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which must come house rent. amount
ing to 1920 This would leave each pro-
lessor about $3.50 a year for the support
| of themselves and families. They have
received the most costly education that
the country affords, and the committee
was not wrong in supposing that this
step would not only cripple the insttu-
ton. but positively destroy it."
The statement shows the monthly sala-
ries of the faculty to be as follows:
Lyon G. Tyler. president and
Professor Of Moral Philosophy,
Political Economy, and Inter
national Law ....................S lsl b55
j. Leslie Hall, Professor Of Eng
fish and History ................ 10 W
Van +. Garrett. Professor or
Natural Science and Chemistry 125 %
T. j. Stubs, from Arkansas,
Professor Of Mathematics. rs "
Lyman b. Wharton originally
from Bedford City, Professor OF
Latin .............. ..........-.... ID w
Gle receives also so In addi-
ton as secretary of the ia
culty)
Hugh S. Bird. originally from
Petersburg, Professor Of Nor
NAL Department ................ 10 w
Charles Edward Bishop. original
" from Emory and Henry Col
lege, Professor Of Greek,
French. and German ............ 15 90
Miss Lucy l.. Davis from Lynch
burg. principal of the Model
and Practice School ............. 20 "
Six instructors 0aken from the
older students) who get board,
etc. free, but get no salary.
Total monthly sum paid
teachers ............. .........Slbo GOA
Total annual sum ...........Sl 81, 200 %
OFFICERS SALARIES.
Henry b. Smith, treasurer and
secretary of the Board of Visit
ors Qrom williamsburg, annu-
ally .............. ..-..,.-......... foO w
Charles Washington Coleman. Ii
brarian from Williamsburg. 800 W
r. Lee Spencer, steward 0rom
williamsburg. annually ........ 90 W
LYMAN b. Wharton. secretary of
the faculty 0rom Bedford City 80 %
Two colored janitors Civilians
burg, to whom are paid annu-
ally ............ ................... "VI ~
Total payroll annually. .Sl4.4V 90
President Tyler held that the property
did not belong to the State. and that the
trustees controlled 1t by right of char
Ter NhtAi W ANi''o
Queen Mary.
Mr. Withrow wanted TO know IL the
State did not own the property, just as
It did the burying-grouncs around the
institution.
The President replied that the question
as TO the right Of "A State to property
ceded under these old grants had been
settled by Daniel Webster. when he ap-
peared in the famous case for Dart
mouth College.
BENEFIT TO THE STATE.
Mr.. Withrow asked the president what
benefit the State received for the appro-
priations ii had made for building pur-
poses, If the Commonwealth did not own
the property? Mr.. Tyler replied that the
State received the benefit of free tuition
for the young men sent there. He could
not understand what the committee
meant By saying that the work done at
the institution did not justify tho state
In making any appropriation. Certainly,
the work was up to the standard OF the
Normal School at Farmville. and the lat
ter institution had been commended. Mr..
Tyler read extracts from letters from
school superntendents, in which the lat
ter speak highly OF their teachers who
are graduates OF William and Mary Col
lege.
The president dwelt on the advantages
OF the college TO the section Of the State
surrounding It, and said that when the
report reached Williamsburg the Legisla-
ture would probably abolish the insttu-
ton, property values In The town de-
creased within an hour and the bank
refused to loan money on propertysin ;he
historic burg.
Mr.. Tyler asked that the Legislature
should not cut down the salaries Of the
professors. and thus probably force many
of the latter 10 leave. IL any one was
10 be cut down. let his own salary be
reduced
Mr. Withrow wanted 10 know why the
college had had an increased appropria-
ton within the last few years. when
they did not have as many students now
as formerly. Mr.. Tyler said that the |