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 3d and terminating on the 4th
of July. 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.