Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-07-15
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WHERE Is HE TO-NIGHTt


WHERE IS HE TO-NIGHTt
Where is he tonight? Oh, how my heart
Longs for answer; yet who can tell!
The battle field may be his bed tonight,
The cannon's roar his funeral knell.
Where is he tonight? Oh, agonizing thoughts
Could but drive them far away.
| Father of heaven protect, that naught
Of harm befalls him on his toilsOme way,
| Where is he tonight? No answer yet
Save the cruel one: ''cannot be found
Among the missing Oh God protect
| Him from jesting taunts ifa prisoner bound. |
Where are they tonight, those brave boys all, /
Who went in answer to their country CALI
'Tis the broken heart that best can tell
Whose loved ones on the field have fell.
Clyde, June 24th 1864. Al.
WESTERN RESERVE NORMAL SCHOOL,
MILAN, OHIO.
EDITOR BLADE:-Will you allow me a few
words in your columns about the above Institu-
| ton, that its influence may be more widely ex-
tended and it secure still larger patronage par
ticularly in Northern Ohio?
To go back few years in history. 1t is well
known to many on the Reserve that in the year
1881 the Huron Institute was established in this
place, and substantial brick building erected
for its accommodation, through the enterprise of
the Rev. EvertOn Judson, the first Pastor of the
Presbyterian Church of Milan. AS testimony
/ of the success of that Institution, we might al
lude to the numbers who received their early
training within its walls, not few of whom now
occupy prominent positions, as, the Hon. Anson
iSmyth, State School Commissioner and now
Superintendent of the Cleveland Public Schools;
Rev. DIR. PiersOn, President of the Cumberland
College, Kentucky, now a resident of Toledo;
Rev Mr. Bissell and several of the Scudder
family-now Missionaries of prominence and
success in midland others, now in the Minis
istry on the Reserve and elsewhere, besides some
lprominent in State and in the various profess
ions. But every such Institution has its day of
! decline as well as prosperity. Other classical
schools have been established on the Reserve,
and the patronage of Huron Institute could not
. be expected to be what it was in its early his
tory. The good, however, which it has accom-
plished in its day, has repaid beyond llconcep-
. ton the toll of its founders.
After various unsuccessful efforts to sustain a
Select School from year to year, 1t became mat
ter of anxiety as to what should be done with
. the building and grounds of the Institute
: Should the walls decay and its beautiful grove
r lie in waste? This would be irreverence to its
! founders. fl 7sf fr -
1t was in the fall OF 1858 that an opportunity
offered for changing the character of the School,
Rev. Asa Brainard, formerly connected with
the State Normal School at Pottsdam, N. Y.
and most successful teacher, then a resident al
Norwalk, and Mr.. s. F. Newman, Superintend-
ent of Public Schools at the latter place, pro-
posed to establish a school for the training o.
teachers, provided the Trustees OF the Huron In
stitute would alter the building and repair it
interior to suit such a school. After some cor.
respondence and consultation, but DO definite
action, public meeting was called on the re-
sponsiblity of the citizens, and with some trem
] bling as to the result The subject was laid be-
fore the meeting and committee appointed t.
solicit subscriptions. Through the energy anC
public spirit Of G. B. Choate, Esq, DR.. N. Stu
art, S. F. Taylor, ESQ.,, and others, the amount o
$500 was raised-all classes contribuating anC
desiring share in the enterprise-the work wa
done, and the School opened under very favor
I able prospects in November 1858. Rev. AS
y Brainard's connection with the school ceased af
ter three years, and since then it has been unde
the Superintendence of s. F. Newman, assiste
by Dr. Cornell and such other teachers and lee
lturers as the number and wants of the SchOC
demanded.
The special design of the School is to give
{. horouqk drill in the English braches-thOug
the languages are taught when it does not in
terfere with the main object of the School.
:. Teachers class is formed each session, in whic
the members go through the process OF instruC
R. ton under the eye of the Principal. For th
IS aims of the School, we believe from our person
( al observation, that the teachers are eminenu
Qualified We know of no teacher more full
> acquainted with the branches he attempts t
teach and who more clearly impresses instruC
ition than the Principal of the Normal SchoO
- The character of the School for thoroughness
| not surpassed by any in Northern Ohio. W
J. doubt if any will equal it This is the testimO
nv of those qualified to Judge and who have Wis
tied it. In saying this we do not assert ths
there is no room for improvement, for there
in the best conducted Institute.
As to the patronage of the School, 1t is all tn;
its friends could have hoped, when it is remen
y bered that it Is new enterprise, that it bega
= in times Financial embarrassment and has bee
carried on in times of war. As high as l30haV
been enrolled in single session, and the who
number that have enjoyed its advantages hi
been between 800 and 900 during the past fiV
J wears. A large portion of this number have ell
gagged in teaching and some are gradually rIsin
:, to prominent places in our public schools. Tn
= is the only school of this kind in northern Oh
though there are departments for the same Ol
iect in two or three of our colleges. There a
two other schools of similar character in Il
State-one at Hopedale and the other at Lebal
on-the latter under the successful managemel
.. of Mr.. HOlbrook
o. We hone the day is coming when our Sta
Legislature will make an appropriation for the
schools We have Theological Seminaries an
Medical Colleges, why not have Teachers 20
- ieges also? And when it is remembered th
is ont of 10000 teachers in Ohio, only about ont
fourth, if we mistake not, are qualified to teac
- surely there is need of deeper interest IN tn
matter. How can there be efficient cOmmC
schools without Thoroughly trained teachers2
- As to the location of the school noticed, the
,o could be none better. 1t is the impression
. those in the past year acquainted with this plac
. that it is declining. As to commercial matte
Q II certainly is not what it was previous. IL hi
- declined in this respect Just as hundreds OF Otl
or places, where railroads have changed the gral
:. markets. and vet it has much left which 9th
villages cannot boast Of 1t has still its san
= beautiful farming country TO surround It, Wi
its enterprising farmers. 1t still sends out
schooners, than which there are none better tn
sails the Lakes-siX or seven having been bul
the past year. 1t has its same beautiful stree
with their shady naples; its neat residenc'
none of WHICH stand unoccupied; its comfort
BILE houses of worship. white and cleanly, tll
with attentive and intelligent hearers on 6
Sabbath: its hourishing Sabbath schOols-o
of which numbers more than $50 scholars al
teachers; its interesting bible classes for YOU
men and young ladies-a special advantage
those attending the school; its good COMM
schools: its social inhabitants and pleasa
- homes. where many of the students have alreaC
u- found pleasing memories. All these thing
ri with its health, its beauty of situation its ne
g com. uication with the railway-all make
still -esirable place for residence and eve
way the best fitted for school such as the abOv
!! May it have still wider patronage and mo
we extended influence.
,ur Applications or inquiries may be addressed
the Principal. FRTEND OF THE NORMAL
MILAN, Dec. $, 1863.
THE SABBATH.
. The quiet and rest of Sunday are as retreshil
, to the frame and the intellect as its solemn {
. dinanees are comforting to the soul. 1t is