The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-03-07

schools, without. losing time or class
staadingjswhile a special winter Term
beginning the last Tuesday in Novem-
Der, accommodating others not teach
ing. The number of different students.
attending last year, was Sol, being
greater than any former year, and from
! the origin of this Public Institution,
I3, ,527, of whom S,279 students, (about
one-fourth ladies,) from the Normal
Departments, have been employed to
superintend or teach Pnblic Schools.
The College in any case is in position
to protect its patrons, aud all the in-
terests of it's students, attending and
non attending. fully and satisfactorily.
The total number of Alumni and
regular Graduates in the Baccalaurate
Degree, is GIL, and in the Masters and
other Degrees, 21S. besides the Gradu-
ates in the Normal, Musical and Fine
Art Departments without Degree)
being 2,7l6 gentlemen and ,467 ladies.
The present vocation of the Alumni
and former students residing through
out nearly every State and Territory
of our country, is rs follows: profess
sional teachers,5 ,137; merchants, 2, ,125;
farmers, 2,115; ministers, 725; manu-
facturers, 5l5; physicians, 254; law
yers, 257; editors, IA; civil engineers,
50; telcgraphers, 43; bankers, 81.
Full and hearty cooperation. of it's
patrons, trustees, patrcnizing Confer
ences, faculty. students, and citizens
locally benefited, is happily and eff
ciently secured ON the definite Plan of
this College, and the light of these
facts, to the end that ga thorough in-
tegral Christian Education may be
easily attainable to ALL" According
ly,in the spirit of this distinctive Plan,
and these facts, the next succeeding
Terms will promptly begin and regu-
larly proceed in The faith aud hope Of
duly realizing all requisite funds for
and the fullests Objects of this ihsti,u-
ton. This College has always been
sclf-sustainIng Internally, by means OF
its cheap tuition. Not dollar dona-
ted, or The interest on q dollar. donat-
ed, has eyex been used to pay the sal
aries OF professors, or any other inter
nat current expenses. The property
is all conveyed to tue College, in fee
simple, and is perpetually held in trust
by Trustees, chartered under state and
national law, for educational benefit
of students, and is estimated worth,
above any Indebtedness, over a half
million dollars. The rare Natural
Specimens of its Museum, obtained
from all portions of the globe, worth
quarter million dollars, for which no
college debt has ever been contracted,
and no citizens of Mount Union or AL
lance ever asked to pay dollar, are
among the best Gf not the very best)
in our country, and are practically and
especially valuable to students, by en-.
abling them rapidly and thoroughly TO
acquire, retain, illustrate, and apply
erery study in the College Courses
'ancient and modern Classical, Philo-
sophie, Scientific, Normal, Musical.
Commercial, Preparatory. and Fine
Arts. The sole object of the Trustees
and patrons in their present course, is
no,o to place this College on the most
substantial and permanently prosper
Gus basis; and they verify believe
these facts, with others that might be
given, will vindicate to an impartial
public the wisdom of their course.
Reliable information concerning this
College, that legltimately affects the
public touching any other facts or
points, will be promptly furnished by
addressing me at Mount Union or AL
lance, Ohio,or by addressing G. Ault-
man, Esq., Treasurer of the College
Canton, Ohio, OR Lewis Miller, Esq.,
President of the Board of Trustees,
Akron, Ohio.
Respectfully,
q. N. HARTsHoRN,
President Faculty, and Acting Pres
dent of Executive Committee.