“On November 5, 2023, the entire freshman class participated in a mandatory training titled “Continuing Education: Diversity, Inclusion and Community.” University representatives told students that they could under no circumstances miss the session and would be reprimanded if absent”…read more (12/22/23)
“Kudos to President Dudley for defending Matt Walsh’s campus speech, despite substantial faculty and student blowback against the event … But the battle for a campus open to different ideas is not yet over. University administrators can still use opaque rules to stymie event planners and deter campus discourse”…read more (10/5/23)
“Six weeks prior to the commencement of the [1924] Democratic bloodbath, Washington and Lee University students had convened their already well established quadrennial mock convention. The W&L fireworks began with a bitter — and prophetic — platform fight over Prohibition”…read more (2/15/23)
An aged alumnus looks back at the stern yet kindly leadership of President Robert E. Lee
President George Washington picks Liberty Hall Academy to receive his gift of stock.
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“I personally do not believe the Single Sanction should be gotten rid of,” Yoong said. “However, if that opinion is shared by some students, it should still be represented and cannot be a cause of removal from the jury in an open hearing”…read more (12/5/24)
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An aged alumnus looks back at the stern yet kindly leadership of President Robert E. Lee
President George Washington picks Liberty Hall Academy to receive his gift of stock.
Letters from a former First Lady speak highly on one of W&L’s greatest leaders.
A kind commendation of General Lee by President Roosevelt during the Lee Centennial of 1907
A century-old book review by William Taylor Thom, Class of 1869
This highlight features excerpts from an 1868 pamphlet fundraising for Washington College under President Robert E. Lee.
An honest retrospective of Lee’s role in redefining the post-war South.
How British imperial projects saved Scotland from economic ruin, 1707-1945…
An 1855 letter describes the time capsule buried under the Robinson obelisk…
The advice of the 19th-century Black abolitionist bridges the modern racial equity debate.
W&L’s distinctive system draws on centuries of tradition and Robert E. Lee’s key contributions…
Before the first class of each semester, Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics, Lynn Uzzell, asks her students a question: “What do you think is the most pressing political problem in America today?”
