The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-01
For the Portage County. Democrat.

Com M ence lent as Mt. Union College.
The Committee, appointed by the Pitts
burgh Conference, M. E. Church, to visit Mt.
Union College and report its condition and
anniversary exercises, submit to the public
the following summary We find the Col
lege in very healthy and prosperous condi-
ton, having large and thoroughly qualified
Faculty, extensive apparatus, first class col
lege edifce, ample facilities forgood and cheap
boarding, very respectable financial capital,
an excellent esystem of gegernment and of
location. The public examination of the
classes occupied FIVE days, closing on the 18th
inst, and evincing on the part of the, students
remarkable accuracy, thoroughness and sys-
tenn in their respective studies of whom there
were in the college class 211, besides the stu
dents in the, preparatory department.. Nearly
three full companies of young men of the
College had previously volunteered to serve
their country in the army. The students at
tending College consist of both sexes, of ma
ture age, and well advanced in the sciences
and classics, are orderly and enterprising, and
about three-fourths of them have taught
school one or more terms. Besides the regu-
lar college classes, students are instructed in
instrumental music, painting, drawing, COM
mereial science, and the French, German and
Hebrew Languages. On "Wednesday evening
an address was delivered before the Literary
Societies, by Hon. John Crowell, of Cleve-
land, and on Thursday evening, the Republi-
can and Linean Literary Societies held their
annual contest performance, consisting of ora
tions, essays, and discussion, all of which was
highly entertaining and Instructive. On
Thursday, the 18th, inst, the commencement
exercises were held in the new College Hall,
which is about 116 feet long and Sc feet wide,
and was densely filed by an appreciative au-
dience. Each member of the graduating
class delivered short and racy address in an
easy, clear, and forcible manner. The Bacca-
laureate address by President Hartshorn, L.
L. D., on the Ethics of our Political Union,
was of the highest intellectual order, and DEM
onstrated that ours is rightful, permanent
and national Union of the PEOPLE; that Sc
cession, whether peaceable or forcible. is parri-
cidal and barbarous; and that all persons, at
home or abroad, who willingly aid the rebel
lion, by either overt act or sympathy, are op-
posed to the Constitution of the United
States, and are the enemies of liberty, our
country and humanity. The large audience
showed their strong Union attachments by
frequent applauses and the most intense in
terest during the hour and half of its deliv-
cry. At the close of these exercises, which
were richly interspersed with vocal and instrn=
mental music, President Hartshern conferred
the Degree of Bachelor of Arts on all ths
members of the Senior class, and the Degret
of Master of Arts upon q, G. Caldwell, Ed
ward Ebi, Matilda Hindman, 81. w. Helden
brand, J. S. Lennon and w. c. P. Hamilton
and the Degree of Doctor of Divinity, upor
Rev. G. W. Clarke, New Castle, Pa, Rev. T
G. Harishorn, Agent American Bible Socie
ty, and Rev. D. S. Dempsey. of Beaver, Penn
We regard Mt. Unione e6ellegeaas one of ths
fixed institutions of the land, richly desery,
ing the distinguished public confidence, pat
ronage and financial donations, SO generousl,
bestowed by the friends of Education. 1t
new building, nearly completed, is one of tn
best college edifces in the country. its rate
of tuition and boarding are very moderate, it
sessions or terms beginning on the first Tues
day of August, November, and March, Q
each year, are happily arranged for those VIII
teach part of the year, and its accessibilit
is easy, being near Alliance, Ohio, the juno
ton of the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne and Chica
go Railway, and the Cleveland and Pittsburg
Railroad We cordially commend this Col
lese, as entirely worthy to receive whateve
material aid or legacies, which discerning phi
lanthropists may be prompted to bestow te
ward an ample and permanent fund for th
proper education of the youth of both sexe
m w. B. WATKINS,
Chairman Committee.
June %, 1868.