Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-12-27

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price OF tuition might be reduced and the Committee
would recommend, thai ever, College which shall re-
ceive an annuity from the public Treasury or from the
Literary Fund. shall educate free 81 tnton fees
AZ many INDECENT students may he considered in lust
proportion to the annuity received, aud tha, these
students educated Tree OF expense. should be- under
pledge 10 devoe themselves for time specified 10
the employment Of teaching. The Committee do not
design To present plan on this portion OF the subject in
detail but merely intend to recommend general system
u cannot he unknown 10 those who have made the slight.
est observation on the subject, that PfmarY Education
and the cause OF education generally found he most
advanced III those parts nj the state IN the chborhood
"' Literary Institutions AMI that this advancement
he ascribcd to the facilities of obtaining earhors trained
al these schools The inference from tins fact is that
IN proportion 10 the success ol any portion OF tho system
may be expected the advantages the whole. liregard
IL To be had 10 IN Enlightened system economy the State
should wha liberal hand. foster aud encourage its
schools, whether intended iur literary prot, siopa eu
cation. IN different portions Of this c extended Cum
nionwca'th. The paren desiring give his u lib
efal education, is completes, Ia avail himself OF the Col
l,pcs Z" other States. and thereby made tributary
I" ONO fcnnsS lNania and other States hotess
Tor tina, education which ought build up and support in.
siuii"ns Of our own Millions have been pad within
the present century for the Medical Education obtained IN
other States which might have been saved the State,
had due regard been had To the economical view of the
SUBJECT sud this drain still continues n large extent.
We should profit by the praciiccof other States. New
England inhabited by Industrious and calculating PEG
pie, IL found tn he an exporter large scale Of teach
es. for the Southern market whilst small portion ot
the balance against State arises from ad, anta2cs
purchased abroad. which might, the great benefit Of
our State, be furnished at home
! II may be asked how the means be obtained To
and IN the endowment of Collegesl The reply s rea-
dy one. fund has long ago been PROVIDED which.
though not sufficient one, large enough be- of great
service, applied il should be-, in accordance with the
pledges Of tho Legislature. Twenty thousand dollars
per annun consisting Of the surplus revenue Of the Lit
erary Fund after assigning 10 the University $4,000.
and the Primary Schools Ai5. 600 per annum were an
proied by of the Legislature hearing date 9th
February ics - the Colleges and Academies, which
act is IS follows:
BE enacted. That whenever the annual income Of
the Literary Fund shall exceed sixty thousand dollars
The surplus above that sum, until such surplus shall
mount To twenty thousand dollars, shall be appropriated
10 the endowment o such Colleges and Academies Tor
intermediate sch"'s within this Commonwealth. M the
General Assembly may hereafter designate fl InHi,u
tons for such endowment (Seo supplement Of Revised
Code, chapter ~
In the year lsi5 Fobrua, % the following jon, r..
solution OF the General Assembly was adopted
"Whcrcas. the General Assembly the 9Th day Of
February 1871 enacted that whenever the annual IN.
come OF the Literary Fund should exceed 500 900. the
surplus above that sum, until such surplus shall amour,
10 $4,000 should be appropriated 10 tho endowment Of
such Colleges, Academies and intermediate Schools with
IN this Commonwealth the General Assembly might
thereafter designate iii Institutions for such endow
Nh'I'as, u appears from report OF NE DC
cond Auditor that ter, will during tho current
fiscal year. surplus oi than A2O,tNU above the
charges the Literary Fund and that the sad surplus
will probably continue 10 increase every year. rem
der cxpedlcnt Ia devise general system for its ap
preparation and distribution in iulhmcnt Of the original
designs OF this Assembly, which amount cannot lie
done. for the want oi certain requisite information in
laton 10 all these Institutions.
"bc II therefore resolved by the General Assembly.
That the President and Directors Of the Literary Fund
I.,r g.1 Al
condition and wants Of the University Colleges and A
cademrs in this State which have been cndow ed by the
present or former government, or by private munlc,nce
and the state OF their funds and amount, Of their annual
revenue, with account Of the of their deprsa
ton and the modes Of their Investment, and also de
tailed statement Of the condition Of each Of these
rIcs respect 10 It's accommodation for teachers and pi
pls the humber Oi lis professors teachers with the
amount OF their respective salaries, the number Of
dcus and branches Of science, and learning taught it,
the fees of tuonand the rules Of It's government. and
further which IF these Summaries have cen Incorporated
by law And IN order 10 enable the aforesaid President
and Directors 10 make the statement and report herein
required, they hereby authorised aud empowered To
call upon the Directory Of the several Colleges, the 1us
tees Of the several Academies 30 far as they be
ceained. and the Boards Of School Commissioners of the
several counties aud corporate towns OF Tie State fur
nish such detailed statements as they may deem
sary To enable them 10 accomplish The objects Of tho
luton"
In obedience to this resolution reports were made to
the Legislature from all the Colleges and Academies. in
accordance with the resolution above rcccd which
ports the journals OF the House Of the Session oi
1886 The Legislature failed to distribute the fund
pledged to the Colleges and Academies and passed an
act placing that fund under the control of The School
Commissioners, who have since applied il chiefly
to the Primary Schools. The Committee would recon
mend to the Convention the proprety of calling the
tenton Of the Legislature 10 this fund pledged To the
Colleges and To pray that this surplus fund be placed
under the control Of tine President and Directors Of the
Literary Fund, be by them distributed To the Colleges
and Academies otherwise, to receive the ssary
means of paironlzng the College by ceasng to invest
IN permanent stocks the contingent amounts annually
accruing To the Literary Fund. In recommending tins
course the Committee conceive that they have confined
themselves strictly To the rights Of the Colleges. and
have in way encroached upon the funds pledged for
any other purpose and believing that Virginia will be
faithful to all her pledges, they conclude that II is only
necessary for the Legislature to examine into the sub
ject, to bring that honorable body to Just conclusion
Resoired, as the sense u This Contention, That the
best interests Of the State require that the money paid
for Education should be expended within her own Dor
ders and 10 gain that desirable end facilities should be
afforded for the acquisition Of know ledge Of all kinds
For medical education alone. hundreds of thousands of
dollars annually sent from Virginia to of her
sisters States who with wise and liberal policy have
given pccunlary facilities to their medical institutions,
that have enabled them not only to supply the wants OF
their own citizens in this respect and thereby retained
all the money expended by them within their own Ii
mits, but have also laid heavy contribution upon our
selves and others less careful in this in many other
TfEn nj the that uU no hy