College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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Board of isitors, 1898=99. DR, JOHN W, LAWSON, President .----... Smithfield, Isle of Wight Co. HON. J, N STUBBS, Vice-President -.----.. Woods X Roads, Gloucester Co. COLONEL WILLIAM LAMB - - - - Norfolk. HON. D GARDINER TYLER . . Sturgeon Point, Charles City Co. HON B B. MUNFORD -----.----.. Richmond. HON WALTER A EDWARDS --------.. Norfolk. HON. THOMAS H. BARNES ----------- Elwood, Nansemond Co. E. C. GLASS. Esq. ----- Lynchburg. E. G. BOOTH M, D, -------..--- - Grove, James City Co. ROBERT M HUGHES. Esq. - - - - Norfolk. HON. JAMES C. LAMB - . . - Richmond. REV. BEVERLEY D, TUCKER ----....-- Norfolk. HON. JOSEPH W. SOUTHALL ( Supt. Public Instruction) - Amelia. HON. R. WALTON MOORE - - . Fairfax, HON ARMISTEAD C GORDON Staunton. HON. WILLIAM M. ELLIS - - Shawsvllle, Montgomery Co. HON. JAMES F CROCKER, Esq --------- Portsmouth, Va. SAMUEL D. DAVIES -.-..-. Richmond, Va, HENRY C, STUART ------....--- Elk Garden, Russell Co. HENRY B. SMITH. Secretary. Williamsburg

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GRAMMAR AND MODEL SCHOOL. Founded by Mrs. Mart Whaley in 1706, and rebuilt on Ihe site of the old Colonial I ' alnce in 1S70.

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SEAL OF THE COLLEGE- The College of William and Mary. 11 IS pleasing and protitable to trace minutely the evolution of institu- tions and of men. but to describe the stages of progress which the Col- lege of William and iFar)- has passed since its establishment in 1693, would be a seemingly endless task. Consequently, the writer has contented himself with mentioning a few of the most important and interesting facts connected with its origin, foundatinn. .-md sid)sei|uent career. William and Mary, the oldest college in America with the single exceptinn of Har -ard, altlicnigh not formally established until 1693, has antecedents which date as far back as 1(117. liefore the little colon ' had hardly gained a firm footing at Jamestown, before the onerous task of clear- ing the forest had liardl}- begun, and while the hostile Indians were still hovering aromul the almost defenceless settlements, these earlv ' irginians conceived the idea of higher education. The j rimarx- object in founding a college was t!ie education and Cdnwrsion of the Indians, whose condition seemed to weigh heavily u])on the consciences of the ]}COi)le of that time. So, in t6i(), .Sir lulwin Sandys, together with some good people of England, raised a considerable sum fur the csiablishmtMit of an Indian college and the foimdation (jf a seminary of learning for the English. Mr. George Thorpe, a gentleman of Tlis Majesty ' s I ' rivy Chamber, was sent over to superintend the Mi-called university. Uut this first be,ginning of philan- thro])hy to the Indian was ni])ped in the bud by the Great Massacre of 1622, when Thorpe and three hundred and forty other settlers perislied. 17