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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Alpha of Missouri, 1901-1909 Parmele carried the organization to Yale and to Harvard, whence it spread over the North, no apparent attempt was made for its restoration at William and Mary till 1849. Then an interest was aroused in the subject, and it was discovered that one of the old members, William Short, originally of Surry county, Va., and in the interval distinguished as minister of the United States at the courts of France, Holland, and Spain, was living in Philadelphia at the advanced age of ninety - one. It was a singular fact that he was president of the society when it was interrupted in 1781. Measures were taken to revive the society in the college, with Mr. Short as connecting link with the original society. This was done, and it was in operation till the war between the states in 1861, when the president of the college, professors and students rallied again to arms at the call of Virginia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.