Democratic banner., 1845-02-08
TILE PilEIIE.

TO THE PUBLIC.
TIE General Assembly OF The State Of
Missouri, i'll February, Ic43, Incorporated
tie Grand Lodge OF the state, by las, with
poge. 10 purchase and hold for cducationll
purposes ftty thousand doilRTs worth OF real
~e,ta;e, and also to establish and control 81
A-yium iuT destitute children, and q School
ara COLLEGE Vi Learning iOr the EdUcai.uu
of yreth in Virtue ana Science. TIL, act
OF tie Legislature was, by the Grand Lodge,
a; the annual coay5cutiou in October, l~i2,
accepted aud property mas bern purchased,
consi-Eiug o. a farm nj over 500 Gcrea, near
Palmyra, the county-seat Of AaIiou coun-
ty ,acd 80 acre., situate in this same cnrn-
ty, twelve miles from P4layga. containing
tLe College Building, OF ample dimension.
t. "ifatd accommodation for enc huEtfcl
stude;ts.
The College is situste eighteen miles
from the Mississippi River, in one OF the
NOS, boau.iiu!. fertile aud healthy sections
OF the STATE, and il Zoe inid,; OF i neral,
religions AID industrious population.
At the meeting Of the Grand odge in
Apt, tiasi,l Tie institution Vas organized
b. the adoption of a rode OF Bylaws for
it, Government, which viii Lc published ia
! due tine, sGd the election OF requisite OF
Gers aud P,.ie-soi,. J. Woithincton Smith,
! 4. u. and q. e. Of the Grand Lotge Of
! Virginia. va unanimously objected Pre.i
, dent Of the Culiecg, aud A. Patterson, Fac,
of .F.yette, 10 Vas unanimously elected
priuoiraI CT thc Asylum and Preparatory
SchooI. 10 those gentlemen the duties oi
t~ovuI.EeL. aIt !. ;]fGct.o1 viii re couGleI,
'uau' the Dur.te. Of students -halI rtguie
.L!ii.ouG! Professors.
Col. } } Montgomery Of ramyra, has
taken char-e OF tAe Kefectory, and viii
provide and iusaish Boarding for tie stu-
douts.
70 place within the Teach OF al the Iaeaus
.. moral culture, AID instruction III science,
at tie cheapest possibles at c, hus been the
most anxious desire Oft he Grand Lodge.
| The price Of heard and tuition "a therefore
put down Il, Low as it can 5g afforded.
Tuition in tie Preparatory Department
will be
Per session Of five month";, go 90
gul il the C,!Ies" Department. - CO
For bounding, waeA..s, !aei 4nd
lieh,, per seek, 90
Hoard and Tuition fees payable in nd
vsnco for each 'cslion. No ]tu.tion fee vii
lie charged for students sen; by The L"iigss.
Each sindeot viii furnish his own he'd,
sedding, stationary AID book ;slso I pitch
q, wa,L-boHi aid brushes, for ii, ~ use.
For tie suA- ofccDnuHy, it Is Ae.irabie thGt
;ao oatcr gnIHt"ii Of the students 4auu.i
be OF bloc or grey oasinci OK oicth.
StuIcntl will lie received Oh aad after the
10Th day Of May l1ih. and it's desirnbia
that the several Lodges, queensland euqz III
una, who desire to place srI1cE,s III t:lis ia
| s:itu:an, viii 60 20 rs soon as possible, thu;
ei, aud .Ao necessary provision, made Ia.
;hnir instruction and comfort.
Fer the .unraland religion, instruction o!
the youth, tire Curato,s Of the College viii
provide pubic preaching st the Hall on eve
~ Sabbath. The duties al each day will
tie begun aEi ended with worship. consisting
Of reading II roItioc g! Scripture, singing
and prayer. The scriptures are made tie
third book 20 he used by tie students in cls.s.
No mere sectarien d~uct,inc Of religion is 10
be taught or iucelcu!atcd, either directly
or indirectly.
Ry the act 81 iucospomtion, this College
possesses the rowe, TO confer The uFual lite
rary degrees on such KS may Inctit thcuI,
and they will be conferred in pursuance OF
each rulesas the Faculty cray provide.
In the preparatory school such branches
OF learning Will ho taught as are necessary
for Il qualification to enter college. And
in the Collegiate department, all euch other
branches Of learning and science rs shall
constitute = thorough and Enishsl collegiate
education.
The .Haeouio Fraternity Of Missouri, hav-
ing engaged with ardor md zeal in the
great cau.e OF Education CT you;h-hayiac
NJ Il period Of great financial pressure aud
enhancement, purchc,eh thi. large AMOUNT
of property, aud tins provided for the &c.
cnWnciatiUn of Il Faculty and students
aud having organized the institution and rro
vided for IFS s~uppot-thc public may Ios'
assUrsd that the establishment is D~eru1anea
that both the DEERE and the ability Il
perpctuate the institution are possessed b,
them, and that neither labor nor expons,
viii te wanting TO make Il a scanoi Of IL,
greatest usefulness, in the advancement O
morals, learning and ']c.rnce, 10 those b,
whom it may be patronized.
The Grand Lodge, having obtained d,
services of .Mes:rs. Smith and Patterson
they are presented 10 the public as gentle
men of the fnt responsibility for virtue, II
billy and learning ia whose Gaze ,Ac in