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70 "y tne experiment upon your correspondent Quit"
whose latent are" has been "roused" by "Dr JuSxss
bAccALAuREArr Address" Il L. rather odd that q Ain,
snou'd sf'ke hre out OF nothing and that "Nobod,"
"houd pour out "vlndlcatve feeling or that "a
quiest should dictate to any President of College b.
motto OF his Baecalaureate" that such writer Al
Nooouy' shou'd denounce this Baccaaureate the tone
OF which Is III suited to its grave occasion.
Job wad some power the giitic r,, n,
To see ourselves as ithers SOC usb
Let the reader compare 'ths tone of "ou,i,,n o,o.
ducon With tho tone Of tho address. aud form NJ. o.
opinion IL is not my intention to notice "ou,.,n a..
pant beauties, his exuberance Of classical allu,, IL
'na'ter o. nodo his sell eompacent sciolism bl,
sive modesty, and his rehncd courtesy An ,h
less arc tho result Of profound research AID deem cSi
rmes Days should speak, and multitude Of yesis should
My business Ia moro import,,t-;,i ~.
| invite attention. ~ 1'y"''"
1. Tho B,ccalaurests expresses an apprehension
ies.tha, the lowest utilitaiiansm"w makes edu
Is gaining more controlling influence ov, tho nnh
ma AZ probable evidence Tor this fear Il advert, IN
the aet that the several Colleges and their Professors
VINO accomplish tho chief literary service for the n.on,
who paid In, and continue to pay In the LITERARY Finds
receive not dollar, even out of the surnIns -; '
which their patrons their friends and Maid
and are still paying paul.
:. Then Il lays down as a proposition to b, proved
that the Colleges In Virginia have right to na, Of ho
Literary tundVp ~ This, "Outis" deems motto .ill
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opinion, and doubtless when he becomes President of
SOME State College, like the late Presdcn, C,onsr ha
van seec, notices most worthy and digiaed, and may
perhaps demonstrate that the Bible or even lis Author il
worthy OF no better than your corre,pondent v
clops, whom Ulysses nickuamcd Quits
.. Inc baeea.ureae then presents history Of tho
Literary Fuhd-citing the laws which create n mnd do
hn's Its object tc be "the promotion Of learninp"-
:. thsn states the question Of ownership -wbo has
right Of use 10 these funds 1.-THE people, OF rur OH
DOMINION" Not a favored fow, but the peono-,bo
whole ,r peop,e-the people at large. (p6)
D. Then the author the Que stion of dsburs.
mcnt. lie says, that "the fund must be ussJ tor ha -
.uctor Of the people, but the quo nodo-the manner of
us application entrusted to their representatives aud
ne single anu solo inquiry ought to be- how aha We an.
prop.ate this money, to do the mos, GOOD N ~.
people OF virginia. Honest legislation asks no other
ton This IA question of eIpediency" The anli or
then gives somewhat fguratve description of the sctus
system IL includes tho Common School the Acad, INV tho
College the University, and the proper aoiu,msnt of
.hese III Their true relations to each other constitutes
them INTO what lie calls "e beau ideal of our educator
al and proceeds to argue In vor Of such ads
ment OF relations, is essential to the well being o ,b
whole and Of every Ipart, " 6.s) Wv
g. This Heads on to tho objection often urged aosn0,
applying any ofthe Fund to Colleges and Academies as
though IL robberylcommtted on the Common Schoo
In answering this objection the Address alleges s ,h
Common Schools cannot be levated and ,nsds eni.;,
unless by the procurement Of good eachers-that
the school money in many now nearly thrown ~
way; aud therefore that better expenditure could bs
made Of part OF IT, even for the benefit of the schools
than to apply It to fostering The Colleges aud Academies
from which to furnish good teachers This lends nm m
the question Of Normal Semuaies and the author
against their establishment In Virginia for the msnIfast
reason, that the existing Academies and College, with
little aid from the Literary Fund could train all the school,
masters needed. He objects the idea of one grand
Seminary for the training all teachers for our school,
"iiad the State, says he zone great normal Seminary
for the training OF all their school teachers who
should be entitled comfortable upon their
finishing their studies would such school become
despoc. Coull it long remain free from political nfu-
enccs: Would 1t not, like the system of Prussia make
inf, ror,
sentmenir Cultivated intellect Is power; and IL Il con-
trary TO the whole American system Of checks and baan
ces OF power to pursue any course of policy anywhere
that tends TO centralz ton huge arstocacy of lite
nature and science would he nimcal 10 liberty
than an aris:ocracy Of money of blood, Of land
Again therefore, inter that the best, because the cheap
est and safest method of supplying the prime dcsder
tum TO our common schools is by the Colleges and Acad
einies elO The author then proceeds to the prac-
dcient teacher in our schools: :" Where was he
taught"
T. Then hc proceeds the way the profession.
al men Of Virginia, all over and expresses the opinion
that Of all tho young Of Virginia who prosecute TO
completion the usual liberal studies preparatory to tho
professions seven-eghths are trained in her sorges-
Hence the inference. The colleges ought receive
portion OF the literary fund" p. IL, H.
Soo Ne5 Is soc ,,sv Of r ]
from the treasury University, $4,000, aud rcnquish-
ment of interest, tlO,s00; Colleges, nothing Quits
Thus the argument rounds up. p. ~, l3.
.. We have page Is another and distinct argument
in proof of the position taken- strong and
icate public veraci,y and legislative honor There is
the statute book concerning the University Of
Virginia, passed Feb. "a, 1921" in which Is written
follows: "5 DO il further enacted, That whenever tho
annual income OF the Literary Fund shall exceed sixty
thousand dollars the surplus above that sum, until such
surplus shall twenty thousand dollars shall be-
appropriated to the endowment Of such colleges acade
mics, or intermediate schools. within this
as the general assembly may hereafter designate fit in
situations for such endownents."
IL is often said that corporations have sonls but
have not heard the SANDER adage hurled the head of
Z" public veracity and legislative honor and feel high
degree Of confidence that there is either power
disposition to Withstand the force of this argument
Ii has been disregarded for the part hitherto by
mere nadvertence When an honorable discovers u
debt Of long standing unpaid through adyetence he is
no loss how TO wipe out the stain.
10. The address next presents aggrayaon Of legis
lave sin against classical learning viz the upon pro-
ssors salaries where these made up partly from VOL
untary, private, charitable contributions "fhis be JUS
tcc, who will give definition ofoppressionr" p. H.
II. The items of augmentation are then summed up
and the writer PROCESSES his willingness commit the is
sue to tho people Of Virginia. I'VE fearlessy await
your verdict, and have apprehension that there will
be any direct attempt at their refunon but what
not be confronted fairly may be evaded and assaulted in
directly"
sine learned Doctor is said to have written a work on
the prophecies Well, really this last quotation has
turned out itself prophecy Has Quits made any direct
attempt toward inyaldatng the argumentS Let us,
Messrs Editors look into this little moment. For iac.
tatng this retrospecon, il is that have numbered the
topics OF augmentation. The LIST is matter Of opinion aud
pass 10 the 2d. Has Quits attempted TO dsprove tho
main propositions Has he denied that the Colleges
in Virginia have any right in tho Literary FUND.- This
IS The point a, issue; Why does "Nobody refuse to look
it in the iace2-Er nihiio nihR it,
But gentle reader! this critic says the pamphlet "has
reused myl latent fire. and il is impossible for him 80
avoid slight Of indicative feeling" why then did
lie pour his yindicatiye feeling and his "rOusod
latent fire" upon the great proposition which the pamp
let that reused him aims establish? Read this crique
an tell me has he denied the rights Of colleges share
of the Literary FundY 2. Has he denied much less has
he diprOved the correctness OF the history OF this Fund
Ii the Biccalaureate has parted om truth here where
s"Nobody's" indicative feeling? 4. Has he made any
attempt az inst this position? g. Has no arragned
doctriueY Dare he deny that the Literary Fund belongs
to the people? and that the Legislature Is the disbung
agentr Has bis fire become latent this poiut too -
o. Docs be question the policy recommended IL this itcs
Docs he conteud against making. the Colleges aud Acadc
mics the in'trumenI Of iraiang schooImasters? Docs
he prefer one great central power? why, reader is it
that his slight access Of indicative G ling, has
tiken recess? Can you guess? T. Does "Outis hold
with the Baccalaureatc aso IN the position that
eghths oil the professional Of Virginia educated
10 the ColtgesY II he does Why has his fe
become Intent again? Does he question its statements