Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-10-03
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lie principal object OF the meeting of the Visitors
OF William and Mary College ON the 10th oil October
next IS TO appoint President and Professor Of Moral
philosophy For the information of those who may
he willing TO receive appointment in the College,
aud oil others who may be disposed communicate
Information that may tend 10 aid the Board in selecting
III persons Tor the Offices that il be Necessity
NIL 1t is deemed proper TO s;ateat the salary OF the
fiesdent is $500 per annum, payable quarterly IN
advance, and that excellent house, calculated foT
thc accommodation of large family is furnished him.
with an extensive garden cultivated at tic College
ieXpense:-ibat the President cuuycncs the l. acultv
and always presdCs at the Board, carries on all the
correspondence of the College aml Performs many
other duties none of which however are difficult or
ourtiIensome:that the Professor OF Moral Philosophy
IS entitled 10 salary of 1850, PAYABLE as aforesaid
anu 10 fee OF $50 for every student that attends either
OF his two classes, 10 of which he lectures every
day-tlIat the Procssorslp of Moral Philosophy at
present embraces the following sciences to witt the
philosophy OF grammar, rhetoric, bellies letres, logic
ethcks, metaphysics, natural and national law pocks
AID political pconony:-hat from 1885, will! the
cePtnn of few years immediately after the death of
the Right Rev. Bishop Madison, who long presided
over the College, the offices of President and Proes
sor ot hlora Philosophy bestowed OH the same
person; that but few students otler than those who
attend tue Law Lectures fail TO enter the Moral school,
and every year some of the Law students become
members OF the senior Moral class:-hat IL has been
suggested probable that the Convocaion mai deem
1t cXpedemt TO establish Procssorship of Political
Law assign to that chair of the subjects
embraced by the Professofship OF Moral Philosophy,
10 wit: natural and national law potcks and political
economy limit the salary of Tue Professor of Moral
hiosopy TO $500, appoint the President TO be elected
Professor of Moral Philosophy, fix salary of the
Professor OF Political Law at $3.50, allow to each
Professor fee of $50 for every student that may at
tend hirn, and require OF each TO lecture al least
three times wcck-and that the Colleges as 10 the
higher schools opens the 3O!h October, when the
Lectures are TO cvI2mcnce and closes on the 18th July
following.
If gentlemen willing to accept either or both the
offices now vacant, either of the situations under
the suggested arrangement (if adoptcd would make
kho"n tier views 10 the Rector either OF the vi
siors, 10 he Laid before the Convocation ard forward
ANY testimonials of their fitness for the situation de.
sired, II they should deem it expedent to do SOY il
is confidently believed that the course would lie ap
proved entirely, and that it would enable the Board to
nj! the Offices to which they may have 10 appoint with
greater satisfaction, and in manner promote more
efiectuaEIy the interests Of the institution and the
cause OF science and humanity
williamsburg, SEPT. g, 1926.