The Washington herald., 1921-09-20
HARDING TO SPEAK
AT WILLIAM AND
MARY CEREMONIES
Will Attend Installation
Of DIR. Chandler as
Head of College.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Sept. Ia
With President Warren G. Harding
as the principal speaker. DR.. ]. A.
c. Chandler will be formally in
stalled as president Of the College
of william and Mary on Wednesday,
october IS, II was announced today.
That the underlying reason for
the visit of the President of the
United States, whose coming to
through an announcement at the
pate in the installation Of DR..
Chandler, was made public official
ly for the first time in the colleges
announcement today.
College Heads VIII Attend.
Distinguished men and women
from many parts of the nation, lead
ers in many walks of life, will at
tend the installation ceremonies
The presidents of all American col
leges more than one hundred years
old, will be present, and the Eu-
ropean universities, few of which
antedate William and Mary in es-
tablishment, will be asked to send
representatives. The presidents of
all the Virginia institutions of
learning will attend. as will dele
gates from the leading learned So
cieties and patriotic bodies of the
country.
Davis, accompanied by the COVER
nor's staff, will be present.
Leaves Here ON MayfIower.
President Harding will be 40
companied by Mrs. Harding when
he makes his visit. What friends
will accompany the President and
Mrs. Harding is not known at pres
ent, but 1t Is understood that the
Presidential party will consist of
friends who share the Presidents
desire to visit the Colonial capital
and Its historic surroundings
President Harding will leave
Washington on the night of Oc-
tober Is. on the Mayflower, and will
arrive at Yorktown the following
morning. From there he will come
to Williamsburg. to attend the in
stallation ceremonies. Later in the
day he will visit Jamestown.
Hundreds of visitors are expected
in Williamsburg on October .19.
Many have signined their intention
Of motoring here from Newport
News and Norfolk.
Has Served for Two Years.
Although he will be formally in
stalled on October 10. DIR. Chandler
has been president of william and
Mary for two years The installa-
tion has been twice postponed,
owing to a bereavement in DR..
Chambers family. and the desire of
the college authorities not to con-
hict last June with the centennial
celebration of the University of vir-
ginia-
Under DR.. Chap6ler's guidance
William and Mary has made great
strides forward. ami the belated in
stallation Is somewhat in the nature
of a tribute to his successful ad-
ministration of Americas second
Oldest institution of learning. The
college has gained greatly in en-
rollment and equipment since Dr.
Chandler assumed active direction
Of It's affairs, and is today ranked
as the fastest growing collegiate in
stitution in the United States, ac-
cording to the compilations of the
Institute for Public Research OF
New York.
Graduate of Johns Hopkins.
Before coming to William and
Mary as president, Dr. Chandler was
superintendent of schools of Rich
mond, Va. He Is a graduate of
William and Mary and Johns Hop
kins University.
Among American colleges, the
| position of William and Mary is
unique. The alma mater of many
of Americas greatest statesmen, in
Guiding John Marshall, Thomas JEFF
ferson. James Monroe, John Tyler
| Winfield Scott and Peyton Ran
dolph, she' was the American col
| lege which gave George Washing
ton, the first President, his first
public office. that of surveyor. Al
the time of his death, Washington
was chancellor of William and Mary
The institution was the originator
of the honor and elective systems
and had the first schools in America
of law, modern languages. political
economy and history. Her grad.
uate. William Barton Rogers
I founded the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology.