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Washington and Lee has played VMI every year since 1986. VMI is W&L's next-door neighbor in Lexington, VA. From 1988 until 2019, the game was known as the “Lee-Jackson Lacrosse Classic”. The Classic was named after Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Lee served as W&L's president from 1865-1870 and Jackson was a professor at VMI from 1851 ...
The 1905 Washington and Lee Generals football team represented Washington and Lee University as an independent during the 1905 college football season. This was the school's first successful football team, [ 1 ] capped by the victory on Thanksgiving over George Washington .
Washington and Lee is divided into three schools: (1) The College, where all undergraduates begin their studies, encompassing the liberal arts, humanities and hard sciences, with notable interest among students in pre-health and pre-law studies; (2) the Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics, which offers majors in accounting ...
Washington and Lee football dates back to 1873 with a one-game season, featuring a 4–2 win over the VMI Keydets. [2] No player or coaching records are known from that game. UVA historians also remark on a game played between Virginia and Washington and Lee in 1871 with no records. [3] The Generals did not have another intercollegiate team ...
Washington and Lee University is led by a president selected by the Board of Trustees. The university was founded in 1749 as Augusta Academy. It later became Liberty Hall Academy (1782), Washington Academy (1798), Washington College (1813), and finally Washington and Lee University (1871).
"Washington and Lee has the country club playboys who wrap sweaters around their shoulders and drive around in expensive cars any time they want. VMI cadets are in uniform and their lifestyles are completely controlled." [2] [3] Stonewall Jackson went to VMI and Robert E. Lee is a namesake of Washington & Lee. According to the 1895 VMI yearbook ...
The Washington and Lee University Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing the historic core elements of the campus of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. The campus's Colonnade constitutes one of the nation's finest assemblages of Classical Revival educational buildings, and includes Washington ...
The 1948 Washington and Lee Generals football team was an American football team that represented Washington and Lee University during the 1948 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their third year under head coach Art Lewis, the team compiled an overall record of 4–6, with a mark of 2–2 in conference play. [1]