New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-11
,r COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT.

.,ro,r..nood,pee Of The N. Y. Tribune ,o-,
'e'ne'P''' ELmIRA, N. Y, July IA, 1857.
n,,,;o rrnts have been lately filed with their
ADo P' ',,ara record in which old and distinguished
""rN", "a universities are shown up TO the public;
err.mme of intellectual and social festivities
S;.n,sveS and q, apnuul gratuitous advertisement
nresepted to the public by some grathed alumnus VI
sr.c;.l correspondent. This is all wel-just as 1t
,hould be. The interests of collegiate educa'ion
cannot be too highly regarded, or too aSsiduou'iy
cherished. But why is all this care expense tn's
,ublc sympathy aud interest,", enlisted In Dehai VI
xounp eeptemen, while no college record announcing
a. Dnnsl harvest of ripe scholars, which ought TO
he gathered from institutions devoted 10 the ishei
Education Of females7 Not to breach the question OF
eopality at present, we may well inquire why snould
there be such vast disparity oc.neen "a a costly
made for the education OF females ana the cosby
bn;a;ops libraries labor atores, observaorles, &c,
in charge of professors Of superior talent, ana with
such remuneration that they are enabled ana encouI
AGED 10 perfect 10 their respective depart
fnents; with costly endowments to render everything
pemarent SO as to be comparatively unaffected by
The fluctuations Of commerce or the moneymafKet =
all which are provided for the other sex;
A movement has been commenced when IL Is 10 DC
oped will tend lessen this strange prep0nderance OF
public and private Interest, which has chartered anu
endowed fourteen cole ges and universities ior young
gentle mep in the Stae OF Ne " YORK ana a9ueu yeaI
sIoe donations from the public funds OF the State, whe
on Oh institutions have been orgaDzed for young
JSe and tbet are vet 10 their infancy without endow
uepts and with comparatively scanty Inc cans IOr the
proe ecution Of the higher studies when they now
boldly REQUIRE in order to graduation These are inc
Female College at Elmna and the lDgham University
OF Leroy. ... ,r;o
It's super b building model of collegiate architecture,
was erected chiefly by donations. Not far from
$40 600 have been expended upon 1t, including
Grounds which are extensive and highly ornamental,
and the furniture and fixtures 1t is prepared for one
vast family Each student has share IN the domes-
fic duties of the establishment 1t ls In fact
miniature community OF nearly two hundred peIsons
living under the same roof boarding together, not az
tables arrar ped on the several sides of an octagona
dining hall; and pursuing their studies, each Ia her
own room. The departments are distinct, eacn IN
charge of professor prceptress, ana the course vi
stndT ia equivalent TO that of best colleges tor
oeptIemep 1t has also superior facilities for lnstruc-
ton in music and painting, for the purpose OF quany
ing Young ladies ~ support themselves by teacnng
these elegant arts 1t is In fact college whicn con
templates the complete education Of young ladies'
in ali necessary or important branches OF study and To-
dusty from the kitchen to the parlor and the STUDIO
In ali departments the utmost hOroughness Insisted
on and cold rather than snowy attanments are re.
.quired, and in all possible ways encouraged.
This College has just closed IFS Anniversary or Com.
mencemeDt. The Rev. j. b. Went worth, late OF But
falo, preached the annual sermon Inc Rev. L; m, n.
BE echer addressed the Caisophian Society. The
Rev. Geo. Dana Boardman, late from South Caroilha
where free speech made uncomfortable for MN
delivered the Grafton, and Francis NJ tlnch, esq the
Poem. Such literary festival begins new era IN
Southern New York one the less Interesting mol lul
portant becsufe the College designed solely Tor Ia
dies, or, as Benton would say, for women. nu.