The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-08
correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
~ wore scraps from the University

o,-xns AND USRIvALLED LAND
bk'i''' ,,nep or srrpkSTs-wHAT THEY
s-r,.ny--Y,Gu STANDARD APPRECIATED Al ih1
xovru- UNIVERSITY MN ~ TIE MEDICAL DE
p.R7NESr OF THE UNITED STATES NV ,''
NV PROFESSOR or MORAL PHILOSOPHY t'h'
.t ,r,,c,ors STATISTICS AND MORAL.
sr,rus OF TIE UNIVERSITY.
UNIVERSITY OF FIRGIN1A,(
July 8, 1914.
rdcs;re 10 send few more scraps about
.,a university. which I have gathered up
and have not had opportunity TO WORN INTO
previous letters. ,o<,. ,,,oro
have never seen the GROUNDS 'ooN tho'e
,,au,;ful than at present., aud have never
noc,, more impressed by the beauty OF the
s,,rrn,,udipy~ than during this VISIT have
.am;r,d many landscapes in our grand OLD
S,s,c huI a. come back TO gaze on The one
presented from the top OF the rotunaa mere,
! om forced Ia ,xciainl. "Suresy there lS'Het
. Iovcl,cr scane ON earth" Lewis mountain
IN ,hc west End the Blue Ridge in the dis
,ance-- charlottesville, Monticello, the ra2ge
nj the Southwest mountains, the highly cu'-
,;r.,.d fields, the Rranpa shining ia the
sun like sheet ct silver and the NOPE
lawn. buildings, and grounds OF the Inlier'
sity. all co nhnr TO form landscape winch.
in the variety OF its beauties, Is absolutely
without rival.
regretted not to have been able to In
spect the University iarm connected win
the Agricultural department, Dat heard most
excellent accounts concerning IL
The nun Der OF students at the University
during The past session was 500 (c'ecen
more than during Q'e session dctW'cl, OF
whom $50 are from Virginia. and the rest
- md ono H.
,a,al The Latin classes numbered lis,
Mathematics 1875. Greek 80, Chemistry 10,
Modern Languages 81. Law Sc, and Medi.
cine 80. The high standard Of scholarship
maintained at the University is comingto be
appr,ci ,ted at the North as well as at
the Suu,h--e. g.: There are now fifteen re-
DrrSrDtatiyeS Of The University medical
school in the United States naval service, and
the Boa;d OF Examiners (who are accuS.
tuIcd 10 subject all applicants to the most
rigid tX.,Iinliuns) have declared that the
examination i Il mere j"y8l when the apr!i-
cant con O. Witn the Endorsement OF the L NJ
ycrsily OF Virginia, rs one OF these has Rerei'
failed 10 PASS il most satisfactory cXamaa-
ton, lille candidates from other schools ire
tleltly fail. And aS Tor the standard in
law, or the academic departments, il is too
well kLoWn to need comment, except to say
that the ne~ professor Of moral philosophy
Dr. Noah H. Davis has brought the stand
ard in his school fully up TO that OF the other
schools, and lha: moral philosophy can be no
lonccr considered 'an easy TICKET" BY the
way, Your correspondent has taken especial
pains TO inquire as to how this new pro.
fesSor is Succeeding, aud was very
much grititcd TO learn that he is
thought ~ have TILED his chair with marked
ability. The only complaint that | heard
came f.om some of the young men who had
failed to graduate. and who (yery naturally
thought tbat the standard hadI cen "raiscd
too suddenly and too high" But all real
lovers of tue University Will rejoice IN any
advance in the s:audtrd of scholarship,
1t has been lime-honorcd custom that
the year after the election of new professor
at the University his name comes again be-
fore the Board tor confirmation or rejection.
According TO this custom Professor Davis
was ANONYMOUSLY cortirmed during the seS-
sion Of the Board OF Visitors just closed.
The Is 'ard attended during its session to
various other matters of routine business,
but did nothing Il learD) of general public
interest.
1t was gratifying to hear that the moral
and religious tone of the University during
the past session was fully up to that of pre-
vious sessions (and that is putting it very
strong. and That the order among the stu
dents wss weli-nigh perfect. l am indebted
10 the Efficient chaplain of the University
(ltev. S. A. SleeD tor the following statistics {:
Number of church members among the stu
dents, 10I; Sunday schools sustained 10y the
Young Meas Christian Association, !;
weekly pray eI-.meetings sustained, 10. Add
10 these facls tue gratifying statement that
nearly every o"c of the professors is con-
rectcd with some one of the evangelical
churches, md il is seen that few institutions
in The land have u more decided religious in
fluence rXertcd within their walls than our
noble University.
] am glad to be able to add that the pros
poets Tor the coming session are bright and
Frightening. NIAToR.