Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-10-01
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| l have lately ssen . few colamAp = tbs
nswspsc cers ofiLs day. that sssn to bsss ssns.
what heavily on the present system Of bsswa
University. / shall attempt 10 defend that
system. I snail notice some Of the changes
that have been made, togsthst with the req.
sons that rendered them sxpedisnt. Ts the
latter. / fear, those who are disposed to cen.
sure pay. little attention. when the prsssst
head Of the Institution comnsencsd his dstiss
the expences were low-too low TO b. rsspsss
tabls--evsry young man Of industry and, pre-
dence could secure q collegiate sducatisus
though his family were poor and ignobls.
Every thing was managed in the economical
old fashioned way. This was dssmsd. sua
surely with reason, to be inconsistent with the
present state Of improvement; 50 the sxpsnsss
Of tuition and room rent were raised 10 a ittlS
above those Of Yale College. This wssld Of
course exclude from the University the ,poss
and low born, and secure to the wealthy IN
disturbed possession of its Advantages. and
surely nothing could be more desirable 10 or
republican government than q msssvrs like
this! He must surely bs plsbssn who would
censure il. ..s -.
The President has been oensured for dspsfv.
ing the University or its most valuable ofaesis.
When we have stated the facts, We shall per.
co;va hat he haah haa ,ps., -
| will admit that hs was the cause Of ProfsassrS
D'wolf and Burgos leaving. We admit, that
Professor Burgess services. consisting of attsns
| ding ono day in bach week to spsakinas ard
one to composition. wsro invaluable. wsai,
nit that M. D'wolfas . Professor d aSeenA
to no one on the continent. ths, he for Q sauSi:
her Of years discharged his dstios in . nsnsSt
that excited the enthusiasts -sIasarxvsouof che
students, that for his salary he received so
dollars a year, husaelf expondins sbSut ,hos-
| sand in discbarging the duties Of his Pr6fsssor.
| ship. besides using to a great extent Hn o~A
| apparatus. We admit that these gentismsa
left in consequences of tho PresidsntS = insrUdas.
| ing law that all the Professors should ressi
in college, but if Professor D'wolf did not ssS
fit to lea his friends and property 70 remove
to Providence for $50 per annuu. i u The
Presidents faul,l Even granting that The law
was introduced for the express purpose sf
| causing their removal, wo conceive it perfectly
justfable. We all know that il il, ne essaarj
that the President should be ''capisin"Athst
all the faculty should be perfectly under hi
| control-,hat no officer should be more Safski-
ed or popular than himself Now al the
world knows that Professors D'wolf and Bsr;
I ges are'not only men of talents, but extremely
popular. moreover they are Independents med
that dare do what they think right. Nov I
ask if the President was not jusiifable ii tSs
moving them OH these gronndsl II &ab hSl
the design that these departments should re-
main untitled. In orat6ry the President ia,
| structs in person, and who is better qualified,
We have already learned from of authentic
| source; that, 10 fill the department or Chsmis,
try, the President (no doubt by REQUEST Sf the
Corporation) invited 4 young nah whS Had
been graduated nearly two years. and who
while in College stood near tbs hssd Sf biz
class in .1fathematiet;
The President has Been eensiifed for haughs
ty and tyrannical conduct toward the Students,
Now I ask, 10 the dignity ths -Prssiden, Ought
TO support. consistent with polite and esntiss
manly behaviour toward his pupilsl TN ~Ss,
such a course would no doubt have bssn sdsps
ted by the President - We know that lie talks
much, and of eosrss knows mitch sbosk coiss
mon sense. Now lot us see what has tssa
the conduct Of tho students towafds him,
They rejoieed at his election, and welcomed
his arrival with unfeisnsd pleasure. xst (hsw
inconstant!J IN less than three momts, fhsfs
was an entire change Of feeling iowsrd him--a
number left, others followed their exampls ill
fifteen or twenty had taken their dismiD;sa,
although the Presidents cstalogus stated bot
three hadroecn dismissed, yer il was doabtlsss
a mistake ofths printer. Those thstfsmsinsd
gave him much trouble. We pass over, thsH
demonstrating ssainst his systsm to the ssrrSs
fa,ion--their refssing ID rsei,s ~ him q, sxs
time. and Other things Of like hSfatisU6s, ~
shsll only mentivn few things fsIsdtsit ~
hibition; and their .wrtios 10 S'Asr .sSlbsss'
Wisely Judging the sid fasnionedwsy cf'k&vins
exhibitions isicousi 'srt with the present ststs
ofbprovemsut, he snnuIlsd H. ss6~ ~eifsetsd
the Senior class 10 elect certain nSutsr ~