Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-09-29
on the Nashville and Chattanooga road,
eight miles distant

on the Nashville and Chattanooga road,
eight miles distant
At the meeting Of the trustees referred
TO above, it was thought best to open only
the junior department at present, in the
hope that with the returning prosperity
of the South it would gradually expand
into the full functions of the University
as originally projected. Gen. ]. Gorgas,
the late Chief Of Ordnance Of the Con-
federate States. was, upon the recon :.
mendation Of President Davis, General
Lee, and numerous other eminent per-
sons, elected head MASTER No better Sc.
/ lection could possibly have been made
General Gorgas is distinguished grad
uate of Vest Point; gentleman of ripe
attainments, of urbane manners, OF sim
gular purity of character. The success
with which he organized and sustained
the Ordnance Department of the Confed.
crate army proves indisputably that he
possesses not only high order of intelli-
gence, and of scientific attainment, but
rare faculty of organization. This last
will be largely called into requisition in
starting the University upon the path Of
successful operation.
Rev. F. L. Knight, d. D., was elected
to the chair Of Ancient Languages. He
is also chaplain of the institution. This
gentleman has had large experience as
teacher of the languages, and sustains a
high reputation for thorough scholarship.
He has, in addition to his duties as Pro-
fessor of Ancient Languages, the charge
of a class of theological students. With
the accomplishments of the scholar DR..
knight blends the charms of the cour-
teous, Christian gentleman.
Mr.. Robert Dabney, OF Powhatan
county, Virginia, was elected to the chair
of Moral Philosophy and Rhetoric,
although for the present but a limited
field will be afforded for instruction in
these branches. Until the Institution
shall assume the full proportions of a
University, Mr.. Dabney will assist in
other departments. His credentials tes-
tify to the possession of extraordinary
natural aptitude for the mental and
moral sciences, combined with unusual
cultivation in that direction. Among his
testimonials is one from DIR. VIM. II.
McGuffey, stating that he regards Mr..
Dabney as qualified to succeed him in
the chair of Moral Philosophy in the
University of Virginia.
Mr.. E. Berkeley Greene was appointed
instructor in Mathematics, for which
science he is said to have exhibited, both
during his collegiate career and since.
very remarkable prediction and talent
He is comparatively young man, and
enters upon what am sure will prove an
ever.enlarging field of distinguished use
fulness, in connection with the xpandinge
dimensions of the University.
Major George r. Fairbanks, in addition
to his labors as general superintendent
and treasurer, will instruct in the depart
ment of History and English Literature,
for which task he possesses high qualiti-
cations 1t has seldom been my fortune
to meet so genial and accomplished a
gentleman as Major Fairbanks. His
whole heart is enlisted in the work OF
building up the University of the South,
and has been from the incipiency of the
enterprise. In fact Major F. is an in
tegral part of the University, and can no
more be dissociated from it, than the
play of Hamlet can be performed with
out the Prince OF Denmark
Bishop Green, of Mississippi, is Chan
cellor, and Bishop Quintard of Tennessee,
Vice Chancellor, OF the University. The
board of trustees consists of the bishop,
one clergyman, and two laymen from
each of the following dioceses, viz:
North Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Ten.
nessee. To the hands of this board is con-
fded the election of professors and the
general management of the institution.
The design Of those who originated the
scheme was to found q University upon
the model of the great English Universi-
ties of Oxford and Cambridge. If it is
not practicable at present to do more |
than establish Cis-Atlantic Eton or
Rugby, let us hope that the foundations
will be laid, broad and deep, for a not
distant development into the full stature
of glorious University.
The plan Of the University is different
in many respects from that of any instr
tuition of learning in this country. The
occurs in the winter. The de-
lightful temperature which prevails on
the mountain during the summer months
will enable the students to pursue their
Isbors at time when epidemics and ma
Iarious diseases would interdict return
10 their homes, on the part Of many
rom the extreme south. It is expected,
;oo, that the parents and friends of the
Students will, in large numbers, seek
heir summer recreation amid the en-
,hantments Of this delectable noun
ain" The boys" viii be remitted 10
he pleasures Of home, at that season
shen we all enter into the sentiment Of
he board,
Heap on more wood, the wind is chill.
But let Il whistle ~ Il will,
Wen keep our Christmas merry still.
Tbs academic year will be divi-
led into three terms, viz; Michaslmas,
.ent, and Easter terms Michaelmas
erm closes on the 18th Of December
.ent term commsBces on the 10th Of
February. The intervening time consti-
uies The vacation.
The irrational cEr-iculEm Of our
american colleges viii not be adopted.
Neither for the present is il deemed advi-
able 70 introduce the eiecfire sysfenI, ss
bservsd a. The University Of Virginia
he csihcaiion will be into forms, e.
q the English schools and colleges
The ceremonies incident 10 the open
% Of the University took place today I