LIBRARY OF WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVER LEXINGTON, VA. 24450 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE. OF Washi d Lee Universi JUN 2 0 1977 ashington and lee University Vol. Ill UNE, 1927 oO. 2.50 Per Year | 50c Per Copy PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY This directory is published for the purpose of affording a convenient guide to Washington and Lee alumni of the various professions who may wish to secure reliable correspondents of the same profession to transact business at a distance, or of a special professional character. Alumni of all professions who by reason of specialty or loca- tion are in a position to be of service to the alumni of the same profession are invited to place their cards in the di- rectory. Rates on application. THIS SPACE AVAILABLE R. EK. MOORE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Suite 303 First National Bank Bldg., Bluefield, W. Va. PHILIP P. GIBSON, Lawyer General practice in all State and Federal Courts Suite 914 Union Bank & Trust Co. 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SMITH, Secretary THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY WASHINGTON AND LEE ALUMNI, INCORPORATED Drawer 897, Lexington, Virginia E. C. Carrrey, President VERBON FE. Kemp, Editor E. L. GraHaM, Jr., Treasurer Dora Wirt, Associate Editor Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office of Lexington, Va., September 15, 1924. CONTENTS PAGE PAGE Wee ee 5 The Washington and Lee SwingJ. R. Caskie ..21-22 Know Your Collese 200. ee 6 C. BH, Meme ee = 20 Finals 19272 Alumni Day 2a. oo. ae 7 Dr. Robert P. Cooke, Yellow Fever Hero ........ 24 Judge McDermott, Trustee, Speaker at Finals .... 9 W. H. Waairee ts .. e a ae 24 Dan (yen s Tlam >. ee ol ee a QO. Hi Beene ee, 25 Warse iugberts: Hogs... ace. a 10 W. He Macon iar 26 At a ee 11-14 We oe 26-29 Commencement Message from the President .. 15 Obit re 30 Speakers at Student Assemblies ................ 16 Wedd Bg 30 Judee Cattte, Promoted 2... 2. 17 Recent Books Worth OwningMiss Blanche Mc- With the FacultyDr. Franklin L. Riley ...... 18-19 ee ee a, 31 An All-Southern Journalism Activity ........ 20 Persomgis (yi .9 00... Sn a ee 34-35 BOLEYS BOOK STORE RILEYS LEE AFTER APPOMATTOX, prepaid $2.50 (Edition exhausted. Our limited supply the only copies available.) ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHS General Robert E. Lee, size 7 x 9, prepaid $1.50 Stonewall Jackson, size 7 x 9 prepaid 1.50 General Robert E. Lee, size 9 x 13, prepaid 3.00 CAMPUS VIEWS, size 7 x 9 prepaid 1.50 Money oider or check should accompany order HENRY BOLEY, Manager Lexington, Virginia “Tip Law Houss’—Tucker HALL Sinfonia anni srmmsiiiins, 920 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Men Ill JUNE, 1927 No. 3 Issued Bi-Monthly by the Washington and Lee Alumni, Incorporated The Year One hundred thirty-eight students applied for de- grees to be awarded at Commencement ; fifty-eight for B. A., forty-three for B. S., in Commerce twenty-seven for B. L. and eight for B. 5. Students assembled to hear Dr. Irving Fisher, famed economist of Yale University, talk on Prohibition at its Worst. They were impressed by his keen analy- sis, his calm dispassionate attitude, his lucid presenta- tion. Again students assembled to hear Dr. Gordon }, Laing, Dean of the graduate school of the University of Chicago, talk on Literature and Leisure. A dry lecture on the classics was anticipated. A deft, amus- ing, instructive and highly entertaining commentary on present day tendencies was heard. The speaker received the heartiest ovation of the year. The Generals baseball nine played fifteen games, won eight. Their season was featured by hard hit- ting, erratic fielding, good pitching, excellent coaching and dispirited play. Wins over George Tech. and Vir- ginia were outstanding. President Henry Louise Smith addressed the V. M. I. cadets at their chapel, the annual convention of District D. Virginia Education Association at Hope- well, Va., The Teachers Institute at Danville, Va., The Southern Interscholastic Press Association, at Lexing- ton, the Omicron Delta Kappa National Honorary fra- ternity at Davidson, N. C. At his office, wrote bulle- tins, squarely met some issues of student discipline. Dean Campbell suffered from a serious eye trouble, returned from a hospital in Washington, D. C., re- sumed his duties, handled delayed matters of student discipline. Judge E. C. Caffrey, 09, president of the Alumni Association, Inc., was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa society (W. & L. chapter). Concurrently he was pro- moted to the Circuit bench of New Jersey. Judge Charles J. McDermott, trustee, accepted the invitation to address the Alumni Association, Inc., at its annual meeting, Monday, June 6th. Subject Whos on Your Campus. Rumors abounded that able Prof. John O. Lofberg (Ancient Languages) and able Prof. Lewis Tyree, ALUMNI RkEuNIoN 1926 15 (Law) would be missing next year. Dr. Lot- berg is to be at Oberlin College, Ohio; Lew Tyree at the New Jersey Law School (Newark). Karf Zerfoss, campus Y. M. C. A. Secretary for the past three years, granted leave of absence for one year, will study at Columbia University. Student body elections were held. All the machin- ery of a professional political campaign was in use. Victors were celebrated and losers consoled according to accepted formulas. It was announced that the Faculty would meet the alumni in a baseball game on the Island at 4:30 P. M. Monday, June 6th (preceding the annual Boat Race). : The student body assembled to consider a proposal that they provide funds for the erection of a steel bridge from the gymnasium to the athletic field. Ii built it would be known as the Class 27-31 Bridge. Your secretary offered a copy of the Alumni Di- rectory and Service Record in combination with a years subscription to the Alumni Magazine for $4- 50, sold several; compiled and presented a report on the Universitys financial campaigns; planned for Finals. The 177th session approached its close. 6 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Know Your College Being some questions evolved according to the present mode of self interrogation, the winner to award himself a visit to Lexington for Finals. An- swers are printed on page & of this issue. 1. What two prominent alumni are opposed as legal counsels in the much discussed C. & O.—Van Swear- ingen R. R. merger? 2. What alumnus was with Capt. Del.ong’s Arctic expedition to the Jena River? (There is a tablet to his memory in the Lee Chapel.) 3. What alumnus pitched the first curved ball in col- legiate athletics (baseball) ? 4. What alumnus was a judge on the United States Supreme Court until 1916. 5. What is the largest single gift or bequest ever re-- ceived by Washington and Lee? (Actually received— not in trust). 6. Was Robert Parker Doremus an alumnus of Wiel 7. Who are the present trustees of W. & L,.? 8. Who is the oldest (in period of service) protes- sor on the present faculty? 9. What alumnus won fame as an explorer of the Pacific North-west, was Secretary to Thomas Jeffer- son, was Governor of the Louisiana territory? 10. What alumnus was Governor of Arkansas in 1920? : 11. For whom is the present athletic field named? 12. Under what condition did General Robert E. Lee accept the proffer of the presidency of Washington College ? 13. What is the oldest Greek letter social fraternity represented at Washington and Lee (from time of establishment here) ? 14. Name the presidents of Washington and Lee since General Robert E. Lee. | 15. When was the present site of Washington and Lee first occupied (the Washington College build- ing)? 16. What is the oldest organization subsidiary and pertaining to the University (still active)? 17. What alumnus was largely responsible for the framing of the Federal Reserve Banking Act? 18. In what way was General George Washington connected with the school which became Washington and Lee University ? 19. Who caused the first school of journalism to be established in an American college? 20. Have you bought your copy of the Alumni Di- rectory and Service Record ? W. & L. PROMINENT AT CHEMICAL SOCIETY MEETING Washington and Lee was well represented at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society held in Richmond, Va., April 12-14. Drs. James L. Howe and L. J. Desha, ’06, and Prof. Bailey of the Chemistry Department attended from Lexington; also present were Dr. Edward Lyons, ’15, of De- troit; Bryson Glass, ’26, now attending Johns Hop- kins University; Clyde Whetzel, ’14, of Pittsburgh; S. C. Lind, ’98, head of the Department of Chem- istry, University of Minnesota; Thomas McCorkle, 14, head of the Department of Chemistry and Physics, State Teachers School, Farmville, Va.; L. LL. Shirey, °16, of Richmond, Va.: G. Robert Shaw. "15, of Cleveland, Ohio; Walter Preston, ’15, from Cincinnati, Ohio, and James A. Lee, ’17, of New York City. Organized by the energetic and loyal Jimmy Lee, the W. & L. men attending got together for a lunch- eon at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond Thursday, April 14th. Dr. Howe and Dr. Desha talked in- formally on the progress the Chemistry Department is making at W. & L. eee LAW CLASS OF ’11 PUBLISHES ANNUAL The ’11 lawyers are closely bound by an active class organization. Each year since their graduation an annual has been published. They meet at finals every five years for the election of officers. The 16th edition of the Class Annual has just been published by J. Nevin Kilmer, ’11 Secretary, of Mar- tinsburg, West Va. The annual is dedicated to the memory of Dennis S. Kilmer, who died November 4, 1926. Interesting contributions to this edition were made by Judge M. P. (“Daddy”) Burks, ’72; and by Jo- seph R. Long, now professor in the University of Colorado Law School; O. T. Kaylor of Hagerstown, Md., president of the class; George Chaney, Robert A. Russell, Reginald Page, Bill Engleby, H. B. Greg- ory, J. N. Harman, Jr., J. T. Watson, C. O. Dunn, H. S. Reid, N. D. Smithson, W. D. Rucker, Claude P. Light, Jno. F. Brown, Luther G. Scott, W. R. Taylor, W. L. Freeland, and S. B. Schein. a THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 7 Finals 1927—Alumni Day Finals is the accepted time for the. annual alumni reunion. ‘The preponderance of under-graduate ac- tivity makes this period unattractive to some, yet re- turned prodigals find the campus in full dress, are recognized by genial “Dean Harry,” meet more of their former classmates than at any other time. June 3rd to 7th is the date this year. Alumni Day is Monday, June 6th. On Alumni Day the Alumni, Inc., meets in business session at 10:30 A. M. at the Carnegie Library. Every former student is a mem- ber of the incorporation and is entitled to vote upon ' business matters. At 11:30 A. M., Judge Charles J. McDermott, able lawyer of New York City and trus- tee of Washington and Lee, will deliver an address, “Who’s on Your Campus?” At 1 P. M. all visiting alumni are to be the guests of the University for a buffet luncheon on the Dining Hall lawn. At 3 P. M. the faculty meets the alumni in a baseball game on Wilson Field. The annual Harry Lee-Albert Sidney boat race will be staged at 6 P. M. President and Mrs. Henry Louis Smith give their annual reception to alumni, graduates and visitors at 9 P. M., then comes the Senior-Alumni ball at the gymnasium. A full day for you; no less full of genial warmth, of pleasant association and of genuine welcome. The Baccalaureate sermon will be delivered in the Lee Chapel, Sunday, June 5th, at 11 A. M., by Rev. W. W. Memminger; the Commencement address in the Chapel by Hon. Martin W. Littleton on Tuesday, June 7th at 11 A. M. Mr. Littleton is almost an alumnus, having attended a summer session of the Law School under Professors John R. Tucker and Charles A. Graves. He is widely known as a lawyer, a speaker and a public servant. The Final Ball, Tuesday night, June 7th, rings down the curtain, closes a busy, successful year. According to the adopted schedule, Finals 1927 is the special time for the reunion of the classes of 713, "14, °15, and ’16; of ’94, 95, 96 and ’97, and of 775, 76, ’°77 and ’78. It has been suggested that “The great War Class of ’17” celebrate its 10th anniver- sary at this time. : CALENDAR Friday, June 3rd 9:00 P. M.—Interfraternity dance. Saturday, June 4th 11:00 A. M.—Pan-White Friar dansant. 4:00 P. M.—Informal reception at Alumni head- quarters, Lee’s Dormitory. 6:00 P. M.—Second and Third Crew boat races. 9:00 P. M.—Sigma German. Sunday, June 5th 11:00 A. M.—Baccalaureate Sermon by Rev. W. W. Memminger, D.D. 3 6:00 P. M.—Véesper services on the campus. ALUMNI DAY Monday, June 6th 10:30 A. M.—Business meeting of Alumni, Inc., Carnegie Library. 11:30 A. M.—Address, “Who’s on Your Campus,” Judge Chas. J. McDermott, Trustee. 12:00 M.—Roll call. and reports of local associa- tions. 7 1:00 P. M.—Buffet luncheon to ivi on lawn. 2:00 P. M.—Alumni class reunions, classes of 713, "14, 715 and 716; of ’94, 95, ’96 and "07: and of 75. 7/6. 7/7 and “Zs, Carnegie Library. 3:00 P. M.—Faculty-Alumni baseball game, Wilson Field. 6:00 P. M.—First Crew boat race, North River. 9:00 P. M.—President’s reception to graduates, trustees, faculty, alumni and vis- itors. 10:00 P. M.—Senior-Alumni ball, led by Judge E. C. Caffrey, President of Alumni, Inc. Tuesday, June 7th 10:45 A. M.—Procession of trustees, faculty and graduates. 11:00 A. M.—Commencement exercises, Lee Chapel; Address, Honorable Martin W. Lit- tleton. 10:00 P. M.—Final ball. 8 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE FACULTY vs. ALUMNI A Faculty—Alumni baseball game will be an in- stitution at Finals this year. The contest will precede the annual boat race at “the Island” on Monday, June 6th. One admission will cover both events. Temporary bleachers will be erected facing the river for the game in order that the finish of the Albert Sid- ney—Harry Lee classic may be seen advantageously. Prof. C. FE. Williams, of Real Property fame, will captain the Faculty nine. Eddie Parks Davis, ’15, in his usual red flannel uniform, will captain the assem- bled alumni diamond stars. A line up has not been worked out, but the Alumni Magazine suggests the following arrangement. Faculty: “Skinny” Williams, pitcher; “Abie” Wooten and Carl Gill, catchers; ‘Liv’ Smith and G. D. Hancock, Ist base; Gray Funkhouser and George Irwin, 2nd base; W. G. Bean and “Gran” Campbell 3rd base; “Lew” Tyree and “Duke” Desha, S. S.; R. W. Dickey, R. N. Latture, “Willie’ Brown, J. O. Lofberg, W. B. Dominick, Howard Thompson and Frank Gilliam, outfielders. The Alumni team de- pends upon the men returning for Finals. If you plan to return communicate with Eddie Davis and then borrow a glove and ball and limber up for the coming classic. : “Boss” Moreland, Dean “Harry,” “Howdy” Howe and “Prexy” Smith will be on hand to coach from the side lines or umpire. Forest Fletcher and Captain Dick Smith will coach the Faculty and Alumni teams respectively. The game will be called at 4.30 P. M. and will be played on the Island so that fans may see the Harry Lee—Albert Sidney boat races. The usual boat race admission will be charged. NOMINATING COMMITTEE APPOINTED According to the provision of the new Alumni, Inc. Constitution the following members of the Board of Trustees have been appointed to make nominations for elections to be held at the Finals Alumni meeting, June 6th, Paul C. Buford, ’10, Chairman; Dr. William Allan, ’02, and E. P. Davis. Nominations are to be made for two places on the Board of Trustees of the Alumni, Inc., two resident alumni memberships and two non-resident alumni memberships on the Athletic Council and recom- mendations are to be made to the University Board of Trustees of Alumni deemed qualified for filling vacancies in that body. The committee is required to submit at least two nominations for each vacancy. Members having suggestions to make are asked to commmunicate with Paul C. Buford, 811 Boxley Building, Roanoke, Va. ANSWERS TO “KNOW YOUR COLLEGE” 1. Newton D. Baker, 94, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Henry W. Anderson, ’98, of Richmond, Virginia. 2. Dr. James Markham Marshall Ambler, ’67, Passed Assistant Surgeon U.S. Navy on duty with arctic steamer Jeanette. Perished near the mouth of the Lena River, 1881. 3. George A. Sykes, in 1879, now of Atlanta, Ga. 4. Joseph Rucker Lamar, ’78, of Augusta, Ga. 5. The George Peabody gift, now valued at $250,- 000.00. . 6. No. 7. Hon. Wm. A. Anderson, 61; Hon. Lucian H. Cocke, ’74; Mr. Frank Glasgow, 776; Mr. Harring- ton Waddell, 92; Dr. W. McC. White, ’87; Hon. W. A. MacCorkle, ’77; Judge Charles J. McDermott; Hon. John W. Davis, 92; Dr. Geo. Bolling Lee, ’96; J: R. Caskie, 06; Rev. W. 1. Carson, 13; Hugh B. Sproul, 92; W. D. Lewis, ’77; Paul M. Penick, ’96, and John $. Munce. 7 8. Dean H. D. Campbell, 82, Professor of Geology and Dean of the University. 9, Merriwether Lewis. 10. Thomas C. McRae, ’72, of Prescott, Ark. 11. Wilson Field in honor of William L,. Wilson, President of Washington and Lee 1897-1900. 12. His acceptance was conditioned upon an agree- ment by the board that his exclusion from the general amnesty proclaimed at the close of the war would not react to the detriment of the college. 13 Phi Kappa Psi, established at W. & L. in 1855. 14. General Custis Lee, 1870-1897; Honorable Wm. L. Wilson, 1897-1900; Henry St. George Tucker (acting) 1900-1901; George H. Denny, 1901- 1911; J.L. & H. D. Campbell (acting 1911-12) ; Henry Louis Smith, 1912- 15. In 1805. 16. The Alumni Association, organized June 25, 1840. 17. Senator Robert L. Owen, ’77, of Oklahoma. 18. By assigning a gift of $50,000 to him from the State of Virginia to Liberty Hall Academy and by giving permission for the academy to bear his name. 19. General Robert E. Lee as President of Wash- ington College instituted courses in practical print- ing and journalism in 1868. Edwin H. Howard, ’24, is in the employ of Ly- brand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery, Accountant and Auditors, New York City. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 9 Judge McDermott, Trustee, to Speak at Finals Alumni Meeting Judge Charles J. McDermott, trustee and ardent supporter of Washington and Lee, has accepted the invitation of the Alumni, Inc., to speak at its annual Commencement meeting in the Carnegie Library, Monday, June 6th at 11:30 A. M. He will talk upon the subject “Who’s on Your Campus”. He is well qualified to talk upon this subject, due to the inti- mate and active connection which he has main- tained with the W. & L. Alumni, Inc., and to his con- nection with the Alumni Association of the Columbia University Law School, of which he is first vice- President. , Since his election to the Board of Trustees of Wash- ington and Lee in 1920, Judge McDermott has given much time and attention to the affairs of the Uni- versity. He is an alumnus of Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, and of the Columbia University Law School, receiving his LL.B. in 1889. After graduation Judge McDermott continued the practice of law in New York City. He was ap- pointed Judge of the Kings County N. Y. Court by Governor Whitman in 1917 and elected to that posi- tion in 1918. He resigned and reentered the practice of law in January, 1921. At present Judge McDermott is president of the Brooklyn Law Library, a member of the Board of Trustees of Washington and Lee, of Adelphi Acad- emy, of the College of the City of New York, a mem- ber of the Board of Higher Education of New York City and first vice-President of the Columbia Law School Alumni Association. He has many important business connections in and about New York, includ- ing the Doremus Estate. He is an executive commit- teeman of the Phi Delta Phi (legal fraternitv) As- sociation in New York, a trustee of the Good Samari- tan Dispensary, a member of the Finance Committee of the Brooklyn Home for Consumptives, of the Court’s Committee of the Brooklyn Bureau of Chari- ties, and of various bar and lawyers associations. Athletics, hunting and fishing are his recreative in- terests. He was for many years Governor of the Crescent Athletic Club, then president and then vice- president. He is a member of the Narrow Bay Gun Club, the Long Island Country Club and of the Cherry Valley Club. In April, 1924, Judge McDermott was appointed Deputy Attorney-General for the prosecution of cases in Nassau County, New York. During the War he was a member of the Legal Advisory Board in charge of the work of that Board at its headquarters in the Borough of Brooklyn. A man of wide experience, of varied interests and of deep affection for Washington and Lee, Judge Mc- Dermott will attract many visiting alumni to hear him on Alumni Day at Lexington and prove an added Jupce McDermorr—“Well Qualified” ‘incentive for many “undecided” alumni to return for the annual alumni reunion. DAN OWEN’S HAM You have not received the highest degree of atten- tion to which prodigals are entitled unless you have partaken of the ham, “the” ham being the annual sac- rifice made by porkers on Dan Owen’s farm for the gastronomic delight of returning alumni at Finals. Of course there is cheese and crackers, pickles and ap- ples, but the “piece de resistance” is the ham. Midnight is the accepted time for performance of the ritual. A foreign element in the shape of Lex- ington baked bread is introduced, then someone pro- duces a rusty pocket knife with which the ham is gracefully carved. A pencil serves as a pickle fork. Cheese and crackers are easily managed. After the ap- ple course, reminiscences begin. Dan is good for sev- eral yarns, then “Ed” Caffrey will thrill you with murder cases which he has tried; other yarns from varied fields will mingle with the mellow smoke of glowing pipes as the night wanes into dawn. So come back Finals if you want to know Dan. May be, if the signs are right, you will be introduced to the order of the ham. Three Finals are required before permanent initiation will be granted. ’27 is a good time to start. 10 , THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Marse Robert’s Hoss A recent issue of Colliers Weekly contains an in- teresting account of ‘Traveler, General Robert E. Lee’s famous horse. The account is written by James C. Young and contains the recollections of an old negro named William Mack Lee who was an attend- ant of General Lee during the war. ‘The following is what William has to say about ‘“Marse Robert’s” horse: ‘““Marse Robert paid a thousand dollars fo’ Traveler in Yellow Brier County,” said William. ‘That hoss knew more than I did. He sure was a beauty. Yes, sir; his tail swept the ground. He was an iron gray with a black mane and tail. He had a little head, a big chest and flat legs, a regular racer. Run? He use to run like a streak, Marse Robert risin’ and fallin’ with him over the hills. He was a snortin’ hoss, too, specially when he smelled powder. Didn’t care for it at all when Marse Robert bought him. I’ve seen Traveler raise right up on his hind legs at the first shot and snort terrible when he smelled the powder. Kind of wild-eyed and wantin’ to get away from here. But he learned to know the smell, a war horse for fair. H’d walk across the battle fields, steppin’ light as a lady so he wouldn’t paw none of the men. Some- times he’d lick their faces when Marse Robert let the reins fall. ’Peared to know they was hurt and needed somebody to care fo’ them. A great hoss, Traveler was. Three years old when we got him and proud as a Lee. You couldn’t treat him like an ordinary hoss. He had to have fresh oats, or none. Wouldn’t drink out of a dirty trough neither. Particular as his master. They sure kept me busy them two, tryin’ to provide fo’ their wants when we didn’t have nothin’ to provide sometimes. But let Marse Robert come out of his tent and there was Traveler, whinnyin’ and ready to start. Rode him all through the war and neither one got a hair singed. He lived long after Marse Robert; got to be twenty-five years old, I guess.” WHERE TO STAY Alumni headquarters will be in the central wing of Lee’s Dormitory for Finals. Rooms will be provided in the Dormitory for unaccompanied alumni. Those returning with their wives and families are urged to make reservations at the Robert E. Lee, Dutch Inn or at private homes at an early date. The Alumni Secretary will be at Alumni’ head- quarters in Lee’s Dormitory at all hours during Finals. Every visiting alumnus is asked to register there. Information and every possible assistance will be given by the Secretary. John W. Leigh, ’21, of Memphis, Tenn., has been promoted to manager of the Meridian branch of the J. E. Dilworth Company, machines and mill sup- plies. | ‘TRAVELER “Used to run like a streak” THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE | 11 BASEBALL At the first call for diamond candidates, Captain Dick Smith found few new faces. Except at short stop and left field the positions were occupied as at the close of last season. “Ty” Rauber, football ace, was moulded into the short stop position, ‘“Apie” Lowden from last year’s freshman team was given the out field post and Ginsburg and Eaglebach, vet- erans, alternated with White, a newcomer, at third. In the box the veterans Folliard and Maben were as- sisted by Osterman and White, Tipps and Jones be- hind the plate, Spotts at first, Captain Mike Palmer at second, Sterns in right field and the old timer, “Tips” Gwaltney, in center, completed the line-up. The high spots of the season were seen in a 2—O defeat of Georgia Tech. at Atlanta when “Snake’’ Maben let the golden tornado nine down with three hits, and the crushing defeat handed Virginia 8—O, — by Paul Folliard in the first classic encounter of the season. Hard hitting and erratic fielding character- ized the Gerenals’ play throughout the year. Im- portant games were lost to Georgia Tech., Virginia, V. P. I., and Richmond College. , The results for the season were: Pitcher Folliard—W. & L., 1; Springfield, 4 Folliard—W. & L., 3; Ga. Tech., 6 Maben—W. & L., 2; Ga. Tech., 0 White Folliard Maben—W. & L., 6; Duke, 4 Folliard—W. & L., 3; Cornell, 2 Maben Folliard Maben—W. & L., 1; Richmond College, 8 Folliard—W. LL, 8; Virginia, 0 Polierd- Ws & 1. 4p oY. Pid 2 bw. & L., 9; Duke, 6 }w. & L., 6; Syracuse, 5 Folliard : Wiebe hw. & L., 6; St. Johns, 3 Folliard ee bw. & L., 3; U.S. Marines, 6 Osterman—W. & L,., 8; Richmond Med., 0 Maben ce | Folliard bw. & L., 8; Virginia, 9 Maben Folliard W. & L..-05-V..B. 1.4, S, C. Shaw, ’24, is with Shaw and Company, Inc., Insurance, of Mayfield, Kentucky. HERRON SAYS NEW GRID CHANGES WILL NOT AFFECT GENERALS “The new changes recently effected in the football rules will not change the play of the Generals,” stated Coach Pat Herron when interviewed recently. One of the changes made by the rules committee of American football affected the shift play, making it necessary for a team to halt two seconds after a shift has been made. ‘The lateral pass in football will un- dergo a change under the ruling by the committee so that in case of a fumble behind the line of scrimmage the ball will not be lost except on the fourth down. Goal posts will no longer be on the goal line, but ten yards behind it. This ruling will make the point after touchdown harder to secure for teams using the drop-kick method of securing the extra point. Also a fumble may no longer be scooped up and taken for a touchdown, however, the-ball will go to the team recovering the fumble. Coach Herron, mentor of the Generals says, “The new ruling in regard to the shift play will help the de- fense of the teams not in the habit of using the shift play as part of their offense. Washington and Lee grid teams will profit by this change, as we do not use the shift play.” | | In regard to the ruling on the lateral pass, Coach Herron stated, “Unquestionably it will make the lat- eral pass more popular among teams. ‘The risk which has heretofore been attached to the use of this play has been removed and more coaches will undoubtedly use it in their style of game.” “We met with the lateral pass in only one instance last season, and that was at Princeton. The Tigers only used it once, however,” Coach Herron added. “The ruling about the point after touchdown will make the extra point more difficult to make and will of course cause more tie games,” it is thought by Coach Herron. He also said that a fumbled punt and run- ning for a touchdown merely eliminates one more break of the game and will have no effect on gridiron strategy whatever. WRESTLERS CHOSEN At the close of the wrestling season three W. & L. grapplers were chosen for places on the All-South-At- lantic Wrestling team. Those chosen were Captain Rule, “Mike” Seligman and Wilkes. Two men from V. M. L, one from V. P. I. and one from Virginia were chosen on this mythical eleven. Kappa Sigma won the interfraternity basketball tournament by defeating the Phi Epsilon Pi quint 23 to 8. The game was marked by the close guarding of both teams and the sensational shooting of the win- ners. 12 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE CINDER TRACK IS COMPLETED The cinder track is at last a reality. Work on it which extended over a period of seven months was finally culminated. Washington and Lee now has one of the finest outdoor tracks in the South. »This was the opinion voiced by several of the athletic authorities in the University. | The jumping pits which will be a part of the track, have not yet been completed, but they will be directly in front of the stadium and will be three in number: broad jump pit, pole vault pit, and high jump pit. The permanent pits are not being constructed now because of the desire to finish the sodding of the field. The temporary pits for this season will be placed at the north end of the gridiron. The cinder path has been built according to regula- tions a quarter of a mile in length. The longest stretch of straight-a-way will be 150 yards in length. The track is wide enough for six lanes of hurdles, ample enough to take care of any meets held here. The starting point will be at the north end, while all finishes will be directly in front of the stadium. When final completion is made the project will be one of the finest of its kind in the Southern Conference. “CY” TWOMBLY HURLING WELL FE. P. Twombly, the Generals’ own, was crashing through in masterful style in his pre-season workouts with the Newara Bears, according to the sports dope emanating from the New Jersey metropolis. From all accounts “Cy” surprised Manager Figan’s out- fit with his condition, which he got as a result of working out with the Generals almost daily for sev- eral weeks. The part of the sophomore gym and suicide classes in preparing Twombly for his summer mound duties with the International League club has not been over- looked by the scribes of Newark. They speak highly of the physical condition of their right-handed ace in every story, and attribute a large part of it to his work in the local physical education department. AN ALL-TIME W. & L. FOOTBALL TEAM We have All-American, All-Southern, All-South Atlantic teams. Why not have an All-Time W. & L. football team, suggests an interested alumnus. It’s a good suggestion. The ALUMNI MaGazINnE woud like to receive nom- inations from alumni. Nominations should be lim- ited to players of the modern football game—(not the Rugby game in vogue in the ’80’s). Any W. & L,.. varsity player should be eligible. His full name, year and position should be stated. If this effort is approved by magazine readers the plan will be republished in the summer issue of the ALUMNI Macazine, which goes to all alumni, a set of judges appointed and rules of entry defined. Let the alumni secretary hear from you. .Should we propose an All-Time baseball team, too? ATHLETIC FIELD FENCED IN STEEL WIRE A new steel fence, of the same type as that which surrounds the athletic field at the University of Vir- ginia and supported by steel posts set in concrete, now encloses the entire athletic field, taking in the baseball diamond, gridiron and stadium. It was bought at a cost of $3,500. There are six small gates at the regular entrance on the south side of the field, and also several entrance gates from the railroad side of the field. No provision, however, has been made for parking purposes on the field. Autoists will in the future be compelled to park their machines in front of the gym or on the streets of Lexington. The reason given is that after the athletic field will have been completed and sodded the destruction that autos would cause to the field in wet weather would cause much damage. It is the plan of the athletic association to eventu- ally construct a concrete foot bridge across the railroad gap that separates the athletic field from the gym- nasuim. This improvement would greatly relieve the crowded conditions that now exist when games are played on Wilson field and the cars could then be parked in front of the gymnasuim with no inconvenience to the visitors. GENERALS BEAT W. & M. RUNNERS Washington and Lee’s trackmen scored their first victory of the spring season over the harriers from William and Mary College by a 12 point margin, the final score being 69-57. ‘The Indians came from be- hind in the last few events to seriously threaten a seemingly safe lead which the Generals had accumu- lated early in the match. The afternoon was replete with spectacular individual performances. The best individual performance of the day was turned by Coleman of the Generals, who threw the javelin 171 feet, eight inches. This mark came within one inch of the old school record which was made by J. O. Lewis in 1925. While failing to establish a new school record at this time, Coleman bids fair to be- come successful in breaking this and other records be- fore the year is over. Duke University’s flimsily garbed gladiators raced through the field events to a hard-earned victory over the Washington and Lee spikers by a score of 75 to 51. The Generals about held their own in the running events, but were unable to give the skilful Carolinians much competition in the jumping and weight events. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 13 “Suicide” Has Not Changed The football tactics of “Suicide” as played in Washington and Lee have not been lessened in six- teen years of playing. Those who participate in this rigorous sport in the gym today, feel the same as the student who wrote an article concerning it in the Ring- tum Phi of March 12, 1914. After writing a long description of the manner in which the game was played, he reports, “As a visiting alumnus said last week, “T'alk about the violence of football, the bloodi- ness of German duels, the wildness of Mexican revo- lutions, .... Great Scott, man! Go out to the gym and see a game of W. & L. suicide.’ ” The writer summed up his article with the follow- ing paragraph: “T’ll shoot Niagara’s highest fall, but I won’t play suicide basketball: I’ve been about a bit in my time, when things were rough and wild, and Pd had my share of dangers when I was but a child; I’ve been pursued by Indians over many a trackless plain, and I’ve seen some heavy firing in the memorable war with Spain; I’ve broncho busted in the wooly West, and I’ve sailed uncharted seas, I’ve withstood attacks from bandits in the Spanish Pyrenees; I’ve been cap- tured by cannibals in a far off South Isle, and I’ve used the back of a crocodile to ferry across the Nile; I’ve been in the revolutions of southern Argentine, and I’ve been to the depths of the ocean in a punctured submarine. ‘These are a few of my numerous deeds —I can’t recall them all; but there’s just one thing I will not do—play suicide basketball.” “Suicide” has taken its toll at Washington and Lee. Strange to say, no death notice concerning any stu- dent at the University can be found in the newspaper. No one is dead. But “suicide” has taken its toll. In collegiate circles “suicide” is not necessarily limited to death imposed by one’s own hand, but it is a term more generally applied to a modified form of basketball, in which kicking, gouging, punching and fighting are all allowable, and even to be desired. As a result of one of these games, one student suf- fered from a broken arm, another had two front teeth knocked out, two more had broken noses, while cuts, bruises and sprains are numerous. Modern reformers are demanding that a stop be put to the “suicide” wave among students, but they admit.that they would have a real job on their hands to convince a typical Washington and Lee man that “suicide” isn’t a great game. ANOTHER W. & L. WORLD’S RECORD Dr. Matthew Page Andrews, ’O1, of Baltimore, Md., author, historian and baseball fan, has called our attention to an article published in a New York paper several years ago by Ernest J. Lannagan, which stated that the World’s record for the highest shut out score was made by Washington and Lee in a game with William and Mary. The score was 40-0. This article was written ten years after the game was played. The author had evidently been digging up baseball statistics for publication and had gone through college records as well as other amateur and profes- sional records, so it can really be considered a world’s record and regarded as official. Another record of which W. & L,. may be proud is that of Mr. Andrews pitching in 1901, which was hung up at Sharpsburg, Md., against the Washington, (D. C.) Y. M. ©. A, team, iIn-this game Mr. An- drews struck out 24 of the 27 men to face him during the nine innings of play. This record has since been equalled in an amateur game in Texas which is quoted as a world’s record. Representative H. St. George Tucker, ’75, of the Tenth Virginia district has accepted an invitation to make the principal address before the State Bar As- sociation of Georgia, at Savannah, June 2. FORMER GENERALS IN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL Tommy Seehorn, ’26, former Generals’ baseball star, signed up with the New Orleans ‘Pelicans” in the Southern League for the 1927 baseball sea- son. After the training season he went to the Tampa, Florida Association. ‘There he is leading his club in batting and is rapidly proving to be the outstanding star of the League. Seehorn played third base and short stop for Washington and Lee, being captain of his team last year. He was noted for his heavy hitting. After graduating from W. & L. he played in the Tri-state League, then returned to Memphis, Tennessee, to play with the Chrysler Baseball Club. Gus Lindburg, General pitching ace and captain of the 1925 team, signed up with the Winston-Salem, N. C., Baseball Club at the beginning of the season. | He had previously had a try-out with the New York Giants. | Rev. Donald W. M. MacCluer, ’07, pastor of the Rose City Community Church in Portland, Oregon, writes us: “For the second year we have the larg- est Sunday School in the state. But I have had nothing to do with it. Our officers and teachers are responsible.” 14 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE “RED” GILLIAM HAS VARIED ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE (From Ring-tum Pht) There are many interesting persons and characters connected with Washington and Lee. But how many ever directed the life of a Harvard crew, managed and played on a professional baseball team, and played in an orchestra? Very few. Yet “Red” Gilliam, Iocal athletic trainer, has done them all. ; “Red” was trainer at Harvard from 1899 to 1901. His work was directed especially to the crew. During his time at this historic institution “Red” became ac- quainted with all the outstanding athletics of the “Big Three”. When Bill Roper, a Princeton star, came to V. M. I. to coach in 1902 he induced “Red” to come with him. The former Harvard Trainer resumed his duties at V. M. I. for two years. However, he felt the call of his old ambition, so in 1904 he signed to play baseball with the Royal Giants of New York. He was an outstanding catcher for this team until 1907 when Dr. “Lib” Smith persuaded him to come back to Lex- ington as trainer at W. & L. : During his twenty-four years of service “Red” has served many Blue and White teams. When he came to W. & L. a generation ago, the gym was where the chemistry building is now. From the burning of that gym to the reserved place under the Carnegie Library, from that to the field house and from the field house to the present Doremus gym, “Red” has attended the men who have been responsible for the athletic recog- nition which Washington and Lee receives today. During the summers for ten years after “Red” came to Washington and Lee he continued to play ball. When his day of baseball reached its climax “Red” devoted his time to other things. For the past few summers he has managed the base-ball team at White Sulphur Springs, West Va., and along with his managership has played the banjo in the orchestra of this well known resort. nee FIFTY YEARS AGO THE SAME THING HAPPENED! ~W. & L. baseball players celebrated the golden an- niversary of historic event this spring, when they beat the University of Virginia by a score of 8 to 0. Fifty years ago the score was 12 to O in favor of W. & L. It was another spring day in April, 1877, when the Blue and White “nine” took the all-day trip to Staun- ton, then by train to Charlottesville to cross bats with © the University of Virginia “nine” that had an idea that W. & L. was pie. But there was a boy here— Sykes by name—who came from old Rugby School in Louisville along with McElwee; and Sykes had an assortment of “curves” in which the baseball funda- mentalists didn’t take any more stock than some folks do these days in Evolution. Washington and Lee watched and prayed; all Lex- ington held its breath; then came the message ticking over the wire that “we” had shut ’em out by a score of 12 to O! The rest of the story was one of riotous rejoicing and bon fires and when the boys got back, so hoarse from shouting that they could not talk, how they were feted and feasted! SPOTTS ELECTED QUINT CAPTAIN H. 8. Spotts, of Brooklyn, N. Y. was elected captain of the 1928 basketball team at a banquet held at the Dutch Inn for the basketball monogram then. “Babe” is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi social fraternity, “13” Club, O. D. K., Cotillion Club, and Pi Alpha Nu. : Since entering the University in the fall of 1924 Spotts has made his monogram in football twice, -bas- ketball twice and boxing once. Last season he was one of the leading hitters on the baseball team, hitting around the 320 mark. “Babe” was the first all-tour- nament center at the first annual prep basketball tour- nament held under the auspices of Washington and Lee. Before entering the University here he attended Fishburne Military School. : PHI BETA KAPPA INITIATES RECEIVE HONORS Washington and Lee Phi Beta Kappa initiates re- ceived their keys on Thursday evening, May 12th, at the annual meeting and banquet at the Dutch Inn. Two alumni and fifteen students were recipients of the highest scholarship award in the University. Among the students are two Lexington boys. The alumni elected to Phi Beta Kappa are William Taylor Thom, Jr. 713, geologist and now a member of the Princeton University faculty, and FE. C. Caffrey, 09. The list of students is as follows: J. Preston Moore, Lexington; Pendleton S. Tompkins, Lexing- ton; Neill B. McKinney, Van Alstyne, Tex.; Clay B Carr, Boyce, Va.; Robert W. Simmons, Ravenwood, West Va.; David W. Wice, Petersburg, Va.; Samuel A. McCain, Little Rock, Ark.; Handsen C. Harrell, Live Oak, Fla., candidates for B. A. degrees; Lee M. Harrison, Blufton, Ga., candidate for the M. A. de- gree; Russell G. Miller, Williamport, Md.; William M. Pope, Fort Seybert, West Va., candidates for de- grees in the school of commerce; George D. Varney, South Berwick, Me.; William G. Sale, Richmond: Alfred F. Taylor, Staunton, and Marion Moise, Sum- ter, S. C., candidates for the degree of LL.B. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 15 A Commencement Message from the President To Our Most Loyal Alumni: Were I to list only the gratifying items of our re- cent history you might well infer that your Alma Mater’s progress was a triumphal procession, with- out handicaps, problems, deficits, or uncertainties. Our alumni are in my judgment more united, more interested, better informed, and more loyally cooperative with the trustees and faculty than I have ever known them. Your institution seems to be more widely es- teemed, more highly rated by official accrediting au- thorities, and given wider and more favorable pub- licity by more newspapers and telegraphic agencies than ever before. Its patronage today is more national, more insist- ent, and more regularly in excess of the pre-deter- mined limit of enrollment than ever in its history. Its teaching force is much larger in number com- pared with the enrollment, and is on the average bet- ter trained and more highly educated than at any time in recent years. Recent notable additions, such as the chemical lab- oratory, the new athletic field, the electrical engi- neering laboratory, etc., have very much improved its equipment. Its library has been largely increased by notable gifts, is much better catalogued than ever before, and is utilized by three or four times as many stu- dents every day. : The entering students of the University are se- lected from a larger list of applicants by a far more rigid investigation than ever before, are now put through a course of special assimilative training, and are placed under expert psychological and voca- tional advisers during their undergraduate course. These are a selected group of the very favorabie items in our recent history. A few outstanding doubts, deficits, and handicaps lay be mentioned as follows: The annual number of students thus careluily se- lected by the University which she fails to awaken, assimilate, or successfully train, constituting the an- nual ghastly scrap-heap of “college failures,’ seems to grow larger each year rather than smaller. The absorption of the average student in outside “student activities,’ and his lack of zeal for or dili- gence in or approval of the enforced curriculum of “studies,” such study not being now classed by the American campus as a “student activity,’ seems to grow with each passing year in spite of “automatic’’ rules and more rigid grading. The tolerance of student opinion and of the aver- PRESIDENT SMITH “Favorable items........ doubts... deficits” age student attitude toward what used to be called “dissipation” and “immorality.” : The growing financial dependence of your Alma Mater on tuition fees, the almost ludicrous inade- quacy of our invested endowment funds which, al- though largely increased in the last five years, amount to less than $1500 per student in place of the $5,000. regarded as a necessary minimum by our rating agencies, the fact that a single year of “hard times” might diminish our enrollment and make the institu- tion insolvent all these doubts and deficits should temper our pride, awaken our alarm, and in- flame beyond measure our loyal zeal and helpful ac-— tivity. Now is the time for all our alumni to work for their glorious Alma Mater, happily, zealously, liber- ally, successfully. Most cordially your Fellow-Workman, Henry Louis SmiIru. Raleigh Jenkins, ’24, in the lumber business with his father in Birmingham, is the proud father of a year-old daughter. 16 e THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE DR. LAING IS SPEAKER AT ASSEMBLY Dr. Gordon J. Laing, Dean of the graduate school at the University of Chicago, was the principal speaker at the University assembly held recently in the gym. His subject, “Literature and Leisure’, proved most interesting and was well flavored with fine wit and catching humor. Dr. Laing brought out in a forceful manner that men should devote their leisure time to accomplishing something which is not gained by at- tending the movies and cheap shows. He said that the forms of amusement now were just as detrimental as the saloons had been. The editor of the University of Chicago “Press” dis- cussed the study and writing of literature in our leisure hours and showed that something beneficial could be gained along this line. At the end of his address, the student body gave Dr. Laing a great ovation, expressing their true delight and enjoyment of such an accomplished character. Dr. Henry Louis Smith then requested each mem- ber of the student body to write down, on blalnks pro- vided for the purpose, the names of the four most typical Washington and Lee men. ‘The purpose of this was to have all the students select the best ex- ample of Washington and Lee man to whom a loving cup will be presented, the plan for this being origi- nated by a Washington and Lee alumnus. ‘The award will be made at Finals. CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION CONVENES IN LEXINGTON Dr. J. O. Lorserc, President. The sixth annual meeting of the southern section of Mid-west and Southern Classical Association was held in Lexington April 28-30. Dr. J. O. Lofberg, Professor of Ancient Languages at Washington and Lee is president of the association. It was largely through his efforts that the convention was held on the W. & L. campus. : Over fifty delegates, including Dr. E. L. Greene, ‘92, Professor of Ancient Languages at the Univer- sity of South Carolina, attended the convention. Of particular interest was the presence of Dr. Gordon J. Laing, Dean of the graduate school at the Univer- sity of Chicago, who was the chief speaker at the closing banquet of the convention and who spoke be- fore a student body assembly. At south Pasadena, Cal., recently Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Moore, formerly of Lexington, enter- tained at Bridge and Mr. Leigh Riley, ’24, another Watch Lexingtonian, carried off the men’s prize. these Lexington folk! DR. FISHER OF YALE UNIVERSITY ADDRESSES STUDENT ASSEMBLY “A drunkard commits suicide morally if not phy- sically,’ Dr. Irving Fisher, head of the Department of Economics at Yale University, declared before an assembly of the entire Washington and Lee Univer- sity student body here. | Dr. Fisher, who is known throughout the country as an author, hygienist, and economist, spoke on the subject: “The Liquor Question as an American Prob- lem.” 3 “There are three classes of people as regards pro- hibition,” Dr. Fisher pointed out. “First, there are the fanatical dries who believe in prohibition on prin- ciple whether it works or not; second, the fanatical wets who are against prohibition on principle; and third, the pragmatists who are in favor of any suc- cessful plan for the good of the nation. It is the latter class which is only able.to solve this problem for in such a crisis a scientific or unbiased mind is invaluable. Dr. Fisher went on to show that prohibition to a certain extent is a failure, in that it has caused. dis- respect for law and has brought about corruption in some places where it had not existed. “The wets have been prone to exaggerate this failure,’ he said, “for- getting the corruption of the saloon with its far greater evil influence. “The disrespect for the law has shifted from the poor to the rich, who in many instances openly defy the law. It is only so-called ‘smart’ sets that drink now who did not before prohibition. “Highty-five percent of drinking has been abolished by prohibition however, but this is yet a failing per- centage. “There is no economic argument against prohibi- tion as figures conclusively show that $6,000,000,000 has been saved annually by the Volstead Act. “It is the duty of the coming generation to solve this unsettled question of prohibition with the knowledge which the present generation can impart.” JOURNALISM SCHOOL LIBRARY GETS FOUR NEW TRADE BOOKS The library of the Lee School of Journalism has been increased by the addition of four new books on journalism. ‘These books are the gift of James Mel- ville Lee, head of the department of journalism at New York University. Mr. Lee has donated a number of books to the journalism library which has now reached nearly three hundred volumes. The library is located in the journ- alism building and contains most of the important books that have been written on journalism within the last 20 years. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE ae 17 Judge Caffrey, 09, Promoted As a result of the creation of two additional Cir- cuit Court Judges, Governor Moore of New Jersey named Judge Edwin C. Caffrey, ’09, of the Court of Common Pleas, Newark, N. J., to fill one of the po- sitions. His appointment was immediately confirmed by the State Senate. Judge Caffrey was appointed to the Common Pleas bench by Governor Edwards in 1921. It has often been noted that two of the three judges of this court were Washington and Lee alumni, the other being Judge Dallas Flannagan, ’88, of Montclair, N. J. In May of last year Judge Caffrey was named by Gov- ernor Moore as one of the commission to study crime conditions in the state and make recommendations As national president of the Washington and Lee Alumni, Inc., Judge Caffrey is well known to every Washington and Lee alumnus. He never misses a Virginia game nor a Finals alumni reunion. Few can match his actively loyal and liberal interest in his alma mater. He has placed Washington and Lee on the map in New Jersey, as was proven by the attend- ance of twenty-four of his business friends at the Virginia-W. & L. gridiron catastrophe in Charlottes- ville last fall. Though none were alumni they char- tered a private pullman and came down to root for the Generals en masse. In behalf of the entire alumni body the ALUMNI MaGazINnE congratulates Judge Caffrey upon his well deserved promotion to this field for greater public service, upon this recognition of his professional abil- ity, and upon the added glory he reflects to Washing- ton and Lee. “GUS” BRYAN, ’23 A. C. (“Gus”) Bryan, °’23, associated with the Westwood Development Company of West Palm Beach, Florida, writes: “We have just been through the hardest times we have. had since coming here, with the possible exception of a few hurricanes and a few other bank failures. I am determined to stay with them, however, because I have implicit faith in the future development of this country. I have charge of the above company in trying to keep the outstanding contracts up to date and have a_ good mortgage connection aside from my real estate and insurance. ‘That ought to keep me from starving till things get better which I believe they will do this summer. ‘Things will be mighty cheap this sum- mer and fall and it will be a buyers’ market. I hate to think of the poor devils who will have to sacri- fice their stuff to get eating money but that will be exactly what will happen just as sure as there 1s a crash to any boom.” E. C. Carrrey, ’09 “Concurrently... Phi Beta Kappaa........ Circut Judge” JUDGE CAFFREY IS GIVEN DINNER Judge E. C. Caffrey, recently advanced from the Issex Court of Common Pleas to one of the two new Circuit Court judgeships, was tendered a dinner by the directors of the Lincoln National Bank and the Lincoln Mortgage & Title Guaranty Company. Judge Caffrey is vice president of the title pompany atic 2 director in each financial institution. The dinner was held at the Newark Athletic Club. The thirty-five diners sat at an oval table. In the center was a fountain and in a pool were goldfish and ducks. The walls were decorated with silk hangings. The guests were Senator Edwards, who first named Judge Caffrey to the bench; Vice Chancellor Berry, District Court Judge Dillon, James Baker, president of the State Board of Taxes and Assessment, and Cir- cuit Court Judge Nelson Y. Dungan. Mr. Baker pre- sented Judge Caffrey a silver tea service. Senator Edwards declared that “Judge Caffrey’s success on the Common Pleas bench entitled: him to his new position and unless I am mistaken he will eventually go to the Supreme Court and then on to the United States Supreme Court.” 18 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE WITH THE FACULTY Karl Zerfoss, Y. M. C. A. secretary at W. & L., will go next fall to Yale for a Ph. D. Dr. J. O. Lofberg was in Ann Arbor last week, where he read a paper before the Classical Association meeting at the University of Michigan. Prof. Walter A. Flick will pursue doctorate work at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, this sum- mer. _ Dr. William G. Bean, of the history department, will conduct courses in medieval and modern Euro- © pean history, and in English history at the University of Alabama this summer. The courses will be offered to undergraduates and post-graduates. DR. RILEY TO TEACH AT JOHNS HOPKINS THIS SUMMER Dr. F. L. Riley, head of the history department, will conduct: several courses at Johns Hopkins Uni- versity for the first six weeks term of the summer session. He will have two post-graduate classes one in American history from the administration of An- drew Jackson to that of Abraham Lincoln, and the other in the reconstruction period following the Civil War. The latter course will meet twice a week for a two. hour lecture on the days designated and the class will meet in a seminar for the remainder of the week. A seminar is a round table discussion upon subjects of the course. At each seminar one class member will be required to make research study to lead the dis- cussion at the next class meeting. Dr. Riley will also hold a course in English his- tory which will be open to post-graduates and under- graduates. DR. ROBERT H. TUCKER, SPEAKER AT LYNCHBURG The Sphex Club, prominent literary and profes- sional organization of Lynchburg, Va., had Dr. Rob-| ert H. Tucker, Professor of Economics at Washing- ton and Lee, as the chief speaker at their annual banquet on April 1. At this meeting Dr. Tucker spoke on the impending changes in the Virginia State government. In commenting on the invitation extended to Dr. Tucker by the Sphex Club a Rockbridge County pa- per said: “Dr. Robert H. Tucker of W. & L,. is a distinctive asset, not only to the institution that he represents, but to the community. His leadership in the campaign for simplification and economy in state government has brought him and all connected with him into wholesome and worth-while public notice, FITZGERALD FLOURNOY, ’12, MAKES MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS IN MACON Fitzgerald Flournoy, ’21, a graduate of Oxford College, England, made the address of the day, Me- morial Day, April 26th, at the cy a as in Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Ga. Flournoy was born in Richmond, Va., and in 1922 was given the Rhodes scholarship from this state. He spent three years at Oxford and during that time was on the boat crew, was in the famous Oxford union training for debating, specialized in English literature, and won a first place in the college on the subject, be- ing the first American to win such a distinction in fifteen years. | When he returned to Aoi in 1925 he taught English at Leland-Stanford University, in California. He is now associate professor of English in Washing- ton and Lee University. He held the United Daughters of Confederacy scholarship here for four years. He was elected member of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity in his senior year and won the state oratorical medal offered by the Society of Cincinnati in Virginia. He was invited by the United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter in New York City to address a gathering of Southern- ers at the Hotel Astor recently, and made the open- ing address at the general convention of the U. D. C. during the past year. i LOCAL PROFESSOR WINS ESSAY PRIZE Dr. Albert Levitt of the Law school was awarded the prize of $500 offered by Boni and Liveright, pub- lishers of “The American Tragedy” by ‘Theodore Dreiser, for the best essay on the subject: “Was Clyde guilty of murder in the first degree?’ The trial and conviction of Griffith in “The American - Tragedy” raised much pe ey throughout the country. The judges of the contest were thoroughly repre- sentative. They were Arthur G. Hays, noted lawyer, Bishop William Brown, and Heyward Broun, the famous author and newspaper columnist. Dr. Levitt approached the subject from these an- gles: the law, Christian ethics, and society. He finally came to the conclusion that from the point of view of criminal law, Griffith was not guilty of first degree murder, but that the jury was justified in giving their decision from the facts presented by the prosecuting attorney. According to Christian ethics Dr. Levitt held that Griffith was guilty. Dr. Levitt considered society altogether culpable for the crime, in that neither Griffith nor his victim had received the proper educa- tion to prevent the wrongs they committed. He stated that such crimes were due to the failure of society to educate youth concerning sex-relationship. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE . 19 Faculty Introductions Dr FRANKLIN I,. RILEY. Dr. Franklin Lafayette Riley, head of the History Department, came to Washington and Lee from the University of Mississippi in 1914. His Bachelors and Masters degrees were received at Mississippi College and his Ph.D. degree at Johns Hopkins.