Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-12-21
A COUNTRY SUBSCRIBER.

w'li not, the next thing 1 write shall h.. ;.,,.
| funeral sermon. ''|'
A COUNTRY SUBSCRIBER.
Foa THE ENQUIRER.
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY
The 'emov,i of ,he College OF William 81 NJ,
| Richmond will uodnmb e..iy be ar. Ill - "!
bench 10 the literary Improvement Of tbo s.
However judicious the loc.iion of the Cn,i.'
Williamsburg may have been original, :, il has rs
ell Ia DC So Ita, ancirut cay is now bu, nm Inc
siderable village It's population is still DECLINING
thai OF the country adjacent is 1t least .,aton 'I
not diminishing. The cry iisri has no pol;cs ;,
"a" ever nave any. ihe students who go there
| "Hng hardly any snciefy bui their own find ths,
serves the most Important personaxrs in The ,i,
."" no peihg resu aimed by the civil AUTHORITY sno
u'e"A ON 'h" nose vexa,ioms and harras,ing d;so
ue!s anu engage % that system of destination DEL:
o'ng disgrace ON themselves aud ~ a,ct fail tI u
o" Inc prosperity Of the College The funds nj NV
i"s"'m'o" produce an annual income of rather me-
'""' H'e houssnu dollars aud yet how f. " s,,f.
are iound "ihn us wills 10 the fall Of 1922 ,bo,s
wer. ahoui IS in 1898 about i.rry.,ir.. '', ; 70
1871 abou' sixteen ! Remove IL 10 R,c,m,,d "u ="
esa"''s" "e proiessorshp OF hnmanuy, IN ttb.-
"o'ns goou classical Grammar Sel,oi. retail, ,h
roi' ssnrsps OF Mathematics, OF Natural .m, "e &c
Ni'r" f""osnp'y, and OF Law, aud w,thuut d.,
,he number OF SCHOLARS aud students wall amom' =,
between one aud two hundred annually - w
person admns that such VIII lie the e., 81
then should there be any objection td ,I,s ~. ny
ne visitors and professors beng willing, The I.
al.
>'Dss OF Classical and scentiiic etuca,inn Wi =,
extended 10 many more Of our ing enuou, you,, H. vs.
"n p' eteni ioraiio can possibly in,,,art " wa"
"a me c''izens OF Williamsburg and it's vicio;,s
:"ouu oppose ITS removal ~, perhaps, nainrai IT,
iret"gs on thus subject deseTye our s,nn.,L N"e,
o'H'" oar respec'. But justice forb,,is thai those
niiy. " ''e commu-
IL has, however, been strongly rumo,,.., ,
,h"re Is another powerful class Of opnonsn, ''a'
tha' some OF the Friends OF the U,ve,s;'s
":se 20 'his sa'u'ary change. can hardly bs
"eve II; ! Cannot think that they will call oe
Tiff ii,le jealousy e'o "yan unJus-
LAM friend TO the University. I do ,,os,
Ie.eIy nope mat the calculations of ITS Couna., iii
he z-d, aud that no money mn, ,o; .,, VIII
spared TO complete it. To lie Uuvers,,v tb w. oe
am has been bounifu With a I,ber,, L'iI
The oe,ns " thousands TO erect the bniidnss
i"e ample endowment of kiieen Thousand a. IL
pet shbuu has been made, To eusape tbe H., .,
an" requirements TO fill tho PIoiesso,s' cba;
n,',, sum OF MS or SIXTY thousand dull.,s viii
p'onaoiy ne wanting 10 coapie,e The b,,;,,;.a WI,
"'n'sh an apparatus and :, library su;ted ~ "nS
""m enlarged IN institution. This sum The TasI.
n' .'i"y grant they must feel The s,r,,,aa ~
W ', Us = work, WHICH will be perpeiu,I mo.
sum-" ' OF 'heT owe glory. As 10 much b,s h
,.e"oy done, aud so much more will yer he H.. r.
mrs NOME institution, why should It's friends ;n 'O
~. .epugnancr TO judicious change in the looa,oo
W 'o's ANCIENT bn less important se.,,,..' w
learning! Are not the friends Of ,be Ij;a""'y VI
friends OF more d.flsrd system of sI, y, a''o
'"I"nsh"u The state Do ihey moi wish IN Wv. a'
cat o., r,aes". ne 'he place whence The eds.
IL y, poctrus, wat u MAJ /? Or sIo they wish ill.,
me university should be The only f,,,,a; ~ ''"'
whnn' uranghis OF literature and SCIENCE NAV L %
ven cannot think so, because such an on,a;"o
suppnsfs thar they Contracted Ia; Iba;r o.. op''oh
selfish IN heir feelings. vs. "'"
Du' 'e' us lake nearer view OF this sub;ec, tv;u
49, '"provemen' IN the College of William & N,w
~ Iii e on'vn's'y or benrfi' il think the Iai
'e. WIZ assurediy be The conscouenr, VIC 'A'-
Ahe iunis oil ID" Un versiiy IRE much ,,o,.
VIC range oi science 'sught there much more a,
sse man u can be al William and Mary. Tbs i,",
s.'o" mus' always he Inferior To the l,,o,o i,
mus De, (howcv'f improved in its o,o,;,: ~
~ ,"eo"'e ann preparatory school. If Tho Co.,
oT ND ,"s gnhc""i seminary, or # The you'll
G,rJcI ,n" " me country have opporIuniiy At.
.;; ,ruem, OF preparing their minds 70, Tho &C.,;
,'n OF The higher branches Of Uaivers,,v edaa,Ia
'''s consequence will follow III thAv On -,
,hst ., III, 'hey cun only expeci to scou;rs ,I,.rs
'""se inferior brancbeh of science wb,ch - ,'e,1
o'bei wise have scquir ed st the f,oIt NY "ouu
lessons NJ The University must, tberefa,e $500
IL themselves TO ihe ment" CONDITION OF Ihe;r ",.
p' ~ o.her words, the University itself will dvya.
uo. u VIII become mere ordinary ard $3.50 ~
."'iu ,aie seminary. But IL The Coieg. NJ " H., o
a"n wary he itself improved the students &C., c"'
m 20 me University of Virginia will se,,r. AMI
extended range OF science fL,n ,hsv "m',i = more
use Soege. These Institutions III en- will All, ,n',s
ouy so,, aho re-ac' on each other. The ;mn,nss
,"dI ,sao, =, .us, AID the University of V,rpn,a
r. fl,e
Iaa,.I, " hf' grea patron, and the hone, of lie
Leg'sis'ufe have destined her op'S VI me
Let US take another viev Tbs,s 49,
800, VIZ 10 Deeve that The location of dis NJ 20
an ."n, nas oeen an unhappy one thew ,b,,L ,Ss,
ar .'e'"ion can succeed except jo The ,;c;''.
M, on,". " considerable population. Tins - 10y
81, @ OUT iei US suppose that III. f., nv
pr.sons should unhappily be realized NJ ,t
NJ .ny ,"hs, and the College of yiIl;a,, a's
L., ''vu.u remain ~ its present fortoto al t.
S1ndiion, how are our Young mon In ~ ueso-
eut lhe rich will continue TO send r.. oo'od,-
o'"c' .ia'es, aud those IN moderate c;s, sous W
mast DC couIen;ed with the ordina,v aa,'
""'cn 'hey can receive at private school. ,r '''oy
against ms possible Contingency. orsL, suatu
friends OF science, including The sfronge,, no ING
,no university, 10 unite, cheerfuIlV 81 "'o"vs on
nc WORK oil improving the coud,Ion of W;,,,oy W
a., oesn sa'o that some few Of N. f,,s.d. *
-. 49,, y, 20 not oppose The removal of ,ta e.
80. ~ ,"o"o 10 propose certsio conI;,.on. w,
sn.,,.,; ""e my will vote for thar mess.,. tn
re 'u''ons are hrst that the charter .hsIi a.. A"s
nru - ,ha The elec,fon of The V;,;,o'. 80 20 mo
UNI oe vested IN he Legislature or ,s p.',;
~ seconoiy, that the funds Of tho CoI,.a Soii
10 The control Of The Is.;,iss' s""'f 90
"r" khown That The second Of fbes, ra.S;,:o - ~
90 oe agreed 10 by the president and wa
O""ssc, aw tie snnexati Of sach s..,'.s- ~ 'h1
~ completely defeat the object AZ S;., "i
'u,norze the removst "'eS' feiusslto
The question whetber the r.:-,.
''ep's'sor alter he~sucsp, es,s,,e and ~ s; right