, 1844-08-10
The Masonic College Of Missouri.
TO TIE PUBLIC.

.1iss"Iri, in February. ls43, incorporated
the Grand Lodge of the State, by la W, with
power TO purchase and hold for educational
purposes ffty thousand dollars worth of real
~s-tsfe, aud also 70 establish and %control an
Asylum for destitute children. and a School
ard College of Learning for the Education
Of yauth in Virtne and Sciencr. This act
Of the Legislature was, BY the Grand Lodge,
/ at the annnaI convocaticniD October. 1913,
accepted and prnrcrt- has been purchased.
consisting Of ii farm of ever -lu acres, rear
Palmyra, the rnrntr-=eat af Marion coun-
ty and 40 acres. s~.;rafa il, ~. amr coun.
ty, twelve miles from PaIru-ra, containing
the College Buildings. Of nmr:r dimensions
to ,f,rd accommodation Tor one hundred
students.
The College is s;tHrt- eighteen miles
from the Nj. .issipn' River. in one of the
most beautiful. fertile and h-al.ny section,
Of the STATE. amin Tho rid.t Of a moral.
reIigi u AND indu,trious population.
Atth- meeting Vt the Grnni Lodge in
Arril Cfnst.) th. las. itu'irn was organized
BY the adoption 80 = ,odc "f BYLAWS for
lts Government. (Which will he published in
due time. ant thr election Of r.qri.ite Off
Ger. and Professors. J WARRINGTON Smith,
\. VI. and G. VI. Of the Grand Lodge of
Virginia. was u~uanimeusly o'ected Pre.i
dent of the Cnllrgr. and A. Pat .rson. Esq,
Of Fsyettc. No was unanimously elected
PRINCIPAL of the AsvIum and Preparatory
School. To those gentlemen the duties Of
Government and instruction will be confHed,
until the number OF students shall require
additional Professors
Col J ] Montgomery of Pamvr,. has
taken char,e of the Refcctnry. and will
provide and furnish Boarding for the stu
!ents.
To Mace within The roach of all tho mann.
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Gritty"
ne ""N orr" me
~, "'''e u! 'ht ''ran" Lodge
" u" "'"r' Nh" '"i'ioh therefore
~, INV" - 10" "s' can ne an"rdeh.
ihitIon IN the Preparatory Department
Will he
Per session of FIVE months, SO Oh
and IN the College Department, Is 90
ror boarding., washing. flel and
night. per week co
Board and Tuition fees payable in ad-
vance for zach session. No tuition fee will
re- charged fHr students sent nv the Lodges.
Each sfn'ent will furnish his own bed.
bedding. stationary and hooks; also a pitch
rr, wash-hnwl and brushes. for his own use.
For the sake o~feconOmv. it is desirable that
the ont"r garments of the students should
be of hIne or grey casinet or cloth.
students will be received on and after the
iofh day nj Way lS4h, and it's desirable
fnat the several Iodges, parrntsand guae1i-
ans. who desire tn place students IN this III.
Tuition, will do so as soon as possible, thlt
the cI1sses may be adyantagcou=ly nrrang
and the necessary provisions made E
'hGIr 'n;'ruction and -: .
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~ 80 ~, H.. IN
hegrn am. -,
Of ,e,Gir~a ,r,,, '''
and nrarcr. TIL. scrir,. a.
th,rd book t. he usnJ =, .tc .tr..
No mcro sactarion Ioctrino of ,~cIi-,n.
be taught or iucaIcula,ed. either directly
or Indirectly
Ry the act Of incarceration. thi. College
the power 70 confer the usual lite
raw degrees IN such rs nav merit them,
anI they will b" conferred in pursuance Of
such rules the Faculty NAV provide.
~ tho preparatory school such branches
Of l"arriug will he Taught as are necessary
for n anal f~ca,ion to enter college. And
in the Cnlleciate department. all such other
If learning and SCIENCE "a shall
n thorough and finished collegiate
w. ". u..,r .or