Colonial Echo, 1899 . BOTETOURT MEDAL. Obv. parativeK few of them are self-sustaining. William and .Mar\- was not anexception to the general rule. Old endowments had been lost, new onesproved inadecpiate, and the annual exjjenses exceeded the annual income. 30 The \ciKTal)lc Iri-sitlent, [alijaniiii S. Ewell, thrice appeared before Lon-gress, asking lor reiniburscnient for buildings destroyed 1)\ the wanton aetsof Federal Troops. This bill was ably supported by Senator Hoar, of Massa-chusetts, and others, Init with no avail; and an institution which was oncethe beacon of learning and |)iilitic
Colonial Echo, 1899 . BOTETOURT MEDAL. Obv. parativeK few of them are self-sustaining. William and .Mar\- was not anexception to the general rule. Old endowments had been lost, new onesproved inadecpiate, and the annual exjjenses exceeded the annual income. 30 The \ciKTal)lc Iri-sitlent, [alijaniiii S. Ewell, thrice appeared before Lon-gress, asking lor reiniburscnient for buildings destroyed 1)\ the wanton aetsof Federal Troops. This bill was ably supported by Senator Hoar, of Massa-chusetts, and others, Init with no avail; and an institution which was oncethe beacon of learning and |)iilitical intelligence, not alone for \ irginia. butfor the whole South and for the country at large, was suffered to decline bya nation which owed it an actual though ])altry debt of $70,000, Nobleeff(jrts were made to sustain the collei^e, liiii at last all of the professors weredismissed because their salaries could not be jiaid ; 1881 found it without asingle student, and exercises were stispended until 1888. The preside
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