I find it both fascinating and absolutely horrifying that the deciding and final factor for the placement of the University I attend was its proximity to a white population. Charlottesville, in my opinion, is such an outstanding part of UVa its hard to imagine this school anywhere else. However, this school could have just as easily been somewhere else if the white population there was of 'greater and important differences' from Albemarle.

It is absolutely shocking and mind blowing to me that the founders of the University chose it's placement in Virginia based on the centrality to the white population. Obviously when considering the time period and the people that would actually be attending the University, it makes sense; however, the fact that that is the reason I go to school in Charlottesville and not somewhere else makes me feel some sort of shame for this University's history.

I find the choice to use this spelling of the word interesting considering two factors. 1) at the time of the text, this spelling of the word was very uncommon. And 2) Oxford dictionary explains that when this spelling was used, it was in an informal context. In my opinion, this report is a very formal context so I'm puzzled as to why the authors would choose this wording over the other.

This is interesting because, currently, one professor often does not teach more than one class. There has been an increasing amount of specialization as the University and the curriculum has grown. It's possible that it was easier at the time to teach more than one class because the requirements were lesser than today and the general knowledge on the topics were different. In addition, each class has significantly less students than today.