The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-11-02

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ing usefulness. Albert Barnes, the
world-renowned expositor, was a gradti-
ate, and Professorship bearing his IL
lustrious name is nobly filed by Rev.
John W. Mears, d. D., the right man in
the right place. Thanks to him. and to
Profs. Root and Huntington for many
courtesies. The number of Professors
and students is about the same as at
Rutgers. The faculty are happy in their
work, and their deliberate enthusiasm is
widely diffused. The institution is we'll
equipped and every department conduct
ed con anaore. Of the 80 observatories
in this country, that of Hamilton, under
DR.. Peters, has probably made the most
discoveries. The alumni of Hamilton
College may well be proud OF their Alma
Mater, snd should respond literally to
her calls. Here it was that President
Backus one night found a student drunk
who, on being seized rather roughly,
exclaimed, "Quo me yeris O Bacche,
tati 2olemena !' (Whither dost thou bear
me, o. Wine, full of thee y The fell
lows wit saved him from public rebuke.
| HUDSON, OHIO,
pleasant village % miles south of
Cleveland, is the seat of Western Reserve
College, founded in 1862. This insttu-
ton has an eventful history, almost trag
ic, but has always done thorough work
and been called the Yale of the West.
Its grade of scholarship is hardly sur
passed. Philosophical apparatus, labor
atory, cabinet, observatory and library
in good working order. President Gut
ler's administration shows genuine
Christian generalship, and the entire
faculty command respect and confidence.
Prof. Morley is at home in chemistry,
Prof. Smith in astronomy-thanks to the
latter for a telescope view of Saturn and
his rings and of the moon. Col. DeWolf
of Toledo, distinguished educator, has
just taken the professorship of rhetoric
and modern languages, with every assur-
ance of success. The College is open
to both sexes, and one of the memorable
attractions of the last commencement
was the first lady graduate. Her appear
ance elected great applause, and her ex-
| cellent performance was the best posi-
BILE vindication of her position. The
Alumni of the College are widely scat
tered and rank with the most useful men
of the land, among them the Rev. G. B.
Stevens and Judge Walker of Manito-
voc, Wis.
I have been deeply impressed with the
value of these colleges, each fountain
of knowledge sending forth its fertiliz-
ing stream. We have mono too many
men devoted to scientific pursuits alas
how few none too many students. Let
the larger colleges go on with their work
and the smaller ones be carefully foster
ed. These latter are just as important
in their place as the former. would as
soon expect critical scholarship from Ell
Their of the trio named or from our own
Beloit, as from Yale or Cambridge. The
individual student receives more atten-
ton in the small college than in the lar
ger, and the professors have more at
stake in each student, their reputation
is more involved. [ am satisfied our
colleges should receive more generous
support, both from the church and the
State. Our common scools and acade-
mics owe their very existence to the col
leges. Our text books are prepared by
men of liberal education. The common
school would die out without the col
lege.
| HE'LL GATE.
As I stood by the shaft from which 10
arch ways reached 800 feet under the
river, I thought of the immense labor
preparatory to the great explosion. Sev-
eral hundred men toiled here for seven
years-now little child touches an cleo
trio key and 1000 charges take effect.
The channel is deepened many feet, and
the largest vessels can now pass in safe
ty. So many in society are called to
preparatory work-only a few to touch
the keys.
POLITlOS.
In the State of New York torch1ights
and iberty-poles meet you in every di-
rection. The obscurest rural districts
are wide awake. The last pole raised,
whether for Tilden and Hendricks, or
Hayes and Wheeler, is generally the
tallest; the flag the largest; the streamer
the LONGEST Sneakers are enthusiastic
on both sides, and both make strong
cases. If what the Tilden and Hendricks
men claim is true, the Republican lead
ers are rascals and should go to the pen
itentiary. If what the Hayes and Vince
Ter men say be true, the Tildenites are
mistaken and the Democratic party set
of ambitious, grasping and INSCRIPTIONS
demegogues. Many minds seem per-
picked, but an occasional canvass shows
the more rejecting classes to be for
Hayes and Wheeler. Votes taken thro'
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
and Ohio show 900 Hayes and Wheeler
to 600 Tilden & Hendricks. The South,
liquor dealers and Infationists, are gen.
orally, f not unanimously, for the latter;
but if New York is the battle ground,
the Waterloo of the great contest. Hayes
and Wheeler seem bound to carry the
day. The sovereign people care not for
party lines they demand capacity,
honesty and fidelity, and above all the
Lord God Omnipotent reigneth