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revered today than wlien he died. No nobler epitaph was ever 
written on tlie tomli of any man than on that of Jefferson : ‘ The 
author of the Declaration of Independence and the founder of 
the University of Virginia.’ ” An address of welcome on the 
part of the University of Virginia by the Rector, Dr W. C. N. 
Randolph, was then presented, to which General Greely re- 
sponded. INIr Rosewell Page, of Richmond, spoke gracefully on 
behalf of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia An- 
tiquities, welcoming the National Geographic Society to Virginia, 
and describing tlie work of the Association in preserving James- 
town and other historic sites of geographic interest ; and Mr Jef- 
ferson M. Levy, owner of Monticello, in a few well-chosen words, 
extended the hospitality of the historic mansion to the Society. 
As an alumnus of the Universit}' of Virginia and a member of the 
National Geographic Society, the Rev. Dr Randolph H. IMcKim 
delivered an entertaining address on “ Jefferson at Home.” He 
described the founding of the university under Jefferson’s plans 
and tireless supervision, and explained the admirable principles 
by which the university is controlled — the high scholarship, 
the elective system, the personal-honor system of discipline, the 
j)rincii)le of religious freedom — and showed by illustration and 
exam})le tliat the breadth and soundne.ss of education in this 
institution prove Jefferson to have been far in advance of his 
times as an educator. Addresses followed on the “ Physiography 
of tlie Piedmont Plateau,” on Albemarle in Revolutionary 
Days,” and on “ Spottswood’s Expedition of 1716;” these are 
appended. After a collation the visitors attended a most agree- 
able reception at the university. 
The details of the meeting were arranged by a committee under 
the chairmanship of Dr David T. Day, including representatives 
from the municipality of Charlottesville and the University of 
Virginia, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Daughters 
of the American Revolution, the Association for the Preservation 
of Virginia Antiquities, and the Columbia Historical Society. 
The addresses of special geographic interest follow. 
