Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-06-09
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

The annual catalogue of this noble school il before
US. AS it is institution entitled to the patronage
of every Southern State, We extract from II some
leading features which should especially interest the
fathers and guardians OF the youth of louisiana
Located in the healthiest portion of the Ancient
Dominion. the University Of Virginia i. desirable
College for all whose physical nature require more
braciug and keener ar than Inc lO"ahus vi our OWN
State can boast OF
The number of its professors is nearly twenty.
amongst whom note the ilustrous names ot DR..
Gessnrr Harrison, Professor BledsOe, and the able
and beloved Dr. McGuffey. In the medical school
we observe the eminent names of Cabe Maupin
and Davis. whilst the Law Department Is graced by
John Is. Minor aud James p Hocombe. The trus
Of the University are composed OF Garnet Carr,
Tucker and Robertson, presided over by Thomas
Jefferson Randolph. a. Rector
We are proud 10 that out Of 6oD students in the
University, Louisiana contributes, after Virginia,
Alabama aud South Carolina, more than any other
State n the South Amongst the names OF The
Young men from this State, We observe many that
honvred aud esteemed ~ Belonging 10 our worthest
ctzeus and especially that our Creole population 10
liberal patron of this great institution OF the South
The eye CHANGING over rhs catalogue readily catches
the familiar names OF Dscousr, Sonat Densgre, De-
!ahous,aye, Prudhomms, Conrad, Foley, Fiunkey,
Harrison, McKevall, Means, Martin BiIin. Brnzeal-,
Butler Compton, Preston, Penn, Bilcher Roman and
Sterling. With such training AZ the University gv.s
have the brightest hopes for our next generation
of young IN this State. No half IN tde journey
mans work is turned out at Charlottesville, but tho.
rough and complete scholars alone obtain her de-
grees. No honorary titles-thar vile practice which
bas cheapened all our titles OF d. ID LII. d., A. NJ.
and Bare conferred by the University. To be
made Master of Arts at the Virginia Univer-y ia al
mos, AS proud an honor TO be the Senior Wranger
at Oxford And the rightly of the examinations at
Charlottesville has more than any thing else given
tone to her standard OF scholarship VI the brilliant
men who have carried of her first honors, we hardly
know of one who has not in the sterner conflicts OF
the world redeemed the promises OF his youth, and
shed lusire on the name Of his Alma Mater.
II behoves US OF the South especially to cherish
this institution. We can do without detrment TO
our own local academies No student is admitted
there under sixteen, and all must go thoroughly
versgd in the ground work of the classics and msthe
mstics If the planters OF Louisiana have any pride
in their own Names tbs elevation Of their sons and
the higher fame of their State, they should r-men-
Der that only thorough and complete education can
properly tt them for the intellectual conflicts they
will have to encounter. If We desire TO ses ADLER
aud more accomplished representations in our halls
of Legislation must have our sons apurred up to
higher standard than they have heretofore been &C
customed 20
That man is worse than an indde who csreth no,
fret for bis own household" aud Southern parents dc
II great wrong to their children when they pase by
such college as We now boast Of in the healthy val
leys OF The Old DomniOn-nobe mother of men
and educate their sons in communities whose every
act and deed for years past have been of intense ha
tired to the South. The entire expense "f student
at Charlottesville lie far less than il is at Yale or Har
ward, being under three hundred dollars for all neces
sary expenses of session of nine months The Ii
brary, composed of IS UO0 volumes, and the three
literary societies give all the collateral advantage
ever enjoyed at the very first institutions of learning
Next year We hope to ses one hundred Louisianan
enrolled on the books of the University and also Il
hear that Arkansas, Texas and Florida baveswellet
their now diminutive contributions to school 81
worthy of the patronage Of all Southern States
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