Contents of Series 1, Volume 2, Number 6

The Maury Society threw open its doors on Tuesday evening, March 21st, to admit its friends and the public generally to its exercises. Now the Maury always does honor to its name, and this time the bill of fare for this "feast of reason" was…

It having been generally known that the Lee Society would have a public debate and, that with a fine corps of speakers, the old Chapel was, sometime before the hour of the exercises, filled to overflowing with an intelligent audience eager for the…

THE GRAY JACKET.

BLACKSBURG, VA., APRIL, 1877.

EDITORS:

Lee Society,
H. M. SMITH, JR., RICHMOND, VA.
W. L. GRAVATT, PORT ROYAL, VA.

Maury Society,
J. R. HAW, - - RICHMOND, VA.
A. R. HEFLIN, - - STAFFORD, VA.

Subscription…

Many years ago, when lucifer matches were yet unknown, and the tinder-box, with its flint and steel, formed the only domestic instrument for obtaining a light, a little old man used to walk about in one of the suburbs of London holding in his hand a…

First game of the season. "Tuscarora" B.B.C. of Roanoke College, Salem, vs. "Alleghany" B.B.C. of V.A.M.C. Played at Blacksburg, score 53 to 13 in favor of Alleghany.

Second game of the season. "Crescent" of Christiansburg, vs. "Alleghany." Played…

THE GRAY JACKET

BLACKSBURG, VA., APRIL, 1877.

Roster of Officers:
Commanding Officer, Gen. JAS. H. LANE.

STAFF.
Adjutant, A. R. HEFLIN.
Sergeant Major, JORDAN.
Color Sergeant, EMBRY.
1st Color Corporal, ALBERT.
2nd " " MAY, B. F.
3rd…

[For the Gray Jacket.

LINES

sent to a young lady with a withered rose pinned upon the paper.

Go, drooping flower, to Laura go,
And to the fair one say
That Beauty boasts a trasient glow
And blooms but to decay.

Tell her, adorn'd with…

"Aunt" Hix and "the Irrepressible Baum" are at Richmond College studying for the ministry. We mean that "Aunt" Hix is studying for the ministry and Baum is studying devilment. They belonged to different societies here, but have both drifted into the…

A day's rambling in the woods; who does not enjoy it? I know there are some who profess to look down in lofty disdain on any such childish amusement; but I know that in their heart of hearts there is nothing they like better; provided they have a…

What is the difference between one divided by the cosine and a blind man? One is the secant the other can't see.

We are undecided whether Blacksburg is a chill-blany country or a blame-chilly one.

Fat-man's soliloquy—Tubby or not tubby, that is the question.

In a dimple of the mountains, there nestling, lies a town,
A little, quiet place it is, of no great renown;
But it has one attraction, there is a College there,—
I'll tell you how the boys in gray went marching to the Fair.

in the good old…

The Gray Jacket.

VOLUME II. BLACKSBURG, VA., APRIL, 1877. NUMBER 6.

THE GRAY JACKET.

PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE
LITERARY SOCIETIES
OF THE VIRGINIA

Agricultural and Mechanical College.

House On The Hill

Dry Goods, Notions, Hardware,Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hats,and tickets to Christiansburg, per regular daily mail line, for sale by C. A. Deyerlie, assisted by James Lewis, formerly student of the Virginia A. and M. College, who…

The wars of this century have been the most bloody and costly since the palmy days of Rome and Greece. For its ten great bloody period, viz. the Napoleonic, Grecian, Crimean, Italian, Danish, Austrian (1866), Brazilian, American, Abyssinian, and…

1. What a rough man said to his son when he wanted him to eat his food properly.
2. A lion's house dug in the side of a hill where there is no water.
3. A good many pilgrims and flatterers have knelt low to kiss him.
4. Makes and mends for…

Though clouds may o'er shadow our sky,
And the sun refuse us his light,
And darkness environ us round
Yet morning will drive away night.
Then never despair.

Our hopes may be blighted, and life
Seem a curse and a bane and a cheat,
Let…

[For The Gray Jacket.]

I love to wander through the spreading grove,
Clad in the beauty of the new-born Spring
Where playful lamb-kins in the morning rove,
And flowers are gay, and birds are carolling,
While the resplendent sun-rays gently…

Some writer, perhaps of legends of the saints, tells a story of a good man who received into his house, clothed, warmed and fed an old beggar, dirty and repulsive. Having departed, warmed, clad and filled, he soon returned, his disguises thrown off,…

The following beautiful lines were written by a Southern lady, on the back of a Confederate $10 note, and sent to one of Alabama's bravest sons. They breathe the lofty sentiment characteristic of the writer. They will be read and appreciated by all…

Recently, a very modest young Boston lady, who wanted a pair of garters, addressed the shopman thus: "It is my desire to obtain a pair of circular elastic appendages, capable of being contracted or expanded by means of oscillating burnished steel…

Our readers will find in another column the advertisement of Mr. C. A. Deyerlie, who keeps the store nearest and most convenient for students. Mr. Deyerlie shows his knowledge of business by advertising at this time, when business with most men is…

A cadet whose first name indicates intelligence, remarked a short time since that if he were three years older, and a certain young lady whom he greatly admires, two years older, he would make a proposal relative to that most desirable of all…

A few days ago a junior gravely enquired whether the Natural Bridge had been finished.

We would like to say to the students of the V. A. M. C., that this is their paper. They seem to have forgotten the fact, and that unless they take hold of it, and write for it and pay for it, it must go down. If the boys will subscribe for the Gray…

Not a year passes but that our institution is visited by some philosophical orator, who gives us advice in words of soberness and wisdom. Each year we have the same old story, "Do not let education make you foolishly proud, but go home and apply your…

I told you time would strengthen
This fervent love of mine;
From the darkness of the future
More brilliantly 'twould shine.

And now I swear by "Jago"
That I only care for THEE
And finish up my nonsense
With EGO AMO TE.