Evening star., 1932-04-26
DIR. GAINES SPEAKS.
Washington and Lee President Ad-
dresses Governors.

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dresses Governors.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va, April 26 (P).
Citing Washington's own words, that
to promote literature in this rising en-
pire and to encourage the arts have ever
been among the warmest wishes OF my
heart" DR.. Francis P. Gaines, president
of Washington and Lee University. to-
day lauded the memory Of the country's
first President.
Addressing the annual conference Of
Governors visiting the College Of VIII
liam and Mary today, DR.. Gaines said
that Washington in his will made three
notable bequests to education. They
were the gift of thousand pounds to
the Alexandria Academy for the pur-
pose of educating orphan children,
gift for the establishment Of national
university in Washington, and the gift
of 100 shares of James River Canal Co.
stock to Liberty Hall Academy, now
Washington and Lee University.
Upholds His Scholarship.
Although admitting that Washing
ton was not "in the accepted sense an
educator" DR.. Gaines asserted that "n
we dared to broaden our definition to
include persistent interest in the nat
ural and social sciences . . and tire
less study of the masters of the various
fields which commanded his own ener-
gies, we could not so glibly dismiss
Washington as lacking in scholarship.
when we say that he had no edu-
cation, we mean the somewhat super
fetal experiences of detailed courses.
When we say that Washington was not
an educator, we mean that he did not
personally energize any particular edu-
cational endeavor. Benjamin Franklin
founded the University of Pennsylvania.
Thomas Jefferson conceived in great
detail an educational program for a
State and then brought into existence
the University of Virginia, which, more
completely than any other university
in the world, Is the heightened shadow
of one man. In no sense could Wash
ington'S definite contribution to edu-
cation match the work Of these two
men, or of others.
Concerned With Education.
'Yet, the intensity of his educational
zeal was Of kind with that Of Frank
lin and of jefferson. No picture OF
Washington himself could be complete
without these beautiful fragments OF
his concern for education, his pleasant
personal relations with many institu-
tions, his personal generosities in the
behalf Of institutions, and his dream
of education in the America Of the
future"
Restoration Described
The story of Colonial Williamsburg
and the hopes and plans of its restorerS
were told to the Governors by the Rev.
w. A. r. Goodwin, D. D.
Among the four cities, Boston, New
York, Philadelphia and Williamsburg
most closely associated with the birth
OF our Federal Republic, Williamsburg
alone could be recaptured, preserved
and restored to be a witness to the
glory Of an ancient past" DR.. Goodwin
said.
TT is quite evident that an area one
mile long and a half mile wide could
not have been acquired in Boston with
Faneuil Hall as its center, in New York,
with Wall Street as its center, or in
Philadelphia with Independence Hall
as its center, and restored with the
primeval environment of forests and
fields
The work of restoration, made possible
through the philanthropy Of John D.
Rockefeller, jr, he explained, has been
under way for five years, and will
doubtless require from two to three
more years for It's completion. Millions
have been spent in an effort to re-create
the Colonial charm and simplicity of
ancient Williamsburg.
THE English Colonial period Of
American history began at Jamestown
Va, in 1907, and ended at Yorktown
in 1891" he said. These two historic
landmarks lie only 20 miles apart.
Williamsburg lies in between"
These three places, inseparably
apart through governmental action and
Mr.. Rockefellers re-creative restoration
work, as a shrine and memorial COM
memorative of the birth of our Nation
and the establishment of our national
liberty"