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THE POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE OF THE STATE OF 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



It is gratifying to be able to record any good work done by our 

 rulers : especially when they do comparatively so little; At the 

 session of the State Legislature just passed, the Polytechnic Col- 

 lege of the State of Pennsylvania was chartered. When we con- 

 sider the vast importance of the Agricultural, Mining, and Manufac- 

 turing interests of our country, we feel how great the necessity is of 

 schools for the instruction of our youth in Practical Chemistry, En- 

 gineering, and Mechanics. The circular of the Board of Trustees 

 we give below. 



This Colloge, incorporated by the' Legislature, at its recent session,- is 

 designed to include in its organization, a College of Mines, of Agricul- 

 ture, of Arts, and of Manufactures ; and to afford those destined for 

 these important branches of industry, a thorough scientific education. The 

 application of Science to the Arts, is daily rendering them more powerful 

 sources of National progress, and demanding increased intelligence in those 

 engaged in their prosecution. The Civil and the Mining Engineer, the Ar- 

 chitect, the Manufacturer of Chemicals, of Sugar, and of Glass ; those en- 

 engaged, or interested in the productions of the Plough, the Anvil, the 

 Furnace and the Loom ; all these have, under the stimulus of modern sci- 

 ence, and of modern competition, assumed a new and nobler position ; and 

 hence their proper education has become an object of deep public moment, 

 and one closely affecting national prosperity. 



These facts, first recognized on the Continent of Europe, led there to the 

 establishment of s chools of Mines, and of Arts, which have not only tended 

 locally to the perfection of Art, but have become the resort of students from 

 all parts of the civilized world. The value and necessity of these Schools, 

 is attested by the constant demand for their students, and the many respon- 

 sible positions held by them, in this and in other countries. The congre- 

 gated Industry of all Nations, exhibited in the grandest temple ever dedi- 

 cated to the Arts, exemplified the superiority of the educated artist and 

 workman, and already reckons among its happiest results, the founding in 

 Great Britain, under the most distinguished patronage, of the "Industrial 

 College of Arts and Manufactures." 



Animated by the general spirit of industrial progress, the Trustees of- the' 



