Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-29


Among the many claims Of this Institution,
which have secured To il a large and select pa
trOnsge. NAV be reck0ucd the following:
l. Its location, twelve miles north OF Cincin-
natl, on the Cincinnati Hamilton aud Dayton
railroad. gives u superior advantages No better
place could have been selected for Female Col
lege Its accessible. automatically healthy
not death of pupil or teacher having occurred
in this institution since its establishment IL J. a
beautiful and attractive place. laid ont by
ISOLATION Of gentlemen from Cincinnati sub
urban village The taste displayed in gardens.
groves aud walks. together with its beautiful nat
ural scenery. cannot fail to please the eve, aud
cultivate a taste for the beautiful m nature and
art. Add to this the refined social advantages.
and IL facilities by railroad communication m all
directions, aud We have combination OF attrac-
tons superior To any that can be found in the
Western country.
= Ii is emphatically Family School The
proprietors-- Rev. J G.. Monfort, ID. d.. President,
and Rev l.. ID. Potter-reside in the College;
and, with their wives and other competent
teachers compose the faculty of instruction. The
young ladies ara watched over. day and night,
with conscientious care. and the number OF pupils
cannot be so large TO destroy home feeling.
IL is free from the various excitements and
temptations. that attend institutions. located in
large cities, and in places where there are col
leges for young men The female colleges at
Oxford. College Hill and other places. east aud
west, that might he named have suffered from
their proximity to male colleges: and boarding
schools fer young ladies must be subject To- SINH
lar annoyances in any large town.
4. Ii is mainly a boarding school, having few
day scholars account Of It's location in
small village. Last year II had eighty four
boarding aud hut thirty five day pupils Usually
in institutions OF this kind. the number OF board
IS much less than o. day scholars. Expert
ence shows that day scholars 30 not advance a
rapidly a. those whose study hours. meals,
Taxation and sleep are under the supervision of
teachers. and the result il, where the boarding
pupils largely in the minority, they are re
tarded by others; while, if they have large
majority. others csnno. retard them. bat maat
keep Up with them. fall back, into lower
classes
4 large majority of its pupils are in an ad
vanced state OF their education. Last wear
nearly four 6fths OF them were IN the College
classes. and only about one fifth in the Prepara
tory Department This is larger proportion
than in aHv other college in the West 1t may
be owing in part. TO the fact. that the proportion
of day scholars is small. but doubt it is, in
large measure, because the Institution is pa
tronzed principally by a class of parents who are
ia favor Of thorough education. lt Is great
advantage 10 the pupil to he associated with
those who in the higher classes OF the
course
O. Permanency and stability are characters
ties of the institution. We entering up
on the eleventh year OF the college, the PTesi
dent and the other proprietor having taken char re
of il in Its second year. During this time almost
every other institution of the kind in the West
has changed prOpretOrs or conductors and some
OF them several times This is true OF the aSti-
tutions OF HillsborO. Xenia. Dayton, Springfield.
Oxford. Mt. Auburn. Cole re Hill. indianapolis
and Terre HaIte. The Ohio Female College
begins the next year with conductors and
teachers, President Day and Mr. Richards having
sold out and retired Teue Haate Female Col
lege was also lately sold, and is Immediately to
come under entirely new supervision. Changes
are sometimes for the better, but where they do
not occur. there i evidence of past success,
which is the best guaranty for the future.
4 In the present state OF the country, Glen
dale presents place of security from the Gan
gers OF war The location il Immediately north
of Cincinnati twelve miles. having railroad con
nectOn in all directions. To show that this con
sideraton is appreciated the fact may be ad
duced. that One-third Of the boarin" pupils of
the last wear, came from slave states, or from
towns on the Ohio river. During the battles AMI
raids OF the last year. the parents of these pupils
whose homes have been exposed 20 the enemy,
nave iet and been secure as 20 their daughters.