New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-18

wr,co..1y Usrvrrrrr.-Ths institution 10 To-
,.,sd in Madison one mile west OF the Capitol The
original endowment by Coogress consisting Oh
seventy two sections OF land selected for the support
Of State University, will yield, under eIisang sp.
prsisals. about els0 900. Under the management OF
DE Board OF Regents, this sum has been msferisn!
enlarged. The total property Of the University may
now be set down at s2o5 900, over and above al
debts and liabilities OF this SUN the prcducive
fund, whose annual interest is applicable to the cur
rent ezpenses Of DE institution. will at the close q
this year. amount 10 at leas, slOo, ooo The residue
consists in the value Of the ste and the buildings
thereon library cabinet, apparatus, and the un'oid
balance of the original grant Of University lands
which lss item in process of rapid conversion into
productive fund, by sale and investment The chairs
instruction now filed, including the Ch.nceors de-
psrmeni are: Let of Moral and Political Philosophy
I'd, Of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy; 81, OF
Classical Languages and Literature and tth, OF me
Physical Sciences and their applications. The Board
OF Regents at their meeting the 18th inst elected
TO the Chair of Mental Philosophy, Logic Rhetoric
and English Literature, Prof. Dsniel Read, OF the
University OF Indiana. Prof Read will enter upon
the duties of bis Office on the OF the second
University edifce in process Of erection, and VIII
bring 10 the department, a deservedly high profess
sional and personal reputation. As permanent fea-
ture in the plan Of the University IL should be stated
that normal INSTRUCTION 10 ltdCuus GLASSES NC
rendered BY the chsir of English Literature and IN.
struction to classes in Agiculiara Science By that OF
Chemistry &c. Instruction in German and French
forms optional portion OF the collegiate course, and
annual provisions will be made in that behalf, TIL the
Chair OF Modern Languages shall be permanently
filed. The Preparatory Department is under the i'm
mediste charge Of the Tutor and so arranged a. TO
make Us Instructions thorough snd effective. Stu
dents desirous of pursuing select portions OF the
course, may do go in connexiOn with the regular
Glasses in the collegiate aud prep ratory departments
The University offers ample facilities TO this class OF
the young of the State. The cite Of the iustitu
ton, coniaiDing fifty acres, has been admirably Sc
lected For beauty Of situation, and the more solid
advantages Of location, il ia univalei One edihce
has been occupied since the autumn Of 1852 and the
second will be completed in the course of the coming
year. These buildings, beside nine public rooms for
lecture recitation library, and cieDtc collections,
will contain forty private studies with twice the M
Der OF lodging rooms for the use of students. The
grounos will be suitably laid out ard arranged and
and order has just been made 10 plant II spring,
one thousand fruit trees within the enclosure. The
advantage Of this we'll endowed and wellappolnted
State University, offered almost gratutoasy to
the Dung men of Wisconsin and other States. The
tuition fee is but 81 per term of thirteen week An
additional public endowment now in prospect. will
enable the Board of Regents 10 dispense with term
bills altog ether, and 10 our State system OF
graiuitous instruction. by free institution of learning
of the highest grade.