Wilson | May 6, 2008
Here are two more Coeds. Contemporaries of Ralph while he studied at University of the South. The photos of girlfriends didn’t fare well in Ralph’s post college days- this one having been broken. The back is labeled “Misses Annie M. Virgin & Kate Hastert”. I’m not sure if this is the same girl but the [...]
Wilson | May 4, 2008
It seems the Dandy has either purged some young lady from this photo, or he cut her out to preserve. I can’t read the name on the back. I thought the missing person might be a male, but the names though illegible rule that possibility out. J.A. Selden and R.H. Smith are the only names [...]
Wilson | May 4, 2008
Here’s a beautiful young lady named Miss Johnie Tucker from Nashville, Tennessee. She was probably a student at St. Mary’s School for Girls which was also located in Sewanee, Tennessee. The school closed in 1968
Wilson | May 3, 2008
Here is a group portrait of the men of “Old KA” at Sewanee. There is some incompatibility between the paper and the scanner causing the herringbone effect- it isn’t present in the original. Ralph Smith is third from the left on the back row. Other names are: Benedict, R., Galt, Smith, Risley, Greesham, Shields, Estill, [...]
Wilson | May 3, 2008
Here is a photo of another of Ralph H. Smith’s KA fraternity brothers from University of the South in Sewanee. Tenn. Harold is listed in the “Cap and Gown” of 1896 as a member of the Alph Alpha Chapter of Kappa Alpha. Fratres in Theologia Rev. James Wilmer Gresham Francis Hopkins Craighill Harry Judah Mikell, [...]
Wilson | April 29, 2008
Written on the reverse: “Yours in Old KA Francis T. Constant” Francis was a fraternity brother of R.H. Smith at University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn. The “Cap and Gown” of 1896 shows him as President of the Fraternity, class Vice-President, and an 1896 Graduate in Law from Illawara, La.
