New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-21
OBERLIN COLLEGE-ITS WORK, WANTS
AND CLAIMS.
To ns Editor Of ne ~ Y. TyS.ns

To ns Editor Of he N. Y. T'io.n~
This College has been quietly performing gree.
work yet its character and position are 20 often msln
derstood that few words in regard 10 IL may not b
uninstructive to many readers, even of The TnBuH.
This College was a pioneer in the Auti-Siavey
cause, and it has promulgated the doctrines OF unv'
sal liberty with telling effect. The State of Ohio sSd
the whole North.West has felt its power.
1t admits coloied pupils to equal privileges with a.
others in the institution. For the last twenty yesna
has bad colored students in considerable number.
Several have graduated from different Department.
s, me of these are stirgushed an men OF shosgh
and culture. .
IL opens all its courses Of study 10 woman a. well a.
man. Nearly half its students are females. Nearly
forty Of these have graduated IRON the College Depart
nent and nearly hundred and fifty from The Ladder
Department.
who ore depeIden on themselves for support. by
manual labor in term time, and teaching or other wob
during the Winter vacation, every vigorous, healthy,
economical student, may nearly support himself Hun
dreds of of this sort might be quoted necessary
in proof of this statement Tho whoIe support OIL
student at Oberlin ned not exceed $500 year nc'
than one half Of which he may, il industrious and e.
terpiising earn himself. For the year ending No'r
1854 the earnings Of the students were ct the rate
over $50, eco a year.
The institution has elevated the standard OF c0nnos
schools wherever ts Influence IL felt During the year
ending August 1856 $50 OF its pupils were employed
more or ess in eachDg Most of them eIerted health
full moral as well educational power on The mlnc'd
their pupils. Oberlin College is practically Nonns
School as well ss Colege-sendlDg forth hslt q thn
sand teachers each year.
This Institution has sought TO exert positive anf
vigorous religious ibfuence. Ii has always asserse
the claims of ghsr law" and has with great sue
cess ,bored to imbus its pupils With regard Tor s
" law, which is above all the enactmenn Of humn
codes."
The history of the college has done much tovrd
solviDg-terbspsi it has solved everal important Pee.
lens in the science Of education. IL has shown ~
with proper supervision the two sexes can DO edueaH'
better together than apart; that study msg % coz
Joined with remuneratve effort; thst thorough dsd,
pine in study need not disqusfy men Tor the study
ibe important practical questions Of the hour snf nv
the mOst fearless free discsssion need not lmPN
reverence for God and bis law
Oberlin does its work a great scale. FOR ~
wears prior TO 1859 the average number on hs esk
loeues was about 500. For the last five years tner
erage has been been over l5O and the last cstiogN
for 1867, numbers l,2l6.r 1t may be safely 'N
that better order nobler spirit never prevailed a.!
school than are found in thi, great army ofpupiis.
Such are some Of the features Of this enterprise. sa
il ibe work has performed for the last twenty year.
and IL now performing, with increasing ehecdveno"
ITS WANTS.
.aw word. ,bout the rants Of the hstituta
When Oberlin began Ito career rs prlnciQhs and AZ
we're exceedingly unpopular. PreIddices then hsfbe1s
have fingered In the minds OF mst who nov advoss
=
Iege has shared bat mesgtrly in the public generNs
IL wants have outrun is meats greatly. ~.
II has bnt partial endowment for It's College ~
6ssors snd Teachers. II needs sJO,OOO more " pW
them even moderate permanent support.
Iis THEOLOGICAL Department Is entirely uneod0v1'
The College Deecs e5J 900 10 tndow this DeysI,Dh
The College needs buildings 70 take place Of %
ole oues which were erected at time wheo good ons
could not well be- built. 1t needs oaditOAA osss,
meet ibe growing wants Of it, crowd Of stadepb.
lsdes hall ard all for cabinet Of natural bl'toI
are needed now These new buildings widest tooN
The Institution needs a great addition 30 rs hof1i.
New and valuable books would be gif moot nisDy
priced by the 200 young people who are puPNs
Oberlin. VIII not some generous friend Of pop1x
education present the College wih hrse ana v0
selected ibreIyi "A.
These are ZONE of the most pressing wants Of :"
Institution
ITS CLAIMS.
The above statements OF the work aud wsase
Oberin COLLEGE will Of course, suggest The co.
of the echool The following facts added fsf ~s
combination # thoughtful Inen: -.
The College s out Of debt Whatevern gwen ~'
will Dot be tpunged up in The payment OF old CLAIMS.
Tie College has land enough for in needs 80
buildings the nucleus Of library, and some enesnN.
Al other apparatus. AL thee make good besianls
" hat is eeted IL aid for carrying on TIE ""s
making il As perfect a. may be. -,,
All he preliminary work Of founding the Col'eges,
done the machinery il In full play. AL ga g""s.
will directly increase the quantity and quahy
vok. ,oo IA
The number of pupils the last year was Wv
more I, In kelly 70 continue great for many yeS,
come Nowb.r 81 increased facilities f0r edSe -.
be made 10 tel. with effect on greater nnuO~ " -