Randolph
Randolph names 4 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Randolph THOMAS, an English poet and dramatist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
THOMAS, an English poet and dramatist; born in Houghton, Northamptonshire, England, in 1605. He was educated at Westminster and Cambridge, and was admitted to a fellowship. He early began to write, and gained the friendship of Shirley, and Ben Jonson. He left a number of bright, fanciful, and occasionally too glowing poems, and six plays: "Aristippus, or the Jovial Philosopher"; "The Conceited Peddler"; "The Jealous Lovers"; "The Muses' Looking Glass"; "Amyntas, or the Impossible Dowry"; and "Hey for Honesty." He died in March, 1635. COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES, a group of five colleges and preparatory schools, under the Methodist Church, located in the State of Virginia. There is a college for men, the Randolph-Macon College, which has two preparatory schools leading up to it, viz.: the Randolph- Macon Academy at Bedford City, Va., and the Randolph-Macon Academy at Front Royal, Va. The system is designed to avoid loss of time and to better correlate the work of the preparatory school with the college. The college for men was founded before the War, but closed during that struggle to reopen at its present present location, Ashland, Va. In 1914-1915 the faculty consisted of 15 professors, and the student body numbered 190. The Randolph-Macon Womens' College is situated at Lynchburg, Va., and its preparatory school is the Randolph- Macon Institute at Danville, Va. The college has attained a high position among the leading higher educational institutions for women, and has been more successful in securing students than the men's college. The enrollment of 1914- 1915 amounted to more than 600 students, with a faculty of 45 instructors.
Randolph EDMUND JENNINGS, an American statesman
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
EDMUND JENNINGS, an American statesman; born in Williamsburg, Va., Aug. 10, 1753; studied at William and Mary College, and was admitted to the bar. In 1776 he helped to frame the constitution of Virginia, and became the State's first attorney-general. In 1786-1788 he was governor of Virginia, and in 1787 a member of the convention which framed the Constitution of the United States. In 1789, he was appointed by Washington Attorney-General of the United States. In 1794 he was made Secretary of State, but after the President's signing of the Jay Treaty (1795) with England he resigned in order to be free to vindicate his own conduct. Meanwhile he was practically ruined by the responsibility which he had incurred, as part of the duties of his office, for certain funds provided for foreign service; and had to assign his lands and slaves. He died in Clarke co., Va., Sept. 13, 1813.
Randolph JOHN, "of Roanoke
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN, "of Roanoke," an American statesman; born in Cawsons, Chesterfield co., Va., June 2, 1778. He claimed descent from Pocahontas, the Indian princess. He was educated for the law, but turned to politics. In 1799 he was elected to Congress, where he became the acknowledged leader of the administration ion party. His His opposition to the War of 1812 caused his defeat in the following election; but he was re-elected to Congress in 1814. From 1825 to 1827 he was a United States Senator. In 1829 he was a member of the convention for revising the constitution of Virginia, and the year following was appointed United States minister to Russia. On his return he was again elected to Congress, but was unable to occupy his seat. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 24, 1833.
Randolph ALFRED MAGILL, an American clergyman
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ALFRED MAGILL, an American clergyman; born in Winchester, Va., Aug. 31, 1836; was graduated at William and Mary College in 1855 and at the Virginia Theological Seminary in 1858; was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church; became rector of St. George's Church, Fredericksburg, Va., in 1860, and remained there till the assault on the town by the Union troops in 1862. He was a chaplain in the Confederate army in 1863-1865, and was rector is not of very high quality, yielding about of Emmanuel Church, Baltimore, Md., in 1867-1883. In 1892 he was elected bishop of the Southern Virginia diocese. Published "Reason, Faith, and Authority in Christianity" (1902). He died in 1918..
What Has Changed in the Last Century
The one item here that has moved is the school system: when Collier's wrote in 1921 the "group of five colleges and preparatory schools" under the Methodist Church included a men's college at Ashland, a women's college at Lynchburg, and feeder academies at Bedford City, Front Royal and Danville. Randolph-Macon College at Ashland began admitting women in 1971 and now enrolls well over a thousand students of both sexes; Randolph-Macon Woman's College voted in 2006 to admit men and renamed itself Randolph College in 2007, over loud protest from alumnae. Of the preparatory schools only Randolph-Macon Academy at Front Royal survives, a coeducational school with an Air Force JROTC programme. The biographical entries stand as written -- though John Randolph of Roanoke's claim of descent from Pocahontas, which Collier's reports as a claim, is genuine, through her granddaughter's line.
Written for this edition, 2026.