Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-12-09
To the President aud Directors Of III,
Idteraru Fund.


To the President aud Directors Of the
Literary Fund.
In obedience 10 the law requiring that the
Rector and Visitors of the University of Virei.
MIA should make report Annually to the isresi-
dent and Directors OF the Litersr, Fund. Ito be
la q before the Legislature at their next sue
eeedmg session.) embracing iull account Of
The disbursements. the funds in hand, and
general statement of the condition Of the said
University, the SAID Hector and Visitors make the
following REPORT
In that OF the preceding year Il was
stated, that the buildings for the accom-
mediation iar the Professors ard students
were in readiness for their occupation.
and that the walls of the larger building,
intended for library, and other pur-
poses, were completed In the course
of the present season this building has
received its root, and will be put into
condition for preservation and use, al
though its interior cannot be completed.
II was then also stated, that without a.
waiting that completion. the institution
might be put into operation at the close
OF this present year, were its funds libe-
rated from the membranes with which
thes were charged. This obstacle was
removed by the act of the Legislature of
January 81, Of the present year, con-
cerning the University of Virginia. Il
In consequence Of this liberation, the
Board OF Visitors, at their ensuing meet
ing, on the 9Th April last, proceeded to
take such preparatory measures as could
be taken at that time, TO carry the views
OF the Legislature into effect with as lit
tie delay as practicable. From the ac-
counts and estimates then rendered by
the Bursar and Proctor, il appeared, that
on tile last day of the preceding year,
1928, the funds in hand, and due 10 the
University of the loan, and Of the arrear-
ages of subscriptions, would be sufficient
when received, to pay all debts then ex-
listing, on any account, and to leave a
sum Of about $4,000 applicable TO the
building of the library, which, with the
sum of Sla,s7o 40s already paid or
provided, for that edifice, would put it
into state of safety and Of some uses,
until other and more pressing objects
shall have been accomplished They
considered the University, therefore, as
having bad in hand, on the first day Of
the present ear, 1924, the annuity of
this year, (clear of all prior claims, as
fund for defraying the current expen-
SEES Of the year, for meeting those me-
cessary towards procuring professors,
paying any commencement Of salaries,
which might be incurred TO the end ofthe
year, and to leave small surplus for
contingencies
! They found, from view of the future
income, consisting of the annuity, and
and such rents for buildings as may be
required, that it.would not
be adequate to the establishment Of the
ten prefessorships contemplated by the
in their act of Jan. rs, 1919,
for establishing the University, but that
il might suffice for instituting eight pro-
fessorships for the present, and that the
of science proposed to be taught
in the University might be arranged with
in the competence of that number for
time, and until future and favorable cir
might enable them to add the
other, and to tighten duly the professor
ships thus overcharged with duties.
They proceeded, therefore, to settle
the organization of the schools, and the
of the sciences among them,
& they concluded on the same as follows:
10 the University of Virginia shall be
instituted eight professorships, to wit;
l. Or Antient Languages. 2. Modern
Languages. 8. Mathematics. 4, Ma
tural Philosophy. 5. Natural History
6. Anatomy and Medicine. 7. Moral
Philosophy. s. Lan.
In the school of Antient Languages
are to be taught the higher grade Of the
Latin aud Greek Languages, the He
brew Rhetoric, BeIles-l ettres, Antient
History, and Antient Geography.
In the school of Modern Languages
are to be fought French Spanish, Ital-
ian, German, and the English language
in its Anglo-Saxon form, also, Modern
History and Modern Geography,