Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-03-31

oluCt oticu tndI QUE Ord1Cll VI the Legs
lature was decidedly in their favor a
the last session, and that there wa:
nearly an equal division in the other
Many, they are persuaded, have here.
tofore opposedthe Institution, from hon.
est. but mistaken views of its charactei
and prospects, who will hereafter be
found among its warmest friends nor
can they for moment doubt, that d
foil understanding of facts, will secure
the sanction Of Government, and the
genera! appreciation of the public.
While the Trustees explicitly dis
claim all intentional interference, with
the rights and interests of other Cole
ges, ard intend to rest their aEpica-
lion for charter, on the broad basis of
The Constitution and the public good,
they respectfully ask the attention OF a
candid and enlightened public to the
following considerations
lst. Another College is wanted in
Massachusetts. The interest and honor
of the State demand it. This has long
been felt by men, whose numbers and
intelligence entitle them to be heard on
any subject ana that they now carry
with them the public sentiment, is more
and more apparent every month. Mas
sachnSetts at this moment, furnishes
nearly sufficient number of students
for three Colleges; and the number is
annually Increasing. Of the $50, now
furnished Sy the State more than three
hundred are actually in Colleges Of
other Stairs and at Amherst. Why is
this, if we have Colleges enough in the
State already? The fact that less than
halt our Students, go to Cambridge and
WilliamstoWn is decisive.
"a. 1t Seems 10 he admitted. on all
hands, thatif another College is char
tered, il should be located not far from
Connecticut river, and near the CEN
tire Of q" old Hampshire" Farther
west it certainly should not go, aud to
carry it much farther east, would place
it too near to Cambridge. If therefore,
nothing had as yet been done towards
the establishment Of a College in this
section of the State Amherst would pre-
sent itself as a spot of most favorable
location.-As it respects other Col
leges, it is remarkably central being
about 80 miles from Harvard Uniyersi-
tys 80 from Brown University, R. l..
90from Yale College, 50 from Union
College, n. Y. IS from Williams, and
100 from Dartmouth, N. II. Amherst,
moreover, is situated about 50 miles
from the western line of the State, (iu
the heart of the old county of HSmp-
shire, which furnishes this wear 1870
College students) and is equally distant
from New Hampshire on the north, and
Connecticut on the south.-Add to this,
the means Of living are remarkably
cheap-from 81 to l,25 per week in
private families the climate is heal
thy the surrounding country is delight
full ; the place is retired from the bus
tie Of business and the Incentives TO
idleness and dissipation, and yet there
is ready communication with all parts
of New England. A mail stage passes
through the centre of the town, on the
northern and southern route every day
in the week, { the sabbath excepted y
and another mail stage passes, four
times IN week, on the eastern and
western line Besides these, an accom-
mediation stage passes every day in the
week, (the sabbath eXcepied.)
Sd. In every thing but in law and ir
name, there is already College at Am
herat. The buildings and other accom-
modations for students, are far more
extensive, Than any College in ou
country could offer, at the time of il
incorporate on, or during The first ear
of It's existence as College. Eve
excellent brick buildings, each 10(
feet IN length, and four stories high, to
gether with presidents house of III.
same materials, have already bee,
erected. The philosophical and chem
lcal apparatus is very respectable AM
a library Of nearly 1900 volumes ha
bcen procured.
4ih. The funds Of the Institution ar.
believed to be far more ample, than be
loAged 10 any OF our Colleges, for years
alter charters were granted. The in
torest Of these funds is such, as 10 en-
able the Trustees to give tuition ant
room-rent to large number of charity
students of different denominations
which, together with the term bills o
others, WI, it is hoped, support CON
Petent number Of teachers in The sem
mary.
9th. The qualifications for admission
and The course Of studies, are the SAME
as at Yale College !; and Of courze, im
more elevated and extensive than the,
have been, in any New England Col
leSe, not merely at the time Of its in
corporation, but for many years after
The students, therefore, are likely tc