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


aince wise enough know that is Teachers need 70
be toucsied but has not yet become wise enough 20
know that us Workers need education JUST az musn'
IN these remsiks not iorgo ten that our common
schools are equally adapted and applied to all classes
bun reading, writing &c. are properly no more educe
Zion than gathering sed Is agriculture or cntins sup
amb.r, bsvs alton. They are the mere rudiments; -
they calico, or means the mere Instrument Vi an
after education, and Il not 90 USE they are ana Gao o
Of little IN the po'ssssor tbsn an axe In the
garnet or ship rotting upon ID stocks
. Nor am | ubmibdtul II the efforts oil Iae nonsfens
ana tocr OF the old world In founding schools Tor
Iae epih cousins Of their order, In hopes OF train
yog them Into Of geHted Jar"Ts or rstnsr 90
stsrs Of farm us yet OF toe several "otck n.
fac the Prairie Farmer significantly desgnstes 'noip
set by some Of older proies'loEal iosi'uu 80
keep the Using and blazing thought OF ths
masses from burning 100 fudously They nave
canoe slopgsid- Of lhrr bugs profss1nai sseansivs
and invited all the farmers and mechanics OF tos oaIe
60 lump on board and sail win them; put tne ucuy
b they will not embark. But sc ana tngui sven lo1
asrnne tovaro M, not Outstanding the ludcrous awk
sspropess of their fra eodesvors to save us
am an sn.ver "a fso simple questions Will perhaps
o,S.ceDtly indcste ideas Of the whole subject,
fb-nsb that ssswer. the present occasion, must
s,,srl, or confined to bare outline. The first ques
dor, thep, tnis; ,
ii How can that wait be sup lied
The fret question may be answered In few words
Eney want and they ought 10 have, the facilities
dor DDde raDolbg the true phOsophy-the science and
the the' several pursuits (tneir life business aud
of ebcisny applying exiting knowledge thereto ADD
widening It's oOmsin which the professional classes
have long enjoyed in their pursuits Their first labor
f. tbe, eiore TO supply vacuum from fountains already
full, and bring the living waters Of kno Wedge within
their reach Their second 10, t. help dl the oun
SsiBs with st greater supplies They desire depress
40 insiitUtiup, class whatever. they only wish 70
elevate themselves and their pur.uts 10 position 10
society to uhich all men sekuo sledge they are Justly
entfed and % which they also desire them aspire
H. How, then, can thar want be supplied
In answering this question, | sha endeavor to pre-
sent, with all possible iTaukDess and clesrness the out
HE Of impressions and convictions that have been gra
dusly deepening In my mind. for the past twenty
yssrf and let them pass for whstsver the true friend
OF the cause may think them worth.
And answer hrst neg styey, that this want cannot
he supplied by any OF the existing Institutions for the
professional classes by any Incidental appen dage
attached TO them 90 nere secondary department
These Institutions were designed aud adapted TO
meet the wants OF the professional classes such-es
Pectsy the clerical order, and they suited
% the real wants OF the industrial class than the ins
hutton we pose for them would be suited to the pro-
fessioDal cIsss
Their whole spirit and aim IT, or should be- literary and
fnteectusl-noi practical and Industrial; 10 make
OF DO ks ana reaoy speech-nOt Of work, and 10.
ousJii, silent thought But the very best classical
scholars are often the very worst practical
and that they should be- made 10 contrary to
fbe very nature OF bings-the fixed laws OF God. Toe
whole interest," business and destiny for s of the two
cdse. iun In opposite lines; and mat the
o Nuoy should be equally well adapted % both, is
utterly hDp9ssble a. IN Il the pursuits and habits
Ibe Industrial classes knew aud feel this and therefore
they do not and VIII noN pasronize these IL suiiOns
only far forth as they desire 10 make professional
men for public As general fact their own nnuld
sudes do and sia Jorece stand aloof from them and
while they desire foster and cherish the n for their
appropriate uses, they know tn they do not and
eabDOt III the sphere of their urgent Industrial
wants They need a similar stem of Liberal Educ1-
aim for their class and adapted their pur.
suite; to create for THIN Industrial Literature,
Adspted to their professional wants, raise up for
them TEACHERS and lecturers for subordinate Institutes
and elevate them, their pursuits sud their poserty
60 thai relative position In human society for which God
designed them.
The whole history of Education, both In Protestant
and Catholic countries shows that must begin With
the higher institutions or we Can never succeed with
the lower for the plain reason that neither knowledge
nor wster will run up hill No people ever had, or
ever can have, any system Of Common Schools and
lover Semiparies worth anything, until they first found
cd their higher Institutions and fountains of knowledge
from which they could draw supplies of teachers
&c, or the 10 We would begin, therefore, where
all experience and common sense show that we must
begin, would effect anything worthy of an ehort
In this view OF the tue first thing wanted 10 this
process 10 National Institute of Science 10 operate
tbe great central lu,nnary of the national mind from
which all minor institutions should derive light and heat,
and TOW ard which they should, slso, resc back their
own. This primary want lie ali esdy, trust supplied by
tine Smithsonian Institute endowed by James Smthson,
and Incorporated by the L. Congress- AZ Warrington
ID. C..
To cooperate with ihia noble institute aud enable the
Industrial classes To realize its b-ne Ia practical life
wi TnircrStfu The Industrial classes In each
the S,stes With the subordinate Institutes
iyceums and high schools, la each OF the counties and
towns
istipg knOwl, dye directly and efficiently 70 all practical
pursuits proies lions In life, and 10 extend the hJun
daes Of our present knowledge Ia all possible practical
directions.
PLAN FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
There should be connected with such an institution
In this State sufficient quantity of lard of varaoeso
and aspect for all s Deedful annual experiments aud
procei "a In the great Interests Ct Agriculture and Hor
hcnlture.
Buildings Of appropriate size and construction for all
lis oroioaTy and special plete phiosoph ica
chemical snaton ics and industrial apparatus; gem
era cabinet embracing everything that relates TO- Illus
trstes or facitstes any one Of the industrial arts
especially all sorts of spimals, BIRDS reptiles Insects
ees sh ub' and plants found in this State and the ad
jscent States.
and oh, solosy the nature, instincts and hebts OF all
animals insects, trees ard plants their laws OF propa
CATION primogebuTe. growth, and oec7y disease ana
health lie and death on the nature composition, adapt
etiop and regeneration of soils the nsue. strengths
durability preservation, peifecioD composition, cos,
se and snufsctures of all materials OF art and trade
on POLITICAL financial, domestic, and manual economy,
DOR the saving OF labor of the hsni) In all industrial
processes; on the true principles OF nation
al, constitutional and civil Law and the true
aheOry and art OF governing and controlling, or
directing the labor OF men Ia the State, the
family shop and farm the laws OF yicnsge, or the
laws Of coursy and comfy between ueishoors SUCH
and on the principles Of heath and disease In the hu
man subject, far at least 10 ncedfu for household
ssfety on the laws OF trade and commerce, ethical,
conventional and practical; on book keeping and &C
counts and Ia In all those studies and sciences,
of Whatever Sort which tend TO throw light upon any art
or employment which any student may desire TO mas-
ter or upon any duty he may be called TO perform or
which msy tend TO secure his moral CIVIL social and
industrial perfection, ~ man.
No ,paoies OF Knowledge should be excluded pract.
cal or theoretical; unless Indeed those specimens OF
organized ignorance" found 10 the creeds OF party
ghQuld
by some for g species Of knowledge
Whether distinct classical department should be nd
t3ed or not would depend eXoediency II might be
deemed beet TO leave that department 10 existing col
ieres rs their appropriate WORE sud 10 form some
practical and ecopomcsl connection with them for tnat
urpose or II might be beat to attach depart