New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-04-26
SCHOOLS.
THE SUMNER TERM or THE POUGHKEEPs
r0IIEGIATE ~CHOOI.-will commence

TIE SUMNER TERM or THE POUGHKEEPsIE
COLLEGIATE -CH0OL-wih eommenee on
NWednssday. the Sd day Of May.
Catalogues o. the Ssho6 c.n obtained At tn. book
store II " H. NEWMAN co snd Of ChAs. BART
LETT. at Poug hsespsie. Duchess Co.
MR EDITOR ] deem II less favor 70 the persons i'm
medatey intsrsed than duty 20 the public 20 call At
tention 70 the Pouekeepse Collegiate school IL has
now been In operation nearly eleven ana ntl lrsrs
weigh itl merits not in the scale Of novelty
but q sober judgment 10 was beautiful rsmait -
dstnguishsd friend Of education, that "a school ls
weighed the delicate Of al balances The AFFECT ons
Of parents heart This school has never Stunned bat
the contrary has always THIS test tFrJ Young
man who has educated there can testify That 70 has
bsen conducted with oil the openuess and snkres' iha
tb- mot viesnt parent could desire Indeed Il MSS
motive do Otherwise Itis literally true OF me school,
that = covered heart denies It bait lie praise"
Whatever may ne its virtues or its faults u has noihnR
20 he concealed Could any discreet parer secretly look
in upon the internal s.rs Of The school A. All honrs snd
how IL Is managed In the absence Of sl sornlny 70
with which itis conducted The most vslusb- part Of
educston received there, - that Which never meets
ths public sllud- 20 the daily prsctc- Of seizng
upon t occasions develop aud enforce those crest prn
which lie A. tho foundation Of character ana vi h.
ont which education 10 rad csy defective Thsteseher
shO calls forth and nourishes INTO vigorous grown by
the medication Of moral principle the noher and more
Of the heart g. the sars ns M which
npas accurate knowledge OF the branches OF earn
pursued bg his pupils does vastly more Tor me no thsu
who confines his attention merely - the development
Of their intellectual faculties
IN The department II Instruction this school has
efficient div sion Of labor Than can DO found IN 10Y Other
school With which am Acquainted II has not proceed
ed 90 the fsse axiom that division Of lsbor Is al
that IL required. labor BE-, and often y weakened
in the ratio 81 Ia divided The practice Of employing
f-w inexperienced and incompetent assistants Tor q
trifipg compsuszior for their tuOu slwsYs lowers
the iaDdsid of instruction. Tbs policy hdopted, hog
ever and sill continued, In The Collegiate school ~ ne
poyir the mot cent teachers, anf on liberal salaries
Is too i'm gortAnt 20 be overlooked The e1Pe mrnt vss
new and hazardous; bnt discriminating public has fully
| susfaiuedl o.
Muc has hesu said and written Of late tho i'm port
snce Of uhysicsl education. But what every ore a1-
knowrdess bs irdsp,n'sbie. 10 'til hmcs, wholly
nesiecisd Very fsy schools are furnished with sny
mssrs whatsoever for muscular d>velopmeni- The
Pourhssepsie Coegs'e School, however hiss msde
most ample provision for this department Of e1ucat q.
lis gymnssunl in which the pupils are daily eXer-
ossd of he largest and best arranged In the United
States
The discipline modes Of instruction, internal Aud
ternsl sran gemenis Of this school, are prominently
adapted 10 the highest desIee OF moral, physical
snd Intellectual improvement Results speak for them
selves lts pupils who now . be found 10 almost
every State in the Union, viii not suffer ~ comparison
with who have been educated In sny other school In
country.
But the question NAV ar has the standard OF ir-
suuction been lowered by changes which baye &C.
Cared among the teachers have taken special care
10 determine whether hs has hiss not been the csse
and fe- entirely prepared 30 the departments OF IN
struction were filed with able Instructors
than they present The number Of teachers when
pared with the number Of pupils is srser thar i has
been.
can scarcely conceive Of any eIeron any expendi-
ture OF esns within the limits Of emil ghtened en-r
that could fiy -nns ths school 70 tha beral
supper which u has long enjoyed even through the
most severe embATAssments that our country has eN
perisposd for ths last ten Jesrs
tru.r is will long continue 10 he prosperous d 10
as IL JUsTITIA