New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-19

worker. after considerable iEqciy aod dscsss'on.
corcauded that q College aas needed in which La
Dor should be Taught required. and Prsetieed. aad
turils educated for eminence in every departures,
Of Useful Industry, Is vel - IN the Professions.
2. They appealed to the general public in behsk
Of such a College, we're patiently heard, and
fAvorably responded to By many. charter was
readily obtained from eur State Legislature, and IN
organization tbereupou made
2. Afler considerable hesitation. inquiry. and dis
cussjcn. a location in the County Of Schuyler, bear
the village Of Havana. was defnityey adopted. and
good farm Of two hundred acres, comprising an
admirable diversity Of soil and strikingly adapted to
lie trial Of the latest methods and processes IN
agriculture, was secured.
4. Or that farm a noble College edihce OF stons
and bricl. 9I6 fee, long ard (inelading the base
ment) four stories high. was commenced more thsa
two years ago, and is row nearly erected There
vii doubtless be much inside work TO do thereaiter'
bat the edifce viii be rooted very soon. 1t has
already cost more than $50 600 and Is one Of the
most substantially constructed buildings IN the
State. The brick are made on the ground. and ths
stone quarried at a short distance: what has al
ready been done would have cost $4,000 almost
anywhere else. And the edfee viii be promptly
completed. even though nobody should contIibste
another dollar TO the enterprise.
5. But College is not merely building &C
buildings: II implies Faculty, 6 Library, Appa-
ratus, and much beside. So far, few have done
all, while one man has done nearly all II there is
no interest in the enterprise, no hberahty evlnoed
toward il, but his, II cannot 20 forward His con-
trbutions, in money and lands have already ex-
eeeded $50, 600; those of all others certainly
within $4,000. II others would now stepforward
ard double this amount, PrOfessorships might be
endowed, Libraries and Apparatus purchased. and
the College put in practical operation forthwith.
But, until some such interest, such bberaiJ, Is
evinced il were idle TO look for this and our young
friends who write to ask mpatiently when the Col
ege viii open iis doors to students, should orbear
further inquiries until they shall have heard that the
College has been endowed with the funds essential
to ifs creditable operation. There have already
been quite enough rash, unsupported, in-starred,
halfstaryed attempts to realize the combination OF
Study with Labor, and thus solve the difficult
Problem of bringing the highest Education within
reach of every earnest aspirant. Let US be careful
not TO add another 10 the number.
Are there any disposed to aid this noble efiortt
If So they should promptly say so. 1t can no
longer be urged that the Peoples College is mere
proect-a chimera-a visionary abstraction. Go
to Havana ION the Canandaigua and Elmira Rail
road), scrutinize the farm, the edi6ce, converse
with the President and with the chief patron Of tbs
College, see what has been done and make sugges-
tons for improvement; if you cannot go, write as
aforesaid; il you can do nothing now, send at least
word of encouragement, and give the College a
clause in your will. II you believe in higher Edu-
cation for All, do make that faith manifest, and
now is the time.