Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-02-01
Lettor from Indiana.
EDITORS JOURNAL:

4 EDITIONS JOlR RNAL:
| You would like to know Whist kind OF an
institution we have here that commands so vast
| a patronage. 1t is called Normal School, but
should perhaps more properly be called Unl-
yersity. Il was founded in 1873 by Prof II. L.
Brown, the present head OF the institution.
! with thrty-fvc students IN attendance. From
| this small beginning it has advanced by regular
and rapid strides until IL now numbers two
| thousand students within its walls.
| The unparalleled growth and success OF the
school is no doubt due In part 20 its location.
| being accessible by railroad from al parts OF
the country-but mostly TO the eminent abill-
| ties, the social and business qualities OF Prof.
Brown.
The original design OF the school was TO pre-
| pare young men and women for the profession
| OF teaching but the rapid in1uX OF studonts
| from all parts of tho country soon created de-
mand for other courses Of study, so that the In
Sttution NOW has fourteen well established de-
partmentS OF learning, viz: Preparatory, Teach
erS, Commercial, Collegiate, Engineering, Mu-
| sical, Fine Arts, Photographs, Telegraphic,
nenmanship, Elocutionary, chronological, Law
| ana Medical.
The fact that expenses are less here than at
any similar institution In the land, and the C.
| qually important fact thar student may enter
| or almost any day of the year and be suitably
accommodated in his studies, are among the ad.
vantnges found nowhere else. The excellence
| OF the work done needs no commendaiion. Tho
large numbcrot students who 10y their presence
| express their approval and satisfaction, is an
| argument so powerful in It's favor that anything
! else that might DO said would be like an attempt
! % prove that two and two make four.
| One OF the most marked features OF the school
IS the large reading room, containing library
! OF over 5000 volumes, consisting OF Encyclope-
! diaS, Dictionaries, History and works on SCI
| cnce ana literature generally. The room is al
so supplied with the hest magazines, reviews
| and other periodicals, both American and for
| cign, of the world and 10 this rich Pierian
| fountain all may come and "dgink freely with
out money and without price,
| The school Is Seli-supportnG ~ wen rs self
| governing in its character. 1t has no endow-
mentS but stands on iis own merits entirely.
I The young lady Is placed on an equal footing
| with the young lord OF reation where, besides
reGUiug him she may also demonstrate to him
the fact that She is his intellectual compeer.
| Among the instructors, OF whom there arc
| twenty-one, will only mention Dr.. A. w. Yohn
| who as medical lecturer and scientific instruct
| or stands in the front rank; Prof O. r. Kinsey,
| vino has lately visited the Old World, and deals
! ont to his classes with bodnt.fCl hand the re.
| suits Of his travels and literary researches In
| foreign lands; Prof. W. }. Bell, who saYors
! much of the Rhine having spent several years
! on the banks of that grand, historic stream,
| aerfecting his knowledge OF the classic langu-
age in which the immortal Goethe and Schiller
wrote, and VINO never fails to inspire his pupils
| with love for that language, which for purity
| copiouSneSs and power is unsurpassed Ey any
in the world; Prof. IL. N Cover, tao teacher of
! rlent2l science, Latin ard Greek. He mi ght
| very properly be called 2 walking oncyClope-
dia," but choose to call him liui1sg monun,ca ut
| Of cTyStdlixed thought. 4 master Of the ancient
| and modern languages, hc has harvested every
| field OF mental science from AristOtlas down
| to Herbert Spencer.
| / should like to speak OF others who are no
| less emineat In their respective departments,
| but the fear OF becoming too lengthy forbids
| me.
Whether the ambitious Young professor when
| he founded this institution ten years ago ever
| thought of drawing to his side young men and
young women from nearly every tate and ter
ritory in tie Union, and from the provinces OF
Canada, can not say but certain it is thai
Principal Brown furnishes another brilliant e1-
ample OF what n young American without
wealth, but endowed with truly high capacities
and inspired with a rare and noble purpose,
his country.