New-York daily tribune., 1849-02-17

this period the money expended by The University was
from the foos wing sources viE
Grant from the State. $4,000
students iecs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 32454
Rents .---.. -....--...-..-..--..--. - 10
From Medical Faculty ........-....--. 1920
From Literature Fund ................. tJ-2
ilncreste Of Permanent Debt .---...-... $500
Total for ann oxpcns durin these years SlO6 sol
The expenses Of the University are
cassed 10 the Reports under three heads
lat, Salaries "a, Interest on debt 80, lie
pairs, Insurance, etc.
During the above years there was paid,
For Interest go bO1
For repairs, insurance. etc.. 7e32 34439
Which deducted from the sbove AMOUNT
lcayt r .--..- ...--....-...--..---...-...s l22
or Sli,i4 per annum which might have been mad
available for salaries. This is more than s require
for the support OF well.arraDged Faculty True the
Council report salaries actually Psid only S6 800
s237s per sBnum What, then, has become OF $40 2f2
the balance Of available fund.- Into whose hands has Il
passed During these five years Columbia College car.
fed her course OF instruction at average per
mum of Sl3206 Tor falsries and may add. the Col.
eye gave instruction her students during four hours
of the dsy and the University during only three. II is
obvious then that either the machinery OF the Unlver
sy is unskilfuly constructed or there must be q
screw loose somewhere
Another difficulty in the way of the Institution arises
from its wide departure from Of the msin princi-
pes on which II founded II was intended at the
outset aud expressly provided for in the charter
that religious denomination should have pre-
pondersting influence in the council In conformity
with these views, end in justice 10 the gentlemen who
were the original patrons Of the University, in the sl
council, consisting OF ihrtytwo members chosen from
the shareholders there were two Episcopal cergymen
A. d. pnf
one Episcopal clergyman, aud only four Episcopal lay
men left in the council while another denomination Is
represented by four clereymen together with such an
enlarged number of aymen Ms to be utterly at variance
with the original understanding. The changes which
have been made far however, from promoting una
unity The Council hs. been without President
since Gen Tsllmsdge resigned, more than two years
ago aud, although baotings have been repeated times
without number such is the distraction among the
members that to this day the office is not filled
This may be viewed by some a small matter But
there another point in this connxion which they may
consider Of more consequence.
There s also wide departure from the original plan
in the scheme of studies With the exception Of the
Medical Department which 10 sustained upon it's own
resources the University s scarcely anything beyond
mere ordinary college. This is far from being the de
sign of the men who contributed create it, The plan
of instruction al first spread before the public included
not only the usual college branches, Medical and Legal
stud ies but also Civil Engineering Drawing Architec
ture Agricultural and Horticultural Chemistry, and
other course. Immediately connected with what are
usually termed the practical purposes Of life No man
expected that all this TO be accomplished a, once
but look for some satisfactory demonsrson OF The
kind, after lapse Of sixteen or seventeen years II sp
pears from the Official Reports that less done now for
these objects than done ten years ago IL is the
opinion Of many indeed hs, II they had been steadily
pursued the University Nigh, now have done the woFk
and enjoyed the patronage given to the Free Academy
and our citizens have been saved much Of the tax that
they have paid to create that Institution.
These remarks commended to the friends Of learn
ing there Is error in the statements let IL be pon
out Members OF the Council may not have turned their
attention TO these things Perhaps they have eltreuc
,ance TO rsse inquiries. II does sometimes happen IN
public Institutions that when matters are taking wrong
direction the man who asks questions isset down as ar
enemy 10 the concern and seeking 10 throw embar
easements In the way. he evils 10 which have alluded
can BE- remedied But while they allowed 70 exist
they must operate serious hindcrsnce t. the use
fuess OF an institution TO which many Of our citizens
have looked with high expectations. AssNew' Yorker
am not willing 10 lie under the reprosch OF allowing
any institution in the midst OF US and deserving Wei Of
us 10 suffer from the want of meIted pstronsse Our
city has name for liberay not entirely unte'ervec
While the University wac yet 81 in the future and ex
s,ed only in the purpose of its founders, cur citizens
contributed more for its establishment than the!
have given either before since for any oihsI
kindred Institution In the same circumstances They
hsd confidence IN the wisdom and ds.neresconcss Of
the men into whose hands Is committed. Let the
University be true itself and ss, pledges 20 the
pubic Il i slm simply Al the public good and not 81
ivSfe ends and Il will not lsnguish f1r the want oi
public aid. As things stand II the great mslOfi,
of those who foremost among in deeds II mum.
fcence are yet holding back, who Can blame them
AS oBSKRyEA
sn3 1i -tre hs islL lh- NsiaAl lacu ferVr
fht thrs IA O. Nscs degf-- conferred
The Coatcl A. ra, ~ l1s RI .i ea3 - ~ ~ -.
pans, from h- crcunstse ihsi t's o each t~-nu collar
.o. i~s tbe shanccof and Nh.h ~ has kr1y r
cashrd Bal de nr,as oou eufsi e. nec tn'efsts ser
rh- 1- Literature fand nl; scsn es-d t-
Ret~ts al e Counci ke--rts hso o. "a or thf
showing ~ amount received urn i- ford b var
,fuians ihr0ughout ne stAse IL tsinct5 oosd ne a.
- st -r5 Cc,uusis Co~.- and sfhoggh -. psss %
>chooi sh- properly nas-s afaahi- p n-f osr
saas - enables Tie school " s-n-fss lsi u e' o' ne
A. - R-r Of lSsS stated that he s1o-cft1n OF tl
- Ill reduced estt . stsl 10 te Report o. so
ne psrnsneni debt 70 snd 70 - sIts .
l-6 rs; ascoarssg parsse an toc nsAns aeoe h rnh
a. r,r.y IA. gwen sout Account ei noneS ooc~ec &c
The .un OF 500 notrd sose =. Part oi ne aso -
-, H. wtos increase q the teti dsfs t--c ave eas
~ tom IN. Returns that thers o-sa A"AtHs 'pt
Of st.s had nat te-s Psd MAJ ~ 'hs a. ~, -,
eebsds,s curas tbs Fsrs' 70 o s sy f-.-, .,.a i-
- % ~, s.s hos rspidy ts srr-afs = accfsns o~
~tsa that az -.s-sed - ons ha, 4 mol 'os' snne'
A Mas sHor-On the nth ult. at Frog Bayon,
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