New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-12-04
An Appeal to southern Friends Of Education il
behalf Of Zion Seminary Endowment.

More than ten years of toll and must be utterly
lost or BIS sustained by speedily obtaining solid ounda
tion 1t
This Institution commenced and has thus far pro-
gressed with this principle Its chief and controlling
poor and middle classes is indispensable to e permanent pros
peity Of nation None will deny this principle
nor will any competent judge that personally ougi
could have made sacrifices sustain this princ!-
pie by the work In hand than have.
The tine has eo'ts when the an the must Be-
made the la6or lost II it BE- lost what
shall the dying courage Of the workman. Over
tasked and disappointed he must sink by exhaustion
As the AGENT have sought aid OF many and obtained
small given with the expectation that the enter
prise would not hs abandoned by the solicitor. Thus
than $50 600 have been obtained and economically
expended in school buildings for pupils and teachers, in
purchase of books apparatus etc The average number
Of pupils per annnI for the eight years of session. 14
More than oneourth of the number have been furnished
With books and tuition free.
The advanced Of the Institution now involves an
amount expense for teachers utterly beyond power
to meet without endowment If desist from the work,
the voice Of reproach will be raised against by
many donors the Of beneyolence injured by the
failure the hopes of many poor youths blighted and
above and more than all fear the rebae Of God, II
fuse to go forward Driven by irresistible forces come
in duty TO God, and national good to ask (uiout
personal solcitGton the donation Of $4,000 Free
Tuition Fand which shall constitute 12o free scholarships
perpetual.
The Board has determined If possible, to endow the
Seminary with s60oOo in two funds Of $4,000 each The
m to be obtained BY the sale Of stock for 100
scholarships $3.50 each such choose to hold them
Ouexth Of this Personal Stock Fund is secured and 1t is
hsrs is extremely low for perpetual scholarship and
without the addition to the endowment OF the free tuition
fund to sustain proportionate number OF teachers,
free pupils might and would demand it is in vain to
promise permanent free tuition upon basis slender.
TO desert plan of free tuition is false TO pledges to
donors, and to our vows to the poor and to God.
Consider the insucieney Of Southern native supply
Of school teachers and the growing severity of Northern
and Southern antpsth Consider the fatal tendency Of
unletered and undscipned native citizens augmented
10 number by the foreign born and natural increase Of
both. If the South does not educate the middle and
poor classes Of youth TO such degree to raise up
multitude who able to teach and do the service Of
government and religion what will be destiny Con-
slider the vast Western domain Who will be teachers
and ceunselors for it's uncutivated millionsf Will
Southern patriots and Christians REFUGE to furnish labor
ers for the old homestead and also disregard the
and culture of the territory justly belonging to
them Then surely the inheritance must be ost--ths
death-wa Of expiring liberties will oYerHhslm
children with woe, Ii not ourselves.
With such considerations Of duty to country and
posterity and TO God, humby submit suit. May
not Be confident that while diligently collect the
demands and the remaining part of the
Personal Stock Fund, two three cheerful aivers will
volunteer by letter 70 that desired information where
the thirty thousand for the Free Tuition Fund may
had To secure to the Institution the annual income Of
that amount Of stock is better than the
ssntaton OF the sum in gold.
To make permanent foundation for the Christian edu-
cation annually Of 100 poor sons and daughters born to
labor who will therefore naturally seek places Of nteec
tual and moral work, and thus dfuse that perpetual
income through many hands the broad moral yne-
yard Of the South voluntary act of princey beneyo
snce worthy Of Patriot and Christian.
May God give the high and chsngeless purpose, and
move the strong pen to write the good epse to the
undersigned.
Sustained BY the power Of hope, as in years past,
Your diligent workman,
A. r. GRAVES,
Zion Seminary, Coyington Co Miss.