Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-22
Capital Sidelights

CORVALLIS" at Yorktown, Va, october
10. 1851, by John Trunbull, In the Ro-
tur1da OF the Capitol. has just been pre-
sented by Representative r. Walton
Moore Of Virginia to william and Mary
College at Williamsburg. Va, to be
added to that colleges collection Of CO.
lonial portraits and paintings, which
is one OF the best galleries of It's kind
in existence.
1t Is an appropriate setting for this
picture because this entire region is
historically reminiscent OF the Corn
wallis campaign, and E. G.. Sven, IL
brarian OF William and Mary, has re-
Gently completed extensive research
which throws new light on CORVALLIS
route.
The painting presented by Repre-
sentative Moore was made by a very
competent artist for the late Senator
Brandegee and purchased by Mr..
Moore after Senator Brandegee's COL
lection had been broken I'D. It is to
hang In the new model dining hall at
the college. President Chandler of
that institution has written to Mr..
Moore that the picture arrived In
spienoid condition. 1t Is o very beauti-
fui picture. and we are indeed de-
lignted 70 have It. We are planning to
hang It In our new dining hall. where
II may be enjoyed by all Of the stu
dents
The portraits of the French ofscerx
shown In the Trumbull painting were
obtained in Paris In 1887 and painted
by Trumbull from the living men In
the house occupied BY Thomas Jeffer-
son. who was then Minister to France
from the United States.
William and Mary College Is the first
college in the United States In its
antecedents. which 60 back to the COL
lege proposed at Henrico In 1919. It
Is second only to Harvard University
In actual operation II was the first
American coIleg. to receive its charter
from the crown under the seal of the
privy council In 1893 1t is the first
and only American college to receive
coat OF arms from tine Heralds Col
lege. In 1894. It Is the first college in
the United States to have a full faculty
consisting OF a president. six professors
usher and writing master in 1929 II
Is the first college to confer medaIlic
prizes the gold medals being donated
by Lord Boutetourt. whose statue has
stood for more than q century in the
center OF the college yard. It was here
that the great Phi Beta Kappa Greek
letter fraternity for extraordinary
scholarship was founded 1s2 years ago.
IT was the first college to set I'D an
nonor system. Chief Justice John
Marshall and Thomas jefferson we're
students there. and George Washing
ton got from the college his commits
sion as surveyor ana was later its
chancellor
Leaders In the National Government
nave curing recent years taken q great
interest In this pioneer college. which
was the first college to have a school
OF constitutional law. in 1879. and first
70 teach political economy. In 1884.
The National Gallery Of Art is plan
ming for an interesting exhibition here
next year from which to select a group
OF pictures TO be permanently retained
IN the National Gallery. This was ex-
piained In a statement BY DR.. c. @.
Abbot before the House appropriations
committee:
a gentleman by the name OF Ranger
died some years ago and left to the
National Academy OF Design. In New
York. his fortune for the purchase Of
art works. to be assigned by the ma :
tional academy to public art galleries
IN different quarters OF the country.
some OF them have come here. The
provision is that at any time between
10 and Is years after the death of the
artist the National Gallery could re-
call any particular painting OF those
Ranger paintings which II desired. no
matter where IL was-wherever IL might
De. Boston, San Francisco or the Ike
for the National Gallery. There have
been sc Of those Ranger paintings OBJ
tanned; and of those, 3 are in the
National Gallery. assigned by this COM
mlttee. It Is hoped by the committee
on the gallery TO bring all Of those 66
Ranger paintings together. compare
them. and see which OF them the Ma
uonal Gallery viii eventually wish to
procure, II costs something like Oh 600
for the transportation, taking out in
surance ana the like, so that 1t is
likely in another year we shall ask
an appropriation OF q thousand dollars
FOR that purpose
The other day when the Interior De-
partment appropriation bill was under
discussion in the House. Representative
Blanton OF Texas INDUCED In a favor
lite paStime Of his attacking ST. Eliza
beth's Hospital and DIR. william A.
White. the superintendent. He was in
terrupted by frequent questions. and
finally asked 10 yield by Representative
Shallenberger Of Nebraska. When Mr.
Blanton said. II yield to the gentle
man. but do not want 10 be- diverted
from ST. Ehrabeths." hts colleagues
howlcd with laughter.
The Little Giant" Of Democracy.
Fighting Jack" Garner Of Texas. Dem
ocfatic floor leader, engaged in a yer.
bal rough and-tumbl the other day
with Representative Treadway OF Mas
sachusetts, whom he described as fol-
lows:
MY friend Treadway. to use an
automobile expression has one OF the
largest hoods and the loudcSt horns
with the least horsepower that ! ever
heard Of IN my life'
George O'Connor. everybody's friend
In Washington and who rs business
conducts the Washington Title Insur-
ance Co. brought up an interesting