Litchfield enquirer., 1836-10-13
From the COnnscticss Otserusr.
 OBERLIN INSTITUTE.

Dear SilThe Oberlin Collegiate InstitUte WIS nro. iected three and half years since by Rev. J. Ship to strong and vigorous youth; and ite friends who pre dict for 1t firm and lasting manhood are reuctat to believe it will ever experience the decreptude of old
 fi The design Of it's founders and early psFons vas to provide seuiinaTytOr the istqtndOn gf dgentin- dustrious young men and women, by afording them facilities for manual laboDso as to enable them, as near as practicable to meet the Board and Tuition. " t' *hN A. Sft4@A
 { For this purpose purchase was made of some 6O0O acres of land about 8 miles from Elyia, the county seat at $l 50 an acre. and most of sold in small tracts to actual settlers, professors ofregion, at an aid in the erection of public buildingOnly about lOO acres being retained by the coEpotcn to serve as farm, forthe students to clear and cultyate ,it93 was prohibited by the Trustees uf Lane Seminary Cincinnat many 6f its students turned their eyes 70 Ooerln, as the place where ire discEssioa might result ot which was-that several AbotioAistsOf New York City, pledged the permanent support of eight Professors at Oberln 80 long as tS concerns shoSld be conducted according 10 certaIn Feenlaans, ofT which freedom 0f dsseBssion and education bestowed 'gstoGt dsstincton o color were prominent. As the ryIwith Rev. c. G. Fnney, Professor-a LiteraryDe- Pmarment' m tkeguIarl CollRgel with Rev: A. Mahan at the Preparatory Depatsment for young men. were all estapishea in as fegpns which, twenty months before was dense forest. d.d,ss d9 sd in the erection of public buildings paSme MI: Arthur Tappan furnished saO 5000 one faif as oan-tie balance donation and large brick btil. ing 90 rooms for as many students, and 4recitation Toenis, was immediately commenced, and will soon pc coResed G to grace the large public square in the
 The other public buildings are the Colonial Ha''' VIII. Witn a CnapeI below, and recitation and s11ent's rooms m the two upper Boarding House, containing room sufficient to about 200 studets togetnef with the room necessary for providing for the board of the above number, below, and students tute, first erected These ali sand on the south side o the public square, While the Presidents house com. peted and Professor Finney's in progress stand onts
 So great has been the number of applications that long owof temporary rooms, tbanacks if fyouplease} accommodates some 50 students who coud not other
 The influx of students has been great beyond ex- pectation About 40 are now in the Theological De- partment, under the of Mir. Fnney, and not far are some 40 or 50 young ladies in the Female Depart mens comprising not far from 300, in the whole, as
 Atthe same time; " Branch Institutions" have heen established at Austinburgh, about 100 miles N E. from 0beriin; and at Shefield about l5 miles North; the first containing about co. and the last about 50 stu dents, all in the Preparatory Department. .d
 There are probably 75 families in Oberlin village, and with Professors and Students, and families in fhe AIoony, /" the population may amount to 800 in the
 The country around is extremely level, the sOi good for grazing but too wet and too flat for raising much "A steam engine, which drives rrist mill, and saw ml enables the population to furnish themselves with io9r and 6sr es o Ihexaso received during the past ably well, and which they bape will at some future Is1Enod Ia1E ss5ne them to realize handsome Prot from grnnd object of tis Institution is to train u
 hardy; selkdenying, independent set of young mem; and also to form the physical, inteeenal Id moral their future usefulness; and ths r the course pur- sued has eIualled the expectations of its frieTds Il Its peculiar feates, distinction from other cole- ges, are manual labor, for hours in day-a of study combining less of the Latn and more of the Hebrew, than others-wiih less of mathematics, and more uf moral and intellectual philosophy Iuiiiical economy, and some other studies, than s usal. else wherep They also asnciase young ladies in the lnsti- tntlon, with the two fold design of giving fem hera- " instruction, and of fenabng them to perfrm house. hold dues m order to lessen the expenses ct m edt
 In Isgsrd .o study is claimed thst a.sa, xnosT edge and mentt discipiSe both be secured nf the saa'e ta!e-tha. the usual course is not sufficiently
 ss Si s,'s9gsssi s ss sss men Sf a;ss SeS ehysissliy s'ii %eh.aiiy men %So shall learn to think for themselves and act with Gcei- sion and energy from right principle! 4L Y M erary institutions it is still desideratnm. The yonng men here all do much towards defIayine inc ex- boar5 o sGs s se9, snS each day as
 S sSss aas ,ss Ss ssd 2sS 6ss sSs TssSSs ssons Win Di three a,
 
 dents sEe,enabled, by teaching school and. by pher means, tO obtain funds for clothing themselves; but still, when they understand no mechanical art, there lspsnalya considerable defcieneytobe supplied fpn other sources, ,o .,,e(l;5y r.. .,t,srtt, tse VI
 m regard to bringing both sexes into the boarding and also in calling in the aid of the female scholars perform all the lq bor for themselves and for othels-I wl gye youmy impressions as Ihaye received them, by spending two days in the place, and enjoying Y facility both from inquiry and observation, winch Vouu ucSHS. 'ti 5 aj " JA5F 'f.i 3ttfSttttitFA
 The rooms for young ladies entirely distinct from the young men, and no young mnn is allowed to enter and visits among themselves, devoted exclusively to their At the tables in the dining haI there are tour young men to one young latv, andtheseare seated nsally on one side of the tabe pr Stogethr services for those within reach as they would p 'vate family -and the results have been happy.oE tho gTossness and vugarty % often witnessed m College commons IS here excluded; and the mat ron informed me that if some new corners happened to manifest disposition to coafseness when placed tlonng ot one or two d the most diacreet near them. never tacd at once 10 suppresst Thus far the whole plan has operated we'll and discover no temptations to which young females are exposed, more than in an well regulated commuuity. afB n'fssoiai dt t3,f Two circurnstances operate to render the exper msns less hazardous here than elsetgbcre The con orin study affords tme for sauntefifg and dIenesss and the high standard of morals and Piety, with the prompts energetic movements of Professors and fama hes tends to prevent the first step towards
 What tie 6nai results of this mode of eaueation will interesting but have no wiskto see it repeated else where, until this shah have fairly developed it's tenden cies do not feel sure but further changes both ire.