Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-08-05

them 50 as to suit tho actual provisions Of
charter under which obliged to act of course In
the concerns Of the Medical Department well In the
Accidental The alterations which the charter obliged
US make, viii transcribe, remarkng, however,
that believe have in the least entrenched on the
spirit of Of articles, of regulations 10 altered In
your sth article respecting conerrng degrees the Ian
guage originally made IL Imperative ON our Board to con-
Ter degrees the candidates recommended by the Medi-
I cal Faculty. We have altered IL to read thus:
The President and Trustees OF H. s College shall confer
upon the candidates recommended, they deem them
entitled thereto, "a DIPLOMA SC. Our charter rests the
power OF comforting degrees In the Board at Trustees al
a Recommendation by the Faculty OF Arts Ofcourse
tho medical degrees must be placed under the same cate
CORY Let be understood however, that there viii he
difficulty uncertainty about candidates receiv
ing their degrees than II your recommendation
rendered il imperative confer the degree Your
10Th article in regard TO property, was made more COM
prchenve advantage than the way In which you
drafted it, Instead OF specifying "ecture rooms, hospi
tails stocks" Sc thought you might require servants,
and therefore altered to read all property oil any KIND
whatever" The resolution respecting filling vacancies
had modified suit the powers which our charter
confers for appointing Professors, so as to read as
follows Resored That the Medical Faculty be author
lied to select and appoint suitable persons 10 I'LL the pro
iessorshp of Surgery, Chemistry and Pharmacy, until
these profeSorshps shall be filed by the President and
Trustees OF LIS College Our charter explicitly requires
of appoint in due form the Professors hut the spirit
of the resolution suggested Is completely preserved
You appoint the you wish immediately under
this power granted TO YOU by our Board ana under
similar resolution which Board passed IN regard t.
resignation of OF the Professors now appointed OF
vacancy that occur, YOU can I'LL That also I'M
medately when occurs and Board when thcN meet
will in due form confirm your appointment In regard To
comforting the degrees Sin City Of Richmond, thai
clause out because the Board was not will
ing that it should be done by the President If he chose
because hey merely did not ike Tor the present. Z"
blind themselves such arrangement permanently with
reflection. On this subject viii guarantee
there will be difficulty. II you desire it, "a long as
am President will visit Richmond and confer the de,
srees there The objection to binding the Board to CON
the degrees in the City of Richmond simply thai
did know hut that sometimes 1t might put the
Board to inconvenience TO 10 so.
low me 10 saw in conclusion that the Faculty of Art
md the great 'ry of Board regard your enic'>
ri>e with enfhudsic interest Nv devout desire l. 'h'
may succeed beyond your stguinc expectations
VIII your Faculty, in announcing your school, alnd,
10 our department alsos
Yours, &C., &c
d. s CARROLL.
Ps Your ticket OF Professors was passed first, yo
-nt it You are appointed aulhora,ivey by the BOiru
the Profs~orships which your sanu
attached on the ticket
UxryERsIrY NEw York, July %. 1853.
Nv Dear Sir You are right in supposng that the ne
soations for the establishment of your College for
the most part, conducted through me.
gave all the papers that in my possession to Dr.
Warner and have therefore, nothing in the OF dccu
mcntary evidence.
You are also rshtn your view of the manner in which
professors to be apponed-at least according t.
INV understanding of IT, The intention Of the
that ,he power should virtually in the Medical Faculty
and this supposed he carried out by granting
them the power Of nomination. the Trustees reserying
their chartered rights by elecng. Ii tho understand
ing that those elections be merely conhrmitOry
in their character and that the nomination Of the Faculty
be departed from, except for grave and
obvious Even in thatc my understand
ing of it was that the Faculty would be required TO nom
nate again, a different candidate.
Nv recollection OF these arrangements is clear because
1t the Medical De of this University which took
place soon after and in which the chief negoator
same principles introduced the example of the
Richmond School being constantly before us. Those
principles sal in operation here aud have been
questioned or departed from. Yours, truly,
PRoF MAUrIN ND. JNO. W. DRAPER.