, 1844-11-23

TO Il PUBLIC.

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Missouri, in February, 1913, incorporated
the Grand Lodge of the State, by law, with
power to purchase and hold for educationa'
purposes fifty thousand dollars worth Of real
estate, and also to establish and control ar
Asylum for destitute children, and a Schoo
and College of Learning for the Education
Of youth in Virtue and Science. This act
of the Legislature was, by the Grand Lodge,
at the ANIMAL cOnvocatisn in October, ls43,
accepted and property has been purchased.
consisting Of a farm Of over 500 acres, nea,
Palmyra, the county seat of Marion coun-
ty and 470 acres, situate in the same coun-
ty, twelve miles from Palmyra, containing
the College Buildings, Of ample dimension.
10 afford accommodation for one hundred
students.
The College is %sitnate eighteen miles
from the Mississippi River, in one Of the
most beautiful, fertile and healthy section.
Of the State, and in the midst of a moral,
religious and industrious 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 will be published in
uUt tliUt. dUr Ut tltCtlOu VI tGuuieItC IN
GERS and Professors. J. Worthington Smith,
A. NJ. and G. NJ. Of the Grand Lodge Of
Virginia, was unanimously elected Presi
dent Of the College, and A. Patterson, Esq,
of Fayette, Mo , was unanimously elected
Principal of the Asylum and Preparatory
School. To those gentlemen the duties Of
government and instruction will be con6ded,
until the number of students shall require
additional Professors.
Col. J J Montgomery of Pamyra, has
taken charge of the RefectoEy, 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 rate, has been the
most anxious desire of the Grand Lodge.
The price of board and tuition IS therefore
put down rs low as it can be afforded.
Tuition in the Preparatory Department
will he I
Per session of five mopths, tl0 90
and in the College Department, ID 90
For boarding, washing, fuel and
light, per week. 90
Board and Tuition fees payable in ad-
hhutt u tdCH ee-sIOU " tuiliUn Icc WIN
be charged for students sent by the Lodges.
Each student will furnish his own bed,
bedding, stationary and books also a pitch
er, wash-bowl and brushes, for his own use.
For the sake ofeconomy, il is desirable that
the outer garments of the students should
be of blue or grey %casinet or cloth.
STUDENTS will be receiEed on and after the
10Th day of May ls4a, and it is desirable
that the several Lodges, parents and qua gdi.
ans. who desire to place students in this in
stitntion, will do so rs soon az possible, that
the classes may be advantagcously arTang
ed. and tie necessary provisions made for
their instruction and comfort.
For the moral and religions Instruction of
me youth, the Curatorso of the College will
public preaching at the Hall on eve
~ Sabbath. The duties of each day will
be bcCnn and ended with worship, consisting
Of reading a portion OF Scripture, singing
and prayer. The scriptures are made the
third book to be used by the students in class.
mere scctarinp doctrine of religion is To
be taught or incalculated, either Directly
or Indirectly.
BY the act Of Incorporation, this College
the power to confer the usual lite
raTy degrees on such as may merit them,
and they will r. conferred in pursuance of
such rules as the Faculty may provide.
In the preparatory school such branches
Of learning will be taught as are necessary
for n qualification 10 enter college. And
in the Collegiate department., all snch other
of learning and science rs shall
a thorough and finished collegiate
Tho .Mssonic fraternity Of Missouri, hav-
in- engaged with arhnr and zeal in the
great cause of Education Of yourh-having
at a period of great financial pressure and
embarrassment, purchased this large amount
of property, and thus provided for the ac-
of a Faculty and students,
and having organized the institution and pro-
yided for its support-tbe public may rest
assured that the establishment is permanent
both the desire and the ability 10
perpetunte the institution are possessed by
them. and that neither labor nor expense
will be wanting to make it a school of the
usefulness, in the advanc emeDt Of
learning and science, to those by
whom it may be patronized.
The Grand Lodge, having obtained the
of yHessrs. Smith and Patterson,
they are presented to the public as gentle
men of the first responsibility for %virtne, a
bility and learning to whose care the in
of youth nav be safely entrusted.
PHI MCBRIDE. G. NJ.
r. T.. ANDERSON.
s. w. b. CARNEGGY, P. q. NJ
Anril o5. 1S14