The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-06-01
oRerlia College.


Mn. EDrroR.-I was pleased with your
remarks Of last week on the subject Of
education particularly Of the joint or CO
education Of the sexes and as 0berlin
College Is not as well known here, rs the
1no-e eastern colleges OF the States, 1
thought a brief statement about it, might
be interesting to your readers, and perhaps
useful 10 some Of them. who may be IN
curing where they shall send their chill
dren. when they have exhausted the OPP
portunities afforded by the schools Of the
Islands. Oberlin College was commenced
nearly fifty years ago, on the principle
Of co-educaton, and FOR many years was
the only important institution Of the
country where 1t was fully carried out IN
practice. but In later years the system has
been adopted by many of the institutions
of the country. and notably by the Michi-
gan University. which the present year
has 200 ladies or over IN attendance.
James Freeman Clarke, the Chairman Of
Committee Of Harvard University to IN
vestigate this subject. declares, after full
examination Of some thirty institutions
where i. had been adopted. including
Oberlin and Michigan University, himself
decidedly in favor Of it-so did DIR. Horace
Bushnell. the distinguished writer, though
he saws that previous to his personal ex-
animation be was deeply prejudieed
apainst II. so saws President Barnard of
Columbia College, y. Y. Harvard has
partially adopted II under the style Of the
Harvard Annex. Oxford, England, has
partly done so, perhaps fully by recent
action
Oberlin has from the first been very
fully attended. having al the present time
about LOO students, about two-fifths being
ladies. II has also been stronghold OF
Freedom from the first. There stands IN
its public square monument bearing the
names Of nearly one hundred of its stu
dents. who fell IN the cause OF freedom
and Union in the war Of the Rebellion
II has educated several statesmen, as
Secretary Cox, and more than forty mem
bers Of Congress, and many teachers: has
given Harvard one professor, Yale two,
wellesley -four. and other institutions large
numbers OF teachers. The following ex-
tract from the Boston Cosgrega'ioselist,
speaks for it better than 1 can do:
President Garfield has remarked j
know Of no place where scholarship has
touched the nerve centre Of public lie SO
effectually as at OberlIn.'
q In fostering the entire movement OF
higher education at the West no other col
lege compares with Oberlin- She has
educated twelve college presidents, i've OF
them now Ia service one hundred and
fifty professors and instructors, while
large number who labor to enlist Eastern
cooperation are her graduates. The New
West education commission finds no other
such ally. Her contribuhont0t the ministry
i uneoualed: Yale sending eight:
Williams. eleven. Amherst. twenty two;
and Oberlin. thirty eight per cent Of her
male graduates into 1t.
Since the war 0berlin has sent into the
universities and schools for Freedmen ten
times as many teachers as any other
school Though her main force has been
spent in our own land, the American
Board fnds her an efficient ally on foreign
shores The Investigations Of two OF her
sons. Professor F v Hayden Of Washing
ton and Elisha Gray Of Chicago, have not
only promoted science, but contributed
immensely to the material interests OF the
country"
Its work covers the ground Of the AGA
DENY. Ladies Seminary, Musical Con
servatory, College and Theological
Seminary. To those to whom saving ex-
pense is an object, It offers thorough
education at Just about one-half Of the
expense Of obtaining the same at the
more Eastern institutions.
It Is pleasantly located on the L. S and
NJ S. Railroad. about one hour from Cleye-
land. Ohio. on the direct route to Chicago,
and has several regular trains day both
from the East and West; being one day
bv rail from Boston and New York City
and SIX from San Francisco by either
Chicago or St Louis. Its educational
advantages are all that can be desired for
professional life. and Its ordinary Yoca- |
lions at a very moderate expense
/ find the following advertisement of the
Treasurer and Principal Of the Conserva-
tory Of Music in New York paper:
.sOEEE1rS Co11EGE
Theological Collegiate and Preparatory Depart I
r7erts. Elective Studies Admits both sexes No /
salo,n teraptafious Best Of religious influences I
80 thorough and cheap. Tuition lncieentals ]
Ar lil,rrv fes only S9a year Over hoo students.
Caasri--Ifsl-5 OF Ma.ic, under college manage
rnent First-class teachers Expensss io<. Class 4
instruction or private lessons preferred As a
home for students Oberiin l. unsurpassed for I
heaithfulness. religions and intellectual advan-
tsees"
/ viii only add that the last College
catalogue represents forty-eight different
States. including foreign lands, and It's
g influence Is co-extensire with the Union
S-N Castle
p S.-Since writing the above, have
noticed the following IN late New York 4
paper:
fdis,u. the electrician and inventor. has been I
elecre professor Of dynamic electricity at OoerISs
Cllies.e. Oberiin. Ohio ) y .
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