The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-05-17
LETTER FROM sClo COLLEGE,

OSAOy nA0y - 4oO4s
Ed. SPIRIT: Thinking that few word
from Scio might be of interest to at leas
q few OF your readers, I concluded to try
my hand at writing them.
OF course it Is not necessary to tel
where Scio is situated, for every on,
who will read this will know that bu
simply to make my letter have respect
able length, ] will say that Scio is a towr
OF about 500 inhabitants, and is situated
In the beautiful valley of the Conotar
Creek, about 35 miles west of Steuben
gille, and 1l5 miles east OF Columbus.
The College here, under the supervis
ion Of the Rev. e Ellison, d. ID. ,-ofer
the very best advantages to person.
wishing to obtain q thorough practica
education. 1t has already gained TO
itself a good reputation, by sending ou
men whose educated minds have show
forth to the outside world the excellen
training they had received while acquir.
ling their education. The manner O
conducting the recitations here is th.
liecture system, and it has already suffi
Iciently proved its merits by the brillian
tcrators and splendid logicians it hs
made. The College is making arrange
Iments 10 secure still better advantage
for her students, and has already pro
Icured the services of Prof. Joseph Stot
Her, of Senecaville, Noble County he i
|a very able instructor, and is maxim,
himself very popular here among tn
students as teacher. He is ranke,
among the ablest grammarians in tn
State, and in mathematics has but fey
|superiors.
Last Monday evening the Seniors de
livered their oratiOns to quite large ant
attentive audience in the VI. E. Church
The following was the programme of th
evening: Prayer by Rev. Ingram; must,
by the choir; Grafton by John Secrest
of Noble County-suhject, Meditation !;
Oration by j. G. Smith, OF Carroll Coun
E-subject, Development" music BY
the choir-"Beautiful Moonlight" Ora
ton by James W. McCoy-subject, sRet
Fibutive Justice;" Grafton by Lizzie NJ
Ellison-subject, 'Unobtained Legacies ;
Oration sby John s. Holingshead-
subject, Opposition to Invention O
Machinery" music-"Farmer's Song;;'
Grafton by j. P. Kennedy-subject
William Shakespeare Grafton by Thos
81. McCoy-subject, "To Matbemati
cal Certainty - music by the choir
sRipe Strawberries" shall not attemp
% comment on them separately, but viii
say, and it is the least that can be said
that the orations were we'll prepared and
delivered in fine style, and were highly
appreciated by the entire audience.
Monroe County is we'll represented
here, at least in numbers, there being si1
from the "vine-clad hills" Among oul
namber is a jolly fellow frog, the north
ern part of the county; he is son of M
VIZ. Monroe, and like his father, he II
full of fun. When any Of US becom,
affected with histology we have only tc
go to Monroe who soon causes our de-
spondency to vanish, and causes US te
look on the bright side of school life
and in our Literary Society it is the sig
nal for hearty laugh when "Monroe' i:
called for in debate; and when it comes
to that Monroe does not stand back fol
any of them, but "Bids farewell to every
fear, and wades right in"
And just now, for the benefit of for
mer pupils of this school, l would say
that all the Monroe boys are "Linneaus.
G. T. Morris has been here severa
terms, and Ed. Armstrong or, as the
boys here say, "Fatty," one term; the
rest of US, King, Griffith, Monroe and
myself are n our first term. We all are
we'll pleased with the institution, anG
hope ere long to see many boys from
"Old Monroe" yes, and girls too, here
engaged in preparing to encounter the
realities Of life.
Well, am afraid am encroachine
too much on your space, and for fear o.
having this hastily written and very much
disconnected letter thrown in the waste
basket, I will close by saying that al
the boys join me in sending our regards
to all our friends in "Old Monroe
VIM. F. GAToHELL.