The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-08-24


by men who are, Objectionable to the
great class of herIwhfle citizens, and all
tof her institutions are under their ma.
tnagement and contsol. AMONG these is
her cherished institution ;of Learning.
The fear has been Sntertained that the
Faculty would be removed, and the Uni
tyersfty converted into high school for
the esooiored, people of the State. will
not deny that there was ground for the
indulgence Of these fears, and have no
quarrel with those who gave expression
to them. Let US inquire if they have
been realized. The salary Of a professor.
in the ACT establishing the University.
was fixed at 81, 1000; the present Legisla,
ture raised it to. $4,000. The present
Board of Trustees has not removed a
single member of the Faculty, but they
have filled vacancy by the election of
a gentleman of the highest professional
reputation, who for long period has
been favorite with the people of the
State. 1t is, believe, very we'll under
stood, that at their next meeting thew
will call to another vacant chair a man
of distinguished scientific attainments,
who has been Professor in the Medical
College of Charleston for thirty years.
The Professors LeConte have accepted
positions in the University of California,
and the State has lost their valuable ser.
vices, but it seems to be the determine
ton of the Board to repair the loss, and
so to organize the Faculty as to give to
1t tho utmost efficiency. One of the
professors has just returned from the
North, which he visited with the view of
making purchases to meet certain wants
In his department, and the funds were
q G1 fha
priations have been made for putting the
buildings and premises in order, and the
campus to-day is more inviting than it
has been for many years. In this con-
nection, it is, conceive, no violation of
propriety to add, that the Trustees met
the application of a retiring professor, n
short time ago, not only with Justice,
but. as he himself remarked, with
striking generosity, paying him for extra
services, and giving his salary in advance
to the 1st October. These facts are men,
toned for purpose; the people should
know them. If the University is to die,
1T will die by other hands than those of
the present Board of Trustees They
have done nothing that should close
ITS doors against the good people of the
State, and justify Withdrawal of their
support suggest, too, that something
is due to the Faculty of the University.
From sense of duty, they remained at
their posts, and to this course they were
advised by many of the leading men of
the State. They are gentlemen we'll
known to the people, and as jealous of
the honor of the University and of Ca
rolina as any other of her citizens.
They are entitled to the thanks of the
people, and the censure implied in a
withdrawal of their support is unjust
and unmerited.
With these facts, make my appeal to
the patriotism and intelligence of our
citizens. The University can bo saved
only by their patronage, and this patron
age is to be found in numbers alone. The
crisis is Mt hand. A respectable cata-
logue will be followed by the usual ap-
propriation. But if the people will not
send their sons, and seek other institu-
tons for their education, then we may
expect consequences which all good men
must deplore, and which will be embit-
tered by the reflection that it was within
our power to have prevented them
RUGBY.