The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-10-20
9ithmond 1ispattIt,
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 20, 1869
letter from the University.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
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Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
FB UNIVERSITY OF NIRGrNIA,}
October 10, 1869. j.
By the courtesy of the chairman OIL the
Faculty tDr. Maupin) am enabled 10 lay
before your readers accurate returns ol lhe
number Of students who have ALREADY ma
tr;cnlated: Virginia, I65; Maryland, 80 !;
M;SS;ssipni. 81: Alabama, 81; North Caro-
lima. so: South Carolina, %; Georgia, % !:
Arkansas, 3; Tennessee, %; Texas, 1S !;
kentucky, 10; Louisiana, 6; Florida. . I;
West Virginia, 5; District Of Columbia, 3 1;
Missouri, 3: Indiana, 2; Ohio, =; ILLINOIS,,
/: PENNSYLVANIA, /; New Jersey, !: New
York. /; Ecuador, 1--total, 431.
at this date OF last session only 923
names had been entered, which shows
small advance in numbers. Ii is estimated
that there cannot be less than 400 students
on the ground, many who arc attending
lectures not yet having regularly matncu'
lated.
With an increase proportional to that OF
last session, the Number Of students by the
first of July viii fall little short OF five hun
drcd.
Everything is now in full blast; the pro-
fessorS are all ut their posts, and have then
several schools organized and in good work,
ing order. The School of Medicine has had
considerable acceSsions to its number. and
IL is gratifying in these days Of material pro,
gress to be able to announce that. The
School of Greek is much more fully attended
than it has been since the close OF the war
It is not less cratifyingto know that the lee.
TIRES OF Professors BALLET and Bocck are
highly appreciated and largely attended
Iour correspondent had the pleasure, a few
days since, OF going through portion OF
the new laboratory, which has been erected
and provided with apparatus under the Ill
rcction of Professor Mallet.
The building is 120X45 feet, and contains
the most convenicntly-arrangc lecture hall
in the college, and eleven rooms for practice
and experiment. The apparatus, chemicals.
and models, which were mostly ordered
from Europe, have arrived, and are ready
for use, The announcement contained in
the last catalogue can hardly be considered
eytravagaut: ''The University Of Virginia
will, in this department, be inferior in ma
tcrial preparation for instructionto no in
stitutOn Of learning III America, and in
some respects Will probably be superior to
any
The grounds are even, more beautiful
than ever. Those who have noticed the
Washington Hall, the laboratory building,
and the growth of the young trees near
DawsOn's Row and near the poSt-officc,
will agree that there has been decided
change for the better. If the proctor would
only remove the many fences which cut up
the grounds into lots and mar their natural
beauty his action would be endorsed by
many to whom these enclosures are now
eye-soreS. as well rs Inconvenience.
Both OF the Literary Societies have or
ganizcd and the friends of candidates for
honors are already discussing their claims
and canvassng for votes. tOld students
will understand this.
The Young Mems Christian Association,
which has record Of such usefulness III
the past, has been organized for the session
under the most encouraging auspices. Mr.:
w. Il. BarkSdale. of Virginia, was elected
president for the first term. X.