, 1844-08-03
The Masonic College of Missouri.
TO THE PUBLIC.

The General Assembly OF the State of
.NHssouri, in February, IS43, incorporated
the Grand Lodge of the state, by law. with
power 10 purchase and hold for educational
purposes City thousand dollars worth of real
estste, and also to establish and control an
Asylum for destitute children, an& 4 School
and COLLEGE Of Learning for the Education
of youth in Virtue aud Science. This act
Of the Legislature was, b, the Grard Lodge,
at the annual cnuvoCation in October, l-43,
accepted and property has been purchased,
consisting of a farm Of over 500 acres, near
PALMYRA, the county-srat of Marion coun-
~, ard 40 acres, situate in tbs same coun-
~, twelve miles from Palmyra, containing
the College Buildings, of ample dimensions
TO afford accommodation for one hundred
students.
The College is situate eighteen miles
from the Mississippi River, in one OF the
most beautiful fertile and healthy sections
OF the State, and in the midst Of a moral,
religion. and iEdu,trious population
At the meeting of the Grand Lodge in
April (inst,) the institution was organized
by the adoption Of a code of Bylaws for
its Government, (Which viii bo published in
due time, ami the election OF requisite Off
Ger: and Professors. ]. Worthingtou Smith,
a. Nj. and C. VI. OF The Grand Lodge of
Virginia, was unanimeusly elected Pre5i
dent of the College, and A. Patterson, Esq,
of Fayette, No, was unanimously elected
Principal of the Asylum and Preparatory
School. To those gentlemen the duties OF
government and instruction viii be corhded,
until the number Of students shall require
additional Professors,
Col. J J Montgomery OF Pamyra, mas
taken charge Of the Refractory, and will
provide and furnish Boarding for The stu
dents.
To place within the reach Of all the means
Of moral culture, and instruction in science,
at the cheapest possible rae, has been the
most anxious desire of the Grand Lodge.
The price of board and tuition $ therefore
put down ~ low az il can be afforded.
Tuition in The Picpas-'nry Department
will Re
Per session Of FIVE months, go 90
and in the College Department. 10 60
For boarding., washing, fuel and
light, per wcck. l 90
Board auI Tuition fees payable in ad-
vance for each session. No tuition fee will
be charged for students sent by the Lodges.
Each student viii furnish his own bed,
bedding. stationary and books; also a pitch
er, wash-howI and brushes, for his own use,
For the sake oreconomy, tits desirable that
the outer garments OF the students should
be of blue or grey casinet or cloth.
Students will be received on and after the
10th day Of May lS4i, and It'll desirable
that the several Lodges, Parentsaud guaEdi,
ans, who dcsi,e to place students in this in.
stitutinn, will do so as soon as possible, that
the classes may be adgantageou.ly auaug
ed, and the necessary provisions made foi
their instruction and comfort.
For the moraland religions Instruction OF
the youth, the Curators of the College wilI
provide public preaching at the Hal on eve.
~ Sabbath. Tn duties OF eacG day will
be begun and ended with w0r-hip. consisting
Of reading a portion Of Scripture, singing
and prayer. The scriptures are made the
third book TO be used by Che students in class
No mere sectarian doctrine Of religion Is ia
be taught or iucalculatci, either directly
or Indirectly.
BY the act nf incorporation, this Cullee"
possesses the power to confer the usual lite,
rary degrees on such as may merit them,
and they will be conferred in pursuance o;
such rules as the Faculty may provide.
In the preparatory school such branches
of learning will be taught as are necessary
for Il qualification to enter college. And
in the Collegiate department, all such Uthrr
branches OF learning and science "a shall.
constitute a thorough and finished collegiate
education.
The Masonic Fraternity of Missouri, hav
ing engaged with ardor and zeal in the
great cause of Education of ~youth-having
at a period of great financial pressure and
embarrassment, purchased this large amount
OF property, and thus provided for the ac'
commodatiOn of n Faculty aud students,
and having organized tie Institution and pro
viied for its supDot-the public may rest
assured that the establishment is perm amen,
that both the desire and the ability 10
per2etuate The institution a:e possessed by
them, and that neither labor nor expens,
will be wanting to make it a school of tht
greatest usefulness, in the advancement o
morals, learning and science, 70 those by
whnm ii may be patronized.
The Grand Lodge. having obtained the
services of .Nessrs. Smith and Patterson
they arc presented to the public as gentle
men of the first respectahility for virtue, a
bility and learning; to whose care the in
struction Of youth pay be safely entrusted
p. II. MCBRIDE, G. NJ.
Il. L. ANDERSON.
5. w. B. CARNEGGY, P. c.
April %, 1914.
Regular seEni-TcekIy Packet.