Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-08-19

where, as at the University, the wno!e dul,es " !"
! chair are performed by the Professor aione-
1 Where 1hiO,s are employed, The saia,y - ~. wa
Professor is less, but 50, loo, are iis 'apo's M
he has more time and leisure 10 reap .ir nonI Ia
and profits OF authorship In proof liial 'ne ,a,a
r;cs y, ,hc Professors are not too high, nor above
those otolher literary institutions We may ~
the fact that in the brief period during @h'el, 'i,c
| University has been in operation, several u -
abest Professors have Quilted the Institution, Oe
/ cause OF the inadeQuacy OF The coinPehsd'io'n.;
/ The salaries Of the Professors oushl 10 NC TUG.
4 ralenou1h 10 command the services OF inc hDesl
talents and best altainments but not higher man
thai for i, is not more true that low salaries WIN
not procure good Professors, than mat hisn Saia
! ries will make lazy ones. S2.50O, WIN 'he az
ss;ance oiiuicrs, OF $4,000 without them seems 70
4 b, about the proper amount. nen ~. -, T..
cccdcd. the Professors fees will, we aouot nor DC
reduced, or their salaries limited and Inc excess
/ appied either 10 The establishment oil me olheI
4 Proessorships required rs The act founding lne
! University or to some scheme Tor extending 'hc
benefits of the Institution 10 young men OF genius,
now unable 10 enjoy them. lthas been conlehoeu
l nv some that reduction Of the fees would MOI
I diminish the income OF the Professors, uc-
cause il would increase the number oil SUI
dents This may be partially true; Dht as as
The experiment is suggested for The bcneil!
q
wuuai seem unjust To subject them 10 The risk Of
probab!e loss OF one-!hird OF their income, when
| il i already far from lucrative. Guaranty 10
Them 2 certain aud sufficient salary, and then
experiment al pleasure on the ices. But a rec"c-
ion of The fees without such guaranty woaid
al orce deprive the Institution oil lis ahest FRO
lessons. and throw an nsuperabie obstacle ~ me
way of Obtaining as able successors.
Another very iavorile reform with ihc .rcn!lS
Len
OF The University is Ia abolish The rents lor nc
durmiiories fees for The library and pnplic rooiai
! and The Patrons commission on me money We
posted with him. OF these taxes, The Two h'al
fall on The student and amount 10 So; the last
has heretofore been paid by them also, but, BY
regulation of the Board Of Visiters nj It's last
meeting. is in future 10 be paid By The professors
and hotel keepers. The three together, SiPPuS-
ing The number of students 10 be 200, yield to me
| University annually The sum Of g, Jos, or there
about. Can il do without this sum! II so, me
charges ought certainly 10 he abolished Inc
University al present owes debt oil ~ i,3Uu CON
Tactei many years since, by The authority o. Tue
| Legislature and for the purpose OF completing
the buildings, which commences to tall due III
! 1918, by annual inslalmcnts of -, 600. An act
of tho Legislature, passed since this money was
borrowed, pledges The annuity for The payment Of
the annual interest and of the principal when
due, and authorizes the payment 10 be made al
| the State Treasury ana deducted from The an
nuity. II! no provision be made 10 meet This
debt until 1918, the large deficiency, which
il will then annually make i'll the annuity,
will very much cripple the means OF The in>iiiu-
ton To avoid ih, unfortunate state OF al
fairs, all The funds, alter delrayng the necessary
expenses, are applied 10 the redemption OF the
bonds of the University which first become due.
In This way The debt has been reduced from lis
original amount to ST., 500; and by an aprro.
prialion of the Board al its late meeting, a fur
ihcr reduction will be made on the first OF Octo-
Der which will leave the debt less than ::l3 900.
Il is estimated that with The usual number OF STU
dents The debt can b. discharged in seven years.
If The means arising from the charges which il is
proposcd 10 abolish I've cut OIL the payment oil this
debt must he postponed fifteen or perhaps twenty
years if they be continued lew years longer,
| the debt may be paid rs demanded and The Gre
| dit Of the institution preserved nnsuled. When
( no longer absolutely necessary, they will, Of
course, be abolished. II may he well 10 state, that
The whole annual revenue of The University is
about ;s20,000 arising from the annuity paid by
the Stale, androm these and other charges on The
students. professors and hotel-keepers. or this
sum, 90, 010 is paid f,r professors salaries; -,
| $50 for officers salaIics-aS Chairman Proctor
| ana Patron, Bur>ar, Librarian Clerk 10 the Fa-
Guilty and Patron. Secretary 10 the Board OF Vi
siturs Ianor &c; *, 600 Tor repairs and the hire
Of the labor necessary abonl The institution (:
! $500 for additions 10 library, apparatus, muse
umS, &C. about $500 for advertising, diplomas
and miscellaneous items; and s 900 tor interest
on the dcbt-amouniinC, in all, 10 Sl1,250.-
The balance OF The revenue, whatever il may
chanceto be, goes 10 The liquidation oi the debt.
The successful progress Of the University has
been somewhat retarded by the belief al one
time extensively prevalent in The country, that
il was an irrsltsiOHs INST hti0n. While We con
graduate It's friends upon the general decay Of
this opinion, il affords us much pleasure 10 say
that We believe il n5f0iiy IN touaGca. Il few years
since a handsome Chapel was erected near he
I;olunla, and the services Of a Chaplain are
regularly Obtained from the leading dcnolnina-
| lions of The Stale in rotation. His compensation
is made up by voluntary subscriptions OF The
professors, officers, hotel keepers and students
and amounts to between $500 and $500. The
average annual subscriptions of the students
some Of whom gave nothing for the las Two
years, has been about $3.50, equal 10 50 each; as
| much We believe, as the Young men nl The
country generally contribute. Besides the sup
pc.t If the chaplain, there have been al the Uni
versiiy, for some years past, Bible Society and
Sunday School supported by the join, con,ribu
| lions OF The professors, &c, AMI students. To
| all outward appearance, religion is as much re-
specled and as literally supported At the univer-
sitv as elsewhere, and this without the di>adv m
lare Of even the scmblancc OF seclaran infu-
ence
on The subject of the rio, al the University
during the last session, the Society adopted The
following resolution:
Resoired, That in the late unhappy disur-
Dances we see no cause whatever Tor apprchen-
I" sion as 10 the iuture well-bcing OF the Univer
sity. On the contrary, we are OF the opinion,
+" that for The sessions Immediately TO succeed he
Iasi, The effect will he favorable on the good or
" der of The institution. In connection with this
sullert, we are Of The opinion that some legi>-
aon is necessary, by which Il may be put more
g in the power OF the Faculty 10 relieve The Uni
"vefsitv Of the presence of students. who have
been expelled or dismissed thereiTom.
i This resolution was not adopted without ma
lure debcraton, and after careful scrutiny oi
all The facts; very many Of The members OF The
Society perhaps all, in greater or less degree,
had imbihcd ,le prejudices common 10 the com
munily, CROWN. ont Of these disurbanres-pfe-
induces. honestly conceived and entertained hy
many. indusiriOu>y iumenied by some. Upon
rigid, and We think impartial examination oi us
whole history, we found il 10 be one OF those out
breaks which sometimes occur at every college,
Swinging from nodelecl in lis organiaa ion odds
eipl,ne bul from some peculiar and merely tenn
po,ary conjunction Of circumstances, against
which no legal enactments, no personal CIR
cnmspcclion OF the authorities, can always guard.
| W. hrieyc these riots are common. OCCASIONAL
H. 10 all colleges OF our own ana Other countries
Il is notorious. that, in some Of the Northern in
s,ntions OF the first rank, and Of high celebrity
for their discipline, especially, they have occur
rel 50 frequently as Gin one Of lhcm) 10 have Oh
E,inod The lille of "bicnnia rchel!ions" In >omc.
d these cases, whole classes have rch"ri and
quir the institution, or been dismissed by The Ia
cuy while, in others, The entire college has been,
cl lie lime broken up and all lis exercises sis-
pended. Nor have instances been wanting OF al
lrays OF Tie most alarming character between The
entire body oi The students, many OF them armed,
on Inc one side. and an equal or grca er body OF
mechanics. sailors, &c, on The o;her, which have
onlv been suppressed by the Intervention of the
military. A member Of this committee was an
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