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The trustees, on the 2d of January, 1848, met and accepted the trust. Mr. Starling then increased his generous donation five thousand dollars more, making it thirty-five thousand dol- lars. Upon application to the legislature, Starling Medical Col- lege, to be located at the State capital, was chartered by a special act, passed January 28, 1848. The board of trustees organized under the charter by electing William S. Sullivant, president, R. W. McCoy, treasurer, and Francis Carter, secretary. The following gentlemen were chosen, January 29, 1848, members of the faculty : Henry H. Childs, M. D .; John Butterfield, M. D .;
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Richard -L. Howard, M. D .; Jesse P. Judkins, M. D .; Samuel M. Smith, M. D .; Frederick Merrick, A. M., and Francis Carter, M. D. During the first year the number of students was 160, and the degree of M. D. was conferred on thirty-two persons, and honorary degrees on six.
OFFICERS .- The following are the present officers of the insti- tution : President, William S. Sullivant; Secretary, Francis Carter. Trustees-William S. Sullivant, L. L. D .; Joseph Sullivant, Esq. ; Samuel M. Smith, M. D. ; Francis Carter, M. D .; Hon. Joseph R. Swan; John W. Andrews, Esq .; James A. Wilcox, Esq.
FACULTY .- S. M. Smith, M. D., Professor of Theory and Prac- tice ; Francis Carter, M. D., Professor of Obstetrics, etc., Dean ; J. M. Wheaton, M. D., Professor of Anatomy ; J. W. Hamilton, M. D., Professor of Surgery; S. Loving, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics; Theo. G. Wormley, M. D., Ph. D., L. L. D., Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology ; H. C. Pearce, M. D., Professor of Physiology ; W. L. Peck, M. D., Pro- fessor of Insanity ; D. R. Kinsman, M. D., Professor of Diseases of Women and Children; Judge J. W. Baldwin, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence ; D. Halderman, M. D., Lecturer on Venereal Diseases and Demonstrator of Anatomy; Otto Frank- enberg, M. D., Prosector to the Chair of Anatomy; H. A. Weber, Assistant to the Professor of Chemistry.
After the charter had been granted, in the winter of 1848, a lot was procured on the southeast corner of Sixth and State streets, on which the present college edifice, famed for its unique design and architectural beauty, was erected. The building was commenced in the spring of 1849, under the superintendence of R. A. Sheldon, architect. The address, on laying the corner- stone, was delivered by Rev. Dr. Hoge. In the fall of 1850, the building had so far progressed that the first course of lectures, opened by a general introductory from Prof. Carter, was deliv- ered in the new edifice that season. The superstructure of the building is of brick, with a large amount of ornamental cut stone. Its extreme length is 135 feet, and its height from the ground to the top of the tower is 138 feet.
The Sisters of St. Francis, some years ago, leased for ninety-
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nine years that part of the building designed for a hospital, and since then open for the reception and care of the sick poor and afflicted of all classes and conditions. Of this work of charity and labor of love, we have given an account in the chapter on charitable institutions.
The college contains a well-stored museum, an unrivaled chemical laboratory, and all the means for instruction in prac- tical anatomy and other departments of medicine, and the hos- pital conducted by the Sisters of St. Francis. Of this hospital, which is connected with the lecture-rooms, the faculty, distin- guished as eminent practitioners, are the medical officers.
The Starling Medical College is an institution of which it is gratifying to speak as a credit and an ornament to our city. It has, since its commencement, graduated about a thousand students, who are now practicing in all parts of the country, many of them ranking among the most eminent physicians in the profession.
CAPITAL UNIVERSITY.
Capital University was chartered by an act of the legislature, passed March 7, 1850. It had its origin in a resolution adopted the preceding December, by the trustees of the German Evan- gelical Lutheran Seminary. The Seminary and University, though separate and independent institutions, have been asso- ciated ever since the organizationof the latter. Both schools, in 1850, occupied the Covert school property, on Town street, and until they were removed into the University edifice.
The lọt on North High street, east of Goodale Park, on which the college edifice stands, was donated by Dr. L. Goodale. The building was erected in 1852 and 1853, and formally opened or dedicated on the 14th of September, 1853, when addresses were delivered by William H. Seward and Rev. Dr. Stohlman, of New York. The cost of the building was $40,000. Though the Uni- versity, for several years, labored under serious pecuniary em- barrassment, it is now happily out of debt. The edifice affords ample accommodations for students-lecture-rooms, society halls, and everything to render an institution of learning at- tractive. Its dimensions are 154 feet in length by 69 in width, three stories above the basement. It has a tower, 75 feet in
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height, and another elevation four stories high. It is situated in a square of four acres, at one of the most elevated points in the vicinity of the city, and immediately adjoining Goodale Park. It is about a quarter of a mile north of the railroad depot. The site is eminently healthful.
The first president of the University was Rev. W. M. Rey- nolds, D. D., who was succeeded by Rev. C. Spielman, and the latter, fifteen years or more ago, by the present president, Rev. W. F. Lehmann. The president of the board of directors is Rev. J. A. Schulze, and the secretary, Rev. Joseph Beck, both residents of Columbus.
The faculty are : Rev. W. F. Lehmann, president and pro- fessor of the German language and literature; T. G. Wormley, M. D., professor of chemistry, geology, and natural history ; Rev. M. Loy, A. M., professor of mental and moral science, and George C. Dasher, A. M., professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, and principal of the preparatory department. The professorship of history is vacant ; but its functions are tempo- rarily supplied by special provisions of the board. Charles E. Herbst, J. H. Schuh, and Amon E. Gift are tutors.
The university organization includes the preparatory or grammar school, the collegiate and theological departments. There are three literary societies connected with the university -the Clio, the Hermann, and the Germania (German). These hold weekly meetings during term-time, and have valuable li- braries and large halls well furnished.
At a meeting of the Joint Synod of the Lutheran Church of Ohio, convened in extra session, in February, 1873, in this city, it was decided to dispose of the present university and grounds, and accept the generous proposition made by Frederick Michael, Esq., which was to donate ten acres in a square on East Friend street, for the university proper, and five acres of ground in one- acre lots, surrounding the square, for professors' residences ; and argeed to raise $5,000 toward the building of a $10,000 church, to be located opposite the university square. The loca- tion is one of the most beautiful and healthful adjoining the city, and can not but materially help the advancement of
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the East end, which has been growing very fast for the past two years. The new university is to cost about $80,000.
THE GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SEMINARY.
The German Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of the Joint Synod of Ohio and adjoining States was founded and established at Columbus, in 1830. Its first buildings were erected, and its first location was on a ten-acre lot in the south part of the city, eligibly and handsomely situated, now the property of Peter Hayden, to whom it was sold in 1849 or 1850.
On the sale to Mr. Hayden, the Covert school property, on Town street, was purchased for the use of the seminary and of Capital University, which had just been organized. After the erection of the university building, the seminary was located there, and though existing under a distinct charter, became vir- tually the theological department of the university.
The seminary was at first under the direction of a single pro- fessor, with whom afterward another was associated. The first professor having control of the institution was Rev. W. Schmidt. He was succeeded by Professor C. F. Schaeffer, D. D., about 1839, who was followed by Professors F. Winkler and C. F. Jucksch. On the resignation of the latter, Professor W. F. Lehmann took charge of the institution, with whom, for sev- eral years past, Professor M. Loy has been associated.
The seminary is under the general supervision of the Evan- gelical Lutheran Synod of Ohio and adjacent States, and under the special control of a board of directors. Though this board constitutes a part of the trustees of Capital University, it has an independent organization, and regulates its own affairs. A very large proportion of the ministers representing the Luth- eran Church in Ohio, and on the borders of adjoining States, were prepared for the ministry through the instrumentality of this institution. Its course embraces a series of lectures in the usual branches of exegetical, historical, systematic, and prac- tical theology. The German and English languages are both taught, and both are used as vehicles of instruction. The reg- ular course requires an attendance of two years and a half. The students can have access to a library containing 2,500 volumes.
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Located northeast of the state-house, near Alum creek, north of Mount Vernon avenue extended, and about two miles east of the eastern limits of the city. Incorporated, July, 1868. Un- der direction of the Dominican Sisters. Superioress, Mother Rose Lynch.
Previous to the above date of incorporation, the academy was located at Somerset, Perry county, Ohio. It was established there in 1830, by Bishop Fenwick, the first Catholic bishop of Cincinnati.
The academy building at Somerset having been destroyed by fire, the Sisters were at a loss as to how they should go forward with the work to which they had devoted themselves. While they were in this strait, Theodore Leonard, an old resident of Columbus, generously donated to them thirty-two acres of land near the city, for a site for their academy. Mr. Leonard also donated toward the erection of the buildings $10,000, to which Eugene Mageveny, of Memphis. added another $10,000.
The academy, which cost over $40,000, is a large and commo- dious building, well arranged, and having all the modern ap- pliances for heating and ventilation. The grounds for recrea- tion and promenade are spacious ; and when these are properly improved and shaded by grove and forest trees, the academy will present itself as one of the finest educational institutions in the West. The location is unsurpassed in its salubrity and beauty of landscape; the distracting sights and sounds of the bustling world are excluded by shady groves and sloping hills ; the tout ensemble of the scenery, as viewed from the recitation- rooms and the dormitories, is well calculated to give to the youthful mind a studious and thoughtful turn.
The special object of this institution being the education of young ladies of the higher class, every opportunity and advan- tage is afforded the pupils to pursue their studies in all the use- ful and ornamental branches becoming their station and sex. Religious belief, whatever it may be, forms no obstacle to the
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admission of young ladies, provided they willingly conform to the general regulations of the school.
The academic year consists of two sessions of five months each. The annual vacation commences on the last Thursday in June, and scholastic duties are resumed on the first Monday in September. There are in the academy one hundred and twenty boarding pupils, filling it to its full capacity. Many applications were necessarily refused at the opening of the present session for want of room.
The course of instruction is thorough, embracing all that can be properly required for fitting the pupil to move in the highest social circle. The studies are divided into four departments, each having its distinct course.
The academy is under the auspices of the Bishop of Columbus, the provincial of the order of St. Dominick, the Rev. S. A. Clarkson, J. P., and the clergymen of the diocese of Columbus.
SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME.
The Sisters of Notre Dame in this city number nine. They devote their time principally to the education of the female por- tion of the Catholic parish schools of the city. The house of the sisterhood is located on Rich, between Sixth and Seventh streets. The foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame was Marie Rose Julia Billiart, who was born in Cuvilly, a village of Picardy, France, in 1751, and died in 1816. The order was first introduced into this country by the Most Reverend Archbishop Purcell, of Cin- cinnati, in 1840. Sister Mary Liquori is superioress in this city.
ST. ALOYSIUS SEMINARY.
Location, a short distance south of West Broad street. In- structors-Rev. N. A. Gallagher, principal ; Rev. Chancelor G. H. Ahrens, procurator ; Rev. Francis Campbell, professor of theology, assisted by the bishop and clergy of Columbus, Terms-Board, washing, and tuition, per session of ten months, one hundred and fifty dollars.
This seminary, like many other Catholic institutions in the city, owes its origin to the zeal of Bishop Sylvester H. Rose- crans, D. D. In 1871 he purchased of N. Merion an acre and a
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quarter of ground, on which were two brick buildings, for seven thousand dollars. After having made some alterations and im- provements, he founded on this site, September 1, 1871, the in- stitution now called " The Seminary."
The course of study embraces theology, philosophy, history, mathematics, and the Latin, Greek, German, and English lan- guages, and occupies eight years of close application. The object of the seminary is the education of Catholic youth for the priest- hood. It derives its chief support from the Catholics of the diocese of Columbus.
The present number of students in the institution is thirty. As this is as large a number as can be accommodated, many ap- plications for admission have been rejected. It is in contempla- tion to build, at no distant day, a much larger seminary for this, as yet, infant diocese of Columbus.
OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY.
This institution, belonging to the Church of the United Breth- ren in Christ, is located at Westerville, in this county, twelve miles north of Columbus, near the Cleveland, Columbus, Cin- cinnati and Indianapolis Railway, and directly on the new rail- road, the Cleveland, Mt. Vernon and Columbus, now nearly com- pleted. Westerville is a large, thriving town, pleasantly and healthfully situated, and noted for its quiet and good order.
Otterbein University was opened for the reception of students September 1, 1847, and has therefore been in existence twenty- five years. On the night of January 26, 1870, the main college building, with its furniture; the college library of more than three thousand volumes, including a copy of the Semitic manu- script presented by the Emperor of Russia ; the finely furnished halls, and the select libraries of the literary societies, were all destroyed by fire.
But the building thus destroyed has been replaced by a larger and more convenient one, an engraving of which accompanies this sketch. It is an imposing structure, with an extreme length of 170 feet and an extreme depth of 109 feet. It contains a large chapel-room, spacious society halls, library and reading- room, laboratory, and numerous large recitation and other rooms.
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Both sexes are admitted to the institution, are instructed by the same teachers, and recite in the same classes. There are four courses of study in the university-the classical, the scien- tific, the ladies', and the English course. A student may take any one of these courses according to his preference. The ladies' course is so called because it is the one usually preferred by ladies. The present number of students is 170. There are four literary societies connected with the college-the Philomathean and Philophronean, composed of gentlemen, and the Philale- thean and Cleiorhetean, composed of ladies. These societies have commodious and well-furnished halls in the college building.
The faculty consists of Rev. H. A. Thompson, A. M., Presi- dent and Professor of Mental and Moral Science ; John Haywood, A. M., Professor of Mathematics; Thomas McFadden, A. M., M. D., Professor of Natural Sciences ; John E. Guitner, A. M., Professor of Greek ; Rev. Henry Gurst, A. M., Professor of Latin, and Mrs. Lizzie K. Miller, M. A., Principal of Ladies' Department.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Notwithstanding the prosperous condition and the high re- pute of the public-school system of Columbus, the materials for its past history and statistics are scanty and unsatisfactory. From the organization of the system until the recent report of the superintendent, R. W. Stevenson, only two reports had been published-one in 1857, and the other in 1869. From the close of the school year, July, 1857, to the close of the year 1868, a period of eleven years, there are no reports either written or printed. We embody in a brief sketch such facts as we have been able to gather from Mr. Stevenson's late report and other sources.
The first public school was opened in Columbus while it was yet a borough. The town plat, with a part of Montgomery township, composed a single school district. The first meeting for the choice of directors was held November 21, 1826, in the Presbyterian church, on Front street, at which Orris Parish was chairman, and Wm. T. Martin, secretary. The directors chosen were Dr. P. Sisson, Rev. C. Hinkle, and Wm. T. Martin. A school was soon afterward opened, and a Mr. Smith employed as the
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teacher. For several years the school fund only sufficed to keep up a school for about a quarter in each year.
John Warner, Christian Heyl, and William St. Clair were chosen directors in 1830, and Wm. McElvain, Horton Howard, and Nathaniel McLean, in 1831. The name of J. M. C. Hasseltine is mentioned as first employed as teacher in 1832. A public school meeting, held in 1830, authorized the establishment of two schools, one to be taught by a male teacher for the more advanced pupils, and the other. by a female teacher for the younger children. At that time, the schools were taught in rented rooms, as there were no public school-houses.
Previous to the year 1845, very little attention was paid to the common or public schools. Nearly all the children of the more intelligent, prosperous, and influential citizens were taught in private schools. The importance of securing the benefits of a good common-school education to all the youth of the city was brought before the public by a few earnest and active friends of common schools. The passage of a law was obtained on the 3d of February, 1845, by which the management of the public schools was committed to the board of education of Columbus, to consist of six directors, holding office for six years, one-third of the number being elected annually by general ticket. Under the same law, the city council were empowered to appoint a board of three examiners for the examination of applicants for the position of teachers in the public schools of the city.
This act, which was entitled " an act for the support and bet- ter regulation of the public schools in the city of Columbus," was amended, March 25, 1864, so as to provide for the election of two members of the board of education for each ward of the · city by the voters in the ward, to serve for two years-one mem- ber to be elected from each ward represented by odd numbers, and from each ward represented by even numbers in alternate years. Thus, on the second Monday of April, 1872, under this law, school directors were elected in the Second, Fourth, Sixth, Eighth, and Tenth wards, and will be elected, on the second Monday of April next, in the First, Third, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh wards.
The question of levying a tax for raising the sum of eight
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thousand dollars for the erection of school-houses was submitted to the people in the spring of 1846, and decided in the affirma- tive, by a vote of 776 to 323. Three lots were purchased, and three brick buildings, of six rooms each, were erected, in which the schools were opened on the 21st of July, 1847. The board of education appointed a superintendent, to whom was intrusted the general direction of the course of study and instruction in the schools. The schools were divided into four grades- primary, secondary, grammar, and high-and the pupils were classified in each according to their standing in the prescribed studies.
A German school-building was erected in 1852, and the high- school building the succeeding year. The board of education, in their report for July, 1853, made the following statement as to the cost of the school buildings then erected, exclusive of the sites :
Central building for high school, 60 by 70 feet, three stories above the basement, estimated at.
$15,000
Three houses erected in 1846, 187 by 24 feet. 12,000
German school-house, 70 by 32 feet.
3,000
Total for the five buildings
$30,000
The following table gives the number of teachers, aggregate of salaries, and average daily attendance of pupils, for the ten years ending June 30, 1857 :
YEAR.
NUMBER OF TEACHERS.
AGGREGATE OF SALARIES.
AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
1848
15
708
1849
19
940
1850
20
1,075
1851
21
1,107
1852
23
$8.104 74
1,100
1853
24
8,475 CO
1,224
1854
32
10,530 90
1,348
1855
38
16,292 05
1,575
1856
38
16,173 62
1,533
1857
40
16,169 16
1,442
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GROWTH OF THE SCHOOLS.
The following statistics of the attendance of the school year ending July, 1852, compared with the enrollment and average daily attendance of the year ending July, 1872, gives a definite idea of the growth of the schools and the increase of the popu- lation of the city :
1851-52.
1871-72
Number of pupils enrolled
2,200
5,478
Average daily attendance
1,100
3,727
Number of teachers.
23
105
Gain per cent. on the number enrolled
149
1868-69.
1871-72.
Enumeration of youth between five and
twenty-one years
8,566
10,117
Gain per cent.
18
Number of pupils enrolled
4,936
5,478
Gain per cent ..
11
Average daily attendance
3,600
3,727
Gain per cent.
4
Number of teachers
91
105
Gain per cent
15
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
POPULATION.
For the school year ending June 21, 1872.
Population of the city, according to the census of 1870. 31,274
Enumeration of youth between five and twenty-one
years of äge, according to the school census, October, 1871
10,117
SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
Number of school buildings owned
23
Number of school rooms owned.
107
Number of school rooms rented.
2
Number of recitation rooms, offices, etc
38
Number of seats for pupils.
5,379
Value of school sites
$106,780
Value of school buildings
269,650
Value of school furniture.
15,841
Total value of school property
$392,271
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SCHOOLS.
High school
1
Grammar schools.
25
Primary and ungraded schools
74
Total number of schools
100
TEACHERS.
Number of teachers in the high school 7
Number of teachers in the grammar schools. 27
Number of teachers in the primary and ungraded schools.
71
Number of special teachers (music)
1
Superintendent and assistants.
4
Total number of teachers-men 14, women 96. ... 110
PUPILS.
The whole number of pupils registered was :
In the high school.
211
In the grammar schools.
1,714
In the primary and ungraded schools.
4,129
Total number of pupils registered .. 6,054
Number of pupils registered more than once. 576
Number of different pupils registered 5,478
The average number of pupils belonging, was :
In the high school.
172
In the grammar schools.
1,290
In the primary and ungraded schools.
2,494
Total average number of pupils belonging. ... 3,956
The average number of pupils in daily attendance was :
In the high school.
163
In the grammar schools.
1,236
In the primary and ungraded schools 2,325
Total average number of pupils in daily attendance. 3,724
ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOLS.
Prior to the beginning of the school year, 1871-72, the schools were placed, by the board of education, under the direction of one superintendent, who had the general management of the schools of the city, and seven male principals having the special
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charge of the schools in their respective districts. It was the opinion of several members of the board that the schools could be made equally efficient, and could be conducted more economi- cally, by the substitution of women for principals instead of men.
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