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About Time

The Chicago Tribune reports that three of Virginia’s best public universities are seeking to privatise. I’ve often thought that it’s about time the College of William & Mary returned to the private sector. If only because it would allow them to keep a cross in their beautiful Wren-designed chapel full time (see above). But of course, given the state of academia today, that’s unlikely anyhow. W&M only became public around 1912 if my memory serves me well. Similar proposals have been aired in South Carolina, especially in regards to the more prestigious of its public colleges, the College of Charleston (f. 1770), and the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina.

Williamsburg is also home to St. Bede’s Church, which was once also the American Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. The parish is now the largest “faith community” in Williamsburg, but seems to have faltered in its devotion to Our Lady. Due to its increasing size, a dodgy new round church is being built.

The officers-in-training from the College of William and Mary form the Queen’s Guard, named so in recognition of the honors bestowed upon the College by Queen Mary II, Queen Anne, and Queen Elizabeth II.

Published at 7:26 am on Tuesday 11 January 2005. Categories: Military.
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