New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-17
THE PEOPLES COLLEGE.
An Appeal.


the act Of our late Legislature Incorporating TN ProPtKs
CorIIer having completed the requisite arrangements
rouuce that the books are open and that subscriptions
10 the stock in suns Of less than dollar each are
earnestly solicited especially Of all citizens OF our S,aie
Psnrhkt copies Of the Charter with brief statement aP
pended Of the objects sought to be attained by Il VII be
most willingly grautousiy in answer to each po paid
sruss;on to our General Agent and Secretary H,KRsoS
HOWARD Lockport Y. who further proposes to respond
10 any reasonable inquiry which this pamphlet does
swer Cash subscriptions to stock may be transmitted
directly 70 our Treasurer TRACY MoRGAS Cashier Of the
Broome County Bank. Bnghamtcn, BY whom only win
stock be issued hough Secretary and any Of VIII
very gladly receive and transmit subscriptions And
there are doubtless many of citizens whose attention has
not been arrested by efforts hitherto made and who win
with to hear further before man.sng decided interest in
the enterprise whose infancy have been chosen to wah
over improve this opportunity meet current OBJ
jecons and set forth succncty the aims Of Tx PEOPLES
CoILEeK
Every new Educational effort afirms in the
insucency Of existing institutions If these adequate
and perfect what need Of another We do not deny
therefore that enterprise is based and proceeds upon
the assumption that the mental and material progress Of
Race so rapid during the present century has developed in
tellectual which existing mnares not calculated
10 satisfy For example.
The widely dffused and rapidly extending demand
1mcng our people for Popular Lecursno longer confined
to the cities and principal villages but already manestng
itself in most townships and neghhorhOods urgently ne
quirCs the training of large classes OF public speakers
thoroughly grounded in the Natural Sciences and qualified
50 to unfold and eucdaie them exhibit and enforce
hr practical and beneficial application to the various pro
ctsos If Agriculture Manufactures and the Mechanic Arts
Where there are now dozens qualified give such nstuc
tons in popular and readily appreciable form there al
ready an obvious and gcometroaly increasing demand for
hundreds
The management and control of Steam Engines and
ether Motors as well Of the Machinery mpeed thereby
ere now very extensively oonded TO men who have no &C
ourae or scientific acquaintance with the powers they thus
direct and the forces they undertake to keep within the well
defined limits of safety In stating this obvious truth we
do not mpeach existing semnares our directors Of
mechanical forces The former are not bamabe for not
teaching what they promised and what was neverre
qur,d Of thm nor the latter for acquiring knowledge
which has never been placed within their reach Yet it is
none the less tire that the immense strides and unparalleled
importance Of Mechanical Motors in day have render
cd the scientific instruction well the practical training
of engine drivers ard other directors Of arcay evolved
Power of the hghes, and most pressing importance to the
safety and weIbeing of the community
The business Of Mining though still IN It's infancy has
within the last few years attained activity and import
ance in this country Of which very few have any adequate
conception Above all other this business requires the si
pervson and guidance in every stage of the protoundest
Sientf, attainment In the absence of such direction
more labor and money have been qandered by our people
in digging for Coal where Coal could not possibly be and
in opening veins Of Ore that certain never to become
productive than would have founded and sustained insti
,ues fully ompetent dpe the ignorance wherein such
buUdrs had their origin And there this day hundreds
of Young men emong who have neither time nor means
at command for pursuing thorough course OF College stud
ies yet who in anticipation OF responsible and profitable en-
gueemens in mining the Iron Coal Copper Zinc and other
mnernls wherein country abounds would gladly devote
s,me months thoroughly practical course Of instruction
in Chemistry Geology Mining and Motanurgy. If such in
s,rucon with the requisite Specimens Apparatus &c were
pls,cd within their reach
Neuecd not multiply these illustrations of the ends our
entorrse contemtlaes Briefly let Il suffice that we seek
M institution which viii afford instruction through Lectures
Cabinets braries Demonstrations &c. TO thousands as
hor uay and readily TO hundreds OF students should
Thousands present hemseveso which the farmer artisan
or ne, hanc as well the merchant lawyer or divine may
seud his son with perfect that he will at least be
qualified therein to his living with his hands more read
y surely md ect ny than he otherwise could have done
whether it shall or shall not ultimately be his fortune TO Ia
Dor mainly With his n-wheren each pupil being at lib
ey under parental guidance to study only such branches
a. he may choose shall be impeotvey required to master
thoroughly whatever branches he does undertake as pre-.
requisite To any testimonial OF proficiency and wherein
each teacher az wei pupil shall be infoxiby required 10
devote some definite portion Of each week to downright
phys Industry essential alike to bodily and to mental
Vigor-.o Muscular Development and true Intellectual
Health The union Of Study with Labor-of Science with
Industry in abstract general sense but in the
daily Iii, OF each inmate is the fundamental basis Of InE
PEOPLE COLnGE.
But here we are confronted by the that this
idea Of Manual Labor in semnaes has been repeatedly
tree and with Unifol III successsthat though beautiful in
theory it viii not work in practice ndthat flying
in the face of experience Hall this wcre really founded in
truth Il would still be nconclusye Tho very best IDEAS
have because in advance OF their time Inst encountered
similar rcpulscs and dscoursgements The first steamboat
WASH signal failure and probably broke the heart as wei as
the fortunes Of It's protector Repeated attempts to cOonze
r m Furoro this Atlantic Of North America resulted
in uniform and disastrous failures throughout the century
preceding the settlement Jamestown To assert that
coed idea always fail Of practical success because the
st generation failed to realize it, is to assume that Mankind
can never be- wiser than they have been
But he idea which undees effort has SEyER failed
tcoause Il was never tested None Of the Manual Labor
Schools attempted in County was ever toleraby en-
lowed ard established unless be Oberlin and hat has
not faed-on the contrary, il has attained commanding
position and enjoying eminent prosperity But even
thu with most Il not all the alleged failures has regarded
Manual Labor rather for eking out inadequate
pecunary means then essential eonserver Of health
yeor and efficiency And here elsewhere through the
nidcquacy Of to provide ample lanis workshops
machinery. &C. Il has been found deemed mpracicabe
10 provide work for o that in effect i not ia theory,
those who were rich enough TO pay ther way wifhou