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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 50

I. — The Nature, Object and Purposes of the Institution Hereby Founded, to be:

I.

The Nature, Object and Purposes of the Institution Hereby Founded, to be:

Its nature, that of a University, with such seminaries of learning as shall make it of the highest grade, including mechanical institutes, museums, galleries of art, laboratories and conservatories, together with all things necessary for the study of agriculture in all its branches, and for mechanical training, and the studies and exercises directed to the cultivation and enlargement of the mind.

Its object, to qualify students for personal success and direct usefulness in life.

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And its purposes, to promote the public welfare by exercising an influence in behalf of humanity and civilization, teaching the blessings of liberty regulated by law, and inculcating love and reverence for the great principles of government as derived from the inalienable rights of man to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.