Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-06-11

OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
The Annual Catalogue Of the Univer-
siiy, Published at the GAZETTE Job
ohice during the past week, shows the
aggregate attendance Of students du-
ring the year to have been 500, distribu-
ted in b different departments as fol-
lows: College Department, 2IO; Pre-
paratorys 50 Scientific, "a. This shows
q healthy and encouraging increase in
the number and proportion of CLASH
Gals which may be taken as 4 sure sign
Of substantial prosperity.
The Faculty, as at respntconstituted :,
is as follows Rev. Frederick Merriek,
President; Rev. Lorenzo D. McCabe,
D. D., Professor Of Philosophy Rev.
William g. Williams, NJ. A., Wright
Professor of Greek Language and Lit
erature f; Rev. Francis s. Hoyt, NJ. A,
Chrisman Professor of Biblical TheoIo-
" and Literature Rev. William F.
pWhitlock, NJ. A.. Professor Of Latin
Language and Literature ; Rev. John
P. Lacroix, NJ. A., Professor of Modern
Languages and History ; Rev. Hiram
NJ. Perkins, NJ. A. PARROT Professor of
Mathematics ; William o. Semans, NJ.
A, Professor of CHEMISTRY and Natu-
raj History ; Rev. AImon S. B. New
ton, B. A, Tutor in Languages ; Alfred
Fl. McVey, B. A, Tutor in English /;
Joseph B. BattelIe, B. A, Tutor in En-
glish.
The Morris Professorship Of Syste-
matte and Pastoral Theology, establish
ed in 1866, has been fully endowed, and
the endowment of chair of Historic
al Theology has been nearly completed.
1t is expected that competent Profess
sors viii soon be appointed to these
chairs and the usual classes Of a Theo-
logical Seminary organized.
A Department of Analytical Cbemes-
try has been opened, with suitable aP-
paratusl and chemicals for Qualitative
and Cumulative Analysis. The de-
sign Of this Department is to give the
student a practical knowledge of the
and operations of chemistry.
The Department of Modern Lam
guages is through and practical, en-
bracing instruction not only in transIa-
ting the printedIangusge, but in speak
ing and understanding it.
In the cou Tse Of the year each Pro-
fessnr gives a series of lectures relating
to the subjects embraced in bis depart
ment of the curriculum. In these lee
lures the elemental principles of The
text books are more fully exemplifed
and the student is inducted into The
generalization of knowledge. During
the next year the course of lectures on
Natural apd Rovaarad P.IfoSo, iii -
completed by distinguished gentlemen.
These lectures are provided through
the p~rsisewortby hberality of Mr.. w.
A. Ingham, of Cleveland.
The libraries of the University now
an aggregate of over twelve I
thousand volumes. The Sturgess Lii
brary contains 500 volumes, and is be-
ing constantly augmented by liberal
donations. +,
The Museum, which is one of the
finest collections in The country, en-
braces two district Cabinets. The Pres
Cabinet, which was purchased OF :
DR.. Prescott, Of Concord, New Hanp-
shire, in 1853, contains in its Geological
over go anatomical prepar-
atoms, 30 specimens representing near
" 200 species of birds, IO2 of reptiles, 4S
Of fishes, 500 of insects, so Of corals :
and 100 of ~star-hshes. The section in !
contains over 5000 shells, !
including 355 species of marine shells 4.
deposited by the Smithsonian Institute. l
The Neurological Department con-
tains 400 distinct entries. There are ]
also 216 species of woods and Esq of
all native to Ohio. {
During the past winter a set of valu- /
able casts has been purchased and pnt '
IN position. Il includes, to omit the
terms, a giant sloth from Bue-
nos Ayres, South America a gigantic :
% feet in lengshand u in breadth :
near Whitby, England ; the /,
skull and tusks of the Eephas Ganeso,
found in a miocene deposit of the Sc $
walk Hills, in India heads of Dinoth-
erium and Mastodon; an enormous los
sil of the Armadillo tribe from Monte
video, and a huge tortoise eight feet and q
two inches in length and five feet ten '
inches in width. {
The Mann Cabinet, devoted to the. col g
lection of minerals and fossils, consists L
Of several thousand specimens, arrang- t
ID in geological order and including
200 specimens of different rock illus
of the Geology of Ohio, col L
.ected by Professor Mather. /
A department. of archaeology and eth
mas been opened and already a
a large number of Indian
remsinz, relics, &c. 1
The next collegiate year of the Uni
will commence on Thursday. {
10th. The present one ends |
Commencement Day, jun oath. &
The HARMONIC SOCIETY, as the fol-
letter explains, viii g We a con-