The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
THE ALUMNI80|f
The II: UNIVERSITY !: i u. !
A2History Of the Association
and Great Men Connected
With5lt.

The approval BY Governor Montague
recently Of "tho act to incorporate
The General Alumni Association ot the
University OF Virginia with authority
to Issue certificates Of membership to
local association and to individuals Gotr nm
posing said General Alumni Associa lon.
marks It Is hoped, n new and hignly
Important stop In the history of the
University Of Virginia Alumni. The act
Il Is In eleven soctlons, and was approved
n DnI;iI1e T8lh ANNIVERSARY Of the open
II Ing Of tho University OF Virginia t9
students, which occurred March 7. 1925.
The act was signed by Governor Nom
fague With Il gold pen furnished ny
q Delegates Duke, OF Albemnrle. ana w est
OF 2 Louisa. This pen Will be sent 70
Judge scner. the president, and inc ilrst
president of the General Alumni Assoc
i tjation. with the request that It be turned
over to the association to be preserve
s. In Its archlvoa.
Tip first Alumni Association OF tho
4 University Of Virginia was formed IN
1898. and the first orator to appear be-
fore It was Hon. II. M. T. Hunter From
1879 to 1879 the organization existed as
nurcly voluntary association: N lslo
"A 4 charter was obtained from the legis-
q iaturc for the 'iSociety OF tho Alumni
Of the University of Virginia" and the
q late B. Johnson Barbour was named IN
{ the act Of February 9, 1873, az It's frst
I. president, and Senator John w. Daniel.
Is the first vlce-presldent.
The old soclety Of the alumni being
/ based purely OF tho idea OF Individual
membership. did not prove a success.
z and the Society Of Alumni. at Its mcot-
II ings IN 1860, 1900 1901 and 1902 took
X steps to convert It into q General Alum
niliAssocIatiop, tq, be made up Of in1l,
vdunl membership and local Alumni
II Association. and this was finally con-
s,immatad January II. 1893. by the adop-
ton of n Constitution and the election
Of the following officers:
James b. sener, OF Washington, p. c..
II president; George w. Morris. Of Char
iottesville, 4 first vice president; Gordon
Wilson. of Baltimore, second vice-presl-
secretary; Prof. r, G. Miner, Of the
Z university, treasurer, and F. 7. ~;
Duke, A Jri !. c. Gordon and Edward
Echols, of Stanton; r.. #. Hanckcl, Of
4 Charlottesville; J. p. Harrison. Of Dan
e vile. and r. 3 Tunstal1. Of Norfolk. as
+ mn executive committee.
Tho General Alumni Association has
now Al local ASSOCIATIONS composing IT..
3 or these 10 are In Virginia and % out
4 side OF tho State. Tho % local assocla-
tions outside OF Virginia are located in
Z the States of Georgia, Texas. Alabama,
Tennessee. California. Kentucky. Mary
land, New York. Pennsylvania, MISSOURI,
q Mississippi and washington. 2. 9.
The alumni have an annual reunion
at the University in June, and among
Z those who have delivered orations be-
fore It In the past are included the
Il names OF John W. Stephenson, OF Ken
lucky; Bishop r. u. Dudley Of Ken
lucky; Hampton Cha,nberlayne, Charles
p; Fennsr, q Louisiana; William =. Z.
and Woodrow Wilson.
Whilst among the names Of Its pres-
X dents arc recalled those OF A. II II.
\ Stuart. james P. Holcombe. John Ran
\ dolph Tucker, the late Justice II. r:
+ jackson, OF the United States Supreme
Z Court OF TENNESSEE; Joseph Bryan and
B the late Charles Marshall, OF Balti-
y moro. ~. si ~.