The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-09-12

designed 10 cover ground not occupied and scarcely
atiainabe by any other institution in the country as
at present organized, and TO give 10 students an up
por,uEily 10 qualify themselves for any honorable
profession or pursuit. and TO be taught in every de-
parment of human learning.
The Association was incorporated by the State
Legislature in 1881 and opened with seven Profes-
sors in 1882. Its government is confded TO coun-
ell of thiriy-two members, with the Mayor and four
members Of the Common Council Of the City Of
New York for the time being. The original fund
Of The Association, raised by Subscription, exceeded
100000 The State Legislature recently granted
il $4,000 per annum for five years. II is in debt
about $50 600 for which the University Building Is
morgaged, besides having Incurred floating debt
of about $4,000. The larger sum will probably be
paid of by the wealthy friends Of The institution
The University embraces four Faculties viz
A Faculty of Letters and the Fine Arts;
A Faculty Of Science and the Arts;
A Faculty of Law;
A Faculty of Medicine.
There are general Departments OF instruction, and
the whole is under the supervision Of Chancellor,
Rev. James M. Mathews, ID. ID.
The following constitute the first two faculties;
David b. Douglass Professor OF Civil Eng neer-
ing and Architecture. S. F. b. Morse Professor of
the Literature Of the Arts Of Design. Rev. Henry
b. Tappan, Professor of Intellectual and Moral Phi
iosophy, and Bellies Letires. Robert Il. Patton Pro
lessor Of Greek Language and Literature. Rev.
John Proudft, Professor Of Latin Language and
Literature. Charles l.. Parmentier, Professor of
French Language and Literature. Lorenzo l.. Da
Ponte,@ Professor Of ItalianELanguage and Litera-
ture. Miguel Cabrera De Nevares, Professor OF
Spanish Language and Literature Isaac Nordhei-
mer, Acting Professor Of German Language and
Literature. Rev. George Bush Professor Of He
brew. Charles w. Hackley, Professor Of Maihe-
mates. William A. Norton, Acting Professor Of
Natural Philosophy and Astronomy. Lewis C.
Beck, M. D., Professor Of Chemistry and Botany.
L. d. Gale, M. D., Professor Of Geology and Min
eralogy Isaac Nordhcimer, Professor Of Arabic,
syriac, Persian and Ethiopic, Rev Cyrus Mason,
Professor of the Evidences of Revealed keligion.t
The Law Faculty consists of Hon. b., r. Butler,
Professor Of Law, and Principal of the Law Facul-
~. Professors William Kent, and David Graham,
jun. "..t
The Faculty Of Medicine is soon to be organized
The plan which has been adopted, is that Of the
German Institutions, including about twenty Profess
sorships, attendance seven or eight of which will
be required for the degree Of NJ. u. In addition TO
other Professorships, usual in our Medical Schools,
there will be chairs OF Zoology and Comparative
Anatomy, Hygiene, Medical Physics, Diseases of
the Eye and Ear, Diseases OF the Skin, Veterinary
Surgery, Pharmacy, Clinical Medicine, Clinical
Surgery, Botany, Minerology and Geology, &c;
thus furnishing more extensive facilities for The study
OF Medicine. and Surgery, and their collateral
branches than can now be found in this country and
nearly equal provided suitable teachers are appoint
ed, to what Is enjoyed at Paris The following APP
pointments have already been made Dr. Valentine
Mott, Professor of Operative Surgery; DR.. J. C.
Warren, of Boston, of Anatomy; Martin Payne, of
the Theory and Practice of Medicine; Dr. Charles
A. Lee, Of Materia Medica DR.. Washington, of
Clinical Medicine; DR.. A. C. Post, Of Clinical
Surgery; and DR.. N. r. Smith, of Baltimore, of In
stitutes of Surgery.
There are about eight more appointments 10 be
made in this faculty The hardness, however with
which the process of organization goes on is sub
Ject OF complaint amongst many of those already ap-
pointed II would be matter Of regret if from any
such cause, the whole were TO resign en- masse an
event not unlikely to happen, we are informed, I'M
less the Chancellor and the Council are more wise
and active. DR.. Warren has already declined, and
Dr. Mott, who is travelling in Egypt is aware OF
his appointment. g..
We regretted TO find much dissatisfaction existing
in the minds of the professors, and many of the
friends Of the Institution in reference to the Chan
cellor and majority Of the Council who are his
friends. The Chancellor is grayely charged, we I'M
derstand, with being too ambous-that he employs
the influence of his station less to promote the vel
fare of the Institution than like Mr. Van Buren, to
shape all his measures to his own reelection
-perpetuate his ascendancy--nominate his sue
cessor--" hold his allies in check and cover his
enemy" or to control the revenues of the Govern
ment, Of which he is The head in his own way. The
| consequence of this has been divided, discordant
and frequently changing Council, and a disafIected
Faculty. Two able professors abandoned the Insti-
tuition two years ago The present Faculty, which
is justly considered one Of the abes in the United
States have by unanimous voice represented to
the Council that the interests of the University
CURED the dismissal of the Chancellor, and subse-
quently made specifications, we are informed touch
ing mental dsqualifcations and easy morality. BY
way of retaliation, il is understood that the Chan
cellor is DESTROYS cut off the heads of these Buck
inghams--sueh desire having been plainly indi.
Gated in proposition TO cut down the proessorships
from 6 to D. thereby reducing the University TO the
level Of an ordinary college, and violating the faith
pledged in the legislation which gave ii existence
and endowment. II is to be hoped that such pro-
position VIII MOI ny lNe I0VHCI we
would take the Facullys "word for thousand
pounds, they are able, learned, honorable men II
strikes us that if the Chancellor was equally so, he
would abdicae his seat /. is obvious, that, under
this state Of things the glory ofthe University mus
be ,clouded If It's character and usefulness be not
destroyed. ..... F..
The selection Of the incumbent Of the principal
Law Prefessorshipis regarded as an additional mis-
fortune. He has been lecufing nearly the year
past and about thirty present scholars evnce the at
fractions of his wisdom and the popularity Of the