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' : . . : ..... . . ..", V, .., 4- '. ; " ..... ' ....... . ... ..... f ..J VOL.; XI.-OCE W SEMES. SALISBURY, N. G, APJIIL 12, 1855. NUMBER XLVI r-- CEsKiLiLi5rixi6 " TWfctWiag letter front the Attorney GateraJ of ike Stat to tha Treasurer, in regard to tk lata ILtrenae ct, will be sWanl inteftatiag: . Eamta, ttarcL , ISif. T DL W. CxaJai&fc YnJer r Sir; I kav tin kotwr, in repljr to too; to saAaut tin foIWwlDj; opiniou : The lit mi I per cent U bi levied on eful mpiavwJ kj pergvM aclling Li- ,, liutea or tXIii, ft Jctaaiidabfo C Jiseiplinf. i .... . AN. INAUGURAL ADDRESS lEUVUCU AT (H lie Kll Ftbrnirj, NS, BY Kjo.D. II. HILL, w - raorimso .r msthkmatics iku civil KxuiMcui.tu. Gli.Nn.tilK, W TUB IWui OK TaTitTKIS Intittttipn, in Jrt tiuu.lc.1 br; V.i bearing the name the Fatlior of liia Country, and hate inrifrl mo to cal in my lot aniung you, auj to labor in the Coft-i- ov.-r which yon prmiJe. j tW HKfia-fa, thm hm aaaner aa the , im priuvi,.W. ; 1 kft . Iio.r.i of . . t . v . .... i toX of tnmtf -fi Pr cent. tt I paid VU. 'rot',r; ' M-ft L'ulke, the cliaraiier tjf Iiom MuiWnta was tin Tllrf ttrtlia irmglttli Metiiciue. '. ch that Jurinj oil year. 1 rcct-ivnl not a igle mart of duoaurtwy, : las ( aaaOrvd taUra on all ; ot dr.iH. I Survly tL. in iw (J many J.a.mt Mti miaim upon my life IJH mt liaala, iaiar a corporal , ion wrs oTerafW umplkni'iux&'as'irm tbera at do boya iu the lptb century ; all r merged in young gen tlemen. Boots and cigars are "used a. soon at liVa and piuaforca are fairly thrown aside. In one of our Inrgett eiiici, n merchant being about to take hi YouneAmerka aoft iatot jiartnwJtip with him, anlted liiui what sign the new finn sliould hare," John Tones' i Father, to-be-sure," was the prompt reply. In a tillage not hundred miles distant, a Father was aW in Court, "la your aon of age i" "Ctptauiln, was the answer Uow long sinoe has 1U been of age T next que ried (lie lawyer. Err sinoe I knsw Wnt," replied the dutiful pa rent. Just so it is. The boy is s young1" gtvtWen when thnmlring bis horn-book and primer, a fins ganlleimm in the GIJ-6glJ school, !i ei'iiiwte genlkiumi iu the (irammar school, anil a superlative, graml gentleman, by the time he reaches College. Indulged, petted, and uocoutrolled nt home, allowed to trample upon all laws, human and divine, at the preparatory school, he comes to College, but too often with an undUciphued miud, and en uncultivated heart, yet with exalted ideas of personal dignity, and a scowling conteiri for lawful authority, and wholesome restraint. How is ho to be controlled with hi lofty notion, Li bio punctilio, bis deliutttt smi.ibilil.kiS, hi. ohival rou felingjt ! .Will the old system, of admonition and sui-pensiou be tutlicient to coerce this high-blooded, mettlesome boingt AJiuonish him ! Why he will go off and faugh w ith hi cbis-mates nt tiic sol emn Tboge aud old-fasliioned remarks of the Honored Pneses, and je-r at the rebuking look of their " rhol potent, grave, and reverend seni ors" the venerated Faculty. Ah! I have known that thing to be done. woman of tJi Tiber. - How then is a Protean College to be gwveMfc ed t AVhat mttt be its code of laws f Here we would premise at the very outset of this inquiry, that the isest and most wholesome laws will be destitute of alfeftioency, and T absolfiluly' Void" and nugatory, uutuss they receive the support of the governed party. The efficacy of all Isw must depend upon the moral sentiment of the nulject. The law has supreme control and sovereign power with a virtuous people, but is a dtd letter with the vicious and depraved. The mobt judicious system of rules and! regulations will be scoffed at, contemned and trampled upon in a College, where the moral ton -low,- Well did the grent Statesman of Masaachnsetls my, - must look for security above th law, and beyond the law, ia tlw prcv--ftkuce of eulitflitened aud eIJ principltd moral aeatiroeat." This luf ty sentiment must be instilled and inculcated by the praying riTHCHK, but especially by the praying mothkus, of the youth in process of train ing for a Collegiate course. The young man, who has been taught bud down in the parable of tie lajtnt e principlfl c enconragin . effort and rewarding merit t Just in proportion as there nas been Christianity and sense enough in out Colleges, to take the Bible as their guide in this particular, have tliey made progress in sound scholarship, The ruJlbg y;m Las macta the "MiliUry Academy at West ToinV the first school of science in America. It has elevaied Yale College, Xaau jf.iH, Mi-uru-UniversHy, Washington College, Hampden Sidney, Jefli.-rsoB Coll'-ge, c, Ac. South Carolina College has reaped rich frail from it, though it ha. beea but partially introduced Into that aust deservedly popuhu' InaUtulion. Weoooe beard the accomplished Su v-olxuSrnt i4 Uid Virania Military lastituta say, that without ilia grading system, bis southern West I'oiut, the pride aad pet of the State, would xit rtmain "a e'tteao a single- week. Horace Mann, ia tlsfEfteWh anr.sst rcj)(t to the lioard of Edtteatioa of Massachusetts, speaks of the, 1'rm.ian and ivottt-h schools as the best in tbe world. In tbesq th ti'achen are careful to excite to the highest point a spirit of etoulatioa and g jnerons rivalry among their pupils. Mr. MaaaJ1 from his cradle, to reverence r-artrntsd -authoritv, and to respect Bible truth, and has karncl that subordination to eovWrrment does not in- 1 ft-' trough csminsUon of ties. volve meanness and cowardice, will be distinguished by a manly. in Virginia, the motiv-s tli.it prompted V) a chancre of lndwitm, could t r-iJ bim 1 Thj vory thing he wiuils. JIu wiU ihcu havt! tiint lur ' avft1. tkclaric t if "tit tax Is not j' nTl I"" Hnrr fe, JigliU S)iue vf (Jiem only need I jjive. pexjtJ let ftJ'rauBC, tbie tani-! aLali be) tve 1 (nauWdwUtara." TW pruktMi appli ' n J' fint 1 J " """"S mv own I'!'': 1 '''J to I III Wl Ills M CuOfLDia an4 tbuir agutt-1 to aid ia trsining the youth of the two Carolina the Old North Sute . , f ditinguih J in our early lii-tiiry, by being the 6rt to reevitc a colour Thm S$l acctioa of tti act imrat a IWwtaat Fj.gli.hnKi,, tbe'fimt to i.r. laim liUrtv.t ai.J the fir-t latfteesaeitTTliandxJ dollars , . ,," . , , apoyol m aa j"icica of traJe not sje- i "UT uul . ,"r in cf thf Htahenabl rights of man, Csavlv tales!, Stwi appli, WitJuHlt JistiliC-: and si-arcly 4 wkbrsl. 1 in the present day, f.r hating no broken tkoas, to all Capital empli.ye.1 in trade, bants, n brtjken er.-dil, and no brolea down arUlocracy. And what vWtWlUaauM U artick-w of the jjj m j tlt. ,bk.iii.m:bkbl-w) bn . - rTrarrfotTrf bcr ollxe wiM ; .and aa iatoouW a a tax on with a love stronger titan thai of women. Yea, that love lias only ad) cajMUl tVat had escarp this notice of u,ea strengtlieneu by the aMie she has rceived from atlitionmui, tHa) afekV j fijos s!1 j f;,iv...attj tout brum.. I jwid" myself uja aotbing so Tl aocj-wofk of Vehicle iall le en- mtv:i M ,a,j,lg never pvrnniu-d to pn, unrebukrd, a slighting remark tirrlr aatactaA-4 ia tUk but, U euti- j, , , w , iufficit.nt, L tB - ifMrTr. taa rlun, t..tliA ft J aawaaj abeawaa. 'a.i mtmtm aniii aaa hsav.aA aav tui uir , t is v - mf fcsjw - rrtsrtotac svy lVnnit mutt ia coaclisoiou, to aay, tlmt tkacircalar j iseaesl was very note- a ry, Uf wcaun aa Kaiiorm aiiukiiustnttioii U lite) laer; atul it jri M leaara to . ciWa mj cocrsm-scw in th j;u rl di-; nctiuiiia tsLick it cixttaiaa. Of cuursu uo gcawaral nS cut4 be xpcie l to tlm rwMtstteta'lsoe' t&c act, without sotnu mod-1 iicmtioe-L 1 tru4 that the rti..n ' vbicai I Lava wasti -aiil Jbeiiii tu anlu-i- eitij tin. Isiid of KuiUjfe, Ijiumw, Sumilei', I'inekney, and Iiwn-lv. ! ho can 1 rtvefe -enough, birth-place of the pure, spot lins, incurrulible Calhoun ! Thy ou hav ever Utu foremost in t!i bsttle-tiekl, fon.iixt in the councils of tiir nation, aud foreinol in do voUun to the great; imteret if die South. Hut tlic great w.tne that maiblv derided me to accept your appoint ment was -tbe desiie 10 UK in Colleg-, fou.ll in the prayers, and by the liberality of rretil)ttinaa, a mii that has done nKre for the fim of sih religious l.Licny than all the other J. uommat'oii in Chr il rnInn, a sert nTOSng h irfi,. shrewd an. 1' dno-roipu; King fjf to.jae; tik2Scultia. i have ha. rr.r.v t-ry and Mouarehy can no more be recoiK-iied than writthrilt grv-at '!1.;Blf'..i''! cotl-? i;o.l and the l.-vil." It i a fact hieh none can controvert, that the atnuBgtt MatisM Mbittitue.1 lor my clwrcb f tluiil. "to r.lr.IlinrTMiiv-lv. ujin 3uiHnimitU.-tl CoF ,. ajp,.wifflaiaai-aBv.,sa isi.i,fsBf , sphjs a.pt...js,Mi.f ' i . . 1 1 i'" ' - 0 r - t- ari-4 rnV 't toinl U iti.-u ' A . Literary Instltutwa, without religious culture, is a fountain of I .am, ftry rettt'o!lr. baneful iiiflueuccs. To educate the h.-a.l and kave the heart nntouch- Soor vbvUint servant, edi'ts kt iacresse 'the 'tapai-ily vf the whUar & 'il,-to'iuake turn '3L JtANSWM. i .....1.1 .1 .J U. 11 .I..,, l.f.r.. 1TI, .,t .in of ll.. .n.ji,." a fpree, a grand frolic, without the iear of having his orgies jy oiled by a sight of the unwelcome fiice of one of the froSswors. iW fact is, I that suspension is but a premium to idleness and vice. The vicious j and laty prefer lifu out of College to iiliome dutits iu it. Tin y go off I snd engage in niuiiv.m. nt and diipaiion till lie) end of their proba tion, aud llieu return to College to 1 a dead Slight to their classes, and to be dragged along some-how, until a nolle r glorious sujK.n.-ion is awarded to their merits. L,.Ctiuhl.lh. vote, ot -all- the- Colle '1 i u1 tmr fanrl turii am, we doubt not there would bo perfect Unanimity iu their totjmony that a kind, faithful and atfoctionate talk witb a student in private, mar do gt-vxl ; but that a public ndnionitiou lias 11 hardening effect, and ik but tlio in itiatory rite that introduces the subject into the fraternity of tlio vicious; and that eame Voice would jirocluini thut su.peUion is o'.jeclioaaUo for tlircmljotahtial reasons, 1 1st, it allows the student ."nil scope for" the l'jtg?tiee of ille ami mischievous habits. 2d, it u Kjualifii him to keep aune with his chiss. .'' J, it makes l.iiu a drag to his clasp. We can be at no loss to account for the fooli-h and iujuiious syektu of admonition and suspension, if we keep in view the ecclesiastical origin of Colleges ; and that the present k!o of College laws and ds rijilioe is .'orived from tliat governing Moua.-tic Instilu;ioia. tTianeellor Kertt says " Coiwations or I'olhg. s, for the ijvar.ee ment of learning, were imVn..vn to the ancients, and are the ','oiits of modern Invention." Again ho tells us, tliat tha e -IpHasfical sch 10J3 of Alexandria, IJome, Constantinople and Iterytus, c:e the tirst to assume the character of public Institutions or Colleges. "Tr.1:H"-beT'is3T-JMIiBe-n '--erof Tivacfcmd wo. lhiA, iileUu. kuoJJ'eiiWl.a - I responding d..ire f..r hvlitiew Franiv, when excelling the whole world in the arts and st icixs-s o! lite, was still more pret ininent in heart- (frasf; MM. JaanT pvrm katea eoxtetUMa War ul wngswu to , ip);,i..j;,.. .,,.1.,. ;.,.,. t. .i,... ,i .i,.,.. si.a,m. ,J II,. wtTJ a b.ii bvwvivcr frnaji, hrm; l nU,.it Jf 1r,, f the sclnb of Itricnne and Met Ira ever been tiw aiasaurd Ideas that llum n aucuil de-1 ' , , Ttsiat W lb act. Td t trilling tWikaOer in revolution, biuesl-shiJ, snd murder. Laplace, aas-wHsUew bt vwkayvs munt Int ti'tiT j if Akularrt, Voltaire, lutusaeau aud NapuUoo. were men. whose, tuinds to tbcaa, M (KtftKf bdar much. iuconvtn-; ii iHVD tuumuA to the btgh.-t poiut of inU'llortusI training, but I v - - - 1 - - . TV.... u . ,4,L tli. ft i. fcifaw; that anssrw frvxu tk cuoscious aa f tW ra ltiut avmwthim; ia tbe imli- TiiiawJ a t It trt :"if :r"- '-L eletnto wocta aasl weight of character. HsMkittr ptk Vaa xbiUtsi by the jLaacncw eua 4 JrvMti 2 ap4 lb'ua Mtrto, kil la ft ia eulkgtt .at Cata IrMijw. ILt was um tiay carrying to bi Awaa a krouta ke kavl juat iHircliaced, wrkcwi ka asat a tncexi, who noticing tha krswxaj itk aat-jUw, cschunieJ, " why mI to aju kaa it aeat Lomo F "lam 1 1 carry tome any thing tunt wbos icy hearts had been wsiin.d by uo genial beams from tbe Sun of Kighteowwa. . The wsnton Uitch.wa, the unparalk-led cruelties, ,ttfr.M.,tfvastati.w . i tl I reoeh Jieyolution, ibuwusUist clearly the fearful ooiif.nemc'S of an education which rejects the car dinal principle vf sound scholarship, " the fear of the Lord is the be ginning of Wisdom." ur own country t.H, lias furnished sufficient ijroof of the necessity for s religion influence iu our llsils of Lvarninir. Tlio University of Vrrgirria, under inridvl auspices as a terror to the land, a curse to the cause of education, in fuel, a nursery of crime and vie. A fcw years ago, our brethren of the F.piscpal Church nbaudon.sd tlio visionary kslcnip to nve," was tisw senaibJe rcplv of! scheme of restraining the stud- uts f William and Mary College, by Jvmux; Bosvaparte. Vrry dilFcmit pride waa tbia Crusia tkatof a vounsr Lady w hom wre knew, wko alwava av her .mother - ail tke kwasiUs to carry a Leu. llity w eu t . a ioctJkU, tweaaset sha tUouirttl 11 via gtr to be ma vkb oa her hcr-l. JK-i: tha code of gentlemanly hohor, and clecUsd one ctf their purest and m.ist evaiigeiical l.ishops to preside over thij destinies of that noble in stitution. Since then, a College without n liijfons fhtnictie, mast iirwisiirrly be a public buUiik-o, i it not plaiu that the Faculty, who impart that uiLruIaaou ought to entertain the same views snd opinions iu regard to ' ' 1 the proper iBaTir. tatioii of the W.nF of God t ' A house divideJ Tie MrJ limtenat of Iretjrwwc;a;n irvlf rant Miwid. jeauL hear .S15i!.JlJ.u.55SiS5.lJ?.il'Mi. aa aaaaal aalary of JU,, I1'NI.IMHI;i , Uuu t ,'.n,l another nvj '.lanation of ..th.! same truth to-niorrow, he kia ckirf secretary, Xj ; avrni tlio at lonicr petMral, S,MHX will .1. mi l the accuracy of both, and in a little time, under a system of conflicting ej"iitions, will b- prepared to di redit the whole of reve lation'. Mr church therefore miist looli to its presbyter iol Sclnvl and TXr Eif f itrnM Jf0i FvumJ. H- Coll. g.-s to fiirfii.h workmen to build up the watc places of 7.kn. dnav,Ifwli;,lW,-Il.Wi of 'J""'" ' tHKr evan, jt...:i dehomiuatious,, as well as our own, Uie Episcopal, Jtaosa. sssw aivstitribua disappearance a lew ; 7 ; , . IL f 't .wckVicileuseat, w. .Meth..list. liapfst, Lutheran, Ac, have f it the want of a more elova- liaaafel as a asiJl race ankt theV-v this afternoon, ( ted piety anion; ftieir youth receiving a literary and scientific edtica- 5. ....yyy. wstss irwn-a- ia Us ka. TVs b4 was identitM by the ri3r aasl baat, ami aa ro.ii.-it st now being kckl kt la cufuaer. iWr TuoBTaiT5TTi.1! ftporrs?brlrrFi in fTmmffv,f 1 i.ft,.t r:..ll.. .....nu .1. t.1.11,.1 f.ir llu-ir. sons soiiit thinL' more than the w... i ..f n... "I V ;JUwmvV ;isrWnW I'M. Won j;nw.Iy . .Salt ; UUnisa, Vapf., -.m'MdmmJmm. taaraarBaiggwa ?t, CUir. I'aMtswr. in-r Uie u Atiautic la toil, Xw Vhtw. Misrvds HtU, -4Jik Ta 1 Vaftaw.w' 1 1'Jkwray, csir, -I left Ktig kaawl, awMv tkrw ajwLa agix, ami for auv-i!-lal Lsya prtvioaais- U my emtiarkatiou, I fast m tctrikte) stilfaeaa 4a m-y - limbs, nri" MatieuiiiJ kj tka mfatnat paia w lieticvcr I aCaVajratast to naava, writU itfdiing and kemaiajr, wkick waa almost intolerable ; koetaiwr, iaawliattly I got ou boatd, I ' Craw tkaa ever, and waa efttifinvd to any cbia far six tiay av ks a fullow pas' fji.su (Sir. llartia, ut ITiilaeltltdiia,) pre awavaui m witk a , cu4 01 boxes of jasur Oiatnaeac aad Tilbs, wbic com-Uil'-llrr '"?! Mod I atn now as well "'7 M,J''t tris ll'lMfSltril?ri.ntv' hind. CickIIv parents dtinan.l fi their; sons something 111'ore than the. dilutee! Christianity of our Slate ruiversities, and the Jesuitism of Cath olic S-niinaries. Such l.iivr mv views of the ridienrv and iiniwrtaiice of denoini- and: l'aviilson College, un.l. rthe iininchate control of UiecUurcb, to which I belong. " Your Honorable Iksly Ij.is.llK.uglit proper to give me College lHs eiplinc, as tke theme of my Inaugural Address. I apprvacb aitb hes itation a subject surround. .1 ky so' njany 4i!'K tiltios, and cvmccrniug which there an so many nposiki opinioiut. The progressive spirit of .the ag, the habit of thought, now prevailing, the rise of Young Anierl icai hare added new jnibaiiaswnenu. to the eer icrplexing question, " how are studenis to be ierned !" With tlio Creeks, tlie uuiisl re fined and cultivate1 nation of wntiqfUly, 'thl word cJocaUoti, piiJtio, was derived fr.iUi pais, a toy or ytmlk. Education Iwilli them, was therefor the training of 1k , and the rules of discipline of the educa Bwwft tiA V re li 'tk'was's sLtchisoi N. Carotin. . '''"''fji vr'orww';;3?'"; ;lr. ArtsAT, Miwtl .-. V..k . . ..... ... m.rlv ecclesiastical estnUi-hinent, derive ll.eir origin teeiitb and fourteenth centurios." Again, " pret lous CTiarlemagn0, Kuroj ha.l sui.L into the greatot bail junce of ibe ituigralloh vt the N'ortlierirand It-: ."fir uicessaut and devastating wars v.hich atlotnl.d 1',. in. IV. .m the thir ty the Te of iU m i:i cousc-tra-, and the ' 'i a:l. inngtie upright and nn honorable deportment throughout the whole of his Col lege caroer. Youthful imnetuwity may pc4ibly betray him (o follow a multitude to do evil, ii.'n toltr wconrfi oiyA sriff be right ; the monifions of conscience will bo board above tlie clamor of passion and prejudice. Any College officer of moderate observation can find out in three months, what students are blessed v illi pious and judicious mother?. Aom, enr?ie? famil ijoirrnmrnt, it Ou great qIxUlcU u the truy of etjic'aid Cullfje distijjlinr. Another formidable difficulty in the way.ofatjelevated standard of scholarship and a high tune of moral sentiment in our seminaries of learning, is the deplorable want of right training of the mind and heart in our primary schools. The candidate for the Freshman class, and, in many instances, for the high er classes, have not been taught to Mw.t, and to exercise their reason ing faculties. They have learned word 'just as parrots learn them, without connecting ideas 1tlr those uords. The first year iu College has to be snt mainly iu the u!ort to divest the mind of a iniscLier CBr etittgrc, or want of culture '.tWa,.ar& many hono.rabl.9 e xceplions among the teach?. in our Academies. North Carolina has lost a pub lic beiiwfcn.tor in the l.imei'ted KiikpstricL. . Still it is an undeniable truth that the baching in our preparatory schools k deplorably defec tive. However, under the uiot unfavorable circumstances, much may le done in College tov aids elevating tlie mind and purifying the heart even of the student, who has riot enjoyed the Mi:-stiinab!e blessing of godly parents and competent instructors. God will honor su . luotilu lion, whose Head hooora Hrj. The character of a College depends mrJjly upon the character of ita 1'resident Let hitn be fake, sly, hypocritical, (ptriguinjr, irresolute iu the exercise of discipline, criiiging to p pillar favor ; every exalUd sentiment of virtue and honor kJU be crushed to death under Lis pernicious administration. The students will be disorderly, discontented, and ripe at all times for riot and rebelj i,u. Let him, on the contrary, be honest, pure, guileless ; a man whose heart is.o full ,f I he. f.-icr of tKl. ibut it has nn room tor " the fear of man Tiat Ti'rinjetK a YuTircITs "College will be dTbtinguiJied for loTty piety, T :rt otlwiakf Asif bad xauidk and gentlemanly propriety. Let such a I'resideut have the faithful co ciKration of a tirtn, discreet, and com eteut Faculty, he will be side to make the Instilutiou over which he presides, tit blessing To "th " worTd" and nn ornament to th Church oCXhrist. A wise, UcMl-fearJiur l'a- sid.-ii':, a pious and eflb teiil eoq of IVoJ'Ssors constitute then, in our. I scuooii, gives mu uecKieu lesu mony ; - uy ins mooa anove oeacnoea. tlwre is no slcpioew. no droning, a inattention," iu tha feeitatioa rooms. It appears aUo, from the report, that tbe French stimulate their youth it. n like manner in a very' high degree. " Ia the room of tlie Head of the literal College, at Versailles, I also saw, say Mr. Mann, the portraits 0 those students of the College who bad wod prises at tbe University. This display and the. tacts eoooectled whh ti " 1 spesk volumes in regard to the French character, and the motive-powers under which not only the scholars, bat tha Nation worka."" .. : . ,.- - Yjr Honorable liody thinking; JhJ tniion with dkeTalkt axtwritftjy'wf - Europe and America, that emulation ia conducive to sound scholarship, have introduced the grading system into your College ; and it will never be abolished so long as there is regard to tbe teaching of tbe Book of books and to the lessons of experience. : " . ! lint whilst the plan of grading all the students at their recitations must rarso tlie standard of scholarship, it is not sufficient ia itself to bring about habits of order and attention to business. Tbe atudwof " are generally well behaved, but not always so. It soraetimes happens V that those who iitd tgTiesT In tteTrpeefrv" and remiss in- attention to the regular College exercises, la it right tb - leave them wholly without restraint! Again, there are many dclia-1 quctiucs, and many infractions of law that must pass unnoticed without 1 -the demerit system : such as tardiness in attendance upon prayers aad recitations, lounging about public places in rtttdy boars, disturbances In -rooms and about the campus in study-hours, disorder ia Chapel aad Lecture-rooms,' Ac, ic 'These things are not usually," if ever, reported 7 on the circulars sent borne to the parents of the students. Tbe most , soft-headed advocate of lax discipline will not contend that such offen ces ought to bo tolerated. Hut they can only be reached in one way ; and that is by giving demerit to the delinquent for every neglect of duty, and to the perpetrator, for every violation of good orJer and de corum. Let the penalty of dismissal be attached to a certain nomber cf these demerits, and the vicious will either be restrained or cease to tLjfttajsg of having zealously strircn tp prfrnotc the cultiva tion of science throughout Tiis vrcrtomBTtoit witklbS-'alrjf the Engil li'shman, Alcuin." " f The "schesjls of learning' csta! li-.li-. -l by order of .fliarli-magne nmler thii wiipi-rviyjiin of tliis monk, w.-ro. luonustic In their 1 haraeter. The first College Ta 'CniO!na)ii,"fliaruTIonal fotind: ed by Columbia, A. 1. 5C3, was a school of Theology .J Hume, speak ing of the, munastcilcs, in. tlie. reign of Alfred the rent, says " thej were the only seats W erudition in those dava i; The l uiversity of Oxford, founded, or at least repaired, by Alfred, was eetitially a relig ious Institution. Tbe otht three great Universities of l'..l. gna, Cam bridge and Fatis, which threw a dim light over the darkness 'of the Middle ages, were the o&priiig of ridiuajuariiinJ enfcipriseTf" If Ts not strange then that a system of goveruuicnt and laws still ei.-u in IheJ'CollegvS of the present day. though-wkoliy lin-uited to secure good order and discipline. Admonition by his Superior was a terrible thing, to tbe Moukt.it was the distant muttering of the'thundcrof St. Peter's. Thj most hardened reprobate shrunk back, with horror, from being ex posed to ecclesiastical censure. Colleg admonition, on the contrary, exeitos but anger or derision. Su-pension from the privileges of his monssterr and order, was a dreadful punishment to the cowled priest : the ban of the church was upon him. Ho became a shunned and de graded man, in. constant dread of excommunication and the horrors of purgntorv. I!nt College suspension excites no cuch fear and nlartns ; it-iaavaa sttaetttttwoagbi.as an el9gRf...d.r,t. Their ecclesiastical origin will explain many anomalies aud inconsist encies fn our customs and laws. An eminent lawyer, shaking of the immunities of corporations from private rcspoiisib.litv, say, " Tlie only .WuUv.ttLtliki ia, that in the rouiitiy whence we have imimdialoly drawn uio.t ofour 1. gal priuciplc, pri vate corMr.itions, fof many centuries .were exclusively ecclesiastical bodies, cotnposcl of 'iiWitIit(13ts who cotild possess neither property, nor legal exaU'nce apnrt fioiu the corporation to which they belonged. . Mmims of the common law wbich were justly applicable to nibuKs pro-- fessing jHiverty and destitute even of civil existence separate from their monastic character-, have been stmngcly adopted by courts in mod rn tinuw. for the total iminuuitv of siKViilators, who became men.tvrsVf frauds of the mot flagrant chanicter," Tlte tentiniony of this distinguished legal gentleman corroborates the two positions that wS have taken. 1st, that private corjioratiotis, such Colleges, were origiuallv ecclesiastical bodies; 2nd, that the legal .kjnno.',, .Uie. fin.t and mast iuipucUiit i-k-tucnt of Cvlleje discipline. An Institution presided over bv such men, inKst be preeminent for its John C. Calhoun is the Father of the demerit system as it now exists in the Academies and Colleges of our land : and in nothing, were tlie - isdum-anJ sagacity of-tht illustrious man nwre eminently displayed. Somo v. ho have not had as many ideas in a whole life-time, as passed through the mind of the great Carolinian in a single hour, may object to the syr.tem M grading and demerit as opprewive toiV tyrannical 1 but it has received tlic seal of approbation from the most respectable ITimlrTtorallaa r"m 1 - ' . T rjr'L. ' V .T. ";"1.-"."T-.T rr .T-L.iTr-rfTi-... .11 ,.1 I . 1... from Ssbbeth-schools, llirouglibur iht length ind I e4"CoTmonVK to kocp a true aoeouat of the scholarship and behavior of the students ia a College I Do tka --proposed j-te nts-g beyn4-thi-! Csn tmith be oljection able W had tkavanouuaABdy to tba 'atbjtr 0 .56iujdjikj kvraiedi. i)J.,:..r lowers. We had thought that honest men every where loved candor , .' and plain-dealing. We bad thought that all wise parents wished full and authentic informatron In "regard io ibe babits of "Wu3y1nd"ae)6rl'.; 7. ment of their children. Now, any man above tbe level of idiocy, must - . perceive" that this most important information can only be give. . .. through the plan of marking every recitation according' to its desert, and of recording everyefimjaengf and misdeed. Ia.. making akea M . trutLful exhibit of conduct, and scholarship, we have anly provided to meet the wishes of judicious parents and guardians. We readily ad mit that a College, that faithfully and truthfully reports the moral and intellectual character of its students, will be kept for a tiro ia tha back-ground jn point of cumbers. There are many, very many, young mntlcmen, vho do not w Udi honest report of their actions. These wiH " j. refer to enter the Botany Hay Colleges, where they caa bida their goo.1 Je-,is tinder a bushel Colleges which make all tha circulars, pleasant and flattering. We have known a voutli reported No. 1, ia the Junior class, who could not demonstrate the first proposition in Geom etry. The rule is to report all to Iw head. Every student is No. 1 in scholarship, No. 1 in deportment. No. 1 in all the christian graces, and, k may . be, sUvl in good looks acd politeness. Ah! bow these circuisrs do please, the fond ni t!xrs : tfi.y love "sOTBwcb to think that .- ... their sous are so good and so smart. I Kit elie old gentlemen shske Ukir vJ -Jaw-na haw is it that Ire does well at CoHe9 f Thre must be sometbing wrung :" An.', thus tbtse polishing and varnishing Colleges excite the same sort of suspicion that the faded Kdle excites, when she appears in public, arW having ttopped up all the crevices and wrinEke ia ber face with French paste, and after having daubed over her saltowaeaa wi;li veruiiniou and red ex lire. People will look knowing and say that 1, t Uautv is t.v gaudy and too unchangeable. Precisely so with the oi.'v Col! 'i'f : th. v -creafe distrust bv their verv unction and lubrication. i.uJ tU duw of a tli aivtiu. Hul I . . 4." mxan-m ..',. ,,f ..u. TU world will there r.re but few such TnstifutTons in the world. "An eminent injjiiih iican, Vpealiiig oT'fliu t'ollej3"of bit country"; says IkaTtucj ara'TuT " the nurseries of idleness and vice." This is lamentably true in our '"ownlicaoveX whilst thousands t f. conceifed ignoramuses are spawned forth with not A lgv bra enough to equate llicir ir.inds with zero; Latin enough to icad their parchments! rreck euough to know the ditlutcuoe .beta ecu. U ttijila iitid jn ul la ; Astionoiny and sense enough to know the gen der of the Man iu tlie Moon. The testimony of Presiuoul Edwards is very decided as to tha low stardsrd of moral sentiment and tcholarship in our LLLeray..lu:titutioj!.s. lie. says, ' it sceius to me a reproach to the land, that ever it shciuld be so with our CeJ'eges, that iustcad of being places of the greatest advantage, for true piety ; one can't send a child thither, without great danger of his being infected as to his mor als. This is perfectly intolerable, nud any thing should 1 done, rather thnu it should l c."t , Here then are two high authorities as to the condition of i-'nglish and American College... We learn that it is no better on the Conti nent of Europe, t.ud that iu many Colleges it is only neissiry to pay the regular tuition fees, aud stay out the two, three, or four years of tiie required course. An Englishman proposed to a German University to pay the fe.es beforehand and save his time. After somu link." demur, his proposition was agreed to, and his diploma, with its mytlid charac ters and ponderous seal, was ddy delivered. Flushed with success, the l. ari;.l graduate next proposed tcj buy a dogrc-e for his horse. The answer of the conscientious Faculty, wns somewhat withering: "V e TtnrretinieK glvir diplimiaj to ihkys. but aever to bawsi.'. - Jatt-avt- 4t is : ninnies tak. degre., and blo.kutfaJii bear away the title of Hack clor of Arts ; though the only ait they acquired in College was the art of vc Hiti!, ringing of Ik Us. and blowing horns in nocturnal rows, this lamentable state" of things in our Literary Institutions is due, we think, inainlv to the want of the general dittitsion of a spirit of emulation aiming tlie students. The first three or four in each class are incited to put forth all their powers in tlie contest tor the I oll.-ge honors ; and it mar be that tlio rflt two rr tmw rn tln-tr rrspwtiw chasus use scntr- viclicili Ui e.c'ac' the great mass of tl t .'. . ' ,. 1 1 1 ....... :n ... 1 1,. - .....",. u. 1 . . I ....n 1 . MlOtUM.iaauxaouna, . ct, w..grii!!a-.'"r" ..t. .:,.L .V-a:.,..-!.! h,- .1 ti;w,.wy buries stuJei.ts bav' no stimuli:, at all, and, mil. -s lor priin iiile, must spEvdicV aKsuire'idle' habijts. and learn to drone away tiieir time lHtwe..n bungiug, c.-.tJ .cigars, and whiskey (punch. Th$ndjj.triou youth must U- disccHirifccsl iuCol h'ge where the idle and vicious stand upon precisely the same platform. r - ...... t , . , , . i.'.. ... . 1 . . .-.-t vinA. . .1 , IV.. ! . . . - i ... ;11.S , SII.V 10 H!;Tili. ..n': '.'.l'.1 :;,'"V""-"V " " I vlOlik-VS. 11UU1, S3 S l.Cjrl IXICOH, IS IU OVaiT TOTiWClIlCSR. 1 UeiW think it high time to dieuthrall ourselves from the shackles of Calliot- "j icism. We tliink it high, time to put tin end to the boast of the Papist that Rome governs the world by its literature, its maxims and its rcli- rion when it has co.-iscd to control bv its mail-clad vvjirriors, its cohorts and its legions. Let it never bo said that IVsbyte'riari youth, in a Presbyterian College, arc governed by a code of laws adapted to, and j intended for, the enssock-wearing and shavoii-pated minions of Popery. It u away with this monastic foolvry. TUo folkwen of Calvin-'aud Knox have nothing in common with the stupid d-vot.x-s of the scarlet ot U acre that W.'i the studvBts iu College belong to tlie congregatioB j of I-aitef-day Saints. Let suspkioa be oaoa awakened, and Uw menv I ber il U- sisvdilv transferred to the. honest Institution struggling oa with its battdful of students. , The wise will prefer a College with bat torn worMtig sLiiJenl-s, to one that l.s mree hundred Kile voung go Ominieunri. si, 2t!9. t Kncycle.Iitt AnH.rtealis." tlVhirukl llMitiry iif Kngland. vol. I, )& 010 llr.. system of scclrssnstirsl puiitv.iu this aeniiiuiry sui.l to Ik iiisi.iry in r,nKiM, ,iy, pon7- ;' IJaz.'let'r. The heeii fresU-rian. ..tuire ItO. AS: his hours in gaiubliu and drutikcuues. l'.ut without the grading .vs f tetC, "all, except the. first "three in the graduatig class, are ou the sjitne uiKlistjugJiislied -lev.h How disheartening this niu-t U' to tbe i studious, .the or.lerlv and the well .lisposc-.i. lias it not tue cucct !. of diilling and repressing till generous zeal to escd I loes il uot level downwards and place the energelic and aspiring in the same class with the l.:uy an.i.witlilc.vs ! The Saviour of mankind h.ld out rewards as an uidiiceim'ut to exertion. His disciples u like manuer, stitnula ted to e'liferpriSv ; and the great Apostle to the' tientites eMrortut' W: provoke cmc arioUi. r to good works." Aw we wiser thaii what is ritteu I Hare w repudiate tht ptiuciplo that the Son of Man" has tw Utk : J guagc.f-eh trratof right rrecmgrrt toke-abovr-th- rcm wh,.lt-rttt c3 t, ,.l0 x,lnos.i without candor. There can be no good, Well-rcgu-' ha.iJ College without truthful reports, and tliesc cantquly be made by means ef tbe grading and demerit sysMa. , Auothvr coK'titial eletiieiit in .College discipline is the system of re sponsibility. This should be so cairied out, that some one should be accountable for every offence. Tlio occupants of rooms and tenementa should be held" responsible, for alt violations of bur in their vicinity, until the names of the violators were given up. The respective" classes 'and all collectioTSs of student, should be held acvouutaldu for any of tenee comsnitted by one i their Isxly, until tho name of the ..oflAioS Kx-anie known. This pktn would enlist all the --welMwhaved, and W11t .disposed on the side of hsw and onler., Tlieyl are not required to la. tlltlwisrii on Utrk'tvalai. Nt l-Cl'llV OS THE rOTKTH k'AGK, tNt l.Cl'l.lV OS THE rOTKTHf 1 iiU ftW.JrfswMipr . '. m .... ' - - r - .7";v hyj-:-uewiM!&:f. - ' -) ;"'-'-;.-' -r 4-...-
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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April 12, 1855, edition 1
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