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INDEX
Academic department, 332.
Academics' Literary Society, 237,
245.Albemarle Academy, 17; board of
trustees organized, 18; Jefferson
a trustee, 19; lottery to create a
fund, 19; petition to the legislature,
22.Alumni association, 321; chartered,
323; orators and presidents, 373.Alumni Bulletin, 260.
Annals of Mathematics, 260.
Annex, 189; destroyed by fire, 279.
Architect and architecture, 181.
Athletic Association, General, 304.
Athletics, 294; official countenance
of, 294; regime of D'Alfonce, 295;
cricket, 296; early years of baseball,
297; boating, 299; races and
records, 299; Squibb Gymnasium,
298, 301; field sports, 302; football,
304.Blaettermann, George, engaged as
professor, 86; his scholarship, 96.Bledsoe, Alfred Taylor, 335.
Boeck, Leopold J., 343 and note.
Bonnycastle, Charles, engaged as
professor of natural philosophy,
88; death, 99.Bowditch, Nathaniel, declines chair,
74.Brooks Museum, 192.
Buildings, 37, 40, 62, 189; plans
for, 37, 177; proctor's report of
progress, 179.Cabell, Joseph Carrington, 23; Jefferson's
prevision of his usefulness,
25; enters the legislature,
26; relations to the petition of
Albemarle Academy, 26, 27;
discusses the personnel of the
House, 46; engrafts on a popular
school bill a provision for a university,
42; declines to serve as
a member of the Rockfish commission,
48; management of the
University bill in the legislature,
50; his health, 52, 54, 58; wishes
to retire from the Senate, 58;
procures many appropriations, 56
advocates putting all the money
in buildings, 56;
frustrates the
scheme for the removal of William
and Mary, 64.Caracchi's bust of Jefferson, 267.
Carr, Peter, trustee of Albemarle
Academy, 19; receives an important
paper from Jefferson, 22.Carr's Hill, 195.
Central College authorized by law,
27; corner-stone laid, 38; Lexington
and Staunton antagonistic,
45; other troubles, 31; first board
of visitors, 34, et seq.; becomes
the University of Virginia, 55.Chairmen of the Faculty, 348; list
of, 375.Chaplain system, 316; abandoned,
317; general secretaryship substituted,
317.Chaplains, list of, 370; in pavilions,
290.Civil war, 199; student sentiment,
199, 203, 250; martial fever
among the professors, 204; first
Confederate flag, 200; battalion
drill on the lawn, 207; students
go to the front, 209; professors
remain at their posts, 213;
their services, 213-14; Sheridan's
raid, 214; alumni in the military
service, 354; in the civil service,
355; members of the Secession
convention, etc., 359.College Topics, 259.
Collegian, 254.
Commencement, the first public, 243.
Confederacy—See Civil war.
Confederate memorial tablets, 221.
Cooper, Thomas, 21; elected professor,
68; Virginian sentiment
antagonistic to him, 69; Jefferson
defends his appointment, 70.Corks and Curls, 260.
"Court of the University," 136;
legislature declines to establish,
140, 141.Cricket, 296.
D'Alfonce, J. E., 295.
Davis, John A. G., his "Exposition"
defending the reinstatement of
the students expelled in 1836,
152; assassinated, 155; Dr. Dabney's
account of his murder, 156;
Simms suspected and arrested,
157; released on bail, 159.Dawson's Row, 195.
Degrees and honors, 326; requirements,
328, et seq.Dunglison, Robley, engaged as professor
of medicine, 88; Jefferson's
physician, 101; death, 100."Dyke," 310; story of a dyking, 310.
Easter at the University, 313.
Emmet, John Patten, elected professor
of chemistry, 77; characteristics,
102.Engineering department, 343.
Fayerweather Gymnasium, 286, 303.
Field and track sports, with records,
302.Financial, 37, 40, 42, 56, 60-62, 64,
193, 285, 289-90.Fire of 1895, 278-84.
Fraternities (Greek letter), clubs,
etc., 306.Galt's statue of Jefferson, its removal
from the library during the
fire of 1895, 280.Gilmer, Francis Walker, 77; elected
professor of law, 108; his mission
to Europe, 82, 83, 85-9; cordial
reception, 86; disappointments in
Scotland, 87; rough voyage homeward,
88; twice declines professorship
of law, 108; accepts, 81;
death, 109.Glover, John A., killed by a showman,
164.Government of the University, 115,
et seq.; Jefferson's ideal of student
self-government, 119, 128;
early rising "enactment," 123;
janitorial tribulations, 124; uniform
dress law, 125; "Court of
the University," 136.Hammett, Rev. William, 145, and
note 2.Harrison, Gessner, successor of
George Long, 333.Holcombe, James P., professor of
law, 342; in Confederate Congress,
356; secret agent to Canada,
357; in Secession Convention,
359.Honor system, 166; spirit of honor
triumphant, 174; professor Tucker's
ordinance, 174; more involved
than cheating at examination, 175."Hot Feet," 307-10.
Jefferson, Thomas at Williamsburg,
11, 14; his efforts for popular
education, 12-13; relations to
William and Mary College, 14-15;
abandons William and Mary, 25;
retires from public life, 17; prepares
a code of regulations for
Albemarle Academy, 21; his
plans for University buildings,
177; proposes to convert the Central
College into the State University,
39; member of the Rockfish
Commission, 48; drafts a
bill for the establishment of ten
colleges, 65; assailed as an enemy
of religion, 71; solves the problem
of sectarian instruction, 72;
essay on Anglo-Saxon, 97, and
379note 3; dissents from the Visitors
as to the creation of a presidency,
112; responds to a toast, 275.Jefferson Literary Society, 234; its
badges, 237; Jefferson declines
honorary membership, 239; anniversary
celebrations, 243; final
presidents, 360; medalists and
honor men, 361-4; proposes monument
to Confederate Soldiers,
220 (note).Jefferson Monument Magazine, 248,
257.Key, Thomas Hewitt, engaged as
professor of mathematics, 86; his
attachment to the sciences, 97;
resignation, 98, 335.Knox, Dr., appointed professor, 38.
Kraitsir, Charles, 334 and note.
Ladies' Confederate Memorial Association,
220.Lafayette's visit to the University,
274; Jefferson's response to a
toast, 275.Law department, 342.
Law professorship declined by Gilmer
and others, 109; Wirt declines
and suggests Lomax, 114.Library, 262; Jefferson's catalogue,
262; his books, 267; gifts to,
269; destroyed by fire, 270; removal
of Galt's statue of Jefferson,
280; portraits, statuary, cabinets,
etc., 273.Literary Fund, proposition to give
it to the primary schools, 42;
loans to the University, 56, 60,
62.Literary societies—Academics, 237;
Jefferson, 234; Medical, 237;
Parthenon, 248; Patrick Henry,
234; Philomathea, 248; University,
449; Washington, 245.Lomax, John Tayloe, first professor
of law, 114.Long, George, engaged as professor
of Latin, 87; married Mrs. Seldon,
95; resigned and returned
to England, 96; his scholarship,
96.Madison Hall, 320.
Magazine—See University Literary
Magazine.Medalists—Bryan, 370; Colonial
Dames, 370; Jefferson Society,
362; Magazine, 368; Original
verse, 370; Washington, 366.Medicine, department of, 339.
Medical Literary Society, 237.
Military companies, 198; Crane's,
212; Sons of Liberty, 204; Southern
Guard, 204; University Volunteers,
146.Monroe Hill, 194.
Mosby, John S., wounds Turpin,
164.Observatory, 196.
Parsonage, 194.
Parthenon Literary Society, 248.
Patrick Henry Literary Society, 234,
237.Pavilions, occupants, 290.
Philomathean Literary Society, 248.
Poe, Edgar Allen, 239, 273.
Presidency created for Wirt, 110;
Jefferson's dissent, 112; Wirt declines,
113; advocated in 1846 by
W. C. Rives, 162; sentiment for,
348; arguments for and against,
349.Proctorship, proposed magisterial
powers of assailed, 28.Proctor's office, 293.
Professors, foreign, John Adams disapproves,
83; newspapers criticise,
83; General Blackburn defends,
84; reception in Richmond
and at the University, 91; first
winter at the University, 93; not
in touch with social customs, 171.Publications—Alumni Bulletin, 260;
Annals of Mathematics, 260; College
Topics, 259; Collegian, 254;
Corks and Curls, 260; Jefferson
380Monument Magazine, 248; University
Literary Magazine, 248,
258; Virginia Literary Museum,
254.Rebellion of 1833, 143; 1836, 147;
1845, 159; faculty appeals to
civil authorities, 161.Religious life, 315, 370; optional
attendance at chapel, 315; chaplain
system, 316; list of chaplains,
370; general secretaryship established,
317; activities, 318.Restoration and expansion, 288;
cost, 289-90.Rice, Dr., criticises the appointment
of Cooper, 70; is defended, 71;
his friendliness to the University,
71.Rives Boat Club, 299.
Riot of 1825, 130; investigated by
the Visitors, 132; students expelled,
133; Jefferson's answer to
a student "paper," 134.Rockfish Commission, 43; its problems,
44; bidding for the site,
46; members, 48; meeting, 48;
declines to adjourn to Staunton
or Lexington, 49; vote on the
site, 49; the report in the legislature,
50, et seq.Rotunda, its model, dimensions, etc.,
186; destroyed by fire, 280; restored,
286, 287.Schele De Vere, Maximilian, 334,
and note."School of Athens," 190; exhibited
in Europe and America, 191.Schools, 325; professorial accountability,
325; examinations, 325;
evolution of, 331."Sons of Liberty," 204; uniform,
207; off to the war, 208; roster
of officers and men, 211.Southall, Valentine W., 35; connection
with the Simms hearing, 158.
Squibb Gymnasium, 298, 301."Southern Guard," 204; officers
and privates, 205.Testimony on honor, 166; Visitors'
resolution nullifies, 171-2; Jefferson's
rule restored after one
year, 173.Thornton, Dr. William, 177.
Ticknor, George, invited to become
a professor, 74; sectarian distrust
of his religious convictions, 75.Track and field sports, with records,
302.Tucker, George, elected professor
of moral philosophy, 76; first
chairman of the faculty, 94; resignation,
101.University, provision for 42; contest
over site, 48, et seq.; site
adopted and the University chartered,
54; its architect and architecture,
181.University Literary Magazine, 248,
258; medalists, 258.University Literary Society, 249.
University Volunteers, 146; rebel
against faculty, 147; expulsion
of seventy students followed by
riots, 149; reinstatement of the
expelled, 151.Virginia Literary Museum, 254.
War, civil, Virginia alumni in, See
Civil war.Washington Literary Society, 245;
badge, 247; officers, honor men,
etc., 250; medalists, etc., 365-7;
ante-bellum notes from its minutes,
250; final presidents, 364.William and Mary College, proposal
to remove to Richmond, 64.Wirt, William, offered professorship
of law and presidency, 109, 111;
declines, 113; advises the appointment
of Lomax as professor of
law, 114.Y. M. C. A. established, 318;
presidents, 371.
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