University of Virginia Library

SOCIETY OF ALUMNI.

This association is composed of such former students of the
University as, having finally left the Institution, have 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 an 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.