GIFTS MADE TO THE UNIVERSITY. 1. In 1818. A gift, by general contribution, to "Central College," the germ of the University, of about.... 2. In 1826.—A gift of his library, by the will of Mr. Jefferson, which the condition of his estate rendered abortive. 3. In 1826.—A gift of books by Mr. Bernard Carter, of Maryland, estimated 4. In 1831.-A gift of books and prints by Mr. Christian Bohn, of Richmond, $40,000 100 500 14,000 1,000 6. In 1836.-A gift by the will of Mr. Madison, ex President of the United States, of a part of his library, estimated at... 7. In 1855-56.-Gifts, by general contribution, to erect a parsonage for the residence of the chaplain, about..... 2,500 8. In 1855-56.-Gifts, by general contribution, to erect a temperance hall, about...... 9. In 1856.-Gifts, by general contribution, to procure a copy, by Balze, of Raphael's painting of "The School of Athens,” about.......... 4,000 4,000 Total of gifts prior to the late Civil War..... $66, 100 10. In 1869-81.-Gifts to library and museum of industrial chemistry, estimated at more than..... 10,000 11. In 1869-81.-Gifts to library by Mr. A. A. Low, of Brooklyn, N. Y., $1,000; by Mr. Robert Gordon, of New York City, $500; by Mr. W. M. Meigs, of Philadelphia, $100..... 1,600 13. In 1870-76.-Gifts by Mr. W. W. Corcoran, of Washington City, to the chemical department and to the University library 12. In 1869-71.-Gift of " Thompson Brown Alumni Scholarship."—Appointment by donor's representative.... 2,000 6,000 14. In 1875-76.-A gift by Mr. Lewis Brooks, of Rochester, N. Y., for the erection and equipment of a museum of natural history and geology...... 68,000 15. In 1876-77.-Gifts, for the completion of the same purpose, by Mr. Brooks's brother and heir, $4,000; by Prof. William B. Rogers, of Boston, formerly professor of this University, $1,000; and by alumni of the University, $1,000...... 16. In 1881-82.-Gifts by Mr. Leander J. McCormick, a native of Rockbridge County and a citizen of Chicago, of a refracting telescope, estimated at $50,000; and of the cost of the observatory building, say $18,000..... 17. In 1883.-A gift by the late Mr. Isaac Carey, of Richmond, to found scholarships for the benefit of poor and deserving young men............... 18. In 1884.-Gifts, by general contribution, to erect a chapel ($5,000 supplied by the extraordinary liberality of a lady connected with the University) 19. In 1884.-A gift, by the will of the late Arthur W. Austin, a liberalminded citizen of Dedham, Mass., in remainder, after certain life-interests, of about..... 6,000 68,000 7,000 15,000 470,000 $719,700 Grand total of gifts, $719,700, of which $653,600 have been given since the termination of the Civil War; indeed, since 1869. As the $470,000 given by Mr. Austin will not be available for a number of years, it is not reckoned amongst the fixed endowments yielding income. Matriculation and library fees ($20 each student), supposing the number of students to be 300............. $6,000 Infirmary fees ($7 each student), defraying medical attendance and nursing in the infirmary Fees of schools, say 300 students 2, 100 17,000 CHAPTER XIII. THE ELECTIVE SYSTEM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIR GINIA.1 BY PROFESSOR J. M. GARNETT. [The discussion started in the November number [1885] of the Andover Review by the article of Professor Palmer on "The New Education" will doubtless be continued by the advocates respectively of the curriculum and the elective system of education. The present article is in no sense polemic, and the system described is not new. This elective system has been in operation in the University of Virginia for over sixty years. Its working is well known throughout the South but it is not so well understood in the North, and discussions of the elective system of education have grown out of the adoption of the system, in a somewhat different form, by Harvard University in recent years. The writer has thought that a plain and simple description, without argument, of the system pursued for so long in a sister university may not be without interest to educators who are seeking to find out the best way to attain the objects which we all have in view. The success which has attended the University of Virginia, and the prominence which its alumni have attained in all walks of life, are at least a testimony to the suitableness of the system for this particular institution. This article was prepared, by invitation, for the International Congress of Educators, which met at New Orleans in February, 1885, during the World's Exposition, and has already appeared in the proceedings of that body published by the United States Bureau of Education. It was intended to show the inner workings of the University, and as a supplement to a Sketch of the University of Virginia, prepared by a committee of the faculty as a part of the University exhibit in the Exposition, and containing a brief history of the origin of the University, an account of its early organization, and the subsequent additions to its subjects and means of instruction, and a particularly full account of its local arrangements, endowments, and income. Such matters are, therefore, not described in this article, except in so far as the present organization of the University illustrates the working of its elective system. The University of Virginia was the first institution in the country to adopt this system, and its work has been consistently done on the lines originally laid down, the question of changing it for Reprinted from the Andover Review, April, 1886. |
