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Teachers.
Pupils. 176
Woodward High School,
6
6
... 159
Hughes' High School,
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Total,
12
335
To the Intermediate Schools are transferred pupils from the District Schools, who have made the requisite proficiency in study; and in due time such as acquire the proper standing in this, are again transferred to the High Schools. The Intermediate Schools are under the same government with the Common or District Schools; but the High Schools, which have been endowed by the individuals whose names they bear, are under the control of a Union Board of five delegates from the Common Schools, five from the Woodward, and two from the Hughes Boards.
The entire expenditure in the public schools, for the past year, is $138,605 80, out of which have been maintained twenty District, four Intermediate, two High, one Normal, one Night High, and six Night District Schools.
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STATISTICS OF TEACHERS AND SCHOLARS FOR THE LAST EIGHTEEN YEARS.
1840.
1850.
1858.
Pupils enrolled,.
.5121
12,240
. 17,655
Pupils in attendance,
3972
... 5,557
... 10,493
Teachers,
64
....
138
....
278
No. Pupils to Teachers,
62
..
40
....
37
It appears, thus, that the number of teachers employed in pro- portion to scholars has greatly increased, so that, in fact, much better instruction is given now than formerly.
From seventeen to eighteen thousand of the youth of Cincinnati are continually receiving instruction in our schools, and as the younger pupils advance and others take their places, changing the individuals taught, probably about every six years, it may be fairly presumed that two-thirds of those within the school limits, as re- spects age, are receiving instruction, more or less thorough, in the public schools. If to them we add those taught in parochial and private schools, there can be no doubt, that nine-tenths of the youth of Cincinnati are placed so far under educational influence as to be greatly in advance of the past generation in the acquisition of useful knowledge.
Parochial Schools .- The Catholic Schools are the only ones which are strictly parochial, although there are schools under the special care of the Methodists, and perhaps of other denominations. The following are the statistics of the Catholic Parochial Schools, as stated on the authority of this society :
The number of children in attendance, including those in Catho- lic High Schools, is 7,750; teachers, 78.
Private Schools and Academies .- Of these there is a very great number and variety, many of them of high excellence, embracing more than 150 teachers, and 4,000 pupils.
Wesleyan Female College, Vine street .- This is a highly pros- perous institution, of long standing, and well and favorably known. It is under the charge of Prof. P. B. Wilber.
Cincinnati Female Seminary, S. W. cor. Seventh and Mound sts. TEACHERS.
T. A. BURROWES, A. M.,
Moral Philosophy and Religious Instruction.
MILTON SAYLER, A. M.,
Ancient Languages, Mental Philosophy and Esthetics.
FRANCES C. BAUMAN, Mathematics.
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H. E. FOOT, M. D., ANNA WAKEFIELD.
AMELIA E. MEISSNER,
SALLIE R. STEER,
English Branches.
ELLEN J. HOYT,
Penmanship.
VICTOR WILLIAMS, Vocal and Instrumental Music.
MARY E. PALMER, Assistant in Music.
ROBERT CONNER,
Painting, Drawing, etc. S. VEITH, Modern Languages.
An elegant building, with two spacious and airy halls, to be de- voted, the one as a Culisthenium, and the other as a Museum, has recently been erected on the lot adjoining the Seminary.
The Calisthenium will be fitted up with the most approved appa- ratus for ladies -- such as is known, by actual trial, to give elegance of carriage, grace of motion and symmetrical bodily development. This department will be under the personal management and in- struction of Mrs. Barrett, of our city, so long and so successfully identified with the cause of physical education.
The Museum will be a sort of storehouse of nature; in which will be found a Geological Cabinet, a Herbarium, an Aquarium, and other products of Nature, both pleasing and instructive. It will be a safe depository, where our scientific friends may leave as many curiosities as they choose. We intend to make it one of the most attractive halls in Cincinnati.
This building, with its varied apartments, will be an altogether new feature in our Seminary; and will furnish attractions supe- rior to those of any similar institution, we know of, in the United States.
A well-selected Library, comprising standard works of a popular cast on different subjects of study, and other miscellaneous works of a high literary character, has been placed in the Seminary for the use of the pupils.
Thus an opportunity is afforded them to extend their studies, and to gain such general intelligence as time will permit and in- telligence prompt.
The Seminary is furnished with Apparatus for the illustration of
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all important principles in Natural Science. Indeed, the rooms for this department, with their complete appointments for experiment and research, have been pronounced by impartial and intelligent judges unsurpassed by any in the country.
The Minerals and specimens of Primary Rocks, include a suf- ficient number to illustrate those branches very fully. The Cabinet is especially rich in its Fossils; some of the formations, both of Europe and America, being nearly perfected. The whole collec- tion numbers more than seven thousand specimens, and affords the best possible advantages to the pupils in the study of Geology.
The Mount Auburn Young Ladies' Institute is located on the lofty eminence due north of Cincinnati, and within its corporate limits, but as entirely removed from all its contaminating and un- healthy influence as situations miles distant.
It commands a view of the entire city and suburbs, with a pic- turesque landscape including the beautiful Ohio for miles in extent, and the surrounding country dotted with towns and villages as far as the eye can reach.
The object had in view in its establishment, was to meet a de- mand long felt in the west for higher female education, equal to that enjoyed at the east, and thus avoid any occasion to send our daughters from home to finish their education, as has been the practice with many of late years.
To accomplish this many difficulties had to be overcome, among which, and not the least, was the procuring suitable teachers; per- sons of large experience; the highest order of talents; and of known ability. In the Rev. E. A. Crawley, D. D., so well known in the east as an accomplished scholar, and for many years at the head of a flourishing institution of learning, as well as in his asso- ciates, both male and female, who came to the west with him, and no less in such as have since been added to his corps of teachers, the highest expectations of its founders have been realized.
The course of study is thorough and complete. All public er- hibitions are definitely repudiated. Four thorough examinations are held cach session, which are open to the friends of the pupils. Practical knowledge, and not outside superfluities, is aimed at.
Apparatus, in no stinted measure, is furnished for every depart- ment, as well as a large and rare collection of Mineralogical and Geological specimens. A choice Library is commenced. _1
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EHRGOTT & FORBRIGER LITH. CINCINNATI, 0.
MOUNT AUBURN FEMALE COLLEGE.
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Reading-room, with the principal journals of this country and Europe, is open at all hours.
The most careful and affectionate attention is paid to moral and religious training :- sectarianism always excluded. Correct habits and lady-like deportment receive constant care and watchfulness.
That the laws of health may be regarded, and physical exercise be made a pleasure rather than an irksome task, a capacious Calis- thenium has been erected and furnished, and daily practice is made imperative, under the direction of the female principal of the In- stitute.
The spacious building, a view of which is seen on the opposite page, has been erected with a view to the utmost completeness and convenience: and careful regard has been had to safety from fire, and to free ventilation. It is traversed by spacious halls, and heated throughout by steam, and lighted by gas. It is surrounded with fields, groves, and abundant private play-grounds.
For information or catalogues, address Rev. E. A. Crawley, D. D., Cincinnati, O.
Herron's Seminary for Boys, Seventh, between Walnut and Vine streets.
JOSEPH HERRON, A. M., PRINCIPAL,
Instructor in Rhetoric, Moral Science and English Literature.
MILETUS GREEN, A. M.,
Professor of Greek and Latin Languages.
MAXWELL- P. GADDIS, JR., .B. S., Professor of Mathematics and Natural Science.
JAMES E. SHERWOOD, ASSISTANT.
CHARLES AIKEN, A. M.,
Professor of Vocal Music.
PHILIPPE FR. BALDAUFF,
Professor of German and French Languages.
CHARLES J. SHEPPARD,
Instructor in Book-keeping and Penmanship.
LOUIS SCHWEBEL,
Professor of Drawing and Painting.
MONS. J. TOSSO,
Professor of Instrumental Music.
The Seminary is situated on Seventh street, between Walnut and Vine, which is the most central and pleasant part of the city. The building is large and airy, having been built expressly for the purpose; and being out of the business part of the city, and sur- rounded with fine private residences, and shaded by beautiful
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trees, it is quiet and retired, which makes it a very desirable loca- . tion for an institution of learning.
During fourteen years a very fine Cabinet of Minerals and Shells has been collected for the Institution, to which additions are made every month.
A full set of Pelton's large Outline Maps has been purchased, which, together with a pair of large Globes, a Planetarium, Tellu- rian, Lunarian, and Geometrical Forms and Solids, Blocks, etc., increases very much the interest of the pupils in the study of Geog- raphy and Astronomy, and facilitates their progress ..
In order to illustrate the subject of Physiology and Anatomy, and render it more interesting to the class, a full set of Cutter's Col- ored Anatomical Plates has been procured.
An Electrical Machine, Galvanic Battery, Air Pump, and all the Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus necessary to illustrate those subjects, by experiments and lectures, have been obtained.
A fine Melodeon has been purchased for the Institution, and is used by the Professor of Music in giving instruction to the classes in singing, and in our religious exercises in the morning. Num- ber of pupils, 160.
Cincinnati English and Classical School, corner of Elin and Ninth streets. Andrew J. Rickoff, Principal. The design of this School is-1st. To prepare boys for College; 2d. To afford a gen- erous Literary and Scientific course of Education to those whose parents do not intend to have them take a Collegiate course.
While the above objects will be kept steadily in view, the moral and physical training of pupils will receive constant and careful attention.
To this end, the school is liberally supplied with apparatus. As an illustration, one of the rooms is furnished with one of Barlow's large Planetariums.
Particular attention will be given to Spelling, Reading, Compo- sition and Letter Writing.
The moral training of pupils is a matter of special care and at- tention. . A teacher is with the pupils at the time of their exer- cises, not as a governor, but rather as a companion. This affords the very best opportunity to train, that is, to habituate boys to the exercise of the virtues of the play-ground, which develope into the virtues of social and business intercourse of the world. The viees of the school-ground have, of course, little opportunity for growth
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while the teacher is present. Intellectual culture is aimed at, rather than the imparting of large treasures of information to the pupil. Habits of observation are cultivated, and a knowledge of things is held as desirable, rather than a knowledge of words, to which the memorizing process of the day are so apt to lead.
The physical training of the boys is amply provided for in.a gymnasium, which is well furnished with apparatus.
Colleges .- There are in Cincinnati two Colleges, properly so called.
1. The Cincinnati College .- This is the oldest collegiate insti- tution in the city, but its instructions have been, with the exception of its Law School, suspended for several years, and the building is now occupied mainly by the Chamber of Commerce, and Mer- chants' Exchange, and the Young Men's Mercantile Library Association.
LAW FACULTY .-
BELLAMY STORER, LL. D.,
Professor of Legal Rights, including Real Estate, Commercial Law and the Domestic Relations. Appointed in 1855.
HON. MYRON H. TILDEN,
Professor of Equity Jurisprudence, Pleading and Practice. Appointed in 1850.
MASKELL E. CURWEN,
Prof. of Civil Remedies, including Pleading, Practice and Evidence. Appointed in 1850.
This school has been in successful operation during the past twenty-two years, and now numbers ninety students. A certificate from this institution entitles the holder to admission to the bar in Ohio, without the usual examination. Students have access, for the purpose of reference, to several thousand law books, sufficient for all practical purposes, free of charge.
All communications relative to the business of the Law Depart- ment, should be addressed to M. E. Curwen, Times Buildings, 66 West Third street. Cincinnati, O. The Lecture Room is in the College Buildings, Walnut street, above Fourth, Cincinnati.
2. St. Xarier's College, Sycamore st., between Sixth and Seventh. FACULTY .-
REV. M. OAKLEY, S. J., PRESIDENT,
REV. T. KUHLMAN, S. J., VICE PRESIDENT, and Professor of Natural Philosophy.
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REV. P. TSCHEIDER, S. J., Professor of German. REV. P. ARNOUDT, S. J., Professor of Ancient Languages. REV. A. LEVISSE, S. J., Professor of Modern Languages.
REV. M. LAWLOR, S. J., TREASURER.
MR. J. McGILL, S. J., Professor of English Literature. MR. WILLIAM SCHMIDT, S. J.,
Professor of Chemistry and Science.
MR. VENNEMANN, S. J.,
MR. B. COPPENS, S. J., Assistant Professors in various branches.
This is an incorporated institution, belonging to the Roman Catholics, with extensive Library, Museum, and Philosophical and Chemical apparatus. It does not now, as heretofore, receive boarders.
Medical Colleges .- There are in Cincinnati six Medical Col- leges, corresponding to four different kinds of Medical education. These are-1. The Medical College of Ohio; 2. Cincinnati Col- lege of Medicine and Surgery; 3. Eclectic Medical Institute; 4. Ec- lectic College of Medicine; 5. Physio-Medical College; 6. College of Dental Surgery.
The first and second of these are of th . regular Old School in Medicine. The third and fourth represent the Eclectic School. The fifth is usually known as the Botanic Practice. The sixth is devoted to instruction in Dentistry. There are, probably, five hun- dred and fifty Medical Students attending Lectures in the city annually.
Medical College of Ohio .- FACULTY.
L. M. LAWSON, M. D.,
Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, and Clinical Medicine. JESSE P. JUDKINS, M. D.,
Professor of Anatomy.
GEORGE C. BLACKMAN, M. D.,
Professor of the Principles and Practice of Surgery, and Clinical Surgery. GEORGE MENDENHALL, M. D.,
Professor of Obstetrics, Diseases of Women and Children, and Clinical Midwifery.
C. G. COMEGYS, M. D.,
Professor of Institutes of Medicine.
JAMES GRAHAM, M. D.,
Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. *
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II. E. FOOTE, M. D.,
Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology.
THOMAS WOOD. M. D.,
Professor of Microscopical and Surgical Anatomy.
JOHN A. MURPHY, M. D.,
Adjunct Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine, and Clinical Medicine. .
B. F. RICHARDSON, M. D.,
Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics, Diseases of Women and Children, and Clinical Midwifery. WILLIAM CLENDENIN, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy.
L. M. LAWSON, M. D., Dean, 159 Race street.
GEO. MENDENHALL. M. D., 197 Fourth st., Registrar.
TRUSTEES .- JOHN P. FOOTE, EsQ., President.
J. L. VATTIER, M. D., Secretary and Treasurer.
FLAMEN BALL,. EsQ.
WILLIAM MOUNT, M. D. JACOB STRADER, ESQ.
WILLIAM S. RIDGELEY, M. D.
E. B. REEDER, EsQ.
COLONEL G. W. HOLMES.
MILES GREENWOOD, EsQ.
A. N. RIDDLE, EsQ. HON. THOMAS M. KEY.
The Faculty of the Medical College of Ohio do not deem it necessary to exhibit, in detail, the resources of the Institution, but merely to state that it is thoroughly organized, possesses am- ple means of illustration, and is prepared, therefore, to afford every facility for the acquisition of Medical and Surgical knowledge. The last session numbered 152 pupils, of whom 43 received the degree of Doctor of Medicine. This was the largest class assem- bled in the west during the past session.
The course of instruction is so arranged that each department will receive proper attention; the elementary branches will be fully taught in the didactic course at the College, and Clinical Medicine and Surgery receive ample illustration at the Hospital and City Dispensary.
The Commercial Hospital, the medical department of which is under the exclusive control of the Medical College of Ohio, fur- nishes almost every variety of medical and surgical cases; and these will be examined, prescribed for or operated on, DAILY, in presence of as many of the class as desire to attend, at an hour which will not interfere with the lectures at the College, while there will be, twice a week, as heretofore, regular Clinical Lectures and operations in the amphitheatre of the Hospital.
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The advantages to be derived from this source must be apparent to any one. A great variety of diseases exists among the poorer classes of our population, whose circumstances debar them from entering the Hospital. These resort in large numbers, daily, to the Dispensary. It is believed that during the last year, more than two thousand of the afflicted resorted to it for relief.
Opportunities will also be presented for witnessing surgical ope- rations and seeing cases at St. John's Hotel for Invalids by the students of the College, some of the professors of which are con- nected with that institution.
In view of these extended means of Clinical Instruction, it may be safely affirmed, that the Medical College of Ohio affords oppor- tunities for acquiring information in regard to diagnosis, causes, nature and treatment of the diseases of the Mississippi valley, which cannot be excelled in any other College north or south.
The Anatomical and Surgical Cabinets are well supplied and conveniently arranged. They consist, in part, of the extensive col- lections of Prof. Cobb, and those of the late Prof. Shotwell. The private cabinet of Prof. Blackman, collected both in Europe and this country, and also that of Prof. Mendenhall, will be added to this department. This union of material will make a complete collection for the illustration of the Anatomical, Surgical and Ob- stetrical Lectures, and, with the Chemical apparatus of the Miami Medical College, the means are not less ample for a full course of experimental Chemistry.
The new College building, recently completed at an expense of over $50,000, is not surpassed for elegance of structure and convenience of arrangement by any building of the kind in the United States. There are two large Lecture Halls, each capable of containing between five and six hundred persons, together with extensive apartments for museums, dissections, etc. The entire building is well lighted with gas, well ventilated, and thoroughly warmed, during the winter, by means of hot air furnaces.
Spacious and elegant rooms have been arranged for the Library. It consists of a large collection of the best medical authors, to which the students have access free of charge. It is open daily for ob. taining and returning books. Students are advised, however, to provide themselves with the ordinary text-books, which they will require for constant reference.
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Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery .- TRUSTEES.
JACOB GRAFF, EsQ.
JOSEPH K. SMITH, ESQ
WILLIAM CAMERON, EsQ.
HON. ROBERT MOORE.
REV. C. MOORE. JOSEPH DRAPER, EsQ.
WILLIAM B. DODDS, EsQ.
MARTIN TOLBERT, EsQ.
A. H. BAKER, M. D.
JACOB GRAFF, EsQ., Pres't of Board. REV. C. MOORE, Secretary.
FACULTY .-
A. H. BAKER, M. D.,
Prof. of the Principles and Practice of Surgery, and Clinical Surgery.
B. S. LAWSON, M. D.,
Prof. of Principles and Practice of Medicine, and Clinical Medicine.
P. M. CRUME, M. D.,
Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children.
R, SPENCER, M. D.,
Professor of Anatomy and Physiology.
T. W. GORDON, M. D.,
Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy.
T. A. REAMY, M. D.,
Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics.
I. C. WALKER, M. D.,
Professor of Pathology and Physical Diagnosis.
J. C. BECK, M. D., Professor of Medical Jurisprudence.
J. W. BAKER, M. D.,
Adjunct Professor of Principles and Practice of Medicine.
WM. SPENCER, M. D.,
Adjunct Professor of Anatomy.
WM. H. SWANDER, M. D., Frosector to the Chair of Surgery.
The Faculty having investigated the subject thoroughly, and being fully satisfied that no single school could establish a standard of literary attainments, and a higher one of Medical Qualification, without great sacrifice, determined, one year ago, to commence the work by making the school free.
The College building is situated on the corner of Longworth st. and Western row, fronting one hundred feet on the fermer, by sixty -on the latter. It is four stories high, well finished, presenting a plain but neat and tasteful exterior, and an internal structure ad- mirably adapted to college purposes. The lecture-rooms are lofty, well lighted, freely ventilated, and capable of accommodating three hundred students. They are furnished with comfortable arm chairs, which are regarded as a decided improvement upon the old method of arranging seats.
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For the prosecution of Practical Anatomy, the most liberal pro- visions have been made. The Dissecting Amphitheatre is placed upon the top of the main building, is well lighted and thoroughly ventilated.
The College Dispensary consists of acute and chronic diseases gathered from all parts of the city. Those who are able to visit the Dispensary, are prescribed for before the class. Those who are confined at home, may be visited and attended to by those of the class who are advanced in the study of their profession. By such a course young physicians start in their profession with expe- rience in and familiarity with the treatment of disease.
The Commercial Hospital is open to the students of this College. Wednesday and Saturday mornings are devoted to the study of Clinical Medicine, under the Surgeon and Physician of that Insti- tution. With such advantages as we have enumerated, it is evi- dent that Clinical Medicine can be taught, and studied, as well in Cincinnati as in any city in America.
Eclectic Medical Institute .- Students, session 1857-8, 154; graduates of same, 70.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES .-
W. B. PIERCE, President,
L. E. JONES, M. D.,
W. F. HURLBUT, Vice President, J. P. MAYER,
J. G. HENSHALL, Secretary,
A. H. BALDRIDGE, M. D.,
R. S. NEWTON, M. D., T.casurer, Z. FREEMAN, M. D.,
HON. GEORGE HOADLEY,
O. E. NEWTON, M. D.,
J. P. CUNNINGHAM,
G. W. PHILLIFS,
N. HEADINGTON, EsQ.,
G. BRASHEARS,
H. LEONARD.
FACULTY .-
H. D. GARRISON, M. D.,
Professor of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Toxicology. ₡
L. E. JONES, M. D.,
Professor of Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Medical Botany. W. BYRD POWELL, M. D.,
Emeritus Professor of Cerebral Physiology.
G. W. L. BICKLEY, M. D.,
Professor of Physiology and Medical Jurisprudence.
R. S. NEWTON, M. D.,
Professor of Surgery and Surgical Practice.
J. CAM MASSIE, M. D.,
Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, and Pathology. Z. FREEMAN, M. D.,
Professor of General, Special and Pathological Anatomy.
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J. M. SCUDDER, M. D.,
· Professor of Obstetrics, and the Diseases of Women and Children.
A. H. BALDRIDGE, M. D.,
Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women.
EDWIN FREEMAN, M. D.,
Demonstrator of Anatomy.
CLINIC LECTURERS .---
J. CAM MASSIE, M. D.,
R. S. NEWTON, M. D.,
Z. FREEMAN, M. D.
The Eclectic Medical Institute edifice is located on the corner of Court and Plum streets, in the very centre of the city. In loca- tion, Cincinnati presents advantages for a Medical School not pos- sessed by any city in the Union. It is accessible from all points, very healthy, with a pleasant climate, and characteristic for its hos- pitality and attention to strangers. The building itself is large and commodious, well adapted to the purpose for which it is used, in good order, and well situated in every respect. Its Professors are men of acknowledged ability, by whose energy the Eclectic branch of the profession has been elevated to its present position. Its classes have always been the largest of any school west of the mountains, and its graduates have attained a marked success. No dissensions mar the harmony of its teachings, which are as thorough as those of any school in America, strictly scientific, and as liberal as it is possible to make a Medical College. It is now free from all those vagaries and fanciful speculations formerly taught, and the student is no longer taxed for outside or private-pay lectures; nor are females admitted to attend the lectures.
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