Bachelor of Ugliness

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

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

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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

  1. ^ "LIFE". 7 June 1937.
  2. ^ "Caduceus of Kappa Sigma". 1905.
  3. ^ "Vanderbilt University Daily Register". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  4. ^ Heard, Alexander (1995). Speaking of the University. ISBN 9780826512659.
  5. ^ The Commodore (Vanderbilt Yearbook), 1923, page 265
  6. ^ 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.