SAVINGS FOE OLD AGE. 
The first of the two other buildings given 
in our views is the Riding-School, one hun¬ 
dred by sixty, with stable room for twenty- 
four horses, and facilities for the thorough 
practice of equitation, with a Gymnasium 
also attached, where that necessary branch 
of modern education, the purely physical, 
also receives due attention. The building 
time given to the study of English literature 
and psychology ; but those insatiable natural 
sciences make a large demand for space on 
the page where tho courses of study are dis¬ 
played. Theoretical and applied chemistry 
have their daily recitations through a college 
year. The mathematics of astronomy is 
studied by those who elect it for a year and 
btmttiomtl 
No one denies that it is wise to make pro¬ 
vision for old age, hut we are not all agreed 
as to the kind of provision it is best to lay 
in. Certainly we shall want a little money, 
for a destitute old man is indeed a sorry 
sight; yes, save money by all means. 1 Jut 
an old man needs 
just that particular 
k i n d of strength 
which young men 
are apt, to waste. 
M a n y a foolish 
young fellow will 
throw away on a 
h o 1 i d a y a certain 
amount, of nervous 
energy which be 
will never feel the 
want of until be is 
fif/ji n how much lie will 
fjjf rious, hut true, that 
a bottle of chain- 
JMil P»g“« «!■ twenty 
sh ™vlwm ijWiif wii * ' intciisif y ,ii ° 
,r rT . Itj Wc ' * _ l" b e u in a t i s m at 
Un threescore. 
over - tasking the 
; may necessitate the 
aid of speciadea at 
forty instead of six - 
*■ : t.y. We advise our 
young readers to be 
saving of health for 
their old age, for the 
maxim holdsgood in regard to health as well 
as to money, “ Waste not, want not," ll is 
the greatest mistake to suppose that violation 
of the laws of health can escape its penally. 
Nature forgives no sin, no error ; she lets olf 
the oll'endcr for fifty years sometimes, Imt 
she catches him at last, and inflicts the pun¬ 
ishment just when and where,and just how 
1m feels it most. Save up for old age, hut 
save knowledge; save, the recollections of 
good and noble deeds, innocent pleasure 
and pure thoughts; save friends, save love. 
Save rich stores of that kind of wealth 
which lime cannot diminish nor death take 
BEWAEE OF STEONG DEINK! 
VASSAE COLLEGE FOE WOMEN, 
Tun habit of intemperance is so insidious 
in its growth, that a man with a weak will 
Seven years ago a College for Women 
was opened at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. The 
founder, Mr. Mat¬ 
thew Vassar, 
placed about, eight 
hundred thousand 
dollars in the hands 
of trustees w li o 
represented not 
only the various 
religious sects, hut 
also the various 
professions; and ^ 
erect a suitable 
ganize a school for 
tlm higher educa- fciiiffifglf nf ff IIg 
tion of women. felgwfS fi'Wfr r 
Iii* philanthropy In ^ jj 
was not. more ad- tjj s? ft T* 
mil-able Ilian Us 
practical wisdom, PE 
lb saw Unit the 
telligent economy ^£&$***& 
in the manage- 
ment of the funds; - v -- 
and, secondly, ad- 
vauced and com¬ 
prehensive ideas in 
the development of a course of study. 
He therefore had an executive commit¬ 
tee selected from the business men of his 
Board, and ail educational committee from 
the literary men and professional educators. 
The former committee have attended to the 
financial affairs of the College, while the 
latter have given thoughtful scrutiny to the 
recommendations of the Faculty. By this 
simple division of the work of its Trustees, 
Vassar College has been subject to none of 
those embarrassments which have attend¬ 
ed so nytny educational enterprises where 
money, generously given, has been rockless- 
lvr smisMwlercd. and its system of education 
WOMlihN AT L*0 UGHKKKPSIK, JN KW YORK. 
is hound as it were, in chains, almost before 
lie is aware of it. Ami when once hound, 
seldom the strength of mind or will is ex¬ 
erted to break them. Occasionally you will 
see a. reformation that seems a miracle; hut 
even then we doubt the stability of that re¬ 
formation. 
The. habit is generally formed in drinking 
the health of others in gay and social circles, 
and eve the victim is aware of it, he robs him¬ 
self of his own 1ipo.1i li and happiness. From 
guy frolics with his young companions the 
descent of the ladder of respectability to t lie 
loafing bar-room is easy. After reaching 
that point of degradation lie finds his strength 
impaired, his reason banished, his sense of 
honor almost obscured. Besides these indi¬ 
vidual woes, he brings ruin and despair upon 
his family, distress upon his friends, as well 
as incurring Divine displeasure. I know of 
an instance in point. A young man of line 
family—handsome, wealthy and iiilolligcnt 
—was beloved by all who knew him, and 
had as fine prospects before him as one 
could wish for. When lie entered his twen¬ 
ty-fourth year he married an amiable young 
lady, who loved him devotedly. For many 
years they lived a happy lift*. An unusually 
gay season brought temptation before him, 
in his social circle, and a taste for dissipa¬ 
tion grow upon him, until the quiet, amt 
peace of his happy home palled upon his de¬ 
praved taste. All he now sought was pleas¬ 
ure. lie threw himself in I lie society of 
fast young men, who, with their wild talk 
and—to them—pleasant frolics, little knew 
the evil they were bringing upon him and 
his family. Day after day, night after night, 
found him in their drunken orgies. He 
neglected his young wife, who, grieving to 
see his downfall, tried all the tactics 
THE VvYSHAJi COLL, lb O J 
a-lialf. Botany, mineralogy, geology and 
zoology have assigned to them each a 
half year. These specifications are given to 
indicate the thoroughness and the adjust¬ 
ments of what seems to us one of the best 
arranged courses of college study that we 
have examined. 
If the ladies must have a college by them¬ 
selves, we arc glad to see them maintaining 
one that does not sutler in comparison with 
colleges for men. 
The main edifice of Vassal* College, of 
which we give a lino view, stands upon the 
delightful high grounds of Dutchess county, 
some two or three miles from Poughkeepsie, 
and in nearly a northeastern direction from 
the city; the location being such that from 
the upper portion of the building the Hud¬ 
son and the magnificent distant CattsUiVIs 
and hills of Ulster form splendid middle dis¬ 
tance and background to the picture pre¬ 
sented. In extent the buildings command 
attention, not only from their size but from 
peculiarities of construction which make 
them specially interesting to the traveler. 
The main edifice has the immense length of 
five hundred feet, with a depth of one hun¬ 
dred and seventy, and is modeled upon the 
plan of the Palace of the Tuileries, Paris, 
with, the chateau roof and Mansard windows 
which so peculiarly mark the French style. 
Somewhat higher, this edifice would be very 
imposing; as it is, the effect is low, but the 
extent conveys a very proper idea of the im¬ 
mense accommodation afforded, and only 
severe architectural students are likely to 
remaining is the Observatory, a most com 
modious erection, with the incalculable ad¬ 
vantage of having a thorough astronomer in 
charge of that department of instruction. 
WHO NAMED THE COLLEGES. 
IIakvakd College was named after John 
Harvard, who, in 1638, left to the college 
£778 and a library of over three hundred 
books. 
Williams College was named after Col. 
Ephraim Williams, a soldier of the old 
French war. 
Dartmouth College was named after Lord 
Dartmouth, who subscribed a large amount 
and was President of the first Board of 
Trustees. 
Brown University received its name from 
lion. Nicholas Brown, who was a graduate 
of the college, went into business, became 
very wealthy, and endowed the college very 
largely. 
Columbia College was called King’s Col¬ 
lege till the close of the war for independ¬ 
ence, when it received the name of Columbia. 
Bowdoin was named after Governor Bow- 
doiu of Maine. 
Yale College was named after Elilm Yale, 
who made very liberal donations to the col¬ 
lege, 
Colby University, formerly Waterville 
College, was named after Mr. Colby of Bos¬ 
ton, who gave $50,000 to the college in I860. 
Dickinson College received its name from 
Hon. John Dickinson. He made a very 
liberal donation to the college, and was 
president of the Board of Trustees for a 
number of years. 
Cornell University was named after Ezra 
Cornell, its founder. 
Vassar College wa3 named after Matthew 
Vassar, its founder. 
ABOUT MANNEES, 
Peueect self-command is the best help to 
good manners. The example of the Quakers 
is commendable. They, when sitting down 
to meals, spend a minute or two in silent 
prayer. Such a course checks laughter and 
unseemly conversation, and gives them an op¬ 
portunity to start their conversation anew 
from vantage ground. Manners are great 
revealers of secrets. The changes in one’s 
experience are manifest in their counte¬ 
nances, even if we are not, always subtle 
enough to understand them. A lady loses 
much of her power when she endeavors to 
express undue admiration for an object. Be 
temperate in your approval, and we shall he 
credited with meaning what, wo express. 
Proper companionship is indispensable. A 
man who thinks well will incite another’s 
thought. No man can he master in conver¬ 
sation who has not talked with women. Be¬ 
ware of jokes; they are inestimable for 
sattee, hut poor for food. Things said for 
conversation are chalk eggs. Avoid talking 
shop or other forbidden subjects before com¬ 
pany. Again, the great game is not to talk 
with those who know less than yourself, hut 
rather tilt with those who are wiser than 
The St. Louis Journal of Education says: 
“ Every teacher should understand how to 
plant trees and the art of grafting, and should 
be able to teach children these things. The 
play grounds of all our school-houses should 
he filled with shade trees, both in the city 
and country. Every holiday at school should 
he celebrated by the planting of trees. The 
highways should be lined with trees, thus 
planted by the youth of the country. The 
ravages which the foolish greed of the last, 
and present generations has made in our 
forests could Hills, in time, be repaired. A 
million hands in this State could he set at 
this work. It would become a habit of 
family life to commemorate the events oi* 
home, the birth of a child, a wedding, or the 
anniversary of either or even a death, by 
these living monuments. 
MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 
At its recent session, the Legislature of 
Michigan appropriated $75,000 for the erec¬ 
tion of a new building at its university ; anil 
we are told that if the Regents had not been 
so modest, as to ask for so small a sum, they 
might have had an appropriation somewhat 
nearer to the needs of the institution which 
they have in charge. With the amount now 
bestowed, it is the intention to commence 
the erection of a great central edifice for the 
literary department, containing chapel, lee 
turc and recitation rooms, and a University 
Assembly Room capable of seating two 
thousand persons. 
THE OBSERVATORY Oi VASSAR COLLEGE. 
st’.y to the grog shop, ourselves. Wc shall then he overthrown 
in complete. His wife and learn true wisdom thereby. Do not 
consumption, but her look sourly at the club or society which rc- 
keu Heart. fuses to admit you. If you really belong tq 
A little property often brings as much 
trouble with it as a large one. 
Envy is honor’s most secret enemy, 
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