From the Richmond Whig, 5/15/1865
THE RICHMOND COLLEGE. - The trustees of this institution,
situated on the western suburbs, design opening it on the 22d of the present
month for the reception of pupils. We hail this as another omen of returning
peace. Too long have martial sounds taken the place of college bells - too long
have our young men been detained from the pursuit of learning by the spirit of
war. This College was about to publish its nineteenth Annual Catalogue and to
graduate its thirteenth class when the recent troubles began. The course of
studies was thorough, and the standing of its graduates deservedly high. It had
a Faculty of six professors and one tutor. The premises, having been used as the
Louisiana Hospital, will undergo a thorough cleansing and ventilation, and will
soon recover from the desolations of war. Judging from the past, we confidently
predict that a learned and laborious Faculty will speedily restore the College
to its former sphere of activity and usefulness. Let our youth avail themselves
of even the brief period of two months to review their studies, and thus be
prepared to enter, with advantage, the classes in October.
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