Word: patriotism
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Students at the University of Virginia are wont to visit the grave of Jefferson and pledge in burning draughts of mountain whiskey the memory of that departed patriot. The removal of his remains would be a blow to the educational interests of the State...
...quote in another column an editorial from the Globe newspaper of yesterday. We cannot but believe that it is the right thing at the right time. We at Harvard had almost forgotten the day set apart for the recognition of the patriot dead who are as sacred to Harvard men as to others. One would suppose from the appearance of Harvard Tuesday that she had no share in the deeds...
...flower was before a single-one of the many names engraved on the marble tablets which line the transept; not a flag floated in the breeze. Memorial Hall had another object besides that of a memorial; it was intended to educate the youth of Harvard College in patriotism. We cannot help asking if to disregard the laws of the State which made yesterday a legal holiday, to neglect on that day of all days recognition of the patriot dead, to leave Memorial Hall without decoration, is the best way to inculcate patriotism in the minds of the youth...
...Western State university, than it ever was before. This excellent result your zeal will further. That not only Harvard, but several other strong universities East and West, North and South, should have a truly national representation of the people of the United States, is an object which every patriot must earnestly desire, for in the common character of large bodies of students drawn from the whole country will be found a strong bond of national unity. [Applause...
...unknown patriot who his classmates freed