New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-20
THE PEOPLES COLLEGE.
10 the Editor Of TAe ~ y. Tyibnss.

10 the Editor o. Ihe " r. JTto%S
SIR: While write have i'll full view before me "The
Peoples College" the pLlanthropic institution which
you and your friends have earnestly aborcd to
establish.
The building is magnificent, and, though unfinished.
is sufficiently developed to give an idea of its future
The walls and roof are completed and is hoped that
tie Fall Of 1860 viii find il in condition to receive
pupils
The surrounding country seems well adapted to the
nee 10 which il is 10 be coDseerated, being not dead
level; but rolling and varied hill and dale, mountain
and glen, gushing spring and running brook, and
by The dashipg waterfall, making the whole, though
rude now susceptible Of the highest cultivation and
adornment.
A Peoples College," How much is comprsed in
that name Are then really and truly to have
Peoples College, where al! people shall have equal
rights TO Instruction. On is II TO be like the Peoples
Colese" of Michigan which recognizes only the rights
of the male Eek I
Are the yeiitable reo1le of New-York, sons and
daughters of the poo, and rich enter those lofty halls
and share equal advantages in developing body and
mind for the words great work.
We asked this question of the Hon. Charles Cook,
who answered. in the affirmative and thrilled us with
peasurable sensation of hope while putting into
Hahcs Jrinttu Report VI COuege, ana the
dresses of the Honorbles and ID. DIS the laying of
the corle r-stOpe.
In the Address Of the Rev. Mark Hopkins, we find
The following cheering words:
Another idea cherished by the friends of this en-
prise that of JUSTICE To WOMAN. They did not
attempt to indicate dere her sphere decide that
she ought or ought not 10 vote and sit ures: to
prescribe how che should drees what should be- the
limits Of Der field of Lifelong exertion They did not
an he l,Tith hat
Of the stronger SEX TO indicate in what il should
be pecuiiari but they did nt4pd that the Peoples Col
lege should afford egaai facilities and opportunities TO
young women and - young men, aid should proter
them az freely 10 the former the latter, allowing
each student under the guidance Of his her parents
with the counsel OF tho Faculty to decide for him
herself what studies to pursue, and what emphasis
should be given 10 each.
They believed that woman, ike man. might be
trusted 10 determine for herself what studies are
adapted 10 Der peeds, and what requirements would
most conduce TO her preparation for and efficiency
In the dulss If active liic
They held the education Of the aexes together TO
be advantageous if not indispensable 20 both, impart-
ing strength eaIDesners and dignity to woman, and
grace, smee!ncss, and purity to man."
] have copied the above passage for The TRIBUNE,
becuuse, in M travels through Western New-York,
even in the mne1ate vicinity of the nobls structure
which the Hon. Charles Cook ard his coaduters have
erected their ouispokeu prayer of love God and
love 70 man, bsye heard it asserted by aud
women that no privilege, We're TO be granted TO girl,
in ,bis institution.
Keep before the people then, lest they forget that
in the Peoples College" young women have equal
rights with young men 10 the privileges Of educatlon
to learn Practical Agriculture and Horticulture"
The application Of the sciences to the arts comprising
" Architecture, Engineering" &c.
VIII not this be great day for woman when she
walk into the fields without let or hndraaos and
gather physical force by cheerful labor in the air and
sunshine, aid her in her mental toll VIII il not be
a great day for pale faced girls, when they shall
throw of the ennu Of tie parlor, with s msy lawns
and lsoes, and instead of using dumb-bes and jump
ing ropes, gather strength and happiness with the
spade, the hoe, and the rake, among rustling corn
blades bluShing strawberry beds, prophetic potato
his7
Aye, will IT. and let every mother In the State who
has the welfare Of her children ut stake prepare them
for an advent into 1.-THE Peoples College," and may
the echo of their rejoicing sound far and wide that
every State in the Union hearing Of the good work,
shall go and do likewise. Y.p.G,
Baraaa, Schuyler Co, H. Y, Jan. ., 1900