The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-07-09
UNIVERSITY ALUMNI
Annual Meeting Held Here Iuly 4th Officers and
Delegates Elected Banquet Enjoyed Etc

lhr fredericksburg Chapter of the s..
ci" v ui the Alumni of th, .ni..rsitr 80
I Virginia hrld it, annual meeting nt tL.
cpurt-hpu-' in frcderick-burg ON Thur..
day. July ;. 1907. Judge \. " WaJiar,.
president of the aS>ociafinu. pr,sid.i
/ pom the roll call of the - members. th..
i"l"wing responded. Judge \. ". Wal
lac. Il. /. Willis. g. B. Wallace. Dr. q.
NJ. Mailac", Judge L II. l. Chichester.
i rank VI chichester, J = Berry. Led
NrtVes. I. :. Coleman. D. : Forbes. N
". Butzu"r. Benz Purvis. Dr. 4 \ Rar-
n'l Nm- n GoOirick. EllerheM carter.
Z. NJ. Chichester. number being absent
from the city.
JUG" Wallace delivered an appropriate
"nd instructive address " hich wAs heard
with p"a-ur. Toy all present
ID" minutes "t last meeting were read
and approved
Th" report "f Mr. Il. = Willis. secretary
and treasurer. shaving - substautiul
balance {" the credit ui Che association.
WAS adopted
Upon "a" recommendation of the tx.
"cutiNe committee. l. Moodflrd Alrich
was unanimously elected To the Alumni
Scholarship. and AN approximation was
made To- that fund
Delegates 10 the Alumni Association
ior the ensuing year were elected as
follows:
& NJ. Chichester. Ellerbe ". Carter. Lee
j. Grave- and G.. Is. Wallace.
The old officers of the A-Suciatinn We're
re-elocted a. folluw~:
judge A. ". Wallace president
Judge John T. Mason. vicc-president
Il. l. Wills. secretary aud treasurer.
Executive COMMITTEE. Judge 4. T.
Emhrey, chairman; lee j. Graves. Judge
y. M"lch. Prof. >. ". Sumerville, DR..
G. NJ. Wallace
ON motion uf + = Coleman the fnllnvv-
iug committee WAS appointed to draft
suitable resolutions To the memory of TIA.
late Capt &. Mi-tar Wallace. T. :. Cole
man. u. L. Willis Judge K II L. Chich-
ester.
Tia" following resolutions were unan-
imnu-lN adopted 10y the association:
! 1T having come tu tho uotic. of the
/ tred"rich~ ~hurg Alumni Association of
| the University of Virginia that TN. BOARD
/ ui Visitors contrmplafe- aholshing
Latin or Ircek RsA requirement fnr the Is -
y ana NJ. \. degrees, resolved. first.
| that TINS association puts itself on record
as protesting against ANY such action ON
the part of the Board of Visitors: second.
that tins association puts itself ON record
~ itvuring the present requirement of
"ithcr Latin nr Greek a. an essential for
the Is. \. aud NJ. A. degrees.
The secretary read a letter of regret
from judge Thos. y. Wclch. of Caroline.
IA which he said that he earnestly desr, a
To he present, and had prepared an al.
dress Tor the occasion. interspersed with
some anecdotes of the professors and
students of the University o. wears ago
but considered it imprudent for him Ia
take the trip here. He further stated
that from "a careful examination of ia,
records he found that he was the oldest
alumnus of the University of Virginia
alive
The secretary was directed to answer
the letter and express the society sappre-
ciatlon of the same. and to r. quest Judy.
Nelch To forward the address to be- filed
among its archives
The following new members were
elected. +. Woodiord Alrich. Alfred
Jones' Jr.
After the meeting the association ad-
Iourned tu the Exchange Hotel. where
the annual banquet was enjoyed by the
members.