Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-03-02
Communicated
Mount Union UOilege--Its Finances
And Last Years Work,

ter term OF Mount Union College,
having just terminated, were large
ly attended, and Of IN interesting
character, The public exomina
ton of the classes reflected credit
upon the Professors and students
The Literary Society gave a public
performance Of unusual excellence,
consisting Of orations, periodicals,
colloquies, and a discussion Of the
question "Res0lVed, That Russia
is justiiable in abrogating the
treaty Of SO" Quite a promising
class Of young men graduated in
the Commercial Department. The
exercises were interspersed with
excellent music by the College
Choir and Leland's Band and Or
chestra.
This session has exeelled any
former Winter term in the history
Ct this Institution, as respects not
only to number, hut also the gen
eral department and grade Of the
scholarship Of the students. Hav
ing been organized in 1916, as a
small seminary, with six pupils and
one teacher, it was in 1858 regu-
larly chartered as a college, with
responsible board Of trustees and
a faculty of experienced teachers;
and now it prescnts the following
actual attendance and summary Of
last years work: In the Classical
and Scientific Department, Seniors,
SO; Juniors. 33; Sophomores, S6;
Freshmen, 222. In the Normal or
Teachers Department, 234; Com
merciaI Department, 283; Musical
Department, 255 Fine Art Depart
ment, AZ. The College already
possesses, in good title, an unen-
numbered net property Of S248,,
684, with an income (tor the year
l870) of $1S,0l8, derived as fol
lows: From tuition, SI3, ,240; from
interest on Endowment Fund, ST.,
900; from room rent in boarding
hall, $778.
The aggregate attendance of stu
dents from the first, is 7,347, about
one-third of whom are ladies', aud
5,3S7 Of whom have taught public
school, being active and infuen-.
tial representatives of families, re.
siding in twenty-five States Of our
National Union. 70 the influence
of these students, much of the.
growth and prosperity Of the col
lege is justly due. The govern
ment Of the college is parental in
its nature-mild, but firm. The ex-
penses of the students are kept at
remarkably low rates, and those in
needy circumstances, irrt s pective
Of political, religious or social po-
sitions, receive generous assistance.
No distinctions are made on ac-
count of sex, religion or, politics.
In a 'dition 10 the Mathematics
and Common English Branches,
which are taught every term, the
Sciences and Modern Ian
guages are receiving very great at
tention, and illustrated by good
sets Of apparatus, and scientific
specimens brought from nearly all
parts Of the world.
The proposed plan Of securing,
by donation, an endowment ofI
$500, 900, having lately received an
$4,000, can, and proba
bly, will, by appropriate efforts, be
completed in some two years more.
The College buildings are new and
commodious, and apartments have
lust been completed to provide
good, cheap and pleasant boarding
accommodations, for a daily at
tendance of 600 students. Mount
Union is a highly pleasant, healthy
and moral village, within twomiles
Of Alliance depot, situated on one
Of the great railways running from
the Atlantic to the Pacific coast,
and so connected with other rail
roads as to render the location Of
the College very desirable. The
Sessions are the Spring,
Summer, Fall and Winter Terms,
which begin about the first of
March, and the middle OF May, An
and November, respectively. |
This enables students to teach pub
lie schools during the Winter sea
son, and still get whole College
wear, without falling behind their
,lasaes. o. n HARTsHoRN.
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