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R. Buchtel and the financial secretary knew how nearly it came to closing it- doors. In debt nearly $50,000, a large portion to banks at 10 per cent interest, it was no easy task to prevent notes going to protest. All the bank- ers were as patient as their rules would per- mit, and no note was ever protested. While money for the debt was earnestly sought, special attention had to be given to securing funds for the payment of interest and regu- lar current expenses. By 1878 financial confi- dence was measurably restored, and the col- lege having passed safely through its severe ordeal, began to plan for more aggressive work to meet the indebtedness and increase the endowment.
In the time of pressing need many besides John R. Buchtel and wife had a mind to work and give. Rev. and Mrs. George Mes- senger had endowed the mental and moral philosophy professorship; Mr. and Mrs. John Hilton, the chair of modern languages; Mrs. Chloe Pierce, of Sharpsville, Pennsyl- vania, had given $10,000 for the chair of Eng- lish literature, and the balance of $10,000 had been nearly all subscribed by many don- ors. Twenty-five scholarships of $1,000 each, fifteen of them drawing interest, had been es- tablished by the following donors: James
Pierce, Elijah Drury, Mrs. Mary C. Roosa, James F. Davidson, Betsey Thomas, John Perdue, Eli M. Kennedy, John K. Smith, .N. S. Olin, John B. Smith, Candia Palmer. George W. Steele, Mrs. George W. Steele, Mrs. Betsy Dodge, Brice Hilton, John Loudenback, John Espy, Joseph Hidy, Sr., Rev. H. P. and Mrs. D. E. Sage, Mrs. E. V. Stedman, Mrs. Henry Boszar, E. F. Louden- back, H. D. Loudenback, Thomas Kirby, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Kelly.
To help meet interest and current expenses generous contributions were made by Rev. S. H. McCollester, D. D., Jov H. Pendleton, Ferd. Schumacher, Avery Spicer, J. T. Trow- bridge. Judge N. D. Tibbals. M. W. Henry, S. M. Burnham, Col. George T. Perkins, Gen. A. C. Voris, E. P. Green, Esq., George Steese, TTon. George W. Crouse, I. Park Alexander, Jonas and Frank Pierce. of Sharpsville, Penn-
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sylvania; Thomas Espy, of Kenton, Ohio; W. H. Slade, Columbus, Ohio; Rev. C. L. Ship- man, Girard, Pennsylvania; O. F. Haymaker, Kent, Ohio; Edmunt Stearns, Olmstead, Ohio; E. L. Litchfield, Conneautville, Penn- sylvania; Rev. H. L. Canfield, Rev. Andrew Willson and many others. Nearly all the professors and teachers voluntarily donated a part of their salaries.
In June, 1878, Rev. Andrew Willson re- signed as secretary and ex-officio financial secretary. Rev. H. F. Miller succeeded him for a few months. In June, 1879, A. B. Tinker, M. S., LL. B., was elected and con- tinued in that position until 1891, when he was succeeded by C. R. Olin, B. S. During the early work of the college, Rev. S. P. Carl- ton acted for a few months as canvassing agent, and at a later period Rev. W. P. Bur- nell devoted a few months to that business. Financial and general agents were employed as follows: William F. Crispin, from 1880 to 1885; Rev. H. L. Canfield, D. D., 1885 to 1886; Arthur A. Stearns, A. M., 1887 to 1889; Julius Simmons, a part of 1891 ; Rev. E. W. Preble and H. H. Hollinbeck, in 1893 and 1894.
For many years the college did not have any very unusual financial experiences. Like all similar institutions, it was always hungry for money and thankful for the donations of friends. The panic of 1893 limited its re- sources, but did not seriously affect its finan- cial conditions. The trying ordeal came De- cember 20, 1899, when the building that was sacred in the estimation of the founders and early teachers and students, was totally de- stroved by fire. With the building went val- uable natural science collections, the gifts of Dr. McCollester, Prof. E. W. Claypole and others. Many articles cannot be duplicated. The fire was a great calamity. It shocked and saddened. but did not discourage the friends of the institution. Arrangements were speed- ily made to continue the regular work of the college in Crouse Gymnasium and other build- ings, until a new structure could be erected. The calamity deeply stirred the citizens of Akron and vicinity, and the friends of liberal
education throughout a large territory, and general sympathy was embodied in generous donations. New buildings were speedily planned. It was not deemed wise to erect one large structure, but to have several separated from each other. The college received from insurance, $63,986.12. From donations, $38,- 233.95, a total of $102,220.07. Exclusive of furnishings, the new buildings cost $95,- 269.28, viz .: Buchtel Hall, $47,466.67 : Acad- emy Building, $25,559.73; Heating Plant, $10,591.73 ; Curtis Cottage, $11,674.15.
The donations came from individuals and churches in various sums, varying from a few cents by children up to several thousand dol- lars. The largest sum donated by any Uni- versalist Church, outside of Akron, was $500 from Brimfield. The next was All Souls Church, Cleveland, $207. Unity Church, Cleveland, included a handsome individual subscription of $610.
For trustees the college has had the follow- ing named persons:
Entered. Retired
1872 John R. Buchtel, Akron. 1892
1872
Gen. A. C. Voris, Akron. 1889
1872
Rev. Geo. Messenger, Akron 1872
1872
Judge N. D. Tibbals, Akron.
1872 Rev. Andrew Willson, D. D., Ravenna. .
1872
Rev. H. L. Canfield, D. D., Pasadena, Cal. 1890
1872 Judge E. P. Green, Akron. 1894
1872
Col. Geo. T. Perkins, Akron. 1896
1872 Avery Spicer, Akron.
1881
1872 Rev. J. S. Cantwell, D. D., Chicago. 1881
1872
Milton W. Henry, Akron.
1880
1872
Rev. E. L. Rexford, Columbus, O.
1878
Philip Wieland, Mt. Gilead.
1878
Hon. James Pierce, Sharpsville, Pa.
.1875
1872
S. K. Shedd, Youngstown.
1872
Henry Blandy, Zanesville 1873
1872
John F. Sieberling, Akron.
1873
1872
J. Dorsey Angier, Titusville, Pa
1873
1873
Hon. Geo. W. Crouse, Akron
1875
1873
Isaac Eberly, Columbus. 1875
1873
Geo. M. Hord. Cincinnati, O 1875
1874
Joy H. Pendleton, Akron. 1891
1874
William A. Mack, Norwalk. 1875
1875
Ferdinand Schumacher, Akron. 1899
1875
Henry Boszar, Brimfield. 1891
1894
1875
James T. Trowbridge, Akron. 1881
1875
John A. Garver, Bryan. 1877
1877
James S. Birkey, Newark 1878
1878 Rev. J. F. Rice, Olmsted. 1881
1878
William A. Mack, Norwalk 1881
1878 Hon. S. M. Burnham, Akron. 1899
1872
1872
1872
J. L. Grandin, Tidioute, Pa.
1874
1874
1875 Jonas J. Pierce, Sharpsville, Pa.
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Entered. Retired
1880 Wm. H. Slade, Columbus. 1898
1881 Horace Y. Beebe, Ravenna 1883
1881 Col. A. L. Conger, Akron 1883
1881 Chas. J. Robinson, Akron. 1886
1881 A. W. Wright, Saginaw City, Mich. 1882
1881 Austin A. Spicer, Akron. 1883
1882 Joseph Hidy, Jr., Ph. B., Wash. C. H ... 1883
1883
Rev. Wm. H. Ryder, D. D., Chicago, Il1. . 1884
1883 Hon. H. L. Morey, Hamilton .. 1886
1883 Arthur A. Stearns, A. M., Cleveland. .1904
1884 Judge Selwyn N. Owen, Bryan. 1886
1886 Rev. C. E. Nash, A. B., D. D., Pasadena, Cal. 1889
1886 Chas. H. Stephens, Cincinnati, O. 1889
1886 Jacob A. Motz, Akron.
1889
1889
Dayton A. Doyle, A. B., LL. B., Akron. . 1895
1889 John F. Eddy, Bay City, Mich
1896
1889 Hon. Geo. W. Crouse, Akron.
1889 Rev. J. F. Rice, Coe Ridge.
1895
1890
Judge A. C. Voris, Akron. 1895
1891
Albert B. Tinker, M. S., LL. B., Akron .. 1896
1892
Geo. L. Case, Cleveland.
1903
1872
Rev. J. S. Cantwell, D. D. 1873
Hon. S. M. Burnham 1877
Gen. A. C. Voris. 1873
Col. Geo. T. Perkins 1877
1895
Alex W. Maynes, B. S., Akron
1903
1895
W. T. Sawyer, Akron. .
1907
1895
D. Irving Badger, Akron. 1902
1895
Hon. I. N. Hathaway, Chardon 1900
1895
Col. A. L. Conger, Akron.
1896
1877
Rev. Andrew Willson, D. D. 1878
Hon. S. M. Burnham 1879
Albert B. Tinker 1882
William H. Slade 1881
1880
Col. Geo. T. Perkins.
1883
1881
Col. A. L. Conger
1882
1881
Edwin P. Green
1883
Judge A. C. Voris
1889
Charles S. Robinson, B. S. 1881
Ferd. Schumacher 1894
Joy H. Pendleton 1891
Albert B. Tinker 1889
1889
Col. Geo. T. Perkins 1892
1889
Rev. Andrew Willson, D. D.
1890
Hon. G. W. Crouse.
1891
1902
1902
Supt. Henry V. Hotchkiss, Ph. D., Akron 1905 Rev. Lee S. McCollester, D. D., Detroit, Mich.
1893
Dayton A. Doyle.
1895
Geo. L. Case ..
1895
1903 Chas. C. Goodrich, A. B., Akron.
1894
Judge N. D. Tibbals.
1898
W. T. Sawyer.
1900
D. Irving Badger
1898
1904
James Ford, B. S., Washington C. H .. .
1897
Frank H. Mason 1903
1897 Wallace L. Carlton
1905
1905 Albert A. Kohler, A. B., M. D., Akron. .
1901
Rev. A. B. Church, D. D.
1905 Frank M. Cook, A. B ..
INSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT.
Presidents-
Rev. S. H. McCollester, D. D. . .. .1878
1907 R. A. Clark, Pittsburgh, F
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
President of Board-
Entered. Retired
1872 John R. Buchtel. 1892
1892 Ferd Schumacher 1894
1894 Geo. W. Crouse ..
1905
1905 Rev. A. B. Church, D. D.
Secretary-
1872 Hon. S. M. Burnham. 1877
1877 Rev. Andrew Willson, D. D. 1878
1878 Hon. S. M. Burnham. 1879
1879 Albert Tinker, M. S., LL. B. 1892
1892 C. R. Olin
Treasurer-
1872 Hon. G. W. Crouse 1875
1875 James T. Trowbridge. 1879
1879 Joy H. Pendleton. 1891
1891 Albert B. Tinker 1897
1897
Charles R. Olin, Sec'y and Treasurer Executive Committee-
1872
Hon. John R. Buchtel. 1892
1872 Henry Blandy 1873
1892 Mrs. Abby Schumacher, Ph. B., Akron. . 1896
1893
Rev. Henrietta G. Moore, Springfield.
1900
1894
Frank Pierce, Sharpsville, Pa.
1897
1873
Judge E. P. Green 1880
Rev. Andrew Willson, D. D. 1876
Milton W. Henry 1877
1877
Joy H. Pendleton
1881
James T. Trowbridge.
1880
1896
Rev. C. F. Henry, Cleveland.
1905
1878
1896
Eberly D. Smith, Blanchester
1896
Samuel L. Thompson, A. B., LL. B., Brink Haven
1899
1898
Hon. A. B. Griffin, Norwalk.
1899
1900
Wallace L. Carlton, Akron.
1900
Rev. A. B. Church, A. M., D. D., Akron. .
1900
Rev. H. L. Canfield, D. D., Bellville ..
.1903
1900 Herbert B. Briggs, B. S., Cleveland.
1901 Wm. Buchtel, Akron ..
1905
1901
Robt. Tucker, Ph. B., Toledo. 1905
1891
Albert B. Tinker
1895
1891
1896
Johnson A. Arbogast.
1905 John R. Smith, A. B., Akron
1905
Frank M. Cook, A. B., Akron
1901
Supt. Henry V. Hotchkiss
1906 Hon. Joseph Hidy, Ph. B., LL. B., Cleveland
1906 A. V. Cannon, B. S., Cleveland.
1906 Oscar F. Haymaker, Kent. 1907
1907 A. E. Roach, Akron.
1872
1878
Rev. E. L. Rexford, D. D.
.1880
1896
Judge U. L. Marvin, Akron.
1900
1879
1900
1880
1898 Johnson A. Arbogast, Akron.
1882
1882
1883
1884
1885
1890
Hon. G. W. Crouse.
1894
1895
1903 E. T. Binns, Bryan 1906
1895
1903 Frank T. Fisher, New York City 1906
1872
1872
1873
1873
1876
1877
1900 Frank H. Mason, Akron. 1906
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Entered.
Retired
1880 Rev. Orello Cone, D. D .. 1896
1896 Charles M. Knight, A. M. (Provisional
President) 1897
1897 Rev. Ira A. Priest, D. D .. 1901
1901 Rev. A. B. Church, D. D., LL. D.
Mathematics-
1872 Alfred Welsh, A. M. 1874
1874 Elias Fraunfelter, A. M., Ph. D. 1883
1883 George S. Ely, Ph. D .. 1884
1884 Charles S. Howe, Ph. D. 1889
1889
Hermas V. Egbert, A. M.
1903
1903 Frank M. Morrison, A. M. 1905
1905 Wilfred H. Sherk, A. M ... 1906
1906
Paul Biefeld, A. M., Ph. D.
Natural Science-
1872 S. F. Peckham, A. M. 1873
1873 Sarah M. Glazier, A. M. 1874
.1874 Alfred Welsh, A. M .. 1875
1875 Charles M. Knight, A. M .. 1883
1883 Edward W. Claypole, B. A., Sc. D., F.
G., S. S. of L. E. and A 1897
1897 Samuel P. Orth, B. S ... 1903
1903 Charles Brookover, M. S.
Ancient Languages-
1872 Rev. Nehemiah White, A. M., Ph. D. 1876
1876 Rev. I. B. Choate, A. M. 1878
1878 Rev. G. A. Peckham, A. M. 1880
1880 Benjamin T. Jones, A. M .. . 1882
1882 Wm. D. Shipman, A. M. (Greek) 1895
1882 Charles C. Bates, A. B. (Latin) . 1895
1895 Charles C. Bates, A. B. (Latin and Greek) 1904
1904 Joseph C. Rockwell, A. M.
Modern Languages-
1872
Carl F. Kolbe, A. M. .1877
1877 G. H. G. McGrew, A. M .. 1878
1878 Carl F. Kolbe, A. M., Ph. D. 1905
1905 Parke R. Kolbe, A. M.
Physics and Chemistry-
1884 Charles M. Knight, A. M., Sc. D.
English Literature-
1872 Helen F. Spalding, A. M. 1873
1879 Benjamin T. Jones, A. M. 1880
1880 Maria Parsons, A. M .. 1884
1884 Mary B. Jewett, A. M ... 1892
1892 Margaret G. Bradford, B. A. 1893
1893
Ellen E. Garrigues, A. M. 1896
1896 Maria Parsons, A. M .. 1905
1905 Albert I. Spanton, A. M. 1893
Philosophy, Economics and History-
1902 Oscar E. Olin, A. M.
Rhetoric and Oratory-
1890 Cecil Harper 1891
1891 L. Alonzo Butterfield, A. M., Ph. D .. 1894
1894 Mrs. A. M. Garrigues. 1896
1896
L. Elmie Warner, Ph. B. 1900
Carita McEbright, A. B 1901
1901
Maude Herndon, B. S. 1902
Anna M. Ray. 1906
1906 Louise Forsyth
Instructors in Law-
1883 Albert B. Tinker, M. S., LL. B 1890
1890 Frediric C. Bryan, A. B., LL. B. 1891
1891 Charles R. Grant, A. B .. 1893
Entered.
Retired
1894 Frediric C. Bryan, A. B., LL. B. 1896
1896 Lee K. Mihills, LL. B. . .1897 Principals of Preparatory and Buchtel Academy-
1872
Prin., H. D. Persons. 1873
1874
Prin., Jennie Gifford, B. S. 1898
1897 Prin., Oscar E. Olin, A. M. 1904
1904
Prin., Godfrey Charles Schaible, A. B .. . 1906
1906 Prin., Charles O. Rundell, B. S.
Art Department-
1882 Mrs. Kate D. Jackson 1884
1884 Mrs. Ada E. Metcalf. 1885
1885 Emma P. Goodwin. 1886
Alexander T. Van Laer. 1890
Bolton Coit Brown, M. D. 1891
Minnie C. Fuller. 1898
May F. Sanford
Music-
1872 Gustavus Sigel 1899
1898 Estella F. Musson, Ph. B. 1904
1904 Lucy lone Edgerton 1906
1906
isabel Kennedy
Valuable service as teachers has been rendered by:
Wallace Mays, A B. Helen S. Pratt, L. A.
Lizzle M. Slade, A. B. Lillie R. Moore, A. B.
Inez L. Shipman, B. S. Philip G. Wright, A. M.
James H. Aydelotte, B. S.
Mary E. Stockman, L.
Edwin L. Findley, A. B.
A. Susie Chamberlain, M. S.
B. S.
Dora E. Merrill.
Claudia E. Schrock, A. B.
Martha A. Bertle.
Blanche M. Widde-
Samuel Findley, A. M.,
Ph. D.
Charles W.
Foote, A.
M., Ph. D.
Lack of space forbids mention of all names entitled to credit for valuable services in dif- ferent departments.
ENDOW MENTS.
Besides the gifts already mentioned since June, 1878, donations have been received as follows :
DONATIONS.
BUCHTEL PROFESSORSHIP.
The Buchtel Professorship of Physics and Chemistry was named in honor of Mrs. Eliza- beth Buchtel, late of Akron.
1886
1890
1891
1899
Charles R. Olin, B. S.
Tracy L. Jeffords, Ph. B.
Willard H. Van Orman,
combe, Ph. B. Charles H. Shipman, A. B.
1900
1902
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AINSWORTH PROFESSORSHIP.
The Ainsworth Professorship of Mathe- matics and Astronomy was endowed by Henry Ainsworth, late of Lodi.
RYDER PROFESSORSHIP.
The Ryder Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory was established by the Board of Trustees in memory of Dr. William H. Ryder, late of Chicago.
MESSENGER FUND.
The Messenger Fund was created by Mrs. Lydia A. E. Messenger, late of Akron. The fund consists of $30,000.
The Isaac and Lovinia Kelly Fund was created by Isaac Kelly, late of Mill Village, Pa. This fund consists of $35,788.
WILLIAM PITT CURTIS FUND.
This fund was established by William Pitt Curtis, of Wadsworth, Ohio. It now amounts to $25,000.
A friend of the college and the church has given for the endowment of a Theological Professorship, the sum of $10,000.
Twenty-six scholarships have been endowed by the following named doners:
S. T. and S. A. Moon. .. Cuba
George Thomas . Greenwich
Mrs. E. W. Terrill . Jeffersonville
Mrs. John H. Hilton.
Akron Samuel Birdsell Peru
Samuel Grandin . Tidioute, Pa.
N. B. and A. E. Johnson
Mingo
Henry Ainsworth . Lodi
Miss Anna A. Johnson. . Bay City, Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. John Miller Edgerton
John P. Chapin . New Philadelphia
Christian Swank Creston, O.
Mrs. S. O. Acomb Tidioute, Pa.
Mrs. Jane Betz Hamilton
Miss Hannah Allyn Akron Mrs. Rosa G. Wakefield. . Green
These scholarships are intended to aid worthy and deserving students, and are awarded by a Scholarship Committee under authority from the Board of Trustees.
The following from the catalogue for 1906- 1907, contains valuable information worthy of a place in the history.
The College Campus comprises six acres, is situated on the highest eminence in the county and faces on Buchtel Avenue, one of the pleasantest residence streets of the city. The Loop Line electric cars, which receive transfers from all city and suburban lines, pass the college gates.
BUCHTEL HALL.
Buchtel Hall, designed for college classes in all work except chemistry, is a beautiful building, classic in design and convenient in ·arrangement. The main entrance is up a broad flight of marble steps to the first floor, which is high enough to leave the basement story almost entirely above ground. In the center of the first floor is the grand staircase and an open court extending to a skylight. There are four large recitation rooms with a professor's private office connected with each on the first and second floors. On the ground floor, besides a work-shop and separate study, bicycle, and toilet rooms for young men and women, is a suite of six rooms well planned and equipped for the Physical Laboratories.
BUCHTEL ACADEMY.
The Academy is designed for the conven- ience of the Preparatory, Oratory and Art Schools. It is a roomy and convenient three story building. On the ground floor are the Physical Laboratories, and the separate lock- ers and toilet rooms for young men and wo- men. On the second floor are the Adminis- tration offices and the main recitation rooms. On the third floor are the large Art Rooms and Assembly Room, which is used for Me- chanical Drawing.
FIRE-PROOF.
These two new buildings are fire-proof and have the heating, ventilating and sanitary ar- rangements and appointments of the most
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approved kind known to modern builders. With the Gymnasium, they are heated from one central heating plant.
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY.
The Observatory is intended for the use of students, and, although some of the appara- tus is very delicate and costly, yet it will be freely placed in the hands of those students who prepare themselves for its use. It is furnished with the following instruments:
An equatorial telescope of 4.5 inches aper- ture.
A meridian circle of 3 inches aperture, pro- vided with various necessary accessory appa- ratus, and so mounted that it can be used as a zenith telescope.
Two astronomical clocks, furnished with electrical connections.
A chronograph.
Various other minor apparatus.
CROUSE GYMNASIUM.
This building is named in honor of Hon. George W. Crouse, of Akron, one of the lib- eral benefactors of the college. The struc- ture is a substantial brick building, one hun- dred and two feet in length by fifty-three in breadth. The basement contains the locker, dressing and bathing rooms thoroughly fur- nished. On the first floor are the directors' office and the gymnasium proper, which is eighty-four feet long and forty-eight feet broad. This room is equipped with the most approved apparatus and offers every facility for physical development. A running gal- lery of twenty-five laps to the mile surrounds the room.
The Gymnasium is open at stated times for the exclusive use of the young women, and at others times for the exclusive use of the young men, in both instances under a trained director.
In addition to the above mentioned facili- ties for physical culture, the college possesses, only three squares away, extensive and elab- orately equipped Athletic Grounds of four
acres, which are admirably adapted for use of the students in playing base ball, foot-ball, lawn tennis and similar games.
At present the Chemical Laboratory occu- pies a suite of six rooms in the basement of the Gymnasium and is modernly equipped for practical work.
The Buchtel College Music School occupies certain rooms in the Gymnasium.
A two-manual pipe organ has been recently erected for chapel use and instruction. The Gymnasium is also used, for the present, as the chapel assembly room.
TIIE HEATING PLANT.
The Heating Plant is located in a building by itself, thus avoiding any danger from fire or explosion. The plant is equipped with a thoroughly modern smoke consuming device. By means of conduits the steam is conveyed to the other buildings where fresh air is heated and forced through the rooms by the fan system.
CURTIS COTTAGE.
Curtis Cottage is the college home for wom- en. It was completed and first occupied in January 1905. It has eleven student rooms, uniform in size and furnishings and arranged for two students in a room,-parlors, dining room, kitchen, laundry and its own efficient hot water heating plant. It furnishes also a delightful suite of rooms for each of the wom- en's fraternities.
The Cottage is in charge of a preceptress of culture and school experience, and pro- vides, at a moderate expense, a home for women students, which is most modern and sanitary in all of its appointments, conven- ient and comfortable in its arrangements. and delightful and elevating in its social life.
THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE.
The President's House is situated on the campus within easy access of the other build- ings. is a commodious, substantial brick structure wth modern conveniences and is occupied by the President and his family.
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AIM.
Buchtel College is organized and equipped to give young men and women a wholesome physical development, a most thorough men- tal discipline, and a practical, altruistic, moral training; to hold up before then the noblest ideals of manhood and womanhood, and to develop within them a genius for usefulness,
INSTRUCTION.
The instruction of the college aims to com- bine the advantages of the lecture, recitation and laboratory system.
COLLEGE COURSES.
The curriculum embraces :
First: A Classical Course.
Second: A Philosophical Course. Third: A Scientific Course.
These are four year courses leading to the degrees of A. B., Ph. B., and S. B., and are equal to those adopted by other similar in- stitutions of the country.
ACADEMY COURSES.
In connection with the college, but oc- cupying a separate building on the Campus, and a separate Faculty, is Buchtel Academy, in which students are thoroughly prepared for college entrance. Owing to limited numbers, the student is under the personal supervision of a strong corps of teachers and is afforded daily practical drill in class room and labora- tory work.
BUCIITEL SCHOOL OF MUSIC.
The Music School is located at the college in Crouse Gymnasium. Thorough and tech- nical training, beginning with fundamentals, is given in instrumental course by capable and experienced specialists.
BUCIITEL SCHOOL OF ART.
The Art School is situated at the Academy Building in a specially arranged and equipped suite of rooms and is under the personal su- perivsion of a trained and experienced spe- cialist. The School offers excellent advantages for the study of art. It embraces instruction in charcoal, crayon, pencil, pastel, oil and water color. Students work from original designs, life, casts, and still life.
LABORATORY AND APPARATUS.
The larger portion of the basement rooms of Crouse Gymnasium have been rearranged since the fire of 1899 for use as chemical lab- oratories consisting of five rooms. A general laboratory for the use of students during the first year of work in chemistry has been fitted with all modern facilities. Drainage, gas, hot and cold water, and all necessary apparatus, are at each student's desk. The students pur- suing quantitative methods have ample room and opportunities for the more refined and careful researches in a laboratory by them- selves, undisturbed by other workers. The ventilation of the laboratories is good, special wall flues carrying off noxious vapers.
The laboratories for physics are arranged in the basement of Buchtel Hall. Six rooms are given to the use of experimental physics. The rooms for experiments in electricity and magnetisin are free from iron in their con- struction, and solid masonry floors in all lab- oratories secure the instruments from all out- side jar and disturbance.
Excellent facilities for work in photography are provided by a well equipped dark-room, and students in physical science are encour- aged to become familiar with the best methods of experimental illustration.
The department of Natural Science is lo- cated in the new Buchtel Hall, where three laboratory and lecture rooms are fitted for work in biology and geology. The student is supplied with microscopes, reagents, micro- tomes, and other apparatus needful for thor- ough work in biographical research. A collec-
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tion of minerals and crystals, together with maps, charts and paleontological cabinet, comprise the equipment for work in Geology.
The College is supplied with excellent sur- veying instruments, in the way of compass, engineer's level, surveyor's transit, with solar attachment for determining the true meri- dian, independent of the needle, chains, tapes, poles, pins, etc.
The Astronomical Observatory is adequate- ly equipped with efficient, delicate and costly instruments for carrying on in a practical laboratory way that line of higher mathe- matics.
BIERCE LIBRARY.
The College Library had its origin with a collection of works donated in 1874 by the late Gen. L. V. Bierce. During the early days of the college the library was augmented by books purchased from the proceeds of a bequest received from Gen. Bierce' estate. In recognition of this early gift the library has been called the Bierce Library.
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