Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-07-28

NfENh IVY AFNfH A"1EH
Mn EDlToR IL have not forgotten my prom
ise to write letter or two for the Phoenix dur
ing my trip to the West, but the rapidly with
which | travelled as far as here, has prevented
Inc I'LL now from doing anything to redeem my
promise. Oar party came West by the way Of
New York, Baltimore, and Cincinnati. At no
place did we stop more than two days, and in
some important cities only a few hours. / can
now give you only a copy Of my notes hurried
ly made as we passed along.
We arrived in Philadelphia on Friday. pro-
verbally an unlucky day, and truly 50 10 US
The train in which we came from New York,
ran off the track near Elizabeihiown, n. j., a
switch tender having carelcssly left the switch
open, and though no one suffered any bodily in
jury, we experienced all the annoyance Of a
three hours detention, which was lust so much
distracted from the brief time allotted to our
stay ia Philadelphia. Having arrived AT length
at Philadelphia, We were just starting out to sec
''lhe lions" when a severe shower came up,
and detained US yet two hours more, so that il
was not ill FIVE o'clock r.. NJ, when we found
ourselves fairly started for Girard College, one
Of the places which we had determined TO see.
Friday or no Friday.
We procured tickets Of admission at the Of
fee of one of the Directors, and proceeded to
the College. On the tickets was printed an ex-
tract from Girard's will, specifying the terms of
admission, as follows -
"Therc are, however, some restrictions, which |
consider it my duty to prescribe, and to be, amongst
others, conditionso on which my bequest for said Col
lege is made, and to be enjoyed, namely sss
Secondly, | enjoin and require that no &C.
ciesiasfic, missionary, or minister of anu sect
ichdisoerer, shall erer hold or exercise any station
or duty rhaierer in the said College; nor shall
any such person erer be admitted for any purpose,
or as a %pisifOr, withia The premises appropriafei
10 The purposes Of The said college In making
this restriction, | do not mean to cast any reflection
upon any sect or person whatsoever; hut. as ,hcra
is such a multitude Of sects, and such a diversity
Of opinion amongst them, I desire to keep the ten
der minds Of the orphans, who are to derive advan-
tagc from this bequest, free from the excitement
which clashing doctrines and sectarian controversy
are so apt to produce; my desire Is, that all the in
~structors and teachers in the College, shall take
pains to instill into the minds Of the scholars, HE
Purest principles Of morality, so that, on their en-
trance into actse life, they may from iarIisnhon
and habit, evince beReroiencc toirards their feIor
creatures, and a lore Of fraih, sobrieiy and INDUS
try, adopting at the same time, such religious ten
prefer" Ia '"Ao'e tue" 10
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prescribed class 700 LaI mo- ,Hma,In, " '"'
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w principal building Is a perfect and splen-
uu structure oil ureclan architecture, built
M"pl'y o. wn''e marble, 1t is over $50 feet