Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-07-17

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tom his Government the claim Of the representative Caron
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The claim Of the representatives dc
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By eSfSa Of o "S Ss %n Of
~ inc and on the subject between the Minister
with ,ha, representation. JAMES MONROE
"WAtnisoros, January H. 1915"
To the Editors Of the Enquirer.
The trustees oil Hampton Sydney College, feeling 10
common with their fellow citizens Virginia generally
an increased interest upon the subject If on
periencing and more every wear tho inconvcni
ences arising from want OF funds sufficient carry
their opcratonsand having ascertained by repeated
experiment, that they ought not depend all from
'be Legislature, have determined in their present cir
cumstsncas oil pressing need TO make appeal
to the friends OF sound learning in state; and conf
dent that the iberattg and public spirit which has
heretofore SO generously sustained them will not fail
them now In order that they may fairly
and more effectively before the public with tl,ir appli
cation, committee Of their board has been appointed to
make 20 that public. through the medium Of the ne
papers an exposition OF the situation of the institution
its funds its wants and its claims public
You will obge the trustees and friends Of the insiit,-
tiou, by giving that exposition place in your columns
The patriots OF The days of the revolution, knew full
we'll that was necessary in order TO qualify people
for enjoying and retaining civil and religious liberty
eniighten their minds by education. Toenect the end
as far rs within their power few public spirited
citizens OF Middle Virginia, the south side Of James
River, raised hy voluntary contribution small fund,
and with commenced school in the year I7T6 in
the county of Prince Edward called Hanpdsn sydney
Academy. This Academy thus founded and sus,ain.d
by Individual iiberaity, by the year I7s3 bad assumed
character sufficiently respectable enabl. it's rs uis
TO obtain for it, of the Legislature charter az Col
lcge In the years 1874 aud l7c il was endowed with
two small tracts of escheacd land lying in the county
Of Prince Edward This land with f. " very hooks and
map, constitute the total Of donations made by the
State OF Virginia 10 this Institution. since is foundation
In return for this poor and piul dowry. Hsmpden
Sydney supported by the extraordinary cxertions OF her
board of trustees, sustained by the lbcrali,y Of few
friends principally residing in this region Of coun
try, has gone after disseminate the hes
sings of moral and mental improvement until now her
sons may he found in almost every quarter Of the
State. occupying and or6ancntng the most respec,a-
BILE stations both in public and private life II is fact
unhenabe, that since the foundation Of Hampden syd-
ney College, more Of Virgnia's sons have received
their educaons within her halls. than other In
sttution in the State and for the las, years more
than double many as at any ohcr.-IIa,npden SyJ
ncy does not rest her claims 10 public support and pa
tronage upon the number Of Young men who have in
past times drunk at her fountains and gone forth into
the State eSertng most happy influences upon society
Her trustees claim for her high place among
the literary institutions Of This Country Her OF
study published not long since in the Richmond En-
Guirer, will suffer by comparison with that of any Col!
ege IN the Union: and The gentlemen who fill her
chairs, and minister her Instructions by their zeal faith
fune's and ability, do honor TO the in which they
engaged
But. while Hampton sydney has been able to move
regularly with her operations since her foundation
and been constantly progres sing in Improvement al
ways enjoying full share of public confidence and
frequently succeeding beyond the expectations or the
hopes of the mos. sangune of he, friends she has been
always oppressed and borne down by her 2oeytv: she
has been unable to provide for her sons such accom-.
o'aons and oci!i,ies extremely desirable, and
indeed necessary, 10 10 the institution perma
pent prosperity and usefulness that extended scale
which the hest interests of Virginia ire and which
i so earnestly desired by her Trustees and faculty. In
the 1920 the Trustees experiencing something Of
The same Inconvenience, that they do now fror, the
want Of efficient hoseroom to accommodate their stu
dents, made appeal to the friends Of the instit:tion
and asked OF them money to erect College build.
ing They succeeded 10 obtaining about ,hir,enn thou
sand dollars, and commenced huilliny upnp such A
rIan and scale, would have heen. could they have
finished IL. commensurate with their They had
not funds sufficient 10 complete it, but finished one
wing and the centre building determining 10 postpone
'he compe'ion OF their plan until a moro convenient
season unil their wants should become more press
ing. The building which they then erected, together
with The old college buildings were sufficient for all
their purposes Time, however, has exerted its ac.
cuSomed inu ence; The old college, though bv dnt OF
constant repairing IL has been heretofore kept in ha
bahc condition, is become unfit for use; ani the
number Of suitable for The occupation Of students
ia reduced 10 twenty These are not sufficient 10
afford good accommodations 70 the students now in the
institution. There about 6y0 And there rarely a
session pssscs that young men who 10 college
by their parents with view of giving them a liberal
ednraiion. do not return 10 them with Intelligence that
they cen obtain room ut Hampton Sydney Il to live
~. few sessions ago there many five or
SIX who lett college at time this account This
state Of things onght not continue Literary fire l.
barl too hard TO kndlc in Virginia and every spark Of
Vt which Is by any smoihcred nguished
an incncuiable loss The time looked forward TO in
1920 10 come. The wants Of the institution he wants
NJ INC people in south eastern Virginia dsu0nd that
The college bulldog should b. com?letcd, anil The
trustees ask Of heretofore liberal public aid 10 enable
them to provide for Virginia who seek an eduoa
fion in their halls, suitable rooms 10 live in
There are now connected with The institution presi.
dent aud three professors Three Of the four have fam
Hes and the Trustees have but one bouse for them IN
live in; the consequence ia tha, Of their
has IN reside ~ considerable distance from the coIIooe
w rented house. to the very injury of the in.
sttuion, and Inconvenience Of himself family: and
another o them. with his family, compelled 10 hoard
IN one OF the college hotels with the students These
are income enences which the trustees cannot EXPECT
good professors, how great may be their attach
men' 10 The institution, long 10 submit The officers
cannot feel settled under such circumstances and no
literary institution flourish for any length of time
uulcss lis professors feel their interests aud
astipgy connected and Identified with those Of tn, 4,
siituton The public spirit Of the gentleman " no now
nils the PRESIDENT chair. had, hoped in rres,
measure supplied THE want by creating al his own ~
pence suitable establishment for the ptesiden, OF The
nstiuon hut. unfortunately for him, and for the col.
lego. this establishment consumed hy Gre baforo