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OBERLIN COLLEGE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCES.
FANNIE AMELIA HOSLEY Pittsfield.
SARAHI LOUISA HUDSON Oberlin.
ALICE ADELIA HUFF
Iowa City, Iowa.
EMMA J HUNT Kendallville, Ind.
LUCY PHELPS HURLBUT Danville, Iowa.
PAULINE M. ICENHOUR Columbiana.
ELLA FLORA JACKSON Hicksville.
SUSIE ELWINA JAMES
Austin, Texas.
LILLIAN JOSEPHINE JAQUES Hudson, Mich.
RUTH MARY JEFFERSON Danville.
IDA BELLE JOHNSON Ripley.
MARY CORNELIA JOHNSON Oberlin.
ULIE B. JOHNSON Elyria.
ELERONIA HARRIET JOSLIN
Pueblo, Col.
IDA MAY KELLEY Crawfordsville, Ind.
LILLIE ANN KENT Oil City, Pa.
LINA KINSINGER
Oberlin.
MINNIE KINSINGER
Oberlin.
JULIA REBECCA KLINK Clyde.
JENNIE KOCH.
Oberlin.
MARY CATHERINE KUHN
Bedford.
ALTA MATILDA LAFFERTY
Oberlin.
FLORA MAY LEITER
Bellevue.
MATTIE WINNIE LETCH
Ryegate, Vt.
EVELYN BUCKINGHAM LEWIS Newark.
FLORA MARIA LOUD. Romeo, Mich.
HELEN FRANCELIA LOVELAND Oberlin.
DELLA CAROLINE LUCKY
Elmore.
ALVEOLA MAY LUSE
Clyde.
HATTIE SPOONER LYON
Salem.
FANNIE NAOMI MANLEY
Potsdam, N. Y.
MARY ELLA MANLEY
Oberlin.
ELLA MARSII
LaRue.
MARION EMILY MARSH Bristol, Wis.
AMELIA THORPE MARTIN
Oberlin.
FANNIE R. MARVIN
Oberlin.
REBECCA MASSEY Oberlin.
ADDIE CLARK MCCONNELL Sullivan.
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NAMES.
RESIDENCES.
MARY ESLANDER MCKINNEY Columbia, S. C.
JENNIE BELLE MEAD East Saginaw, Mich.
HATTIE HANNAH MEEKER Huron.
HATTIE METCALF Oberlin.
AMNA LEVINNIE MERRIAM Ionia, Mich.
ELIZABETH ADELAIDE MILLER Newark, N. J.
MARY CATHERINE MONROE Oberlin.
MARY JOANNA MORGAN
Oberlin.
CARRIE ANNA MUNSON
Oberlin.
IDA MORGAN NAPIER
Nashville, Tenn.
MARY JANE NETTLETON
Oberlin.
FANNIE NEWELL NEWTON Olmstead.
SARAH NEWTON Oberlin.
CORA MAY NICHOLS Faribault, Minn.
JENNIE MARIA O'REILLEY Marysville.
MARY CHARLOTTE OTIS Hicksville.
SARAN EDITHI OWEN
Oil City, Pa.
MARY FRISBIE PARISII
Oberlin.
MARION EVA PARK
Oberlin.
MAY GARFIELD PARKS
Oberlin.
IDA MELISSA PARMENTER
Vermontville, Mich.
FLORA LUCINA PARTRIDGE
Marysville.
ELLEN MAY PELTON Cleveland.
ALICE ADELL PENNELL Buchanan, Mich.
EMMA FLORENCE PETERSON Oberlin.
AMELIA NAOMI REED
Oberlin.
MARY LUCINDA REGAL
Oberlin.
HELEN CLARA REINHARDT
Granville, Iil.
CLARA LILLIAN RICE
Greensburg.
ALICE MAY RING
Union, Wis.
ANNA LOUISA ROHRBAUGII Columbiana.
HELEN ELIZA ROOD
Oberlin.
ANNA FRANCES RYDER
Sterling, Ill.
FRANCES JENNIE RYDER Austinburg.
LAURAA SCOTT Council Bluffs. Iowa.
FLORA IRENE SEVERANCE Bellevue.
HENRIETTA GRAVES SMITH
Worthington, Minn.
MARY EMMA SMITHI
Romeo. Mich.
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OBERLIN COLLEGE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCES.
NELLIE MARION SMITH Ypsilanti, Mich.
NETTIE ESTHER SMITH Oberlin.
JANE SNYDER Oberlin.
JULIA SPALDING Oberlin.
CARRIE GEORGIA ST. JOHN Oberlin.
MARY FRANCES STONE Hillsdale, Mich.
BELLE CHARLOTTE SWARTHOUT
Berlin Heights.
EVELYN AMY SWEET
Avon.
MAGGIE A. TATUM
Wilmington, Ark.
ELLA FRANCES TAYLOR
Geneseo, Ill.
MARY LOUISA TODD
Tabor, Iowa.
IDA JANE TOMLINSON
Williams Centre.
LILLIAN GERTRUDE TOWSLEE Lodi.
GRACE LOOMIS UPSON Oberlin.
LOUISE EVALINE UPSON Oberlin.
CARRIE DAY WAGAR
East Rockport.
JULIA ANNA WALZ Mankato, Minn.
EMMA CASTLE WEST Aurora, Ill.
ANNA BELLE WHITE Bellevue.
PANOLA ADELL WILLCUTT
Oberlin.
HATTIE CELESTINE WILLIAMS Oberlin.
ALICE ELIZA WIRE Lenox.
MOLLY WITTENBERG Little Rock. Ark.
BERTHA NORTH WRIGHT Glastonbury, Conn.
CARRIE ELECTA WRIGHT Oberlin.
MYRA REBECCA WRIGHT
Oberlin.
Ladies . 202.
I. DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGY.
Resident Graduate
Seniors
9
Middles
10
Juniors
16
36
II. DEPARTMENT OF PIIILOSOPHY AND THE ARTS.
J. CLASSICAL AND SCIENTIFIC COURSE.
Seniors .. .35
Juniors
36
Sophomores
40
Gentlemen
135
Freshmen
.50
Ladies
26
-161
2. LITERARY COURSE.
Fourth Year 24
Third Year .34
Second Year
.42
Gentlemen
.3
First Year.
.42
Ladies
139
-1.12
3.
IN SELECT STUDIES.
Gentlemen
.20
Ladies.
.12
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III. DEPARTMENT OF PREPARATORY INSTRUCTION.
I. CLASSICAL SCHOOL.
Seniors
75
Middles S4
Gentlemen
.201
Juniors
.54
Ladies
.12
-213
2.
ENGLISH SCHOOL.
Gentlemen
Ladies
164
-272
IV. CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC.
Ladies
202
-267
Total
1123
Deducting those reckoned twice
107
Whole Number of Gentlemen
539
Whole Number of Ladies
477
Corrected Total
1016
Gentlemen
65
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Department of Theology.
THE DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGY is designed, primarily, to prepare young men for the Christian ministry. Any others who desire the advantages of theo- logical study are received to its classes on such terms as the Faculty may prescribe.
Applicants for admission to the Regular Course are expected to furnish sat- isfactory evidence of moral character, and of such scholarship as will enable them successfully to pursue this course. Students from other Theological Seminaries are admitted ad eundem, on presenting a regular dismission; and persons may be admitted to advanced standing in any of the classes on satis- factory examination in the studies already pursued by those classes.
The Terms and Vacations are the same in all Departments of the College, and will be found in the Calendar.
Council Hall, the building devoted to the exclusive uses of this Department, provides completely furnished rooms for fifty students, with no charge for room rent and but a small incidental fee. In assigning these rooms the preference will always be given to those who have the work of the ministry in view. Students in Theology incur no expense for tuition or for the use of the Library. Other expenses will vary according to the personal habits and tastes of each student.
Aid is afforded by the American and the Ohio Education Societies to such students as are preparing for the ministry. The Seminary has also a special fund for the aid of students, from which several may receive a partial support.
The Classical and English Schools furnish employment for experienced teachers. at reasonable compensation. After the completion of the first term of the middle year, students are permitted to supply vacant pulpits in the vicin- ity, as the opportunity may offer. During the Summer Vacation all the stud- ents may engage in preaching or other religious work, as Churches or Home Missionary Societies call for their services. With reasonable prudence and economy any student may pursue his course without interruption or embar- assment.
Candidates for admission to the Junior Class must present evidence of grad- uation from some College, or of such scholarship as will enable them to enter
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upon the course with profit. Those who do not bring a Diploma will be exam- ined in Greek, English and Rhetoric, Modern History, Mental and Moral Philosophy.
JUNIOR YEAR.
Hebrew-Elements and Exegesis; Greek-Harmony of the Gospels; Nat- ural Theology; History; Homiletics; Elocution; Especial prominence being given to the Departments of Greek and Hebrew Exegesis.
MIDDLE YEAR.
Revealed Theology; Homiletics; History; Exegesis of Selections from the New Testament, with Lectures in Biblical Theology; Exegesis of selections from the Old Testament, with Lectures on the Messianic Prophecies and Bib- lical Introduction; Elocution; especial prominence being given to the Depart- ment of Systematic Theology.
SENIOR YEAR.
History and Positive Institutions; Homileties and Pastoral Theology; Exe- gesis of Selections from the New Testament, with Lectures; Exegesis of Se- lections from the Old Testament, with Lectures; Elocution; especial promi- nence being given to the Departments of Homiletics and History.
LECTURES.
Special Courses of Lectures are provided for upon Biblical Introduction, Church Polity, and other subjects.
RHETORICAL EXERCISES, consisting of the reading of original essays, the delivery of original addresses, written and unwritten, and the extemporaneous discussion of questions, occur weekly, in which the members of all the classes participate in succession. Special prominence is given to extemporaneous speaking, or the delivery of thoughts prepared but not written and committed to memory.
Some are plainly called to the work of the ministry who have not had the advantage of a classical education, and for special reasons are not able to acquire it. These will be admitted to the Department and permitted to take the regular course, with the exception of the Hebrew and Greek exegesis, provided they are found, on examination, to be capable of doing so with profit. The same general preparation is expected of this class of students as is required of those who enter the Regular Course, Greek excepted.
Instruction in Biblical Exegesis as a substitute for the Hebrew and Greek of the Regular Course will be provided.
Upon the completion of the course thus modified, students will receive the usual Diploma of the Department, without a Degree.
OBERLIN COLLEGE.
Department of Philosophy and the Arts.
CLASSICAL AND SCIENTIFIC COURSE.
CANDIDATES for admission to the Freshman Class are examined in the common English Branches ; the Grammar of the Latin and Greek Languages ; Cæsar, one Book ; Sallust's Catiline ; four of Cicero's Select Orations ; Vir- gil's ÆEneid, five Books ; Harkness' Latin Prose Composition, Parts First and Second ; Xenophon's Anabasis, three Books ; Homer's Iliad, two Books ; Olney's School Algebra, or an equivalent ; Olney's Plane Geometry ; English Analysis ; Ancient History ; History of the United States ; and Alden's Science of Government.
Candidates for a higher standing are examined in the same, and also in the studies previously persued by the class to which they desire admission.
No admission to the Senior class is allowed later than the beginning of the second term.
ELECTIVE STUDIES .- During the Sophomore and Junior and the first term of the Senior years, four studies are assigned to each term. Each student is required to elect three of these.
The Annual Examinations for admission to College for IS7S will occur June 3rd, 4th and 5th ; also September 3rd, at 9 o'clock, in No. 18 Society Hall.
FRESHMAN CLASS.
FIRST TERM Cicero's De Senectute et De Amicitia Crowell.
Xenophon's Memorabilia .. Robbins.
Greek Prose Composition.
Solid and Spherical Geometry Olney.
Stuart. SECOND TERM .. . Livy Lysias.
Greek Prose Composition.
Olney.
Algebra
THIRD TERM Horace Chase.
Herodotus
Mather.
Plane and Spherical Trigonometry. Olney.
SOPHOMORE CLASS.
FIRST TERM Satires of Horace and Juvenal .Chase.
Homer's Odyssey.
Merry.
German
Whitney.
General Geometry and Calculus
Olney.
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SECOND TERM .... Tacitus. German. Mechanics. Evidences of Christianity-Rhetoric.
Olmsted.
THIRD TERM .Greek Tragedy. German. Natural Philosophy. .... Olmsted.
Botany
.Gray.
JUNIOR CLASS.
FIRST TERM ......
. Comedies of Plautus and Terence.
French.
Astronomy
Olmsted.
Logic.
.Jevon.
SECOND TERM .... Demosthenes' De Corona.
Descriptive Geometry and Mechanical Drawing. Chemistry-Lectures. Zoology .. Nicholson.
THIRD TERM ..
Cicero's Philosophical Works.
Civil Engineering and Navigation.
Chemistry-Lectures.
Mental Philosophy.
Porter.
SENIOR CLASS.
FIRST TERM.
....
Plato's Phædo.
Wagner.
Mental Philosophy ..
Porter.
Mineralogy and Blowpipe Analysis-Lectures and
Laboratory Practice.
Physiology-Lectures.
· English Literature.
SECOND TERM .... Butler's Analogy.
English Literature. Moral Philosophy. Fairchild.
Modern History-Lectures.
THIRD TERM Political Economy Mill. Lectures on Art. Geology Dana.
LITERARY COURSE.
Candidates for admission to the first year are examined in English Gram- mar and Analysis ; Arithmetic ; Olney's School Algebra, or an equivalent ; Latin Grammar and Reader ; Harkness' Latin Prose Composition, Part First ; Ridpath's History of the United States ; Geography.
Candidates for advanced classes will be examined in the previous studies of the course.
FIRST YEAR.
FIRST TERM ...
.Geometry.
Olney.
Cæsar ..
Stuart.
Physical Geography.
Linear Drawing.
OBERLIN COLLEGE.
SECOND TERM ... Geometry Olney.
Cicero's Orations Stuart.
History of Rome.
Smith.
THIRD TERM
Algebra
Olney.
Cicero's Orations Stuart.
Science of Government
Alden.
SECOND YEAR.
FIRST TERM.
Plane and Spherical Trigonometry
Olney.
Virgil. Chase.
Outlines of History
Freeman.
SECOND TERM ... Mechanics. Olmsted.
French or Virgil.
Evidences of Christianity-Rhetoric.
Gray.
THIRD TERM
Botany.
French or Sallust.
Natural Philosophy.
Olmsted.
THIRD YEAR.
FIRST TERM Astronomy Olmsted.
German
Whitney.
Logic .. Jevon.
SECOND TERM ... Chemistry-Lectures.
Zoology
Nicholson.
German
Whitney.
THIRD TERM. Mental Philosophy Porter.
German.
Analysis of English Classics.
FOURTH YEAR.
FIRST TERM
Mental Philosophy-English Literature.
Physiology-Lectures.
History of Civilization Guizot.
SECOND TERM .... English Literature.
Butler's Analogy.
Moral Philosophy. Fairchild.
Modern History-Lectures.
THIRD TERM.
Political Economy
Mill.
Lectures on Art.
Geology
Dana.
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Department of Preparatory Instruction.
CLASSICAL SCHOOL.
THE CLASSICAL PREPARATORY SCHOOL is under the same general su- pervision with the other Departments, and under the immediate direction and management of the Principal. The members of this School are subject to the same regulations as other students in the College. It is designed to prepare students for the Classical and Scientific Course in the Department of Philosophy and the Arts.
The Senior and Middle Classes are taught by the Principal and Tutors; the Junior Class by teachers selected from those students in Theology who have received the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
To enter the Junior Class. students will be examined in English Gram- mar through Syntax, Arithmetic through Percentage, and the Elements of Geography. Candidates for a higher standing will be examined in the stud- ies previously pursued by the class to which they desire admission.
JUNIOR CLASS.
FIRST TERM Latin Grammar and Reader Harkness.
English Grammar Whitney.
Geography Colton.
SECOND TERM .... Latin Reader Harkness.
English Analysis Greene.
History of the United States Ridpath.
THIRD TERM Latin Reader Harkness.
Latin Prose Composition to Part II Harkness.
History of the United States Ridpath.
Arithmetic. White.
MIDDLE CLASS.
FIRST TERM Cæsar, one Book Stuart.
Latin Prose Composition to Lesson 54. Harkness.
Greek Grammar .. Hadley.
Science of Government Alden.
SECOND TERM .... Cicero, two Orations Stuart.
Latin Prose Composition to Lesson 68. Harkness.
Greek, Grammar and Anabasis. Boise.
History of Rome Smith.
THIRD TERM Cicero, three Orations. Stuart.
Latin Prose Composition to Part III Harkness.
Anabasis Boise.
History of Greece. Smith.
SENIOR CLASS.
FIRST TERM .. Virgil, two Books Chase.
Anabasis. Boise.
Algebra Olney.
OBERLIN COLLEGE.
SECOND TERM .. . Virgil, three Books Chase.
Anabasis completed Boise. Greek Prose Composition Jones. Algebra Olney.
THIRD TERM Sallust's Conspiracy of Catiline Stuart. Homer's Iliad, two Books. Boise.
Plane Geometry. Olney.
Other text books than those specified are not allowed in the recitation room. Lessons in the English Bible and Rhetorical Exercises weekly, through the course.
ENGLISH SCHOOL.
THE ENGLISH PREPARATORY SCHOOL is under the same general super- vision with the other Departments, and under the immediate direction and management of the Principal. The members of this School are subject to the same regulations as other students in the College. It is especially de- signed to prepare Students for the Literary Course in the Department of Philosophy and the Arts. Especial attention is devoted to the needs of those who are preparing to teach. No students are admitted who have not ad- vanced as far as Fractions in Arithmetic.
The classes are taught by Tutors, and by teachers selected from the stu- dents in Theology and the higher Classes in Philosophy and the Arts.
To enter the Senior Class, students will be examined in English Gram- mar through Syntax, Arithmetic and Geography.
SENIOR CLASS.
FIRST TERM ...... Algebra ... Olney.
Latin Grammar Harkness.
Latin Reader Harkness.
English Analysis. Greene. SECOND TERM .... Algebra Olney.
Latin Reader. Harkness.
History of the United States. Ridpath.
THIRD TERM. Algebra Olney.
Latin Reader .. Harkness.
Latin Prose Composition to Part II Harkness.
History of the United States. Ridpath.
Classes are organized each term in the following studies:
ARITHMETIC-Ray's Third Part, two classes.
White's complete, two classes.
GRAMMAR-Harvey's, two classes; Whitney's Essentials of English Grammar, one class; Greene's Analysis.
GEOGRAPHY-Colton's, two classes.
ELOCUTION AND READING-National Fifth Reader, two classes.
ORTHOGRAPHY AND SPELLING.
ALGEBRA-Olney's School, three classes.
GEOMETRY-Olney's, two classes.
NORTON'S NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. DALTON'S PHYSIOLOGY.
Lessons in the English Bible and Rhetorical Exercises weekly. for all the students in the School.
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Conservatory of Music.
THIS DEPARTMENT is under the same general management as the other Departments, and under the special supervision of the Director.
Students in the Conservatory are subject to the regular College disci- pline.
COURSE OF STUDY. HARMONY.
Scales, both Major and Minor, Intervals and their inversions, Chords in their various relations, Part-writing, Modulation, Choral, Single and Double Counterpoint, Composition and Analysis of musical works.
PIANO FORTE.
Duvernoy's Etudes in Mechanism, op. 120.
Czerny, op. 636. Krause, op. 2. Ileller, op. 46. Spindler, op. 141. Czerny, op. 299, (Studies in Velocity.)
Heller, op. 45 and 16.
Jensen, op. 32.
Cramer's Fifty Studies, (Von Bulow's Edition.)
Clementi's Gradus ad Parnassum, (Tausig's Edition.)
Czerny, op. 740.
Mayer, op. 305. Moscheles, op. 70.
Sonatas by Kuhlau, Clementi, Hayden, Mozart, Beethoven; and selections from Bach, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Chopin and other standard authors.
CULTIVATION OF THE VOICE.
Careful instruction is given in the use of the voice, and the correct manner of producing a good tone; thorough drill in Technical Exercises, Solfeggios, Vocalises, etc, to give con- trol over and flexibility to the voice; and practice in singing the best English, German, Ital- ian and French songs, Operatic Arias and Solos from the Oratorios, for expression and the development of pure style.
ORGAN.
Selections from Rink's and Ritter's Organ School.
Pedal Technics-Thayer.
Pedal Studies-Volkmar.
Studies in Pedal Phrasing-Buck.
Trios, op. 20 Richter, and op. 39 Merkel.
Fugues from the Well-tempered Clavier, arr. by Van Eyken,-Bach.
Selections from Mendelssohn's Sonatas, Preludes and Fugues, Ritter's Sonatas, Bach's Organ Works.
Miscellaneous selections from the works of Buck, Smart, G. Ad. Thomas, Best, Freyer, Richter, Hesse, Ritter and others.
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Exercises in playing Church Music, Voluntaries, accompanying Choirs, Registrations, etc., including all that is necessary to give one a thorough mastery over the organ, for Church or Concert use.
The length of time necessary for the completion of this Course cannot be stated definitely, but will vary from two to four years.
No pupil is allowed to enter upon the studies of the last year in any de- department of Music who has not presented to the Director satisfactory evidence of proficiency in the fundamental branches of an English education.
The classes in Choral Singing are free to all members of the College.
Weekly rehearsals are given, at which pupils who are competent are ex- pected to perform.
Pupils must furnish or rent their instruments for practice. Pianos can always be rented in the village at reasonable rates.
Students in other Departments, taking lessons in music, are required to make their arrangements with the Director of the Conservatory.
Catalogues, containing full particulars concerning this Department, can be obtained by addressing CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, OBERLIN, OHIO.
Penmanship.
Arrangements are made to furnish instruction in Penmanship, under a permanent and approved teacher. A pleasant and commodious room in Tappan Hall is devoted to the classes in writing.
For terms see the table of extra charges, or address the Instructor in Penmanship.
Lectures.
In the DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGY, lectures are given in the several branches of instruction to all classes throughout the year, and on special topics during the second and third terms.
In the DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE ARTS. to the several classes throughout the year, according to the announcement in the Courses of Study.
Practical Lectures on General Habits, Methods of Study and other im- portant subjects, are delivered once in two weeks to the ladies, by the Princi- pal of the Ladies' Department, and to the young men of the Preparatory Schools by the Principal of those Schools.
General Information.
DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS.
The Degree of BACHELOR OF DIVINITY is conferred upon the graduates of the Regular Course in the Department of Theology ; that of BACHELOR OF ARTS upon the graduates of the Classical and Scientific Course in the Department of Philosophy and the Arts.
The Degree of MASTER OF ARTS is conferred upon any BACHELOR of three or more years' standing, who has been engaged in literary or scientific pursuits, and has sustained a good moral character.
Diplomas, certifying the successful completion of the prescribed Course of Study, are given to the graduates of the Special Course in the Department of Theology, to the graduates of the Literary Course in the Department of Phi- losophy and the Arts, and to the graduates of the Conservatory of Music.
EXAMINATIONS.
At the close of each term the classes are examined in the studies of that term; and at the end of the year there are general examinations in all Departments.
Every recitation and examination is marked, and a record is kept by the Faculty of the attainments of each student, and also of his delinquencies. Information concerning his progress and deportment is, when requested, com- municate'd to the parent or guardian.
RELIGIOUS EXERCISES.
All students are required to attend Church twice on the Sabbath, and the weekly lecture on Thursday.
They are also required to attend daily prayers in the evening at the Chapel, and in the morning with the families in which they board. Every class has a weekly exercise in the English Bible, which all are required to attend.
There is a weekly prayer meeting on Monday evening for all young people, conducted by the students; and a weekly prayer meeting for each class, con- ducted by one of the teachers.
LIBRARY, APPARATUS AND CABINET.
The Libraries connected with the College number fifteen thousand volumes. The Apparatus, in the Departments of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, is sufficient for the varied illustrations of these sciences.
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The Cabinets in Geology and Natural History amply illustrate the branches of Mineralogy, Lithological Geology. Palaeontology, Archaeology, Radiate Life, American and Foreign Shells and Insects, and many branches of Verte- brate Life. Additions are constantly made to these collections.
FACILITIES FOR SELF-SUPPORT.
The College does not furnish manual labor to the students. Diligent and faithful young men can find employment, with satisfactory compensation, in the village. A few are employed in the care of the College buildings. About thirty students in the higher classes, gentlemen and ladies, are employed as assistant teachers.
REGULATIONS.
The Regulations of the Institution are few and simple, appealing to the student's self-respect and personal responsibility. He is required to abstain from the use of Tobacco and Intoxicating Drinks, and from connection with any Secret Society. No student is permitted to visit one of the other sex at a private room, except by special permission in case of severe sickness.
SUMMER VACATION.
Hereafter the long vacation will occur in the Summer, instead of in the Winter. Special arrangements are made, however, so that those students who are obliged to teach in the Winter, can make up the studies thus omitted in the Summer vacation, under the instruction of members of the Faculty.
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
Ladies in all the Departments of Study are under the supervision of the Principal of the Ladies' Department and the management of the Ladies' Board.
Ladies from abroad desiring admission to the Ladies' Hall, should make previous application in writing, certifying their age, state of health, character, previous attainments, and the time they propose to remain here. Those who are admitted will be duly apprized of their admission. All ladies are expected to consult the Principal before selecting their boarding places.
Ladies are required to be in their rooms after eight o'clock in the evening during the Summer months, and after half-past seven during the Winter months.
Every lady is required to present, once in two weeks, a written report of her observance and her failures in the observance of the regulations of the Department, signed by the matron of the family in which she boards.
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These reports, together with the marks of her recitations, are recorded by the Principal, and are open at all times for the inspection of the Faculty, the Ladies' Board and all friends interested.
ADMISSION AND EXPENSES.
Candidates for admission to any of the Departments must bring testimoni- als of good character; and those coming from other institutions must bring a certificate of honorable dismission.
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