 | University of Virginia record February 1, 1916 |  |
STUDENTS' LITERARY ACTIVITIES.
LITERARY SOCIETIES.
Connected with the University are two literary societies of long standing—
the Jefferson Society and the Washington Society. At weekly meetings in their
respective halls, they hold debates and practice extemporaneous and other forms
of public speaking. Jointly they form the Congress of the Debating Union
and follow a procedure similar to that of the national House of Representatives.
Each society annually offers gold medals for excellence in debating and oratory,
and each organization contests for intersociety prizes.
| Jefferson Society Orator | Benjamin Carter Taylor |
| Washington Society Orator | Elgie Gilbert Purvis |
| Jefferson Society Debater | Harry Lee Carter |
| Washington Society Debater | Elgie Gilbert Purvis |
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MAGAZINE.
Founded 1838.
The University of Virginia Magazine, designed to encourage literary work
among the students, is published by the students with the advisory assistance
of the Linden Kent Memorial School of English Literature, and appears at
monthly intervals eight times during the session.
As a stimulus to literary activity, the Magazine offers every year three
medals: One for the best poem, one for the best short story, and one for the
best essay, of student authorship, appearing in one of the numbers of the publication.
The awards are made by alumni committees, one committee for each of
the three medals.
| John R. Thompson Medal, Verse | Charles Edgar Gilliam |
| Edgar Allan Poe Medal, Short Story | Edward Cary Eichelberger |
| Woodrow Wilson Medal, Essay | Linton Hampton Baer |
| Hugh Alwyn Inness-Brown | Editor-in-Chief |
Assistant Editors.
Thomas Jeffries Betts
Frank Stringfellow Barr
Barron Foster Black
Edward Cary Eichelberger
| George Abraham Smith | Business Manager |
| Earnest Jackson Oglesby | Assistant Business Manager |
COLLEGE TOPICS.
College Topics is a semi-weekly newspaper, published under the auspices of
the General Athletic Association, devoted to the interests of athletics and the
University at large.
| Robert Bruce Jackson | Editor-in-Chief |
| Donald McKenzie Faulkner | News Editor |
| Hugh Leach | Assignment Editor |
| William Clayton Matthews | Athletic Editor |
| William Joseph Parrish, Jr. | Reviewing Editor |
| Thomas Fitz-Hugh, Jr. | Business Manager |
| Beverley Chew Smith | Assistant Business Manager |
| Andrew Jackson Terry Brown | Assistant Business Manager |
CORKS AND CURLS.
Corks and Curls is an annual, published during the last term of each
session, under the direction of the Greek letter fraternities and the two literary
societies.
| William Alexander Stuart | Editor-in-Chief |
| Marion Stuart Dimmock | Art Editor |
| Francis Oliver Roller | Business Manager |
| Robert Hill Carter | Assistant Editor |
| John Letcher Harrison | Assistant Editor |
| William Clayton Matthews | Assistant Editor |
| Frank Stringfellow Barr | Assistant Editor |
| Harold Cash | Assistant Art Editor |
| Launcelot Minor Blackford | Assistant Art Editor |
| John Brightwell Freeman | Assistant Business Manager |
| Monroe Warren | Assistant Business Manager |
| George Hedges Grove | Assistant Business Manager |
| Barton Myers, Jr. | Assistant Business Manager |
| University of Virginia record February 1, 1916 | |