Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-03-24

/ The last statute, for = ere is msre than ore
fixing the fees at S 90, will be found below
On the construction of that statute, thatis on
the right ofDr. Hare TO demand $50, the society
having no power TO act, would hear argu-
iients. The U"Tds on which they were 10
decide were before them in writing, ana the
paper which the students were required te
sgn, was draws up before the meeting merely
that ii might be done with due deliberatinM.-
hat paper, which has already been published.
mild asst is in itself, was prcfaced with the
following resolution:
Resoired, That the society never did and ne.
yer will object TO a respectful representation
touchug ANY grievance real OF supposed 10
which the students of this college may Imagine
themselves subjected. But while this is cun-
coded, the society never can permit persun
to remain a member of this institutions vino
does not demeap himself with at le;S, tIiat
decorum which the rules OF polished life re-
quire.
How much more caln,ness or fo,bcarsnce
could have been shewn by any body of men, Il
is difficult to conceive. And perfectly la The
same temper is the circular OF the president,
which, with what has been said, will give the
public fair view of the whole ground. Ic
them il is submitted.
[CIRCULAR.1
JMiani4 Marg College, 18th March, 1918.
Ii has become my unpleasant task TO inform
you that your isat present suspended
from this institution. The following is - con
else statement of the circumstance which nave
led 10 This unfortunate state OF things:
From causes which need not mention. the
chemical lectures did not begin this course ui,-
nj after the February examination. When
students enter the classes alter this period, az
half the session has elapsed, tits customary 10
demand 5 10 only, or mOiety OF The usual fee.
The chemical professor, however, conceived
that the Custom could not justly apply to him,
the lectures he proposed giving being in fact
more than half course, and moreover both la
borious and eXpensive.s Under these circum-
stances he determined TO demand tu, ice of
$50, but has since agreed TO lake 5 is.
10 this many of the students obIected-and
had their objections been urged with temper
and respect, no offence would have been taken
at their conduct bnt they thought proper to
charge the professor of chemistry With doing
what is . unjust" and with practising an . int
position" upon them. There was an cndorse-
ment on the {. Remonstrance," as it wasterned,
still more offensive and to crswn the whole,
many. and among others, yonr pre-
sented second paper, in which all this was
declared to be, in their opinions, AN act of duty.
There is no tribunal to which AN Immediate
appeal can be made on the subject of fees, this
point belonging exclusively to the visitors, who
meet usually but once a year, aud that IN July.
The practice of taking half the fee after Feb
ruary is altogether private arrangement
among the professors the professor OF che
mistry had not come into it, was not bound 10
come into it, and was moreover as l stated
above, differently situated from the rest OF his
colleagues
Bu, the real merits of the case have nothing
TO do with the conduct of the students, the
true question with regard to them beng. were
they bound or not under existing circums,an-
ces to treat the professor of chemistry with or
binary civiiiiy, or were they at liberty 10 cast
lmputations upon him, to which no gentleman
can submit?
Students like all other persons are entitled
to their private sentiments, and what these
sentiments may be Oh this occasion We do not
enquire, but such offensive expressions il must
he manifest eau never be tolerated from per-
sons in the relative situation of pupil and pro-
feSsor.
All then that is required of your is to
sign declaration recalling AMI regrettiDg the
obnoxious words, and averring that he had
no intention of insulting the professor of
chemistry,and he will be Immediately reinstat-
ed Less than this 1t appears TO us impossible
TO exact.
As your is losing very valuable time,
mnst request your earliest attention to this
unpleasant affair.
lremain, respectfully, your obedient servant,
j. AUG. SMITH.
sn Justice the professor of chemistry it onght TO
be subjoined, that he had travelled 700 miles to wams
burg with his family in the depth Of winter imm
nent risk ofe and health that he omitiea cost
exertion either before after his arrival the 18th Of
January, which might enable him 10 make up for the
time unavoidaby lost He had gone TO the unusual
pence ofbringing with him assistant with whom tnd-
ing the laboratory in confusion destitute Of agents
he aboredifrom dawn till bedtime prepare for the
That he actually lectures each day double tie
usual time, aud has in consequence II is believed afford
ed double the instruction usually yielded in the
number of lectures He thought the students would be
too just to behold such unusual exetions sacrifices
expense, and wish to pay than is demanded for
the latter half of THIS obvisusy worth
much less In half the price il mnst be almost
ineligible to those who have not heard The principles
planned iii the commencement. He felt that The fee
without reduction would ne inadequate alton
To him fer the exerton and risk he had encountered, Il
the liberal and unprecedented expenditures he had
and he believed the students would be than ben
Gifted to that The fee for course consisting
Of an equal number OF lectures of hour EACH
Philadelphia twenty dollars. Hence hen the presi.
dent OF the college inquired what his tee wond be-
Piled, that he should demand twenty dollars. Learning
saton With the professor of chemistry aud natural pho
sophy the subject. the students tbo proper
mence correspondence with him by an accusation of
f'TPoSti1R and jHSkce This insult has been The sole
he professor chemistry would submitted TO
take less than his due than have csnescended con
lend for it, and accordingly did actually lessen his de-
nIand - fifteen dollars determining, at the time
TO ALLOW himself more relaxation indulgence which il
seemed probablehis health might demand.
At a conyocation of the visitors and govern
ors of " Ham and Mary College held the
eleventh day of July 1912.
BE u ordained That the fees of the professor
OF law and police shall be twenty dollars, that
the fees of the professor of moral philosophy
shall he twenty dollars, that the fees Of the
professor of mathematics shall he twenty
dollars, that the fees of the professor Of natural
philosophy shall be twenty dollars, snd that
the fees of the professor Of chemistry, natu-
raj history and Botany shall he twenIy dol
lars.
Il Copy Tsste,
LEO HENLEY, C. C..
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