Show THE FAMOUS ROTUNDA oos J I 1 ff 0 pride of thona tho na jefferson at university of virginia vira loii fsr II 11 THE GREATEST MEMORIAL TO THOMAS JEFFERSON J E F F E R S 0 N THE PATRIOT W IL I 1 qa am T THIS eaton season particularly among the great patriot patriots whom the na uon tion delight delights to honor stands high the name of 0 thomae thomas jefferson Jet ferson E during forever as bis his 1 memorial will bind stand the sa declaration ot of independence hot but his h services to his 1 country were so 0 anany and to 10 magnificent that a grato grateful ful peo pie has ha enshrined him hi in if its memory second only perhaps to big immortal 1 fellow ellow patriot and statesman george washington that jefferson li Is richly deserving of more numerous memorials amrit be conceded it if one but recalls for a mo m ment the variety of his bl services to the nation his ills services as president ot at the united states and founder of one of our great political parties corn mend him to our gratitude as do bis his diplomatic triumphs and big hi activity is one of tit the prime movers in abe whole revolutionary movement PHI but after all perhaps bis bin strongest claim upon the admiration of the american people in all generations past and to come Is as the author of that keystone of our national existence the declaration of independence it Is probable that the next decade will witness the provision of an acknowledgment in marble and bronie bronze of the republics debt to jefferson that will in some degree make up b by y its it splendor for the tardiness of its crea tion IlOw however eler jefferson ferone Jef famo hat ha not waited upon euch such reminder As A has been said laid there are stat aes of baa in public places there Is I 1 an imposing though simple monument over his bin grave in the bills of virginia and finally the there e la Is a memorial which Is as noble a heritage as any man could leave to the nation to whose service he devoted his big life university JOffer jeffersons sont memorial this last mentioned memorial Is the university of Nir birginia ginia which jef jet ferson virtually founded and the up building of V which bich was the project above all others nearest his heart in geed it was big hi desire and avowed in to maie this ideal seat of learning hl bis monument before poe pon and he watched it develop on a site he be chose almost under the shadow of his beloved home at I 1 little title moun aloun tain with all the solicitude which a fatter might extend to a favorite child and yit the university of at virginia despite its noble traditions the tte ns and magnificence of its architectural t setting Is not one of I 1 best beat known colleges of the tile to country and I 1 it Is eafe safe lay ay that very verr few per persons one have ever bin b in brought ht to realize if its 3 igni as the chosen the bonu monument ment of author of th the e foundation our liberty stone of the forerunner of the university virginia of which was by the first real way the university new horld orld established I 1 in the a ar authority ho plate ate legislature legh latore of virginia gilld by the year 1803 but no in 11 the with the headway was u ae made broje paroled e t until 11 march larch when ben thomas thoma 1814 I 1 jefferson and founder the real head of at the institution elected to the wae was threw himself board of trustees tru steea and heart this labor of love late and soul into UP him if few which appealed pealed to his h hol eve enterprises b bad ad d done in eventful duful the wish of j career through his efferson on cl borne aeu town in the alue blidge n foothill thill of ortho the cont aln the he site sl for the wae was chosen its 1817 7 K bw few university I the tr and I 1 in a t cornerstone ing ng central or of the tb first build call bling pre cottee se wae was laid d there sent on this only thomas je occasion a lot no edjon it adison and L 0 but also james ft history james munroe who AS with jeff president tha e rs 0 4 as unite d states orelli building bulldis Bull din still bill the original v sit of ahti farm of scale chefs doctu hd za V sted ta highland highlands of albam tract a as of course i requirements requirement of the hi handed the orin auspiciously started Is 1 but having outlived it lie its original function ii Is tot a residence by one oft 0 at the university this tl declined bv jefferson leffe raon it the whole IK 11 1 in itself sufficient to university of virginia ir glaiA DO a indeed the as an jefferson was the in beautiful home of the th it virginia as well ai as tb the to eat seat of learning readers rendi I 1 ly IY fitting that it should Is with his wish bo be during monument altha al may not dot be eo so veil well i ule tile thomaa thomas jefferson Jeff enoa vis genius in architectural was in literary exar degoed by the declan dence he lie designed ned III bis mansion monticello whid thia this day a and his hi faai to do with the forra connuli d for the white home house at a a building which em the features fea turea found also all it always the leading spirit 8 like other great men B not always have his ovi with hie his neighbor neighbors and ai f lane fans he lie had a hard wo i his university which wu first imply simply to central W ly 17 accepted an the i but he be continued big hi i in behalf of thil this cause cau for finally IQ in 1819 the leVi 1 lulf a formal act making thelin tion a state in fact even after thil its proceeded pro ceded slowly ud and it liv the spring of 15 was open to students stu denti it meeting of tho the board of IN mr jefferson wa was eleckel el until the time of his hi directed and dominate dominated its not only revolving the edh i education introduced but tiling vining to the minutest feature of tion in formulating the ou of this seat of leama J played that came same ran we see reflected in the tb independence As lied tho the university of elated stated of eight independent ancient languages binom anc mathematics na natan tur chemistry medicine iaia 1 11 system presented an n 0 perfect elasticity A 90 knowledge opened by bi it thought could at any tail t 13 to the aladen ic attie much ea baie se af ap a new out i 1 to the unica or on steady howth of enli that this bab ha worked wort od tico just as it promised Is evidenced by the tact fact th history of the unit SIV ef has been a it continual tion and expansion ezpa nilon until act 01 more than two dozell i under six different de there Is much of betat 1 on every hand within the grounds the otI original gInAl if fin lefferson Is stancliff stand liff of the court and not tot I 1 room where ur ir mcc 0 school readers which 8 if known to every t boy vy sud i el attended the primary or grades of our public ochoa amry building la Is as t ass cloned a replica of the th third the she tt f its I 1 atlo among the relics of rotunda of this irs letters of phillips dr son aud and much of the prin aso spon dence of jefferson jefferson letters are oto ring the closing yes ye which he deseri described bed the tb it desired to have graye grave even to e and specifying the ep be chiseled there thereon slid 1 I floo way enumerate ine the i 4 university of virginia 0 ship of the Declare tl of dence deuce as the public leicee 1 he ho Is commended to the posterity the has been re ferrod to old but man with the entha could labor more bo ba did to reallie bh his at |