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

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cxi ' laiiiatinii whirli has since hccomc classic; Smils ! Ihimn your souls ' . Make tobacco! Hut in spite nf tlic Attoriiey-Geiiei-al. the King and Ouccn aillieied to their lornier resi )lntic m, and signed the charter an Feljrnarv n;th, Let us n(.) glance at this ancient paper, which is so homirahle to the King, Uueen. and the colonists m their efforts to spread learning and the Christian religion throughout the Western continent. The college was founded on the l)road and coin])rehensi e plan that the ( ' Inu ' ch of X ' irginia nia In. ' furnished with a seminary of ministers of the (iosjtel. and that the outh may he |)iously educated in go(.)d letters and manners, and tlial the ( hristian reli.gion max he ])ro[:)agate(l among the Western Indians, to the glory of Almighty (iod. The officers consisted of a chancellor, a ])resident or rector, eighteen isitors. and six professors. I ' v reconuuendation of the X ' irgiuia . ssend)l -. ] ev. James lUair was cre- HALL AT CARTER ' S GROVE. Home of Dr. E. G. Booth. Showlny sabre ciils made on stairway by Tarleiun ' s Troopisrs dai-hiy the Rerolutionary War. {Bil cuiirlcsil iif (lif pubUshcrx, Chun. Scribnn ' s Soti.i.) ated and estahlished the hrsl ]iresident of the college during his natural life. The liishop of London was to he the lirst chancellor, and ihe visitors were to he a sclf-per])etuating hody of eighteen men. who should June eiuire control of the institntii m. Tlie i-harter then endows the colle.ge with the whole and entire sum of one thousand nine hundred and eighty-live pounds, fomneen shillings and teiipeuce, of good and lawful money of luigland, that has heeu raised out of the (piil ri ' iits (.)f said colony. d ' he college was also to have a penny a |)c]und on all tohacco exi)orted from ' irginia and Maryland; the office of .Surve (ir-( ieneral. with all issues, fees, profits, advantages, lii)erties. places, privileges and iire-cminences whatsoever; and a grant of twenty thousand acres of l;uid l in in tlie ranund ey Neck, . uthority was also granted to the |)resident and professors to select some one of their numher to repre- sent them in the I louse of Burgesses of ' irginia. 19

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To this liberal charter only one condition was added. The college authorities were to pay to us and our successors zi ' o copies of Latin verse yearly on the fifth day of November at the house of the Governor or Lieu- tenant-Governor for the time being ; and in the Virginia Gazette for Novem- ber 1 2th. 1736, nearly fifty years after, the following appears: On this day s ' en night, being the fifth day of November, the president, masters, and scholars of William and lary College went, according to their annual custom, in a body to present his Honor in obedience to their charter. Mr. President delivered the verses to his Honor, and two of the young gentlemen spoke them. PEYTON RANDOLPH. First President of the Continental Congress. Studeni about 1730. By act of the House of Burgesses, the royal endowment of the col- lege was considerably strengthened. .Also this college, together with Har- vard, fell heir to the estate of Hon. Robert Boyle, who died in England in 1691. I-rom these funds the lirafferton estate in Yorkshire, England, was bought, and the Brafferton building was erected on the campus at William and ] Iary College in ' irginia for the purpose of accommodating Indian youths, who continued to come down to the Revolution. The Tlouse of Burgesses, after much deliberation, decided that Middle I ' lantation ' (afterwards known as Williamsburg) should be the site of the college. The buildings, ])lanned by Sir Christopher Wren, were erected between 1692 and 1700, when the first commencement exercises were held. Beginning with a President, Grammar Master, Usher and Writing Master, 21