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remains to be tested. The action of the
trustees, whether influenced by it or not.
accords with it. The result Of this &C.
tion may be briefly stated The Chancel.
lor having resigned his post, and the
trustees not being prepared to name his
successor, it was resolved for the time
being, to confer the powers 0f the Chan
cell0r on a member of the faculty. to be
chosen by that body, and TO be known
as Chairman of the Faculty" Under
this arrangement the faculty made a
most ludicious and feIicitous choice in
electing Edward Mayes, the present pop
ular and accomplished Law Professor of
the University. Professor Wheat, for
merlY Professor of Greek Language and
Literature, by his own consent was
transferred to the chair of Metaphysics.
and the chair thus vacated was filed by
the election of a distinguished scholar
and teacher, Professor Addison Hoge.
late Cheek Professor in Hampden-Sid-
ney College.
The University is therefore equipped
for the work before it. The trustees
have no request to make Of tho people
except that they will heartily sustain
their own University by patronage and
accept the assurance that it is full
worthy of it. 1t has been noticeable
for several years past that the graduate
class-the Alumni of the University
have been unable, from sheer want of
attendance, to give any prominence to
to their annual meetings on the occasion
of the University Commencement. The
reputation of an institution of learning
| is, in great measure c0nfded to this
perpetual order of men, They never
cease TO be par6 of it. Their annual
assemblage on the day Of Exhibition is
regarded by the students as part of the
ceremony most important, as it is to
them the most pleasing. There are
numberless so called br0therhoods in the
multiplied movements of modern life,
but that between the student classes
and the graduate is one of the oldest
and least exclusive and least selfish.
ltstands without constitution or articles,
or creed, upon the bond of sympathy
between those who get their inspiration
from the same honored fountain, and
are animated by the aspiration to be-
come useful to their country and to
mankind. At their last June meeting
the Trustees concerted measures with
the Alumni in attendance to secure a
full meeting of this body at the next
Commencement.
We repeat what is perhaps not well
known, that tuition at the University is
substantially free. The interest on the
endowment fund, in round nuh1berB, is
$3S, 10000 annually. From this revenue
the salaries of tutors and professors are
paid, and this provision made room for
the practical abolition of tuition fees
and still would leave a balance which,
it was supposed, would serve to make
neecful additions to the library and
chemical and philosophical laboratories
and apparatus, and supply .he means
for necessary repairs and care of the
University grounds and buildings. We
fear that the growth of the University
in the matter of its library and other
appointments mentioned, will be stinted
under the wisest economy, but the
Trustees have striven to keep the insti-
tuition within the limits of its resources.
For the merits of the discipline which
has undergone little change, the country
must form its opinion from the fruits
exhibited in its graduates. 1t is as good
as it is in the best ordered Universities,
we fully believe.
One fact we will mention in conclu-
sion-a fact of the greatest Importance
and that is, that for the last two collie
giate years there has been no death and
not single case of serious sickness in
the whole student body. 1t can be
affirmed with entire truth, that there
exists no local cause of disease there.
The University is remote from swamps,
and the aspect of the country about it
indicates healthiness by every accepted
test.
w. P. HARRIS,
G. B. GALLOWAY,
E. F. GRIFFIN,
G1ovo s+kon