Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-07
LEXINGTON GAYETY.
Warrington and Lee and v. VI. I.
Gcrma Notes.


gayety with the student Of Washington
and Lee University and the cadet of the
Virginia Military Institute reigns SUI
preme. Not in recent years has the in
lux OF visitors been as great or as
many girls been present TO lend their
| cDarlns 10 grace the after I.enfen ger
mans as during the present week. II has
| peen one grand round Of pleasure. Either
| dancing or driving behind a sDau of fine
roadsteTs has been the order of the day.
| and the burner OF midnight OIL" like
| me butterfly resplendenf. has for the
| time laid aside his books, and now
sports in all his splendor.
| The University CotillOn club OF Wash
ington and Lee University gave their
usual after LeDten german Monday night
| IN the gymnasium. II had been much
| hcralded and talked about during the
month previous. and was a great social
| event. and came up 10 all expectations
| anticipated.
! The ehaperons were Mrs. NJ J.. Turner,
| MIS-. Samuel y. Walker, and Miss Nir
! ginia J. Letcher.
The german was led by Mr.. George
Cuthbert Powell. Of Washington. ID. G,
| and Miss Mary Wilson, daughter of Presi-
Dent William l.. Wilson. MIR. Powell was
a student at the university last year and
volunteered i'm the Stanton company 10
go 10 the front in the Spanish war. He
was during the summer, while I'm camp.
stricken with fever and this is his first
in honor Of him Mr.. IS. j. Crebs. who
was TO have led, surrendered the COW
eted leadership.
The other couples who took part were:
Miss Bette Wilson. OF Lexington, with
Mr.. S. l.. Crebs; Miss Wingo. OF Rich
mond. with Captain g. i. Marrow, OF the
Virginia Military Institute: Miss Mamie
Poor. of Baltimore. with Captain &. W.
Watts. Of the Virginia Military Institute;
Miss Rosa Tucker, Of Lexington. with
Mr.. -. NJ. Barclay: Miss Cochran OF The
Plains, Va, with Mr.. H. :. Dixon; Miss
Powell. of Alexandra, with MIR. w. ID.
Mr.. Lister Wifherspoon; Miss Wither
spoon, of Versailles. KY, with Mr.. J.. &.
Barrett: Miss Dunlap. of Roanoke. with
Mr.. II. W. Martin; Miss Louise Broken
Hitter; Miss Leila Mcclure, of Winches
ter. with Mr.. J. T. Robinson: Miss
Thompson. Of Virginia Female Institute,
stanton. with Mr.. II. w. Kirkpatrick;
Mr.. G.. y. Shields: Miss Annie Rose Rob
inson. Of Amherst with Mr.. ID. II. II.
Arnold: Miss Arnold, Of Lexington with
Mr.. w. =. Jolliffe; Miss Graham. OF
Withers: Miss Johnson. Of Arkansas. with
Mr. A. s. Gibson: Miss Margaret Roller,
Of Harrisonburg, with Mr.. Arthur Free
man; Miss McBee. Of Norfolk. with Mr.
G. H. Harrison; Miss Heath. of Norfolk
with Mr.. r. l.. Owen.
Among the stays were Messrs. John |
J.. Garrow G. s. Caffery, q. b. Capito, |
II. DeIeon Noise. j. X. Graves. l.. W. |
Vaughan. Edgar Waddell. James Mullen, |
II. G. Elicit. &. Z. Nelson, and Captain |
r. Milton. Of the Virginia Military In
stitute
The cadets Of the Virginia Military In
stitute followed up the opening nights |
gayety with their annual Easter german
Tuesday night i'm the gymnasium hail,
under the Jackson Memorial Hall. at the |
Y According a
the fair ones. a military german, with the |
ever attentive wearers Of brass buttons, |
IS the acme Of perfect bliss. and the ger
man Of 1899 by the cadets was in every
respect brilliant and a success as far as
all the participants were concerned. The
german was led by Cadet V. f.. McBee
Those who took part were: Miss Mary
Wilson with Mr. G. =. Nelson. Of class
Cadet A. J. Pizzni: Miss Powell. Of Rich
month, with Cadet @. j.. Craighill; Miss
Clara Thompson, OF Berryville. with
with cadet J. NJ. Winston: Miss Dunlap.
Of Roanoke. with Cadet j. y. Boyd; Miss
Cochran. of Fauquier county, with Cadet
C.. u. Howard; Miss McBee, Of Norfolk. |
with Cadet s. II. Meem; Miss Heath. of
of Kentucky. with Cadet
K. l.. HartZ: Miss Helms. of Richmond |
with Cadet G. II. Alexander; Miss Bette
Wilson. Of Lexington, with Cadet A. S
Buford; Miss Louise Brockenbrough. of
Lexington. with Cadet r. Jones; Miss
Mamie Poor. of Baltimore. with Cadet
W. NJ. Gwin; Miss Margaret Roller, Of
with Cadet A. ID. Janney;
Miss T.. Roller with Cadet w A. Black
ord; Miss Rosa Tucker, of Lexington, !
With Cadet G. Rice; Miss Arnold, OF Lex
ngton. with Cadet p. Trotman; Miss
,rmistead. OF Baltimore with Cadet 4.
'adet T.. S. Berry; Miss Randolph. of
richmond, with Cadet A. A. Hoge; Miss
Nary Wingo. Of Richmond. with Cadet
!; G. Talbot; Miss MCGUIRE. Of Vim
annie Blair. Of Philadelphia, with Cadet
|. j. Derbyshire.
The chaperOns were Mrs. McBee. OF a
,orfok; Mrs. Frank Brockenbrough. !
'ucker. Mrs. Hunter Pendleton, Mrs. $. +
;. Walker Mrs. NJ L. Turner, Mrs. NJ
}. Corse. and Miss Virginia L. Letcher. /
Washington and Lee University has Is \
ued the annual catalogue or the uniVer, ;
lty for the session of 1889 The total h
imber of students on the rolls are l5I {
-hich Is an increase OF eighteen over a
ne session OF 1878. At the beginning d
{ the last-named session those wishing
, enter the university were required 10 @
Ike entrance examinations. and this new n
azure reduced the number Of matricu- v
ties compared with previous years. This o
,ature still continues TO keep the num- b
ars down. but adds 10 the high standard &C
the school, and will eventually prove |
8 worth to those wishing to enter a
gh-grade university. There are twenty
he States represented. Virginia leads
lie list Of States represented. with eigh
'-six students; West Virginia has eigh
en- representatives; Kentucky sixteen;
exas five: Missouri. Tennessee. Florida,
linois. and Louisiana. three each; Ala
ana Maryland North Carolina. South
arolna. and Georgia. two each; Mis-
ssippi. oregon. Montana. Indiana, Penn
-lvaria Idaho. and Kansas. one each.
here are forty-one attending the law
hools and sixteen taking the civil en-
neering course.
The Virginia Iron. Coal and Coke Com
nv took charge of the iron-blast fur
zee at Buena Vista with the list OF the
onth. and the furnace has again been
II i'm blast after repairs. under the man.
cement of Mr.. Anesden. The company
IS Mr.. Beardsley. a geoloeist OF Pitts
re. Pa. making an extensive examina-
IN of the ore banks on the Jordan pro-
rtv lie will be engaged some time in
work. and make an exhaustive report
10 the results of his examinations and
G condition Of the ore.