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With the World War officially ended, as was the casewith all U. S. Army career officers, Colonel Quekemeyerwas reduced one rank from his last permanent wartimerank. He became a major again. He remained on theclosest of terms with General Pershing, and when the latterwas named by President Coolidge in 1924 to head a com

mission to supervise a Plebiscite in territory around Tacnaand Arica on South America's west coast claimed by bothPeru and Chile, Major Quekemeyer at Pershing's requestbecame Secretary of the Commission.The diplomatic assignment ended in March 1925 and the

delegation returned to the United States. At the end of thesame year still another honor came to George Quekemeyer. He was named Commandant of Cadets at the U.S.Military Academy at West Point.Before taking up the assignment, set for April 1926,

however, the Army asked him to return to South Americaagain to compete for it in the equestrian events of the PanAmerican games held in Buenos Aires in January-February. This enjoyable interlude in his brilliant careerwas nevertheless to have a fatal outcome. Returning bysea from summer south of the equator into the harsh NewYork winter. Major Quekemeyer developed pneumonia-then a most dangerous illness—and died February 28, 1926.In a letter to George Quekemeyer's mother, dated the

day he died, General Pershing wrote the following:It is with a heavy heart that I write you this letter. The

unexpected death of your beloved son has come as a terrible blowto us all. Ever since he joined me as an aide during the WorldWar he has been my most constant companion and very dearfnend.

His loyalty and devotion knew no bounds. Duty was always hisguide. If ever an officer lived up to the ideals of West Point asexpressed in its motto. DUTY - HONOR — COUNTRY, it wasyour son John George.Speaking for myself, his loss is irreparable. There is no one to

take his place, and no one can know better than I what it means toyou his mother. Nothing can assuage your grief. And yet you willfind comfort in the years to come in the thought that you havesuch a son — possessing to a striking degree all those noblequalities that contributed to make up his rare personality and hissplendid character.The entire army and his thousands of friends throughout the

country and abroad will mourn with you. My deepest sympathygoes out to you in this sad hour.

During those war years of patriotic fervor, GeorgeQuekemeyer had become a hero to this community. Hisbody was returned from West Point to Yazoo City bytrain and lay in state in the First Presbyterian Churchbefore burial in Glenwood Cemetery. Emotion seizedthe town.>-AlI school children above the second grademarched from their classes to the church to file past hisopen coffin. During the funeral service in our cemeterya military bi-plane, dispatched personally by GeneralPershing, flew over the grave site and dropped hiswreath of flowers.

Musing about what might have been George Quekemeyer s future is idle. But when one remembers theroles during World War II of Generals George Marshall, Douglas McArthur and other of his Armycompanions, it is permissible to believe that YazooCounty may have given to the world — had he lived —one of its greatest military leaders.George Quekemeyer received numerous decorations

from both the United States and foreign governments.Ihey have been generously presented to the YazooHistorical Museum (for display) by his niece andnephews Elizabeth Ann, George, Charles Q. andre enc Clark, along with many other personal

memorabilia of the highest interest to museum visitors.

HELEN REMBERT CARLOSS, 1893-1948Helen Carloss was an assistant Attorney General of

the United States, an outstanding tax lawyer in theUnited States Department of Justice, and the firstwoman in our country to plead before the United StatesSupreme Court as well as every single Federal DistrictCourt m the nation. During her lifetime she arguedtwenty-seven cases before the Supreme Court alone.Miss Carloss was born in Yazoo City in 1893 the

daughter of Robert Rembert Carloss and Lilley Tyler.Her maternal grandmother, Cornelia Cusack Tyler hadbeen the first white child born in Yazoo City. She* wasfirst educated in the Yazoo City Public Schools and

MississippiState College for Women. For several years she was ateacher in the public schools of Mississippi, but in 1923Ae began graduate work in law at the University ofChicagOn Before long, however, at the suggestion ofCi'tv 1 f™"" YazooCity, Miss Carloss moved to Washington, D Csecured a position as clerk in the Bureau of Internai

wTh""'; studies at night at Georgefmm Ihf ™ Un'versity. She received her LL.B. degrLtrom that university in 1927. "cgicc

D c'^L^lwrarf Washington,DepartmL Of usr Ifb";'field Of tax law who had f w era" r"" 'h l"'entire Jr. ♦u »cw equals. She served hercases before thA itscases betore the highest courts of the land.

CarLrnALh unassuming person, Helento state issue. I ? exceptional ability in courtlAhorlie? persuasive application ofcaidor ch 1' ^in^enty andconclusions competing principles that herconclusions and contentions demanded sympathetic

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consideration. Her work won her the highest respect inlegal circles everywhere.She received many honors. Mississippi College for

Women gave her its Distinguished Alumnae Award.George Washington University presented her its AlumniAward for Distinguished Service. After her death inDecember, 1948, a memorial service was held for her inthe Conference Room of the Supreme Court by theWomen's Bar Association of the District of Columbia.Then Attorney General Tom Clark, later a SupremeCourt Justice himself, came to this gathering to praiseher. He pointed out that her twenty-seven cases arguedbefore the Supreme Court were a record for anyattorney — male or female — in his department. Healso said that the late Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stonehad once told him that the highest court considered ithad an intellectual treat when Miss Carloss made anargument before it.

Judge James W. Morris of the U. S. District Court ofthe District of Columbia also paid homage to HelenCarloss at this meeting, saying among other things:

Helen R. Carloss is deserving of tribute. She was an outstanding lawyer and reflected great credit upon her profession. I havenot the slightest hesitation in saying that, in her own field of taxlaw, she achieved an eminence shared by few and surpassed bynone.

Judge Norris furthermore read special tributes to herfrom three Supreme Court Justices then on the bench.

Mr. Justice Robert H. Jackson said:

I had the highest regard for Miss Carloss. Her knowledge ofthe record was perfect; she mastered the facts. On the law. she notonly had research, which many people have, but she had a balanceof judgment as to what should be advanced. She had a candorthat made you feel, when she had finished, that you had the entirestory.

Mr. Justice Stanley F. Reed said:

1 had a great admiration for Miss Carloss. She became one ofthe foremost advocates in the field of internal-revenue law.There can be no doubt that Helen Carloss' ability and compe

tence, on equal footing with the best legal talent in the country,have been an important factor in today's acceptance and recognition of women in high places of the legal profession. She employedin her work those qualities which are demanded of lawyers of thehighest type, whether man or woman: keenness and alertness ofmind, untiring energy, intensive training, intellectual honesty,forthrightness, and courage. It is needless to say that she foundgreat pleasure and satisfaction in her work, without which shecould not have achieved the success as a lawyer which she did.

The eminent Mr. Justice Felix Frankfurter gave themost beautiful and appropriate statement of all:

One of my earliest experiences on the Court has remained one ofthe most vivid. It was the sight of a frail lady through whosecountenance shown nobility of spirit. It seemed almost incongruous to have her open a tax case involving the most technicalissues. I had never even heard of Helen Carloss. But at the end ofless than five minutes of her argument, she left no doubt in my

mind that I was listening to a lawyer of distinction. During thecourse of the years, no lawyer whom I heard often so consistentlyconfirmed that first impression. In her, reason^nd art andcharacter were fused; advocacy at its best resulted. Our professionshould cherish the memory of one who adorned it.

On July 7, 1949, Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi entered a eulogy of Helen Rembert Carloss in theCongressional Register. It contained all the abovequoted tributes from the Supreme Court justices.When Justice William O. Douglas published his auto

biography in 1980 he included, on page 184, thefollowing observation:

Helen Carloss, a gray-haired lady from Mississippi, represented the Tax Division of the Department of Justice from 1928 to1947 in many cases. If seen by a stranger, she would doubtless beidentified as a housewife. But she was an advocate par excellence — brief, lucid, relevant and powerful.

Helen Carloss is buried in Glenwood Cemetery inYazoo City.

HENRY HERSCHEL BRICKELL, 1889-1952

Herschel Brickell was a nationally known journalist,book critic, essayist and literary talent scout whoworked with some of the most important metropolitannewspapers and publishing houses in the United States.He was associated with many of the principal novelistsand short story writers of this country during the 1920s,30s and 40s, and was one of the first to recognize andpublicize the talents of his fellow Mississippian, EudoraWelty. From 1940 he was editor of the O. HenryMemorial Prize Short Stories, an annual collectionchosen from the best short stories published in theUnited States. During the 1940s he was also chosen bythe United States Department of State for severalimportant posts to manage cultural affairs between ourcountry and Latin America.

Herschel Brickell was born in Senatobia, Mississippi,on September 13, 1889, but he grew up in Yazoo Cityand always loved it here. He was the son of HenryHampton Brickell and Lula Johns Harrison, and heattended the Yazoo City Public Schools. He was anavid reader from childhood and often reminisced abouthis hours spent in the B. S. Ricks Memorial Library."When I wasn't going to school, riding horseback, or

falling off a bicycle," he once wrote, "I was reading. Irea a book a day in summer vacation time, sometimestwo, thus preparing myself unwittingly for the life of adaily book columnist in New York."

In 1906, Mr. Brickell entered the University of Mississippi where for four years he did well in English and wasactive on the campus newspaper and literary magazine,

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JOSEPH MORTON CALDWELL

. Engineer. Born Yazoo City, son of Joseph Redfordand Lilley Tyler Caldwell. Public schooling YazooCity; graduated Mississippi State College, 1932 withBS degree in electrical engineering. Began workwith Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, June1933 as assistant engineer. In 1940 placed in chargeof all hydraulic model testing at station and remained until entered Army in 1942. In 1946 employed with Beach Erosion Board, Washington, D. C,and became chief of research division of board.Married Moselle Smith of Vicksburg. Children, Courtney Lynn and Joel Morton.

LOUIS J. WISESoldier. Born April 8, 1892 in Yazoo City. Gradu

ated Yazoo City High School, 1909; LLB from University of Mississippi, 1912. First military service asprivate. Company D, First Mississippi Infantry, 1913.Discharged as sergeant, 1916 and re-enlisted Mississippi National Guard 1917. Assigned to SecondMississippi Infantry, promoted to first lieutenant Aug.5, 1917. Joined 82nd Division on its embarkmentfor France In May, 1918 and assigned as captainodiutant 319 Machine gun Battalion in France untilMay. 1919. Discharged July 12, 1919 and re|oinedMississippi National Guard September 1921 as cap-tain. Promoted to major in July 1923; promoted to

lieutenant colonel in July 1927. Served in World WarII from November 1940 until March 1945 when returned to Mississippi National Guard. Promoted tocolonel in May 1949 and served with Reserves untildischarge May 1, 1952. Promoted to brigadier general February 1952 and retired May 1, 1952.

HELEN REMBERT CARLOSS

Attorney. Born Yazoo City April 18, 1893, daughter of Robert Rembert and Lilley Tyler Carloss. Educated Yazoo City public schools; graduated MississippiState College for women In 1913; graduate workat University of Chicago, 1923; LLB from GeorgeWashington University. Taught school at Eupora andLaurel. During World War 1 became clerk in Bureauof Internal Revenue of U.S. Treasury Department.Changed to U.S. Department of Justice as attorneyin tax division under Solicitor General and retiredin 1947 as acting assistant attorney general of U.S.Received distinguished Alumnus Award from Mississippi State College for Women and George Washington University. Died December, 1948.

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Mississippi WomenTHEIR HISTORIES, THEIR LIVES

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Orr and Paslay's new household also included former II&C student Mary"Max" Hathorn, a physician, and Orr's nephew Jerome Harris, Assistant Rectorat St. Ignatius Episcopal Church. Miriam secured a teaching post at the AlcuinPreparatory School for Girls. Pauline followed her mother's example by managing and investing their resources and taking in boarders to supplement theirincome. Her father, now nearly blind, joined them in 1921 and basked in hiscelebrity as the oldest living former Confederate congressman. Within a year,at age ninety-three, J. A. Orr died in a Manhattan hospital.

Their New York City home became a way station for former II&C studentsand colleagues who wanted to pursue advanced degrees, establish professions,and try out their literary talents in the big city. Several devoted former studentsbecame successful writers, professors, and academic administrators at leadingwomen^s colleges and coed universities. Rosa Peebles, chair of the Departmentof English at Vassar College, developed some of the first and most innovativecomparative literature courses in the country. Blanche Colton Williams chairedthe English Department at Hunter CoUege in New York, published biographiesof George Eliot and Clara Barton, and established the O. Henry Story AwardsAnother former student, Frances Jones Gaither, author of Follow the Drinking Gourd, currently receives attention from feminist literary scholars for herindependent female characters and her wiUingness to address issues of racialinjustice in her fictional works. One of the young II&C suffrage campaigners:Helen Carloss (1913), who defended Orr and Paslay during the "S. T. Payer"scandal, earned a law degree, served on the federal Court of Appeals and became US. assistant attorney general." Many former students fotmd Orr's andPaslay s feminist lifestyles and high standards" to be powerful examples longafter they left Mississippi, and frequently wrote their aging former professors tothank them for the influence they had on their lives.

When Miriam died in April 1932, the tight community of II&C alumnaemourned. In expressing their deepest sympathies to Orr, they recognized howcrucial the women s relationship, their personal and professional life partnership, had been to the development of women's higher education in Mississippi during a time when few believed women capable of learning what menlearned. In fact, the young women at the II&C were taught something differentfrom that which their brothers at universities learned. Orr's students were instructed, through example and rigorous training, to reject ideas about women'sinherent inferiority to men and to fight for equal treatment regardless of sex.They also learned the power of great friendships and devoted "marriages" be-'tween women, how these could sustain, empower, and leave enduring legacies!of strength and ideological commitments.

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1. Memphis Commercial Appeal, 18 May 191:2. Who's Who in Mississippi (Jackson, Miss.

A. Orr," Biographical and Historical Memoirs ofsippi Department of Archives and History (herMemoirs of Mississippi, Lindsey-Orr Papers.

3- Statement of J. A. Orr," 25 August 1888(henceforth SHC), University of North Carolin

4. Blanche Colton Williams, draft of biograj5. East Mississippi Times. 15 January 1876; cl

Orr Papers.

6. Pioneer Opened Doors in Women's EducAlumnae Hews (spring 1979): 47.

7- Circ«/flr and Catalogue of the Packer ColleBennett. 1879). 10,17,19-21; Mary Lowe Dickins,1896): 361-71; "The National Council of Women93.

8. Pauline Van de Graaf Orr diary. 1881-82. Je9. Clinton (Miss.) Sword and Shield, 21 Noven

nie C.] Peyton," 29 September 1887. Mississippi279.352; Bridget Smith Pieschel and Stephen Rotat Mississippi University for Women, 1884-1984 (Donald B. Marti, Women ofthe Grange: MutualityYork; Greenwood Press. 1991), 96; D. Sven Nordir(Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1974). 6Higher Education in Mississippi. 1819-1862." JonrrAnne Farnham, The Education ofthe Southern Be'he Antebellum South (New York: New York Univeconstruction and the Property Rights ofSouthern195-216.

30. Prof. D. G. Eaton to the Trustees of the Stary L. Dickinson to Pauline Orr. 13 September (

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Profiles of Famous & Notable Mississippians

So Politely: A Voice from the South (1965), Watch Us Pass(1968), Men with Little Hammers (1969), and Barbed Wire &Other Stories (1970). A Highly Ramified Tree (1976) won theOhioana Award as best autobiographical book of the year.

Charlotte CapersBorn June 28, 1913, in Columbia, Tenn., she grew up inJackson, attended Millsaps College and received her B.A. fromOle Miss in 1934. She worked at the Mississippi Dept. ofArchives and History for 45 years, serving as its first womandirector from 1955-69. In 1972, she was appointed head of the$2.5 million restoration of the Governor's Mansion. Capersalso oversaw the restoration of the Old Capitol to a museum.The Archives and History Building was named after her whenshe retired in 1983. She wrote historical articles for theEncyclopedia Britannica and Americana, 99 book reviews forThe New York Times, edited several books on the history ofMississippi and the South, and was editor-in chief of theJournal of Mississippi History from 1956-1969. Her book, TheCapers Papers, is a collection of essays from her JacksonDaily News and Star-Times columns. She died Dec. 23, 1996.

Helen CarlisleBorn Mary Helen Carlisle on Nov. 25, 1917, in Vossburg,Jasper Co., Mississippi. She graduated from Mississippi StateCollege for Women (now Mississippi University for Women)in 1939. Carlisle was Director of Home Economics atMcCormick and Company in Baltimore, Maryland, the largestspice company in the world, when she wrote the book, Spicesofthe World Cookbook under the name "Mary Collins"(like "Betty Crocker"). She also contributed articles in the U.S.Dept. of Agriculture's yearbook Food For Us All and in theHandbook of Food Preparation for the American HomeEconomics Association. Carlisle represented the U.S. Dept. ofAgriculture and the Grocery Manufacturers of America ininternational food exhibits in Japan, Sweden and England.She's been listed in several publications, including The TwoThousand Women of Achievement (1969, London, England),Foremost Women in Communications (1970) and the 1st and2nd editions of Who's Who in American Women. Carlisle haslived in Jacksonville, Fl. since the early 1980s.

Jennifer CarlisleBorn Nov. 7, 1982, in Flowood. She lived with her family inBrandon until they moved to Flowood in 1997. Carlisle madea perfect 36 score on the ACT (American College Test) whenshe took the test in Feb. 1999. Carlisle is one of the youngest(16 years and 3 months) Mississippi students to ever make aperfect ACT score. The youngest was Shayon Ghosh, a seniorat Jackson Prep when he took the test in Dec. 1999 at age 13years, 2 months. Carlisle was a sophomore at JacksonPreparatory School, which she has attended since the 7thgrade. She scored a 26 on the ACT in the 7th grade, 33 on theACT in the 9th grade, and reached her goaf of a perfect 36 inthe 10th grade. In the 7th grade Carlisle achieved nationalrecognition in the TIPS program as well as winning the First inState Award in Life Sciences in the Academic BettermentCompetition. In the 8th grade she: was a Mississippi Councilof Teachers of English writing award finalist; was a PromisingYoung Writers Program winner in the National Council ofTeachers of English competition; ranked 3rd in the state in theAcademic Betterment Competition in Physical Sciences andreceived a silver medal for the National Latin Exam for LatinI. In the 9th grade Carlisle: won the First in State in English inthe Academic Betterment Competition; was 2nd in the state inthe Mississippi School for Math and Sciences geometrycompetition; received a silver medal for the National Latin

Exam for Latin II; was co-editor of the junior high newspa^editor-in-chief of the junior high literary magazine; waselected to the National Junior Honor Society and to Chi AlphaMu; won the Jackson Prep Honors English Award and theNational Junior Honor Society Volunteer Service Award Inthe 10th grade she was First in State in the Mississippi Schoolfor Math and Sciences Algebra II competition. Carlisle is amember of the debate,team, Mu Alpha Theta, Science ClubAstronomy Club, Key Club, and others. She has had poemspublished in several anthologies and magazines, includingSouthern Voices. Jackson Prep is proud of the fact that 3 oftheir students have scored a perfect 36 on the ACT. In additionto Jennifer and Shayon Ghosh, Steven Shackleford, Jr., acedthe test in 1994. Jackson Prep ties Hattiesburg High Schoolwhich has also had 3 students to ace the ACT, for first place inthe state for the greatest number of students making the topscore on the ACT. Carlisle is one of 7 students in Mississippito score 36 during 1999. Although seven is not a record for asingle state as far as the absolute number, ACT headquarterssays it might very well be a record for Mississippi as far as percapita state population and compared with the total number ofstudents in a state taking the test during a single calendar yearCarlisle is one of only 12 students from the state to ever makea 36 score (either a "perfect" 36 or a composite 36) on the testthrough June 2000, according to ACT.

Helen CarlossBorn April 18, 1893, in Yazoo City, Mississippi. A 1913graduate of Industrial Institute and College (now MississippiUniversity for Women), she became a successful attorney andtax expert who was the first woman in the nation to arguecases before the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and theSupreme Court. She argued before the Supreme Court severaltimes. She died on December 23, 1948, at age 55, and is burledin Glenwood Cemetery in Yazoo City.

Joe Frank CarolioThis R&R singer/musician was born in Leiand, Mississippi onSeptember 3, 1939. He was with group Hamilton, Joe Frank &Reynolds who had 2 big hit records Don't Pull Your Love(Top-5 million-seller 1971) and Fallin' In Love (No. 1million-seller 1975). Carolio studied music at Delta State inCleveland, Mississippi, but didn't graduate.

Sam CarrBorn at Friar's Point, Mississippi on April 17, 1926. Carr'sfather, legendary Bluesman Robert Nighthawk would takeSam along on his gigs when he was only 8 or 9 years old. SamCarr has worked with Frank Frost for so many years that theirnames have become inseparable to a lot of blues fans. Whiledoing gigs up and down the "Blues Highway" they joined upwith Sonny Boy Williamson and became his last band Carrhas consistently been chosen as the best blues drummer inLiving Blues magazine. He now lives in Dundee, Mississippi.

Anne CarsleyBom in Jackson on Apr. II, 1935. She received a B.A. fromMillsaps College in 1957 and an M.A. from Ole Miss in 1959She wrote these romantic novels with historical settings- ThisRavished Rose (1980), The Winged Lion (1981) " ThisTriumphant Fire (1982), Defiant Desire (1983), The Goldp»Savage (1984) and Tempest (1985).

Bo CarterBorn Armenter Chatmon in Bolton, Miss, on March 21 1893He made over 100 recordings of mostly "hokum" blues whichwas Delta blues with bawdy lyrics. Some of his songs'are BoCarter's Advice, Who's Been Here, Pussy Cat Blues, Banana inYour Fruit Basket, Pin in Your Cushion, and Your Biscuits Are

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colonel in May 1949 and served v^ith Reserves untildischarge May 1, 1952. Promoted to brigadier genera! February 1952 and retired May i . 1952.

HELEN REMBERT CARLOSSAttorney. Born Yazoo City April 18, 1893, daugh

ter of Robert Rembert and Lilley Tyler Carloss. Educated Yazoo City public schools; graduated MississippiState College for women in 1913; graduate workat University of Chicago, 1923; LLB from GeorgeWashington University. Taught school at Eupora andLaurel. During World War I became clerk in Bureauof Internal Revenue of U.S. Treasury Department.Changed to U.S. Department of Justice as attorneyin tax division under Solicitor General and retiredin 1947 as acting assistant attorney general of U.S.Received distinguished Alumnus Award from Mississippi State College for Women and George Washington University. Died December, 1948.

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