Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-01-13

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IT, ~ he pr,siir. al other States Me-, En.land.
b,, b, an industrious and calculating people N ionnd
la Ie an kpof. large scie. al teachers iof 'h'
s.pth,u ,iafk. whist sina portion oi TIE laanf'
AGAINST ~ Stae. arises irnm advantages purchase
ain nd winch might the great benefit II our State h'
fr,,shrd Al hou. Il may be asked ifon The means
Ia lie ,isn. Ia aid Ia The rndo~ mcni Of cDlegesf lht
npl, Is ready fund has long a2o ic'n provided
winch ilugh sufficient one. is larry" enough 10 b'
d great service. II Iplnd az should re- ~ aeoah''
with the pledges o the legislature. Twenty thousahd
dollars per annun. consisting o the surplus revenue 4"
the Literary Fund. after assigning To the nifersit III
teen Thousand dollars and the pnnaft Schools "ry fl''
thousand doars per anpun werr appropriated ny an az
Of the Legislature passed February 9th. lsZl. TO e
lrges and acldemios (See supplement 10 TIE h'ls'"
I CODE. chapt,r II. page }
On the 18th day 81 February 1888. ioni resolution
If the General Assembly was passed, setting TORN me
provisions Ut the of the 9th oFebruay, ISL and
rcciing that the surplus Of the income "i the Iefar,
! Fund ~ that year would exceed 5000. aud re-aifn
ing The principles and tie pledges Of he act o fcbrar,
9th ISL and for the purpose Of carrying out those
pledges directed report To be made by the df'' rent
ACADEMIES and colleges III the state al hoir condlton
and rcsuecs and the system and means oi instruction
Of each that the General Assembly might indconsly
select from amongst them. Objects oi the bounty o the
State these no from their condition would hest advance,
the general interests Of literature III the State. In o'
dien,c this resolution, reports were made 10 the lie
oisaiure " all the colleges and academies, Which II
ports un The journal oil Inc House iT U' SESSION 81
lS.,5 aid ls.6. The Legislature failed todsrlhutf tie
fund pledged To the colleges and academies, and passed
placing that fund under the control OF tie school
commissioners, who have ever since applied II chn fly I"
the primary schools. Tie attention OF the General A.
scInblV respectfully and mst seriously called Ia tins
conrc o legislation, and The Application o tins fund 10
the oi tho coepcsand accidents. and thai the aalne
may b placed under the con ru OF the President andD
OF the Literary Fund, Ia be By them distributed Ia
the colleges and academies. otherwise 10 Sccur" the
pecessat, for patronzlng the colleges, by ccasng
30 invest IN permanent stock. the contingent amounts
ANNUALLY ancUng 10 the Literary Fund. In recommend
mo Tins course Is believed nothing is claimed
than the strict rights ofthc colleges, and that it viii IN
manner encr,ach upon the funds pledged Tor any other
purInsr Not doubiinn that lrgnia Will be faithful /"
all her pledges believed 10 be only necessary for the
General Assembly 10 examine into the SUBJECT 10 bring
that intelligent aud hoorabl, body 10 Just conclusion on
this subject
Tho best interest Of the State require, that the money
ra for education should be far is practicable eN
pended within her borders and 10 attain that cslra
hc end f.cits shoud he afforded for the acquisition Of
know ledge Of all kinds. For medical education alone
hundreds n, thousands of dollars. annually sent from
Virginia 10 hcr sister States, who prompted by wise
and liberal policy. have given pecuniay and 10 their
deal institutions. that have enabled them moi only to
sum " the wants OF their citizens IN this respect
ana he,, - retain all the money expended by them,
within H. II ov limits but have also laid heavy contr
IN
we'll M mnny othc, resi- acs, of the advantages that
might be secured by y more liberal system. IN no
branch whatever oil human kno ledge Is II more deSra
lc. that the of acquiring tt rough Information
should he gwen, than in that Of medicine rs the yves o
Ms all are III manner dependent on the skill - ply
clans and every mans experience will furnish Inn. m
OF the fatal effects of the want of skill in OF
those who practice mcdlcmc without having had the
ccsary education or the means Of obtaining liN lrena
has donc less tins than any other branch OF education
and there Is none IN pccnnary point Of view, that would
certainly aud Immediately repay many tmcs :old,
the sum nccessat, 10 place II on permanent and pros
wruus footing. Medical institutions unlike all others,
To be most successful ought Ia he located IN popular a
ties because where else can the means ct teaching
anatomy and practical medicine be ~ well attained. Rich
nond Ii the largest town State, & heony in
which medical college has been established The inst-
tuition commenced operations four ycaTsago. and is entire
y dependent on the private means OF the professors Tor
its oNIstcucc. II is fourth SESSION. and has
ycne,d fifty students 1t presents all the advana
gcs that be derived from the prosecution OF medical
students. The mos, ample supplies OF the material
iur practical anatomN-an extensive inirmary under the
roof o the college, where diseases incident 10 our
climate be and studied. aud the theories of
the teachers be tested hy the bed SIDE oi the patcnan
extensive anatomical museum and chemical apparatus
and able and jealous body Of professors, who teach
Southern Students To treat diseases they exist IN the
South with perfect and practical knowledge OF what
they teach derived from the most ample experience by
personal ulscr, ol What rs true and what false
that they have derived from thrir books neither we
regard the locality of the institution, OF It's unsurpassed
and rarely oqualod advantages Tor the stud OF anatomy
clinical medicine. for the ability of It's professors and
the aainmens OF It's graduates, we are alike convinced
OF It's Jus, claims 10 Southern support nor Is any thing
wanting 10 attain il but the pccunary means place il
ON permanent foundation. The expenses of renting
offensive building. and sustaining the nfirmary AT
ached has cost greater than that received from
the students; and without that aid from public source
that has been found where necessary to give sta
hty and enlarge usefulness and consequent popularity
such institutions. it will share ultimately the fate OF
all that have been left make their way public IA
vor through private means To render this institution
permanently useful aud honorable To the State all that
required Is To place 1t IN condition that the fees OF the
prof, SSors may To their benefit and not be
taken To dtlrav expenses which the State should bear,
for her portion OF the general benefit derived Give such
aid and this institution will in few years mot only
To the State the enormous sum annually out for
medical education, but would plohahlc draw from other
States portion Of the many millions we have area
dy pald and would, moreover he the means of giving
tho, ugh professional education To mauy young of
talent who att unable "a educate themselves. who by
such means would I've cnani, 20 be useful rather than
injurious, memh, ot society II woG.d then be Wiz
and prudent. and of true economy. 10 appro-
pirate reasonable sum for aiding the medical depart
mcnt of liamden and Sidney College AT Richmond, pro
vldcd the faculty of that college cSns cn To educate free
OF charge, student for each hundred dollars ap
prnpatod, such student Ia he selected in the manner
prescribed by the General Assembly
/ The great and leading literary institution of the State,
did not escape the friendly notice of the Convention
The University OF rgnla stands among the first Of the
universities of the Republic Already are the bless
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