Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-08-21

have been could they have finished with their
wants ihey had not funds sufficient complete it. but finish
cd one wing and the building, determining TO posnone
the completion of their plan until convenient, or
which they erected together with the old college bldn
were sufficient for all their purposes Time however has en-
oil constant repairing has been heretofore Kept in hab,abl
condition, Is now become unfit os number of suit
able rooms for the occupation of students reduced
twenty These sufficient afford good accop,,,od,
tons to The students now in the institution, here about IF
" Ana 'eIe rarely passes that young who are
sent TO college by their parents with Of giving them
liberal education do return to them with intelligence that they
can obtain Hampdsn Sydney fiji to live in few
sessions there may five or six who left oese
Literary fire hard too hard to kn5e IN V nG,
and every spark of which is by snoheed or es
in 1870, The the institution the wants o
the people south eastern Virginia. that the COLLEGE
building should he Completed and the trustees ask of
fore liberal public aid eaabio them to provide for ySi
sons, w' seek an education their halls suitable rooms 10
live in
There connected with the institution president and
Three professors Three OF the four have families and the
rsteeS have but house for them in; the consequence
Is that one OF their professors has at ccfsderabe
distance from the college, in house, to the very gea,
INJURY o the Institutions and nconv Inns elf and f.m
w and another OF en with his family compelled to hoard
IN one OF the college hotels with the students These are co
Veieces to winch the trustees expect good professors
now great sever may he their attachment TO the institution
ons 10 submit The officers feel settled under such
and no literary institution flourish for any
length OF time, unless its professors their interests pea
ne,y and 'aSnsy connected and identified with of the
institution The public spirit of the gentleman who now fills
The presidents chair, had, hoped great measure
suppea inns want by creating at his expense suitable
tor the president of the institutions but unforl
natey tor him. and for the college, this establishment was con-
by re before was ever occupied and this hope
appointed Another want of urgent character that
OF suali permanent fund the of which added o the
tnn lees might make decent and comfortable salaries for
professors The trussees OF Hampden Sydney have never
wished TO have large salaries for their professors and tev
hau the wealth OF the Indies command their professors
snon not ne independent OF the tuition They have seen
clearly the bad consequences of such system in other
desirable all times make education as obeun as
practicable and 10 enable them procure retain the ablest
Kind proposed is absolutely necessary-vz for there are Gc
atons IN the number OF students every institution arising
nom particular causes hot connected with merits of the
institution, the abilities and fhfuness of its instructors
which, ifthe professors depend on the tuition fees vii
great extent the case at this time with all literary institutions
OF this State SO great has been the pecuniry distress of The
OF Virginia been diminished by the operation of particular
causes that the number of young educating in the
en- ist'ions Tor their tuition fees support the persons
necessarily engaged in their instruction. Al such times an
institution must have fund aid tuition fees till the
,e'In OF more prosperous circumstances, expect
10 lose ITS the three great objects above
etohet winch the trustees of Hampden Sydney want the
means OF accomplishing, there Others scarcely minor
.np"r,ancefor instance, the Chemical and Philosophical
apparatus though 10y the lberaity professor in those
departments II has been made good that of any lie
,nry institution IN This country with The exception, perhaps of
one OF wo still might be much improved; institution
cannot expect or desire that its professors should furnish any
part OF MS apparatus The College Library extremely def
Gent anu has not been all improved many wears And
me college grounds and buildings all be enclosed in o
der preserve ,hem and TO give them the h,,
Literary Institution ought to have These are he Wan .a'
anpen Sydney wants, which the public will perceive can
NOT be satisfied by of money, short % or
10 satisfy them the have at their disposal about thee
nued acres OF poor land, lying i'll the vicinity the college
ana about SIX thousand five hundred dollars WELDING an ier
Isl o SIX per cent per annum The question arises where are
me trustees to obtain the funds necessary supy this great
deficiency? Virginia has very>lage fund for literary 1rno
perhaps the largest III the Union, with the exception of one
OF Two; and that fund belongs equally the people of eyery
portion OF the State; and might be supposed that Hampde
ydney Could get something from that source es il is we'll
h s so mat she is an object Of much soce regard
application has been made for years past TO line
M o 'na iand and those applications have as Of
resource left, is which never failed Hamnden S,de
e OF needPr'rae A6eahty The question now to be set
advances ana improvements which desirable; but is
whrter she shall continue her useful Operations
or snail decline Should the present applications fail we shall
10 beloid our students leaving
Ter from the weather. and professors going TO other ns,i
u or 10 other occupations, because cannot furnish Them
WIN houses to- live salaries support them The peon
sl sustain The institution 90 down On The
CITIZENS OF the distant the state the rres f
sydney have claims because of the intrinsic value of
20 e Sa' and because of the small proportion of the
proceeds OF the Literary Fund which southeastern Yir1s
| eoeveu' On south eastern Virginia they have peculiar
tha' section OF the state has experienced prn-
cHy the benefits resulting their past aors and
IL ID peculiar manner must be benefited by the future pros
perry OF lie institution For there no proposon clearer
han mat the citizens Of that the State as we'll
cry otheT VIII find greatly their advantage TO educate their
nome as wen III saving expense, in preventing the
airy Improvement of their children To the alumni of the inst;
uOh lanu Hampton Sydney proud occupy
my o and Useful situations in society," the
ho earnestly and confidently apply that intelligence
ana influence for which they great measure indebed
oa hanPden Sydney" in procuring aid for their lima
"ia'ei ID IS icr Time OF pressing need.
From the LyBchJao-g Tfrginlaa
40 THE EDIFoRs:-A visit not long since TO one Of
he western counties of state afforded ue an oppor
unity OF seeing curiosity which, thouah no, of much