, 1844-12-14
The Masonic College Of Missouri.
TO TIE Pr RIIC.

The General Assembly Of the State G
I~9issouri, in February, lS43, Incorporate
the Grand Lodge of the State, by law. Wit
power 20 purchase and hold Cor educationa
purposes city thousand dollars worth of rea
estate, and also TO establish and control N
Asylum for destitute children, and "A Schoo
and College of Learning for the Education
OF youth in Virtne and Science. This &C
Of the Legislature vas, by the Grad Lodge
al INC annual convocaIiun in October, lS4:
accepted; and property has been purchased
consisting of a farm of over 500 acres, pea
Palmyra, the county-seat of Marion coun
ty and 40 acres. situate in the ssme coun
ty, twelve miles from Palmyra, c%ontainin!
the College Buildings, of ample dimension
TO afford accommodation for one hundred
students.
Inc College 10 situate eighteen mile;
from the Mississippi Riyor, in one OF the
most beautiful. fertile and healthy sections
OF the State, and in the midst of Il moral,
religious and industrious population.
At the meeting of the Grand Lodge in
April inst the institution was orsunizrd
by the adoption of a code of BY Laws for
its Government, (which will be published in
due time, and the election of requisite Off
GERS and Professors. J Warrington Smith,
A VI. and q. NJ. of the Grand Lodge of
Virginia, was nnanimausly elected Pre.i
dent of the College, and : 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 Refractory. and will
and furnish Boarding for the stu
dents.
To place within the teach Of all the means
of moral culture, and instruction in science,
Mt the cheapest possible rate, has been the
most anxious desire of the Grand Lodge.
The price of board and tuition therefore
Put down rs low as it can be afforded.
Tuition in the Preparatory Department
be
Per session of FIVE months, $40 90
in the College Department, Is 90
For boarding, washing, fuel and
light, per week. 90
Board and Tuition fees payable in ad-
rance for each session. No tuition fee will
'e charged for students sent by The Lodges.
Each student will furnish his own he'd,
stationary and books; also a pitch
r, wnsh-howl and brushes, for his own use.
the sake ofeconomy, il is desirable that
he outer garments of the students should
We of blue or grey casinet or cloth.
Students will be received on and after the
9th day of May 1914, and it IS de<;-,no
hat the several LODGE, parents md guasd;.
VINO desire to place students in this in.
,''"t'"n' VIII 10 90 as soon as possible, that
'e c'asse.- may be advantngeously arrang
and the necessary provisions made for
heir instruction and comfort
For the moral and religions ir struction of
he youth, the Curators OF the College will
provide public preaching at the Hall on eve.
y Sabbath. The duties of eacn dav will
re begun and ended with worship. consisting
IF reading a portion o. Scripture, singing
md prayer. The scriptures are made the
.hird book to he used by ;he students in class
No mere sectarian doctrine OF religion is to
be taught or iucalcGlated, either DIRECTLY
or indirectly.
BY the act af inauguration. this College
the power to conter the usual lite
rary degrees on such as may merit them,
and they will.be conferred in pursuance Of
such rules us 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
of learning and science as shall
constitute a thorough and inished collegiate
education.
The Masonic fraternity Of Missouri. hav
ing engaged with ardor and zeal in the
great cause Of Educatioa of yopih--having
at a period of great financial pressure and
embarrassment, purchased this large amount
Of property, and TINS provided for the ac-
Of n Faculty and students,
and having organized the institution and pro-
yided for its sppport-the public may rest
assured that the establishment is permanent
that both the desire and the ability to
perPetuate tie institution are possessed by
them, aid thai neither lnbof nor expense
will be wanting to make il a school of the
usefulness, in the Advancement OF
morals, learning and science, to those by
whom it may be %natronized.
The Grand Lodge. having obtained the
of .Messrs. Smith and Patterson,
hey are presented to the public as gentle
men of the first respectability for virtue. n
'ility and learning; to whose Gaze the in
t~ruction of youth may be safely entrusted.
p. TT MCBRIDE. VI.
4. l.. ANDERSON.
S.W B. CARREGGY, p. c. NJ.
April %. 1914
Administrators Notice.