LECTURE VI.

ON THE

RELATION SUBSISTING BETWEEN THE

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

AND

FACULTY OF A UNIVERSITY, &c.

BY REV. JASPER ADAMS,

PRESIDENT OF CHARLESTON COLLEGE.

MR. ADAMS' LECTURE.

Ar the close of the Revolution which severed these United States from Great Britain, the number of our universities and colleges was eight only ;* the number now organized is nearly a hundred. Many of these institutions are feeble, as the original eight all were, during and at the close of our colonial existence, but their establishment is good proof of a spirit on the part of the people of this country, worthy of all commendation and encouragement. They have been planted with the original settlement of the country itself, and they may be expected to grow with its growth and strengthen with its strength. They must continue to be, as they have hitherto been, the foundation of our honor and renown, the prime sources of our moral prosperity and welfare; the fountains whence are to flow, the fertilizing waters of literature, of science, of philosophy, and of religion. Our country, too, is blessed with very numerous institutions designed for the study of law, medicine and theology, which have attained to various degrees of strength and stability. Besides these several classes of institutions for the attainment of liberal and professional learning, we have hundreds of academies, a considerable number of which have attained to much distinction and usefulness. The permanent success of these institutions, essentially involves, as has been suggested, the great cause of the literature, the science, the morals, the religion and the education of the country. Every thing which we are accus

* Pitkin's Civil and Political History of the United States, Vol. I. p. 153.

MR. ADAMS' LECTURE.

AT the close of the Revolution which severed these United States from Great Britain, the number of our universities and colleges was eight only;* the number now organized is nearly a hundred. Many of these institutions are feeble, as the original eight all were, during and at the close of our colonial existence, but their establishment is good proof of a spirit on the part of the people of this country, worthy of all commendation and encouragement. They have been planted with the original settlement of the country itself, and they may be expected to grow with its growth and strengthen with its strength. They must continue to be, as they have hitherto been, the foundation of our honor and renown, the prime sources of our moral prosperity and welfare; the fountains whence are to flow, the fertilizing waters of literature, of science, of philosophy, and of religion. Our country, too, is blessed with very numerous institutions designed for the study of law, medicine and theology, which have attained to various degrees of strength and stability. Besides these several classes of institutions for the attainment of liberal and professional learning, we have hundreds of academies, a considerable number of which have attained to much distinction and usefulness. The permanent success of these institutions, essentially involves, as has been suggested, the great cause of the literature, the science, the rals, the religion and the education of the country. Ever ing which we are accus