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civilian AND MARY" the oldest
of American colleges, with the sin.
gle exception of Harvard Univer-
sity, has so many historical associa-
tions connected with it, that a full
and minute history Of it from its
foundation to the present time
would be almost the history of Vir.
ginia. 1t began Its career soon
after the settlement of tho country,
and is, consequently, now nearly
two hundred years old, During all
this long period it played an impor,
tant part, first in the colony, and
then in the commonwealth, Found
ed in the reign Of William and Mary,
it was fourishing institution when
Marlboro was fighting Louis NV
and Addison was writing the Spec
tator. The royal governors from
Spotswood to Dunmore, began and
ended their official careers, and the
country from being dependency OF
the British crown, became n great
confederated republic, and the old
college was still in the full tide Of
its energy and usefulness. From its
situation at Williamsburg, the colo
NAL capital, it witnessed, and was n
part of all that was eminent, bril-
liant and attractive in Virginia soci-
ETY.. The sons of the planters were
uniformly sent to the college to DO
educated, and the sons in turn sent
their own sons to the venerable in
stitution. 1t was always regarded
as an important and conspicuous
feature of the "viceregal court"
under the old royal rulers, and had
in its library rare volumes wi th the
coats of arms of kings and nobIcmen
who had delighted in connecting
their names with its history.
Burned down more than once, the
buildings were always erected again
and tho work of education was
steadily resumed, Almost every
Virginian of any eminence in the
eighteenth century had been
trained for his work in the world
within its walls. 1t gave twenty
seven of It's students to the army IN
Revolution two Attorney-Gen'
erals to the United States it
sent out nearly twenty members
of Congress, fifteen United States
Senators, seventeen Governors,
thirty.seven Judges, a Lieutennant
General, and other high officers to
thearmy, two Commodores to tho na-
Wy, twelve Professors, four slgNers
OF the Declaration of Independence,
seven Cabinet officers, the chief
draughtsman and author of the Con-
stitution, Edmund Randolph tho
most eminent of tho Chief Justices,
John Marshall, and three Presidents
Of the United States. And this list,
honorable rs it is, by no means eX-
hausts the number Of REILLY emil
nent men and influential men who
owed the formation and develop
ment of their intellects and charac-
ters to civilian and Mary" In
the long list of students, preserved
from the year 1920 to the present
time, will be found great array OF
names holding a very high rank in
the commonwealth of Virginia and
the States Of the South and West
in the pulpit, at the bar, and in the
local legislatures. These, without
attaining the eminence of those
first mentioned, were the most
prominent citizens of the communal
ties in which they lived, and were
chiefly Instruments in giving char
acter and direction to social and po'
litical affairs. One and all they re-
ceived from their education at the
old ante-revolutonary college the
stamp and mold Of character which
made them able and valuable cltl-
zens-leaders, indeed, in opinion
and action, whenever intellect and
virtue were needed for important
public affairs u John Esten Cooke;
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