Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-07-09

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places, but will not suffice.
Money-cOunted out, paid MONEY is an
essential. To place au Institution worth
having on sure footing, requires much
money, and cvcry gear it has new necessi
ties. Lands, buildings, libraries, appara.
tus, teachers, all require actual funds
Self-denial must be practiced by some to
properly sustain them. This the history
of all Colleges proves.
The tcnchers, and tho ulnmni, however,
after all, do most in fixing the standard
of an institution And with all the money
in the world, incompetent or careless in
s'ructors, and haif-tausht, inefficient grad
uates will kill the reputation of any liter.
airy institution, even when fairly aaoat on
the sea of popular favor.
4 literary ttStc must be encouraged in
the community, and facilities must be
afforded to those who are not the children
of fortune The latter, indeed, generally
prove stars of the first magnitude in every
literary horizon.
Common .Scltools are the nurseries Of
Academies and Colleges, and it is vain to
hope for the prosperity of the latter with.
out the steady growth of the former. Study
( the beginnings of our best Colleges, and
you will find their founders were foremost
in the cause Of primary, popular and aca'
demic education. Hence, our Common
School System must be more nourisLed
and cherished as the never ceasing foun.
/ tain to water our Academic groves" and
aid the seeds of knowledge in ripening into
the maturest fruit.
! Tho CA~tseiun clement has originated
most of these, as it has other seminaries of
learning. In this respect, denominational
. divisions have been made efficient for good.
Open to all, yet under deep religious influ-
ences, Lewisburg, Williamsport, New
Berlin, Boalsburg, Selinsgrove, &C., have
in their Schools the most efficient agencies
for the moral Improvement of our kind.
The blessings of the Most High God and
the influences of the Spirit of all good, must
be sought continually to rest upon those
engaged in these most efficient agencies
for bcnefiting the world.
The objection that there arc now four
Seminaries within fifty miles Of Lewisburg
since the first was there established,
We do not regard as WORTHY of chn-;~h;"s
There should not be any hostility-but
rather generous rivalry-between them.
Each has an important field to occupy
each has its peculiar aud exclusive friends
each can draw upon the State and the
World around it-and each may in some
sense aid the other. Adjoining Washing
ton county, with its two famed Presbyte-
rian Colleges, are a College in Fayetto,
one in Greene, and one or two in Alle-
gheny. We might give other proofs Of
the fact that, with proper effort, Central
Pennsylvania may sustain at least five
superior Institutions. But each will re-
quire ,1ork-toil-monsy-and time; and
the best, will win the greatest support.
COLLATERAL ADvANTAGES.-Thec crec.
tion and proper maintenance of all these
institutions, will tend greatly to the intel
iectual, social, and moral as we'll as tem-
poral improvement of the country. Com
paratively, far the most of our greatest
and most useful men are reared within the
intellectual atmosphere Of collcges,a as their
catalogues will demonstrate. Who would
have thought, when few "feeble folk
talked about College at Lcwisburg twolvo
years ago, that such result could be at
tanned as is now seen in this and its ad-
joining counties in the cause Of superior
mental culture!
The same period Of time has witnessed
as mighty revolutions in our means of
communication. A railway Followed BY
the magnetic telegraph) has been built
from Harrisburg to Sunbury-from Sun
bury to Williamsport and Elmira-from
Port Clinton to Cattawissa and Milton
from Cattawissa to Great Bend on the
North and to the Delaware and New York
on the East-and the Sunbury & Erie
road has commenced its sure progress
through large, wild tract, in our vicinity,
to Lake Erie and all the North.W
With this link completed, Central Penn
sylvania will be open and accessible in the
speediest mode Of conveyance from all parts
of our common country. The beauty and
the healthfulness Of our region, is acknow-
lodged by all.
1T LIES WITH OURSELVES: then, mostly,
whether any or all of these Institutions
shall realize the high hopes Of their foun-
dcrs. We wish we'll to those of Philadel.
phia and Pittsburg-to Lafayette, Har-
ford, and Bethlehem on the East-to Ian
caster, Gettysburg, Carlisle, and MERGERS
burg, on the South-to Cannonsburg,
Uniontown, Waynesburg, and Washington