The New Orleans crescent., 1868-06-28
ssust era Ea.e.s,o..l Aid see,sty.

A number OF well-known gentlemen now In New
York and Baltimore, impressed with the necessity
OF rendering educational aid to those portions Of
the South which are most destitute, have formed
an AID society, the prospectus OF which we pub
ish below. II tells its own story. 10 pursuance
OF 'he plan proposed. school has already been
established In Charleston. at which some three
hundred and fifty children, between the ages OF
SIX and eighteen years, are now being taught. a
house has been literally furnished rent free /:
desks, benches and necessary material have been
provided, and the total expense OF teachers, as
slstaDts, etc., does not amount to more thar
$45O0 per annum. As hundred more scholars
can be educated without additional cost, as sOon
as The necessary house-roOm is provided, the ex
perse Of schooling for each child will only be
about $40 year, very small SUN compared vii
the benefits conferred. There are classes for al
grades. In the higher classes boys are fitted for
college.
In connection with this day school "a home school
has been established for the reception of boys
from the country. About forty, which is nearly
rs maDy as the present house, which has also been
gwen rent free, eau accommodate, have already
been received. They have to be cared for In every
wsy. In most cases their relations are utterly nn
able to provide for them. They can be clothed
fed and educated for probably sl75 year. II is
proposed eventually TO increase their number TO
100. II is estimated that 500 children be edu.
Gated and 100 others supported at cost of less
than SIS 600 for the first year, a small sum when
he accomplished.
OF all Southern charities proposed none is so
practical ss this and Lone promises results per-
uaDently beneficial. The Baltimore committee
raised within few days the SUN of 5000, with
which tie schools alluded to have been chiefly
supported up to the present. The amount as yet
received from paying scholars is small, bat will
increase with the gradual re urn Of prosperity.
gel erOus support now will put these schools OF
such foundation that they will eventually be-
GQlf.gUDDOFffnp and of
terprse will doubtless cause the Inauguration OF
similar ones in other Southern states.
lie New York committee is composed OF
Meesrs. w. H. Appleton J. s. Thsyer. W.
Duncan, ClarksOn n. Porter and Charles 0'ConOr.
Contributions from s. 10 $500 are earnestly So
hcited, and will be received by Mr.. Appleton
chairman Of the New York committee
The name OF the society shall be " 1ue Pioneer
Southern Educational Aid Society,"" It's object
sbAn be the promotion Of knowledge In those
portions of the Southern States where Opportuni
ties for education are limited, and where the
means of parents, many OF whom have been
reduced from aifiuenee TO penury, are circum.
scribed The society is not, however, TO be
strictly charitable one. II is 70 be essentially sn
aid society. Its chief object is TO encourage q
depressed and dispirited people, to teach them
how % aid themselves, and to give them heart in
the MIDST Of their reverses, By assuring them OF
substantial sympathy and cOusiderste co-cpera-
tiOn. It's efforts shall, for the present, be
directed to the development and permanent
establishment Of the Charleston Parish aud Home
School. The former being a day school for the
education of five hundred children, on the most
economical principles, and the latter being 8
home for one hundred boys chiefly orphans and
half orphans, who are without means and with
out parental care. This effort is intended merely
as a pioneer effort. Should the success Of the
society enable it 10 do So il will hereafter extend
its usefulness TO the establishment and encourage
ment OF similar schools in other Southern States.
The schools Of the society shall be open TO all
white children, each Of whom shall pay whatever
il can sf1ord towards its own education. No
child shall be received gratuitously whose
parents or guardians in a condition 70 pay the
very moGeraie prices asked for tuition. The
society shall last for five years from the first day
OF June, 1865. There shall be an annual election
on the first day of June in each year, to be held
at the Office of the society, in Baltimore. Every
subscriber shall be member, and shall be enti.
tied to a vote. Subscriptions shall be payable
semi.annuslly during the continuation Of the
society. The officers of the society shall consist
OF q president, vice president treasurer and
secretary, and twenty.four directors. at leas
four of whom shall be from New York and one
from California.