Colonial Echo, 1899 . RUINS OF JAMESTOWN TOWER SEVEN MILES FROM THE COLLEGE, was often coiisiilcrahly exercised to control their restless natures. A few(juotations from the okl records may be (jf interest and amtisement. In the first place, it would appear that some of these young gentlemenliad unbounded love for horse-racing, billiards and other amusements,which, if indulged, was naturally calculated to detract from the performanceof college duties. Therefore, we find that at a meeting of that august bodyin 1752, it was ordered that no scholar belonging to any school in y* col-lege of what ag
Colonial Echo, 1899 . RUINS OF JAMESTOWN TOWER SEVEN MILES FROM THE COLLEGE, was often coiisiilcrahly exercised to control their restless natures. A few(juotations from the okl records may be (jf interest and amtisement. In the first place, it would appear that some of these young gentlemenliad unbounded love for horse-racing, billiards and other amusements,which, if indulged, was naturally calculated to detract from the performanceof college duties. Therefore, we find that at a meeting of that august bodyin 1752, it was ordered that no scholar belonging to any school in y* col-lege of what age, rank, or quality soever, do keep any race-horse at ycollege or in y* town, or anywhere. If the student dared to break therules of the Faculty, or was in any way concerned in making races andabetting those made by others. he should be immediately despatched and. GEORGE WYTHE. Chancellor of Virginia. Stwhni ahoit ; Irofesmv nf Law I77II-I7S!). sent ofT and never again lirought back under [)ain of severest animadversionand pimishnient. Having put its foot down on horse-racing, the haculty then ]iroceeds toorder that no scholar do presume to ap])ear playing y billiards or othergaming tables or be in any way concerned in keeping lighling-cocks, undery* like severe animadversion and i)unishnient. \othing could be more annising than the record of the action takenby the \isitors on a certain occasion in 1761). when the Kev. .\lr. |ohn(amm and the Kev. .\lr. Josiali Johnson were arraigned for the terriblecrime of having lalclx married and taken up residence in the citv ofWilliamsburg, by which great inconvenience has arisen to the college, and 25
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