Litchfield enquirer., 1865-02-16
REPORT by the Managers of the United States COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE, New Haven, Conn. January, 1865.

The Board of Managers of the United States College Ut Business aud Finance gratefully r.- eugulzing the wur .s of encouragement amt good cheer. tin: influence anI aid sO cordially extended by It's friends and patroGS, toward the bounding vt all educational Institution, ded- iC=it.d tu Busn, sS and tlntuce--are pleased to be able tU make su favorable report os its growth, and almost wonderful prost,erity.
 One quarter has scarcely elapsed since tie building was dedicated to the natlon-the young men and women oi our iand-.t al- ready it numbers nearly 1hree AaHd't ta Members intciligenily representing nearIy every section of our country, both from clvl aud military life Some ut these taking d fall year 5 Course, comprising THREE DEGREES, and studies that inc. .ude the French, German and Spanish Languages; AmerIcan History Biography uI eminent Business Men; the oClencc ot Govern Ment, Political Economy, Navigation, Archi- teciural Drawing, and the higher Mathema tics in addition to the usual Cuurse-wnicn e.n bodies the Science Uf Accounts, GrIinuiar, Cor lespUndcnce, Business Aritnmetic, Business PenmansLip, Banking, Railroading, Insurance. Telegraphing, &c. &c., carried on anl |; ugut by a miniature scortd of business.
 The decision Uf the Board ito dGmiL disabhd seldiers tt hof tuition," is meeting with liberal response. Quite large number u. disabled officers and soldiers entered in December, and this mouth shows a incl ease on that of l.st.
 The Association with Business Houses in the Eastern, Western aAd Middle States, is ne.,rl, completed, Every confidence is felt, that wi h 4hs Association nrmly established. our mer- chants can readily procure intelligent, practi- cal and accomplished associates, accountants ts and business managers-and graduates of the College, lucrative an'l profitable positions.
 The First Course ut General Lectures was opened November 29th, by John B. Cough, fol- IA
 Chapin, Gen. E. w. Gannt Rev. X. l. Stone. and closed by Fred Douglass.
 Rev. Mir. beecher opened the Second Course on M ndAy, the 18th, and tonight, t24lh Wendell Phillips commands an appreciate au dience. He will be followed by Bishop Clarke of Rhode Island, Miss Anna Dickinson. and other eminent speakers.
 These Lectures give great satisfaction. and are source of much benefit to the Student.
 The Managers are further pleased to renort that an Endowment is about being made, t, ths College in the form of Business Library ,, The Gallery of Art has already received lb.ra' favors. some four thousand dullars worth q, Engravings and Pen Drawing Specimens hay ing just been added to it.
 The increasing patronage and interest in the College by fnancicrs, eminent business and literary men, who have so long felt the nee, of an Institution that should be thorourhl, tat'onal in it's character an comprehensive iiy, us aims. have made it necessary t" enlarge the iiaiis and add to the number uf Glass and Lee tnre Rooms Hence. on the first of Febru .rv an entirely new Hall was opene, and so ar ranged as to make additional Departments f., Ladies and for Pen Drawing, Ornamental Pen .mn,',snp Sns,n,p. and Telegraphing. This Hall als, aCh,pel. ' ' A''o"' 'a'''
 It is confidently hoped and believed tb, with these additions, and combined facilities % fo classification and study. that d higher stan,,a 7, of scholarship will be attained and '.','', th"s happy blending of morality and christian nS ;na ence can be made part of business cn,tmr. life and character. s"''"ie
 We would warmly thank those who bav given their influence in it's behalf trustin that 1t may continue to merit their aid-b. pride to it's Board of Visitors, their worth Chairman, and of the nation:
 THos. II. SrEvEps, Presideat
 GBo. w. STERLING, RICHARD TALBorr.
 H, W. HOWARD, GEO. w. BANCROFT.
 cRAa B. Wx1ts, Saestsry