The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-11-03
UNIVERSITY or VIRGIN, A..

eAts'i 1T thlIIAls
NehHve observed, but have not thai,
II necessary To pablish, thu arrsng..,.'.,,
recently made f,r the government, ar a..
institution -an Institution 81 lat,r..,,a..
he State, and So intimately con,..,.,
With lis dearest hope. T.. en,c,,n.a,.
asa'n all sorts az dis-ipatinn AMI -.
guards against its occurrence. AR.
Would i"ndly hope, ofan eifrctu.l char,
ter. Anoag the .tnbarr4ssmruts I, nh,.i
An University i. subject, is thr d iicnll, &C
detecting ontrH5es against is laws. .,.I.
student deemIng i, dl-honorihir To appe,,
III the character OF either an infnrlnrr ~,
witness against his l.llo" student. IT,
Visitors have admitted the strength Of Tin.
belief, hut they have AT The srme tim. =,
tempted To weaken its force, by the sub.
.loinea ingenious argument:
at il requested Of them lthc Professors,
ID make known Ia the students that II -
with regret that some breaches of ordon
committed by the unworthy few who lark
amoGg them unknown, rendered n,ces.a,,,
by the extension To- all, of rrncessrs afli /
log to the feelings of those " ho are 90 sri
Gus of their own correctness, andIho are q.
bove all participation in their Viile&a, lrr.c.
nlaritirs. While the offender conors
unknown, the tarnish of their fau Is SPREAD,
lis"lf over the WORTHY also, and tonfaund.
all IN II common censure. But that it is il,
their power 10 reli->e themselves from In.
,mpulatlons and painful procerdiIgs m
which they are thereby subjected, by lend.
ing their aid to the Faculty on all ocra>lons
towards detecting The real guilty. The Vi.
sltors are aware that prejudice prevails,
To" extensively among the young, thai il is
dlshonurable 10 bear witness one agains, a.
mother. While this prevails, aud under la
foin of a matter of conscience the, have
been willing to authorize constraiut, aud
have therefore in their regulations on tina
subject INDUCED the error however unloun.
dPd IN reason or morality. But this loose
principle in the ethics of school boy comb.
nations is unworthy of mature and regnl-
ted minds and is accordingly condemned
by the laws Of their country, which, in If.
fences within their cognsance, coppelll those
who have knowledge of a fact, to declare il
for the purposes of justice, and of the gen.
eral good and safety of society. Aud cer-
tainly whe e wrong has been done, he who
knows and conceals the doer of it makes
himself an accompilce, and lstiy ccnsura-
BILE as such. II becomes then but an act
of Justice In themselves, that the Innocen.
and the worthy should throw off with dis,
dam all communion Of character with such
offenders, should determine M longer To-
screen the Irregular and the vicious under
the respect of thrir cloak, and TO notify
them, even by solemn association for the
purpose llldt they will cooperate with the
faculty in future, for the preservation Ok
order, the ,lndication of their own charac-
Ter, and the reputation and usefulness Of an
institution, which their country has So Ih-
orally established for THEIR improvement,
and 10 place within their reach those ac-
anremrnts in knowledge on which their
future happicess and fortune depend. LIT
the good aud the Vlffuous Of the alumni of
the University do tins, and the disol derry
will then be singled out for observation, and
deferred by punishment, or disabled by
| expulsion, from injecting, with their iDcon.
sldcrallou The institution itself & the soUnd
mass which ii is preparing for virtue and
usefulness"