Ebook The Presidency Its Duties, Its Powers, Its Opportunities, and Its Limitations

The University of Virginia is indebted for the establishment of the barbour-page Foundation to the Wisdom and generosity of Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, of Washington, D. C. In 1907, Mrs. Page donated to the University the sum of the annual income of Which is to be used in securing each session the delivery before the Univer siry of a series of not less than three lectures by some distinguished man of letters or of science. The conditions of the Foundation require that the barbour-page lectures for each session be not less than three in number; that they be delivered by a specialist in some.