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.
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 day preceding the Public Day.