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- ↑ "Vanderbilt University Quarterly". google.com. 1915.
- ↑ "Caduceus of Kappa Sigma". google.com. 1904.
- ↑ "Vanderbilt Orators". The Tennessean. June 11, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved November 19, 2015– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Caduceus of Kappa Sigma". google.com. 1905.
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