, 1845-01-25
The Masonic College of Missouri.
TO THE PUBLIC.

~ Al DIN.
The General Assembly of the State o.
Missouri, in February, ls43, incorporated
the Grand Lodge Of the State, nv law, with
! power TO purchase and hold for educational
purposes City thousan "a dollars worth Of rraI
estate, and also TO establish and control an
Asylum for de.titute children, and n School
and College Of Learning for the Edncstinn
of youth in ViIfne and Science. This or,
! at the Legislature vas, b. The Grand INDIE
at The ANIMAL c0nvocatiuu in October, lst2.
accepted; and property has been purchased.
consisting Of n farm of over 500 aces. near
ra'myra, the rounty-srat Of Marion coun-
y. aod 40 acres. situate in the same couu.
ty't~eive miles from Palmyra. containing
the'College Buildings, of ample Dimensions
to afford accommodation for one hundred
students.
Inc College is situate eighteen miles
ron the Mississippi River. in one OF the
mos, oeantiiui fertile and healthy sections
ci The state, and in the midst of u moral,
religious and industrious populat on.
Atthe meeting of the Grand Lodge in
Arril (inst,) the institution was organized
hy the adoption OF n code Of Bylaws for
- with WIZ y { tlt'I-hth III
due time. ani the election OF requisite Off
cess aud Professors. J Worthir-ton Smith.
4. NJ. ard G.. NJ. Of the Grand Lodge Of
Virginia. was unanimously elected Presi.
dent of the College, and 4. Patterson. Esu.
of Fayette, Mo, was m~nsnimnuIy elected
Principal If the Asylum and Prerar.torv
School. To those gentlemen the duties Of
government and instruction will he corfird.
until the number of students shall require
additional Professors.
Col. } J Montgomery of Pamvra, has
taken charge of the Refractory, and will
provide aud furnish Boarding for the stu
dents.
To place within the reach Of all the mems
of moral culture, and Instruction in science.
at the cheapest possibler Al e. has been the
most anxious desire Of: ~ Grand Lodge.
The price Of board and tnition j. therefore
put down IA low as it ron be AFFORDED.
Taitioo ia the Preparatory Department
will be
Per session Of five months, $40 90
and in the College Department. Is 90
For boarding, washing, fuel and
light, per week. 90
Board and Tuition fce' parable in nd.
vance for e.en session. No .%nition Zen w;Il
be charged for student, sent 80 The L,,dge..
Each student will .urhi.h hi. own bed.
hedding, s'hti"nrry and books nlso a pitch
or, wash owl and brushes, for his own use.
: or the sake ofeconomv. it j. desirable that
the outer garments Of the students should
be OF blue or grew %casinet or cloth.
Students will he rereived on and nfter the
10th dry of Nay lS4i, and It is desirable
that the several Lodges. pnrentas aud gna gdi-
ans. who desire to place students in this in.
stitntion. will do so a. soon as possible, that
tie classes may be advantageou.ly arrang
ed. md the necessary provisions made for
their Instruction and comfort,
For the moral md religions obstruction of
the youth. the CUrators of the College will
provide public preaching at the Hall on eve
~ Sabbath. Tho duties of each dav will
he begun and ended with worship. consisting
of reading g portion or Scripture, singing
and prayer. The scriptures are made the
third book TO he used by the Students 10 class
No nIere sectarian doctrine of religion is TO
be Taught or iucalculated, either directly
or indirectly.
BY the act Of Incorporation. this College
possesses the power to confer the usual lite
rary degrees on such "a 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 10 enter college. And
in the Collegiate department. all such Other
branches Of learning and science as shall
constitute ! 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-kaving
at a period Of great financial pressure and
ernharras, ment, purchased this large amount
Of property, and thus nrovided for the &C.
conmodaiion Of a Faculty aud students,
ard having organized the institution aud pro-
vided for its s~uppoh-the public may reat
assured that the establishment is permanent
that both the desire and the ability to
peTpetUate the institution aye possessed by
them, and that neither labor nor expense
will be wanting to make it a school Of the
greatest usefulness, in the advancement OF
morals, learning and science, to those by
whom il may be patronized.
The Grand Lodge. having obtained the
service. of .MessH. Smith and Patterson,
they are presented to the public as gentle.
men of the first rcspectability for virtue, r.
bility md learning: TO ~hose care the in
s,ructiou of youth may be safely entrusted
p. II. MCBRIDE, G. NJ.
i. T. l.. ANDERSON.
8. w. b. CARNEGGY, p. e.a
April 25, 1s14.
New Groceries.