. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . IN CHARLOTTESVILLE. and one of his chief rules of con-duct was never to trouble anotherfor what he could do himself. At this Marian bent forwardand nudged, significantly, her bro-ther. Very good advice, my dear,said Jack, the incorrigible. Pleasesee that you follow it. That afternoon, they took thetrolley quite to the other end ofthis picturesque old town of Char-lottesville, to visit the delightfullysituated University of Virginia —the child of Jeffersons later years,founded by him, endowed b
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . IN CHARLOTTESVILLE. and one of his chief rules of con-duct was never to trouble anotherfor what he could do himself. At this Marian bent forwardand nudged, significantly, her bro-ther. Very good advice, my dear,said Jack, the incorrigible. Pleasesee that you follow it. That afternoon, they took thetrolley quite to the other end ofthis picturesque old town of Char-lottesville, to visit the delightfullysituated University of Virginia —the child of Jeffersons later years,founded by him, endowed by hisexertions, and ever loyal to hismemory. Uncle Tom and his pilgrims wandered about the beautiful ^4?J< * grounds, unrivalled in situation and unsurpassed in view. They walked the cool and shady colonnades before the students low-roofed dormitories; they studied the curious curved brick walls enclosing certain sections of the 134 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS. IN THE UNIVERSITY GROUNDS. These walls are one brick thick, the winding formis taken for snpposed economy of material. grounds — a Jeffer-sonian contrivance toeconomize bricks, andyet have strengthand durability; theyvisited the museumand saw the rem-nants of the libraryand the marble statueof the founder, savedby the students fromthe fire that destroyedthe famous Rotunda, designed by Jefferson. The Rotundaand annex still lay in ruins, but a nobler structure they weretold was soon to rise thereon, and other buildings of modern de-sign and finish. They did their manners for a while in the cool drawing-room of one of the courteous Professors ; they strolled about East Lawnand West Lawn—the double Campus of the college, as Bert called it;they visited the gymnasium and the athletic field, in which the boys wereespecially interested. Indeed, when he had talked with some of thefellows, and compared notes of records and achievements, Jack declaredthat he did nt wonder that, in the excite
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