Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-08-21
To tie Editors Of the Eno,,;ye,

The trustees Of Hampton Sydney COLLEGE. feeling
III common with their fellow. citizens oil VIRGINIA
gcnerahy, an increased interest upon the subject
OF education; experiencing more and more everv wear
the lnconVenIences arising from the want of funds
suihclent to carry their operations-and bay;nr
asceItaihed by repeated experiment that thew ouobt
not TO depend on aid from the Legislature have de-
termIned IN their present circumstances of nrec,ir
need: 10 make an earnest appeal to the friends Of
SOUND learning In our statc and confident th,t the
"0erfy and Pu6Ac spirit, which has heretofore so
generously sustained them, will not fail them now
In order that they may more fairly and moro
effectively before the public with their application
committee of their board has been appointed to
make to thatpublic, through the medium of the news
papers, an exposition of the situation of the stitu
ton, ITS funds, ITS wants, and its claims to public nat
ronage. Iouwlli oblige the trustees and friends of
the lnstitution, by giving that exposition place in
your columns.
tell well that 1t was necessary in order TO qualify
people Tor enjoying and retonng civil and rcliuous
liberty, to enllghten their minds by education To
erect tns end as far as came within their power, a
lie" pubic SPIRITED citizens of Middle Virginia on the
south side OF James River, raised by voluntary rom
trlbution small fund, and with it commenced n
school IN the year 1916, in the county of Prince Ed
ward, called tlamden Sydney Academy. This Acad-
envy thus founded and sustained by individual hbgr-
ty, by the year 1853, had assumed character sniff
gently respectable to enable its friends to obtain for
Ii, of the Legislature, Charter as a Colleoe. In
tile years 1874 and 1894 it was endowed with two
Prince Edward This land with very few hook sand
a map constitute the total of donations made
ny the State OF Virginia to this institution since lie
foundatlen In return for this poor and Dtif dowrv
bafndcn Sydney, supported by the cXtraordjuarv
eXertlons OF her board oftrustces sustained bv the
hberalty ola few friends principally residing in this re-
gon OF country, has gone year after wear to dis
senlnate the blessings of moral and mental improve
nent, unlnow her sonsmay be found in almost every
quarter OF the State, occupying and ornamentinr the
most respectable stations both in public ami private
lte 1t is fact undeniable that since the foundo
ton OF Hamden Sydney College, more of Viroinia's
sons nave received their cducations within her halls
IMAM at any other institution in the State and for
the last ten years, more than double as manv nc NJ
any other-Hamden Sydney does not rest her cIairs
10 public support and patronage, upon the number.
OF young men who have in past times drunk at her
fountains ana gone forth into tie State cxeriino
most happy influences upon society. Her trustees
cialn Tor her noro high place amoup the literary
institutions Of this Country. Her course of study.
punished not long since in the Richmond Enquirer
VIII not suffer by comparison wthtb of anv Colleno
IN the Union and the gentlemen who fill her chairs
ana minister her instructions, by their zeal fait h1l
ness and ability, do honor the cause in which thcv
are engaged
But, while Hampton Sydney has been able to ove rerua
y on WIN her operations her foundation and n CON
sany progressing in Improvement always en;ovi- en-
share Of public confidence and frequently ter
me expectations the hopes Of the most sauouine Of her
he mas been always oppressed and down by her
PoVt she has been unable provide for her sons such a
Communications and facilities are exreuev dce,ahle ca
e" necessary to the institution permanent pro
Ity ana usefulness that extended scale which the best m
eTeSls i Virginia require,
her trustees and faculty In the wear 1920 the trustees v
cg something OF the same Inconvenience, that they do now
Iio 'ne want OF sufficient house accommodate their
us mace an appeal 10 the friends OF the institution and
asNe Of tnen money to new College building Tbcy
I0e1"sH ~ obtaining about hjriCen thousand dollars and