Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-03-01

and old college experience to be talked over,
and it was O'Clock before they marched
down to supper.
WHO WERE THERE.
The following is list of the guests who
participated
Prof. J. J. White, Professor of Greek at
Washington & Lee; Judge Jas. K Ed
mmdson, of the w. & L. Board of Trus-
tees; Prof. Jas. G. Dunsmore, Principal of
Dmsmore's Business College; W. B. Nc
Chesney; Rev. A. H. Hamilton, pastor of
Mt. Carmel church; Capt. James Bumgard-
nell, Jr.; A. G.. Christian; John L. Camp
bell, Secretary Of the Faculty; Prof. J.
Lewellyn Massey, Principal of Sherwood
Female School; Capt. H. L. Hoover; Prof.
S. Fl. Owens, of the Staunton Academy;
Capt. Jas. n Nc Farland, County Treasurer
of Augusta; Guy Cochran, President of the
Stanton Y. M. G. A; Prof. w. W.
Robertson, Superintendent of the Staunton
Public Schools; ]. L. Templeton; Chas. E.
Kemper; Geo. M. Harrison; Prof. Chas. A.
Graves, Professor of Law at W. & L.:
Capt. H. M. McIlhany; Hon. II. st. Geo..
Tucker; Capt. 7. G. Morton; Capt. 7. D.
Ransom; Hon. A. H. Fultz, Mayor of,
the city of Staunton; Capt. f. B.
Berkeley, President of the City Council;
Dr.. r. A. McChesney; VIM. B. Kayser;
Richard Mauzy; Maj. J. Marshall McCue;
Prof. W. H. Kable, Principal Of the Staun-
ton Male Academy; R. Sew. Ker; E. S..
McCord, Tutor in Greek at W. & L. Uni
versity; Prof. d. G. Humphreys, of W. 81
L. University; W. w. Sproul; A. Todd
Gikeson; Maj. James B. Dorman, Clerk of
the Court of Appeals; H. Graham Robin
son; Prof. j. H. Bader; Capt. VIM. T.
Patton; VIM. Patrick; E. T. Dadmun,
General Secretary of the Y. NJ. c. a.;
Heber Ker; Dr.. j. W. Harris; VIM. N.
Wilson; E. G. Vincent; Prof. Barber of
W. & L.; Prof. A. G. Irons, of the Augusta
Male Academy; H. c.. Tinsley; Geo. W..
Pilson, and Jos. A. Wadden.
Capt. I. G. Morton, Secretary of the
Staunton Association of Alumni, presided,
and welcomed the guests, expressing his
regret that Judge John Howard MeCue,
who had been expected to give them well
come, had been kept away by sickness. He
then read
LETTERS OF REGRET
from many invited guests who had been I'M
able to come, among them letters from the
following gentlemen:
Ex-Secretary A. H. HI. Stuart, the Oldest,
living graduate of William & Mary COL
lege. Advanced age and infrm health. he,
wrote, compelled him to forego the pleasure.
Judge VIM. Mclaughlin, of the w. & L..
Board of Trustees, wrote (deciphered after
much trouble) that official engagements
kept him away,
Gen. GUSTS Lee, President of w. e T..
University, wrote that i'll health detained
him.
Maj. Jno w. RELY of Halifax c.. H.,
wished them joyous and profitable evening
Jonathan Koiner of Waynesboro, the
'oldest boy' of the students from Augusta
county, regretted his inability to come, for
his college days We're looked back to as an
''oasls in the desert of life''
Col. Charles S. Venable, of the University
VI V ASlllId, ocllU ulo IcSI6lS UltG WlSU6lE
great and increasing prosperity to your
Alma Mater
A. G. BrMton was with them in heart,
but his liver was against him.
Letters were also received from Prof. C.
j. Harris Of W. & L., w. H. III. Lynn,
Judge Jno. H. McCue, Rev. A. F. Laird,
W. w. Sprou1, Geo. S. Craig, Rev. Geo. L.
Bitter, John G.. Child of West Virginia,
Jas. A. Fishburne Of Waynesboro, Rev. r.
G. Walker, Col. j. G. Shields, r. L. Parrish
of Covington, j. McParis Of Chattanooga,
and T. G.. HALEY, Editor of the Colegian,
expressing regret at being unable to attend.
THE RAY OF SUNSHINE IN THE DARKEST
DAY.
The toast to the Board of Trustees was
replied to by Judge J. K. Edmondson Of
Lexington, the one-arnled Colonel of the
9th Virginia infantry. He told the story
of the struggle of the University after the
war The board met in 1865 and found the
University to be in bad straits. A mem
Der arose and proposed the name OF Robert
E. Lee for President, (applause). For a