Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-07-24
IBERIA COLLEGE.

To Rev. George Gordon, the president, We ar
indie bted Tor a catalogue of this institution an,
m expose of is character aud prospects
Iberia College was established and is unde" tn,
direction of the FREQ Presbyterian Church. 1T
Board of Trustees disclaim ectarianismIaud say,
las free a liberation Of religious opinions is enjoyed
here as in any other institution of the land"
OF its facilities for education the Trustees say
"our course of study lie full and thorough-we ain
at making good scholars, and efficient, p%raciica
men and women. We publish no vain boasiing
but think all good students will find satisfactory
direction and assistance in obtaining a thorough
education"
The institution is located ut Iberia, Morrow
County, Ohio, on the Cleveland and Columbus
Road, and ten miles south of Crestline.
We refer thus particularly to this institution
because of the earnest purpose its directors and
friends manifest for the education of all classes
irrespective ofrace or sex and especially its impair
TALLY in regard to colored persons who have bore
~profFored them, equal facilities for education with
all other persons. The multiplication of institu.
tons thus dis claiming submission to our wicked
national prejudice, is ore Of the best indications
we have of he..spread Of free principles in the land
and all such efforts should receive the counter
nance and supporto Of every friend of freedom.
The Trustees set forth their views on this sub.
iect as follows
"The special motive Of the founders of this col.
lcge was not to promote the growth Of Free Pres
byterianism as n sect. or to have the instit alton
taught on sectarian principles. The leading oh.
ject was the education of white and coiored youth
of both sexes together, on terms OF the iull'
est equality. Colorcd students are cordially in.
vited, and freely received without any other quail.
fcations than good moral character, and as the
the matter is in the yower Of the teachers, their
condition is made comfortable. We profess and
aim at nothing in this course, but tho perform
ance of plain, selEeyident duty. If there is any
appearance of benevolcnc1 and humanity in our
course, il is rather because Others are fagrantly
wrong, than that we man iiest more than the sim
pie and clear law of right. Slavery has so per.
verted the moral sense of our nation, that the ad-
mitted duties Of man to man in all other cases,
are cody denied the Hack man. And often an
act of mere justice to the poor African, seems,
like benevolence and condescension.
Il
"We not only teach ~thesgreat doctrine Of human
equality, that God is a common father, that che
hath made of one blood all nations of men to
dwell on all the face of the earth" and, conse.
quently. that oil caste is sinful, but we practical.
iy act on these principles. A few of our institu.
tons publish similar principles in theory. but TAIL
to practice them. Their principles would seem to
welcome the colored man. but it is 50 managed
that whites only are found in their halls. \ very
few institutions admit colored students, aud none
embody cOlored persons among their trustees and
teachers. We, on the contrary, have a number of
colored students in attendance, and more in pros
poet. 1t is confidently expected that Synod at
its next meeting will elect u portion of colored
men trustees, to have Il share in the management
Of the institution. We also hope the day is hot
far distant when our increased success will enable
us to introduce q colored Professor into the Fac.
ulty.