The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-28

what Harvard and Yale really did for
New England" In misunderstanding the
sense of patr,otlsn, while the vir-
iglnian lad, educated in England, came
home with n certain snpercilious con-
tempt for colonial thoughts and
ideals" one may be permitted to won
der whether Mr.. DOYLE ever read any
lof the numerous authorities quoted BY
Professor Tyler and Mr.. McCabe. 1t
might be well for Mr.. Doyle to ponder
lcarefuly at the same time the long
Hist of Harvard graduates who became
Tories In the struggle Of the colonies
against the mother country, compiled
lby Mr.. r. S. Thomas from sabine's
"Loyalists OF tho American Revolution
| civilian and Mary Quarterly, v1I.,76
lsu), and, while pondering, to renem-
Der that with scarce an exception (and
4 one can count them on the fingers OF
one hand) the Virglnians educated
abroad We're keen patriots" Our
author, still under the influence Of the
1000: The College Of williamsburg I'm
jVirglnia) never took any hold on popu-
liar sympathy; the young VirEinian was
sometimes sent to England for educa-
| ton, occasionally to Yale" TO this he
Iappends note Madison went to
Yale, because his parents distrusted the
orthodoxy Of the college at Williams
Iof what Mr.. Doyle rashly wrote long
iago In his first volume: "'rhe young
lcolonist was either taught by q tutor
or was sent for education to one Of the
northern colleges or to the mother
country. The College Of William and
Mary had but small share in train
ing that generation Of Virginian states
men who left SO deep an impress on
the history Of the world" (Vol. l.. CHI.
1X., end).
Unfortunately for Mr.. Doyle's repu-
tation as careful historian, mono Of
this is true. AS to the Virginian being
sent Sometimes" to England for odu-
cation, Mr.. Doyle's mind would no
doubt, be illumined, and his opinion
modified, If he would run his eye over
tho long lists OF Virginans who went
to Harrow, Westminster Elton, Leeds
Winchester, Oxford. Cambridge and
Edinburgh, published by Mr.. Stanard,
Professor Tyler and others In the mag
azines and monograph already men,
4 toned.
1t is no great matter that Mr.. Doyle
should be- wrong as to Madison's going
to Yale Cas- matter Of fact, he went
Ito Princeton, where he graduated in
IT'D, but it will be, no doubt, genu-
| inc surprise to him to learn that no
Virginian ever. went to Yale, and. SO
far as the records show, none to Har-
ward. prior to the Revolution. His last
slap-dash statement, ltalicised obore,
as to the College of William ard Mary
having but little share in training the
genera ton of Virginian statesmen, WHO
| figured SO prominently in the great
struggle, must be excused on the
! ground, that the writer had no access
at the time to tlrst-hand authorities.
Our readers shall hear on this ccore
the testimony Of yet another son OF
i New England, who early rcjostod the
YANKEE convention,"a brilliant scholar
land trained historian, the late Herbert
3 B. Adams, Associate Professor of His
i tory in the Johns Hopkins University
a ut Is" says DR.. Adams, "intercsting to
4 look over a catalog of the students
4 lat the College Of William and Mary q
a few years before the outbreak of the