Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1852-02-27

The Rev. ID. Y. MCLEAN, d. D., Presi-
dent of Lafayette College, at Easton, in
this State, delivered lecture on Edu-
cation i'll the Presbyterian Church on
Monday evening last, which is spoken of
by the audience in attendance as an able
effort in behalf Of the fountain of knowl-
edge, truth, and science. We have not
room to follow the reasoning by which he
clearly demonstrated that the objections
often urged against colleges were founded
in error, nor the close argument by which
he showed that education was essentially
necessary to the rising generation, whether
for the service of God or their country, and
we therefore proceed 10 notice his project
for enabling persons of moderate means
10 secure a collegiate education for their
sons or others whom they may select.
TO effect this, DIR. MCLEAN had proposed
10 the Trustees, through the Executive
Committee, the following plan for the
permanent endowment of the institution
under his charge, which had been adop-
ted, and is now in a fair way Of being ac-
complished
l. one hundred dollars paid shall entitle the
subscriber TO the tuition of all his sons, without
further chsrge in the College proper; or, in
stead of his own sons, those of any family he
may designate: and for every additional hun
dred dollars which the same individual may pay,
he shall have the privilege of designating the
sons of any family he may think proper to re-
ceive tuition in the College, as above.
2 Fire hundred dollars paid by an individual,
an association of individuals, or by congrega-
ton, shall en1itle the Individual, association
session of the church or congregation to per-
petual scholarship, to which the party may ap-
point any individual they may select-and the
scholarship may be devised by will as any other
property The incumbents any Of the schol-
arshps to be subject of course, to all the rules
and regulations of the College, well as the
discipline.
3. No subscription shall be binding until the
sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL
LARS has been actually subscribed, at which
time all subscriptions shall be due and payable,
and shall draw interest until collected. Upon
the payment of the subscriptions, scrip will be
issued, which may be trans ferable other pro-
pertv, as above specified The funds invested
to be secured by bond and mortgage on unin-
numbered real estate, or other good and suffi-
cicnt security.
T. The Trustees bind themselves and their
successors, that the funds thus contributed shall
never be used for purposes inconsistent with the
views of christian truth as now entertained by
the Synod of Philadelphia in connection with
the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United Safes.
From this it will be seen that any young
man who could induce a friend or relative
to advance 500 for a subscription, and
with the will to acquire knowledge, could
ensure a thorough education at very
small expense-thc charge for board, &c,
being extremely low.
DIsTREssING CASUALTY. Young man named
John Hoffman, the foreman at the steam sawmill
of Mr.. John Taylor, near Tyrone, Blair county,
was killed on Wednesday night last, by being
caught in the machinery. He had started the
engine, and discovering that the shaft was be-
coming heated he went to it and was standing
pouring water on it, when key caught IN the
pocket Of his coat, and wound him around it.
If the engine could have been stopped lmmedi-
ately, his life might have been saved but the
other hands present, although they knew how II
could be done, had not the presence OF mind to
take the right way to effect 1t, and before he
could be relieved he was so much mangled that
he died in twenty-nne hours Two physicians
were called, but they could do nothing for him.
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