The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05

of that class. too, are Harris Gunter. prominent citizen of Montgomery. The two other graduates of the class who are living are Andrew c. Pickens of Mobile. and B. N c. Snow. . prom inent citizen of Tuscaloosa.
 The undergraduates who marched away from Tuscaloosa while the smoke from the destruction of the University was rising includes several well known Montgomerians of today. men like Captain Peyton Bibb, Judge John M. Chiffon, James G. Cowan, Richard M. Dennis Supreme Court Justice J. R. Dowdell, John P. Mcqueen, Thomas G. Merriwether. Peyton B. Saffold, Judge w. s. Thorington, George W. Townsend.
 Members of Historic Class.
 This was the largest class in the history of the University until 1903, when the attendance record was brok- en. The list of undergraduates con- tained some distinguished names of men of the present day living in other parts of the State. For instance Hon. H. S. D. Mallory of Selma. Senator Amos Horton of Greene. Hon. J. N. Miller of Camden, Judge A. O. Lane of Birmingham. Colonel Sidney T. Prince of Mobile, Hines H. Hall of Coosada, Lawrence H. Judkins of Mount Meigs. Joseph A. Harris of Robinson Springs W. R. Dortch of Gadsden, George R. Farnham of Ever green, M. N. Carlisle of Enterprise, Judge George H. Craig of Selma, Judge Sterling Toney. now of Colorado, was of that particular class.
 To take comprehensive look at the War Glasses 1t Is necessary to go hack to the Class of '61. and run over the list of living graduates. The first on the list IS Judge Huriosco Austill, of Mobile, one of the best known men of the State. Next on the list is George W. Clark, of Waco, Texas. who after holding various positions of honor and trust in Texas became e member of the Court of Appeals. An- other graduate of that year who went to a distant State and won fame and place is William B. Young. of Jack sonville, Fla. now the judge of the Fourth Circuit of the State of Florida
 The name of Dr. John Massey, pres ident of the Alabama Conference Fe- male College, Is familiar to all Ala bamians, but few of them know that he graduated from the University in 1861. Tn addition to those named two other graduates were John D. Burgin, an extensive planter of Mayhew, Miss. and Leonidas A. Cockre1l. a prominent educator of West Alabama.
 The list of the dead of that class is rich in distinguished names. Richard H. Clarke, Congressman, lawyer and orator, graduated in the year of 1861. The brilliant young soldier John c. Sanders who was killed in battle when he was but just little past his major ity. graduated in that class and he had won the eagles of brigadier general before he fell on the field. Three members of the graduating class were killed on the battlefield.
 There were men among the under graduates of that year who later be- came widely known. The late Captain John G. Finley was one of these as was the late Solmon Palmer, who was state Superintendent of Education. There was also Ellis Phelan. who be- came Secretary of State of Alabama. Six of the undergraduates were either killed in battle or died while in service in the Confederate Army. Practically all of them became Confederate sol diers.
 pr. Smith in class.
 In the class of 1862 there graduated the famous geologist, Dr. Eugene A. Smith, who has done so much for the development of the mineral resources of Alabama Those of his class mates who received their diplomas with him on that day are Rev John R. D. King, a prominent Mississippi minister; Dr. cine in the Washington University at St. Louis. and Rev. Edward W. Tar rant, well known minister and edu- cator of Texas.
 One finds some familiar names in the list of living undergraduates of that class. There are such names in 1t as Judge E. H. Glenn. Senator from Rus