New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-21

sncy Of making education more practical and blending
with il seine share Of Physical and Industrial training
We think some light is shed upon the matter by the
following letters from student at Harvard University
to his father which print from the originals be-
fore u.s. only suppressng the names. Read snd be en-
lghttned
DEAR FATHER. write in hopes OF being able to induce
YOU 10 grsnt me- much larger allowance Of spending
money than yet have given me- and without max
ing any lengthy introduction To my letter viii state the
question simply and pretend-wbich would be- we're
10 DO So 10 make untrue prefer that am writing
for any other object VIII You be- So kind rs {" Increase
my amount of spending money Tome TINS DOES n' seen
an in proper request nasmuch as-sthough You say ihN
vour propery Is overrsed- are think, sbun ianty
able 10 favor my request Before proceeding iurthsr
will state a fact, 50 far - my kno"lsiEe extends OF
what true concerning those young men ~ Cambridge
whose parents wealthy, that they are allowed sdh
ceH amount If money TO enable them o support them
selves in STYLE becoming their position IN society ana
that do not know of gle young man whose parents
possess much property as you do ana are not lhne
habi Of allowing their large amount per annHm OF
10 max Of rs ne wishes Many give their IONS
given sum out of which % pay all their College eNpen-
ard also tahe their spending money Ihs j. the Wy
which quite frequently ADOPTED ana young man > mus
limited and sees that this u al he Is to have nd
that unless his bills both of Collegiate and oihsr nature
are paid Of this fixed sum he must t'l behind hand
According To what have said do not nteud 70 mnce
The after IN the least and will therefore - e the amount
whi,h desire you shall give and endeayor by citing
H.. magnitude Of College. board clothing butts NJ to
prove ihst the balance o spending money re lining AFTER
these bills are deducted from the amount specified viii not
Will byrs saw that hope you will not interpret any.
fling which | say being disrespectm to yourself
although | am very anxious 10 effect the acc m
pi, fmebt Of this object aud may perhaps use some
txprt ssions which, without an eAplnhAu"n mist APP
mean improper. /, will b. my aim throngh"u' 10 use
he most civil and respectful language Inc sum then,
which with you TO grant NE u $1,000 My college OIL
Al nuay amounts up wards Of SlO0 My bill tr board,
when board for sel per week to 500 ana when GET
good board AZ So 20 sl20 per annum alsp have - pay
from IN pfr
Al ths amounts in the course Of year q about $50 be
side all this there my washing bill winch costs m. au
SO per anuum. If not more Then n ere IS my bill for
clothes and you reflect little you mus aud will ses that
Il ought to cost student sometb like $3.50 or 5000
wear 10 dress suic ny gentee manner. IL You have
any doubt think that by consulting aHy really g~n'eei
ard fashionable tailor the subject you viii uni that no
" III sustain my assertion Mr. B consider. Nr 5,
who mskes most Of my clothes very fir sui houe man
in al bis dealings n'twiih landing that he thr - and
uysef differ considerably in our opinions oi the qnty ot
clothes ought 10 wear and notwithstanding h. An rvs
that ge, most Of my clothes made al SIS. From my
enumeration Of bills you will perceive That HI requi
site 10 cover them all is trf than $500 and that
thu> more than hall of the $1,000 will be- expended
continue my music lessons next teru viii n can
be done without Interruption 70 my studies AS those OF the
lai year comparatively much easier than Is the case
with those of other portion at the collegiate course
also wish perfect myself little more in the art of dane
ing having taken but qutrir lessons aud pro-
ydtd tbst take two quarters instruction the ri 'nO
forte at $40 yer quarter and pay s2 OI SD for one quar-
instruction IN dancing the whole sum will be- sb.u
$50 or SIS that after all things CONSIDERED, the
amount Of money remaining from the g. 600 will not be
considerable have often tod You that It - impos
siIe for mo 10 avail myself of scarcsl, Any amusement
With my present email allowance aud have believe
herein stated 70 my wishes in perfectly respectful
mann'r and hope That you s'l b. willing to wtlts me
pleasant and abundaDty satisfactory l-tr.r From the
above siatmcnt you cal, ulate what my spending
money per month would be. d-du,tiug all tha bills from
the 900 and would respe fully request you TO do"
ne u Is amount You anectionate son, B.. W.
This letter ELECTED negative response, whereupon the
devotee of Science rejoined as foloSs
LUNENBURG, Tuesday May u, 1883
DEAR FATHER; Your letter containing - reached me
at Weston, Saturday evening and although am Obliged
10 you The money. YET IL was my expectation that sucha
letter mine would have produced much more gratifying
result nau uch s.it Woed in pert city fair and re-
secul manner lou blamed in one of your letters be.
cause found fault viii ny allowance without having asked
you 10 increase It, aud you always seem Slng to
accede any proposal OF mine to have Il enlarged As
SAID IN my letter NINE IS almost solitary eArrPh m 10
cole e Of young mans not having good amount Of
spending money and cannot any just reason why you
should he eStrsm' ly unwilling 20 crafty me in This
quest; and You krOw thar by dong you doing
you deprive me Of all the enoymen's which are most
proper 90 persons OF my aud without shlch life oitsn
times hangs heavily enough ODe thing which CONSIDER
extremely unf,ir IT, that notwithst ndg my small alloy
ance with which you we'll \ * mpo ssbls tex.
cept very seldom 10 enjoy the pleasure Of horse and
catiage, you will not LEI run up bill at the livery
stable AZ your expense and ~ you viii NOT give me
bore and causRe You TO intend 10 d"br from
all such reasonable eloyments and yet to be anxons to
keep at college. | cannot why this does not ,p-
pear unfair to ~ il does to I'm eoncu
siOD, will say that although may we EXPRESSED my
self PR tty strongly hope that you viii not CONSIDER this
letter in any respect insulting close with saying that
really wish thai you shall not urge my reenering college
unless you grant my request Please write and be-
lieye ne your afecti0nate son, B.w.F
GEoRGn-The State Rights faction Of the Democra-
cy trnmphed st the State Convention and on the
seth ballot, Hon. Herscbel V Johnson, ESD ~. :.
kenatOr, and prominent SecessOnst was nominated
for Governor by the following yOte-0n he ifty eighth
ballot johnson received 205 HARRISON S5 stark IL;
Stames, 3; BenDng l. Whereupon on motion, il was
attempted to confirm the nomination by unanimous
vote but the telegraph does not inform whether this
successful not Hon. Thomas J. Burney Of Nor
can, presided over the Convention Governor CObb's
not before the Convention, bnt H. X. jack
son, Union" bis brother n-law used 10 the earlier
baOtDQs, hut il appears to have been dropped the
fnal ballot, the " UDioLists" scattering their votes
HARRISON and other candidates.
AcorrespoDdeI Of The TOmdsriNe HdichmGH, writing
from Magnolia, the county site Of Cnch county men
ions the fact that Thomas Tefiir Long has been
mated 'or Congress b. the Constitutional Union party
Of that county ard has accepted the nomination
NORTH CAEoLIsA.-Thomas Ruffin has been nominated
by Convention, which lately assembled At Newbern. as
The Democratic candidate for Congress in the above
DistIict-W c. LOitin independent Democrat bav-
ng previously announced himself regardless 81 the ae-
ion Of the Convention This Mr.. Ruihn is the same
Missouri Colonel" who was beaten two years ago by
Hon Edaard Stany. Among the resolutions adopieda at
the CONVENTION was the following
Iesoed fc triumph o. the Democratic ptfy 70 te elec
on FIsnia ard 5yy Ia che Hs2g'Ae Aed
il let,emenf II OIL sectional difference" 4e.
-Tur Oprcty,G WAsHIyoTosIASs.-JObn II W. Hav-
kns in answer 70 the statement going the rounds at
tritnted 10 Jehn b. G0ueb that the leader Of the Biti-
more Wasbiuptonian movement is keeping low grog.
fhop in Baltimore gives the present standing OF the
original six as follows; D.. ,,