Of my most intimate friend in the class, Archibald Clark, I quote what Bishop McTyeire wrote of him: "The most useful local preacher in Southern Georgia, is what his presiding elder said of him." Among those who were students with me at the College, but left without taking degrees, the following were the most notable: William T. Howard, of Virginia, who became a distinguished physician and professor in the University of Maryland; Lucius I. Gartrell, of Georgia, who became one of the foremost lawyers of his State, and a general in the Confederate army; Chas. E. Hooker, of South Carolina, Attorney-General of the State of Mississippi, colonel in the Confederate army, and for many years a member of Congress; Colonel Joel B. Leftwich, of Virginia, for a number of years a member of the General Assembly of Virginia; Smith W. Moore, of North Carolina, a Doctor of Divinity in the Memphis Conference, author of several books, and poet. He was associated with Bishop McTyeire on the Board of Trust during the early years of the Vanderbilt University. James N. Ramsey, of Georgia, colonel in the Confederate army; Robert Ridgway, of Virginia, the brilliant editor of the _Richmond Whig_, and member of Congress from Virginia; Walter L. Steele, of North Carolina, a member of Congress, and prominent in business and state, matters; W. L. Blanton, a minister of the Virginia Conference, eloquent and zealous, who died in early manhood; James D. Crawley, a most estimable man, and a local minister for many years; W. K. Blake, of North Carolina, a prominent merchant in Spartanburg, S. C., and trustee of Wofford College; John Wesley Williams, a member of the Virginia Conference, whose useful life was early cut short by consumption. Nearly all of my college-mates sleep in the dust of the earth. Many of them were "wise, and shall shine as the brightness of the firmament," and some "turned many to righteousness," and shall "shine as the stars, forever and ever." [Illustration: GEN. TENNENT LOMAX, CLASS 1840. _Killed at Seven Pines, Va., 1862._] We go back now and take up the record regularly. At the close of the session of 1839-'40 the report of the Faculty notes the year as successful, and makes mention of the introduction of Anglo-Saxon into the course as the basis of the proper study of English. The Bible was also recommended as a part of the course of study. At this meeting the first legacy to the College, made by Rev. Robert C. Jones, of $3,000, was reported. [Illustration: DAVID CLOPTON, LL. D.] The following degrees were conferred June, 1840: A. B. DAVID CLOPTON, of Georgia. JAMES F. DOWDELL, of Georgia. BURWELL K. HARRISON, of Ga. JAMES L. PIERCE, of Georgia. TENNENT LOMAX, of S. C. WOODSON L. LIGON, of S. C. A. M. JOHN C. BLACKWELL, of Va. R. E. G. ADAMS, of Virginia. J. W. HARDY, of Georgia. F. N. MULLEN, of N. C. JOHN TILLET, of North Carolina. JUNIUS L. CLEMONS, of N. C. WARREN DU PRE, of S. C. [Illustration: D'ARCY PAUL]