New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-12

each system should ascend through
preparatory schools and terminate
in university in which will be
taught ali the knowledge which tie hu-
man intellec. is capable Of receiving. In
Il! this pyra:a;dal system shall have been
reared, society can no: utilize all the men
tai ami moral energies of every citizen,
and SO will have failed Of its duty.
We have had the pleasure Of an inter
view with Professo. W. D. Cabell, princi-
pal Of the Norwood High School, Nelson
county, Virginia, and representing the inter
ests Of the University of Virginia. His i'm
mediate object is 70 secure an endowment
fo- professor SHIPS in that institution, either
by donation or the sale Of scholarships in
its schools. We believe GU, cwn UNIVERSE
so-ca..ed-which devotes tie whole Of
large building to the annual education
OF some twenty o. thirty attorneys and as
many physicians, conceives its mission 20
be fulfilled, anG asks nothing q. the
hands Of our people. The Washing
ton-Lee Institute has received more
than one hundred thousand dollars endow.
neilt from Louisiana. and now another ia
sti:ution. most worthy We admit. but still
not domestic. comes 70 ask further aid
at Our hands.
The University Of Virginia was founded
by Thomas Jefferson. and parsues the
system 0: instruction prescribed by hin.
This system has been even improved since
the war by adding department OF ap-
piled science. embracing rural economy
and technica! philosophy. the application
Of science to the arts aud manufactures
Every day is demonstrating that Thomas
Jefferson was tie wisest statesman and
the best friend the Southern States ever
had. He proposed: l. The repeal OF the
tax FOX the support of particular re-
ligious belief. and the law 70 establish Re-
hgious freedom. 2. The repeal Of 'he law Of
entail. 3. The gradual abolition o. e.av-
cry. 1. Tie establishment Of free schools.
with colleges, academies and Z. ,nivar-
sity. Some Of these principal measures
be carried out. and some have take eject
from othe. causes. 1t may be then aid
that the system OF Thomas Jefferson is in
complete operation in the : tate whose
politica! annals lie has illustrated.
And this university, the chi.do. "a: age.
has prospere1 and thriven n usefulness.
1: has supplied want in the hour o.
trouble, and now qualities h;:nG.e:s Of
Southern youths for the change c.; Gus
toms, which Jefferson fores.. . - "a
evitablc.
There are some features in this univer-
sity course eminentiy Jetfersoni n. aid
which have been adopted elsewhere. 4
diploma OF graduation does not re -u;r. :.
residence Of three or four years. : stu
dent may take any and all hcco-c ~ one
year if lie be qualified. TLen there is
very little espionage by the otsice:s Of til !,
college. A youth is treated as frec.aa. :,
authorized to employ his -: tic n his
OWL way and only held to account ID lis
classes Experience seems to prove that
this system, Lere as in ecmany. ecures
respectable and respectful body O: SUI
dents The selection Of :. .h plan .te..
nately from the principal religious p7.-
suas;ons. with the privilege 0. worship 1t
any churches il tie neisLborins SOW,
secures to students eve: ..-.~as 8 {.
spiritual instruction.
Taking the Eberality # ::..:; system. the
reputation of its teachers. ;he example G:
its alumni. the salubrity o. the climate.
the economy Of subsistence, :.r. the :. .
feasibility OF the university. it is entitled
to be regarded as one O. the principal
centres Of American education. t. prin-
c:pals should look forward, not merely to
educate tie youth Of the >:ates. VI: By
proper relations Will. other ad ;acsn: 90
t.ie, to difuse the principles Of 'eaerson
throughout the whole American continent.