Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-02-24
EdacatIonal Carroapondenca.
MouEr UEIOE, ONO,
Feb. I8, 1862

Feb. lS, 1862.
MOUNT UNION ooLLKGH-EEW ENTERPRIsE
REIEORs LEADRR As there are man,
Inquiries and some misspprehensiOns con
osrRing the kind snd progress Of the new
college building and general feature Of fhiI
iInsiltution, / an induced to submit the FOL
loving facts; The building is under con
trastt R. Craven, Of Youngstown, Ohio
shd The works are progressing rapidly, and
hrs 10 be completed in eighteen months
Its Dimensions ere as follows; Length 1l6
fsst inches width, "a feet, inches; frat
Or basement stcry, 9 feet; second story, ls
feet third story, 10 feet; fourth story, Is
fsoL The walls require about $4,000
briok, and 1850 cubic feet Of stone, the
Foof % be Of slate and metal. At one end
q the building win be q substantial OBJ
bsrRatogy, having rotating dome and suis.
abls fixtures for astronomical observations
and at the other end viii be tower for
bell and clock. The whole building is to be
sonsizuoted in sooOrdsnes with the plans
and SpoeisoAtions Of the architect s. o.
Porter, Cleveland, in the most substantial
and best manner throughout, having spa
eiouS and convenient rooms for Chapel,
CAbiast, Library, Apparatus, LAbratory,
Rsoitations, Music, Painting, Heating Fur.
aASss and Literary Halla The building,
Rhsn done, viii Be enc Of the best College
qdihsss IN cur country. L
The contracts have been 50 arrsnRed as
not 10 snsumber the College with any fnan-
ciEl liabilities. The citizens Of this vioin-
tff 30 fsr have ReRer0usly donated the
Naa1E, and are aRxious to establish frst
class College. About 81 800 have been
Subscribed towards good Telescope. Re-
esnuy there he's been donated and decided
- = II 0ollsge % uE1pls a1d excellent plot
spf Ind "a direction hon Nj. Union toward
f, tAliAnoe, ne 5uncti6n Of tie Cleveland
and FittsburEh and Pittsburgh, 1t. WayHs
z end Chioago RsilDa5s vita the fsvora.
BE opportunities now offered to students for
Sslfboarding and lodging in Furnished
rooms, o. Of boarding II clubs and private
1aHilss, aHd With the ample facilities for
Alasttsting AID spply lying science by means
Gf 9 cabinet Of minerals and geological
epssimensi charts, apparatus, chemical,
philosophical, mathematical. astronomical,
nnatomiesl, civil engineering, 60, some
tEo hundred and fly students may each
tsEm receive instrusti0n in any Of the
branches Of the classical scientific and
, tsaOhsrs oourses, as specified in the an
nusl catalogue, at very moderate prices
end With satsfactory results. The Board
Of Teachers Is fall and experienced. Both
sexes are admitted upon the same oondi-
tions ct the College Sessions, which begin
on he second Tuesday Of March, Aug1st
and November Of each year. OF the stusI
dsnts instructed in the Normal department
within the past ten years, over 1900 have
been employed to teach public schools one
oF mora terms. While we so freely send
mn and means to cure 9 monster rebel
6on caused by ignorance and Vies, should We
net also be equally Gssiduous 10 pFepesf
similar occurrences, BY disseminating lib
Srsly among al classes the substantial
elements Of intelligence and virtue, upon
which rest cur only guarantees Of . good
and permanent government While we
8oald thoroughly purge our nation from
tresaon and the public crimes accessory or
incident thereto, should We not also sustain
With equal Eigor our edacatioaet Institutions,
In order 70 dril and Undue with science
Aud virtue our sons and daughters for Wag-
ing successfully the daily battles and ter
rIbly severe intellectual and moral skir-
mishes in which they will be forced 10 take
part In this intensely sotive and reVolu-
toaary sgef d. p.