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

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is carried on in W ' illiainslmrg. The library contains about 10,000 volumes. The number of students in iS99- ' oo was 194. The institution is undenominational. Among its distinguished alumni have been Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and John Tyler, Presidents of the United States: Benjamin Harrison, Carter Braxton, Thomas Nelson, and George Wythe, who. with Jefferson, were signers of the Declaration of Independence : Edmund Randolph, chief draughtsman and author of tlie Constitution; Jolin Marsliali and liushrod Washington, jurists: and Lieut. General Winfield Scott. The Phi Beta Kappa Society, established to promote literature and patriotism among the youths of the colony, was founded at William and Mary in 1776. Until i 776 the chancellors of the college were, with several exceptions, the bishops of London. George Washington was chancellor i 789-99. II

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prosperous. It was tlii. ' Wfallhit-st colletje in America wht-ii Ur- Revolution broke out, but the war deprived it of all endowments, — save 20,000 acres of land, b - the sale 1)1 which a new moneyed endowment of about S2oo,() x5 was obtained. In 17.S1 the buil(linu;s were t)ccupied alternately by the liritish and the French and .■ merican troops, and while used as hospitals by the latter were injured b - fire. The college exercises, however, were interrnjited for a few months only. During the civil war the college was closed, the buildings and grounds were occupied by U. S. troops, and several buildings, together with the library and apparatus, were destroyed. In iS6g the main building was restored, and the college was reopen- ed: but in iS,sj financial embarrassment made it necessary to close its doors. In 1888 the general assembly of X ' irginia appropriated Sio.ooo a year, subsequently increased to 815,000 to establish in connection with collegiate training a system of normal instruction and traiuiug. The college was reopened in 1888 with a full faculty, and has since enjoyed fair success. In 1893, by an act of Congress, it received S6 ,ooo indenniifying it for losses sustained during the civil war. The present faculty consists of a president, Lyon G. Tyler, seven full pro- fessors, and four tutors. It confers the degrees of master of arts, bachelor of arts, bachelor of letters, and licentiate of instruction. There are seven depart- ments. As an adjunct to the department of pedagogy- a well equipped model school 10

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iHrmbcrs of jracultp picsiDcnr, O nstciB oi- profcaaors 1900—1001 I, VON C. ' rNM.l ' k, M.A., I.L.I)., rkivSiDHNT. 09nBtci-6 or proffBsoiB I tilt oidir ol ( Ijiiial Seniority). LvoN C. Tyi.I ' K, M.A., LL.I)., J ' ro cssor of .liiuritiiii llisloiy and ' n i iis. Jdiix Lhsslii . H.vi.l, Ph. I)., Professor of the dig is i Language and l.iteraliire , and of Ccneral History. TlKiM.VS JlCI-KKRSON STUBBS, A.M., I ' ll I)., Professor of .Mutlieiiiatirs. LvM. . B. ' ii. KTox, A.M., D.I)., ' rofessor of Latin. S V. C.XRKlvTT, A.M., .M.l)., ' rofessor of A ' at irat Seienee. Hr ;ii S. 15IKI), L.I., A.B., ' rofessor of ' liitosopliy ami ' edai;o!iy, and .Snpervi ins; ' rineipat of tlie . odet .Selioot. Charlies ICdw.xkd IJisiio! ' , Ph.D., ' rojessor oj (i reel;, -ieneli and (lerinaii. 12