The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-01-30

been Is MI accommodated with iva
The darfsaarirs have eacli four ar five teri
depth Of foaHdatiDH wall, two outside waits,
and a roaf 4, Itself Tie circular, TIM 81
hpticaI and rlc projecting walls ri the
rutunda. nth its great dome, All are plan
ned apon the most expensive pfIpei
pie. Onitting other specifications, W. may
easily see that the substantial character al
the Whole plan, Is much expense Tor ihne
room.
Such is The necessary costumes 81 The
plan. To tbs we must add the multitude
of unnecessary ornaments and appenda5es.
rhry are thr very end for which THE other
parts suem 10 have been Designed. They
aye abnnt.half a mile of piazza "r porch,
much of Il two stories high, part ot II deck
"A with the most costly otnament-nedr
u mile of enc Iatticed railing for the top
walks-about half a nIile.nf finely Wrought
cornice outside, with many other orra-
inents necessary 10 symmetry I'll style.
! When We consider al thrss. things, we
cannot withhold oar praise from the.econo
ricdt superintendent, who could afford
uur gentleman students So proud a sight,
for rather less than three hundred thousand
dollars Of our money \ common PLAN
: Of buildings, equally capncious, might.
II Is true, have been had fur about one hall
of the money but then, they would not
/ have bad more than half so much outside,
and consequently not more than il'iif so
much room--for ornam.nts
am not so.chnrIlsli rs To object to eve
ry establishment, even IN an university ;
neither am | dazzlcd with its siare as te
believe that one hundred Thousand dollars
of our precious literary fund, should ut the
very commencement of its application,
have been converted into ypcrishlng and
useless fncry.
3. hecxpensyeness Of the original plan
will iucrease,tiie future erpenSes of the in-
stitutlon.
! Many appurtcnances will'be found want
/ i'm, To the buildings. The ill., conlrised no
! tells must have meat.houses, lumber .hou-
srs, &c. Other structures equally neeessd-
ry, seem 10 have been fore often amidst the
enrapturing visions of c0lonnadc and cor
nice. They too, however humble their
use, will of course be arrdyed in some ex
traOrdnary hahiimonts, To correspond with
the sublime palaces around them.
! a great proportion of the most costly
parts of the buildings are peculiarly liable
To decay. Two thousand feet OF fiat wood
.n roof, already beginning 10 let IN the rain
upon the plaster and floors ofthe dormi
tories, now require repairs, and must ere
long be renewed. Nearlya mile ofwooden
railing on the dormltorrs, is fully exposed
to all weathcrs. Plaistercd pillars, and
'otheT pretty things, toe tedious tomention,
will annually call for painters, pla,sterers,
/ carpenters, carVers, &c. 10 restore their IA
ding lustre, decayed materials formulated
forms.
For they are exposed to more than 10 TIA,
injuries ut weather aud the teeth of time
Can we hope that among succrssir,
crowds of youth, no one will he so thought
less, 'or ~ .mischevous, as to.cast II stou,
at hcibvittle beauties of ~ Offending pro
fcssor pavilion? If there he none such
Virginia must prOdsce the most selfdpuy
ing youth Of fortune that ever lrequcntrt
a college: if there bc one such-woc Il
the marble foliage. Que blow may cost II:
500 dollars.
Moreover, will not the architectural
Esplcndor OF. establishment tend, Ia pro
duce correspondent display of furniture
dress aud Diet, among professors and stu
dents. In u princuly mansion we look foI
a p,iucely style in living. How incongru
GUS does IT appear.to wear II PLAIN dress
to do without "A servant in waiting. amidst
Thrscswill rvcrbe exciting tlre,nntural dis
position of refined and proud youth to Dc
tcate AMI lltxuriuus habits. Their country
hy iarishlng her treasure fer vain show
of magniGccncr, while She denies the leas
plttanee tothe needy but useful s"nIiaarie'
of The country, Will be ever exhibiting til,
example of her preference Of 'ostentitiou,
PRIDE, To unprctCndlng utility.
mi IAtt ,,,tt hat i,nh hui ,li,tr
"f am university are by NO means all III,
expensive prerequisites of its being pun in
TO operation. a large library containln.
the most costly books IN every subject -
anfstensive mathcmatl philosophical
chemical and medical apparatus: cabinr
of minerals, u museum of natural history
sc. are essential. Otherconsdcrabl cx
pcnses in the procurement of profrs
sors, Sc. must also bc incurred befnr,
the institution can he successfully car
RED on. One hundred thousand dollar,
for these things Will be "a moderate begiu
ming.
!. The buildings are incommodious fol
every sort of intended occupants
For the hotel keepers; because then
houses arr situated among tliuse'of the stu
'dents are dchcTynt in room and are bad
! ~ auaptcd IN othtr respects, 10 the opc-
rations of a boarding house
For the professors because their hou-
'ses are 50 situated and constructed, that
hardly onr'nftiIer apartments will admit
ofprivacy, unless the windows he closely
curtained il one Of the family walk out,
she must show herself to students from va.
rious quarters by keeping herself upon
Ahe 'ddrmiiories, she may look down upon
them, but they will from both sides look
up at her. So carefully did the Protector
of these pa,ili"ns expose their rrcesses,
that he extended many Of the windows To
the floors, lest even the feet of the inmates
should escape c'rionseycs
/ For the students because their doors
are brushed by every passenger on the CO.
vered walk, Their rooms, all level with
the ground, have window on one side and