Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-04-27
Academic Reunion.

Gen. Echols presided at the meeting OF
some sixteen gentlemen, young and Old,
including ministers, judges, insurance
agents, editors. lawyers, teachers, farmers,
and doctors, in the Supreme Court room,
Monday afternoon, to form Washington
& Lee Alumni Association, and remarked
that he saw some present who had been his
classmates in 1870, though against the
names of many of the alumni Of that date
the fatal aSterisk tad been placed.
MI. Hairy st. Geo. Tucker, the Secre-
tary, read d letter from 6. S. Craig, of
this county, who, not being able to be
present, wanted his name down if The AS
ISOLATION was formed.
A very interesting discussion took place
on the use of the word club as a name
for the organization. Judge Jno How ard
McCue made highly interesting and hui
morous speech in opposition to the use of
the word. He thought clubs had always
oeen more Or less favored with dissipa-
ton, from the days of Garrick and Ben.
johnson, down to the present, when dane
ing clubs have come in vogue. The word
itself had the smack Of the shillaleh and
the flavor OF the bludgeon. He liked tue
word "association' better.
Rev. r. G. Walker said it gave him much
pleasure to find gentleman of the judges
profession taking such high moral ground
[laughter.] But ON the other hand the pa
rent association of the University had des-
ignated the name ssclub'' and he thought
it had best be adopted.
The name Washington & Lee Universi-
ty Alumni Club was then adopted, with
the following permanent officers: Presi-
dent, Gen. Jno. Echol; Presidents,
Rev. Owens B. Stricken, DR.. Jno. Nc
Chesney, Capt. T. c. Morton and NJ. W.
D. Hogshead; Secretary, III. st. George
| Tucker; Treasurer, j. Fred. Fffinger, and
| Executive Committee, Messrs. VIM. B.
McChesney, w. 2. McCorkle, J. H.
! Leckey, Samuel Brown, J. Emmett Guy,
Arch. J. Christian, Rev. R. G. Walker
and Capt. VIM. A. McCue.
After complimenting Judge H. W. Shelf
! fey, Ex-Secretary Stuart and Hon. Mar
shall Hanger with an election as honorary
members, and the election of II. st. e..
Tucker, VIM. J. Nelson, judged. II. Nc
Cue, Ed. Echols, Jno. FL. Leckey, VIM. B.
McChesney, and ''any members that could
go'' as representatives to the meeting of
the parent association, the meeting adj
journed.
A good many good things were said of
the W. & L. University during the after
noon but nothing better than that she
men.
The following is the list of alumni who
are reported as living in Staunton and vi
entity:
DIR. R. A.tMcChesney. Geo. W. Swoope,
W. P. McCorkle, VIM. A. McCue, J. EN-
nett Guy, Jno. ". Gilkeson, Alex. II.
Fultz. Dr.. J. n. McChesney, Donald AL
len, j. Fred. Efinger. Thos. D. Ransom
Rev Alex. Moffett, j. R. Guy, W. B. Nc
Chesney, Ed. Echols, Samuel Brown, E
L. Montgomery, Chas. Gallaher, Alex.
Turk, Jas. Fishburne, W. Patrick, A. H.
Rev. J. Harvey Gilmer, J. s. McChesney,
J. W. Kennerly, R. F. McGlammery, Rev.
Patterson Fletcher, Rev. A. II. Houston,
A. G.. McCorkle, Rev. A. B. McCorkle, j.
Sidney Moffett, Geo. K. Harper, Jas. E..
Hanger, Henry Edison, Jr., VIM. McCue,
Thos. NJ. Nelson, Jos. A. Wilson, Jas. W.
Calhoun, Jas. l.. Frazier. Frank McCutch-
| en-, Geo. W. Pilson. w. II. Pilson, Alex
B. Ramsey, Geo. B. Crawford, Thos. H
Shumate, Alex. Wilmer Taylor, Geo. S
Craig, John B. Guthrie, Walter G. Guth-
!, RE, Alex. Fl. McCue, A. A. Walker, Ed.
/ L. Guthl lie. J. G. Lilley, E. G. Vincent, J.
NJ. Paris, T. P. Calbreath, R. Guy Coch-
ran, Dr.. John McChesney, John Echols,
JAS. Alex. Waddell, H: NJ: Bell, A: T. Gil
izeson, Jos. A. Waddell, VIM. B. Kayser,
j. Marshall McCue Bolivar Christian, DR..
VIM. S. McChesney, VIM. M, Tate, D. N =.
Vanlear, J. LII. Lecky, T. q. Morton, NJ.
W. D. Hogshead, VIM. J. Nelson. Arch.
A. Sproul, Rev. r. G. Walker, A. 3. Coeh-
ran, Rev. Givens Is. Stricken and Arch.
u. CnT1otiau.