Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-11-27
WEST PENNINGTON SEMINARY.

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Mr.. EDITOR You will please allow
me space in the CHRONICLE to say some
thing Of our Seminary; not to puff, but
TO interest, say, one thousand readers.
Do 1 over-estimate? Let us see. There
were about n hundred and fifty stu
dents the last term the parents or guard
ians will make three hundred more /; the
brothers and sisters at least three hun
dred then the outside public who will
be interested in the matter, say three
hundred. These, altogether, make one
thousand and fifty readers of the CHRoN-
IcLE Ito say nothing of thousands Of
other readers) who will be interested TO
see something of the w. +. Seminary,
and the late exercises of the Philomsth-
can Society. After this showing, you
will not shut down on me-" surely.
I am not a member of the Seminary in
any way, or paid for writing; so 1 hope
to get credit for disinterestedness. Per-
haps never since its organizstion-now
yer thirty years-has the Seminary bid
fairer for public patronage than now.
The fall term has been well attended, and
the students have made remarkable pro-
gress. I heard Principal Beatty say, pub
licly, that there had been no students
before him, during the term. for breach
of rules. Their progress in study has
been due in a great measure, it is said,
to the one study" system which has
been introduced, and which, so far, meets
the appreciation of the scholars univer-
sally, as we'll as that of the Faculty and
Board. To test this matter, the writer,
at the Musical and Literary Entertain
ment" given by the P. L. Society last
Friday evening, requested that q vote
might be taken by the school. Every
one voted approval there vas not one
dissentient. From the Normal Depart
ment of the School there have gone TWEEN
ty-three to teach during the winter, be-
side some eight or ten who have engaged
schools in the spring. The moral and
religious influence of the Seminary is
most observation-disclosures, and not secta-
TiaR, as many suppose. Students are
expected and required TO attend religious
worship on the Sabbath, but are at lib
erty to attend either of the two churches
(Methodist or Congregational they, or
their parents or guardians, may desire.
Allow me, before closing, to say some
thing of the exercises of the Philomath-
can Society last Friday evening, 18th
inst. Their programme led to expect
something of interest. The bill was
filled, and well filled, giving better wen
than had been anticipated. It may he
invidious to par~ticularize, yet 1 would
say that the singing, by three divisions
of quartettes with assistants, was of IL
usual interest. The several pieces, and
every part, were executed well, and
showed taste and careful training. The
Prologue, by Miss Ella NJ. Wilson, Of
Summeryille, Pa, and the Epilogue, by
Miss Annie \. Wolcott, of West Farm
ingtOn, o., deserve all praise for correct.
ness OF style, beauty of diction and ap-
propristeness of matter. But all was
good, and 50 good that 1 will be excused,
1 hope, for finding a comparative or SUI.
perlative degree to the adjective.
The Literary Hall was filled to its ut
most seating capacity by a well-pleased
and delighted audience, who went away
meltally passing (doubtless) this reso-
luton:
ReSoICed, That the Western Reserve
Seminary, of West Pennington, Ohio,
under the superintendent of Principal
@. w. Beatty, is worthy of public patron
age. b.
West Harrington, Nov. 20. 1872.