New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-05


How far toward collecting those fbrsries, wiihou,
knowledge of wtSse stores scientific atfSnmcnis lo-c
half Their ys1e How Tar woel5 go s4ael 10 present
salaries toward paying tie vages Of elias o ,cseAers
competent o nstIuctin academic and collegiate branch
80 These qUsstfons ssked % place ssroas
hsht the 6ti:y Of idcs. which has found advocates
anon those WHO have su.csen,ly investigated the
acts in the Csse snd who have probably se1mod exag-
gerStcd impressions oithe ed which The stsie c1eEdsIe
Is hiShcr institutions OF learning
Onion schools. with such additional AL, might, q
,r, form SUI situate for Academies, but 70 whst goedf
Few localities our of cities and villages Wi admit q
them unul population and wealth have srNsiiy adj
.,rs ana hen benefits u i believed woad nOf be
evenly disseminated those OF the Academic, now are
Ard WHY throw Swsy whal hes already been laYshed on
lcaSepcs-the acquisitions o4 years-snerciy % ould
apss elsss Of schools 10 stisin the same obeSt' Ia
,br pr,senf srheres the Union Schools are productive
OF ircstu'atle benefits ss INSTITUTES Tor Aesdem'es
generally they arc uncs.led ;or sud promise no Inn
TIER IS melted in The cl .nent ofthe undersigned
b~wheh the State render the ocaeass OF re iahs
which !, spproprates 70 higher edaesnon cQusy aeces-
shlo 70 s-thgow open tlose henens 10 the poor VIA
ont eurtsirs any now enioyei oy another class ard
doing this neither diminish the number, nor n'lpines
the interests Of the existing higher institutions CT care.
inr That method would be q distribute anons taose
insrtuiiOns as much money - now-Snd more neees
ssry-bv, require them 70 repay every dollar 1hns ne
ceived. IN GRArUuoVsLN EnvcNrfN1 Such fvrtiS As
tbs STATE SHALL DESIGNATE.
BvsTrcpsr method OF designating the pupils, the me
qualities the present syrtcn would be done swSj sas
results sitsnci a. accoriani with onusn',aoi pasn
thropy with the theory and spsHs OF our p'''N~'a w.
I'm" fcvings N outline os tie proposed plan lie,
the comncu school districts .. he State De SiSns1ip
TO IS nary academy di,tIicos az there are low % my
herealfe be- Cf academies Lct each academy 'hSh Ne
REQUIRED 10 receive annually liVu the common s'"Vos
in its DISTRICT and grotitousy ciGea.eH popum csVy
- received from the S.a;c: college TO receive pa
nils o,, the free departments OF certain number 81
academic on the came ioOtng The seieSnon Q, The
rupils shs ud evidently hc made On the pass oi eaea
iooa ouslfcfiOn aud general merit There are sever
nj methods ~ accomplishing ths which 4 NO. n'ces-
sary az IL yoin 70 dscuss That me OBJECT Is prsct
csly and readily attsinstle Established by the eSper
ence Of tie Free Academy IN the cry oi newt aud
semc other Kindred Institutions.
The n ec Academy IN the City o. Ncw-tofk presenes
in fact practical eNemphhcotion' In single loeaip
OF the plan above proposed fer the whole state IRE
cei,es s pupils from TIE Common Schools on the bass
above sug cesed sad ssoa'es teR sraisiopsty. The
undersigned has during the past season. visited this in
stituliOu personally examined IL records, investigated
ns psrs Of seton in detail and witnessed hs operations
TO say that IL Is emueutly successful in accomplishing
the objects Of is foundation IL but faint praise OF the
men whose philanthropy originated and whose eaergy
secured that foundation -oT y. the able and efficient
corps OF teachers who MANAGE its concerns. IT'S
halls the marks of and the distinctions 81 wealth,
elsewhere 20 pcryadng Iorvedmg the mansions OF inc
living aud even the mausocuns OF the oaes
ignored The OF the rich aud the poorneiihcr Of
them degraded benofcisea but the honorcd CADET. OF
parental Gcvernment-Ineot ON ground "heio no'uer
has vantage sitting on the same benches, pursuing I've
same higher branches OF science, drinking nom thc
same rich fountains Of classic hcriure cuNauiig mo
same eleg6ut tastes and personal accomphfmnems inc
undersigned saw, with enot0ns ne wal no. "1emp,'v
describe the OF almost the eStreme- ana
OF every intermediate point in social aud pocuniary con-
don.-thc sons OF the every
ocean, and OF the employees OF his store houses ene MS
cs-of fathers whose nance are historic IN probes
sions in literature IN art and IN arms and oil the 90,
scurc and tong whose sinCws support this social
superstIuc mre above them.
The difercuce between such foundation where inc
the bee, and brightest youths OF the country ire'pec'
tive OF s other Distinctions are brought together TO be
equally anomted and sandoIsd tor the olympic race o'
h.e and manhood and rcnown--to be put IN posiuon
where hieh heart and bold endcavOr viii place the
wards OF c squsy within their reach the place 81
that order OF things where the ne,sities OF cdscnon
are measured by pecunisry social condis onwhcre
poor schools thought "a suffice for tho poOra and
where eeemosynaI instruction Is doled out 10 the ndl.
gent like clc0p food Ia wint,rnarks the developmcnt
OF truly American idea aud y at once the symbol and
the commencement of new phase VA educ fuonal and
sociBl progress
t scarcely 70 be doubted het the great Metropoua-
the pulsstions of whose philanthropy only cqualed
by those o. her business cfcrprise-whOse thorough
fares and suburbs arc everywhere sprnkled with hor
magnificent caruoswll aid TO this class Of her insti'
tuons that che will ultimately perfect her system
o free education By the establishment Ola Free Coegs
On scale proportional o. ihe wants OF hcf population
There are other institutions In the State approaching
/ the character OF Free Academies one ~ Lookpor has
taught 400 pupils during the year Another ia IN pro-
cess of Reorganization at utice.
With pcculsr pleasure the Superintendent calls a,ten.
lion 10 the fact that Free College IL already estab
ishCd In our state By priyete foundations and bone.
factions, Geneva College-changng lie name TO Hobart
Free Colegc--has been made nee TO all who po~ea
the requisite preparation In study and who can furnish
satisfactory testimonials OF character.
The ENGRAVING Of free department. on the exstng
Academies and Colleges would be great saving Of ex'
pense 10 the state the erection Of and sEirey
free and by his Il IA believed that tbs
sums distributed among these Institutions, would
send tie blessings Of free IN lruction in the higher
brhuches Of learning 10 considerable extent through
out ever class OF society.
h,s already been asserted that the change proposed
would not reslt inurouslyt to the pccuni"ry intero Of
the Aeadf and Colleges. II they receive the same
OF aid from the State At present makes liz
tie difference 20 them whether goes TO cheapen ths
tuition other entire number OF pupils, IA 10 nov does
whether IL makes the tuition Of portion free and
slightly that Of the others Such would be- the
effect Of the change If the number Of students remained
the same as nj this time hut the number would undout
edly 80 Increase by the accession ~ entirely new
cass 10 prevent a rise In tuition, and the came
time 10 overbeance the comparatively small additional
costto the institutions Themselves ocerung from the Ia
crease oi scholars.
In another respect the proposed change would al.
rocy aid the pecnniary interests OF the Academies and
Collegee They would no onger be considered ~ ap.
pertaining, IN their syGntago, 10 a comparatively small
csas OF society. They would become psrts Of an edu.
cationa syftem equally the property OF the whole poo
pie, snd equally endeered to tie whole people Ths
public aid instead Of being closely limited to liked
tmoun' az ~ present b. one class Of them and prscs
ously doled out to the other would flow as broad
and steady stream ~ their own interests and those
the public should be ound 10 d. nand
EDUCATION TEACHERS.
Few eftmste sufficiently the importance OF tcachcn
as class or their influence society. Nearly mUss
parents they mould the moral character OF the yoaag
ard their influence is probably more llt In deysb
opug the Intellect and giving direction, throughout
extensive portion Of society RbIiculc Of teachers coo
stiiues one Of the stale jokcs of literature and IL
features have not been without their influence taoe
whose dctmns heye weight ia assigning both tcr1J
aud social position. Prejudice against this occupso,
in our country, Is as unjast IL is impoiitic Whern
the United States have teacher class been los3f
behind tie moral intellectual cultivation Of the soJ
eft the community IN which they have been called spn
10 teach-nsy not In advance Of IL How often bs
eyea the breath Of suspicion fallen on the moral chgS
ter OF one OF the twenty-five thousand common scboa
teachers Of kew.fotkt Or their intellectual sslnsa
the bench the bar the sacred desk the highest bunes