Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-01-23

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am, Sir. with creatresp.ct
Your most Ole silent servant,
| The HonorO6,e the Speaker oTthe '
House Of Delegates
REPORT @ me Rector dni Pastors of the Unirer-
| 81 ne Literary Fund.
Ia obedience to the law requiring a the Rector and
visitors OF tho University of Virginia -hould make
port Annually In the President and Drec ore of the
| l.e'ar Fund, 90 be laid before the Legislature AT
their mex, succeeding mec.iog) embracing fun ac.
count of the disbursement, the funds on hand and a
general sa;en' mt OF the condition Of the University the
Rector ami Visitors make the following
REPORT;
Conormaby TO adjournment at their regular n, ct
ing in July, 1928, cia session OF the Board of al
tors was held at The University in October following
AT this meeting much ordinary business was ransa
but nothing done OF character rendering its conmur
ton necessary. On the iith of July la.ta Board of
Visfor' convened at the Unversi.y Tor the purpose
OF performing the annual visitation thereof required
oy law, and remained in session unit, the 2Ist Of that
month. ~
The term for which the Professors first obtained had
been Engaged, being about to expire among tn ear.
nest acts OF the Board, was the continuance Of them
t'r the ndehnit, period the sam. salary they I'VE
heretofore received, Their ability in their several de-
partmen,s, and their zeal for the pro p,rity of Ire In
stuti,n, leaving nothing TO be hoped ron change
no wish was entertained OF looking eewhprs for per-
sons to the chairs the duties of which they had 20
satisfactorily discharged. The Bo,rd al.o an; onteL
Doctor Gessner Harrison Of this State Professor Of
| Ancient Languages. Thi, gentleman had graduated
"nn"r me tuition OF Mr. Long, the former incumbent
o!Vat char, and had, from the time # MIR Longs
'ignaii'n, given instruction in that School, under
temporary arp,ntmont by this Board their entire
satisfaction. II also advisable 10 raise the
zee oil the Demonstrator Of Antony and Surgery from
hteon dollars TO that allowed the Prnfs.ors and TO
constitute him one OF the Faculty. distinction due I,
ms mer T. and by which his usefulness will I've extend.
cd. 10 strengthen the police, it was determined to
appsint an assistant Proctor moderate sarv TO he
paid out OF thst before allowed the Proctor The NJ
lure oil the duties Of that ofie r. AMI the Importance Of
| rendered Ale ndi
| sable.
IL is with great pleasure and confidence. that the
BOARD are enabled TO the fvorab. opinion
pressed in their last report relation 10 the
and progress OF the Students. The examinations and
other exercises, the condition Of the Institution and
me information they were otherwise enabled to ac-
quire, all concurred to produce the gratifying assnr-
ance, that whilst h.re every facility il cn,red for the
acquisition OF knowledge, and every check opposed 10
id'ness, extrava gance and die paon the youth who
resorted hher, have generally and largely ayailed
themselves othese advantages, and have been alike
iogu'shed Tor correctness Of conduct, and poticen-
cy in their studies Here too whilst science is taught
IN lite highest state the necessary TO its attain
me" scarcelv exceeds that Of elementary instruction
IN respectable schools: and by the vigilance OF the
Faculty in enforcing the laws enacted for the purpo
o, preventing wastefnl expenditure added to the good
dispositic n OF the Students, the actual ave general
", as The Board have TO believe not much ex-
ceeded the necessary, exp-n'es. With the concur
renee OF those whose sons AMI wards are sent hher
further re'renchment may he ANTICIPATED: and "a the
rrogress OF Sudens generally ia the inverse ratio of
their expenditures, important objects than the
saving oil money VIII be effected nv
ton, aud higher motives exist TO Induce il.
The lumber of Stud MS who maiicu'a c durpo the
session was one hundred and twenty the state of the
| schools being follows
In the School Of An'i-nt Language. 40
| Modern Languages, 26
| Mathematics, 40
| Natural Pho.orhy 81
Cheni.ry s Materia Medca 3s
| In The School of Anatomy and Surgery, 27
| Medicine & Medical Juri,pru-
Ma.a Philosophy and Political
| Economy %
! Law, 27
larger number OF students obtain,d degrees in The
different Schools this than had the previous session:
mere being in he School Of Antien Languages three
IN mat oil Chemistry, one; in that OF Moral Philosophy
two in that OF Political Economy one ia that of ri .ii
cine, four; and in that of Law, two graduates In
co1irrring degrees, il has been, and will continue 10
be- the object Of the Authorities of the Institution 10
make them the evidence aud the reward Of merit and
attainment rather than the quence having gone
through any prescribed course of study Hence tLoum
lever may obtain them, the greater dstnc ion will be
conferred on those who do, whilst the character OF the
institution wlii not he exposed 10 the hazard which
would Attend the adoption of any other system.
Tho University having been visyc during the pre.
ceiling winter by an alarming fsves, which alta ksJ
many Students and Others resident within t' cincts
the attention OF the Board OF direct TO an
enquiry asto its probable After the most al.
tentive investigation on this subject IN y were unable
to ascertain any, 10 which with The slightest plausbili-
w. might be attributed. The part Of the State i'm
which the University is situated, i. known to be- pecu
Marry healthy IN The o'dii,y OF the Unvers ty and the
cohrucUoh oil It's buildings, there is certainly hing
calculated TO generate disease far as experience and
reason enable them 10 judge. On the whole they could
not nut conclude, That II Of those attacks TO
which sua')ns ofhc most established ,AIubrity are
sometimes subj ct, without apparent discovsrable
cause In this view however much the calamity
Is TO be depoTed, sorj asonabe grou nd of an
prehenfion as to tbs future. The Board pass
ovcr unaeserving particular liberation so Ear as re-
pects this conclusions the of measles which occur
red at the UHverIty during thu Summer of 1928 az that
disease was not confined TO the University, bu prevailed
throughout Albemsre aud the adjoining conntie4: in
some places in more mor''l degrees and all situation,
being alike exposed To il.
The accounts for the receipts, disbursevssnts and
funds LA I'd, up TO the l0h day OF July, 1929 AZ
rendered by the Bursar and Proctor, given with
this report agrc'ably to the reqnison Of the law.
JAMES MONROE,
Rector pro tenn
REP ORT Of the mutton of Public accounts, rela-
the to the dn unit paid from the Treasury for to-
6dcco burnt, the amount Of receipts from 'e ,ctors
and SuperiHteadentS Of Public JVdru .sss; the
amount 3isbySed IN erection, repairs .penses
Of jVGrehOuses; The number Of h0gsheads If fObacco
upon Which dutyhas been paid, and The amount and
character Of charges on the tobacco fund
AUDIroR's OFFICE, S.h Jan. 1880.
S1R-ln compliance with resolution Of tie House
Documents numbered l. z, and A. which enbrac
oil this office; on the subjects reieTrelto.
No. !, will show the amount from tho Treasury AT
sundfy times for tobacco burnt and also the amount of
receipts from Inspectors and Superintendent Of Public
Warehouses, as Tar as the can be ascerainod.
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