LIBRARY OF io = WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY a LEXINGTON, VA. 24450 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE OF 1 JUN 29 1077 Washington and Lee University Volume IV APRIL, 1928 -Number 2 “Great Oaks from Small cAcorns Grow YESTERDAY TODAY $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 ata 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. THOS. F. OGILVIE A'trORNEY-AT-LAW 103 Guarantee Trust Bldg., Atlantic City, N. J. PHILIP P. GIBSON, LAWYER General practice in all State and Federal “Courts Suite 914 Union Bank & Trust Co. Bldg., Huntington, West Virginia R. EF. 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Applications from W. and L. alumni have the preference. Ms Ta pene iia tle na ret TE retin cengenNRgaase— RD. Ramsey, “14; Bay Sa oe, W. T. Spencer, Jr., ’24; Aubrey E. Strode, 92; C. B. Wilt- shire, 13; R. C. Wood, ’21; T. Gipson Woodson, 717; and Dr. A. L. Wilson. Speaking at Louisville and Lynchburg, Dr. Desha outlined the recent progress of the University, told of the new Chemistry Building, of the Class °’27-’31 Memorial Bridge, of improvements to be made on the campus; pleased his hearers with an intimate and newsy account of current University affairs. W. & L. graduate of ’06, Ph. D. from John’s Hopkins, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Ten- nessee, Captain U. S. Army over-seas, Professor of Dr. L. J. Desa, 06 “__4 most pleasing impression upon all” Chemistry at Washington and Lee, popular, active Faculty director of student social affairs, Dr. Desha spoke with an ample background of knowledge, ex- perience and intimate Washington and Lee relation- ship. LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ALUMNI DINNER The annual dinner of the Louisville Alumni As- sociation was held on Founder’s Day, January 19th, at the Kentucky Hotel at 6:30 P. M. There were twenty-five alumni present and a number of the parents of the boys now in school. A larger attend- ance was expected but a great number of the men were sick and several were out of town. Very interesting talks were given by Judge Thomas R. Gordon, ’72, on ‘Traditions of General Lee,’ and by Hugh B. Fleece, on “Why I Sent My Son to Washington and Lee.’ The principal ad- dress by Dr. L. J. Desha on “Things Current at the University” was greatly enjoyed by all present, and Dr. Desha himself made a most pleasing impression upon all who met him. 14 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE LOUISIANA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DINNER FEBRUARY 22 The worst day in the year in New Orleans saw the very best annual meeting of the Louisiana Alumni Association for many a year. ‘Two splen- did addresses on Washington, whose birthday an- niversary was being celebrated, enthusiastic talks in praise of old W. & L. by three fathers of boys now in college from New Orleans, a letter from Presi- dent Smith thanking the Association for sending such a fine scholarship boy, and one from Herbert Jahncke himself expressing his gratitude and_ his love for the old college, were features. Many alumni were also inspired to reminiscence, among them Major T. J. Bartlette, who talked interestingly on General Lee, who was president in his time, Cap- tain Ht. H. Harvey and Lazu Block, of the ’70’s, and a number of the younger fellows. Mr. E. A. Parsons told of the Bi-centenary being planned for Washington in 1932, and the Associa- tion pledged its assistance. Dr. J. E. Winston, of Newcomb College, painted the picture of the real Washington, not a demi-god but a_ red-blooded young Colonial of unimpeachable integrity and mas- terful leadership. Dr. H. M. Blain, under protest, was re-elected president of the Association, Dean Douglas Ander- son was made vice-president, and Norton Wisdom secretary. Those present were: Rev. W. McF. Alexander, ’84, Douglas Anderson, ’90, 'T. J. Bart- lette, °/1, Lazu Block, ’74, J. M. Boyd, ’26, W. K. Gladney, ‘25, H. H. Harvey, ’76, R. E. Milling, Jr., "19, Dr. L. von Meysenbug, 713, B. Palmer Orr, ’20, W. F. Smith, ’26, Norton Wisdom, ’27, W. B. Wis- dom, ’21, H. M. Blain, 94, A. M. Cromwell, 17, T. Butler, °12, J. Mudd, ’27. The guests were Archie M. Smith, Walter Jahncke, and O. B. Webb, all prominent business men of New Orleans. VISITORS TO LEE CHAPEL DECREASE IN FEBRUARY There were four hundred and ninety-three visitors to Lee Chapel during the month of February, ex- cluding the last day’s entries. This number shows a large decrease compared with February of last year, when eight hundred and eight people were listed as having been ushered through the chapel. Dr. Frederick B. Robinson, of New York, was one of the distinguished visitors registered this month. ! Practically every state in the union, besides three foreign countries, were listed. One Englishman, two Japanese and one Chinese were visitors. NEW YORK MONTHLY LUNCHEONS The monthly luncheon of the New York Alumni Association, held at the Planters Restaurant, New York City, on February Ist, was unusually well at- tended. This was the first meeting held down town this season. They had a private room with a couple of fire places which added to the sociability. Sev- eral of those who came out for the affair had never before attended one of these meetings. Those present were: Wm. R. Burton, 17; John Drye, Jr., 23; George H. Wilson, ’23; H. D. St. John, ’25; Lindsay R. Henry, 25; Henry H. McCorkle, 96; Michael Brown, *11; E. W. Poindexter, ’23; Hugh Rk. Hawthorne, 10; Harvey Eley, ’11; Henry W. Dew, *11; Junius L. Powell, 714; Raymond Smith, ‘22; K. B. Manson, “23;,). R, Collins: 97; John |. Hudak, ’23; Roy Grimley, ’21; W. M. Stevens, ’21: Charles B. Wright, ’24; Geo. S. Mueller, °18; R. Hence Young, ’20; James A. Lee, 17; E. G. Bar- ker, 26; Earl W. Bibb, ’24; G. C. Walters, ’26; Wm. A, Hyman, 12; EK. W. Lee; 913: Win, M. Farrar, Jr., "16; and David Birch, ’26. — The first luncheon held by the New York City Alumni Association this year was well attended. The second, third and fourth were attended by about 15 alumni each. All four meetings have been held at the Fraternity Club. The fifth luncheon was held on January 11th and was attended by the following: Chas. T. Lile, 15, Henry H. McCorkle, "96, James A. Lee, ’17, Roy J. Grimley, ’21, Earl W. Bibb, ’24, G. S. Mueller, 18, E. W. Poindexter, ’23, Chas. B. Wright, ’24, R. Hence Young, ’20, Chas. Kupfer, 719, Henry Dew, ’11, W. R. Burton, ’17, Theo. R. Hecker, ’26, and Jackson R. Collins, ’17. Se NATIONAL HIGHWAY WILL RUN THROUGH LEXINGTON The section of the coast-to-coast highway that runs through Rockbridge county is being pushed to com- pletion that the road may be opened this year. Eight steam shovels and the use of day and night shifts of laborers have helped much in the enterprise, and the road-bed is almost ready for its macadam sur- face. | The new road extends from Newport News through Lexington and Clifton Forge into West Vir- ginia. From West Virginia it stretches away to the Pacific coast. This new coast-to-coast routes crosses the Lee Highway at Lexington. Lexington has thus become the cross roads of two of the greatest high- ways of the nation. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 15 Lexington Alumni Dinner Forty-four Lexington alumni and W. and L,. Fac- ulty members met for dinner at the Alumni Build- ing on Founders Day, January 19th. FE. P. Davis presided. Dean H. D. Campbell talked amusingly and in- structively on the college bell, the early college build- ings. (See page 17 for text of address. ) At the suggestion of Toastmaster E. P. Davis, the guests stood for one minute in silent and impressive tribute to the memory of General Robert E. Lee. James R. Caskie, ’06, trustee, kindly substituting upon short notice for Hon. John W. Davis who was unable to attend, spoke upon the activity of the alumni association, upon the relationship of alumni and trustees, upon the responsibilities of trusteeship. Speaking as an alumnus he deplored the subjection of the University trustees to private and public criti- cism and uncalled for advice after certain actions had been taken, assured alumni of the keen respon- sibility felt by the board and of their careful delib- eration over vital matters. In closing Mr. Caskie impersonated a visiting Australian author and dramatist in a captivating humorous monologue. President Henry Louis Smith complimented the alumni association upon securing the Alumni Build- ing. After casting kind and complimentary bouquets at the Alumni Secretary, alumni present voted to form a permanent Rockbridge County Alumni Association. FE. L. Graham, ’11, was elected president and Mat- thew W. Paxton, Jr., ’18, secretary. Those attending were: Harrington Waddell, ’97, Ralph Daves, ’26, Bob Campbell, ’24, Chas. Glasgow, 09, Dr. Sam Glasgow, ’03, William M. McElwee, 79, Prank J. Gilliam, “17, Ro A, Sige t2, Mason Deaver, 08, Laird Y. Thompson, ’24, Hale Houston, ‘O?, M.cW. Paxton, Jr.; 20, J, R. Cask 09, Eddie Davis, 715, Dr. Reid White, ’87, V. E. Kemp, 719, E. L, Graham, ’*11, John L. Campbell, “11, Stuart Moore, 15, Paul M. Penick, ’96, and Professors T. J. Far- rar, “99, Robert H. Tucker, C. B. Watiams, 12, F. L. Riley, E. F. Shannon, Wm. M. Brown, 715, B. D. Easter, Wm. Coan, R. N. Latture, ’16, John Graham, "14, RE Witt, “06; G. BD Hancock, &. Paxton, 09, H..V. Shelley, George Irwin, ’20, Marcellus Stowe, Howard Thompson, Ollinger Crenshaw, °26, Gray Funkhouser, ’21, Fitzgerald Flournoy, ’21, Ra- mon Johnson, and C. E. L. Gill, 718; Dr. Henry Louis Smith, Dean H. D. Campbell and Registrar E. S. Mattingly, °21. Delightful musical selections were furnished in- termittently by the Southern Collegians and the W. and L. glee club octet. J. R.. Caskig. 06 “—[mpersonated in Captivating Monologue” REGISTRATION Sixty students flunked out under the automatic during the first term. Thirty-three were reinstated. Eight hundred and seventy-five were registered during the first semester. Thirty-four registered during the opening of the second semester. ‘Total reg- istration, nine hundred and nine. Seventy-five of that number have dropped out. ON THE MAT Grapplers worked industriously, fasted and dieted “to make the weights”, kept rigid training, only to lose their matches to the Richmond “Y,” V. P. I., N. C. State, Davidson, Duke, Princeton and Franklin- Marshall, to win over the University of Virginia in the one shining success of the season. Withal the losing team offered good entertainment in every contest for home onlookers, displayed dogged determination and fighting spirit. Conspicuous was the work of Gresham, Madison, Tully, Davis, Selig- man and Hughes, the latter losing only two matches during the season. | 16 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE FANCY DRESS Introduced by the Junior Prom. the student social season achieved its usual colorful climax in the an- nual Fancy Dress Ball. | The Ball was inaugurated twenty-two years ago by Miss Annie White, Librarian and official director of student social activity. Upon Miss Annie’s retire- ment six years ago Prof. C. E. L. Gill, ’22 directed the event under the auspices of the Troubadours, student dramatic and musical organization. Each succeeding Ball has been staged under Prof. Gill’s direction although it became a function led and managed by students chosen for their positions in the annual student body elections. The themes for the Ball vary each year. This year the general motif was “Book Land.’ ‘The ball room was elaborately decorated accordingly. A huge book shelf was set at one end of the gym. Living book ends animated by the peal of a trumpet, stepped for- ward to open the titled book-backs through which the characters of the volume marched in representative costumes. The Prince and Princess of the Ball oc- cupied an elaborate throne, attended by the gentlemen and ladies of court. They reviewed this colorful ar- ray from the pages of classic fiction, applauded the classic ballet interpretation of “The Storm” given by semi-professional entertainers, took places and _ led the procession through an elaborate figure fringed by less favored but no less colorful participants, formed the initials W. & L. Martial tones gave way to the waltz, lights flickered, windmills turned, colored re- flections from a thousand tiny mirrors played wis- pishly over the room—Carl Gill had scored another success. Noticeable was the small number of visiting alumni present, the orderly and dignified array of onlookers in formal dress, the unsually attractive costuming, the lighted cigarettes beneath inflammable draperies, the jovial figure of the director richly miscast as a pirate. Famed as a relic of the traditional South, as the premier social event of the Southern and Eastern col- legiate world, as the criterion for all other similar functions, the Washington and Lee Fancy Dress Ball remains unexploited, tho it exceeds the Mardi Gras Balls in color, the Gasparilla dances in diginity and the “June German” in patrician patronage. INDOOR TRACK The highlight of the indoor track season was the indoor meet at the University of Richmond. The Blue-White team only placed third in the meet but won the all important relay event from the renowned University of Virginia relay team in both freshman and Varsity sections. Captain Pete Reardon also placed first for the Generals in his events. BRIDGE NEARS COMPLETION Four graceful arches of re-enforced concrete sup- port the magnificent new foot bridge which now stretches like a white ribbon from the gymnasium to Wilson athletic field. The bridge proper has been completed. Contractors are now erecting the balus- trades of gracefully turned concrete spindles which border the ribbon-like walkway. The elaborately designed approaches at each end of the bridge were not to be constructed under the original contract. However, the Bridge Committee deemed it wise to go ahead and complete the entire structure at once. University authorities agreed to finance the additional work by loans to the Athletic Association. Bids for the construction of these ap- proaches are now being received. It is estimated that the additional cost will be about $7,500. Members of the 1926-27 student body pledged something over $25,000 last spring for the purpose of building the bridge. Additional pledges were re- ceived from students this year to bring the total pledged up to $30,000. Of that amount over $7,500 has been paid in. The bridge stands as a memorial gift from the classes of ’27 through ’31. Construction of the bridge span under the original contract cost $31,000. Upon completion of the ap- proaches the bridge will represent an expenditure of $38,500. The financing has been under the direction of a student committee—E. H. Miller, Chairman, W. J. Dorsey, and R. W. Jordan, and an advisory com- mittee consisting of R. A. Smith, °15, Chairman, Prof. Hale Houston, 96, Coach Forest Fletcher and V. E. Kemp, 720. COACH HERRON PLAYED ON GREATEST ELEVEN Glenn S. “Pop” Warner, present head-coach at Le- land-Stanford University, California, has announced in a recent syndicated article that he regards the team that he turned out at the University of Pittsburgh in 1916 as the greatest football team that ever played the game. It was his second year at the Smoky City In- stitution, and as he explains it: “In my first year, the fall of 1915, we were unbeaten, but the next year we won all of our games by large scores. Included in the list of victories were the scalps of Syracuse, Washington and Jefferson, Pennsylvania, Navy, and State College.” “Pat” Herron, one of football’s greatest ends is one of that brilliant assemblage who is consistently gar- nering fame in the coaching profession. He is now head coach at Washington and Lee. Jimmie DeHart, halfback deluxe of the ’16 aggregation preceded Her- ron at W. and L. and is now head coach at Duke Uni- versity. % THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 17 The College Bell—And Other Anecdotes (Address by Dean H. D. Campbell at the Founder's Day Meeting of Lexington Alumni, January 19, 1928.) At the June meeting of the Board of Trustees of Washington and Lee University in 1916 a_ by-law was passed, designating and setting apart-the 1°th day of January in each year, the anniversary of the birth of Robert E. Lee as Founder’s Day, to be ob- served annually forever with appropriate commemo- ration exercises. If it be not always and everywhere practicable for the alumni to’ observe Founder’s Day on January 19th, I think it would be entirely within the spirit of the by-law and in furtherance of its commemoration objects for them to meet on February 22nd, the an- niversary of the birth of George Washington, or on the 19th day of December, the birthday of William Graham, the first Rector of Liberty Hall Academy. Inasmuch as I am the oldest alumnus, save one, present on this occasion I want to speak of the age of the college bell and of the central group of build- ings, now called Washington College. This subject was suggested by an item which was published in the Ring-tum Phi January 8, 1928, as follows: “The frame which has held in place the bell on Washington College for one hundred and five years supported its heavy charge for the last time when some well-meaning persons rang out the old year December 31. Before the New Year could be rung in the aged wood gave way, and the bell settled with a groan upon its splintered frame.” If the frame on which the college bell rested was one hundred and five years old I must be at least one hundred and seven years old, because I remember having seen the frame erected and the bell placed in position. Our psychologist will doubtless agree with me that it is extremely unusual for anyone of my age to recall things that happened before he was two years old. To be sure I was exempt on account of age from service in the Civil War, but that is an- other story. The center building was erected in 1824. There was a porch in front between the columns, but after a few years the porch was taken down on account of noise. ‘The cupola on top was not added until 1842, and the statue of Washington was not ordered until 1844, The Southwest square building was _ constructed as a Science hall in 1831 but the square columns were not added until 1842. The northeast square building with its portico and the two-story buildings connecting the central building with the three story square edifices were completed in 1842. In 1844 the Dean H. D. CAMPBELL, ’82 —His age grew less Board of Trustees, in commemoration of the found- ers of the College, assigned names to the units of the group; Graham for the Main Building; Robinson for the Science Hall; Cincinnati for the northeast square edifice; Baxter for the two story building connecting the Cincinnati and Graham, and the Chapel for the connecting link between Graham and_ Robinson. The students, however, called them Main Building, Paradise, Cat-Tail, Purgatory and Chapel, respec- tively. It may be of interest to know that the floors and stairs of Paradise were lined with brick. But what about the bell? During the years thus far referred to no college bell told the time of day, but in its stead a trumpet sent forth its periodic calls to duty or relaxation, as graphically told by Dr. Wil- liam Henry Ruffner in Historical Papers No. 6. In 1836 an additional college servant named John Henry, a free man of ginger-bread color, had been employed by the College and he soon became very popular with the students. “The boys called him ‘Professor,’ a ti- tle which came from an incident in which a new stu- dent inquired of some other students where he might find the professor of French. ‘There he stands!’ said 18 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE one pointing to John Henry, and the newcomer marched up to John and was deceived long enough to fix the title which, however, was usually abbre- viated into ‘Fess.’ The tin horn, called by the pres- ident the ‘trumpet’, was then used to give the col- lege signals, and of all performers on this instrument John Henry. was the finest. He used a straight horn about five feet long, and produced from it a wonderful variety of melodious sounds. ‘The old fashioned stage drivers were expert trumpeters, and as they drove up slowly in the mud from the river to town at a quiet hour of the night, their music was sweet and inspiring—especially to citizens who had been long waiting for the tri-weekly mail from the outside world. But none of these drivers could equal the wild, tender blasts, and the warbling stac- catos. of John Henry. Any horn would have sounded well to the boys at twelve and at four, and there were always some of. them standing by ‘Fess’ as they watched ‘impatiently the slow creeping shadow of: the column of the portico as it ap- proached the twelve o’clock mark on the sandstone curbing. But strange as it may appear, that horn had a brightening effect upon the sleepy and faith- ful boys as they gathered in the Chapel at 5 o’clock on a dark winter’s morning.” ; In what year the trumpet ceased sounding its sig- nals I do not know, but in the days following the Civil War a large hand bell had taken its place. I recall seeing the servants walking through the arcade and corridors ringing the bell with perfect rhythm. A little later a large bell was placed in the tower of the new Chapel, but in 1889 that bell became cracked, and it was decided to buy an even larger one and hang it in the cupola on the Main building. In 1890 the present 1,000 pound bell was set in place on a new frame made of first class lumber. It was this frame which gave way at midnight of December 31, 1927, after having carried its heavy vibrating load for thirty-seven years — instead of one hundred and five, as stated in the Ring-tum Phi. My age has grown less in the telling of the story. In reply to Mr. Penick’s inquiry as to the cost of the bell the records show that it cost $286, less $110 for the old bell. Since figures have been asked for I might add that the center building cost $9,000 and that the other buildings of the central group, to- gether with the four professors’ houses having col- umns, cost $22,000; and that, in 1824, a professor’s salary was $800 and a share of tuition fees: that the tuition fees were $15 for five months, and that there were 45 students in 1824 and 63 in 1827. ALBERT STEVES, JR., ’06, was a visitor to Lexington for a day during February. LEE MUSEUM OPENED HERE JANUARY 19TH The Lee Museum, a new home for many objects of special interest connected with the early history of our country and the war between the states, was opened to visitors in the forward part of the base- ment of the memorial chapel on Marse Robert’s birthday. . A large room, which was the college Y meeting room when Lee was president and in which he was buried until 1883, has been made fire proof and converted into the confederate relic room; and a smaller room which was once the treasurer’s office and adjoins the office of Lee which is preserved today practically as he left it, has been fixed up and freshly painted and turned into the colonial relic room. : | " The trustees of the University appointed a com- mittee in 1927 to carry out these improvements and made an appropriation for the work and to purchase some objects of interest. Among the interesting historical displays are the paintings possessed by General Lee; a lantern used — by Lee during the war and presented by the Lee- Jackson post of Lexington, a campaign map used by the general; a semi-weekly newspaper printed in Alexandria, La., in 1863 on colored wall-paper; the original indenture made on December 7, 1798 by George Washington presenting 100 shares of the stock of the James River Company to the trustees of Washington Academy, etc. The Lee Museum contains a number of. articles loaned by Dr. George Bolling Lee of New York, such as a pair of spurs which were worn by Lee at his surrender at Appomattox, a clock carried in his campaign, etc. Dr. W. P. Nye, of Radford, Va., and Mr. E. T. Black, of New York, have given some very valuable collections. The museum holds many documents, some under the signature of the Father of his Country. ee LITERARY MAGAZINE APPEARS Predicted as a revival of the “Southern Collegian” a literary magazine appeared under the meaningless title of the “Periwig,” unlike the Southern Collegian. It was sponsored by the Hybiscus Club, newly formed literary group organized by Professor Fitzgerald Flournoy, ’21. The few student contributions, one faculty contribution, and some book reviews provided good reading. It is announced that another issue of this publica- tion will be compiled and printed soon. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 19 How Twentieth Century Under-Graduate Training Differs from the “Col- lege Course” of Our Fathers (By Henry Louis SmitH) Ist.. In the Nature, Motwe, and Number of the Student-body. A generation ago a selected few went to college to prepare for a quartette of “learned” professions, and the undergraduate curriculum was carefully ad- justed to the pre-professional training of these few. Today future bricklayers, clerks, taxi-drivers, farm- ers, and business men of every type are crowding our colleges along with the preachers, doctors, and teachers of tomorrow. 2nd. In the Lafe-Work for Which the Students Are Preparing. The undergraduates of the 19th century were a selected few preparing for advanced professional study in seminaries, medical colleges, and law schools or for graduate work in the same institution. Today three-fourths of all who finish their ‘‘col- lepe cOMree ~Deein at oce tO fie a vite =A single graduating class may scatter into fifty differ- ent “vocations” within three months of “Com- mencement Day.” 3rd. In the Present Social Emphasis of American Civilization. The former high-school course in America was dominated by the purpose of preparing all students for successful college study. ‘The present controll- ing aim is to prepare high school students for effec- tive citizenship. The controlling aim of the undergraduate courses of a generation ago was to prepare the undergradu- ates for advanced study. The controlling aim of today and still more of tomorrow is to prepare un- dergraduates for Life and its Problems, not merely or mainly for graduate study. 4th. In the increasing Practicality of all Education; in the decline of the former standing of Abstract “Scholarship” and the former importance of “Subjects”; in the growing custom of fitting the curriculum to each individual student rather than forcing every student to eat and digest the same intellectual fare at the university table. In other words, education from the kindergarten to the university is being fitted to the needs and fu- ture of the imdividual rather than of the supposed “average young person.” Sth. In the increasing and widespread belief that a young American who devotes his four undergrad- PRESIDENT SMITH “__Today future bricklayers . . . . taxi drivers jarmers . ... . ave crowdimg our colleges’ uate years to abstract mental gymnastics and postpones selecting a vocation till his college course is over makes a big and possibly a_ disas- trous mistake. His first “college study’ should be a _ thorough study of himself, body, mind, spirit, aptitudes, pos- sibilities. 3 His second a study of our American Cvtvilization, its history, characteristics, and vocational needs and opportunities. His third is to determine what general line of lifework furnishes to him and his individuality the most congenial and rewarding line of life-long activity. : His fourth is to select such a curriculum as will eive him a broad, “‘liberal’, effective basis. for his future career. HENRY N. BARKER, 714, has located at Bristol, Tennessee, for the general practice of law. 20 | THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Lexington A Five-and-Ten is coming to Lexington. The former site of Weinberg’s store and J. M. Meeks’ clothing store is to be occupied by a New York chain ten-cent store. The old building has been razed and a new one is now being constructed by Mr. Weinberg. Weinberg’s store will occupy the room formerly occupied by. their music department, which has been moved to the room on Nelson Street formerly occupied by Young’s Electric Shop, across from the New Theatre. J. M. Meeks has moved to the Masonic Lodge building on Nelson Street, adjoining his former partner, B. F. Tolley (Tolley’s Toggery). Young’s Electric Shop is now located in the old frame building at the corner of Washington and Jefferson Streets, opposite the Lexington Pool Room (students’ Winter Resort). Walter’s Barber Shop, branched from the original Jackson’s Shop (barber to General Lee), has located in the Nelson Street building occupied during the past few years by Cobb’s Pressing Shop. Other Jacksons remain at their same old stand. Cobb’s Pressing Shop has taken quarters in Montgomery’s Garage building behind the Dutch Inn between Lee Avenue and Jefferson Street. It is announced that a new building will replace one of the old structures on upper Main Street above the Fire Department and improvised City Hall. It is rumored that Fox’s Restaurant will oc- cupy the ground floor. W. W. Coffey has enlarged his home on the Lee Highway just outside of town and converted it into a tourists’ hotel. Numerous other homes on_ the Natural Bridge side of Lexington have been adapted for tourist lodgings, so great has been the north and south spring and summer travel through Lexington. A completely new residential district has sprung up between the extenuation of Jackson Avenue and Main Street Southwest. Monroe Park is the most conspicuous addition. New homes have been built and occupied there by Mercer Graham, ’17, R. A. smith, 15, E. P. Davis, 715, and Prof. R. B. Ellard. Prof. Ramon Johnson and Registrar E. S. Mat- tingly, 24, have purchased homes in that section. Lots are owned and building contemplated in Mon- roe Park by President Henry Louis Smith and Prof. William Coan. Grading on the Midland Trail (East and West National Highway) just outside of Lexington is nearly finished. Contracts have been let for hard surfacing the unpaved link between Lexington and Clifton Forge, this surfacing to be completed by October 15th of this year. Upon completion a hard surfaced highway will be provided from Lexington into West Virginia. EE FINALS ARE SET UP A WEEK The 1928 Washington and Lee Finals have been advanced one week. Commencement and the Final Ball will take place June 5th, under the new ar- rangement. Under the original plan, as outlined in the Uni- versity catalogue published last spring, the final day would not have been until June 12, but in order to cooperate with the administration at the Virginia Military Institute, the officials here have so rece that finals will be one week earlier. Examinations will begin here on Monday, May 21, and will be over Friday, June 1. Wednesday, May 30, National Memorial Day, will be a regular University holiday. No examination will be given on that date. Final dances will consist of the regular set of five, beginning on Friday, and ending with the Final Ball lasting all the night of Tuesday, June 5. Ac- cording to tentative plans, Jan Garber will furnish the music for these dances. nema MOCK CONVENTION The student body of Washington and Lee will hold a mock Democratic Convention on April 23. ‘The executive committee is in communication with the chairman of the National Democratic Party, and the convention here will be conducted like that of the na- tional convention. THE 1928 CALYX Student editors of the Washington and Lee an- nual, the Calyx, announce the coming issue of their 1928 edition with complete resume of the year; a review of athletic, social, literary, and fraternal events on the campus; announce that the volume will be bound in gold and black, that it will contain many new and finely reproduced campus views, that it will contain four-color illustrations for the first time, that its theme will be the War between the States. Appeal to alumni for subscriptions at $6.50 per volume; check to be mailed to R. D. Powers, Jr., Business Manager, P. O. Box 896, Lexington, Va., before May 15th. a ia mr ann me THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 21 Lee, the American (New York Times, Jan. 19, 1928.) Southerners in New York will celebrate today an anniversary of the birth of Robert E. Lee. Since an equestrian statue of the Confederate captain was unveiled near the scene of Pickett’s charge at Gettys- burg in June, 1917, after the United States entered the World War, he has been spoken of more often as a great American, one of the foremost soldiers of all time, than as Lee of Virginia. It may be doubted whether the character of Robert E. Lee was really understood until the “Recollections” of his son, Cap- tain Robert FE. Lee, appeared in 1924. The mod- esty, the courage, the humility and the grandeur of soul of “the old Confederate rebel’’, as he called him- self, half whimsically, half sadly, in his retirement at Lexington, were brought out in that record so beauti- fully that scorners were subdued to contrition. “Abo- lition Massachusetts had done more than any other Northern State to lift the shadows from the fame of Lee. Ata time when it still required courage to speak well of the Confederate leader, a gallant Union sol- dier, Charles Francis Adams, dared to say of the resignation from the army and the decision to share _ Virginia’s fate: “I hope I should have been filial and unselfish enough to have done as Lee did.” Adams was putting himself in the place of Lee, the son of that “Lighthorse’ Harry Lee, who in the debate on the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of 1798-99 had said: “Virginia is my country; her will I obey, however lamentable the fate to which it may subject .’ Such was his devotion to the doctrine of States’ rights, and Robert E. Lee inherited it. Later than the championship of Adams was Gamaliel Bradford’s sympathetic study, “Lee, the American.” Bradford had no idea of glorifying secession— slavery Lee never fought for—but he did set himself the task of proving the moral heroism of the man who declined the command of the Union armies to unsheathe his sword, if need be, in defense of Vir- ginia, and who through four years of conflict lived up to his ideals as a soldier and a Christian. Ali Americans are proud of the place given Lee in the ranks of:commanders by magnanimous Northern sol- diers, Hunt, Livermore and Swift; by-civilians like Ropes; and by English soldiers like Wolseley, Hender- son and Maurice. The last declares that to the “select band of great commanders,’ Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, T’urenne, Eugene, Frederick and Napoleon, the name of Robert EF. Lee must be added. But let it never be forgotten that after the surren- der at Appomattox General Lee used his great influ- ence as the idol of his people to bring the seceding states back into the Union, body and soul, and him- self set the example of good citizenship. “Lee’s atti- THE LATE CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS “—dared to say—’ tude toward the United States Government”, says Bradford, “was from the first one of loyal recognition and submission.” He applied for amnesty under the President’s proclamation. Writing to a friend, he said: “I believe it to be the duty of every one to unite in the restoration of the country and the rees- tablishment of peace and harmony.’ He avoided politics. He shunned publicity, and applied himself humbly to his duties as president of Washington Uni- versity. All his property had been swept away in the war. For five years and until his death he labored as an educator for just enough money to maintain his modest household. The nobility of his character shines out in the response to an offer to become the head of a great business firm in New York: “T have a self-imposed task which I must accom- plish. I have led the young men of the South in bat- tle; I have seen many of them die on the field; I shall devote my remaining energies to training young men to do their duty in life.” (Reprinted by permission ) Ze THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE The Antiquity of Graham-Lee (C. H. Witson, in Ring-Tum Pht) The oldest institution on the campus inaugurated officers for the 360th consecutive time January 19. Graham-Lee, with a history dating back 119 years to January 19, 1809, is also one of the three oldest literary societies 1n America. For some years, at least, it was probably the most influential student organization on the campus. In the years previous to 1850 over half the students belonged to it. Collaborating with the Washington Society, Graham-Lee edited the Southern Collegian, a magazine of university news, literary essays, and humor for 55 years. It was first organized in 1809 as the Graham So- ciety. By a strange coincidence it was founded in the year of Lincoln’s birth, and on the same day, Jan. 19, that later was. to be celebrated over the South as the birthday of General Lee. About 1870 Lee’s name was linked to the original name of the society. | , | Some of Graham-Lee’s most prominent members of today are John W. Davis, Democratic presidential nominee of 1924, Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War under Wilson, and Harry St. George Tucker, the present congressman from this district. One of its members was “kicked out’ of school for throwing a biscuit across the dining hall, acci- dentally hitting a member of the faculty on the cheek. He was John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, who later became U. 8S. senator from that state and Attorney General under presidents Harrison and Fillmore. Political questions harassing the nation during the years preceding the Civil War came before the so- ciety for debate, and the right side usually won— that is, the right side according to modern views. Twice before 1850 the right for states to secede from the union was debated. Both times the verdict said they had not that right. Slavery was also con- demned in debates held in the fifties. When General Hunter swept through Lexington in 1864, he destroyed the hall furnishings and most of the society’s records, so little is known concerning the society’s activities in ante-bellum days. Graham-Lee, however, gave the university some excitement in 1830. At that time two-thirds of the students were members of it. The faculty tried to cut out some of the society meetings because they diverted the student’s mind from study. Washing- ton College was thrown into turmoil. Society mem- bers compared their case to that of the American colonies against England. And like the American colonies they overcame the “tyranny” of their op- pressors. Just after the Civil War, subjects that remained vital were debated in the society halls. For instance, coeducation was thrashed out in 1873. In 1874 the question of whether women or money have the greater influence over man was argued. In 1875, before an audience composed of “a large portion of the beauty of Lexington,’ woman suffrage was de- bated. All these years, 1870 and 1919, editors elected from the society were in charge of the Southern Collegian. What this publication was can be had from the following title heads coming from an issue of fifty years ago: “Lexington Needs a Railroad’; “A Social Evil” (flirting between students and Lex- ington girls in Lee Chapel); and “A Valedictory Address. to Those Who Flunk-out.” LEE RELICS TAKEN FROM STEVENS FIRE Fire which destroyed Mrs. W. LeConte Stevens’ home January 3, consumed several pieces of furni- ture once belonging to the Lees. A case of Lee relics was, however, taken out at the time and has been recently placed in the new museum at Wash- ington and Lee. The expensive victrola and large case of records of operas were also taken out and has been presented to the college. The furniture, consisting of the Arlington set; a wash stand, bureau and bedstead, all hand carved, formerly in General Lee’s home at Arlington, and given by him to his daughter, Miss Mary C. Lee, and later by her to the Stevens; a painting stand given by Mrs. R. E. Lee to Mrs. John Letcher and a picture of Lee, tinted by his wife and presented to Mrs. Stevens, all were burnt up in the fire. The phonograph records have been placed tempo- rarily in the Engineering building, where Professor Stevens taught, and may be borrowed by students, town’s people and any visitor, upon application to the Y. M. C. A. secretary during the morning office hours, and played in the Y room. Inquiry can be made at the Y. M. C. A. office during the hours of 9a.m.tol p.m. Professor John A. Graham hopes to open a music room at the University where the records and victrola of the late Dr. Stevens will be placed. MR. and MRS. VERNON E. FUNKHOUSER, "95, of Kansas City, Mo., were in Lexington over the week-end visiting their daughter, Mrs. John A. Lacy and other relatives. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE oo Notable K..H. Minuer, senior student, Pin Beta Kappa elect, president of the student body of Washington and Lee, attended the convention of the National Student Federation of America at Lincoln, Ne- braska, Dec. 15-17, was elected president of that organization for 1928. This federation embraces the student body organizations of the leading men’s and women’s colleges and universities of the coun- try, over two hundred of which were represented at the Lincoln Convention. It was announced that the next convention would be held at the University of Missouri. Newton D. Baker, 94, famed lawyer, ex-Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, Secretary of War in the Wilson Cabinet, humanitarian, newly elected trustee of Washington and Lee, stated that the nomination of Governor “Al” Smith of New York for the presi- dency of the United States “would be an entirely creditable one to the democratic party.” Himself considered as a suitable candidate, Mr. Baker let it be known that he would not permit his name to go be- fore the Democratic voters of Ohio for endorsement as the Buckeye State’s favorite son. Mayor LeRoy Hopces, ’10, Managing Director of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, apostle of a new order in the Old Dominion, missionary of Virginia commerce to the markets of Great Britain, with other prominent Virginians was the luncheon guest of Brit- ish Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard at the British Embassy, Washington, D. C., recently. He received valuable souvenirs and high praise in appreciation of his part in entertaining the all-British delegation which visited the U. S. last year as guests of the Vir- ginia State Chamber of Commerce. Dr. CHURCHILL, Gipson, for ten years Rector of the Lee Memorial Episcopal Church, Lexington, Army Chaplain in service over seas during the war, re- spected friend and councellor of many W. and L. stu- dents during his service here, presented his resigna- tion to his vestry, accepted a call to St. Mary’s Epis- copal Church, Ardmore, Pa., planned to depart for his new field about the middle of April, heard many expressions of genuine regret. Joun W. Davis, ’92-’95, famed lawyer, former U. 5. Congressman, former U. S. Solicitor General, Am- bassador to the Court of St. James under Woodrow Wilson, ex-president of the American Bar Associa- tion, Democratic nominee for the Presidency, able son of an able father, spoke before the South Carolina State Bar Association, stated—“Gentile England had Disraeli, a Jew, for Premier, Protestant Canada a Catholic Premier, Laurier, and Catholic France a Protestant President, Doumergue.” Declared, “I’d be ashamed to believe that the spirit of tolerance is less in America than in those great democracies I have named,” left his hearers to draw their own con- clusions. J. Lypet, PrcxK, ’23, movie director, amateur li- brettist, scenario writer, wrote for “The San Francis- can,’ sophisticated Pacific coast monthly, on the “Hollywood Hydra,” predicted that “within the next year the constellation of vamps and shieks will be re- placed by new faces at salaries somewhat commensu- rate with their ability. The day of the five and ten thousand dollar a week pay check is a thing of the past, and the same applies to directors and _ writers. There will be no little wailing, moaning, cursing and gnashing of teeth by these prodigal satellites, but with the passing of the king, so passes the courtiers and courtesans of his court. Sound business methods will take the place of those studio intrigues that would have -made the coups of Du Barry and de Pompadur appear elementary and childlike. Ability will take the place of bootlicking, backbiting syncophants who have for years groveled before the producers in their attempted venality. Dr. Joun H. Lartans, professor of American His- tory at Johns Hopkins University, one time professor of History at Washington and Lee, lectured at Yale University on “The Problem of Latin-America,” pro- nounced the U. S. policy at the recent Pan-American conference purely negative, stated that “Economic Imperialism does not have to resort to such crude methods as annexation.’ Expressed the opinion that “—no nation, not even the United States, is great enough and wise enough to be the judge in its own cause . . . if we wish to maintain a reputation for justice and fair play—intervention should never be taken on our sole responsibility.” Tue.Law House 24 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Alumni Association, Inc. NovEMBER 5TH, 1927 Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the W. & L. Alumni Association, Inc., November Sth, 1927, in the Alumni Building, 9:30 A. M. Trustees present were Judge FE. C. Caffrey, ’09, president; Dr. Wm. Allan, D. B- Owen, E. P. Da- vis, Laurence Witten and Verbon E. Kemp, Secre- tary. The meeting was called to order by President Caffrey. Secretary Kemp offered the new Consti- tution as drawn up by the committee on the Consti- tution, Dr. Wm. M. Brown, 714, chairman, and printed in the August, 1926, number of the ALUMNI MacaziIngE for formal adoption. In Article X, Officers, the sentence “in no case shall any one of the above officers succeed himself in office’ was de- leted and the parenthetical proviso that not less than two names for nomination to each office be sub- mitted by the nominating committee at each election was withdrawn. Otherwise the Constitution was adopted as drafted. Upon motion by Trustee Laurence Witten the board unanimously protested against the twenty-five cent charge to be levied for admission to the Lee Chapel and Tomb and deplored the publicity at- tending this action by the University Board of Trustees. | The Board unanimously passed the following peti- tion to the University administration: “Since the value of the scholarship which active local alumni chapters are privileged to award to an entering student annually was $50 when the tuition fee was $100, and since the present value of this scholarship is only $80 although the tuition fee has been increased to $260, we respectively petition that this scholarship be increased in value to one-half of the total annual tuition fee, namely, $130 at pres- ent.” , As provided in the alumni Constitution ‘Trustees Laurence Witten, Dr. William Allan and D. B. Owen were appointed to act as a committee to se- lect and recommend the names of alumni to the University Board of Trustees for their considera- tion in filling the vacancy on their board created by the death of Trustee F. T. Glasgow, ’74. ‘This committee met and submitted the following recom- mendations : “To the Honorable the Board of ‘Trustees of Washington and Lee University: In accord with the privilege you have heretofore granted to the and fully appreciative of Alumni Association, Inc., the consi given our recommendations in most of the recent elections to your body, we re- spectfully submit the names of the following alumni who we feel particularly fulfill the stated non- denominational and non-political ideals of Wash- ington and Lee and whose recognized ability and high character qualify them for membership in the supreme governing body of our Alma Mater: Judge K. C. Caffrey, B. L. 09, Newark, N. J.; Major Le- Roy Hodges, B. A. ’10, Richmond, Va. and John I. Campbell, A. B., 09, LL. B. ’11,. Lexington, Va. “Respectfully submitted: Laurence Witten, 710, William Allan, ’02, C. B. Owen, 713, Committee.” TOMMY SEEHORN, ’26, RETIRES FROM PRO BASEBALL Jacksonville, Fla—Feb. 24; Tommy Seehorn, ’26 fine infield and out field prospect secured by the Jack- sonville Tars last season, has decided to retire from professional baseball, he notified Charles B. Griner, president of the local club. However, local officials are anxious to retain the youthful performer and have forwarded to him sub- stantial salary inducements. Seehorn stated most em- phatically in his letter that he did not wish to be re- garded as a “hold-out”. He has a good position in a Memphis Bank, it is said, and wishes to continue in the money counting business, going on baseball’s voluntarily retired list. Still, the lure of the diamond in the spring and a bigger salary check than that of last year are factors counted upon to bring Tommy back to Jacksonville. Two years ago he was captain of the W. & L. nine. TROUBADOUR TRIP The ‘Troubadours, student dramatic and musical organization in some ill repute because of student misconduct on their last spring tour, were granted probationary permission by the Faculty to schedule a tour for the Faster holidays. Their vehicle will be a comedy, “The Butter and Egg Man,” popular Broad- way success. A complete itinerary has not been an- nounced. “The Southern Collegians,’ able student orchestra, will accompany the dramatic organization. EUGENE H. WHITE, ’27, entered the School of Law at W. & L. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 25 John S. Munce, Trustee It has been said that two of the most active, in- terested and useful members of the Board of Trus- tees of the University are not alumni. One of these is able, enthusiastic Trustee Charles J. McDermott of New York City. The other is quiet, efficient Trustee John S. Munce of Richmond, Va. The time was 1901. Washington and Lee was on the threshold of a period of growth and expansion. John L. Campbell, beloved Treasurer and _ business manager of the University, felt that the advice of a clear headed, practical and experienced business man was needed in the management of the financial affairs of the University. The old guard of the Alumni Association felt that John S. Munce of Richmond fulfilled these requirements, sponsored his election, broke the unwritten law that only alumni preachers and alumni lawyers could be elected to the Board. The then new trustee was a Scotch Irishman, born and educated in the north of Ireland, an emi- grant to the U. S. in 1883, a settler at Richmond in 1884; District representative for Kingan and Com- pany, potent Irish firm of meat packers and ex- porters. He had built up a large business for his firm on the Atlantic Seaboard, established a large packing plant in Richmond, established a reputation for business sagacity and foresight as well as for salesmanship and promotion. As a trustee Mr. Munce, in cooperation with Treasurer John LL. Campbell, sponsored the engage- ment of a firm of chartered accountants to reorgan- ize the Treasurer’s office and establish an up-to- date accounting system. Later he sponsored the organization of the School of Commerce and Busi- ness Administration at Washington and Lee, the first such school to be established in a Southern uni- versity. At all times he has been a bulwark of practical knowledge in matters financial, a supporter of practical innovations. He looks back fondly upon his association with the late John L. Camp- bell, and says, “I have enjoyed the friendship and fellowship of my colleagues on the Board, many of whom, I am sorry to say, have passed to the great beyond. I have also enjoyed the opportunity to co- operate with such men as Dr. Denny and Dr. Smith.” In addition to Mr. Munce’s ever-increasing busi- ness obligations and the increasing demands made on him by Washington and Lee, he is a trustee of the Union ‘Theological Seminary (Presbyterian). For some years he has been President of the Board of Trustees of that institution. He is an Elder in the Second Presbyterian Church of Richmond. TRUSTEE JOHN S. MUNCE “a bulwark of practical knowledge” SIXTY MEN FALL UNDER AUTOMATIC A total of sixty men were caught by the automatic rule at mid-term. Forty-four of the men to whom this rule was applied were freshmen and the remain- ing sixteen were upper classmen. Of the sixteen old men to fall under the rule, only seven were reinstated in the University. Most of the freshmen were reinstated, however. The semester automatic rule for all students reads as follows: A student automatically severs his connection with the University if, on any semester report, he fails to pass in nine semester hours of work or receives grade F in six semester hours. REE SR RD SNES SEPP RE A IEE : 26 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Letters HENRY W. DEW, ’11 The following very interesting letter from Henry W. Dew, B.S., ’11, has been received in response to a request for material for a sketch in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. “Dear Mr. Kemp: “Your letter of February 9th asking for a chron- icle of my activities since leaving Washington and Lee has just reached me, and in spite of the fact that my path has been along the middle of the road, with little out of the ordinary happening, I hasten to reply to your request as an indication of my desire to lend whatever support I can to the interesting work you are carrying on for the ALUMNI MaGa- ZINE. | “After leaving Washington and Lee in 1911 I spent two years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, taking a Post-Graduate Course in Min- ing and Metallurgical Engineering; after which I went to work for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company at Great Falls, Montana. My connection with this Company continued until I went into the. Army in 1917 with the exception of several months spent out in the wilds near Glacier National Park for the United States Reclamation Service, and various changes in my status took me over most of that Western Country from the Canadian Line to San Francisco. | “T attended the First Officers’ Training Camp at the Presidio, San Francisco, and eventually went to France with the Fourth Division, as a Motor Trans- port Officer. Soon after returning to this country and being discharged from the Army, I secured a position with the National Carbon Company, Inc., at Niagara Falls, N. Y. I was transferred to New York City in the capacity of a Sales Engineer for this Company in 1921, and have been pretty much on the same job.ever since; although I now also work for the Electric Metallurgical Company, which is an associate Company in the Carbide and Carbon Cor- poration. “This work is exceedingly interesting to me, as it involves the sale of electrodes, alloys and other ma- terials, which keeps us in contact with practically all the iron and steel people in the United States, as well as most of the non-ferrous industries, such as the brass, bronze, aluminum and: nickel trade. We are particularly interested in the development of stainless steels, rustless irons and other non-corro- sive specialties and heat resisting metals, which re- quire our alloys, and we keep in touch with most of the developments along this line of metallurgy in the country. “The work requires more or less traveling and in the course of a year may take me from Duluth, Minn., to Galveston, Texas, and anywhere east of this line. Close contact with many friends in the trade, however, outweighs the disagreeableness of traveling and makes this kind of a life most agree- able. “In January 1927 I was married to Miss Sarah Ford of Houston, Texas, and we are living at 56 Fast 87th Street, New York City. We shall be glad to have any Washington and Lee friends, who come this way, look in on us. , “Trusting that this resumé covers the information you desire, and with highest personal regards, I re- main “Very truly yours, Henry W. Dew, 711.” JIM IZARD, 716 February 14, 1928. Dear Mr. Kemp: | I acknowledge receipt of yours of the 10th in- stant requesting that I give you some information in regard to myself and what I have done since leaving college. I am always reluctant in things of this kind, but for your information will advise that I have been in tlte general insurance business in this city since leaving college. I was for a number of years in business for myself under the name of James J. Izard & Company but two years ago I consolidated with the oldest insurance firm in the city and am now a member of the above firm. (Chas. Lunsford & Sons Insurance). | The one main hobby that I have is my continued interest in athletics, as I officiate in football every Fall. I was married in 1919, and have two future hopes for the Washington and Lee football team— a boy six years old and one two years old. With kindest personal regards, and hoping to have the pleasure of seeing you sometime during the com- ing year, I remain Very truly yours, Jim Izarp, ’16. REV. H. W. MYERS, ’93, of 112 Yamamoto Dori, 4 Chome, Kobe, Japan, writes us that plans are being matured for the erection of a new church build- ing for Kobe Union Church at a cost of about $50,000. A new site has been secured and the money is in hand. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 2/ Phi Beta Kappa Honors Eleven Alumni In addition to the election of graduating students to membership the Washington and Lee chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, premier honorary society for the recognition of scholarship and forerunner of all Greek Letter Social Fraternities, recognized the achieve- ments of eleven Washington alumni by electing them to honorary membership this year. Alumni elected were: Henry W. Anderson, LL.B., 98, of Richmond, Va. famed lawyer, Director of Red Cross Relief in the Balkans, leader of the Republican party in Vir- ginia; counsel for the minority stockholders in the pending Van Swearingen, Nickel Plate—C. & O. Merger case. James W. Bagley, B.S., ’03, of Washington, D. C. Varsity baseball captain, ’03, Major U. S. Army Engineers, specialist in topographic charts and maps, fortifications and defense. Stewart Chevalier, LL.B., 03, New York City, descendent of the Stewarts of Virginia and Phi Beta Kappa history, Manhattan and Washington lawyer, initiator of the now model New York City Alumni chapter. (See ALUMNI Macazineg, January, 1925.) Edwin Truman Coman, LL.B., 90, San Rafael, California, lawyer, banker, Public Servant, vice- President of the Mercantile Trust Company of Cali- fornia. (ALUMNI Macazine, March, 1925.) Louis S. Epes, LL.B., ’08, Biackstone and Rich- mond, Va., professor, lawyer, mayor of Blackstone, artillery officer, U. S. Army, State Senator, member of the important Virginia State Corporation Com- mission. (ALUMNI MaGaziInr, October, 1925.) Charles J. Faulkner, BL. 93 = imcieo, [Il., lawyer, General Counsel and vice-President of Arm- our and Company, trustee Armour Institute of Technology, trustee Armour Mission. W. G. McDowell,. A.B., ’02, Birmingham, Ala., native of Lexington, Minister, Bishop, Episcopal Dio- cese of Alabama. : Randolph Tucker Shields, A.B., 98, Tsinan, China, Varsity football and track athlete, 97-98, Physician, Missionary, Professor; Dean of School of Medicine, Shantung Christian University. (AnumMNr Maca- ZINE, January, 1928.) Edgar Sydenstricker, A.B., ’02, M.A., ’07, Wash- ington, D. C., Editor, statistician, author, Chief Statician U. S. Bureau of Public Health. (Anumnri MacaziIne, May, 1925). Archibald Hall Throckmorton, LL.B. ’00, Cleve- land, Ohio, lawyer, author, professor; professor of Law, Western Reserve University. Carrington C. Tutwiler, A.B. 796, West Consho- hocken, Penna., native of Lexington, chemist, president Coopers Creek Chemical Company. CoMMISSIONER Louis S. Epss, ’08 One of eleven These distinguished alumni will come to Lexing- ton; will be initiated at the Alumni Building, Thurs- day, April 12th; will receive the Phi Beta Kappa Key, emblem of scholarship, symbol of service and achieve- ment, mark of distinction, recognized the world over. PHI BETA KAPPA PICKS FROM CLASS OF ’28 The Gamma chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at Wash- ington and Lee announced the new men picked by them from the class of 1928 Monday morning, March Sth. The names are: H. M. Barker, of Kentucky; H. a Giutler, of Florida;.G. H. Carr, Jr, of Ports- mouth, Va.; D. S. Dix, of Alabama; R. J. Haller, of Greensboro, N. C.; R. W. Jordan, Jr., of Emporia, Va.; J. Kaplan, of Kentucky; E. H. Miller, of Mis- souri; W. C, Norman, of Arkansas; A. W. Pierpont, of Florida, and J. G. Rennie, of Petersburg, Va. JOHN J. DAVIS, ’92, is a member of the law firm of Blakey, Davis and Lewis. His son, John J. Da- vis, Jr., will probably enter W. and L,. in 1934. 28 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE ~ RAYMOND WOMELDORF, ’18, WRITES TO DR. RILEY Raymond Womeldorf, °18, Presbyterian Mission- ary stationed in China, sent to the W. & L. History Department a copy of the San Ming Chu by 5un Yat Sen in English translation, wrote to Dr. Riley of the Chinese situation: “The present situation is perhaps clearer to you who are far from the maddening crowd where sober thinking is brought into play than it is to us who are here in the midst of it. Let me make one or two ob- servations that seem worthwhile to many of us who are over here. One is that at present there is no Nationalistic Government in the sense of an organiza- tion working for the good of the people. Many are still laws unto themselves. All this you hear about the government is a hope and something in the future. One very influential Chinese man in the political lite of the country said a few days ago that the mission- aries were the optimists of China. According to his way of thinking, thirty years was the earliest pos- sible date for China to have some form of govern- ment that could be called a government. Some mis- sionaries think it will take much less time to get or- ganized. So far the South has done worse on a whole than the North. They have treated the people worse, both Chinese and foreigner. But it only stands tg reason that the decent people of this country will not tolerate robber chieftains to ever continue in control of the country. “The Nationalists have something of patriotism and at least have something of an ideal to which they are working. «They are beginning to show some signs of decency. They put the Reds out and thus started the movement to do away with Communism, their worst enemy.” Speaking of his own activities, he said: “At pres- ent I am up at one of our interior stations, the first one in our section to be visited since the evacuation. The place is quiet. We were talking to a fine up- standing Christian gentleman yesterday and he said the Chinese Reds are liable to stir up things at any time. ‘The country is. not settled. The Christian work in the hands of the Chinese is going on. ‘This great upheaval it seems to some was the way the Lord had of getting us out and the way He had of taking our hands off of things. We cannot go back and carry on as before. GEORGE T. (“DOC”) HOLBROOK, “233. now associated with the Century Indemnity Com- pany, a new company sponsored by the Aetna Cas- ualty Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., with which he was formerly connected. Mr. Holbrook was in Lexington for a week during February. L. R. HENRY, ’25 Lindsay R. Henry, ’25, of Babylon, L. I., has been appointed assistant district attorney in the office of United States District Attorney William A. DeGroot. Mr. Henry served with the U. $. Naval Aviation service during the World War. Since his admission to the bar he has been associated with the firm of Eh- lermann and Smyth of New York City, and with the legal department of the Travellers’ Insurance Com- pany as trial counsel. His late appointment carries with it many opportunities for advancement in rec- ognition of merit. MARRIED. Allen Rushton, ’25, to Miss Ade- laide Douglas of Washington, D. C. in New York City, February 14th. MARRIED. George Merton Swart, ’26, to Miss Marian Harvey Stump, November 22nd, 1927. MARRIED. Friday Meadows, ’27, to Miss Lib Woodroe of Charleston, West Va. recently. MARRIED. William Henry Maynard, of Clarks- dale, Miss., senior lawyer at Washington and Lee, to Miss Elizabeth Whittington of Tunica, Miss., at his home during the recent Christmas vacation. The couple spent their honeymoon in New Or- leans, La., and are at present residing in Lexington. Maynard plans to continue his studies at Washing- ton and Lee until June when he will be graduated. The couple will then live in Clarksdale. MARRIED. John L. Jennings, ’30, to Miss Frances Terry September 30th, 1927. Mr. Jennings is continuing his course at W. & L. while his wife is studying in Boston this winter. ENGAGED. Dr. and Mrs. Franklin L. Riley have announced the engagement of their daughter, Fran- ces Leigh, to Mr. Walter C. Shorter of New York City. BORN. To Mr. and Mrs. Berkeley Cox, 714, a daughter, Katherine, on February 27, 1928. BORN. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Smith, ’26, a daughter, Margaret Anne, on January 12th, at Greenville, S. C. BORN. To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Daves, ’26, a son, January 26th, at Lexington. PAUL WHITFIELD, ’24, is with the Century Company (New York) as text book representative in Southern territory. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE | 29 Faculty Introductions W. ‘I. Lyte, PRoFressor oF Crivit, ENGINEERING. There was a tremendous void in the Engineering department when Dr. D. C. Humphreys, ’78, died. Washington and Lee lost not only an able professor but also a faithful servant; the students lost a loving councillor and friend; the Alumni, Inc. an energetic worker; the campus a monumental character. To succeed the beloved “Davy” Humphreys the University reached down to Houston, Texas, in 1921, engaged Prof. William T. Lyle, lecturer on Engi- neering at Rice Institute there. Prof. Lyle, born in New York, received his C. E. at Princeton in 1896, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa there; served on the engineer corps Essex County Park Commission (N. J.) for three years; built sewer lines, city pavements, etc., under contract in and around Newark for two years; took up the profes- sion of teaching in 1902. His first service in the professorial ranks was as instructor and assistant Professor of Civil Engineer- ing at the Univeristy of Pennsylvania, 1902-07; later as assistant Professor and Professor of engineering at Lafayette College, Pennsylvania, 1907-18. Dur- ing the War he served as Civil Engineer with the Taylor-Wharton Iron and Steel Company, engaged in the manufacture of army auxiliary equipment. For two years he lectured on Engineering at Rice Institute in Houston. While there he prepared an improvement and regulation plan for the city of Houston, part of which has been put into execution. While there he taught a Bible class and was an Elder in the First Presbyterian Church. In 1921 Prof. Lyle came to Washington and Lee as Scott Professor of Civil Engineering. In Lexing- ton he is a Director of the Chamber of Commerce, of the Kiwanis Club, a member of the Masonic Lodge, -an Elder in the Presbyterian Church. He is the au- thor of a treatise on Park Engineering, and of an- other on genealogy. He has contributed many papers to “Proceedings, American Society of Civil Engi- THE Book Housk Pror. W. T. Lye “The mantle . . descended upon him” neers; has taken an active part in the City Planning Division of that society. He is a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, of the American As- sociation of University Professors, of the Princeton Engineering Association, of the A. S. C. E., of the American Bible Society. Prof. Lyle’s hobbies are rowing, swimming, foot- ball and baseball; his diversion is the study of geneal- ogy; his specialty, Park Engineering. The mantle of “Davy” Humphreys has descended upon him, February 14, 1928. Gentlemen : I am herewith enclosing my check for $2.50 cov- ering subscription to the ALUMNI Macazine. I re- gard the publication as a most excellent one, and fre-~ quently find notes of great interest to me relating to college mates of the period from ’89 to 94, | Sincerely yours, RupoLPH BUMGARDNER, ’94 GEORGE T. PARRY, ex ’24, writes: “Enjoy the magazine immensely. Will be back Finals.” 30 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE “Ranny Randolph McGuire Cabell, recent initiate to the Society of Dan Owen’s Ham, less recent initiate to the Society of Benedicts, frequent visitor to the campus, overcomes obstacles, sells coal and coke, travels a little, makes many friends and loves Wash- ington and Lee. Entering Washington and Lee in 1915 by way of Fishburne Military Academy, Ranny went out for Athletics, joined the Kappa Sigmas, P. A. N. and the Cotillion Club; joined the Army, spent nine months and many francs in France, returned; received his A.B. in the Lee Chapel at Commencement, 1920. As a student he was popular, hard working and unde- terred. It is recorded that even a barricade bearing a “Beware—Fresh Paint!” notice could not stop him! After graduation he joined the professorial ranks, taught French for one year at Georgia Military Col- lege, Milledgeville, Ga., three years at his prep Alma Mater, Fishburne. During this latter period he re- turned to Milledgeville, and was married there to Miss Cornelia Frances Wall. In 1924 he gave up teaching and became associated with his father in the Cabell Coal Company, Inc. of Covington, Va., selling the smokeless fuels of the Berwind-White Coal Mining Co. throughout the South Atlantic States, retained his military affiliations through American Legion membership and in the National Guard, in which he is now Captain, com- manding Battery D of the 246th Coast Artillery. Ranny makes his home at Covington; calls at the Alumni Building when his travels take him through Lexington, brings Mrs. Cabell, member of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Society of the Ham, over for Fancy Dress, Finals and the Virginia game; meets the clats Cabell, °20 R. M. Casetz, ’20 “Makes friends... , loves WG LL of Chronic Commencement Commuters over the famed ham, cheese and pickles every Finals; says that every alumnus from far and near should make it a habit of getting back at least once each year; and sells more coal. TOMMY GRAVES, ’26, FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY The following clipping regarding “Tommy” Graves, ‘26 is interesting to recent Grads: “Thomas A. Graves, one of Cuero, Texas, youngest and most promising lawyers, makes formal announcement of his candidacy for the office of Dewitt county attorney, subject to the Democratic primaries, in today’s issue of the record. “Iommy’, as he is known to his many friends, is a native of Cuero. He graduated from W. & L. in ’26 after six years of schooling and for the past nine months has been connected with the firm of H. W. Wallace, prominent attorney of Cuero.” F. PERLETTE SHULL, °26,. is) instructor @ French at Emory University. LIEUT.-COL. W. D. A. ANDERSON, ’02 From the Alexandria Gazette we note that Lieut.- Col. William D. A. Anderson, ’00 and ’02 corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Fort Humphreys was mar- shal of the first division militia, in the patriotic cele- bration held in Alexandria on February 22nd. DEBATES The student debating team argued the question of co-education with Randolph-Macon Woman’s_ Col- lege; lost. Met the University of Florida team at Lexington in forensic combat; lost. Planned for a radio debate before the public at large later in the spring. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 31 Edmund D. Campbell, °22, Attorney On the campus ‘“Eiddie” Campbell, representative of the Campbells of Washington and Lee history, joined the A. T. O. Fraternity, edited the Ring-tum Phi, led cheers, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, re- ceived his A. B. He went to Harvard, received his Master’s Degree; returned to W. & L.; took Law, graduated again in 1922; then went out into the world to test his training. He became associated with W. Jett Lauck, ’03, professional economist, became a valuable asset to Mr. Lauck’s staff because of his legal training, gained much practical experience and_ incidentally an initial reputation in his work for the Federal Coal Commission in 1923. In the meantime Mr. Lauck became a:member of a syndicate which purchased the Lenox Office Build- ing, located in a newly developing business section of Washington. For a time Eddie acted as man- ager of this building, along with his other work, and thus started a connection with real estate law in the District of Columbia in which he has since special- ized. It was about this time that he purchased, re- modelled and sold several old houses of the Colonial type in Georgetown, which was becoming a very fashionable section of the city. These transactions brought him in more or less close contact with a number of real estate firms which stood him in good stead in connection with his subsequent legal work. In February, 1925, Eddie became associated with the old established law firm of Douglas, Obear and Douglas, headed by Charles A. Douglas, a_ well- known Washington trial lawyer of many years stand- ing. During the past three years Eddie has been directly associated with Mr. Douglas in the trial of a number of cases of public interest, among which may be mentioned the defense of Senator Burton K. Wheeler and the still pending trial of William J. Burns, head of the internationally known detec- tive agency, for alleged contempt of court in con- nection with shadowing the jury in the Fall-Sinclair trial a few months ago. He also made two trips with Mr. Douglas to Mexico City and Tampico, and one to Havanna, the Mexican trips being in connec- tion with representing some of the American oil companies who were fighting the Mexican oil laws. In the field of real estate law, Eddie’s principal work as a lawyer, he has been retained by a consid- erable number of local real estate firms and _ indi- vidual operators, and has represented them in nu- merous cases growing out of contracts for the pur- chase and sale of real estate. One of his earliest cases in this field was to test the constitutionality of the Zoning law of the District of Columbia. While FE. D. Campsety, 719 & ’22 “Son... . red headed” this case was pending on appeal, however, the con- stitutionality of zoning laws in general was upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States in another case involving a suburb of the city of Cleve- land, which case was ably though unsuccessfully attacked by Newton D. Baker, ’94. : In a recent letter received from Eddie, he writes us: “‘My office contains pictures of the Washington and Lee campus, General Lee, and Dean Campbell. Needless to say, all Washington and Lee men re- ceive a hearty welcome, and are invited to stop in whenever they are in the city. Lawyers, especially, may find our library of help to them when they are in the city on business, and are welcome to use it.” Eddie was married in August, 1925, to Miss Esther Butterworth of East Falls Church, Virginia. Edmund Douglas Campbell, Jr., born July 27, 1927, is even more redheaded than his father—at least, that’s what Eddie says. ee TOHN HOOVER, ‘22, and JOHN PHILLIPS, "24, are both studying law at West Virginia Univer- sity. 32 7 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE George Washington—Patron of Literature and the Arts By VeErBon FE. Kemp. Every alumnus knows, of course, that George Washington gave $50,000 to Liberty Hall Academy and by that gift revived the institution; that because of this gift the name of the Academy was changed to Washington College, with Washington’s tacit con- sent; and that the gift continues to yield an annual income to the University. However the circum- stances and details surrounding the assignment of this sum by the immortal Washington to the embryo University are little emphasized. ‘They are particu- larly worthy of note at this appropriate season. The story had its origin in the gratitude of the state of Virginia, its romance in the pioneer efforts of that state to overcome transportation difficulties in the mountain fastness of her western borders and _ its climax in the financial success of this early transpor- tation enterprise as indicated by the almost trebled value of its securities, which constituted the tender of Washington’s gift. It is recorded that early in 1784 the Legislature of Virginia incorporated the first company to improve the navigation of the James river, from the sea west- ward, and in October of that year a similar company for the Potomac. | Immediately afterward they passed an act author- izing the State Treasurer to subscribe on the State account one hundred shares in the former and fifty in the latter, “the said shares to be vested in George Washington, his heirs and assigns forever.” ‘This was a gift from Virginia for Washington’s personal benefit, “—out of the desire of the representatives of this commonwealth to embrace every suitable occa- sion for testifying their sense of the unexampled merits of George Washington, Esquire, towards his © country; and it is their wish in particular that these great works for its improvement, which both as springing from the liberty he has been so instrumental in establishing, and as encouraged by his patronage, will be durable monuments to his glory, may be made monuments also of the gratitude of his country.” A complexly phrased preamble, but it conveys an ex- pressive sentiment. Virginia wished to recognize not only Washington’s merits but also his services. What more appropriate reward could be made to the young colonial militia leader who had routed the savage Indian and cleared the western trails for ex- ploration and settlement than to give him a share in the enterprise which was to provide a navigable water highway from the sea to those lands beyond the Blue Ridge? It was a most fitting expression of gratitude. But Washington would not accept. In reply he wrote *to the Virginia governor expressing his pro- found and grateful acknowledgments to the Legisla- ce ture, “—inspired by so signal a mark of their benef- icent intentions towards myself,’ and repeating a firm resolution to “—shut my hand against any pecuniary recompense.” In closing this communica- tion, as if an afterthought he added, “—if it should please the General Assembly to permit me to turn the destination of the fund vested in me from my private emolument to objects of a public nature, it will be my study in selecting these to prove the sincerity of my gratitude for the honor conferred on me, by pre- ferring such as may appear most subservient to the enlightened and patriotic views of the Legislature.” The Legislature met in 1785, repealed their former act and in its stead enacted that the said shares and profits thereafter accruing from them, should stand appropriated to such objects of a public nature in such manner and under such distributions as the said George Washington, Esquire, by deed during his life time or by his last will and testament should direct and appropriate. Thus the matter stood. ‘Ten years passed. ‘The canal improvements were begun, the usual vicissi- tudes of pioneer enterprise experienced. ‘Toll re- ceipts mounted slowly. Such small profits as were derived went toward liquidating the Company’s debts. By this time an inkling of Washington’s intention had reached beyond the Blue Ridge. The Legislature had suggested that the fund be given to some semi- nary of learning in the “Upper Country.” Such a seminary, William and Mary, had been richly pro- vided for the “Lower Country’ by the Colonial Congress. General Andrew Moore and _ General Francis Preston, then representing “Upper Country”’ ~ counties in the U. $. Congress called Washington’s attention to Liberty Hall Academy. ‘The trustees of that academy, hard pressed for funds with which to run their struggling seminary, gathered for the pur- pose of framing an address—a dignified appeal—to the Father of their Country. Citizens of other towns in the ‘valley presented claims. Staunton, Fincastle and Lynchburg seemed to be likely sites for a semi- nary of learning in the “Upper Country.” However, Liberty Hall Academy, though crippled from poverty, was a long established and going institution. Scotch Irish settlers in the valley lying between the Blue Ridge and the Alleghanys had established it in 1749 and had nursed it through an anaemic infancy. It is recorded that Washington stated in conversation to Generals Moore and Preston, advocates for Liberty Hall Academy, that he preferred to help those who had helped themselves. It appeared to Washington that this academy would be a happy choice. He communicated to Governor Brooke his favorable decision in September, 1796, aon ii itl ie a tia aR ai a i a le we sniiiitainaas THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 33 Thus the 100 shares in the James River Canal Com- pany at a par value of $200 per share came into pos- session of the Academy. ‘The Legislature, in Janu- ary 1798, formally changed the institution’s name to Washington Academy. In reply Washington wrote from Mount Vernon on the 17th of June of that year: “Gentlemen: Unaccountable as it may seem, it 1s nevertheless true that the address with which you were pleased to honor me, dated the 12th of April, never came to my hands until the 14th inst. “To promote literature in this rising empire and ww encourage the arts have ever been amongst the warm- est wishes of my heart, and if the donation which the generosity of the Legislature of the Common- wealth of Virginia has enabled me to bestow on Liberty Hall—now by your politeness called Wash- ington Academy—is likely to prove a means to ac- complish these ends, it will contribute to the gratifica- tion of my desires. “Sentiments like those which have flowed from your pen excite my gratitude, whilst I offer my best vows for the prosperity of the Academy and for the honor and happiness of those under whose auspices it is conducted. | “Geo. Washington.” Although the material gift came from a grateful State, its actual bestowal was at the direction and in- stigation of the immortal Washington. For him the incident was closed with his formal consent to have the institution bear his name, a legal assignment of the shares to the Academy by special warranty deed, and a final provision in his will for its perpetuity. But what of the Canal Company? After years of slow development the enterprise was rewarded. A dividend of 3 per cent was paid, then 6 per cent. Then a period of further development during which the proceeds “went back into the business’”’ as we say today. ‘Then the dividends mounted to 12 per cent, to 15 and 18 per cent annually. The little poverty stricken Academy in the “Rising empire of the West”’ was able to pay its debts, to buy equipment, and in- crease its teaching force. It boasted of a building which would accommodate forty to fifty students. A steward furnished table board to students for $15.00 per quarter. One hundred dollars worth of books and philosophical apparatus were purchased. Canny, the Scotch Presbyterian trustees did not overlook the protection of fire insurance. A fire came and destroyed the stone building. It was decided that a new building should be erected on an opposite hill nearer the town of Lexington, though there were grave doubts as to the wisdom of subject- ing the students to the metropolitan influences of that town of nearly one hundred families! Thus the school, founded as Augusta Academy in 1749, thrice transplanted, was erected on its present site in 1804. GroRCE WASHINGCTON—CONTINENTAL SOLDIER by Peale It became Washington College in 1813 and Washing- ton and Lee University in 1871. But the old walls of Liberty Hall Academy still stand majestically on the opposite hill. It was ru- mored that the “vested interests’ of Lexington of the newborn nineteenth century conspired with skilled workmen to have the old ruins condemned in order that the school might be rebuilt nearer the town. Any- how, the old building was deemed unsafe for repair and reconstruction. The skeleton stands today hav- ing weathered the storms of one hundred and twenty- five winters, erect and sound; an example of early masonry and a monument to early ideals in education. Also, Washington’s gift has endured. Encouraged by the success of the first James River improvement, the Legislature of Virginia decided to advance the project further westward and join the Kanawha River in what is now West Virginia. For this pur- pose a new company was incorporated and the securi- ties of the James River Canal Company redeemed. In clearing up the affairs of the old company the State agreed to pay the shareholders 12 per cent on their SRLS ENT I NIE TiS 34 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE holdings for the first twelve years and 15 per cent for ever thereafter. Thus Washington’s assignment, originally valued at $20,000, began to yield $3,000 per year to Washington College in 1832. Nearly thirty years later the Legislature, by formal en- actment, fixed the face value of Washington’s gift at $50,000. ‘Today Washington and Lee University receives a 6 per cent income annually from that gift. It is estimated that a total yield of $390,000 has been received by the institution since the shares were first conveyed to it by George Washington in 1796. LEE AT LEXINGTON These are the pathways where he went with hope Keyed high for others when his day of deeds Had passed into the twilight and the night Of Death closed fast around him to his sleep. Along these streets where gentle shade fell cool In summer while far whispers ran with winds That touched the tall, clean trees with song, He walked and spoke, a last great man left here From an age of mighty men gone from the earth Through perilous years when his will had wrought With theirs and held hordes of invaders back. His heart was quickened with the joy he found In seeing here, about him, younger men Thrilled with high hopes in life and faith in self To bring the broken South into her own True place of promise in the fruitful years. And some are yet among us who beheld The gracious presence of the man we love And heard him speaking in the days now dead— Oh, loving voice of him, forevermore In words undying framing forth his faith! He knew men friends on every hand, and spoke With generous words and kindly praise the while Teaching worth of Duty in lives of men, Far-visioning the glory of these richer years, And Learning, bearing light to every man, High and low, through the length of his loved land Until all homes should be filled with Peace And understanding of the tasks ahead. These halls sound yet with voices from those days Speaking to us of his wishes and his will For us who walk the pathways that he made Sacred with the light of his great fame. R. M. Dorsey, Ph.D. Boulder, Colo., Dec. 16, 1927. ee J. B. DOOLEY, ’24, is now claims adjuster for the Maryland Casualty Company for the southern part of West Virginia and can be reached in care of United Insurance Agencies, at Charleston, West Va. LEE A Southland pauses in its rush Today and bows a head for one Who lost a cause but won a place In every heart where hope and faith Abound—the hope to rise above The tragedies of life, the faith To reach new heights and help the cause Of brotherhood. Beloved was Lee Throughout the empire of the South, Admired beyond its boundaries. He served most loyally beneath Two flags, a soldier ranking with The keenest minds of all the ages. Leader in the cause of peace and Art he gave to searching man that Cultural learning which endures. Sad was he, with broken heart to Carry through the shortening days— A shattered heart that must not fail To cheer, encourage those who lost— It must inspire and carry on There is no death for such as he. By W. M. Glenn, Editor and Publisher of the Orlando Morning Sentinel. SAMUEL YOUNG, ’98, is Chief Engineer, Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, sec- ond port of the U. S. He writes: “Now have under construction a $2,000,000 coffee import terminal. New Orleans receives about 400,- 000,000 pounds of coffee annually—most of it from Brazil. Much of this coffee is roasted in New Or- leans before being distributed to various interior states. However, most of it is distributed as ‘green coffee.’ “Some of us who were in college with Ran Shields enjoyed very much his recent visit to New Orleans. He showed us a medical treatise which he had trans- lated into Chinese. In the short time in which we had to examine it, we did not discover any errors in translation !” EDWARD MATZ, ’24, writes us that he is still with the Matz Coal Corporation, spending part of the time at the mines located at Raven, Va. and part in Louisville, Ky. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE = — OBITUARY DIED. Garrett B. Wall, ’88, vice-president of aS the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, in St. a Augustine, Fla. on January 26th. He had left Rich- hy mond to go to Florida on account of his health eH which had been failing for the past year, and was Pes MPs : there only a week when his son, Garrett B. Wall, Jr., OLOGOy, ; was summoned to his bedside. | Nas ee Mr. Wall was widely connected in business and gaa SAGE, social circles and prominent in railway affairs throughout the East and Middle West. Since 1889 | when he first became connected with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, his career has been one of steady rise and promotion. He was associated with the late George Stevens, president of the Rail- way Company. He served consecutively as chief clerk in the office of assistant superintendent, super- LT HAS BEEN THE PURPOSE OF FINCHLEY TO DEVELOP ONLY THE MOST INTERESTING AND CORRECT intendent, general superintendent and general man- ager, and in 1917 became vice-president. DIED. Hon. Edward Cooper, 94, at St. Luke’s Hospital at Bramwell, West Va., on March lst. Mr. Cooper was a well-to-do coal operator and had rep- resented the Fifth West Virginia district in Con- gress for two terms. The funeral was attended by Gov. Gore of West Virginia and other men -prom- inent in the political and industrial life of the state. DIED. J. Sloan Kuykendall, ’96, prominent at- torney of Romney, West Va., who was stricken with paralysis in the county courthouse in Winchester on February 10th just after he had closed a criminal case in which he had represented the defendant, died two days later in the Memorial Hospital in Winchester where he was taken immediately after the stroke. Mr. Kuykendall was a graduate in Law at W. & lL. He had served several terms in the West. Vir- ginia House of Delegates as representative from Hampshire county, and was a leading Democrat in politics in that section. He was one of the most popular citizens of his community and was active in all civic affairs of his town. DIED. Walter I. Heyward, ’72, sheriff of the State Supreme Court, died at his home on March 7th, following an illness of two weeks. ARTHUR W. McCAIN, ’14, has been elected vice-president in charge of the foreign department of National Park Bank, and expects to assume his duties July Ist. Mr. McCain is now ranking sub-manager of the branch of the First National Bank of Boston at Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has been in South America about eight years, having gone there origi- nally with National City Bank and going to the First National Bank of Boston some four years ago.— (Wall Street Journal, Feb., 1928.) TYPE OF WEARABLES— AND IT IS COMMONLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE CLOTHES, HATS, SHOES AND HABERDASHERY FOR LOUNGE, BUSI- NESS, SPORTS AND FORMAL USAGE ARE QUITE INCOMPARABLE IN EVERY DEGREE. EXHIBITIONS ARE HELD AT FREQUENT INTERVALS IN VARIOUS CITIES OF IMPOR- TANCE. IT WILL RESULT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO ATTEND THESE EXHIBITIONS WHEN NEAR YOU. WRITE DEPARTMENT C FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOG; ALSO INFORMATION AS TO DATES AND PLACES OF EXHIBITIONS. A S 8 E 3 ry KY 5 FIFTH AVENUE AT FORTY SIXTH STREET NEW YORK 36 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Personals WILLIAM ANDERSON McNULTY, of Roa- noke, Va., grandson of Major William A. Anderson, ‘61, has been designated by the department to take the entrance examination at West Point in March with a view to entering with the class of July Ist. Tl W. STEPHENS, ’72, of 800 8th Ave., Fort Worth, Texas, entered Washington College in 1869; took an A. B. degree and debater’s medal of Wash- ington Literary Society in 1872; was licensed to prac- tice law in Tennessee, his native state, in 18/73. In 1874 he emigrated to Texas where he has practiced law for more than fifty years, less fifteen years on the Appellate bench. NATHANIEL P. PRATT, ’78, of Decatur, Ga., and other counsel, recently filed an application in the U. 8. District Court for an injunction to restrain C. J. Weeks, a railroad engineer from Jacksonville, Fla., from revealing a “secret process” by which he said he was able to obtain 49.2 miles in a large automo- bile from a pint of his mixture. The Georgia men assert in their suit that they ad- vanced Weeks $13,700 and that after telling them “a person or persons connected with the gasoline 1n- dustry had offered him $1,350,000 to forget his formula”, Weeks has since “opened negotiations” with two motor companies. The suit sets out that in later tests made, the sub- stitute yielded a mileage of only 10.5 per gallon but the pet petitioners “are still of the belief that his process is of great value and that the contract be- tween them and the defendant if complied with by Weeks would result in great profit to the petition- ers to-wit, a sum in excess of $10,000,000.” EVAN S. McCORD, ’87, of Seattle, Washington, was appointed to represent Washington and Lee at the inauguration of Matthew Lyle Spencer as presi- dent of the University of Washington, on February 22nd. JUDGE DALLAS FLANNAGAN, ’88, was nomi- nated on January 23, for reappointment as Common Pleas judge of Essex County, N. J. “ALFRED W. SHIELDS, ’91, represented Wash- ington and Lee at the inaugural exercises of Presi- dent Doermann of the University of the City of To- ledo, on March 19th. JNO. P. WALKER, ’95, of Boise, Idaho, writes: “Had a pleasant call recently from A. C. Moore, “95, who is practicing law at Spokane, Washington. We both agreed that the honesty that prevails at W. & L,. is the chief asset of a W. & L,. education.” BENJAMIN L. ANCELL, ’95, was called out last March from Yang Chow on account of disturbed conditions, and has been residing since at St. John’s University, Shanghai, and teaching in the Theologi- cal Seminary of the Episcopal Church. His school (Mahan School, Yangchow) is in the hands of the Militia, and is now used as a training school for of- ficers. H. B. GRAYBILL, ’02, Greenbrier College for Women, Lewisburg, West Virginia, is the author of “Mastery of English Grammar” and Manuel to ac- company (for use in schools in China), just pub- lished by Edward Evans & Sons, Ltd., Shanghai. This book completes a series of six books for six years of Chinese Middle (High) School. DR. JOHN SHARSHALL GRASTY, ’04, of University, Va., has been appointed Chief Geologist of the American Manganese Producers Association. | L. J. BOXLEY, ’09, writes us that he is “still building railroads and crushing rock.” He is located in Roanoke, Va., with offices in the Boxley Building. ELWOOD H. SEAL, 714, whose resignation as assistant corporation counsel of the District of Co- lumbia, took effect March Ist, has been highly compli- mented on his efficient work by William M. Bride, corporation counsel. Mr. Bride stated that Mr. Seal went to Police Court at a time when the docket was clogged with almost 500 jury cases and in cooperation with the other two assistants, this congestion has been entirely removed. Mr. Seal has been assistant corpo- ration counsel since July Ist. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Seal of Lexington. WALTER STEVES, 714, has been made treasurer of a new lumber company, The San Antonio Build- ing Materials Company, being a consolidation of the Ed. Steves and Sons Company and four other lumber yards. This change was made January Ist, 1928, after which date Ed Steves and Sons Company will only handle financing and investments. | W. GUY LAUGHON, ’15, 1023 Jefferson Build- ing, Greensboro, N. C., has been appointed manager for the state of North Carolina by the Sun Life As- surance Company of Canada. ROBERT M. CURTIS, ’16, writes that he is still on the job with the Times and World-News, of Roa- noke, Va. . GEORGE N. DANIELSON, ’17, has been pro- moted from the position of Naturalization Examiner at St. Paul to Head Naturalization Examiner at Du- luth, Minn. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE GABRIEL DE LA HABA, ’17, was appointed to represent Washington and Lee University at the cele- bration of the 25th anniversary of the University of Porto Rico. : HERBERT G. PETERS, ’17, writes us that he is still attempting life as a bachelor. ‘‘Pete” is practic- ing law in Bristol, Va. M. S. SANDERS, 717, has joined A. Carter Crymble, ex °18, to form the Crymble Electric Com- pany, Inc., of Bristol, Va. During last year this elec- trical engineering and contracting company wired the General Shelby Hotel and an addition to the Elks Home (both in Bristol) ; the George Wythe Hotel at Wytheville, and they have recently been engaged in wiring the Appalachian Hotel at Appalachia, Va. _ PROFESSOR JAMES L. HOWE, Jr., 718 and 21, has returned to Hangchow College to teach, with the permission of the American consul, and is accom- panied by his wife, who was Miss Mary West of Lexington. The College has dropped the word Christian out of its name and is under a native presi- dent, although Dr. Fitch is still practically in charge. DR. SAM ANDERSON, 719, is engaged in the practice of Pediatrics with offices located in Rich- mond, Va. WILLIAM $8. SNOW, LL.B., 719, is Judge of the Police Court of Alexandria, Va., and one of the lead- ing lawyers of the city. CLINTON D. FORSYTH, ’20, has moved to 4447 Penn., Kansas City, Mo. J. R. HAINLINE, Jr., ’20, is now president of the J. F. McLain Fuel Corporation and located in Marion, Ind. R. D. HUMMEL, ’20, 2725 E. Jefferson Ave., De- troit, Mich., writes us: “You may be interested to know that your magazine has drawn unsolicited praise from alumni of several universities.” W. BRAXTON DEW, ’21, was recently made as- sociate counsel for the Aetna Casualty Insurance Company. The attainment of this position reflects much credit upon Mr. Dew, particularly as it is an executive position elected by the board of directors. Mr. Dew was first associated with the company in 1923, after having practiced law in Wytheville fol- lowing his graduation from W. and L,. in 1921. WILLIAM L. LEAP, ’23, recently became Scout Executive over the Virginia, Lewis and Clark Area Council with headquarters at Charlottesville, Va. OTIS W. HOWE, ’24, Wabash, Arkansas, says in a recent communication received at the Alumni 37 PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS BRICK from GLASGOW e Brick has equal value for the poor man’s cottage or the rich man’s palace, for the cobbler’s shop or the city hall, the wayside chapel or the metropolitan temple, and yet combines that strength and beauty which meets the requirements of both good taste and a thrifty - purse. Other materials have their merits and make their appeal, but looking at the building problem on all sides, no other material approaches face brick in the struc- tural and artistic values it offers—permanence, com- fort, safety from fire, economy, and beauty. You owe it to yourself to look into this matter thoroughly. You should discuss the matter with us before deciding. It will cost you nothing and you are sure to get most valuable and practical suggestions. LOCHER & CO., Inc. Brick Manufacturers and Wholesalers of Building Materials GLASGOW, VIRGINIA Member American Face Brick Association NICE PRINTING at COUNTY NEWS OFFICE LEXINGTON, VA. Fraternity Papers, Pamphlets, Stationery 38 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE HOME COMING ALUMNI See GRAHAM & FATHER For Hats, Shoes and Socks ~McCRUMS” As Always, the Gathering Place Of ALUMNI, STUDENTS AND FRIENDS OF WASHINGTON AND LEE Unexcelled Fountain Service LEXINGTON, VA. office: “—I don’t want to miss a single copy of the ALUMNI MaGaziIneE as I always look forward to the time when it arrives.” OLLINGER CRENSHAW, ’25, is an instruc- tor in the department of history at W. & L, M. C. LANGHORNE, ’25, is now in the psychol- ogy department at Emory. RALPH LUCAS SUOTT, 25, is. an mstructor in English at Georgia Tech. ROY C. SLACK, ’25, 1506 Dixie Street, Charles- ton, West Va., is with the Meter Engineering De- partment of the Appalachian Electric Power Com- pany. ED WHATLEY, ’25, is located in Hopewell, Va., with the Atmospheric Introgen Company, and_ is living in Petersburg. HERMAN J. WOMELDORF, ’25, is a_ student at the Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va. G. FRED SWITZER, ’26, is associated with his brother, Frank C. Switzer, ’24, in the telephone business in Harrisonburg. Fred was recently elected president of the Telephone Company and Frank was made general manager. S. TALMAGE MAGANN, ’27, pastor of the Natural Bridge Baptist Church, is studying for the M. A. degree at W. & L. and was appointed student assistant in the department of education. SPENCER MERRICK, ’27, is now instructor in the high school at Newcastle, Delaware. RALPH G. MORRISSEY, ’27, of 49 East 33rd Street, New York City, is text book representative in the Southern territory for the Harper and Brother Company. Mr. Morrissey was in Lexing- ton for Fancy Dress and says that he has, so far, visited every reputable college in the South, and ROCKBRIDGE MOTOR COMPANY, Inc. Sales and Service DODGE BROTHERS CARS GARAGE OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Storage 50 and 75 Cents ssh i eae "emma cn it al eaten THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE that W. & L. is an open sesame to recognition in scholastic circles. MANNING A. SIMONS, ’27, will take his M. A. this session. He spent last summer travelling in Europe. oy MARRIED. Lawrence Howerton, ’15, to Miss Elizabeth McConkey of St. Louis, December 27, 1927. MARRIED. Clifford B. Hartley, ’18, to Miss Jane Warnock de Groot on December 23rd. MARRIED. Adolph $. Marx, 7°18, of Lake Charles, La., to Mathilde Weil of New Orleans, June Ist, 1927. MARRIED. Byron C. Mohler, ’25, to Miss Dor- othy Butlin, Mexico City, Mexico, January 13th. MARRIED. Joseph Clay Roberts, ’25, to Miss Lucille Gaines, San Antonio, Texas, January 28th. VISITORS Recent alumni visitors registering at alumni head- quarters were Frank H. Jacobs, °19, of Baltimore, Md.; Dr. L. W. Irwin, ’87, of Williamsburg, Va.; J. Preston Irwin, 09, of Cleveland, Ohio; Major Bryan Conrad, 92, of Winchester, Va.; C. T. Chen- ery, 09, of New York City; T. Carlton Waters, ’27, of New York City, and “Ty” Rauber, ’27, of Wash- ington, D. 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