The Washington times., 1932-01-06

was an historic one, ana had
course, common ideals, and e
back to the Revolutionary Wal
Virginians, influential and
prominent throughout the world
as we'll as in their own State
often proved their friendship for
Georgetown, "the college on the
hill"
The eloquence Of John Tyler,
Virginian, who became president
upon the death in 1840 Of Presi-
dent Harrison, won for George
town in 1882, when Tyler was
United States Senator, a grant
of $4,000 in city lots.
: Deciding Vote
Incidentally, the Virginian's
vote was the deciding one in the
matter, the final count being IA
to 13 in favor of the measure.
It was about the time of Tyler'S
occupancy of the White House
that an incident fraught with
Importance in the Georgetown
Virginia friendship took place.
At Richmond, in the State pub
lie library, was a new atlas of
Virginia. AS a mark of friend
ship for Georgetown a copy of
this atlas was sent to the Hilltop
by Virginia authorities. George
Faulkner, Virginian and a
graduate of Georgetown, was
chosen to bring the atlas to
Georgetown. Only two other i'll
stitutions in the country were so
honored.
Pilgrimage To Mt. Vernon
Incidentally, inflamed by this
show of friendship on the part
of Virginians for Georgetown,
and with new respect for the
Mother of Presidents, the student
body of Georgetown made a pill
grimage to Mt. Vernon.
William D. Willis, Virginian
and relative of President Madi-
sons, was regarded in his day at
Georgetown as the best scholar
at the college on the hill. After
leaving Georgetown he spread
the fame of his alma mater
through Virginia.
FIR. William McSherry, seven
teenth president of Georgetown,
was the son of a well-known Vir
ginian, Richard McSherry, whose
famous estate, Retirement, was
one of the show places Of the
valley of Virginia and known for
miles around for it's hospitality
and its preference for sports most
loved by Virginians.
Relatives Attended G. U.
Relatives of Washington, Madi-
son, Monroe. Mrs. Andrew Jack.
son, Van Buren and Tyler at
tended Georgetown. Each of
these famous Virginians had not
a little to do with the cultivation
of a Georgetown University of
Virginia friendship.
When John Tyler was President
of the United States he dis
tributed diplomas at Georgetown
in 1841
In 1859 another incident occur
red which endeared Georgetown
to Virginia. It's ramifications,
incidentally, reached into the
heart of the University of Vir-
ginia.
The library at William ard
Mary College had been totally
destroyed by fire. John Tyler,
then rector of the noted Virginia
college, received from Georgetown
100 volumes as a nucleus for a
new library.
There are numerous other Incl.
dents which could be related to
explain the historic and tradi-
tional nature of the Georgetown
Virginia friendship, but no other
two quite suit as well as these:
Marks Sites For Camps
Cd Capt. F. E. Prime was sent
to Georgetown on the hill to
discover from the upper windows
of the university sites for camps
lor the Union Army. This was in
1860. He hitched his horse to
the palings outside the school and
entered. He marked the sites and
returned to his horse. He mounted.
AS he was leaving the George
town grounds, he was forced to
take his horse between two rows
of students, most of them South
ernerS, many of them Virginians.
AS his horse reached the center
of the wall of youngsters, one,
Virginian, at the head of the line
waved his cap and cried
Three cheers for Jefferson