The Tradition of Tradition

Corks and Curls, 1895

When students and faculty referred to Virginia Gentlemen in the Sixties, they meant those with the behavior, customs, and heritage described here.

"Mr. Jefferson's University"

Many of the same motifs from 1895 are still present in 1930: honor, individualism, identification with southern heritage. Emily Clark, The American Mercury, January 1930

"Individualism at Mr. Jefferson's University"

Tradition already played the same dual role in 1949 that it would at the beginning of the Sixties. The Cavalier Daily, 21 October 1949