The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-09
He Is a remarlSa Bile man y 7 teSwo rid does
not acknowledge many Vensf great Until
their names are ons tombst tones.
THE UNIVERSITY.
The Only Institute Founded
L Nv 4 I President of United States;

The Only Institution Founded
by a President 81 United States;
(special from a staff Cores pondeht.)
ssUNIVDRs1TY OF NJ RGIN1A ,,5i: " A.
April 8.--The approach ching insta ala ton IT!
President Alderman has had the e fleet
ofsdirectIng attention afresh to- the Y M!
several ways, is \ one 7of Il The most re-
I markable III America. Not only the
alumni think i t. one cf the best, for the
standard of work done there and the
standing OF graduates In the world of
work along every line liaYeSd eeply M ~
pressed this count ry:sSss
The University is the only inst itutton soi
learning IN the country that WAS found y
ed BY "a Preside nt OF the United Sta tcs.i
Washington and n Lee University WIS !
practically founded by George washing
ton, but the Father OF his Country foun1
sonnet hing on which to build when he
undertook by gift to start Washing ton
College: on the road to fthe. greatness the
University lla $ since a hieyed. ef FER
son begun "a tt he STUMP, g 8 tine pioa-
GERS used to So W. OneYo f5his bograpf1ers
Says that for forty y ears he cherished The
idea Of establishing q university 1T some
point lin yirgi MIA. pref era bly,, Of course
nearsto Monticello. He did not, make his
aim generally kno wns unti shorty be fore
he begun n tive work e ward $ Its accom-
Splshment. III Is Il sIa. M ~ sstls ssssl5
of course 4 here are many thtngs VIII
now indicate that the idea OF establish
ing al auniyersity ina irglnia was incupat--
Ing in the mind Of Mr.. Jefferson. IN
January 1900. he wrote. DR.. Priestly or
Il a desire to establish a. universitySin '.the
/ uppersvalley.,..8s:A short whllefa forwards
he wrote Priest ys that Nv liam and Mary
was 3.'prettyg highly piscopa lian, q and
the Dssenters are beginning i Q appreh nd
some secret design OF q preference for
that sect. ,,a% D upont de5SNemours came
over from Fra nee, at thcFrequest of Mr..
Jefferson, and & In 1900 published some
notes upon education In the United
States In 1903 Mr. Jefferson was corr
responding with Pictet of the College of
Geneva, and indicated that he had the
idea OF establishing "a uniycrstysiin Viz
gInia- He wanted to transport the Cen
eva College to Virginia bodily in 1874,
when tho faculty was "a bout to be ban
ished from Switzerland, hi 81
J. Previous ITO this h Mr. JET ferson had
drafted for the commit tee on revision OF
laws. appointed by the General, Assembly
In ITO three bills which provided for
primary and grammar schools in Virginia
and forsth enlargement Of the charter
Of the College Of William and Mary at
williamsburg. The report of the COM
mittee. in so far, at least, as these bills
were concerned. was no Sprnted for sew
eral years, and It was not until 1896 that
the one creating local schools. that was
afterwards known as 'oll field schools
was PASSED. This was rendered largely
snugatory by an taddition2 providing that
the law should be nut into effect when a
5majority2tof the 4 county court should
order The courts did not, rs a rule,
Issue the order. The bill for amending
the constitution OF WILLIAM and Mary
did not pass, but Jefferson WAS made q
member Of the board OF visitors, and he
says he succeeded In having salutary
changes made in the organization.
AlbemarleS Acad denny
Albemarle Academy was chartered In
1903, but 1t never ok listed, save on the
paper OF the charter and IN the minds
OF the corporal ors. This charter Aoat ed
around until one day IN March, ISL I'VE
Of the trustees met at the house Of MIR.
Tripletts n. Estes, in charlottesville, for
the purpose OF ma rg a fresh effort to
make the acad emyia thing Of life. Whilef
these gentlemen were considering the
aead denny scheme, Mr. Jefferson was seen
riding by, and he was called in and his
advice sought, He promptly suggested
that the academy idea be abandonad;
4 that the trustees turn the academy into
a college, and call for subscriptions, a
few days, later eighteen trustees, lnclud-
ing Mr. Jefferson; who had been add ed
to- the list, met and chose Peter. arr
president and John Carr secre tary,8 4 here
were several further meetings and on