Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-07-06
FRIDAY MORNING, JULYe, 1855.


We notice in the Episcopal Methodist, of
June 9th that meeting of the Trustees of
Randolph Macon College will take place in
Richmond on the 18th inst, when the time
and place of opening of the next session of
that Institution viii be determined. The Ed
itor, in we'll timed editorial, calls upon the
Trustees to act promptly in the matter and
select suitable location for this Institution.
He calls their attention to the energy and
spirit shown by the sister Institutions of the
State, which now bid fair to flourish as they
have never done before, and warns the Trus-
tees that they may lose the harvest-time for
their College It seems almost necessity
that the location of Randolph Macon shall be
changed and the editor sites Staunton as one
Of the best points whittier to remove this
College. Without any desire to disparage
the claims Of any other locality, we desire to
call the attention of the Trustees, and all
others interested, to some of the advantages
of Staunton as permanent location for an
Institution Of the kind. Stanton is located
in the midst of a highly productive, if not the
most productive, portion Of the State, and
could well and abundantly supply all the
wants of such an Institution. In Locating
College it is important that it shall be easy
Of access and the location healthy. This We
think we can claim, without denial from any
source, for Staunton. So particularly is it
marked as a healthy location, that, in the
summer seasons heretofore, many, who set
out from their homes to spend the summer
at our famed watering places, have stopped
In Staunton and remained in Preference
AS an accessible point it is in direct communi-
cation by railroad with almost every locality,
and this will be further increased by the COM
pletion of the projected railway throughout
the length of our beautiful Valley.
No people have suffered more during the
long struggle through which all have passed,
and none have shown more commendable
energy in the recuperative process than the
people of the Valley. Not only do pecuniary
interests excite their endeavors, but they feel
an earnest interest in education. Old schools,
which during the war were suspended, have
been re-established, and new ones have sprung
up with complement of pupils Should this
College be transferred to this point at once,
it would grow up with shis section and could
be filled with students from the Valley alone
There is time in the life of Institutions as
well as men, which taken advantage of leads
On to prosperity, and the present is the au-
spicious moment for Randolph Macon Col
lege. If the Trustees determine upon Staun-
ton as the location, we think the day of its
prosperity is but dawning.
We think buildings could be secured here,
that would answer until site was selected
and buildings could be erected thereon, and
we suggest to the Trustees of Randolph Ma
con College, as worthy of their consideration +.
70 investigate the advantages of staunton as
the future location Of that Institution, in re-
gard to its accessibility, healthfulness, ability
to supply the wants of an Institution, and
the morality of the people Of this locality and
section.
We are satisfied that, should the Trustees
investigate these subjects, Stanton would be
selected and Randolph Macon would, ere long,
be second to no College in the State, either in
standing or in point of numbers of her stu
dents.