Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-06-16


perceive that the subject Of education s attracting you
attention. aud you express the opinion, tina, the University
had been productive Of much good-hat IL bad great,
contributed to stock the country with educated men, snc
to form Common School Teachers"
That Institution Justly subject Of pride to vrRinsns
Our State has resolved maintain hermsny Of our mos
prominent have been educated there, and fee
| through good and evil report.
Let therefore, look the Univcrsiy forum foi
the education Of educated eiass-and let feel CON-
mendabe pride in using oil proper regulate her
discipline and in removing the stain which the singular
Of ordinary discretion and knowledge Of human
in her Faculty, have imposed upon her. She must be
upheld and amper with the pursued in the
education OF her alumni endanger her existence. Tell
her Faculty to learn lesson OF practical judgment and
good sense, from the high toned Virginia gentlemen who
govern old William & Mary They know that our young
restrained by their TO great extent
mot sufficiently perhsps-they therefore deal with
them they ae-,hcy appeal to sense OF sell respect
and grown children by attempting to
them childish culprs
But has become, you suggest matter OF great
Importance lower the price OF Education, and bring the
blessings Of Academic learning within the reach Of
oi humble means Now, how many poor men are there,
who toll aud labor asduousy enable their sons 10 reach
this almost forbidden fr-and when IL Is reached lind
ashes in their grssp1 Their find them
selves among the OF wealthy men many of them
the descendants of proud old Virginia nc who
naughty their bestng and exclusive IN their intercourse
The poor mans boy finds that these exclusives spend
their 5000 $780, land occasionally, the writer
knows $1,000, Sl500o he feels humitaed and oppres
ed by a sensation oi infeiiory and eontumoly. The
proud mans conumely" how hard to bear He feels
scuely The sting OF conscious drunkenness OF birth and
o inferior association that he in needless hour ventures
TO "swel" too-he into ex,ravagant erPendure-hc
IS fred with zeal TO emulate the young sprgs Of nobi
~ around him. they clap him the shoulder and admit
him into their orgies, hsn he isH pay the bill; and he
in vicious mirth the slender modcum, which
maiden Aunt some souowing aud toling parent,
may have spared him. with fond and trembling hope
appeal to any young who has lead Collegiate lie,
to know whether this is an oyerdrawn picture.
What is the remedy, then What Is TO be done, when
parents have learned look upon Colleges Carmel
Houses, tor the corruption Of youih-and now hesitate
whether they will their children TO the tender merces
OF associations which appeal successfully 10 false pride
and mis,ake genuiy-.hat parental feeling shuddes upon
the brink OF such prccipice
We must do, is done in Edinburgh. Education Of
scientific character be brought within the reach o the
humble. Colleges be located and conducted that
young may, nc eas,S, live in garrett us,ead Of
dormtOTy-may go and come, without injury, aud with
any wounded pride, false deieacy In tdnboro,
that Athens o modern mcs where splendid critical
profound scientific attainment and farrcachng PHI
osophc speculation, all unite 10 crown her with tiara OF
gemdecked trumphs, how common Is II 10 see the
scholar who peTchance have ditehed poughed for
six months in the year, poddng his morning with the
light OF hope beamng in his paid face, to the Lectures of
Wilson, Playfair, Chalmers. Is not this the his
tory OF her proade n'e!ecis, OF Ferguson, and
Burns, and Hoggi
Establish College in Richmond upon proper principles
and will that she will with her immediate
vicinity furnish hundred young 20 whom the
Collegiate science sealed book TO whom
the ample page Of knowledge would otherwise unro
its charms. Here, young from distance could come
and accommodate their slender purses TO the pressure Of
the they find board in decent houses from 80
50 per week To $40 per week, and they made
the between their slender ptances and
that Of their favored There will be some
object doubt, that the facilities for dissipation and
extravaganza will be much greater in town as large as
D..kt, ,a,4 / -
disposed when huddled together in large
nambcrs in the domories and wall, OF College, than
when scattered though the length and breadth of town.
Here they form social le aud contract family friendships
and numnces which debauchery and
entirely dis aseiu-,hey have the benefit Of and
admonton from those by whom they surrounded: ami
they avoid thar dangerous esprit dH which neeessa
ly springs up where young living together without
family restraint has been well said by learned PrOfes
sOr, ihai youUg fancy themselves heroes when
they lead College rebenn; but the robes OF the hero
would drop from their shoulders the touch OF the staff Of
a Constable This advantage derived from the 10
cation OF College IN city which cannot be enjoyed in
village in is vicinity. Where a orderly band
VI Young gentlemen be found than those who frequent the
Medical Lectures in Riehmonil They all board either in
retired boarding houses or in well regulated private iami
aud 10 kHOs that they the be told
Tor quiet genity and gentemany bearing be
found than among these young men, How easy would
be to cree; additional building the Medical College
and thus have ample jnmodalon 500
denlsl IL must be remembered that College buildings are
generally very expensive, because is deemed
10 erect extensive and costly accommodations for Students
and % lay of magnificent pleasure grounds Here all this
would be avoided, and expenditure Of $780, 900 would
be AMPLY sufficient a suitable structure. Then
consider the advantages which law school would enjoy
Richmond Here You have the largest bar in the State
among which 10 be found men OF eminent ability in
their profession and heIe you have Commercial En-
porium greater amount Of litigation than any other
point in the STATE Let the idea be dpeed from the minds
OF country friends that large Is uBayorabe TO
the morality oi young men. and the economy, the
creased facilities for intercourse with polished socisy for
literary information by public libraries and the
convenience OF by railroads, canals steamboats, &c
will resistiby upon the minds OF the public, the
feasibility OF toe plan.
II the generous, llbcramnded Physicians. who have
by their talents and energy established the Medical School
here, will end their efforts to the scheme they could easily
satisfy hemseseo and The community would be more
appropriate and cOngenis TO look College Of own
the Alma kaier OF their Institution, than to ook to
HamPden Sydney College their guide philosopher and
friend"
Allow indulge the hope that you will weigh these
views they what IN accordance with your own
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