The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-08-28
From The Wessern Ckrislian Advocate.
Cornell College.

/ AOgueu NOe1r8Gs
l The undersigned, members of the com
mittee appointed by conference to visit
the institItlon, having been present NJ
the late examination and exhibition, send
| you the following report for publication
The public examination of the prepar-
atory aud college classes was continued
three days, iu the preseucc Of apprecia
tive audiences. To say that the exami.
nations were highly creditabie to the
teachers aud students, would be the usu.
ii need Of praise; aud We think il wss
never better deserved. So extensive and
varied were the branches, and so thor
ough aud satisfactory the review, that We
teei called upon to accord to the students
.eneraily the credit ot intense and perse-
vering spplication--just sue application
| as always ensures success. Thoroughness
appears to be the motto Of all depart
nlents in this institution. Some Of the
classes should have for their encourage
ment, special notice; such as Advanced
Greek, Chemistry, tie Alyebraic classes,
Cicero, Geometry, Advanced Grammar,
Analysis and French. As, since the last
commencement, two or three changes
have occurred in the faculty, it affords
the committee great pleasure to inform
the patronizins public, that the new mem
bers have already proved themselves wor-
thy compeers of the. original eihcieut
board so that, high as has hitherto been
The standard OF mental and moral excel
ience in this institution, it has suffered
nothing in its recent changes. Indeed,
the Board of Instruction was sensibls
strengthened, lat fall, by the addition vi
a new member, a President After the
annual meeting Of the Board Of Irus ces,
July, 1857, Rev. X. w. kceles Was cali
ed to the vacant chair Of the President,
aud entered with yigor upon his active
duties last September. At the annual
meeling just past, the Board expressed
their qualification at the manner those du-
ties were performed, by unanimously
elccting hn to tue Presidency aud arran-
ging ior his inau guraton. On Wedncs
day at Z . clock a large assembly convened
III the COL eye chapel to witness the cere-
monies. Rev. Pnlio h. Brown prcfaced
the delivery oil the keys with an iDteres-
tlns and Impressive charge; President
keeier's inaugural succeeded. 1t was
nasterly production, in every respect
worthy vi the lnan aud the otnce. The
friends Of the Institution were highly
gratlhed, that the first President of Cor
ucli College had proved, on this occasion,
the able aud eloquent exponent of the
prime plies of education, AS he had pre-
viousy proved the successful teacher and
the skii"uipfes'd.sg oaieer.
You may depend, Mr. Editor, Cornell
College, though al outpost of education
IN our Church, Is one oi her most prom
lslng aud prosperous institutions. Ey-
cry year siaee her organization AS a semi
nary, she has increased ia numbers and
Influence; aud even during the past, her
nrst college year, while otner Institutions
nave been compelled to suspend, she has
actually surpassed every former year in
number, aud, perhaps We may also add,
III the character ot her students. The
blessed moral iuhuence that peryades Cor
hell, aud, Indeed, all Mount Vernon, is
enc Vt their chief attractions. Every
year, aud almost every term, soule of her
students have emerged Into the light ana
Liberty oi the children Of God So able,
devoted, seii sacrihclng a Board of in-
stractors, secure alike the divine sanct.
Ion ot human patronage and support
They deserve success, aud the people de- |
teraIine they shall have 1t. 1nls is the |
peoples institutions; to them the Trus-
tees stlii Look tor tue generous aid aud
patronage heretofore accorded. The next |
term COMMENCES September ID. This is
the only college under the patronage OF
Upper Iowa conference Already it has |
proved great high, in northern Iowa.
Long may she sled her radiance over the |
lovely valley of the Mississippi.
4. }. hfNErT,
ID. n. HOLMES,
&. W. BIISDLE.