The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-11

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Jt,c University Biii.
.. l;s.otrh: Please allow nc TO say
..' ,t.o.. AN Tins bill.
&, .." N'' -, y,,riri, and The Univcr-
.- ,,n matter nf academic iu,lluc.
.,'....r,.d ,'' ,Ii-nru.a substantially the
" .. .r,r,. I Thc University. ncithcr IN The
~ tc!,,,lDic instruction nor IN MS
..-.t ., cr.lul'ion. i 80 far above the
.... a., some ot IL ~pcriaI ir'thd' a->u'''e'
., .a ..t.rr IN bon these ir'H'cI> - ~
.. ....,- exceedingly lr'li NJ. Il! t'''>
... I.,yrr,iry. ia consideration OF
....p, h.. -,4,,'. proposes TO dispense
..,,.. =, y, cJmrr> The salse article
.....t..I. IT,. .....r.,r, charge about seventy
,,rG...a- tah tHi- IS an ht''nP' 10 N",Ir', :,
...,..r...,..n, J. n proposition 80 I't'h 'n"'
.,.,... ,...utrn. man cannot i"Il 10 see
!. '.og, there were the Snauo"
-, sy.N on TINS point IL y
.a.,....v removed hy that pro-
r.....f H.. hI which cXacts tuition ices
,,,a. students "i the 'tchh'CH at'u pi"'''
...,,.l .rlno,> Of the lnivcrsHS' lor "hoih
,,, COLLEGES de- not compete ana SrautS
r~.,.r..,,iou ,Xnc'iy 10 those LOT "hoil Tue
.......,- ao r.lu;"n, ana 'u't s"0Se'Si".t''
,,,l Tire Uurvcr-itT. lnt lr'ehus VI thc
.,;,.a. colleges III HfG'h'a arc p''ui' "ue
ard ,'tl' orcj'iIJcni'"'; ah! Tue ou..cisItt
r.rro' IttCd 10 'Arft 'NrIt h"I'n,'s ~, ''i"
r."I"r" ih'T "it">'',n i.';,..,,;,,t ,riI,
m n, present shape the ouif''1''y "i''
,s"mr'!y aud sadly i"'s 'nT l?Ss w 'n,,i
t..,@r-hJp ana support h' = XIV, "n.
III. colleges, we are 'ol'' nav ?''"n L,''t '',.
...>al. Th, i 20; but CAD 'h's 6'".r ou, .tI
and harmonious G Opcfa'ion coh''hut II .ne
COLLEGES, IN ,hr supposed ln'eitslS VI t"C
I.uiyrr>ity, ar" e. De- aftaChCd ana clippicu
hy ho~'lI" legislation; ha' 'n.1 leSu'. az
follow /, wh" hn"" nc'l'l 'nan 'iic 'e0'o4 VI
'lr University, gl'c 'iih'N "aFhL"S'
The miserable huGhraf OF '!ie 'oHhs ilopc
kin, University Is Invoked III lhe support VI
tA> scheme. TO lhls answer
J.. That IN" tTioh"' oi !nc o"''cia..
would 10 well 10 aliiF 10 Ch''l y" I'se ,'i'
advice they CIV" 10 Inc coilcScS hSI ~ t"'s
t4.! pa, aud t"0 years hehCt NV eo,''S
"j admit that thry nave l'oI S"I'ci va nu!
,cG.ih" dimlnullon oi patronage. ne
University Of Virginia. II IL VIII MAINTAIN lis
u',2r,ty, and not allow nstii 10 ne f'9hI-
rlcd from ltspropFlr'y oy Il Wt"'e"en Coih'
petition. "wIii tnd Two years hehG, am
SIZE. thatlt 1" has sukefcu no sehsioie ulin'-
autOn "i ~ pt'I"haSc from t!c ovhuS
ll,pnlu> n|crSlty. Inc col'' %es are loiu
Ia wilt aud sec; let the University also wait
aai ,y..
-. Mos. ctSc- OF human eohuacl are, IN
the mt,r, mrllIar ana distinctive. because
Al tudHdUl! or a corporation do 4 certain
ta.r., is 10 reason why another individual
Il. IN -utI y.
aul Surroundings different, should do the
>.,gr thing TO ascertain and adopt Wise
l5,I -ai,' policy is possible only when we pro
lrG.y consider III" peculiar circumstances OF
,v'. cast; We are h"p"'c>"!y lo>', anc nave
Ep.luL 10 guide u, when we SURRENDER oul
Indignant in 4 silly attempt at mere lnlta'
ton. Il the Johns Hopkins University Is 50
enormously rich that ii can offer free educa-
ton to three states. is that any reason why
the Virginia University, with exhausted eX.
cArIurr, should attempt 10 follow suit! Let
the state OF Nirtilia and the University OF
N.rcIuia to what suit, their circumstances
without rrt,rcuyc 10 The projects of million.
art>. Il i extremely Illuminating, however,
lu >c" HE University, about which for half q
century 80 iGueh Glory has clustered, ready
20 change It's policy and lower its tllr to 8
rival WhO has not taken pOsiton--to an un.
horn purvcuu.
The University Of Vir.inia. under rs
present organization, need tear nothing from
TIL. Johns Hopkins. Its established rcpu
tatIOr. and not less It's pQY fc0ttre, put il or
onIer I,anr than can ever be reached b,
sly free school, however richly endowed
Let the University professors continue to
feel, A. heretofore, that they draw their
support, to large extent, from the classes
They instruct. and the students on the
other tund feel that they are entitled TO The
best ,rryo,s OF The professors, because thea
have paid their money for such service S
then. and only under such conditions,
VII the instruction, of the Jniyer.
sty be thorough, enthusiastic com.
p.ehru>iIr- Bat when the professors
draw 9tl their support from the treasury OF
III" State iuty VII think less of their obIiga
jt'u- |" the >iU culs for those obligations
VII 'hr les. aud the student wiIl d mund
i'-' u! Hi" professors. tor his right to their
services VII be- lr,>. Thc student himself is
MtHd'ctal; nor can he rttlcc', without hu-
Ha'h''"n a"d shame, that the privileges be is
".'''r-, e: !gUcr probably wasting, are not
IL, ih2rn,.y Of his money, but OF the sweat
Al! To- Of thJ>e from whom nothing is due
""A' l"",oaYiclo" d GRADES niel. What
ever t." mty accomplish, though be is likely