The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-16
cOLlEGIATE-INsTITUTE.
A Plan by which HillsbOrO May
| Have q Great School.
Reasons Why the Present Conditions
Of Our Private Educational Insti.
tutions Are Unfavorable 10
Growth and Development.


Growth and Development.
Hillsboro il often called an educational
center, and not without reason. 1t is b
model town Of culture, refinement and
education. Its families are of the best
American blood. Yet with all our boast
ed pretensions to good educational insti-
tutions they are hampered and hindered
from reaching great degree of success.
Surely Hillsboro is one of the finest sites
for large and flourishing college or
university in the country. Its healthful
location, beauty, quiet, refinement and
freedom from anything that would de.
moralize q school is all that could be
desired. Our fine public library, good
churches and freedom from the vices
and temptations Of larger city all make
it most fitting and desirable site for a
large school. The buildings we already
possess are large enough to accommodate
good.sized school, but with the present
restricted charters the schools can
never develop or grow. sectarian schools
for the education Of one sex only can
never be the most successful. Take our
modern schools for example, and with
scarcely an exception the non.sectarian
co.educational institutions are in the
lead. To be sure we don't mean to
make the school non-religious, but it is
narrow.minded in this enlightened day
to make our educational institutions Sec
tartan. The principal denominations
are all represented here, and students
could seek their choice Of churches and
attend it. And to be sure religion
should be taught in the school and at
tendance on religious worship be re-
quired, but no one particular creed
should be required of those you may be
educating.
As it is there are two sectarian female
schools in Hillsboro. What more pos
sible limitations and restrictions could
be put upon the growth and develop
ment of these schools? Can any think
ing man or woman expect school to
| flourish under such restriotionsP No Z;
it is out Of the question, and just so
surely as this state of affairs exist will
neither school be eminently successful.
It cannot-it's contrary to all reason or
logic. 'But," says one, "if we change
the charter we will lose the endowment" ("
Suppose you do. Which is the more
profitable to the country-an endowed
building with handful of boarders or a
free, self-supporting university or college
where are yearly educated hundreds Of
useful, bright, Christian young men and
women? Better lose the endowment
and have fiourishing and large school,
wherein hundreds of the young are pre-
pared for useful active life work, than a
dead, useless monastery hampered by
all the restrictions to success that can
be placed upon it.
Ever since DR.. Helt has had the Col.
lege in charge it has been his constant
effort to have the charter changed so he
would have q chance to build up -four.
ishing school for the education of the
sexes; but he has been opposed at every
turn, and no man on Gods green foot
stool can make school out of it under
the existing state of things. Better lock
up the building and give the endowment
to some charitable cause. It will dc
more good than where it now is. There
is no man better fitted, qualified or edu
Gated for the head Of an educational in
stitution than DR.. Helt, and if he il
given the ghost Of chance he will
build up q school here in a few year,
that will surprise us all. But it is use
less to struggle against fate and if the
trustees don't lend him their aid the
school will be q miserable failure. The
same in substance may be said Of the
Institute.
? But is there chance to make Hills
boro an educational center in every
sense Of the word? Yes, most emphat
ically yea. Its the easiest thing in tn,
world. As we said before there is not ,
better site in the country than Hillsbor'
for O great school. Everything favors 1t
Just now we have the nucleus to organ
ize ain excellent faculty. Nearly ever,
department il represented and all W
|. lack is an organization. Combine tn
two schools. Throw the old charte
away and re.charter the combines
schools under some name-the Collegi
, ate Institute would be good as it pre-
serves both nsmes-and make 1t uni
versity for the education of both sexe
; in all departments of learning. Tn
. present buildings would answer tn
present needs. Degrees could be give
in nearly every department-music, art
sciences, classics, and after while la'
and theological department could b
added. A. the school grew, as it VI