Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-14

Eacn OF the tnfee laStsnameu en-
dowcd scholarships entities the re-
cipient to attend the university one
session free Of tuition and fees, as also
do the six university scholarships,
which are conferred by the faculty on
the most deserving student in the fol-
lowing departments--yiz., two in Eng
lish and Modern Languages, and one in
each OF the departments Of Latin,
Greek, Natural Philosophy, and Chem
istry and Geology.
1t is estimated that the total value OF
honors conferred on students, counting
scholarships, medals, prizes, &C., is
more than 81, 500 per annum. In addi-
ton to this, candidates for the Christian
ministry, and the sons or orphans Of
ministers, when unable to pay the usual
fees, are admitted to the academic de-
partments free Of charge. Aid is ex-
tended to worthy young men in other
ways, and the university has done
vast amount Of gratuitous teaching, it
being her proud boast that no applicant
has ever been refused admission be-
cause he could not pay for tuition and
other proper charges Of the university.
THE ALUMNI.
No institution ever had q aobler
body Of alumni than the college of
Washington and university Of Lee. In
the eloquent language of another,
q" What glowing names are these that
shine on the rolls of the alumni Of this
honored Alma Mater Church and State,
field and forum, bar and bench, hospital
and countiDg-rOom, lecture-room and
pulpit, what famous champions and
teachers of the right, what trusty work.
erS and leaders in literature, and law,
and arts, and arms, have they not found
IN her sons. Seven Governors of |
States--amongst them Crittendcn, Of |
Kentucky, and Mcdowell, Letcher, and |
kemper Of Virginia; eleven United |
States senator's, amongst them Parker,
OF Virginia; Breckenridge, of Ken |
lucky; ii. S. Foote, of Mississippi, |
and William c. Preston, Of South |
Carolina; more than score of con-
gressmen; two score and more of |
Judges-amengst them Trimble, of |
the United States Supreme Court;
Coalter, Allen, Anderson, and |
Burks, Of the Court of Appeals
Of Virginia; twelve or more college
presidents, and amongst them Moses
IIoge and Archibald Alexander, of |
Hampden-Sidney; James Priestly, of
College, Tennessee George
A. Baxter and Henry RufIner who
presided here), and Socrates Maupin, of
the University Of Virginia. These are
but few of those who here garnered
the learning that shed 50 gracious a
light IN the after-time on them. their
and their alma Mater"
When, in addition to the above, it is
remembered that this institution counts
among her alumni nearly fifty profess
sors in colleges, it will be seen how
great an influence she has exerted, and
IS still exerting, over the cause of edu-
cation in the southern States. Her
alumni are her pride and strength;
hey are an open book, known and read
If all men; and upon their worth and
oyalty she rests the best hopes of the
uture, as she has found them her glory
md support in the past.
THE SECOND CENTURY.
This historic institution enters upon
Ter second century of corporate exist
nee with brighter prospects than ever
before. The near future will see addi-
ional buildings erected; new chairs
He'd by professors of eminent attain
nents; new facilities supplied for in
truction; and many Improvements de-
igned to promote the health and hap
iness Of the students.
Washington and Lee is destined for
career of prosperity and usefulness
ar beyond her past achievements. All
ningS seem now to conspire to accom-
lish this result. Her history is blended
18th the glories Of the two wars for
dependence, her very name being ]
of what was best and
reatest in each; her endowment is
rye and steadily increasing; her
cation is one of the finest in America
r beauty of scenery and health
lness of climate; she is en-
lrined in the hearts of hundreds
Jealous and devoted alumni-what
ore could be needed to make her sure l
an hOnored place among the great
liyerSites Of the future And when f
e consider her high grade of scholar
Up, the excellent moral and religious =,
ne Of her Students, the ability and /
lrning of her faculty, the progressive
1t conservative spirit Of her trustees, u
no can deny that she deserves success
the reward Of her merits. t,
She stands as an enduring monument r
Washington and to Lee. Este per- "