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Each and e\·er~ one of the~e m~mber,., , togdher "ith a grtat man~ more that we might mentwn who h.1n·
gone out from our college and our 'ocit:ty, and attaint:d position" of tru~t and honor throm:hout thl' t·ountn·, did
all in their power for tht' ad,·ancemt:nt of thl' 'nt·it'l\',
Later members of di~tincti~.;n wt:rc ::\Jt,.,,b. Bellot, \\'igg, \otum , Butkr, Clute, Laynl' and Calhoun,
"hill' during the last two years ::\le,,rs. Rowl' and Pattillo haYe figured Ycr~ prominently in the work of thl'
organization.
During the first few years of its hi,tory the Forum Socil't~· ~cl'med to be umkr .111 unlucky "ten, and for
a long time she lost continuously 111 the debates which \\'en~ held three times a year hetwcen the societies But
in the debate of the commencenu~nl of L~<Jii, a year to be remembered in thl' hi,tor,· of tht• in~titution. the
society reco,·ered some of its lost prt:stigt>. In this debate the "ocit:ty was rq>re,entc<l by .\djutaut \\' ill ian! \\'.
Flournoy, afterwards Commandant of Cadeb for two yl:ars, and nO\\' a Ia\\ student at Lebanon . Tcnnt·ssee and
Captain D. ~. Cone, now a practismg physician in Columbia County. Since tllis time thl' socit:ly has been
almost uniformly 'ictorious, "inning e\·ery debate with one exception, in the Year 1 ~97.
This statement \\ill doubtless be hailed "·ith joy by thw,e who, to u"e the Commandant', c. prt·s,ion,
"Suff,red and bled and died in the st:rvice of the' Hli~t· and Gold ' prior to that time.''
In addition to the ad\·antage,., to be derin~d from the society from an intclledual "tandpoint, thete is abo
much to be gained in a social way.
The receptions and banquet,; gi\·en by the society ha,·e always been \'t:ry pleasant features during each
,.,chool year.
Since last year, owing to unfortunate circum,.,tances. it ha,., been impossible to han~ the cu,.,tomary dch.tk,.,,
but the Forum Society has, on ~e,·eral occasions, had public meetings in which S)l(!akcrs of note addrcs,.,ed the
people in general from our rostrum.
Chief among these was Senator Broome, who spoke under the au,.,pices of our Society hbt January, while
last commencement we presented to the public General John B. Cordon , the far· famed soldier, statesman and
lecturer, who held the \'ast audience spell-bound h~ his matchles' eloquence, or made them shake with laughtcr
by his irresistible humor.