American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-05-31
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 81, l845.

for its advantage, Il Library, apparatus, Cab-
nets sc. But of all the things pioposed-thc
project, which the original founders entertain
ed of raising 1t to the character Of College,
may be considered Of the most Importance
In the first place, negatively considered it
would create 10 additional cost to the city,
nor to the patrons Of the school. 1t may
be inquired what are the advantages connected
with the erection of it into a College: Firstly,
it would give character to the system, and thus
promote and extend the patronage of the sys-
TEN. 1t would thus afford to the poor man,
who IS unable to send his children to a college,
an institution at home, and would ensure to
those who pay the chief amount of taxes u re-
turn for the money they pay Besides this the
events ct every year prove that it is advisable
! for parents to have their children at home, I'M
der their own eye, instead Of exposing them to
the designations of the cluh-rooIns of a College.
But mainly to the boys themselves it would be
Oi advantage. Should it be asked what advan-
tage piece Of parchment is TO a boy, would
answer, the same advantage that any parch
ment attesting any honorable service. III en-
kindies the soul with emulation. What advan-
tage is a medal or sword, or other mark of
honour to the veteran scared with wounds
| What advantage is vote Of thanks to u rene
tage to the soldier is the ribbon and its little
pendant That hangs from his button-hole? Are
they of no valuef-no estimation; Slight as
they may be to the soul of the man that
would estimate the silver or the gold of the one
by its weight in carets, aud measure the ribbon
Of TIE other by yard-stck they are every
thing to the generous soul that loves true glo-
ry. They had Il value in his eye that induced
him to bare his bosom to thousand DEATHS
on the smoke-enveoped plain, and Gin the inn
minent deadly breach" And is there no
yearning after fame in the heart of the school,
boy! tias he no generous aspirations to be
fostered and gratiied: Yes, surely; what
more ennobling than to propose to him the re-
ward of a degree, at the close Of an honorable
literary campaign. Woold he not strive for
it? Would it not he an inducement for him TO
study? Would he not have the ambition to
struggle for such distinction, and to avoid the
disgrace of having his degree refused 1t would
call out all his energies, awake all his generous
enthusiasm, and exert all his powers, and Thus
early beget an honorable emulation for all flu
ture time. He would desire, in his after life,
to foil wv out nobly the honorable career thus
commenced.
But it will also have other advantages: the
youths attached to the High School are, for
the most part, in middle circumstances, and
will engage in active life. Will diploma,
setting forth an honorable course Of conduct
and study, for period of number of years,
be no recommendation to young man; Will
it not facilitate his success in life, and be pass
port to society? Most certainly it will
One of the objects proposed by the estab-
lishment of the High School was the airing
up of body of teachers. Will not diplc-
ma, then, to young man setting out to OBJ
tain place, facilitate his labors, by procuring
him confidence i'll community: The wealthy
who can get friends wherever they 90, can get
diplomas at the colleges they attend, and will
you send the poor young man, who is equally
as well educated, to seek his fortune in way
ward and suspicious world, without proper
commentator: When the young wanderer
leaves his fathers home with scanty ward
robe, and but few shillngs in his pocket, shall
he have no proper attestation with him of his
virtue and his literary ability? Surely it will
not be contended that the poor young man has
nothing to do with degree; that it is enough
for him to have a chance to get an educatiOn;
and that school, especially High School, is
good enough for him, and that the name of a
college is not to be associated with his name,
however genius and nobeness of soul may
| inspire him! Whatever aspiration may impel
him to rise with an eagles pinion to the
heights of fame, shall he find himself ever re-
stricted by the trammels of poverty, like the
Gagged bird, that beats his pinions against the
prison bars'
trust not; indulge the hope that the next
Legislature, with becoming justice, will, by
giving to the High School the charter of col
lege, secure to the poor youth of talents and
worth whatever educational mmunties and
privileges are now exclusively enjoyed by the
children Of the upper ten thousand"
The institution is acknowledged 10 rank
with many of our respectable colleges, and
the gentlemen who are teachers of it are men
of acknowledged and deserved repute
From the humility of the lowest rank, have
risen TO the heights of fame thousands who
have been landmarks of the age in which they
| lived and it is no vain forecast of the future
that many may yet 90 forth from our High
School, if properly patronzed, TO shed glory
upon their own and future generations
And thus while learning is an ornament to
the sens of wealth, liberal education may in
| like manner be extended to the industrious
poor, so that the "bone and snew" of our
country may in future be distinguished not on
" for patriotism and firmness of character, but
also for intelligence and virtue.
After brief address by the Rev. Henry Sill
Ger, the company retired to the boat, nothing
having happened to mar the pleasure of the
day, and returned to the city in safety about
O'Clock.
reported for the American Republican,