Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-08-23
FRANKLIN COLLEGE.
NEW ATHENS, ONO.

NEW ATHENS, OHIO.
/ During a period of SiXty-thTee years
Franklin College has been atfOrding a first
class education to AL who have diligentl!
sought it. within its walls. 1t has con
tributed its full share III making the his
, tory of the nation and the church. More
than three-tifthS of all its Alumni hdvt
ente red the ministry. and of the remain
ing two-fifths many have become diStin
guiShed lawyers. Legislators, judges, gov
ernOTs. United States senators, foreign
ministers. authors. editors. and professors
and presidents OF colleges. medical schools
and theological seminaTies. Indeed, out
OF the first 200 graduates. 2l6 or more
than four tifthS, either entered the minis
try or became eminent in other profeS-
SiOnS. And the more recent graduates
give promise of equal usefulness and EN-
mence; for, competing with the alumni OF
the best colleges in the land, several who
graduated in 81, 50, 'S3 and 81, accord
ing to the report of the professors of at
least three leading theological seminarieS
stood at the head of their classes. Such
is the history of Franklin College. Few
colleges can show such large per centage
of alumni who have become so useful and
distinguished. 4 tree Is kHOirn Jy its
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pared than ever to do similar work, as will
be seen from
ITS FACILITIES.
The Curriculum is abreast with the
times, and up to the standard of the best
colleges. The courses are full and thor
ough, and instruction will be given by an
experienced and able faculty. The Nat
ural Sciences are illustrated by PhiiOsoph-
icai and Chemical apparatus. costing 81,
| 200; Mathematics by full set of Survey
| ing Instruments, Globes, Maps, Charts,
etc; Anatomy by most completely wired
skeleton, and a full set of Anatomical
Plates; and MinerOlOgy and Geology by
! Cabinet Collections and Geological Speci-
mems, labeled and classified so as to be
most convenient for study and reference.
| While the classics will retain their usual
prominence, arrangements have been
made to meet a growing demand for in
creased attention to the education of
! teachers. Accordingly, a Normal Depart
ment has been provided for, i'll which
| teachers will be thoroughly trained for
their work. The Board of Trustees have
established a Commercial Department
also, embracing a complete course of
| Bookkeeping, Rules of Business and
| General Principles of Commercial Law.
In addition, students will have the OppOr
tunity of studying German, Instrumental
Music, Painting, Embroidery, and Fancy
Art Work of all kinds. Prof. Z. c. Pax
| ton who is graduate of the National
School of Oratory, Philadelphia, and who
| has had considerable experience as a
teacher, has been added to the Faculty,
and will give instruction in Elocution.-
Prof. SeWell, one of the best teachers in
the State, will teach Bookkeeping.
| A new three-stOry brick building, large
and commodious, has been recently erect
ed at a cost of about S12,000-the munifi-
cent gift of the friends of the college
| Two chartered Literary Societies have ele
gantly furnished halls in the new building
| in which are kept two large libraries, free
| for all their members. To these societies.
chiefly, may be traced the influences that
have made so many Of the alumni famous
for elOquence.
Daily recitations, in classes of moderate
size, in which the student secures the ben
eft of personal instruction, a thing i'm
possible in overcrOwded Institutions
All Students completing the Classical
course will receive the degree of A. b.;
and, after three years spent in some intel
lectual pursuit, the degree of y. NJ. Stu
dents completing the Scientific course will
receive the degree of Is, s; and after three
years, NJ. 5.
RELIGION AND MORALS
New Athens is free from the hauntS of
vice and the curse Of saloons 4 good
moral and religious atmosphere peryadeS
the whole community. There are religi-
Gus exercises daily in the College chapel.
A weekly prayer meeting is maintained.
A Society of Religious Inquiry, end a
Young WOman's Christian Association
have been organized. The Reading Cir
Gle has the management of the Reading
Room, in which a number of the leading
papers and magazines of the country are
open to the use of all the members
There are three churches, Presbyterian,
U. P and NJ. E.
LOCATION.
New Athens is located 81 miles South
of Cadiz, on the Pan Handle r. R.; miles
by pike North of Fairpoint, on the c., L.
q w. r. R.; and 10 miles by pike North
of st. Clairsville. A daily hack connects
all these places with New Athens, making
the college quite accessible, while at the
same time it is secure from the diStrac
tiOn and allurementS so common to larger
towns. 1t is one of the healthiest lOcali-
ties in Eastern Ohio-entirely free from
malaria-an item of the first Importance.
EXPENSES.
Franklin College, having determined to
be excelled by none, has succeeded in re-
ducing expenses so low as to be almost in
credible. In the Ladies Boarding Hall, a
neat two-stOry brick, ladies can procure
rooms furnished with carpet, bed and bed
ding, chairs, table, washstand, mirror, &c,
for only 30c per week, the price at most
colleges being SOC or more. Students can
secure rooms elsewhere in town for 30c to
soc. Unfurnished rooms 20c to 25c.
A rlatrOn will have charge of the Board
ing Hall and will keep club for the ladies
and all others who wish to board in this
way. The price of cooking has been re-
duced from soc to 25c per week. PrOvi
SiOns will be delivered ut cost and cGTTi-
age, no labor nor attention being required
of the students. Provisions being fur
nished without profit, cost less than when
purchased at home, and hence the cost of
boarding Gncluding cooking was reduced
to an average of $132 per week, last year
-1Sc less than the advertised estimate
As the same arrangements have been con-
srmmated for the coming year, the cost of
good boarding will vary but a few cents
from this price. Hotel and private board
ing $3.50 per week. Arrangements can
be made for self boarding also.
Text books, new or secOnd-h can be
purchased at reasonable prices, or rented
for one-fourth the retail price. Tuition
81 per. week, to be paid i'll advance; con-
tingent fee PIC. From the above it may
be seen that boarding. furnished room,
and text books may all be obtained for
less than $1.70 per week. Lessons in Art
26c each; Instrumental Music, "A lessons,
2 or Blossoms week, SO; one lesson 4 week,
so; Harmony, 25c week.
We submit the above facts, and are will
ing to leave it to the good judgment of
the reader to determine whether greater
advantages could be given at less cost
without positive loss on the part of the
Institution. 1t is encouraging to know
that the enrolment during the year just
closed was double that of the previous
year.
FALL TERM begins September4, 1888,
and continues Is weeks.
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