University of Virginia Library

SOCIETY OF ALUMNI.

This association is composed of such former students of the
University as, having graduated in one or more departments,
have subsequently on nomination been elected members, at the
annual meetings. Its objects are the promotion of letters and
general education, as well as the renewal from year to year of
the pleasing associations of academic life.

The society holds its meetings at the close of the session, commencing
business usually on the 28th and terminating on the 29th
of June. An orator or essayist is annually appointed by the
society from among its members, and the oration or essay is
generally delivered in the Rotunda on the Public Day, at the
conclusion of the academical proceedings.