of valor and devotion". When Armistead Dobie accepted the statue on behalf of the university during Finals in 1919, he recalled of McConnell's nature a "hatred of the humdrum, an abhorrence of the commonplace, a passion for the picturesque." The Seven Society, of which McConnell was a member, presented a wreath on that day. Today, brothers of McConnell's fraternity, the Omicron of Beta Theta Pi, remember his exploits in song and memorialize the fallen aviator every year on March 19 with an all-day color guard and a memorial ceremony. References External links 1887 births 1917 deaths People from Chicago University of Virginia alumni American military personnel killed in World War I Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) Haverford School alumni People from Carthage, North Carolina