1913

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Events

• June 14 – Start of class reunions at the University of Virginia. The message, mailed out by the Class of 1908, read “From June 14th to June 18th, 1913, the old University will be the scene of the first real live Reunion that’s ever been pulled off at Virginia. Every man who left in 1908, whether a graduate or not, is a member of the Class of 1908 and is expected to be there with bells on. THIS MEANS YOU!” The classes of 1907, 1909, 1911 and 1912 were also invited to the event. Each class wore its own costume to participate in “elaborate high jinks on Lambeth Field, and the whole reunion reached its climax with a monumental barbecue,” wrote Virginius Dabney, alumnus, historian and longtime editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
• December 24 – Reverend John Seay has his portrait photograph taken by Rufus W. Holsinger.

Births

• June 2 – Alice Jackson is born in Richmond to Dr. James E. Jackson and Clara Louise Kersey. A life-long educator at various Black colleges throughout the country, Jackson became the first Black applicant to the University of Virginia in August of 1935 (her application was denied on the basis of race and "other good and sufficient reasons," according to a contemporary issue of the Richmond-Times Dispatch.