Interleaved with this history are sections displaying the places and themes that have endeared the university and its Charlottesville home to generations of students, who appear in everything from the uniform of the 1830s to the bare feet and Weejuns of the 1970s. Athletes perform while their classmates cheer at Lambeth Field and Memorial Gymnasium, Scott Stadium and University Hall, and friends gather afterward in the restaurants and bars of the Corner. Thomas Jefferson`s philosophy of education, according to his contemporary George Tucker, allowed more latitude and indulgence to students than was usual, creating a community where the concept of honor rather than the fear of punishment, or dread of disgrace provides the ethic that inspires university life. Never before has this spirit been captured so engagingly between covers.
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