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VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Greetings

To the University of Virginia, now celebrating the Centennial of her
founding, Vanderbilt University sends greetings and congratulations.

The rare beauty of buildings and grounds, the high standards and ideals
of scholarship, the adoption from the beginning of the principle of freedom
of electives, and the maintenance by the student body of the honor system,
have rightly won for her the admiration and praise of all American institutions.

The prestige of past achievements is the surest guarantee of her future
success.

That she may command the resources necessary for the extension of her
work and influence is the earnest wish of her younger sisters, who covet the
privilege of coöperating with her in the making of a greater nation.