Bachelor of Ugliness
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The Bachelor of Ugliness was a title conferred onto Vanderbilt University's most popular male undergraduate.[1][2] One of the highest honors that a student could achieve, it was given to the male undergraduate student believed to be most representative of ideal young manhood and the class's most popular member, devised by William H. Dodd, a professor, in 1885.[3]
List of recipients[edit]
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| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 1885 | T. P. Branch |
| 1886 | B. G. Waller |
| 1887 | A. E. Clement/R. E. Crockett (tie vote) |
| 1888 | Frank Taylor |
| 1889 | Jeff McCarn |
| 1890 | V. S. Roenborough |
| 1891 | Horace E. Bemis |
| 1892 | J. A. Robins |
| 1893 | R. W. Clawson |
| 1894 | W. W. Craig |
| 1895 | W. R. Hendrix |
| 1896 | H. N. Pharr |
| 1897 | Myles P. O'Connor |
| 1898 | Phil Connell |
| 1899 | S. V. Gardner |
| 1900 | W. A. White |
| 1901 | F. S. Palmer |
| 1902 | John Edgerton |
| 1903 | B. F. Carr |
| 1904 | Ben Clary |
| 1905 | E. B. Tucker |
| 1906 | Ed Hamilton |
| 1907 | A. M. Souby |
| 1908 | Bob Blake |
| 1909 | N. T. Dowling (Elected, but resigned)[4] |
| 1910 | Bruce McGehee |
| 1911 | John W. Bull |
| 1912 | Ray Morrison |
| 1913 | Bruce Wade |
| 1914 | Enoch Brown |
| 1915 | Tom Brown |
| 1916 | Irby Curry |
| 1917 | Pope Shannon |
| 1918 | Ammie Sikes |
| 1919 | Chas R. Richardson |
| 1920 | Manning Brown |
| 1921 | Grailey Berryhill |
| 1922 | Scotty Neill |
| 1923 | Jess Neely |
| 1924 | Unknown |
| 1925 | Gil Reese |
Many more men have been voted into this honor, such as the first African-American basketball player at Vanderbilt, Perry Wallace, who earned the title in 1970.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "LIFE". 7 June 1937.
- ^ "Caduceus of Kappa Sigma". 1905.
- ^ "Vanderbilt University Daily Register". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
- ^ Heard, Alexander (1995). Speaking of the University. ISBN 9780826512659.
- ^ The Commodore (Vanderbilt Yearbook), 1923, page 265
- ^ Andrew, Maraniss (2014). Strong inside : Perry Wallace and the collision of race and sports in the South. pp. 347–348. ISBN 978-0826520241. OCLC 894510850.