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SOCIETY OF ALUMNI.
B. Johnson Barbour, President.
John M. Danies, 1st Vice President.
Wm. T. Early, 2nd Vice President.
C. D. Fishburne, Secretary and Treasurer.
OFFICERS:
A. R. Blakey,
W. C. N. Randolph,
R. T. W. Duke,
N. H. Massie,
Horace W. Jones,
W. A. Quarles,
W. R. Abbott.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
The Society holds its meetings at the close of the session. An
orator or an essayist is annually appointed by the Society from among
its members, and the oration or essay is delivered in the Public Hall
on the Public Day. The orator for this year is Judge Kennard, of
New Orleans.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS.
The following Associations of Alumni have been formed for the
purpose of maintaining a close connection with the University, and
of furthering the cause of education and letters in harmony with the
plan and standard of the parent institution:
St. Louis, Mo.—James O. Broadhead, President.
John Wickham, Vice President.
William C. Marshall, Treasurer.
L. C. P. Ellerbe, Secretary.
New York.—E. C. Cabell, President.
———, Secretary.
Alexandria, Va.—Charles T. Taylor, President.
R. S. Stringfellow, 1st Vice President.
John S. Blackburn, 2nd Vice President.
K. Kemper, Secretary.
Linden Lent, Executive Committee.
Jas. L. French, Executive Committee.
L. M. Blackford, Executive Committee.
S. C. Neale, Executive Committee.
Petersburg, Va.—Thomas Withers, M. D., President.
Col. Fletcher H. Archer, Vice President.
W. Gordon McCabe, Secretary and Treasurer.
Richmond, Va.—Col. John B. Young, President.
Col. H. P. Jones, 1st Vice President.
W. H. Haxall, 2nd Vice President.
R. E. Withers, 3rd Vice President.
Philip Haxall, Secretary.
Wm. B. Isaacs, Jr., Treasurer.
President ex-officio Executive Committee.
H. D. Davidson, Executive Committee.
T. R. Joynes, Executive Committee.
S. H. Pulliam, Executive Committee.
J. P. Cocke, Executive Committee.
Lower Shenandoah
Valley, Winchester. Col. Thos. T. Fauntleroy, President.A. Magill Smith, Vice President.
Col. F. W. M. Holliday, Vice President.
Alexander R. Pendleton, Secretary.
Upper Shenandoah
Valley, Staunton, &c. Hon. A. H. H. Stuart, President.Dr. F. T. Stribling, 1st Vice President.
Dr. A. M. Fauntleroy, 2nd Vice President.
Major Marshall Hanger, 3d Vice President.
Capt. Chas. D. McCoy, Secretary.
M. Meade F. White, Treasurer.
Dr. F. T. Stribling, Executive Committee.
Major M. Hanger, Executive Committee.
Dr. Carter Berkeley, Executive Committee.
Lynchburg, Va.—R. G. H. Kean, President.
Dr. Thos. L. Walker, Vice-President.
James W. Morgan, Secretary and Treasurer.
New Orleans, La.—Wm. M. Burwell, President.
T. L. Macon, Vice-President.
I. H. Kennard, Secretary and Treasurer.
Maryland.—R. M. Venable, President.
Dr. C. Pembroke Thom, 1st Vice President.
Prof. J. M. Garnett, 2nd Vice President.
Dr. H. R. Noel, 3d Vice President.
W. R. Downman, 4th Vice President.
H. C. Turnbull, 5th Vice President.
M. R. Walter, Secretary and Treasurer.
Southwestern Va.
Abingdon — Hon. John W. Johnston, President.Hon. William Terry, Vice President.
Dr. Rob. J. Preston, Vice President.
Dr. Harvey Black, Vice President.
Capt. John M. Preston, Vice President.
Prof. C. E. Vawter, Vice President.
M. R. Venable, Secretary and Treasurer.
Columbia, Tenn.—W. A. Smith, M. D., President.
Hugh T. Gordon, Secretary.
Watkins Fleming, Treasurer.
OFFICERS:
LITERARY SOCIETIES.
There are two Literary Societies (the Washington Society and the
Jefferson Society) of long standing connected with the University.
They meet weekly in their respective halls for the purpose of cultivating
debate and composition, and occasionally hold public exhibitions.
The annual oration before the two Societies will be delivered
on the Ist of July, by Rev. Dr. Ryan.
DISCIPLINE.
Morality and Religion are recognised as the foundation and indispensable
concomitants of education. The discipline is sedulously administered
with a view to confirm integrity and to maintain a sacred
regard for truth. Great efforts are made to surround the students
with religious influences; but experience has proved that the best
way to effect this result is to forbear the employment of coercon,
and the attendance on religious exercises is entirely voluntary.
Prayers are held every morning in the chapel, and divine service is
performed on Sunday by a chaplain selected in turn from the principal
religious denominations.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
By means of a Young Men's Christian Association new-comers are
brought under good influences, and the energies of students willing
to engage in the active Christian enterprises of the neighborhood are
called into exercise.
FRIENDS OF TEMPERANCE.
The Friends of Temperance are represented by University Council
No. 46, an association which has done good service in guarding
young men against dangerous excesses, and in promoting literary and
moral culture.
MONTHLY CIRCULAR.
At the end of every month a circular letter is addressed by the
Chairman of the Faculty to the parent or guardian of each student,
in which are stated his absences from lectures and examinations, and
any other irregularity of which he may have been guilty, together
with such further information as to the student's progress and conduct
as it may be deemed proper to communicate. The object of
such report being on the one hand to incite the student to steady
diligence by eliciting the commendation and encouragement of his
friends, and on the other to restrain him from idleness and disorder,
or to urge him to amendment by their admonition and advice, the
usefulness of these circulars greatly depends upon the prompt and
judicious attention they receive from those to whom they are addressed.
Parents and guardians therefore cannot be too earnest in
communicating such advice or encouragement as the monthly report
may suggest.
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS.
Eleven Scholarships, entitling the successful candidates at a competitive
examination to prosecute their studies for one session at the
University of Virginia without the payment of matriculation fees o
tuition fees, will be open to new-comers from all the States at the beginning
of the next academic year, (October 1st). Of these eleven
Scholarships five are in the Academic Department, and two each in
the departments of Law, of Medicine, and of Industrial Chemistry,
Civil and Mining Engineering and Agriculture. The examination is
in order to secure positive attainments the right is reserved to reject
any papers that do not reach the standard required for distinction at
the Final Examination in Junior Latin, Junior Greek, and Junior
Mathematics, and do not show a competent acquaintance with the
grammatical and rhetorical structure of the English language.
MILLER SCHOLARSHIPS.
In addition to these scholarships there are two in the Agricultural
Department, the conditions of which have already been stated on
page 46.
STATE SCHOLARSHIPS.
To render education at the University accessible to meritorious
young men of limited means, provision has been made by the Legislature
for the admission of one student from each Senatorial District
of the State without payment of matriculation and tuition fees and
rents, an amount of $120 to $150 according to the schools taken.
This provision is meant to be restricted to those who themselves are
unable, and whose parents are unable, to incur the expense of their
education at this Institution without aid.
State students are appointed by the Faculty upon satisfactory
testimonials of fitness. The term of appointment is for two years,
but for extraordinary proficiency it may be prolonged. They stand
in all respects except expense on the same footing as other students,
enjoying the same privileges and subject to the same laws. By way
of remuneration to the State for the aid thus afforded them, they are
required on admission to sign an engagement to teach in some public
or private school in Virginia for two years after leaving the University,
the emoluments of such service enuring of course to their own benefit.
Mode of Applying for Appointment.
The applicant for a State appointment must state his age (which
must be at least seventeen) and designate the Schools of the University
he may wish to enter. He must submit satisfactory testimonials
of irreproachable moral character and of capacity, as well by partial
cultivation as original vigor of mind, to profit by the instruction
given at the University, and of the fact that neither he nor his parents
are able to incur the expense of his education without aid.
The Faculty will proceed on the 29th day of June, 1874, to make
appointments of State students for vacant districts. The following
are the districts under the new Constitution, all of which, except
those indicated by an asterisk, will be vacant at the close of the present
session.
☞ Applications should be addressed to the Chairman of the
Faculty in the following form:—
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Sir: I respectfully apply for the appointment of State Student
from the County of —. I was — years of age on the — day
of —, 18—. I reside in — County. I forward herewith testimonials
of character, and certificates of my inability to pay the tuition
fees at the University, together with letters from the teachers
with whom I have studied. Very respectfully, &c,
*I. Loudoun, Alexandria, Fairfax and Prince William.
*II. Orange, Culpeper and Madison.
III. Fluvanna, Buckingham and Appomattox.
IV. Franklin and Henry.
*V. Campbell.
VI. Halifax.
VII. Richmond City and Henrico.
VIII. Nottoway, Lunenburg and Brunswick.
IX. City of Petersburg, Prince George and Surry.
X. Dinwiddie, Greenville and Sussex.
*XI. County of Norfolk and City of Portsmouth.
*XII. Hanover and Caroline.
*XIII. Essex, King and Queen and King William.
XIV. Frederick, Clarke and Warren.
XV. Shenandoah and Page.
XVI. Augusta.
*XVII. Alleghany, Roanoke, Botetourt, and Craig.
XVIII. Carroll, Grayson, and Wythe.
XIX. Lee, Wise, and Buchanan.
XX. Scott and Russell.
*XXI. Fauquier and Rappahannock.
*XXII. Stafford, Spotsylvania and Louisa.
*XXIII. Albemarle and Greene.
XXIV. Amelia, Cumberland and Prince Edward.
*XXV. Nelson and Amherst.
XXVI. Pittsylvania.
XXVII. Bedford.
*XXVIII. Charles City, James City, York, Warwick and Elizabeth
City.XXIX. King George, Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland
and Lancaster.XXX. Charlotte and Mecklenburg.
XXXI. Chesterfield, Goochland and Powhatan.
XXXII. Nansemond, Isle of Wight and Southampton.
XXXIII. Norfolk City, and County of Princess Anne.
*XXXIV. New Kent, Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex.
XXXV. Accomac and Northampton.
*XXXVI. Rockingham.
*XXXVII. Rockbridge, Highland and Bath.
*XXXVIII. Montgomery, Floyd and Patrick.
XXXIX. Giles, Pulaski, Bland and Tazewell.
XL. Washington and Smyth.
In addition to the appointments to be made from the foregoing
vacant districts, four will be made from the State at large; the remaining
six, (the total number being ten), have already been made.
DONATIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
Under an act of the Legislature entitled "A bill to encourage donations
to the University of Virginia, and to constitute the State of
Virginia the trustee thereof," "any person may deposit in the
treasury of this State, or bequeath money, stocks, or public bonds of
any kind to be so deposited, or grant, devise or bequeath property,
real or personal, to be sold, and the proceeds to be so deposited, in
sums not less than one hundred dollars, which shall be invested in
certificates of debt of the State of Virginia, or the United States, or
any other State thereof, for the benefit of the University of Virginia:
and in such case the interest or dividend accruing on such stocks,
certificates of debt or bonds, shall be paid to the rector and visitors
of the University, to be by them appropriated to the general purposes
thereof, unless some particular appropriation shall have been originated
by the donor or testator as hereinafter provided . . . . . . . . .
and due application of all funds which may be deposited in
the treasury in pursuance of this act."
The legal title of the University corporation is "The Rector and
Visitors of the University of Virginia."
ENDOWMENT OF PROFESSORSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
THROUGH THE SOCIETY OF ALUMNI.
Under an act of the Legislature, entitled "A bill to incorporate the
Society of Alumni of the University of Virginia," this Society is
authorized, by its Executive Committee or in such other way as it
may direct, "to raise the sum of five hundred thousand dollars to be
held in the name of the `Society of Alumni of the University of
Virginia,' to be safely invested, and the net annual income therefrom
to be applied to the benefit of the University of Virginia." It is also
empowered "to employ agents to obtain endowments for scholarships
and professorships, to solicit donations, to dispose of anything
of any value belonging to the Society or entrusted to its management
for the purpose of endowing professorships or scholarships, or for
accomplishing any of the other objects of the Society authorised by
its charter."
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