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YEAR.
SUPERVISOR.
TOWN CLERK.
ASSESSOR.
COLLECTOR.
1875. .
John W. Hitt,
H. H. Clevidence,
Francis W. Stonebraker,
Mullenburg Stroh, Samuel Knodle,.
1876, . .
.4
:
Martin T. Rohrer
1877, ..
:
:
Charles Smith,.
Samuel Lookabaugh.
1878. . .
William H. Miller.
Abraham Thomas,
Joseph Guym, ..
1879, . .
M. E. Getzendaner,
Lewis Sprecher,
..
1880, .
John H. Swingley, William H. Miller,
Charles Smith
1881, .
.6
..
1882.
..
1883. .
46
..
1884, .
..
..
..
William H. McCoy, Charles H. Allen.
Charles V. Davis. Leslie S. Hill. ..
1887,
..
..
..
:
1888,
H. H. Clevidence.
..
:
1889.
R. S. Marshall.
John H. Miller ..
1890, .
H. H. Clevidence,
Henry Lohafer,. Philip T. Sprecher,
Alfred C. Middlekauff, Charles H. Allen.
William H. Miller.
*1892.
Daniel B. Keedy.
Charles H. Allen.
Daniel B. Keedy,. C. C. Gimple.
1895, . .
..
Vance C. Miller, .
1896. . .
..
..
C. C. Gimple.
1897,
George V. Farwell,
..
S. C. Kinsey,
1898, ..
1899, ..
..
..
S. C. Kinsey.
1900, . .
*No election was held this year, owing to the railroad trouble. Officers were appointed. or those of 1891 held over. +Beginning with this year the term of office of supervisor was changed from one to two years.
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INCORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP.
+1893 .. 1894. .
William Stahlhut,
Jonathan Hiestand, William H. Miller,
Henry L. Smith,
1891,
..
1885,.
1886. .
..
..
James D. Hays, Ira Wingert,.
:
S. J. Hess.
..
A. M. Newcomer ..
Jonathan Knodle. Benjamin Rine,
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HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWNSHIP
YEAR.
NAME.
YEAR.
NAME.
1850. . .
Henry Hiestand.
1871 ..
Charles Smith.
1851. ..
7 Henry Sharer ....
1873.
William Lohafer,
1852.
? Abram Thomas,
1875.
W. S. Blake.
1853.
Henry Hiestand, Lyman S. Carll,
1877.
Jonathan Shafstal.
1854. . .
William Falkler.
1879 ..
R. S. Marshall.
1855. . .
H. J. Farwell.
1881. .
Jonathan Shafstal. 66
1856.
Samuel Long ...
188 .
Jacob G. Miller,
1857 ..
Jacob Coffman, J. B. McCoy, L. S. Carll ..
1884 .. 1885.
R. S. Marshall ..
1858.
7 Michael Stonebraker.
1887 .. .
George V. Farwell.
1859, ..
Jacob Coffman ..
1889, . .
Henry Stahlhut.
1860. . .
Same as year previous.
1890 .. .
Christian Zumdahl.
1861, . .
B. F. Hedrick.
$1892 ..
1862.
William Rine.
1893. . .
George V. Farwell.
1863. . .
Martin T. Rohrer,
1894 ..
R. S. Marshall.
1864 .. Jacob Phillips.
1895.
Frank Muller.
1865 .. . H. J. Farwell,
1896 ..
George V. Farwell.
1866. .. Reuben Marshall.
1897 .. R. S. Marshall.
1867 .. . Jacob Phillips,
1898. . . Edward Potter.
1868. . .
H. J. Farwell.
1899. . .
W. E. McCready,
1869. . .
Reuben Marshall,
1900. . . Ira W. Marshall.
*No election.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE OF THE TOWNSHIP
YEAR.
NAME.
YEAR.
NAME.
1850. . .
Henry Little ..
1875. . .
Andrew Newcomer.
1954. ..
James M. Webb.
1877 .. .
i John Weller.
1858, . .
Charles M. Haller.
1881. ..
A. Q. Allen ..
1860, . .
Joel R. Carll.
1885 .. .
2 Daniel Fager,
1862 ..
Andrew Newcomer.
1889. . .
R. D. McClure.
1866. . .
Andrew Newcomer.
1893. . .
? * H. G. Kauffman.
1870. . .
? Andrew Newcomer,
1897 .. .
2 Jonathan Hiestand,
1871, ..
Elijah Lott. .
Daniel Thomas.
1870. .
William Lohafer
Joel R. Carll. Jacob Turney.
1872.
Reuben Marshall.
Joel R. Carl. Jacob Myers.
1874.
Charles Smith.
George Swingley.
1876 ..
R. S. Marshall ..
A. Q. Allen. Jacob Coffman ..
1878. .
Jacob Coffman. A. Q. Allen,
1880.
Jacob G. Miller.
Abram Thomas, Jacob Coffman.
1882.
Jonathan Shafstal.
( Joel R. Carll. Jacob Coffman,
1886.
Henry Stahlhut.
William Rine. Joel R. Carll,
1888. . . R. S. Marshall.
William Rine. Joel R. Carll,
1891. . .
R. S. Marshall,
S James M. Webb.
1874, . .
William Rine.
Benjamin T. Hedrick,
( Peyton Skimer.
" James M. Webb,
S Andrew Newcomer.
John Weller ..
James M. Webb.
John Weller.
James M. Webb.
S R. D. MeClure ..
Elijah Lott, .
S R. D. MeClure. .
Abram Thomas. Jacob Myers.
*Kauffman failed to qualify, and A. M. Newcomer was elected next spring.
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INCORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP.
CONSTABLES OF THE TOWNSHIP
NOTE .- Judging from the records, the office of constable was filled in a very er- ratic manner, some years there being two officers elected: some years, only one, and frequently. none at all. A blank after a year signifies that the office was not supplied by election. The term of service also varied, being of different lengths until 1881. when it was fixed at four years.
YEAR.
NAME.
YEAR.
NAME.
1850 ...
Henry Little.
Peter Knodle,
1851. . .
James Fouke.
1869. . .
1852. ..
1870, . .
1853. ..
1871 ...
A. M. Doward.
1855,
Alex. A. Cook.
1873, . .
William Bull,
1856. ..
1876. . .
A. W. Little.
1857 ...
William L. Coho.
1880. . .
Henry L. Smith.
1859 ...
William L. Coho.
Benj. F. Tracy,
1860. . .
Charles Smith.
1861 .. .
William Bull.
Daniel B. Keedy,
1862, ..
Peter Knodle.
1889 ...
? William Domer.
1863, . .
¿ Peter Knodle,
1893, . .
William H. Keedy.
1865. . .
George H. Myers.
1866. . .
¿ Peter Knodle.
SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF THE TOWNSHIP
From 1870, the year of the establishment of the office, up to the present time.
YEAR.
NAME.
YEAR.
NAME.
1870. . .
Henry Sharer.
1887,
Jacob O. Thomas.
1871.
John E. McCoy
2 +Wiliam Stahlhut,
1872.
Isaac Rice ....
1888. ..
W. S. Blake.
1873 ..
Henry Sharer.
1889.
William Stahlhut,
1874 ..
John E. McCoy.
1890.
Josiah Avey.
1875,
Henry T. Moats,
1891.
Jacob O. Thomas.
#1876 ..
#1892 ..
1877 ...
John E. McCoy
Andrew Gigons.
1878. .
Levi Kerns.
+W. A. Newcomer,
1879. .
Henry T. Moats.
1894 ...
? +Arthur M. Newcomer,
1881 ...
Levi Kerns
1895. . .
C. A. Zumdahl.
1882.
John Weller.
1896. ..
Andrew Gigous.
1883. . .
John E. McCoy,
1897 .. .
Oliver Gloss ..
1884. . .
Levi Kerns.
1898. . .
W. A. Newcomer.
1885. . .
W. S. Blake.
1899. . .
Andrew Gigous,
1886. .
John E. Tice,
1900. ..
William Stahlhut.
*No one elected.
¿To fill vacancy.
¿No election held.
John Black,
1854. ..
¿ Peter Knodle,
Franklin W. Black.
§ Lewis Fletcher.
1877 ...
J. B. MeCoy, ..
1858, . .
Peter Knodle.
1881 ...
1885, ..
Charles Smith.
§ William Bull.
Charles Rubsamen.
1864,. .
§ William Bull.
1897, ..
¿ Fred. Long.
Peter Knodle.
1867 ...
William Bull,
Peter Knodle.
1868. . .
Jacob O. Thomas.
1880. ..
John E. McCoy
1893. ..
Samuel Mumma. James B. McCoy.
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June 30, 1870, a special town meeting was held to vote for or against a donation of 875,000 to the Chicago & Iowa Railroad Company. This ques- tion is discussed more fully in the chapter on the coming of the railroad.
Mount Morris township has furnished competent men,. not only for the administration of her own affairs but also has sent many of her most prominent citizens to fill places of trust and honor in the various depart- ments of the county government: a number have been elected to seats in the General Assembly of Illinois: and one has entered the halls of our National Legislature, where he has acquired a world-wide reputation. Probably no more appropriate place could be found for enumerating these distinguished men. They are as follows:
Member of Congress, House of Representatives .- Hon. Robert R. Hitt. Illinois State Senate. Prof. Daniel J. Pinckney, 25th and 26th Gen- eral Assemblies: Hon. Isaac Rice, 32nd and 33rd General Assemblies.
Illinois State House of 1 presentatives .- Samuel M. Hitt, 14th Gen- eral Assembly: Prof. Daniel J. Pinckney, 19th, 20th and 24th General As- semblies; Dr. Francis A. McNeill, 22nd General Assembly; Hon. Isaac Rice, 28th and 29th General Assemblies; Hon. Franklin N. Tice,. 30th and 31st General Assemblies.
Sheriffs of Ogle County .- Elis Baker, 1853 and 1854; Charles Newcomer, 1855 and 1856; Frederick G. Petrie, 1859 and 1860.
County Judge. James M. Webb.
County Surveyors. Joshua Rice, 1843-'45; A. Quimby Allen, 1857-'58 and 1861-'76.
County Superintendents of Schools .- Eldridge W. Little, 1859-'62, Jo- seph M. Piper, 1888
County Coroner .- Dr. W. W. Hanes, 1892-
County Commissioners .- Henry Hiestand, 1845-1846.
Members Constitutional Convention .- Daniel J. Pinckney, 1848; Charles Newcomer, 1862.
CHAPTER V.
ROCK RIVER SEMINARY.
The name Rock River Seminary is perhaps fading from the memory of the younger generation, but to the older citizens of Mount Morris, and to thousands scattered all over this broad land, the remembrances of that grand old institution of learning will live until they are effaced by the hand of Death. During the most palmy days of the seminary, Mount Morris enjoyed the distinction of being the great literary center of the northwest, and was justly proud of "Old Sandstone," standing so promi- nently in the center of the dignified little village. In reviewing the pro- gress of this institution, it must be remembered that its pupils were gath- ered from a very wide extent of territory. There are probably more young men and women now in one-half of Ogle county, who desire and need the advantages of such an institution, than there were then in all northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, and Rock River Seminary was the only institution of the kind then in existence in all this great territory. For this reason, if for no other, the seminary exerted a more commanding in- fluence in all this region than is now exerted by the present college or any other institution of similar character. It is not strange, therefore, that, during the long term of its existence, the school played a very important part in moulding the destinies of the inhabitants of the comparatively unknown northwest, a part that cannot be told in words, but which is nevertheless written in characters ineffaceable upon the hearts of those who within the walls of "Old Sandstone " received their inspiration to be- come noble men and women and to be of use in the world, the fruits of whose endeavor eternity alone can reveal.
Rock River Seminary was founded in the year 1839, chiefly by the ex- ertions of a few large-hearted, far-seeing, and public-spirited settlers liv- ing in the vicinity,-Hon. Samuel M. Hitt, Rev. Thomas S. Hitt, Hon. John Wallace, Martin Reynolds, Capt. Nathaniel Swingley, C. Burr Artz, and several others. These gentlemen were strong advocates of liberal edu- cation and had previously instituted and supported a school called the Pine Creek Grammar School, taught by A. Quimby Allen. They conceived the idea of developing this school into an institution of learning of high character; and, after consultation, they decided that the Rev. Thomas S. Hitt should attend the Illinois Conference of the M. E. church, in session at Jacksonville in 1838, for the purpose of inducing that body to take the Pine Creek Grammar School under its special charge and develop it into an institution of high standing. Mr. Hitt laid the matter before the con- ference, of which Rev. John Clark was presiding elder. The conference, which was very much interested in the cause of education, was inclined to
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consider such action of doubtful propriety, but finally decided to establish a seminary in northern Illinois, for which the Maryland colony would be given a chance to contest. A committee, of which Elder Clark, Rev. Hitt, Rev. Leander S. Walker, and Rev. P. R. Barien were members, was ap- pointed, to receive propositions from various places desiring the seminary and willing to contribute to its support. Propositions were received from Joliet, Chicago, Roscoe, Kishwaukee, and the Maryland colony. The citi- zens of the Maryland colony were determined to secure the location; and, in numerous consultations, a general line of action was agreed upon, each pledging a liberal contribution. Eight thousand dollars and four hundred and eighty acres of land were pledged, an exceedingly heavy burden to be boldly assumed by a small handful of men in a new country where money was scarce and laborers few. In a speech at the students' reunion, held in Mount Morris in 1886, Col. B. F. Sheets remarked that " if men would give to the cause of education now, in proportion that the founders of this seminary gave to the early foundation, you would posssess a university fully equipped."
The committee upon location paid a visit to each of the places from which propositions had been received, arriving at the Maryland colony last. They visited the grammar school in the rude log schoolhouse, and, after witnessing the exercises, requested the pupils to retire, that they might have the room for consultation. The discussion was heated and lasted far into the night, there being several members of the committee who favored Kishwaukee, and others, Roscoe. Finally the chairman threw his influ- ence in favor of the Maryland colony, and this settled the question. A number of the settlers, the teacher and the pupils of the school had tar- ried outside, listening with anxiety to the discussion. When the favor- able decision was reached, all gave vent to their feelings by throwing their hats in the air and awakening the stillness of the night with their joyous hurrahs. The next day the committee selected the crest of the hill, out upon the open prairie and now included in the present college campus, as a site for the future seminary.
The work was immediately pushed forward with energy. A building committee, consisting of Messrs. Samuel M. Hitt, Nathaniel Swingley, and C. B. Artz, was appointed. They received plans and proposals from James B. McCoy and Elias Etnyre. Mr. McCoy's proposition to erect the build- ing for eighteen thousand dollars was accepted, and the contract awarded to him. He commenced work at once, and succeeded in advancing the basement walls to such a height that it was decided to lay the corner-stone with appropriate ceremony on July 4, 1839. On the appointed day the southwest angle of the walls had been raised sufficiently high to support the corner-stone. The people gathered from as far as forty miles around, for it was an occasion of intense interest to the community. The number of people present was estimated to have been over five hundred, an immense crowd for such a thinly-populated country. It was a glorious day for the pupils of Mr. Allen's school. They were marshaled in double file, with their teacher at their head, in front of the old log schoolhouse; and, pro-
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vided with a banner, one side of which bore the words " United We Stand, Divided We Fall," and the other, "Science and Virtue," they marched with proud and elastic step to the beautiful spot where the corner-stone of a temple of instruction was to be laid for their benefit. The services were conducted by Rev. T. S. Hitt, who laid the stone and delivered the oration. After the exercises, the half-dozen families residing within a radius of several miles spread a bounteous dinner upon the ground east of the foundation, and the visitors were invited to partake of the tempting esculents.
During the summer in which the corner-stone was laid, a part of the prairie about the building was surveyed and platted by D. Fletcher Hitt, a brother of 'Squire Samuel and Rev. Thomas S. Hitt; and the town was named Mount Morris. There is some controversy as to the origin of this name. The Rock River Register, in an article which is reproduced on pages 29 and 30 of this book, says that it was named in honor of Bishop Morris of the M. E. church. Most of the old settlers are of that opinion, but Horace Miller, of Kishwaukee, who was very active in his efforts to secure the location of the seminary at that place, is said to have claimed that he, himself, gave the village its name in honor of Mount Morris, New York, his former residence. He was deeply interested in the semi- nary, was one of the first trustees of the institution, and his claim seems plausible. It may be that he suggested the name of his old town and the Methodist elders adopted it at once because of its being in honor of Bishop Morris as well.
The first meeting of the Board of Trustees was held November 18, 1839, at which Rev. John Clark, Rev. B. Weed, Rev. Thomas Hitt, John Wallace, Horace Miller, C. B. Artz, Dr. J. J. Beatty, Capt. Nathaniel Swingley, and S. M. Bowman were present. Rev. Clark was elected president; Rev. Weed, vice-president; S. M. Bowman, secretary; and Grant Goodrich, George D. H. Wilcoxon, and James Johnson, members of the Board. Rev. Hitt, who had been appointed agent of the institution, reported at this meet- ing the amount of contributions which had been pledged. He was author- ized to raise money upon the sale of scholarships, as follows: For one year, 825; for two years, 850: for four years, $100; perpetual, 8500. At this meeting a committee of three was appointed to draft a charter to be sub- mitted to the General Assembly of Illinois: and another of five, to em- ploy a principal and teachers.
January 27, 1840, at a special meeting of the Board of Trustees, held at Oregon, the following resolution was adopted:
Resolved. That a circular be drafted and addressed to the several presiding elders of the Methodist Episcopal church in the northern part of Illinois, and the territories of Wisconsin and Iowa. setting forth the present condition and ultimate design of the Rock River Seminary. and earnestly requesting them to use their influence with the several traveling and local preachers and others in their respective districts to take up, as soon as practicable, collections in small sums from all individuals who may be willing to contribute to the erection of said seminary.
In anticipation of the opening of the school, it was ordered, at a
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meeting in April, 1840, that the price of board for students under 15 years of age should be $1.50 per week; over that age, $1.75. The scale of prices for tuition was also established. It was further agreed that John Wallace should act as steward of the seminary.
In May, 1840, the committee appointed to hire a principal reported having secured Prof. Joseph N. Waggoner, of the Genesee (N. Y.) Wes- leyan Seminary, and arrangements had been made with him whereby he should receive for his services for three months commencing June 1, 1840, the sum of $30 for his traveling expenses to this country, and $20 per month for his services as teacher. At the meeting at which this report was made, Rev. Alexander Irvine, an earnest and active Methodist minis- ter, was appointed to visit Chicago for the purpose of soliciting donations.
Later, he reported having obtained subscriptions to the amount of $186.75, also a stove, whereupon the board voted that he should have the stove and his stage fare, $35, as compensation for his services.
Prof. Waggoner, the principal engaged, arrived by the specified time, June, 1840; and, the seminary building not being completed, he was de -. tailed to teach during the summer in the old log schoolhouse, where A. Quimby Allen formerly taught, situated a short distance south of the present residence of William Lohafer. He was re-engaged at the expira- tion of the first three months at $20 per month until the beginning of the first term, when his salary was to be fixed at $300 per annum.
The annual session of the Rockford Conference was appointed at Mount Morris in the fall of 1840, when it was expected the seminary building would be so far completed that the meeting could be held be- neath its roof, but in this expectation the people were disappointed, as the plastering had not been completed by the appointed time. Consequently, they held a camp-meeting in the grove about two miles northwest of the unfinished edifice. In September, the Rock River Conference appointed the following Board of Trustees of the seminary: John Clark, Samuel M. Hitt, John H. Rountree, J. B. Crist, Anthony Pitzer, Nathaniel Swingley, Leander S. Walker, James Mitchell, John Sinclair, C. Burr Artz, Thomas Ford, Bartholomew Weed, Thomas S. Hitt, and James J. Beatty. Rev. John Sharp was appointed steward, and all arrangements made for the opening of the school.
On the first Friday in November, 1840, the first term of the Rock River Seminary was opened and continued twenty-two weeks. Consider- ering the sparse settlement of the country, the attendance was very good. The board of instruction consisted of Prof. Joseph N. Waggoner, principal and professor of languages; Rev. Lyman Catlin, professor of Mathematics; and Miss Cornelia N. Russell, preceptress. The second term commenced on the first Friday in May, 1841. A primary, in charge of Mrs. Fannie Russell, was established, and of course increased the enrollment. Mrs. Russell received $2 per week and board. Her department was discontin- ued after several years.
In December, 1841, the trustees passed the following resolutions, de- signed to build up the village and increase the seminary's patronage:
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Resolved. That lots be donated to applicants applying until the first of June next. who shall build a house, of stone, brick or frame. not less than 16x24 feet. one and one- half stories high. to be fitted for occupancy by the first of January, 1841, or sooner.
Resolved. That all lots in the town of Mount Morris be deeded with the proviso that houses of ill-fame. gambling, and retailing of ardent spirits be prohibited.
The seminary was formally dedicated January 3, 1841, Samuel N. Sam- ples, a lawyer of Oregon, delivering the address. About this time, Rev. Luke Hitchcock, later an eminent Methodist divine, was appointed an ad- ditional special agent, to assist Samuel M. Hitt, the regular agent, whose health was failing. The seminary was also incorporated and a charter ac- cepted.
The first school year ended October 7, 1841. The order of the closing exercises was as follows:
GENTLEMEN.
1. Music.
Prayer.
3. Music.
4. Stability of Our Republic.
5. Man a Social Being. -
JOHN B. CHENEY. Boonsboro. Md. HENRY MADDEN. Belmont. Wis.
6. Freedom. JESSE S. PITZER. Ottawa. Ill.
7. Music.
8. Beauties of Nature, JAMES D. TURNER. Freeport. III.
9. Intellectual Culture. EPHRAIM INGALS. Palestine Grove. Ill.
10. Music.
11. Formation of Character, CHARLES M. HAMMOND, Sycamore, Ill.
12. The Art of Printing. SAMUEL M. FELLOWS. Dixon. Ill.
13. Independence. BENJ. G. STEPHENS. Apple River. Ill.
14. MMusic.
15. True Greatness. CHARLES DEMENT, Dixon. III.
16. A Superintending Providence Manifest in the Affairs of Nature. GEORGE A. INGALS. Palestine Grove. Ill.
17. Music.
18. Benediction.
LADIES.
1. Prayer.
2. All Is Not Gold That Glitters, SUSIE V. WEST.
3. Attachments to Early Habits, ELIZABETH (. CLEMENT.
4. Advantages of History. HELEN M. JUDSON.
5. Advantages of Striet Adherence to Truth. EMILY YOUNG.
6. Perseverance Accomplishes Everything. AMANDA WHEELER.
7. Contemplation.
PALMIRA M. ROBERTSON.
8. Benediction.
Prof. Waggoner, principal of the school during the first year, was an able and faithful instructor. After leaving Mount Morris, he was for many years a prosperous bookseller of Galena. Miss Russell was also an accomplished teacher and made many warm friends during her term of service.
The catalogue issued at the end of this year, a copy of which is pre- served in Hon. R. R. Hitt's library in Mount Morris, proves to be very interesting. It consists of eight pages and a cover. Page 1 is the title page; page 2 contains the names of the members of the Board of Trustees, the Agents, and Board of Visitors; page 3 contains the names of the
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instructors and the start of the list of the male students, which ends on page 6. The names of the female students commence on that page and conclude on the next, after which there is a summary of all the students, as follows: Male, 108; female, 48; total, 156. The eighth page contains general information, and is interesting enough to be reproduced here. It is as follows:
COURSE OF STUDY.
THE COURSE OF STUDY to be pursued in the different departments of the school has not been definitely determined. Classes have been taught during the year in the following branches: viz .. Spelling, Reading, Writing: Colburn's. Adams's, and Emer- son's Arithmetic; Mitchell's and Smith's Geography: Town's Analysis: Scholar's Com- panion ; Parker's Composition : Hale's U. S. History : Brown's Grammar; Bailey's and Day's Algebra: Davies's Legendre's Geometry : Olmsted's Compendium of Natural Philosophy : Olmsted's Astronomy: Comstock's Philosophy and Chemistry ; Andrews and Stoddard's Latin Grammar; Anthon's Latin Lessons; Jacob's Reader and Anthon's Cæsar; Anthon's Greek Lessons and Grammar; Surault's French Grammar: Vie de Washington : Burritt's Geography of the Heavens: Mrs. Lincoln's Botany ; Jameson's Rhetoric; Wayland's Moral Science; Hedge's Logic: Painting and Music.
TERMS, VACATIONS, &C.
The Academic year is divided in two terms of twenty-two weeks each, one beginning on the first Friday in May ; the other. the first Friday in November.
There are two vacations of four weeks each. The terms are subdivided into two quarters of eleven weeks each, without any intervening vacation.
There will be a public examination and exhibition at the close of each term.
EXPENSES.
Tuition per Quarter of eleven weeks.
Spelling and Reading. $2.00
Small Geography. Small Arithmetic. &c., 3.00
Higher Branches of English. 4.00
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