Catalogue of the College of William and Mary, 1896-1897 . portion of theUnited States. Jamestown, the seatof the first English settlement on theAmerican continent, and Yorktown,where Lord Cornwallis surrendered in1781, are only a few miles itself was once the capi-tal of the State, and is full of interest-ing memories. The College is theoldest in the United States except Har-vard, and was the first to introducethe modern system of class lectures;the first to have chairs of Law, Mod-ern Languages, Political Economy, andHistory; the first to announce theelective system of st
Catalogue of the College of William and Mary, 1896-1897 . portion of theUnited States. Jamestown, the seatof the first English settlement on theAmerican continent, and Yorktown,where Lord Cornwallis surrendered in1781, are only a few miles itself was once the capi-tal of the State, and is full of interest-ing memories. The College is theoldest in the United States except Har-vard, and was the first to introducethe modern system of class lectures;the first to have chairs of Law, Mod-ern Languages, Political Economy, andHistory; the first to announce theelective system of study; the first toaward collegiate medals—the Botetourt medals—and it is wellknown that the & B K Society, established at William and Maryin 1776, was the first Greek Letter Fraternity in the UnitedStates. The College has been distinguished for its eminent pro-fessors and students; and its long history of two hundred andthree years is full of the vicissitudes of fortune. It is second tonone in the influence it has exerted upon the history of the. /etc «T?«yPRESIDENT FROM 1693-1743. 18 William and Mary College. United States. It is impossible to suppose that a student canlive in the presence of the associations that cluster everywherewithout being inspired by them. ELECTIVE SYSTEM-As the first college, under the auspices of Mr. Jefferson, to an-nounce the elective system, the College still adheres to his wise
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