Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-02-15
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The writer OF an article the endowmen. OF the
university oil Virginia. published in the Enquirer Of
the 18Th jan, beg- leave with the the Ed
or, to say something in reply hsr sug gss,ion ap.
pended in note whether his plan for rendering the
OniVersiy mos popular among persons of midi ing
orIune Is not calculated to paralyze the energies Of
this Institution. Will not the plan of support,ny the
Professors upon their salares entirely independent
the tees OF all or most of their Pupils contri butte TO
render them indolent aud inac.ive"-Hs thinks tina,
this danger IL not TO be spprrhe lded in this country
In institutions oteaulzed a' ours are Will. he admits
the absolute necessity OF this stimulus to the
Of European lDstu ions, founded, admins red, eu-
dowed, and governed A. Smith repre nts those 10
be. to which his observations app Whore extensive
diffusion OF knowledge, greater usefulness to the STATE,
are the objects tor whch he wishes the University to
become popular Hs would, etore, b. the last TO
advocate any course which would pAralyze its ener.
gies, or Render Its Professors ndoent and ctive
The views Of A. Smith, striking az they are and con-
elusive, in regard TO the Professors of Institutions or
ganized very differently from ours, do not, il thought
apply TO Professors, IN situations entirely Different
Aware that liked and large salaries paid ncumbe
not responsible Tor the performance OF dues-uot cleo
nve-not removabe-subject to no supervision, blu,
that Of their corpssink into sine aud
der their receivers ina ienuve and ndoent secure n
both senses Of The word ef the public money and Of
Is Yet inclined to believe,
same evils are not TO be apprehended from saari of
liked amount, dependent election by Visi ors " no
are not themselves Professors but the repre-
not oil prince wealthy patron and presenter Of A
b. nehcary Pfofes!oi<hiP but of the S.ate-,he re-
ceivers OF which salaries, held their RESPONSE
bi'ty foT the performance OF duties the correatves vi
their Salaries, by the superviion of SUI Vsitors by
public examinations OF their pupils, who ar rnova-
bic Tor neelect OF duty La Short whose salaries
wholly on the ai hiu discharge Of those duties for tbe
performances OF which alone, The salary IL aid-Sffm-
tlus to the industry of for
The discharge OF ieir duty. are admitted to be
ry Ii Is III the entire absence Of tho Que, VIII u he
honoraries or fees ara Withdrawn, and the total want
OF me Other bon resulting faom the sanizaton and
character OF their Institutions, that the indo ence aud
neglect oil duty. by Professors, experienced il Eu
ropean Institutions. How does A. Smith spe ak Of TN
duty OF salaried Professor " The performance of
duty from UhIch he can de'iUe no Advantage AR
these the terms ON which Professors receive their
salaries: For they do receive salaries And Ii will not
be coutroverted, mat high aud fixed salaries which
Cannot be obtained and held but by the performance
OF certain dufies, are tbs stfongest s,imaus, (niens
conseId Tec apari for the discharge OF those dute
Were there in system of Public Schools, no nu-
ants to exeronno responsibility for non
OF duty, but those to be found ia the ees-(as shall
presently show from A. Smith himself, is the case ia
European unvefSiies)it would sliil become the Lee
gisa ure to devise other For the object no
the education OF The rich They may ay, "idisser nous
Idre. The true questi TO b. w 40 shall nav
Tor the stimulus Aud the q,iibus and o,so mode Of
responsibility IN the Professors IL the Students paw
and this prevents ma jJrIy who wish from attending
Lectures, Is defeated. III the
bty is to them only, aud operates by loss of
able Professor Is degraded into
log, pBpll-pessiDg lecturer-whoss al oDpfandul
peeuiGnl talents, assiduou y aud highly Gull
tivsted than those OF literary or scientific kind. But
II we look at the character, discipline, endowment
and nominal control OF Univ In Europ such
were known TO "A. Smith, and described by him, We
shall al once hnd that the ees OF Students the
only mans OF applying that stimulus, witch, in the
absence OF all responsibility and control there here
applied, by powerful means not permited to operate
her nj
cdi, Ii erary, at ecclesiastical 10, tuons He say
OF tbem a" Tne present Universities OF Europe wer,
ecclesiastical corpora ions Their revenues do
rived from Sovereigns or private donors. TIE haC
the right OF presentation or appointing the Professors
lie receives precisely the same em0iumeHfs, whe
tier he does or does not perform ue1y ia6oriou
! duty Mdrk that D Inc discipline of College.
and UUvsrsilies, in general coufved, not fur the
benefit Of the Students. but tor the more
properly speaking for he ease Of the masters" Tpe
subssten ce, so fur as arises from their salaries =
(MA thai DIS evidently derived from a fun' alto
gether Independent IF their and reputot on
IN their particular profession! The authority 10 which
The is suit resides tbs body corporate College
! Univeri y, @ tchich he himself is member and II
which tne greater part OF the other are, like
himself, persns who Ell her ought 10 be, teach
! ers. They are likely TO make a common cause tC
tie all very indulgeut with other and every mar
T. consent THAI his neighbor may neglect WAX tha =
his duiy, provided he himself 10 allowed fonegI e
his oWn"-Such does he represent EnfoP-an UntveI'
tie, in VIII IA 1t is maniiest day, that the same -
rit, q" booted aud spuTfed," which has been tor
RES riding the back OF saddled add brdled irop
does not diSmouHt, when it eoef. the partitions u
their Univer.ies. The salSrisd Proiessorsthe IRE
Il movable prooges Of Bishops, POpes AMI Princes
whose salaries are derived from fund altogether 10
dependen Of their succsss-whOse bOlei Incidence
r, quirss the stimulus OF lees, excite them to The
performance OF duties the neg! ct Of which does no
at all ohec, their salaries, belong evidently the same
system, with hereditary Chief Magistrates, cainiog
by law Of pfmOgebiure by hereditary Mobiles, borr
with wisdom TO council tie Crowns Church estab
sbsd by law 10 love CD, preach his word and practice
his pfeeepts-with the APPENDICES 1T placement, pen
,oners Offices for the officer, aud siOecures and sala
res, clulchsd from the hard earnings OF the poor Il
pampsr the pride, and supply he luxury OF few met
IAN uncomfortable minorty--wbile the majority o
their eouDtrymen beggaTs or beasts OF burden, o
burning their neighbofs property, aud febelling To-
bread. h'ps, Messrs Einors, that we ~ the U0ii
go States, may truly say, Nous acons changes fow
celia We have changed all that, aud for the batter
Among the rest. the Universities have felt the iohu
enss Of that 'Pirit, with which lev sre better &C