New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-26


Mechanics in our State has been agita!ing
and digesting plans for COLLEGE FOR THE
/ PEOPLE, wherein the sons OF Farmers, Me-
| chanics and Day -Laborers, as well as others.
may find instruction suited to their various
/ wants on terms consistent with their meas.
/ To this end the combination of Manual Labor
with Mental instruction Is of course essen
tial. Each pupil, male or female, in the
proposed College, will study such sciences
mainly as will be directly useful to him in
| his proposed course of life. and will at the
same time make himself master of at least
one trade or calling The ayails of his
labor thereat will be passed to his credit,
so that, after the first year or two, he will
be able nearly or quite to pay his way, and
after his third year he may, perhaps,
more than pay his way The ends aimed
al are the bringing of Thorough Education
within the reach of the poorest and the quail
fying of the Educated Class to earn their
/ living by their hands whenever they are not
required in some more Intellectual vocation
The peoples College Association"
met in Loekport on the 25th ult., ]. J.
HALLEcK in the chair, Harrison Howard (of
Lockpor) Secretary,-eleeted sixty new
members read several letters from eminent
citizens interested in the enterprise. APP
pointed James p. Murphy (of Lockport)
Treasurer. Harrington Price (of Newly ork)
7. c. Peters (of Darien,) and J. G.. Wood
ruff (of Troy) Finance Committee for 1852,
agreed to meet again at the Mansion House
in Buffalo at loan. on the 18th of January
next, and adopted the following
PROSPECTUS.
Each age has its peculiar wants, impulses and ne
cesslues. Man, being BY nature progressive the in
stltutions, usages and means Of culture which suf
feed for, or at least satisfied, one generation, are
found inadequate or unSulted by another and
especially IN regard to Education, which, in its
larger, higher and truer sense, may well be deemed
the chief end Of mortal being It smanitest that
perpetual progress is essential to the full and health
ful satisfaction of the Just demands of the
panoing human soul. Within the last fifty years an
immense improvement has been made IN the charac-
| ter Of our elementary or Common Schools. Has
! corresponding improvement been exhibited IN the
character Of our higher seminaries Is there like
contrast between the Colleges OF 1851 and those OF
1901, as between the Common Schools of those two
periods respectively We think few, or none, will
answer this question affrmatlvely
That our presen. Colleges satisfy certain educa-
. tonal wants OF the community We do not deny That
other educational wants, equally vital and even more
{ general, age left unsatisfed by them, we think no
candid observer will dispute. These wants ought TO
/ be must be. provided for We have associated our
seves and invite others to unite with US - subserye
this end. The principles by which we mean to
hal nd ar a
! are briefly as follows $50
! First: The institution seek to establish shall be
known as the =" PEOPLES COLLEGE II shall be To-
Gated in the State of NewYork, and shall endeavor
prominently to minister to the educational wants oil
/ The Youth OF the whole People
Second 1t shall in no case apply for or accept Pc
cuniary aid from the State Treasury PrOuldef. that
no appropriation from said Treasury IS hereafter
made in aid OF any College whatsoever
THIRD Its distinctive aim shall be the dlssemina-
ton OF Practical Science, including Chemistry Ge-
oogy, Mneralogy, and those sciences most Immedi-
atey and vitality essential TO Agriculture and the
Useful Arts though instruction IN the Classics shall
Fourth 1t shall afford suitable facilities for the
Education of Young Women, as well as Young Men
all the sciences ausht IN the College being "s freely
impaired to the former as the latter.
Fifth Every pupil and every teacher shall De re
quiTed to devote hours of each five days in each
week, Excluding Sunday for worship and Saturday
for recreation) to bOna.fds Useful Labor In some
branch Of productive industry
Sirfh: Agriculture, with various branches of Man
ufacuTes and the Mechanics Ans, sndH De system
ascally prosecuted within the bounds OF the College
ard It's grounds, and part Of Its regular course.
And no student shall be permitted to graduate with
honor until he shall have passed searching exam-
nation with regard TO his proficiency IN Agriculture
or some branch of Manufacturing or Mechanical ln-
dustr-either of which he shall be at liberty to
choose entering the instltuton,-or he may be al
lowed to pursue both Agriculture and Mechanics
Ssisnth Each student shall be credited with and
ultiIr aiely paid for the product of his or her labor
less the cost of instruction and qualifying HIN or her
ttrsab. If hnn
which each student shall be required to labor shall In
DO case exceed twenty nor fall below ten IN each
week.
E,ebth Besides wifery in all its branches the
female student shall be instructed In dresS-making
fine needle work and such branches OF manufacture
as NAV be deemed most desirable-the general aim
being 10 qualify every pupil without exception, for
iuGependerce and usefulness IN liie whatever his or
her physical or mental capacities
Ninth Students are 10 be allowed with tae adj
vice and consent of their parents or guardians ana
the Faculty. TO have free choice with regard 10 the
branches OF learning be pursued by them several
ly-but the Faculty shall implicitly require from each
student thorough mastery OF those ne or she may
decide to follow. The diploma shall expressly spe-
CITY .the branches the recipient has mastered, and
those only and any student under TINS coHditon
may prosecute his or her studies Tor as many terms
only as may be de emed expedient
Teufb. The property OF The Peoples college snail
be held and managed by Trustees CHOSEN oy suoserl-
beTs TO lis stock, which snail De hed III one uoaI
shares each stakeholder entitled 10 one vote Ia tho
! choice of Trustees creating the College, &c, &c
Ele,eufh: These propositions are to be regarded
AS subject TO amendment al all times by majority
vote OF the stockholders save thas the
n,,ncinles of finding work for ana requiring of each
pup and teacher at least ten hours bona hde useful
labor per week and an earnes! effort to master some
industrial pursuit are 70 og nelu . bv 49, saS
/ v,es and the names of those voting duly recorded
RsoIrrf That PETITIONS the LegIslat Of this State
Re- 10 the session tor charter or stock
Conpapy with dollar shares fotthe purpose contem-
! uIa ed In the above prospectus,
hon el.tO
Mansion House in the City OF Buffalo, on the 18th OF
| January, 1852, at 10 O'Clock, A M
| HARRISON HOwsRD, Secretary
BosroN ELECTION The perple.xing Mu-
nicipal contest in this city has finally been set