 2 Pocahontas, Va. coaches, are assisting in early var- tackle at William and Mary; comes ager of the R. K. O. Theatre. The 12 Brickell, M. Guard 165 1 Boston, Mass. sity practices. Douglas is just back Tom Doyle, a hard running 170 program will be different from ordi- 25 Spack, H. Tackle 187 3 Williamsburg, Va. from Andy Kerr's coaching school at pound back, Wayne Harper, a tall, nary football programs and will be 35 Sherill, Jud. End 170 1 Williamsburg, Va. u Colgate. husKy 183 pound end and Claude quite distinctive and interesting. 2 Blaker, A. Q. B. 145 2 Camden, N. J. The Indian offense will be built Zykes. center. There will be many photographs of 9 Trueheart, J. Back 150 1 Petersburg, Va. around the double and single wing- R. Ames, from the backfield of campus scenes and of the Restoration 30 Michaels, A. Back 160 1 Jamacia, N. Y. back theme, with variations from the John Marshall High School, is on the of Williamsburg. 16 • Travers, W. Back 164 2 Alexandria, Va. Warner style being offered by Dow- squad and with him T. McKittrick The first program is the one for ler and Kellison. and Robert Marks from the same the Emory and Henry game here on 39 Beach, G. Center 195 1 Alexandria, Va. "We look for a team just about team. Oct. 6th and will be dedicated to Mr. 13 Benedetto, E. Back 160 1 Lynn, Mass. equal to that of last year in ability," Billy Palese, star half back here John Stewart Bryan, president of 36 Pinch, R. Back 180 1 Lynn, Mass. said the coachir^ staff. "We won't for the past three years saw that William and Mary. It will contain 15 Blake, E. Back 140 2 Christchurch, Va. ^ave anything much in the way of Walter Sheehan from Camden, N. J. photographs of campus scenes and 34 Davies, W. Guard 165 1 Clarendon, Va. reserves, but then we never had. De- entered W. & M., and they say he special articles of interest on ath- 8i Smith, J. End 168 1 New York City I will be as good as Palese but he veloping a tackle and a quarterback letics at William and Mary. 3 Smith, H. Back 146 3 Richmond, Va. ! will certainly have to go some to •—for Shade will need either relief The program for the game with 8 Oldsfield, G. Back 160 1 Plainfield, N. J. ; equal Palese's record here. or replacing—are our big jobs. We Roanoke College, to be played here 11 Schlapfer, S. Center 155 1 Flemington, N. J. will have a very good team if the From other parts of Virginia are: October 27th will be dedicated to Mr. 28 Walton, H. Tackle 175 1 Clifton Forge, Va. sophomores prove stars; we will John Matheny, a back who promises John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and will 38 Ward, O. Tackle 175 1 Hampton, Va. have a very mediocre one if they jWell as a punter; Dick Groethum, a feature the Restoration with many 36 Bruno, A. Center 180 1 Pittston Pa. prove flops." (promising end; Lawrence Oliver, the descriptions .and pictures. 14 Edmonson Guard 165 1 Wilton, Va. —

Saturday, September 29, 1934 THE ALUMNI GAZETTE PAGE FIVE PRESIDENT HORROCKS 3dly: That Reward & Punishment cess in Study, to be distributed among out our Intention. If, upon Recollect- AND MASTERS ADDRESS ALUMNI PERSONALS shall be solely and absolutely in the j the several Claimants, according to ion, we shall find that we have been MEMORIAL TO VISITORS Hands of the President & Masters Merit, by the President & Masters. defective in our Representation of Floyd E. Yancy, '09 of Clarksville, who in the Disposal of the same, A general & distinguishing Cheap what we think conducive to such (Continued from page 1.) Va., and A. L. Thorns., '10, principal shall be free from all Uneasiness & ness of Education, we presume to good Effects as ought to flow from a & Powers of the said President & of the Ginter Park School, Richmond, Apprehension of beir>~ call'd to any | think, is a Matter of inferior Mo- well-regulated College, we hope to be Masters as deduced from the sense Va., were visitors here early in Sep- Account, the Expectation of which ■ ment when put in Competition with permitted to amend our Representa- tember. & spirit of the Charter. And when must ever deter them from a full | the Fruits of Education themselves! tion at a subsequent Meeting of the Robert E. Corstaphney, Jr., '27, is this most essential Point, the Limits Discharge of their Dutv in this Fun , The flourishing State of a College is Visitors & Governors that the now associated with the Maryland or Sphere of Action of each shall be ■ damental of all Discipline & good not to be estimated bv the Number present good Work may be Casualty Co. at Baltimore, Md. He properly and unquestionably ascer-, Order; Hence it must appear that; of wild & uncultivated Minds which brought to as much Perfection as graduated in law at the University tain'd, all future Jealousy, Uneasiness I the Disposal of Scholarships (the may be brought together bv a Cheap- human Affairs & Imbecillities will of Virginia last June. & Contention will it is hoped, be effect- only Rewards at this Time bestowed ness of living, but purely the Number suffer to arise. For all Errors in our A Scott Anderson, '27, now practis- ually prevented, & the President and fa College) was with the greatest of competent Scholars & well be- Representation we humbly plead the ing law in Richmond, Va., was here Masters will be enabled to discharge propriety originally placed in the haved-Gentlemen which are sent by Shortness of the Time allotted to us, in September to enter his brother as their Duty with that Fortitude & President and Masters, and we can any Seminary of Learning into the & the accidental Unseasonableness of a student. This brings his family re- Spirit which alone can give Life and see no one good reason why that pri- larger Society where they vie to dis- it, for a Reason to which the Visitors presentation at William and Mary Vitfor to any Undertaking, & afford vilege should be witheld from them' play improv'd Talents for their own & Governors are no Strangers. We up to four. His father, A. S. Ander- a well grounded Prospect of sue- now, whereby then there is this Benefit & the publick Emolument, most respectfully conclude with our son, a Presbyterian minister, now re- cuess, | standing Contradiction in the present Were we entrusted with a sufficient grateful acknowledgments to the Visi- siding at Cramerton, N. C, was here In the first place we make a strong Statr.es, that one directs the Presi- Fund for Rewards bv nromoting or tors for their Condescension & with from 1897 to 1899 and his brother, Objection to the very Definition of the dent & Masters to prefer the Boys displacing according to Merit or our sincere and hearty Prayers for L. M. Anderson, with the National Power of the President & Masters as to these Scholarships, according to Demerit, we should be enabled to fa- the true & real prosperity of the Col- Park Service at Corinth, Miss., gra- it is stil'd by the Visitors a Dele- their Merit &c, and another that the troduce Habits of study & Sedulity lege as a Seminary of Education & duated here in 1928. This is the kind gated Power; if it implies (as we Election of this Sort of Scholars be into the College; we might reason- Learning, let who will be the great- of family loyalty that helps William fear it does) any thing more than the in the Visitors. Hence it generally ably expect a constant Rotation of est sharers of the Credit, a Conse- and Mary. following— | happens that Boys are chosen to such Students as would not only make quence due to those who are the suc- Edward H. Turpin, '13, a native of We humbly conceive that this these Foundations even before they a Figure themselves, but by their cessful Instruments of carrying so Mecklenburg County, Virginia, but Power of the President & Masters arrive here, when no Consideration Example induce such young Men of noble & public a Design into execu- now a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y., flows from the Charter, & the very whatever can be had of their Learn- Fortune as are above pecuniary Re- tion. and whose address has been unknown at the Alumni Office for many years, Nature of their several Appoint- jng, good Behavior &c, contrary to compence to tread in the paths which Signed ments. The Visitors create or elect the express Words & Sense of the lead them to the most illustrious En- James Horrock, P. found his way back to the campus recently. It was his first visit since the President & Masters, who upon Statute for that purpose. joyment of their own Estates. James Horrocks he left here 21 years ago and he was that Creation or Election become im- That the Appointment in the Col- That the Visitors would make no John Camn amazed and gratified at the new mediately invested w.th the Proper lege shall be as well in the first in- Statutes upon Rumors, Hearsays, or Emanuel Jones beauty of his old Alma Mater. Mr. Powers and Authorities appointed by stance as ultimately & without con-, nameless informations, which Cir- Josiah Johnson Charter as necessary for their seve-1 trol in the President & Masters, for cumstance express'd in any Statue Turpin has a son who is preparing ral Departments, which neither the, nothing appears to us more reason- will always make it bear the marks to enter William and Mary in a year THE NEW TALIAFERRO or two. Visitors can or ought to take them- able than that the Nomination & of Hastiness, Passion, or Prejudice, DORMITORY selves, or deprive the President & Removal of our own Servants should or of its being built, most probably Ira Erickson, a B. S. of '33 was Masters, of except when forfeited by; be solely made by ourselves, & if on false Suggestions: That they One of the handsomest buildings one of four men recently designated a Conduct, the Punishment of which ever the Power of the Visitors should would forbear general & e,y.gravated on the campus is the new Taliaferro i by Secretary Dern of the War De- partment for the October 12th class is determin'd by Statue, & conse-1 g0 as far as to order the President Harangues on the Irregularities of Dormitory now being erected on the quently, if this be the Case, the Term & Masters to appoint or remove any ' Youth & the Disorders of the Col- south side of Jamestown Road andl at the air corps primary flying school | at Randolph Field, Texas. The other of Delegated Power which seems to ^ f their servants by their authority, lege, which destroy its Reputation facing Tyler Dormitory. It is a part 0 three young men were graduates of imply a Capacity in the Visitors of j we can see nothing to prevent their without answering any good Purpose of the new building program adopted i the U. S. Military Academy. assuming that to themselves at any j advancir,- still farther & commanding' whatsoever. Instead of this, as we during the last year of Dr. Chandler's Time they think proper, and of leav- | the Precsident & Masters to elect or humbly conceive, ill judged Method administration and to include the J. C. Lyons, '21, and his wife, for- to the Professors none at all, must | reject a Representative as they think of proceeding, we wish that any of i Marshall-Wythe Building, now being merly Miss Mary Wadsworth, '22 ac- appear improper & unapt. We are proper, than which no Event could the Visitors who observe any Dis-' constructed, a Student Activities companied by friends from Chapel ( Hill, N. C, visited the College re- humbly of Opinion that however hon prove more destructive of the very order or Offense to be committed by building and a new stadium, the cost cently. Mr. Lyons is teaching French ourable the Comparison to be in re Being of this Society as a free Cor- the academical Students, or Children totalling $650,000. at the University of North Carolina. presenting us in the same Situation poration. The Taliaferro employs a different j of the Grammar-School under our R. J. Anderson, '23, is Managing . with His Majesty's Ministers, who 4thly: That for the greater en- design in dormitory construction from i Jurisdiction, would lodge any infor- Editor of the Financial World, pub- • are dismissible at Pleasure, the two couragement of men of learning to any other dormitory on the campus. mation both of the Offense & the De- lished in New York City. Casus, are widely different. Those come over to accept Offices in this linquent with the President & Mas- It is 60 feet wide and 126 feet long. The center unit is similar in design C. S. Baker, '26, office manager Gentlemen are the Servants of the College, whatever Preferments are: ters that such Offenders may be for the Commercial Credit; Co\ Cin- king, & for obvious reasons are dis- j in the Opinion of the President & punish'd according to the Laws of tc the Brafferton and the President's cinnati, Ohio, was a visitor to the missible at his Will & Pleasure: We Masters, compatible with the sev-jthe Society to which they are an- House and is three stories high. The j | two end sections are two stories I campus a few weeks ago; presume to think that we are not the eral Departments in the College, it swerable for their conduct. high. Mrs. Otho P. Smoot, formerly Miss servants of the Visitors; we have a shall be lawful to be held by the Pro- I For we, any more than other Per- There is a separate entrance to Phyllis Logan, '29 who with her hus- Charter to incorporate us into a re- fessor, as it ou^ht not to be suppbs'd sons in the like Situation, cannot un each section. In the southern end band, Lieut. Otho P. Smoot, '21 U. gular Society, which we never heard that the Society of President & Mas-! dertake to punish all Offences com- section there are four rooms on each S. N., has been living in Honolulu the former ever had, or that it was' ters would consent to such a step if mitted by Persons under our Govern- floor and each floor of rooms can be for several years, visited the College proper for them to have such. it interfered with the Duty of the. ment, but only such Offenses as used as suites. recently. Lieut. Smoot is now assign- 2ndly: We are firmly of Opinion College, but would restrain such a either fall within our own Observa- The center section has 8 rooms on ed to an airplane carrier and he and that as the Visitors have the sole ■ Professor from the undertaking too [ tion, or such as are made known each floor in groups of four, each Mrs. Smoot will be on the west coast power of making Statutes, these alone much upon himself, or to apply to the to us by Testimony that can be de- group being separated from the other this fall and winter. Their address is are to be the Rules and Directions j Visitors for that Purpose. We are pended upon. group by a dividing wall. Coronado, Cal. Mrs. Smoot says that for the Conduct of the President &; of Opinion that if the President & j As we think it encumbent upon us, This separation of the groups of they enjoyed occasional copies of the Masters; that the ordinary Govern- Masters are not to be look'd upon as & have lately endeavor'd (and we four rooms each throughout the Alumni Gazette received in far off ment of the College is to be carried competent Judges of these Matters,! hope with some Prospect of Success), building insures the utmost privacy Honolulu and joined the Alumni As- on agreeably to these Statues, & to they are underselling of any trust to improve the Revenues of the Col- and quiet for the students rooming sociation to be sure of getting it re- he totally in the Hands of the Presi- whatever, i ^ge as much as possible, we earnest- in this dormitory. gularly. dent and Masters without further 5thly: That the Revenues of the ly request that the Visitors & Gov- The Taliaferro is constructed of Miss Laura Colvin, '30, spent last Control from the Visitors, who are to j College shall be in the President & ernors would be pleas'd to join with brick with a slate roof. All floors are session at the University of Michi- interfere in no Respect whatever, but. Masters, who at the same time de- us in recommending it to our Right concrete with a composition finish. gan where she took a course in Lib- rary Science. She has a position this upon the Greivance of a Violation, clare that they have not a Wish to Rev'd & worthy Chancellor to The buillding will have twenty-one or Breach of some Statutes made for withdraw their Accounts of the Man- deavor to obtain for us some Aid dormer windows and five chimnies. It session in the library of Swarthmore College, Swartmore,' Pa. that Purpose; That when any such agement of the same from the In- from the Crown towards suppressing contains a total of 38 rooms. Case shall occur, & the Visitors shall spection of the Governors & Visitors the infamous Practice of smuggling The cost is approximately $70,000 Jack Darden, '34, will help to think proper to sit as Court of Jus- of the College. That the Visitors & Tobacco, by which the Colle/re is and it is expected to be ready in coach the football team at Maury High School, Norfolk, Va. Jack was tice upon the Conduct of the Presi- Governors should be pleas'd to use j continually robbed of the best Part February 1985. dent & Masters, they shall not pro- their Interest with the General As- f its support. Could this Pernicious one of the best guards ever to play 0 football at William and Mary. ceed to censure or animadvert upon sembly to have the Donations of a Fraud be removed, the fair Trader JONES-HEISS Gerald Quirk, '34, Captain of our any Instance of the same, hut as an Penny a Gallon on Rum to the Presi- j ld be much advantaged, the Col- wou last year's football team will teach Offense committed against these cer- dent & Masters in the same Manner ny be a Gainer of some thousands A marriage of much interest to 0 and coach football at Hampton High tain known and written Statutes, by as the other Revenues of the College annually, & that sum, whatever be the College and citizens of Williams- School this session. Jerry was a great which alone the President & Masters burg was solemnized in the Chapel have been given to them by the the Amount, would be expended in tackle here, a very popular student, are to be tried, & if prov'd ,~uilty of, Bounty of the Crown & that of the the best Purpose for the public Good. of the Wren Building on Thursday, September 13th, when Miss Virginia and we predict success for him at any misdemeanor, subject to the | General Assembly. By which means namely in the Education of the Hampton. Penalty annex'd to the Statutes, & that not only all of the Revenues would Youth of the Colony. Marie Tucker Jones, '33, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Tucker Jones of Robert N. Harris, '34 is teaching alone, & in all such Trials whatever be upon one uniform Footing, but | Thus we have at last freely laid this city, became the bride of Lieut French and English in the High they shall be allowed at all times what arises from a Penny a Gallon _ hold on the long-wished for En- Gustave M. Heiss of the U. S. Army. School at Martinsville, Virginia. they may think proper to appear might be better look'd after by the couragement given us to open our Miss Jones who graduated here in Andrew Christensen, '34 is teach- ■with their Counsel before the Visi- President & Masters under the Inspect- Minds to our respectable Legislature 1933 was an outstanding student. She ing at the Hopewell High School, tation; for that all this is a funda- ion of the Visitors & Governors. That. & Rulers: of all which we hope for is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Hopewell, Va. He was captain of mental Position of every good Gov- the Visitors & Governors would be a candid Interpretation from the pre- Kappa, Kappa Gamma sorority and William and Mary's 1933 baseball ernment, particularly of the Laws of pleas'd to permit us to affix a full! sent favourable Disposition of the team. of the Dramatic Fraternity, Theta England, & seems to be perfec+ly Rate for Board, Lodging & Rooms at, Visitors and Governors. If, in our Alpha Phi. agreeable to the sense of the Char- the College for such as are not pre- j Zeal for the Prosperity of the Col- ber of years. Since her graduation here Miss ter, particularly the concluding Sen- Li«ut. Heiss, who is now stationed fer'd to a Scholarship, or enjoy any (lege & the Good of the Youth of the Jones has been associated with the tence of the 9th section which pro- other Reward of their Studies in the Colony, we have offer'd any thing at Fort Jay, N. Y., graduated fror^ art department of the Pictorial Re the U. S. Military Academy in 1931 vides that the said Rules, Laws, Sta- College. That the Saving hereby ac- that should be disapprov'd, we hope ( view. and while at the Academy was Inter-t tutes, Orders & Injunctions be no Way cruing to the College be laid out in, to be acquitted from all Design Her' father, L.' Tucker Jones, is a colegiate champion with the duelling contrary to our Prerogative Royal, handsome Appointments for such' f giving Offense, & to be pardon'd 0 very popular professor at William sword. He was a member of the U. nor to the Laws & Statues of our Students as shall distinguish them-, f any Thought or Language that or and Mary and has headed the Physi- S. Olympic Team in 1932. Lt. Heiss Kingdom of England. | selves by their Application & Sue-, may happen to be disagreeable with- cal Education Department for a num-1 is a native of New Orleans. ~~^~~^~^~~

Saturday, September 29, 1934 PAGE SIX THE ALUMNI GAZETTE Inc., which is National headquarters INTERESTING BITS OF the College in 35 years. In that ceived 80 pounds per year with an TWO HUNDRED FORTY-FIRST for the various community chests HISTORY FROM THE period of time the total number of additional 20 shillings a year for SESSION OPENED HERE OLD COLLEGE RECORDS students exceeded 2,000. j each student. The professors of di- SEPT. 11TH AUSPICIOUSLY throughout the country. j vinity received 150 pounds per year In the business world, Mr. Bryan (Continued from page 1.) At the time of the Revolution it is and when they served as ministers (Continued from page 1.) is a director of the Southern Railway Palace, Dr. Blair confounded his estimated that there were about 1,000 of neighboring churches they receiv- students are here from twenty nine Company and is also a director of enemies with his argument and An- living graduates of William and ed 16,000 pounds of tobacco annually. states, the District of Columbia and numerous other business organiza- dros was recalled as governor. Mary in the Colony of Virginia. four forergn countries. This wide dis- tions. Dr. Blair backed Sir Francis Many of the early professors at tribution of students reflects the ap- He is a member of the Society of Nicholson as the successor to Andros An old minute book of the Philo- the College had interesting outside peal William and Mary has for the Cincinnati in Virginia, of Phi and he was appointed. Dr. Blair' mathean Literary Society has been activities. students over the entire country. Beta Kappa and is Chairman of the called upon him and in the name of presented to the Alumni Office by William Stith wrote one of the Virginia leads in the student body Executive Committe of the Virgi- nia Historical Society. the Bishop of London, urged a( Mrs. Mattie Morris of Williamsburg. best early histories of Virginia; with 636 students. New Jersey comes policy of moderation in his adminis-. This book which was left at Mrs. Hugh Jones, professor of Mathemat-1 next with 117 and is followed by New Mr. Bryan assumed his duties as tration of affairs. Nicholson flared up Morris's home by some member of ics (1716-1722) was the author of i York with 111. Pennsylvania is repre- president of William and Mary oa and spurted out, "D it, I know \ the Society, records the activities of "The Present State of Virginia;" | sented by 55 boys and girls and September 1st and his official induc- how to govern Virginia and Mary- the Philomathean from 1889 to 1891. Joshua Fry, working with Jef- ■ Massachusetts by 49. The District of tion into office here on October 20th land better than all the Bishops in Prominent in the debates and other f erson's father, compiled a fa-' Columbia sent 31 and Maryland 22. is being looked forward to with keen Errand." exercises of the Philomathean at that mous map of Virginia; Gronow' Ohio and Connecticut, each have 14 interest over the entire country. Nicholson's suit for the hand of a time were: S. Otis Bland, Gordon Owen, wrote poems in Welsh; and | representatives. Three are from far o Miss Burwell did not fare well and Cummings, Percy S. Stepheson, G. E. Samuel Henley won fame by his I off Califoi nia and two came down PRESIDENT BRYAN TO BE he blamed Dr. Blair's brother for it. Booker, Dudley R. Cowles, S. C. translation of the French romance from Canada and one from Maine INDUCTED INTO OFFICE Sending for Dr. Blair he told him: Oglesby, C. H. and W. W. Allmond, Vathek. while Florida sent up four. HERE ON OCTOBER 20TH "Mr. Blair, I vow to the eternal God J. R. L. Johnson, Killis Campbell, P. As each student is requested to that I wil be revenged on you and all L. Rollins, R. E. L. Watkins, E. Dr. William Small, professor of (Continued from page 1.) state his religious preference when 1 your family." Land, L. E. Stephenson, R. W. Stur- Mathematics, was one of the most registering, statistics on this analy- gram will be the dedication of the Nicholson went so far as to enter- gis, J. L. Codd, C. S. Towles, John noted members of the pre-Revolution- sis of the students are available and Duke of Gloucester Street, one of the tain designs on Blair's life and at Weymouth and E. E. Worrell. ary faculty. He was an intimate friend show that the Episcopalians lead with oldest streets in America, and which one time furnished the boys in the The names of 155 students are of Watt, the inventor of the steam 265 communicants. today presents a great deal of its Grammar School at William and mentioned in these minutes, covering engine. Jefferson attended his lec- The Methodists are next with 222 18th century appearance. The dedi- Mary with pistols to keep Dr. Blair a period of only two years. Literary tures and said afterwards "he fixed f( llowed by the Baptists with 161 and cation includes a parade over the out of the College. Societies were well patronized by the destinies of my life." Small in- the Presbyterians with 136. Seven- ' street which will start at the Capitol Finally, Blair with other prominent students in those days. Campus ac- troduced the lecture system at Will- teen other religious sects are repre- Building at 11:15 a. m. men of the Colony, petitioned Queen tivities had not become so complicat- iam and Mary. sented in the student body with 77 At tne expiration of these dedica- Anne to remove Nicholson and he ed as they are today. James McClurg, professor of Medi- expressing no choice. tion exercises Mr. Roosevelt will ar- was replaced by Alexander Spotts- cine, was a member of the Federal In line with his intention of adding rive at the Sir Christopher Wren. wood. The original plat of the land on Convention of 1787; James Madison, to the faculty to relieve professors Building and the ceremony of inducting Spottswood wrangled with the which the old College buildings were afterwards president of the College, of extra work which they have had Mr. Bryan into office will begin, the erected hangs in the Library. It House of Burgesses, Blair would not was a member of the American Phil- to take during the depression years exercises to take place in the rear side with him and therefore Spotts- bears the following title: "A Mapp osophical Society and contributed in addition to having their meagre of the Wren Building. The inaugu- of Lands Surveyed at the Instance wood became his enemy. Dr. Blair many articles on questions of natural salaries cut, Mr. Bryan has made six ral of Mr. Bryan will be followed by of M. Sec. Ludwell and Col. Thomas carried on his end of the warfare Science. new additions to the faculty for this his address. Ballard. Major John Page being also with vigor and finally Spottswood Charles Bellini came to Albemarle season. These new professors are: Immediately after Mr. Bryan's ad- Present at the Perfecting the Sur- was removed. County in 1773 from Italy, probably Dr. Charles T. Harrison for the de- dress an honorary degree will be con- vey June 1678 by me, Robert Bev- Dr. Blair died on April 18, 1743, tc introduce the culture of the grape, partment of Er,~lish. Dr. Harrison ferred upon Governor Peery of Vir- erly." The plat contains a total of at the age of 89. Fifty years had olive and other Italian fruits. He holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts ginia. elapsed since he secured the Charter 550 acres but the ordinal purchase came to William and Mary in 1779 from the University of Alabama, and i I'resident Roosevelt will then re- for the College. At his death he left from Col. Ballard by the Board of as head of. the Modern Language his A. M. and Ph. D. from Harvard. ceive the honorary degree of LL. D. the College all his books and 500 Trustees of the College contained Department. Dr. Harrison has been an instructor 1 after which he will deliver his ad- pounds sterling. To his nephew 330 acres, the price being, 170 George Wythe was the outstand- at Hobart College for two years, as- diess. and to his children he left 10,000 pounds. ing professor at the College. He was sistant professor at Boston Univer- At 1:30 p. m. a luncheon will be pounds. , ; i - . . ^_. The plat shows the old New Kent one of the Chancellors of the state sity for five years and has held a road and what is more interesting and the preceptor in law of both Jef- served at the College to invited fellowship at Harvard for one year guests and during trie aiteinoon it is. '•' Following Dr. Blair as president one of the Markers on a boundary ferson and Marshall. He was suc- and published a dissertation on the planned to ceieDiate the formal open- of the College, came Rev. William line is a Spanish Oak. This may be ceeded by Judge St. George Tucker, 17th century English thought. ' ing of Matoaka Park adjoining tne Dawson, Rev. William Stith, Rev. the Spanish Oak now standing at whose Commentaries on Blackstone, Miss Ethel Skinner has been added Campus. This park, a great asset to Thomas Dawson, Rev. William Yates, the entrance to the College. was the first American text book in to the fine arts department and will the College, has been developed since Rev. James Horrocks, and Rev. John law. be assisted by Miss Eleanor Craig- last fall under the supervision of the Cam, which brought the history of Bricks for the Wren Building were Other noted law professors at hill of this city. Miss Skinner holds National Park Service. the College up to the Revolution. All furnished by Daniel Parke at 14 William and Mary after George the degree of B. S. from Skidmore of them had their influence on the shillings per thousand. This build- Wythe and St. George Tucker were college and a M. A. from Columbia. College and affairs in the Colony. ing is 136 ft. long by 40 ft. wide, Judge William Nelson, Robert Nel- PRES. BRYAN'S MESSAGE She has taught for several years. Rev. John Camm, the last president and the two wings are 60 ft. by 30 son, Lucien Minor, Charles Morris TO ALUMNI REQUESTS before the Revolution, remained loyal ft. The walls of the building are 30 and Judge James Semple, N. Beverly Other new members of the faculty THEIR COOPERATION to the Kins and the Church, and inches thick in the basement and 24 Tucker, Judge George P. Scaraburg. are Dr. W. A. R. Goodwin who will therefore made many enemies for it. inches thick in the first and second William Barton Rogers, an alum- teach Biblical history, Miss Lena (Continued from page 1.) He led the cause of the clergy in stories. nus of the College and a professor Noll, religious education and Miss This is the priceless heiitage that Beverly Massei who will teach Itali- the famous "Parsons" case which later on founded Massachusetts In- time and genius have broif;ht our brought Patrick Henry to light. On March 26, 1728, James Hughes stitute of Technology. In 1835 he an. She is a graduate of the Univer- College, and in order that the future While at William and Mary as a offered to build the Chapel wing of headed a commission that made a sity of Florence, Italy. may be a worthy development of the professor, he was urged by a friend the Wren Building for 898 pounds. geologic survey of Virginia. Mr. Bryan is also planning to add past. William and Mary must call on of his who was in love with a young The contract was finally awarded to Hugh L. Girardin was the first another professor in the department its Alumni to see to it that pr-»>er lady, a parishioner of Camm's to in- Henry Cary, father of Archibald •ofessor (1803) of History at the of history. students come to this college and terview the young lady in his behalf. Cary, of the Revolution. College. Thomas R. Dew, president that the proper facilities for instruc- When Camm talked to her she said The Chapel was completed in 1732 from 1836 to 1846 also taught his- JOHN STEWART BRYAN tion and development be provided. that her answer to his plea for his and the Rev. James Blair preached tory. Dr. Herbert B. Adams, a noted HAS HAD ACTIVE CAREER I suppose every great college has friend could be found in Chapter 12, the first sermon in it on the text, historian of a later period said of IN AN EXTENSIVE FIELD the ideal which has been so adequate- verse 7, of the Book of Samuel. "Train up a child in the way he Dr. Dew: "When most colleges were ly expressed by Dr. Sidney B. Hall: Returning to his residence he looked should go and when he is old he will teaching merely by text books and (Continued from page 1.) "To bring great scholars in contact up the verse and read: "And Nathan not depart from it." chiefly along classical lines of study, sociation for fifteen years; a member with seeking minds and nooie youth." said to David, thou art the man." thif man was lecturing systematically of its Board for a long time and was Here at William and Mary we will Although a bachelor of 51, he mar- The initials, M. P. with the date to his classes upon the laws, customs, president of the organization from see to it, by every means in our ried the young lady. 1723, cut into a brick near the camp- manners and institutions of ancient 1926 to 1928. He is also a member of power, that we secure and hold great us entrance door of the Brafferton and modern nations." the Code Authority Committee for scholars; it is to the Alumni we must While Harvard was founded in are believed to be those of Mann or the Daily Newspaper Publishing look for the constant flow of noble 1636 it was not a College until long Mathew Page of Gloucester County, It is said that Thomas R Dew was Business. youths who are ready and able to after William and Mary was well on sons of Mann Pege, who were stu- a tall, angular man, bearing a strik- Mr. Bryan's Educational interests learn the essential lessons of citizen- the way in giving college work. Har- dents at the. College about that time. ing resemblance to Abraham Lin- run in the paths of higher education. ship by which alone this country can vard's first faculty consisted of a coln. On one occasion in the winter, In this connection he was rector of the maintain and enlarge its power and Principal and tutors. Its first profes- One of the eight Botetourt Med- he slipped on the side walk as he Board of Visitors of the University its service to mankind. sorship was established in 1722, its als, the first academic medals came to the College and one of the of Virginia for two years, is a mem- second in 1728, and no other was awarded in America, presented to witty ladies of the town remarked ber of the Board of Trustees of the N. C. SCHOLARSHIP AWARD added until 1765. John White, a student here before the that "it was the largest dew drop University of Richmond and was At Wiliam and Mary the first pro- Revolution, is in the possession of she ever saw." Vice-Rector of the Board of Visitors The scholarship offered by Will- fessorship, that of Mathematics, was one of his descendants living in Cov- of William and Mary from 1926 until iam and Mary alumni in North Car- established in 1712. By 1779 there was ington, Kentucky. The medal is of ALUMNI OFFICIALS MEET his appointment as president of the olina has been awarded to Miss Eliz- a -full faculty of six professors, all gold, five and one half inches in cir- WITH PRESIDENT BRYAN College this summer. He is also a abeth Jackson of Wake Forest. graduates of Edinburgh, Oxford OT cumference and weighs one and one AT HIS RICHMOND HOME member of the International Educa- Miss Jackson made a four year Cambridge.'-^. half" ounces. tion Board. average of 94.6 at the Wake Forest In 1779, William and Mary added (Continued from page 1) The civic affairs of Richmond have high school and took a leading part The salary of the president of professorships of Law and Medicine Virginia Alumni Club, and Chas. A. claimed a great deal of Mr. Bryan's in the literary and forensic activi- and assumed the name of "Univer- William and Mary before the Revo- Taylor, Jr., '09, Executive Secretary time. He has been identified with ties of her school. lution was 200 pounds sterling an- sity." These schools were added of the General Alumni Association. every forward movement of the city Members of the North Carolina nually. The president, however, re- through Jefferson's influence. Mr. Bryan also gave a reception for many years. He is chairnlan of scholarship committee are, James S. ceived additional salaries as commis- at "Laburnum" to the faculty of the Board of the Richmond Public Jenkins, '23, President of the North Edward Johnston, a student from sary to the Bishop of London and as William and Mary on the night of Library and was the first president Carolina Aluirmi Club', R. G. Wil- North Carolina, died at the College a member of the governor's council, September 15th to meet the Gover- of the Richmond Council, Boy Scouts |fong, *23, Thomas Creekmore, '09, •on October 6, 1805. His was the making his total salary 550 pounds. nor and Lieutenant-Governor of Vir- of America. He is also president of Dr. P. G. FOBS, 18, and Norman fourth death amorg the students atj The professors of Philosophy re- ginia, j tne Community Chests and Councils, Gold, "27.