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GOOD TEMPLARS.
Jacksonville Lodge, No. 768, I. O. G. T .--- Meets every Friday evening in Temperance Hall, north east corner of the public square.
OFFICERS .- Rev. J. E. Wright, W. C. T. Miss Lina Shirley, W. V. T. A. W. Cadman, W. R. S. Miss Abbie West, W. A. S. S. T. Cornell, W. F. S. Miss M. D. Rags- dale, W. Treas. Miss Sallie Wilson, R. H. S. Miss Mag- gie Knox, L. II. S. Miss Mary C. Palmer, P. W. C. T. R. D. Russell, W. M. Miss Alice Warriner, W. D. M. Miss Mary E. Shirley, W. G. J. March Patterson, W. S. J. A. Chain, L. D.
Jacksonville Division. No. 618, S. of T .--- Meets in Temperance Hall, north cast corner of the square, every Thursday evening.
OFFICERS .- T. Chamberlain, Jr., W. P. A. W. Cadman, P. W. P. Miss Julia Price, W. A. W. R. Wood, R. S. Miss Sallie Priec, A. R. S. R. D. Russell, F. S. Robert Mason, Treasurer. Wilson Larrimore, Chaplain. W. Mc- Ginnis, Conductor. Miss Sallie Thompson, A. C. J. Lewis Bowen, I. S. J. March Patterson, O. S.
Cold Water Temple --- Meets in Temperance ITall, north east corner of the square, every Tuesday evening, at seven o'clock.
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EDUCATIONAL.
Illinois College ..
The beautiful site ou which Illinois College now stands was selected by a committee consisting of Rev. J. M. Ellis and Rev. Thomas Lippincott, after very extensive and care- ful explorations in the southern and central portions of the State. The selection was made early in the year 1828. The considerations which induced the committee to make choice of that site were the beauty of the site itself and of its surroundings, and the great natural fertility of the adja- cent country, promising a rapid growth in wealth and popu- lation. The site was immediately procured, and the first building was erected in 1829. The Institution was opened to students on the first day of January, 1830, under the sole instruction of Rev. J. M. Sturtevant, who now presides over it. It was chartered in 1835, and graduated its first class the same year, consisting of two, one of whom was i our well known and honored fellow-citizen, Hon. Richard Yates. In 1832 the Trustees erected extensive and costly buildings, containing ample arrangements for boarding and lodging students. In 1852 these buildings were almost entirely destroyed by fire. The Trustees having been long dissatisfied with the system of College dormitories, 110w resolved to abandon it, and to erect a building for public purposes only. With this view, the present beautiful and commodions edifice was completed in 1857, cheifly by the liberality of the citizens of this town and county.
Through the liberality of its friends in this State and a few. in other states, the College has an endowment worth abont $90,000. Its site, buildings, library and apparatus are worth about $160,000. Its course of instruction and system of mental discipline are extended and thorough,
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and will not snffer in comparison with those of the most renowned Seminaries of our country. In consequence of the elevated and protracted course of study prescribed by this College, its number of students has never been large. Its friends, however, believe that at no distant day the Col- lege is to rise by a steady, healthful growth, to take rank with the foremost schools of learning in our land. Such has ever been and still is the hope and intention of its bene- factors and founders. . It was projected not alone for the present, but for posterity.
FACULTY.
Rev. Julian M. Sturtevant, D. D., President, Professor of Moral Philosophy.
Samuel Adams, A. M., M. D., Professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy.
Rev. William D. Sanders, D. D., Professor of Rhetorie and Elocution.
Rufus C. Crampton, A. M. Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy.
Edward A. Tanner, A. M., Professor of the Latin . Lan- guage and Literature.
Collins Professor of the Greek Language and Literature.
Illinois Female College.
This Institution is one of the oldest, and best patronized of its class in the west. Since its organization, January, 1847, it has enjoyed almost uninterrupted prosperity; having had an average attendence of two hundred students, and graduated up to June, 1868, more than two hundred and twenty.
The property is held by Trustees appointed by the Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church; and the school is carried on nuder the direction of that body. Being the only school owned by that conference for young ladies
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exclusively, it commands an extensive and influential patron- age.
The course of study is full and well arranged; comprising, besides the higher English and scientific studies, a liberal share of the classics. Excellent advantages are afforded in modern languages, music, painting, and other ornamental branches.
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The College in all its appointments is well calenlated to
. .. give the best opportunities to those wishing to pursue a thorough course of study and drill. The character of the ... ...... teachers and methods of instruction are such as to enable students who purpose becoming teachers to prepare them . ... selves thoroughly for the work.
The buildings and grounds are ample, well situated and well arranged for the purposes to which they are devoted; and though in the city sufficiently retired and protected to relieve the school entirely of the objections so frequently urged against the location of such institutions in large towns.
Female Academy.
This Institution was organized in the year 1830, and con- seqnently is one of the oldest of the kind west of the Moon- tains. During its entire history it has enjoyed a large meas- ure of public favor. Its pupils are scattered all over the West, and not a few of them have honored the Institution by exemplary usefulness.
BOARD OF INSTRUCTION.
Gilbert Thayer, A. M., Principal. Miss Annie E. Shute, Teacher of French, Mental and Moral Philosophy. Miss Emily Adams, Mathematics, Latin and German. Miss Laura A. Dutton, Preparatory Department and Natural Science. Miss Julia A. Crandall, English Grammar, Rhetoric, History and Mathematics. Miss Mary A. Harman, Vocal and Instru- mental Music. Hattie Edgell, Miss Julia II. Thayer, Instro- mental Music. Miss Ellen M. Green, Drawing and Painting.
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The Young Ladies' Athenaeum.
The Atheneum, which is now the most popular and flour- ishing educational institution in Jacksonville, was founded in 1864. It was begun as an experiment to test a new method ..
It grew out of a conviction of the grave defects insepara- ble from the common system, and the belief that there is a better way. What was at the first an experiment, has long since become a demonstration.
The number of pupils for the year 1864-5 67
The number of pupils for the year 1865-6 105
The number of pupils for the year 1866-7 135
The number of pupils for the year 1867-8 160
And it has begun the present year, 1868-9, with more pupils than it has had at the beginning of any previous year.
When it is considered that it began its carcer under the shadow of two old and well established institutions (the Methodist Female College and the Female Academy) and in temporary rooms with no external material attractions, these results can be explained only upon the theory of the great and recognized superiority of its New System. A system at once philosophical and practical, insuring thorough- ness and elegance of culture, with none of the fearful risks inseparable from the common method, was recognized as a real and great practical discovery. Some of its peculiarities are the following, viz: -
1. It Prescribes no Arbitrary and Inflexible Course of Study. It does not force the pupil to attempt the mas- tery of studies which she may have neither the talent, nor the time, nor the strength to master. It permits each to take that special course which is, all things considered, the best for her.
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2. It Protests against the Neglect of the Elementary Branches. No knowledge of French, music or philosophy, can compensate for inability to read, write and spell. ...
3. It Recommends two Courses, viz: The Classical and the Higher English. The latter embraces all the studies of Yale or Harvard Colleges, except Latin and Greek; the former embraces all these and a: good knowledge of Latin.
4. It Accepts Equivalents. French, for example, or German, may be accepted as equivalent in value to some omitted study of either of the regular courses.
5. It Classifies Upon a New System. It organizes no technical classes. For. recitation purposes it puts together in each study those who are together, and who in that study can keep together. It thus puts each upon her own merits. The slow are not compelled to be superficial in order to "go ou" with the quick, and the quick are not held back by the necessities of the slow. The time required to complete any chosen course of study will thus depend entirely upon the pupil herself. The aim is an actual education, and not a shum; an absolute mastery of every topic, and not a mere "going over it within a given time."
6. It Gives Great Prominence to Examinations. A rigid examination by written questions and answers is made the test of the pupil's mastery of each subjeet. The muni- ber of examinations which a pupil sustains in a year is the measure of her year's progress.
7. Scholastic Standing is Determined by What the Pupil has actually done. Each pupil stands upon her own merits, and is credited with what she actually accom- plishes, this and no more.
This method gives to the slow or feeble as well as to the quick and brilliant, a fair chance. Each pupil may deter-
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mine her own rate of progress. There is thus no clog upon the swift, and no unhealthful forcing of the slow.
8. Its Diplomas are Specific, not Technical. The Diploma will show exactly what she who receives it has done, no less and no more.
9. It Prefers Home Life to Boarding School Life. It locates its pupils from abroad in carefully selected families. Family infinence is far more healthful to body and to mind than any system which separates the student from contact with family and social life. The family is the nursery and sanctuary of all womanly excellence. .
10. It is not Sectarian. It was established and is sus- tained in the interest of no particular church or denomina- tion. The best people of every name, united in its founda- tion and co-operate in its support.
11. Its Arrangements for Instruction are Unusual. In the nuinber and character of its teachers it has few equals in the United States. It employs experts in every department. Its Faculty for the current year, 1868-9, is as follows:
Wx. D. SANDERS, D. D., SUPERINTENDENT, Prof. of Rhetoric, Elocution and English Literature. N. N. WOOD, D. D., Prof. of Intellectual Philosophy and Invic. REV. ENOS CAMPBELL, A. M., Prof. of Ev. of Christianity and Larturer in Nut. Phil. und Chem. PROF. WM. BENZIGER, Prof. of Modern Languages, Drawin , and Painting. MISS HELEN LATHROP, PRINCIPAL .. 1 MISS C. M. DUTY, ASST. PRINCIPAL .. MISS JULIA REED, Latin. MISS A. MAY DUMMER, Mathematics.
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BLISS ADELAIDE MORRISON, General Assistant. MISS ALICE RHOADS, Botany. MISS WILHELMINA E. BENZIGER, Vocal Music, Piano, Guitar, Organ. MISS EMMA WATKINS, Piano.
MISS JENNIE MAE TARBELL, Voral Music, Piano, Guitar, Organ. MRS. AGNES J. GRILFITII, Spencerian Writing, Principal of Primary Department.
12. It furnishes a Daily Lesson in Spencerian Writ- ing.
13. Its Teacher of Drawing and Painting is a gentle- man of many years experience in Europe and America, who sketches readily from nature and in Landscape painting has few superiors.
14. French is Taught by a Parisian edneated foreign gentleman, and German, Italian and Spanish by teachers who speak these languages fluently.
15. It Devotes Extraordinary Attention to Music, Both Vocal and Instrumental. It is the intention that the Musical Department shall offer all the advantages of a first class Conservatory. Miss Benziger, who is at the head of this department, was educated in music in the Conserva- tories of France and Italy, (in Paris and Milan) and brings to her position the highest standard of taste and the method of the greatest liring masters.
After two years' trial as a private enterprise in the winter of 1866-7, it received from the Legislature a very liberal charter, and was only organized with a board of twenty-one trustees. These trustees are among the most intelligent and influential citizens of the city and surrounding country. And as required by the charter, not more than three are
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from any one religious congregation. Increased accommoda- tions were also provided.
With neither extensive ornamental grounds, nor imposing buildings, its internal arrangements are now convenient and commodious. Few of the costly structures which present a more attractive exterior have either so much or so pleasant room devoted to other than dormitory purposes.
Full information concerning the Institution can be ob- tuined by addressing the Superintendent, 2
Prof. WM. D. SANDERS, D. D., Jacksonville, Illinois. P. O. Box, 273.
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STATE BENEVOLENT INSTITU- TIONS.
Illinois Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb.
This is the oldlest of the noble charities which grace our State government, incorporated by an act of the General Assembly approved February 23, 1839. The bill providing for its establishment was prepared and presented by Hon. O. IT. Browning, of Adams county, who had been in corres- pondence with prominent philanthropists professionally en- gaged in the instruction of the Deaf and Dumb. At that time Morgan county was represented in the Senate and House of Representatives by one of the largest delegations in the Legislature. The influence of these numbers was sufficient to secure the location of the Institution at Jack- sonville-a place which combined a larger number of desi- rable facilities for the successful management of such an enterprise than any other in the State.
The school was opened in 1846, under the superintend- ence of Mr. Thomas Officer, A. M., who for nine years suc- eceding served in the capacity of Principal. In the selec-
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tion of Mr. Officer for this responsible position the Board of Directors were exceedingly happy and the Institution pecu- liarly fortunate. It would be difficult to conceive of one more admirably suited by temperament, energy and talent, both natural and acquired, with the highest Christian prin- ciple, to inaugurate and conduct an enterprise of benevo- lence than this gentleman in whom these qualities were most happily combined. To the snavity of the Christian gentleman securing for him at once public confidence and esteem, he added experience in the instruction of deaf intes-a profession in.itself separate and distinct from all others-requiring a peculiar cast of mind, and no small auionut of experience to secure efficiency.
The Institution is healthfully located near the city and has large, beautiful and commodions buildings, warmed with steam and lighted with gas. It is the largest establishment of the kind supported and patronized by one State alone in the Union-there being but one other having so large a number of pupils, which, however, jointly patronized by several states. It is the carnest endenvor of the officers of this Institution to make it one of the leading Institutions for deaf-inutes in the world, and to discover and develop processes of education of the deaf and dumb superior to those heretofore practiced. To this end the directors have authorized the promotion of a department of Articulation for the advantage of such of the pupils as may be suscepti- ble of instruction in Articulate speech and lip-reading.
It has received since its opening about 840 pupils, of whom about 280 reniain ou its rolls. The average attendance the last year was 232. The amount of light and knowledge which have here been disseminated among the children of silence-who, by their peculiar inisfortune, are excluded from the usual avenues of instruction-the great day alone may reveal. Of one fact however, with honest pride we are
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assured that the usefulness of this Institution and its rela- tive standing among those of a similar character and pur- pose of our country are fully conmensurate with the honor- able position of Illinois among the states of the American Union.
It has of late years received from the Legislature a sup- port which; by the exercise of judicious economy, has been adequate to its requirements. No citizen of Illinois who has there visited the Institution and witnessed the order and sys- tem prevailing, together with the proficiency, happy and grateful conutenances of its pupils, has yet been known to complain of the small taxation necessary for the support of this noble charity. Deaf Mutes, residents of Illinois, between the ages of eight and twenty-one years, are here educated, being furnished with tuition, board, &c., free of charge.
The Institution for thirteen years past has been under the superintendence of Mr. Philip G. Gillett, A. M., to whom communications respecting admission of pupils and busi- ness pertaining to the Institution should be addressed.
. State Hospital for the Insane. .
The Insane Hospital was founded in 1847, largely through the self deuying and philanthropic efforts of Miss D. L. Dix, by whom the sufferings and necessities of the insane were presented to our legislators and our people in a spirit of true christian charity to the unfortunate.
TRUSTEES. E. G. Miner, President. J. F. Eccles, F. A. Hoffman, Fernando Jones, I. N. Morrison, E. P. Kirby, Treasurer and Secretary.
SUPERINTENDENT.
Audrew MeFarland, M. D. H. Artemas Gilman, Assist- ant Physician. Miss Mary Johnston, Matron. Charles A. Barker, Clerk. D. H. Hall, Supervisor. Mrs. Nancy Mc- Cartucy, Supervisoress. Rev. J. G. Roberts, Chaplain.
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Illinois Institution for the Education of the Blind.
This Institution was established by act of the Legislature, and approved by the Governor in February, 1849.
Its design is to educate the Blind in literature and music, and to teach them trades by which they may contribute to their own support, and derive the satisfaction arising from employment. ,
Since 1850, Dr. Joshua Rhoads, assisted by teachers in the various departments, has conducted the Institution.
The Board of Trustees consists of five members, viz: Mat- thew Stacy, President. E. B. Hawley, W. A. Grimshaw, ITiram Buck, Michael Shacffer.
Illinois Institution for Feeble-minded Children. This Institution, authorized by an act of the General As- sembly of 1865, is now organized and recieving pupils. It has been in successful operation nearly four years. The design and object of the Institution are not of a custodial character, but to furnish the means of education to that portion of the youth of the State not provided for in any of its other educational institutions, who are of a proper school-attending age, and who shall remain such periods of time as shall, in the estimation of the Superintendent and Board of Directors, suffice to impart all the education prac- ticable in cach particular case, and in conformity with regu- lations hereinafter specified.
Children between the ages of seven and fourteen, who are .. ... idiotic, or so deficient in intelligence as to be incapable of being educated at any ordinary school, and who are not epi- leptice, insane or greatly deformed, may be admitted by the Superintendent, with the advice and counsel of the Execu- tive Committe.
The parents or ganrdians of those in whose behalf appli- cations are made for admission as pupils, will be required to ...
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answer, in writing, such questions as the Superintendent may prescribe. They shall, morcover, if of sufficient ability, engage to pay such reasonable sums for the education and support of the pupils as shall be stipulated by the Superin- tendent, and they shall in all cases be bound to receive them back, when required, free of expense to the Institution. A bond will be required, in all cases, to insure the removal of the pupil, when required by the Superintendent, frec of ex- pense to the Institution.
All pupils will be received npon trinl, and will be expected to come to the Institution provided with a supply of neat and substantial clothing.
The education furnished by the Insitution will include not ouly the simpler clements of instruction usually taught in common schools, where that is practicable, but will cm- brace a course of training in the more practical matters of every day life, the cultivation of habits of decency, propriety, self-management and self-reliance, and the development and enlargement of a capacity for useful occupation.
There will be a vacation during the months of July and August, at which period all pupils must be removed from the Institution by their parents or guardians, if required by the Superintendent.
The combination which this Institution presents, of prac- tical medical experience and proper physical training with efficient. educational resources, will supply, it is hoped, a want which has long been felt by the parents of the chil- dren of this unfortunate class in the State.
Over two hundred applications have been received for the admission of pupils. The mansion, residence and grounds of the late Governor Duncan have been leased for a term of years and are in use for the purposes of the Institution. A large building seventy feet long, and three stories high, has been added-connected to the old building by an enclosed
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way -- which supplies the institution with. large, airy and. confortable school rooms, play rooms and dormitories, all thoroughly heated and well ventilated. The location is healthy and accessible as well as retired. The surroundings are all pleasant and well suited to the necessities of the Institution.
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Persons knowing the residence of feeble-minded children in Illinois will confer a favor by writing to that effect to the undersigned. Application for admissionin, formation, etc., should be directed to
C. T. WILBUR, M. D., Superintendent.
OFFICERS.
Col. John R. Woods, President. Philip G. Gillett, Secre- tary. A. E. Ayres, Treasurer.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Ilon. William Thomas, Jacksonville, Morgan county. IIon. Isaac G. Wilson, Geneva, Kanc. county. Hon. L. E. Worcester, Whitehall, Greceno county. ITon. R. Boal, M. D., Peoria, Peoria county. Col. John R. Woods, Winches- ter, Scott county. Capt. James N. Brown, Island Grove, Sangamon county. Philip G. Gillett, ex-offlcio.
OFFICERS OF THE INSTITUTION.
C. T. Wilbur, M. D., Superintendent. Mrs. L. P. Wilbur, Matron. Mrs. N. M. Brittain, Housekeeper. Miss Mary C. Woods and Miss Mary A. Brown, Teachers. . S. M. Lec- krone, Gymnast.
BANKS ÅND BANKERS.
First National Bauk of Jacksonville, north side of the square. Stephen Dunlap, President. J. Neely, Vice Presi- dent. F. G. Farrell, Cashier ..
M. P. Ayers & Co., west side of the square, between Court and State.
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Central Illinois Banking and Savings Association. Judge Wm. Brown, President. H. C. Wiswall, Vice President. L. L. Adams, Cashier.
Hockenhull, King & Elliott, cast side of the square, two doors north of State.
CEMETERIES.
College Cemetery .--- College Hill, western portion of the city.
Diamond Grove Cemetery .--- Two and a half miles south west from the public square.
East Cemetery .--- North east city limits.
INCORPORATED COMPANIES.
Jacksonville Gas Light and Coke Company .--- Organ- ized in 1857. Office and Works west side South Main, between College and Ann street.
JUDICIARY.
Circuit Court-First Judicial District .- Meets ou the third Monday in March and fourth Monday in September. Charles D. Hodges, Judge. Wm. Brown, State's Attor- ney. Stephen Sutton, Clerk.
County Court .- Meets the first Monday in December, March, June and September.
II. G. Whitlock, Judge. John Trabue, Clerk.
Probate Court .- Mecets the third Monday in each month. Composed of County Judge and County Clerk. -
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NEWSPAPERS AND PUBLICA- TIONS.
Jacksonville Journal .- Published daily and weekly. G. P. Smith Editor and Proprietor. Office No. 3, North Main, between Public Square aud North street.
Jacksonville Sentinel .-- Published weekly, J. R. Bailey, Editor and Proprietor. Office northeast corner of the Pub- lic Square.
Protestant Missionary .- Published monthly. Rev. J. G. White, Editor and Proprietor.
PARKS.
Duncan Park .- North side West State street, in front of Idiotie Asylum.
PUBLIC HALLS, BLOCKS, OFFI- CES AND BUILDINGS.
Andersou's building, west side public square.
Chamber's block, north side public square.
Chambers building, north side public square, between Main and Mauvaisterre.
City Calaboose, north side Court, between East and Mau- vaisterre, Jack Grogan, keeper.
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