The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-07-28
The Mount Union College.

Last weeks annual meeting of the
trustees of Mount Union College. with
lts other commencement exercises hav
Ing developed some facts of unusual i'm
pOrtanee to the public, as well as to the
patrons, students and friends of the col
lege, have been appointed by alumni.
students and Others to prepare them and
request their publication in friAndlv
papers. The Trustees reported that Of
the $4,000 subscribed last fall nv the
cltlzens or MT. Union and Alliance ~
Oelng sutlelent to pay all indebtednS
OF Ihe cOllege) over $4,000 had So
collected and paid on the debt, sDsb zen zen
tne Iast lnstallment Of these sD' IHa'
lions would be due and paid ip en- 9sGilP. SaI,p.
ahdiGhat all the Indebtedness ,,og w ;, uays'
s16o1 S9G 10y GSo 'ne college, ~ beip G, not HHite
of fan asrss "rn ." "ccOunt r'f the purchase
gronnds Of add lionaI college
cOmmoGI al the ereef ion thereon OF
WITH IOus boarding, hall; and that
br this exception, it has been and will
the policy of tie college to contract
no debts without having the money to
pay them. Another fact reported by the
Trustees Is that the Museum and aDpa-
ratus for illustrating and applying sci
ence, mathematics and history, valued at
nearly half a million dollars, Is not only
all paid for, but all belong to the college
in Zee simple. Another fact important
| TO the public, as well as to the students
and friends, is this: that the college.
with the museum and entire facilities, is
permanent fixture at Mt. Union, Stark
| county, Ohio, a locality believed by the
| students, alumni and friends generally
to be where it ought to be, and where,
III view OF its centrality, healthfulness,
enterprise, moral and religious charac-
r,with its ease of access and cheapness
| nf ha
gress in the development of its liberal
| and benevolent plan. The Trustees
elected Millard L. Mitchell, M. D., Mus.
/ b., OF Baltimore, Md, graduate of the
| Conservatory of Music, of Leipzig, Ger
many, as director and teacher of instru-
mental and vocal music. Prof. Mitchell.
a native OF Baltimore, brings with him
twelve years of successful experience in
| eastern colleges The faculty is further
| strengthened by the addition of two in
/ structOTs in natural science. also two in
the commercial department. Miss Fran
ces S. Chapman, of New York, resigned
| her position as professor of German and
| French languages, and her successor has
not yet been definitely reported. The
commencement exercises were attended
by vast crowds of people, and the
speeches and music were generally re.
| garded superior in quality to any former.
The grade of scholarship and thorough
ness of instruction are not below any
college, East or West. The Baccalaureate
sermon, by President 0. N HartshOrn.
LII. d., on last Sabbath, was of high
order, the subject being "The Bible In
fallibly True" The graduates at this
commencement were as follows: Nine
in Bachelor of Arts; four in Bachelor of
Philosophy; two in Bachelor of Litera-
ture; one in Doctor of Philosophy, pro
meritO. There were thirteen graduates
in instrumental music, and twenty-five
in the business department, and one in
the normal department. Quite a num-
Der of the alumni received the second OF
MASTER 8 degree. The degree of Doctor
OF Divinity was conferred on Rev. g.
Burt, A. NJ, of RaVenna, Ohio, and on
Rev. W. NJ. Mullenix, A. NJ, of Zanes-
Vile, Ohio. The number of students
fOOts up for the past year 512, and from
the origin of the institution thirty-seVen
years ago, 1908, about One-fOurth Ia
dies). coming from fOrty-One States and
Territories, of whom 9,243 have been en-
PlOyed as teachers of public schools
The $1,000 recently donated by G. Ault-
man, Lewis Miller and Jacob Miller, are
being expended in putting the college
grounds and buildings in first-class con-
ditiOn. Several thousand dollars were
reported subscribed for erecting a new
museum building; also subscriptions
are in progress for additions to endOw-
ments, &c. The alumni, at their annual
meeting last week, took efficient steps
for endOwing an alumni chair with
$4,000. A responsible person guaran-
teed a new chapel building. when there
is regular attendance of 500 students.
JOHN H. FOCHT,
Supt. Union Schools of Mt. Union.