Speeches of Edgar F. Shannon [manuscript], ca. 1964-1968.

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Speeches of Edgar F. Shannon [manuscript], ca. 1964-1968.

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Topics in the speeches of University of Virginia President Edgar F. Shannon include the necessity of the humanities; the supremacy of ideas; higher education in Virginia, the University of Virginia; financing the University of Virginia; the contributions of the University of Virginia to the future; changes in higher education in the South; the role of the university in American society; the interaction of universities with state and local government; the responsibilities of college graduates; the papers of George Washington (editorial project); James Monroe; Occasions at which the speeches were presented include the inauguration of Marvin Banks Perry, Jr., at Goucher and Fred R. Stair, Jr., at Union Theological Seminary; Centre commencement at George Mason, 1965, Centre College, 1968, Wake Forest, 1964, University of Virginia, 1967; opening convocation at Madison College, 1965; New York Southern Society, 1968; Richmond Chamber of Commerce, 1966 and Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1966; Virginia Retail Merchants Association, 1967; James Monroe Memorial Foundation, 1964; United States Naval Academy, 1965; and the Local Government Officals Conference, 1964.

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