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William and Mary The Alumni Gazette The College of William and Mary Winter 1980 On The Cover The portrait of James Blair (oil on canvas, 49" by 39 3/4") is attributed to Charles Bridges (1670 - 1747), who was active in Virginia from 1735 - 1743. It is one of the most interesting and historically important paintings in William and Mary's art collection. Blair, first president of the College and one of the most powerful figures in Coioniai America, asked the artist to paint the facade of the Wren Building in the background of his portrait. This eariy view of the main College building reflects its appear- ance following the reconstruction required after the fire of 1705. Details from the painting were used during the 20th century restoration of the structure. The phoenix rising from the ashes, shown beneath the Wren Building, symbolizes the rebirth of the College after the 1705 fire. It is not known how or when William and Mary obtained this portrait. A reference to it in the faculty minutes of November, 1859, indicates that it was the possession of the College at that time and was, in fact, rescued from the Blue Room of the Wren Building when fire swept the buiiding earlier that year. Today the portrait is displayed in the Great Hall of the Wren Building. Photograph courtesy of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. The Alumni Gazette The College of William and Mary January February 1980 Volume 47, No. 6 2 Education and "Relevance" By David L. Holmes 6 Sitting on a Sea of Oil By George W. Grayson 9 The Second Founding of William and Mary By Russell Smith 16 Antique Silver By Louise Lambert Kale 22 The Renaissance and the Cloister By John A. Moore 25 The Fear of Writing By Lynn Z. Bloom 30 Attracting and Keeping the Best By James M. Yankovich 32 "This Old College Will Endure ..." By Edward E. Brickell Editor, Ross L. Weeks, Jr. Officers of the Society are: President Denys The contents of this periodical contain view- Associate Editor, S. Dean Olson Grant, '58, Richmond. Virginia: Vice President. points and other comments which are those of John H. Garretf. Jr., '40, Irvington, Virginia: the authors. They are not intended to represent Managing Editor, Jim Rees '74 Secretary. Elaine Elias Kappel, '55, Pittsburgh, necessarily the opinions of the College, the Typesetting, Sylvia B. Colston Pennsylvania: Treasurer, Patricia King Sell, '58. Society of the Alumni, or the editors. La Jolla, California: Executive Vice President, The Society and the editors acknowledge Gordon C. Vliet, '54. Board of Directors: To gratefullv the contributions of those who have Established June 10. 1933, by the Society of the December 1981: James W. Brinkley, '59, Towson, submitted ideas, articles and other materials for Alumni of the College of William and Mary, Box Maryland: James E. Howard, '43, Richmond, consideration in the Alumni Gazette. More GO. Williamsburg, Va. 23185: monthly except Virginia: Robert H. Land, '34, Alexandria. especially, thanks are due to a number of January and July. Second-class postage paid at Virginia: Austin L. Roberts III, '59, Newport members of the College faculty who provide Williamsburg and Richmond. Subscription rates News. Virginia: G. Elliott Schaubach, Jr., '59, continuing advice and other assistance in the S5.00 a year. Norfolk, Virginia: To December 1980: Marilyn development of the new semi-annual magazine Miller Entwisle, '44. Meadowbrook. Pennsyl- and its contents. vania: R. Stanley Hudgins, '43. Virginia Beach, Virginia: Andrew D. Parker, Jr., JD '69. Chapel Hill. North Carolina: Patricia King Sell, '58. La Jolla, California: Marvin F. West. '52. Williams- burg. Virginia: To December 1979: Elaine Elias Kappel. '55, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: John H. Garrett. Jr.. '40, Irvington, Virginia: Denys Grant. '58. Richmond, Virginia: Jane Spencer Smith, '48, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan: Henry D. Wilde, Jr. '53. Houston. Texas. WILLIAM AND MARY WINTER 1980 1 Education and "Relevance" In an Age of Vocational Concerns, A Professor Tells Students to Work Hard in College And to Major in the Field that Interests Them the Most By David L. Holmes Everyone is talking about "rele- Other speakers have told you that and Mary seems to me to rank some- vance" today. This afternoon I want William and Mary is a good college. where between second and fifth in to say a few words about it. How good? Based on the records of offering a quality education; I would To begin with: it is relevant, I the Educational Testing Service, put it second or third. Third, in think, that you have come to William William and Mary applicants rank national terms, it seems to me that it and Mary. If you are from out of state, first of all 472 public four-year is clearly easier to obtain a quality it is highly relevant that you have colleges in SAT Verbal scores and education at William and Mary than come, for here you will be exposed to 13th in SAT Mathematics scores. at most colleges, but clearly (let us a different culture. When private four-year colleges are not delude ourselves) harder than at If you are from Virginia, it is rele- included in the statistics—and this some. And finally, above all, quality vant that you have come. For William means schools like the Ivies and education is available at almost every and Mary has a diverse student body Chicago and Pomona and Oberlin and college in the land. Virtually every and a faculty from all parts of the Swarthmore—William and Mary ranks college will have a professor or a nation. In quality education, geo- 61st of all 1912 four-year colleges in library that will lead one to the light. graphy plays a major role. Max SAT Verbal scores and 79th in SAT And trying to rank schools numeri- Miiller said: "What do they know of Mathematics scores. Nationally, this cally in terms of education offered is England, who only England know?" places us in the 97th and 96th almost an impossible task. We've got We might paraphrase: "What do they percentiles. to depend on you, in your later years, know of the East Coast, or the Now the College may rank even to do that for us. So welcome! It is Midwest, or Virginia, who only the higher. In a survey taken a few years right and relevant that you have East Coast, or the Midwest, or ago of some 16 American colleges come. And we and all the ghosts of Virginia know?" whose students had similar SAT this College's past are glad that you scores, William and Mary ranked as are here. the most difficult in grading. This is, Which brings me to my second This article is the text of an of course, a tricky statistic to manage, point: it is relevant that you have address delivered by David L. but maintaining high standards has come to a college where students Holmes, associate professor of re- traditionally been essential to aca- have a reputation for being overly- ligion at William and Mary, to fresh- demic excellence. So William and studious. men and transfer students during last Mary may rate higher in the quality Now, certain campus philosophers fall's orientation program. A of education it offers than some will tell you that studiousness is respected church historian who colleges where students with loftier irrelevant, that life is more than joined the William and Mary faculty SAT scores encounter easier courses study. Perhaps they are right. William in 1965, Holmes has also taught at and lower standards of excellence and Mary students do seem to need Carnegie-Mellon University and the and therefore develop less during more social awareness; perhaps they University of Virginia. Holmes re- their undergraduate years. simply don't date enough. It may be ceived an undergraduate degree from In any event, a few things seem that at William and Mary we need Michigan State University, a Master's clear. First, in my experience, more style, more self-criticism, a bit degree in English from Columbia William and Mary maintains the less seriousness, a bit more of the University, and Master's and Ph.D. highest undergraduate grading saving grace of humor. In other degrees in religion from Princeton standards of any college in Virginia. words, we may need pizazz. University. He also studied several And this shows its relevance in the But: all too often a young person years at the Divinity School at Duke later performance of our graduates. either has studious habits, or he or University. Second, in all of the South, William she has strong social inclinations- 2 WILLIAM AND MARY WINTER 1980 seldom both. And if one must make the choice as to which is more relevant to life, then it is the self- discipline, the seriousness of pur- pose, that wins, I think, hands down. Few of us, I would hope, desire After all, style and sociability can be added to the studious disposition undergraduate colleges to encourage later on-and often are; I wonder if the notion that shoddy thinking, shoddy you know how socially inept many of our leading political and cultural and research, and shoddy writing are academic figures were in their perfectly acceptable behavior for college years. But, alas, the obverse is true far less often. Far less frequently educated people. So: don't fault the can the inward self-discipline and professor who goes to the trouble of studiousness be added to the outward social graces. expressing concern about details. As In 1973, a national pollster asked Three-Mile Island has shown us, people in all vocational fields whether they would select their details-little details-can be relevant.
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