The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-07-23

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larry instruction aud make il accessible 10 all I
classes and conditions Of society. Ii is in the
same spirit and for the same end. that the
foregoing resolutions have been adopted by
the Board Of Trustees and are now submitted
for public appreciation. /, is their wish and
design TO render the Institution, whose inter.
ests are committed TO their care, in the high.
est degree Efficient in its government, and
ample in its advantages Of moral and intel.
lec,ual culture. II is their further desire
tina, these advantages shall have the ~ides, diff |
fusion aud be placed 90 the mos, lasting founda'
ton. Ii is confidently believed that all these
objects may be accomplished by the plan EN-.
bodied 10 the preceding resolutions. We beg
therefore, your candid attention to the de.
tails Of the scheme and its natural operation.
The first resolution indicates the extent
to which i, is designed to carry this plan if
il should meet the appreciation Of the com.
munity. The In,eres, on One Hundred Thou.
sand dollars is not more than is necessary 10
furnish, in the outset, the necessary build
ings, library and apparatus and command the
services of a faculty sufficiently numerous
for The purposes of complete instruction. Ii
is observed, however, that the plan goes into
effect when four hundred scholarships are
sold, which will realize TO the Institution the
sum Of forty thousand dollars. This, with
the means already provided, il II will no, en-.
able the Trustees TO do all that they desire
for the caase of liberia and religious education,
will place the college on high ground, apd give
promise Of still greater usefulness III the pro.
gress Of time.
But the advantages Of this plan Of endow
ment, we have already said, are most valua.
Bile TO the community. Twenty years of IN.
struction q, this Institution are now offered
, for the sum Of one hundred dollars. This
amount Of benefit was made definite to secure
proper understanding between the Trustees
and their patrons, and that the hes, arrange
ment practicable for families, might be effect.
ed. There are five college terms in the pc.
Rod of twenty years and 1t is rarely the case
that there are more than five sons IN one
family to whom The advantages OF education
are to be given. AT he same time il is admls
sable to have two pupils al the institution al
0 The same iime, which WILL ri course, limit IN
The same proportion The period during which
the scholarship shall be enjoyed. Greater
indulgence than this, would 10 all probability,
d have crowded the Institution lncouvenienlly
+. and less would not have been adyanta geous
TO iamIIes-in which il often happens that
TWO brothers pursue their education logcthef
in The same Classes through their College
course. IL is, however, very rare tha, more
S than two members of the same family are a,
he same time members of one literary ins,i
tutIon. Al most Of our literary Institutions
the price Of tuition is fifty dollars per annu n
at Davidson College at this time the annu
o al charge for instruction is thirty dollars SC
.. that by the plan proposed, the purchaser o
scholarship obtains for one hundred dollar
what al present COSTS him SIX hundred o
Davidson College, and one thousand dollar
: at most Colleges Of the country. IL may b.
l. remarked that II is no psrI Of the design 0
thus plan 10 lower the standard Of instruc
ton, nor can II have legilimately any such ei
% feet. Ga the contrary with increasing means
and more enlarged facilities, Tie object will b.
10 elevate instruction and TO re nder IL more tho
rough aud comprehensive. II 10 instruction
thus cheapened, be added The considerable
hat the college is situated IN the midst OF
most productive agricultural reglon-w her
The means OF subsistence nre 10 greatest abuu
dance aud at lowest prices, 1t Will be apPa
rent that The advantages Of education will b
H. atflrted on terms as favorable as IN any sec
ion OF our couotry. There are few person
looking forward TO the best interests Of thel
i. descendants, who cannot Law aside for thel
children or grand children, The sum Of on
IS hundred dollars and lhus secure Cor them b,
d. yond The reach Of misfortune he Creates,
"a earthly blessings.
~ The scholarship acquired is contrac
Ir with the Board OF Trustees but one of !
conditions IS that it is sssgnable, devIsab
y ~ BY will, OF in case Of rnresiacy, passes WI
ar other property 10 The hands Of administrator
be for the benefit Of The next Of KIM Il will Ihl
be seen that every thing IN their power hi
10 been done by he Board o secure The promise
advantages 10 those who may feel IL their II
"a teres, TO purchase scholarships.
he Davidson College is situated 10 a regiC
ne Of country where the benefits of educa ia
~ have for long period been appreciated, az
Of IN which College for he instruction OF youl
70. was established even in colonial lines. Ii
he of.prIng Of laudable emulation 10 con
% plete, under more suspicious Circumstance
,ad tue generous work Of our (orelaihers. VII
80, advantages vastly superior to theus-w
or would perpetuats their religious faith az
heir love OF liberty. 10 the plan which
49, submitted BY the Board, they address p
rth triotism, pieiy, and the highest regard f
The the interests of our children. The popu
be ton Of Western North Caarotina, from n
ION fsdkin River TO the country beyond ii
"a Mountains, number more than two hundrt