Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-12-09

| % for IN tInie. IN which may be rooms tor
religious worship. under such inu,ariia
regulations as the Visitors shall p,.
scribe, for public examinations, far .
library, Tor the schools Of music, draw
ing and other associated purposes
The expenses Of THIS Quilting are not cn
braced IN The estimates herein before
stated. Its cost will probably be OF about
10000 dollars, aud lis want will be fti
as soon as the University shall oprn. Bu,
tins baidlng Is beyoud the reach of tit.
present funds: nor are these indeed adj
ca uatr TO Tie maiuttrautc OF tie insii
tuition On the full scale enacted by The
legislature. That body, aware thai Pro-
tessors OF desirable emin,nce could nnt
be expected to reliDquish The situations
IN WHICH they might be found, for others,
new, uniIied and unknown, without a
cctaihty at adequate compensation. con-
iidcd 10 the discretion at the Visitors the
salaries which should be stipulated to
the Professors first employed But the
annuity heretofore appropriated 10 the
maintenance OF the University cannon
furnish Sufficient induce memt TO ten Pro-
iessors, at high degree each in his res
pec'ive line al science and vet 10 employ
inferior persons. would be to stand here
we are IN science, unavaled of the higher
advances already made elsewhere, and
ot The advantages c0Biemp;aied by the
statute under which We aci. II the lcgIs-
iature shall b. OF opinion thai the annui.
~ already apportioned 10 the establish
mcnt aud maintenance of an institution
Tor instruction in all The useful sciences,
Is lis proper pant Of the whole fund, the
Visitors will faithfully see tina, it shall be
punctualIy applied tn the remaining en-
LII III.
reimbursement of the extra sum lately re.
celved from The general fund that during
the term of lis exclusive application 10
these objects, due care shall be taken to
preserve the buildings erected from ruin
or injury, and al the end Of that term,
they will provide for opening The insii,u-
ton IN The partial degree 10 which lis pre-
sent annuity shall be adequate. If, on
the other hand, the legislature shall be
OF opinion that the sums so advanced i'm
The name of loan, from The general fund
OF education, were legiiima,ely applica
bic to The purpose Of all University, that
lis early commencement will promote
the public good, by Offering to our youth,
now ready and waiiIng for il, All early
and near resource for instruction, and bv
arresiing the heavy tribute We are annu-
ally paying 10 other states aud countries
Tor the article OF education, and shall
think proper TO liberate The present an
nuiiy from It's engagements, the Visitors
irnst II Will be IL their power, by the au.
tumn OF the ensuing year 1921, To engage
anu bring into place thai portion of tAe
Professors designated by the law, TO which
the present annuity may be found COM
petcEi or, hy the same epoch, 10 carry
into full execution the whole objects Of
the law, If an enlargement be made of its
participation in the general fund adequate
TO The full Establishment contemplated by
the law.
The accounts Of receipts, disburse-
menis. aud funds on hand for The year
ending with present date, as rendered
by The Bursar and Proctor OF the Uni
versiiy, are given with this report, as is
required by law.
TIL: JEFFERSON, Rector.
October ,, 1920.