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I. Preliminary Survey—Education a Privilege in
1776—To be Extended Beyond Clergy and Planters—Necessary
Educational Foundations Lacking—Jefferson's
Ideals and His Plans—Long
Wait for Popular Sympathy, |
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II. The Albemarle Academy—The Central College—
Jefferson Invited to Assist in Establishing an
Academy in Charlottesville—Becomes a Trustee—Reports
a Plan Leading to a University—
Joseph C. Cabell—The Central College Chartered, |
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III. The Central College Becomes the University of
Virginia—Local Antagonisms—Staunton and
Lexington—Legislative Discussion of Educational
Needs—First Visitors—Site of the College—Architectural
Plan—Cornerstone Laid—
Rector's First Report and Its Bold Bid, |
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IV. The Rockfish Commission—Cabell Fears the Influence
of Staunton and Lexington—Members
of the Commission—Jefferson's Leadership—The
Commissioners' Report—Struggle Renewed in
the Legislature—Cabell's Fine Management, |
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V. Perilous Antagonisms—Cabell Advises Laying Out
All the Money in Building—Loans from the
Literary Fund—Hostile Efforts to Absorb Its
Income—Cabell's Desire to Retire from the Senate—Cry
Against Unitarianism—Rotunda Begun—Remission
of Loans from the Literary
Fund—Proposed Removal of William and Mary
—How Defeated, |
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VI. Religion and State Education—Popular Discontent
with Dr. Cooper's Appointment—Jefferson
Defends It—Plan for Religious Seminaries Near
the University—Bowditch and Ticknor—American
Professors—Francis Walker Gilmer, |
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VII. Gilmer's Mission to Europe—Efforts to Procure
American Professors—Comments of John Adams
and General Blackburn—Gilmer Engages Professors
in Europe—Homeward Voyage, |
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VIII. The Faculty of 1825—Arrival of Professors—
Their Reception in Richmond—Mr. Jefferson's
Welcome—Brief Biographic Information—First
Winter in Virginia—Glimpses of Social Life of
Faculty and Students—American Professors, |
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IX. The Law Professorship—Gilmer and the Law
Professorship—Wirt Elected President, and Professor
of Law—Jefferson's Dissent—Wirt Declines—John
Tayloe Lomax the First Lecturer
in the School, |
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X. Early Efforts at Government—Scheme of Government—Various
Officers and Their Duties—Jefferson's
Thesis on Student Government—Some
Examples of His Rules or "Enactments"—
Uniform and Early Rising Laws—Harvard Penalties—First
Riot—Appeal to the Visitors—Jefferson's
Indirect Answer to a Student Paper, |
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XI. "The Court of the University"—Court of Record
for Trial of Students—Professor of Law to be
Judge with Powers of a Justice of the Peace—
Grand Jury with Some Student Members—
Proctor to be Sergeant with Power to Command
a Posse Comitatis, |
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XII. The Wild Days of Old—Rebellion of 1833—Meeting
in Hotel C—Faculty Meetings—Student
Delegation and its Mission of Defiance—Chaplain
Hammett's Good Offices—The Matter Ends
Lamely—Rebellion of 1836—Defiant Student
Military—Armed Citizens—Seventy Students
Expelled—Chairman Davis's Defense of the Act, |
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XIII. Assassination of Professor Davis—Shot Down
in the Dark—Story of the Event by a Student
of that Day—Suspicion, Pursuit and Arrest—
Student Co-operation with the Officers of the
Law—Simms Bailed—Never Appeared for Trial
—More Disorder—Another Appeal to the Civil
Authorities—Mr. Rives Proposed a Presidency
for the University, |
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XIV. The Honor System—Student Freedom and Responsibility—Trivial
Nature of Many Offenses
—Extracts from the Faculty Minutes—Social
Customs and Their Influence—Foreign Professors
Out of Touch—Wavering Loyalty to Jefferson's
Ideals—Spirit of Honor—Evolving an
Unwritten Code, |
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XV. The Jeffersonian Group of Buildings—Delineation
of the Grounds—In Search of Architectural
Hints—Jefferson and the Arts— Palladio's 
Contribution—Specifications for the Corinthian
Capitals—Pantheon as a Model for the
Central Buildings—Raphael's School of Athens
—Later Buildings, |
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XVI. Military Organizations—The Civil War—Early
Military Spirit — Volunteer Company — Disbanded
for Insubordination—"Rebel" Enthusiasm
Among the Students—First Flag Raised
and First Blood Shed—Student Companies
Formed—Southern Guard—Sons of Liberty—
"Boyish Rush to Duty"—Harper's Ferry—Faculty
and the War—Sheridan's Raid, |
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XVII. "For Remembrance" — Confederate Cemetery
Near the University—Buberls' Fine Bronze Figure
of a Confederate Soldier—Ladies' Memorial
Association, and the D. A. R.—Memorial Tablets—South's
Supreme Sacrificial Tribute, |
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XVIII. The Literary Societies—Patrick Henry Society—Jefferson
Society—Its History—Madison,
Monroe and Lafayette Honorary Members—Jefferson
Declined Membership for Official Reasons—Washington
Society—Its History—Ante
Bellum Debates—What Its Minutes Tell of
1861, and of 1865, |
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XIX. University Publications—Virginia Literary Museum—Professors
Dunglison and Tucker as Editors—Student
Publications—Collegian, University
Magazine, Jefferson Monument Magazine, College
Topics, Corks and Curls, Annals of Mathematics,
Alumni Bulletin, etc.—Notes of Success
and Failure, |
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XX. The General Library—Jefferson's Early Plans
and Performances—His Catalogue and Views
Upon Which It Was Based—His Books—Rotunda
and Library Destroyed by Fire—Statuary,
Paintings, and Other Treasures—Notable Gatherings—Banquet
to Lafayette—Jefferson's Response
to a Toast, |
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XXI. The Great Fire of 1895—Sunday Morning Fire
Alarm—Efforts to Save the Rotunda—Removal
of Galt's Statue of Jefferson—Prompt Action
of Faculty and Visitors—No Suspension of
Work—Means Soon at Command—Restoration
and Expansion—Lawn Buildings and Their Occupants—Proctor's
Office and the Postoffice, |
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XXII. Athletics at the University—Jefferson's View
of the Purposes of Gymnastics—Scope Fixed by
Him Unexceeded—Faculty Encouragement—
D'Alfonce's School of Exercise — Coming of
Baseball and Football—Boating—Field Athletics—Track
Records—Fayerweather Gymnasium—Indoor
Sports—Proposed Athletic Club-House, |
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XXIII. Other Student Activities—Social and Club
Side of Life—Greek Letter Fraternities—Clubs
and Organizations—"Hot Feet"—Old Time Dyke
—Decline of "Final" Festivities—Easter Week
the Merry Time, |
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XXIV. Religious Activities—No Compulsion in Religious
Observances—Professors and Officers Arranged
for Services at the University—Institution
of the Chaplaincy—General Secretaryship
of the Y. M. C. A.—Religious Work for the Students
and by Them—Madison Hall, |
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XXV. The Alumni Association—Founded in 1838—
First Officers and Orators—Chartered in 1873,
and Again in 1903—Its Purposes and Growth, |
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XXVI. The Schools from 1825 to 1905—Principle of
Independent Schools—Professors Individually
Responsible—Examinations and Honors—Titled
and Untitled Degrees—Changes in the Schools
—Succession of Professors, |
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XXVII. The Beginning of an Era—New Educational
Departure—Unusual Features, Many of Them
Adopted by Other Institutions—Changes, Particularly
in Form of Government—What They
Mean, and Why They Were Made—Immediate
Effect—Looking Forward, |
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