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Patton, John S. (1857-1932)
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JEFFERSON, CABELL, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
  
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Academic Department.
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Professional Schools.
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III

Honors in the Washington Literary Society

(See p. 249.)

The final presidents from the beginning to the
present, as far as can be ascertained, have been:

  • 1844—J. F. Wooten, N. C.

  • 1845—Presley C. Lane, Ala.

  • 1846—George A. Hall, Ga.

  • 1847—William H. F. Hall, Ga.

  • 1848—J. F. Marshall, Miss.

  • 1849—John L. Cochran, Va.

  • 1850—Frederick Floyd, Va.

  • 1851—Frank V. Winston, Va.

  • 1852—J. F. Deloney, Ala.

  • 1853—Edward S. Joynes, Va.

  • 1854—George B. Talyor, Va.

  • 1855—Virginius Dabney, Miss.

  • 1856—John M. Bolling, Va.

  • 1857—Algernon S. Epes, Va.

  • 1858—Thomas U. Dudley, Va.

  • 1859—Edward L. Martin, Del.

  • 1860—C. W. Wilson, Va.

  • 1861-1865—Suspended during
    the war.

  • 1866—Micajah Woods, Va.

  • 1867—C. J. Faulkner, W. Va.

  • 1868—W. O. Harris, W. Va.

  • 1869—S. T. Phillips, Va.

  • 1870—J. C. McKennie, Va.

  • 1871—Barnett Gibbs, Texas.

  • 1872—Walter G. Charlton, Ga.

  • 1873—Richard H. Maury, Miss.

  • 1874—Thomas L. Raymond, La.

  • 1875—Benjamin Johnson, Va.

  • 1876—Fred. E. Conway, Ark.

  • 1877—Frank P. Farish, Va.

  • 1878—V. M. Potter, Ky.

  • 1879—None recorded.

  • 1880—John F. B. Beckwith, Ga.

  • 1881—S. J. Shepherd, Tenn.

  • 1882—W. D. Toy, Va.

  • 1883—W. T. Turnbull, Fla.

  • 1884—J. I. Van Meter, Ohio.

  • 1885—C. H. Fauntleroy, Va.

  • 1886—Lewis M. G. Baker, Va.

  • 1887—W. E. Allen, Va.

  • 1888—S. L. Kelley, Va.

  • 1889—F. M. Simonton, Fla.

  • 1890—Charles F. Coleman, Fla.

  • 1891—George N. Conrad, Va.

  • 1892—Robert F. Leach, Md.

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  • 1893—Allen P. Gilmour, Ky.

  • 1894—J. Bernard Handlan, Va.

  • 1895—Joseph T. Allyn, Va.

  • 1896—Alex. Scott Bullitt, Ky.

  • 1897—Frank Grey Newbill, Va.

  • 1898—Charles N. Joyce, Md.

  • 1899—Patrick H. Aylett, Va.

  • 1900—E. H. Fulton, Va.

  • 1901—J. D. Hauk, Va.

  • 1902—W. C. Latimer, S. C.

  • 1903—R. H. Latham, Va.

  • 1904—John S. Flory, Va.

  • 1905—T. M. Wampler, Va.

The readers from 1838, until the intermediate
celebration was eliminated from college exercises,
were:

  • 1838—Robert B. Ridley, N. C.

  • 1846—Thomas J. Sharp, Miss.

  • 1847—W. A. Quarles, Ky.

  • 1848—William H. F. Hall, Ga.

  • 1849—Daniel Lyon, Jr., Va.

  • 1850—Frank V. Winston, Va.

  • 1851—R. S. Henson, Va.

  • 1852—A. B. Evans, Va.

  • 1853—H. A. Carrington, Va.

  • 1854—R. M. Mallory, Va.

  • 1855—Theo. W. Brevard, Fla.

  • 1856—S. Wellford Corbin, Va.

  • 1857—Thomas U. Dudley, Va.

  • 1858—T. G. Wertenbaker, Va.

  • 1859—J. William Jones, Va.

  • 1860—Arthur J. Arnold, Va.

  • 1861—William H. Henson, Va.

  • 1866—Edmund C. Minor, Va.

  • 1869—J. G. Rogers, Md.

In the list of "intermediate orators" about the
same gap occurs as in the readers—from 1839 to
1846 inclusive. Thereafter no break appears until
1861-65:

  • 1836—James T. Sharp, Va.

  • 1837—Alexander Walker, Va.

  • 1838—Robt. S. Hamilton, Va.

  • 1839—J. B. Bird, S. C.

  • 1847—Thomas Sharp, Miss.

  • 1848—John Griffin, Miss.

  • 1849—John Hart, Va.

  • 1850—Fernando R. Farrar, Va.

  • 1851—Alex. N. Jordan, Va.

  • 1852—P. S. Henson, Va.

  • 1853—Wm. D. Thomas, Va.

  • 1854—George B. Taylor, Va.

  • 1855—A. E. Dickinson, Va.

  • 1856—Thomas T. Jones, Va.

  • 1857—Erasmus K. Harris, Va.

  • 1858—Littleton J. Haley, Va.

  • 1859—T. W. Mason, Va.

  • 1860—S. Taylor Martin, Va.

  • 1861—Alex. W. Weddell, Va.

  • 1866—William T. R. Bell. Va.

  • 1867—Saml. McKinney, Tenn.,

  • 1869—Rich. S. Jeffories, Va.

The valedictorians:

  • 1839—J. P. Holcombe, Va.

  • 1840—Thomas Slaughter, Va.

  • 1846—Thomas Sharp, Miss.

  • 1847—Robert C. Saffold, Miss.

  • 1848—Smith C. Daniell, Va.

  • 1849—Wm. Pope Dabney, Va.

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  • 1850—Thomas W. Haynes, Va.

  • 1851—Samuel Garland, Va.

  • 1852—W. B. Newton, Va.

  • 1853—H. A. Carrington, Va.

  • 1854—H. Embry Merritt, Va.

  • 1855—Wilson S. Newman, Va.

  • 1856—Given Campbell, Ky.

During the session of 1856-57 the Washington
Society instituted a debater's medal and after the
war the orator's medal. In the following list the debaters
are all medalists and the orators medalists
after 1869:

  • 1857—Given Campbell, Ky., debater; Robert Davis, Va.,
    orator.

  • 1858—Alexander B. Cochran, Va., debater; Llewellyn Southgate,
    Va., orator.

  • 1859—Douglas F. Forest, Va., orator.

  • 1860—William Allen, Va., debater; William Frederick Ogden,
    La, orator.

  • 1861—Celebration abandoned, and no medal awarded; J. W.
    Harris had been appointed orator before the decision
    to suspend.

  • 1866—John S. Wise, Va., debater; J. N. Dunlop, Va., orator.

  • 1867—David S. Pierce, Va., debater; Charles E. Sears, Va.,
    orator.

  • 1868—S. M. Wynne, Ga., debater; S. McKinney, Tenn., orator.

  • 1869—No record.

  • 1870—Linden Kent, Va., debater.

  • 1871—E. H. Farrar, La., debater; G. E. Penn, Va., orator.

  • 1872—H. A. Collum, La., debater; C. A. Jenkins, Miss., orator.

  • 1873—F. R. Graham, La., debater; J. N. Stephenson, Va.,
    orator.

  • 1874—John S. Brooks, Va., debater; R. S. Saulsbury, Ga.,
    orator.

  • 1875—C. E. Nicol, Md., debater; H. C. Stuart, Va., orator.

  • 1876—T. E. Blakey, Va., debater; J. G. Colley, Ga., orator.

  • 1877—J. F. Ellison, Va., debater; Junius Rochester, Ky.,
    orator.

  • 1878—Richard A. Jackson, Md., debater; Benjamin F. Long,
    N. C., orator.

  • 1879—Not organized this year.

  • 1880—No award.

  • 1881—W. W. Wilkinson, Ala., debater; F. M. O. Fenn, Texas,
    orator.

  • 1882—H. P. Lawther, Texas, debater; H. G. Peters, Va.,
    orator.

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  • 1883—W. B. Eldridge, Tenn., debater; W. G. Winstock, Va.,
    orator.

  • 1884—L. H. Pugh, La., debater; B. H. Lee, Miss., orator.

  • 1885—W. H. Bryant, Va., debater; W. J. Shelburne, Va.,
    orator.

  • 1886—R. G. Bickford, Va., debater; J. G. Covington, Ky.,
    orator.

  • 1887—J. B. Gibson, Miss., debater; T. E. Ryals, Ga., orator.

  • 1888—L. G. M. Baker, Va., debater; F. Causey, Va., orator.

  • 1889—J. A. Barclay, Ky., debater; F. W. Weaver, Va., orator.

  • 1890—R. M. Banks, Jr., Miss., debater; G. N. Conrad, Va.,
    orator.

  • 1891—Charles F. Spencer, Ky., debater; Henry A. Etheridge,
    Ga., orator.

  • 1892—Robert E. Cofer, Texas, debater; Harris L. Moss, Va.,
    orator.

  • 1893—John Henry Nininger, Va., debater; Algernon B.
    Chandler, Va., orator.

  • 1894—Charles R. Frankum, Va., debater; Edward L. Greever,
    Va., orator.

  • 1895—J. R. Rew, Va., debater; A. E. Strode, S. C., orator.

  • 1896—G. W. Holland, Va., debater; Clyde W. Portlock, Tenn.,
    orator.

  • 1897—Preston W. Campbell, Va., debater; Charles N. Joyce,
    Md., orator.

  • 1898—C. L. Kagey, Va., debater; D. S. Burleson, Va., orator.

  • 1899—J. Douglass Mitchell, Va., debater; A. Leo Obendorfer,
    Va., orator.

  • 1900—Arthur J. Morris, Va., debater; Roscoe C. Nelson, Va.,
    orator.

  • 1901—E. B. Setzler, S. C., debater and orator.

  • 1902—Thos. W. Halloman, Miss., inter-society debater; J. S.
    Barron, Va., debater.

  • 1903—W. C. Latimer, S. C., inter-society debater; W. T.
    Anglin, Va., orator.

  • 1904—H. M. Roberts, Ky., orator.

  • 1905—Lee Bidgood, Va., inter-society debater; Samuel W.
    Edmondson, Va., orator.

In 1896 Dr. James A. Harrison provided a trophy
to be contested for by the Jefferson and Washington
literary societies. It is a solid silver laurel wreath
encircling a copper scroll for the names of the winning
contestants. Thus far the record is:

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    Washington Society.

  • 1896—C. W. Portlock.

  • 1898—E. B. Setzler.

  • 1901—J. P. McConnell.

  • 1903—W. M. James.

    John C. Myers.

  • 1905—J. W. Wayland.

    J. I. Viney.

    Jefferson Society.

  • 1897—Walter T. Oliver.

    Albert Fink.

  • 1902—Irvin W. Ayres.

    F. W. Gwathmey.

  • 1904—Roger B. Wood.

    J. A. Williams.

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