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Society of the Alumni.

Alumni Hall.—One of the University Buildings (on East Range)
has been recently set aside by action of the Board and fitted up for
the accommodation of visiting Alumni. Here they will find comfortable
lodging and sitting-rooms as well as some one ready to show
them around the University and introduce them to professors and
students. This is a temporary provision for the accommodation of the
Alumni until the necessary funds can be collected for the erection of
a permanent Alumni Hall, subscriptions for which are now being
taken. It is hoped that this will form headquarters for those of the
Alumni who from time to time visit the alma mater. Some of the
Alumni have already taken advantage of it.

Alumni Scholarships.—See page 157.

Holders of Alumni Scholarships for Session 1899-1900.—See page
10.

Officers of General Society of Alumni.—Samuel Spencer, New
York, President; Senator Charles A. Culberson, Texas, First Vice-president;
Judge James D. Thornton, California, Second Vice-president;
Professor F. P. Dunnington, University of Virginia, Treasurer;
Professor R. C. Minor, University of Virginia, Secretary.

Executive Committee.—Colonel Thomas H. Carter, University of
Virginia, Chairman; Thomas Nelson Page, Washington, D. C.; Major
Channing M. Bolton, Captain C. E. Vawter, of Albemarle County;
Judge J. M. White, Dr. E. M. Magruder, Hon. George W. Morris, of
Charlottesville; Dr. George Ben Johnston, of Richmond; Rev. Joseph B.
Dunn, of Suffolk, Va.

The following Associations of Alumni have adopted the plans of
organization outlined in the scheme of Alumni Scholarships (see page
157), and it is hoped that others will soon come in. Each of these now
has one or more appointees at the University pursuing Academic
studies, free of all University charges. (See Holders of Scholarships,
page 10.)

Louisville, Ky.—Rt. Rev. T. U. Dudley, President; Hermann D.
Newcomb, Secretary.

Washington, D. C.—Major R. W. Hunter, President; Hon. Holmes
Conrad, First Vice-president; Rev. R. H. McKim, Second Vice-president;
Dr. W. H. Wilmer, Third Vice-president; Alfred Tyler, Secretary;


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W. H. Saunders, Treasurer. Executive Committee: R. L.
Preston, Clarence Thomas, Dr. Jesse Ramsburg, Hon. Joseph E.
Willard, C. G. Lee.

Huntsville, Ala.—Colonel W. W. Garth, President; Captain D.
Coleman, Vice-president; D. I. White, Jr., Secretary. Executive Committee:
The officers named, and Messrs. O. B. Patton and R. E.
Brickell.

Atlanta, Ga.—James H. Corbitt, President; H. A. Alexander, Vice-president;
W. W. Wilson, Secretary and Treasurer.

Memphis, Tenn.—Hon. Thomas B. Turley, President; Dr. J. L. Minor,
Vice-president; Paul Dillard, Secretary.

Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia.—Dr. J. H. Neff,
President; Colonel O. B. Roller, Vice-president; John T. Harris, Jr.,
Secretary and Treasurer.

Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.—Hon. T. W. Harrison,
President; A. R. Pendleton, Secretary and Treasurer.

Bedford County, Virginia.—J. Lawrence Campbell, President;
Smeltzer V. Kemp, Secretary.

Richmond, Va.—Dr. C. W. P. Brock, President; S. Dabney Crenshaw,
First Vice-president; John P. McGuire, Second Vice-president; George
Ainslie, Secretary and Treasurer.

Lynchburg, Va.—Dr. Rawley D. Martin, President; N. C. Manson, Jr.,
Vice-president; W. R. Abbot, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer. Executive
Committee: The officers named, and Professor C. L. DeMott and
Professor T. C. Miller.

Petersburg, Va.—Hon. E. C. Venable, President; Hon. W. P. McRae,
Vice-president; S. W. Arrington, Secretary. Executive Committee:
The officers named, and W. G. McCabe, Jr., J. M. Quicke, Jr., John
Watson, Dr. H. G. Leigh.

Staunton and Augusta County, Virginia.—Armistead C. Gordon,
President; Captain Thomas D. Ranson, Vice-president; Judge Charles
Grattan, Secretary. Executive Committee: Judge Lyman Chalkley,
Lieutenant-Governor Edward Echols, Dr. R. Frank Davis, E. O. Peale,
Esq., J. Baldwin Ranson, Esq.

In addition to these, there are other local Alumni Associations upon
former foundations. They will be found in the following list, with
their officers, so far as reported:


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SECRETARY.  PRESIDENT. 
New York, N. Y.,  W. C. Cabell, Esq.,  R. L. Harrison, Esq. 
New Orleans, La.,  Geo. C. Préot, Esq.,  Judge Charles E. Fenner. 
Baltimore, Md.,  A. S. Larned, Esq.,  Prof. R. M. Venable. 
St. Louis, Mo.,  W. Scott Hancock, Esq.,  ——— 
Covington, Ky.,  ———  ——— 
San Francisco, Cal.,  ———  Judge James D. Thornton. 
Columbia, Tenn.,  W. L. Fleming, Esq.,  Wm. A. Smith, M. D. 
Alexandria, Va.,  K. Kemper, Esq.,  John S. Blackburn, Esq. 
Fredericksburg, Va.,  J. S. Berry, Esq.,  ——— 
Abingdon and S. W. Va.,  ———  Hon. J. A. Buchanan. 
Albemarle County, Va.,  George Perkins, Esq.,  ——— 
Galveston, Texas,  F. D. Minor, Esq.,  Col. W. L. Moody. 
Nashville, Tenn.,  Dr. Thomas Weaver,  Capt. W. R. Garnett. 
Kanawha Valley, W. Va.,  Geo. W. McClintic, Esq.,  Thos. L. Broun, Esq. 
Norfolk, Va.,  D. L. Groner, Esq.,  Thos. R. Borland, Esq. 
Danville, Va.,  ———  J. P. Harrison, Esq. 
Fauquier County, Va.,  Dr. Frederick Horner,  W. C. Marshall, Esq. 
Kansas City, Mo.,  D. B. Henderson, Esq.,  Major J. F. Mister. 
Knoxville, Tenn.,  C. H. Brown, Esq.,  L. M. G. Baker, Esq. 
Roanoke, Va.,  Dr. J. N. Lewis,  Judge W. G. Robertson. 
Hampton, Va.,  S. G. Cumming, Esq.,  ——— 
Tazewell, Va.,  E. L. Greever, Esq.,  Dr. J. R. Gildersleeve. 
Colorado,  B. B. Brown, Esq.,  R. Heber Smith, Esq. 
Vicksburg, Miss.,  W. R. Neeley, Esq.,  Horace Marshall, Esq. 
Philadelphia, Pa.,  Albert L. Moïse, Esq.,  Dr. Robert Bolling. 
Endowment of Professorships and Scholarships through the Society
of Alumni.
—Under an Act of the Legislature, entitled "A bill to incorporate
the Society of Alumni of the University of Virginia," this Society is authorized
by the Executive Committee, or in such other way as it may direct,
"to raise the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, to be held in the name
of the `Society of Alumni of the University of Virginia,' to be safely
invested, and the net annual income therefrom to be applied to the University
of Virginia." It is also empowered to "employ agents to obtain endowments
for scholarships and professorships, to solicit donations, to dispose
of anything of value belonging to the Society or intrusted to its management
for the purpose of endowing professorships, or for accomplishing any of the
other objects of the Society authorized by its charter."