Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-12-21
Allegheny College.


EDITOR CHRONICLE;-Many OF your
patrons are interested in Allegheny Col
lege; some Of them are n OF schol-
arships, others are donors TO its endow-
ment fund, and all readers OF newspa-
pers are interested in popular education.
Scholarship owners will be pleased 70
know that their generous contributions
Of twenty-five dollars. made twenty
years ago, are valuable to-day. These
small beginnings were the foundation
for a fund, securing free tuition to evsrv
young man applying for instruction in
college classes. Fol many years this
fund gave instruction to multimdes in
the very rudiments or a common English
education. Tho college classes were
small, preparatory to the active life Of
every day, than TO a higher collegiate
course. No caste has ever been permit
ted TO grow up between students from
classification. While students have been
encouraged to pursue n thorough and
full course OF study, the policy of the
Faculty has always been TO give every
possible aid to those whose time and
means warranted only a partial course
The contract entered into, with the pur-
chasers Of certificates Of scholarship, in
lS47-'S, has been faithfully kept by the
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passed through their course on these
certificates, and now the same worthy
documents are serving the second or
third generation, or nave by transfer
passed into the hands Of those who know
the original purchasers only by the
names on the face Of the contract. The
question often arises, "HOw can the COLI
lege redeem these pledges ?" The prac-
teal answer is, much Of the original fund
was raised, remote from the institution,
and the contractors have never applied
for the tuition to which they were
entitled. Again subsequent cOntribu-
tons TO the endowment fund, and to the
current expenses, have so far supported
the college as to give il an efficient work
ing force without asking tuition from a
single pupil from 1913 to 1870. In the
mean time the entire college course has
been revised. The common English
studies have all been transferred to the
public schools, which have grown to
such magnificent proportions within the
last twenty wears. Most OF those who
formerly came to Allegheny TO study
preparatory algebra, latin, &c, now send
their children to the high schools and
seminaries near home, where, under
p~aternal care, this elementary prepare
ton is far more satisfactorily made. At
WIS N1AN az al E-1E
pursued are Algebra, Latin and Greek.
These are not pursued in a separate de-
partment or school. No tutors are m
ployed. By careful adjustment OF stud
les and recitations, those who have neg
lected the classics, and desire to bring
them up and complete a college course,
and those vino would only pursue an
eclectic course Of study, may accomplish
their purpose without being subjected to
degrading restrictions.
To meet the popular demand, the col
lege course has been arranged in three
departments: Classical, Scientific and
Biblical. As might we'll be supposed, in
this age Of utilitarians, the scientific
course leads. The presence OF most am
pie cabinets Of minerals, and full OUTFIT
OF apparatus, may stimulate in this
direction.
A new feature in the history Of the
college appeared in the presence Of i've
young ladiesi in our college classes during
the last term. The friends OF this move
| are fully persuaded that this has been a
step in the right direction. The college
course never stood higher than now.
| The requirements in scholarship to
secure graduation are designedly high
/ No modified "ladies' course is proposed.
Our aim is to furnish TO all pupils alike
the very best advantages for securing a
HIGHER EDUCATION. When their course
has been pursued, we give the graduate
the official parchment, without reference
to the department Of study pursued.
The examinations Just closed show the
most satisfactory results. The classes in
mineralogy and chemistry have carried
their books only as guides in their actual
researches; the surveyors have run
their " problems with compass, trans
it and chain, and the astronomers have
seen the nebulaa resolved before the
searching power Of the telescope.
From some legal questions connected
with the "plan OF endowment" the trus-
tees have not felt al liberty to give ladies
| free tuition on the scholarship certificates.
What is now needed is such an increase
Of the permanent fund, as to make FEAST
BILE, Tuition absolutely free to NIL. This
is the best possible solution for the
scholarship question. This secured, the
public may assuredly look TO this insti-
tuition for that higher education so need
ed to supplement the grand work so well
performed by our high schools and SEM
inaries. N.