The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-06
BY LA MARQIISE DE FONTENOY

ID LA MAt&t1SE DE EONTENOf.
IT ORD BALFOUR OF Burleigh. as
rector. will take the leading part
chancellor, and Lord Avebury. az
in the welcome accorded next week
BY the great Scotch University OF ST.
Andrews to the college presidents and
professors who are arriving there from
the United States. and from all other
parts of the civilized world, to par;ici.
pate in the celebration of Its Ave hum
Oldest university of George VS. north
erI kingdom. Down to the fourteenth
century. education was at so low an
ebb in the Land O. Cakes that Tytler
| asserts that II was impossible to pro-
duce an instance OF a Scottish baron
able to sign his own name. Whatever
instruction the Scots enjoyed. they were
, compelled until then to obtain in Eng
land. where John de Balliol laid the
foundations OF college at Oxford
still known as Balliol College, in 1853.
! for the maintenance OF poor Scottish
students. while thirty years later the
Bishop of Moray founded a similar
college for Scots In Paris.
1t was thereupon determined 70 in
FOR this purpose a society was formed
by Lawrence. OF L!ndores. Abbot Of
Scone: Richard Cornwall Archdeacon
OF Lothian; William Stephen. Arch
bishop OF Dunblane, and Archbishop
Henry de Wardlaw, of ST. Andrews
Cathedral. for the foundation OF tho
University OF ST. Andrews, which came
into existence In the fall OF I4ll, on tho
strength OF six papal bulls obtained
from Benedict Kill. and with the en-
thusiastic patronage and support OF
King James l.. himself a scholar and
lover of learning Its first rector
was the venerable Lawrence OF Lin
dores. mentioned above as Abbot or
Scone. Among the benefactors OF ST
Andrews have been Popes Nicholas
v, Plus II. and PAUL Ill. Archbishop
bestowed upon this seat OF learning
It's great silver mace. which is one OF
the most beautiful examples of artis-
tic workmanship OF the hfteenth CEN
Jury. Cardinal Beaton. Andrew Mel
vile and Archbishop Alexander Stewart
and the late Marquis of Butte. the 10
THAR" OF Lord Beaconsneld's novel
while its students include John Knox.
the reformer. Archibald Campbell, the
great Marquis OF Argyll. the Admir-
able" Crichton. Graham. OF Claver-
house. Sir Robert Murray. founder OF
the Royal Society, Napier. OF Merohis
ton. and Lord Playfair. whose Ameri-
can widow. daughter of Samuel II
Russell. of Boston. still survives. Lord
Playtair represented the University OF
ST Andrew in Parliament for nearly
quarter OF century. before being
raised by Queen Victoria to the House
Of Lords. on the nomination OF his close
friend and political chieftain. Mr.
Gladstone.
1t was s!ngulary hitting that Scot.
lands premier university should be
located in ST. Andrews. For. from the
downfall OF Iona. until the Middle Ages.
the city was the seat of the primacy
OF che entire Roman Catholic Church
In Scotland II originally bore the
name of Kilrymont, but after ST.
Regulus or Rule. the Bishop Of patras.
in Achaea. had arrived there from
the Levant. hearing the relics OF ST.
Andrew. the name of the city was
changed TO st. Andrew, ST. Andrew be-
coming shortly afterwards. that is 10
say. early in the eighth century, the
patron saint OF Scotland. 1t is as
serted that the remains of St Andrew
are buried somewhere in the neigh
borhood of the site of the cathedral.
but all trace thereof has been long
lost
To golfers ST. Andrews Will always
be of particular interest. as the Mecca
OF Golf" largely because the Royal
and Ancient Golf Club. founded In
l'oi. is recognized all the world over
as the supreme legislative authority
on everything concerning the game 1t
was at ST Andrews too that John
Knox first preached in public. and
there. too. chat he delivered. on June
!, 1883. the famous sermon which led