, 1845-01-04
The Masonic College Of Missouri.
To THE PURI.JC

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the Grand Lodge of tie State, BY law with
power TO pnrch,se and hold for educational
purposes fifty thousand dollars worth Of real
and a's, TO establish and control an
Asylum for de-titute children. and a School
sad College of Learning for the Education
of youth in Virtue and Science. This act
OF the Legislature VIVA. by the Grand Lodge,
at the annual conyccation in Octnber, l-43,
accepted and proPert, has been purchased,
Consisting of & farm Of over 500 acres, near
Palmyra. the rouuty-seat of Marion cGun-
ty ard 40 acres. situate in the same coun-
~. e alive miles from Palmyra, containing
the College Buildings, Of ample dirnrr.,on.
to afori accommodation for one hundred
students.
The College is situate eighteen miles
from the Mississippi; River. in one oil the
mo't beautiful .ertiIe and hrslthy section,
OF 'hc s'a..e, and in the midst of a moral,
reh-irus and industrious population.
At the meeting of the Grand Lodge il
April Gnst. the institution was organized
by the adoption of a code Of Ry Laws tor
its Government. (Which will be published n
due time. ami the election Of requisite rfi
800 y "hbt"iuSt'u' iH''h
A. NJ. and G Vi. of the Grand Lodsr OF
Virginia, was unanimously elected Pre.i
dent al the Col!tgf. and 4. Psitrr-"n, ESQ,
of Fayette. No was unanimously elected
Principal "f the Asylum AM Preparatory
School. To those g-ntl, men thu hniifs Il
government aud instruction will he corGhrd,
until the nun Der of students shall require
additional Professors
Col } J Montgomery nj Pam,ra. has
taken charge Of the Refractory. and will
provide and furnish Boarding for the stu
t!Cufs.
To place witi.int the teach Of all the means
Of moral culture. and Instruction in science
at The cheapest Dn.:,'r rate, has been the
mos' anxious desira Of tie Grand Lodge.
me luce of board and tuition sihereiOIe
put down rs low a, II can he an rded.
Tuition in tho Preparatory Department
viii hs
Per srs.ion of Ave months, go 90
and in the College Department, Is 90
For boarding, washing, fuel aud
light, per week. or
Board aud Tuition fees payable in ad
vance for eHrh session. No tnrtion fee will
~ charged for students sent r. he Lodge.
Each student Nil furnish hi. own he'd.
edding. .t'n"nary and hooks; also a pitch
=. wash howl and brushes, 'nr his own use
For the sake o~feconnmy. il i. desirable that
the outer arment< OF the students should
90 of blue or gre, Casinet or cloth.
students will he r+crlrcd on and af'e the
10Th ~ nf May le4h, aud it's dr-irp biz
Itat fha -py,Tal 4 n,tynS tnranf. apI ,yp.yd,
ms. who desi,e 10 place students ir this III
tuition, will do so a. soon a. possible, that
lac r!"ssrs may he advantageously arrane
4. and tie necessary provisions made for
t'rir irstrnct'on and comfort
For the moral and religions i, ~struciinn Of
he youth the Curstors OF the College will
provide public preaching at the H,ll on eve
y Sabbath The fiG'ies Of each fav will
he begun and ended with wor.hip con.istine
OF reading a portion oi Scripture, singing
and prayer. The scriptures are mgdr the
;hTd book {" he used by ;he students in class.
No mere sectaFiHn doctrine of religion is to
re taught or iucalculsted, either d~iIectly
or indirectly
By the act Of incorporation, TIN. Cnlirer
r"ssessrs the power to cnuler the usual lite
3ary dfsrre. IN such as may merit thPr ;,
and they will be- conferred in pursuance .
snch rules the Faculty may provide.
In the preparatory school such branches
OF learning will be laugh, as are necessary,
fof a qualification TO enter college And
in the Collegiate dc partment. al such other
hralches OF learning and science a, shall
constitute a thorough aud finished collegiate
education.
The .Hasonic Paternity OF .M..7uri. hav
ing engaged with ardor and zeal in the
great cause Of Education Of youth having
n a period Of great financial pressure and
embarrassment. pnrchcsed this large amount
% property, and thBa provided for the ac-
/, 11oa@moda'i" of Faculty sud students.
and having organized tie institution aud pro.
v'ded for il. suppnu-the public may rcsf
assured that the estahl,shr ent i, ptrnaanent
that both the desire and the ability to
DsrretUate the insti,utinn aye possessed b,
them, aad tat n-ither labor nor expense
will be wanting IL make il a schnn! Of the
greatest u.ciuln"s., IN the ndvaucrHpni 81
u"'ais. learning aud cieLce. to those b,
whom il may he ratrnnized.
The Grand iodcr. hsying "h'Hin~d 'ht
services of hpssrs. Smith and Patterson,
they are presented to IN. public az gpu,le,
men Of the first respertahrht, fm vuiup. a
biity aud learning: TO whose care the in
struction of youth may he safely rntrn.ted.
P. HcBRIDr.G ".
r. l.. ANDERSON
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