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MEETING OF THE ALgNNI or VIII
LIAM hND MARY.
Brief Notes and General Mention.

IN accordance with notice nreyiOusl,
given. there was a meeting Of the AlumR
OF The revered and time -honoTed old col
lege Of William and Mary-nOw so hap
PLY resuscilated-at the Exchange H0te
last night
Senator S.ubbs called the meeting &c
order, and stated that the absence o. the
president Of the society, General Tallia
ierro, was caused by sickness in his fam
ily.
Senator Siubbs was elected chairman
and he gave an account Of the opening
OF the college. He stated that the oh
ject OF the meeting was TO effect an or
ranization Of the A'smni.
Mr.. William T. Jones was elected sec
retary.
Professor George +. Holmes of the
University, formerly professor at vii
liam aud Mary, asked if he and DR. Min
negerode, also a former professor, had
tight to be present.
On motion of Mr.. B D. Peachey these
gentlemen were elected honorary mem
bers Of the Society of Alumni
Mr. Robert Hughes of Norfolk moved
that committee be appointed TO pre-
pare plan Of organization.
Adopted. and Messrs. Robert W
Hughes. A. W. c. Nowlin, and L. G. Ty
er were so appointed
On motion Of Professor 7. J. stubbs
roll of the Alumni present was directed
to be made. II showed the following
gentlemen present; General George "
Richardson, Floyd Hughes, f.. Z. Blount
Robert Bright, Colonel George w Pal
mer. Charles Poindexter, T. j. Stubbs
Colonel ]. A. Bdg0od, Dr. John W
! Lawson, Rev y. s Bunting, Robert Il
Cole. DR.. w. f. Harwood, Professor
Elihu Morriset, DR. w, }. Hale, Captain
K VI. Page. DR.. v F. Garrett, William G
Stanard, Robert NJ. Hughes, Judge A. W
G. Nowlin, NJ. Il. Harrtll, b. d. Peachey
and Senator }. n. Stubbs.
On motion, Professors Tyler Hall
Wharton and Byrd and Judge Danger
field OF the Board of Visitors, and ex
President b F. Egell were elected hon
orary members Of the association.
Nr. Hughes from the committee re
por,ed q constitution for The association
With the usual features of such regula
tions IL provides for an annual meeting
address banquet at the college on th'
Fourth OF July Of each year. The con
stilulion was adopted
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Tie following officers were then
elected President, General William b
! Talliaferro OF Gloucester county frs
yice.president, Colonel George W. Pal
mer OF Cumberland; second yice-pres
dent. Judge 4. W. &. Nowlin of Rich
mond secretary and treasurer, Captain
Robert Bright Of Williamsburg. Thes'
Officers are er 0dici0 members of th'
Executive Committee, and the following
gentlemen we're elected the additiona
members: DR.. John w Dawson Of ISL
Of Wight, Mr. Robert A. Hughes o
| Norfolk and Senator Stubbs OF Glou
cesicr.
Ga motion Of Captain R. N. Page, III
association endorsed the action taken b,
the Board of Visitors in regard to pay
ment bv Congress for the destruction 0
the college.
At the conclusion Of business. Profes;o
! Holmes vas called on, and addressed th'
meeting, expressing his joy a, the restora
tion Of William and Mary. The state
mert which had been made at one time
] that the University was opposed TO th'
appropriation made to William and Mary
was entirely incorrect. He called atten
tion 70 the fact that the colony Of Vic
,,infa vvas the first i'm America TO establish
a college-the one at Henric0 destroyed
hy the Indian Massacre of 1922 IL was
only In consequence Of that massacre tina
| Virginia was not twenty years ahead o
! Harvard At the request OF the asso
ciates, Mr.. Tyler, president OF the college
made few remarks. He congratulated
the alumniof William aud Mary that thei
beloved al1aa matey had been redeemed
and could not avoid feeling Of eDthu
siasm on such an occasion as the present
/ The organization has hardly bsen com
pleted tige weeks, hundreds Of mstterl
had to be attended to, yet, notwith
standing all disadvantages, he believed
one hundred students would be in at
tendance during the present session.
RESOLUTIONS or THANKS
20 Colonel Darlington for the use of th'
rooms at the Exchange we're adopted, ,an'
after The adjournment Of the association
the executive committee held a meetin.
and chose Mr. 3. 3 Munford for th'
orator Of the association next July.