6. Sylvester was appalled by the students. They had slaves carry their books, they wouldn't study, they took bad marks as personal insult.
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7. There were two brothers in particular who hated Sylvester for giving them bad marks. They challenged him to a duel.
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8. Sylvester started carrying around a sword-cane. When the brothers attacked, he mildly wounded one of them.
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9. Of course Sylvester was asked to leave immediately. He returned to England, studied law, later taught at military college.
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10. Sylvester later went on to become a tutor to Florence Nightingale, & teach at Johns Hopkins. A major figure in math.
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11. Here's the kicker -- for decades after Sylvester left U of V, the university covered up the circumstances of his leaving.
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12. Well into 20th century, official histories of U of V denied that anti-Semitism and anti-intellectualism had anything to do with case.
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13. The University of Virginia is proud of its heritage and traditions. What is this heritage? What are these traditions?
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14. Judging by Sylvester case, U of V heritage is of letting violent rich men run rampant, and then covering up their crimes.
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@markyzaguirre Oh sure, I wouldn't say UVA is alone in this. Just that it has a history worth thinking about.
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