Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-09-24


t.rnake an effort to meet the brethren at Rich
noud The press Of the country. outside of the
great Eastern cities, are laboring under many
evils, and this is the reason Why they writhe and
N-izf ahout so much, and as ! relief, publish
calls for convention. n they wUai1 ~. tn
man, come np to Richmond, and by one general
reclamation, abolish every vestige Of the credit
system, why then We should feel ike giving
three cheers and tiger for the call As it's,
We don't hang our hat until we see the peg.
CoLLEaLATE Observation-Disclosures CoLLESE
The regular session Of this institution COM
nenees on the 9TH Of October next By the
catalogue Of last year, before u.s. we observe that
over one hundred and fifty students were in at
tendance, and VIC leaEa from those officially con-
nected with the college, that large increase
upon that number is expected this fall. The
college, for several years back, has been matur-
ing and perfscting system, by which it is in
tended to place the advantages Of thorough
education within the reach of those against
whom college doors are generally efFectually
closed A large endowment fund has been
nearly or quite completed, by which some six
or seven professorships will be sustained, indie
pendsntly Of any current tuition fees. The cn-
dlWmsnt stock or fund will be still further in
creased, as It is in contemplation to go on adding
new or adjunct chairs, until the wants of the
large and increasing patronage of the institu-
ton are fully met This ought to be, indeed,
gratifying to all those, interested in the spread
of liberal education, and to those who have la
bored SO assiduously and 50 effectually to ac-
eomplish this objecr, the highest praise is due.
The college course at this institution is very
thorough, and it is well known to those who
know much about colleges, that the standard OF
graduation there has been raised far above the
general level Of American colleges We know
Of no institution, whatever its theory may be,
whose daily routine of study and recitation is
conducted with more rigOr. or by more prac-
teal systems Of explanation and illustration,
than It is at Bethany. Superfciality is thecrying
evil Of American colleges. Every day this fact be.
comes more visible. The country is. flooded every
wear with a swarm Of dunder pated a. Rs,
With Just enough learning to make them tlleo-
retieal ounces. Either these young men should
be kept in college until the prescribed amount
Is drilled into them, or else they should, at ex-
aminations, be dismissed for incapacity. At
all events, they should not be turned out upon
society 10 make laughing stocks Of themselves
and their Alma Mater. ITO him who hath,
more shall be given, and from him who hath
not, shall be taken away even that which he
hath" is, We believe, the reading Of a verse in
Holy Writ, which is certainly not an inapPro-
pirate text for the consideration Of teachers and
professors The standard Of education should
certainly run parallel with the standard of ma
ture.Iif not beyond it, but ia most Of ou
colleges the treadmiIl course, routine Of foul
or i've years, is alike trOd by the whole an'
haifUitted, and the same kind Of diploma un
blushingiy tells 10 society that both are alik
equally deserving Of their attention and patron
are. This sort Of \ graduation is a real injury Il
all parties concerned. II injuries the donors AM
donees Of such diplomas; il Injuries the unworth.
recipient and discourages the deserving one; and
a. final effect, degrades the idea Of liberal cdu
cation in the eyes OF common sensed, observing
aelf educated men. But there is a comPlet
remedy for this evil, and We observe with n
small pleasure that at Bethany they have, 70
some time, been initiating the proper theory
This method is TO give diplomas in the differeu
schools in the College in which young man ha
the inclination or capacity to graduate. Som
men have natural adaptation for excellence
the sciences to the utter inability To master III
languages Then, again, some one OF the science
is peculiarly the forte Of some young men. Til
system Of separate graduations in scparat
schools, eommcnds itself at the first glance, fc
il must be obvious to any intelligent reader, thl
theentircty Of a comprehensive college course
adapted only to the fewest minds and IS not
keeping with the speciality either Of nature G
the demands Of the age. Many men now.a-Lay
send one Of their sons to college, just as the
send another one to a trade-tO get knowledg
of something that will in future years yield
pecuniary return for the present expenditure
oftime, labor and money. The amount Of mean
in many Of these cases, is the measure Of the "
riety or profanity Of their studies Some OF
wishes to qualify himself civil engineer
another simply as a surveyor, and another as
teacher Of the elementary branches of the SC
enees. These very natural and very Prcssiu
wants have not been attended to in our college
It has been . traditiOnary idea that coilcg
were intended only for those who had the moi
eyto pay for n certain round, inseparable cOur
Of instruction. We are glad 10 SEQ that the i'd
has been 50 satisfactorily and successfully di
carded as It has been in the experience of ii
institution which We have named We hope
SEQ the same practice come int, use in all o.
colleges