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 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 hold 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.