New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-02-12
,,,uualLabor with Education.

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nIanual Labor with Education
The following letter written in answer 10 our per-
ANAL solicitation is Of more real worth 10 mankind
thai, all the Presidents and Governors Messages,
Kings Speeches and Diplomatic dispatches OF the
last ten wears. When, O when shall the truths II
embodies come TO be generally appreciated and act
ed on Manual Labor Schools and Colleges must
vet become common among Us. II we are ever TO
have truly independent and fearless Christian Mn
istrv thoroughly useful Medical Faculty or gen
eralv educated People The clergyman who OBJ
tanned his education by his own labor will dare 10
proclair, the most unpopular truth regardless oil Ills
most sflucnt and fashionable pew-holders; the Doc
tor so educated will become popular teacher oil
Agricultural and General Chemistry from the love OF
imparting knowledge and doing good; and the as
piring youth will covet an Education not thai be
may thereby escape life OF Labor but that he may
be qualified to labor efficiently. Read the following:
ODERL1v Ohio, FEB. g. 1876.
Mr. Horace GREELEY Dear ST IN accord
ance with your kind request made to Pres. Mahan,
we send YOU such statistics and results as we can
conveniently gather respecting the Manual LABOR
System in our Institution.
l. The whole number Of young men graduated
from our College in the past nine years Is l2O. Inc
number graduated from the Theological Depart
ment there having been nine classes, IS " on
will be interested TO know what number OF these
have sustained themselves having no other resources
but their own minds and hands. As nearly as we can
now determine the number out OF the College Ora
duaes is 90 or 70 16 per cent and OF the Iheolosl.
cal Graduates, 81 or SO! per cent. some lie" OF
these have received occasional aid from friends and
10 a very small extent, part OF Inc lne' from
Boards OF Educaiion but III the main tney reco
ii Al IN facts
nv teaching school during the Winter and by the Ia
Dor of their hands. and sometimes by teaching In
the lower departments of the institution during
term time.
In Justice to the remaining fraction II should be
added thai almost every one even OF these has Ia
bored. and several have earned nearly enough TO
meet their expenses.
. Daring the year ending Aug o. according to re-
ports obtained FROM the students the amount OF ner
receipts for manual labor was SOUL ~
Total for teaching, performed during term time =,
Total Saf earned earned by young ladies BY
1 This report probably falls little short of the truth
ss to the receipts for manual labor. in consequence
Of not getting complete returns. II 10 Doubtless
much more defective in the amount Tor teaching A
nearer approximation 10 the average results uncer
this head would be: Teachers of District Schools
during winter vacation, $50 TO 200; average time )!
months average price per month, - 10 10 dollars
Total receipts in round numbers, 1900 20 81 200
The Preparatory Department is taught chiefly b.
the more advanced students I
g. II has been found IN several instances by special
examination ofwholc classes that the average week
" earnings by manual labor were from - TO go cts
Probably if the inquiry had included DULY thosewho
rely on their own resources the average would not
have fallen far short Of one collar per wceh-the
common price Of board.
A. The expenses Of thoroughly economical stu
dents here may be down, averaged for the whole
nine wears course, thus
For term of 20 weeks-board ~ l00..----..---4O 90
Charges for rent md incidentals. %
Washing Sc Books 81 Tuition Sl5-.--@5 w
The results of Manual Labor combined as it usn-
ally is here with plain diet are decidedly bench
cia upon health. Cases Of sickness. and even OF
those moderate ailments which excuse the student .
from study are very rare. The record OF mortality .
for ten years stands thus: Average uumberin Theo
logical Department for ten years A. Number oil
deaths one ana Cor the last nine years none. Aver
age number in College ia. Number of deaths six
of which two We're by casualty on Lake Erie and
four by consumption.
6 The results of Manual Labor upon success in .
study deserve notice. il is n common remark among
students that all of our class who labor regularly .
are dCent students. Teachers invariably expect
Of such students q, leas, regular habits OF study
and gradual Improvement. II is not claimed that
Manual Labor beeeis genius-but j; frequently be-
gets what is worth fall as much 10 the word-stu-
dious and sober habits. sound thinking and an adap
tation for practical lie.
: 1t seems hardly necessary to say that habits OF
Mammal Labor promote Good Morals in students
The hours of recreation are filed with useful labor
instead of useless fun or restless mischief, and
hence the Students temptations 10 evil are non
Dussed his superiuoas ply steal exciiabllty Is let !
off gradually during his three hours labor. and
hence all occasion for explosion Is quite obvlated
1t is momentous part OF all right education 10
work thorou shly into the mind and habits the idea
of Icing useful. Keep the student doing good
exhaust all his time and all his energies in doing
good, in some way, TO somebody and you are tram .
ing him for such life will bless and not curse
the world. In this poin, Of light we value highly
the Manual Labor appendagc TO our ysten OF edn'
cation.
Manual Labor students are, with almost no cx-
ceplops. the friends of bumanity-the sympathlsins
brethren OF their race. They have sympathes with .
that vast mass Of human beings whom their Maker .
teaches them 10 regard as their fellows and Tor
whose elevation and well being every philanthropis
and Christian loves TO toll. This age of the world
needs mighty host Of young men educated to toll
for the masses of Earth's population. Give them
therefore, sympathy for those masses-else, what
are they good for
Need we say a word Of the influence Of Manual
Labor on the good order and regulations of a Col .
lege? a family in which all the sons and daughters
have all their time diligently and useully employed .
is governed with great ease-relatively. Likeness
beceis mischief nsubordinaIon, outbreaks, almost
if not entirely, without exception Our Manual
Labor students sustain and do not assai the good or
der OF the institution and need no other GWthoraty
than their good sense and good moral princi- l
pie. In behalf of Committee OF Facnlty
HENRY COWLES. q
These numbers 90 not include nearly all who have
enjoyed less extensively the benefits OF educa
ton here considerable number for various reasons
have lett before graduation.
This is given The average for the past years
The price is somewhat lower now-about fourteen.
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