, 1844-09-28
The Masonic College Of Missouri.
TO THE PUBLIC.

~ III DLtS
The General Assembly of the State Of
Missouri, in February, ls43, incorporated
the Grand Lodge of the State, by law, with
power to purchase aud hold for educatisna
purpose, fifty thousand dollars worth Of real
estate, and also to establish and control an
Asylum for destitute children, and a School
and College of Learning fer the Education
Of youth in Virtue and Science. This act
Of the Legislature vas, by the Grand Lodge,
at the annual couvocatisn in October, 1s43,
accepted and property has been purchased,
consulting Of a farm Of over 500 acres, near
Pslnyrs, the couIty-seat Of Marion coua-
ty and 40 acres, situate in the same coua-
ty, twelve miles from Palmyra. containing
the College Buildings, of ample dimensions
to afford accommodation for one hundred
students.
The College is situate eighteen mile,
from the Mississippi River, in ono OF tho
most beautiful. fertile and healthy sections
of the State, and in the midst of a moral,
religious. and industrious population.
At the meeting of the Grand Lodge iu
April (inst,) the institution was organized
by ths adoption Of a code of Bylaw. for
its Government, (Which will be published in
due time, and the election Of requisite Off
Gers and Professors. J. Warrington Smith,
A. NJ. and G. NJ. Of the Grand Lodge Of
Virginia, was unanimously elected Pre-i
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 he conhded,
until the number of students shall require
additional Professors
Col. J J Montgomery OF Pamyra, has
taken charge of the Refractory, and will
dents.
To place within the reach Of all the mean,
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 homrh and tuition therefore
put down ~ low as II can he afforded.
Tuition in the Preparatory Department
will be
and in the College Department, ~is 90
For boarding, washing, fuel aud
light, per week. 90
Board aud Tuition fees payable in ad-
vance for each session. No tuition fee will
be charged for students sent by the Lodges.
Each student will furnish hi. own bed,
bedding, stationary and books: also a pitch
er, wash-howl and brushes, for his own use.
For the sake ofeconomy, it i. desirable that
the outer garment. of the students should
be of blue or grey casinet or cloth.
Students will be received on and after the
l0rh day Of Nay 1S4d, and il i. desirable
that the several Lodges, parents aud guagdi.
an. who desire tn place students in this in
stitutron, will do so as ron as possible, that
the classrs may be advantagcously arrang
ed, aud tie necessary provisions made for
their instruction and comfort.
For the moral and religious Instruction Of
the youth, the Curatorso Of the College will
provide public preaching at the Hall on eve
~ sabbath. Thu duties of each day will
be begun 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 studentsi in class.
No mere sectarian doctrine of religion is to
be taught or incalculated, either directly
or indirectly.
BY the act Of Incorporation, this College
possesses the power to confer the usual lite.
rnry degrees on such as may merit them,
and they will be 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 a qualification TO enter college. And
in the Collegiate department, all such other
branches of learning and science as shall
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 yosth-saving
at a period Of great financial pressure and
embarrassment, purchased this large a mount
Of property, and thus provided for the ac-
of a Faculty and students,
and having organized the institution and pro.
vided for its support-the public NAV rest
assured that the establishment is permanent
that both the desire and the ability to
perpetuate 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 advance ment of
morals, learning and science, to those by
whom il may be patronized.
The Grand Lodge, having obtained the
of Messrs. Smith and Patterson,
they are presented to the public a. gentle
men Of the first respectability for virtue, a
bility and learning; to whose care the in
of youth NAV be safely entrusted.
p. II MCBRIDE. G. M.
IT T. ANnCPSON
S.W B. CARNEGGY, ?. ON.