Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-16
George Tucker, former President OF
the American Bar Association

Seventeen lectures will comprise
the series, the final address to be
given on May Is, jamestown Day
The lectures will follow on successive
SATURDAYS, beginning January IA,
and will be attended by students OF
William and Mary and the public
which is invited to be present. Gas
ses in government and Citizenship
being conducted now as quart OF
the Marshall-Wythe curriculum, VIII
attend as part Of their instruction
The Marshall Wythe lectures, as
they will be known, represent with
the class instruction the serious
contribution Of the College Of Will
liam and Mary toward the. solution
of the problems arising from the
propaganda of unrest and discomfort
with government being spread by
persons uneducated in the real pur'
noses and motives Of American gov.
ernment.
Inasmuch as William and Mary
supplies the State educational system
with leading number OF school
executives and teachers, il is felt
that its graduates with the sound IN
aerstan&lng OF government which slcn
course CT lectures and instructions
will supply, will be peculiarly wei!
equipped to carry into the schools OF
Virginia a clear sense of citizenship:
its obligations and advantages. The
whole purpose of the Marshall Wythe
School is towards this end. The inau-
,.r,ration of the lectures has attracted
widespread favor from educators and
statesmen and their conduct will be
watched with interest by many. As
contrasted with the classes delivered
at the Institute for Political Science
acid last summer at Williams College
Massachusetts, to which in many res
poets they will be a counterpart, the
lectures will lay emphasis on our DO
mest,c duties, rather than on inter-
.latIonal purposes, tine phases OF an
Gent ana modern European forms OF
government to be treated or being
exhibited to point the college stu
dents mind toward the basis OF the
constitutional form of government OF
the United States.
John W. Davis, Of New York, for
mer Ambassador to Great Britain
Senator Albert j. Beveridge, Sena-
tor John Sharp Williams, and the
Board OF Directors Of the National
Security League Of America arc
among those who have approved OF
the plan.
Charactcrizing the lectures as a
great ldca," Mr. Davis recently
wrote:
Il heartily wish it might be imita-
ted in all the colleges OF the coun-
try. Ii our government ideals and
the structure OF our government are
to; survive, il +csn) only be by persist
ent, constant educatiohS@f the people
in their essentials. | can think Of no
greater duty which the American Bar
can perform"
The faculty of the Marshall Wythe
School IS composed Of John Garland
pollard, Of Richmond, former attor-
ncy general Of Virginia and retiring
member Of the Federal Trade Com
mission, Oscar L. Shcwmake, former
counsel for the Virginia Tax, and the
State Corporation Commissions, and
W. A. Hamilton, member of the
New York and California Bar, l. L. Z.
Of Cornell and Doctor Of Civil
Laws Of Yale.
The teaching of the foundations Of
government, along the lines now pro-
posed, is itself in a sense restora.
ton of the courses given by the
great Wythe at William and Mary
a century and half ago. The worth
of such instruction can be guaged by
the fact that he taught Marshall and