Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-09-19
.aDPERIISEMENT

The principal object of the ,nect;n,r or ,, van,
lot ,iliam and Mary College the 10Th of October
next IS I" appoint President and Professor f AIn
fhiiosophy. For the information OF those who MAJ,
DC "ihng 10 receive an appointment in the COLLEGE,
ana OF others who may be disposed communicates nrv
information mai may tend 10 aid the Board i'm scIcci,u
ut persons far the Offices that il may be necesssrv ,
ILL., 1t IS deemed proper to staehat The saar, of the
President IS $500 per annum payable quarterly in
advance, and that an excellent house calculated for
the accommodation of large family fur nishe him,
with an extensive garden cultivated at the Coege
IeXpense:-that the President conyenes the Facnlv
and always presides at the Board carries on all the
correspondence of the College, and performs many
oher duties, none of which however are difficult or
ourthensone:-tlat the Professor of Moral Philosophy
emitted 10 salary OF Sl25o Pay abIe aforesaid
ahu 10 Zee o! $50 tor every student tai atCu,s either
o' MS Two classes, 10 one of which ne lectures every
day:-tbat the I'roessorship OF Moral l,DUsony al
present. embraces the following sciences n wit. e
philosophy of grammar rhetoric belle lcttrcs logic
eihcks, metaphysics natural aud uaonal l.! " li,ick,
ana Poiiticai Gconomy:-tbat from 1885 w ilb the ex
GePt,on OF few years immediately after the death OF
The Right Rev. Bishop Madison, who lonr presided
over the College, the Offices of President and Proes
sor OF Moral Philosophy were bestowed on the same
le'son' 'ha out few students other than those who
al'ehu the Law Lectures fail enter the Moral school
ana every year some of the Law students become
members OF the senior Moral class-bat II has be.n
suggested as probable that te Conyoca,ion ma DIR,
eNPedient TO establish Professorshp of Political
Law, assign 10 that chair some of the subjects now
embraced by the Proiessorship OF Moral Philosophy
TO viii natural and national law poitjcks and noiic.
economy, limit The salary of the Professor of Moral
Philosophy TO $500, appoint President to be elected
Professor of Moral Philosophy, fix The salary of The
Professor OF Political Law at $3.50, allow to each
Professor fee of $50 for every student that may AT,
tend htn, and require of each 10 lecture at least
Three times week:-and that The College as TO the
higher schools, opens the 50lh October, when the
Lectures are TO commence, aud closes The Ill July
following
81 III gentlemen willing TO accept either or both tle
ohices now vacant, either of the situations under
ihe suggested arrangement (if adoptcd,) would make
known their views TO the Rector or either of the vi
stors 10 be laid before the Convocation and forward
any testimonials of their fitness for the situation de-
sired, " they should deem il expedcn TO do SOY il
is confidently believed that the course would he an.
proved entirely and that it would enable Board 10
NIL the Offices TO which they may have 10 appoint with
greater satisfaction, and in manner promote more
the interests Of the Institutions and the
cause of science and humanity.
williamsburg, Sept 6, 1926.