New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-30

Accurately act forth What the University has DONE II
any rate evnces consciousness Of wsat II sh1Ed have
done and wherein is claims 20 consideration ani
patropsge should be based In Vies Of til. truth we
are not inclined 70 scrtnize with any rgOr the clans
Tins act M nor inaure whether the connection Of the
achievement. 50 Wanted With the University se
qu,ntisl or casual and fortuit0us Nay We viii vslun
teer our personal testimony support Of the Professors
assumptions; for certain il is th2t-Thstever may be
psusiby said in favor Of earlier claimants Of the dis
coyery-the FIR. time saw an Electric Telegraph
at work or Witnessed any demonstration of its practi-
csbity, was aone Of President Morsss early expert
ments in Nev-York University
Wei the University has done I'VE are verT ready 70
admit our City aud the Race good service 10 e'nnee
ton with the Telegraph and TIE Daguerre'tyPe; hoE
much mere Of Ike nature has Il tried 70 do G'ogra-
ply is Represented as looking northward became is
principal triumphs hitherto have been achieved IN that
direction: tas tie Uniyersty her gaze fixed on the
broad and promising field in which she has already
her brightest if Ler only trophies The Professor
speaks wisely though vaguely 20 the removal Of al
su1d exactious Of proficiency in Latin and Greek as
prerequtos Cor entering the University; but he seems
in this not TO speak for the Faculty, but 10 them
Where would have been the Medical-as yet the Only
success:u-Deparrmsnt Of the University, had sini-
Ter requirerent Of preparatory proficiency been ell
forced On those seeking rs instruction For Ignorance,
ipcspacirv and qusckery the world may SAFELY be cta-
lenqed 70 match the young doctors and medical SUI
dents 20 plentiful among us but these Deficiencies
form no fair prete1- for excluding any from the lecture
rooms and laboratories where true Medical Science IS
ncucaed on the contrary they are reasons for c1eaP
ening the ms ructicD and opening wider the doors
Tie errors Of tic past are worth thought only az
they ilumine ous pathway through the future Inc
NeW-York University has tins far been falure-ti Is
idle to mnce the matterbecause the thing has net cor
responded 70 the II has failed not for want o.
pecmiary but Of intellectual 1t was started
A. absurdy asbOugh Spectator were now 70 construct
two or three tame limitations Of those ruinous old ro5ber
castles which form interesting feature Of the scene
ry of tie Rhine expecting to make bis fortune by sell
inc them To begule the time be Ike the time'-aheid
Of H. if you will and cam but certainly not behind IT,
The University has not attempted to teach that which
cur energetic, aspiring, studious youth most neei and
wish 10 know and has not sufficiently accommodated ITS
eachne such asst TO the circumstances OF those VINO
would Gladly have benefited thereby For example,
l. Suppose there are enc hundred CT one thousand
yourc men employed in Commerce or Manufactures in
our City, who aspire 10 some intellectual vocation, yet
are unable Surrender their present pursuits, though
rerecty able and wiling to devote tgo to four hours
each day 70 study under the guidance Of the University
We hold that the institution ought "a adapt courses Of
study 20 the needs of this class proEerng access TO
books evening recitarons aud lectures and whatever
else NAY be necessary to their accepting and
prodtipg by its advantages
2 We are ain ost daily accosted after this fasho
81 ain nor able to go through College but want 10
90 master the sciences of Chemistry and Geology in
Their relations 10 Agriculture Mining or Manufac
lures as the ease may be where shall 90 to gam
"tbe knowledge need most resdiy aud cheaply ~
We epgM to be able 20 Go u the University
Of New-York" but we are not.
s. There are twenty thousand young mechanics, ar
tisans or apprentices in City who pressingly need
instruction in the sciences or principles which dndesie
their respective calngs, and who are squanderng in
idleness or dissipation Abundant time to make she
ACQUISITIONS they need Tor these, there should be
comfortable eligible lecture.Tooms open SIX nights in
every week where they could be certain 10 hear men
thoroughly qualified lecture on the various practical
sciences at @ charge Of not than shilling per
lecture aud il possible Of blu half that sum I'VE be-
eye Mi would be better than absolutely free lectures,
for en- place value what they pay for than On
what is given them) lie; Monday evening be devoted
to Chemistry Tuesday to Geology Wednesday to Bot
any Thursday 10 Mines aud Minerals, &c. With the
very best apparatus for demonstrations and if more
came than could be seated et another hall be opened
and the lecture ON Monday given therein on Tuesday
or Ncdn, sd4y and on until the puyic wants were
fully supplied. We believe the moral benefits Of such
system Of Lecturng would be immense in addition
90 s utility il II diffusion Of Science.
{. Within the lsst ieS years there have been many
thousand dollars spent in the experiment al opening OF
Copper and other mines in Connecticut. Neg-Jersey,
aud The adjacent portion OF this Safe nearly all OF
With have proved utter failures These appear u have
for the most part been commenced in good faith, bur
vrhou, requisite lnosledge. Very possibly 10 many
cases he ginning was right aud the premature abandon
!, ment the real blunder. A true University should
Siusily teach in whs. geologic formations this or
that mineral may be be sought with rational hope OF
success, qst Of science pronounce the sur
face Of certain localities below The Coal measures aud
affirm that DO matter VIVA; the superficial appearance
Coal need be sought there with any hopeof success
;. Al over the land weak heads turned snl to-
eraby strong ones are puzzled By crrtan phenom-
eua termed Mesmerism,n C.iirvOy snce" " Table
Moving Spirit RspPiDg," Sc. Left TO quackrry'
ignorance, stupidity and superstition as they mainly
have been, these i'll understood phenomena have been
made the occasion Of much mischief, though some OF
them would seem susceptible of benehcent medical aud
other uses if the truth could be eliminated from the
avalanche Of folly and IiscOncepdon which bind ere
dulty and equally bisd skeptcism have beAPed upon
It. 4 tue University should these phenomena
from tie hands of charlatsns and mystagogues, and
having b. careful ard patieut induction, resting On