Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-08-11
THE ALUMNI OF WILLIAM & MARY.

Ii gives us sincere pleasure TO extract the follorrr
communication from the Richmond Whig-to paw
nst tribute 10 the meritorious Alumni Of this nobl, !,
stitution-a and to inform the sbsentees of the in,rncs
me citing on the 9Th July, 1874. 1t is not The sms +:
satisfacllon, which we derive from the re- publcauo.
that it enables US 10 bring before our readers the mefI
of the youag and accomplished Orator Of tina, Nee
ing. We can easily conceive oi the pleasure wEt
his auditors derived from his Address, and the pu.
which he has earned; as, we know, from our wv expo
ence, the talents, the flowing style, and the buiiat
conceptions, of w. W. Crump, Esq. ave have seer
and sure we ought to know
civilian 81 MARY COLLEGE The Society
Alumni of William II Mary College, held its seco.
annual meeting en- the 9Th July. The number in I.
tendance was large for an association so recently ior
ed; and although the meeting was composed chpa
of the graduates Of the last five or SIX years, yet MAJ,
were present on that occasion whose brows sho"t
the traces Of time. After the matters Of business, q:
cessary for a Society so recently formed, had been c,
posed OF, the meeting adjourned 10 the College Chsat
10 hear It's second annual Address. THIS was drls..
ed by VIM w. Crump, Esq Of Richmond, as al!efn',
to Richard X. Cralle, Esq Of Lynchburg who 81:
unable TO attend.
"Owing to some irregularity or delay on the pas
the older men who had been selected TO deliver i
address, in max ing known the fact that cIrcums,saa'
would not permit them 10 co so, Mr.. Crump wa'r
informed that the duty would be expected Of h'm w.
within a few days before the occasion when his ~
vices would be required. Yet, with this shor, not"
he treated The audience 10 a rich repasi-toaR ties.
and eloquent address, Astounding IN good bought
veyed in chaste lapguage-en address worthy a 80
old William * Mary. A copy was re Guested FOR P
lication, and the community may have the pleasure
judging Of its me rita. alr Crunp deserves Vie tlHl
OF the Society for the promptness with which n I
sponded to its call under such dissdyan,ageou c'ect
Stances, as well as for the ability with when he 4
charged the arduous task of representing the A,Cc|
OF William & Mary.
"This Society, as above. mentioned, il OF recen. 81
and it's success is therefore uncertain. But SURF
any set of men have it in their power to form a Sc:
Of pre-eminent interest, the sons Of William q III
may lay claim TO that honor. From the fountf:
The College 10 The present time, she has eSetirf
extensive influence through her sons, no, only Il
this State, bat over the whole South, nay, o'ei
whole Union. Indeed, the history of our CenG
wealth is Tended and bound up with tn. history o.
venerable institution, far the lives and actions Of Il
whose memoirs constitute the annals ct Virginia
ceived their lessons of wisdom from this 'moih''
statesmen Armed with the weapons winch shs
inned for their hands, they had but torSert The enc.
she had called forth and cultivated, TO be first anu
mos; of their day,
"Founded and endowed By the British crown, ]
situated among a people that had left lis native eos'
in that between the extreme Of royal power andP
lar RIGHTEOUSNESS of catholic indulgence and Pn' 1
austerily, William 81 Mary instiiled into her sons q
correct ideas Of civrl results in America. Her iir''
not only lmbibed those lessons Of wisdom, but
brought into immediate contact with the higa ''
honor and chiva!rous bearing of the Cavaliers, " !
fingers, even get, around The birth place Of tle "
luton. 1t is to those men and those pr'neip''
Virginia ia indebted for most that makes her NO."
norable yet William II Mary has received no
better than neglect; while envy and te,raeuon h''' |
listed against her, md tarued upon her de lac"
that she had made formidable.
"The Alumni of William and Mary have, to''i !
least, d,sregarded The claims of their Anna ~"
their support. And this disregard springs from "'
cellencies of the institution and proves her ~''"
has always labored 10 teach her sons to riH''
than ill their heads with the thoughts OF tnr nv"
Their than burthen il with rubbish: and tue '"'
that her sons can never know how much ths"
tions have aided and assisted them. They
though not learned; their minds have nHHh
strength; and are not mere compendiums oi vas
men have thought. Minds of this latter chafa''',
of having gathered and garnered 81 mnch' ar
to fall down and worship the .4imG Mater inat = T
tured them. To use the words OF Judge b.vrhr'
er's address, delivered before the Society o -
william and Mary College on the 9TH oil 1u!'
'The man of indie pendenta and original thoue"',
proves all he learns, adding 10 some things -
lrom others, modifying all; looks back upon -
when he left college as a chaos oil cruc'Hes ="
all Of which he charges TO his teachers
considers the whole Of his education 10
and overlooks the training which qualified awu !,
order out OF chaos, to evolve harmony ou'
and light out Of darkness. Let all The s''o'%r
be tasks OF memory; tie him down to the vel! , J.c
of his text book; forbid him to think ms "
and leaye him no tune to think, and you Il
devout and enduring venera,ion Tor m Sn'oG" =
ing he never hopes to equal, and an '.nP''s1
would deem IL ~nrofanltY 70 question.