New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-28

b the State 10 the above Aone anoe from All
il. Other benefits intellectual, moral social and pc
| cunsry -
| There should be srouods devoted IN botanical aud
comon GARDEN 10 orchards aud frui. yarss TO aporo
pste lawns and promepsdes, IN which the beautiful
of landscape gsroerDg could be appropriately oied
and illustrated 70 all Earieses ri pasture, meadow sod
tase peedful for the successful prosecute )n of the
! peedfu annual experiments. And these grounds
should be collected snd exhibited q sample Of every
variety OF don't ste animal aud of every req plantsnd
vegetable that can minister 10 the health, wealth.
taste and comfort OF the people Of the State their
ture habits merits, producti ~ improvemen culture
diseases and accidents thoroughly scrutnized tested
and made known 10 the students and TO the people Of
| the State.
There should also be erected sufficient number Of
buildings and buildings for all ths purposes above
rdicsied and Repository, In which all the ordinary
toos and Implements OF the Institution should be kept
and models OF al other useful implements and ms
chimes from time 10 time collected and tested they
are profered to public At first would BE- for the
interest Of Inventors and vendors 10 make such depos
It's Bot should similar Institutions be adopted 10 other
States the General Government ought ~ create in each
state general Patent Office, attached 70 the Unvers
ties similar 10 the existing deposits at Wsshio gton thus
rendering this department OF mechanical arr and skll
more accessible to the great mass Of the people OF the
| Union
should have said, also that a suitable industrial
library should be at once procured did not all the world
know ouch Ming 10 be impossible and that one Of the
frat and most important duties of the Professors OF such
Institutions will be 10 begin 70 create at this late hour,
proper practical literature and series Of extb for
| the industrial classes.
As reg.rds the Professors, they should of course
| only be men OF the mott eminent, practical ability
IN their several departments bu. h,r connection vita
the institution should be rendered ixed and stable
a. TO Dsbe them 70 carry through sucn designs a. they
may iorD or sl the peculiar Dement'S OF the system
| would be lost.
| Instruction, by lectures and oherwise should be
given mostly il the colder months Of The year leaving
the Professors 10 prosecute their inyssg atoms and the
sudeLtsiher necessary labor either at home or Oh the
| preml'es, during The warmer mooths
The Institution should be open % ell classes OF stu
dents above fixed age, and FOR sny length of time,
whether three months seven years and each taught
Ia those psrcuer bral ches Ct Ar! which hs wishes 10
purtue, ard 70 any extent or less Aud all should
pay their tuition and board bills. In whole or in pan,
| either In money necessary work the premtses-
| regard being had 10 the ability Of each.
| Among those who labor medals and testimonials
| Of merit should be given 10 those who perform
their tasks with the mort prompt ute, energy care
and fkill and all Who prove iudolent or ungoyern-
able, excluded at first from all part IN labor, and
speedily II not roughly reformed from the insitu
ton itse and here again lei the law of nature instead
Of the law Of rskes and dagdes be regarded and the
true impression ever made on ths mind Of all around
that WORK ALONE is HONORABLE, and Incidence GER
tain disgrace, II not ruin.
AT tome convenient of the year, the Com
mencCmeni, or Annual Fair Of the University should
be holden through a succession Of days On this
zion the OF the institution, will all It's treasures OF
art and resources Of knowledge, should be thrown
open TO all clauses and many other objects Of agd
State possible, and presented by the people for IN
speetion and premium the best Of each kind judg
ment bling rendered, In all cases, by a Committee
wholly disconnected with the In ,ttuton On this
cssoD all the professors, and many Of tue pupils
are sufficiently advanced should be constantly engaged
In iectoTiDg and explaining the divers objects and in
tertss OF their departments In short this occasion
thOud be made the great annual GALA DAY of the In
siiuon, and Of all the industrial classes and other
classes In the State for the exhibition of their products
and their skill and for the vigorous and powerful diff
fusion Of practical knowledge 10 their ranks and
more intense enthusiasm In ifs extension and pursuit.
AS matters are, the world has never adopted any
efficient means for the application and diffusion of
the practical knowledge which does exist True, we
have fairly got the primer, the spelling book aud the
newspaper abroad In the world and we think thai
have done wonders; and 90, compar atlvely we have
But If this is wonder, there still only won.
ders, but TO most minds, uncomfortable miracles from
nes and mn Known worlds Of light to break forth
upon the Industrial mind Of the world
Here, then, Is general though very incomplete out
line of what such Institution should endeavor TO be-
come Let the reader contemplate it as 1t will appear
WREN generations have perfected II, In all ts msgnid
cenee and glory; 10 Its means of good to man. 10 all
men Of all classes In Its power 10 evolve and dfuse
practical knowledge and ski true TASTE love Of induI
n.y. and sound moalitynot only throu gh It's apparatus
experiments instructions, and annual lectures and re
ports but through It's thousands of graduates In every
pursuit In life, teaching aud lecuring 10 all our towns
and Villages and then let him seriously ask hnsef Is
not such object worthy of at least effort and
thy Of State which God himself in the very of
alton designed to be The hrst agriculture and commercial
State face Of the elobef
Who should set the world glorious example of
educating their wOthy Of their heritage, their
duty and their destiny n not the people Of such spte
In cur country have arsiocIacy, with the lnalien
able wealth Of ages, and constant leisure and means TO
perform all manBer of useful experiments for their
amusement but we must create our nobility for this
purpose, elect rulers from our ranks 10
aid and serve, not 10 domineer over and control US
And this done will not only beat Eng and, and Oea
tne world In yachts and locks and respers but In al
else that contributes TO the we'll being and true glory
Of man.
maintain that, If every farmers and mechanics son
IN this State could visit such Institution but for
a single day IN the year II would do him more good in
srousng aud directing the dormant energies Of mind,
than all the cost incurred far good than many
six nhs ofpro'essed study OF things he needs
and never wants 10 know
As things now are, best farmers and mechanics,
by their native force Of mind, by the slow process
OF individual experience come to know at 70 n.y. what
they might have been taught in Elk months at twenty
while still greater number OF the or less
gifted stumble on through life, almost ignoraxt Of
every principle of their ar! when they begun.
Of real skill Is amazed at the sovenly ignorance
and waste he everywhere discovers all parts of their
premises and sl more hear them boast of their g
rorspce of all "boOk tanning" and maptsn that
their CHILDREN doGs well as they have done " and
IL certainly would be great pity If they could not.
The pstI ons OF our University would be found In the
former, not in the latter class The whose highest
conception Of earthly bliss IL log hut 10 unnclOsed
yard, where pigs of two species allowed equal
rights, upess the fourlesged tribe chance 10 get the
upper hand, will be found patron OF Industrial Uni
versailles. Why ahould he be Heknows 1t sliaready.
There 70 another class of unisughr farmers who de-
vote all their capital and hired labor to the culture on
large scale Of some single product which always pays
well when produced fresh soil In the most
uuski0fu hands Now, such men often increase rapidly
IL wealth, but s not by their sk in agriculture for
they have none their ikil consists IN the management
Of capital and labor and deprive them of these and
copfne them to the var culture OF small farm, and
they would stsrve in FIVE years, where true farmer
would amsss small fortune This class are, however,
generally abe fast friends Of education though many
LOCKER on will cite them instances of the nseessuess
of acquired ski In farming whereas they shord cite
them only sample of the resstess power OF capital
even In Comparatively unskillful hands
Such institutions are the only possible remedy for
csse educator legis alton, and literature. il any
cass provide for their own liberal education 10 the