Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-02-21
For the Anttslavsry Dugls.
NEW YORK CENTRAL COLLEGE AT
MEANWHILE.

Mr., RoDINsoN-Allow me to call the attention
Of your readers to the institution whose name is
at the head Of thi, article. While all liberal
people rejoice in the advancement made by
Oberlin and Antioch upon the educational plans Of
older and more conservative schools, New York
Central College. appears to me, to demand special
consideration.
am not aware that any other Collegiate insti.
tuition than this, has stood forth as the true repre-
sentative Of christian freedom, and entire human
equality. 1t has laid its foundations upon the
great truths that underlie all the fragmentary
reforms Of tie present day--the equality, not oil
men, but of the human race, and the entire free
dom of the human soul.
One of its distinguishing features is the absence
OF sectarian control. Liberty of conscience il
fully recognised, and while religious exercises are
observed in the institution, no regulations have
ever been adopted, showing partiality to any form
of religious faith.
The compleIional aristocracy of America it re-
CARDS as a libel upon humanity "a barrier to human
progress, hence its doors are alike open to all, nj
matter what may be the tint which nature has laid
upon the skin. Usually from one.eighth to one
fifth of its students are colored, and at the present
time two of its professors belong to the generally
prescribed class.
The inequality Of educational privileges growing
out of woman's alleged inferiority is another
hereSy which it practically denies. There, the
College course is open to her-she may pursue
science in all its departments as extensively as
the young man and there too, she is q member
| md hnlds ofhca IN tba ltarorr ano;at;aa sc tba
institution, and is required to exercise her talent
in and debate. AS woman has beco ne
an acceptable public speaker, and half the liter
airy associations in the country must include at
least one female as one of the lecturers of its
course, it is well that at an early period she should
have that discipline that will fit her for the station
she may be called upon to fill.
As this College conforms itself to these great
principles of freedom and equality, and rejects
that expediency which society dictates, you will
not expect to hear that it is the most popular of
schools, and yet, I am happy to say, it seems to be
at the present time decidedly healthy and prosper
Gus. Some one has said that it takes unwearied
pains to get a truth believed, but a lie may be left
to itself to make its way in the world. Sectarian
schools are sustained by sects, literary and class
ical schools for young men have long had a strong
hold upon the hearts Of the people, while the
young ladies'boarding school has a peculiar charm
that does away all opposition, and causes a liberal
bestowal of means. II ~professed reformers who
labor to do away the spirit of caste, and who ac-
cept the democratic and correct doctrine that the
sexes should not only be educated alik, but
together, had a little more policy and worldly
wisdom, New York Central College would never
languish for support.
When l learned that the course Of instruction
there was net only impartial but thorough, and
when | saw the self-sacrifcing spirit of its pro
f%essors, and the few who conduct lis affairs,
could well appreciate the remark Of Theodore
Parker, who said. when he visited the1 institution
that he never so much wanted to be rich.
The main building, which is a fine one an
finely situated. will accommodate about thre
hundred students. The number is consid
erably less than that now. You are awar
doubtless that one of our Salem Teachers
HOWARD W.. GILBERT has recently accepted th'
professorship of Modern Languages there, 70
which he is eminently qualified. J.E. j.