Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-07-23

vices as Professor, need not tell you, !Nessr'.
Editors, that DR.. LABoRDE's present position fur
nshes to the friends of the College q reason for
surprise As wellas for the profound regret. can
cot but be impressed with the belief that the
Board designed no disparagement of his merits or
his services as Professor, and that they will
promptly make reparation for an injury certainly
unmerited and resulting, must believe, from the
merest inadvertency.
When presenting his claims before severe tri-
bunal it would perhaps be out of place for me to
alude to the many acts of kindness to the student
which rendered DR.. LABoRDE universally popular
as man-his timely and always grateful atten-
tons around the couch of an oft-times lonely suf-
fercr-his delicately-conferred and noble contri-
buttons to the pressing wants of the charity
ar. None but the student can adequately appreci-
ate such truly grateful offices and of them the
student need not be reminded And yet, in ma
king such on allusion know that present con-
sideration which would not weigh lightly in the
esteem of the parent, the guardian, and especially
the humble beneficiary.
There are other considerations which might be
mentioned rs bearing especially upon DR.. La
BoRDE's qualifications for the Presidency Of the
College, but an adequate notice of them at pres
ent would occupy too much of your valuable space.
Upon one point, however. The article endyou
alludes, in an unjustly disparaging tone think,
to Dr. LABoRDE's 'tliterary qualifications" If /
properly understand the writer's meaning, think
that hasty consideration of facts will prove the
Doctors claims in this respect to be as command
ing as those of his many competitors for the Pres
in reach-forming not on inconsiderable portion
of the current literature of our day. DR.. La
BoRDE's first Professorship in the College, by the
way, VAS the Litcrary Professorship, and in the
discharge of its trusts, for five or six years. have
yet to learn that he was wanting in ability. His
admirable little work on Physiology was pronoun-
ced by an able writer in the Quartsrly, the best
popular treatise of the day and in point Of liter
arg exceence-for its very clever style, especial
ly-it has been universally commended and by
competent authority. Of late, DR.. LABoRDEs
contributions to the Southern Quarterly Review
have been of the most marked character-yaried
in their scope, and exhibiting in their extent Of
research, cleverness, and exemplary style, the
marks of thoroughly ytrained, classical and schol
arly pen. The article on DR.. PALEY, the sugges-
tive and finely written disquisiton on "Sleep and
Dreams" and, latterly, the Review of Rivers His
tory of South Carolina, have severally attracted
very Hattering notices, and have been, and de-
served to be, highly lauded by the best minds
amongst u.s. Indeed, if DR.. LABoRDE possesses
any one qualification which may be mentioned be-
fore another, it is that which one might properly
include in the term literary.
l must beg pardon, Msssrs. Editors, for occupy
ing so much of your space, when had designed
to write but word Introductory to the article Of
the "Spartanburg Graduate" The matter Of
which have written, however, is one Of more
than ordinary interest with me, and could not
refrain from improving the opportunity for vindi
eating in some degree, the too lightly esteemed
claims of a valued friend and truly worthy pub.
lie servant. NJ.