* . ¢ Arch ) Llpnan = : rao IN ATO eer SIRE TE site | NAS aMGTON & Leb UVR Ww3l7 als | LEXINGTON, VA, 24450 ~= THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE _ and SUMMER BULLETIN , | OF Washington and Lee University ome a i. chime AUGUST, 1928 Number 3 oo A FACULTY RESIDENCE Enduring beauty $2.50 Per Year 7 25c Per Copy PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY This directory is published for the purpose of affor the various professions who may wish to secure reliab] at a distance, or of a special professional character. tion are in a position to be of service to the alumni of rectory. Rates on application. THOS. F. OGILVIE A'TORNEY-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 JACKSON, DUPREE & CONE Citrus Eachange Building, Tampa, Florida W. H. Jackson, 08 J. W. Dupres, ’21 JOHN G. 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Burks, The Burks Memo- eT 37-38 fil 460 cele 6-7 Meee 1 cRoy Hodges, “10..0..........5.... #39 Commencement; Reunited Alumni; Finals ..... 8-10 Minutes, Annual Meeting, Alumni Ass’n, Inc.... 40 Trustees; University and Alumni Actions..... 11-13 Peer |. Coke ‘11; “Tod” Robbins, ‘11...... 42-43 The Next President ........05 52. -.3...... 15 P. Craighill [2; J. G. Herndon, 72....... 44-45 Henry Boley, Friendship Specialist ............ 17 C. E. Jewett, "21; Roy Nichols, ’27; Ted Shultz, Faculty; Migrations, Changes, Activities....... 18-21 eee. ed. a e. 46-47 Some Educational Problems, President Smith... 22 Humorous Feature—Daniel Henry’s Story..... 48-49 Athletics; Baseball, Track Resume; Grid Pros- Baccalaureate Sermon—Dr. Ainslie .......... ee pecta 2.1... a ie ee 2 25-2/ Bridge Building, Dedication Address, Tom Glas- College and Campus; Student Affairs; The Law ok 51 octiool 7003.2. 28-30) Book Reviews, Miss Helen Rockwell, Librarian. 53 Lee; Chapel Addition; Gifts to Museum...... 31-32 C@gemencement Address, Dr. J. H. Latané...... 55 Alumni News; Dr. Dillard, ’77; Politics...... 33-34 Obituary; Personals Robert Ewing, 68; Newton D. Baker, ’94..... 35-36 BOLEY’S BOOK STORE Special: BIOGRAPHIES of LEE and JACKSON (Prices on application) ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHS General Robert E. Lee, size 7 x 9, prepaid $1.50 Stonewall Jackson, size 7 x 9 prepaid — 1.50 General Robert E. Lee, size 9 x 13, prepaid 3.00 CAMPUS VIEWS, size 7 x 9 prepaid 1.50 Money order or check should accompany order HENRY BOLEY, Manager |_exington, Virginia MonuMENT TO “JocKEy”’ RoBrinson Tucker Hall in background THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE and SUMMER BULLETIN VoL. IV AUGUST, 1928 No. 3 | Tus AuumMNiI Macaztneg, Issued Monthly by the Washington and Lee Alumni, Incorporated The Year Workmen gathered with picks and shovels, care- fully removed turf, dug up an old road, put down new sidewalks, replaced the turf, completed the en- trance from the lower campus through the Memorial Gateway to the college buildings; under the efficient direction of Engineer Hale Houston, 92, smoothly and quickly executed these needed improvements. High and Preparatory School students from Texas, Kentucky, Maryland and states en route, con- vened at Lexington for the third annual meeting of the Southern Interscholastic Press Association under the auspices of the Lee Memorial School of Journal- ism: were advised, banqueted, and rewarded for worthy publications. Politics were rife. Student candidates for office made speeches, cluttered up the streets and campus with handbills and announcement cards. “Bosses” sought fraternity allignments. Students chose their student body officers, dance leaders, publication man- agers and editors, etc., according to time honored cus- tom. A holiday was declared; state delegations were chosen; the gymnasium converted into a political hall. Speeches were made to students assembled in mock Democratic national convention. After a two-day deadlock and much machination Governor A. E. Smith of New York was nominated for President; Senator W. F. George of Georgia for vice-President. The baseball season closed with a record of nine wins and eight defeats, with a tie for second place in the Tri-State Intercollegiate League, with two sting- ing defeats by the arms and bats of the University of Virginia nine. ; Examinations came, took toll for week-end trips, cut classes, movies, poker and class slumbers; forced students to buy or borrow text books, to burn the pro- verbial midnight oil for another purpose. Students “on the ledge’ haunted professors and the registrar for grades. ° Parents interested in the graduation ceremonies, alumni interested in the campus and returning class- mates, girls interested in syncopation and the male sex, thronged to Lexington for Commencement; were satisfied. Alumni met at the Alumni Building; petitioned the University Board of Trustees for certain privileges ; elected officers; decided to change the official alumni re-union period from Commencement to the annual Home-Coming football game; appointed a committee to confer on the Chapel-Auditorium question; ad- journed to hear Thomas M. Glasgow, ’16, dedicate the Class Memorial Foot-bridge. University trustees met; heard recommendations; appointed committees; increased the alumni scholar- ship award; elevated two professors to associate positions; received resignations; confirmed appoint- ments; heard that President Smith would soon reach retirement age; appointed a special committee on the presidency. Trustees, Faculty, recipients for honorary degrees, and graduating Seniors, formed in the colonnade, marched in impressively. robed procession to the strains of martial music down the path into the Lee Chapel; heard President Smith announce the winners of prizes and scholarships; heard Dr. John H. Latané, of Johns Hopkins, deliver a most instructive address ; heard the student Valedictorian; saw Dr. Latané, Mr. Herbert Fitzpatrick, 94, Virginia Governor H. F. Byrd, and Rev. W. T. Hanzsche, 11, receive honor- ary degrees; saw successful Seniors receive earned and coveted diplomas. Betimes, the Doremus gymnasium was a scene of colorful gaiety. Young life throbbed; feet shuffled ; bodies swayed and glib tongues. pattered to the tune- iul syncopation of Jan Garber’s popular and expen- sive orchestra. Chaperones, parents and alumni looked on with interest, amusement or wonder from the sidelines; occasionally essayed participation. Led by Judge and Mrs. E. C. Caffrey, ’09, alumni marched in the alumni figure at the Senior-Alumni Ball. Led by Robert F. Howe, students marched to form intri- cate, artistic patterns in the famed Final Ball figure. Rain prevented the gay and colorful outdoor Final Ball supper, famed spectacle. Workmen gathered with picks and shovels; laid foundations for new roads between the dormitories, around the Library and Reid Hall; laid new con- crete walks and curbings under the direction of En- gineer Houston, newly appointed director of grounds, walks and roads. Summer tourists thronged through Lexington, vis- ited the Lee Chapel. ( / 6 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE The Burks’ Memorial There has been a no more beloved and respected figure associated with the Washington and Lee Law School than Judge Martin P. Burks, ’70, professor of law from 1899 to 1915 and Dean of the Law School from 1903 to 1917. After his deeply lamented death on May Ist, Wilbur C. Hall, 714, of Leesburg, Va., and W. R. L. Taylor, ’11, of Norfolk, Va., spontane- ously suggested that his former students create a fund | for the endowment of a professorship in his name. The University felt it inadvisable to direct a cam- paign for funds to alumni at this time. ‘The matter was referred to the Alumni Association. Alumni trustees and other active members of the Association were consulted by telegraph. Responses indicated a unanimous approval. An alumni campaign committee composed of Judge E. C. Caffrey, ’09, Newark, N. J., chairman; Hon. John W. Davis, 95, New York City; Herbert Fitzpatrick, 94, Richmond, Va. >; Wil- bur C. Hall, ’14, Leesburg, Va.; W. R. L, Taylor, ’11, Norfolk, Va., and Lewis Tyree, 15, Newark, N. 1, was appointed. Under the direction of this committee an appeal for gifts was directed to about one hundred alumni by telegraph for an indication of alumni reception. $15,- 000 was pledged in response to this initial effort. Encouraged, the committee made plans for the com- pletion of the Fund by November 17th. State Chair- men under the direction of Herbert Fitzpatrick, ’92, have been appointed as follows: Virginia: Jas. R. Caskie, ’06, Lynchburg, Va. West Virgia: Herbert Fitzpatrick, 92, Richmond, Va. District of Columbia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania: Wm. A. Glasgow, ’87, Philadelphia, Penn. New Jersey and New England: Judge E. C. Caf- frey, ‘10, Newark, N. J. : New York City: John W. Davis, 92, New York City. Kentucky: T. Kennedy Helm, ’93, Louisville, Ky. Olio: L. C. Witten, ’10, Cincinnati, Ohio. Missouri and Midwest: H. H. Larimore, 799, St. Louis, Mo. Illinots, Indiana, Minnesota and Wisconsin: Char- les Faulkner, ’94, Chicago, Ill. , Pacific Coast: James O’Brien, ’08, Los Angeles, Calif. , Texas and Southwest: John 1. Young, ’95, Dallas, Texas. Arkansas: D. T. Hieatt, 94, Monticello, Ark. Louisiana: Sydney L. Herold, ’01, Shreveport, La. Alabama: Roderick Beddow, ’12, Birmingham, Ala. Georgia: Walter McElreath, ’92, Atlanta, Ga. Florida: K. I. McKay, ’04, Tampa, Fla. Tennessee: Judge Robt. L. Peck, 96, Springfield, North and South Carolina: Roger MHarrison, 99, Greensboro, N. C. | The memorial as planned by the committee will pro- vide for a full professorship of Pleading and Practice, subjects so ably taught by Judge Burks. ‘This will mean an additional professor for the Law School, pro- vide new courses in Common Law Pleading and en- able the Law School to add elective courses to their present fixed curriculum. The professorship will be — known as the Martin P. Burks’ Chair of Pleading and Practice; will be a living productive memorial in the # subjects in which Judge Burks was unexcelled xt Tucker Hall amidst the scene of his most productive service. : Because of the practical value of this addition to the Law School it has attracted the interest of such distinguished alumni lawyers as Mr. Herbert Fitz- patrick, ’94, and Hon. John W. Davis, ’95, who real- ize that with it the Washington and Lee Law School, already preéminent in the South, will be able to pro- vide practical instruction unequaled in the country. Pledges to the Burks’ Fund may be made payable in four equal annual or semi-annual instalments. The University has agreed to credit payments to the Burks’ Fund as payments on unpaid Endowment Fund pledges when so desired. Generous subscriptions have been received from the following alumni and friends: Judge E. C. Caffrey, Hackensack, N. J.; Herbert Fitzpatrick, Richmond, Va.; John W. Davis, New York City, Ne Ys; bine Bo Sprcal. Staunton, Va.; Dr. G. Bolling Lee, New York City, N. Y.; Laurence C. Witten, Cincinnati, Ohio; Rosser J. Coke, Dallas, Texas; Charles J. Faulkner, Jr., Chicago, Ill.: Stuart Chevalier, New York City, N. Y.; L. J. Boxley, Roa- noke, Va.; Henry W. Anderson, Richmond, Va.; John J. Davis, Louisville, Ky.; James O’Brien, Los Ange- les, Calif.; Waller C. Hardy, Charleston, West Va James R. Caskie, Lynchburg, Va.; H. H. Larimore, St. Louis, Mo.; H. P. McFarlane, Tampa, Pla. G. 0. Letcher, Lexington, Va.; H. R. Fitzgerald, Danville, Va.; Edward Colson, Cincinnati, Ohio; Claude P. Light, Martinsburg, West Va.; Harrison B. Smith, Charleston, West Va.; W. T. Lovins, Kenova, West Va.; EK. W. Poindexter, Roanoke, Va.; K. I. McKay, Tampa, Fla.; Joseph I. Triplett, Jacksonville, Fla. ; M. E. Cruser, Norfolk, Va.; J. Carlton Hudson, Nor- folk, Va.; W. L. Newman, Woodstock, Va. An effort will be made to secure a contingent sub- scription to this endowment from the Rockefeller Foundation. Payments received to this fund prior to July 1, secured a 50% equivalent from that founda- tion under the terms of their subscription to the Uni- versity, which expired on that date. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE ‘ Judge Martin P. Burks, °70 Judge Martin P. Burks, ’70, of the Virginia 5Su- preme Court of Appeals, died on May Ist in a hos- pital in Richmond, Va., where he had been a patient since April 24th. Suffering from ill health, Judge Burks had submitted his resignation from the Vir- ginia Supreme Court. He underwent treatment at the St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, came to his home for a rest, returned to Richmond for an operation. Death re- sulted from pneumonia, contracted after the opera- tion. His body was interred at his native city of Bed- ford. : Judge Burks attended Washington College when General Robert E. Lee was president, studied law at the University of Virginia, practiced at Bedford. He became professor of Law at Washington and Lee in 1900; Dean of the Law School in 1903, during which year he also received the honorary LL.D. degree from Roanoke College; was appointed to supervise the re- vision of the State Code in 1915; was appointed to the Virginia Supreme bench in 1917 by Governor Henry C. Stuart and served with distinction until his death. He was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Delta Phi fraternities. (1 7220 Ue wecerved the honorary LL.D. degree from Washington and Lee. To Law students he was “Daddy” Burks, wise coun- sellor, steady guide, penetrating teacher of those em- bryo servants of that stern mistress—the Law. aiden THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 15 The Next President At its meeting on January 17, 1920, the Washing- ton and Lee Board of Trustees enacted the follow- ing resolutions: “1. That when any officer or profes- sor shall have reached the age of sixty-five years, the Board at its next meeting shall make a special investigation to determine the advisability of his re- tirement, and the terms thereon, should such retire- ment be considered advisable. 2. When an officer or professor shall attain the age of seventy years his office shall be vacated at the next following Com- mencement. The Board, however, at its pleasure can re-elect him from year to year’ and further, “3. It shall be the duty of the President to furnish the Board at each meeting the names of such officers or professors as shall have attained the aforesaid age limits, and to make such recommendations thereon as he deems advisable.” Dutiful, President Henry Louis Smith, according to provision 3, notified the Board at its June 4th meeting that on July 30, 1929, he would celebrate his seventieth birthday. His term will automatically expire at Commencement, 1930. The Board accord- ingly appointed a committee on the presidency con- sisting of ‘Trustees Davis, Munce, MacCorkle, Sproul and Rector St. Clair. The selection of a successor to Dr. Smith is a mat- ter of vital interest to every friend, patron and alumnus of Washington and Lee. The ‘Trustees’ committee shoulders a weighty burden. There is no need at this time to eulogize President Smith. The progress and advancement of the Uni- versity under his administration is vividly etched with irrefutable facts and figures on enduring tab- lets. Dr. Smith will either be temporarily retained yearly as President, as is provided by the enactment of the Board; will be retained 1n some capacity other than that of President or will be fully retired as President Emeritus. But the selection of a new president in the near tuture is inevitable. Sooner or later new hands must be put to the wheel, soundings taken, sails trimmed and our position on the charted course re-defined. A harrassed Board met in 1865 to select a leader for the war-wrecked, poverty stricken college. There seemed to be no likely prospects. Finally a trustee volunteered the information that General Robert E. Lee might consider the position. The Board was in- credulous. But nothing ventured, nothing gained; and an emissary was appointed to wait upon General Lee. En route he met an emissary returning from an interview with General Lee, on a similar mission from Sewanee Episcopal University. He gave no en- couragement. But General Lee accepted the presi- dency of Washington College, poverty stricken but PRESIDENT R. E. Les —Refused Sewanee free from denominational and political control. At his death in 1870 the selection of his son, General G. W. C. Lee as president was logical. Upon his re- tirement in 1897 the Board deliberated leisurely, chose a brilliant though ill, public figure, Hon. Wil- liam L,. Wilson, U. S. Postmaster-General under President Grover Cleveland. His illness was fatal and in 1900 the Board met under some duress for the choice of his successor. Contention was rife. Out-lawed issues were forced. Out of the frictional heat the fine figure of President George H. Denny, aged 30, professor of Latin, was crystalized. He served ably until 1911, resigned to accept the presi- dency of the University of Alabama. At this time the Board squelched the revival of the 1900 contro- versies, for all time it is hoped, elected Dr. Henry Louis Smith, President of Davidson College, N. C. Eighteen years of fruitful service will bring Dr. Smith to retirement age. Now, with at least two full years for deliberation, the Board faces its important task with some leisure. There are three fields from which the new presi- dent may logically be drawn; present Faculty, pro- fessional education outside the Faculty, or business and public affairs. ‘The former presidents have been drawn from these fields. In the. present Faculty field there are no stated aspirants. Professors qualified for the position are too well aware of its difficulties, too close to the vortex, too participant in the machinery to definitely aspire to individual control. First thoughts turn to Dr. H. D. Campbell, ’82, venerable, beloved Dean and pro- 16 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE fessor of Geology, long associated with Washington and Lee; or to Dr. James Lewis Howe, versatile and agreeable chemist, Dean of Science. But both of these able men reach the retirement age within the next few years. Other thoughts might turn to such thoroughly capable and efficient professors as Dr. L. W. Smith, 96, of the Mathematics department; Dr. B. D. Easter, facile linguist; Dr. Edgar F. Shannon of the English department; Dr. L. J. Desha, 706, professor of Chemistry, or Law Dean W. H. More- land, ’06. ‘Two other professors, known for their "effective work and unusually broad outlook, have been prominently mentioned. They are Dr. William Brown, °15, young, aggressive, active, brilliant and militant modern educationalist, professor of Educa- tion and Psychology; and Dr. Robert H. Tucker, proven organizer and administrator, mature and in- dependent thinker, intellectual pathfinder of the pro- gressive movement in Virginia government, adaptable leader, sane practical man of affairs, professor of Economics. In common, both men have been offered the presidency of other institutions, are able public speakers, have established reputations beyond local confines, are diligent, energetic workers. : In the outside field of professional educators there are many possibilities—but few who are known to be free from the shackles of previous educational train- ing and experience—a necessary freedom in view of the necessary changes and advancements being made in the purposes, methods and modes of modern edu- cation. From this field the names of Dr. John H. Latané, authority in international law, foe of im- _ perialism, writer, lecturer, one-time professor of His- tory at Washington and Lee, Dean of Johns Hopkins University; of Dr. J. A. C. Chandler, aggressive, potent educational promoter, originator of the Wil- liamsburg restoration project, one-time Superinten- dent of Richmond Virginia Schools, President of the College of William and Mary; of Dr. William Rey- nolds Vance, ’92, lawyer, authority on Insurance, former professor of Law at Washington and Lee, one-time Dean of Law at George Washington Uni- versity and at the University of Minnesota, now pro- fessor of Law at Yale. Much may be gained by the selection of an able executive from the field of business or public affairs. Here the task is further complicated because of the sacrifice involved. ‘There are few competent possibili- ties who might give up lucrative careers for the cause of Education at Washington and Lee. Often men- tioned have been the names of Newton D. Baker, 94, lawyer, publicist, scholar, sociologist, Secretary of War under President Woodrow Wilson, newly ap- pointed member of the Hague International Arbitra- tion Court, trustee of Washington and Lee and Johns Hopkins Universities; of Dr. Douglas Freeman, journalist, publicist, author, orator, student, authority on the life and military campaigns of Robert E. Lee, honorary alumnus, Editor of the Richmond, Virginia, News Leader; of Col. Leroy Hodges, *10, man of figures and budgets, Moses of commercial expansion, able public speaker, super-salesman, holder of foreign decorations for merit, Director of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce; and finally — again the Board might be incredulous but venture—the name of John W. Davis, ’92, ’95, scholar, lawyer, repre- sentative, advocate, diplomat, nominee for the presi- dency of the United States, distinguished son of a distinguished father, trustee, preéminent legal counsel. There are other able prospects in each field. Those mentioned are the possibilities most frequently dis- cussed by alumni and other interested parties. It is our purpose to open the pages of the ALUMNI MaGAZINE for a frank, open discussion of the presi- dency. Alumni are invited to express their opinions. VERBON FE. Kemp, Editor. ¢ IMPROVEMENTS Witson Frerp Foot Bripce COMPLETED The handsome concrete footbridge connecting Doremus Gymnasium and Wilson Athletic Field at Washington and Lee now stands complete. It is a beautiful addition to the landscape. The bridge proper was completed several months ago, and the past weeks have been devoted to erecting the ap- proaches at both ends. From the gymnasium end wide steps descend to an ample and spacious platform at the end of the bridge. The rail spreads to en- circle this approach. At the west end there is a simi- lar widened space between the railing with a few steps down to the field. The steel fence which sur- rounds the athletic field will be moved back and gates put in at the end of the bridge. EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS to Dryta Tau DELTA HOUSE Extensive improvements to the Delta Tau Delta house on Lee Avenue are under way. ‘The entire rear portion of the brick building is being torn down. New foundations are being put in at the rear for an expansive two-story addition. ‘The side walls at the. rear are also coming down and will be rebuilt with added width. The front of the house will be remodeled and made colonial with the addition of large white col- umns. ‘The improvement is to cost $17,000 and will be completed by the beginning of the session in the fall. RALEIGH JENKINS, 724, is still in the lumber business in Birmingham, Ala. aah ALUMNI MAGAZINE 17 Henry Boley—Fnendship Specialist If you were a student at Washington and Lee at — any time during the past twenty years and returned to Lexington on that long delayed visit your first call would be at Boley’s Book Store. There you know you will be heartily welcomed and immedi- ately recognized by that curly black-haired, genial soul of friendship, Henry Boley, man of books, alumnus extraordinary, unofficial alumni secretary. Since 1908, when Henry was a part of Stuart’s Book Store, he has been meeting and making con- tacts with Washington and Lee students which have often ripened into lasting friendships. After the death of Mr. Stuart, Henry formed a partnership with H. Crim Peck, ’07, and acquired the business in 1914. Boley’s Book Store now, as then, is a center tor students—maybe because of the attractive ar- rangement of the store, more than likely because of the personality of Henry Boley. But it is upon the return of alumni that Henry is happiest. For he is a_ specialist in alumni friend- ships. He maintains an irregular but warm corre- spondence with many of his old alumni friends, and upon their return he holds open house for them, both at his store and home. | Henry’s home deserves the attention of a separate article from the pen of some qualified specialist on House and Gardens. Suffice it to say that his home is a home with the welcoming fireside, an easy loung- ing chair, books and a dog; and the spacious sur- rounding grounds are always bowers of beauty tended by Henry in person. Here he has created a picture in an elaborate array of colors—profusion in flowers, rock gardens, lily pools and arbors. There is one particular nook in Henry’s home that is dedicated to the friendships. That is his den—or study. For here on all four walls and above his desk are hung affectionately autographed photographs of many of his friends among V. M. I. and W. & L. alumni—here the contacts with former days are al- ways warm and bright—here the returning alumnus is at home for a quiet chat about yesterdays and to- morrows. For Henry is far from being tied to ‘memortes of the past. In his home the present stu- dents and cadets are often entertained, sometimes ad- vised, always welcomed. They, too, will come back in after years for a long delayed visit—and get their bearings at Boley’s Book Store; will rejoice in Henry’s lasting, unselfish friendship; will be warmed by renewed visits to Henry’s home and gardens. Henry should be appointed “official greeter” for the Alumni Association, Inc., for he is truly alumni secretary without portfolio. Occasionally Henry takes a vacation trip, which is really a succession of visits. with alumni—a trip to San Antonio meant calls to see almuni at Bristol, Chattanooga, and Memphis; at Tittle Rock, Texarkana, and Dallas; and in like man- ner on his return by way of New Orleans. Then there is Henry’s friendly family, Miss Fannie Boley, his sister, who presides over his home; Crim Peck, 07, lawyer, golfer and business partner; and Peggy Boley, Boston Bull whose capacity for friend- ship almost equals Henry’s. In fact, Henry says that many of his visitors come just to see Peggy—for Peggy is an unusual dog, as her many friends will attest. So it is no wonder the visiting alumni always seek out Henry Boley upon returning to Lexington and fnd that warm, friendly welcome back to the campus which makes coming back worth while. They can say with Henry—“I count myself in nothing so fortunate as in the memory of my good friends”—and with each succeeding visit to Lexington and the campus rejoice in his ever-warm friendship, in the hospitality of his home, the beauty of his gardens and the intelligent companionship of his dog. ; Henry BoLkéy Lily Pools—Bowers Dedicated to Friendships ~ A Dog 18 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE ADDITIONS TO LEXINGTON BUSINESS SECTION | Three substantial additions to Lexington’s business section will be completed and occupied this month. They have been in process ot building for several months. The Newberry Five, Ten and Twenty-five Cent Store, erected on Main Street by Isaac Weinberg, was opened for business on July 13th. The room ts a large and spacious one, about 40 feet by 100 feet, occupying the space formerly given to two store- rooms. ‘The second story of the building is not yet completed. The Rockbridge Motor Company have ahout com- pleted the large fireproot addition to their storage garage, with the exception of putting on the roofing and putting in window panes. The building is of steel, brick and concrete with a runway te the second It will about double the old storage capacity of the garage. Charles H. Smith completed his two-story Iitsiness house adjoining Woodward’s garage on Main Street, about the middle of July. Down stairs and upstairs are each given over to one large room, and the entire building has been rented by Fox’s restaurant. The upstairs will be used for banquets. The rooms are spacious and bright with high ceilings. On July 13th the new Robert Morton Orchestral organ, installed at the New Theatre, Ralph I. Daves, ‘25, manager, was introduced to Lexington and Rock- bridge people. Ernest L. Houde, of New York, an accomplished organist, was present on the opening floor for automobiles. night, and presented a novelty offering entitled “A Trip through the Organ,” which enabled the patrons to familiarize themselves with the many and varied instruments contained in the organ. The organ was installed in the theatre at a cost of $25,000. se a O SCHOOL YEAR TO START WITH FROSH PSYCH EXAM. SEPT. 11th. The school year of 1928-29 will begin next fall with the psychological examination for freshman 04 Tuesday, September 11, at 10:30 A. M. New students will register on Wednesday, Septem- ber 12, and old students on Thursday, September 13. The opening assembly will be held Thursday morn- ing in the gymnasium and, as is customary, the Presi- dent and the Dean will formally open the session. Classes will begin the morning of Friday, the 14th. Pe eg ie tg see Pe ¢ Make monthly publication of the MAGAZINE pos- sible: send in your subscription today; rates $2.50 per year, $4.00 for two years. FACULTY MIGRATIONS. The whereabouts of some of the members of the faculty of Washington and Lee during the summet is to be noted as follows: Dr. William G. Bean, accompanied by Mrs. Bean, has gone to Tuscaloosa, Ala., where he will teach during the summer in the University of Alabama. Prof. and Mrs. Lawrence FE. Watkin have gone to New York state, expecting to spend the summer in the Adirondacks. : Professors Howard G. Funkhouser and Edward H. Howard have gone to Columbia University where they will do graduate work during the summer. Prof. and Mrs. Marvin G. Bauer have gone to Den- ver, Colo., where he is teaching during the summer at Denver University. Professors Carl EK. L. Gill and John A. Graham are spending the summer in France and adjoining coun- tries. Five Washington and Lee students accompany them. Dr. F: L. Riley and family went in their car to Glen- dale, California, where they will spend the summer. Dr. and Mrs. William T. Hoyt and family are spend- ing the summer in Gloucester, Mass. Dr. Edgar F. Shannon is a member of the University of Virginia summer school faculty this summer. Prof. and Mrs. Charles McDowell and little son are spending the summer in Danville, Kentucky. Prof. Earle K. Paxton is pursuing graduate studies at Columbia University during the summer. Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Dickey went in their car to Ann Arbor, Mich., where Dr. Dickey planned to study during the summer at the University of Michigan. Dr. G. D. Hancock, Dean of the School of Com- merce, attended the annual convention of the Associa- tion of Collegiate Schools of Business which was held in Chicago on Thursday and Friday, May 3 and 4. This association consists of about 36 collegiate business schools including Harvard, Columbia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Northwestern University where the convention met. Prof. Forest Fletcher attended a meeting of the Olympic committee, held in New York. Prof. Flet- cher was formerly an Olympic star and still holds sev- eral world’s records in track. Miss Anne R. White returned to her home in Lex- ington after a prolonged absence visiting friends at Helena, Ark.; Montgomery, Ala.; and Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Robert W. Dickey of the Washington and Lee faculty, went to Atlanta to attend the national student convention of the American Institute of Electrical En- gineering. Prof. Charles P. Light represented the Washington and Lee law school at the American Law Institute held in Washington. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 19 - Changes Few major changes in the faculty are announced for the coming year. Dr. B. A. Wooten, Professor of Physics, goes to that department at the University of Alabama. He is succeeded by Dr. R. W. Dickey, 719. Howard M. Thompson, assistant in the School of Journalism is succeeded by W. L. Mabel. Prof. Robert Carroll, assistant in Biology, is to take charge of the Biology department at V. M. I. At Washington and Lee Dr. B. A. Wooten achieved an enviable reputation as a teacher and won the af - fection of the townspeople and Faculty. Independent, penetrating, friendly, he succeeded the famed late Dr. W. LeConte Stephens in 1924, and carried on the effi- cient work of the Physics department. He answers the call of his native state for a field of greater op- portunity. His successor, Dr. R. W. Dickey, received his Bachelor’s degree here in 1910, his Master's and Doctor’s degrees at Johns Hopkins, served in the World War and returned to his Alma Mater to teach. He was head of the department of Electrical Hngi- neering at the time of his elevation to the Physics Chair. Howard Thompson carved a peculiar niche for him- self at Washington and Lee. He came here in 1926, at the recommendation of Prof. R. B. Ellard, head of the department of Journalism, as assistant pro- fessor in that growing department. Upon his arrival he found the head of the department incapacitated by a serious illness which necessitated a year’s leave of absence. Prof. Thompson adapted himself to the situation, assumed the entire burden of the Journalism department, taught all classes, capably handled college publicity, held the Southern Intercollegiate Press Convention and directed the department with honesty and diligence; seemed assured of a promising future here; was rewarded with official recognition. But soon after Prof. Ellard’s return to part-time duty, Mr. Thompson resigned. He had served too well. ‘Tempt- ing openings with larger salary inducements awaited him. He accepted the advertising managership o! The Retail Coalman, trade journal published at Chi- cago, Ill., where he will make his home. Particularly valuable was Mr. Thompson’s publicity work. An unprecedented volume of University events were promptly reported and published by important news- papers throughout the country. Under him athletic, University and Alumni publicity might have been confidently and efficiently united. Prof. W. L. Mabel, who succeeds Mr. Thompson, graduated at the University of Missouri, taught on the Round-the-World cruise of the University Afloat, was head of the Journalism Department at Ohio State Teachers’ College. At V. M. I. Mr. Carroll receives a distinct promo- Dr. B. A. Wooten LG See to Alabama” tion. His successor will be Mr. Lemuel L. Hill from the University of N. C. * CEE ee % REPORT ON ALUMNI BUILDING FUND Receipts from donations by alumni and i a ee $2301.00 Expenditures: ew ee $ 750.78 ee ee ae 141.38 a ee 859.65 ee ee 421.35 Pent and transier.......... 4.19 Terrance 2... ee Se. 3.20 Worl expenditures ......... $2180.55 2180.55 Pealance on batids. SFr... $120.45 Received from rentals: © i. student body........ $25.00 Lex. Woman's. Club.......... 32.00 $57.00 $57.00 Plante Sak $177.45 20 PRESIDENT SMITH “Into brilliant verbal Rnots........0+ skeins of rare beauty” PRESIDENT SMITH The English language is a precise tool of the mind. _ There are few as prolific and effective in the use of this tool as President Henry Louis Smith, who can weave our medium of expression into brilliant verbal knois and unravel it into skeins of rare beauty. During the spring months Dr. Smith spoke before the Vir- ginia Education Association at Lynchburg and_ the annual meeting of the Shenandoah Valley, Inc., at Staunton, attended the unveiling of a statue of Cyrus H. McCormick, attended with ‘Treasurer Paul M. Penick the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church at Atlanta. At Lexington he pondered the possibilities of his North Carolina apple orchard, talked to Trustees about his approaching retirement, pushed his campaign for the modernization of Wash- ington and Lee curriculum requirements, pondered ways and means for providing the badly needed audi- torium. | MR. and MRS. ELBERT W. G. BOOGHER, ’02, and three children and CHARLES REYNOLDS, ’14, of Merchantsville, N. J., were recent visitors to Lex- ington. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINI: LOCAL EDUCATORS HONORED IN VIR- GINIA ACADEMY MEETING Dr. W. M. Brown, ’15, was elected president of the Virginia Academy of Science during the sixth an- nual meeting of this body at the College of William and Mary on Friday and Saturday, May 4 and 5. Dr. Brown who is the head of the department of Educa- tion and Psychology at Washington and Lee, was a speaker at the sectional meeting of this department of the academy. Washington and Lee was further honored by the election of Dr. R. H. Tucker from the Commerce school to the presidency of the Virginia section of the National Social Service Association. The state So- cial Service Association held its assembly in conjunc- tion with that of the Virginia Academy of Science. Many Washington and Lee men were speakers et the sectional meetings of the various science groups: Dr. W. D. Hoyt tor te Biotosy section: Prof. OF H. Stow for the Geology section; Dr. L. J. Desha for the Virginia section of the American Chemical So- ciety, and Dr. W. M. Brown for the Psychology and American section. G. W. Dunnington, a student at Washington and Lee, spoke before the section of Astronomy on the “Contributions of Cause to Astronomy.” Dr. H. D. Campbell and Professor Stow aided in the formation of a Geology section for the academy. Among the Washington and Lee faculty members present, besides those already mentioned were: H. CG. Funkhouser, Mr. Selvage, R. P. Carroll, R. G. Mc- Dorman and W. F. Bailey. oe % “BILL” BROWN, ’12 William M. Brown, B.A. 712, M.A. 714, Ph.D. Co- lumbia, professor of Education and Psychology, voca- tional guide, curator of Lee relics, active fraternal or- der secretary, precise speaker, busy beaver of the Fac- ulty, was elected president of the Virginia Academy of Science; spoke before the Virginia Teachers Associa- tion at Lynchburg, before the Southern Society of Psychology at V. M. I., delivered the Commencement address at Randolph-Macon Academy, Bedford, Va., went here and there to fill other speaking engagements, retired for a short vacation at Montreat, N. C. se ee gs ¢ LEXINGTON ROTARY CLUB ELECTS DIRECTORS The Lexington Rotary club elected Stuart Moore, 15, E. L. Graham, 77 Seott Taeer Prot. R. H. Tucker, T. B. Shackleford, and M. W. Paxton, Jr., "18, as directors who with the retiring president, B. FE. Vaughan, will make up the board for the coming year. Stuart Moore was elected president of the club. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 21 Faculty Introductions—W. G. Bean There are three native Alabamians connected with Washington and Lee. Now there are to be only two, for able Dr. B. A. Wooten, Professor of Physics, now follows the trail once blazed toward the University oi Alabama by one-time President George H. Denny. Your Alumni Secretary and Dr. W. G. Bean remain io uphold Alabama’s traditions on the Washington and Lee campus. Dr. Bean graduated at the University of Alabama just three years after Dr. Denny had assumed the presidency there. Possibly it was thus that he was in- fluenced toward Washington and Lee. But he taught for a while in various Alabama schools and then went to Harvard to work for a Doctor’s Degree. His stud- ies were interrupted by the War when army service claimed him for sixteen months in France as a com- missioned officer. He received the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy at Harvard. History is_ his forte. He came to Washington and Lee as assist- ant in History in 1922; was made associate Pro- fessor in 1923; was acting head of the History de- partment during the year’s leave of absence of Dr. F,. L. Riley in 1925-26. During the summer months Dr. Bean has taught at Tulane, Virginia, and Alabama Universities. He is a Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Gamma Delta and a Ma- sen; a member of the Baptist church. Last spring he surprised his friends by slipping away at Com- mencement to Pittsburgh, Penna., where he was mar- ried to Miss Lucy Burns Marsteller. Terse, taciturn, quietly efficient, independent, inter- esting, well informed, Dr. Bean capably teaches Huro- pean History and conducts a class in. contemporary Dr. W. G. BEAN One of three Alabamians History and World Problems for Washington and Lee students. His chief recreation is handball in which sport he is an acknowledged master at the gymnasium courts. He is also an ardent football and baseball fan —What Alabamian isn’t? STUDENTS HOLD MOCK DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION During national election years since 1912 it has been the custom of Washington and Lee student bodies to hold a mock party convention for the nomina- tion of a United States presidential candidate. At the 1912 convention Judson Harmon, of Ohio, was nominated for president and Robert L. Owen, ‘77, for vice-president. The convention of 1916 was Republican. Charles Evans Hughes and Miles Poin- dexter, 96, were the nominees. Due to the disorgani- zation following the War a convention was not held here in 1920. However, in 1924 John W. Davis, ’92, 95, and Senator Carter Glass were the student nominees. This year according to custom, a holiday was de- clared, State delegations chosen, a temporary chair- man selected. E. H. Miller, student body president, delivered the keynote speech. Joseph M. Holt was elected permanent chairman. ‘The student orchestra played, banners were paraded. State delegations made partizan demonstrations. Chairman Holt flayed the present Republican administration. Vari- ous nominations were made with appropriate speeches; ballots taken. State delegations, piqued, withdrew in a huff; banners were torn down; a Smith-Ritchie-Reed deadlock was announced and the convention adjourned for the day. With another holiday rapidly passing, delegates got together; listened to manipulating leaders. On the seventeenth ballot, Governor A. E. Smith of New York was nominated. Georgia Senator W. F. George was chosen as his running mate. Practically every student participated. Pains were taken to conduct the convention exactly like the reg- ular national affairs. Wise observers commented “a lasting lesson in practical politics.” oe THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Sisee Educutiediel Problems far Washington and Lee Alumni to Think Over By PresipEntT Henry Louis SmitH. In the last issue of the ALUMNI MacazineE I took for my message “How Twentieth-Century Under- graduate Training Differs from the College Course of our Fathers.’ I endeavored to prove that the sym- bolic and abstract mental gymnastics of the under- graduate curriculum of fifty years ago are wholly un- fitted to prepare the swarming American students of today for the tasks and problems of 20th Century American Life. As a professional teacher, and for over twenty-five years Chairman of teaching faculties, I am increasingly dissatisfied with the ideals, the methods, the controlling purposes, and the enforced curricula of the usual un- dergraduate training enforced by our historic South- ern institutions on all applicants for a “general college training’ usually rewarded by an A.B. degree. This A.B. curriculum which all are compelled to take (and to a slightly less extent the B.S. curriculum which is allowed as a substitute) is in my judgment not only utterly inadequate for present-day needs and harm- fully theoretical, but is also based on outgrowth ideals of undergraduate “education” and is fitted for a stu- dent-body which no longer exists on the American campus. Let me in this article, which must be too short for any full discussion, make three assertions and let every _ degree-holder who is struggling with practical life- problems and life-tasks which his undergraduate col- lege course didn’t recognize or prepare him for spend an hour of careful and progressive Thinking on these three statements : 1. A typical young American after his eight years of high school and college “education” must, let us suppose, at once take charge of a thousand-acre farm. If during his high-school and college course he is com- pelled to specialize on foreign syntax and advanced math and ancient history, and finishes his course with no knowledge of soil-chemistry or plant-growth or machinery or business administration or account-keep- ing, isn’t his “education” an unwise sacrifice of the individual and his future career to an outgrown and harmful tradition? | | To speak in more general terms; Is the controlling aim of the undergraduate college course of today to prepare these swarms of young Americans for further study or for effective and successful American Citizen- ship ? 2. What should be the leading characteristic, the most valued trait and qualification, of a professor whose business is to teach undergraduate classes of young Americans preparing for the competitive rush of American life and business? Shall it be a pas- sionate devotion to a certain line of Knowledge, a con- suming zeal for advanced Research, a fixed determina- tion to. add to the sum-total of human knowledge? Or shall the undergraduate Teacher be distinguishes ‘for his interest in individual. human beings, their char- acter, training, and possibilities? Ought not his zeal in studying his “department” be motivated and kept white-hot by his desire to utilize its truths and train- ing to make these immature Americans the educated leaders of our competitive age, not leaders in his nar- row specialty but in American politics and business and finance and manufactures? The leading, controlling, dominant Aim of the four- year undergraduate course of today is to prepare young Americans for Life not for specialized research or graduate study. 3. American education since the World War has experienced an unprecedented outburst of zeal, ex- pansion, and liberality, never equaled in America, or for that matter in the history of human civilization. Never in the United States have our young people been so universally and so thoroughly “educated” in matters of the intellect. Never has our land been so filled with high-school and college “graduates” as it is to- day. Who could have predicted or even imagined that these years of unprecedented education should have ushered in an era of unprecedented crime; that these trained Americans should so largely dedicate their ex- pert knowledge to murder, highway robbery, and de- flant crime; that today there are more crimes of vio- lence in our American cities than in Sicily or the Balk- ans, while gang-warfare and gang-murders mock our elaborate police system and fill the front page of every morning paper? This appalling combination of American education and American crime is to my mind not only our most urgent civic problem but is also the severest and most unanswerable indictment of our whole system of American education, for it is in the schools and col- leges of America that our American civilization is moulded and created. Our boasted American Education seems ineffective or positively harmful in its most vital point. What is: its fatal weakness? As one whose whole life has been devoted to Ameri- can education let me express my utter condemnation of a leading educational tradition however “sacred” that tradition may seem to my fellow educators. Every worthy American citizen, whether Protestant or Catholic, Jew or Agnostic, Fundamental or Pro- gressive, orthodox or liberal or indifferent, believes with all his heart that every single young American of every class, race, and type should be carefully trained (Continued on page 24) THE AIL.UMNI MAGAZINE 23 Baseball : Interest in baseball was considerably revived by the formation of a Tri-State Intercollegiate baseball lea- gue. The Generals fought hard to bring the first sea- son’s pennant home for Coach Dick Smith, 715, or- ganizer of the league. Their best efforts brought about a tie with the University of North Carolina for second place in the standing of the six participating clubs. Crushing were the two defeats administered by the University of Virginia nine, ancient and_ traditional foe, encouraging was the showing against V. P. I. and the University of North Carolina, always close rivals. There was an improvement in team fielding, a slight let-down in team batting and the usual good pitching in evidence during the 1928 season. Marked was the showing of one “Hank” Slanker, sophomore center- fielder, of Osterman, relief pitcher, and of “Horse” Tips, hard hitting veteran catcher and outfielder; of “Johnny” Jones, pinch-hitting catcher; and of Captain Paul Folliard, pitching ace. Feature wins were registered against the University of North Carolina, 1 to 0, with Folliard allowing the opponents only five hits and against V. P. I, 4 to 1, with Osterman yielding only five hits. Feature losses were recorded against Virginia. In the home game only two hits and no runs were made off the Cavalier hurler and in the game at Charlottesville the Generais were bested 3 to 1. Virginia won the league pennant. The Generals won nine of the seventeen games played during the season. Results were as follows: Catholic University, O—W. & L., 4; Cornell University, 2—W. & L., 5; Duke University, 5—W. & L., 2; Duke University, 1O—W. & L., 12; W. & L., 1—N. CBee, Dick SMITH Diamond mentor PAUL FOLLIARD Pitcher-captain, 1928 W. & L., 6—U. of N. C., 4; Richmond University, 6—W. & L., 1; U. of N.C. 0] Wim La 1; W- & LL. 3-8. Poa: A: U. of Va., 3—W. & L., 0; W. & L., 7—Maryland, 0; Maryland, 5—.W & L,, 2; N.C. State, 2_W, & L.., 4; U. S. Marines, 3—W. & L., 2; William & Mary, 1—W. & L., 8; VP. 1. 1-—W. & 1a: W.&L., 1—U. of Va., 3. o, pia aaNecae there eS ef WHITE CAPTAIN OF 1929 GENERALS’ NINE Gene White, second-baseman of the 1928 varsity baseball squad, was elected to lead the General ball tossers in 1929. White was elected by those who earned their monogram this season after the com- pletion of the schedule. White was a freshman in the law school last ses- sion, having entered the commerce school for two years. He alternated with Figelbach at third last season and was shifted to second this year where he handled himself in finished style. White is from New Mexico, a member of the Phi Kappa Psi social fraternity and Omicron Delta Kappa honorary fra- ternity. 2s ee a ¢ 999 OTHERS Your subscription to the MacaziIng~ will enable the publishers to issue it monthly. Send in your sub- scription today—only one thousand new subscriptions are necessary. GENE WHITS Captain-elect 24 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE THREE GENERAL BASEBALL MEN TO BIG LEAGUE Paul Folliard and H. S. (Babe) Spotts, for the past three years regulars on the Washington and Lee Gen- eral’s baseball team signed contracts to perform with the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League. And B.B. (Horse) Tips, was sought by a major league club. Folliard and Spotts left Lexington immediately af- ter Finals for the Cards. It is doubtful if these two players will remain on the Cardinals roster the re- mainder of the year as it is likely that they will be sent to one of the St. Louis farms for seasoning. Folliard has been the leading hurler of the Blue and White for the past three years and with his departure the Generals lose one of the best and most consistent hurlers to represent Washington and Lee.. He has a change of pace, a fast ball and a breaking curve. He was the leading pitcher all three years that he per- formed for the Blue and White, and was elected to captain the 1928 machine. | Spotts came to Washington and Lee in the fall of 1924 and made the frosh football, basketball, and base- ball teams. ‘The next year he stepped into the varsity ranks of all three sports and played regularly. He is a first baseman. 3 Last year Spotts led the team in hitting and his So- phomore year was among the leaders. He is a clever fielder, utilizing his height to great advantage. Tips broke into the regular lineup his sophomore year as a catcher and has been doing most of the re- ceiving since. He has promise of developing into a major league catcher of the highest rank, according to several major league scouts who have watched his play during the present season. This year “Horse’’ led the willow swingers and was high in the standing last year. This is the first time since Gus Lindberg left school in 1925 that a general has signed a major league con- tract. SWIMMING Student mer-men, coached..hy&, P. Twombly, met the tank team of Duke University, owtpointed them in the series of acquatic events; met the University of Virginia, came out with the small end of the score; met and defeated Catholic University, 45-15. O. Nor- ris Smith, Junior student, son of President Smith, lowered the University record for the 220 yard free style swim to 2 min. 29 sec. “Rod” Moffatt, Junior from Shanghai, China, starred with Smith. : ¢, —____—_—_¢ o Make monthly publication of the MacazINE pos- sible; send in your subscription today; rates $2.50 per year, $4.00 for two years. SIXTY MONOGRAMS AND NUMERALS GIVEN TO ’VARSITY AND FROSH Sixty monograms and numerals were awarded for work in basketball, boxing, wrestling, gymnastics and swimming by the Athletic council. ‘The council is giving serious consideration to a proposal by Coach Mathis of the wrestling team whereby a member of the grappling crew may receive a major monogram for his work in that sport. The monograms were awarded as follows: Varsity basketball; Captain Spotts, Kiglebach, Lowry, White, Elbert, Wood, Groop, Howe, Joynes and Manager Alderson. Varsity wrestling: Captain Seligman, Hughes, Bolton, Madison, Tully, Davis, Thompson, Gresham and Manager Godwin. Varsity swimming: Captain Smith, Moffatt, Cooke, Strahorn, Ferrell. Gym- nastics: Coleman, Stuart and Griffis. Freshman numerals were awarded as _ follows: Basketball: Captain Williams, Cox, Hanna, Pilley, Faulkner, Jacob, Freeman and Scott. Boxing: Noyes, Cloud, Palmer, Lynn, Grenshaw, ‘Tallyn, Faulkner. Wrestling: Barkus, Bowes, Gresham, Kaplin, Palmer, Gautier, Sutherland, Lewis, Flagg, Clark. Swim- ming: Jancke, Zachery, Harbeson, Martin, Luria, Burn and Lynn. EE OR OS es SOME EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS (Continued from page 22) to speak the truth, to be honest, reliable, and honorable in all business transactions, to be fair and just and generous and kindhearted, to be moral and pure-minded and chaste and self-controlled, and to form in his youth the habit of brotherhood, of community-action, and of organized self-government for the common welfare. Yet where in any college or university will you find these truths recognized, this urgent civic duty per- formed, these “Departments” of instruction placed in any curriculum or catalogue, these experts in human behavior either trained in or employed by our Ameti- can universities, or this sorely needed and most vital. part of American Education given anywhere to the Rulers and Makers of the America of Tomorrow? We spend billions and employ millions to train the Intel- lect, but leave Character-training out of the curric- ulum. Our whole nation allows itself to be blinded and misled by a tradition that tax-money and tax- supported schools must leave to accidental agencies the Moral Training of our future citizens. ——____¢ 6° SAMUEL B. KIRBY, JR. 22 af Frank fort, Ky., was appointed an assistant Attorney General on January 2, 1928. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 25 BYRD PRAISES SMITH’S EFFORT FOR BASEBALL The recently formed South Atlantic Collegiate Baseball league and its founder, Coach R. A. Smith, 15, were highly praised in a recent article in the Washington Star by H. C. (“Curly”) Byrd, athletic director at Maryland University. In the article Byrd points out the manner in which the popularity of collegiate baseball is rapidly dying and the extreme danger of it becoming extinct in a not-so-distant future. He tells how Coach Smith saw the impending danger, called a confer- ence of the coaches of the larger South Atlantic colleges at Lynchburg last May and presented his proposed plans, and how, by his untiring efforts, he carried the project through to completion. Byrd states that he believes the new organization will furnish the element necessary to return base- ball to the position of importance it once held among the colleges. The league is composed of Maryland University, Vv. P. 1, Ve. ML, Wasiiestg ae Lee, North Carolina, North Carolina State. Each team meets the other twice during every season. e —__—__—__¢ x GOLLUF The ancient Scottish pastime of cow-pasture pool is now an intercollegiate sport. Washington and Lee has a Golf team. Ona Southern trip they won from Duke University, 12-5; lost to the University of N. C., 8-4, and to Davidson College, 15-13. Now recog- nized as a minor sport, monograms are awarded for winning proficiency in Golf. >, ee ? LUTHER H. REDCAY, ’27, is Front Office Manager of the Hotel Oceanic of Ocean City, N. J. TRACK Wilson Field was a sweat shop during the spring track season. Students worked hard under Coach Forest Fletcher. Rubber tires and gasoline, dates and dances, leisure and luxury, are doing much to dis- semble the University function as a builder of men. Not so on Wilson Field, where perspiring track ca‘1- didates work; where heavy football men sweat off weight in spring practice; where baseball aspirants gingerly measure their gaits to meet the oncoming small white spheres. True, the season’s results were not so encouraging. Meets were lost to the University of Virginia, to Duke and to V. P. I. and a meet won from the University of Richmond. But to be encouraged are the efforts of Coach Fletcher to make Track an interesting and popular sport, to create a winning combination from a dirth of material, to whip mediocre material into shape, to combat gin, gas and gender with athletic training. To be encouraged are the students who go out for places in the various track events, who keep training in the face of defeats; who fight to the last for cinder victories for Washington and Lee. ) ° TENNIS The Generals Net team defeated Johns Hopkins, 5 to 4; on a northern tour won over Catholic University, 7 to 0; lost to George Washington University, 4 to 3; lost to Penn. State College, 4 to 3; overcame New York University, 4 to 3; were defeated by Lehigh University, 7 to 0. Then the Blue and White rac- queteers went to Charlottesville to lose to the U. of Va., 6 to 3; back home they met and defeated V. P. I.,6to 1. The tennis team is coached by Prof. Clay- ton EF. Williams, 12. The work of E. H. Miller and Harold Dobbs featured the season’s play. CoAcH FLETCHER “Works hard” Gin, Gas and Gender Combatted E. P. Davis Asst. Coach 26 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE “Scurvy Inck” Baseball Game Recorded An item in the “News of Fifty Years Ago” de- partment of the Lexington Gazette recorded the visit of the Washington and Lee baseball team of 1878 to Charlottesville. The famous victory called for a little investigation. The item gave the score of 12 to O and the personnel of the Washington and Lee team. This was the year when the first college curve ball pitching was used and the first college | pitcher to use it was George Sykes of the W. & L. team. W. M. McElwee, ’79, now president of the ‘Peoples National Bank of Lexington, was the catcher and he has furnished us with some data as to the members of the team and a copy of the South- ern Collegian giving an account of the game. Mr. McElwee says that six members of the team are still living. W. S. Hopkins, Lexington, died in recent years and A. W. Gaines and Pat Davidson are dead. W. B. McCluer, retired real estate op- erator, is living in Chicago; Arch M. Robinson, re- tired capitalist, Louisville, Ky.; J. F. Bullitt, at- torney for large coal operators, Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. Edward Randell, prominent physician, Galves- ton, Texas; Geo. A. Sykes, dealer in manufacturers’ supplies, Atlanta, Ga. The use of the curve ball was characterized by the University of Virginia journal of that day as “the scurviest trick that was ever perpetrated in base- ball.” : The following account of the game is from the Southern Collegian of June 1, 1878: “Bullitt won the toss and the W. & L. nine took the field at 3:47 P. M. ‘The first innings resulted in a whitewash for both nines. “In the second innings the University of Va. nine went out in order. For W. & L. McElwee led off by sending the ball over the left field fence and scoring a home run. On Robinson and Sykes’ base hits, and errors by the fielding nine one more run — was made this inning. “In the third innings W. & L. scored three more runs on Gaines and Bullitt’s two basers, and singles by Davidson and McElwee. Fielding errors pre- vented either of the runs being earned. University of Va. went out in one, two, three order. “In the fourth innings, four runs were made by We 4, “The fifth innings gave a zero to each nine. “The sixth innings resulted in two runs for W. & L., who also made one in the seventh. “The eighth innings were another whitewash for each side. “In the ninth innings the prospect of a run for the University of Va. was best. Ogg led off with a base hit and Cooper got first by an error of Robin- son’s. This put two on bases with no hand out. This was the first time second base had _ been reached by the University of Va. Jeffries, the next man at bat, struck out. McElwee muffed his third strike and forced Ogg at third. Pleasants followed Jeffries’ example, and this time McElwee succeeded in making a double play. The W: & L. nine opened the second half of this inning with two safe hits, but followed them up with three outs, closing the game with the score of 12 to 0 in favor of Wash- ington and Lee University. “The chief features of the game were Sykes’ curves, which completely bewildered his opponents, and the excellent catching of McElwee, who put out sixteen and assisted twice, with but one error. The field play of both nines was far above the general average of amateurs. “For the University of Va. Porcher, Dulaney and McKennie did the best work, each playing with- out an error, and made some very difficult plays. On the side of W. & L. McCluer, Randall, David- son, and Sykes, played without error. The outfield- ers had nothing to do, so they were unable to show _ off except at the bat, where Gaines took the lead with three two-base hits.” Ae PARKER W. BUHRMAN, 717, ASSIGNED TO CONSULATE WORK The State Department has assigned Consul Parker W. Buhrman of Botetourt, Va., to the American con- sulate at Berlin, Germany. Buhrman has been on duty at the State Department, Washington, D. C., since 1925. He is a graduate of the W. & L,. Law School and from 1916 to 1918 prac- ticed Law in Botetourt County. He entered the con- sular service in 1918 and has served Malmo, Helings- fors, Ceiba, Surabaya and Aleppo. —%y PORTRAIT OF HELM BRUCE, ’80, GIVEN TO COUNTY A portrait of the late Helm Bruce, ’80, was presented to Jefferson County, Kentucky, at the request of the Fiscal Court by Mrs. Bruce, widow, and is now hung in the joint sessions room of the Circuit Court. Judge Thomas R. Gordon, ’72, made the presentation and eulogized Mr. Bruce as lawyer, citizen and churchman. fe ea ENT Make monthly publication of the MacazINE pos- sible; send in your subscription today; rates $2.50 per year, $4.00 for two years. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 27 1928 Grid Prospects Little can be definitely adduced from the Spring Training Season about Football prospects for next Fall. Coaches and players worked hard on a system of new plays and will report early in September to polish them off. The Generals lose many of their 1927 mainstays by way of graduation or ineligibility. The greatest loss will be felt in the line where there is little surplus for re-enforcement. Gone will be Captain Tips, power- ful guard, Latham, center, Fisher, tackle, Dorsey, Spotts and Eiglebach ends. In the backfield Howe and Stearns will be missed. Returning for service will be Captain Fitzpatrick, potent tackle, Groop, guard or center, Hawkins, tackle, Snodgrass, center, and Sproul, end. In the backfield will be Gene White, quarter and line plunging ace, Barnett, full, Lott, field general and versatile half and Eberhardt, half. Scrubs and Freshmen from last year will be whipped into shape for the gaps. Most likely prospects are Towill and Faulkner, ends, Hughes and Spivey, tackles, Stemmons, Madison and Moffett, guards, Holstein, center and Cohen, Thibodeau, and Jacob, backs. In addition to the problem of manufacturing will be the creation of an effective “espirit de corps’ or unified team morale by the coaches. The schedule for 1928 is unusually difficult. The University of Maryland will be played on the Satur- day preceding Thanksgiving, a date heretofore left open. Home-coming day will be Nov. 17, when the Generals engage the V. P. I. Gobblers on Wilson Field. ¢ THE vv" Quietly efficient, “Y” Secretary C. Houston Pat- terson, ’19, has greatly increased the range of serv- ice of the student religious body. He reports work by students on church and University cooperation, with deputation teams, with Lexington small boys, with the college freshmen; the holding of social functions and religious meetings, the collection of about $1,000 in gifts, the net proceeds of $118.89 from the publication of the Y. M. C. A. handbook. Concluding his report Mr. Patterson voices a per- tinent and vital problem, saying, “How to make Christ real and a great motivating urge in the lives cf young men who claim to be Christians is one of the major problems that the thinking men among the students and faculty should consider most gravely.” 2 ee ° Make monthly publication of the MacazINE pos- sible; send in your subscription today; rates $2.50 per year, $4.00 for two years. Biiuy Lorr “Par” HERRON Grid Coach FITZPATRICK Grid Captain Mainstay 1928 SCHEDULE Sept. 29—Lynchburg College (Here) Oct. 6—North Carolina State (Here) Oct. 13—Kentucky (Lexington, Ky.) Oct. 20—West Virginia (Charleston) Oct. 27—Tennessee (Knoxville) Nov. 3—Virginia (Charlottesville) Nov. 10.—Princeton (There) Nov. 17—V. P. I. HOME-COMING (Here) Nov. 24—Maryland (Washington) Nov. 29—Florida (Jacksonville) Se ¢ MORE ROMANTIC RUMORS Will Janet Gaynor marry an actor, or an attorney? Honestly we don’t believe that Janet has any plans regarding marriage, but at various times her name has been linked with that of Charles Farrell and, more re- cently, we hear that a San Francisco lawyer is very attentive. His name is Lydell Peck, ’23. What is most interesting about this romance, if it be a romance, is that Peck first became interested in Janet on the screen. He talked enthusiastically about her to some mutual friends, and they volunteered to introduce them. ‘This is the way the story goes, at any rate. Janet Gaynor rose to the zenith of her triumphs in “Seventh Heaven.” Ca 5 Os ° DR. RANDOLPH T. SHIELDS, ’98, imedical missionary of the Presbyterian church in Shantung University, China, is a visitor in Lexington. During commencement he was initiated into the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. 28 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE SOUTHERN COLLEGIAN REVIVED Published as the “Periwig’” by a small but earnest group of English students a periodical has been started which will hereafter be entitled The Southern Collegian, the medium for the literary expression of Washington and Lee students for many generations past. The Collegian was established in 1868 as a semi- monthly publication by S$. Z. Ammen and C. R. Breckenridge. During the session of 1871-72 it pub- lished some of the first works of Thomas Nelson Page. The name was changed to The Southern Collegian and the paper reduced to magazine form with a monthly publication. ‘The Santini medal was awarded for the best essay published each year. Until the World War the Southern Collegian main- tained its popularity. Meanwhile the Ring-tum Phi gained ascendency as the campus news medium. In- terest in things literary waned, support weakened and in 1917 the Southern Collegian was discontinued for lack of financial support. The first issue of the revived publication appeared at Commencement. It contained, among other in- teresting features, a play by T. E. Harris, ’24. It is announced that six issues will be published next year. Many alumni have written to student manager H. Graham Morrison to express their approval and en- dorsement. Subscriptions may be directed to him at Lexington. ‘ee ey WASHINGTON AND LEE STUDENT BODY ELECTS OFFICERS John Bell Towill of Batesburg, S. C., was elected president of the Washington and Lee student body for 1928-29 at the annual spring elections. Harry C. Rand of Washington, D. C., was elected vice-presi- dent. H. P. Johnston, of Uniontown, Ala., received the editor-ship of the Ring-tum Phi. Other officers elected were: W. M. Hinton, Paris, Ky., secretary and treasurer of the student body; George Lanier, West Point, Ga., president of 1929 finals; I’. G. Gibson, Bristol, Tenn., president of 1929 Fancy Dress Ball; A. B. Morgan, Memphis, Tenn., business manager of the Ring-tum Phi; W. A. Plum- mer, Portsmouth, O., editor of The Mink; James Salinger, New York City, business manager of The Mink; C. C. Hutchinson, Caspiana, La., editor of The Calyx; E. H. Ould, Roanoke, Va., business manager of The Calyx, and H. Graham Morrison, Johnson City, Tenn., cheer leader. ¢ DR. TEMPLETON ADAIR, ’01, of Mt. Hope, West Va., was recently in Lexington visiting his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. McD. Adair. ; A NEW CEREMONY Students assembled at the Doremus gymnasium, auditorium pro tempore, settled themselves as com- fortably as possible, prepared to hear an “address.” Instead, they heard Joseph M. Holt, student, presi- dent of the local and parent chapter of the Omicron Delta Kappa honorary society, define the aims and purposes of that organization, announce that students chosen for membership would be designated by the tap of a wand at that assembly. Students, intrigued, leaned forward; saw three student members of the Society pass among the audience, quietly tap the chosen ones with a blue and white beribboned wand; applauded each individual choice. Highteen students and one alumnus, James R. Caskie, 06-09, were thus informed of their election; assembled at the platform to be greeted and congratu- lated by President Henry Louis Smith, heard him talk briefly upon the responsibilities of leadership, took seats facing the audience as picked and recog- nized leaders of the Washington and Lee campus. One alumnus, John W. Davis, 792, 795, chosen, could not be present. The Omicron Delta Kappa Honorary Fraternity for the recognition of student leadership in scholar- ship, athletics, general campus affairs, publications and torensic and literary work, was founded at Washing- ton and Lee in 1914. Chapters have been established at twenty-four other colleges. The new tapping ceremony should add distinction tc membership, zest to student interest, dignity to election. Sea Mg SAYS COLLEGES ARE RUINING YOUNG MEN “In this day and time our institutions of learning are ruining more young men than anything else in the world,” declared Rev. Cary Barker, ’10, evangelist, who conducted a series of meetings at Grace Baptist Church, Richmond, and who in a sermon recently as- sailed the modernistic tendency in the schools and colleges, according to the Richmond News-Leader. Evangelist Barker charged that in Virginia recently one of the most outstanding modernists of the day was permitted to speak in local and state colleges. “T wish I could find some big words to use some- times when intellectual nonenties try to strip Jesus Christ of his deity,” Mr. Barker declared. He claimed that “the trouble of today is that we are walking by sight and not by faith.” | —_—_——__4, " L. B. DUTROW, 710, of Petersburg, Va., is Di- rector of Public Safety of the City of Petersburg. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 29 The Law School Dean W. H. MoreELanp, ’06 The Law School during the session just concluded showed a slight increase over the attendance of the previous year, with one hundred and fourteen students matriculated. Professors Raymon ‘I. Johnson and Charles R. McDowell were added to the teaching force to fill vacancies and both have proved to be most acceptable additions to the law faculty. We have steadily maintained the high standards both for ad- mission to the school and for work therein. With our relatively small attendance we have ample oppor- tunity to become well acquainted with each student, to give personal direction to his work and friendly as- sistance in its successful completion. We are deeply interested in each and every one of them and earnestly solicitous for his success. Our constant effort is to improve and _ strengthen the course, doing more efficient work ourselves and demanding more thorough and scholarly work from our students. It is our intention to turn out a better rather than a more numerous product and we believe we are succeeding. The most urgent needs of the school at this time are: first, another full-time member of the teaching force and, second, funds with which to make additions to our library. The present faculty of five members can teach effectively only the courses in a rather meagre and restricted curriculum. Practically all schools ot our standing have a more numerous faculty. With another teacher we should be able to add courses to the curriculum which would enable our students io make some elections that would suit the needs and plans in individual instances and in every way give us a more valuable law course. While we have a very good working library which more than meets the requirement of the Association of American Law Schools, it is far from what we may reasonably desire to make it. We lack the reports of several of the states; our collection of text books is meagre and out of date; we have just begun to as- semble the codes and statutes of the various states, and there are many reference sets which we should have. Through the generosity of alumni and others, do- nations have been made in the past year which have enabled us to make considerable additions to the li- | brary and we hope there may be a continuance of that generosity. We believe we have a law school that our alumni and friends have every right to be proud of and we are confident that no school has made greater sacrifices io serve the cause of sound legal education or has with greater integrity adhered to the high standards it has set for its work. TUCKER HALL “Scene of most productive service” FORENSIC A student debating team argued that New York Governor, Alfred E. Smith, should not be elected United States President, against the team of the Uni- versity of Alabama at the Lee Chapel. The audience voted for Washington and Lee and against Governor ‘Smith. Against the University of Florida here the Wash- ington and Lee debaters argued that the United States cease to protect by armed force the investment ot capital in foreign lands except by formal declaration of war. ‘The audience decided in favor of interven- tion and the ‘Gator’ presentation. On a northern tour the Washington and Lee team argued with representatives of Johns Hopkins Uni- versity at Baltimore for the abandonment of the practice of armed intervention in Latin America, won in Washington, D. C., against the American Uni- versity they upheld the affirmative on the same ques- tion, lost. , At Richmond,. Va., Harold M. Platt, representing Washington and Lee, won the thirty-eighth Virginia intercollegiate oratorical contest on Friday, May 4th. His subject was “Who is to Blame”’—a study of political corruption in the United States. Previously at Richmond, Joseph Clower, W. & L., won the elim- ination contest to represent Virginia in the National oratorical contest on the Constitution. © See THE CORNER, INC., MAKES ASSIGNMENT The Corner, Inc., made an assignment for the bene- fit of its creditors during June. ‘The deed of trust which names C. S. Glasgow as trustee lists assets at $33,178.14 and liabilities at $51,546.61. Included in the liabilities is $24,300.00 in capital stock. It ap- pears, therefore, from the statement that in the liqui- dation the company will be able to meet its obligations excepting the capital stock. 30 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Prep and High School Press Convention Editors of High and Preparatory school publica- tions convened at Lexington under the auspices of the Washington and Lee Memorial School of Journalism, met for discussion, submitted their papers, magazines and annuals for prize competition, banqueted on Vir- ginia ham generously donated by P. D. Gwaltney, Jr., 23, of Smithfield, Va., and M. S. McCoy of Lexing- ton, ate other “Virginia-grown foods,’ returned home with memories of fraternity-house life; with prizes, honorable mention or valued criticism. It was reported that one hundred and nine delegates attended from forty-four schools and representing seventy-six publications. ‘The following prizes were awarded: ) NEWSPAPER AWARDS. Class A. First Prize. “Sky High,’ Asheville high school, Asheville, N. C. Honorable mention. “High Life,’ Greensboro high school, Greensboro, N. C. “Raleigh Student,” Hugh Morson high school, Raleigh, N. C. “The Tattler,’ Huntington high school, Hunt- ington, West Va. Class B. First Prize. “The Chatterbox,’ George Washington high school, Danville, Va. Honorable men- tion. “High Times,” E. C. Glass high school, Lynch- burg, Va. “Hi-Life,’” Columbia high school, Columbia, S.C. “The Tattler,’ Boys high school, Atlanta, Ga. ’ Class C. First Prize. “The Blue and Gray,” Weston high school, Weston, West Va. Honorable mention. “The Meteor,’ Virginia Episcopal school, Lynchburg, Va. “The Oracle,” Woodberry Forest school, Woodberry Forest, Va. ‘The Pinnacle,” Princeton high school, Princeton, W. Va. MAGAZINE AWARDS. Class A. First Prize. “Homespun,” Central high school, Greensboro, N. C. Class B. First Prize. ‘The Critic,’ E. C. Glass high school, Lynchburg, Va. Class C. First Prize. “The Record,’ Robert E. Lee high school, Staunton, Va. INpDIvipUAL MERIT AWARDS. Class A. Harry Burlinghame, McKinley Technical high school, Washington, D. C. Class B. J. Mitchell Morse, Columbia high school, Columbia, S. C. Class C. Henry EF. Baum, Princeton high school, Princeton, West Va. ANNUAL AWARDS. Class A. “Ia Retama,” Brackenbridge high school, san Antonio, Texas. Honorable Mention. ‘The Presi- dent,” Woodrow Wilson high school, Portsmouth, Va. “El Sombrero,’ Main Avenue high school San Antonio, Texas. Class B. First Prize. “Blue and Gold,” S. M. A., Staunton, Va. Honorable mention. ‘“Quadruplane,” Central high school, Jackson, Miss. Class C. First Prize. “The Fir Tree,’ Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest, Va. Honorable mention. “The Comet,’ McCluer high school, Buena Vista, Va. \ . PERG, STUDENTS VOTE FOR CONVERSE MEDALIST Ata regular student assembly Alumni Secretary Verbon EF. Kemp called attention to the annual Con- verse award for campus citizenship, interpreted the purposes of the donor, Paul D. Converse, °15, pro- fessor of Marketing at the University of Illinois, in offering the award; asked students to vote for no more than four campus leaders who in their opinion were the most outstanding all-round campus citizens. Points were assigned for evaluating first, second, third and fourth choices, votes were tabulated; Law student Joseph M. Holt, of Lewisburg, West Va., re- ceived an overwhelming majority. To him was awarded at Commencement the prize—$50 in gold. Honorable mention went to KE. H. Miller, St. Louis, Mo.; Robert F. Howe, Helena, Ark.; W. J. Dorsey, Philadelphia, Pa., and J. B. Towill, Batesburg, S. C. o% ° DUTY: AN ORIGINAL ANECDOTE OF Ropert E. LEE Jo Lane Stern, ’70, now retired Major-General, Virginia National Guard, entered the Confederate Service at the age of thirteen as a military telegraph operator, now a part of the signal service. When the Army of Northern Virginia took posi- tion on the North Anna River after the Spotsylvania- Wilderness Campaign, Operator Stern was on duty at General Bradley T. Johnson’s headquarters at Han- over Junction, now Doswell. General Lee established headquarters across the railroad track. On May 22, 1864, a message came for General Lee, and Operator Stern delivered the message himself. The General said, “Wait, I'll write the answer.” Stern, boy like, volunteered the information that he was the Operator. General Lee quickly looked up and said, “Ah, return to your post, Sir; I’ll send the reply to you by a courier.” }, —_——- 4 ee Make- monthly publication of the Macazine_ pos- sible; send in your. subscription today; rates $2.50 per year, $4.00 for two years. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE aL Gift for the Lee Chapel Valentine’s statue of General Robert E. Lee is viewed from the auditorium of the Chapel through a screen of painted wire which fills the entire opening of the room containing the priceless portraits of Wash- ington, Lafayette and Lee, as well as the recumbent statue, and affords the only inside protection from vandalism and theft. Mr. Henry E. Litchford, banker of Richmond, Virginia, volunteered to replace the wire screen and door with a harmonious grating of Swedish wrought- iron, attractively designed to admit a better view of the statue from the Chapel and to afford stronger protection. Into the grating above an artistic iron door the Lee coat-of-arms will be wrought. At their June meeting the Board of Trustees gratefully ac- cepted the offer. The grating was planned by the firm of Charles M. Robinson, Architects, of Richmond, and _ will be erected during the summer under the supervision of Treasurer Paul M. Penick and Engineer Hale Hous- ton. The accompanying photo shows the architect’s drawing superimposed over the old screen. Mr. Litchford is a native of North Carolina, a student of History and world affairs, a devoted ad- mirer of the life and character of Robert FE. Lee, and yxecutive Chairman of the Union Bank and Federal Trust Company of Richmond. ¢ OLD DIPLOMA GIVEN LEE MUSEUM By Mrs. A. L. ALLEN. The diploma of a student graduated from the “ancestor” of Washington and Lee University 140 years ago has been presented to the Lee museum. It is the “sheepskin” of Dr. Samuel Legrand Campbell, who passed his “finals” at Liberty Hall Academy, now Washington and Lee University, in 1788. It was presented by Mrs. Anna L. Allen, his grand- daughter. Dr. Campbell was the sixtieth student to matriculate at Liberty Hall. He became a physician of Rockbridge county; he was a trustee of Washing- ton College from 1793 until 1812. “My object is to place the diploma where it will be taken care of and preserved,’ Mrs. Allen stated in a letter to Dr. W. M. Brown, chairman of the Museum Committee and professor of Education and Psychol- ogy at Washington and Lee University. The diploma was signed by William Graham, sec- ond president of Liberty Hall Academy, William Wilson, John Wilson, William McKee, John Lyle, Samuel Houston and Samuel Lyle. It is well pre- served, having been written in Latin by hand on tough parchment paper. GiFt—WrovucHt [Ron GRATING Better view—Stronger protection NEW PORTRAIT OF ROBERT E. LEE CAN BE SEEN IN LEE MUSEUM IN LEE CHAPEL A framed reproduction in colors of a portrait of Robert E. Lee, painted by Ellis M. Silvette, of Rich- mond, is the most recent addition to the Lee historical museum in the Lee Chapel. It was presented to the school by the artist himself. The portrait is of the bust of the Southern chieftain in the uniform of a general in the Confederate army. The Reverend Giles B. Cook, the only surviving member of Lee’s staff, recently viewed this portrait and said: “It is in every respect, a perfect likeness of General Lee as I remember him.” Edward V. Valentine, the sculptor who carved the recumbent statue of Lee which rests in the mausoleum above his tomb, has examined Silvette’s painted con- ception of the great Southerner, and gives it his enthusiastic approval. ¢ : C. MERCER McCRUM, ’07, of Birmingham, Ala., spent a few days during July in his home town, Lexington. , 32 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE PHI BETA KAPPA INITIATES As announced in the April ALUMNI MaGaZzINE ele- ven students and eleven alumni were elected to mem- bership in the Washington and Lee chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Of this number, seventeen were initiated on April 12. To Lexington for this occasion came Henry W. Anderson, LL.B. 98, famed lawyer of Richmond, a.; J. Warren “Um Paul” Bagley, B.S. ’03, Major U. S. Army Engineers; Stuart Chevalier, LL.B. ’03, able Manhattan lawyer; Louis S. Epes, LL.B. ’08, of the Virginia State Corporation Commission; Rt. Rev. W. G. McDowell, A.B. ’02, Bishop Coadjutor of Alabama; A. H. Throckmorton, B.L. ’00, professor of Law and author, Western Reserve University; and C. C. Tutwiler, A.B. ’96, practical chemist, president of the Cooper Creek Chemical Co. They assembled with the undergraduate initiates at the Alumni Building for the initiation ceremonies. Unable to be present at the time but initiated at Commencement were Charles J. Faulkner, LL.B. ’98, General Counsel of Armour and Company, Chicago, Ill., and Dr. Randolph Tucker Shields, A.B. ’99, pro- fessor of Medicine at Shantung Christian University, China. Yet to be initiated are FE. T. Coman, LL.B. 90, vice-president of the Mercantile Trust Company of California, and Edgar Sydenstricker, A.B. ’02, A.M. ’07, statistician of the U. S. Public Health Serv- ice, Washington, D. C. Student initiates were: H. M. Barker, LL.B., Irvine, Ky.; H. H. Butler, A.B., Miami, Fla.; G. H. Carr, Jr., A.B., Portsmouth, ee R, J. Haller B.S. Chem., Giderisbete: Mm Cy R. W. Jordan, LL., Em- poria, Va.; Joseph Kaplan, B.S. Com., Louisville, Ky.; E. H. Miller, A.B., St. Louis, Mo.; W. C. Nor- man, B.S. Com., Crosset, Ark.; A. W. Pierpont, A.B., Pensacola, Fla.; J. G. Panic, A.B., St. Louis, Mae D. 8. Dix, Mobile, Ala. Their initiation was preceded by a babe address in the Lee Chapel by Dr. Francis W. Shepardson, vice- president of the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, a director of the Julius Rosenwald Fund and presi- dent of the national organization of Beta Theta Pi, social fraternity. | o, ae PROF. JOHNSON MARRIED Professor Raymon ‘I. Johnson of the Washington and Lee Law faculty arrived in Lexington the first week in July, accompanied by Mrs. Johnson. Pro- fessor Johnson and his bride, Miss Mary Lee Cole- man of Louisville, Ky., were married at Mount Washington, Ky., June 18th. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride’s grandmother. They will make their home in Monroe Park, Lexing- ton, Va. COMPARATIVE STANDING OF THE NA- TIONAL FRATERNITIES FOR THE SESSION OF 1927-28 Fraternity Average Phi Epsilon-Pi. = 78.124 Phi Delta: Theta 222... 2 78.045 Phi Gamma Dela .:. 2.05) 4.1 ge ce 77 A45 Alpha Chi RA@ 2.25. .55045 6 7/146 Pi Kappa Alpla 2. 4... .3.5..0 5. 77.139 iota “OL ence a ee 75.924 Kappa Alaa 25. es 75.769 Delta Tau Det, 2 ee 75.636 Alpha Tau Osiesa 2... ae ss 8a 75.420 Bigoma CP. 75.276 Mambda Chat Alpes. es a eee 74.902 Sigma Phi Mpeen -c.0 0... 74.275 Beta “Theis 8 62. ae 73.773 Pi. Kappa ee 73.707 Zeta Beta Fam 2 220): ae 73.443 Phi Kappa Pa. a 73.333 Phi Kappa Sieme -....55-..2.4.02..5.5 2 73.138 Sioma Alpha Epsilon 4... 2..0.5......-5 4... 73.033 Kappa Sigtia 22. 65 ene 72.090 Local WATCAGES ope a Aas 81.148 - ALUMNI ELEVATED IN STATE JUDICIARY Judge Henry W. Holt, B.L., ’88, was appointed by Governor Byrd to fill the unexpired term of Judge Martin P. Burks on the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. ‘To succeed Judge Holt as Judge for the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of Virginia, Joseph A. Glasgow, ’91, of Staunton, Va., was appointed. A graduate of V. M. I., Judge Holt received his Taw degree at Washington and Lee in 1888. He prac- ticed Law in Wichita, Kansas, and at Staunton, Va. He served as Judge of the Buena Vista Corporation Court from 1893 to 1896 and of the Staunton Corpora- tion Court from 1900 to 1912 when he was made Judge of the Fighteenth Judicial Circuit. Judge Glasgow is a native of Fincastle, Va. He graduated from the Washington and Lee Law School in 1891 and has practiced his profession in Staunton, Va., since that time. ‘The Staunton and Lexington Bars joined in their support of Mr. Glasgow for ap- pointment to fill the vacancy created by the elevation of Judge Holt. o, 4 4 JUDGE CHARLES J. McDERMOTT was nomi- nated for the presidency of the Alumni Association of the Law School of Columbia University. The an- nual meeting took place May 3rd at the Bead Club, New York City. Eee aoe Ss THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 33 Award Dr. Dillard, ’77, Gold. Medal a Washington, D. C., March 15—Dr. James H. Dil- lard, ’77, of Charlottesville, Va., will receive a gold medal and $500 at the President’s Church here Sun- day as one of the two awards of the Harmon Founda- tion toward improving relations between white and Negro people. ? Dr. Dillard, a Southern white man, 71 years old, president of the Jeanes Fund and the John F. Slater Fund, has led the South to increase the number of country training schools for Negroes, ranking as rural high schools, from four to more than 300, and to in- crease public appropriations for them from a little more than $3,000 to more than $1,000,000 annually. He initiated the University Inter-Racial Commission in the South, and was one of the founders of the Com- mission on Inter-Racial Cooperation. Before enter- ing on his present work Dr. Dillard was dean of the graduate school of Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Dillard is now rector of the board of visitors of the College of William and Mary, and a member of the general education board. In his study of race problems, he visited Africa in order to build up a background of more complete understanding of the Negro. Julius Rosenwald, of Chicago, was selected as the recipient of the other gold medal offered by the Har- mon Foundation for contributions toward better race understanding open to any American, regardless oi race. Mr. Rosenwald’s award is made on the basis of his gifts for Negro Y. M. C. A. buildings in various cities and for better school buildings for colored chil- dren in the rural South. Mr. Rosenwald has helped build 3953 rural school buildings. The jury which made the awards consists of Bishop E. E. Jones, of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Dr. Alva W. Taylor, secretary of the Social Service Com- mission of the Disciples of Christ; Dr. W. C. Jackson, president of the North Carolina College for Women ; Dr. R. R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, and Dr. Samuel McCune Lindsay, of Columbia University. +R Dr. JAMES H. Ditarp, ’77 Country schools for Negroes The awards will be made here Sunday, at 4 p. m., at the First Congregational Church (the President’s church). Justice Harlan F. Stone, of the United States Supreme Court, will preside and present the medals. President Mordecai Johnson of Howard University will speak. In addition to these two awards open to Americaris of any race, the Harmon Foundation gives awards for distinguished achievement among Negroes in fine arts, literature, education, business and industry, science and invention, music and religious service. JOHN V. McCALL, ’86 Jno. V. McCall, 1883-86, M.A., Port-Stoke Al- bert Sidney crew, taught for four years, the last two 1s Professor of Greek and Mathematics in Austin Col- lege, Sherman, Tex. 1890-93 he attended Union Semi- nary, Hampden-Sidney, Va., and was post-graduate at Princeton Seminary 1899-1900. In 1901 he was made moderator of the Synod of Tex., one of the youngest men to attain that distinction. In 1917 Austin College conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. He has held pastorates at Wichita Falls, Mineral Wells, Cleburne, Gainesville and Hillsboro, Tex., and for two years was Superintendent of Home Missions for Paris Presbytery. In 1919 he became pastor of Hugo, Okla., and two years later developed tubercu- losis and was laid aside for two years at Kerrville, Tex. In 1924 he was able to resume work and is pas- tor of Eastminster Presbyterian church, F] Paso, and chairman of Home Missions in Fl Paso Presbytery. 34 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE IN POLITICS GEORGE C. PEERY, ’03, of Tazewell, Virginia, father of George Peery, Jr., freshman student, mem- ber of the U. S. Congress from Virginia, declined to be considered for re-election, heard himself promi- nently mentioned as a candidate for the governorship of Virginia, delivered the keynote ape before the state democratic convention. D. C. O'FLAHERTY, 791, Richmond lawyer, father of D. C. O’Flaherty, Jr., ’26, announced his candidacy for Congress from the third district of Virginia, made campaign plans for opposition to Representative A. J. Montague, incumbent. DELEGATES chosen by Virginia democrats to convene at Houston, Texas, included J. Murray Hooker, 96, of Roanoke, W. W. Old, ’21, Norfolk, and Mrs. A. P. Staples, wife of A. P. Staples, ’08, of Roanoke. At Houston they met John W. Davis, "95, delegate from New York, Vincent M. Miles, ’07, Fort Smith, Ark., and many other prominent Wash- ington and Lee democrats. HENRY W. ANDERSON, ’98, recent Phi Beta Kappa initiate, went to Kansas City as republican dele- gate, as Virginia’s republican choice for the vice- presidency. VIRGINIA VOTED upon amendments to her Constitution. Active in behalf of their adoption were C. H. Morrissett, 14 of Richmond; Louis S. Epes, 08, of Blackstone; J. Murray Fickies 96, of Roa- noke; and L. D. Age. "18, of Winchester. Inac- tive bist keenly observant was Dr. Robert H. ‘Tucker, professor of Economics at Washington and Lee whose work on the Commission for Simplification and Economy in 1925-26 laid the ground work for the proposed changes. Inactive but keenly observant was Col. Leroy Hodges, ’10, Director of the State Chamber of Commerce, who as Director of the Budget and Advocate of State progress has served to set the stage for Governor Byrd’s progression program. ° RICHARD D. HAMILTON, ’30, DEMO- CRATIC DELEGATE One of the youngest delegates attending the Demo- cratic convention at Houston was Richard D. Hamil- ton, of Portsmouth, Va. He was one of last year’s. sophomores at W. & L. and is a son of Norman R. Hamilton, Editor of the Portsmouth Star. He served as an alternate for his father who was elected a dele- gate from the Second Virginia district, The latter was injured in an auto wreck during the state conven- tion at Roanoke and was unable to go to Houston. ge ; 2 * J. M. B. GILL, ’03, is Rector of St. Paul’s Epis- copal Church, Petersburg, Va. “AL WAS INEVITABLE,” SAYS H. ST. G. TUCKER, ’75 A special News-Dispatch from Staunton says: “Al Smith was the inevitable candidate at the Hous- ton convention, according to Harry St. George Tucker, a visitor here today, and with him the Democratic party has an excellent chance to win the presidency. ‘The Virginia vote on the one ballot that nominated the New York governor did not reflect the sentiment of the majority of the delegation, but rather what was ex- pected to be initial political jockeying. At least fif- teen members of the state delegation, according to Mr. Tucker, were pronounced Smith men. “Mr. Tucker expressed the hope that Bishop Can- non’s projected dry convention at Asheville ‘was not a joke.’ “Tt would be a great relief to both parties,” he said, “if the more extreme prohibitionists could be aligned in a party of their own and behind a candidate agree- able to them. Certainly there is no issue between the Democrats and the Republicans on the subject and the Democrats could well afford to lose any element of strength the more fanatical dry sentiment represents. It may be that the Smith nomination will prove a salu- tary rebuke to these extremists.” ° See 4 VISITORS AT LEE TOMB Reports from Lee Chapel, rendered by Mrs. Mildred Lee Francis, the custodian, show that in spite of june being a very cool month for motor travel, there was a marked addition to the number of visitors to the tomb of General Robert E. Lee this year over last. The number of visitors registered in tone of this year was 7,869; the number registered last year, that is in June, 1927, was only 6,174. A new rule applicable to visitors to the tomb of Lee which is being enforced does not permit visitors to approach close to the recumbent statue of General Lee. ‘They are required to stand and view it through the gate of wire grating a few feet distant. ‘The reason for this action is that so delicate is the con- struction of the recumbent statue and so large have grown the crowds that pass by it at times, that it is considered wise not to permit visitors to approach close to the marble figure. It is fully visible from the © gate. In keeping the gate closed, the management are following the rule observed as to travelers at other venerated spots. owe ° A. DANA HODGDON, ’11, has been transferred from duty at the American Consulate, Windsor, Canada, to the Department of State at Washington, D. C. He was also promoted from vice-Consul to Consul of the United States. “ at iiiacintieas Pe 5 - ‘ ‘ailie, ta SPO ie a eS = a ~ ‘ THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 35 From Robert Ewing, 68 April 25, 1928. My dear Mr. Penick: Thank you very cordially for your letter of the 20th of this month, received this morning. The J. W. Ewing of whom you speak was my first double cousin, and we were roommates in 1867 and 1868, while in Lexington. We could not wait for the opening of the University in September and hurried along in August. When we arrived in Lynchburg there was no water in the canal and we obtained horses and rode the tow path to Lexington. We boarded the first year with Mr. Steele, a lawyer of the Lexington bar, but the second year we took a room over a law office in the court house yard and took our meals with the family of Dr. Waddell, living nearby. What charm- ing ladies his daughters were! Miss Martha, Miss Maria and Miss Nettie, “who broke all hearts like Chinaware.” We were two extravagant youths. I remember that we indulged ourselves with a rag car- pet on our floor. Under the bed we piled our winter wood. The Sigma Chi Fraternity, consisting of thirteen members, held its meetings in our room. George Peters, J. W. Ewing, Charles A. Graves, John M. Graham, Frank Coleman and others were mem- bers. George Peters was a very eloquent speaker, and of course had our support in striving for honors in the Literary Society. I sometimes fear that my at- tention was too often turned from the study of Cicero’s treatise “De Senectute”’ to the daughter of a certain professor of the Virginia Military Institute now an ~ honored grandmother living in Lexington. ‘The only hope she ever gave me was wearing my society pin. She used to sing in the choir of the Episcopal Church, which made me a constant attendant, but whether my thoughts were gravely religious on those occasions as they ought to have been, I leave to you to judge. I can see General Lee now as if it were yesterday, as an officer of that church, walking up the aisle and depos- iting our small contributions on the altar. The few remaining alumni of 1867 and ’68 remem- ber with very sincere affection Professor Carter J. Harris who, for so many years, held the Chair in [a- tin. ‘True it was a canebottom chair, but what the oc- cupant did not know about Cicero was no loss to litera- ture for it was simply nonexistent. The text he al- ways used was a simple one, wholly free from annota- tion. A few of the boys though were so ambitious, such true lovers of the best in Roman literature that nothing less than having by them the literal transla- tions of the speeches, prepared by scholars of note, would satisfy their longing. Having spent the even- ing before in dancing, but still keeping before them this scholarly intent, they carried these “transes” to the class. Not willing to appear pedantic, they modestly concealed them under the small book sup- porting shelf in front of each row of seats. Unhap- pily Prof. Harris knew as much of human nature as he did of Latin and besides was not as sympathetic with this method of approach to a knowledge of the Latin language as he should have been. I remember his calling on a member of his class to translate a pas- sage from Cicero’s Oration. After finding the place, my friend mounted his Pony and started. ‘The mem- bers of the class knew that he was not a skillful horse- man and feared he was riding to a fall. In a little while the Pony came to the word “grandiloquent.” The Pony shied. Prof. Harris noticed this and in-. stead of helping him over the rough passage, cruelly asked my friend to tell him to what exact word in the Latin text did he give the significant translation of “grandiloquent.” Frankly, but somewhat indignantly, my friend pointed out a well known verb. “That will do, Mr. Y——, that will do,” said Prof. Harris. Years after I left Lexington with “a longing, linger- ing look behind,” the city authorities of Nashville sent me on a municipal observation tour to Richmond, so near to the place I loved, I could not resist running up to Lexington. After morning Chapel exercises Prof. Harris invited me to go into his class room. On the express condition that he would not “call on me’ I ac- cepted. , In the evening I supped bounteously with my _ re- vered teacher. Just as the time came for me to leave, the door of the dining room was again thrown open and in again we walked, this time to a watermelon feast. ‘This was followed by a moonlight walk past the cemetery. Prof. Harris plied me with questions about the industrial advance of the South. I answered as best I could telling him what I knew from personal observation to be true, that much of this was attribut- able to the large number of young men Washington and Lee had sent back to their homes thoroughly quali- fied to render real service as leaders in this movement and, of course, also to the wise advice of General Lee, for whom all felt such unbounded respect’and devo- tion. I have in my dining room what I call my “Lee Grotto.” I have a splendid military picture of the General. Also one of him on his horse, old Traveler, on which I have seen him a thousand times. Two framed letters from him and also, at the bottom, a pic- ture of him as he lies in the Chapel. Thanking you again for your letter, I am Very sincerely, Ropert Ewine, ’68. 30 : ; THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE NEWTON D. BAKER SPEAKS Commenting upon the address of Newton D. Baker, -?°904, alumnus and trustee of Washington and Lee, at the commencement exercises at Birmingham-South- ern College, the Birmingham Age-Herald spoke as follows: “At Birmingham-Southern, Newton Baker was the baccalaureate speaker, and delivered the kind of ad- dress to be expected from this admirably clear-headed and well-poised person. Not for him the flub-dub and paltitudes resounding through the land at this season, but the earnest appeal to young persons of this transi- tional age. He spoke of adjustments, since, in a period | of flux and change, adjustment is the great desidera- tum. And he indicated at least three points of ad- justment to which all thoughtful men and women must direct their attention. “There can be no doubt that racial adjustment, not merely in this country, but throughout the world, is a matter of significance. There can be no doubt that industrial adjustment, which shall keep the human su- perior to the machine and master of the machine, also presses upon the prayerful interest. There can be no doubt that international adjustment, with all that it implies of the grace of peace supplanting the threat of war, demands from Americans, the profoundest con- cern of which they are capable. “In stressing the duty of college graduates to rise to the heighth of their obligations with respect to these incalculably vital needs of our world, Mr. Baker has ~ merely given a new form to the ancient challenge which confronts educated men and women. ‘They must find themselves to the task of allaying the dreads of humanity. ‘Speak to it, Horatio, thou art a scholar,’ was no more pregnant in the Denmark which Shakespeare imagined than in the America we know.” Pe a Og ° N. D. BAKER, ’94, FOR ARBITRATION COURT, THE HAGUE Announcement came from President Coolidge thru Secretary of State Kellogg recently that Newton D. Baker, ’94, prominent alumnus and trustee of Wash- ington and Lee, has been appointed one of the four United States members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague. Baker is 57 years of age, and is the son of New- ton Diehl and Mary Dukehardt Baker. He received his A.B. at Johns Hopkins in 1892; LL.B. at Wash- ington and Lee in 1894. He served as private secre- tary to Postmaster-General Wilson in 1896-7, began practice of law in Martinsburg, West Va., in 1897; was city solicitor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1902-12; mayor of Cleveland, term 1912-14 and 1914-16; appointed Secretary of War by President Wilson on March 7, 1915, and served until March 4, 1921; was appointed Commanding-Colonel of the O. R. C. in March, 1921. He is a member of the firm of Baker, Hostetler and Sidlo, of Cleveland. He is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta, Society of the Cincinnati and Union, University City, Chamber of Commerce (Cleveland), Army and Navy University and Cosmos (Washing- ton) clubs. His home is at 343 East 105th Street and his office in the Union National Bank Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Ce cS D. GARDINER TYLER’S MEMORY IS HONORED Charles City Courthouse, April 19—An oil portrait of the late D. Gardiner Tyler, B.L. 69, Confederate soldier, member of the State Senate, Congressmaa, and for twenty-four years judge of the Fourteenth Circuit, was this afternoon unveiled in the courthouse here. Ceremonies incident to the presentation were impressive. Members of the bench and bar from a number of the Tidewater judicial circuits were pres- ent as well as members of Judge Tyler’s family and a number of distinguished persons from Richmond and other points. 3 Judge Jesse F. West, president of the State Su- preme Court, was to have presented the portrait, but was unable to attend due to the death of a close friend. His prepared address was, at the request of the Tyler family, read by Ashton W. Dovell, of Williamsburg, Democratic floor leader in the House of Delegates. The portrait was unveiled by D. Gardiner Tyler, Jr., who let fall the folds of a Confederate flag which had covered the picture as Mr. Dovell concluded read- ing Judge West’s manuscript. In his prepared ad- dress, Judge West traced the Tyler lineage and paid tribute to the jurist as a soldier, judge and citizen. He called attention to Charles City’s distinction of having been the birthplace of two presidents, Benjamin Har- rison and John Tyler, the latter the father of Judge Tyler. FREEMAN H. HART, ’12, OFFERED PRESIDENCY Dr. Freeman H. Hart, professor of History at Hampden-Sidney College, was unanimously elected president of Stonewall Jackson Institute at Abingdon, by the board of that institution. Notwithstanding the fact that the Stonewall Jackson Institute presidency holds very promising features, he declined to accept the office. Dr. Hart has been at Hampden-Sidney for three years. During that time he has been called to Phila- delphia and other northern cities to make historical addresses. He is a native of Rockbridge County, Va., and is one of the outstanding historians in the South. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 37 I. P. Gassman, LL.B., ’07 Wuo Has BEEN SuccEssFUL IN BUILDING A BusINESS BACKWARD. The point of this story is admirably illustrated by a statement recently made by a famous vaudeville actor. The vaudeville man said that a successful sketch is al- ways built backward. The writer of such sketches starts -at the final curtain and builds back to the entrance. “The applause at the curtain is what keeps you on the bill, so you have to plan to make sure of that before anything else. And if you do make sure of that, the building of the sketch is comparatively simple.” The entrance of the star of this sketch was made, July 17, 1881, in Martinsburg, W. Va. He was one of a family of nine children, and for six or seven years set a lively pace for his mother, having quite an in- clination to run away from home and visit all the in- teresting local places of business. In a few years his family moved to a large farm, which was great fun for a youngster of seven, but grew more strenuous in the following ten years. In the late eighties and nineties the country district schools in the West Vir- ginia hills were not so progressive, and when he un- dertook to enter the academic department of Washing- ton and Lee University at the age of seventeen, he found that he would have to complete the high school course, and this was done at the home of his maternal erand-mother at Harrisonburg, Va. Following graduation from high school, the young man started on a strenuous search for the illusive wherewithal for a college education. In the mean- time his family had moved to Lexington with a view tc educating the boys in the family, and “Ike” packed his belongings and enrolled in the Washington and Lee Law School. He graduated in 1907, with the degree of LL.B., and started out to conquer the world. The world refused to be conquered by his legal efforts, as has been the case with so many embryo lawyers, and being offered an opening in the sales division of the Arcade Manufacturing Co., he gave up law for the manufacturing business. Forty years ago this company was a foundry, mak- ing miscellaneous hardware items and old-fashioned coffee mills. The story of its development into one of the largest producers in the world of toys for chil- dren reads like a romance. ‘There was a lot of scrap wood left over from the coffee mills. With these scraps a few toy coffee mills were made utilizing the gray iron foundry to make the few additional castings for these toy mills. The children liked the coffee mills, and the next step was an iron bank, then a yellow cab, and now exact reproductions of standard auto- mobiles, trucks, household furniture, harvester ma- chines, fire apparatus, electric ranges and Frigidaire ice I. P. GassMan, ’07 Butt backward units. Thus a new line has been built backward into an old business, and this company is now supplying annually to the children of this country considerably over $1,000,000 worth of these cast-iron and wood toys. , | It looks as if “Ike” would still be “on the bill” when the curtain goes down on the final act, and the ap- plause will justify his unique method of building “back from the curtain.” As an example of sales advertising an originality in business expansion the work of Mr. Gassman has been commented upon at length in Printer’s Ink, a journal of newspaper advertising. Mr. Gassman’s wife was formerly Miss Florence Iouise Munn, whose family are connected with the Arcade Manufacturing Co. They have two boys and their home is at Freeport, Ill. Mr. Gassman is now Secretary and Director of the Company. eo ee MR. JAMES R. BROWN, president of the Man- hattan Single Tax Club, spoke to Washington and Lee students in Lee Chapel recently. His addresses were on several phases of the tax problem. 38 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE MAJOR J. W. BAGLEY, ’03 Among the alumni initiated by the Washington and Lee Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, April 12, was Major James Warren Bagley, ’03, the famed “Um-Paul” Bagley behind the bat and at right guard during his undergraduate days, now an outstanding Army en- gineer, a recognized specialist in mapping, an inventor of aerial photographic devices. In response to our request he gives a simple ac- count of himself, as follows: : Fort Humphreys, Va., June 7, 1928. Dear Mr. Kemp: In the quarter of a century that has passed since old Davey Humphreys gave me my diploma in Fn- gineering, there has been enough variety in my life and work to interest me but perhaps not enough to interest other alumni. For twelve years I was with the United States Geological Survey, mapping the far reaches of Alaska mostly. When the war came I served with the Engineer Corps here and in France and at the Hague. In 1920 I joined the Engineer Corps of the regular Army and now command the 29th Engineers which is the mapping battalion of the Army. As training the 29th Engineers recently mapped the great part of the Civil War battlegrounds from Middleburg to Fredericksburg. , For years my interest has been in the developing of an zerial tri-lens camera, then a four-lens, and now a multiple lens camera with auxiliary instruments which have been adopted by the government for use in map making. Recently my orders have been received as- signing me to Detroit, Michigan, to take charge of the Lake Survey. As an outside interest I have the rebuilding of a Vermont farm house and equipping it with electricity from my own water-fall. I regret that this has been delayed in reaching you and hope that it will be in time for use. . : Very truly yours, James W. BacLey. o, —_—____—_-+¢ st INTER-FRATERNITY BASKETBALL The annual inter-fraternity basketball tournament was staged in the Doremus gymnasium. The Greeks brought forth their best amateur talent, were grad- ually eliminated until the Beta Theta Pi and Phi Delta Theta quints met in the finals; score, Betas 28, Phi Deltas, 23. ° —_—____¢ o EKWING S. HUMPHREYS, ’09, in sending in his Macazine subscriptions, wrote: “Am sorry I overlooked this, for I cannot get along without the ALUMNI MAaGaZzINe.” JAMES M. O’BRIEN, ’08 In response to a request for a biographical sketch for use in the AWUMNI Macazine, “Jimmy” O’Brien, ’08, replied with the most interesting letter which is quoted below. Possibly he suffered acute stage-fright before the photographer—or else he was given a screen-test and snapped up by the Hollywood scouts, for the promised picture has not arrived. “My dear Mr. Kemp: “I hope you will pardon me for the delay in respond- ing to your letter requesting my photo and history for the Macazinr. While my history would be brief and of perhaps the usual in character, I have been quite willing to send it on for its worth. The delay is wholly due to the lack of a photo—for which I have had little need and less interest in the past. While I might have begged off supplying one to you, | now find myself in for a trip to the photographer as my young daughter, soon to have a birthday, requests my likeness. You may therefore expect one sooner or later. “As to the history—Since 1908: six months of typhoid on arrival home (New Mexico) from W. & L.; admitted to Bar, New Mexico, January, 1909; until February, 1912, in practise with W. C. Reid and J. M. Hervey at Roswell; 1910-11 Asst. Dist. At- torney; 1909-12, Local Attorney Santa Fe Railway; removed to Los Angeles, Feb. 1912; in private practise since. “Married Irene Murray, daughter Capt. M. 6%. Murray, U. S. Army; children: Jane, 10, Jimmie, jr: 8: Bil 3; Ven, | “Tribulations: Golf, Flu, Tennis, Appendicitis, house construction (one only), prohibition. “Pleasures: California. “Avocation: Same. | “Best wish: To return for Finals. Mrs. O’Brien will be with me—possibly Hi Dow and Mrs. Hi also. “Many good wishes, “James M. O’Brien, 708.” ° —____——-¢ EIGHT W. & L. MEN PASS BAR EXAMS Fight of the 87 men who passed the Virginia State Bar examination held at Roanoke, were W. & L. men, and two of them gave Lexington as their residence. There were 164 candidates. The W. & L. men successful in passing the exami- nations were: L. C. Beirne, Jr., Cobham, Va.; Chas. L. Claunch, Lexington, Va.; Robert A. Fulwiler, Jr., Staunton, Va.; Carl W. Hamilton, Wise, Va.; M. M. Heuser, Norton, Va.; John G. Koedel, Gate City, Va.; Robert D. Powers, Portsmouth, Va.; and George W. White, of Lexington, Va. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 39 Medal Announced for Major Hodges, ’10 Richmond, April 7—The second European power within a year has notified Major LeRoy Hodges, © managing director of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce, that he is to be decorated for the outstand- ing work which he is doing in the field of interna- tional relationship. Czecho-Slovakia last summer con- ferred on the Virginian the order of the White Lion and today his excellency Nobile Giacoma De Martino has announced that the king of Italy has taken similar action. In a letter announcing the action of his government the ambassador wrote, “It gives me a great deal of pleasure to inform you that upon my suggestion to kis excellency and head of the Italian government his majesty, the King of Italy, has designed to confer upon you the order of office of the crown of Italy as a token of appreciation of your sentiments toward the Italian country and the Italian people.” Reports received here also state that the royal Italian consul at Baltimore has been specially com- missioned by Benito Mussolini, Italian premier, to notify Major Hodges of the honor. Major Hodges is state ordinance officer of the Virginia National Guard and as such is prohibited from accepting any decorations from foreign governments by an inhibi- tion contained in the constitution of the United States. However, Senator Swanson and Representative Drewry have made amendments to both the navy and army bills now pending in congress to remove the constitutional inhibition and authorize the president cf the United States to grant permission to Major Hodges to accept both the decorations from the presi- dent of the republic of Czecho-Slovakia and from the Cort. Leroy Honces, 710 Csecho-Slovakia—Italy and England honored him King of Italy. Major Hodges’ work in calling inter- national attention to Hampton Roads and promoting international commerce through the Virginian ports has been one of the outstanding factors in his recogni- tion by foreign governments. L. A. McMURRAY, ’19, RETURNS Lewis Armistead McMurray, ’19, was a recent caller at the Alumni Building. He is in this country on furlough from his missionary post at Luebo, Bel- gian Congo, Africa, where he has served since his graduation from the Union Theological Seminary in 1923. He is working in the field made famous by the pioneer work of the late W. McC. Morrison, ’87. Lewis will be in “the States” until next March. He is staying at his home near Martinsburg, W. Va. ¢, ee e THE SECOND THOUSAND Just to remind you that the MacaziIne will be is- sued monthly hereafter—if a thousand new subscrip- tions are received. Fill out blank inserted in this is- sue and return with your check for $2.50 (for one year) or $4.00 (for two years) to Alumni Secretary, Drawer 897, Lexington, Va. “FITZ” FLOURNOY, ’22 Speaking at Memorial Day services in Lynchburg and Danville, Fitzgerald Flournoy, ’22, Oxonian, pro- fessor of English at Washington and Lee, able orator, lauded Confederate heroes, scored intolerance; before the Woman’s Club of Lexington and other literary or- ganizations in the state he spoke upon the spirit of youth in modern poetry; was elected poet of the Cali- fornia Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa; departed for Leland Stanford University to read a poem at the Phi Beta Kappa celebration; later sailed for England where he was to receive a Master of Arts degree from Oxford University, which he attended as Rodes Scholar, 1922-24. o, “~~ JOHN J. DAVIS, ’92, of Louisville, Ky., repre- sented Washington and Lee at the 75th anniversary of the Louisville Presbyterian Seminary on May 2nd. 40 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Minutes Annual Meeting Washington and Lee Alumni, Inc. Alumni assembled at the Alumni Building, were called to order by president F. C. Caffrey at 10:45 A. M., June 4, 1928. Minutes of the last meeting, held June 6, 1927, were read and approved. (See ALUMNI MAGAZINE, Sept. 1927.) In the absence of Prof. Houston, chairman, secre- tary V. E. Kemp reported for the Alumni Building committee, gifts $2301.00; income from _ rentals $57.00; expenditures of $2180.55 and a balance of $177.45. For the treasurer of the Association the secretary reported receipts of $2132.94, disbursements of $2102.01 and a balance of $30.93. ALUMNI REUNION DATE CHANGED The Alumni Committee on class organization and alumni reunions, Frank Gilliam, °17, chairman, made the following report: “Your committee has held one formal meeting and several informal meetings for discussion. “1. Tt was agreed by the committee that in addi- tion to the organization of the alumni by local chap- ters it would be highly advisable if a stronger class organization and class loyalty could be effected among the alumni. In the case of Eastern colleges almost every expression of organized alumni service to their alma mater has been through class groups. ‘This class spirit cannot be created after a class leaves the campus, but must be the fuller growth and expression of a class spirit developed in undergraduate days. Accord- ingly, looking to the future, it will be necessary to work for stronger class organization on the campus. “The matter was broached to members of The Circl, or Omicron Delta Kappa, the student honorary fra- ternity for campus leadership, and hearty approval was given by this organization to two initial steps to be taken. Unfortunately, the late date during the ses- sion at which this was brought up has made it neces- sary to postpone until next fall the development in detail of these ideas. ‘They are as follows: “a. The marking of the members of each class by some insignia. The Senior lawyers already carry canes as their special privilege. This idea will be further carried out by the use of blazers in different color combinations by other classes and the working out of other types of insignia. A ‘Sophomore Day, a ‘Junior Day,’ a ‘Senior Day,’ would be set at differ- ent dates during the fall and the insignia would be worn for the first time on these days. Appropriate exercises might also be held. ~“b, The clear defining in the catalogue and student register of a student’s status as sophomore, junior, etc., this to be determined by the number of semester hours that he has passed. “Tt is hoped that the development of these ideas will point the way to a great many other means of fostering undergraduate class spirit with the ultimate result of binding all alumni closer to their alma mater. “2. Your committee considers that the occasion of the Annual Home-Coming Football game with the University of Virginia and V. P. L, alternately, 1s the best time for an alumni reunion and _ therefore recommends that the day of the game be known as Alumni Day, at which time a program of entertain- ment exclusively for alumni be held. Your committee further recommends that the regular annual meeting of the Alumni Association be held at that date. Respectfully submitted, Oke Wh ds, (GILs “T. J. FARRAR “R. N. LAtTtTuREe “V. E. Kemp “F. J. Girniam, Chairman.” The report was unanimously adopted. OFFICERS ELECTED C. S. Glasgow, 711, resident alumni member of the Athletic Association, reported on the progress of the Athletic Association, called attention to the noteworthy additions to the athletic field which had been provided from admission receipts, thanked the student body for their gift of the new foot bridge, praised graduate- manager R. A. Smith, ’15, Coach Forest Fletcher and Fingineer Hale Houston, 95. The Nominating Committee of the Board of Trus-— tees, Dan Owen, °12, chairman, reported the nomina- tions of John L. Campbell, ’11, Lexington, Va., Dr. J. Morrison Hutcheson, ’05, Richmond, Va., and C. 'T. Chenery, 09, of New York City, as Trustees of the Association to succeed Trustees Laurence C. Witten, "10, EF. P. Davis, 715, and Dr. William Allan, ’02; of C. S. Glasgow and E. L. Graham to succeed them- selves as resident alumni members of the Athletic Council and of Carter Glass, Jr., and Laurence C. Witten, as non-resident members of the Athletic Council. The report of the nominating committee was unani- mously approved and the nominees elected. At this time Dr. John H. Latané, former professor of History at Washington and Lee, was introduced. Dr. Latané expressed his pleasure in the progress the Alumni Association had made. Charles J. Faulkner, 92, of Chicago, Ill., Francis H. Styles, 717, from Durhan, South Africa, and Dr. Ran- THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 41 dolph T. Shields, 97, from Tsinan, Shantung Prov- ince, China, were introduced. IMPORTANT PETITIONS Reporting for the Board of Trustees of the Associ- ation, Dr. William Allan, ’02, read the following im- portant petitions to the University Board of ‘Trustees: “We, the Trustees of the Washington and Lee Alumni Association, Inc., meeting in authorized ses- sion and representing every former student of the Uni- versity, respectfully present for your favorable action the following petitions: “(1) That your body be enlarged by the associa- tion of at least eight additional members as is pro- vided for in your charter, these trustees to be known as alumni trustees and to be elected by the alumni of the University according to a plan to be hereafter drawn up and presented for your approval but to have full privileges of voting upon all questions com- ing before the Board. In making this petition we are aware that a similar memorial was addressed to yor by the General Alumni Association in 1902 and cog- nizant that the privilege of direct alumni representa- tion is granted by other institutions such as Prince- ton, Rutgers and Davidson College to their alumni. “(2) That the Alumni Association, Inc., be allowed to inspect and approve any and all campaigns for funds to be directed wholly or partly to the alumni by the University or any branch thereof and that no such appeals for funds now or hereafter be author- ized without the approval of the Alumni Association, by vote of our Executive Committee, Board or gen- eral membership as the specific case might demand. “Also we respectfully repeat the two petitions which were presented for your consideration when assembled on January 19th, 1928, but which evidently did not come to your attention: “(a) ‘Since the value of the scholarship Sich ac- tive 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 respectfully petition that this scholarship be increased in value to one-half of the total annual tuition fee, namely, $130 at present. “(b) ‘Aware of the approaching retirement of our most able and highly esteemed President, Dr. Henry Louis Smith, from the active administration of the University and feeling that the selection of a successor to continue his epochal work is a matter of vital con- cern to every alumnus of Washington and Lee, we, the trustees of the Washington and Lee Alumni Associ- ation, Inc., do respectfully petition the University Board of Trustees to invite an advisory committee of alumni consisting preferably of the trustees of the Alumni Association, Inc., and of such other Washing- ton and Lee alumni as the Board will include, to advise with them in their deliberations when in session for the purpose of choosing or electing the next president of the University.’ “ “Respectfully submitted, ‘WILLIAM ALLAN, ’02 it. BP. Davis, 15 ‘E. C. Carrrey, ’09 ‘Dan Owen, 712 ‘V. E. Kemp, ’20’” These petitions were unanimously approved. Presi- dent Caffrey appointed Dr. William Allan, ’02, My. C. J. Faulkner, 92, and Dr. R. I’. Shields to wait upon the University Board then in session and to present the petitions in person. SECRETARY'S REPORT Alumni Secretary Verbon E. Kemp reported that the affairs of the Association were in a healthy comn- dition, called attention to the advantages accruing to the Association from the possession ‘and occupation of the new alumni headquarters, announced _ that through the Alumni office $30,000 had been collected for the University on old Endowment pledges: that Hon. Braxton D. Gibson, alumnus of the University of Virginia, of Charles Town, West Va., had donated a handsome silver rowing trophy for the annual Harry Lee-Albert Sidney Boat Crew competition; that in co- operation with the Athletic Association and_ student _body officers a successful campaign for the $30,000 Class Memorial Bridge had been directed to the stt- dent body; that $800 in gifts had been made to the Law School library by alumni; that alumni had volun- tarily and spontaneously inaugurated the collection of a $100,000 Fund to establish a Law Chair to the memory of late Judge Martin P. Burks, ’72, and that $15,000 had already been subscribed. For the future a plan for the national celebration of Lee’s Birthday, January 19th, by alumni was announced and the hope expressed that the ALUmNr Macaztne could be pub- om monthly. r. E. W. McCorkle, ’77, and Thomas M. Glas- gow, Due expressed their pleasure and satisfaction in the work of the Association. Dr. William T. Hanzsche, ’11, of Trenton, N. Ji was introduced. He deplored the lack of an auditorium at Washington and Lee, suggested that alumni interest themselves in providing for this deficiency. E. D. Campbell, ’21, moved that an alumni committee be ap- pointed to investigate conditions and codperate with the University officials in arranging for this provision. Judge Caffrey later appointed Dr. W. TT. Hanzsche, (Concluded on page 44), 42 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Rosser Johnston Coke, ‘| | - Among the successful younger alumni in Texas and the Southwest the achievements of Rosser J. Coke make him an outstanding figure. Able, progres- sive and popular, he is famed as a lawyer, builder and promoter in and about his native territory. Rosser Johnston Coke was born in Dallas, Texas, August, 1888. He entered Washington and Lee Uni- versity in 1909, and was a member of the Law Class cf 1911. He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, Sigma, White Friar, and Cotillion Club. After graduation he was offered a position with the law firm of Coke and Coke, of which his father was a member. However, he wished to gain recog- nition through his own efforts, and started out alone in the practice of law. He experienced the usual ups and downs which all young lawyers have, but soon settled into a successful practice. About this time he was married to Miss Hazel Long. They have two sons, Rosser, Jr., and Jack, both of whom will att Washington and Lee. _ At the beginning of the World War ‘ip enlisted in the first officers’ training camp at Leon Springs near San Antonio, Texas. After winning his commission he was transferred to the Air Service and promoted. At the close of the War he entered the firm of Coke and Coke, and owing to the illness of his uncle, he has carried on practically all the trial work of the firm. He is attorney for and director 6£ the Ameri- can Exchange National Bank, the largest financial institution in the Southwest, with resources of over $40,000,000. He is largley responsible for the erec- tion of the huge Santa Fe R. R. Units. T hese build- ings cover four city blocks and represent an invest- ment of nearly six million dollars. He organized, and is majority stockholder of the Universal. Mills, Inc., located in Ft. Worth, Texas, of which Gaylord Rosser J. Coxg, 11 “Lawyer, So-dier, Builder” Stone, 710, is president. He has done his part in the building of Dallas, having just completed a large cotton office building known as the Coke Building, the Nash Texas Building and the Prather-Cadillac Building. Mr. Coke is successful, energetic sind resourceful, a sympathetic and helpful friend to all who are in need. His popularity is well deserved. CLASS ANNUAL OF 1911 LAWYERS One of the few Class organizations maintained by alumni after graduation is that of the 1911 Lawyers. They meet at Commencement every five years for the election of officers and a banquet, publish an Annual and through the office of the secretary keep in close “touch with class members by correspondence. Edited by efficient class secretary J. Nevin Kilmer the class annual for 1928 contains much of interest to alumni from 1908 to 1914. Greetings from Hon. John W. Davis, 95, and Alumni Secretary Verbon E. Kemp are published. There are interesting let- ters from Robert A. Russell, Rustburg, Va.; J. T. Watson, Tampa, Fla.; John C. Moomaw, Roanoke, a.; J. N. Harman, Jr., Welch, W. Va.; George Beil, Columbus, Ga.; Herbert Gregory, Roanoke, Va.; W. S. Engleby, Roanoke, Va.; Reginald Page, Norfolk, Va.; N. D. Smithson, Asheville, N. C.; Judge W. F. Blanton, Miami, Fla.; W. D. Rucker, Washington, D. C.; John F. Brown, Elkins, W. Va.; Luther G. Scott, Bluefield, W. Va.; Omer T. Kaylor, Hagerstowa, Md.; Cleaton E. Rabey, Norfolk, Va.; Charles C. Scott, Clarksburg, W. Va.; Roger Winborne, Roa- noke, Va.; Daniel B. Straley, Crown Point, Ind.; and Claude P. Light, Dallas, Tex. The annual is attractively got up with a blue and white W. & L. monogram on the front cover and a three-page frontispiece of the new Wilson Field Me- morial Bridge. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 43 C. A. (“Tod”) Robbins, *I 1 The January issue of the Macazing of Sigma Chi, (Chester W. Cleveland, Editor) contained a most interesting feature write-up of Tod Robbins, 11, who has won distinction in the literary and ath- letic world. From it, by permission, we quote the following information. | Tod Robbins was born in Brooklyn on June 25, 1888; attended Poly Prep, played end on the foot- ball team and held the New York interscholastic pole vault championship. He entered Washington and Lee in 1908; was captain of the track team, 1910-11; lightweight boxing champion; a member cf the tennis team and class football eleven; literary editor of the yearbook; vice-president of the musi- cal club, and author of the words of the ““Washing- ton and Lee Swing.” Following his college days Tod’s record as a literateur and as an athlete is enviable. In 1921 he won the $3,000 Physical Culture novel contest with a serial entitled “Fighting Mad.’ Like many other successful authors, he wrote novels and short stories for five years after leaving W. & L. without having any accepted. And it goes without saying that he has Janded all of this earlier work. His ‘first. novel, “Uhe Unholy Three,’ was ac- cepted by Bob Davis of Munsey’s three years after it was written. Later it was published in book form. However, its greatest success was in the motion Top RoBBINS Won physical cu‘ture prize C. A. Rospins, 11 —Made Lon Chaney Famous picture adaptation by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a feature vehicle for the now famous actor, Lon Chaney. It was a photoplay held in fond memory by all theatergoers and most assuredly Chaney has not since had a better story to parade his great versa- tility. “Red of Surley,’ another best seller written by Tod Robbins, and brought out by Harper and Prothers in 1919, was described by the New York World as “one of the most promising pieces of fic- tion done in this country in a long time.’’ Concerning “Silent, White and Beautiful’ which Boni and Liveright published in 1921, Benjamin de Casseres remarked in Judge ‘“These stories held me all night. They are as ‘different’ as the tales of Poe or Guy de Maupassant.” The New York Tribune wrote: “Mr. Robbins stands out among living American writers in his peculiar field.” The Chicago Daily News in a review said: “One of the most audacious of creative imaginations has constructed in this new book of horror tales something almost new in Amer- ican writing.” Of Mr. Robbins’ latest novel, “Who Wants a Green Bottle,’ the Jrish News of Belfast, Ireland, said: “Poe, himself—the great American—might greet Mr. Robbins as an intellectual kinsman.” The London Times commented: “Tales of horror must be well written if they are to escape being intoler- able. But Mr. Robbins’ boldness is fully justified by the results. Any reader, having strong nerves, will finish this book at a sitting and wish that the eight stories had been a dozen.” His latest screen scenarios, “The Big City,” and 44 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE “London at Midnight” again triumphantly featured Lon Chaney. In addition to the foregoing publications, Mr. Robbins has had serials and short stories appearing in many magazines including Forum, Everybody's, Munsey's, All Story, Smart Set, Metropolitan, Physical Culture and Current Opinion. Several of his stories have been on the honor roll of O’Brien’s Best American Short Stories. Tod Robbins now lives nine months of the year abroad, having a beautiful place in Normandy. He spends several months each year on the Riviera where he plays tennis in all of the leading tourna- ments. Needless to say, he has not yet beaten Cochet or Lacoste, although he did manage to win the men’s handicap doubles in the championship of the South of France and reached the semi-finals in the scratch singles in the championship of the Cote D’Azur. Also he went to court in the mixed doubles and was presented to the King of Sweden, but His Royal Highness was presented with the match. —___-——%o-- ALUMNI MINUTES (Continued from page 41). ‘11, as chairman of this committee with Samuel Laughlin, ’14, of Wheeling, West Va., and C. Chenery, 09, of New York City. Several other visiting alumni were introduced and made short talks. Reports of local association work were heard from J. W. Morrison, ’26, for Charleston, West Va.; Roger Winborne, 13, for Roanoke; and Judge F.. C. Caffrey, for the Manhattan area. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned to the Doremus Gymnasium for the dedi- cation of the Class Memorial Bridge and dedication address by Thomas M. Glasgow, °16, of Charlotte, B.C, +, i “SIMPLY OVERLOOKED” So often an alumnus writes “I have intended send- ing in my subscription for some time, but simply over- looked it.” If you do it now you will make it pos- sible to issue the AyUMNI MacazINE monthly. oo he A. H. THROCKMORTON, ’00. professor of Jaw at Western Reserve University, who was recently initiated into Phi Beta Kappa here, spoke to the class in Contracts, | Professor Throckmorton graduated from the local law school in 1900. #n addition to speaking along the lines of law, he interested his hearers with reminis- cences of his student days. FROM CHINA—L. R. CRAIGHILL, ’12 April 18, 1928. Dear Mr. Kemp: Your letter of March 20th finds me unable to re- spond immediately with my subscription fee for the ALUMNI MAGAZINE because I find I have left my American check book in Shanghai; however I shall be glad if you will continue to send the MacaziNE and I will send you a check in about a month and a half when I return to Shanghai. If there should be any little communist outbreaks in this inland province in the immediate future I may be able to send you a check earlier. Since Mrs. Craighill, Lloyd, Jr., and I had to get Gut of here on two hours’ notice about a year ago we have been making our headquarters at St. John’s Uni- versity, Shanghai. Since last fall it has been possible for me to get back here in the interior on several trips cf longer or shorter duration, but as yet conditions are hardly stable enough to justify the return of the family. This interesting old capital city of half a million people has furnished an interesting vantage point from which to observe the sweeping changes which the revolution is producing. The tearing down of the Nanchang city wall which has stood since the days of Charlemagne is quite symbolical of many other changes in social conditions. The rate at which Westerniza- tion is being pushed forward by the young progres- sives makes some of us Westerners want to put on the brakes a bit. The “foreign” tailor is doing a rush- ing business. The bobbed haired beauties are every- where in evidence, and sometimes they wear smart uniforms with Sam Brown belts. We even have a roadless motor bus, but the roads are coming too. There is a good deal of disillusionment among the student class because the millenium has not come in with the revolution. A good many of the old things fave remained; graft, brigandage, and this inter- minable warfare, but even these are bringing home to the people that no nation can be stronger than the moral character of its leaders and citizens. Just the past week a young Oxford graduate, a Chinese, has had an opportunity of discussing Christianity in all the government schools here, and has received an at- tentive hearing from large audiences. That is better than I had hoped would be possible so soon. Two weeks ago I saw Mercer Blain and James Howe at Hangchow, and both seemed well. W. & L. and Jexington were naturally our main topic of dis- cussion. With personal regards, and best wishes for the progress of the Alumni Association. Sincerely yours, Lioyp R. CrRAIGHILL, 712. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE — 45 he G. Hergden, Ir. °12 Ursinus College has added to its faculty, John G. Herndon, Jr., as Associate Professor of Economics. Prof. Herndon who graduated from Washington and Lee with the degree of A.B. in 1911, became in- structor in economics there the following year while he pursued graduate studies in economics, taking the A.M. degree in 1912. He then became a Fellow in the University of Wisconsin where he spent the fol- lowing two years in further graduate study, special- izing in taxation. While there he edited the second edition of the Regulations Governing the Wisconsin Income Tax Law and wrote numerous articles for the Wisconsin State Journal. , In 1914 Mr. Herndon was appointed expert and special agent for the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. At this time appeared his monograph on “Public Offices in the United States.” In 1917 he was appointed Assistant to the Chief of the Personal Tax Division in the Treasury Department at Wash- ington and the following year accepted a position as Tax Consultant for the National City Company at its Philadelphia office. Later he entered upon a similar position with the Guaranty Trust Company cf New York. By the latter he was sent to London to study tax problems arising out of the residence of American citizens in Great Britain and investments of British subjects in the United States. In 1921, he opened his own offices as a tax consultant in Phila- delphia, in which position he has had wide and varied experience in dealing with problems of federal and state taxation. Up to the present Mr. Herndon has regularly con- tributed articles to the Public Ledger of Philadelphia during the early months of each year. Within the last three years he has written and revised the Income Tax article of seventy-five pages in the Business JoHN HERNDON To teach Taxation Encyclopedia published by the John C. Winston Com- pany. At various times he has given courses of lectures on Income Taxes before large classes at the Philadelphia Y. M. C. A. and for several years con- cucted classes in federal taxation before the American Institute of Banking, Philadelphia Chapter. : With his election to the Faculty of Ursinus Col- lege, Mr. Herndon returns to academic work, thor-. oughly prepared in scientific training, in practical business experience and in actual teaching, for his position in the college faculty. J. N. THOMAS “Y” SPEAKER At a Sunday service at the 3¥ Yoeom before Com- mencement “Jack”? Thomas, ’24, one time student “VY” president, graduate of Edinburgh University, now a student at the Union ‘Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va., was the principal speaker. He de- livered an eloquently simple, and inspiring message to a small gathering of students. Se ge ee ¢ ALEX McC. HAMILTON, ’03, of Chicago, IIl., was a recent caller at the Alumni Office. In addition to his work as assistant employinent manager of the Illinois Bell Telephone Co., he has been attending the John Marshall Law School of Chicago where he re- ceived the degree of LL.B. in June. HALSEY, ’93, WARNS AGAINST INTOLERANCE A warning to Virginians to “let not the serpent of intolerance entice you from the counsel of ‘Thomas Jefferson, the father of American democracy,” was sounded by Judge Don P. Halsey, 93, of Lynchburg, speaking to the Poplar Forest Chapter, D. A. R., at the unveiling of a tablet commemorating the building of a home there by the American patriot and its owner- ship by his family from 1773 to 1828. o, . Mik. and MRS. JAMES VEECH, 794, . from Louisville, Ky., visited Mr. and Mrs. John Ross and their son who is a student in the University, during the spring term. : 46 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE CARLETON E. JEWETT, ’ The way of the transgressor is hard, but the way of a young lawyer just starting into practice is downright difficult—even in the path of rectitude and with so many transgressors to be dealt with. And a prophet is not without honor | save. in his own country—but we are getting too scriptural. Carleton Jewett returned to his native city of Richmond—an- cient, quiet, conservative Richmond—and hung out his shingle for the practice of law in 1921 after imbibing from the founts of legal learning at Tucker Hall and being honorably acquainted with a B. L. in the preced- ing spring. : Going was slow back in “his own country ;” but there is need for legal minds around..a .state Legis- lature. ‘he General Assembly of Virginia is no ex- ception so Mr. Jewett served various committees from his legal menu upon order. He is now—among other things—Reading Clerk in the House of Delegates. "There was a municipal mayorality melee in Rich- mond this spring. Mr. Jewett stepped from the shade of the Capitol into the glare of political heat as a can- didate for the City Council—five to be nominated from a field of eight candidates. He received the second highest vote and was one of the five Democratic nomi- nees who carried the subsequent election. He will ‘represent the Madison Ward which now includes the old city of Manchester where he was born. In the meantime he has built up and carried on his law practice, has been active in Masonry and in the or- ganization and development of the Richmond Alumni Club, and when opportunity offers he returns to Lex- ington for alumni Home-Coming. —_____—¢¢____—_—- ROY GARLAND NICHOLS, ’ Roy Garland Nichols, ’27, is well on his way to per- manent success in Boston, the most critically severe of all musical cities in the United States. Mr. Nichols is now a student of Vose Conservatory in Boston, but has advanced so rapidly that by advice of the principal of the conservatory, he is accepting professional engagements. He is not only baritone soloist of the Cathedral Church of the Redemption, but has entered the con- cert field. Recently in one of the series of concerts given at the Hotel Vandome in Boston, under the auspices of the Community Child Welfare Association of Massachusetts, he sang two group numbers on the program with a number of recognized concert and operatic artists and was rewarded with the cordial ap- proval of a number of newspaper critics. He sang the principal baritone part in Rossini’s “Stabat Mater’ in the Cathedral Church of the Redemption, with the re- sult that he was engaged to broadcast three numbers over the new station, WBET, during a concert spon- sored by the Boston Transcript. Mr. Nichols has been in Boston since February cf this year. It is understood that next winter he will go to New York to advance his career. eg TROUBADOURS The Troubadours, student dramatic and musical or- ganization, presented “The Butter and Egg Man,” legitimate New York comedy success; after the Lex- ington showing went on tour to Kast Radford, Marion, Abingdon and Bristol, Va., scored a commendable hit. They were accompanied by their own orchestra. At Natural Bridge on May 19th the organization staged an interpretative pantomine depicting the his- tory of the Natural Bridge. The Glee Club division of the Troubadours com- peted in the Virginia Intercollegiate Glee Club contest staged at the Mosque Theatre, Richmond, under the auspices of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. o, ot eo MARRIAGES MARRIED: Isadore Forman, ’09, and Miss Mar- ion Bank, both of Roanoke, Va., in November. MARRIED: William FE. Brock, Jr., ’23, and Miss Myra Kruesi, both of Chattanooga, Tenn., on April oth, MARRIED: Darby H. Brown, ’24, of Birming- ham, Ala., and Miss Mary Atkinson, of Piedmont, Ala., on June 16th. MARRIED: Walker R. Hall, ’24, of Winchester, Kentucky, and Miss Lurlene Bronaugh of Lexing- ton, Kentucky, on March 24th. MARRIED: George Samuel Spragins, ’24, of Hope, Arkansas, and Miss Georga Hobson of Los Angeles, California, on April 5th. MARRIED: Prince Dmitri G. Sidamon-Eristoff, °25, and Miss Nicole Chavane, both of New York City, on July 6th. Prince Kristoff who graduated in Law from W. & L. in 1925, is also a graduate of the Russian Imperial School of Jurisprudence and has been admitted to the New York Bar. Miss Chavane is the daughter of the late Andre Chavane of Paris, and a niece of Baronne des Mazures and of Comte and Comtesse de Traismonts. ‘The wedding was solemn- ized in the Church of Christ the Savior, New York City. MARRIED: Greenberry Simmons, ’27, and Miss Margaret V. Giles, both of Louisville, Ky., on April 28th. Mr. Simmons passed the Kentucky State Bar examination and is now practicing Law in Louisville. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 47 Ted Shultz, Fighter, 16 When the All-Time Washington and Lee football team was recently picked by the alumni there was gen- eral satisfaction at the naming of Ted Shultz, ’16, as captain of this brilliant group of players. Ted came to Washington and Lee from Logansport, Indiana, in the fall of 1912 and as an eighteen-year-old Freshman made the ’varsity his first year, playing on the opposite side of the line from “Buck” Miles; the two formed a brace of six feet four, one hundred and ninety-five pound tackles. For four years “the blond Teuton giant” (as “Rube” Lewis used to call him in the Ring-tum Phi) battled in this position, climaxing his gridiron career by being the first Washington and Lee player to be generally mentioned for All-Ameri- can honors and by leading as captain the 1915 team usually regarded as the greatest of all Washington an Lee elevens. Ted’s fighting qualities on the gridiron are known widely to the athletic world, but with many students of a decade or so ago there remains the more intimaie memory of a man with the courage to prefer Christian leadership to social honors, and of his dominant part in a crisis that threatened the existence of any or- ganized Christian activity on the campus. Tribute and recognition came in his being chosen president of the Student Body. He has been one of the very few men to receive both the presidency of the Studert Body and the captaincy of the football team. Graduating shortly before the opening of the World War he saw service with the American forces until after the Armistice. His experience with college Christian work had shown him something of the possibilities of service in that field and following some months of training Ted accepted a call as the first full time Y. M. C. A. Sec- retary at Washington and Lee. His forceful leader- ship and high souled personality brought to that or- ganization a remarkable influence on the local campus. While Secretary here Ted was present at many sec— tional and national Christian conferences and his part in these gatherings soon marked him as one of the most aggressive leaders among the younger, liberal element in Christian Association work in this country. For some years he has contributed largely to national Y. M. C. A. publication and committee work. His national prominence brought Shultz many ot- fers of larger positions and in 1923 he went to the University of Kansas as General Secretary of the Y. NEO A. His five years there have been marked by much achievement, not unattended with opposition to be overcome. ‘The chief objective of Shultz platform has been the inauguration of a “campaign of thought,” an effort to awaken the intellectual life of the students “Tey” SHULTZ Fighting on Kansas Campus concerning the more serious issues of life. In this he has been markedly successful. Personally, Shultz, is a pronounced liberal in thought, and his attitude as an avowed pacifist has led him to be the center of many attacks. Parodoxically, he has stood as a fighter fighting for the right to be- lieve in pacifism and other liberal ideas in religion, and for the necessity of students deciding such questions for themselves, intelligently. That he has fought suc- cessfully is attested to by the overwhelming approval manifested recently by the Kansas student body for the critical type of program that he has conducted. This was voiced the past spring when ‘Ted was called to assume regional directorship for eight states under the National Y. M. C. A. organization. The reaction on the Kansas campus to the possibility of his leaving decided him to remain at Kansas and continue his work there. , Strengthening his other numerous ties with Wash- ington and Lee and Lexington in 1917 Ted married Miss Virginia Barclay of Lexington. They have four children. Their address is University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. CONGRESSMAN HARRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER, ’75, was in Richmond at the presentation of a portrait of his grandfather, Judge St. George Tucker, to the district court in that city. Judge Tucker was appointed a United States district judge by President James Madison in 1813, and made an enviable record during the many years of his judge- ship. - a 3 : 48 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Daniel Henry McDowell, Colored, Formerly of Lexington Tells His Story Colliers of June 13 contains an interesting story of a Washington colored man named Daniel Henry Mc- Dowell. It is by Walter Davenport and is entitled “Servin’ and Observin.’” Much of his story is takea up with the incidents of his waiting on great men be- ginning with General Grant and ending with “Uncle Joe” Cannon in a fashionable Washington restaurant. The beginning tells of his life in Lexington, Va., from where he hailed as a youth. This part of the story is repeated below: “I made my first pilgrimage to’ds the North in March, 1865,” said Daniel Henry McDowell. “It was a outstandin’ failure. Some time later on, Lexing- ton offerin’ no inducin’ comforts, I tried it again and, suh, by adherin’ to a life of deprivation coupled with thinkin’—well, suh, you see me just as I am—comf’- table but not gaudy. Eighty-six years old and ex- ceptin’ for a occasional smotherin’ in the chest and an ailin’ in the feet I am aimin’ to proceed through those pearly gates standin’ erect.” Daniel Henry McDowell lumbered hugely to his feet in the shining parlor of his home in Tenth Street, Southeast, Washington, and demonstrated how he pur- posed to enter heaven. He was born a slave on the estate of Samuel Mc- Dowell Moore, attorney general of Virginia, at Lex- ington. He “partook of religion” in General Stonewall _Jackson’s Sunday school class, which he attended with “humilitude.” He learned the finer points of serving in famous eating places and homes of Wash- ington. Renowned statesmen quarreled for his at- tention. From congress’ mighty orators—Silver Dick Bland, Fire Alarm Foraker, John G. Carlisle, John C. Spooner and others “too numerical to mention”— he gathered a vocabulary which is the delight of ears white and _ black. The years rest rather lightly on Mac. He is still a gentle black giant with the simplicity and deep dig- nity of a child. “The first pilgrimage to’ds the North I was re-_ vealin’” sighed Mac, “come to pass without premedi- tation. The war was on the point of ceasin’ and General Lee was considerin’ leadin’ his army West through Buffalo Gap and sequesterin’ such in the mountains. “General Jubal Early, a big, tall, precipitatin’ man, was holdin’ Lexington, and I was servin’ General Moore, an old man unfit for fightin’, and his daugh- ter, Miss Sally. That furnishes you with a panorama of the scene of my endeavors at the moment. “You behold me, suh, a-standin’ on the piazza. At my side you behold Miss Sally. We were contem- platin’.” : “Where was her father, General Moore ?” ee “Out back, suh, deliberatin’. The outlook was right discouragin’. Suddenly and without unnecessary warnin’ the cadet corps of the Virginia Military Insti- tute approaches, with Colonel Shipp a-leadin’ them. " ‘Daniel,’ said Miss Sally severely, ‘do you see _ those infants? ‘They are marchin’ up the Valley to the relief of New Market.’ “Along to’ds the conclusion of the cadet corps we behold a boy totin his knapsack and his rifle. Like- wise he is out of step to a distressin’ degree. In my judgment he is about in his thirteenth year and a big- ger boy is a-thrustin’ him back like without fallin’ out of precision to do so. | “But that boy is filled with conviction, and the dire thrustin’s back of the bigger boy is unavailin’. He is just makin’ a place for himself in line where there is no open vacancy. ‘Oh,’ implored Miss Sally to me, ‘somebody ought to be there taking care of that infant.’ “Well, suh, I needed no further admonitionin’. I took my leave of Miss Sally Moore and _ proceeded North slightly behind that cadet corps, which fetches us to the beginnin’ of our narration. “I progressed to the extent of forty miles, which appeared to irritate the Yankees, suh, to a belligerency it is difficult to comprehend. Yes, suh. The ground was willfully agitated with cannon balls, and one of these took occasion to explode in the vicinity I was occupyin’. : “There are folks who could be plunged deep in pon- derin’ on what I did, but to me it came as natural as the homeward wingin’ of a bluejay. In other words, suh, I run. Yes, suh, I was practically the first to re- treat that evenin’. ‘There was a certain amount of white folks runnin’, but it was inconsiderable as to quality. I hastened, suh.” “What did Miss Sally say, Mac?” “Well, suh, Miss Sally Moore was still standin’ on the piazza when I concluded my destination, and the spirit of the moment was such as to distract from me the scrutiny which might have been fixed on me in times which lacked the parlousness of the occasion. Suh, my feet served me adequately that evenin’, al- though I must say they were damaged beyond subse- quent control. : “The retreatin’, which I do not mind recordin’ as leadin’, had become universal. I resumed my position on the piazza back of Miss Sally, and some other ladies joined our group. . “Suddenly, without a word from anybody vested in _ authority, General Jubal Early, appearin’ taller than ever on account of the smallishness of the little red horse he was a-ridin’, come whirlin’ by. “ ‘Ladies,’ exclaimed he,»brandishin’ his hat, ‘good- THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE — 49 bye. Ladies, fare you well. I am departin’ with ac- celeration, as you see inasmuch as the Yanks will be in our midst before my shadder is clear of the corner of that mansion yonder. I am about through accom- plishin’ hereabouts.’ “With that, suh, General Jubal Early disintegrated and was quite a piece down the road before General Hunter and his Yankee cavalry came to a terminus in, front of the piazza where Miss Sally and the ladies and I were restin’. “There was practically no ruthlessness exceptii’ one Yankee soldier partook of one whole barrel of flour from the stores General Moore had garnered in the years of plenty as against the years of famine 30 to speak. ‘This one Yankee soldier elicited from the house with the barrel on his shoulder, remarkin’ that the bill was to be sent to a gentleman in New York who was owin’ him ten dollars for some years to come. “Otherwise there was no devastatin’ exceptin’ to the grass back of the house. General Hunter bowed to General Moore and expressed a desire to make the house his abode. ““T am anguished, General, to accommodate my- self to the vicissitudes of war in this manner,’ said General Hunter, “but such is the case of necessity.’ ““T am a Southerner, as you can imagine, suh,’ said General Moore, ‘but you must add to that that I am not in sympathy with war.’ : “Yes, suh,” sighed Daniel Henry, “old General Moore was a politician.” On the wall in Daniel Henry McDowell’s parlor is a picture of Stonewall Jackson, who Daniel Henry takes pleasure in assuring you, was Presbyterian “of such religious qualities that the Baptists and Meth- odists couldn’t find nothing on him to take hold of.” “General Jackson was beholden to no man in the discoursin’ of religious subject matter. I have ab- sorbed a deal of preachin’ in my time and have given ear to preachers who had their short-comin’s. I] helped sit in on one brother who was bearin’ up un- der the accusation of bein’ unsound on Isaiah. But General Jackson was a rounded-out man on all points of contact with the Bible. “He was head of the Virginia Military Institute and as such held Sunday school for colored of all manner of ages every Sunday afternoon at three. | had the distinction, suh, of bein’ bell ringer. It was a honor bestowed upon me by General Jackson be- cause of my ability in stature and strict attendin’ to faithful dischargin’ of promptitude. I was the big- gest boy in the class. “T would establish myself at the door and intone the bell which was a warnin’ that the general was about to hold forth. I was instructed, suh, to whang the bell seven times and fell from grace just once as I was filled with a zeal for which there was no ac- countin’ except it come from on high. ““Daniel,’ says the general on that occasion, ‘there is no occasion for arousin’ the whole state of Virginia with that bell. Seven intonatin’s is sufficin’.’ “You see, suh,’’ explained Daniel Henry, “I was carryin’ out instructions to seven times seven accordin’ to Leviticus. The general was mollified, but likewise set considerable store by discipline.” | The talk turned to funerals, which Daniel Henry ha: made an avocation. Early in life he had manifested outstanding talents at “solacin’ the departin’ and sus- tainin’ the bereaved.” He took prominent part in last rites, too. “General Lee departed this life in 1870 in Lexing- ton,” he said, “I laid my petition before Miss Sally Moore, who spoke to Miss Mildred Lee, the general’s daughter, which bore much good fruit, namely, that I led the general’s iron-gray horse, Traveler, in the pro- cession to the church whilst John Shaw, the general’s servant at the time, followed the hearse. “For two hours ‘Traveler and me, we stood outside the church whilst the services were proceedin’ within, and nothin’ more exasperatin’ than a slight trompin’ on my foot by Traveler, who was understandin’ but un- used to funerals, come to pass.”——Courtesy Collier’s IV eekly. yf ¢ MINK MAY BE DISCONTINUED For the past two years the Mink, humorous monthly published by the students, has been the sub- ject of criticism from Faculty, alumni and students. At the close of the college session a special Faculty committee was appointed to investigate the publica- tion. This committee met with the Faculty Execu- tive Committee after commencement and recom- mended that the publication be discontinued. ‘This is not a final action on the subject but it appears most likely that the Faculty will uphold the action of their Executive Committee. The Mink was established in 1921. After three years of rough sailing it became so involved financially that publication was suspended, only to be revived two years later. The later venture was free from financial worries but ran afoul of some campus, and much alumni, disfavor because of the improper “hu- mor’ dispensed. Thus the Faculty Committee action. —_—_—__—__¢ re WALTER FE. SMITH, ’20, who was married last December, writes us: “We are now located at No. 10 San Juline Apts., Jacksonville, Fla., and please personally present my compliments to any friend that you might meet in Lexington and extend personal and earnest invitation to any or all of them to drop in on us when next in Jacksonville.” 50 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Ainslie Gives Sound Advice to Graduates Rev. Peter Ainslie, D. D., LL.D., of Baltimore, Md., delivered the annual baccalaureate sermon to the 1928 graduating class. Dr. Ainslie is editor of the Christian Union Quarterly, an interdenomi- national and international journal published in the interest of reconciliation in the divided Church of Christ. A brief outline of the speaker’s address follows: “Perhaps the most obscured character in history is Jesus. The Jews did not understand Him. Abra- ham’s mind was filled with the thought of the Mes- siah, as was the mind of Jacob, David, and hosts of Jews. On the death of Solomon the Jews divided and the two governments were reconciled. One was taken into captivity by the Assyrians and the other by the Babylonians, but the dream of the Messiah did not perish in their thoughts. The Jews returned from Babylon and rebuilt Jerusalem in preparation for the Messiah. Under John Hyrcanus all the old glory came back to the Jewish capital. It was a great period in their history but in consequence of intense quarrels the government weakened and Judea be- came tributary to Rome. 7 “This deepened their study of the Old Testament in their expectation of the Messiah. They could conceive of Him only as a political deliverer, one by whom international alliances could be formed, a ereat army organized, and Rome forever driven out cf Judea. Political parties sprung into activity and Jerusalem was periodically seething with suppres- sed emotion for the Messiah whose political sagacity would fulfill the dream of Jewish poets and prophets. So when Jesus appeared as a carpenter of Galilee, humble, kind and courageous, they rejected His claim as absurd, expressing their disgust in His crucifixion. “Has the Christian Church understood Him any better than the Jews did? For the first few centuries Christians were an humble, kind and spiritual peo- ple, not unlike Jesus of Nazareth. As they grew in numbers they grew in pride, dreaming of a world empire. Constantine—a character as dissolute as Herod—came to the Roman throne and under his patronage for political purposes, Christianity re- ceived the edict of toleration and then became the state religion. The council of Nicea was called and out of it came the Niecene Creed. Henceforth Chris- tianity passed into its captivity. On one hand, the creedal statements henceforth put Christianity into definitions; on the other hand, being a state religion, Christianity became the ally of every fraud and scandal in political affairs. “The result of all this was that Christianity be- came involved politically, committing itself to war; involved industrially, committing itself to unfair industrial measures; involved socially, committing itself to the rule of superior races; and involved the- ologically, committing itself to systems of theology that have confused the public mind. “The Jews would not accept Jesus because He was. not a political leader; the Christians made Him a political leader and obscured His spiritual minis- tration to mankind. “No age has ever been so challenged as this. We have back of us these two experiences. Now is the world of open mind as never before. It is possible for Jesus to be brought out of His obscurity. His Spirit is here. It is seeking for outlets. It must find these outlets in human personality. ‘The adventures in science that crowd our thinking are but parables to remind us that the greatest of all adventures is in the spiritual realm. War must be abolished, industrial adjustments must be made, self-determination must be the unobstructed pathway of the races, theology must take its place with other sciences in changing for fairer foundation for a united Christendom. “If it 1s pardonable that He came unto His own twice—first to the Jews and then to the Gentiles—and they did not receive Him, it is no longer pardonable. No man has a right to be provincialized by his back yard, whether that back yard be his country or his denomination or his business. By the transportation of food, fabrics, and ideas the world has been made a community. We have got to learn to live as broth- ers in this world community. It is treasonable not to make a contribution for world betterment in terms of the Spirit of Jesus. He is the last hope of the world’s freedom and history waits on tiptoe for the unobscured Jesus of Nazareth.” (From Rockbridge County News.) ? MRS. MARY SAMPSON DUPUY Mrs. Mary Sampson Dupuy, mother of Mrs. Henry Louis Smith, wife of the president of Washington and Lee, died at the Lee Home Thursday, April 5th. Born in Richmond, Va., October 23, 1841, Mrs. Dupuy was, at the time of her death, in her eighty- seventh year. She was a daughter of the late Fran- cis S. and Caroline Dudley Sampson. The remains were taken to Davidson, N. C., and the burial took place there. Six daughters and one son survive these being Miss Lavalette Dupuy, of Korea, Mrs. J. A. Taylor and Mrs. Henry Louis Smith, of Lexington, Mrs. Frank R. Brown of Greensboro, N. C., Miss Jean Dupuy and Mrs. W. L. Lingle, both of Richmond, and ‘T. D. Dupuy of Greensboro. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 7 51 Bridge Building (Dedication Address by Thomas M. Glasgow, ’16) Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: Some eight years ago it was my rare privilege to be pres- ent at Finals, when the University would do honor to her World War Veterans, to deliver the address before the Alumni. Little did I think at that time that a second and greatly coveted honor would befall my lot, such as was ex- tended in the gracious invitation of Mr. Kemp, to be present and speak on this occasion. Down in Carolina where I am now making my home, I recently heard of a cotton field club-footed negro who had the good fortune to be invited by one of his friends of the city to attend a dance. He became greatly enamored of a dashing young mulatto, dancing with her frequently, step- ging all over her feet and causing her great embarrass- ment. About the middle of the evening, going up to her he asked, “Miss Susie, may I have the I-a-s-t dance?” Looking him over with disdain, she replied, “Big boy, you done had the last ‘dance! !” Such, I felt, was justly my lot and that the privilege of speaking today should have been given to one of the many sons of our University who have written their names high in the halls of fame and achievement amid the affairs of the Nation. As the speaker of today, I am re- minded again of my dusky friends in Carolina. I recently saw a pompous engraved invitation to a strawberry supper gotten out by the “Daughters of I Will Arise Zion Meth- odist Church” which read: “You are cordially invited to be present at the strawberry supper to be given on the Church lawn next Friday evening.” Just below was engraved this postscript “On account ‘of the high price of strawberries, prunes ‘will be served.” However, I rejoice in the privilege of being present to- day. As I look out upon the faces of those gathered here, a flood of rich memories are mine—memories hallowed by association during my six years on this campus in. the days that are gone, and memories sweetened with childhood’s happy hours when as a lad I played upon yon velvet green and yearned for the day when I should follow my father and grandfather, six uncles and three great uncles, two brothers | and six first cousins as students and worthy sons of Wash- ington & Lee. As we gather here, in memory’s eye I see that great. host of those who have gone before—Oberlain, “Tubby” Stone, Minetree and Pat Osborne, mighty strokes of the Harry Lee and Albert Sidney Boat Crews; “Um-Paul” Bagley, “Skeeter” Maxwell, Harry Pratt of the baseball diamond in the late nineties; “Smut”: Smith and Pat Ross—two of the greatest ends who ever wore the White and Blue as they starred in the last football game ever played against the Vir- ginia Military Institute; “Red” Porter—that sandy haired “south paw” pitcher who always struck out—as he thrilled the onlookers with a three bagger in the eleventh inning and won his game from the crack team of the Carlisle Indians in 1905. Sam Chilton and Riley Wilson, sons of the West Virginia hills and also stars of the diamond then. ‘Ted” Schultz, “Buck” Miles, Johnny Barrett, Cy Young, and Lindsay Moore who led the Washington & Lee All Southern in 1913-14, scoring more against Cornell in the first half of the game than she had permitted all opponents combined in the two previous seasons. These and a host of other faces come back to us as we linger here amid the shades of the past. Yea, and hovering above—looking down from their rich and gracious reward—I feel the presence of John L,. Campbell, for many years the beloved Treasurer of this University, David Humphreys, whose memory will always be hallowed “Tom” Griascow, 712-716 “__Thrilled the audience” amid our engineers, Walter Leconte Stephens, long honored as the head of the Department of Physics, Martin P. Burks, beloved Dean of the Law School and member of the Supreme Court of Virginia, surrounded by old Clovis Moomaw and that flower of our Alumni and of the Southland whose bodies sleep in Flanders Field and whose loyalty to the patriotic tra- ditions of our Alma Mater will keep ever verdant their deeds in the sacred chambers of immortal memory. It is such an audience — seen and wunseen—which I have the honor to address this morning. We have met to dedicate this beautiful structure which jtes before you. I have chosen as my theme—‘‘Building Bridges” —a theme most fitting for the Founders and Alumni and Students of this University. “Building Bridges’—Bridges across the chasm of colonial oppression and chaos, over which, led by George Washing- ton—the generous benefactor of this institution—our rug- ged forefathers and their descendants marched into national existence and international supremacy. Bridges across the broken fragments of a shattered nation as the immortal Lee —towering above the bitter prejudice of a civil war—led back, by precept and example, the bleeding citizenry of the once sunny Southland until today she shines as a brilliant jewel in a nation’s crown. Inspired by the leadership of these two noblemen whose tiames she bears, this University has poured forth a stream of 52 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE worthy sons whose deeds of service have spanned the ravines of a Nation’s needs in commerce, professional life and polit- ical statesmanship. Building Bridges—Newton D. Baker, honored Adumnus and ‘Trustee of this University, across whose services and peerless ability as Secretary of War, a peaceful nation was led into a position of military preparedness and _ efficiency— gigantic, impregnable and invincible at a time of the nation’s crisis. Building Bridges—Thomas ‘Todd, Robert Trimble and Joseph R. Lamar, Alumni of this University and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United- States, together with that long list of eminent state and national jurists whose thought and reason have spanned the maze of legal research, guided the steps of a nation’s courts and written high the name and honor of this University in the halls of Fame. | Building Bridges—In the lives of William Morrison, in the heart of Africa; William McElwee Miller in the heart of Persia; Harry Myers in cherry blossomed heathen Japan; James Montgomery, Frank Price, Houston Patterson, Bob Crawford in war torn China, and the others of that gallant band of Alumni—missionaries of the Cross of Jesus Christ— building those sacred bridges which lead from the darkness of sin and idolatry into that mansion not made with hands, eter- nal in the heavens. Time forbids that we detail that mighty host who have gone forth from yon sacred walls into the holy profession of the Gospel Ministry; into the character moulding profession of Teaching; into the glorious profession of Medical Science; into the exacting profession of Engineering; into the honored profession of the Law; into that new and splendid profession of Industry and Commerce-building, through achievement and sacrificial service, bridges across which the unborn gener- ations of tomorrow will pass with safety and joy because they have labored and served. An old man going a lone highway, Came in the evening cold and gray, To a chasm vast and deep and wide, The old man crossed in the twilight dim, The sullen stream had no fear for him, But ke turned when safe on the other side And built a bridge to span the tide. “Good Sir” said a fellow pilgrim near, “You are wasting your time with building here; Your journey will end with the ending day, You never again will pass this way, You have crossed the chasm deep and wide, Why build this bridge at even tide?” The builder lifted his old grey head— “Good Friend, in the path I’ve come”, he said “There followeth after me today A youth whose feet must pass this way. The chasm which has been naught to me, To the fair haired. boy a pitfall may be. He, too, must cross in the twilight’s dim— Good Friend, I’m building the bridge for him.” Inspired by the lives of its founders and imbued with the spirit of her noblest tradition—personal honor, sacred and inviolate—the Alumni of Washington and Lee have gone forth to spend and be spent in the service of their nation, their state, their community, their King—exemplifying in that service the grandeur of that greatest of all sentences in uninspired literature—“The dealings of my trade are but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business.” Uncompromising with the difficulties of the task they have builded with an ever mounting glory and grandeur. The story is told in the Franco-Prussian War that the standard bearer of a regiment, which had never known de- feat, in the heat of battle found himself far out beyond the line. The Commander seeing the situation called to the standard bearer to bring the flag back to the line. Replying, the standard bearer made answer in words immortal; “Sir, this flag has never known retreat—bring the line up to the flag!!!” Such is the spirit of this institution, its students and Alumni, typified in, the lines loved by the late Wood- row Wilson: Then I beheld or dreamed it in a dream There lay a cloud of dust along the plain And underneath the cloud or in it raged A battle—sword shocked on sword and shield: A prince’s banner faltered—then staggered backward Hemmed by foes. A craven hung along the battle’s edge And said “Had I a sword of keener steel That blue blade like the King’s son has— But this blunt thing’—he broke and flung it from him And lowering crept away and left the field. Then came the King’s son, wounded, sore beset And weaponless, and saw the broken sword, Hilt half buried in the trodden ground, And ran and snatched it up—with battle cry He turned and hewed the enemy down. And saved a great cause that illustrious day. Such has been the record of Washington and Lee—her sons, undaunted by circumstances or -condition, have builded su- per-structure upon super-structure in the service of mankind. Today we dedicate this magnificent bridge presented to the University by the classes of 1927-31. I am told that it is the longest concrete foot bridge in the world, and I add without hesitation—the most beautiful. In this dedication it is most fitting that I express the deep gratitude of the University and its Alumni to Mr. Verbon Kemp, the effi- cient Secretary of the Alumni Association, Mr. R. A. (“Dick”) Smith our splendid Graduate Manager of Athletics, and to the President of the Student Body, for the major part that they have played in its accomplishment. Through them to the classes of 1927-31 may I express not only our grati- tude but our pride in this, the first great material memorial ever erected upon this campus by a student body—a memo- rial so eminently in keeping with the spiritual bridge build- ing traditions of this institution, In conclusion, may I extend this wish from the Alumni to its Alma Mater and incoming student bodies of future days. My wish is embodied in, the lines dedicated to Columbus by Joaquin Miller: Behind him lay the gray Azores; Behind the gates of Hercules: Before him not a ghost of shore Before him only shoreless seas. “Now we must pray” the brave mate said “For lo! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say?” He said “Sail on, Sail on, Sail on.” My men grow mutinous day by day, My men grow ghastly wan and weak, The brave mate thought of home—a spray Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek, THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 53 The Librarian Reviews Some Books of the Year. “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.” ‘Thus Bacon urged the principle of discrimination in, the choice of reading in 1597, and one wonders if he could have given more timely advice to members of the present generation. His first class I shall make no attempt to consider for such books descend upon us each year in numbers far too large to be included in one short list. ‘The titles which follow are only a few of those recently published which may be suggested for the second and third categories. Baker, Ray Stannard (David Grayson, pseud.). Life and Letters of Woodrow Wilson. 2v. Doubleday, 1927. $10. One hears much nowadays of the satirical Man Who Knew Coolidge. Dr. Baker is the Man Who Under- stood Woodrow Wilson. ‘These first two volumes of the series are devoted to his life before he left Prince- ton to go into New Jersey politics, the letters and events being skillfully chosen to present a faithful account of the formative years and to explain his later career. Beard, Charles Austin and Beard, Mary (Ritter) (Mrs. Charles Austin Beard). Rise of American Civiliza- tion. 2v. Macmillan, 1927. $12.50. An ideal history for the intelligent layman who will find in this work an interpretation of American life— economic, social, political, agricultural, industrial, and in- tellectual. The historical development is traced from its beginnings to the machine age. Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian. Letters: sel. and ed. by Lady Bell. Boni & Ljiveright, 1927. 2v. $10. These letters are satisfying as a book of travel, as a study of an unusual personality, or as an account of political conditions in Arabia during the war. ‘They are dramatic, witty, and vivid, and include brilliant charac- ter sketches of Colonel Lawrence and other people of prominence with whom she was associated. “What shall I say, brave Admiral, say, If we sight naught but sea at dawn?” “Why you shall say at break of day Sail on, Sail on, Sail on, and on.” They sailed, they sailed—then spake the mate, “This mad sea shows her teeth tonight She curls her lip and lies in wait, And lifts her fangs as if to bite. Brave Admiral, speak but one good word; What shall we do when hope is gone?” The word leapt like a leaping sword— “Sail on, Sail on, Sail on, and on.” Then, wan and lone, he kept his watch And peered through darkness—Ah that night Of all dark nights—and then a speck— A light! A light!