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WHERE  TO   EDUCATE 


Educator  and  First  President  of  Antioch  College,  Ohio. 


WHERE    TO    EDUCATE 


1898-1899 


A   GUIDE  TO  THE   BEST   PRIVATE  SCHOOLS, 

HIGHER   INSTITUTIONS   OF    LEARNING, 

ETC.     IN   THE   UNITED   STATES 


EDITED    BY 

GRACE   POWERS  THOMAS 


BOSTON 
BROWN    AND    COMPANY 

378  BOYLSTON  STREET 


REESE 

Copyright,  1898,  by 
BROWN  AND  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS 


Colonial 

Electrotyped  and  Printed  by  C.  H.  Simonds  &  Co. 
Boston,  U.S.A. 


CONTENTS. 


PAGE 

EDITOR'S  NOTE          ....  ix 

THE  PRIVATE  SCHOOL       .  xi 

BY  ARTHUR  OILMAN,  Principal  of  the  Cambridge  School,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass. 

ENGLISH  IN  THE  SECONDARY  SCHOOL        .  .  xv 

BY   FREDERIC    LAWRENCE   KNOWLES,    author  of  "Practical 
Hints  to  Young  Writers"  etc. 

SKETCHES    OF   PRIVATE    SCHOOLS,    HIGHER   INSTITUTIONS 

OF  LEARNING     .  i 

INDEX  TO  ADVERTISEMENTS       .         .         .         .         .         .381 

ADVERTISEMENTS       .  ......       383 


99759 


TO  THE   READER. 

OUR  title-page  partially  states  our  mission.  So  far  as  we  know 
the  private  schools  of  the  United  States  support  no  distinctive 
publication,  and  if  this  book  opens  the  way  towards  a  legitimate 
periodical  it  will  have  accomplished  another  part  of  our  mission. 
That  there  is  a  field  for  "  Where  to  Educate,"  has  been  proved 
by  the  many  letters  of  commendation  which  have  reached  us  from 
all  parts  of  the  country  since  its  proposal. 

Money,  time,  and  patience  may  be  lavishly  used  in  the  prepara- 
tion of  a  work  of  this  character,  but  it  is  nearly,  if  not  quite, 
impossible  to  make  the  first  edition  complete  and  accurate.  We 
offer,  therefore,  no  apology  for  errors  and  omissions.  We  have 
earnestly  endeavored  to  reach  by  mail  every  educational  institu- 
tion of  private  or  semi-private  character  in  the  country,  and  as 
far  as  possible,  from  all  available  information,  we  have  treated 
each  impartially,  according  to  its  reported  standing.  The  schools 
and  colleges  will  be  found  ready  and  willing  to  supply  catalogue's 
to  those  who  need  more  detailed  information  than  is  herein  given. 

To  the  private  schools  primarily  we  direct  the  service  of  this 
work,  hoping  that  the  favor  with  which  it  is  received  will  place 
it  upon  a  permanent  footing,  and  justify  periodical  editions.  By 
request  the  first  revision  will  be  published  in  the  spring  of  1899. 

We  invite  criticism,  especially  corrections  and  additions,  for  in 
no  other  way  can  "Where  to  Educate"  be  made  to  attain  that 
point  of  perfection  which  we  wish  it  to  reach.  To  those  who 
have  so  promptly  and  generously  given  us  the  aid  necessary  to 
the  success  of  our  publication  we  extend  our  thanks. 

EDITOR. 

December,  1898. 


THE  PRIVATE  SCHOOL. 

AMONG  the  interesting  phenomena  presented  by  American 
civilization  none  is  more  marked  than  the  generosity,  not  to  say 
the  eagerness,  with  which  large  sums  of  money  are  lavished  for 
the  education  of  the  young.  After  the  State  has  founded  its 
public  schools,  and  has  housed  them  in 'buildings  that  may 
properly  be  called  palatial,  the  people  are  not  satisfied,  but  they 
continue  to  pour  out  their  funds  for  the  purpose  of  complement- 
ing these  institutions,  with  still  greater  elegance  and  splendor,  in 
private  establishments. 

In  the  beginning  most  of  the  public  school  systems  possessed 
the  traits  that  are  now  usually  found  only  in  the  private  school.- 
In  those  days  the  communities  were  homogeneous,  the  numbers 
small,  and  parents  were  satisfied  with  the  public  establishments 
for  the  instruction  of  their  children.  Even  then,  however,  as 
in  Boston,  private  provision  was  sometimes  first  made  for  the 
education  of  the  girls  and  boys.  When,  however,  numbers 
increased  in  the  public  institutions,  and  when  the  homogeneity 
of  the  community  was  lost,  when  youth,  born  under  different 
nationalities  and  holding  different  views  of  life,  thronged  into  the 
schoolhouse,  many  parents  felt  a  disposition  to  place  their  children 
in  smaller  groups,  and  to  give  them  more  particular  attention. 
Thus  the  private  school  grew  up,  and  became  a  prominent  feature 
in  the  educational  world. 

The  importance  of  the  private  school  interest  is  hardly  appreci- 
ated by  the  public.  When  it  is  contemplated  in  its  entirety,  one 
is  involuntarily  led  to  inquire  more  minutely  into  the  reasons  for 
its  existence.  Why,  when  the  acknowledged  progress  of  the 
public  school  towards  perfection  in  system  and  performance  is  so 
great  and  so  persistent,  should  the  private  school  also  be  increas- 
ing in  numbers,  in  adaptation  to  the  demands  laid  upon  it,  and 
in  elaboration  in  organization  ?  The  public  schools  have  their 
periodicals  by  the  score,  all  of  them  aiming  to  aid  the  teachers 
and  the  committees  that  have  them  in  charge.  The  private 
schools  have  no  organ,  and  seldom  is  it  possible  for  any  but  the 
special  investigator  to  appreciate  their  great  extent  and  elevated 
character. 

It  has  been  said  that  private  schools  are  the  experiment  stations, 


THE    PRIVATE    SCHOOL. 

where  the  good  methods  that  are  to  be  followed  in  public  institu- 
tions are  put  to  the  test,  and  that,  from  the  nature  of  the  case, 
they  are  always  in  advance  of  public  opinion  expressed  by 
committees  who  manage  the  free  schools  provided  for  from  the 
tax  levy.  Institutions  established  by  vote  of  majorities  can  hardly 
be  expected  to  mark  the  highest  progress,  —  they  rather  show  the 
average  aspirations  of  a  community.  The  position  of  the  public 
schools  of  America  is  an  indication  of  the  high  intellectual  level 
of  the  people,  while  the  lavishness  with  which  provision  is  made 
for  private  education  shows  that  there  are  many  in  the  community 
who  seek  something  better.  Why,  otherwise,  should  we  see  Jacob 
Abbott  giving  his  days  and  nights  to  the  celebrated  boys'  school 
in  New  York  with  which  his  name  will  always  be  associated  ? 
Why  should  his  brother  Gorham  do  the  same  thing  for  girls  in 
the  Spingler  Institute  ?  Why  should  the  historian  Bancroft  found 
and  carry  on  the  famous  Round  Hill  School  at  Northampton  ? 
Why  should  a  Charlier  build  up  his  great  school  for  boys,  or  a 
Brearley,  fresh  from  his  educational  experience  in  England, 
return  to  New  York  to  found  the  school  for  girls  which  bears  his 
name  and  remains  his  monument  ?  In  Boston  we  find  the  seer, 
Alcott,  elaborating  his  ideas  of  pedagogy  in  the  school  which,  in 
the  pages  of  his  "•  Story  of  a  School,"  will  always  be  an  inspira- 
tion and  an  example.  Over  the  river,  in  Cambridge,  that  great 
teacher  of  teachers,  Agassiz,  founded  and  took  personal  charge 
of  a  school  for  girls,  which  will  probably  never  be  excelled  in  the 
brilliancy  of  its  body  of  instructors  nor  in  the  loyalty  of  its  pupils. 
In  California  there  is  a  Reid,  once  the  president  of  her  univer- 
sity, now  at  the  head  of  the  Belmont  School,  which  he  founded, 
and  to  which  he  is  giving  the  ripe  experience  of  his  fruitful  life. 
The  name  Porter  is  no  more  famous  and  no  more  respected 
because  it  stands  for  the  head  of  Yale  University  than  it  is 
because  the  sister  of  that  reverend  president  has  for  years  con- 
trolled the  fortunes  of  a  school  for  girls  that  has  its  grateful 
graduates  in  all  quarters  of  the  land.  The  fact  that  a  Shattuck 
founded  and  nourished  St.  Paul's  School  in  New  Hampshire, 
and  St.  Mary's  School  in  Minnesota,  is  one  to  be  taken  into 
account  when  we  write  up  the  story  of  American  education. 
Time  would  fail  to  tell  of  the  Groton  School,  the  Lawrenceville 
School,  of  Monticello  Seminary  in  Illinois,  of  Bradford  Academy 
in  Massachusetts,  of  Asheville  College  in  North  Carolina,  of  the 
Emma  Willard  School  in  Troy,  and  yet  these  are  but  a  very  small 
number  among  hundreds  of  institutions  that  might  be  mentioned 
which  represent  intense  devotion  to  the  higher  interests  of  the 
young,  and  of  lives  that  are  beacon-lights  in  the  history  of 
American  education.  They  are  facts  that  must  be  encountered 
and  accounted  for. 


THE    PRIVATE    SCHOOL 

When  the  editor  of  Harpers  Magazine  was  writing  on  the 
subject  of  the  "  Multiplication  of  Private  Schools  of  High  Order," 
he  remarked  that  "this  movement  is  not  accounted  for  by  an 
undemocratic  reluctance  to  submit  well-bred  children  to  the 
associations  of  the  popular  schools,  but  by  the  failure  of  those 
methods  to  give  the  sort  of  intellectual  and  moral  training  desired, 
—  that  is,  the  sort  of  training  that  raises  the  ideal  of  life."  He 
then  goes  on  to  say  that  what  is  wanted  is  "  an  institution  under 
individual  management,"  not  for  mere  experiments,  but  for  de- 
velopment founded  upon  experience,  and  suited  to  the  capacities 
and  dispositions  of  the  pupils.  Can  this  be  had  in  the  public 
school?  Of  course,  the  "individual  management"  is  not  to  be 
had  in  a  school  directed  by  a  committee  and  a  superintendent, 
with  a  head-master  and  sub-masters  in  various  gradations  below. 
Neither  can  the  individual  capacities  be  provided  for  and  the 
needs  of  the  great  variety  of  pupils  be  met  in  an  institution  in 
which  each  teacher  has  under  his  care  large  numbers  of  pupils. 
That  the  public  schools  earnestly  endeavor  to  meet  such  require- 
ments is  not  denied,  but  to  meet  them  demands  a  greater  expendi- 
ture of  money  than  the  tax-gatherer  can  collect,  without  rousing 
a  fatal  antagonism  to  the  public  school.  If  there  are  from  thirty 
to  sixty  pupils  under  a  single  teacher,  there  cannot  possibly  be 
that  adaptation  of  means  to  ends  that  is  easy  in  a  school  where 
the  numbers  are  small.  The  difference  is  between  a  cost  per 
pupil  of  twenty  or  even  fifty  dollars  in  the  public  school,  and  the 
charges  of  private  schools  of  from  one  hundred  to  three  hundred 
or  even  five  hundred  dollars  each. 

These  are  but  a  very  few  out  of  the  many  reasons  why  private 
schools  exist  in  every  community.  A  public  school  superintendent, 
writing  in  the  Atlantic  for  November,  1898,  involuntarily  gives 
others.  Taste  and  principle  both  unite  to  lead  one  parent  to 
seek  for  his  children  advantages  that  may  be  but  faintly  appreci- 
ated by  another.  One  private  school  differs  from  another  in 
scope  and  processes,  but  every  one  has  for  its  object,  even  if  it 
be  a  mere  money-making  establishment,  the  supply  of  a  demand 
for  specially  desirable  instruction  and  nurture  which  it  is  supposed 
that  the  public  institutions  do  not  provide.  The  man  who  from 
necessity,  wears  a  ready-made  coat  goes  to  the  tailor  and  is 
measured  for  one  specially  adapted  to  his  form  as  soon  as  his 
means  permit  him  to  do  so. 

ARTHUR  OILMAN. 

Cambridge,  December,  1898. 


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ENGLISH   IN  THE  SECONDARY  SCHOOL. 

ONE  principle  underlies  all  teaching  methods  however  diverse. 
If  the  pupil  is  to  do  good  work,  his  interest  in  his  task  must  be 
won  and  held.  In  other  words,  a  student's  education  in  any  worthy 
sense  is  derived  only  from  what  he  loves. 

Starting  from  this  proposition,  I  offer,  in  compliance  with  the 
request  of  the  editor,  a  few  suggestions  on  the  subject,  "  How 
English  May  be  Taught  in  the  Secondary  School."  I  am  en- 
couraged to  do  so  since  recent  examination  of  catalogues  from 
all  parts  of  the  country  reveals  the  fact  that  English  work 
has  been  given  within  a  few  years  so  large  a  degree  of  promi- 
nence in  secondary  schools  that  it  may  almost  be  called  their 
most  distinctive  feature.  If  I  succeed  at  all,  I  shall  be  able  to 
suggest  broader  bearings  of  the  subject  than  are  indicated  in  Eng- 
lish work  only.  If  principles  of  teaching  succeed  in  one  depart- 
ment of  school  work,  they  may  be,  with  necessary  adaptation, 
applied  to  any  other. 

The  study  of  English  is  sharply  divided  into  two  divisions : 
The  history  and  criticism  of  English  literature,  and  the  study  and 
practice  of  English  composition.  These  divisions,  while  closely 
related,  are  as  individual  as  the  history  of  painting  and  the  actual 
practice  of  the  painter's  art. 

The  question,  "  How  to  Teach  English  Literature,"  is  not  es- 
sentially different  from  the  question,  how  to  teach  anything. 
Teaching  is  less  a  matter  of  information  than  of  inspiration.  But 
while  a  good  teacher  is  born,  he  is  also  made.  The  question  I 
have  raised  regards  the  making  —  the  art,  not  the  genius  of 
instruction. 

But  how  to  teach  English  literature.  How  not  to  teach  English 
literature  would  be  an  easier  question.  Perhaps  by  agreeing  on 
certain  wrong  ways  of  attempting  the  task,  we  can  more  readily 
get  at  something  positive. 

There  are  two  methods  of  teaching  the  subject  which  are 
equally  bad :  That  of  insisting  upon  mechanical  memorizing,  and 
that  of  sentimentalism.  The.  first  is  that  of  the  pedant ;  the 
second  is  that  of  the  dilettante. 

Whether  the  first  method  may  successfully  be  applied  to  some 
other  subjects  or  not,  I  am  not  prepared  definitely  to  deny,  though 
I  doubt  it ;  but  it  certainly  cannot  be  applied  to  literature.  The 

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ENGLISH    IN    THE    SECONDARY    SCHOOL. 

laborious  cramming  of  unrelated  facts  with  the  purpose  of  dis 
gorging  them  at  stated  intervals  —  oh,  the  pity  of  it !  There  is 
no  surer  way  of  gaining  a  student's  hatred  for  a  study  than  by 
making  of  his  mind  a  treadmill  where  he  will  constantly  step 
forward  without  advancing.  What  use  can  there  be  in  compelling 
a  boy  or  girl  to  remember  the  titles  and  dates  of  Cowley's  poems, 
or  of  Congreve's  plays,  or  of  Trollope's  novels  ?  If  a  student  have 
the  memory  of  a  Macaulay  and  the  industry  of  a  Gladstone,  he 
never  can,  in  any  real  sense,  be  educated  by  such  periodical 
indigestion  of  facts.  He  may  recite  with  an  accuracy  and  fullness 
that  would  warm  the  heart  of  a  German  commentator,  but  the 
question  remains,  What  is  the  use  ?  •  "  Is  the  boy  interested  ?  " 
you  ask  the  teacher.  The  pedagogue  is  puzzled.  Why,  pray, 
should  the  boy  be  interested  ?  He's  a  first  honor  man.  Isn't  that 
enough  ?  But  you  turn  to  the  boy  himself.  Are  you  fond  of 
Cowley's  poems  ?  (He  has  never  seen  any.)  Do  you  like  Con- 
greve's plays?  (The  lad  hasn't  read  a  line  of  them.)  Which 
is  your  favorite  among  Trollope's  stories  ?  (The  poor  chap  is 
innocent  of  every  one.) 

And  just  here  allow  me  to  say  that,  of  all  fruitless  subjects  in 
this  world,  English  literature,  if  taught  in  this  fashion,  seems  to 
me  to  be  the  most  so.  Even  history,  taught  in  however  uninspired 
a  manner,  must  leave  a  slight  residuum  of  profit.  History  has  its 
course,  and  to  catch  the  march  of  facts,  to  watch  the  tides  of  event 
from  Egypt  to  Oklahoma,  from  Moses  to  McKinley,  —  to  do  this 
is  just  a  bit  better  to  appreciate  the  place  of  one's  own  time  in 
the  great  scheme  of  things.  Only  let  us  see  the  panorama  pass, 
and  we  can  dispense  with  the  showman.  A  horde  of  barbarians 
from  the  North  swept  like  an  evil  avalanche  over  fair  Italian 
villages.  The  ground  opened  and  a  tropical  city  was  swallowed 
up  like  a  tiny  bird  in  the  jaws  of  a  snake ;  men  called  it  .an 
earthquake.  There  is  something  to  touch  the  imagination  in  that. 
But  —  in  a  certain  year  Mr.  Edmund  Waller  was  born,  in  another 
he  published  his  first  poem,  in  another  he  died.  Who  cares? 
Certainly  not  the  teacher  who  sulks  wearily  over  the  rim  of  his 
book  with  his  whole  soul  concentrated  on  the  single  thought  of 
forcing  the  student's  brain  to  reproduce  the  contents  of  the  page  ; 
certainly  not  the  pupil  who  yawns  meekly  behind  his  hand,  and 
watches  a  robin  out  of  the  window. 

'  The  second  bad  method  is  that  of  sentimentalism,  —  the  unin- 
telligent gurgle  of  approval.  It  should  be  understood  once  for  all 
that  gush  is  not  scholarship,  and  that  superlatives  are  not  appre- 
ciation. The  trouble  with  the  first  method  is  that  it  is  not 
sympathetic  enough,  with  the  second  that  it  is  not  intelligent 
enough.  One  is  purely  intellectual ;  the  other  purely  emotional. 

The  real  method  is  somewhere  between  the  two  bad  methods. 

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ENGLISH    IN    THE    SECONDARY    SCHOOL. 

To  define  it  would  take  rather  more  confidence  than  I  possess, 
but  I  can  do  nothing  less  than  try. 

First  of  all,  let  me  restate  the  introductory  principle.  The  true 
method,  whatever  it  />,  must  win  the  interest  of  the  pupil.  It  is  next 
to  impossible  for  trained  minds  to  concentrate  attention  on  that 
which  is  distasteful  or  wearisome ;  for  undisciplined  minds  to  do 
so  is  absolutely  impossible.  Many  pupils  dislike  some  subject 
and  pass  for  sluggards,  when  the  teacher  himself  is  almost  wholly 
to  blame.  The  very  best  teacher  cannot  force  pupils  to  study 
against  their  will.  His  business  it  is  to  create  an  atmosphere  in 
which  work  will  become  a  pleasure  and  a  necessity.  Let  us  look 
at  it  from  another  point  of  view.  Why  is  it  that  boys  who  are 
considered  lazy  over  their  books  will  train  to  the  utmost  limit  of 
strength  in  preparation  for  an  athletic  meet,  —  will  lame  them- 
selves jumping,  or  running,  or  throwing,  or  riding?  They  are 
doing  violent,  constant  work,  these  lazy  lads,  but  they  have  called 
the  hard  work  play,  and  have  learned  to  enjoy  labor  under  the 
name  of  fun.  Is  it  not  so  in  study?  If  a  pupil  comes  to  class 
every  day,  dull-eyed,  dispirited,  and  constantly  observant  of  his 
watch,  he  might  better  be  absent.  The  course  does  nothing  for 
him.  The  teacher  has  said  nothing  to  him.  Until  the  stupidest 
face  in  the  class-room  brightens,  and  the  sleepiest  eye  catches  fire, 
you  have  not  succeeded  in  teaching  that  class.  Teachers  are  not 
paid  salaries  because  they  have  facts  in  their  brains.  Those  facts 
are  already  in  the  text-book.  They  are  paid  because  they  have 
personality  and  the  book  has  not,  because  they  can  rouse  interest 
in  the  untrained  mind,  and  the  white  page  covered  with  black 
symbols  cannot.  If,  at  the  close  of  your  course  in  literature,  every 
pupil  has  committed  the  facts  verbatim  and  repeated  them  to  the 
last  tittle  and  jot,  you  may  feel  that  a  feat  has  been  accomplished 
intellectual  if  not  educational.  But  if  your  pupils  send  for  copies 
of  the  book  recommended  but  not  prescribed,  if^they  read  further 
than  the  day's  assignment,  and  more  of  an  author  than  the  text- 
book suggests,  you  may  then  feel,  and  not  until  then,  that  the 
course  is  wholly  successful. 

But  while  interest  is  the  underlying  principle,  there  are  several 
related  ones,  hardly  less  important.  If  a  good  teaching  method 
must  first  of  all  gain  the  pupil's  interest,  in  the  second  place,  it  must 
gain  his  respect.  The  teacher  must  create  the  sense  of  confidence, 
must  give  the  impression  of  reserve  —  of  knowledge  behind  the 
day's  lesson,  beneath  the  hour's  lecture,  back  of  the  text-book 
narrative.  A  teacher  who  knows  only  the  text-book,  who  is  satisfied 
with  keeping  barely  ahead  of  his  class,  —  playing  a  game  of  intel- 
lectual "tag,"-— a  teacher  satisfied  with  this  aim,  ought  never  to 
impose  himself  on  innocent  school  classes.  He  is  in  the  teaching 
business  on  borrowed  or  pretended  capital. 


ENGLISH    IN   THE    SECONDARY    SCHOOL. 

But  teaching  should  be  not  only  interesting  and  intelligent,  it 
should  be  exacting.  If  the  text-book  is  not  inspired,  it  at  least 
contains  a  useful  body  of  truths ;  if  it  should  never  be  mechani- 
cally memorized,  its  substance  should  be  learned.  The  teacher 
should  do  his  own  work,  but  he  should  not  do  the  pupil's  work, 
too.  The  lecture  method  is  admirable  in  university  work ;  in 
school  work  it  should  be  used  in  combination  with  the  text-book. 

The  work  of  English  classes  may  be  equally  divided  :  the  first 
half  is  the  work  of  the  teacher,  the  second  is  the  business  of  the 
pupil.  The  teacher's  task  is  that  of  being  interesting  ;  for,  after 
all,  intelligence  and  thoroughness  merely  contribute  to  that ;  the 
pupil's  task  is  that  of  being  interested.  If  the  teacher  is  interest- 
ing, he  will  stimulate  the  class  to  work ;  if  the  class  is  interested, 
they  cannot  help  working. 

The  question  now  becomes  more  detailed.  How  can  the  teacher 
make  the  subject  interesting? 

He  should  first  of  all  talk  to  the  class.  We  assume  that  the 
teacher  has  much  wider  familiarity  with  his  subject  than  the  pupils 
have.  Let  him  generously  share  his  knowledge.  His  talk  should 
be  animated,  without  being  nervous  or  excited.  It  is  best,  indeed, 
usually  to  give  these  talks  in  a  colloquial,  almost  off-hand  way,  — 
the  method  of  conversation,  though  always  of  good  conversation. 
This  holds  attention  better  than  set  written  articles  can  do,  and 
thus  stimulates  interest.  In  these  talks  biographical  incidents 
should  have  a  prominent  place,  and  the  lives  of  the  old  worthies 
like  Chaucer  and  Spencer  should  be  removed  from  the  halo  of 
distance  and  vitally  realized,  —  made  actually  contemporary.  But 
if  biography  should  play  a  leading  part,  criticism  ought  by  no 
means  to  be  neglected.  The  criticism  should,  however,  be  con- 
densed and  summarized  so  that  the  student  may  easily  make 
notes  of  the  tabulated  headings.  Pupils  prefer  to  have  their 
criticism  focused.  Their  ideas  are  confused  if  not  diffused,  and 
they  like  to  have  them  brought  to  a  point.  In  a  university  course, 
one  would  give  a  body  of  general  criticism  and  leave  the  individual 
student  to  draw  conclusions.  If  there  is  one  thing  more  than 
another  that  the  higher  education  would  resent,  it  is  the  patronage 
of  having  authors  tagged  or  labelled  for  its  advantage,  —  the  good, 
better,  and  best  sort  of  thing,  on  a  sliding  scale.  But  preparatory 
school  students  have  no  such  suspicions,  and  consider  no  such 
information  an  affront.  They  are  frankly  ignorant  of  the  relative 
importance  of  authors,  and  wish  to  be  told.  They  are  bewildered 
by  an  army  of  names  and  dates,  and  to  be  given  a  list  of  the  ten 
greatest  English  poets,  or  of  forty  indispensable  dates  to  remember 
in  English  literary  history,  is  to  have  a  bit  of  order  evolved  from 
their  mental  chaos.  Criticism  by  the  method  of  contrast  is  most 
easily  retained  in  the  mind.  If  told  that  in  politics  Shakespeare 


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was  royalist  and  Milton  republican ;  that  in  the  terms  of  poetry 
Shakespeare  was  dramatic  and  Milton  epic  ;  that  in  temper  Shakes- 
peare was  (in  the  better  sense)  worldly  and  Milton  other-worldly : 
that  in  theme  Shakespeare  discussed  actual  life  and  Milton  ideal 
life,  —  a  bright  pupil  who  has  read  more  or  less  of  the  two  poets  is 
gratified  and  profited.  If  the  interest  of  the  class  flags  as  the 
result  of  one  way  of  teaching,  let  the  teacher  try  another.  To-day 
gossip  with  the  class  over  Doctor  Johnson's  oddities,  and  pass 
around  a  portrait  of  that  amiable  "  leviathan  of  literature  ; "  to- 
morrow give  a  five-minute  analysis  of  Johnson's  style;  the  day 
following,  read  extracts  from  "  Rasselas  "  and  "  The  Rambler." 

But  what,  pray,  is  the  class  to  do  ?  Interest,  of  course,  must 
first  be  roused ;  but  the  mere  mood  of  interest,  however  alert  at 
the  time,  does  little,  unless  it  begets  the  impulse  to  consecutive 
thought.  It  is  the  atmosphere  in  which  thought  can  grow;  but  it 
is  only  the  atmosphere. 

First,  looking  at  the  matter  from  the  point  of  view  of  the  pupil,  to 
study  literature  is  intelligently  to  read  literature  itself.  The  criti- 
cal text-book  is  simply  a  marginal  commentary  ;  it  is  not  the  scrip- 
ture. It  is  better  to  know  "  Hamlet  "  or  the  "  De  Coverley  Papers," 
or  Chaucer,  or  Burke,  or  Webster,  than  to  read  a  thousand  critical 
essays  about  them.  Criticism  is  valuable  only  as  a  guide.  A  class 
in  general  literature  should  read  entire,  at  least  Chaucer's  "  Pro- 
logue," one  of  Shakespeare's  plays,  and  one  of  Bacon's  or  Macau- 
lay's  essays.  In  addition,  there  should  be  a  liberal  allowance  of 
classic  extracts,  and  at  any  rate  one  book  of  required  collateral 
reading.  It  is  necessary,  moreover,  that  the  pupil  have  an 
outline  knowledge  of  English  history,  and  that  he  thoroughly 
understand  the  general  spirit  of  all  leading  periods  —  like  the 
Elizabethan,  the  Victorian.  Still  further,  —  it  is  indispensable  both 
that  a  knowledge  of  separate  authors'  biographies  be  had,  suffi- 
cient to  give  an  intelligent  idea  of  their  writings,  and  that  the 
student  gain  a  perspective  of  the  whole  literary  field  by  learning 
the  substance  of  a  brief  manual,  like  Brooke's  "  Primer."  Good 
critical  essays,  also,  are  valuable  after  (never  before)  the  student 
has  read  the  work  criticised  itself.  The  pupil  should  be  taught  to 
respect  the  opinion  of  men  who  have  given  years  to  the  mastery  of 
literature,  while  remembering  that  the  main  point,  after  all,  is  what 
pleases  himself,  —  not  what  some  one  else  thinks  ought  to  please 
him.  Finally,  the  pupil  should  commit  to  memory  more  or  less 
classic  English  literature,  —  at  least  a  few  passages  from  Shake- 
speare, or  a  few  lyrics  from  Palgrave's  "  Golden  Treasury." 

It  will  be  seen  that  not  a  little  has  been  left  to  the  pupil.  But 
I  would  leave  him  still  more.  The  most  fruitful  part  of  my  work 
was  that  of  daily  note-writing. 

For  example,  suppose  that  to-morrow  we  were  to  finish  reading 


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'k  The  Merchant  of  Venice."  I  should  ask  the  class  to  bring  in  a 
very  short  essay  giving  personal  impressions  of  Shylock,  or  giving 
an  outline  of  the  plot  by  acts,  or  contrasting  the  characters  of 
Jessica  and  Portia,  or  discussing  the  place  the  Fifth  Act  has  in  the 
development  of  the  drama.  After  studying  Milton's  life,  I  should 
ask,  perhaps,  for  a  frank  answer  to  the  question  :  "  Would  you 
rather  have  lived  in  the  same  house  with  Shakespeare  or  with 
Milton  ?  Give  your  reasons  in  full."  Or  if  we  had  finished 
"  The  Rape  of  the  Lock,"  I  might  ask  for  an  analysis  of  the  plot 
by  cantos,  or  for  a  collection  of  the  most  wise  or  witty  passages. 
Or,  if  the  day's  assignment  for  collateral  reading  had  been  a  dozen 
lyrics  in  the  "  Golden  Treasury,"  I  might  ask  for  a  critical  charac- 
terization of  each  one  of  the  twelve,  in  a  single  descriptive  epithet. 

These  daily  notes  were  candid,  personal  estimates,  and  the 
result  of  the  system  was  more  than  satisfying.  The  work  in  hardly 
any  instance  gave  evidence  of  flippant  conceit  in  amateurish 
judgment.  On  the  Contrary,  it  overcame  the  scared  temper  of 
mind  in  which  nothing  can  be  done,  and  cured  the  paralysis  of 
opinion  which  pupils  often  bring  to  literary  study.  More  than 
this  :  I  insisted  particularly  that  these  notes,  whatever  they  were, 
must  not  be  echoes,  whether  of  established  critics  or  of  the 
teacher.  As  a  result,  an  independent  and  unconventional  style  of 
writing  was  developed  which  often  surprised  by  its  astuteness  and 
truth. 

Finally,  I  sought  from  first  to  last  to  impress  upon  my  class 
the  value  of  practical  culture.  I  tried  to  show  that  literature  is 
not  an  ornament  on  the  outside  of  life  —  that  poetry  itself  has  as 
real  utility  as  factories.  Any  course  of  study  that  separates  pupils 
into  a  cult,  that  makes  them  impractical  or  dreamy,  unsympathetic 
or  snobbish,  is  a  failure.  Life  is  better  than  any  commentary  on 
life,  and  reading  is  only  the  means  to  an  end. 

I  turn  from  the  subject  of  literature  to  that  of  composition. 

It  is  a  heresy  to  think  that  literature  can,  except  in  an  accommo- 
dated sense,  be  learned;  it  can  only  be  imbibed.  But  rhetoric 
and  composition  differ;  they  are  arts,  and  may  be  acquired. 

For  that  reason  they  present  in  some  respects  an  easier  field  for 
the  teacher.  He  imparts  the  appreciation  and  understanding  of 
literature  less  through  his  knowledge  than  through  his  personality. 
Successful  teaching  of  the  rules  of  composition,  on  the  other  hand, 
calls  for  little  except  exact  information,  plus  the  faculty  for  clear 
and  patient  explanation.  But  if,  from  the  teacher's  point  of  view, 
easier  to  communicate  than  literature,  because  demanding  slighter 
personal  equipment,  the  arts  of  rhetoric  and  composition  are 
also,  from  the  pupil's  point  of  view,  duller  than  literature,  because 
more  mechanical.  Let  a  teacher  read  to  the  class  Tennyson's 
"  Crossing  the  Bar/'  or  relate  the  circumstances  of  the  Laureate's 


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peaceful  death  with  Shakespeare  open  in  his  hand  —  and  he  wins 
all  eyes  and  ears.  But  let  him  call  on  the  pupil  to  reproduce  from 
memory  the  rules  of  phraseology,  and  he  finds  him  too  often  dis- 
pirited and  listless.  Rules  like  the  following,  copied  verbatim  from 
the  rhetoric  used  in  my  classes,  possess  intrinsically  no  human 
interest,  while  poetry  and  stories  of  real  life  do  possess  such 
interest. 

"  Be  wise  in  using  coordinate  form  for  restrictive  office." 

"  Prepare  for  an  important  alternative  by  correlating  connec- 
tives." 

I  am  not  objecting  to  these  formulae  or  making  sport  of  them. 
They  are  valuable.  I  am  only  illustrating  the  fact  that,  while  the 
rhetoric  teacher  has  a  less  difficult  task  than  the  literature  teacher 
in  that  less  is  demanded  of  his  personal  equipment,  he  has  a 
harder  task  in  that  he  does  not  so  easily  win  the  interest  and 
sympathy  of  the  student. 

We  have  before  us,  then,  the  first  practical  problem  in  teaching 
composition:  Is  it  possible  to  make  it  interesting  ?  Is  it  possi- 
ble to  overcome  the  inertia  of  the  indolent  or  careless  pupil  who 
hates  semicolons  and  silent  letters  as  he  hates  study-hours  or  com- 
pulsory chapel  ?  Is  it  possible  to  overcome  the  discouragement 
or  despair  of  the  pupil  who  is  not  indolent  or  careless,  but  who  is 
overwhelmed  by  a  hundred  rules  about  the  placing  of  the  adverb 
and  the  agreement  of  pronoun  and  antecedent  ? 

In  attempting  an  answer  I  would  first  offer  this  suggestion  : 
Lists  of  mistakes  in  the  choice  or  position  of  words  are  valuable 
in  teaching  composition,  but  they  should  never  come  first.  Teachers 
often  paralyze  all  the  natural  faculties  of  an  untrained  pupil  by 
giving  him  appalling  lists  of  grammatical  errors  which  he  is  told 
he  must  avoid,  —  as  if  composition  could  have  no  natural  stride, 
but  were  a  walk  on  a  tight  rope  with  all  thought  concentrated  on 
the  danger  of  falling. 

1  The  only  way  to  learn  to  write,  is  to  write,  just  as  the  only  way  to 
learn  to  ride  a  bicycle  is  to  get  on  and  ride.  The  maxim,  it  is  true, 
needs  qualification,  but  it  contains  far  more  truth  than  this  propo- 
sition :  The  only  way  to  learn  to  write  is  by  studying  lists  of 
errors  in  the  use  of  English.  One  might  follow  the  latter  advice 
for  years  and  never  be  able  to  write  readable  prose.  For  under- 
neath all  the  foregoing  questions  is  the  fundamental  one,  What  is. 
the  purpose  of  composition  ?  Is  it  not  that  of  communicating 
ideas  —  of  talking  to  a  wider  audience  than  we  can  address  by 
word  of  mouth  ?  We  do  not  walk  for  the  sake  of  avoiding  an 
awkward  gait,  but  for  the  purpose  of  getting  somewhere.  In 

1  In  the  following  discussion  the  writer  has  taken  the  liberty  of  quoting 
freely  from  his  "  Practical  Hints  for  Young  Writers."  (L.  C.  Page,  1897.) 


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order,  then,  to  reach  our  destination  more  easily  and  gracefully, 
we  "  take  thought  unto  our  steps."  If  we  talked  or  wrote  for  the 
purpose  of  eschewing  mistakes  in  expression,  we  would  all  be 
intolerable  prigs. 

The  practical  problem  in  writing,  as  regards  one's  audience,  is 
how  to  make  oneself  interesting.  The  fault  with  amateur  com- 
position seldom  seems  to  be  that  it  is  high-flown  or  sophomoric ; 
the  fault  is  that  it  is  dull.  Why  is  this  so  ? 

It  is  apt  to  be  unnatural  or  insincere.  When  a  young  writer 
sends  a  letter  home,  it  is  truthful ;  it  makes  no  attempt  to  dis- 
guise his  real  self ;  but  the  moment  he  gets  essay  paper  before 
him,  and  the  thought  of  a  theme  in  his  mind,  every  atom  of  in- 
dividuality leaves  him.  He  becomes  bookish  and  stilted,  and 
uses  the  safe  general  epithet,  rather  than  the  one  he  would  use  in 
conversation.  He  tries  to  be  literary,  never  dreaming  that  his 
letter  home  has  real  literary  quality,  while  his  essay  has  none. 
Literature  is  simply  an  expression  of  life,  —  the  only  way  to  be 
literary  is  to  be  lifelike. 

It  is  often  vague  and  unreal  There  is  nothing  clear-cut,  —  there 
are  no  sharp  outlines  about  it.  It  is  impossible  to  describe  what 
we  do  not  see,  and  the  reason  we  fail  to  make  things  real  to  others 
is  that  we  have  never  actually  observed  them  ourselves.  It  is 
necessary  first  to  see  the  thing  exactly,  and  then  to  describe  it  with 
specific  words. 

//  is  not  concise.  Strike  out  half  the  words  in  the  average  stu- 
dent essay,  and  you  more  than  double  the  force.  Few  will  take 
the  trouble  to  wade  through  leagues  of  verbiage  in  order  to  get  at 
two  or  three  ideas.  The  untrained  reader  may  know  little  about 
rhetoric,  but  he  knows  when  he  is  bored. 

We  have  noted  a  few  causes  of  dullness  in  school  essays.  Can 
we  suggest  any  methods  of  making  such  writing  interesting  ?  I 
will  venture  a  few  suggestions  for  the  pupils,  grouping  them  under 
two  general  heads:  ist,  What  to  write  about.  2d,  How  to  write 
it.  Or  the  selection  of  a  theme  and  the  treatment  of  a  theme. 

WHAT  TO  WRITE  ABOUT,  OR  THE  SELECTION  OF  A  THEME. 

1.  Describe  what  you  know  most  about,  —  then  your  work  stands 
more  chance  of  being  real.     Describe  what  you  are  most  interested 
in,  —  then-  you  will  be  more  likely  to  interest  others. 

2.  Carry  a  note-book  and  make  short,  descriptive  sketches  of 
things  you  see. 

3.  Never  hunt  for  subjects.     Take  the  subject  nearest  you. 

4.  Study  commonplace  subjects  till  they  reveal  a  new  side  to 
you.     To  describe  this  new  side  is  to  be  original. 

5.  Do  not,  at  any  rate,  search  for  romantic  or  unusual  subjects. 


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Select  for  practice  uninteresting  themes,  and  look  at  them  so  long 
and  attentively  that  they  become  interesting. 

How  TO  WRITE  IT,  OR  THE  TREATMENT  OF  A  THEME. 

Having  chosen  what  to  write  about,  the  first  thing  to  do  is 
rigidly  to  narrow  the  subject  down.  A  common  fault  with  school 
essays  is  that  their  subjects  are  too  broad.  They  include  so  much 
that  it  is  impossible  to  treat  them  in  an  eight-page  essay ;  indeed, 
they  would  require  for  adequate  treatment,  a  whole  book.  It  is 
small  wonder  that  pupils  are  disheartened,  and  their  essays  are 
dull,  when  an  injudicious  or  ignorant  teacher  assigns  as  composi- 
tion subjects,  such  themes  as  "  Electricity,"  "  Vacation,"  and 
"  Friendship,"  and  expects  them  to  take  as  the  subject  of  each 
paragraph  what  is  a  proper  subject  only  for  an  extended  essay,  or 
for  an  entire  chapter  in  a  book.  Restricting  a  theme  to  sensible 
limits  is  a  real  source  of  encouragement  to  the  student. 

The  next  thing  to  do  is  to  outline  a  paragraph  scheme.  Only 
by  doing  this,  unless  you  are  a  trained  writer,  does  your  composi- 
tion stand  much  chance  of  having  unity  and  progressiveness. 

After  getting  thus  clearly  in  mind  the  subject  you  are  to  treat, 
deciding  definitely  on  a  title,  and  forming  a  paragraph  outline, 
all  of  which  may  be  summed  up  under  the  general  head  of  previ- 
sion (to  borrow  Mr.  Barrett  Wendell's  apt  phrase),  comes  com- 
position itself,  and  after  composition,  revision. 

Composition,  unlike  prevision  and  revision,  should  be  spontane- 
ous and  swift.  Banish  self-consciousness  and  all  fear  of  breaking 
rules,  and  then  compose  rapidly,  with  your  thought  and  emotion  at 
white  heat.  This  is  the  only  way  to  write  a  forceful  style.  Self- 
consciousness,  as  we  have  seen,  paralyzes  natural  expression,  and 
ruins  composition. 

After  writing  thus  hastily,  andy/^/  as  you  feef,  the  critical,  judi- 
cial faculty  comes  into  play.  Now  is  the  time  painstakingly  to 
revise  your  work.  You  cannot  now  be  too  much  on  the  alert  for 
grammatical  and  rhetorical  faults. 

This  lengthy  discussion  of  What  to  write  about,  and  how  to 
write  it,  may  seem  to  be  irrelevant  or  at  least  a  digression.  But 
that  is  not  at  all  the  fact.  I  have  discussed  the  subject,  much  as 
if  before  my  class,  with  the  single  purpose  of  answering  the  ques- 
tion which  we  saw  to  be  fundamental,  —  How  can  the  practice  of 
writing  be  made  interesting  ?  It  can  never  be  made  thoroughly 
interesting  to  all.  To  some  minds,  words  are  hateful  things,  just 
as  figures  are  hateful  to  others.  "  To  become  a  good  writer,  it  is 
necessary,"  says  Mr.  Horace  Scudder,  "  to  be  born  of  the  right 
parents."  But  exceptions  aside,  all  students  may  acquire  more  or 
less  interest  in  composition  if  they  are  encouraged  to  write  about 


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common  subjects,  sufficiently  limited  in  scope  for  easy  treatment 
in  a  short  paper,  and  if  further  encouraged  to  write  of  these  famil- 
iar themes  in  language,  not  of  books,  but  of  good  conversation. 

One  question  remains  :  Does  the  theory  of  composition  just 
outlined  yield  satisfactory  results  in  practice  ?  So  far  as  my  limited 
observation  has  gone,  it  does.  Not  that  all  the  student  essays  I 
received  met  my  expectations,  but  that  hardly  one  student  failed 
more  or  less  to  improve  in  his  work.  Subjects  of  themes  became 
sensibly  limited  and  correctly  phrased,  the  paragraphing  grew 
more  intelligent,  and  the  actual  composition  more  fluent  and  free 
from  self-consciousness. 

The  better  quality  of  essay  writing  was  largely  due  to  the  prac- 
tice given  in  the  composition  of  daily  themes  similar  to  those 
written  in  the  English  courses  of  Harvard. 

The  junior  course  in  daily  themes  lasted  one  month,  and  the 
sophomore  course,  two  weeks.  The  theme,  which  was  even  shorter 
than  the  daily  note  in  literature,  and  in  purpose  wholly  unlike  it, 
was  handed  in  by  each  student  on  every  day  of  the  week,  except 
Saturday.  In  character  it  was  descriptive  of  some  scene  or  inci- 
dent observed  during  the  day  on  which  it  was  dated.  As  to  the 
length,  the  daily  theme  never  exceeded  one  page,  and  more  often 
was  shorter.  It  aimed  at  cultivating  precise  observation,  and 
easy,  though  concise,  expression. 

I  can  best  illustrate  the  sort  of  work  done  in  this  course  by 
quoting  some  representative  themes. 

"  I  met  a  little  dirty  faced  girl  to-night,  coming  from  the  store 
with  a  yeast  cake  in  her  hand.  Her  red-checked  dress  was  faded 
and  her  apron  streaked  with  mud.  Three  buttons  were  gone  from 
the  top  of  her  old  shoe,  and  the  toe  was  a  dull  red.  She  looked 
at  me  in  a  curious  way  and  gripped  the  change  knotted  in  the 
corner  of  her  handkerchief.  A  moment  later  I  turned  to  look 
after  her,  and  all  I  saw  was  the  last  flutter  of  the  red  ribbon  that 
should  have  been  neatly  tied  in  a  bow  on  her  yellow  braid  of  hair  ; 
and  she  was  around  the  corner  and  out  of  sight." 

"  A  boy  in  a  faded  red  sweater  and  patched  trousers  has  been 
digging  dandelions  a  short  distance  from  my  window  this  morning. 
He  carried  a  market  basket  on  his  left  arm  and  grasped  a  broken 
"knife  with  his  grimy  right  hand.  I  watched  him  diving  first  here  then 
there  in  the  wet  grass  like  a  bee,  until  the  basket  was  full.  Then 
he  climbed  over  the  fence  and  ran  down  the  hill  to  a  house  hidden 
behind  the  trees.  He  appeared  again  soon,  with  an  empty  basket, 
and  went  whistling  loudly  down  the  street." 

"  This  has  been  a  dreary  day  for  the  latter  part  of  April.  As  I 
walked  down  street  to-night,  the  wind  either  hurled  clouds  of  dust 
and  dead  leaves  to  meet  me,  or,  blowing  against  my  back,  carried  me 
along  almost  as  helplessly  as  the  shrivelled  brown  leaf  that  kept 


ENGLISH    IN    THE    SECONDARY    SCHOOL. 

pace  with  me.  The  half  grown  leaves  on  a  bush  beside  the  walk 
looked  out  of  season,  and  a  last  year's  bird's  nest  swung  dismally 
on  its  twig." 

During  the  interval  of  daily  theme  practice,  the  classes  were 
excused  from  the  stated  essays,  —  based  on  college  readings. 
After  the  shorter  descriptive  sketches  had  been  dropped  and  the 
class  had  returned  to  the  more  formal  essays,  the  quality  of  work 
showed  decided  improvement. 

The  themes  were  criticised  in  detail  in  red  ink  on  the  papers, 
orally  before  the  class,  and  privately  as  I  could  arrange  to  meet 
the  writers  themselves.  More  than  any  other  single  thing,  this 
daily  theme  method  contributed  to  the  success  of  the  English  de- 
partment in  the  school. 

Deep  down  under  the  question,  "  Where  to  Educate,"  lie  the  fun- 
damental questions,  "  Why  to  Educate,"  and  "  How  to  Educate." 
Of  these  we  must  leave  the  first  to  the  philosopher.  The  second  has 
never  yet  been  fully  answered,  and  perhaps,  until  the  educational 
millennium,  never  can  be.  Normal  and  training  school  journals 
and  all  the  dreary,  useful  literature  of  pedagogy,  are  consecrated 
to  the  solution  of  the  query ;  the  result  is  a  confusion  of  tongues. 
But  the  perplexed  teacher  may  always  be  reassured  if  he  recalls 
the  simple  fact  that,  while  methods  must  vary  with  circumstances, 
with  the  requirements  of  the  individual  class,  with  the  tempera- 
ment of  the  instructor,  the  one  thing  needful  is  the  winning  and 
holding,  by  whatever  legitimate  method  he  will,  of  the  pupil's 
interest  in  his  task.  The  way  to  learn  to  work  is  first  to  learn  to 
love  to  work ;  and  until  this  is  done  little  has  been  accomplished. 

EREDERIC  LAWRENCE  KNOWLES. 


WHERE  TO  EDUCATE. 


EXPLANATORY  NOTE.  —  The  arrangement  of  the  following  sketches  is 
alphabetical  by  States,  under  the  States  by  cities,  and  under  the  cities  by 
schools. 

ALABAMA. 

ALABAMA  POLYTECHNIC  INSTITUTE,  A.  and  M.  col- 
lege, Auburn,  Wm.  LeRoy  Broun,  President.  The  Institute  makes 
prominent  science  and  its  applications,  and  in  all  the  lower  classes 
instruction  in  manual  training  is  given.  Five  degree  courses  of 
study  are  offered  as  follows :  Chemistry  and  agriculture,  civil 
engineering,  electrical  and  mechanical  engineering,  pharmacy, 
and  a  general  course  including  Latin,  French,  and  German. 
There  are  ten  well-equipped  laboratories  in  different  depart- 
ments of  science,  in  which  students  work  daily.  Tuition  is  free 
to  residents  of  Alabama,  and  the  price  of  board  ranges  from  $9.50 
to  $15.00  per  month. 

AUBURN  FEflALE  INSTITUTE,  Auburn,  G.  W.  Duncan, 
Principal,  offers  two  courses,  the  classical  and  the  English. 
Graduates  are  prepared  to  enter  the  junior  class  of  the  Alabama 
Polytechnic  Institute.  The  expenses  are  moderate. 

BAILEY  SPRINGS  UNIVERSITY,  for  young  ladies,  Bailey 
Springs,  Lauderdale  County,  Henry  Altamont  Moody,  M.D.,  Chan- 
cellor. The  college  includes  twelve  schools  :  Mathematics,  Latin, 
English,  Greek,  literature,  modern  languages,  mental  and  moral 
philosophy,  history,  art,  natural  sciences,  elocution,  and  music. 
The  degrees  conferred  are  those  of  B.  L.,  A.  B.,  and  A.  M.  The 
music  school  is  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  J.  de  Zielinski, 
the  Polish  composer,  teacher,  and  writer.  The  matron,  Mrs.  Ella 
Brock  Ellis,  devotes  her  entire  time  to  the  training  and  strengthen- 
ing of  the  young  women  committed  to  her  charge.  A  unique 
feature  of  the  University  is  a  modified  military  drill  in  which  every 
pupil  is  required  to  take  part  unless  excused  by  the  chancellor  on 


Birmingham.  WHERE   TO   EDUCATE.  Ala. 

account  of  physical  disability.  The  expense  for  board  and  tuition 
is  $90  in  the  collegiate  department  for  a  term  of  five  months,  and 
$80  in  the  preparatory  department. 

THE  ZELOSOPHIAN  ACADEMY  (co-educational),  Birming- 
ham, the  Rev.  J.  H.  B.  Hall,  President,  was  established  by  the 
present  head  in  September,  1892.  It  is  under  Cumberland  Pres- 
byterian influence  and  is  pronouncedly  Christian.  The  enrol- 
ment has  never  fallen  below  one  hundred  and  nineteen,  the 
attendance  for  the  first  year.  The  course  of  study  comprises 
a  primary,  a  preparatory,  a  collegiate,  a  music,  and  an  art  depart- 
ment. Commercial  studies  may  also  be  pursued,  and  throughout 
the  course  special  attention  is  given  to  English.  The  history  of 
Alabama  is  regularly  taught  to  all  students.  Certificates  are 
granted  upon  the  satisfactory  completion  of  the  studies  in  any 
department.  The  tuition  charges  vary  from  $1.00  to  $5.00  per 
month,  and  board  is  obtainable  in  private  families. 

THE  CARROLLTON  ACADEflY,  a  school  for  boys  and  girls, 
Carrollton,  L.  V.  Rosser,  A.  B.,  Principal.  The  courses  of  study 
have  been  recently  enlarged,  and  competent  assistance  has  been 
procured.  The  school  has  been  made  an  auxiliary  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Alabama,  thus  affording  boys  wishing  to  enter  that  institu- 
tion special  advantages.  Teachers  wishing  to  obtain  higher 
certificates  will  be  favored  with  special  rates  and  opportunities. 
There  are  three  departments,  primary,  elementary,  and  academic, 
and  the  school  is  designed  to  give  training  in  the  elements  of  a 
practical  English  education,  to  prepare  boys  and  girls  for  college, 
and  to  prepare  for  examination  for  certificates  to  teach. 

HOWARD  COLLEGE,  East  Lake,  Frank  M.  Roof,  A.  M., 
President  and  Treasurer,  is  the  property  of  the  Alabama  Baptist 
State  Convention,  and  was  chartered  in  1841.  Its  first  location 
was  in  Marion,  but  in  1887  it  was  removed  to  East  Lake,  a 
suburb  of  Birmingham.  The  college  is  composed  of  seven 
academic  departments,  as  follows :  School  of  the  Latin  language 
and  literature  ;  of  the  Greek  language  and  literature ;  of  Eng- 
lish and  elocution ;  of  modern  languages ;  of  mathematics ;  of 
natural  sciences  ;  and  of  mental  and  moral  sciences.  In  every 
department  correct  English  in  grammar  and  spelling  is  a  require- 
ment, and  the  student  is  graded  according  to  his  knowledge  of 
English  syntax,  orthography,  punctuation,  and  pronunciation.  There 
are  four  regular  undergraduate  courses  :  classical,  literary,  scientific, 
and  civil  engineering,  leading  to  the  corresponding  Bachelor's  de- 
grees, and  a  professional  course  in  pedagogy  leading  to  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Pedagogy.  The  post-graduate  degrees  conferred  by 
the  college  are  the  Master's  in  arts,  science,  literature,  and  civil  en- 


Ala.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Marion. 

gineering.  The  expense  for  board,  tuition,  and  required  fees  in  the 
collegiate  department  is  $175  per  session  or  year,  and  $165  in  the 
sub-collegiate  department. 

HOWARD  COLLEGE  ACADEMY,  or  the  sub-collegiate  department, 
prepares  for  the  college  and  offers  a  one  year's  business  course. 

ALABAflA  STATE  NORflAL  COLLEGE  and  model  training 
school,  Florence,  M.  C.  Wilson,  President.  The  object  of  the  col- 
lege is  to  train  teachers  for  the  public  schools  of  the  State,  and  the 
course  of  study  is  professional,  with  this  end  in  view.  Those  who 
do  not  propose  to  teach  are  admitted  as  academic  tuition  students. 
There  are  two  courses  of  study :  the  advanced,  four  years,  and  the 
professional,  one  year.  These  courses  recognize  the  necessity  for  a 
broad  culture  in  the  teacher,  and  extend  the  work  over  as  large  a 
field  of  mathematics,  science,  literature,  and  art  as  time  and  thor- 
oughness of  work  will  allow.  The  curriculum  also  includes  Latin, 
Greek,  and  instrumental  music. 

JUDSON  INSTITUTE,  for  young  ladies,  Marion,  Robert  G. 
Patrick,  D.  D.,  President,  was  founded  in  1839.  The  buildings 
were  thoroughly  renovated  and  repaired  in  1889,  and  furnished 
with  all  modern  equipments.  They  will  accommodate  two  hun- 
dred boarders.  The  Institute  offers  instruction  in  literary  studies, 
music,  art,  and  elocution. 

MARION  niLITARY  INSTITUTE,  Marion,  James  T.  Mur- 
fee,  LL.  D.  (Virginia  Military  Institute,  1853),  Superintendent. 
After  an  experience  of  more  than  thirty  years  as  professor  or  pres- 
ident in  colleges  and  universities,  South  and  North,  and  after  an 
extensive  business  experience,  Col.  James  T.  Murfee  founded,  in 
1887,  the  Marion  Military  Institute,  as  a  military  boarding  school 
for  young  men  of  good  morals.  The  school  is  now  conducted  with 
a  view  to  attracting  those  who  wish  to  place  themselves  in  the  best 
company,  and  to  receive  the  benefits  of  the  best  methods  of  dis- 
cipline and  instruction.  A  constant  effort  is  put  forth  to  make  the 
school  a  pleasant  and  profitable  place,  and  to  give  such  train- 
ing as  will  make  happy  and  prosperous  lives.  The  curriculum  is 
sufficiently  broad  to  impart  both  scientific  and  classical  knowledge  ; 
the  class  work  teaches  how  to  get  knowledge  from  books  and 
nature,  and  how  to  express  and  apply  the  knowledge ;  and  the 
method  of  military  discipline  builds  character,  stimulates  industry, 
and  gives  high  and  noble  ambitions.  A  cadet  may  enter  at  any 
time  and  be  assigned  to  suitable  classes,  parents  or  guardians  select- 
ing such  studies  as  are  desired,  not  omitting  English.  A  unique 
and  commendable  feature  of  the  school  is  its  extension  of  hospi- 
tality and  good-will  to  new  pupils  by  means  of  a  student  commit- 
tee elected  to  receive  and  make  pleasant  the  entrance  of  new  stu- 
dents. The  charges  for  tuition  and  board  are  $175  for  the  year. 


Mobile.  WHERE   TO   EDUCATE.  Ala. 

MISS  HUNTER'S  5ELECT  GRADED  SCHOOL  FOR 
GIRLS,  559  Government  Street,  Mobile,  Miss  S.  E.  Hunter, 
Principal.  This  school,  one  of  the  most  favorably  known  in  the 
city  of  Mobile,  is  located  on  the  principal  residence  street.  The 
grounds  are  large  and  well  shaded  by  live-oak  trees ;  the  buildings 
are  spacious  and  attractive ;  the  surroundings  pleasant  and  health- 
ful. The  school  was  opened  at  the  present  site  in  1887,  and  has 
had  the  patronage  of  the  best  families  of  Alabama.  The  principal 
is  a  graduate  of  The  National  School  of  Methods,  New  York 
State.  She  is  well  assisted  and  gives  to  her  pupils  modern  and 
progressive  instruction  in  all  departments. 

THE  flEDICAL  COLLEGE  OF  ALABAHA,  the  medical 
department  of  the  University  of  Alabama,  is  situated  at  Mobile. 
The  Dean  is  George  A.  Ketchum,  M.  D.  It  is  fully  equipped, 
has  excellent  laboratories  and  a  fine  reference  library.  The  City 
Dispensary  is  in  the  college  building,  and  its  patients  furnish  daily 
clinics  for  the  use  of  the  professors  and  lecturers.  The  City 
Hospital  is  under  the  control  and  management  of  the  faculty  dur- 
ing the  sessions  of  the  college.  The  fees  amount  to  $100  for  each 
session,  and  a  fee  of  $25  for  examinations  and  diploma. 

THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  PHARMACY  of  the  University  of  Alabama 
is  also  situated  at  Mobile  and  conducted  in  the  building  of  the 
Medical  College,  under  the  supervision  of  the  dean  and  faculty  of 
that  institution.  The  charge  for  each  course  of  six  calendar 
months  is  $50,  with  a  diploma  fee  of  $10. 

STILLMAN  INSTITUTE,  Tuscaloosa,  was  founded  in  1876 
by  the  Presbyterian  Church  (South)  "  for  the  training  of  colored 
men  for  the  ministry."  It  has  given  instruction  to  one  hundred 
and  eighty-two  negro  ministers,  most  of  whom  have  done  good 
service  ;  two  of  them  are  missionaries  on  the  Congo  in  Africa, 
and  one  of  these  latter  is  an  F.  R.  G.  S.  The  Institute  has  an 
academic  and  a  theological  department.  The  faculty  consists  of 
two  professors,  the  Rev.  O.  B.  Wilson  and  Prof.  E.  E.  Gordon. 

TUSCALOOSA  FEflALE  COLLEGE,  Tuscaloosa,  Wightman 
F.  Melton,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  President.  The  city  of  Tuscaloosa  is 
located  in  the  picturesque  foot-hills  of  Alabama,  on  the  bank  of 
the  Black  Warrior  River.  It  is  a  beautiful  town,  known  as  the 
"  Druid  City."  Its  location  largely  exempts  it  from  malarial  dis- 
eases and  epidemics.  Its  winters  are  mild  and  genial,  while  the 
heat  of  summer  is  tempered  by  the  shade  of  the  giant  oaks,  which 
abound  on  every  street.  The  Tuscaloosa  Female  College  has  this 
year  (1898)  entered  upon  its  thirty-ninth  session.  It  has  eighteen 
officers  and  teachers,  good  buildings,  electric  lights,  water  works, 
and  all  conveniences  and  accommodations  for  boarders.  The  day 


Ala.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Tuskegee. 

patronage  is  also  large,  and  the  rates  are  reasonable.  The  depart- 
ments are :  Literary,  vocal  and  instrumental  music,  elocution,  art, 
stenography,  gymnastics,  and  dressmaking. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  ALABAMA  (co-educational),  Tuscaloosa, 
James  K.  Powers,  LL.  D.,  President,  has  two  general  departments 
of  instruction,  an  academic  and  a  department  of  professional  edu- 
cation. The  academic  department  as  at  present  organized  has 
thirteen  schools,  as  follows :  The  School  of  Latin  language  and 
literature ;  Greek  language  and  literature ;  English  language  and 
literature ;  German  ;  Romance  languages ;  chemistry  and  metal- 
lurgy ;  mineralogy  and  geology ;  physics  and  astronomy ;  mathe- 
matics ;  history  and  philosophy;  engineering;  biology;  and 
military  science  and  tactics.  The  two  undergraduate  courses  of 
study  are  the  classical  and  the  scientific,  each  leading  to  the  Bach- 
elor's degree  and  each  requiring  four  years  for  completion.  In 
each  school  there  is  provided  a  course  of  instruction  for  graduate 
students  applying  for  University  degrees.  The  courses  offered  at 
present  lead  to  the  Master's  degree  in  arts  and  in  science.  For 
professional  education  there  is  the  department  of  engineering ;  of 
law ;  of  medicine,  situated  at  Mobile ;  and  of  pharmacy,  also 
situated  at  Mobile.  The  discipline  of  the  academic  department  for 
all  but  seniors  and  sub-seniors  over  twenty-one  years  of  age  is 
military.  The  University  has  a  fine  site,  modern  buildings,  and 
is  well  equipped  for  good  work. 

ALABAHA  fllLITARY  INSTITUTE,  "Fonville  School,"  Tus- 
kegee, Col.  William  D.  Fonville,  Superintendent,  was  founded  in 
1857  by  Prof.  James  F.  Park,  LL.  D.  It  was  known  as  the  Park 
High  School  till  1883,  when  Doctor  Park  retired,  selling  the  school 
to  Colonel  Fonville.  In  February,  1891,  it  was  incorporated  by  the 
State  as  the  Alabama  Military  Institute  and  given  the  power  to 
confer  the  literary  degrees  usual  in  colleges  and  universities.  It 
is  an  undenominational  military  boarding  school,  aiming  to  prepare 
young  men  for  life  work,  or  for  entrance  at  college  or  university, 
the  United  States  Military  Academy  or  the  United  States  Naval 
Academy.  The  courses  of  instruction  are  full  and  each  student 
works  independently,  graduating  as  soon  as  he  finishes  his  course 
—  even  in  mid-session.  The  location  of  the  school  makes  it  desir- 
able as  a  winter,  school  for  young  men  and  boys  disposed  to  throat 
and  lung  troubles.  The  charge  for  board,  tuition?  fuel,  and 
furnished  room  is  $160  per  session,  in  advance. 

TUSKEGEE   NORflAL  AND   INDUSTRIAL   INSTITUTE, 

Tuskegee,  Booker  T.  Washington,  Principal,  was  founded  in  1881. 
It  represents  probably  the  most  important  educational  work  being 
carried  on  among  the  negro  race.  During  the  year  ending  May 

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Walnut  Grove.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Ala- 

31,  1898,  1,047  students  were  enrolled,  —  712  boys,  335  girls. 
These  students  came  from  twenty-four  States  and  Territories,  and 
from  two  foreign  countries.  In  all  departments  of  the  school, 
eighty-eight  officers  and  teachers  were  employed.  Together  with 
academic  and  religious  education,  training  is  given  in  twenty-six 
different  industries.  Of  the  students  who  have  received  diplomas 
and  certificates  from  Tuskegee,  many  are  exerting  the  highest 
influence  among  their  race  throughout  the  South,  and  are  occupy- 
ing positions  as  tradesmen,  farmers,  teachers,  and  clergymen. 
The  educational  plant  includes  an  agricultural  building,  recently 
erected,  and  a  new  chapel.  In  all,  there  are  forty-two  buildings ; 
the  institution  also  owns  2,267  acres  of  land.  The  total  valuation 
of  the  property  is  about  $300,000.  Board  per  month,  including 
furnished  room  and  washing,  is  $8,  and  the  entrance  fee  is  $i. 

WALNUT  GROVE  BAPTIST  COLLEGE,  Walnut  Grove, 
W.  Y.  Adams,  A.  M.,  President,  C.  L.  Murphree,  Secretary,  was 
established  in  1889,  as  a  State  chartered  institution,  under  the 
supervision  of  Professor^  Adams,  an  experienced  educator.  In 
1898  the  college  building  was  bought  by  the  Baptists,  who  retained 
Professor  Adams  as  President.  The  curriculum  is  comprehen- 
sive, being  commensurate  with  the  best  colleges  of  the  country. 
Degrees  are  conferred  in  the  regular  courses.  Special  attention  is 
given  to  vocal  and  band  music.  The  entire  expenses  for  the  col- 
legiate year  vary  from  $80  to  $120. 

ARIZONA. 

UNIVERSITY    OF    ARIZONA,    Tucson,    Howard   Billman, 

A.  M.,    President,   is   non-sectarian    and  co-educational.     It   was 
created  by  the  Territorial  Act   of    1885,  which   provided   for   a 
board  of  regents,  of  which  the  governor  and  State  superintendent 
of  instruction  are  members  ex  ojficio.     The  University  was  opened 
to  students  in  1891,  though  work  was  begun  on  the  first  building 
in  1887.     It  has  an  elevated  situation  near  the  mountains,  and 
the  grounds  cover  over  forty  acres.     Admission  is  both  by  exam- 
ination and  certificate.     The   following   degrees   are   conferred : 

B.  S.,  A.  M.,  M.  S.,  C.  E.,  M.  E.,  E.  E.,  and  Irrg.  E.     Military  drill 
is    compulsory  for   male    students    during   the    first   year.      The 
School  of  Music  is  one  of  the  most  thoroughly  equipped  depart- 
ments.    An  agricultural  station  established  at  the  University  has 
several  laboratories  and  a  valuable  museum.     Tuition  is  free,  and 
general  expenses  average  less  than  $200  for  the  college  year. 


Ark.  .  WHERE    TO   EDUCATE.  Fayetteville. 

ARKANSAS. 

HENDRIX  COLLEGE,  Conway,  Rev.  A.  C.  Millar,  A.  M., 
President,  is  owned  by  the  Arkansas,  Little  Rock,  and  White 
River  Annual  Conferences  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  South,  and  is 
controlled  through  trustees  appointed  by  them.  This  institution 
was  formerly  the  Central  Collegiate  Institute,  located  at  Altus ; 
but  in  1889  the  present  name  was  adopted,  and  the  following 
year  the  college  was  removed  to  Conway.  The  location,  south  of 
the  Ozark  Mountains,  yet  practically  free  from  malaria,  is  attrac- 
tive to  those  who  wish  to  escape  the  rigor  of  winter.  The  work 
of  the  college  is  divided  among  the  following  departments :  Edu- 
cation, English,  French,  German,  Greek,  history,  Latin,  mathe- 
matics, natural  science,  philosophy,  physical  science,  political 
economy,  and  political  science.  The  A.  B.,  S.  B.,  Ph.  B.,  and  Lit.  B. 
degrees  are  conferred.  About  one-third  of  the  work  for  each 
degree  is  elective.  The  bachelor's  degrees  are  accepted  by  lead- 
ing universities  as  prerequisites  for  master's  degrees.  While 
the  college  is  organized  for  men,  women  are  received  on  equal 
terms,  but  no  dormitory  is  provided  for  them.  Library  and  labora- 
tory facilities  are  excellent.  The  Y.  M.  C.  A.  is  strong  and  active. 

ARKANSAS  INDUSTRIAL  UNIVERSITY  (co-educational), 
Fayetteville,  John  Lee  Buchanan,  LL.  D.,  President,  is  at  the  head  of 
the  public  educational  system  of  the  State,  and  was  founded  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  act  of  Congress  donating  public  lands  for  purposes 
of  education.  It  is  situated  —  with  the  exception  of  its  medical, 
law,  and  normal  schools,  the  first  two  of  which  are  at  Little  Rock  and 
the  third  at  Pine  Bluff  —  at  Fayetteville,  Washington  County,  in 
the  heart  of  the  Ozark  Mountains.  There  are  seven  main  buildings 
grouped  about  the  campus,  besides  numerous  accessory  buildings 
and  shops.  The  laboratories  are  equipped  with  modern  appli- 
ances, and  include  four  chemical,  and  a  physical,  biological,  geo- 
logical, mechanical  engineering,  electrical,  civil  engineering,  and 
cement  laboratory.  Admission  is  by  examination  and  on  certifi- 
cate from  accredited  schools.  There  is  an  agricultural  experiment 
station  under  the  direction  of  Robert  Love  Bennett,  B.  S.,  and  a 
military  department  under  an. officer  of  the  U.  S.  Army.  The 
following  degrees  are  given  :  B.  A.,  B.  S.,  B.  C.  E.,  B.  M.  E.,  B.  E.  E., 
B.  S.  A.,  M.  A.,  M.  S.,  Ph.  D.  Graduates  in  engineering  may  also 
receive  the  advanced  degrees  of  C.  E.,  M.  E.,  or  E.  E.  Tuition 
per  year  to  non-beneficiary  students,  $30. 

THE  PREPARATORY  SCHOOL,  W.  A.  Crawford,  Principal,  is  in- 
tended, first,  to  prepare  students  for  any  of  the  courses  of  study 
taught  in  the  University ;  second,  to  furnish  to  those  who  cannot 
take  a  more  extended  course  as  good  a  general  education  as  the 

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Fordyce.  WHERE   TO   EDUCATE.  Ark. 

limited  time  will  permit ;  third,  to  prepare  teachers  for  the  public 
grammar  schools  of  the  State.  To  secure  these  ends,  three 
courses  of  study  are  offered :  Arts,  engineering,  and  science. 

TRAINING  SCHOOL  FOR  YOUTH,  Fordyce,  J.  D.  Clary, 
Principal,  was  established  in  1889.  It  is  the  oldest  high-grade 
preparatory  school  in  the  State,  and  is  modelled  after  the  best 
schools  in  the  East.  The  course  leads  to  the  freshman  class  in 
the  universities,  or  to  the  junior  class  of  most  colleges  in  Arkan- 
sas. The  expense  for  the  school  year  is  $165. 

LAW  DEPARTflENT,  Arkansas  Industrial  University,  Little 
Rock,  J.  H.  Carmichael,  LL.  B.,  Dean  of  the  Faculty. 

THE  flEDICAL  SCHOOL,  Arkansas  Industrial  University, 
Little  Rock,  James  A.  Dibrell,  M.  D.,  President  of  the  Faculty ; 
E.  R.  Dibrell,  M.  D.,  Secretary  of  the  Faculty. 

BRANCH  NORflAL  COLLEGE,  Pine  Bluff,  J.  C.  Corbin, 
A.  M.  (Ohio  Univ.),  President,  is  a  department  of  the  Arkansas 
Industrial  University,  established  pursuant  to  an  act  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  of  the  State  of  Arkansas,  approved  April  25,  1873, 
and  has  been  in  operation  since  April  27,  1875.  ^ts  primary 
object  is  the  training  of  teachers  for  efficient  service  in  the  col- 
ored public  schools  of  the  State.  Its  property  is  as  follows  :  Cam- 
pus, twenty  acres ;  brick  college,  seven  rooms ;  brick  dormitory, 
twenty  rooms ;  mechanical  department  building,  ten  rooms  ;  stor- 
age building,  two  rooms;  library,  3,500  volumes;  machinery, 
valued  at  $10,000;  apparatus,  $1,500;  typewriters  and  sewing 
machines,  $500;  musical  instruments,  $1,000.  Its  courses  are: 
preparatory,  normal,  collegiate,  mechanic  art,  and  manual  training, 
Fourteen  classes  have  graduated  from  the  normal  course. 

CALIFORNIA. 

UNIVERSITY  ACADEHY,  a  select  boarding  school  for  boys, 
Alameda,  W.  W.  Anderson,  Principal.  In  connection  with,  this 
school  should  be  noted  the  salubrious  climate  of  Alameda  ;  excel- 
lent accommodations ;  superior  home  life  and  surroundings,  and 
superior  preparation  for  college.  The  boys  live  with  and  are  under 
the  daily  influence  and  care  of  the  principal  and  his  wife.  The 
school  is  unsectarian,  and  aims  to  develop  a  self-controlled,  manly 
character.  Its  work  is  accredited  by  the  California  State  Univer- 
sity and  by  the  Leland  Stanford  Junior  University.  The  expenses 
are  $250  per  term  for  boarding,  and  $50  for  day  pupils. 

BELMONT  SCHOOL  for  boys,  Belmont,  W.  T.  Reid,  A.  M. 
(Harvard),  Head  Master.  This  institution  was  founded  in  1885  by 
Mr.  W.  T.  Reid,  ex-president  of  the  University  of  California.  In 


Cal. 


WHERE   TO   EDUCATE. 


Berkeley. 


May,  1893,  Hopkins  Academy  was  merged  into  the  Belmont 
School,  under  the  head  mastership  of  Mr.  Reid.  Belmont  is  a 
village  on  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad,  twenty-five  miles  south 
of  San  Francisco.  The  climate  and  surroundings  of  the  school 
are  unsurpassed.  The  grounds  cover  thirty-five  acres,  and  unusual 
opportunities  for  out-of-door  exercise  and  athletic  sports  are 
offered  by  campus  and  gymnasium.  There  are  six  school  build- 
ings proper,  besides  power-house,  dairy,  etc.  Each  house  is  a 
separate  community  in  charge  of  a  teacher  and  his  wife.  The 
school  is  unsectarian  but  thoroughly  Christian.  A  reference  to 


BELMONT    SCHOOL. 

its  catalogue  shows  that  it  successfully  fits  boys  for  those  colleges 
and  technical  schools  whose  requirements  for  admission  are 
most  severe.  Board  and  tuition  for  the  year  are  $600 ;  tuition 
is  $250. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA  (co-educational),  Berkeley, 
Martin  Kellogg,  LL.  D.,  President,  was  founded  in  1868,  at 
Oakland,  and  opened  to  students  the  following  year.  In  1873  the 
institution  was  transferred  to  Berkeley.  By  a  new  constitution  in 
1879,  its  existing  organization  was  made  perpetual.  The  College 
of  California,  established  a  number  of  years  before  the  University, 
transferred  its  students  and  property  to  the  latter  in  1869.  Only 
undergraduate  college  work  was  at  first  attempted,  the  profes- 
sional schools  being  added  subsequently.  The  first  president  was 
Henry  Durant,  1870-72  ;  the  second,  Daniel  C.  Oilman,  1872-75. 

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Eureka.  WHERE  TO    EDUCATE.  Cal. 

Under  the  hand  of  President  Oilman  the  institution  strengthened 
its  classical  courses  and  laid  the  foundation  for  its  work  in  tech- 
nical science.  The  most  notable  single  gifts  that  have  been  made 
to  the  University  are  the  Lick  Observatory,  1888  ;  the  Mark  Hop- 
kins Institute  of  Art,  valued  at  $600,000,  1893  ;  the  Phebe  Hearst 
and  Levi  Strauss  scholarships,  1891  and  1897  ;  and  the  Cora  Jane 
Flood  property  (estimated  value  $1,000,000  or  more),  for  the  fur- 
therance of  instruction  in  the  College  of  Commerce.  The  Lick 
telescope,  with  its  thirty-six-inch  refractor,  until  1894  the  largest 
in  existence,  has  brought  to  light  many  remarkable  scientific 
facts,  among  them  being  that  of  Jupiter's  fifth  moon.  The 
University  includes  the  following  departments  :  College  of  Let- 
ters, College  of  Social  Sciences,  College  of  Natural  Sciences, 
College  of  Agriculture,  College  of  Mechanics,  College  of  Mining, 
College  of  Civil  Engineering,  College  of  Chemistry,  College  of 
Commerce,  College  of  the  Fine  Arts,  Lick  Astronomical  Depart- 
ment, Hastings  College  of  Law,  Medical  Department,  Post-graduate 
Medical  Department,  College  of  Dentistry,  and  California  College 
of  Pharmacy.  The  various  curricula  lead  to  the  degrees  of  B.  A., 
B.  L.,  B.  S.,  A.  M.,  C.  E.,  LL.  B.,  M.  L.,  M.  S.,  M.  K,  D.  D.  S., 
D.  V.  S.,  M.  D.,  Met.  E.,  Min.  E.,  Ph.  G.,  Ph.  B.,  and  Ph.  D. 
Extensive  laboratories,  a  botanical  garden,  a  conservatory,  mu- 
seums, a  gymnasium,  and  a  library  of  over  sixty  thousand  volumes 
are  included  in  the  University's  equipment.  The  general  manage- 
ment of  the  institution  is  in  the  hands  of  the  State  Regents  ;  the 
government  and  instruction  of  the  students  is  entrusted  to  the 
faculties  of  the  several  colleges.  There  are  about  three  thou- 
sand living  alumni.  Tuition  in  the  colleges  is  free  ;  there  are 
only  incidental  charges  at  the  special  schools,  and  numerous 
scholarships  and  fellowships  are  available  for  worthy  students. 

ST.  JOSEPH'S  INSTITUTE,  academy  and  day  school,  Eureka, 
conducted  by  the  Sisters  of  Mercy,  is  situated  in  the  centre  of  the 
city,  and  is  surrounded  by  beautiful  grounds.  The  school  build- 
ings are  new,  with  all  modern  improvements.  Young  ladies  receive 
here  a  solid,  practical,  and  finished  education. 


.  ST.  MARY'S  ACADEHY,  Grass  Valley,  Nevada  County, 
conducted  by  the  Sisters  of  Mercy,  is  legally  incorporated  and 
empowered  to  confer  academic  honors.  It  is  now  a  third  of  a 
century  old,  and  has  graduated  nearly  three  hundred  young 
women.  Affiliated  with  the  academy  are  girls'  and  boys'  orphan 
homes,  in  which,  together  with  the  day  school,  250  children  are 
taught.  There  are  three  general  departments  :  Primary,  inter- 
mediate, and  academic.  In  addition  to  the  usual  courses,  music, 
plain  sewing,  fancy  work,  painting,  and  drawing  are  taught.  The 
cost  of  board  and  tuition  is  $150  for  one  school  year. 

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CaL    .  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Los  Angeles. 

LAKEPORT  ACADEMY  (co-educational),  Lakeport,  Lake 
County,  John  Overholser,  Principal  and  President  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees.  Twelve  years  ago  this  academy  was  started  by  the 
present  principal,  to  supplement  the  work  of  the  public  schools. 
The  patronage  increased  till  the  leading  citizens  of  Lakeport 
became  interested,  formed  a  corporation  and  erected  suitable 
school  buildings.  There  are  four  courses  of  instruction  :  English, 
scientific,  college  preparatory,  and  normal.  Tuition  and  board 
average  about  $225  per  year. 

THE  LONGLEY  SHORTHAND  AND  TYPEWRITER  IN- 
STITUTE, Room  306,  Henne  Building,  Los  Angeles,  Elias 
Longley,  Principal,  who  is  a  professional  phonographer  of  nearly 
fifty  years'  experience,  and  the  author  of  the  "  American  Manual 
of  Phonography,"  recently  adopted  by  the  Los  Angeles  school 
board  for  use  in  the  public  high  school.  This  has  been  a  popular 
text-book  for  over  forty  years.  The  seven  other  books  in  Long- 
ley's  Phonographic  Series  are  equally  well  known.  Professor 
Longley  gives  individual  lessons  and  prepares  both  practical 
stenographers  and  teachers  of  the  subject. 

ST.  VINCENT'S  COLLEGE,  Los  Angeles,  the  Very  Rev.  J.  A. 
Linn,  C.  M.,  President,  was  founded  in  1865  by  the  priests  of  the 
congregation  of  the  Mission.  The  present  commodious  building 
was  erected  in  1887.  The  course  of  instruction  is  four-fold  :  Col- 
legiate, scientific,  commercial,  and  preparatory.  The  collegiate 
course  leads  to  the  B.  A.  degree ;  the  scientific  to  the  degree  of 
S.  B.  Expense  per  session  of  five  months  is  $125. 

THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA  (co-edu- 
cational), Los  Angeles,  the  Rev.  George  W.  White,  D.  D.,  Presi- 
dent, has  the  following  departments :  College  of  Liberal  Arts, 
College  of  Theology,  University  Academy,  School  of  Art,  College 
of  Medicine,  College  of  Music,  College  of  Dentistry,  School  of 
Elocution  and  Oratory,  and  the  Chaffey  Preparatory  School,  the 
last  named  located  at  Ontario.  The  University  is  under  the 
control  of  the  Southern  California  Conference  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  Church,  and  is  distinctively  and  aggressively 
a  Christian  school,  but  is  in  no  sense  sectarian.  The  Direc- 
tors hold  for  these  various  schools,  lands,  town  properties, 
and  funds,  which,  with  judicious  management,  will  give  them, 
in  time,  a  fair  working  endowment.  They  are  as  yet  only 
partially  productive,  but  the  income  from  them  is  increasing  each 
year,  and  there  is  but  little  incumbrance.  They  are  now  held  by 
the  Board  of  Directors  in  the  interests  of  the  several  schools, 
except  in  the  case  of  Chaffey  Preparatory  School,  which  remains 
under  the  control  of  its  local  Board.  The  present  policy  is  one  of 
concentration  of  resources  and  schools  in  Los  Angeles.  In  pur- 

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Los  Angeles.  WHERE  TO    EDUCATE.  Cal. 

suance  of  this  policy,  the  Maclay  College  of  Theology  has  been 
removed  from  San  Fernando  and  reopened  with  the  other  schools 
in  Los  Angeles.  The  policy  of  concentration  renders  possible  a 
consolidation  of  libraries,  appliances,  and  teaching  force,  and  adds 
much  to  the  efficiency  of  the  work.  Admission  to  the  College  of 
Liberal  Arts  is  by  certificate  from  accredited  schools,  and  on 
examination  in  all  branches  set  for  admission  that  are  not  covered 
by  such  certificate.  The  degrees  conferred  are  A.  B.,  Ph.  B., 
B.  L.,  B.  S.,  and  A.  M.  Tuition  in  the  college  is  $60  per  year, 
and  in  the  School  of  Theology  tuition  is  free. 

WOODBURY'S  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  226  South  Spring 
Street,  Los  Angeles,  N.  G.  Felker,  President,  was  established  in 
1884;  is  chartered  by  the  State;  and  aims  to  give  a  practical 
business  education.  Tuition  is  $10  per  month  in  the  regular 
business  courses  and  $6  in  the  English  course. 

THE  THACHER  SCHOOL,  at  Casa  de  Piedra  Ranch,  in  the 
Ojai  Valley,  in  Southern  California,  Sherman  D.  Thacher,  A.  B., 
LL.  B.,  and  William  L.  Thacher,  A.  B.,  associate  Head  Masters, 
address  Nordhoff,  Ventura  County,  Cal.  This  school  occupies  a 
unique  position  among  the  first-class'  preparatory  schools  of  the 
country,  by  reason  of  the  peculiar  combination  of  healthful  climate 
and  mode  of  life  with  unusual  opportunities  for  study  and  cultiva- 
tion. Nearly  every  boy  has  a  horse  of  his  own  and  takes  full  care 
of  it.  About  half  of  the  boys  are  from  the  East.  Boys  of  bad 
character  and  invalids  are  carefully  excluded,  but  moral  and 
physical  development  is  a  part  of  the  peculiar  value  of  the  school. 
The  number  admitted  is  limited  and  the  teachers  are  four,  Yale  or 
Harvard  graduates.  Preparation  is  given  for  college  or  scientific 
school.  The  terms  are  $700  per  year. 

CALIFORNIA  COLLEGE  (co-educational),  Oakland,  T.  G. 
Brownson,  President,  offers  a  classical  and  a  scientific  course,  each 
of  four  years,  leading  to  the  corresponding  Bachelor's  degree. 
The  college  is  now  in  its  twelfth  year  at  its  present  location.  Con- 
nected with  it  is  a  preparatory  academy.  The  expenses  are  about 
$260  a  year. 

PACIFIC  THEOLOGICAL  SEHINARY,  Oakland,  the  Rev. 
John  Knox  McLean,  D.  D.,  President.  This  Congregational  school 
was  opened  in  1869,  and  at  present  has  a  faculty  of  six  professors. 
It  has  a  good  working  library,  also  access  to  several  large 
public  libraries.  Its  classical  course,  covering  three  years, 
embraces  both  Hebrew  and  Greek  and  leads  to  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Divinity.  Besides  this  it  offers  a  four  years'  course, 
including  Greek  but  not  Hebrew,  and  a  three  years'  English 
course.  The  annual  term  begins  the  first  Tuesday  of  September 

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Col.    ,  WHERE   TO   EDUCATE.  Palo  Alto. 

and  closes  the  last  week  of  April.  Credentials  for  admission  must 
include  recommendations  as  to  character,  certificate  of  church 
membership,  a  college  diploma,  or,  lacking  a  diploma,  evidence  of 
preparation  sufficient  for  the  seminary  work.  Young  women  are 
received  into  all  the  courses  upon  equal  terms  with  young  men. 
Necessary  expenses  do  not  exceed  $150  a  year,  which  may  be  par- 
tially met  by  scholarship  aid  in  a  limited  number  of  cases.  Pacific 
Seminary  is  magnificently  located,  at  the  business  centre  of  the 
Pacific  Coast  empire,  in  one  of  the  healthiest  cities  of  the  country, 
on  an  eminence  commanding  an  unobstructed  view  of  San  Fran- 
cisco Bay  and  the  Golden  Gate,  the  doorway  towards  the  awakening 
oriental  nations.  Within  twenty  minutes'  ride  is  the  University  of 
California,  whose  apparatus  and  instruction  are  free  to  all. 

THE  CHAFFEY  PREPARATORY  SCHOOL  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Southern  California,  Ontario  (See  Univ.  of  S.  Cal.).  The 
annual  charge  for  board  and  tuition  is  $220. 

CASTILLEJA  HALL,  a  boarding  and  day  school  for  girls, 
Palo  Alto,  Miss  Zaidee  M.  Brown  and  Mrs.  Lucy  Fletcher  Brown, 
Principals.  The  school  is  situated  about  a  mile  from  the  Leland 
Stanford  Junior  University.  The  town  of  Palo  Alto  combines 
healthfulness  of  climate  with  beauty  of  surroundings.  The  school 
prepares  for  all  colleges  that  admit  women,  and  especially  for  Stan- 
ford University.  The  teachers  are  specialists  recommended  by 
the  authorities  of  that  university.  Much  attention  is  paid  to 
health,  and  daily  work  in  the  gymnasium  is  required  of  all  pupils. 
The  number  of  boarders  is  limited  to  twelve.  The  charges  are 
$400  per  year  for  boarding  and  $100  for  day  pupils. 

THE  LELAND  STANFORD  JUNIOR  UNIVERSITY  (coedu- 
cational), Palo  Alto,  David  Starr  Jordan,  Ph.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President. 
This  University  was  founded  by  the  Hon.  Leland  Stanford  and 
Jane  Lathrop  Stanford  in  memory  of  their  son.  The  corner-stone 
of  the  first  building  was  laid  May  14,  1887,  the  nineteenth  anni- 
versary of  the  birth  of  Leland  Stanford,  Jr.,  and  the  University  was 
formally  opened  October  i,  1891.  Its  charter  states  that  its  object 
is  "  to  qualify  students  for  personal  success  and  direct  usefulness 
in  life."  It  is  located  on  the  Palo  Alto  estate,  thirty  miles  south- 
east of  San  Francisco.  The  estate  consists  of  8,400  acres,  and 
on  the  grounds  are  the  residence  of  the  founders  and  an 
extensive  arboretum.  In  addition  to  the  Palo  Alto  estate  the 
landed  endowment  of  the  University  consists  of  the  Vina 
estate  in  Tehama  County,  of  fifty-nine  thousand  acres,  and  the 
Gridley  estate  in  Butte  County,  of  twenty-two  thousand  acres. 
The  Stanford  residence  in  San  Francisco  has  also  been  deeded 
to  the  University  and  the  balance  of  the  endowment  is  in 

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Palo  Alto.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.      ,  CaL 

interest-bearing  securities.  The  arrangement  and  plan  of  the 
buildings  and  grounds  has  been  made  to  conform  to  the  peculiar 
climatic  conditions  of  the  section.  A  series  of  quadrangles  sur- 
rounded by  various  detached  buildings  is  in  general  the  idea  of 
arrangement,  and  the  plan  of  the  buildings  is  that  of  the  old 
Spanish  Missions.  For  so  young  an  institution  the  growth  has 
been  remarkable.  The  faculty  numbers  about  ninety  and  the 
students  over  twelve  hundred  (766  men  and  458  women).  The 
equipment  includes  laboratories  and  scientific  collections,  and  a 
library  of  over  forty  thousand  volumes.  The  work  of  the  Univer- 
sity is  grouped  under  the  following  departmental  heads :  Greek, 
Latin,  classical  philology,  Germanic  languages,  Romanic  languages, 
English  language  and  literature,  psychology,  ethics,  bionomics, 
education,  history,  economics  and  social  science,  law,  mathematics, 
physics,  chemistry,  botany,  entomology,  physiology,  drawing  and 
painting,  civil  engineering,  mechanical  engineering,  electrical 
engineering.  The  Hopkins  Laboratory  of  Natural  History  at 
Pacific  Grove  is  a  branch  of  the  biological  work  of  the  Univer- 
sity. For  meeting  the  entrance  requirements  candidates  are 
offered  a  choice  of  twenty-two  subjects.  The  subjects  are  all 
reduced  to  the  unit  of  a  high  school  year,  making  twenty-eight 
credits,  and  placed  on  an  exact  equality,  except  that  English  com- 
position is  required  of  all  applicants.  Twelve  credits  are  necessary 
for  admission  to  full  standing,  and  these  may  be  made  up  of 
English  composition  (one  credit)  and  such  other  subjects  (aggre- 
gating eleven  credits)  as  may  be  selected  by  the  candidates.  The 
University  does  not  agree,  in  advance,  to  exempt  the  graduates  of 
any  school  from  all  entrance  examinations.  Recommendations 
from  the  principal  of  any  reputable  preparatory  school  will  be 
considered  and  examinations  waived  in  all  entrance  subjects 
fairly  covered  in  the  candidate's  course  of  study,  subject  to  certain 
conditions  and  exceptions  duly  set  forth  in  the  annual  register. 
Tuition  in  all  departments  is  free.  The  registration  fee  is  $10 
per  semester  for  undergraduate  and  $15  for  special  students. 

MANZANITA  HALL,  preparatory  school  for  boys,  Palo  Alto, 
Frank  Cramer,  A.  M.,  Principal,  is  located  in  an  ideal  community,  in 
the  shadow  of  a  great  university,  on  the  outskirts  of  a  town  from 
which  saloons  are  excluded  by  a  strong  public  sentiment,  by  a  town 
ordinance,  and  by  a  prohibitory  clause  in  the  title  deeds.  It  gives 
special  attention  to  the  preparation  of  students  for  Stanford  Uni- 
versity. The  teachers  are  all  trained  specialists  in  their  depart- 
ments, are  continually  in  touch  with  the  university,  and  understand 
the  requirements  for  admission.  Its  graduates  are  admitted  to  the 
university  without  examination,  on  recommendation  of  the  princi- 
pal. Its  students  are  admitted  on  recommendation  without  examina- 

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GW.  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  Pasadena. 

tion  to  other  colleges  and  universities,  and  thorough  preparation 
is  given  to  students  who  expect  to  enter  colleges  or  universities 
that  require  examination.  Board  and  tuition  is  $400  per  year. 

CLASSICAL  SCHOOL  FOR  BOYS,  59  South  Euclid  Avenue, 
Pasadena,  Stephen  Cutter  Clark,  A.  B.  (Harvard),  Principal.  The 
aim  of  this  school  is  to  fit  boys  for  the  best  colleges.  The  time  of 
completing  the  course  is  suited  to  the  individual  capacity  and  work 
of  each  pupil.  Boys  are  received  as  early  as  six  years  of  age.  Gym- 
nastic drill  is  held  in  the  open  air,  under  the  care  of  a  special  in- 
structor. A  limited  number  of  boarding  pupils  will  be  received  in 
the  home  of  the  principal.  Tuition  for  boys  twelve  years  of  age 
and  over  is  $150  per  annum  ;  for  boys  under  twelve  it  is  $100. 

ENQLISH=CLASSICAL  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  Pasadena, 
Miss  Anna  B.  Orton,  Principal.  Miss  Orton,  who  is  a  daughter  of 
the  late  Prof.  James  Orton  of  Vassar  College,  established  this  school 
in  the  fall  of  1890.  It  provides  a  thorough  preparation  for  all  col- 
leges to  which  women  are  admitted,  and  offers  a  course  of  study 
to  students  who  are  .not  intending  to  enter  college.  The  college 
preparatory  course  includes  Latin,  mathematics,  English  language 
and  literature,  history,  science,  Greek,  French,  or  German.  The 
modern  language  course  covers  the  amount  of  work  required,  for 
the  college  preparatory  course,  with  the  exception  that  a  modern 
language  may  be  substituted  for  Latin.  Certificates  from  the  school 
are  accepted  by  the  leading  colleges,  whereby  students  are  enabled 
to  enter  without  further  examination.  For  boarding  pupils  $500  is 
charged  for  the  school  year. 

THROOP  POLYTECHNIC  INSTITUTE  and  Manual  Training 
School,  Pasadena,  Walter  A.  Edwards,  President,  was  founded  by 
the  Hon.  Amos  G.  Throop  in  1891.  Articles  of  incorporation  were 
filed  September  23d  ;  the  first  Board  of  Trustees  organized  October 
2d ;  and  the  doors  of  the  Institute  were  opened  to  students  November 
2d.  It  was  established  as  an  institution  of  learning  that  should  fur- 
nish to  students  of  both  sexes  and  of  all  religious  opinions  a  liberal 
and  practical  education,  which,  while  thoroughly  Christian,  should 
be  absolutely  non-sectarian  in  character.  In  1892  it  was  determined 
to  make  manual  and  industrial  education  the  characteristic  feature 
of  the  school,  and  the  building  now  known  as  Polytechnic  Hall 
was  erected.  In  the  following  year  East  Hall  was  built  and  fur- 
nished at  a  cost  of  nearly  forty  thousand  dollars.  The  Institute 
comprises  four  departments,  the  Sloyd  Grammar  School,  the  Man- 
ual Training  Academy,  the  Normal  Department,  and  the  College, 
the  work  in  the  last  named  being  entirely  elective.  Through  the 
generosity  of  citizens  of  Pasadena  a  number  of  free  scholarships 
have  been  founded  for  the  benefit  of  worthy  and  needy  students. 

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Sacramento.  WHERE   TO   EDUCATE.  Col. 

The  Institute  is  included  in  the  list  of  schools  accredited  by  the 
State  University.  The  Leland  Stanford  Junior  University  also  ac- 
cepts its  certificates,  and  similar  privileges  are  accorded  to  its  grad- 
uates in  other  institutions.  A  tuition  fee  of  $35  per  term  admits  to 
membership  in  any  or  all  classes  for  which  the  pupil  is  prepared, 
except  the  Sloyd  Grammar  School,  in  which  the  fee  is  $30. 

ATKINSON'S  SACRAflENTO  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Sac 

ramento,  E.  C.  Atkinson,  A.  M.,  President,  has  been  in  successful 
operation  for  more  than  twenty-five  years  without  change  of  man- 
agement. Its  patronage  has  been  drawn  from  every  State  and 
territory  of  the  Pacific  coast,  and  many  of  its  graduates  occupy 
prominent  positions.  The  aim  of  the  school  is  eminently  practical. 

ACADEflY  OF  THE  SACRED  HEART,  925  Franklin 
Street,  San  Francisco,  is  conducted  by  the  Ladies  of  the  Sacred 
Heart.  The  course  embraces  the  whole  range  of  subjects  in- 
cluded in  the  usual  academic  curriculum,  as  well  as  those  of  the 
preparatory  departments.  Exceptional  facilities  are  offered  for 
the  study  of  foreign  languages. 

THE  HAMLIN  SCHOOL,  formerly  Van  Ness  Seminary,  is  a 
school  for  girls  and  young  women,  under  the  joint  principalship  of 
Miss  Sarah  D.  Hamlin  and  Mrs.  Edna  Snell  Poulson.  The  house 
is  situated  in  the  most  beautiful  residence  portion  of  San  Francisco, 
and  from  its  elevated  site  commands  a  view  of  the  city  and  its 
beautiful  bay,  of  the  Berkeley  Hills  and  Mounts  Tamalpias  and 
Diablo.  The  aim  of  the  management  is  twofold,  namely,  to  pre- 
pare girls  for  any  school  or  college  open  to  women,  and  to  provide 
thorough,  well-ordered  instruction  for  girls  who,  for  any  reason,  do 
not  contemplate  a  college  course.  The  educational  departments  in- 
clude the  various  grades  from  primary  to  college  preparatory,  besides 
a  two  years'  post-graduate  course  undere  special  direction  of  Miss 
Hamlin,  who  has  been  markedly  successful  in  fitting  students  for 
entrance  into  the  Eastern  universities,  and  in  directing  advanced 
studies  in  English  work  and  the  classics.  The  school  has  a  large 
and  very  complete  library,  and  a  well-equipped  gymnasium  which  is 
under  the  direction  of  a  qualified  instructor.  The  resident  pupils 
have  also  formed  a  rowing  club  which  exercises  weekly  on  Stow 
Lake,  in  Golden  Gate  Park.  They  are  also  taken,  daily,  for  long 
walks,  of  which  this  interesting  city,  with  its  beautiful  environment, 
affords  a  great  number.  The  principals  have  the  aid  of  a  large 
faculty  of  trained  instructors,  and  especial  attention  is  paid  to 
individual  work  with  pupils. 

IRVING  INSTITUTE,  northeast  corner  of  California  and  Bu- 
chanan Streets,  San  Francisco,  the  Rev.  Edward  B.  Church,  A.  M., 
Principal,  Mrs.  Frances  A.  Church,  Vice-Principal.  This  school 

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Cal.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  San  Jos t. 

aims  at  the  symmetrical  and  harmonious  development  of  the 
mental,  moral,  and  physical  powers  of  its  pupils.  It  prepares 
for  the  University  of  California  and  for  the  Leland  Stanford  Junior 
University,  to  which  graduates  are  admitted  without  examination 
on  the  recommendation  of  the  principal,  and  also  gives  thorough 
preparation  for  any  Eastern  college  admitting  women.  In  addition 
to  the  primary,  grammar,  and  academic  departments,  to  the  first 
of  which  boys  are  admitted,  there  is  a  four  years'  course  in 
music,  based  upon  Sir  Charles  Halle's  Practical  Pianoforte  School. 
The  school  accommodates  about  thirty  boarders.  Terms  for 
board,  laundry,  and  tuition  in  English  branches  and  Latin,  $125 
per  quarter  of  ten  weeks. 

COLLEGE  OF  NOTRE  DAME,  San  Jose,  is  an  institution 
for  young  ladies,  founded  in  1851,  and  incorporated  by  the  State 
Legislature  in  1835.  The  grounds,  ten  acres  in  extent,  are 
exceptionally  beautiful,  and  the  college  buildings  are  large,  well 
ventilated,  and  furnished  with  every  modern  convenience.  Fresh 
vegetables  and  fruit  are  supplied  from  the  college  farm  and 
orchard ;  deep  artesian  wells  supply  the  purest  water.  The 
college  has  well-appointed  laboratories,  museum,  and  studios. 
Careful  attention  is  paid  to  manners,  morals,  and  physical  culture. 
Unusual  opportunities  are  afforded  for  the  study  of  music  in 
its  various  branches.  The  aim  of  the  institution  is  to  unite  in  its 
plan  of  instruction  every  advantage  which  can  contribute  to  an 
education  of  heart  and  mind,  at  once  solid  and  refined.  Com- 
munications should  be  addressed  to  the  Sister  Superior.  The 
post-office  address  is  College  Notre  Dame,  San  Jose,  Cal.  Board, 
tuition,  and  laundry  per  quarter  amount  to  $75. 

STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL,  San  Jose,  A.  H.  Randall, 
President,  is  one  of  the  best  known  normal  schools  in  the  West. 
Between  the  years  1887  and  1897,  inclusive,  it  graduated  1,386 
students,  over  ninety-three  per  cent,  of  whom  have  since  engaged 
in  teaching.  The  equipment  and  apparatus  necessary  for  modern 
scientific  instruction  are  quite  complete.  The  professional  work 
of  the  school  has  been  strengthening  of  late  from  year  to  year,  and 
the  enrolment  is  large.  Among  the  numerous  courses  manual 
training  and  kindergarten  hold  a  place,  and  there  is  a  short  course 
especially  adapted  to  high  school  graduates. 

THE  WASHBURN  SCHOOL,  a  university  preparatory  school 
for  boys  and  girls,  San  Jose,  Arthur  Washburn,  A.  B.,  and  Jessica 
T.  Washburn,  A.  B.,  Principals.  The  opening  of  the  Leland 
Stanford  Junior  University  led  to  a  demand,  in  the  vicinity  of 
San  Jose,  for  a  high-grade  preparatory  school.  In  response  to 
that  demand  the  Washburn  School  was  established  in  September, 

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San  Mateo.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Cal. 

1894,  with  a  course  of  study  based  on  the  requirements  of  that 
university.  Recommended  graduates  are  admitted  to  the  Leland 
Stanford  Junior  University  without  examination.  In  addition  to 
the  regular  college  preparatory  course  there  is  a  sub-preparatory 
class  and  a  primary  department.  A  limited  number  of  girls  can 
be  accommodated  with  board. 

ST.  MARGARET'S  SCHOOL,  a  boarding  and  day  school 
for  girls,  San  Mateo,  the  Rev.  George  Wallace,  A.  M.,  B.  D., 
Rector  and  Principal.  St.  Margaret's  has  completed  six  years  of 
successful  work,  and  has  established  an  excellent  reputation.  It 
aims  to  prepare  its  pupils  to  adorn  the  family  and  social  circle 
with  intellectual  culture,  graceful  manners,  and  refined  tastes. 
The  scheme  of  instruction  provides  for  thorough  work  in  primary, 
intermediate,  and  academic  departments. 

SELBORNE  SCHOOL,  San  Rafael,  the  Rev.  Charles  Hitch- 
cock, B.  A.  (Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  England),  Principal,  was 
founded  in  1882,  and  the  present  property  occupied  in  1892. 
San  Rafael  is  renowned  for  its  ideal  climate,  and  the  school  is 
located  in  its  most  attractive  part,  about  one  mile  from  the  station 
of  the  North  Pacific  Railway.  The  construction  of  the  buildings 
is  the  result  of  long  and  detailed  study  of  other  boys'  schools. 
Boys  of  all  ages  are  admitted,  but  the  number  of  pupils  is 
restricted.  There  are  so  many  teachers  in  comparison  to  the 
number  of  students  that  the  closest  personal  attention  can  be 
given  to  the  intellectual  and  moral  needs  of  each  pupil.  There  is 
a  well-furnished  gymnasium,  with  a  competent  physical  director. 
A  course  is  given  in  Sloyd,  and  the  importance  of  manual  training 
as  a  factor  in  education  is  recognized  throughout  the  course  of 
study.  The  annual  charge  for  tuition  and  residence  is  $500. 

SANTA  BARBARA  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Santa  Barbara, 
E.  B.  Hoover,  Principal,  C.  D.  Hoover,  Secretary,  aims  to  give 
a  thorough  and  practical  knowledge  of  business.  The  course  con- 
sists of  an  English  or  preparatory  department,  a  regular  business 
and  a  shorthand  course. 

STOCKTON  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Stockton,  W.  C.  Ramsey, 
Principal,  is  a  boarding  and  day  school  twenty-five  years  established. 
Including  the  business  course  there  are  seven  regular  departments, 
and  during  the  past  year  one  hundred  have  been  graduated  from 
the  normal  course.  The  average  attendance  is  seven  hundred 
students  annually,  representing  the  Western  States,  the  Sandwich 
Islands,  Japan,  and  Mexico. 

WATSON VI LLE  HOflE  SCHOOL,  24  Kearney  Street,  Wat 
sonville.  This  school  was  organized  in  1889,  and  its  object  is  to  fit 
pupils  for  teachers'  examinations,  and  to  give  individual  instruc- 

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Colo.  W.HERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Boulder. 

tion  to  pupils  not  able  to  attend  public  schools.  It  is  pleasantly 
located  in  one  of  California's  beautiful  valleys,  and  is  conducted 
by  Mrs.  S.  J.  Kidder  and  two  daughters. 

HOLY  ROSARY  ACADEMY,  Woodland,  conducted  by  the 
Sisters  of  the  Holy  Cross,  maintains  a  high  standard  of  scholar- 
ship, and  aims  to  combine  with  it  the  atmosphere  and  influence  of 
a  Christian  home.  Music  and  art  receive  special  attention. 

COLORADO. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  COLORADO  (co-educational),  Boulder,  Jas. 
H.  Baker,  LL.  D.,  President.  This  University  was  incorporated  by 
an  act  of  the  Territorial  Legislature  of  1861,  and  its  location  fixed 
at  Boulder.  In  1876,  the  Constitution  of  Colorado  provided  thatr 
upon  its  adoption,  the  University  should  become  an  institution  of 
the  State,  and  further  provided  for  its  management  and  control. 
The  University  was  opened  in  September,  1877,  with  two  instructors 
and  forty-four  students.  The  support  of  the  University  is  derived 
from  a  tax  levy  on  the  assessed  valuation  of  the  property  of  the 
State,  and  from  large  State  appropriations  and  private  bequests. 
The  location  of  the  University  is  in  the  finest  scenery  of  the 
Rocky  Mountain  region,  about  an  hour's  ride  from  Denver.  The 
buildings  number  twelve,  all  modern,  thoroughly  equipped,  and 
each  erected  for  a  special  department.  All  departments  are  sup- 
plied with  modern  apparatus,  and  the  cabinets,  art  collection,  and 
library  are  well  selected  and  extensive.  The  University  Faculty 
numbers  seventy-five,  and  the  departments  of  instruction  are  as 
follows : 

COLLEGE  OF  LIBERAL  ARTS  :  Classical  Course,  leading  to  the 
degree  of  B.  A. ;  Philosophical  Course,  leading  to  the  degree  of 
B.  Ph. ;  Scientific  Course,  leading  to  the  degree  of  B.  S. 

GRADUATE  COURSES,  leading  to  the  degrees  M.  A.,  M.  S.,  and 
Ph.D. 

COLORADO  SCHOOL  OF  APPLIED  SCIENCE:  Civil  Engineering, 
leading  to  the  degree  B.  S.  (C.  E.)  ;  Electrical  Engineering,  lead- 
ing to  the  degree  B.  S.  (E.  E.) 

COLORADO  SCHOOL  OF  MEDICINE. 

COLORADO  SCHOOL  OF  LAW. 

Affiliated  with  the  University,  though  separately  organized,  is 
the  COLORADO  STATE  PREPARATORY  SCHOOL,  which  offers  free 
tuition  to  residents  of  the  State. 

One  point  is  worthy  of  emphasis  :  Many  students  now  success- 
fully carrying  on  full  work  in  this  University  were  compelled  to 
leave  college  in  the  East  or  elsewhere  on  account  of  ill  health, 
but  find  that  in  the  pure  air  of  Colorado  they  are  enabled  both 
to  complete  their  education  and  to  regain  strength. 

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Colorado  Springs.  WHERE   TO   EDUCATE.  Colo. 

COLORADO  COLLEGE,  Colorado  Springs.  Founded  in  1874. 
Though  unsectarian  in  character,  it  affords  the  opportunity  for 
advanced  study  under  positive  Christian  influences.  Courses 
lead  to  the  degrees  of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  Bachelor  of  Philosophy, 
Bachelor  of  Science.  Candidates  for  the  Master's  degree  are 
received.  Connected  with  the  college  are  departments  of  art  and 
of  music.  The  Colorado  College  Scientific  Society  issues  an 
annual  publication  with  articles  containing  original  research.  The 
college  edifices  comprise,  besides  a  large  building  for  lecture- 
rooms,  laboratories,  and  museum,  a  library  building,  an  astro- 
nomical observatory,  a  gymnasium,  one  large  residence  hall  for 
young  men,  and  two  halls  for  young  women.  A  music  and  art 
building  is  in  process  of  erection.  There  is  a  large  college 
campus  and  a  good  athletic  field.  The  world-renowned  climate 
of  Colorado  Springs  affords  exceptional  opportunity  for  out-door 
exercise.  Students  unable  to  work  in  other  climates  may  here 
continue  their  studies,  and  at  the  same  time  make  a  perma- 
nent gain  in  health.  Tuition,  $35  per  annum.  Table  board  in 
clubs,  $2.50 ;  in  Ticknor  Hall,  $4  per  week.  Rooms  (warmed, 
lighted,  and  furnished),  $i  to  $2  per  week. 

CUTLER  ACADEflY,  Colorado  Springs.  It  is  named  after 
a  generous  donor,  Henry  Cutler,  of  Massachusetts.  Though 
primarily  a  fitting  school  for  Colorado  College,  it  provides  a 
thorough  preparation  for  any  college  in  the  United  States.  The 
courses  of  study  extend  over  four  years,  and  embrace  both  classi- 
cal and  scientific  branches.  Tuition,  $35  per  annum. 

THE  DENVER  HOflEOPATHIC  COLLEGE,  S.  S.  Smythe, 
M.  D.,  Dean  ;  David  A.  Strickler,  M.  D.,  Registrar.  The  faculty 
consists  of  twenty-nine  professors  and  instructors.  The  college  is 
new  and  modern  in  every  particular;  situated  high  and  dry  in 
the  most  beautiful  residence  portion  of  the  city,  while  it  is  sur- 
rounded by  public  parks.  The  hospital  is  connected  with  the 
college,  giving  especial  clinical  facilities.  The  three  features 
which  it  aims  to  make  distinctive  are :  First,  teaching,  so  far  as 
possible,  by  assigned  lessons  and  recitations ;  second,  monthly 
examinations  ;  third,  clinical  instruction.  The  school  draws  its 
students  largely  from  Rocky  Mountain  districts,  but  has  an  appre- 
ciable number  from  all  over  the  country,  many  of  whom,  because 
of  our  mild,  short,  and  pleasant  winters,  find  it  practical  to  attend 
here  when  their  health  would  not  permit  them  to  go  elsewhere. 
Men  and  women  are  admitted  on  equal  terms.  Tuition,  $100  per 
annum.  Scholarship,  $300. 


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Colo..  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  Denver. 

THE  DENVER  NORflAL  AND  PREPARATORY  SCHOOL, 

1543-45  Glenarm  Street,  Denver,  Fred  Dick,  Principal.  In  Sep- 
tember, 1893,  this  school  opened  with  but  two  departments.  These 
were  subsequently  increased  to  eight,  as  follows :  Normal,  for  the 
training  of  public  school  teachers  ;  kindergarten,  in  charge  of  Mrs. 
Margaret  Grabill,  for  the  training  of  teachers  in  kindergarten 
methods  ;  college  preparatory,  for  fitting  pupils  for  entrance  to  the 
leading  universities  and  colleges ;  grade,  in  which  instruction  is 
given  in  any  of  the  eight  grammar  grades ;  modern  language,  giv- 
ing instruction  in  French,  German,  and  Spanish  ;  commercial,  tak- 
ing up  all  commercial  studies  ;  sloyd  department,  and  department 
of  reading,  physical  culture,  drawing,  and  music.  On  the  second 
and  fourth  Thursdays  of  every  month  the  regular  exercises  are 
supplemented  by  a  lecture  by  some  person  prominent  in  educational, 
political,  or  social  circle,  in  Colorado.  In  October,  1898,  a  Mothers1 
Class  was  organized  for  the  systematic  study  of  child  life.  Several 
free  scholarships  are  conditionally  offered  to  Colorado  high  school 
graduates.  The  tuition  is  moderate. 

LORETTO  HEIGHTS  ACADEMY,  Loretto  Heights,  Den- 
ver, conducted  by  the  Sisters  of  Loretto.  This  academy  stands 
on  the  highest  point  between  Denver  and  the  mountain  range 
that  forms  a  background  for  the  city.  The  new  building,  erected 
in  1890-91,  at  a  cost  of  about  a  quarter  of  a  million  dollars,  is 
considered  one  of  the  finest  in  the  West.  Those  in  charge  of  the 
institution  have  had  long  educational  experience,  and  the  courses 
of  study,  as  well  as  the  laboratories  and  all  other  appliances  for 
work,  are  in  every  respect  modern  and  complete. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  DENVER  and  Colorado  Seminary  (co- 
educational), Denver,  William  Fraser  McDowell,  S.  T.  D.,  Ph.  D., 
Chancellor.  This  University,  incorporated  in  1880,  while  unsec- 
tarian,  is  under  the  control  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
The  departments  are  as  follows :  College  of  Liberal  Arts,  School 
of  Medicine,  Iliff  School  of  Theology,  School  of  Law,  School  of 
Dentistry,  School  of  Pharmacy,  Graduate  School,  School  of  Music 
and  Fine  Arts,  and  Preparatory  School.  The  Schools  of  Medi- 
cine, Law,  Music,  Dentistry,  and  Pharmacy  are  situated  in  the 
heart  of  Denver ;  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts,  Iliff  School  of  The- 
ology, and  the  Preparatory  School  are  located  at  University  Park, 
which,  though  in  the  limits  of  the  city,  is  forty  minutes'  ride  from 
its  centre.  The  University  confers  the  following  degrees  :  Bach- 
elor of  Arts,  Bachelor  of  Science,  Bachelor  of  Literature,  Doctor 
of  Medicine,  Bachelor  of  Sacred  Theology,  Bachelor  of  Lawsr 
Bachelor,  of  Music,  Doctor  of  Dental  Surgery,  and  Graduate  in 
Pharmacy.  Also  the  following  graduate  degrees  on  examination : 
Master  of  Arts,  Master  of  Science,  Master  of  Literature,  Master 

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of  Laws,  Doctor  of  Philosophy,  Doctor  of  Civil  Law,  and  Doc- 
tor of  Sacred  Theology.  There  are  excellent  working  laboratories 
and  the  foundation  of  a  good  library,  with  the  splendid  city  libraries 
at  the  disposal  of  the  students.  This  institution  inaugurated  the 
University  Extension  movement  in  Colorado,  and  is  prepared  to 
give  numerous  lecture  courses  annually.  There  were  enrolled  last 
year,  in  the  various  departments  of  the  University,  598  students. 
There  were  conferred  at  the  annual  commencement  fifty-eight 
degrees,  all  of  them  in  cursu.  Colorado  Seminary  was  incorpor- 
ated March  5,  1864,  and  was  the  first  of  the  institutions  for 
higher  learning  to  open  in  Colorado.  The  president  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  is  Bishop  Henry  W.  Warren,  D.  D.,  LL.  D., 
the  founder  of  the  institution  having  been  the  late  John  Evans, 
M.  D.,  second  Governor  of  Colorado.  The  college  and  Medical 
School  course  is  four  years ;  the  School  of  Theology,  School 
of  Law,  and  School  of  Dentistry,  three  years.  There  were  stu- 
dents last  year  from  thirty-three  different  States  and  ten  foreign 
countries.  Dr.  J.  M.  Buckley,  editor  of  the  Christian  Advocate, 
New  York,  after  a  visit  to  the  University,  wrote :  "  I  never  saw 
such  a  view  from  any  other  University  in  Europe  or  America,  nor 
one  to  be  compared  with  it  in  grandeur.  Hundreds  of  young  men 
and  women  in  the  East  who  cannot  pursue  a  course  of  study  with- 
out loss  of  health,  here  thrive  in  that  pure  air.  I  found  among  the 
students  many  from  the  East  who  were  carrying  on  their  studies 
with  success  and  with  improved  health." 

THE  MISS  WOLCOTT  SCHOOL,  a  home  and  day  school  for 
girls,  corner  Marion  Street  and  Fourteenth  Avenue,  Denver,  Miss 
Wolcott,  Principal,  is  intended  primarily  as  a  day  school,  but  the 
principal  receives  a  limited  number  of  girls  into  her  home.  Boys 
are  admitted  to  the  younger  grades  of  the  day  school  only.  The 
teachers  are  specialists  in  their  chosen  lines  of  work,  and  desirous 
of  helping  in  every  way  the  pupils  committed  to  their  care.  There 
are  kindergarten,  primary,  intermediate,  and  academic  departments. 
The  academic  department  prepares  thoroughly  for  any  woman's  col- 
lege. Tuition  and  board  for  the  year  is  $500.  Tuition  alone  is  $100 
per  year  in  the  academic,  $80  in  the  intermediate,  $80  in  the  primary, 
and  $48  in  the  kindergarten  departments.  Art  and  music  are  extra. 

WOLFE  HALL,  Denver,  Mrs.  Lucia  Olcott  Streeter,  Principal. 
As  a  preparatory  school  for  the  large  Eastern  colleges  for  women, 
Wolfe  Hall  stands  alone  among  the  schools  of  the  State.  Recently 
much  attention  has  been  paid  to  special  courses,  and  the  music, 
art,  and  literary  departments  have  been  especially  developed.  The 
kindergarten  department  is  another  strong  feature.  The  school 
building  contains  350 'rooms.  The  cost  of  board  and  tuition  by 
the  year  is  $300,  and  the  tuition  for  day-pupils  is  from  $40  to  $60. 


Colo. 


WHERE   TO    EDUCATE. 


Greeley. 


THE  STATE  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE,  Fort  Collins,  was 
founded  in  1879,  under  the  act  of  Congress  providing  for  the 
establishment  of  such  institutions,  and  it  has  had  a  steady  and  re- 
markable growth.  In  1880  the  total  number  of  students  was 
twenty-five,  and  in  1898  there  was  an  enrolment  of  344.  The 
principal  courses  of  instruction  are  in  agricultural  subjects,  with 
especial  attention  paid  to  hydraulics  and  engineering  as  applied  to 
irrigation.  A  liberal  schedule  of  studies  is  also  pursued,  includ- 
ing all  the  English  branches,  the  sciences,  and  modern  languages. 
Among  the  buildings  are  the  chemical  laboratory,  horticultural  and 
agricultural  halls,  mechanical  engineering  buildings,  etc.,  the  entire 
group  being  valued  at  over  $250,000. 

STATE  SCHOOL  OF  MINES,  Golden,  Regis  Chauvenet, 
A.  M.,  B.  S.,  President,  was  established  in  1874.  The  organization 
resembles  that  of  the  best  technical  schools,  and  probably  no  local- 
ity in  the  United  States  could  be  found  richer  in  geological  illus- 


STATE    NORMAL    SCHOOL,    GREELEY,    COLO, 

tration  of  the  formations  of  various  ages,  affording  abundant 
opportunities  for  practical  instruction  as  well  as  exercise.  For 
admission,  candidates  must  be  at  least  seventeen  years  of  age,  and 
must  sustain  examinations  in  English,  geography,  arithmetic,  ele- 
ments of  algebra,  geometry,  and  zoology  or  biology.  There  are 
two  full  courses  of  study,  viz. :  Mining  and  metallurgical  engineer- 
ing. Each  covers  a  period  of  four  years.  The  studies,  however, 
are  identical  during  the  first  year  of  all  courses,  beginning  to 
diverge  at  the  opening  of  the  second  year.  The  degrees  given 
are :  Engineer  of  Mines  and  Metallurgy  (E.  M.),  Electrical  Engi- 
neer (E.  E.).  Tuition  is  free  to  residents  of  Colorado. 

THE  STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL,  Greeley,  Z.  X.  Snyder, 
Ph.  D.,  President,  is  on  the  line  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railway,  fifty- 
two  miles  north  of  Denver.  The  city  has  prohibition  laws,  and  is 
a  place  of  churches  and  homes.  The  school  was  established  by 

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an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  Colorado  in  1889.  The  handsome 
building  is  situated  in  the  midst  of  a  campus  of  forty  acres  over- 
looking the  city.  A  high  standard  of  scholarship  and  professional 
training  is  maintained,  and  a  diploma  is  equivalent  to  a  life  cer- 
tificate to  teach  in  the  schools  of  the  State.  Especial  features 
are  the  model  school  and  child  study  department  and  the  kinder- 
garten department.  Tuition  is  free,  and  other  expenses  are  ex- 
tremely moderate. 

THE  JARVIS  HALL  MILITARY  ACADEMY,  Montclair,  the 
Rev.  H.  Kay  Coleman,  A.  M.,  Rector,  was  founded  in  1869.  It  is 
located  at  Montclair,  a  charming  suburb  of  Denver.  The  present 
building,  one  of  the  most  handsome  and  imposing  in  the  West, 
was  begun  in  1888,  and  enlarged  in  1890.  It  accommodates 
about  one  hundred  students,  and  is  supplied  with  every  modern 
convenience.  The  grounds,  which  embrace  over  thirty  acres, 
and  contain  baseball  and  football  fields,  tennis  courts  and  golf 
links,  provide  opportunities  for  physical  development,  and  the 
refined  home  life  of  the  school  contributes  to  social  culture.  Both 
the  intellectual  and  military  discipline  are  of  the  best.  Tuition 
and  board  for  the  school  year  cost  but  $350. 

CONNECTICUT. 

THE  COURTLAND  SCHOOL,  a  day  school  for  girls,  107 
Golden  Hill,  Bridgeport,  Miss  Frances  A.  Marble  and  Miss  Mary 
J.  Miner,  Principals,  was  founded  in  1891,  and  incorporated,  under 
a  special  act  of  the  State  Legislature,  in  1893.  Its  rapid  growth 
has  necessitated  its  removal  to  a  larger  building,  and  its  equipment 
will  soon  be  equal  to  all  the  demands  of  a  modern  academy.  The 
school  aims  to  give  thorough  and  systematic  instruction  to  girls 
and  young  women.  Only  the  ablest  and  most  experienced  teach- 
ers are  secured,  and  great  pains  are  taken  with  beginners  and 
all  exceptional  or  backward  cases.  Students  are  prepared  for  any 
college  open  to  women,  and  children  at  eight  or  nine  years  of  age 
may  enter  the  lower  departments.  Tuition  varies,  according  to 
the  class,  from  $80  to  $150. 

PARK  AVENUE  INSTITUTE,  for  young  men  and  boys, 
Bridgeport,  Seth  B.  Jones,  A.  M.,  Principal.  This  school  is 
situated  in  a  quiet  part  of  Bridgeport,  on  Long  Island  Sound, 
fifty-nine  miles  from  New  York,  and  eighteen  miles  from  New 
Haven.  Seaside  Park,  but  five  minutes'  walk  from  the  school, 
furnishes  hard  and  smooth  roads  for  bicycling,  and  plenty  of  room 
for  football,  baseball,  and  other  manly  sports  that  tend  to  keep  the 
development  of  the  body  in  pace  with  that  of  the  mind.  The 

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buildings  were  erected  especially  for  school  purposes,  and  are 
fully  equipped  with  modern  conveniences.  Special  pains  are 
taken  with  pupils  who  are  backward  either  from  lack  of  oppor- 
tunity or  because  they  have  lost  interest  in  study  and  become 
discouraged.  Boys  of  any  age  are  received,  and  their  morals  are 
carefully  guarded.  The  curriculum  includes  classical,  scientific, 
and  commercial  branches.  Board,  furnished  room,  and  instruction 
in  the  primary  and  intermediate  departments  is  $450;  in  the 
junior  and  senior  departments,  $500. 

UNION  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Bridgeport,  Fred  Enos, 
Principal.  The  institution  justly  claims  to  be  a  school  of  system, 
discipline,  and  results.  A  practical  business  education  may  be 
acquired  in  bookkeeping,  shorthand,  and  typewriting,  and  business 
men  may  be  supplied  with  competent  assistants. 

THE  UNIVERSITY  SCHOOL,  Bridgeport,  Vincent  C.  Peck, 
Head  Master,  occupies  three  or  four  separate  buildings  in  the  best 
residential  part  of  the  city.  The  small  classes  give  opportunity 
for  individual  attention  to  the  needs  of  the  students,  and  resident 
pupils  are  under  the  personal  care  and  guidance  of  the  head 
master  or  his  assistant.  The  institution  is  divided  into  a  Lower 
and  an  Upper  School.  Kindergarten  and  primary  departments 
for  boys  and  girls  have  recently  been  organized.  The  upper 
classes  are  for  boys  and  young  men  only.  Cultivation  of  common 
sense,  self-reliance,  and  self-mastery  are  aimed  at,  and  an  all- 
round  development,  physical,  mental,  and  moral,  is  the  general 
object  of  the  school.  Terms  per  annum  for  resident  pupils  amount 
to  $600.  Tuition  ranges  from  $32  to  $150. 

THE  CURTIS  SCHOOL  FOR  BOYS,  Brookfield  Center, 
Frederick  S.  Curtis,  Principal,  is  an  undenominational  private 
boarding  school  for  twenty  boys,  in  a  quiet  village  in  the  western 
part  of  the  State.  Experience,  a  love  for  the  boys  and  the  work, 
a  deep  sense  of  the  grave  responsibility  of  the  calling,  and  an 
untiring  devotion  to  the  needs  of  the  pupils,  have  combined  to 
make  this  school  a  successful  development  from  the  smallest  begin- 
nings, and  given  it  a  unique  character  which  is  expressed  in  every- 
thing connected  with  it.  Mr.  Curtis,  a  Yale  graduate,  writes  a 
little  book  about  his  work,  which  he  will  gladly  send  on  applica- 
tion ;  he  takes  entire  charge  of  a  boy,  even  to  buying  for  his 
needs,  and  knows  personally  every  phase  of  his  school  and  home 
life.  Boys  are  admitted,  on  first  entrance,  only  under  fourteen. 
The  tuition  for  the  year  is  $500.  Preparation  is  given  a  boy  for 
other  preparatory  schools,  but  not  the  immediate  preparation  for 
college.  This  work,  dealing  with  the  foundations  of  a  boy's  habits 
and  methods,  is  very  important. 

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Cheshire.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Conn. 

THE  CHESHIRE  ACADEMY  (The  Episcopal  Academy  of 
Connecticut),  Cheshire,  Eri  Davidson  Woodbury,  Principal.  A 
boys'  military  boarding  school,  now  in  its  io4th  year,  and  one 
of  the  few  schools  in  our  country  having  a  long  history.  It  is 
located  two  and  a  half  hours  from  New  York,  half  an  hour  from 
New  Haven,  and  has  good  telephone  and  telegraph  connections. 
It  gives  preparation  for  college,  scientific  school,  or  business.  The 
policy  of  discipline  is  to  hold  in  restraint  the  evil  in  a  boy  while 
the  nobler  qualities  are  cultivated  until  they  become  dominant 
traits  of  character. 

GREENWICH  ACADEMY,  with  home  school  for  ten  boys, 
Greenwich,  J.  H.  Root,  Principal,  was  incorporated  seventy  years 
ago.  Twenty-eight  miles  from  New  York  City,  Greenwich  occu- 
pies, according  to  the  United  States  survey,  the  highest  ground  on 
the  coast  between  Maine  and  Florida.  In  1880  a  home  depart- 
ment was  added  to  the  academy.  Ten  boys  are  received  into  Mr. 
Root's  family.  The  pupils  being  so  few  in  number,  and. so  care- 
fully selected,  each  boy  receives  the  individual  training  which  his 
character  and  habits  make  necessary.  The  work  of  the  educational 
course  is  comprehensive,  extending  from  the  primary  department 
to  the  most  thorough  preparation  for  our  best  colleges  or  for  busi- 
ness. The  charge  for  the  school  year  for  boys  under  fifteen  is 
$500  ;  for  boys  over  fifteen,  $600. 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  Hartford,  the  Rev.  George  Williamson 
Smith,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President.  Washington  College,  of  which 
Trinity  is  an  outgrowth,  was  chartered  by  the  Connecticut  General 
Assembly  in  1823,  and  its  name  was  changed  to  the  present  one 
on  the  petition  of  the  alumni  and  corporation  in  1845.  ^n  1872 
the  cellege  campus  was  sold  to  the  city  as  a  site  for  the  State 
capitol.  This  resulted  in  the  purchase  of  another  tract  containing 
about  eighty  acres.  In  1875  work  was  begun  on  new  buildings, 
which  were  occupied  in  1878.  Five  years  later  the  central  build- 
ing, Northern  Towers,  was  completed,  forming  the  west  side  of  a 
quadrangle  more  than  six  hundred  feet  in  length.  On  or  near  the 
campus  stand  also  the  colossal  statue  of  Bishop  Brownell,  built 
1867;  the  St.  John  Observatory,  1883;  the  president's  house, 
1885;  the  gymnasium  and  Alumni  Hall,  1887  ; -and  the  Jarvis 
Hall  of  Science,  1888.  The  college  library  has  a  valuable  collec- 
tion of  about  forty  thousand  volumes.  In  Jarvis  Hall,  besides  well- 
provided  chemical  and  physical  laboratories,  there  are  in  the 
department  of  physics  a  number  of  rooms  devoted  to  special  work 
in  light  and  electricity,  together  with  a  work-shop,  dynamo,  and 
engine-room.  Candidates  for  entrance,  who  must  have  completed 
their  fifteenth  year,  are  admitted  either  by  examination  or  on  cer- 
tificate from  certain  approved  schools.  The  college  offers  four 

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Conn.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Lakeville. 

courses :  Arts,  letters  and  science,  science,  letters.  Each  of 
these  is  a  four  years'  course  except  the  course  in  science,  which  is 
completed  in  three  years.  Graduates  of  the  course  in  arts  receive 
the  B.  A.  degree ;  of  the  course  in  letters  and  science  or  of  that  in 
science,  B.  S ;  and  of  the  course  in  letters,  B.  L.  Under  specified 
conditions  the  degree  of  M.  A.  is  conferred  upon  Bachelors  of  Art 
of  three  years'  standing.  Special  students  are  admitted.  Trinity, 
while  under  Protestant  Episcopal  auspices,  welcomes  students  of 
any  faith  or  form  of  worship.  Tuition  is  $100  per  year. 

WOODSIDE  SEHINARY,  Hartford,  Miss  Sara  J.  Smith  and 
Miss  E.  L.  Smith,  Principals.  The  location  of  this  school  is  one 
of  the  most  charming  of  Hartford.  The  accessibility  of  Hartford 
from  all  parts  of  the  country  commends  it  to  parents  seeking  a 
desirable  school  and  home  for  their  daughters.  The  number  of 


WOODSIDE   SEMINARY. 


pupils  is  limited  to  twenty-five.  The  buildings  are  spacious  and 
attractive,  having  sanitary  plumbing,  modern  heating,  and  electric 
lighting.  The  ample  grounds  and  well-equipped  gymnasium  give 
excellent  opportunities  for  exercise.  The  design  of  the  school  is 
to  prepare,  by  systematic  practical  training,  for  the  positions  the 
girls  may  be  called  to  fill  in  the  future,  and  to  fit  them,  if  desired, 
for  a  college  course.  The  terms  for  board  and  tuition,  including 
school  text-books  and  limited  plain  laundry,  are  $700  per  annum. 

THE  HOTCHKISS  SCHOOL,  Lakeville  (town  of  Salisbury), 
Edward  G.  Coy,  M.  A.,  Head  Master.  An  endowed  school  for 
boys,  founded  in  1891,  and  opened  for  instruction  October  19, 
1892.  It  is  devoted  exclusively  to  preparation  for  college  or 
scientific  school,  according  to  the  best  standards.  There  are  nine 
instructors,  including  the  physical  director,  who  has  immediate 
supervision  of  the  health  and  all  the  athletics  of  the  school.  The 
courses  of  study,  both  classical  and  scientific,  cover  four  years. 
The  government  and  discipline  are  intended  to  be  wholly  in  the 

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interest  of  trustworthy  boys,  and  are  conducted  on  the  theory 
that  a  boy's  sense  of  honor  should  be  respected  and  encouraged 
to  the  utmost  degree.  Every  boy  must  room  alone.  The  annual 
charge  —  covering  tuition,  board,  rent,  and  care  of  furnished 
room,  heat,  and  electric  light  —  is  $600.  A  limited  number  of 
students,  however,  are  regularly  assisted  in  greatly  reducing  their 
expenses,  and  no  ambitious  boy  need  hesitate  to  apply  for  admis- 
sion to  the  school  for  lack  of  funds.  No  precise  age  is  prescribed 
for  admission ;  but  boys  of  fourteen  usually  have  sufficient  matu- 
rity for  school  life  and  the  studies  of  the  lowest  class.  The 
attendance  —  not  counting  day  scholars  —  is  limited  at  present 
to  one  hundred  students. 

THE  TACONIC  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  Lakeville,  Miss  Eliza 
Hersey  Lord,  Principal  ;  Dr.  Nicholas  Murray  Butler  and  Dr. 
Frank  M.  McMurry,  of  Columbia  University,  New  York,  advisers 
to  the  faculty.  The  school  is  especially  adapted  to  young  girls 
who  must  leave  home  at  an  early  age.  The  methods  employed 
are  scientific,  and  adapted  to  the  special  needs  of  the  individual 
pupil.  College  preparation  is  given,  and  the  school  certificate 
admits  to  Smith.  Nature  study  and  art  expression  are  made 
specialties.  The  location  in  the  Taconic  Hills  of  the  Berkshire 
region  is  unsurpassed  for  healthfulness.  Physical  culture,  includ- 
ing golf,  rowing,  skating,  and  coasting,  is  under  the  direction  of  a 
trained  gymnast. 

A  SCHOOL  FOR  YOUNG  BOYS,  Lyme,  Miss  A.  N.  Griffin, 
Principal,  was  opened  in  1893  by  Mrs.  Edward  D.  Griffin  and  her 
daughters,  and  is  designed  for  a  limited  number  of  boys,  too  young 
for  the  pressure  and  routine  of  ordinary  boarding-school  life,  and 
who  need  motherly  care  and  watchful  attention.  The  elementary 
studies  are  taught  thoroughly,  and  Latin  and  French  are  begun, 
while  care  is  taken  that  the  physical  development  of  the  boys 
•shall  keep  pace  with  the  mental  and  moral  improvement.  By 
special  arrangement  boys  can  remain  during  vacations,  or,  if 
desired,  entire  charge  will  be  taken  of  orphans  or  other  children 
who  need  a  permanent  home  while  pursuing  their  studies.  The 
terms  are  $400  per  school  year. 

THE  MIDDLETOWN  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Middletown, 
A.  J.  Harding,  Principal,  offers  courses  in  bookkeeping,  banking, 
shorthand,  typewriting,  telegraphy,  and  phonograph.  Arithmetic, 
spelling,  penmanship,  grammar,  commercial  law,  and  correspond- 
ence are  also  included  with  the  foregoing  courses.  There  are  no 
vacations,  day  sessions  continuing  during  the  entire  year.  Diplo- 
mas are  awarded  to  those  who  pass  the  required  examinations. 

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WESLEYAN  UNIVERSITY,  Middletown,  Bradford  Paul  Ray- 
mond, LL.  D.,  President.  Wesleyan,  founded  in  1831,  is  the  oldest 
college  established  under  the  auspices  of  the  M.  E.  Church.  While  in 
the  liberal  sense  denominational,  it  is  unsectarian.  Its  situation,  half 
way  between  New  York  and  Boston  on  the  shortest  railway  route, 
is  almost  ideal,  and  the  position  of  the  buildings  on  extensive 
grounds  in  the  highest  part  of  the  city  further  demonstrates  the 
wisdom  shown  in  choice  of  location.  Wesleyan's  reputation  for 
scholarly  work  is  well  established.  The  college  is  constantly 
willing  to  sacrifice  numbers  to  quality,  and  the  terms  of  admission 
are  severe.  There  are  three  courses  of  study  leading  to  degrees  : 
Classical,  Latin-scientific,  and  scientific.  The  range  of  elective 
studies  after  the  freshman  year  is  very  wide.  In  natural  science 
the  work  of  the  college  is  especially  strong.  Some  of  the  investi- 
gations carried  on  in  the  Wesleyan  laboratories,  notably  the  inves- 
tigations in  the  chemistry  of  food  under  Prof.  W.  O.  Atwater,  and 
those  in  bacteriology  especially  with  regard  to  the  bacilli  of  butter 
under  Prof.  H.  W.  Conn,  have  won  reputation  not  only  in  this 
country  but  abroad.  Wesleyan  was  a  pioneer  in  post-graduate  in- 
struction. Not  fewer  than  thirteen  out  of  the  sixteen  regular  depart- 
ments offer  courses  for  graduate  students.  Training  of  the  body 
keeps  pace  with  intellectual  culture.  The  Fayerweather  Gymna- 
sium is  one  of  the  best  equipped  in  New  England,  and  the  new 
athletic  field  is  among  the  finest  of  its  class.  The  college  build- 
ings are  valued  at  about  half  a  million  dollars.  The  endowment 
amounts  to  nearly  $1,300,000,  and  a  large  number  of  scholarships 
are  devoted  to  the  benefit  of  needy  and  deserving  students.  An- 
nual expenses,  not  including  board,  average  $147.  Women  are 
admitted  to  all  the  courses. 

MYSTIC  VALLEY  ENGLISH  AND  CLASSICAL  INSTI- 
TUTE, boarding  and  day  school  for  both  sexes,  Mystic,  J.  K. 
Bucklyn,  A.  M.,  LL.  D.,  Principal.  This  Institute  was  founded  in 
1863  and  chartered  in  1880.  Three  courses  are  offered,  college, 
normal,  and  business.  The  leading  colleges  admit,  without  exam- 
ination, graduates  of  this  school.  The  instruction  is  individual, 
so  that  bright  students  are  not  retarded  and  slow  students  are 
helped  in  their  work.  The  rates  are  low ;  opportunities  are  given 
for  a  few  students  to  work  out  a  part  of  the  expense,  so  that 
young  persons  of  energy  may  graduate  here  with  limited  means. 

MRS.  CADY'S  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  a  family  and  day 
school,  Hillhouse  Avenue,  New  Haven,  was  opened  in  1870. 
The  school  is  finely  situated,  and  has  large  grounds  shaded  by 
old  elms.  It  is  well  equipped  for  work  in  history,,  science,  and 
the  languages,  possessing  a  good  library  of  reference  books,  with 
maps,  charts,  and  every  possible  aid  to  study.  The  staff  of  in- 

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structors  includes  a  native  French  teacher  of  ability  and  a 
thorough  German  teacher.  Instruction  in  the  classics  is  given  by 
graduates  of  Smith  and  Vassar.  Mrs.  Cady,  assisted  by  Miss 
Cady,  devotes  her  entire  time  to  the  supervision  of  every  depart- 
ment of  the  school.  Superior  advantages  are  offered  for  the 
study  of  art  and  art  history.  The  galleries  of  Yale  University, 
together  with  its  frequent  courses  of  art  lectures,  are  valuable 
adjuncts  to  the  daily  instruction  given  by  Miss  Cady,  who  is  a 
careful  student  of  the  foreign  galleries.  The  scientific  lectures 
and  orchestral  concerts  at  Yale  are  also  open  to  the  pupils  of  this 
school.  A  suitable  introduction  to  the  principal  is  expected  from 
any  one  applying  for  admission.  Students  completing  the  college 
preparatory  course  are  admitted  to  the  women's  colleges,  without 
exception,  by  certificate. 

HOPKINS  GRAMMAR  SCHOOL,  New  Haven,  George  L. 
Fox,  Rector,  was  founded  in  1660,  and  has  prepared  more  boys 
for  Yale  than  any  other  school,  except  Phillips  Academy,  Andover, 
Mass.  It  is  a  "grammar  school  "  in  the  English  sense,  as  prepar 
ing  boys  for  the  universities,  and  not  in  the  American  sense,  as  a 
public  school,  which  sends  its  graduates  to  the  high  school.  Its 
special  aim  is  to  give  thorough  preparation  to  boys  for  college 
and  scientific  schools,  and,  judged  by  the  record  of  its  graduates 
in  the  entrance  examinations  for  Yale,  it  stands  in  the  front  rank 
of  successful  preparatory  schools.  This  gratifying  result  has 
been  obtained  through  the  fact  that  all  the  classes  are  small,  and 
are  in  the  hands  of  expert  teachers  of  large  experience.  It  espe- 
cially encourages  earnest  boys  to  make  rapid  progress  in  their 
work  in  the  belief  that  boys  should  enter  college  as  soon  after 
eighteen  as  possible. 

MISS   WHEDON'S   SCHOOL   FOR   GIRLS    AND    BOYS, 

33  Wall  Street,  New  Haven,  is  fortunate  in  its  situation  on  a  cen- 
tral yet  quiet  street,  and  in  its  large  and  attractive  schoolrooms. 
Its  aim  is  to  furnish  the  best  advantages  for  girls  and  boys  from 
the  age  of  five  to  their  entrance  to  college.  Thorough  prepara- 
tion for  college  is  given.  The  individual  pupil  is  carefully  con- 
sidered. Constant  effort  is  made,  not  only  to  give  the  best  teach- 
ing in  the  regular  class  work,  but  at  the  same  time  to  open  the 
eyes  and  minds  of  the  scholars  to  all  that  is  best  in  the  world 
around  them. 

YALE  UNIVERSITY,  New  Haven,  the  Rev.  Timothy  Dwight, 
LL.  D.,  President,  was  founded  in  1701  by  a  number  of  clergymen 
resident  in  Connecticut.  The  charter  obtained  from  the  colony 
Legislature  provided  for  a  collegiate  school  with  a  rector,  tutors, 
and  ushers  who  might  grant  "degrees  or  licences;"  its  affairs 

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were  to  be  managed  by  trustees,  all  of  whom  must  be  clergymen. 
An  annual  grant  equivalent  to  about  £60  was  voted  by  the 
colony.  The  school  was  established  at  Saybrook,  and  provision 
was  made  for  a  three  years'  course  leading  to  the  baccalaureate 
degree,  and  a  further  one  of  equal  length  leading  to  the  master's 
degree.  For  the  next  decade  or  two  the  fortunes  of  the  institution 
met  with  many  reverses.  The  war  from  1710  to  1713  hindered 
its  growth,  and  an  unfortunate  altercation  arose  among  the  trustees 
regarding  the  site.  Although  in  1717  the  first  college  hall  was 
built  at  New  Haven,  which  city  had  made  a  liberal  offer  of  money 
and  land,  the  students  not  only  continued  their  courses  at  Say- 
brook  as  well  as  at  New  Haven,  but  also  (under  private  tutors) 
at  Wethersfield,  Hartford,  and  East  Guilford.  In  1717  commence- 
ments were  held  and  degrees  granted  both  at  Wethersfield  and 
New  Haven.  This  division  of  opinion  was  ended  by  Elihu  Yale, 
of  London,  formerly  Governor  of  Madras,  who,  in  compliance  with 
Cotton  Mather's  plea  for  aid  accompanied  by  the  promise  to  be- 
stow the  former's  name  upon  the  school,  sent  substantial  gifts  to  the 
struggling  institution.  A  vote  of  thanks  given  to  the  donor  by 
both  houses  of  the  Legislature  induced  him  to  further  benefactions ; 
thenceforth  the  name  and  location  of  the  college  were  assured.  The 
change  of  faith  in  1722  of  several  tutors  from  the  Congregational 
to  the  Episcopal  Church  led  to  their  enforced  withdrawal,  and 
several  years  followed  when  the  college  was  without  adequate 
instruction.  A  thoroughly  revised  charter,  granted  by  the  Assem- 
bly in  1745,  organized  the  governing  body  into  a  corporate  so- 
ciety to  be  called  the  President  and  Fellows  of  Yale  College  in  New 
Haven.  Stormy  years  followed;  bloody  riots  between  town  and* 
gown  occasionally  resulted  in  deaths ;  and  actual  pitched  battles 
between  student  organizations  were  not  infrequent.  Meanwhile 
the  academical  department  was  strengthening  each  year,  though  the 
regular  professional  schools  were  not  added,  unless  we  except 
the  affiliated  medical  institution  out  of  which  the  Medical  School 
grew,  until  as  late  as  the  presidency  of  Jeremiah  Day,  which  began 
in  1817.  The  Divinity  and  Law  Schools  were  followed  by  the 
Graduate  School  (1847),  and  the  Sheffield  Scientific  School  (1859). 
It  was  not  until  1887  that  Yale  College  was  formally  raised  to  the 
rank  and  title  of  Yale  University.  There  are  four  general  depart- 
ments in  the  University,  each  under  its  own  faculty  of  instruction : 
The  Department  of  Philosophy  and  the  Arts,  the  Department  of 
Theology ;  the  Department  of  Medicine,  the  Department  of  Law. 
The  first-named  department  includes  four  separately  organized  sub- 
departments,  the  Academical  Department,  the  Sheffield  Scientific 
School,  the  Scho.ol  of  the  Fine  Arts,  and  the  Department  of 
Music ;  it  also  embraces  the  Graduate  School  under  the  combined 
faculty  of  the  department.  The  University  library,  the  observa- 


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tory,  and  the  Peabody  Museum  of  Natural  History  are  organized 
independently  of  the  special  departments,  and  are  related  to  the 
interests  of  the  whole  University.  The  degrees  awarded  by  Yale  in- 
clude A.  B.,  B.  S.,  M.  A.,  M.  LL.,  B.  C.  L.,  B.  D.,  B.  LL.,  B.  Ph.,  C.  E., 
M.  E.,  LL.  D.,  M.  D.,  Ph.  D.  Admission  to  the  academical  depart- 
ments is  by  examination  only.  The  library  of  the  University  con- 
tains about  240,000  volumes,  not  including  special  libraries  in  the 
several  departments.  The  buildings  number  nearly  thirty,  and 
include,  perhaps,  the  best-equipped  gymnasium  in  the  world. 
More  than  $30,000  is  annually  offered  by  the  corporation  for  the 
relief  of  needy  students.  Tuition  in  the  college  and  Sheffield 
Scientific  School  is  $155  per  year;  in  the  Law  School,  $110,  if 
paid  in  advance,  otherwise  more;  in  the  Medical  School,  $140  for 
each  of  the  first  three  years,  $50  together  with  diploma  fee  of 
$30  for  the  senior  year;  in  the  Graduate  School  (average),  $100. 

WILLIAMS  MEMORIAL  INSTITUTE,  a  school  for  girls, 
New  London,  Colin  S.  Buell,  M.  A.,  Principal,  was  chartered  in 
1881  in  accordance  with  the  will  of  Mrs.  Harriet  Peck  Williams, 
of  Norwich,  Conn.,  which  provided  for  its  foundation  as  a  memo- 
rial to  her  son,  Mr.  Thomas  W.  Williams,  2d,  an  eminent  citizen 
and  successful  whaling  merchant  of  New  London.  The  curriculum 
of  the  school  has  been  developed  with  a  view  to  giving  its  gradu- 
ates a  broad  and  sound  mental  training.  The  elective  principle 
has  been  introduced  with  good  results.  Monthly  reports  are  sent 
to  the  parents  for  signature.  No  formal  examinations  are  held, 
and  no  prizes  are  offered.  No  tuition  fee  is  charged  to  any  student, 
only  an  incidental  fee  of  $5  per  term. 

INGLESIDE,  a  school  for  girls,  New  Milford,  Litchfield  County, 
was  founded  in  June,  1892,  by  Mrs.  William  D.  Black,  the  present 
patroness.  It  has  a  fine  equipment  and  comfortable  appointments. 
The  musical  and  physical  departments  are  especially  strong  and 
the  studio  advantages  are  unusual.  A  thorough  course  of  study 
with  graduation  prepares  for  college  if  desired,  but  the  school  is 
intended  to  be  a  finishing  rather  than  a  preparatory  school.  The 
limit  to  the  number  of  pupils  is  about  sixty.  The  corps  of  instruc- 
tors and  chaperons  numbers  twenty. 

MISS  WELLS'  KINDERGARTEN  AND  PRIMARY 
SCHOOL,  New  Milford,  was  established  in  January,  1878.  It  is 
a  day  school  for  girls  and  boys,  and  has  always  been  conducted  by 
Miss  M.  C.  Wells,  ably  assisted  by  her  sister,  Miss  L.  E.  Wells. 
The  number  is  limited  to  thirty  pupils  during  one  session.  Many 
families  from  distant  States  and  cities  have  resided  in  the  town, 
for  a  time,  to  procure  the  advantages  of  this  preparatory  school  for 
their  children.  The  tuition  is  according  to  the  attendance  and  age 
of  the  pupil. 

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Newtown. 


UPSON  SEMINARY,  a  home  school  for  boys  and  young  men, 
New  Preston,  the  Rev.  Henry  Upson,  Principal.  The  school 
began  in  1869  with  very  few  pupils,  their  number  being  increased 
to  fifteen  in  1878.  Its  purpose  is  to  secure  the  best  health,  the 
best  scholarship  and  the  best  character.  Thorough  preparation 


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is  given  for  college  and  scientific  schools.  Recreation  and  amuse- 
ments are  encouraged,  especially  out-door  sports,  and  both  the 
gymnasium  and  athletic  field  are  large  and  well  appointed.  The 
ordinary  expense  for  tuition,  board,  fuel,  light,  etc.,  is  $450. 

THE  NEWTOWN  ACADEMY,  Newtown,  Fairfield  County,  H. 
B.  MacFarland,  B.  Sc.,  Principal,  is  located  in  a  picturesque  and 
healthful  town.  It  is  for  day  pupils  and  offers  courses  preparatory 
for  college,  scientific  school,  and  the  classified  civil  service.  The 

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principal  will  obtain  board  and  room  for  any  one  so  desiring,  in 
private  families,  at  $4.50  per  week.     Tuition  is  $36  per  year. 

THE  ROBBINS  SCHOOL,  Norfolk,  Howard  W.  Carter,  M.  A., 
Principal,  was  founded  in  1884  by  two  grandchildren  of  the  Rev. 
Ammi  Ruhamah  Robbins.  Norfolk  is  peculiarly  adapted  by  its 
beauty  and  healthfulness  to  be  the  seat  of  an  educational  institu- 
tion. The  leading  purpose  of  the  school  is  to  give  to  those  desir- 
ing it  a  thorough  preparation  for  any  American  college  or  scien- 
tific school,  and  in  addition  there  is  offered  to  such  as  may  wish  to 
finish  their  school  life  here,  a  liberal  course  of  study.  The  annual 
charge  for  tuition  in  all  subjects,  except  drawing  and  music,  is  $60. 
The  principal  will  receive  into  his  family  a  limited  number  of  boys. 

MISS  BAIRD'S  INSTITUTE,  a  home  school  for  girls  and 
young  ladies,  Norwalk,  Miss  Cornelia  F.  Baird,  Principal,  has 
been  established  over  twenty  years,  and  has  won  reputation  for  its 
thorough  instruction  and  its  homelike  and  cultured  atmosphere. 
The  school  buildings  consist  of  four  large  houses  and  a  gymnasium. 
The  number  of  boarding-pupils  is  limited,  thus  securing  to  each 
the  personal  attention  of  the  principal.  The  course  of  instruction 
includes  primary,  preparatory,  academic,  and  college  preparatory 
departments.  Board  and  tuition  in  English  and  Latin  courses, 
French  or  German,  class  singing,  and  physical  training,  is  $500  a 
year.  For  day-pupils  the  tuition  is  $75  to  $100. 

MRS.  MEAD'S  SCHOOL,  «  Hillside,"  Norwalk,  Mrs.  Melville 
Emory  Mead,  Principal.  This  well-known  school  for  girls  was 
founded  in  Darien,  Conn.,  in  1883,  and  was  removed  to  its  present 
location  in  1889.  Its  aim  is  that  of  fostering  a  well-proportioned 
womanhood,  and  its  influences  are  those  of  a  cultured  Christian 
home.  Noteworthy  features  are  the  unity  of  teachers  and  pupils, 
the  loyalty  of  the  townspeople,  and  the  sincerity  and  unpretentious- 
ness  of  the  educational  work.  There  are  ten  instructors.  Grad- 
uates in  the  college  preparatory  course  are  admited  to  Wellesley, 
Vassar,  and  other  colleges  without  examination.  The  general 
expenses,  including  board,  are  $550  per  annum. 

THE  NORWALK  PREPARATORY  SCHOOL,  Norwalk. 
Carl  A.  Harstrom,  A.  M.,  Principal,  is  a  boarding  and  day  school 
for  boys,  giving  thorough  preparation  for  college. 

THE  NORWALK  UNIVERSITY  SCHOOL,  a  boarding  and 
day  school  for  boys,  Norwalk,  W.  G.  Chase,  A.  B.,  Head  Master. 
The  school  was  founded  in  1855,  by  the  Rev.  C.  M.  Selleck,  and 
was  for  many  years  famous  as  the  Selleck  School.  In  1897  it  was 
entirely  reorganized  under  the  present  name.  The  aim  of  the 
school  is  to  develop  the  individuality  of  the  boy,  and  to  prepare 
him  carefully  —  physically,  mentally  and  morally  - — for  college  or 

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business  life.  In  the  lower  form  boys  are  received  after  the  com- 
pletion of  the  regular  kindergarten  course.  Upon  entering  the 
upper  form,  four  courses  are  open  to  them,  two  college  preparatory 
and  two  finishing.  A  well-equipped  gymnasium,  under  a  trained 
director,  bowling  alley,  and  extensive  athletic  grounds  afford  every 
advantage  for  the  physical  development  of  the  boy.  The  school 
is  strictly  a  private  one,  in  which  individual  attention  is  exercised 
in  all  instruction.  The  faculty  consists  of  young  experienced 
instructors  with  thoroughly  modern  ideas.  Four  qualifications  are 
deemed  necessary  in  the  instructors.  These  are  :  Perfect  morals, 
high  scholarship  in  a  first  class  college  or  university,  devotion  to 
the  profession  of  teaching,  and  personal  magnetism.  The  terms 
per  annum  for  boarding  pupils  in  the  lower  form  are  $425  ;  in  the 
upper,  $450. 

NORWICH  FREE  ACADEMY  (co-educational),  Norwich, 
Robert  P.  Keep,  Principal.  This  school,  incorporated  in  1854,  was 
opened  in  1856  with  eighty  pupils.  It  is  liberally  endowed,  and 
supplies  the  place  of  a  high  school  for  Norwich.  The  work  of  the 
academy  is  carried  on  in  three  buildings :  The  Academy  Building, 
the  Slater  Memorial  Building,  which  includes  a  library  of  12,000 
books  and  a  museum  of  fine  arts  embracing  valuable  collections  of 
casts  and  photographs,  and  the  Manual  Training  Building,  which 
includes  a  forge  shop,  wood-working  shop,  and  machine  shop. 
The  academy  gives  preparation  for  college,  professional  school, 
and  business,  and  has  three  courses  corresponding  with  this  aim,  — 
the  classical,  scientific,  and  general.  Connected  with  the  aca- 
demic department  is  an  art  school,  having  three  instructors  and 
eighty  students.  In  the  academic  department  there  is  a  nominal 
charge  to  non-resident  pupils  for  tuition  and  to  resident  pupils  for 
incidentals.  Fees  in  the  art  classes  are  moderate  but  vary  widely 
with  the  course  taken. 

BOXWOOD  SCHOOL,  Old  Lyme,  Mrs.  Richard  Sill  Griswold, 
Principal,  is  situated  two  miles  from  Long  Island  Sound  and  one 
mile  from  the  Connecticut  River,  about  midway  between  New 
York  and  Boston.  The  buildings  are  commodious,  and  are  sup- 
plied with  all  modern  conveniences.  The  extensive  grounds, 
covering  twenty  acres,  and  the  ample  gymnasium  afford  opportu- 
nity for  physical  exercise.  Two  courses  are  offered,  the  college 
preparatory  and  the  elective.  The  school  is  non-sectarian. 
Board  and  tuition,  not  including  extras  is  $550  per  year. 

SEASIDE  SEMINARY,  Southport,  Miss  Augusta  Smith, 
Principal,  is  a  school  for  young  women  and  children,  with  courses 
preparatory  for  college.  Individual  training  is  given  backward 
children,  and  special  care  is  taken  to  encourage  a  desire  for  knowl- 
edge. The  terms  vary  from  $300  to  $500  a  year. 

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BETTS  ACADEMY,  Stamford,  William  James  Betts,  M.  A., 
Principal,  was  founded  by  James  Betts  at  North  Stamford,  Conn., 
in  1838.  In  1840  Mr.  Betts  removed  it  to  Wilton,  Conn.,  and  in 
1844  it  was  permanently  located  in  North  Stamford.  In  1870 
William  James  Betts,  son  of  the  founder,  was  graduated  from 
Yale  and  became  associated  in  the  management  of  the  academy 
with  his  father.  Upon  the  death  of  the  latter,  in  1885,  tne  son 
became  principal.  The  main  building  was  erected  in  1844,  and 
has  been  enlarged  and  renewed  from  time  to  time,  in  1894  being 
practically  rebuilt.  The  academy  prepares  for  the  best  colleges 
and  scientific  schools,  and  gives  a  practical  training  to  those  who 
go  directly  from  the  academy  into  business  life.  It  offers  three 
courses,  classical,  scientific,  and  business,  and  advantages  for 
students  to  save  time  in  preparation.  The  most  marked  features 
are  the  home  life  and  individual  attention.  The  charge  for  board 
and  tuition  during  the  academic  year  is  $500. 

THE  CATHARINE  AIKEN  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  Stamford, 
Mrs.  Harriet  Beecher  Scoville  Devan,  Principal,  has  a  foundation 
of  forty-three  years'  success  upon  which  to  base  its  reputation  for 
satisfactory  work.  Situated  in  the  residence  portion  of  Stamford, 
it  is  equipped  with  adequate  building  accommodations  and  with 
attractive  lawns,  walks,  and  drives.  Special  care  is  given  to  the 
home  life  in  the  school,  and  nothing  is  neglected  that  goes  to 
make  up  well  developed  womanhood.  After  the  kindergarten 
and  primary  classes,  the  school  offers  three  courses  of  study : 
College  preparatory,  academic,  and  special.  In  order  that  pupils 
may  have  individual  attention  the  membership  of  classes  is  limited. 
Terms  per  year  for  day  pupils  range  from  $50  in  the  kindergarten 
to  $150  in  the  senior  year.  Board  and  tuition  amounts  to  $550 
for  pupils  under  twelve  years,  and  $650  for  pupils  over  twelve 
years. 

MISS  LOW'S  BOARDING  AND  DAY  SCHOOL  FOR 
GIRLS,  Stamford,  is  one  of  the  best  known  schools  in  Connecti- 
cut. It  is  conducted  by  the  Misses  Low  and  Heywood,  and  is 
the  largest  private  school  for  girls  in  the  city.  It  was  established 
over  thirty  years  ago  by  Mrs.  C.  E.  Richardson,  and  has  been 
conducted  by  the  present  principals  since  1883.  The  number  of 
pupils  is  limited  in  the  boarding  department,  and  all  the  classes 
are  small,  so  as  to  render  the  instruction  practically  individual. 
Thirteen  instructors  have  the  various  departments  in  charge,  and 
correct  habits  of  study  are  inculcated.  Pupils  are  prepared  for 
college,  or  may  take  the  regular  school  course,  which  carries  them 
beyond  the  requirements  necessary  for  admission  to  college.  Lec- 
tures are  provided  on  literary  and  scientific  subjects,  and  the 
young  ladies  have  the  privilege  of  visiting  the  art  galleries  and 

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also  of  attending,  if  desired,  suitable  entertainments  in  New  York 
City.  The  principals  endeavor  to  combine  thorough  scholarship 
with  general  culture,  and  rather  to  encourage  an  habitual  self- 
control  than  to  enforce  a  formal  obedience. 

MR.  KING'S  SCHOOL  FOR  BOYS,  Bedford  Street,  Stamford, 
Hiram  U.  King,  Principal.  The  schoolhouse  is  thoroughly  lighted, 
heated,  and  ventilated.  The  educational  aim  is  to  afford  a  thorough 
preparation  for  college  or  for  business.  Boys  are  received  as 
soon  as  they  can  read,  and  are  classed  according  to  advancement, 
in  six  forms.  The  tuition  in  the  first,  second,  and  third  forms  is 
$100  ;  in  the  fourth,  $125  ;  and  in  the  fifth  and  sixth,  $150.  Ten 
pupils  are  received  as  boarders  for  $600  per  year,  including  all 
extras. 

CONNECTICUT  LITERARY  INSTITUTION,  a  boarding 
academy  for  boys,  Suffield,  Andrew  J.  Sloper,  President,  H.  L. 
Thompson,  Principal.  The  school  maintains  the  highest  ideals 
of  scholarship  and  moral  character.  The  principal's  certificate 
admits  to  the  various  colleges.  The  buildings  have  modern 
furnishings,  and  the  rates  vary  according  to  rooms. 

THE  GUNNERY,  a  family  school  for  boys,  Washington,  Litch- 
field  County,  John  C.  Brinsmade,  Principal.  The  Gunnery  was 
founded  about  1850  by  Mr.  F.  W.  Gunn.  The  school  became 
well  known ;  writers  made  it  the  subject  of  newspaper  and  maga- 
zine articles,  and  under  the  name,  "  Birds'  Nest,"  Dr.  J.  G.  Holland 
introduced  it  into  his  novel,  "Arthur  Bonnicastle."  In  1874 
Mr.  John  C.  Brinsmade,  a  graduate  of  Harvard,  and  a  nephew 
of  Mrs.  Gunn,  became  an  assistant  in  the  school.  In  1876  he 
married  Mr.  Gunn's  daughter,  and  on  the  death  of  Mr.  Gunn,  in 
1 88 1,  he  became  principal  of  the  school,  Mrs.  Brinsmade  sharing 
with  her  husband  the  duties  of  the  management.  Washington, 
well  known  as  a  health  resort,  is  at  an  elevation  of  about  nine 
hundred  feet  above  the  sea  level.  The  Gunnery  grounds  com- 
prise about  fifty  acres  of  open,  land  and  woods,  hill  and  vale.  The 
buildings  are  on  the  southern  slope  of  the  village  hill,  and  all 
the  boys'  rooms  have  a  sunny  exposure.  An  abundance  of  pure 
running  water  is  supplied  from  springs  on  an  eastern  hillside. 
There  are  accommodations  for  about  thirty  boys,  and,  in  general, 
the  only  requirement  for  admission  is  good  character.  Pupils  are 
prepared  for  any  college  or  scientific  school.  For  admission  to 
Harvard,  examination  is  held  at  the  school. 

THE  RIDGE  SCHOOL  for  ten  boys,  established  by  Mr.  W.  G. 
Brinsmade  in  1894,  is  allied  with  the  Gunnery  for  purposes  of 
mutual  advantage.  The  annual  charge  is  $500. 

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Conn.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Winsted. 

ST.  MARGARET'S  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  Waterbury,  the 
Rev.  Francis  T.  Russell,  D.  D.,  Rector,  Miss  Mary  R.  Hillard, 
Principal,  has  a  charming  location  upon  a  hillside  in  the  resident 
part  of  the  city,  with  attractive  lawn  of  sufficient  size  to  ensure  an 
abundance  of  air  and  sunshine.  The  building  is  steam-heated, 
and  furnished  with  modern  conveniences.  It  is  the  desire  of  those 
in  charge  to  make  the  atmosphere  essentially  homelike.  A 
thorough  preparation  for  college  is  given.  There  are  excellent 
music  and  art  departments,  a  kindergarten  department  in  charge 
of  specialists,  and  instruction  in  Swedish  gymnastics.  Charges 
for  the  year,  including  board  and  tuition,  $500. 

WATERBURY  BUSINESS  UNIVERSITY,  formerly  Marring 
ton's  Business  College,  Waterbury,  C.  B.  Post,  President.  Three 
courses  of  study  are  offered  :  Commercial,  shorthand  and  type- 
writing, and  practical  English.  The  average  time  required  for 
completing  either  one  of  these  courses  is  about  one  school  year. 

STATE  NORMAL  TRAINING  SCHOOL,  Willimantic,  George 
P.  Phenix,  Principal.  The  object  of  this  school  is  to  fit  young 
men  and  women  to  teach  in  the  common  schools  of  Connecticut, 
and  applicants  must  sign  a  declaration  of  such  intention.  Four 
courses  of  study  are  offered.  The  general  course  prepares  teach- 
ers for  secondary  school  work ;  the  kindergarten  course  for  kin- 
dergarten work ;  the  third  course  affords  advanced  professional 
training  in  pedagogy ;  and  the  fourth,  preparation  for  the  teaching 
of  art  in  the  common  schools.  Tuition  and  text-books  are  free. 

HAYDEN  HALL,  Windsor,  Miss  J.  S.  Williams,  Principal,  is 
a  family  school  for  young  women.  It  prepares  thoroughly  for 
college,  and  graduates  are  received  without  further  examination  at 
Wellesley,  Smith,  Wells,  and  Mt.  Holyoke.  A  limited  number 
of  pupils  are  received  into  the  family  of  the  principal,  and  special 
instruction  and  care  is  given  motherless  or  backward  children. 
Great  regard  is  paid  to  manners  and  health.  Since  the  founding 
of  the  school  in  1867  no  case  of  serious  illness  has  occurred 
among  the  pupils.  The  expenses  average  $450  per  year. 

THE  GILBERT  SCHOOL,  Winsted,  J.  E.  Clarke,  Ph.  D., 
Principal,  was  founded  by  William  L.  Gilbert,  of  Winchester, 
Conn.,  who  died  in  June,  1890,  leaving  over  half  a  million  dollars 
for  the  establishment  of  a  school  "  to  afford  such  assistance  and 
means  of  educating  the  young  as  will  help  them  to  become  good 
citizens."  The  Gilbert  School  was  opened  for  the  reception  of 
pupils  in  September,  1895,  and  was  incorporated  by  act  of  the 
General  Assembly  of  Connecticut  in  January,  1895.  The  build- 
ings and  grounds  are  adapted  to  school  purposes,  and  during  the 
past  year  an  athletic  field  has  been  secured.  The  courses  offered 

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are  the  general,  scientific,  and  college,  covering  four  years  each. 
Pupils  who  are  fitting  for  higher  institutions  are  recommended  to 
remain  in  the  school  five  years.  The  tuition  is  free  to  pupils 
residing  in  the  town  of  Winchester ;  others  must  pay  $40  per 
year. 

PARKER  ACADEMY,  Woodbury,  Edward  S.  Boyd,  M.  A. 
(Amherst),  Principal,  offers  a  four  years'  course  preparatory  to 
college.  The  locality  is  healthful.  The  rates  are  low. 

WOODSTOCK  ACADEMY,  Woodstock,  E.  R.  Hall,  A.  B. 
(Yale),  Principal,  was  founded  in  1801,  although  its  first  building 
was  not  opened  for  school  purposes  until  February,  1802.  The 
present  building  was  erected  and  the  fund  largely  increased  in 
1873,  since  which  year  the  growth  of  the  institution  has  been 
marked.  The  academy  is  co-educational,  and  gives  preparation 
for  college  and  scientific  school.  Through  the  generosity  of 
patrons  the  tuition  is  nominal. 

DELAWARE. 

DELAWARE  COLLEGE,  Newark,  George  A.  Harter,  M.  A., 
Ph.  D.,  President,  is  the  only  college  in  the  State.  It  was  char- 
tered in  1833,  and  was  opened  to  students  in  May,  1834.  It  took 
an  important  part  in  the  educational  work  of  the  vicinity  until 
1859,  when  by  a  series  of  misfortunes  the  work  was  forced  to  a 
close.  In  1870  the  college  doors  were  again  opened,  having  been 
designated  by  act  of  the  State  Legislature  as  a  beneficiary  under 
the  Act  of  Congress,  known  as  the  "  Merrill  Bill."  In  1887  the 
college  was  benefited  by  the  "  Hatch  Bill,"  and  again  in  1890  by 
the  "  New  Morrill  Bill."  Stimulated  by  the  increased  income 
provided  by  this  last  act,  Delaware  College  has,  within  the  past 
eight  years,  enlarged  her  corps  of  instructors  and  greatly  increased 
her  equipment  of  apparatus  and  appliances,  so  that  now  she  is 
well  able  to  perform  her'  appointed  duty.  By  the  terms  of  her 
benefits  this  duty  is  "  without  excluding  other  scientific  and 
classical  studies,  and  including  military  tactics,  to  teach  such 
branches  of  learning  as  are  related  to  agriculture  and  the  me- 
chanic arts,"  and  to  give  instruction  in  "  the  English  language 
and  the  various  branches  of  mathematical,  physical,  natural,  and 
economic  sciences,  with  special  reference  to  their  applications  in 
the  industries  of  life."  It  offers  seven  courses,  each  leading  to  a 
degree :  Classical,  Latin  scientific,  agricultural,  general  science, 
civil  engineering,  mechanical  engineering,  and  electrical  engi- 
neering. Tuition  is  free  to  all  residents  of  Delaware,  but  to 
others  it  is  $60  per  year. 

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FRIENDS'  SCHOOL,  West  Street,  Wilmington,  Enos  L.  Doan, 
A.  B.,  Principal,  the  oldest  school  in  Delaware,  was  founded  in 
1748.  A  part  of  the  walls  of  the  school  building  of  that  time  are 
now  included  in  the  present  structure.  In  1786  the  classics  and 
higher  mathematics  were  introduced  under  the  principalship  of 
John  Webster.  Among  his  pupils  were  James  A.  Bayard,  Louis 
McLane,  and  Caesar  A.  Rodney,  who  became  United  States  Sena- 
tors. The  school  continued  to  be  a  conservative  institution,  fitting 
for  college  on  the  old-fashioned  curriculum  until  1881,  when  Isaac 
T.  Johnson  became  principal.  Under  his  management  new  build- 
ings were  erected,  and  the  number  of  pupils  more  than  doubled. 
Physical  and  chemical  laboratories  were  equipped,  physical  culture 
was  introduced,  and  the  school  became  modern  in  all  respects. 

THE  MISSES  HEBB'S  SCHOOL,  Franklin  Street,  Wilming- 
ton. This  is  probably  the  best  known  boarding  and  day  school 
for  girls  in  the  State.  It  offers  college,  preparatory,  and  elective 
courses. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA. 

WASHINGTON. 

ACADEMY  OF  THE  VISITATION,  Connecticut  Avenue. 
This  academy  for  young  ladies,  established  in  1850,  is  conducted 
by  the  Sisters  of  the  Visitation,  and,  while  a  Catholic  school,  re- 
ceives pupils  of  all  religious  denominations.  A  limited  number 
of  boarders  are  admitted,  and  particular  attention  is  given  to  their 
health  and  social  culture.  Board  and  tuition  in  English  and 
French  is  $150  per  session  of  twenty  weeks. 

CATHOLIC  UNIVERSITY  OF  AMERICA,  the  Rt.  Rev.  Mgr. 
Thomas  J.  Conaty,  D.  D.,  J.  C.  D.,  Rector,  Daniel  W.  Shea,  Ph.  D., 
General  Secretary.  The  University  was  incorporated  under  the  laws 
of  the  District  of  Columbia  in  1885.  It  is  located  on  extensive 
grounds  about  three  miles  from  the  Capitol.  The  divisions  of  the 
University  are  as  follows  : 

THE  FACULTY  OF  DIVINITY — The  School  of  the  Sacred  Sciences  : 
Departments  of  the  Biblical  sciences,  dogmatic  science,  moral 
science,  and  historical  science. 

THE  FACULTY  OF  PHILOSOPHY — The  School  of  Philosophy: 
Department  of  philosophy  proper ;  the  School  of  Letters  :  Depart- 
ments of  Sanskrit  language  and  literature  and  comparative 
philogy,  Semitic  and  Egyptian  language  and  literature,  Latin 
language  and  literature,  Greek  language  and  literature,  Celtic 
language  and  literature,  English  language  and  literature ;  the 
School  of  the  Physical  Sciences  :  Departments  of  astronomy, 
chemistry,  mathematics,  physics,  and  mechanics ;  the  School  of 


Washington.  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  D.  C. 

the  Biological  Sciences  :  Department  of  botany ;  the  School  of  the 
Social  Sciences  :  Departments  of  sociology,  politics,  and  economics. 

THE  FACULTY  OF  LAW  —  The  Professional  School  of  Law  and 
the  University  School  of  Law. 

THE  BOARD  OF  INSTRUCTION  OF  TECHNOLOGY  —  The  School 
of  the  Technological  Sciences :  Departments  of  applied  mathe- 
matics, civil  engineering,  electrical  engineering,  and  mechanical 
engineering. 

Expense  for  board  and  lodging  need  not  exceed  $25  a  month. 
Tuition  is  $75  per  year  for  matriculated  students.  Special  students 
pay  fees  proportionate  to  the  work  taken. 

CHENOWETH  INSTITUTE,  a  boarding  and  day  school  for 
young  ladies  and  girls,  1342  and  1344  Vermont  Avenue,  Miss 
Mary  C.  Davenport  Chenoweth,  A.  M.,  Principal.  The  course  of 
instruction  embraces  all  studies  included  in  a  thorough  education, 
French,  German,  and  Spanish  being  taught  by  eminent  teachers. 
Especial  advantages  are  offered  to  students  of  music  and  art 
also  in  the  way  of  concerts  and  lectures.  Besides  the  ordinary 
branches,  bookkeeping,  stenography  and  typewriting,  are  elective. 
The  terms  for  board  and  tuition  for  the  year  are  $500. 

FRIENDS'  SELECT  SCHOOL,  Thomas  W.  Sidwell  and 
Frances  Haldeman-Sidwell,  Principals.  The  school  was  started 
under  its  present  management  fifteen  years  ago,  and  its  growth 
has  been  rapid.  It  is  co-educational,  and  prepares  for  the  best 
colleges  and  technical  schools.  The  equipment  includes  a  chemi- 
cal and  physical  laboratory,  and  a  new  gymnasjum  which  contains 
a  complete  set  of  Sargent  apparatus.  There  are  three  depart- 
ments, primary,  intermediate,  and  high  school.  The  annual 
expense,  including  text-books,  varies  from  $90  in  the  primary 
department  to  $135  in  the  high  school. 

GEORGETOWN  UNIVERSITY,  the  Rev.  John  D.  Whitney, 
S.  J.,  President.  The  University  consists  of  the  College,  the  School 
of  Medicine,  and  the  School  of  Law.  The  College  comprises  four 
distinct  departments  :  the  graduate  school,  the  collegiate  or  under- 
graHuate  department,  the  preparatory  department,  and  the  astro- 
nomical observatory.  Georgetown  College  was  founded  in  the  year 
1789,  by  the  Rev.  John  Carroll,  afterward  the  first  Archbishop  of 
Baltimore.  In  1805  it  was  transferred  to  the  Fathers  of  the 
Society  of  Jesus,  under  whose  control  and  direction  the  University 
still  remains.  In  1815  it  was  authorized  by  Congress  to  confer 
degrees,  and  similar  authority  to  grant  degrees  in  philosophy  and 
theology  was  obtained  from  the  Holy  See  in  1833.  The  college  is 
situated  on  Georgetown  Heights,  overlooking  the  city  of  Washing- 
ton and  the  Potomac  River.  The  site  is  singularly  healthful,  and 

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Washington. 


the  climate  exceptionally  mild.  The  buildings  are  seven  in  num- 
ber, surrounded  by  beautiful  grounds,  seventy-eight  acres  in  extent. 
The  baseball  and  football  field  is  525  feet  in  length  and  425  feet 
in  width,  and  is  enclosed  by  a  running  track,  fifteen  feet  wide  and 
over  a  quarter  of  a  mile  long.  A  large  and  elegant  grand  stand 
has  recently  been  erected.  Athletic  sports  in  competition  with 
other  leading  colleges  are  encouraged  and  directed  by  a  com- 
mittee, under  the  supervision  of  a  member  of  the  faculty.  The 
course  of  studies  in  the  preparatory  department  is  on  a  grade  with 
that  of  the  best  high  schools.  It  embraces  three  years  of  twenty- 
six  hours  a  week,  ten  and  one-half  of  which  are  devoted  to  Latin, 


the  rest  to  Greek,  English,  mathematics,  and  French  or  German. 
Boys  of  this  department  have  their  dormitories,  study  hall,  play- 
ground, etc.,  separated  from  the  older  students.  The  college 
course  is  of  four  years  for  the  A.  B.  degree ;  three  years  are  given 
to  the  classics,  English,  mathematics,  modern  languages,  and  chem- 
istry, whilst  during  senior  year  the  lectures  are  on  mental  and 
moral  philosophy,  and  the  natural  sciences.  The  course  is  pre- 
scribed, and  occupies  twenty-six  hours  weekly.  No  student  receives 
the  Bachelor's  degree  without  having  passed  examinations  in  Latin, 
Greek,  English  literature,  composition  in  prose  and  verse,  rhetoric, 
history,  mathematics  (including  the  calculus),  chemistry,  both  gen- 
eral and  analytical,  physics,  mechanics,  geology,  mental  and  moral 

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philosophy.  The  laboratories  are  large  and  well  equipped.  In 
the  graduate  school  a  second  year  of  philosophy  is  studied,  with 
electives  in  modern  languages  and  literatures,  history,  natural 
sciences,  art,  and  mathematics  for  -the  Master's  degree ;  also  a 
third  year  for  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy.  Information 
concerning  the  law  and  the  medical  schools  will  be  furnished  on 
application.  The  number  of  instructors  last  year  in  all  branches 
was  117,  the  number  of  students  was  684.  Students  of  the  pre- 
paratory and  college  departments,  whose  homes  are  at  a  distance, 
are  expected  to  board  in  the  college,  where  an  excellent  table  is 
provided,  and  every  care  taken  for  the  comfort  of  the  boys. 
Those  of  the  college  classes  may  occupy  private  rooms.  No 
distinction  is  made  in  the  reception  of  students  on  the  ground  of 
religious  belief,  but  all  boarders  are  required  to  be  present  at 
the  public  exercises  of  religion.  The  expenses,  including  tuition, 
board,  lodging,  washing,  and  medical  aid  for  the  scholastic  year 
are  $337  ;  for  private  room,  with  heat,  light,  and  attendance,  $80 
extra.  Music,  stenography,  Spanish,  German,  and  Italian,  drawing 
or  painting,  form  extra  charges. 

GONZAGA  COLLEGE,  the  Rev.  John  F.  Galligan,  S.  J., 
President.  This  college,  under  the  direction  of  the  Fathers  of  the 
Society  of  Jesus,  was  chartered  by  Congress  and  empowered  to 
grant  degrees  in  1858.  It  is  intended  for  day  students  only,  and 
admits  non-Catholic  pupils.  The  system  of  education  in  the 
classical  course  accords  with  the  principles  of  the  ratio  studio  rum 
which  has  been  followed  by  every  Jesuit  college  for  more  than  two 
hundred  years,  and  which  for  over  one  hundred  years  was  the  only 
system  of  Christian  education  in  Europe.  The  two  courses  are  the 
classical  and  the  non-classical.  Great  attention  is  paid  to  religious 
culture,  though  Protestants  are  not  required  to  attend  any  dis- 
tinctively Catholic  service.  Every  opportunity  is  provided  for 
physical  development,  and  besides  the  use  of  the  gymnasium,  regu- 
lar military  drill,  under  the  direction  of  a  military  officer,  is  a  fea- 
ture of  the  institution.  The  tuition  is  $10  per  scholastic  quarter. 

HOWARD  UNIVERSITY,  the  Rev.  Jeremiah  Eames  Rankin, 
D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President,  was  established  by  the  United  States 
government,  chiefly  through  the  instrumentality  of  Gen.  O.  O. 
Howard.  Excepting  the  medical  department,  in  which  alone 
tuition  fees  are  charged,  the  institution  is  under  immediate  gov- 
ernment support.  All  nationalities  are  welcomed,  and  the  Commis- 
sioner of  Education  has  pronounced  the  University  the  leader  in 
the  higher  education  of  the  Afro-American  race.  The  elevated 
and  beautiful  site  for  the  college  buildings  is  at  the  northern  edge 
of  the  city  on  a  twenty-acre  campus  and  fronting  a  park  of  ten 
acres.  The  buildings  include  the  University,  Law,  and  Medical 

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D.  C*  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Washington. 

buildings ;  Spaulding  Industrial  Hall ;  Clark  Hall,  set  apart  for 
young  men,  and  Miner  Hall,  devoted  to  young  women  students.  The 
departments  of  the  University  comprise  the  theological,  supported 
by  benevolent  contributions,  especially  by  the  Stone  Fund,  medi- 
cal, law,  college,  preparatory,  normal,  agricultural,  industrial,  and 
Musical,  and  the  Nurses'  Training  School.  The  total  number 
of  students  in  all  department  is  865. 

MOUNT  VERNON  SEMINARY,  a  boarding  and  day  school  for 
young  ladies  and  little  girls,  corner  of  M  and  Eleventh  Streets, 
N.  W.,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  J.  Somers,  Principal ;  Mrs.  Adelia  Gates 
Hensley,  Associate  Principal.  The  Seminary  endeavors  to  meet 
a  demand  for  a  school  more  systematic,  thorough,  and  modern 
than  -the  typical  boarding-school,  yet  less  severe  and  arduous 
than  our  women's  colleges.  Its  two  preparatory  courses  give 
pupils  the  choice  of  fitting  for  college,  or  for  the  collegiate 
course  of  the  Seminary.  The  system  of  chaperonage  is  cautious, 
without  being  un-American  and  affected.  The  relation  between 
teachers  and  pupils  is  close,  frank  and  cordial.  A  resident 
physician  is  employed  to  look  after  the  health  of  the  pupils.  The 
expenses  for  boarding  pupils,  including  tuition  in  English  branches, 
French,  Latin,  and  German,  are  $900  for  the  school  year. 

5T.  JOHN'S  COLLEGE  is  a  day  college  conducted  by  the 
Brothers  of  the  Christian  Schools.  It  was  founded  in  1866,  and 
incorporated  under  the  general  laws  of  the  District  of  Columbia, 
with  power  to  confer  degrees.  The  situation  on  Vermont  Avenue, 
near  Thomas  Circle,  is  central  and  beautiful,  and  the  building  is 
large  and  well  lighted,  heated,  and  ventilated.  Collegiate,  aca- 
demic, and  primary  departments  are  included  in  the  institution. 
The  aim  of  the  college  is  to  train  under  the  most  approved  modern 
methods,  and  in  an  environment  which  recognizes  the  safeguards 
of  religion.  While  it  strives  to  meet  all  the  demands  of  modern 
education,  no  department  is  given  an  exclusive  prominence  in  its 
course  of  studies.  The  yearly  fees  in  the  collegiate  department 
amount  to  $80 ;  in  the  academic,  $60  ;  and  in  the  preparatory, 
$50.  There  are  extras  aggregating  about  $12. 

THE  UNIVERSITY  SCHOOL  FOR  BOYS,  1310  Eighteenth 
Street,  N.  W.,  Robert  L.  Preston  (University  of  Virginia,  Univer- 
sity of  Berlin,  University  of  Leipsic),  Principal,  prepares  a  pupil 
especially  for  the  particular  college  he  may  desire  to  attend, 
directing  his  course  continually  with  that  in  view.  There  are  no 
large  classes  and  the  total  number  is  limited  to  thirty.  Boys  back- 
ward in  any  subject  are  given  special  instruction.  The  school 
building  has  been  constructed  with  great  care  and  with  every 
attention  to  its  details.  '  The  situation  is  central  and  it  is  accessi- 

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Washington.  WHERE  TO    EDUCATE.  D.  C. 

ble  to  the  cars.     This  school  was  founded  in  1891,  and  its  seven 
years  of  history  have  been  marked  by  steady  growth  and  influence. 

WASHINGTON  COLLEGE  Third  and  T  Streets,  N.  E.,  F. 
Menefee,  A.  M.,  President,  is  intended  to  provide  a  thorough 
education  for  young  women.  In  connection  with  the  college  is  a 
preparatory  school.  On  the  completion  of  the  college  course  the 
degree  of  A.  B.  is  conferred.  Courses  in  music,  oratory,  physical 
culture,  and  art  are  offered.  The  terms  for  boarding-pupils  for 
the  school  year  are  from  $425  to  $500,  according  to  the  room. 

WASHINGTON  SEHINARY  FOR  YOUNG  WOflEN,  1523 
New  Hampshire  Avenue,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  T.  Smallwood.  The 
Principals  of  Washington  Seminary  have  been  engaged  in  educa- 
tional work  for  eighteen  years.  Mrs.  Smallwood  was  for  eight 
years  connected  with  the  schools  of  Boston,  Mass.,  and  ten  years 
ago  she  conceived  the  idea  that  a  school  conducted  on  the  princi- 
ples of  the  Boston  schools  would  receive  patronage  in  the  South, 
as  the  climate  is  less  rigorous  and  more  adapted  for  young  women 
coming  from  various  parts  of  the  country.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Smallwood  keep  in  touch  with  the  latest  methods,  that  their  school 
may  retain  the  high  standard  it  has  gained  in  the  estimation  of  its 
patrons,  and  be,  each  year,  more  fully  equipped  for  the  moral, 
mental,  and  physical  welfare  of  the  pupils  entrusted  to  their  care. 
The  school  is  located  on  New  Hampshire  Avenue,  near  Dupont 
Circle,  the  most  beautiful  and  healthful  portion  of  Washington 
City.  The  most  elegant  and  costly  residences  of  the  city  are  in 
this  immediate  neighborhood,  many  of  them  within  two  hundred 
yards  of  the  school  building.  A  description  of  the  school  and  its 
surroundings,  and  an  accurate  statement  of  its  advantages,  may 
be  had  by  applying  for  illustrated  catalogue. 


FLORIDA. 

THE  DAYTONA  KINDERGARTEN,  Daytona,  M.  W.  Glenn, 
Principal,  at  present  a  purely  private  enterprise,  has  been  in  ex- 
istence only  two  years.  Its  aim  is  that  held  by  every  up-to-date 
progressive  kindergarten  and  primary  school.  A  specialty  is  made 
of  teaching  the  children  of  tourists,  whether  they  come  for  a  day 
or  a  month.  Daytona  is  a  popular  east  coast  town  and  is  thronged 
in  winter  with  visitors  from  the  North.  The  health  of  the  place, 
especially  among  the  children,  is  well-nigh  perfect.  It  is  expected 
that  there  will  be  a  normal  class  for  pupils  and  mothers  this 
winter,  and,  if  encouragement  is  given,  a  boarding  department  for 
young  children  will  be  added  in  the  future. 

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Fla.    .  WHERE    TO   EDUCATE.  .      Key  West. 

STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL,  De  Funiak  Springs,  Cleburne  L. 
Hayes,  A.  B.,  Principal,  was  founded  by  legislative  enactment  in 
1887,  owns  a  school  building,  erected  in  1889  and  enlarged  in 
1895  ;  and  two  dormitories,  one  for  women  and  one  for  men.  It  is 
under  the  control  of  the  State  Board  of  Education.  The  spirit 
of  the  school  is  unpretentious ;  its  single  aim  is  that  of  training 
practical  and  efficient  teachers. 

FROEBEL  KINDERGARTEN  AND  NORMAL  INSTITUTE, 

De  Land,  Mrs.  Helen  E.  Gaulden,  Principal,  combines  kinder- 
garten classes  with  a  training  school  for  students  of  kindergarten 
methods.  Mrs.  Gaulden,  who  has  studied  under  some  of  the  best 
instructors  in  the  country,  delivers  three  lectures  a  week  to  teach- 
ers on  the  use  and  philosophy  of  the  twenty  gifts  and  occupations 
of  Froebel's  kindergarten,  and  kindred  subjects. 

JOHN  B.  STETSON  UNIVERSITY  (co-educational),  De  Land, 
John  F.  Forbes,  Ph.  D.,  President.  This  college,  though  chartered 
by  the  Florida  Legislature  as  recently  as  1887,  has  now,  besides 
a  campus  of  twenty-two  acres,  about  half  a  dozen  buildings,  cost- 
ing $200,000,  nearly  thirty  instructors,  and  241  students,  coming 
from  eighteen  States  and  two  foreign  countries.  The  endow- 
ment funds  amount  to  about  $200,000.  The  chemical,  physical, 
biological,  and  bacteriological  laboratories  have  a  complete  mod- 
ern outfit,  and  the  library,  supported  by  the  interest  from  a  legacy 
left  the  University  by  the  late  Mr.  C.  T.  Sampson,  of  Washington, 
already  numbers  eight  thousand  well  selected  books.  The  depart- 
ments of  the  institution  include  the  College,  which  offers  two 
courses  leading  respectively  to  the  degrees  of  B.  A.  and  B.  S. ;  the 
Academy ;  the  Normal  and  Practice  School ;  School  of  Music, 
and  School  of  Art.  Much  attention  is  paid  to  rational  physical 
culture.  Military  drill  is  provided  for  the  young  men  and  light 
gymnastics  for  the  young  women.  Tuition,  board,  etc.,  are  $184 
per  year  in  Academy,  and  $208  in  College. 

ST.  JOSEPH'S  ACADEMY,  Jacksonville,  conducted  by  the 
Sisters  of  St.  Joseph,  was  established  in  1869.  Students  of  all 
religious  denominations  are  received.  The  course  of  study  is 
divided  into  preparatory,  intermediate,  junior,  academic,  and  grad- 
uating departments.  There  is  a  course  in  instrumental  music 
extending  through  five  years,  and  a  post-graduate  course.  The 
terms  per  year,  including  board,  room,  and  laundry,  are  $135. 

CONVENT  OF  MARY  IflflACULATE,  Key  West,  is  under 
the  direction  of  the  Sisters  of  the  Holy  Names  of  Jesus  and  Mary, 
and  was  chartered  in  February,  1883.  The  course  of  study 
embraces  all  the  useful  branches  of  an  English  education,  includ- 

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&a.  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  Saint  Leo. 

ing,  besides  languages,  etc.,  needlework,  elocution,  and  all  forms 
of  art  and  music.  Board  and  tuition  per  year  are  $200. 

FLORIDA  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE  (since  1893  co-edu- 
cational), Lake  City,  W.  F.  Yocum,  D.  D.,  President,  was  established 
in  pursuance  of  an  act  of  Congress  of  1862,  donating  to  each  State 
and  Territory  public  lands  in  proportion  to  its  representation  in 
Congress.  Florida  availed  herself  of  the  benefit  of  this  act  in  1872, 
and  received  ninety  thousand  acres  of  land.  This  land  was  sold 
and  the  proceeds  invested  in  bonds,  from  which  the  college  re- 
ceives an  annual  income  of  about  $9,000.  It  was  benefited  by 
the  "  Morrill  Bill"  in  1890;  the  State  has  appropriated  for  build- 
ing about  $28,300,  and  for  general  purposes  about  $20,000  ;  the 
citizens  of  Columbia  County  have  contributed  about  $15,000, 
together  with  one  hundred  acres  of  land  for  a  college  farm ;  and 
under  the  "Hatch  Bill"  of  1887  the  college  receives  $15,000  a 
year  for  the  support  of  an  agricultural  experiment  station.  It  is, 
as  indicated  in  the  law  under  which  it  was  established,  "  a  college 
where  the  leading  object  shall  be,  without  excluding  other  scien- 
tific and  classical  studies,  and  including  military  tactics,  to  teach 
such  branches  of  learning  as  are  related  to  agriculture  and  the 
mechanic  arts,  in  such  manner  as  the  Legislature  of  the  State  may 
prescribe,  in  order  to  promote  a  liberal  and  practical  education  of 
the  industrial  classes  in  the  several  pursuits  and  professions  of  life." 
Tuition  is  free  to  residents  of  Florida,  to  others  it  is  $20  per  year. 

THE  PREPARATORY  SCHOOL  under  the  care  of  M.  C.  Marion, 
B.  L.,  prepares  youths  for  college. 

THE  ORANGE  PARK  NORflAL  AND  flANUAL  TRAIN- 
ING  SCHOOL,  Orange  Park,  is  under  the  care  of  the  American 
Missionary  Association  of  the  Congregational  Churches  of  the 
United  States.  It  was  opened  in  1891.  While  it  admits  students 
of  all  races,  the  majority  of  those  who  have  attended  have  been 
colored.  In  addition  to  the  regular  English  normal  course,  instruc- 
tion is  given  to  boys  in  woodworking  and  carpentry,  and  to  girls  in 
sewing  and  dressmaking.  Expenses  are  only  $7  a  month. 

FLORIDA    INSTITUTE    FOR   THE    DEAF    AND    BLIND, 

St.  Augustine,  the  Rev.  Frederick  Pasco,  A.  M.,  Superintendent, 
was  opened  in  1885,  though  an  act  of  the  State  Legislature  pro- 
viding for  its  founding  and  support  was  passed  in  1883.  The 
management  is  in  the  hands  of  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

ST.  LEO  MILITARY  COLLEGE,  Saint  Leo,  Pasco  County, 
the  Rt.  Rev.  F.  Charles,  O.  St.  B.,  President.  This  is  the  first  and 
only  Catholic  institution  of  its  kind  in  the  State.  This  part  of 
Florida  is  much  sought  as  a  health  resort,  and  this  school  is  especi- 
ally recommended  for  Northern  boys  of  delicate  constitutions. 

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Tallahassee.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Fla. 

Parents  placing  their  boys  in  this  school  may  rest  assured  that  the 
reverend  faculty  will  leave  nothing  untried  that  will  tend  to  develop 
both  the  mind  and  body.  There  are  three  courses  of  instruction, 
preparatory,  commercial,  classical.  Board  and  tuition  are  about 
$200  per  year. 

STATE  SEHINARY,  WEST  OF  THE  SUWANNEE,  Talla- 
hassee, A.  A.  Murphree,  A.  B.,  President,  was  chartered  in  1851, 
and  organized  in  1857.  It  has  the  secondary  title  of  the  Florida 
State  Classical  and  Literary  College,  and  combines  preparatory 
and  collegiate  work.  The  aim  of  the  school  is  not  so  much  the 
making  of  specialists  as  the  imparting  of  broad  education  and 
liberal  culture.  The  college  department  offers  three  four  years' 
courses  leading  respectively  to  the  degrees  B.  A.,  B.  L.,  and  B.  S. 
The  institution  is  unsectarian  and  co-educational.  Tuition,  to  all 
Florida  students,  is  free ;  to  others  it  is  $20  per  term. 

TAflPA  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Tampa,  is  one  of  the  oldest 
business  schools  in  the  State,  established  in  1890,  just  before 
Tampa's  great  boom.  It  was  a  prosperous  and  successful  institu- 
tion, with  a  good  reputation,  when,  in  1897,  the  present  proprietor 
and  manager,  L.  M.  Hatton,  M.  Accts.,  took  charge  of  it.  Under 
his  management  the  college  has  widened  its  scope  of  work  as  well 
as  territory.  It  now  offers  courses  of  study  in  business,  short- 
hand and  typewriting,  penmanship,  telegraphy,  English,  and 
Spanish.  It  has  a  full  and  competent  corps  of  instructors. 

ROLLINS  COLLEGE  (co-educational),  Winter  Park,  the  Rev. 
George  Morgan  Ward,  A.  M.,  President,  was  founded  in  1885, 
under  a  special  charter  from  the  State.  Winter  Park,  the  seat  of 
the  college,  is  in  the  "  high  pine  "  country,  and  is  surrounded  by 
numerous  lakes.  The  campus  is  in  the  southern  part  of  the  town, 
and  has  twenty  acres  of  sloping  land.  On  it  have  been  erected 
six  college  buildings,  including  separate  dormitories  for  men  and 
women.  Physical  exercise  and  gymnasium  practice  is  under  the 
direction  of  a  medical  expert.  Six  departments  of  study  are  in 
operation  :  College,  musical,  art,  normal,  commercial,  and  prepara- 
tory. Board,  room,  and  tuition  in  college,  per  term,  $66  ;  in  the 
preparatory  school,  $60. 

GEORGIA. 

THE  LUCY  COBB  INSTITUTE,  Athens,  Mary  A.  Lipscomb, 
Principal.  In  1857,  Gen.  T.  R.  R.  Cobb,  a  leading  lawyer  of 
Athens,  succeeded  in  raising  a  sufficient  amount  of  money  to  pur- 
chase land  and  to  erect  a  building  for  the  higher  education  of 
young  women.  Just  as  the  school  w^as  about  to  be  opened,  Lucy,  a 

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Ga.  WHERE   TO   EDUCATE.  Athens. 

daughter  of  General  Cobb,  died,  and  the  trustees  decided  to  name 
the  school  the  Lucy  Cobb  Institute,  in  honor  of  the  daughter  of 
the  founder.  In  1858  the  school  was  opened,  and  continued  with 
undiminished  popularity  even  during  the  trying  period  of  the  Civil 
War.  In  1880  Miss  M.  Rutherford  and  Mrs.  M.  A.  Lipscomb, 
nieces  of  Gen.  T.  R.  R.  Cobb,  undertook  the  management  of  the 
Institute.  There  are  three  departments  of  study,  the  primary,  the 
preparatory,  and  the  collegiate.  A  two  years'  course  is  necessary 
for  graduation.  The  expenses  for  the  school  year  are  $290. 

FRANKLIN  COLLEGE,  Athens,  is  the  literary  department  of 
the  University  of  Georgia,  L.  H.  Charbonnier,  Ph.  D.,  Dean  of  the 
Faculty. 

GEORGIA  STATE  COLLEGE  of  Agriculture  and  the  Mechanic 
Arts,  Athens,  is  the  scientific  department  of  the  University  of  Geor- 
gia, H.  C.  White,  Ph.  D.,  President. 

GEORGIA  STATE  NORHAL  SCHOOL,  Athens,  S.  D.  Brad- 
well,  President,  is  a  branch  of  the  University  of  Georgia. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  GEORGIA,  Athens,  William  Ellison  Boggs, 
D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Chancellor,  was  chartered  by  the  General  Assembly 
of  the  State,  January  27,  1785,  and  opened  to  students  in  1801. 
It  was  organized  simply  as  a  college,  and  its  strictly  literary  course 
of  study  led  to  the  single  degree  of  A.  B.  The  addition  in  com- 
paratively recent  years  of  the  State  College  of  Agriculture  and 
the  Mechanic  Arts,  the  Law  School,  the  Medical  College,  the 
School  of  Technology,  the  Georgia  Normal  and  Industrial  School, 
the  State  Normal  School,  and  four  branch  colleges  for  elementary 
and  preparatory  training,  has  made  of  an  old-time  classical  school 
a  fully  equipped  modern  university.  The  grounds  are  located  in 
the  heart  of  the  city  of  Athens,  and  cover  an  area  of  thirty-seven 
acres.  About  two  miles  from  the  campus  is  the  farm,  recently 
purchased,  comprising  one  hundred  and  thirteen  acres,  under  the 
immediate  charge  of  the  professor  of  agriculture.  The  University 
organization  consists  of  several  distinct  but  coordinate  departments, 
each  under  the  direction  of  its  own  faculty,  and  subject  to  its  own 
regulations,  but  all  under  the  general  oversight  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees.  The  degrees  conferred  in  these  departments,  any  one 
of  which  constitutes  the  recipient  a  graduate  of  the  University  of 
Georgia,  are  as  follows :  University  degrees :  Master  of  Arts, 
Master  of  Science ;  Classical  degree  :  Bachelor  of  Arts  (four  years' 
course) ;  Scientific  degrees  in  the  State  College  of  Agriculture : 
Bachelor  of  Science  (four  years'  course),  Bachelor  of  Agriculture 
(three  years'  course),  Bachelor  of  Engineering  (four  years'  course), 
Civil  Engineer  (graduate  course),  Civil  and  Mining  Engineer 
(graduate  course)  ;  Degrees  awarded  by  the  Professional  Schools : 


Atlanta,  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  Ga. 

Bachelor  of  Law  (one  year's  course),  Doctor  of  Medicine  (three 
years'  course),  Mechanical  Engineer  (four  years'  course).  The 
admission  to  the  college  is  by  examination.  No  students  are 
received  who  are  under  fifteen  years  of  age.  Under  the  act  of 
the  Legislature  no  tuition  fee  is  charged  in  the  collegiate  and 
agricultural  departments.  Tuition  in  the  Law  School  is  $75 
per  year.  A  lecture-course  ticket  in  the  medical  department 
is  $100. 

ATLANTA  UNIVERSITY,  Atlanta,  the  Rev.  Horace  Bum- 
stead,  D.  D.,  President.  This  institution  was  opened  in  1869.  It 
is  especially  devoted  to  the  promotion  of  advanced  education 
among  the  colored  people.  There  are  also  excellent  industrial 
and  musical  facilities,  and  classes  in  elocution  and  printing.  The 
departments  are  the  college,  the  normal,  and  the  college  prepara- 
tory. Expenses  per  year,  not  including  text-books,  are  $96  in 
the  college  and  $92  in  the  normal  department. 

GEORGIA  SCHOOL  OF  TECHNOLOGY,  a  department  of 
the  University  of  Georgia,  Atlanta,  Lyman  S.  Hall,  President, 
was  opened  in  the  fall  of  1888.  A  brick  academic  building 
contains  ample  accommodations  and  equipment.  There  are  also 
several  large  workshops  and  a  number  of  dormitories.  The  time 
and  attention  of  students  is  duly  proportioned  between  scholastic 
and  mechanical  pursuits,  but  the  school's  main  object,  of  course, 
is  that  of  teaching  the  principles  of  science  which  relate  to  the 
mechanic  and  industrial  arts.  The  following  degrees  are  con- 
ferred :  Bachelor  of  Science  in  mechanical  engineering ;  Bachelor 
of  Science  in  electrical  engineering ;  Bachelor  of  Science  in  civil 
engineering.  Board  is  $10  per  month. 

THE  SPELMAN  SEMINARY,  Atlanta,  Miss  Harriet  E.  Giles, 
President.  The  distinguishing  feature  of  this  school  for  young 
women  and  girls  is  its  aggressively  Christian  spirit.  It  is  unsec- 
tarian,  but  under  the  control  of  the  Baptist  Church.  Among  other 
religious  organizations  it  has  eight  societies  of  Christian  Endeavor, 
and  its  motto  is,  "Our  whole  school  for  Christ."  Started  in  1881 
with  eleven  pupils,  in  the  basement  of  a  church,  it  was  subse- 
quently incorporated,  and  now  owns  eighteen  acres  of  land,  five 
large  brick  buildings,  four  frame  dormitories,  and  a  frame  hospital, 
and  the  students  number  about  450.  The  departments  are  nine: 
College,  missionary  training,  normal,  college  preparatory,  academic, 
English  preparatory,  nurse  training,  industrial,  and  musical.  The 
charges,  without  extras,  are  $8  per  month. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  MEDICINE  of  the  University  of  Georgia, 
Augusta,  Eugene  Foster,  M.  D.,  Dean  of  the  faculty. 

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THE  SAflUEL  BENEDICT  MEMORIAL  SCHOOL,  Cedar- 
town,  the  Rev.  Geo.  E.  Benedict,  A.  B.,  President  and  Rector, 
Ernest  M.  Benedict,  Principal.  This  is  an  Episcopalian  boarding 
school  for  boys  and  a  day  school  for  boys  and  girls,  founded 
in  memory  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Benedict,  D.  D.,  who  for  nearly 
twenty  years  was  a  pastor  and  missionary  in  Georgia.  The  school 
was  opened  for  its  first  session  in  1895.  It  is  a  corporate  institu- 
tion, and  owns  valuable  land  and  buildings.  Healthfully  located 
in  the  elevated  limestone  region  of  Northwest  Georgia,  two  and  a 
half  miles  from  Cedartown,  Polk  County,  it  is  free  from  the  dis- 
tractions and  temptations  of  city  life.  The  course  of  study 
begins  with  the  primary  grade  and  extends  through  ten  years. 

NORTH  GEORGIA  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE,  Dahlo- 
nega,  Joseph  S.  Stewart,  President,  is  a  branch  of  the  University 
of  Georgia.  Connected  with  it  are  two  sub-freshman  classes, 
which  prepare  students  for  the  four  college  classes  at  Dahlonega 
or  for  the  university. 

GEORGIA  FEflALE  SEMINARY  AND  CONSERVATORY 
OF  MUSIC,  Gainesville,  A.  W.  Van  Hoose  and  H.  J.  Pearce, 
Principals  and  Proprietors.  This  school  is  twenty  years  old,  and 
has  had  a  rapid  growth.  The  several  buildings  include  an  audi- 
torium, which  the  editor  of  the  Atlanta  Constitution  recently 
pronounced  "  probably  the  most  complete  building  of  its  kind  to 
be  found  in  any  similar  institution  in  the  South."  This  edifice 
contains  an  assembly  hall,  with  a  seating  capacity  of  one  thou- 
sand, constructed  upon  the  most  approved  opera  house  plans, 
and  magnificently  furnished.  The  music  department  is  under 
the  supervision  of  a  thoroughly  equipped  instructor,  who  has  had 
the  best  training  to  be  found  in  Germany. 

WEST  GEORGIA  AGRICULTURAL  AND  MECHANICAL 
COLLEGE,  Hamilton,  Harris  County,  T.  Lewis,  President,  is  a 
branch  of  the  University  of  Georgia.  Tuition  is  free ;  matricula- 
tion fee  is  $5. 

TALMAGE  INSTITUTE,  Irwington,  Wilkinson  County,  J.  C. 
V.  Worthy,  A.  M.,  Principal,  has  three  departments :  Primary, 
intermediate,  and  high  school  and  collegiate.  The  school  makes 
no  claim  to  being  a  college  proper,  but  prepares  students  for  the 
junior  year  of  the  State  University  and  other  colleges.  Superior 
courses  in  music  are  offered,  and  preparation  for  practical  busi- 
ness. The  institute  is  co-educational,  undenominational,  and 
economical. 

DORCHESTER  ACADEMY,  Mclntosh,  Liberty  County,  Fred 
W.  Foster,  Principal.  This  school  is  supported  by  the  American 
Missionary  Association.  It  has  four  departments  :  Primary,  inter- 

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mediate,  grammar,  and  normal.  The  total  monthly  expenses  to 
boarding  students  are  $7  to  those  below  normal  grades,  and  $7.35 
to  those  in  the  normal  department,  and  one  hour's  work  each  day 
for  the  institution. 

GEORGIA   NORMAL  AND    INDUSTRIAL   COLLEGE   for 

women,  Milledgeville,  J.  Harris  Chappell,  President,  is  a  branch 
of  the  University  of  Georgia. 

fllDDLE  GEORGIA  fllLITARY  AND  AGRICULTURAL 
COLLEGE,  Milledgeville,  Baldwin  County,  William  E.  Reynolds, 
President,  is  a  branch  of  the  University  of  Georgia.  Tuition  is 
free,  but  an  incidental  fee  of  $5  per  term  is  required. 

EMORY  COLLEGE,  Oxford,  C.  E.  Dowman,  D.  D.,  President. 
This  institution  is  the  joint  property  of  the  North  and  South 
Georgia  and  Florida  Annual  Conferences,  M.  E.  Church,  South. 
Oxford  is  forty  miles  east  of  Atlanta,  and  one  mile  from  the 
Georgia  Railroad,  to  which  horse-cars  run  from  the  town.  The 
purpose  of  the  institution  is  to  develop  body,  mind,  and  soul. 
But,  while  a  gymnasium  is  provided,  under  the  charge  of  a  com- 
petent director,  inter-collegiate  athletics  are  strictly  forbidden. 
Good  literary  and  scientific  courses  are  offered,  and  the  student 
is  surrounded  with  religious  influences.  Though  Methodist  in 
organization,  the  institution  is  not  sectarian.  Founded  in  1837, 
Emory  College  appeals  with  confidence  to  its  roll  of  alumni,  in 
proof  of  the  good  work  that  it  has  done  for  church  and  state. 
The  necessary  expenses  for  one  year  need  not  exceed  $200. 

CLARK  UNIVERSITY,  South  Atlanta,  the  Rev.  Charles  Manly 
Melden,  Ph.D.,  President,  was  founded  in  1870  by  the  Freed- 
man's  Aid  and  Southern  Education  Society  of  the  M.  E.  Church. 
Students  are  admitted  and  classified  solely  by  examination.  The 
degrees  in  courses  are  A.  B.  and  B.  S.,  and  the  graduate  degrees 
are  A.  M.  and  M.  S.,  conferred  on  the  completion  of  prescribed 
post-graduate  courses  of  study.  The  departments  include  college, 
preparatory,  trade  school,  normal,  domestic  economy,  music,  and 
grade  school.  Expenses  are  low,  averaging  for  the  year  less  than 
$90,  including  board. 

GAMMON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY,  South  Atlanta,  the 
Rev.  Wilbur  P.  Thirkield,  D.  D.,  President,  is  under  the  general 
control  of  the  Freedmen's  Aid  and  Southern  Education  Society 
of  the  M.  E.  Church.  It  has  about  eighty  students  in  attendance, 
representing  sixteen  States  and  two  foreign  countries,  more  than  a 
score  of  institutions  of  learning,  and  six  denominations.  The 
library  has  eleven  thousand  well-chosen  books,  and  is  housed  in 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  buildings  of  its  kind  in  the  South. 

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There   is   an    elementary   theological   course,   and   a    degree    and 
diploma  course,  covering  three  years. 

SOUTH  GEORGIA  fllLITARY  AND  AGRICULTURAL 
COLLEGE,  Thomasville,  Thomas  County,  E.  H.  Merrill,  Presi- 
dent, is  a  branch  of  the  University  of  Georgia.  Tuition  is  free, 
but  a  matriculation  fee  of  $10  per  term  is  required.  Board, 
washing,  and  lights,  per  month,  from  $10  to  $16.  Music,  art, 
and  modern  languages  extra. 

HUTCH ESON  INSTITUTE,  Whitesburg,  Frank  G.  Webb, 
A.  M.,  Principal.  In  1893  this  institution  was  organized  as  the 
joint  property  of  the  Carrollton  and  LaGrange  districts  of  North 
Georgia  Conference,  M.  E.  Church,  South.  It  is  the  aim  of  the 
school  to  give  Christian  educational  advantages  to  boys  and  girls 
of  limited  means.  It  is  possible  for  a  pupil  to  attend  one  year  for 
$50.  The  curriculum  is  arranged  to  prepare  for  the  best  colleges 
and  universities  of  the  South,  or  as  a  finishing  school  for  those 
desiring  a  limited  course. 

YOUNG  HARRIS  COLLEGE,  Young  Harris,  Town's  County, 
the  Rev.  W.  F.  Robison,  President,  has  primary,  academic,  nor- 
mal, and  collegiate  departments,  with  a  total  enrolment  of  about 
four  hundred.  Founded  and  chartered  in  1887-88,  it  is  located  in 
an  attractive  town.  While  under  Methodist  auspices,  the  school 
is  not  sectarian.  Students  who  complete  satisfactorily  the  full 
course  of  prescribed  study  are  entitled  to  a  diploma.  Tuition  is 
$5  per  term. 

IDAHO. 

STATE  NORflAL  SCHOOL,  Albion,  J.  C.  Black,  President. 
Applicants  who  are  residents  of  Idaho  must  sign  a  declaration  of 
intention  to  teach  within  the  State.  The  course  of  study  is  divided 
into  departments  of  pedagogy,  science,  English,  Latin,  mathematics, 
history,  and  art.  Normal  certificates  are  issued  to  graduates. 
Students  who  are  non-residents  are  charged  a  tuition  fee  of  $5. 

COLLEGE  OF  IDAHO,  Caldwell,  the  Rev.  W.  J.  Boone,  Presi- 
dent. The  academic  department  provides  a  four  years'  course  in 
subjects  usually  offered  in  the  best  academies  and  high  schools, 
the  study  of  the  Bible  being  included  in  the  curriculum.  The 
course  serves  to  give  good  college  preparation.  Instruction  is 
also  furnished  in  music,  art,  and  business.  Tuition  in  the  academic 
department  is  $24  a  year,  when  paid  in  advance. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  IDAHO  (co-educational),  Moscow,  Joseph  P. 
Blanton,  A.  M.,  LL.  D.,  President,  is  a  part  of  the  State  educa- 
tional system,  aiming  to  complete  the  work  that  is  begun  in  the 

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public  schools,  by  furnishing  facilities  for  liberal  education  in 
literature,  science,  and  the  arts,  and  for  technical  training  in 
engineering,  mining,  and  agriculture.  Through  the  aid  that  has 
been  received  from  the  United  States  and  the  State,  it  is  enabled 
to  offer  its  privileges  to  all  persons  of  either  sex,  who  are  qualified 
for  admission.  The  University  comprises,  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  its  charter,  the  colleges  or  departments  of  arts, 
letters,  agriculture  and  mechanic  arts,  mining,  applied  sciences, 
engineering,  music,  freehand  and  industrial  art,  and  graduate 
study.  Six  collegiate  courses  are  offered  :  The  classical,  leading  to 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts ;  the  philosophical,  leading  to  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Philosophy  ;  the  scientific,  leading  to  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science  ;  the  civil  engineering,  leading  to 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Civil  Engineering  ;  the  mining  engineer- 
ing, leading  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Mining  Engineering ;  the 
agricultural,  leading  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Agriculture.  The 
proper  Master's  degrees  will  be  conferred  upon  the  fulfilment  of 
certain  conditions.  The  University,  not  having  facilities  for 
graduate  work  beyond  the  degree  of  Master,  will  not  entertain 
applications  for  the  Doctorate  degrees.  Two  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  will  cover  the  expenses  for  a  year. 

THE  PREPARATORY  SCHOOL  is  sustained  to  fit  students  for  the 
college  courses. 

ILLINOIS. 

BROWN'S  BLOOHINGTON  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  505- 
507  East  North  Street,  Bloomington,  I.  N.  Wright,  Principal.  (See 
Brown's  Business  Colleges). 

ILLINOIS  WESLEYAN  UNIVERSITY  (coeducational), 
Bloomington,  William  H.  Wilder,  D.  D.,  President,  is  controlled 
by  the  M.  E.  Church.  Growing  out  of  an  educational  movement 
dating  from  1849,  it  was  chartered  in  1853.  Its  history  is  one  of 
heroic  struggle  and  sacrifice  crowned  with  success.  The  present 
preparatory  building  was  erected  in  1854;  the  main  hall  of  the 
University,  a  four-story  brick  structure,  costing  $100,000,  was 
dedicated  in  June,  1871.  The  laboratories,  museum,  gymnasium, 
and  the  Behr  observatory  are  all  furnished  with  full  lines  of  appar- 
atus; the  library  is  a  growing  collection  of  useful  books.  In  1895 
the  total  endowment  of  the  institution  amounted  to  $187,999.  ^n 
1874  both  the  College  of  Law  and  the  non-resident  and  graduate 
department  were  organized.  These  have  been  notably  successful, 
and  have  enrolled  a  large  number  of  students.  The  aim  of  the 
University  is  to  give  a  thorough  preparation  for  professional, 
business,  or  home  life,  under  the  highest  Christian  influences. 

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ST.  VIATEUR'S  COLLEGE,  Bourbonnais,  Kankakee  County, 
the  Rev.  M.  J.  Marsile,  C.  S.  V.,  President.  The  educational 
movement  out  of  which  grew  St.  Viateur's  College  had  its  rise  in 
1865,  when  the  Very  Reverend  P.  Beaudoin,  R.  D.,  took  charge  of 
the  parish  of  Bourbonnais.  But  the  commercial  academy  which 
was  opened  under  his  direction  soon  outgrew  its  original  propor- 
tions. In  1869  the  principal  part  of  the  present  building  was 
erected,  and  in  1874  the  institution  received  its  university  charter 
from  the  State  Legislature,  and  the  college  was  empowered  to  grant 
degrees  in  Arts,  Sciences,  and  Letters.  The  faculty  numbers  over 
thirty,  and  there  are  seven  courses  of  study :  The  preparatory,  the 
commercial,  the  classical,  the  philosophical,  the  theological,  the 
scientific,  and  the  course  in  letters.  A  strong  department  of  mili- 
tary training  is  under  the  direction  of  experts.  Annual  expenses 
in  the  regular  course  amount  to  about  $200. 

BUNKER  HILL  fllLITARY  ACADEMY,  Bunker  Hill,  S.  L. 
Stiver,  A.  M.,  B.  D.,  Superintendent.  The  school  was  founded  in 
1857.  The  present  head  of  the  institution  assumed  charge  in 
1882.  Under  his  direction  the  academy,  always  excellent,  leaped 
to  the  front  rank,  and  has  more  than  held  that  position.  It  is 
located  in  a  thriving  town,  thirty-five  miles  from  St.  Louis.  The 
carefully  laid  out  grounds  are  healthfully  situated  on  a  high  eleva- 
tion. The  handsome  buildings  include  a  gymnasium  and  a  work- 
shop. This  is  preeminently  a  home  school,  and,  while  unsectarian, 
is  surrounded  by  the  highest  Christian  influences.  It  prepares  for 
any  college,  university,  or  technical  school,  and  for  West  Point 
and  Annapolis.  The  charge  for  the  school  year  is  $350. 

WESTERN  NORHAL  COLLEGE,  Bushnell,  W,  W.  Earnest, 
President,  has  been  well  known  for  ten  years  past.  It  has  trained 
a  large  part  of  the  public  school  teachers  of  Western  and  Central 
Illinois,  and  has  given  thorough  instruction  to  thousands  in  col- 
legiate, commercial,  art,  telegraphy,  music,  penmanship,  and  sten- 
ography courses,  in  addition  to  its  main  work  of  training  teachers. 
The  high  standard  of  manhood  and  womanhood,  which  the  students 
of  this  school  set  for  themselves  and  maintain,  and  the  thorough- 
ness of  the  class  work  are  its  chief  characteristics.  Regular  tui- 
tion and  good  board  cost  $29  to  $32  per  term  of  ten  weeks. 

SOUTHERN    ILLINOIS   STATE    NORflAL   UNIVERSITY 

(co-educational),  Carbondale,  Daniel  Baldwin  Parkinson,  M.  A., 
Ph.  D.,  President.  An  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  Illinois,  approved  April  20,  1869,  gave  birth  to  this  nor- 
mal school.  The  school  prospered  till  the  year  1883,  when  a  dis- 
astrous fire  occurred.  The  library,  most  of  the  furniture,  and  the 
philosophical  and  chemical  apparatus  were  saved,  and  the  recita- 

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tions  went  on  with  a  loss  of  only  two  days.  In  1887  the  pres- 
ent well  equipped  building  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $152,065. 
There  are  three  departments  :  The  normal,  giving  thorough  instruc- 
tion in  the  theory  and  practice  of  teaching  ;  the  preparatory,  cov- 
ering about  one  year's  work,  and  intended  for  those  who  have 
completed  eight  grades  in  the  common  or  model  school,  but  who 
are  not  sufficiently  mature  to  enter  the  higher  classes ;  and  the 
model  or  practice  department  in  charge  of  training  teachers.  The 
institution  possesses  an  excellent  library,  containing  over  fourteen 
thousand  volumes,  well  equipped  gymnasium,  biological,  chemical, 
and  physical  laboratories. 

BROWN'S  CENTRALIA  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  108-110 
Broadway,  Centralia,  D.  C.  Brown,  Principal.  (See  Brown's 
Business  Colleges). 

AMERICAN  CONSERVATORY  OF  MUSIC,  Chicago,  J.  J. 
Hattstaedt,  Director.  The  course  of  study  is  divided  into  five 
departments,  the  preparatory,  academic,  collegiate,  post-graduate, 
and  normal.  These  courses  embrace  well  graded  instruction  in 
singing,  the  piano,  violin,  organ,  violoncello,  harmony,  composition, 
etc.  The  normal  school  course  includes  a  study  of  public  school 
work  and  musical  theory.  Elocution,  oratory,  and  the  languages 
are  also  taught.  Tuition  varies. 

"ARflOUR  INSTITUTE  OF  TECHNOLOGY,  F.  W.  Gunsaulus, 
President,  Thomas  C.  Roney,  Dean  of  the  Faculty,  was  founded  in 
1802  by  Mr.  Philip  D.  Armour,  of  Chicago.  The  work  of  instruc- 
tion was  begun  in  September  i,  1893."  Behind  this  brief  quotation 
from  the  Institute  year  book  is  a  story  of  the  personal  consecration 
and  brotherly  affection  of  two  men,  which  powerfully  contradicts 
the  hasty  assumption  so  often  advanced,  that  commercial  ideals 
to-day  are  hostile  to  the  higher  motives  and  gentler  emotions  of 
life.  Mr.  Joseph  Armour  left,  in  1881,  a  bequest  of  $100,000  to 
be  used  in  promoting  the  moral  and  intellectual  development  of 
children  and  youths.  This  bequest  was  given  into  the  charge  of 
his  brother,  Mr.  Philip  D.  Armour,  who  has  not  only  been  a  faith- 
ful executor  of  his  brother's  benefaction,  but  has  added  to  it  gifts 
aggregating  two  millions  of  dollars.  Following  the  spirit  of  the 
bequest  entrusted  to  him,  Mr.  Armour  erected  the  building  at 
Armour  Avenue  and  33d  Street,  now  known  as  Armour  Mission, 
in  which  he  established  what  was  then  known  as  the  Plymouth 
Mission  Sunday  School,  an  organization  supported  in  that  neigh- 
borhood since  1874  by  members  of  the  Plymouth  Congregational 
Church.  The  effect  of  this  mission  was  most  marked  in  the 
neighborhood  and  led  Mr.  Armour  to  erect  the  group  of  buildings 
known  as  the  Armour  Flats.  These  consist  of  two  hundred  and 

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thirteen  separate  suites  of  apartments,  forming  an  attractive 
neighborhood  and  a  congenial  environment  for  the.  great  engineer- 
ing school  which  now  stands  in  their  midst.  The  development  of 
this  institution  from  the  antecedent  conditions  enumerated  was 
due  to  the  conviction  of  Mr.  Armour  and  his  co-workers  that  their 
benevolent  enterprise  would  fail  of  its  highest  aim,  unless  practi- 
cal education  were  added  to  the  moral  and  religious  forces  already 
at  work  to  produce  good  and  efficient  members  of  society. 
Accordingly  a  school  was  planned  to  include  only  academic  and 
industrial  training  ;  but  through  the  wise  forethought  of  Mr.  Ar- 
mour's pastor,  Dr.  F.  W.  Gunsaulus,  who  was  its  first  president,  and 
who  from  the  first  realized  the  possibilities  of  the  enterprise,  its 
scope  was  widened  so  as  to  make  room  for  higher  technical  train- 
ing along  various  engineering  lines,  the  limits  of  which  were  not 
at  first  precisely  defined.  The  importance  to  the  community  of 
this  kind  of  education  was  also  strenuously  urged  by  engineers  and 
educators,  and  their  views  were  reinforced  by  the  many  applica- 
tions for  extended  courses  in  engineering  that  were  received  as 
soon  as  this  purpose  of  the  Institute  became  known.  In  March, 
1893,  President  Gunsaulus  committed  to  Prof.  Thos.  C.  Roney, 
dean  of  the  new  faculty,  the  work  of  coordinating  these  varied 
elements  and  developing  a  plan  by  which  the  departments  already 
established  or  to  be  established  might  be  united  in  a  logical  and 
harmonious  educational  scheme.  The  result  was  the  plan  of 
organization  under  which  the  Institute  now  exists  and  which  is 
given  below : 

Armour  Institute  of  Technology  comprises  (i)  Armour  In- 
stitute of  Technology  proper,  including  (a)  the  Technical  College 
which  embraces  the  courses  in  mechanical  engineering,  elec- 
trical engineering,  architecture,  mathematics  and  physics,  and 
(fr)  the  Scientific  Academy ;  (2)  the  Associated  Departments.  These 
departments,  which  were  included  in  the  original  plan  of  the 
Institute,  are  still  under  its  direction  or  are  affiliated  with 
it,  having  justified  their  existence  by  the  work  they  have 
accomplished.  They  are :  the  department  of  domestic  arts,  the 
kindergarten  normal  department,  the  department  of  music,  the 
department  of  shorthand  and  typewriting.  Early  in  1893  a 
union  was  effected  with  the  Art  Institute  of  Chicago,  for  the 
purpose  of  developing  the  course  in  architecture  which  that 
institution  had  successfully  maintained  since  1889.  The  result 
was  the  establishment  of  the  Chicago  School  of  Architecture, 
which  also  constitutes  the  department  of  architecture  of  Armour 
Institute  of  Technology.  The  spirit  and  aim  of  the  Institute  are 
well  expressed  in  the  following  extract  from  its  first  public 
announcement :  "  This  institution  is  founded  for  the  purpose  of 
giving  to  young  men  and  women  an  opportunity  to  secure  a  liberal 

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education.  It  is  hoped  that  its  benefits  may  reach  all  classes.  It 
is  not  intended  for  the  poor  or  the  rich,  as  sections  of  society,  but 
for  any  and  all  who  are  earnestly  seeking  practical  education.  Its 
aim  is  broadly  philanthropic.  Profoundly  realizing  the  impor- 
tance of  self-reliance  as  a  factor  in  the  development  of  character, 
the  founder  has  conditioned  his  benefactions  in  such  a  way  as  to 
emphasize  both  their  value  and  the  student's  self-respect.  The 
Institute  is  not  a  free  school ;  but  its  charges  for  instruction  are 
in  harmony  with  the  spirit  which  animates  alike  the  founder,  the 
trustees,  and  the  faculty,  namely,  the  desire  to  help  those  who 
wish  to  help  themselves."  It  remains  to  note  in  brief  the  work  of 
the  Institute  as  it  is  conducted  along  scholastic,  technical,  and 
industrial  lines. 

THE  SCIENTIFIC  ACADEMY.  —  No  part  of  this  work  is  more  im- 
portant than  that  which  is  justly  regarded  as  the  core  of  its  educa- 
tional system,  namely,  its  preparatory  school.  The  Scientific 
Academy  admits  to  its  classes  boys  and  girls  who  have  completed 
the  studies  in  the  grammar  grades  of  the  public  schools.  It  pro- 
vides courses  of  four  years,  which  prepare  students  to  enter  the 
Technical  College  of  Armour  Institute  of  Technology  or  the  lead- 
ing universities  and  colleges  East  and  West.  The  instruction  is 
under  the  immediate  supervision  of  the  dean  of  the  faculty,  and 
many  of  the  classes  are  personally  conducted  by  members  of  the 
college  faculty.  The  spirit  and,  to  some  extent,  the  methods  of 
college  work  have  been  introduced  with  favorable  results. 

THE  TECHNICAL  COLLEGE.  —  The  engineering  courses  also  are 
four  years  in  length.  Two  general  considerations  have  governed 
their  arrangement.  On  the  one  hand,  by  making  the  requirements 
of  admission  in  some  studies  more  inclusive  than  is  usual,  larger 
opportunities  are  offered  for  the  prosecution  of  distinctively  techni- 
cal work.  On  the  other  hand,  the  fact  has  been  recognized  that  there 
are  many  students  in  technical  schools  who,  from  lack  of  means, 
have  been  unable  to  obtain  that  general  culture  which  is  indispen- 
sable to  a  broad  technical  education,  and  which  it  is  the  province 
of  the  ordinary  college  course  to  furnish.  This  deficiency  is  sup- 
plied as  far  as  possible  by  the  addition  of  courses  in  literature, 
history,  and  philosophy. 

THE  ASSOCIATED  DEPARTMENTS.  —  The  students  in  these  depart- 
ments share  in  the  general  advantages  of  the  Institute.  They 
have  free  access  to  the  Institute  library,  in  which  are  works 
chosen  with  special  reference  to  their  needs  ;  to  the  gymnasium, 
where  an  instructor  is  in  regular  attendance ;  to  the  literary,  musi- 
cal, and  social  gatherings,  which  are  held  at  intervals  throughout 
the  year. 

77/6'  Department  of  Domestic  Arts  affords  instruction  in  the 
following  subjects :  Cookery,  household  economy,  home  nursing 

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and  emergencies,  plain  sewing,  dressmaking,  and  millinery.  Most 
of  these  subjects  are  pursued  in  a  technical  and  a  special  course, 
the  former  being  intended  for  those  who  desire  professional  train- 
ing, while  the  latter  is  for  general  culture  and  development. 

The  Kindergarten  Normal  Department  —  The  Chicago  Free 
Kindergarten  Association  began  its  work  sixteen  years  ago ; 
its  subsequent  growth  and  development  have  been  steady,  marked, 
and  satisfactory  in  an  unusual  degree.  The  Association  was  in- 
corporated one  year  later,  April  19,  1882.  In  1893  it  became 
affiliated  with  Armour  Institute  of  Technology.  The  work  of  the 
Association  is  two-fold,  viz.,  a  Kindergarten  Normal  School  and  a 
system  of  free  kindergartens  in  the  city  of  Chicago. 

In  the  Department  of  Music  instruction  is  offered  in  piano,  organ, 
voice  culture,  violin,  violoncello,  cornet,  flute,  mandolin,  harmony, 
counterpoint,  and  musical  composition.  There  are  concerts, 
recitals,  and  lectures  throughout  the  school  year.  Students  may 
be  enrolled  at  any  time.  The  instruction  embraces  all  grades, 
including  children's  classes  and  classes  for  advanced  students. 
Lessons  are  given  privately  as  well  as  in  classes. 

In  the  Department  of  Shorthand  and  Typewriting,  instruction  is 
given  in  shorthand,  typewriting,  English,  spelling,  business  and 
legal  forms,  correspondence,  letter  filing,  copying,  mimeographing, 
manifolding,  and  office  practice.  Students  are  given  an  opportu- 
nity, when  far  enough  advanced,  to  do  practical  work,  whereby 
they  are  fitted  to  enter  business  life  with  a  keener  appreciation  of 
what  is  expected  of  them.  The  instruction  is  arranged  in  two 
courses,  the  Amanuensis  Course  and  the  Teachers'  Course.  As 
this  department  is  in  session  throughout  the  year,  students  are 
admitted  at  any  time.  By  THOMAS  C.  RONEY,  Dean. 

THE  ART  INSTITUTE  OF  CHICAGO,  Chicago,  W.  M.  R. 
French,  Director,  descended  from  the  school  of  the  old  Academy 
of  Design,  opened  in  1867,  and  was  incorporated  in  1879.  The 
Art  School  is  permanently  located  in  the  magnificent  Museum 
building  on  Michigan  Avenue,  thus  affording  access  to  the  rare 
and  extensive  collection  of  pictures,  works  of  sculpture,  and  an- 
tiquities. Architecture  is  taught  in  cooperation  with  Armour 
Institute  of  Technology.  The  Art  Institute  is  able  to  offer 
exhaustive  courses  in  any  department  of  academic,  decorative,  or 
practical  artistic  work.  It  has  in  all  an  enrolment  of  1,250  stu- 
dents. Full  tuition  for  one  term  (twelve  weeks)  is  $25. 

CHICAGO  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Wabash  Avenue  and 
Randolph  Street,  Chicago,  A.  C.  Gondring  and  F.  B.  Virden, 
Principals,  has  its  home  in  a  fire-proof  steel  building  in  the  business 
centre  of  the  city.  It  aims  at  rapidity  and  thoroughness  in  its 

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methods  of  instruction,  and  has  business,  shorthand,  and  prepara- 
tory courses.     There  are  evening  and  day  classes. 

THE  CHICAGO  CONSERVATORY  (incorporated),  Audito- 
rium Building,  Chicago,  Bernhard  Ulrich,  Manager,  was  organ- 
ized to  promote  thorough  training  in  musical  and  dramatic  art. 
With  this  purpose  in  view,  teachers  of  wide  and,  in  some  instances, 
of  international  reputation  are  employed.  The  faculty  includes 
Leopold  Godowsky,  director  of  the  piano  department ;  Arthur 
Marescalchi,  director  of  the  vocal  department ;  Frederic  Grant 
Gleason,  director  of  the  theoretical  department;  Clarence  Eddy, 
organ  instructor ;  and  a  corps  of  competent  assistants  in  all  de- 
partments. A  stage  training  and  professional  dramatic  depart- 
ment has  won  distinction  by  graduating  many  capable  men  and 
women  into  excellent  positions  on  the  stage.  The  tuition  varies. 

CHICAGO  FREE  KINDERGARTEN  ASSOCIATION,  Chi- 
cago, H.  N.  Higinbotham,  President.  (See  Armour  Institute  of 
Technology.) 

THE  CHICAGO  MANUAL  TRAINING  SCHOOL,  corner 
of  Michigan  Avenue  and  Twelfth  Street,  Chicago,  the  oldest  in- 
dependent school  of  its  class  in  the  United  States,  was  founded  by 
the  Commercial  Club  of  Chicago  in  1882,  and  continued  the 
property  of  the  club  till  July  9,  1897,  when  the  school  was  pre- 
sented to  the  University  of  Chicago.  It  is  of  high  school  grade, 
and  offers  two  courses,  one  of  three  years,  and  one  of  four  years. 
The  school  fits  for  business  and  mechanical  pursuits,  for  tech- 
nological schools  and  for  classical  and  scientific  colleges.  Its 
curriculum  includes  freehand  and  mechanical  drawing,  throughout 
the  entire  course ;  woodwork,  one  or  two  years ;  foundry  and 
forge  work,  one  year  ;  and  machine  shop  work,  one  year.  The 
school  is  designed  for  boys  only,  and  its  teachers  are  men  special- 
ists. Tuition  averages  $90  a  year  for  the  four  years'  course;  $100 
a  year  for  the  three  years'  course. 

CHICAGO  POLICLINIC,  Chicago,  Truman  W.  Miller,  M.  D., 
President,  is  a  clinical  school  for  practitioners  of  medicine,  com- 
bining a  complete  and  model  hospital,  dispensary,  and  school.  It 
is  amply  equipped  in  all  departments  and  occupies  a  six  story 
double  building,  near  the  heart  of  the  city,  and  in  the  immediate 
neighborhood  of  several  large  hospitals.  The  general  ticket,  not 
including  the  matriculation  fee  of  $5,  admitting  to  all  courses  and 
clinics,  is  for  four  weeks,  $60  ;  six  weeks,  $75  ;  two  months,  $90  ; 
three  months,  $110. 

CHICAGO  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY,  Chicago,  the  Rev. 
F.  W.  Fisk,  LL.  D.,  President,  was  organized  in  1854  by  delegates 
from  Congregational  churches  in  several  Western  States.  In  1892 

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a  professorship  of  Christian  sociology  was  added  to  the  curriculum, 
and  in  1893  a  professorship  of  Assyriology  and  comparative  relig- 
ion was  founded  in  order  that  the  Seminary  might  keep  abreast  of 
modern  research.  Special  courses  of  instruction  are  offered  for 
German  and  Scandinavian  students.  The  necessary  expenses 
for  the  year  do  not  exceed  $175. 

THE  COOK  COUNTY  NORflAL  SCHOOL,  Chicago,  was 
founded  in  1867.  Upon  the  decease  of  Prof.  D.  S.  Wentworth, 
its  first  principal,  in  1882,  Francis  W.  Parker  was  selected  to 
succeed,  and.  in  1883  he  took  charge  of  the  school  and  has  been 
its  principal  ever  since.  Feb.  i,  1896,  the  school  was  transferred 
by  the  county  of  Cook  to  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  is  now  called 
the  Chicago  Normal  School.  Its  work  is  the  training  of  teachers 
for  the  city  and  county.  At  present  it  has  five  hundred  students 
in  the  professional  training  class  and  five  hundred  and  fifty  pupils 
in  the  practice  school.  It  has  a  corps  of  thirty-three  teachers. 
Its  graduates  number  nearly  four  hundred  each  year. 

GIRLS'  COLLEGIATE  SCHOOL,  479  and  481  Dearborn 
Avenue,  Chicago,  Miss  Rebecca  S.  Rice,  A.  M.,  and  Miss  Mary 
E.  Beedy,  A.  M.,  Principals.  The  school  is  now  in  its  twenty- 
third  year.  The  standard  of  the  advanced  department  is  the 
preparatory  examination  for  Chicago  University,  and  this  ensures 
admission  to  any  college  in  the  United  States.  Careful  attention 
is  devoted  not  only  to  the  mental  advancement  of  the  pupils,  but 
also  to  their  physical  and  moral  advancement.  It  seeks  to  fit 
young  women  for  home  and  society.  The  number  of  house  pupils 
is  limited  to  sixteen.  Four  general  courses  are  offered :  Kinder- 
garten, primary,  secondary,  and  advanced.  Terms  for  day  pupils 
vary  from  $60  in  the  kindergarten  to  $200  in  the  senior  year  of 
the  advanced  course.  For  house  pupils,  the  expense  for  board 
and  regular  tuition  is  $500  to  $600. 

THE  HAHNEMANN  flEDICAL  COLLEGE  AND  HOSPI 
TAL  OF  CHICAGO,  C.  H.  Vilas,  M.  D.,  Dean,  is  in  its  thirty- 
ninth  year.  It  has  a  comprehensive  curriculum,  and  the  professors 
in  charge  of  each  department,  with  their  associates,  are  physicians 
of  experience  and  of  recognized  position.  The  faculty  numbers 
forty-three.  The  laboratories  and  dissecting  rooms  are  each 
sufficiently  large  to  accommodate  one  hundred  students.  Access 
is  given  students  to  the  Cook  County  Hospital.  The  course  of 
study  consists  of  four  collegiate  years  of  six  months  each.  A 
scholarship  ticket,  good  for  four  years,  costs  $200. 

THE  HARVARD  SCHOOL,  affiliated  with  the  University  of 
Chicago,  4670  Lake  Avenue,  cor.  47th  Street,  Chicago,  John  J. 
Schobinger,  John  C.  Grant,  LL.  D.,  Principals.  This  is  the  oldest 

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college  preparatory  school  in  Chicago.  It  was  founded  in  1867, 
and  has  been  under  its  present  management  for  the  last  twenty- 
three  years.  All  the  courses  required  for  preparation  for  the 
University  of  Chicago,  as  well  as  the  Eastern  colleges,  are  offered. 
The  physical  and  chemical  laboratories  are  adapted  to  the  modern 
methods  of  science  teaching.  The  school  consists  of  a  primary 
and  a  higher  department.  The  latter  has  a  four  years'  course  and 
a  six  years'  course,  both  preparatory  for  college  or  scientific  school. 
In  the  primary  department  pupils  of  the  youngest  school  age  are 
received  and  prepared  for  the  work  of  the  higher  department. 
Manual  training  is  begun  in  the  primary  department  and  carried 
on  throughout  the  course.  Physical  culture  is  a  part  of  the 
regular  work  of  the  school,  and  is  conducted  by  a  special  teacher, 
in  a  well  equipped  gymnasium,  and  on  large  athletic  grounds, 
which  form  part  of  the  school  premises. 

KENT  COLLEGE  OF  LAW,  Chicago,  Marshall  D.  Ewell, 
LL.  D.,  Dean,  W.  F.  Momeyer,  LL.  B.,  Secretary,  was  incorporated 
under  the  laws  of  Illinois  by  the  name  of  the  Kent  Law  School  of 
Chicago,  July  18,  1892.  It  opened  its  doors  to  students  in  the 
fall  of  the  same  year.  On  December  31,  1894,  its  corporate  name  was 
changed  to  Kent  College  of  Law.  The  institution  is  situated  in 
the  immediate  vicinity  of  the  courts  and  in  the  midst  of  the  law 
offices.  By  the  courtesy  of  the  Chicago  Law  Institute  students 
are  given  access  to  its  library  in  the  Courthouse,  one  of  the 
largest  law  libraries  in  the  country.  With  the  aim  of  graduating 
practical  lawyers,  the  school  of  practice  was  established,  and  has 
proved  a  very  successful  department.  The  college  confers  the 
degree  Bachelor  of  Laws  on  completion  of  a  three  years'  course. 
Expenses  for  one  year  average  $250. 

LORING  SCHOOL,  boarding  and  day,  2535  Prairie  Avenue, 
Chicago,  Mrs.  Stella  Dyer  Loring,  Principal,  was  founded  in 
1867  by  Miss  Sarah  Latimer,  and  has  been  in  charge  of  the 
present  principal  since  1879.  The  work  of  the  school  ranges 
from  kindergarten  to  college  preparation  for  young  women. 

THE  LUTHERAN  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY,  Chicago, 
the  Rev.  R.  F.  Weidner,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President,  was  founded 
in  1891.  Each  subject  taught  is  completed  in  one  year.  Twenty- 
one  distinct  courses  are  offered,  and  the  whole  Seminary  course 
for  regular  graduation  without  the  degree  of  B.  D.  covers  three 
years  ;  with  that  degree,  four  years.  Post-graduate  courses  are 
given  for  non-resident  pastors.  As  a  rule,  none  but  college 
graduates  are  admitted  as  students.  The  only  fee  is  $15. 

THE  NATIONAL  UNIVERSITY,  151  Throop  Street,  Chi- 
cago. The  home  of  the  University  is  a  large  four  story  build- 
ing, of  stone  and  pressed  brick  front,  admirably  arranged  and  fitted 

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for  its  work.  While  the  usual  local  work  is  done  here,  the  Univer- 
sity is  best  known  abroad  by  its  university  extension  and  non- 
resident work,  carried  on  by  systematic  courses  by  mail,  by  which 
its  influence  is  widely  extended  and  its  scope  of  work  greatly 
enlarged.  This  admirable  feature  resembles  the  London  Univer- 
sity, after  which  the  National  University  was  modelled.  The 
National  University  is  one  of  the  leading  representatives  of  the 
New  Educational  Idea.  It  embraces  a  large  number  of  depart- 
ments, and  has  several  affiliated  colleges,  each  with  its  own  special 
charter  —  such  are  the  Institute  of  Technology,  the  Chicago 
Polytechnic  Institute,  the  Chicago  Trade  Schools,  etc.  A  law 
department  is  maintained.  A  medical  department  is  also  main- 
tained, but  no  medical  degrees  are  granted.  All  examinations  are 
conducted  by  mail,  but  are  protected  by  a  thorough  system  of 
local  examiners,  who  must  be  either  physicians,  clergymen,  law- 
yers, or  teachers,  and  who  must  certify  to  the  character  of  the 
examination. 

5T.  IGNATIUS  COLLEGE,  Chicago,  the  Rev.  James  F.  X. 
Hoeffer,  S.  J.,  President,  is  conducted  by  Fathers  of  the  Society  of 
Jesus.  It  was  chartered  in  1870,  with  power  to  grant  the  usual  de- 
grees in  the  various  faculties  of  a  university.  The  academic  year 
has  only  one  session,  beginning  in  September  and  ending  in  the 
"last  week  of  June.  There  are  four  departments  :  Collegiate,  aca- 
demic, commercial,  and  preparatory.  In  order  to  enter  the 
lowest  department,  boys  must  be  ten  years  of  age.  Tuition,  per 
session  of  ten  months  for  all  classes,  is  $40. 

CHICAGO  COLLEGE  OF  PHARflACY,  of  the  University  of 
Illinois,  F.  M.  Goodman,  Ph.  G.,  Dean  of  the  Faculty.  This  col- 
lege was  united  with  the  University  in  1896.  For  the  first  two 
years  the  tuition  fee  is  $75  ;  for  the  third  year,  $100. 

SOPER  SCHOOL  OF  ORATORY,  Steinway  Hall,  17  Van 
Buren  Street,  Chicago,  Henry  M.  Soper,  President.  The  special 
objects  of  this  school  as  stated  in  its  latest  catalogue  are :  "  To 
qualify  pupils  for  effective  public  reading  and  efficient  teaching 
of  elocution  and  oratory  ;  to  offer  a  normal  course  which  will 
enable  teachers  to  lead  pupils  into  a  simple  style  of  natural  read- 
ing ;  to  give  clergymen  training  in  pulpit  oratory,  Bible  and  hymn 
reading,  that  will  not  only  make  them  more  efficient  ambassadors  of 
God,  but  often  save  them  from  ruined  voices  and  diseased  throats ; 
to  train  lawyers  in  the  most  effective,  concise  styles  of  speech 
before  judge  and  jury  ;  to  prepare  ladies  and  gentlemen  for  lectur- 
ing and  general  public  speaking  ;  to  furnish  a  course  of  aesthetic 
physical  training  that  will  secure  grace  and  ease  in  society  or 
business,  as  well  as  ensure  added  health  and  vigor ;  to  cultivate 

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the  speaking  voice  in  purity,  flexibility,  and  power,  so  that  it  may 
remain  unimpaired  in  advanced  age ;  and  to  fit  pupils,  both  old 
and  young,  to  make  the  home  more 
attractive  by  a  natural  style  of  read- 
ing in  newspaper,  magazine,  or 
book."  The  course  of  study  is  com- 
prehensive, and  for  graduation  covers 
two  years.  Diplomas  are  granted, 
and  the  degrees  of  Bachelor  and 
Master  of  Oratory  are  conferred. 
The  school  has  a  special  depart- 
ment of  journalism  conducted  by  a 
practical  journalist. 

UNIVERSITY     OF      CHICAGO, 

Chicago,  William  R.  Harper,  Ph.  D., 
LL.  D.,  President.  The  first  Uni- 
versity of  Chicago,  founded  in  1857, 
closed  its  doors  for  lack  of  funds  in  HENRY  M.  SOFER. 

1886.      Shortly   afterward,  Mr.  John 

D.  Rockefeller  conceived  the  plan  of  founding  a  new  institution 
of  learning  in  Chicago,  and  in  1888  he  consulted  with.  Pro- 
fessor Harper  and  with  Secretary  F.  T.  Gates,  of  the  American 
Baptist  Education  Society,  regarding  the  subject.  Mr.  Gates 
brought  the  matter  before  the  Board  of  the  Society,  which 
approved  the  project.  At  the  anniversary  of  the  Society,  held 
in  Boston,  1889,  a  formal  resolution  was  passed,  "To  take 
immediate  steps  toward  the  founding  of  a  well  equipped  college 
in  the  city  of  Chicago."  With  such  encouragement  Mr.  Rocke- 
feller at  once  subscribed  $600,000  to  a  provisional  endowment 
fund  of  one  million  dollars,  conditioned  on  the  pledging  of  $400- 
ooo  before  June  i,  1890.  The  requisite  amount  was  raised,  and 
a  site  of  twenty-four  acres  between  Washington  and  Jackson  Parks 
was  purchased  for  the  erection  of  buildings.  The  institution  was 
incorporated  in  1890,  and  opened  to  students  in  1892.  In  Sep- 
tember, 1890,  Prof.  W.  R.  Harper,  of  Yale  University,  was  elected 
president,  and  he  entered  on  his  new  duties  July  i,  1891.  Mean- 
while Mr.  Rockefeller  had  added  one  million  dollars  to  his  former 
subscription.  He  has  since  made  several  donations  of  equal  size. 
The  assets  of  the  University  are  now  about  $9,000,000.  Work 
was  begun  on  the  first  buildings  in  the  autumn  of  1891  ;  since 
that  time  many  have  been  added,  including  the  Kent  Chemical 
Laboratory,  costing,  with  equipment,  $235,000  ;  the  Ryerson  Physi- 
cal Laboratory,  $235,000  ;  the  Hull  Biological  Laboratories,  $340,- 
ooo ;  the  Walker  Museum,  $115,000,  and  the  Haskell  Oriental 
Museum,  $100,000.  A  contribution  of  $300,000.  was  made  by 

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Chicago.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  ///. 

Mr.  Charles  T.  Yerkes  in  1892  for  the  erection  and  equipment  of 
an  observatory  to  contain  the  largest  telescope  in  the  world.  The 
observatory  was  completed  in  1896,  and  the  telescope,  with  its 
object  glass  of  forty  inches  aperture,  is  in  most  respects  superior 
to  the  great  thirty-six  inch  Lick  telescope  of  California.  The 
University  includes  five  divisions :  the  University  Proper ;  the 
University  Extension;  the  University  Libraries,  Laboratories  and 
Museums  ;  the  University  Press ;  the  University  Affiliations.  The 
University  Proper  comprises:  The  College  of  Arts,  Literature, 
and  Science ;  the  Graduate  School  of  Arts  and  Literature ;  the 
Ogden  (Graduate)  School  of  Science ;  the  Divinity  School ;  the 
Academy  at  Morgan  Park.  Of  the  Colleges  of  Arts,  Literature, 
and  Science,  each  is  divided  into  the  Junior  College  and  the 
Senior  College,  the  former  including  the  first  half  of  the  curricu- 
lum, usually  known  as  the  freshman  and  sophomore  classes,  and 
the  latter,  the  second  half  (junior  and  senior).  The  faculties  in- 
clude :  The  faculty  of  Morgan  Park  Academy,  of  the  Junior  Col- 
leges, of  the  Senior  Colleges,  of  the  Graduate  School  of  Arts  and 
Literature,  of  the  Ogden  (Graduate)  School  of  Science,  of  the 
University  Extension,  of  the  Divinity  School.  Admission  is  by 
examination.  Degrees  granted  by  the  University  include  Bache- 
lor of  Arts,  Bachelor  of  Philosophy,  Bachelor  of  Science,  Bachelor 
of  Theology,  Bachelor  of  Divinity,  Master  of  Arts,  Master  of 
Science,  and  Doctor  of  Philosophy.  Under  certain  conditions, 
non-resident  work  in  the  Graduate  School  may  count  toward  a 
degree,  but  the  final  examination  must  be  passed  at  the  Uni- 
versity. There  are  more  than  two  hundred  and  fifty  existing 
scholarships  and  fellowships.  Tuition  is  $40  a  quarter ;  the  ma- 
triculation fee,  $5  ;  the  diploma  fee,  $10;  in  chemistry  and  biology 
there  are  additional  laboratory  fees. 

THE  WESTERN  THEOLOGICAL  SEHINARY,  Chicago, 
the  Rev.  Wm.  J.  Gold,  S.  T.  D.,  Warden,  is  a  corporation  existing 
under  the  statutes  of  Illinois.  The  Seminary  was  opened  and  its 
present  buildings  were  erected  in  1885.  Its  aim  is,  in  the  words 
of  the  charter,  "  the  education  of  fit  persons  in  the  Catholic  faith, 
in  its  purity  and  integrity,  as  taught  in  the  Holy  Scriptures,  held 
by  the  primitive  Church,  summed  up  in  the  creeds,  and  affirmed  by 
the  undisputed  General  Councils."  Students  not  preparing  for 
the  ministry  as  well  as  candidates  for  Holy  Orders  will  under 
certain  conditions  be  admitted.  Two  hundred  dollars  covers  all 
expenses  for  the  year. 

CREAL  SPRINGS  COLLEGE,  Creal  Springs,  Howard  Cyrus 
Tilton,  A.  M.,  President,  was  founded  in  1884  as  a  seminary,  under 
private  management,  and  was  bought  in  1894  by  a  board  of  trus- 
tees representing  the  Baptists  of  Southern  Illinois,  and  a  college 

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///,  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.     Evanston  and  Chicago. 

charter  was  secured  from  the  State.  The  college  department 
offers  two  courses,  classical  and  scientific,  which  lead  respectively 
to  the  degrees  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  and  Bachelor  of  Philosophy. 
The  other  departments  are  preparatory,  teachers',  business,  and 
music. 

BROWN'S  DECATUR  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Library 
Building,  Decatur,  H.  M.  Owen,  Principal.  (See  Brown's  Busi- 
ness Colleges.) 

ILLINOIS  COLLEGE  OF  PHOTOGRAHY,  Effingham,  L.  H. 
Bissell,  President,  was  the  first  of  its  kind  in  this  country,  and  was 
founded  for  the  purpose  of  preparing  men  and  women  to  become 
artistic  photographers.  Each  department  is  under  the  charge  of  a 
competent  instructor,  and  a  general  insight  is  given  into  the  entire 
business  of  all  branches  required  in  a  first  class  studio.  The 
departments  comprise  business  methods  of  photography,  chem- 
istry, laboratory  work,  process  work,  carbon,  bas-relief,  etc. ; 
lighting,  posing,  and  artistic  retouching;  artistic  printing  and  dark 
room  work ;  and  printing  and  process  work.  The  approximate 
cost  of  a  course  in  the  school,  including  board,  room,  tuition,  etc., 
is  from  $100  to  $140. 

NORTHWESTERN  UNIVERSITY,  Evanston  and  Chicago, 
Henry  Wade  Rogers,  LL.  D.,  President,  is  non-sectarian  but  under 
the  general  control  of  the  M.  E.  Church.  It  was  chartered  by  the  Illi- 
nois General  Assembly  in  1851,  and  the  first  president  was  chosen 
two  years  later.  The  College  of  Liberal  Arts,  the  first  department 
to  be  organized,  was  opened  in  1855,  the  Medical  School  was  estab- 
lished in  connection  with  the  University  in  1869,  the  Law  School 
in  1873,  the  School  of  Pharmacy  in  1887,  the  Dental  School  in 
1888,  the  Woman's  Medical  School  in  1892,  and  the  School  of 
Music  in  1895.  The  Garrett  Biblical  Institute  has  been  in  opera- 
tion since  1856,  and  is  open  to  young  men  from  any  evangelical 
church  who  are  suitable  persons  to  prepare  for  the  Christian  min- 
istry. Affiliated  with  it  are  the  Norwegian-Danish  Theological 
School  and  the  Swedish  Theological  Seminary.  The  Theological 
Schools,  College  of  Liberal  Arts,  Academy,  and  School  of  Music 
are  at  Evanston,  twelve  miles  from  the  centre  of  the  city ;  the  other 
departments  of  the  University  are  located  in  Chicago.  Officers 
of  instruction  and  government  number  over  230  ;  students,  over  two 
thousand.  Admission  is  by  examination  and  by  certificate  from 
accredited  schools.  There  is  a  gymnasium  under  the  supervision 
of  a  competent  director,  numerous  well  equipped  laboratories,  a 
library  of  nearly  forty  thousand  volumes,  several  museums  with 
extensive  collections,  and  an  astronomical  observatory  containing 
one  of  the  finest  refracting  telescopes  in  the  country.  The  degrees 
in  course  are :  Bachelor  of  Arts,  Bachelor  of  Philosophy,  Bachelor 

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of  Science,  and  Bachelor  of  Letters.  In  the  other  departments  of 
the  University  the  following  degrees  are  given  :  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine, Bachelor  of  Laws,  Pharmaceutical  Chemist,  Graduate  in 
Pharmacy,  Doctor  of  Dental  Surgery,  Bachelor  of  Divinity,  and 
Doctor  of  Philosophy. 

THE  WINCHELL  ACADEflY,  a  home  and  day  school  for 
both  sexes,  1202  Chicago  Avenue,  Evanston,  S.  R.  Winchell,  Prin- 
cipal, was  established  in  the  beautiful  and  classic  Evanston,  twelve 
miles  from  Chicago,  on  the  shore  of  Lake  Michigan,  in  1894,  and 
was  incorporated  by  the  State  in  1896.  The  buildings  are  two  in 
number,  equipped  for  school  work,  and  with  home  accommodations 
for  not  more  than  twelve  children.  There  are  three  departments, 
primary,  grammar,  and  academic ;  and  three  courses,  college  pre- 
paratory, business,  and  music;  the  work  of  which  employs  six 
teachers. 

BROWN'S  QALESBURQ  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Commer 
cial  Block,  Galesburg,  W.  F.  Cadwell,  Principal.  (See  Brown's 
Business  Colleges.) 

KNOX  COLLEGE  (co-educational),  Galesburg,  John  H.  Finley, 
Ph.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President,  was  chartered  on  February  15,  1837,  as 
"  The  Knox  Manual  Labor  College,"  the  object  as  set  forth  in  the 
charter  being  to  "  qualify  young  men  in  the  best  manner  for 
the  various  professional  and  business  occupations  of  society,  by 
carrying  into  effect  a  thorough  system  of  mental,  moral,  and  physi- 
cal education,  and  so  reduce  the  expenses  of  such  education,  by 
manual  labor  and  other  means,  as  shall  bring  it  within  the  reach 
of  every  young  man  of  industry  and  promise."  In  February,  1857, 
the  present  corporate  name  of  "  Knox  College  "  was  adopted.  It 
has  a  full  staff  of  professors  and  instructors,  is  well  equipped,  and 
offers  three  courses,  each  requiring  four  years  of  study.  The 
classical  course  has  a  foundation  of  ancient  languages  and  leads  to 
the  B.  A.  degree  ;  the  scientific,  of  science,  to  the  B.  S.  degree  ;  and 
the  literary,  of  modern  language,  leads  to  the  B.  L.  degree.  The 
Master's  degrees  in  arts  and  science  are  conferred  by  the  trustees 
upon  recommendation  of  the  faculty.  The  expense  is  moderate. 
Connected  with  the  college  are  Knox  Academy,  in  charge  of 
George  Churchill,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  offering  college  preparation  and 
a  fine  English  course,  valuable  to  those  intending  to  become 
teachers  ;  Knox  Conservatory  of  Music,  directed  by  William  F. 
Bentley,  and  offering  a  thorough  course  in  music  ;  and  the  Knox 
School  of  Art,  directed  by  Marion  Crandall. 

LOMBARD  UNIVERSITY,  Galesburg,  Charles  Ellwood  Nash, 
A.  M.,  D.  D.,  President,  is  a  Universalist  institution  embracing 
four  departments :  College  of  Liberal  Arts,  Preparatory  School, 

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Ryder  Divinity  School,  and  the  School  of  Music  and  Art.  The 
Illinois  Liberal  Institute,  opened  in  1852,  was  invested  with 
college  powers  in  1853,  and  took  its  present  name,  Lombard 
University,  in  1855.  It  was  a  pioneer  in  the  policy  of  co-educa- 
tion. The  location  of  the  college  is  accessible  and  healthful,  and 
the  campus,  containing  thirteen  acres,  affords  ample  grounds  for  all 
athletic  sports.  There  is  an  excellent  gymnasium,  a  thoroughly 
equipped  chemical  laboratory,  and  a  library  of  about  seven  thou- 
sand books.  Admission  to  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts  is  by 
examination,  by  certificate,  or  by  promotion  from  the  Preparatory 
School.  The  degrees  of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  Bachelor  of  Science, 
and  Bachelor  of  Letters  are  conferred  in  course.  An  effort  is 
made  to  study  the  individual  needs  of  each  student.  The  choice 
of  electives  is  very  wide,  but  the  courses  elected  are  subject  to  the 
approval  in  every  case  of  the  student's  official  adviser,  who  is  some 
member  of  the  faculty  appointed  especially  to  oversee  his  work. 
A  small  tuition  fee  is  paid  for  each  subject  pursued. 

fiONTICELLO  SEniNARY,  Godfrey,  Harriet  N.  Haskell,  Prin- 
cipal. This  institution  for  the  higher  and  Christian  education  of 
women  and  girls  claims  justly  to  be  the  oldest  in  the  West,  with 
prescribed  curriculum  for  graduation ;  independent  instructors  of 
each  department ;  buildings  especially  prepared  and  equipped  for 
educational  work.  The  Seminary  was  founded  by  Benjamin  God- 
frey, February,  1835  '•>  was  opened  to  students,  and  regular  classes 
were  organized,  April  n,  1838.  Buildings  and  lands  were  com- 
mitted (by  deed  of  trust  from  founder)  to  a  self  perpetuating 
Board  of  Trustees,  February,  1840.  The  institution  was  incorpo- 
rated, by  the  authority  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  February,  1841, 
and  the  same  year  the  first  class  was  graduated.  The  present 
Principal  was  appointed  March  22,  1867.  The  location  is  attrac- 
tive and  healthful.  The  campus  proper  comprises  fifty  acres. 
Board  and  tuition  in  all  English,  Latin,  Greek,  French,  German, 
and  scientific  studies,  in  course,  are  for  the  year  $300.  Music  and 
art  are  the  only  extras.  Daughters  of  clergymen  can  receive  finan- 
cial aid  from  the  students'  fund  or  scholarships. 

GREENVILLE  COLLEGE,  Greenville,  the  Rev.  Wilson 
Thomas  Hogg,  Ph.  B.,  President,  is  located  at  the  county  seat 
of  Bond  County,  in  the  centre  of  a  thriving  agricultural  district. 
It  was  established  in  1855  as  a  school  for  young  ladies  only, 
and  in  1857  was  incorporated  as  Almira  College.  In  1892  the 
property  was  purchased  by  the  Central  Illinois  Conference  of  the 
Free  Methodist  Church.  Under  its  new  management  it  became 
co-educational,  and  was  legally  incorporated  under  the  name  of 
Greenville  College,  with  the  power  of  granting  the  usual  degrees. 
It  includes  the  following  departments :  College  of  liberal  arts, 


Jacksonville.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  ///. 

school  of  theology,  preparatory  school,  and  normal  school.  In 
addition  there  is  a  business  college,  school  of  music,  and  school 
of  art.  Tuition  in  the  college  department  is  $24  per  semester  of 
twenty  weeks. 

ACADEMY  FOR  YOUNG  WOMEN,  Jacksonville,  E.  F. 
Bullard,  A.  M.,  President.  Jacksonville,  a  beautiful  city  in  cen- 
tral Illinois,  long  known  for  its  schools,  churches,  charitable 
institutions,  and  literary  societies,  is  in  itself  an  educational  centre 
and  an  ideal  educational  home.  The  school  was  organized  in 
1830,  the  first  of  its  kind  in  the  West.  Preparatory,  classical, 
scientific,  and  college  preparatory  courses  of  study  are  offered. 

THE  ILLINOIS  CONSERVATORY  OF  Music  AND  SCHOOL  OF  .FINE 
ARTS  are  under  the  same  management,  affording  advantages  in 
these  departments  equal  to  the  best  found  in  the  leading  musical 
and  art  centres  of  the  West.  The  terms  for  boarding  pupils  are 
$275  for  the  school  year. 

BROWN'S  BUSINESS  COLLEGES,  of  which  there  are  seven 
in  number,  are  incorporated  institutions,  the  officers  being  G.  W. 
Brown,  President,  Jacksonville  ;  W.  H.  H.  Garver,  Vice-President, 
Peoria ;  M.  H.  Owen,  Secretary,  Decatur.  The  schools  all  have 
their  local  principals,  but  President  Brown  has  general  charge,  and 
supervises  the  courses  of  study  and  the  methods  and  work  of 
the  teachers.  During  the  year  he  gives  an  extended  course  of 
practical  drills  and  lectures  on  the  main  features  of  the  course, 
as  the  study  of  Accounting,  Business  and  Office  Practice,  Writing, 
Expert  Accounting,  What  is  Required  of  Stenographers,  and  the 
Elements  of  Success  in  Business.  Brown's  Business  Colleges  hold 
the  only  diploma  awarded  by  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition 
for  methods  of  business  training. 

JACKSONVILLE  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  corner  Morgan  and  Kos- 
ciusko  Streets,  Jacksonville,  G.  E.  Nettleton,  Principal.  (See 
Brown's  Business  Colleges.) 

ST.  FRANCIS  ACADEMY,  Joliet,  conducted  by  Sisters  of 
St.  Francis,  is  a  chartered  institution  for  young  women.  The 
religious  direction  of  the  school  is  under  the  Franciscan  Fathers. 
The  proximity  to  Chicago,  thirty-seven  miles  distant,  and  acces- 
sible by  several  leading  lines,  is  a  distinct  advantage,  and  the 
location,  in  the  most  elevated  part  of  the  city,  is  unsurpassed  for 
healthfulness.  The  building,  constructed  of  stone,  has  every 
modern  accommodation,  and  the  grounds  are  extensive.  Moral 
training  is  the  leading  object,  but  its  intellectual  discipline  is- 
thorough.  There  are  three  departments  :  Primary,  intermediate  or 
grammar,  and  academic.  Courses  are  offered  in  art  and  music.  Non- 
Catholic  pupils  need  not  attend  religious  instruction  in  class,  but 

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Knoxville. 


the  common  exercises,  as  morning  and  evening  prayers  and  divine 
service,  are  compulsory  for  all  students.  Expenses  are  $75  per 
session  of  five  months. 

ST.  MARY'S  SCHOOL,  Knoxville,  the  Rev.  Charles  W.  Lef- 
fingwell,  D.  D.,  Rector,  Emma  Pease  Howard,  Principal,  is  an 
incorporated  institution  under  the  patronage  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church.  It  was  opened  in  1868  by  the  present  rector, 
and  the  new  building,  which  has  since  been  twice  enlarged,  was 
completed  in  1883.  Every  modern  requirement  in  the  way  of 
appointments  and  appliances  is  met,  the  present  plan  of  the 
building  being  the  result  of  thirty  years'  experience  in  school 


ST.    FRANCIS    ACADEMY. 

management.  Provision  is  made  not  only  for  mental  discipline, 
but  also  for  physical  culture.  Careful  attention  is  paid  and 
direction  given  to  gymnastic  training,  athletic  sports,  and  general 
health.  A  competent  physician,  with  the  aid  of  experienced 
matrons,  has  charge  of  the  household.  The  fact  that  the  school 
is  still  administered  by  those  who  founded  it  thirty  years  ago  is 
worth  noting.  Preparatory,  collegiate,  music,  art,  and  elocution 
courses  are  offered,  and  the  distinctive  aim  is  thoroughness  and 
adaptability  to  the  requirements  of  young  women  preparing  for 
life.  The  faculty  and  officers  number  about  twenty.  Annual 
expenses  for  board  and  tuition  in  the  full  course  or  any  part  of  it 
are  $400.  For  daughters  of  the  clergy,  $300. 

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Lake  Forest.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  ///. 

FERRY  HALL  SEMINARY,  Lake  Forest.  In  1856  business 
men  of  Chicago,  through  the  solicitation  of  the  Presbyterians  of 
that  city,  organized  a  loan  company  to  buy  grounds  for  the  site 
and  the  endowment  of  an  institution  of  higher  education.  This 
company  bought  thirteen  hundred  acres,  now  covered  by  Lake 
Forest,  and  set  off.  one-half  of  the  land  for  the  use  of  this  institu- 
tion. Lake  Forest  University  was  organized  in  1857.  In  1868 
the  trustees  received  from  the  Rev.  William  M.  Ferry,  of  Grand 
Haven,  Mich.,  certain  bequests,  on  condition  that  a  seminary 
should  be  opened  for  young  ladies,  and  that  the  building  should 
be  erected  on  the  park  set  aside  for  such  a  purpose.  Additional 
funds  were  secured,  and  a  substantial  brick  building  was  erected. 
In  September  of  1869  Ferry  Hall  Seminary  opened,  with  an 
enrolment  of  sixty-six  students.  The  school  is  steadily  growing. 
The  building  has  been  enlarged  to  twice  its  original  size.  A 
beautiful  Gothic  chapel  has  been  added,  and  the  grounds  have 
been  beautified.  The  dominant  thought  in  all  plans  for  Ferry 
Hall,  from  its  inception  to  the  present,  has  been  intellectual 
development  for  the  sake  of  increased  Christian  usefulness. 
During  this  first  quarter  of  a  century  of  its  life,  more  than  two 
thousand  young  women  have  been  enrolled  as  students,  represent- 
ing thirty-one  States  and  Territories.  Its  area  of  influence  has 
not  been  limited  by  the  boundaries  of  our  own  country.  In  the 
early  days  the  republic  of  Honduras  sent  students  here.  Mis- 
sionaries have  carried  its  teachings  to  China  and  Persia.  The 
past  record  has  been  one  of  earnest  purpose,  steady  growth,  and 
increased  power,  and  the  future  gives  promise  of  equal  progress. 

LINCOLN  UNIVERSITY  (co-educational),  Lincoln,  A.  E.  Tur- 
ner, A.  M.,  President,  was  founded  in  1865,  and  is  controlled  by  the 
Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church.  The  value  of  its  property  and 
endowment  is  $115,000.  The  courses  offered  embrace  a  classical, 
scientific,  and  an  English  course.  Connected  with  the  University 
is  a  preparatory  school  and  a  college  of  music.  The  total  expenses 
for  a  year  are  $175. 

flENDOTA  COLLEGE,  Mendota,  Prof.  M.  L.  Gordon,  Acting 
President,  was  founded  in  1893,  and  is  incorporated  under  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois.  The  aim  of  the  institution  is  to 
furnish  education  in  the  liberal  arts,  sciences,  languages,  and 
theology  at  the  lowest  possible  cost.  The  college  is  situated  at 
Mendota,  a  thriving  city  eighty-three  miles  west  of  Chicago,  and 
at  the  junction  of  the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  and  Illinois 
Central  Railroads.  The  college  contains  the  following  depart- 
ments :  Preparatory  and  collegiate,  commercial,  shorthand  and 
typewriting,  theological,  and  musical.  Tuition  in  the  college 
courses  is  $40. 

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///.      .  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Naperville. 

flORQAN  PARK  ACADEMY,  Morgan  Park,  Charles  H. 
Thurber,  A.  M.,  Dean,  is  the  preparatory  department  of  Chicago 
University,  and  is  situated  about  thirteen  miles  south  from  the 
centre  of  Chicago,  and  eight  southwest  from  the  University 
site.  The  school  is  divided  into  a  lower  and  a  higher  academy, 
covering,  respectively,  the  work  of  the  first  and  of  the  second 
two  years  of  the  course.  The  total  expenses  average  $320  a 
year. 

THE  FRANCES  SHIMER  ACADEflY,  of  the  University  of 
Chicago,  formerly  Mt.  Carroll  Seminary,  Mt.  Carroll,  the  Rev. 
William  P.  McKee,  Dean.  This  is  the  largest  high  grade  academy 
for  girls  west  of  Chicago.  It  employs  only  college  trained  teachers 
in  the  scholastic  department,  and  the  examinations  are  given  by 
the  University  of  Chicago.  Pupils  enter  there  and  at  other 
American  colleges  without  reexamination.  The  principals  in 
music  and  art  were  trained  in  Europe.  The  locality  is  one  of 
the  most  healthful  in  the  country,  high  rolling  ground,  free  from 
malaria.  No  sickness  has  ever  originated  in  the  school.  A 
limited  number  of  pupils  are  allowed  to  help  with  the  housework, 
and  thus  to  diminish  expense.  The  charges  are  from  $210  per 
year  up. 

flOUNT  MORRIS  COLLEGE,  Mount  Morris,  J.  G.  Royce, 
A.  M.,  President,  is  under  the  direction  of  the  Brethren  or  Dunkers, 
and  aims  to  give  practical  mental  culture  under  Christian  auspices. 
There  are  seminary,  academic,  business,  art,  and  music  depart- 
ments. In  all  of  these,  work  may  be  taken  by  correspondence. 
A  year's  expenses,  including  board,  are  a  little  over  $100. 

NORTH=WESTERN  COLLEGE  AND  UNION  BIBLICAL 
INSTITUTE,  Naperville,  Du  Page  County,  the  Rev.  H.  J.  Kiek- 
hoefer,  Ph.  D.,  President.  The  institution  began  under  the  name 
of  Plainfield  College,  and  opened  a  preparatory  department  in 
1 86 1.  In  1864  the  name  was  changed  to  the  present  one,  and  in 
1865  a  college  charter  was  obtained  from  the  Legislature.  In 
1870  the  college  was  removed  from  Plainfield,  its  first  location, 
to  Naperville,  twenty-eight  miles  from  Chicago.  It  has  been, 
from  its  organization,  under  the  control  of  the  Evangelical 
Association.  Admission  to  the  college  is  on  examination,  and, 
in  specified  cases,  on  certificate  from  accredited  schools.  There 
are  seven  departments :  Collegiate,  preparatory,  academic,  Ger- 
man, commercial,  music,  and  art.  The  following  collegiate  degrees 
are  conferred  in  course  :  Bachelor  of  Arts,  Bachelor  of  Philosophy, 
Bachelor  of  Science,  Bachelor  of  Literature.  Tuition  in  the 
preparatory  department  is  $4  per  term  ;  in  the  college,  $6. 

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Normal.  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  ///. 

ILLINOIS  STATE  NORMAL  UNIVERSITY,  Normal,  John 
W.  Cook,  LL.  D.,  President,  was  established  in  1857.  The  insti- 
tution contains  two  departments,  the  normal  and  the  practice,  the 
latter  a  school  of  twelve  grades.  The  former  offers  three  courses  : 
The  regular  English  course  of  three  years,  a  classical  course  of 
four  years «  a  two  years'  course  for  graduates  of  accredited  high 
schools. 

BROWN'S  OTTAWA  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  corner  Colum- 
bus and  Madison  Streets,  Ottawa,  G.  W.  Brown,  Jr.,  Principal. 
(See  Brown's  Business  Colleges.) 

RICE  COLLEGIATE  INSTITUTE,  Paxton,  G.  A.  Elliott, 
A.  B.,  Principal,  was  founded  in  1877,  under  the  name  of  Paxton 
Collegiate  Institute.  Its  name  was  subsequently  changed  in 
honor  of  Edwin  Rice,  Esq.,  a  friend  of  the  institution.  The  two- 
fold object  of  the  school  comprises  preparing  for  college,  and 
fitting  for  the  duties  of  practical  life.  The  entire  annual  expenses 
need  not  exceed  $135. 

BROWN'S  PEORIA  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  corner  South 
Jefferson  Avenue  and  Harrison  Street,  W.  H.  H.  Garver,  Princi- 
pal. (See  Brown's  Business  Colleges.) 

PRINCEVILLE  ACADEMY,  Princeville,  R.  B.  Gushing,  A.  B., 
Principal,  Edward  Auten,  Secretary,  has  been  supported  since 
1887  by  citizens  of  Princeville,  who  wished  to  furnish  for  the 
young  men  and  women  of  their  community  a  high  grade  prepara- 
tory school  at  home,  and  to  make  for  the  village  a  school  atmos- 
phere. Graduates  of  the  Academy  are  admitted  on  certificate  to 
Williams,  Wellesley,  Oberlin,  and  Knox  Colleges.  The  classical 
course  comprises  four  years  of  Latin,  three  of  Greek  and  one  of 
French  or  German,  and  the  Latin-English  and  scientific  courses 
are  of  a  correspondingly  high  standard.  The  teachers  are  college 
graduates,  chosen  for  their  scholarship  and  personal  character. 
Military  drill,  physical  culture,  class  singing,  and  rhetorical  work 
are  taught  as  school  exercises.  Tuition  in  the  academy  is  $10 
per  term  of  twelve  weeks.  Board  is  found  in  private  families. 

ROCKFORD  COLLEGE,  Rockford,  Phebe  T.  Sutliff,  A.M., 
President.  The  college  was  chartered  in  1847,  f°r  tne  purpose  of 
providing  for  the  collegiate  education  of  young  women.  The  con- 
ditions for  living  are  comfortable  and  hygienic,  and  the  teachers 
are  specialists  representing  the  highest  institutions  at  home  and 
abroad.  Thorough  courses  in  music  and  art  are  offered  in  addi- 
tion to  the  regular  college  curriculum.  The  expenses  for  tuition, 
board,  room,  and  washing  are  $300  per  year. 

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///.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Warren. 

AUGUSTANA  COLLEGE  AND  THEOLOGICAL  SEMI- 
NARY, Rock  Island,  the  Rev.  O.  Olsson,  D.  D.,  Ph.  D.,  President, 
was  founded  under  the  auspices  of  the  Swedish-American  Luther- 
ans, who  seceded  from  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Synod  of  Northern 
Illinois  in  the  year  1860,  and  resolved  to  organize  a  synod,  and  to 
establish  a  theological  seminary  of  their  own.  The  institution  was 
temporarily  located  at  Chicago,  but  removed  to  Paxton  in  1863,  and 
thence  to  its  present  seat  in  1875.  It  was  first  a  theological  and 
preparatory  school  only,  but  was  incorporated  as  a  college  in  1863, 
and  chartered  in  1865.  In  1887  a  conservatory  of  music  was 
added,  and,  in  the  following  year,  a  business  college.  In  1891  a 
normal  department  was  established.  Total  expenses  for  the  year 
range  from  $135  to  $175. 

TOULON  ACADEMY,  Toulon,  Lewis  A.  Morrow,  M.  A.,  Prin- 
cipal, is  an  incorporated  institution  which  prepares  for  college. 
Four  regular  courses  are  offered :  Classical,  Latin-science,  English 
or  business,  and  music.  Several  colleges,  including  Oberlin,  re- 
ceive graduates  on  certificate.  Tuition  is  $10  per  term. 

WESTERN  MILITARY  ACADEMY  (Wyman  Institute),  Up- 
per Alton,  Albert  Matthews  Jackson,  A.  M.,  Principal.  Founded 
in  1878  by  Edward  Wyman,  LL.D.,  as  Wyman  Institute,  this  school 
was  incorporated  under  the  present  name  in  1892.  It  is  located 
on  an  area  of  fifty  acres,  including  lawn,  lake,  grove,  and  meadow. 
St.  Louis  is  twenty  miles  distant,  and  easily  accessible.  The  six 
academy  buildings  are  of  modern  construction,  are  lighted  by  elec- 
tricity and  gas,  heated  by  hot  water  and  hot  air,  and  provided 
with  an  ideal  system  of  drainage.  Thorough  preparation  is  given 
for  any  college  or  scientific  school  in  the  United  States ;  in  addi- 
tion, sufficient  military  training  is  offered  to  fit  graduates  to 
become  officers  of  the  militia,  and,  in  the  event  of  war,  to  organize 
and  drill  volunteers.  By  statutory  provision  the  academy  is  a 
Post  in  the  Illinois  National  Guard.  An  army  officer  is  detailed 
by  the  United  States  government  as  professor  of  military  science 
and  tactics,  and  the  national  government  provides  also  necessary 
arms  and  equipments.  There  are  two  educational  departments, 
the  grammar  school  and  the  academic.  Annual  expenses,  $450. 

WARREN  ACADEMY,  Warren,  has  an  enrolment  of  between 
one  and  two  hundred  students,  and  is  co-educational.  Its  gradu- 
ates are  admitted  to  any  college  without  examination,  and  the 
best  record  made  at  the  University  of  Chicago,  in  the  spring  of 
1895,  was  made  by  a  graduate  of  Warren  Academy.  It  has  excel- 
lent facilities  by  way  of  libraries,  museums,  and  laboratories.  The 
faculty  numbers  nine.  Preparation  for  leading  universities  is  a 
specialty,  with  broadly  planned  courses  of  study. 

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Wheaton.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  ///. 

WHEATON  COLLEGE,  Wheaton,  Chas.  A.  Blanchard,  A.  M., 
D.  D.,  President,  is  situated  twenty-five  miles  west  from  Chicago, 
on  the  Chicago  and  North- Western  Railway.  It  was  chartered  in 
1860,  by  the  State  Legislature  of  Illinois,  for  the  purpose  of 
higher  education.  It  is  under  the  control  of  Congregationalists, 
and  has  five  departments :  The  college,  the  preparatory  school,  the 
art  school,  the  conservatory  of  music,  and  the  business  college. 
The  courses  in  college  are  all  four  years  in  length ;  in  the  prepara- 
tory school,  three  years.  The  length  of  time  required  for  gradua- 
tion from  the  other  departments  depends  upon  the  advancement 
of  the  pupil  at  the  time  of  beginning  work.  There  are  now  sixteen 
professors  and  instructors,  and  were  in  1897  and  1898  over  three 
hundred  pupils.  The  expenses  are  about  $200  per  year.  The 
school  is  founded  upon  the  Bible,  and  makes  the  teaching  of 
the  English  Bible  a  leading  feature  throughout. 

TODD  SEMINARY  FOR  BOYS,  Woodstock,  Noble  Hill,  Prin- 
cipal. The  oldest  boys'  school  in  the  Northwest,  founded  in  1848, 
by  the  Rev.  R.  K.  Todd,  A.  M.  The  location 
is  ideal,  being  situated  in  the  most  elevated 
town  in  the  State  of  Illinois,  almost  one  thou- 
sand feet  above  sea  level,  surrounded  by  a 
rolling  country  of  wonderful  beauty  and  fer- 
tility, and  unsurpassed  for  healthfulness. 
There  has  never  been  a  serious  case  of  sick- 
ness or  a  death  in  the  school  during  the  entire 
half  century  of  its  existence.  It  is  near 
enough  to  Chicago  to  be  easy  of  access  from 
all  parts  of  the  country.  The  equipments  of 
NOBLE  HILL.  the  school  are  ample  for  all  purposes,  and 

include  a  fine  gymnasium.  The  general  ap- 
pearance of  the  buildings  and  grounds  is  homelike  in  the  extreme, 
and  all  lighted  by  electricity.  The  school  is  designed  especially 
to  meet  the  needs  of  boys  of  the  public  school  age.  The  number  is 
limited  to  thirty.  No  day  pupils  are  admitted,  and  boys  of  vicious 
habits  are  carefully  excluded.  The  course  of  instruction  begins  with 
the  earliest  school  age,  and  covers  that  critical  period  in  a  boy's  edu- 
cation which  demands  constant  personal  supervision,  such  as  few 
parents  have  the  time  or  inclination  to  bestow  upon  it.  This  work 
cannot  be  successfully  undertaken  by  a  large  preparatory  school, 
and  not  many  schools  are  giving  special  attention  to  it. 


hid..  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Culver. 


INDIANA. 

FRIENDS*  BLOOMINGDALE  ACADEMY,  Bloomingdale, 
Parke  County,  Irving  King,  A.  B.,  Principal,  has  a  preparatory, 
an  academic,  and  a  teachers'  normal  course.  On  completing  the 
first  of  these,  the  student  can  enter  the  sophomore  class  of  most 
Western  colleges.  Eighty  per  cent,  of  the  graduates  of  the 
Academy  have  continued  their  work  in  college. 

THE  INDIANA  UNIVERSITY  (co-educational),  Bloomington, 
Joseph  Swain,  LL.  D.,  President,  is  centrally  located  about  sixty 
miles  southwest  of  Indianapolis.  It  was  founded  in  1820,  and 
is  the  head  of  the  public  school  system  of  the  State.  It  is  sup- 
ported by  funds  derived  from  the  original  land  grants  of  the 
United  States  government,  and  from  the  funds  of  the  State, 
partly  by  a  permanent  endowment,  partly  by  direct  legisla- 
tive appropriations,  and  partly  by  a  specific  tax.  The  faculty 
and  officers  number  over  eighty,  and  the  student  body  about 
one  thousand,  of  whom  one-third  are  women.  Admission  is  by 
examination  and  by  certificate  from  commissioned  high  schools. 
Certificates  of  license  as  teachers  will  be  received  in  place  of  an 
examination  in  the  common  branches.  The  following  degrees  are 
conferred  :  Bachelor  of  Arts,  Bachelor  of  Letters,  Bachelor  of 
Science,  Bachelor  of  Philosophy,  Bachelor  of  Laws,  Master  of 
Arts,  Master  of  Science,  Doctor  of  Philosophy. 

THE  CULVER  MILITARY  ACADEMY,  Lake  Maxinkuckee, 
Culver,  was  founded,  endowed,  and  presented  to  the  State  of 
Indiana  by  the  late  Mr.  H.  H.  Culver,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  his 
family.  The  school  is  situated  on  the  shore  of  the  beautiful  Lake 
Maxinkuckee,  in  a  park  of  eighty  acres,  the  place  being  famed 
throughout  the  State  for  its  beauty  and  picturesqueness.  The 
buildings  are  handsome,  and  absolutely  fire-proof,  and  a  new 
barracks  to  meet  present  demands  is  to  be  erected,  this  being  the 
second  largest  military  school  of  its  kind  in  the  United  States. 
The  academy  owns  the  famous  "  Black  Horse  Troop,"  of  Cleve- 
land, O.,  which  escorted  William  McKinley  at  his  inauguration, 
and  has  the  finest  riding  hall  in  America  for  cavalry  purposes. 
It  is  one  of  the  few  preparatory  schools  in  the  country  which,  on 
examination,  was  affiliated  with  the  University  of  Chicago,  and 
offered  a  scholarship  by  that  institution  to  one  of  its  graduates 
who  held  highest  rank  in  his  class.  Colonel  A.  F.  Fleet,  A.  M., 
LL.  D.,  formerly  professor  of  Greek  in  the  University  of  Missouri, 
and  ex-superintendent  of  the  Missouri  Military  Academy,  is  at 
the  head  of  the  institution. 

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Crawfordsville.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Ind. 

WABASH  COLLEGE,  Crawfordsville,  a  non-sectarian  college 
for  young  men  only,  George  S.  Burroughs,  LL.D.,  President,  was 
founded  in  1832,  receiving  its  charter  from  the  State  of  Indiana 
in  1834.  It  devotes  to  college  training  in  the  liberal  arts  and  pure 
science  invested  funds  and  a  thoroughly  appointed  plant  together 
amounting  to  a  million  dollars.  Its  campus  has  forty  acres  ;  its 
buildings  are  seven  in  number,  exclusive  of  dormitories.  The 
Yandes  Library  contains  thirty-five  thousand  volumes.  The  con- 
tents of  the  Hovey  Museum  of  Natural  History  are  valued  at  over 
$50,000.  Ten  scientific  laboratories  are  thoroughly  equipped  with 
modern  appliances.  It  is  the  policy  of  the  trustees  of  the  college 
to  limit  the  number  of  its  students  to  three  hundred,  in  order  to 
bring  about  the  best  development  of  personality  through  intimate 
contact  with  teachers.  It  is  offering  an  education  of  the  highest 
standard,  at  the  same  time  its  expenses  are  exceedingly  low.  Honor 
scholarships  and  loan  funds  place  an  education  within  the  reach  of 
all  who  desire  it.  Special  endowed  scholarships  are  offered  to 
those  who  design  to  make  teaching  a  profession. 

ST.  AUGUSTINE'S  ACADEMY,  Fort  Wayne,  is  conducted  by 
the  Sisters  of  Providence.  It  is  a  boarding  school  for  girls,  and 
especial  care  is  taken  of  the  health  of  its  pupils.  The  terms  for 
tuition,  board,  and  laundry  per  session  of  five  months  are  $75. 
For  music  and  art  extra  charges  are  made. 

GIRLS'  CLASSICAL  SCHOOL,  824  N.  Pennsylvania  Street, 
Indianapolis,  Mrs.  May  Wright  Sewall  (Northwestern  University), 
A.M.,  Principal.  The  Girls'  Classical 
School  was  founded  in  1882  by  Theo- 
dore Lovett  Sewall  (Harvard),  A.  B., 
A.  M.,  LL.  D.,  and  was  designed  to 
give  girls  a  thorough  preparation  for 
all  colleges  that  admit  women  and  to 
provide  higher  courses  for  the  benefit 
of  girls  unable  to  attend  college  but  still 
desirous  of  extended  study.  In  Septem- 
ber, 1886,  a  school  residence  was  opened 
and  almost  immediately  filled.  The  resi- 

Girls'  Classical  School  Residence.       -i  •  i'j_-i  11       i       T 

635  N.  Pennsylvania  Street.        dence  is  a  little  more  than  one  block  dis- 
tant from  the  school  building  proper ;  both 

the  school  building  and  the  residence  are  large,  commodious,  and 
elegant ;  in  both,  the  most  careful  attention  is  paid  to  lighting,  ven- 
tilation, and  plumbing ;  the  hygienic  conditions  are  as  perfect  as 
possible.  In  1897  a  kindergarten  was  added,  in  which  both  boys  and 
girls  of  three  or  four  years  are  received  and  prepared  for  the  lower 
primary  department.  Boys  are  retained  through  the  lower  and  the 
upper  primary  departments.  Beyond  the  upper  primary  depart- 
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Ind.     .  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Hanwer. 

ment,  which  children  finish  at  the  age  of  eleven  or  twelve,  the 
school  receives  only  girls.  The  intermediate  department  (in  which 
the  course  of  study  includes  one  year  of  Latin  and  one  year  of 
algebra)  prepares  girls  for  the  advanced  department.  French  is 
taught  through  the  entire  thirteen  years  of  the  school  course,  the 
Berlitz  method  being  used  from  the  lower  primary  department. 
All  colleges  that  admit  women  on  certificate  accept  the  certificate 
of  this  school ;  the  school  sends  an  unusual  percentage  of  its  stu- 
dents to  the  best  colleges.  The  faculty  includes  nineteen  teachers  ; 
only  professionally  trained  teachers  are  employed,  and  in  the  ad- 
vanced department  no  teacher  is  engaged  who  has  not  a  degree 
from  some  one  of  the  best  institutions  in  the  country  ;  many  of  the 
teachers  have  done  post-graduate  university  work,  and  have  enjoyed 
the  advantages  of  foreign  travel  and  study.  The  classes  are  small 
and  the  pupils  are  therefore  enabled  to  receive  a  relatively  large 
amount  of  individual  attention  from  the 
corps  of  accomplished  and  experienced 
teachers.  English  literature  is  made 
prominent  through  the  entire  course, 
which  is  flexible,  and  can  be  altered  if 
found  expedient.  The  director  of  the 
gymnasium  is  a  graduate  with  honors  of 
the  normal  course  in  Baron  Nils  Posse's 
Gymnasium,  Boston,  Mass.,  and  all  pupils 
receive  a  lesson  from  the  director  of  from 
twenty  to  forty  minutes  daily.  One  at-  Girichcai  School 


tractive  feature  Of  the  School  is  a  Course  82«  N-  Pennsylvania  Street. 

of  Friday  lectures  by  eminent  writers  and  educators.    The  charges 
for  pupils  in  the  residence,  home  and  tuition,  are  $500  per  year. 

FRANKLIN  COLLEGE,  Franklin,  the  Rev.  W.  T.  Stott,  D.D., 
President,  is  the  only  institution  of  higher  learning  under  the  con- 
trol of  the  Baptists  of  Indiana.  It  was  begun  in  1834  as  a  Manual 
Labor  Institute,  was  chartered  in  1844.  It  offers  courses  for  the 
degrees  of  A.  B.,  Ph.  B.,  and  B.  S.  There  are  eleven  members  of 
the  faculty,  and  twelve  thousand  volumes  in  the  libraries.  Neces- 
sary college  expenses  for  a  year  vary  from  $150  to  $250. 

HANOVER  COLLEGE,  (co-educational),  Hanover,  D.  W. 
Fisher,  LL.  D.,  President,  has  grown  out  of  a  Presbyterian 
school,  Hanover  Academy,  incorporated  in  1829.  The  academy 
was  incorporated  in  1833  as  Hanover  College.  In  1880  it  was 
opened  to  women.  The  undergraduate  degrees  are  B.  A.  and 
B.  S.  There  are  several  higher  degrees  conferred  upon  specified 
conditions.  Since  the  college  is  almost  entirely  supported  by  an 
endowment  fund,  there  is  no  charge  for  tuition,  and  the  entire 
annual  expenditures  of  a  student  average  about  $150. 

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Indianapolis.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  fnd. 

INDIANA  DENTAL  COLLEGE,  corner  Ohio  and  Delaware 
Streets,  Indianapolis.  (See  University  of  Indianapolis). 

BUTLER  COLLEGE,  the  Department  of  the  Liberal  Arts, 
University  of  Indianapolis,  Irvington. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  INDIANAPOLIS,  Department  of  Arts, 
"  Butler  College,"  Irvington,  Indianapolis,  Scot  Butler,  President. 
Butler  College  is  well  prepared  to  meet  all  demands  made  upon  it. 
It  has  a  competent  faculty  of  instructors  ;  it  is  conducted  on  modern 
methods  ;  it  is  provided  with  thoroughly  equipped  laboratories,  a 
well-selected  library,  a  commodious  reading-room,  a  gymnasium  fur- 
nished with  requisite  apparatus.  Its  buildings,  five  in  number,  are 
modern  in  construction  and  well  suited  to  the  purposes  for  which  they 
were  designed.  They  are  lighted  by  electricity  and  heated  by  steam, 
and  occupy  a  campus  ample  in  extent.  Thorough  courses  are  offered 
in  various  lines  of  study  adapted  to  the  special  needs  of  students 
preparing  for  professional,  literary,  or  scientific  pursuits.  The 
institution  is  co-educational,  and  the  interests  of  women  students 
are  carefully  considered.  Irvington,  the  seat  of  the  college,  is  a 
healthful  and  pleasant  residence  suburb  of  Indianapolis,  connected 
with  the  city  by  electric  street  car  line.  The  Department  of  Medi- 
cine of  the  University  is  the  Medical  College  of  Indiana,  at  Indian- 
apolis, Jos.  W.  Marsee,  M.  D.,  Dean  ;  the  Department  of  Law  is 
the  Indiana  Law  School,  at  Indianapolis,  W.  P.  Fishback,  Dean  •, 
and  the  Department  of  Dental  Surgery  is  the  Indiana  Dental  Col- 
lege, corner  Ohio  and  Delaware  Streets,  Indianapolis,  John  N. 
Hurty,  M.  D.,  Ph.  D.,  President,  Harry  S.  Hicks,  D.  D.  S.,  Secretary 
and  Treasurer.  The  last  named  is  a  member  of  the  National  Asso- 
ciation of  Dental  Faculties,  and  is  recognized  by  the  National 
Association  of  Dental  Examiners.  The  fees  are  $105  per  year  for 
the  three  years  of  the  course,  with  a  diploma  fee  of  $10.  Board 
may  be  obtained  at  prices  ranging  from  $2.50  to  $4  a  week. 

JASPER   COLLEGE,  Jasper.     (See  St.  Meinrad's  College.) 

HOWE  COLLEGE,  Lima,  the  Rev.  John  Heyward  McKenzie, 
Ph.  D.,  Rector,  William  Wallace  Hammond,  Head  Master,  was 
opened  in  September,  1884.  It  received  its  name  in  memory  of 
the  late  Hon.  John  B.  Howe,  of  Lima,  who  had  died  the  previous 
year,  leaving  a  liberal  bequest  to  be  devoted  to  the  cause  of  educa- 
tion. It  is  the  aim  of  the  school  to  prepare  boys  and  young  men 
for  the  best  colleges  and  scientific  schools,  and  for  business.  To 
this  end  a  fine  intellectual  training  is  offered,  supplemented  by 
military,  gymnastic,  and  athletic  training,  and  by  careful  moral 
and  religious  instruction.  There  is  a  lower,  middle,  and  upper 
school,  and  a  commercial  course.  The  institution  is  organized 

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2nd.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  St.  Mary's. 

on  a  military  system,  the  rules  and  regulations  being  based  upon 
those  in  vogue  at  West  Point.  The  charge  for  tuition,  board,  use 
of  arms  and  equipments  is  $360  per  annum. 

ST.  flARY'S  ACADEMY,  Notre  Dame,  under  the  direction 
of  the  Sisters  of  the  Holy  Cross,  was  chartered  February  28,  1855. 
The  buildings,  located  on  an  eminence  overlooking  the  St.  Joseph 
River,  are  of  cream-colored  brick  with  stone  trimmings.  They  are 
spacious  and  comfortable,  and  especially  adapted  to  school  pur- 
poses. The  students  are  assigned,  according  to  age,  to  the  senior, 
junior,  or  minim  department.  Girls  under  twelve  are  placed  in 
the  minim  department ;  between  the  ages  of  twelve  and  fifteen, 
in  the  junior  department,  and  each  department  has  its  own  study- 
hall,  playgrounds,  and  sleeping  apartments.  Although  a  Catholic 
institution,  St.  Mary's  welcomes  to  its  advantages  and  respects  the 
religious  beliefs  of  pupils  of  every  denomination.  The  course  of 
study  provides  for  a  liberal  education,  beginning  with  elementary 
work,  and  passing  by  degrees  to  the  higher  studies  of  the  advanced 
course,  which  course  offers  the  ordinary  college  degrees.  Music, 
elocution,  drawing  and  painting,  stenography,  and  domestic  economy 
are  taught,  under  the  direction  of  able  teachers.  For  catalogue 
giving  full  information,  address,  Directress  of  the  Academy,  St. 
Mary's  Academy,  Notre  Dame  P.  O.,  Indiana. 

OAKLAND  CITY  COLLEGE,  Oakland  City,  W.  P.  Dear- 
ing,  A.  B.,  Dean,  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Indiana, 
and  confers  the  degrees  of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  Bachelor  of  Letters, 
and  Bachelor  of  Science.  It  has,  in  addition  to  collegiate  courses, 
a  teachers'  course,  a  school  of  music,  and  a  department  of  theology. 
Tuition  is  $30  per  year. 

EARLHAM  COLLEGE,  Richmond,  Joseph  J.  Mills,  LL.D., 
President,  opened  nearly  fifty  years  ago  under  the  name  of  "  Friends' 
Boarding  School,"  was  a  pioneer  in  the  work  of  co-education  in 
America.  While  conducted  under  the  auspices  of  the  Orthodox 
Friends,  it  is  un sectarian.  Four  departments  make  up  the  col- 
lege :  The  college  proper,  a  Biblical,  preparatory,  and  a  summer 
school.  The  following  degrees  are  conferred  :  Bachelor  of  Arts, 
Bachelor  of  Philosophy,  Bachelor  of  Science,  Bachelor  of  Literature, 
Bachelor  of  Music.  Under  certain  specified  conditions  the  Master's 
degree  will  be  awarded  on  examination.  The  department  of  music 
is  exceptionally  strong,  and  offers  a  course  of  five  years.  The  total 
expense  to  boarding  students  for  one  year  is  $215. 

ST.  MARY'S  ACADEMIC  INSTITUTE,  St.  Mary's,  Vigo 
County.  Four  miles  west  of  Terre  Haute  stands  one  of  the  pio- 
neer educational  institutions  of  the  State,  —  St.  Mary's  of  the 
Woods.  This  institution  was  founded  in  1840  by  Sisters  of 


St.  Meinrad.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  ///,/. 

Providence  from  Ruille-sur-Loir,  province  of  Brittany,  France, 
and  was  incorporated  by  an  act  of  the  State  Legislature  in  1846. 
As  an  educational  establishment,  it  ranks  among  the  first  in  the 
country,  its  curriculum  embracing  every  branch  of  a  refined  and 
thorough  education.  The  grounds  and  buildings  are  in  keeping 
with  the  high  standard  of  its  educational  facilities,  —  the  beauties 
of  these  seem  to  be  the  material  expression  of  the  mental  culture 
within.  But  the  best  praise  that  can  be  given  such  an  institution 
is  in  the  devoted  attachment  of  its  pupils,  and  this  St.  Mary's 
enjoys  in  a  remarkable  degree,  as  may  be  seen  by  a  visit  to  the 
study  hall  where  many  of  the  present  students  occupy  the  very 
desks  which  once  accommodated  older  members  of  their  families. 
In  the  United  States,  St.  Mary's  of  the  Woods  is  the  principal 
house  of  the  Sisters  of  Providence,  whose  schools  now  extend 
through  Indiana,  Illinois,  Michigan,  Nebraska,  and  Massachusetts. 

ST.  MEINRAD  COLLEGE  AND  SEMINARY,  St.  Meinrad, 
the  Rt.  Rev.  Athanasius  Schmitt,  O.  S.  B.,  Rector,  was  opened  for 
the  education  of  young  men,  January  i,  1857,  and  has  developed 
since  its  establishment  into  an  institution  with  three  distinct 
departments  and  faculties :  St.  Meinrad  Seminary,  St.  Meinrad 
College,  and  Jasper  College.  These  three  departments  are  con- 
ducted by  the  Fathers  of  the  Benedictine  Order.  The  first  two, 
for  ecclesiastical  students,  are  at  St.  Meinrad ;  the  last  named,  for 
secular  students,  is  at  Jasper.  All  three  departments  were  incor- 
porated in  1890,  under  the  title  of  St.  Meinrad  Abbey,  and  were 
empowered  to  confer  collegiate  degrees.  Only  Catholic  students 
are  admitted,  except  to  the  institution  at  Jasper.  Terms  per  year, 
including  board  and  tuition,  are  $150. 

SPICELAND  ACADEflY,  Spiceland,  Henry  County,  M.  S. 
Wildman,  Superintendent,  is  the  oldest  secondary  school  in  charge 
of  Friends  in  Indiana.  It  was  chartered  as  an  academy  in  1870, 
but  its  history  as  a  Friends'  school  dates  back  more  than  sixty 
years.  It  is  not  sectarian,  but  its  foundation  rests  upon  Christian 
culture.  Special  attention  is  given  to  preparing  students  for  col- 
lege, and  graduates  are  admitted  to  any  of  the  leading  colleges  of 
Indiana  without  examination.  Special  arrangements  have  been 
made  '  to  give  those  students  desiring  to  teach,  the  opportunity 
of  normal  instruction.  Classes  of  this  character  are  maintained 
throughout  the  year  in  the  legal  branches. 

ROSE  POLYTECHNIC  INSTITUTE,  Terre  Haute,  Carl 
Leo  Mees,  Ph.D.,  President,  was  founded  in  1874  by  the  late 
Chauncey  Rose,  of  Terre  Haute,  and  was  opened  March  7,  1883. 
It  is  devoted  to  the  higher  education  of  young  men  in  engineering, 
provision  being  made  for  five  parallel  courses  of  study,  as  follows : 

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Mechanical  engineering,  electrical  engineering,  civil  engineering, 
architecture,  and  chemistry.  Each  course  occupies  four  years,  of 
three  terms  each.  The  degrees  conferred  are  the  Bachelor's  and 
Master's  in  Science,  in  mechanical,  electrical,  civil,  architectural, 
and  chemical  course,  and  the  degree  of  mechanical,  electrical,  or 
civil  engineer.  Tuition  is  free  to  residents  of  Vigo  County,  Indi- 
ana. All  others  pay  $75  per  year.  Board  is  obtainable  in  private 
families. 

INDIANA  STATE  NORflAL  SCHOOL,  Terre  Haute,  Wil- 
liam W.  Parsons,  President,  was  opened  on  January  6,  1870.  The 
professional  training  of  teachers  was  an  experiment  in  the  State, 
and  the  school  began  its  work  with  less  than  thirty  pupils.  So 
steady  has  been  the  growth  in  attendance,  however,  that,  during 
the  year  ending  June  30,  1898,  1,393  different  students  were 
enrolled.  The  school  offers  four  courses  of  study  :  A  four  years' 
course,  a  three  years'  course  for  graduates  of  commissioned  high 
schools,  a  three  years'  course  for  persons  holding  a  three  years' 
county  license,  and  a  one  year's  course  for  college  graduates.  Per- 
sons holding  a  life  State  license  to  teach  in  Indiana  are  credited 
with  two  years  on  the  course,  and  are  thus  able  to  graduate  in  two 
years. 

VINCENNES  UNIVERSITY  (co-educational),  Vincennes, 
Albert  H.  Yoder,  President,  was  the  second  land  grant  college  estab- 
lished by  the  United  States  government.  Its  history  dates  from 
1806,  and  William  Henry  Harrison  was  the  president  of  the  first 
Board  of  Trustees.  During  the  past  year  there  were  in  attend- 
ance 265  students  from  twenty-three  counties  of  Indiana,  and  five 
different  States.  The  faculty  numbers  sixteen.  Work  is  offered 
in  the  following  courses :  Classical,  scientific,  modern  language, 
pedagogical,  medical,  preparatory,  military,  vocal  and  instrumental 
music.  The  library  contains  over  seven  thousand  volumes,  and  is 
especially  rich  in  historical  works.  A  cadetship  has  been  estab- 
lished for  each  county  of  the  State.  During  the  Spanish-American 
war,  eighty-five  of  the  University  cadets  volunteered,  and  formed 
Company  L,  i59th  Indiana  Volunteers.  Tuition  fees  are  from  $25 
to  $35  a  year;  other  expenses,  $120. 

INDIAN  TERRITORY. 

CHELSEA  ACADEflY,  Chelsea,  Thomas  L.  Bates,  Principal, 
is  controlled  by  the  Cherokee  Presbytery  of  the  Cumberland 
Presbyterian  Church,  but  is  wholly  unsectarian  in  spirit  and 
policy.  The  work  of  the  school  is  comprised  in  three  depart- 
ments :  Literary,  music,  and  elocution.  There  are  seven  grades 
in  the  literary  department,  beginning  with  the  primary.  Tuition 
ranges  from  $1.25  to  $2  per  month. 

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Vinita.  WHERE   TO   EDUCATE.  /.  T. 

WILLIE  HALSELL  COLLEGE  (co-educational),  Vinita, 
B.  R.  Morrison,  M.  A.,  President,  is  located  within  the  limits  of 
the  Cherokee  reserve.  It  is  under  the  auspices  of  the  M.  E. 
Church,  South.  The  main  building,  a  four  story  structure  of 
brick  and  stone,  stands  near  the  centre  of  the  college  grounds, 
which  contain  160  acres  of  beautiful  prairie.  There  are  primary, 
intermediate,  and  preparatory  departments,  and  in  the  college 
proper  four-year  courses  in  both  arts  and  science.  Instruction  is 
also  given  in  painting  and  music.  Tuition  varies  from  $1.25 
per  month  in  the  lowest  primary  grades  to  $4  in  the  junior  and 
senior  years  of  the  college. 

IOWA. 

IOWA  STATE  COLLEGE  OF  AGRICULTURE  AND  flE=* 
CHANICAL  ARTS,  Ames,  W.  M.  Beardshear,  President,  had 
its  birth  in  the  Morrill  Endowment  Act  of  Congress,  July  2,  1862, 
donating  public  lands  to  the  several  States  and  Territories  which 
might  provide  colleges  for  the  benefit  of  agriculture  and  the  mechanic 
arts.  It  was  benefited  by  the  "  Morrill  Bill  "  of  1890,  and  by  the 
"Hatch  Bill"  of  1887,  the  funds  from  the  latter  source  going  to 
the  support  of  an  experiment  station.  The  college  buildings  are 
modern  and  the  equipment  is  good.  The  discipline  is  military. 
Tuition  is  free  to  residents  of  Iowa. 

COE  COLLEGE  (co-educational),  Cedar  Rapids,  the  Rev.  S.  B. 
McCormick,  D.  D.,  President,  was  founded  in  1851,  and  chartered 
under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Iowa  in  1881.  It  is  under  the  care 
of  the  Presbyterian  Synod  of  Iowa,  and  provides  three  courses, 
classical,  philosophical,  and  scientific,  each  leading  to  the  Bache- 
lor's degree  and  each  extending  through  four  years.  Young  women 
are  admitted  to  the  same  privileges  of  all  the  departments  as  young 
men,  and  are  subject  to  the  same  entrance  examinations.  Their 
home  is  at  Williston  Hall,  which  is  presided  over  by  the  lady 
principal. 

COE  ACADEMY  is  the  preparatory  department  for  the  College, 
and  students  as  young  as  twelve  years  may  enter.  The  musical 
department  offers  an  unusually  thorough  course,  and  is  under  the 
direction  of  Prof.  E.  M.  C.  Ezerman,  formerly  a  student  of  the  best 
European  teachers.  The  expenses  in  all  departments  are  moder- 
ate, and  opportunities  are  offered  for  self-help. 

CRESCO  NORHAL  AND  BUSINESS  INSTITUTE,  Cresco, 
M.  O.  Perry,  Principal,  has  completed  its  fourth  year  with  a  large 
enrolment  of  students.  There  is  a  two  years'  normal,  a  common 
school,  a  college  preparatory,  a  business,  a  shorthand  and  type- 

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WHERE    TO   EDUCATE. 


Epivorth. 


writing,  and  a  painting  course.  Tuition  in  the  common  school, 
college  preparatory,  and  normal  courses  is  $30  per  year ;  in  the 
commercial  department,  for  the  full  six  months'  course,  is  $25. 
Board  and  room  are  $2  to  $2.50  per  week. 

LUTHER  COLLEGE,  Decorah,  the  Rev.  Laur  Larsen,  President. 
The  Norwegian  Luther  College  was  opened  hear  La  Crosse,  Wis., 
in  September,  1861,  with  two  teachers,  one  being  President  Larsen. 
The  following  year  it  was  removed  to  Decorah,  where  thirty  acres 
of  ground  had  been  purchased  for  its  location.  October  14,  1865, 
the  new  building  was  dedicated.  In  1889  it  was  destroyed  by  fire, 
but  the  following  year  another  building  was  erected  on  the  same 
foundation  as  the  first.  The  college  had  originally  six  classes,  and 
its  main  purpose  was  preparation  for  the  theological  seminary.  In 
1 88 1  a  seventh  class  was  added,  and  the  school  was  divided  into 
a  preparatory  department  of  three,  and  a  college  proper  of  four 
classes.  The  B.  A.  degree  has  been  conferred  on  325  of  its 
students.  Its  faculty  numbers  nine  regular  professors. 


EPWORTH    SEMINARY. 

EPWORTH  SEfllNARY,  Epworth,  the  Rev.  Frank  G.  Barnes, 
A.  B.,  Principal.  This  school  was  founded  in  1857  and  is  under 
the  control  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  It  is  charmingly 
located  in  a  region  of  country  which  affords  an  excellent  oppor- 
tunity for  botanical  and  geological  research.  It  has  seven  courses 
of  study,  each  occupying  four  years  :  Classical,  Latin  scientific, 
German  scientific,  scientific,  English,  normal,  and  literary.  The 
study  of  the  Bible  is  made  prominent  in  all  the  literary  courses, 
and  Bible  classes  are  formed  every  term  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Christian  Associations.  The  school  is  fully  accredited  with  a  num- 
ber of  the  leading  colleges  and  universities  of  the  country.  The 
expenses  for  the  school  year,  including  board,  room,  tuition,  text- 
books, library  and  incidental  fees,  range  from  $90  to  $140. 

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GrinnelL  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  Iowa. 

IOWA  COLLEGE  (co-educational),  Grinnell,  the  Rev.  George 
A.  Gates,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President,  began  work  in  Davenport  in 
1848,  with  one  professor  and  two  students.  During  the  next  ten 
years  ten  were  graduated,  and  in  1859  the  college  was  removed  to 
Grinnell.  Its  work  was  much  interrupted  by  the  Civil  War,  but 
after  1865  its  growth  was  constant  and  gratifying.  The  college 
Buildings  number  five,  and  others  are  to  be  erected.  The  museum, 
laboratories,  and  gymnasium  are  well  equipped.  Iowa  College  is 
unsectarian  in  spirit  though  Congregational  in  origin  and  influence. 
The  departments  are :  The  College,  the  Academy,  and  the  School  of 
Music.  Two  baccalaureate  degrees  are  conferred,  Bachelor  of  Arts 
and  Bachelor  of  Philosophy,  and  the  Master's  degree  is  awarded 
for  special  work  upon  examination.  The  number  of  students  in 
1898  was  over  five  hundred.  Tuition  in  the  College  is  $50  a  year ; 
in  the  Academy,  $36 ;  and  in  the  School  of  Music,  according  to 
work. 

SlflPSON  COLLEGE,  Indianola,  Warren  County,  the  Rev. 
Fletcher  Brown,  President,  was  organized  in  1867  by  the  Des 
Moines  Conference  of  the  M.  E.  Church.  It  has  an  available  en- 
dowment of  $65,000,  several  buildings,  and  ample  grounds.  The 
college  consists  of  the  following  schools :  College  of  Liberal  Arts, 
embracing  classical,  philosophical,  and  scientific  courses,  four  years 
each  ;  Simpson  College  Academy,  offering  courses  of  three  years 
each  fitting  for  the  three  courses  in  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts ; 
normal  course,  a  four  years'  course  for  teachers ;  School  of  Busi- 
ness, School  of  Shorthand  and  Typewriting,  Conservatory  of  Music 
offering  a  four  years'  course,  and  School  of  Oratory  and  Physical 
culture.  The  college  confers  the  usual  Bachelor's  and  Master's 
degrees.  Annual  tuition,  $38. 

STATE  UNIVERSITY  OF  IOWA,  Iowa  City,  Amos  N. 
Currier,  Acting  President,  was  organized  February  25,  1847,  and 
opened  to  students  in  1855.  The  University  was  subsequently 
reorganized,  and  reopened  on  September  19,  1860.  The  Univer- 
sity comprises  the  following  departments :  Collegiate,  law,  medical, 
homoeopathic  medical,  dental,  and  pharmacy.  In  the  collegiate  de- 
partment four  general  courses  of  study  are  embraced,  one  classical, 
two  philosophical,  and  one  general  scientific.  Besides  these  there  are 
two  technical  courses,  civil  engineering  and  electrical  engineering. 
Students  are  admitted  by  examination  or  by  presenting  acceptable 
certificates.  High  schools  by  meeting  certain  specified  conditions 
may,  at  the  option  of  the  collegiate  faculty,  be  placed  on  the  list 
of  accredited  schools.  The  material  equipment  includes  valuable 
laboratories,  an  astronomical  observatory,  and  a  growing  museum 
of  natural  history.  Notwithstanding  the  loss  of  twenty-five  thousand 
volumes  by  fire  June  19,  1897,  the  present  library  numbers  over 


Iowa.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  New  Providence. 

seventeen  thousand  books,  and  is  receiving  constant  accessions. 
Beginning  with  the  summer  of  1899  the  University  will  hold  a 
summer  session  in  the  interests  of  teachers  and  others.  In  all 
departments  of  the  University  there  are  1,313  different  students. 
There  are  no  dormitories  or  commons  connected  with  the  institu- 
tion. Tuition  in  the  collegiate  department  is  $25  per  annum;  in 
the  dental,  $75  ;  homoeopathic  medical,  $65  ;  law,  $20  (per  term  of 
twelve  weeks);  medical,  $65  per  annum  ;  pharmacy,  $75. 

COLLEGE  OF  PHYSICIANS  AND  SURGEONS,  Keokuk, 
D.  B.  Hillis,  M.  D.,  President,  was  chartered  in  1849.  Tne  work 
required  of  candidates  for  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  covers 
four  graded  courses  of  six  months  each.  The  material  plant  in- 
cludes one  of  the  finest  college  buildings  in  the  West.  It  was  built 
and  is  used  exclusively  for  medical  teaching,  and  occupies  a  cen- 
tral position  in  the  city.  Mercy  Hospital,  now  in  charge  of  the 
Order  of  Sisters  of  Mercy,  is  entirely  controlled  by  the  faculty  of 
the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons.  The  general  lecture 
ticket  for  each  of  the  three  first  years  costs  $20;  for  the  senior 
year  (including  final  examination  fee),  $22. 

CORNELL  COLLEGE,  Mount  Vernon,  William  F.  King, 
LL.  D.,  President.  This  institution,  which  is  under  the  control  of 
the  M.  E.  Church,  is  the  largest  denominational  college  in  the 
United  States  west  of  Chicago.  It  has  been  chartered  forty-one 
years,  and  has  had  a  total  enrolment  of  18,508  students.  The  loca- 
tion is  beautiful  and  healthful,  and  the  attractive  campus  is  crowned 
by  five  well  equipped  buildings.  The  laboratories  and  apparatus 
are  adequate  to  modern  demands,  the  library  has  16,536  volumes, 
and  the  well  appointed  gymnasium  is  supplemented  by  athletic 
grounds  of  more  than  twenty  acres.  There  are  over  thirty  mem- 
bers of  the  faculty.  The  departments  include  academic,  collegi- 
ate, normal,  music,  art,  military,  and  commercial.  Tuition,  including 
incidental  fees,  $10  to  $15  per  term.  Necessary  expenses,  includ- 
ing everything  but  clothing,  $40  to  $80  per  term.  In  1897-98  there 
were  571  students  in  attendance,  of  whom  312  were  members  of 
the  regular  college  classes.  In  the  college  year  of  1898-99  the 
trustees  are  engaged  in  raising  a  fund  of  $350,000  to  further 
strengthen  the  endowment  and  other  resourses  of  the  college,  and 
towards  this  amount  they  have  already  raised  $135,000. 

NEW  PROVIDENCE  ACADEMY,  New  Providence,  Albert 
F.  Styles,  A.  M.,  Principal.  This  school,  which  has  completed  its 
sixteenth  year,  aims  to  maintain  a  high  standard  of  work  at  small 
expense.  Besides  its  regular  academic  it  has  a  normal  training 
department.  Graduates  are  admitted  without  examination  to  the 
State  University.  A  year's  tuition  is  $25.50,  and  good  board  may 
be  had  for  $2.50  a  week. 

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Nora  Springs.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Iowa. 

THE  NORA  SPRINGS  SEfllNARY  AND  BUSINESS  COL= 
LEGE,  Nora  Springs,  H.  A.  Dwelle,  Principal.  The  classical 
and  scientific  courses  prepare  for  the  freshman  year  in  all  colleges. 
The  normal  course  prepares  for  all  classes  of  teachers'  certificates. 
The  commercial  and  stenographers'  courses  prepare  for  business. 
Music,  art,  and  elocution  courses  furnish  general  culture.  The 
Seminary  is  provided  with  a  beautiful  campus,  commodious  build- 
ings, and  complete  apparatus.  It  is  a  non-sectarian  school,  but  it 
is  thoroughly  Christian,  and  watches  carefully  the  habits  and  char- 
acter of  its  students.  All  expenses  for  the  entire  year  of  thirty- 
eight  weeks,  $200. 

CENTRAL  COLLEGE,  Pella,  Marion  County,  the  Rev.  Arthur 

B.  Chaffee,  D.  D.,  President,  is  under  the  control  of  the  Baptist 
denomination.     The  college,  established  in  1853,  was  chartered 
by  its  founder  as  a  literary  and  theological  institution  of  high 
grade.     To  this  purpose  it  has  aimed  to  be  true.     The  collegiate 
department  offers  a  four  years'  course  leading  to  the  degrees  of 
A.  B.,  Ph.  B.,  B.  S.,  and  Th.  B.     Central  Academy  offers  courses 
of   four  years   each   in  preparatory  studies.     Other  courses  are 
teachers',  commercial,  music,  art,  and  oratory  and  physical  culture. 
Tuition  per  term  is  $8  in  the  collegiate,  and  $7  in  the  academic 
department. 

WESTERN  NORMAL  COLLEGE,  Shenandoah,  J.  M.  Hussey, 
M.  S.,  President.  A  first-class  college  in  a  city  which  never  had  a 
saloon.  Established  in  1882,  its  building  was  destroyed  by  fire  in 
1891,  but  the  present  edifice  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the  State.  It 
contains  more  than  forty-five  rooms,  is  conveniently  arranged,  and 
is  furnished  with  electric  lights  throughout  and  with  both  steam 
and  hot  water  heat.  Students  may  enter  at  any  time  and  receive 
personal  instruction  from  an  able  and  enthusiastic  corps  of  teachers. 
There  are  twelve  courses  and  twenty-three  departments.  A  few 
of  the  leading  courses  are  the  normal,  scientific,  classic,  didactic, 
etc.  The  leading  special  courses  are  business,  shorthand,  phar- 
macy, etc.  Degrees  are  awarded  on  the  completion  of  certain 
courses,  and  diplomas  are  given  in  all.  The  school  is  co-educa- 
tional and  non-sectarian.  Tuition,  one  term  of  ten  weeks,  is  $11  ; 
furnished  room,  $5  ;  board,  $16.50  to  $22.50. 

TABOR  COLLEGE  (co-educational),  Tabor,  the  Rev.  Richard 

C.  Hughes,  President.     Founded   in   1866,  the   college  has  had 
during  its  history  over  3,000  students.     It  has  five  buildings,  well 
supplied  laboratories  and  museum,  and  a  library  of  8,000  books. 
Strong  emphasis    is  placed  on  religious    instruction.     While  the 
college  is  unsectarian,  it  is  under  the  general  control  of  the  Con- 
gregational  Church.     Affiliated  with  the  college  proper  are  the 

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Atchison.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  A'ans. 

academy,  which  prepares  for  any  college  in  the  country,  and  the 
conservatory  of  music.  Besides  the  usual  branches  of  instruction 
in  college,  instruction  is  given  in  art,  oratory,  and  gymnastics. 
There  are  two  competent  instructors  in  physical  training,  and  the 
new  gymnasium  is  adapted  to  both  sexes.  Tuition  and  inciden- 
tals per  term  are  $13. 

KANSAS. 

fllDLAND  COLLEGE  (co-educational),  Atchison,  was  founded 
in  1887  by  the  General  Synod  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran 
Church,  and  is  conducted  under  their  auspices.  In  the  collegiate 
department  three  courses  of  study  are  offered,  the  classical,  the 
Latin-scientific,  and  the  literary  course,  leading  respectively  to 
the  A.  B.,  the  B.  S.  and  the  B.  L.  degrees.  The  limited  elective 
system  prevails.  The  preparatory  department  prepares  for  the 
freshman  class  in  the  college,  and  offers  a  good  English  course  about 
equivalent  to  the  best  high  school  courses.  The  expenses  are 
moderate. 

NAZARETH  AC  A  DEITY,  Concordia,  is  a  Moravian  school 
under  the  direction  of  the  Sisters  of  Saint  Joseph.  The  course  of 
study  is  divided  into  primary,  intermediate,  grammar,  and  academic 
grades.  The  academic  course  embraces  Christian  teachings, 
history,  civics,  natural  sciences,  and  languages.  The  elective 
studies  are  vocal  and  instrumental  music,  painting,  and  drawing. 

*  SOULE  COLLEGE,  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  (co- 
educational), Dodge  City,  the  Rev.  E.  H.  Vaughn,  Ph.  D.,  D.  D., 
President.  The  buildings  of  this  college  were  erected  by  the 
Hon.  A.  T.  Soule,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  donated  by  his  heirs 
to  the  M.  E.  Church  in  1893.  They  are  commodious  and  well 
furnished,  while  the  campus  of  forty  acres  is  laid  out  in  walks  and 
drives  and  is  adorned  with  trees  and  shrubbery.  Dodge  City  has 
an  elevation  of  2,500  feet  above  the  sea  level,  a  mean  temperature 
of  fifty-five  degrees,  and  is  well  known  as  a  health  resort.  The 
college  courses  are  a  preparatory,  extending  through  three  years 
and  designed  to  furnish  preparation  for  the  college  freshman 
class ;  a  normal,  fitting  for  State  certificates  to  teach ;  the  regular 
college  course  of  a  high  standard,  and  a  business  course.  The 
degrees  conferred  are  the  Bachelor's  in  arts,  philosophy,  science, 
literature,  music,  and  the  Doctor's  in  philosophy.  The  college  is 
not  endowed,  but  pays  all  expenses.  The  State  has  erected  for  it 
and  donated  to  it  an  irrigation  station,  and  a  few  young  men  pay 
their  tuition  by  irrigating  and  cultivating  the  trees  and  ground  and 
raising  fruit  and  vegetables,  which  are  used  in  the  boarding-hall. 
One  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars  will  pay  for  board,  room,  fuel, 
tuition,  and  incidental  expenses  for  a  school  year  of  nine  months. 

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Kans.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Lccompton. 

THE  KANSAS  STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL,  Emporia,  A. 
R.  Taylor,  President.  To  show  the  popularity  of  this  school  it  is 
necessary  only  to  quote  a  few  figures  from  the  latest  circular. 
The  total  enrolment  for  last  year  was  1,957,  representing  ninety- 
three  counties  in  Kansas  and  nineteen  different  States  and  Terri- 
tories. More  than  seven  hundred  students  held  teachers'  certifi- 
cates on  entering,  and  more  than  two  hundred  were  graduates  of 
high  schools,  academies,  or  colleges.  The  school  building  is  one 
of  the  largest  of  its  class  in  the  country,  and  the  equipment  is 
extensive  and  modern.  The  library  has  over  thirteen  thousand 
volumes ;  the  laboratories  have  abundant  apparatus ;  the  art  rooms 
have  complete  collections  of  casts  and  designs,  and  the  model 
room  has  its  full  set  of  devices  known  to  present-day  pedagogy. 
The  courses  of  study  embrace  the  elementary,  English,  Latin,  and 
academic.  Tuition  is  free.  The  total  expense  for  a  term  of 
twenty  weeks,  including  books,  board,  fuel,  and  laundry,  ranges 
from  $35  to  $75. 

THE  KANSAS  NORMAL  COLLEGE,  Fort  Scott,  E.  J. 
Hoenshel,  A.  M.,  President,  is  an  independent,  non-sectarian,  but 
decidedly  Christian  school,  founded  in  1877.  It  is  the  oldest 
independent  school  in  the  State.  It  comprises  a  normal  college, 
a  business  college,  and  a  conservatory  of  music.  Board  and  room 
in  private  family  can  be  had  at  $2  a  week. 

HESPER  ACADEMY,  Hesper,  Henry  H.  Townsend,  Princi- 
pal, is  an  incorporated  school  established  in  1884.  It  prepares 
students  for  any  college  or  university  in  the  West ;  gives  an  excel- 
lent preparation  for  teaching  in  the  common  schools  ;  provides  a 
Biblical  course  of  study  ;  gives  a  practical  business  course,  and 
instructs  in  vocal  music  and  drawing.  Total  expenses  for  one 
year  need  not  exceed  $115. 

THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  KANSAS  (co-educational),  Law- 
rence, Francis  Huntington  Snow,  Ph.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President,  is  at 
the  head  of  the  public  school  system  of  the  State.  It  now  com- 
prises the  School  of  Arts,  the  School  of  Law,  the  School  of  Fine 
Arts,  the  School  of  Pharmacy,  the  School  of  Engineering,  and  the 
Graduate  School.  The  usual  degrees  are  conferred  by  the  Uni- 
versity in  its  various  departments.  Tuition  is  free.  There  are  no 
dormitories,  but  students  find  accommodations  in  the  boarding- 
houses  and  homes  of  Lawrence  at  reasonable  rates. 

LANE  UNIVERSITY  (co-educational),  Lecompton,  the  Rev. 
Charles  Morgan  Brooke,  D.  D.,  President,  was  founded  in  1864  by 
the  United  Brethren,  and  was  named  in  honor  of  Gen.  James 
H.  Lane,  the  first  United  States  Senator  from  Kansas.  It  is  an 
accredited  college  under  Kansas  laws,  and  belongs  to  the  State 

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Lincoln.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Kans. 

Association  of  Colleges.  It  offers  all  the  regular  courses  of  study 
common  to  a  college  of  arts,  and  also  has  a  music,  normal, 
commercial,  and  a  divinity  school,  the  last  conducted  by  Bishop 
J.  S.  Mills,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.  The  Bachelor's  degree  is  conferred  in 
arts,  science,  and  letters,  also  the  corresponding  Master's  degree. 
The  entire  expense  for  one  year  varies  from  $75  to  $125. 

KANSAS  CHRISTIAN  COLLEGE  (co-educational),  Lincoln, 
O.  B.  Whitaker,  A.  M.,  President,  offers  an  elective  course  at  very 
moderate  rates. 

THE  KANSAS  STATE  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE,  Man 

hattan,  Thomas  E.  Will,  President,  is  nearly  forty  years  old.  Its 
location  is  central  and  accessible.  Its  nine  large  stone  buildings 
are  valued  at  $237,000,  and  the  college  owns  three  hundred  and 
thirty  acres.  The  campus  of  sixty-five  acres  is  one  of  the  finest  in 
the  West.  Over  eight  hundred  students ;  a  faculty,  including 
assistants,  of  about  sixty ;  a  graduate  list  of  nearly  seven  hundred 
names,  —  these  figures  stand  plainly  for  success  and  popularity. 
The  institution  is  supported  by  the  federal  and  State  governments. 
With  assured  financial  backing,  it  is  enabled  to  offer  practical  and 
thorough  courses  of  study.  Of  these,  besides  the  apprentice 
courses,  there  are  six :  Agricultural,  engineering,  household  eco- 
nomics, architectural,  general,  and  dairy.  A  military  department 
is  also  conducted  by  the  college.  Tuition  is  free. 

BETHEL  COLLEGE  (co-educational),  Newton,  was  founded 
and  is  supported  by  the  Bethel  College  Corporation  of  the  Men- 
nonites  of  North  America.  The  following  departments  are  main- 
tained :  The  collegiate,  as  yet  but  partially  realized ;  the  academic, 
with  both  English  and  German  courses ;  the  school  of  music  ;  the 
department  of  elocution  and  physical  culture  ;  the  school  of  fine 
art;  The  Bible  institute;  and  the  commercial  department.  The 
boarding  department  is  under  the  control  of  the  school  authorities, 
as  are  also  the  dormitories  for  students  on  the  college  grounds. 
Board  and  lodging  may  also  be  obtained  with  private  families 
within  convenient  distance  from  the  school.  The  school  is  open 
to  all  persons  of  good  moral  character.  Expenses,  including 
tuition,  board,  lodging,  light,  and  fuel,  vary  from  $100  to  $150  per 
year  of  thirty-six  weeks. 

NORTHBRANCH  ACADEMY,  Northbranch,  A.  H.  Symons, 
B.  S.,  Principal,  opened  in  1889,  and  was  chartered  under  the  laws 
of  Kansas  in  1890.  It  is  under  the  supervision  of  the  Society  of 
Friends,  but  cooperates  with  all  Christian  bodies.  The  courses 
of  study  are  classical,  scientific,  English-scientific,  and  normal, 
together  with  a  partial  business  course.  The  school  aims  to  sup- 
plement the  common  schools,  to  prepare  for  college,  and  to  fit 

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teachers  for  their  profession.     Tuition  for  term  of  twelve  weeks  is 

$6  and  $7. 

TONGANOXIE  ACADEMY,  Tonganoxie,  W.  A.  George,  Busi- 
ness Manager,  was  founded  in  1884.  It  is  incorporated,  and  is 
controlled  by  a  company  of  stockholders.  There  are  two  courses 
of  study,  preparatory  and  academic.  Diplomas  from  this  school 
admit  the  holders,  without  examination,  to  Kansas  University  and 
to  other  colleges. 

WASHBURN  COLLEGE,  Topeka,  George  Marsh  Herrick, 
Lit.  D.,  President,  was  founded  in  1865  under  the  auspices  of  the 
General  Association  of  Congregational  churches  of  Kansas.  The 
site  includes  over  160  acres,  and  the  college  buildings  number  six. 
There  is  a  Hall  of  Science  which  has  a  museum  and  several  labora- 
tories, a  library  of  over  7,500  volumes,  and  a  thoroughly  equipped 
gymnasium.  Throughout  its  history  the  college  has  maintained  a 
high  standard  in  its  requirements  for  admission  and  in  its  courses 
of  study.  The  departments  are  college,  academy,  art,  and  music. 
Tuition  is  $40  per  year. 

KENTUCKY. 

BELLEWOOD  SEMINARY,  Anchorage,  W.  G.  Lord,  Princi- 
pal. This  school  for  young  women  was  founded  in  1861  and  incor- 
porated in  1882.  Home  life  and  a  spirit  of  mutual  helpfulness 
are  emphasized.  Out-of-door  exercise,  Delsarte  drills,  simple  and 
wholesome  food,  and  daily  visits  of  a  physician  are  some  of  the 
provisions  for  maintaining  health.  A  collegiate  course  leads  to 
the  degree  of  A.  B. ;  there  is  also  a  thorough  course  in  college 
preparation.  Music,  art,  stenography,  typewriting,  and  elocution 
are  among  the  branches  taught.  The  regular  charge  for  boarding 
pupils  for  one-half  the  school  year  is  $90. 

ASHLAND  COLLEGE,  Ashland,  Arthur  H.  Harrop,  A.M., 
President,  was  founded  in  1887.  The  college  is  under  Methodist 
auspices,  but  is  non-sectarian  in  its  teachings.  The  preparatory 
and  collegiate  are  the  two  general  departments  into  which  the 
college  is  divided,  and  the  classical,  scientific,  and  teachers' 
courses  are  offered.  These  lead  respectively  to  the  degrees  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts,  of  Science,  and  of  Pedagogy.  Tuition  in  the 
preparatory  department  is  $8  per  term  and  in  the  collegiate,  $10. 
Other  expenses  are  low. 

BEREA  COLLEGE,  Berea,  on  the  Kentucky  Central  R.  R., 
130  miles  south  of  Cincinnati,  in  the  edge  of  the  Cumberland 
Mountains,  was  founded  before  the  Civil  War  as  a  rallying  point 
for  free  speech  and  Union  sentiment,  and  assisted  in  holding 

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Bowling  Green.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Ky. 

Kentucky  in  the  Union.  The  school  is  under  strong  religious 
influences,  but  is  by  its  charter  prohibited  from  sectarian  control. 
Buildings  and  grounds  are  worth  $140,000,  and  a  movement  for 
endowment  is  now  in  progress.  It  has  about  thirty  instructors, 
and  offers  a  four  years'  academic  and  a  four  years'  collegiate 
course.  The  largest  departments  are  normal  and  industrial.  The 
location  is  specially  favorable  to  health  and  inexpensive  living. 
Berea  draws  many  students  from  the  North.  A  prominent  feature 
of  this  institution  is  its  remarkable  work  for  the  vigorous  but 
belated  population  of  the  mountain  region  of  the  central  South. 

OGDEN  COLLEGE,  Bowling  Green,  W.  A.  Obenchain,  A.  M., 
President,  was  organized  in  1877  under  a  special  charter  from  the 
Legislature  of  Kentucky,  conferring  full  collegiate  powers  and 
privileges.  Preparatory  and  collegiate  departments,  the  latter 
offering  three  courses,  —  classical,  philosophical,  and  scientific,  — 
constitute  the  College.  Bachelor  of  Arts,  Bachelor  of  Philosophy, 
and  Bachelor  of  Science  are  the  degrees  conferred  by  the  institu- 
tion. The  fees  for  tuition  for  the  entire  academic  year  of  forty 
weeks  are  as  follows:  Preparatory  department,  $25;  collegiate 
department,  $40. 

CALDWELL  COLLEGE,  for  young  ladies,  Danville,  the  Rev. 
J.  C.  Ely,  D.  D.,  President,  one  of  the  oldest  institutions  of  its 
kind  in  Kentucky,  was  founded  in  1858.  It  offers  three  courses 
of  study  with  two  degrees,  and  a  seminary  course  was  organized 
in  September,  1898.  Diplomas  are  awarded  in  music  and  elocu- 
tion. Telegraphy,  typewriting,  stenography,  and  bookkeeping  may 
be  studied  at  moderate  rates.  The  college  location  is  healthful 
and  the  social  advantages  of  the  town  are  excellent.  Two  hun- 
dred and  ten  dollars  will  pay  the  expenses  of  board  and  tuition  for 
a  year. 

HARDIN  COLLEGIATE  INSTITUTE,  Elizabethtown,  Rice 
Miller,  B.  A.,  President,  was  founded  six  years  ago  by  the  Central 
University  of  Kentucky  to  do  the  work  of  a  university  preparatory 
school.  Its  aim  is  two-fold  :  It  prepares  for  higher  college  classes  ; 
it  fits  the  student  for  practical  business  life.  The  Institute  claims 
that  its  diplomas  for  graduation  ensure  equipment  for  the  junior 
year  of  the  best  American  colleges.  There  are  primary,  interme- 
diate, high  school,  and  teachers'  normal  courses.  Instruction  is 
given  in  military  science  and  in  physical  culture.  Tuition  in  the 
primary  course  is  $15  per  term;  intermediate,  $20;  high  school 
and  teachers'  normal,  $25. 

LIBERTY  COLLEGE,  Glasgow,  H.  J.  Greenwell,  A.M.,  Presi- 
dent, is  a  co-educational  Baptist  school,  located  in  the  Bluegrass 
country,  and  now  in  its  twenty-fourth  year.     The  curriculum  pre- 
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sents  the  following  courses  :  Primary,  intermediate,  academic, 
collegiate  scientific,  collegiate  classical,  normal,  business,  elocu- 
tion and  physical  culture,  music,  and  art.  Board  and  literary 
tuition  amount  to  $170  per  year. 

BEAUMONT  COLLEGE,  Harrodsburg,  Th.  Smith,  A.  M., 
President  (Alumnus  of  Univ.  of  Va.).  This  college,  one  of  the 
most  widely  known  of  the  girls'  schools  of  the  South,  is  located  in 
the  suburbs  of  Harrodsburg,  one  of  the  most  picturesque  towns 
in  Kentucky.  It  is  a  school  for  girls  only,  and  was  known  from 
1856  to  1893  as  Daughters'  College.  The  grounds,  situated  in  the 
immediate  vicinity  of  the  famous  Greenville  Mineral  Springs,  are 
very  beautiful.  The  curriculum  is  perhaps  the  most  extended  to  be 
found  in  any  Southern  women's  college,  some  of  the  courses  being 
commensurate  with  those  of  the  best  American  men's  colleges.  It 
has  drawn  its  students  from  twenty-six  States.  Four  literary  and 
five  musical  diplomas  are  offered,  and  all  courses  are  extensive  and 
thorough.  The  Beaumont  Conservatory  of  Music  is  under  the 
direction  of  John  H.  Norman,  Mus.  Doct.  (Oxford,  Eng.),  and 
Professor  Meiler,  the  specialist  in  string  music,  is  a  graduate  of  the 
Royal  College  of  Music,  at  Munich,  Bavaria.  The  expenses  for 
the  year,  including  board,  light,  servants'  attendance,  and  literary 
tuition  in  the  collegiate  department,  are  $225. 

HINDMAN  SCHOOL,  Hindman,  George  Clarke,  Principal,  was 
organized  in  1887,  and  has  a  present  enrolment  of  nearly  three 
hundred.  The  departments  are  primary,  teacher's,  commercial, 
collegiate,  and  music.  There  is  no  boarding  department.  Tuition 
varies  from  $i  to  $3  per  month. 

STATE  COLLEGE  OF  KENTUCKY,  Lexington,  J.  K.  Patter- 
son, LL.  D.,  F.  S.  A.,  President,  was  established  as  one  of  the 
colleges  of  Kentucky  University ;  this  connection  was  broken  in 
1878,  and  it  has  since  been  conducted  as  an  independent  institu- 
tion. A  beneficiary  under  the  Land  Grant  Act  of  1862,  the  college 
makes  its  main  object  that  of  education  in  agriculture  and  the 
mechanic  arts,  but  a  normal  school  has  been  added  to  these  de- 
partments by  the  State,  and  an  experimental  station  by  the  national 
government.  The  curriculum  is  divided  into  sixteen  thoroughly 
organized  departments.  Eleven  degrees  are  conferred.  There  is 
no  tuition  fee  for  "county  appointees."  For  others  it  is  $15 
annually,  and  the  total  expenses  about  $200. 

YOUNG  LADIES'  ACADEHY,  Loretto,  under  the  charge  of 
the  Sisters  of  Loretto,  was  founded  in  1812  by  the  Rev.  Charles 
Nerinckx,  missionary  priest  of  Belgium.  It  was  incorporated  in 
1829,  and  has  enjoyed  a  long  and  honorable  history.  The  build- 
ings, which  are  situated  on  a  tract  of  fifteen  hundred  acres,  include 

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the  academy,  church,  convent,  visitors'  house,  chaplain's  residence, 
novitiate,  steam  laundry,  workmen's  dwelling,  and  the  historic 
episcopal  residence  built  by  Kentucky's  pioneer  priest,  now  re- 
served for  gentlemen  guests.  The  school  is  centrally  located,  two 
and  one-half  hours'  ride  from  Louisville.  It  has  every  modern 
equipment  for  the  best  education,  and  offers  both  a  preparatory 
and  an  academic  course.  Exceptional  opportunities  are  given  to 
students  of  music,  arts,  stenography,  typewriting,  and  telegraphy. 
While  a  strongly  Catholic  school,  the  institution  in  nowise  inter- 
feres with  th»  religious  opinions  of  Protestant  pupils.  Board  and 
tuition  for  each  of  the  two  twenty-week  sessions  is  $75  in  the 
preparatory  course  and  $80  in  the  academic. 

ALLMOND'S  UNIVERSITY  SCHOOL,  1071  Third  Avenue, 
Louisville,  Marcus  Blakey  Allmond,  A.  M.,  LL.  D.,  Head  Master, 
was  founded  by  the  present  head  master  in  1885.  It  is  located 
on  the  most  fashionable  resident  street  and  the  most  popular 
boulevard  in  Louisville.  The  building  is  a  three  story  brick,  with 
every  modern  convenience.  The  school  is  limited  in  number  so 
that  the  individual  attention  of  the  experienced  head  master  may 
be  given  to  each  pupil.  His  is,  however,  ably  assisted  by  experi- 
enced teachers.  The  standard  of  the  school  is  high,  and  its  grad- 
uates pass  without  condition  into  Harvard,  Yale,  Princeton, 
University  of  Virginia,  and  other  universities.  In  competitive 
examinations  for  high  positions  the  students  have  always  shown 
notable  prowess.  The  head  master,  himself  a  writer  of  note, 
has  awakened  and  quickened  many  of  his  students  to  be  the 
leading  writers  of  Kentucky. 

flR.  FLEXNER'S  SCHOOL,  2 10  W.Ormsby  Avenue,  Louisville, 
Abraham  Flexner,  A.  B.  (Johns  Hopkins,  1886),  Principal.  The 
attendance  is  limited  to  ten  primary  and  fifteen  secondary  pupils, 
each  of  whom  is  separately  taught.  In  its  eight  years  of  existence 
it  has  been  remarkably  successful  in  stimulating  to  study  boys  and 
girls  who  have  been  previous  failures  at  school. 

HAflPTON  COLLEGE,  Louisville,  Mrs.  L.  D.  Hampton-Cow- 
ling, President,  a  school  for  girls  and  young  women,  is  located  on 
Garvin  Place,  Louisville,  in  the  large  and  handsome  building 
formerly  used  by  the  Louisville  Athletic  Club.  Besides  its  numer- 
ous, well  lighted,  and  large  schoolrooms,  it  contains  a  gymnasium 
seventy-five  by  fifty  feet  and  surrounded  by  a  gallery.  This  is  used 
for  the  gymnastics  which  are  an  indispensable  part  of  the  school 
course,  for  entertainments  and  meetings  of  Hampton  Club.  The 
spacious  grounds  contain  bowling  alleys,  clay  tennis  courts,  with 
facilities  for  basket-ball  and  other  out-door  games.  The  building 
is  heated  by  steam  and  lighted  by  electricity.  Situated  in  the 

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finest  residence  quarter  of  Louisville,  it  is  free  from  noise  and  dis- 
tractions. Hampton  College  has  been  established  twenty  years. 
By  act  of  the  Legislature  it  was  incorporated  in  1881,  and  confers 
all  degrees  and  diplomas  within  the  province  of  any  college  in  the 
State.  The  course  consists  of  three  departments :  The  college 
proper,  which  prepares  girls  for  women's  colleges  or  universities, 
or  for  a  womanly  life  outside  a  professional  career ;  the  preparatory 
department,  which  furnishes  instruction  to  both  boys  and  girls  in 
the  work  of  grammar  schools ;  the  primary  department,  including 
the  kindergarten.  Graduate  students  may  pursue  advanced  work. 
The  teachers  are  specialists  trained  in  the  best  American  univer- 
sities. Modern  languages,  vocal  music,  painting,  and  elocution 
are  taught  as  extras.  A  few  boarding  pupils  are  admitted  to  the 
home  of  the  president. 

KENTUCKY  MILITARY  INSTITUTE,  Lyndon,  Col.  C.  W. 
Fowler,  M.  A.,  C.  E.,  Superintendent,  was  founded  in  1845  ^Y 
Col.  R.  T.  P.  Allen,  a  graduate  of  West  Point,  and  two  years  later 
it  was  chartered  by  the  State  Legislature.  For  fifty-one  years  it 
was  located  at  the  old  Franklin  springs,  near  Frankfort,  but  the 
present  superintendent  moved  it  to  a  country  location  nine  miles 
east  of  Louisville ;  the  post-office  is  Lyndon,  a  mile  and  a  half  dis- 
tant. Individual  instruction  and  an  all-round  training,  mental, 
moral,  physical,  and  social,  are  the  foundation  stones  of  its  suc- 
cess ;  the  country  location  was  chosen  with  a  view  to  freeing  a 
boy  from  the  ordinary  temptations  to  be  found  in  cities  and  small 
towns.  The  usual  degrees  are  granted  upon  a  rigid  written  ex- 
amination, and  its  graduates  are  commissioned  by  the  Governor, 
the  only  school  in  the  State  whose  graduates  are  so  honored.  The 
expense  for  board,  washing,  etc.,  tuition,  two  uniforms,  and  the 
necessary  books  is  but  $350  per  year. 

PRINCETON  COLLEGIATE  INSTITUTE,  Princeton,  the  Rev. 
John  M.  Richmond,  D.  D.,  President,  was  established  in  1860  and 
suspended  work  during  the  Civil  War.  It  came  under  the  control 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  1881.  The  trustees  are  appointed 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Louisville,  under  a  liberal  State  charter. 
The  school  aims  both  to  fit  thoroughly  for  college,  and  to  prepare 
those  who  cannot  attend  college  for  life  work.  It  has  a  faculty  of 
ten,  is  co-educational,  and  is  divided  into  three  general  depart- 
ments :  Primary,  preparatory,  and  collegiate.  Special  advantages 
are  given  for  the  study  of  art,  music,  and  elocution.  The  cost  of 
board  and  tuition  is  $200  a  year. 

BETHEL  COLLEGE,  Russellville,  the  Rev.  Edward  Sinclair 
Alderman,  D.  D.,  President,  occupies  a  beautiful  campus  on  the 
outskirts  of  Russellville.  A  wise  and  benevolent  forethought 

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led  the  venerable  fathers  of  Bethel  Association  to  encourage  the 
education  of  young  ministers.  The  result  was  Bethel  High  School, 
which,  with  increasing  means  and  expanding  views,  speedily  be- 
came Bethel  College.  The  trustees  have  no  other  purpose  than 
to  furnish  young  men  with  the  best  facilities,  the  most  approved 
methods,  the  most  varied  and  thorough  courses,  and  the  most 
competent  instructors  their  resources  and  judgment  can  afford. 
The  funds  for  this  purpose  were  accumulated  through  what  was 
known  as  the  Green  River  Baptist  Education  Society,  and  after- 
wards through  other  agencies.  The  terms  are  moderate,  and  a 
limited  number  receive  free  scholarships. 

SCIENCE  HILL,  an  English  and  classical  school  for  girls,  Shel- 
byville, Mrs.  W.  T.  Poynter,  Principal.  Science  Hill  was  opened 
March  25,  1825,  by  the  Rev.  John  Tevis  and  his  wife,  Julia  A. 
Tevis,  in  the  building  it  now  occupies.  Mr.  Tevis  died  in  1861, 
and  the  school  continued  under  the  management  of  Mrs.  Tevis 
until  1879,  when  it  was  purchased  by  Dr.  W.  T.  Poynter.  For 
seventeen  years  he  devoted  himself  to  its  maintenance  and  growth. 
Upon  his  death  in  1896  Mrs.  Poynter  assumed  the  management. 
The  teachers  are  graduates  of  the  best  Eastern  colleges.  The 
school  prepares  for  Wellesley  and  Vassar  Colleges,  and  her  pupils 
are  admitted  upon  certificate.  The  musical  department  is  excep- 
tionally strong.  The  total  expense,  including  instruction  in  music, 
is  $308,  or  $258  without  music. 

RIVERSIDE  SEfllNARY,  Vanceburg,  Lawrence  Rolfe,  A.  B., 
Principal,  is  healthfully  situated  and  easy  of  access.  The  Semi- 
nary embraces  three  courses  of  study,  leading  to  the  degrees  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts,  Bachelor  of  Science,  and  Bachelor  of  Philosophy  ; 
also  preparatory  and  primary  departments.  It  is  co-educational. 
The  charges  for  board  and  tuition  are  $125  per  year. 

WILLIAflSBURG  ACADEflY,  Williamsburg,  Charles  M. 
Stevens,  Principal,  is  under  the  auspices  of  the  American  Mis- 
sionary Association  of  New  York.  The  school  was  founded  in 
1882  and  has  been  steadily  growing.  Expenses  are  low  and 
instruction  thorough.  Two  courses  are  open  to  students,  an 
academic  and  a  normal. 

LOUISIANA. 

LOUISIANA  STATE  UNIVERSITY  AND  AGRICULTURAL 
AND  MECHANICAL  COLLEGE,  Baton  Rouge,  Thomas  D. 
Boyd,  LL.  D.,  President,  united  two  former  State  institutions  under 
its  present  name  and  legal  title  in  October,  1877.  The  site  of  the 
University  is  historic,  its  extensive  grounds  having  been  occupied 

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successively  by  the  armed  battalions  of  France,  England,  Spain, 
and  the  divided  America  of  our  Civil  War.  The  campus,  one  of 
the  finest  in  the  South,  overlooks  the  Mississippi  River.  Among 
the  buildings  are  the  barracks,  chemical  laboratory,  agricultural 
Hall,  mechanical  workshop,  armories,  hospital,  veterinary  in- 
firmary, gymnasium,  and  library,  the  latter  holding  over  20,000 
books.  Six  courses  of  study  are  offered:  Agricultural,  sugar, 
mechanical  and  civil  engineering,  general  science,  Latin-science, 
and  literary.  Those  successfully  completing  any  one  of  the  first 
four  courses  receive  the  degree  B.  S. ;  those  successfully  complet- 
ing either  of  the  last  two  receive  the  degree  A.  B.  Graduate 
courses  are  given  leading  to  the  degrees  M.  S.,  C.  E.,  and  M.  A. 

ACADIA  COLLEGE  (co-educational),  Crowley,  J.  T.  Barrett, 
President,  offers  a  broad  curriculum  with  courses  entirely  elective. 
Entrance  may  be  at  any  time  without  examination.  The  entire 
expense  for  ten  months  need  not  exceed  $155. 

HISS  BEACH'S  SCHOOL,  Crowley,  Ellen  P.  Beach,  Prin- 
cipal, was  established  two  years  ago.  It  is  a  day  school,  the 
attendance  now  numbering  about  thirty. 

ACADEMY  OF  THE  SACRED  HEART,  Grand  Coteau, 
was  founded  in  1821  and  incorporated  in  1852.  It  combines  with 
Christian  instruction  every  advantage  for  the  acquisition  of  a 
refined  and  solid  education. 

HARKSVILLE  HIGH  SCHOOL,  Marksville,  V.  L.  Roy,  B.  S., 
Principal.  This  school  is  owned  and  directed  by  a  board  com- 
posed of  some  of  the  leading  citizens  of  the  parish.  The  comple- 
tion of  the  course  ensures  admission  to  the  sophomore  classes  of 
the  two  universities  in  Louisiana.  The  buildings  are  commodious 
and  attractive.  The  location  is  one  of  the  most  healthful  in  the 
State,  and  the  equipment  of  the  institution  is  full  in  all  depart- 
ments. The  faculty  consists  of  eight  able  men  and  women,  grad- 
uates of  the  leading  schools  of  Louisiana.  The  institution  is 
co-educational. 

HAUGHN  INSTITUTE,  1953  Octavia  Street,  near  St.  Charles 
Avenue,  New  Orleans,  Mrs.  M.  M.  Haughn,  Principal,  was  estab- 
lished in  October,  1892,  and  already  enjoys  a  reputation  for 
thoroughness.  It  contains  primary,  intermediate,  and  academic 
departments  for  boys  and  girls,  and  furnishes,  in  addition,  special 
instruction  in  languages,  vocal  and  instrumental  music,  elocution, 
art,  and  dancing.  The  building  is  constructed  with  special  refer- 
ence to  sanitary  regulations  and  scholastic  conveniences.  The 
grounds  are  ample,  and  the  library  is  composed  of  carefully 
selected  volumes. 

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JOHN  UEBER'S  SCHOOL,  2718  North  Rampart  Street, 
New  Orleans,  was  originally  started  by  the  Rev.  C.  Sans,  a  Ger- 
man pastor,  who  came  over  from  Texas  in  May,  1840.  After  a 
short  acquaintance  with  the  Ueber  family,  he  proposed  to  open  an 
English  and  German  school  of  which  he  would  be  the  principal. 
and  the  brothers,  Jacob  and  John  Ueber,  his  assistants.  In 
accordance  with  this  proposition  the  school  was  begun  August  7, 
1840,  with  about  fifty  pupils.  The  attendance  increased  steadily, 
no  public  schools  being  in  existence  then.  Some  disagreement 
having  broken  out  between  the  pastor  and  his  congregation,  he 
left  for  the  North,  and  the  Ueber  brothers  remained  in  charge  of 
the  school,  which  was  held  in  the  church  building.  In  1850  they 
erected  an  unpretentious  schoolhouse,  where  the  school  bell  has 
rung  regularly  every  morning  and  noon  for  the  last  forty-eight 
years,  with  scarcely  a  single  interruption.  August  7,  1890,  wit- 
nessed the  celebration  of  the  "  Golden  Jubilee  "  of  the  school. 
Shortly  after  this  celebration  Jacob  Ueber  retired,  leaving  John 
alone  in  the  management  of  the  school.  Mr.  Ueber  says  :  "  I 
can  safely  say  that  this  school,  though  only  elementary  in  its 
character,  has  been  a  great  educational  factor  in  this  city,  not 
only  hundreds,  but  thousands,  of  our  citizens  having  received  the 
rudiments  of  their  education  here.  One  of  our  former  governors, 
Louis  A.  Wiltz,  Samuel  Blum,  of  the  Produce  Exchange,  and 
many  others  occupying  high  positions  of  honor  and  respectability, 
were  our  pupils.  This  school  can  lay  claim  to  being  unique,  in 
so  far  as  it  has  run  an  uninterrupted  course  of  fifty-eight  years,  and 
that  I,  the  remaining  partner,  have  taught  longer,  perhaps,  than  any 
other  man  in  the  South,  if  not  in  the  entire  country,  having  never 
been  ill,  except  in  1841  for  about  a  month,  and  am  still  in  the 
full  possession  of  health  and  vigor,  ready  to  continue  the  work 
entrusted  to  my  feeble  hands  by  my  Divine  Master." 


F.  D.  BLAKE  AND  flRS.  L.  POLK  CHAPMAN'S 
BOARDING  AND  DAY  SCHOOL  for  Girls,  2231  to  2241  Pry 
tania  Street,  New  Orleans,  was  established  in  1884.  It  offers  a 
liberal  course  of  study  for  girls  preparing  for  college  or  for  those 
who  do  not  intend  entering  college. 

ST.  JOSEPH'S  ACADEflY,  New  Orleans  and  Baton  Rouge, 
are  conducted  by  the  Sisters  of  St.  Joseph.  The  New  Orleans 
school  was  founded  in  1859,  tne  branch  house  at  Baton  Rouge  in 
1868.  Non-Catholic  girls  are  received,  and  no  undue  influence  is 
exercised  over  their  religious  opinions.  There  are  preparatory, 
junior,  intermediate,  senior,  and  graduating  departments,  and  a 
department  of  music.  Scrupulous  attention  is  paid  to  the  health 
of  the  pupils.  Terms  for  board  and  tuition,  per  month,  are  $17. 

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SOULE  COLLEGE,  New  Orleans,  Col.  George  Soule,  Presi- 
dent, is  a  practical  business  college,  with  an  annual  enrolment  of 
from  350  to  400  students.  The  institution  is  non-sectarian  and 
co-educational,  and  embraces  six  schools :  An  intermediate,  a  higher 
English,  an  academic,  a  shorthand,  a  language,  a  practical  commer- 
cial. 

STRAIGHT  UNIVERSITY,  New  Orleans,  Oscar  Atwood, 
A.  M.,  President,  was  founded  twenty-nine  years  ago  by  the 
American  Missionary  Association,  upon  which  it  is  still  dependent. 
It  is  a  school  for  the  education  of  the  negro  race,  and  received  its 
name  from  the  late  Hon.  Seymour  Straight,  of  Hudson,  Ohio,  a 
prominent  benefactor.  There  are  over  500  students  distributed 
through  the  following  departments  :  College,  college  preparatory, 
normal,  grammar,  Hand  Preparatory  School,  theological,  industrial, 
night  school,  department  of  music.  The  fees  are  very  low. 
Board  and  tuition,  per  month,  is  $12. 

TULANE  UNIVERSITY  OF  LOUISIANA,  New  Orleans, 
William  Preston  Johnston,  LL.  D.,  President,  was  established  in 
1884  as  a  result  of  the  benevolence  of  Mr.  Paul  Tulane,  a  wealthy 
resident  of  New  Orleans,  and  the  existing  University  of  Louisiana 
was  transferred  to  the  new  institution  and  merged  in  it.  The 
older  university  at  the  time  of  the  transfer  embraced  a  medical 
department  established  in  1834,  a  law  department  founded  in 
1847,  and  a  more  recently  organized  academic  department. 
Tulane  University  now  contains,  in  addition  to  the  historic  law 
and  medical  schools,  a  university  department  of  philosophy  and 
science  with  thirteen  chairs,  a  university  department  for  teachers, 
a  college  of  arts  and  sciences,  a  college  of  technology,  and  the 
H.  Sophie  Newcomb  Memorial  College  for  young  women.  The 
grounds  of  the  University  are  extensive  and  admirably  located. 
About  eighteen  acres  have  been  set  apart  as  a  campus,  and  on 
this  a  group  of  handsome  buildings  have  lately  been  erected. 
Immediately  in  the  rear  of  the  campus  are  the  athletic  grounds, 
covering  about  six  acres.  The  library  has  approximately  15,000 
volumes.  Admission  to  the  College  of  Arts  and  Sciences  is  on 
examination,  and  by  certificate  from  accredited  schools.  Students 
completing  the  classical,  literary,  or  Latin-scientific  course  will 
receive  the  degree  B.  A. ;  those  completing  the  scientific  course, 
the  degree  B.  S. ;  those  completing  the  courses  of  the  Col- 
lege of  Technology,  the  degree  B.  E.  In  the  University  depart- 
ment, besides  the  Master's  and  Doctor's  degrees,  the  degrees 
of  Civil  Engineer  and  Mechanical  Engineer  are  given.  Graduate 
work  done  elsewhere  may  count  towards  an  advanced  degree  at 
Tulane,  but  the  year  immediately  preceding  the  attainment  of  an 
advanced  degree  must  be  spent  in  residence  at  the  University. 

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The  tuition  fee  for  all  students  in  the  college  departments,  who  are 
admitted  for  the  first  time  and  who  do  not  hold  scholarships,  is 
$105.  In  the  law  department  the  annual  charge  is  $80;  in  the 
medical  department  the  fees  for  the  first  two  years  amount  to 
$150  each,  for  the  third  year  to  $165.  Candidates  for  the  degree 
Ph.  D.  are  exempt  from  tuition. 

EVERETT  INSTITUTE,  Spearsville,  Charles  A.  Matthews, 
Ph.  B.,  Principal,  is  a  Baptist  school,  founded  in  1892,  and  doing 
college  preparatory  work.  There  are  three  departments  :  Primary, 
intermediate,  and  preparatory.  Tuition  varies  from  $1.50  per 
month  in  the  lowest  primary  grades  to  $3  in  the  last  year  of  the 
preparatory  course. 

MAINE. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  HAINE  SCHOOL  OF  LAW,  Bangor, 
George  E.  Gardner,  Dean.  This  department  of  the  Maine  State 
University  was  opened  to  students  October  5,  1898.  Since  there 
is  no  other  law  school  in  New  England  north  of  Boston,  the 
constituency  to  which  this  institution  will  appeal  is  a  wide  one.  The 
course  of  study  covers  two  years,  conforming  to  the  requirements 
for  admission  to  the  bar  in  the  State  of  Maine,  and  a  very  high 
standard  of  work  will  be  maintained.  The  school  is  located  in 
the  Exchange  Building,  Bangor,  —  the  University  itself  having  its 
seat  at  Orono,  nine  miles  distant.  While  the  text-book  and 
lecture  methods  of  study  will  not  be  ignored,  the  systematic  study 
of  cases  will  form  the  basis  of  the  work.  At  the  completion  of 
the  two  years'  course  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws  will  be 
conferred.  Tuition  is  $60  a  year. 

GOULD  ACADEMY,  Bethel,  Frank  Edward  Hanscom,  Prin- 
cipal, grew  out  of  a  school  which  was  incorporated  in  1836,  under 
the  name  of  Bethel  Academy.  It  was  at  that  time  quite  without 
funds,  and  depended  wholly  upon  public  patronage  for  support ; 
but  in  1842  the  Rev.  Daniel  Gould,  of  Rumford,  made  a  bequest, 
since  known  as  the  Gould  Fund,  on  condition  that  the  name  be 
changed  to  Gould  Academy.  The  present  commodious  building 
was  erected  in  1881.  There  are  two  courses:  The  classical,  which 
fits  for  college,  and  the  academic,  which  offers  a  good  general 
education.  Tuition  per  term  is  $6  in  common  English,  and  $7  in 
higher  English  and  in  languages. 

BOWDOIN  COLLEGE,  Brunswick,  the  Rev.  William  De  Witt 
Hyde,  LL.  D.,  President,  was  incorporated  by  the  General  Court 
of  Massachusetts  in  1794.  Admission  is  by  examination.  The 
work  of  the  freshman  year  and  one-third  of  the  sophomore  year  is 
required ;  that  of  the  remaining  two-thirds  of  the  sophomore  year 

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and  the  whole  of  the  junior  and  senior  years  is  elective.  There 
are  three  courses  of  study,  leading  respectively  to  the  degrees  of 
B.  A.,  B.  S.,  and  B.  L.  The  college  is  under  Congregational  aus- 
pices, though  non-sectarian  in  spirit.  In  all  matters  pertaining  to 
the  good  order  of  the  college,  and  the  relations  of  the  students 
to  one  another,  the  students  govern  themselves  through  a  jury, 
consisting  of  undergraduates.  The  college  buildings,  eleven  in 
number,  are  grouped  upon  a  campus  of  forty  acres.  The  college 
library  contains  over  fifty-six  thousand  volumes.  Affiliated  with 
Bowdoin  College  is  the  Medical  School  of  Maine,  which  is  under 
the  superintendence  of  the  same  boards  of  trustees  and  overseers. 
Among  Bowdoin's  distinguished  alumni  are  H.  W.  Longfellow, 
Nathaniel  Hawthorne,  and  ex-President  Pierce.  Annual  tuition 
fee  in  the  college  is  $75. 

EAST  riAINE  CONFERENCE  SEMINARY,  Bucksport,  the 
Rev.  J.  F.  Haley,  A.  M.,  President,  was  founded  in  1848  by  the 
East  Maine  Conference  of  the  M.  E.  Church.  Its  original  charter 
was  obtained  in  1850.  Courses  offered  are  as  follows:  Latin- 
scientific,  English  -  scientific,  ancient-classical,  modern-classical, 
academic,  normal,  commercial,  pianoforte,  and  voice  culture. 
The  primary  aim  of  the  school  is  that  of  college  preparation. 
Board  is  $2.25  per  week  ;  room  rent,  $5  to  $6.50  per  term  ;  tuition 
in  common  English  (as  basis),  $5  per  term,  in  each  study  in  higher 
English  or  languages  (extra),  $1.50. 

THE  EASTERN  STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL,  Castine,  A. 
F.  Richardson,  A.  M.,  Principal,  has  been  in  operation  thirty 
years,  and  has  had  nearly  four  thousand  different  pupils  since 
its  organization.  The  school  building  is  of  brick,  and  accommo- 
dates 175  pupils.  There  are  two  courses  of  study,  the  regular 
course  of  two  years,  and  an  advance  course  of  one  year,  open  to 
graduates  only.  Training  schools  connected .  with  the  Normal 
School  include  kindergarten,  primary,  intermediate,  and  grammar 
grades.  Tuition  is  free  to  those  only  who  pledge  themselves  to 
teach  in  the  public  schools  of  the  State  for  so  long  a  time  as  they 
are  connected  with  the  school,  and  who  pursue  the  prescribed 
courses  of  study.  Others  pay  $10  a  term,  besides  the  incidental 
fee  of  $1.50. 

HIGGINS  CLASSICAL  INSTITUTE,  Charleston,  H.  Warren 
Foss,  A.  B.,  Principal.  Established  as  Charleston  Academy  in 
1837,  tne  school  was  incorporated  under  its  present  name  in  1891, 
and  became  a  regular  fitting  school  for  Colby  University.  Three 
courses,  covering  four  years  each,  are  offered  :  College  preparatory, 
Latin-scientific,  and  English.  The  first  year  of  the  English  course 
is  designed  as  a  preparatory  year  for  the  other  courses.  Tuition 

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for  common  English  is  $4  per  term  ;  for  higher  English  and  lan- 
guages, $5.  Tuition  for 'telegraphy,  typewriting,  painting,  and 
instrumental  music  is  extra. 

GREELY  INSTITUTE,  Cumberland  Center,  Percy  F.  Wil- 
liams, A.  B.,  Principal.  This  academy,  founded  through  the 
liberality  of  Hon.  Eliphalet  Greeley,  is  located  ten  miles  from 
Portland,  on  the  Maine  Central  Railroad.  There  are  two  general 
departments,  preparatory  and  high  school.  In  the  latter  three 
courses  are  offered,  the  scientific,  the  scientific  and  classical,  and 
the  college  preparatory.  Tuition  to  students  not  residing  in  town 
in  common  English  is  $4  per  term ;  in  high  English,  $5  ;  in  lan- 
guages, $6. 

WESTBROOK  SEHINARY,  Deering,  the  Rev.  H.  S.  Whitman, 
A.  M.,  President,  was  chartered  in  1831,  and  opened  for  students 
in  1834.  Its  location  is  healthful  and  beautiful,  and  the  school  is 
easy  of  access  to  Portland.  The  buildings  are  Goddord  Hall  for 
the  young  gentlemen,  Hersey  Hall  for  the  young  ladies,  a  dining- 
hall  connecting  the  two,  Alumni  Hall,  and  a  gymnasium.  Six 
courses  are  offered :  Preparatory,  English,  college  preparatory, 
ladies'  classical,  scientific,  and  modern  language.  Of  these  the 
first  occupies  one  year,  the  second  three  years,  and  the  others 
four  years  each.  Degrees  are  conferred  by  State  authority  upon 
ladies  who  complete  either  the  scientific  or  ladies'  classical  course. 
Music,  art,  oratory,  and  physical  culture  are  taught  by  specially 
trained  instructors. 

ABBOTT  FAMILY  SCHOOL  FOR  BOYS,  "Little  Blue," 
Farmington,  A.  H.  Abbott,  A.  M.,  Principal.  Situated  just  outside 
the  village  of  Farmington,  Little  Blue,  the  former  home  of  Mr. 
Jacob  Abbott,  where  the  "  Rollo  Books "  and  other  books  for 
young  people  were  written,  was  in  1844  made  the  seat  of  the 
above  named  school  by  his  brother,  the  Rev.  Samuel  Phillips 
Abbott,  under  whose  management  it  continued  until  his  death, 
when  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  the  present  proprietor  and  prin- 
cipal. There  are  two  courses  of  study,  an  English  and  a  classical. 
There  are  two  sessions  a  year.  The  first  begins  on  the  fifteenth 
of  September,  and  the  second  on  the  twelfth  of  January.  The 
terms  for  board,  tuition,  washing,  and  mending  for  the  school  year, 
for  pupils  of  fourteen  years  and  under,  are  $250  ;  and  for  those 
over  fourteen,  $300.  There  are  no  extras  except  for  (optional) 
lessons  in  music  and  typewriting. 

FOXCROFT  ACADEflY,  Foxcroft,  Lyman  K.  Lee,  A.  B., 
Principal,  was  founded  in  1823,  by  Joseph  E.  Foxcroft,  and  has 
ever  since  remained  the  educational  centre  of  Piscataquis  County. 
The  courses  of  study  prepare  for  colleges,  technical  and  normal 

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Me.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Lewiston. 

schools,  as  well  as  for  practical  business.  Graduates  of  the  pre- 
paratory course  are  admitted  on  certificate  to  Colby,  Bates,  Mt. 
Holyoke,  the  University  of  Vermont,  and  similar  institutions. 
Tuition  in  the  English  course  is  $5  ;  in  the  college  preparatory 
and  Latin  scientific  courses,  each  $7. 

RICKER  CLASSICAL  INSTITUTE,  Houlton,  Arthur  M. 
Thomas,  A.  M.,  Principal,  was  incorporated  in  1847,  and  was 
opened  the  following  year.  It  was  a  village  academy  until  1877, 
when,  having  been  substantially  endowed  by  Colby  University, 
its  property  was  transferred  to  that  college,  and  it  became  one  of 
Colby's  preparatory  schools.  There  are  four  courses  of  study : 
A  college  preparatory,  an  English  and  scientific,  and  an  academic 
course,  of  four  years  each  ;  and  a  normal  course  of  three  years. 
Tuition  in  all  courses  is  $22  per  year. 

MAINE  WESLEY  AN  SEfllNARY  AND  FEHALE  COL- 
LEGE, Kent's  Hill,  the  Rev.  A.  F.  Chase,  Ph.  D.,  President,  is  a 
widely  known  Methodist  institution,  founded  in  1820,  and  char- 
tered as  a  college  in  1860.  It  is  empowered  to  confer  the  degrees 
of  A.  B.  and  A.  M.  upon  graduates,  but  it  lays  more  emphasis  upon 
strict  college  preparation.  The  courses  of  study  are :  Classical, 
scientific,  English,  seminary,  literary  and  musical,  normal,  and  col- 
lege. There  are  also  a  Conservatory  of  Music,  a  School  of  Art,  and 
a  Business  College.  One  feature  of  the  last-named  department  is 
the  counting-house,  embracing  a  bank,  wholesale  and  retail  mer- 
cantile emporiums,  and  an  exchange.  Instruction  in  military 
tactics  is  given  according  to  the  latest  infantry  regulations  of  the 
United  States  army.  Necessary  expenses  for  the  school  year 
average  $160. 

BATES  COLLEGE,  Lewiston,  George  C.  Chase,  LL.  D.,  Presi- 
dent. In  1864  Maine  State  Seminary,  chartered  in  1855,  became 
Bates  College.  This  name  was  chosen  in  acknowledgment  of 
generous  benefactions  from  Mr.  Benjamin  E.  Bates,  of  Boston, 
Mass.  The  college  is  unsectarian,  though  aggressively  Christian, 
and  it  has  been  from  its  organization  co-educational,  having  begun 
on  the  Atlantic  seaboard  the  movement  for  the  higher  education  of 
women.  Admission  is  by  written  and  oral  examination  and  by 
certificates  from  approved  schools.  Degrees  conferred  are  Bach- 
elor of  Arts  and  Master  of  Arts.  The  college  has  five  buildings, 
including  a  gymnasium.  The  library  has  about  fourteen  thousand 
volumes.  There  are  about  260  students  and  fifteen  instructors. 
The  yearly  charge  for  tuition  is  $50. 

COBB  DIVINITY  SCHOOL  (co-educational),  a  department  of 
Bates  College,  Lewiston,  was  founded  in  1840.  Its  building, 
faculty,  classes,  and  discipline  are  totally  distinct  from  those  of 


Lewiston.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Me. 

the  college.  Its  faculty  consists  of  seven  men.  It  offers  three 
courses  of  study :  The  full  divinity  course  for  men  of  college,  or 
equivalent,  training ;  an  elective  course,  open  to  students  of  ma- 
turity in  classes  of  Bates  College,  who  pursue  full  divinity  studies, 
but  in  college  and  divinity  school  save  one  year  of  time ;  and  the 
Biblical  training  course,  an  English  course  of  two  years'  duration. 
A  new  building,  healthful  and  pleasant  site,  congenial  associations, 
and  an  accessible  location  make  this  an  admirable  school  of 
theological  learning.  While  a  Free  Baptist  institution,  it  receives 
men  and  women  from  any  denomination. 

LATIN  SCHOOL,  Lewiston,  I.  F.  Frisbee,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  Prin- 
cipal, is  owned  by  Bates  College,  and  is  managed  by  a  special 
board  of  nine  directors  appointed  by  the  corporation  of  the  college. 
The  special  object  of  the  school  is  to  prepare  young  men  for  Bates 
College,  but  applicants  need  not  contemplate  a  college  course.  A 
thorough  knowledge  of  the  common  English  branches  is  requisite 
for  admission.  The  course  is  three  years.  The  necessary  expenses 
of  students  who  room  in  the  building  range  from  $125  to  $160. 
This  includes  tuition,  room,  board,  fuel,  and  washing. 

LINCOLN  ACADEMY,  Newcastle,  George  Howard  Larrabee, 
A.M.,  Principal.  Chartered  in  1801,  opened  to  pupils  in  1805, 
its  building  completed  in  the  latter  year,  burned  in  1828,  and 
rebuilt  in  1829,  —  this  excellent  school  has  had  an  uncommonly 
long  and  eventful  history.  Its  location  is  high  and  healthful,  and 
its  present  building  and  equipment  are  adequate  and  modern.  The 
classical  course  fits  for  college.  Graduates  are  admitted  on  certi- 
ficate to  Bowdoin,  Wellesley,  Smith,  and  other  colleges  of  the  best 
grade.  The  academic  course  offers  a  good  general  education  to 
those  not  looking  forward  to  college.  The  English  and  business 
course  prepares  for  practical  life.  Total  expense  for  the  year  is 
about  $150. 

BRIDGTON  ACADEMY,  North  Bridgton,  C.  C.  Spratt,  A.  B., 
Principal,  was  established  in  1808,  and  opened  in  1811.  Its  loca- 
tion in  northern  Cumberland  County,  at  the  head  of  Long  Lake, 
is  one  of  remarkable  natural  beauty.  The  courses  of  study  are 
the  classical  and  the  academic.  Ample  grounds  and  an  excellent 
gymnasium  give  opportunity  for  varied  exercise.  The  institution 
aims  to  offer  especial  advantages  to  mature  students  of  limited 
means.  The  expenses  in  pleasant  and  comfortable  surroundings 
need  not  exceed  $175  a  year. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  MAINE,  Orono,  Abram  W.  Harris,  Sc.  D., 
President,  was  one  of  the  schools  of  agriculture  and  the  mechanic 
arts  founded  in  consequence  of  the  "Land-grant  Act  "of  1862. 
Within  a  few  years  it  has  greatly  widened  its  scope,  and  in  1897 

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its  name  was  changed  by  the  Legislature  to  the  present  one,  which 
indicates  its  broader  purpose  for  the  future.  The  University  build- 
ings number  twenty.  Facilities  for  work  in  science  are  excellent. 
The  library  contains  over  thirteen  thousand  volumes.  Military 
instruction  is  given  under  the  charge  of  a  United  States  army 
officer.  The  faculty  numbers  forty,  the  student  body  over  three 
huncrred.  All  courses  of  the  University  are  open  to  women.  These 
are  the  school  of  law,  the  classical  course,  the  Latin  scientific 
course,  the  scientific  course,  the  chemical  course,  the  agricultural 
course,  the  pharmacy  course  (four  years),  the  short  pharmacy  course 
(two  years),  the  preparatory  medical  course,  the  civil,  mechanical, 
and  electrical  engineering  courses.  Tuition  is  $30  a  year. 

PARIS  HILL  ACADEHY,  J.  O.  Wellman,  A.  B.,  Principal,  is 
situated  in  the  village  of  Paris.  While  the  school  offers  three 
distinct  courses  of  study,  its  primary  object  is  to  prepare  young 
men  and  women  for  college.  The  academy  has  a  constantly 
growing  library  of  several  hundred  volumes,  and  adequate  equip- 
ment for  laboratory  work  in  the  sciences.  All  text-books  are 
furnished  free.  Tuition,  $2,  $3,  and  $4  per  term.  There  are  no 
extras.  Good  board  may  be  obtained  in  private  families  at  a  low 
rate. 

MAINE  CENTRAL  INSTITUTE,  Pittsfield,  O.  H.  Drake, 
A.  M.,  Principal,  is  centrally  located,  being  twenty  miles  east  of 
Waterville,  and  thirty-four  west  of  Bangor,  on  the  Maine  Central 
Railroad.  The  school  building  is  a  substantial  brick  structure, 
and  the  grounds  are  extensive.  There  are  five  courses  of  study : 
College  preparatory,  classical,  scientific,  normal,  and  English. 
Tuition  per  term,  in  common  English,  $7  ;  in  higher  English, 
$7.50;  in  languages,  $8. 

THORNTON  ACADEMY,  Saco,  Edwin  P.  Sampson,  A.  M., 
Principal.  Saco  Academy  was  chartered  February  16,  1811,  and 
was  opened  January  4,  1813.  Early  in  1822,  in  recognition  of  a 
gift  from  Thomas  G.  Thornton,  United  States  marshal,  the  name 
was  changed  to  Thornton  Academy.  The  school  building  was 
burned  July  29,  1848,  and  was  rebuilt  in  1888.  The  new  build- 
ing is  attractive,  sanitary,  and  well  equipped  with  modern  appara- 
tus. Three  courses  of  study  are  offered :  English,  classical,  and 
scientific.  Tuition  is  $30  a  year,  and  board  may  be  obtained  in 
the  city  at  from  $3  to  $6  a  week. 

OAK  GROVE  SEHINARY,  Vassalboro,  F.  H.  Sanborn,  Princi- 
pal, was  begun  as  a  "  Select  School  "  about  1850,  to  give  a  guarded 
religious  education  to  the  children  of  Friends.  The  school  now 
belongs  to  the  New  England  Yearly  Meeting  of  Friends,  and  is 
managed  by  the  committee  appointed  by  that  body.  The  four 

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years'  classical  course  is  preparatory  for  college.  The  literary  and 
scientific  course,  also  four  years,  is  planned  more  especially  for 
those  intending  to  teach.  The  time  of  completion  of  the  commer- 
cial course  depends  on  the  ability  of  the  pupil.  Tuition  for  the 
regular  course  is  $18  per  year,  for  the  commercial  course,  $10. 

COBURN  CLASSICAL  INSTITUTE,  Waterville,  Franklin  W. 
Johnson,  A.  M.,  Principal,  was  established  in  1829.  It  is  a  well 
endowed  school  for  both  sexes,  equipped  with  modern  buildings 
and  appliances  for  work.  It  is  situated  in  a  beautiful  and  health- 
ful town  at  the  junction  of  the  two  principal  branches  of  the 
Maine  Central  Railroad.  The  school  is  best  known  as  a  prepara- 
tory school,  and  each  year  prepares  more  students  for  college  than 
any  other  school  in  Maine.  Four  courses  are  offered,  each  thor- 
ough and  complete.  The  musical  department  affords  facilities  for 
instruction  in  both  vocal  and  instrumental  music.  The  expenses, 
including  tuition,  board,  and  books,  vary  from  $150  to  $225  per 
year. 

COLBY  UNIVERSITY,  Waterville,  Rev.  Nathaniel  Butler, 
D.  D.,  President.  This  institution  was  chartered  in  1813  by  peti- 
tion to  the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts.  Rev.  Sylvanus 
Boardman  was  the  first  president  under  the  corporation.  In  1864 
Mr.  Gardner  Colby  gave  $50,000  to  the  college,  and  in  1866  it 
took  his  name.  The  classical  course  leads  to  the  degree  of  A.  B., 
the  course  without  Greek,  to  the  degree  of  Ph.  B.  The  charge  for 
tuition,  room,  and  incidental  expenses  connected  with  the  library, 
gymnasium,  etc.,  is  approximately  $100  per  year. 

WILTON  ACADEHY,  Wilton,  Drew  T.  Harthorn,  A.  M.,  Prin- 
cipal, was  incorporated  in  1866,  and  the  first  term  began  the 
following  year.  Four  courses  of  study  are  given  :  College  prepara- 
tory, Latin-scientific,  and  English,  each  of  four  years,  and  the 
commercial  course  of  two  years.  Tuition  per  term  is  $7  in  lan- 
guages, and  $6  in  English.  The  commercial  course  is  $6  for  the 
first  year,  and  $9  for  the  second. 

NORTH  YARMOUTH  ACADEMY,  Yarmouth,  the  Rev.  B.  P. 
Snow,  A.  M.,  Principal,was  incorporated  by  act  of  the  General  Court 
of  Massachusetts,  February  4,  1814,  and  in  1824  the  State  of  Maine 
confirmed  this  act.  The  academy  has  done  a  remarkable  work  as 
an  institution  of  advanced  grade,  and  points  with  pride  to  the 
record  it  has  made,  for  the  ability  of  its  teachers,  and  the  attain- 
ments of  its  students.  In  harmony  with  its  original  aims,  and  in 
full  accord  with  its  best  traditions,  the  trustees  of  the  academy  are 
making  a  forward  movement,  looking  to  enlarged  courses,  improved 
methods,  increased  apparatus  and  appliances.  The  school  is  thus 

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in  touch  with  the  best  educational  methods  of  the  time,  so  enabling 
it  to  realize  more  fully  than  ever  the  purpose  that  has  controlled 
its  entire  history.  There  are  three  courses :  College  preparatory, 
academic,  and  English.  With  each  of  these,  sciences,  in  due 
measure,  are  combined.  The  college  preparatory  course  fits  for 
Bowdoin,  Harvard,  and  other  leading  colleges,  including  Wellesley, 
Smith,  and  Mt.  Holyoke.  The  English  course  is  designed  to  give 
ample  preparation  for  business  pursuits.  Students  will  be  pre- 
pared for  the  regular  courses  of  the  University  of  Maine  at  Orono, 
or  for  any  of  the  schools  of  technology.  The  school  offers  special 
facilities  to  young  women  desiring  reliable  preparation  for  colleges, 
or  advanced  courses  in  the  academy  itself.  Yarmouth,  on  the 
Grand  Trunk  and  the  Maine  Central  Railroads,  is  adjacent  to  the 
beautiful  Casco  Bay,  distant  from  Portland  less  than  a  half  hour's 
ride,  and  at  about  the  same  distance  from  Brunswick  and  Bowdoin 
College.  For  convenience  and  attractiveness  of  location,  for  ex- 
ceptionally favorable  sanitary  conditions,  for  excellent  social  and 
moral  surroundings,  and  as  a  point  upon  which  the  best  educa- 
tional influences  center,  it  is  believed  that  North  Yarmouth  Acad- 
emy may  advance  the  highest  claims  to  favorable  consideration. 
Board  and  tuition  is  $150  a  year. 

MARYLAND. 

5T.  JOHN'S  COLLEGE,  Annapolis,  Thomas  Fell,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D., 

LL.  D.,  President.  In  1696,  King  William's  School  was  estab- 
lished, and  was  opened  in  1701.  In  1784  it  was  merged  into 
St.  John's  College,  which  is  thus  one  of  the  oldest  colleges  in  the 
country.  The  collegiate  department  embraces  four  groups  of 
studies  for  undergraduates,  each  occupying  four  years  :  The  classi- 
cal and  the  Latin  scientific,  leading  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts,  and  the  scientific  and  mechanical  engineering,  leading  to  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science.  Post-graduate  courses  are  arranged 
for  those  graduates  who  wish  to  become  candidates  for  the  Mas- 
ter's degree.  In  connection  with  the  college,  and  under  the  super- 
vision of  President  Fell,  is  St.  John's  Preparatory  school.  A 
special  feature  of  this  school  is  the  careful  preparation  of  candi- 
dates for  the  United  States  Naval  Academy.  There  is  also  a  school 
of  military  science  and  tactics,  under  the  command  of  a  United 
States  army  officer,  detailed  by  the  War  Department.  The  college 
expenses  are  about  $300  per  annum,  including  board,  tuition,  and 
incidental  expenses. 

BALTIMORE  flEDICAL  COLLEGE,  Baltimore,  David  Street, 
A.  M.,  M.  D.,  Dean.  The  course  of  instruction  leading  to  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  embraces  four  years  of  study,  including  lectures, 
laboratory  and  hospital  work.  The  laboratories  are  thoroughly 


Baltimore.  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  Md. 

equipped,  and  the  hospitals  and  dispensary  furnish  ample  facilities 
for  practical  instruction  in  clinics,  surgery,  and  special  branches. 
The  regular  winter  course  is  preceded  by  a  preliminary  course  in 
September,  which  all  students  are  urged  to  attend.  Pursuit  of 
the  supplementary  spring  course  in  April  and  May  is  optional. 
Tuition  and  matriculation  fees  for  the  winter  course  are  $95.  For 
worthy  young  men  of  limited  means,  these  fees  are  reduced  to  $75. 
For  the  spring  course  the  fees  are  $15,  which  will  be  deducted 
from  the  fees  required  for  the  ensuing  winter  course.  For  the 
fall  course  no  fees  are  required.  Scholarships,  fellowships,  and 
prizes  are  awarded  to  meritorious  students. 

THE  BALTIflORE   COLLEGE   OF   DENTAL  SURGERY, 

9  W.  Franklin  Street,  Baltimore,  M.  W.  Foster,  M.  D.,  D.  D.  S., 
Dean,  is  the  oldest,  and  for  many  years  was  the  only  dental  college 
in  the  world.  It  enters  on  the  fifty-ninth  year  of  its  career  with  its 
prospects  for  usefulness  higher  than  ever  before.  It  has  added  to 
its  faculty  and  clinical  corps  strong  and  active  men,  and  is  better 
equipped  than  at  any  period  of  its  existence.  The  college  course 
is  three  sessions  of  six  months  each.  Tuition  is  $100  per  session. 

THE  GIRLS'  LATIN  SCHOOL,  Baltimore,  William  H.  Shelley, 
A.  M.,  Principal,  was  founded  in  1890  with  especial  reference  to 
preparing  girls  for  the  Woman's  College  of  Baltimore.  Upon  the 
satisfactory  completion  of  the  course,  a  certificate  will  be  conferred 
which  will  be  accepted  as  a  substitute  for  entrance  examinations 
to  the  Woman's  College.  The  school  possesses  two  buildings, 
one  purely  for  instruction,  the  other  wholly  for  residence.  The 
former  is  a  granite  structure  thoroughly  lighted,  ventilated,  and 
heated ;  the  latter  is  a  brick  building,  containing  apartments  for 
sixty-five  students.  The  course  of  study  covers  four  years.  Art 
and  music  are  elective.  The  annual  charge  for  students  who  do 
not  reside  in  the  Home,  is  $100;  for  resident  students,  $350. 
Liberal  deductions  made  to  the  daughters  of  clergymen. 

JOHNS  HOPKINS  UNIVERSITY,  Baltimore,  Daniel  C.  Oilman, 
LL.  D.,  President,  was  incorporated  in  1867,  though  the  instruction 
of  students  did  not  begin  until  October,  1876,  the  intervening 
years  having  been  occupied  with  the  details  of  organization.  The 
University  was  founded  by  the  munificence  of  a  citizen  of  Balti- 
more, Mr.  Johns  Hopkins,  who  bequeathed  the  most  of  his  large 
estate  for  the  establishment  of  a  university  and  a  hospital.  The 
foundation  of  the  institution  is  a  capital  in  land  and  stocks,  esti- 
mated in  value  at  more  than  $3,000,000 ;  the  capital  of  the  hospi- 
tal is  not  less  in  amount.  There  are  two  faculties  :  The  faculty  of 
philosophy ;  the  faculty  of  medicine.  The  former  was  organized 
in  1876  for  the  instruction  of  young  men  in  languages,  literature, 
and  science.  Collegiate  courses  are  offered  leading  to  the  degree 

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of  A.  B.,  and  advanced  courses  leading  to  the  degree  of  Ph.  D. 
The  faculty  of  medicine  was  gradually  brought  together,  and  in 
the  autumn  of  1893  the  Johns  Hopkins  Medical  School  was  fully 
organized  and  opened  for  the  instruction  of  young  men  and  young 
women  who  desire  to  proceed  to  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine. 

NOTRE  DAME  OF  MARYLAND,  corner  Charles  Street  and 
Homeland  Avenue,  Baltimore,  School  Sisters  of  Notre  Dame,  is 
a  college  for  young  ladies,  and  a  preparatory  school  for  girls, 
chartered  in  1864.  It  includes  a  college  department,  which 
confers  the  degrees  of  B.  A.,  B.  L.,  and  B.  S.,  and  a  preparatory 
department,  a  music  department,  and  an  art  school.  The  location 
is  noted  for  its  beauty  and  healthfulness,  and  the  buildings  are 
excellently  equipped.  Pupils  of  all  denominations  are  received. 
The  terms  per  annum  in  both  the  college  and  preparatory  depart- 
ments, including  board  and  regular  tuition,  are  $256. 

SOUTHERN  HOnE  SCHOOL,  915  and  917  North  Charles 
Street,  Baltimore,  Mrs.  W.  M.  Gary  and  Miss  Gary,  Principals, 
was  opened  in  1842,  and,  after  several  removals,  was  established 
in  its  present  handsome  quarters  in  1865.  Boarding  pupils  are 
regarded  as  members  of  the  family,  and  no  effort  is  spared  to 
secure  their  happiness  and  well-being.  French  is  spoken  during 
stated  hours  of  the  day.  There  are  primary,  junior,  and  senior 
departments,  and  there  is  also  a  post-graduate  course.  The 
school  is  recommended  by  President  Gilman,  of  Johns  Hopkins 
University.  Terms  for  boarding  pupils,  $500  per  year. 

WILFORD  HOME  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  909  Cathedral 
Street,  Baltimore,  Mrs.  Waller  R  Bullock,  Principal.  September 
27,  1898,  began  the  twenty-first  year  of  this  school.  Being  located 
in  the  city  of  Baltimore,  the  school  offers  many  opportunities  for 
culture  outside  of  the  regular  course.  It  has  five  departments : 
Infant,  primary  (to  which  boys  are  admitted),  grammar,  college 
preparatory,  and  academic.  Pupils  completing  the  regular  col- 
lege preparatory  course  will  be  admitted  without  examination  to 
Wellesley  College,  to  the  Woman's  College,  Baltimore?  and  to  other 
leading  colleges.  No  pupil  from  Wilford  School  has  ever  been 
sent  to  college  conditioned.  Pupils  are  admitted  at  any  time 
during  the  year,  but  the  number  of  boarding  pupils  is  limited. 
The  school  has  become  known  in  Baltimore  for  its  successful 
work  in  preparing  girls  for  college.  Students  are  constantly  sent 
by  the  colleges  to  Wilford  School  to  receive  coaching  in  branches 
necessary  to  admission.  In  this  way  every  year  much  individual 
work  is  arranged  for,  and  the  most  careful  attention  given  in  such 
cases.  Music  is  part  of  the  school  work  and  may  be  substituted 
for  Latin.  Boaid  and  tuition  in  English,  French,  and  German, 
$500  per  annum.  This  does  not  include  laundry,  use  of  piano,  etc. 


Baltimore.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Md. 

TRAINING  SCHOOL  OF  THE  BALTIMORE  KINDER- 
GARTEN ASSOCIATION,  33  North  Avenue,  West,  Baltimore, 
Miss  Caroline  M.  C.  Hart,  Principal ;  Dr.  Edward  H.  Griffin, 
President  of  the  Association,  who  is  also  Dean  of  Johns  Hopkins 
University.  The  association  was  organized  February  10,  1893, 
for  the  purpose  of  spreading  a  knowledge  of  Froebel's  principles 
in  the  community,  of  encouraging  the  training  of  kindergartners, 
and  of  promoting  the  establishment  of  kindergartens.  Twelve 
kindergartens  for  practice  are  in  direct  connection  with  the  work. 
The  courses  of  study  are :  The  junior,  the  senior,  the  graduate,  the 
alumnae,  and  the  course  for  directors  of  normal  classes.  The  tuition 
for  the  junior  and  senior  course  (two  years)  is  $150;  for  the 
senior  course,  $100  ;  for  the  graduate  course,  $100.  The  alumnae 
fee  is  $10  yearly,  and  any  member  is  eligible  for  the  course  for 
director  of  normal  classes,  which  is  free.  In  the  Outlook  for 
April  3,  1897,  Miss  Susan  E.  Blow  says  of  this  work:  "The  fact 
that  all  these  classes  are  conducted  by  Miss  Hart  gives  to  the 
work  a  unity  and  power  which  it  would  be  hard  to  overvalue." 

THE  WOflAN'S  COLLEGE  OF  BALTlflORE,  the  Rev. 
John  F.  Goucher,  A.M.,  D.  D.,  President,  was  founded  in  1888. 
Its  equipment  consists  of  nine  buildings,  of  which  four  are  for 
residence  only.  It  aims  to  provide  young  women  opportunities 
for  intellectual  training  in  the  midst  of  surroundings  that  are 
equally  favorable  to  their  physical  and  moral  well-being.  The 
requirements  for  admission  are  essentially  those  of  the  Eastern 
colleges  of  first  rank.  Graduates  of  good  high  schools,  in  which 
Latin  and  at  least  one  other  language  are  taught,  should  be  able 
to  enter,  and  the  certificates  of  such  schools  are  accepted  for 
entrance.  The  curriculum  is  made  up  of  an  admixture  of  required 
with  elective  work,  the  tendency  being  to  require  classes  of 
subjects,  out  of  which  particular  studies  may  be  chosen.  Upon 
the  completion  of  an  amount  of  work  represented  by  fifteen  hours 
of  class  work  a  week  for  four  years,  the  student  is  graduated  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  The  work  offered  includes  the 
ancient  and  the  modern  languages,  higher  mathematics,  rhetoric, 
composition,  English  literature,  the  sciences  usually  described  as 
natural,  economics,  sociology,  history,  art,  philosophy,  and  the 
English  Bible  from  a  literary  and  historical  point  of  view.  In 
most  of  these  subjects  it  is  possible  to  take  successive  courses  of 
such  extent  as  to  lay  a  broad  foundation  for  subsequent  specializa- 
tion. Facilities  are  provided  for  courses  in  music  and  in  art  for 
students  who  wish  to  add  those  subjects  to  their  academic  work, 
but  no  students  are  accepted  for  art  and  music  only.  Exclusive 
of  these  last  subjects,  the  charge  for  resident  students  is  $375  a 
year. 

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Md.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  College  Park. 

CHARLOTTE  HALL  SCHOOL,  Charlotte  Hall,  St.  Mary's 
County,  G.  M.  Thomas,  A.  M.,  Principal,  is  the  only  school  of 
high  grade  for  boys  in  Southern  Maryland,  and  was  first  opened 
January  i,  1797,  since  which  date  its  work  has  been  continuous. 
The  landed  estate  of  the  school  embraces  325  acres,  one-third  of 
which  is  cleared.  The  campus  itself  consists  of  twelve  acres, 
affording  ample  ground  for  military  drill  and  athletic  sports,  and 
the  building  equipment  leaves  little  to  be  desired.  The  scholastic 
year  is  divided  into  two  sessions.  Tuition  per  session  is  $10  in 
the  preparatory  department,  and  $15  in  the  academic.  Several 
free  scholarships  are  available  under  specified  conditions. 

BROOKEVILLE  ACADEMY,  a  day  and  boarding  school  for 
boys,  Brookeville,  H.  S.  Houskeeper,  M.  A.,  Principal,  finely 
located  twenty  miles  north  of  Washington,  D.  C.,  offers  a  thorough 
academic,  a  college  preparatory,  and  a  teacher's  course.  The 
special  features  are  the  healthful  location,  the  thorough  instruc- 
tion, and  the  low  rates.  Board,  room,  lights,  tuition,  etc.,  are 
$200  per  annum. 

THE  CHEVY  CHASE  FRENCH  AND  ENGLISH  SCHOOL 
FOR  GIRLS,  Mile.  Lea  M.  Bouligny,  Principal,  Miss  C.  Petti- 
grew,  Assistant  Principal,  is  situated  in  the  attractive  suburb  of 
Chevy  Chase,  half  an  hour  from  Washington  by  electric  cars. 
It  offers  the  advantages  of  large  grounds,  pure  air,  an  altitude 
five  hundred  feet  above  Washington,  and  artesian  well  water.  A 
separate  room  is  provided  for  each  pupil.  French  is  positively 
the  language  of  the  house.  Pupils  are  prepared  for  college,  and 
are  allowed  to  elect  their  own  studies.  Music  and  art  are  under 
the  charge  of  specialists.  This  school  aims  at  making  its  pupils' 
education  universal,  and  avails  itself  of  all  the  advantages  of 
Washington.  Summer  address,  City  Post-office,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Winter  address,  Chevy  Chase  Post-office,  Maryland. 

MARYLAND  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE,  College  Park, 
R.  S.  Silvester,  President,  was  incorporated  in  1856,  and  opened 
to  students  in  the  fall  of  1859.  At  first  a  private  institution,  it 
became  subsequently  a  beneficiary  of  the  "  Land  Grant  Act,"  and 
thus  a  State  college.  The  buildings  occupy  the  crest  of  a  hill 
covered  with  forest  trees,  and  in  front  of  them  stretches  a  broad 
campus,  the  drill  ground  and  athletic  field  of  the  students.  The 
college  farm  contains  about  three  hundred  acres.  All  of  the 
numerous  buildings  are  equipped  for  technical  and  scientific 
study.  A  military  department  is  in  charge  of  an  army  officer. 
Among  the  courses  of  study  are  included  classical,  agricultural, 
mechanical  engineering,  and  general  science.  Total  expenses 
per  year  for  regular  students  amount  to  $165  ;  for  scholarship 
students,  $85  ;  for  day  students,  $35. 


Colora.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  ,    Md. 

WEST  NOTTINGHAM  ACADEMY,  Colora,  Cecil  County. 
John  G.  Conner,  A.  M.,  Principal,  was  founded  by  the  Rev. 
.Samuel  Finley  in  1741.  The  academy  is  located  in  a  grove  of 
iorest  trees  on  grounds  adjoining  the  historic  West  Nottingham 
Presbyterian  church.  Three  courses  of  study  lead  to  graduation 
in  the  academy :  The  classical,  the  scientific,  and  the  English. 
Preparation  is  given  for  the  best  colleges  and  scientific  schools. 
^Expenses  for  tuition,  board,  and  washing  are  $50  per  quarter. 

ANDREW  SMALL  ACADEMY,  Darnestown,  Montgomery 
County,  William  Nelson  (University  of  Virginia),  Principal.  This 
institution,  built  and  endowed  by  the  gentleman  for  whom  it  is 
named,  is  located  three  miles  from  the  Potomac  River  on  the 
south,  and  twenty-one  miles  from  Washington  by  the  Metropolitan 
Branch  of  the  B.  &  O.  Railroad.  The  academy  grounds  contain 
six  or  seven  acres  filled  with  shade  trees,  and  offer  ample  room 
for  out-door  exercise.  The  school  is  intended  for  both  sexes,  and 
is  provided  with  two  large  schoolrooms  and  smaller  class-rooms. 
A  limited  number  of  boarders  can  be  accommodated  in  the  build- 
ing, and  others  may  find  board  in  private  families.  Pupils  are 
graded  into  four  classes:  Preparatory,  junior,  intermediate,  and 
senior. 

flOUNT  ST.  flARY'S  COLLEGE,  Emmitsburg,  the  Very  Rev. 
"W.  L.  O'Hara,  President,  was  founded  in  1808  by  a  young  mis- 
sionary priest  who  had  fled  from  the  fury  of  the  French  Revolu- 
tion. The  first  buildings  were  a  row  of  log  houses,  and  the 
original  intention  of  the  school  was  that  of  preparing  candidates 
for  the  priesthood.  The  college  was  not  chartered  until  1830, 
and  then  followed  a  period  of  extensive  building  and  of  growth  in 
.all  departments.  The  present  buildings  are  granite  structures, 
occupying  an  elevated  and  beautiful  location  surrounded  by  hills, 
-whose  slopes  are  covered  with  gardens,  streams,  and  vineyards. 
A  large  and  loyal  body  of  alumni  testify  to  the  thoroughness 
<of  the  curriculum  and  to  the  noble  and  charming  associations  of 
-"  The  old  mountain." 

NATIONAL  PARK  SEHINARY    FOR   YOUNG    WOflEN, 

Forest  Glen,  John  A.  Cassedy,  B.  S.,  Principal,  claims  the  atten- 
tion of  thoughtful  parents  because  of  its  charming  location  upon 
a  commanding  height,  twenty  minutes  from  Washington,  D.  C. ; 
its  proximity  to  Washington,  with  educational  facilities  offered  by 
no  other  city ;  its  equable  climate,  free  from  the  rigors  of  the 
Northern  winter,  inviting  out-door  life ;  and  its  complete  equip- 
ment, comprising  picturesque  grounds,  a  handsome  modern. $75,- 
ooo  building,  a  fine  library,  laboratory,  and  gymnasium.  The 
school  prepares  for  college,  and  all  the  courses  of  study  are  planned 

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to  produce  womanly  women.  Graduate  courses  are  offered  in 
music,  art,  and  elocution.  The  instructors,  numbering  twenty- 
two,  are  all  specialists.  Personal  care  is  given  to  the  home  life 
and  a  training  in  character  building  is  given  by  a  mother  who  has 
made  such  work  a  study.  The  expenses  range  from  $350  to  $500 
per  year. 

THE  WOflAN'S  COLLEGE,  Frederick,  J.  H.  Apple,  A.  M.r 
President,  was  established  as  Frederick  Female  Seminary  in 
1843.  It  is  situated  in  the  heart  of  picturesque  Frederick  County. 
East  Hall  and  College  Hall,  two  of  the  three  buildings,  are  con- 
nected by  a  closed  corridor,  and  are  heated,  lighted,  and  furnished 
in  accordance  with  most  approved  modern  methods.  The  third, 
Conservatory  Hall,  is  devoted  to  the  School  of  Music.  The  insti- 
tution, which  is  under  the  control  of  the  Reformed  Church,  was 
incorporated  under  its  present  name  in  1897.  It  awards  the 
degrees  of  A.  B.  and  B.  S.  The  charges  per  term  for  board,  fur- 
nished room,  fuel,  and  light,  are  approximately  $112. 

KEE  flAR  COLLEGE,  Hagerstown,  the  Rev.  C.  L.  Keedyr 
A.  M.,  M.  D.,  President,  is  devoted  to  the  education  of  young 
women  in  the  Lutheran  Church,  and  was  the  first  women's  college 
founded  by  the  Lutheran  fathers.  Three  courses  of  study  are 
offered,  a  classical  of  four  years,  a  music  and  art  course  of  four 
years,  and  a  normal  of  three  years,  each  leading  to  degrees.  A 
two  years'  preparatory  course  leads  to  the  classical  course.  Del- 
sarte's  system  of  elocution  is  taught.  Scholarships  and  loans  are 
available  for  a  limited  number  of  students.  The  expenses  for 
board  and  tuition  in  any  of  the  college  or  normal  courses  are  $200 
per  year.  Tuition  for  day  pupils  in  any  of  the  college  courses  is 
$40  per  year. 

THE  JACOB  TOME  INSTITUTE,  Port  Deposit,  was  founded, 
by  the  charter  of  incorporation,  May  20,  1889,  but  the  school  was- 
not  open  to  the  reception  of  students  until  September,  1894. 
From  the  date  of  its  founding  until  the  time  of  his  death  in 
March,  1898,  the  founder  gave  to  it  various  sums  of  money  and 
securities,  aggregating  somewhat  more  than  $1,650,000.  By  his 
will  the  Institute  was  made  residuary  legatee,  and  it  is  estimated 
that  its  total  endowment  aggregates  upward  of  $3,500,000.  The 
charter  provides  for  a  board  of  trustees,  of  which  the  wife  of  the 
founder,  Mrs.  Evalyn  S.  Tome,  was,  and  still  is,  the  first  president. 
Seven  of  the  trustees  must  be  residents  of  Cecil  County,  and  at 
least  five  residents  of  the  town  of  Port  Deposit.  The  direct  pur- 
pose of  the  founder  in  the  establishment  of  the  school  is,  perhaps,, 
best  set  forth  in  Article  III.  of  the  charter:  "The  object  and 
purposes  of  said  corporation  shall  be  the  creation  and  maintenance 

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in  the  town  of  Port  Deposit  in  Cecil  County,  aforesaid,  of  a  school 
or  educational  institution  for  the  free  education  of  white  children, 
both  males  and  females,  between  the  ages  of  ten  years  and  eight- 
een years,  and  furnishing  for  their  use,  free  of  charge,  books, 
apparatus,  specimens,  instruments,  implements,  and  machinery, 
such  as  shall  be  necessary  and  proper  for  their  education  and  for 
fitting  them  for  usefulness  in  life ;  the  erection  of  suitable  build- 
ings and  structures,  the  employment  of  competent  officers  for  the 
management  of  the  affairs  of  said  corporation  and  of  fit  and  suit- 
able instructors,  teachers,  and  assistants  to  govern  and  instruct 
said  children  and  to  do  all  other  things  necessary  and  proper  for 
the  thorough  and  practical  education,  but  not  for  the  boarding  or 
the  clothing  of  the  children  admitted  to  said  school  or  educational 
institution  ;  and  the  education  or  instruction  above  mentioned  may 
include,  at  the  discretion  of  the  trustees  having  the  management 
of  the  concerns  of  this  corporation,  not  only  the  studies  usually 
pursued  in  schools  for  children  of  the  ages  hereinbefore  named, 
but  also  manual  training,  the  use  of  tools  and  machinery,  operating 
the  same  by  means  of  steam,  electricity,  or  other  forces,  the  work- 
ing of  metal,  wood,  and  other  substances,  telegraphy,  shorthand 
writing,  typewriting,  also  drawing,  designing,  and  engraving  upon 
wood,  copper,  or  steel,  sewing,  cooking,  and  other  domestic  or 
useful  arts."  In  admitting  children  to  the  Institute  preference  is 
given  in  the  following  order :  Orphans  of  Port  Deposit,  residents 
of  Port  Deposit,  orphans  of  Cecil  County,  residents  of  Cecil  County, 
orphans  of  Maryland.  If  any  available  space  remains  after  these 
are  provided  for,  it  is  open  to  the  first  comers.  The  age  limit  of 
ten  to  eighteen  years  mentioned  in  the  charter  was  afterwards 
changed,  so  that  it  now  includes  pupils  from  four  to  eighteen  years 
of  age.  This  does  not,  however,  exclude  children  already  in  the 
school  when  they  have  reached  their  eighteenth  birthday.  At 
present  the  school  occupies  a  substantial,  well  equipped,  modern 
building  in  the  town  of  Port  Deposit.  The  kindergarten  and 
domestic  science  departments  are  carried  on  in  temporary  quarters 
adjacent  to  the  main  building.  The  corps  of  officers  and  instructors 
now  numbers  thirty,  and  between  five  and  six  hundred  students  are 
enrolled.  The  course  of  study,  up  to  the  eighth  grade,  is  nearly 
parallel  with  that  of  the  best  schools  in  New  England.  It  offers 
ample  instruction  in  the  usual  literary  lines,  together  with  ele- 
mentary science,  art,  music,  manual  training,  and  domestic  sci- 
ence. The  eighth  and  ninth  grades,  together  with  the  high  school, 
are  carried  on  as  departmental  work.  These  grades,  continuing  the 
work  of  the  lower  grades  and  extending  the  same,  offer,  under 
the  direction  of  the  class  teachers,  sufficient  material  for  entrance 
into  any  American  university,  art  or  technical  school.  It  is  the 
intention  of  the  trustees  to  further  extend  the  usefulness  of  the 

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Institute  by  enlarging  its  instruction  in  business  studies  and  by 
largely  augmenting  the  work  in  manual  training.  The  Institute 
is,  perhaps,  one  of  the  best  examples  of  wise  philanthropy  in  our 
country,  and  offers  the  best  facilities  for  the  working  out  of  modern 
educational  problems.  It  is  not  the  intention  of  the  trustees  to 
make  any  attempt  at  collegiate  or  university  work,  but  to  maintain 
the  Institute  in  the  very  front  rank  of  secondary  schools.  Plans 
are  now  under  consideration  for  opening  the  school  to  much  larger 
numbers  than  heretofore,  by  greatly  increasing  the  building  accom- 
modations. It  is  expected  that  a  high  school  building,  dormito- 
ries, and  manual  training  buildings  will  be  erected  in  the  near 
future.  It  needs  hardly  to  be  said  that  such  an  institution,  with 
open  doors,  offering  every  opportunity,  as  free  as  the  freest  public 
schools,  must  wield  a  large  influence  upon  the  life  and  social  con- 
ditions in  the  town  and  of  all  who  come  within  its  limit  of  patronage. 
It  is  a  benefaction  worthy  of  the  emulation  of  many  another  man 
of  wealth,  who  has  won  his  way  up  from  the  plain  people  and 
turns  naturally  in  his  later  years  to  see  in  what  way  he  may  do  the 
most  good  to  his  fellow  men  with  the  generous  resources  at  his 
command. 

THE  HANNAH  MORE  ACADEMY,  the  diocesan  school  for 
girls  of  the  diocese  of  Maryland,  at  Reisterstown,  Rev.  Joseph 
Fletcher,  Principal  and  Rector.  This  school  was  founded  in  1832 
by  Mrs.  Anne  Neilson.  The  same  year  it  was  incorporated,  and 
in  1873  the  convention  of  the  diocese  of  Maryland,  in  recognition 
of  the  work  done  by  the  school,  accepted  and  adopted  it  as  the 
diocesan  school  for  girls.  Its  buildings,  including  a  chapel,  are 
set  among  fine  old  trees  and  in  a  newly  improved  campus.  The 
entire  group  is  lighted  by  electricity,  generated  by  the  private 
plant  of  the  school.  The  pupils  are  under  the  direction  of  teach- 
ers, in  dress,  habits,  manners,  and  conversation,  as  well  as  in 
their  studies.  The  mind  is  not  trained  at  the  expense  of  the  body, 
nor  are  mind  and  body  trained  without  constant  regard  to  the 
spiritual  nature.  The  course  of  study  is  designed  to  cover  all 
grades,  beginning  with  the  primary.  Those  who  complete  the 
course  will  be  fitted  to  enter  college.  Systematic  instruction  is 
given  through  the  whole  course  in  Bible  history,  church  history, 
and  Christian  doctrine.  The  charge  for  boarding  pupils  for 
the  year  is  $250.  This  includes  board,  laundry,  and  tuition  in 
English  branches,  Latin,  physical  culture,  and  vocal  music  and 
drawing  in  classes. 

ST.  GEORGE'S  HALL  FOR  BOYS,  St.  George's,  in  the 
Highlands  twelve  miles  from  Baltimore,  Prof.  J.  C.  Kinear,  A.  M., 
Principal.  This  institution  was  founded  in  1876  as  a  preparatory 
school  for  any  college  or  for  business  life.  Its  students  are  now 

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prominent  and  successful  in  the  army,  navy,  ministry,  law,  medi- 
cine, and  all  branches  of  commercial  life.  The  buildings  are 
entirely  new  and  replete  with  all  modern  conveniences,  while  the 
grounds  are  extensive  and  beautiful,  affording  opportunity  for  all 
games  and  sports  common  to  American  youth.  The  principal  was 
for  years  vice-president  of  the  largest  military  school  in  the  South, 
the  founder  and  proprietor  of  the  celebrated  Pembroke  School  of 
Baltimore,  and  finally  the  proprietor  and  founder  of  St.  George's 
Hall,  which  for  twenty-three  years  has  been  the  ideal  school  for 
boys  in  Maryland.  The  charge  for  the  school  year  is  from  $250 
to  $300,  according  to  age  of  students. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

AMHERST  COLLEGE,  Amherst,  Merrill  E.  Gates,  Ph.D., 
LL.  D.,  President,  was  first  opened  September  19,  1821,  and  was 
chartered  in  1825.  The  departments  of  collegiate  instruction  are 
grouped  in  six  general  sections,  as  follows :  Philosophy,  ancient 
languages,  English,  modern  languages,  mathematics,  and  natural 
science.  Every  student  who  has  completed  his  work  in  each  sec- 
tion may  be  admitted  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  or  Bach- 
elor of  Science,  and  receive  a  diploma  in  testimony  of  the  same. 
The  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  in  course  is  conferred  only  on 
condition  that  the  candidate,  already  a  Bachelor  of  Arts,  has 
completed  a  course  of  liberal  study,  approved  by  the  faculty,  suffi- 
cient in  amount  to  constitute  a  fifth  year  of  college  work.  The 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy,  for  which  only  college  graduates 
may  be  candidates,  is  recommended  on  compliance  with  certain 
conditions.  There  are  a  number  of  available  scholarships  and 
prizes,  the  beneficiary  funds  amounting  to  over  $200,000.  The 
general  term-bill,  including  tuition,  library,  gymnasium,  and  all 
ordinary  incidentals,  is  $110  ;  room  rent  in  the  dormitories  is  from 
$65  to  $125  per  annum;  and  board  ranges  from  $3  to  $6  per 
week. 

THE    flASSACHUSETTS    AGRICULTURAL    COLLEGE, 

Amherst,  Henry  H.  Goodell,  LL.  D.,  President,  had  its  birth  in 
the  land  grant  act  of  Congress  in  1862.  It  was  opened  in  1868, 
and  its  thirty  years  of  existence  have  been  years  of  prosperity, 
comparing  more  than  favorably  with  colleges  in  other  States, 
established  under  the  same  grant.  The  superstructure  of  agri- 
cultural education  is  reared  somewhat  after  this  fashion :  Agricul- 
ture the  foundation ;  botany,  chemistry,  zoology,  and  mathematics 
the  four  corner-stones  ;  the  walls  are  solidly  built  up  with  English, 
horticulture,  floriculture,  and  forestry  on  the  one  side,  English,  physi- 
ology, entomology,  comparative  anatomy  of  the  domestic  animals, 

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and  veterinary  on  the  other,  English,  mechanics,  physics,  and  civil 
engineering  on  the  third,  and  English,  French,  German,  political 
economy,  and  constitutional  history  on  the  fourth,  and  the  study 
of  English  the  basis  of  all.  The  corps  of  professors  and  assist- 
ants numbers  eighteen.  Tuition  is  free,  and  the  cost  of  board  is 
nominal. 

flOUNT  PLEASANT  INSTITUTE,  Amherst,  Henry  C.  Nash, 
A.  M.,  Proprietor,  William  K.  Nash,  A.  M.,  Principal.  Amherst, 
celebrated  for  its  picturesque  and  healthful  location,  is  easy  of 
access  from  New  York  City,  Boston,  and  Albany.  Mount  Pleasant 
Institute  was  established  here  in  1846,  and  the  buildings  were 
erected  for  school  purposes,  half  a  mile  north  of  the  village.  Con- 
nected with  the  buildings  are  twenty  acres  of  land,  including  a 
front  court  of  about  ten  acres,  and  a  grove  of  forest  trees  of  about 
ten  acres  more,  in  which  is  gymnastic  apparatus  for  the  amuse- 
ment and  health  of  the  pupils.  The  Institute  is  designed  for  the 
education  of  boys  in  the  fullest  sense  of  the  word.  The  number 
of  pupils  is  limited  to  sixteen,  and  the  course  of  study  includes  a 
thorough  preparation  for  college,  school  of  technology,  or  business. 
Pupils  have  access  without  extra  charge  to  the  valuable  courses  of 
lectures  delivered  at  Amherst  College.  The  cost  of  board,  tuition, 
washing,  mending,  fuel,  and  lights  is  $333  per  annum. 

flRS.  W.  F.  STEARNS'S  HOflE  SCHOOL  for  young  ladies, 
Amherst,  offers  a  genuine  home,  together  with  careful  physical, 
social,  and  religious  culture,  and  the  best  intellectual  training. 
The  faculty  of  Amherst  College  kindly  offer  to  render  such  assist- 
ance as  may  be  suitable  to  the  requirements  of  the  pupils  and  the 
plan  of  the  school,  granting  free  access  to  the  college  library  and 
to  their  collections  in  the  natural  sciences  and  in  the  fine  arts. 
Board  and  tuition  in  English  branches,  Latin,  French,  and  German, 
per  annum,  $500. 

ABBOT  ACADEMY,  Andover,  Miss  Emily  A.  Means,  Prin- 
cipal, was  founded  in  1829  for  the  purpose  of  providing  higher 
education  for  young  women.  It  presents  extended  courses  in 
Latin,  Greek,  French,  German,  history,  literature,  and  science,  and 
a  college-fitting  course,  and  also  provides  the  best  facilities  for 
music  and  drawing.  It  is  situated  in  a  region  of  beautiful  scenery 
and  healthful  climate.  The  equipment  for  the  academy  is  com- 
plete and  extensive,  and  it  has  accommodations  for  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  boarding  pupils.  Healthful  out-door  exercise  is 
required  of  all.  The  new  Draper  Hall,  the  largest  and  most 
imposing  of  the  school  buildings,  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  finest 
and  most  complete  of  its  kind  in  the  country.  The  total  expense 
for  board,  washing,  and  tuition,  excepting  music  and  drawing,  is 
$400  per  annum. 

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PHILLIPS  ACADEMY,  Andover,  C.  F.  P.  Bancroft,  LL.  D., 
Principal,  was  founded  in  1778.  The  school  offers  high  grade 
courses,  preparatory  for  college,  in  its  two  departments,  classical 
and  scientific.  Good  testimonials  from  previous  schools  are 
required.  Entrance  examinations  for  the  several  classes  aje  held 
in  June  and  September.  The  term  bills  for  tuition  are  $40  for  the 
fall,  $30  for  the  winter,  and  $30  for  the  spring  term.  Laboratory 
fees  are  charged  for  chemistry,  physics,  and  botany.  The  price  of 
board  and  lodging  varies  from  $6  per  week  upwards. 

GUSHING  ACADEMY,  Ashburnham,  Hervey  S.  Cowell,  Prin- 
cipal, is  beautifully  situated,  Mt.  Wachusett  rising  to  the  south, 
Mt.  Monadnock  to  the  north,  and  several  high  hills  and  broad 
lakes  being  within  the  limits  of  the  town  of  Ashburnham.  In 
1854  Thomas  Parkin  an  Gushing,  a  successful  Boston  merchant, 
left  the  bulk  of  his  large  estate  to  establish  an  academy  in  his 
native  town.  The  act  of  incorporation  was  signed  by  Governor 
Andrew,  May  16,  1865,  and  eight  years  later  an  edifice  was 
erected  at  a  cost  of  over  $90,000,  the  school  being  opened  to  the 
public  September  7,  1875.  OR  January  12,  1893,  the  main 
building  was  totally  destroyed  by  fire,  but  prompt  and  generous 
contributions  from  all  over  the  country  made  possible  the  imme- 
diate erection  of  new  buildings,  which  were  dedicated  January  2, 
1894,  and  which  are  in  many  respects  models  of  modern  school 
architecture.  Four  courses  are  offered  :  Classical,  literary,  Eng- 
lish, and  business,  besides  excellent  musical  courses.  The  school 
is  co-educational.  From  $180  to  $200  will  cover  all  necessary 
annual  school  expenses. 

LASELL  SEHINARY  FOR  YOUNG  WOMEN,  Auburndale, 
C.  C.  Bragdon,  Principal,  was  founded  in  1851  by  Prof.  Edward 
Lasell,  of  Williams  College,  who  wished  to  make  it  a  girls' 
school  of  the  first  rank.  For  over  twenty  years  Mr.  Bragdon 
has  continued  the  work  of  the  founder.  He  has  modelled  his 
courses  of  instruction  and  the  school  life  of  the  students  on  lines 
which  will  best  fit  them  for  home  duties.  Their  physical  welfare 
is  carefully  looked  after,  and  they  have  excellent  chances  for  exer- 
cise. Proximity  to  the  Charles  River  furnishes  the  opportunity  for 
boating ;  the  grounds  are  spacious,  and  are  provided  with  tennis 
courts  ;  and  the  gymnasium  was  equipped  under  the  direction  of 
Dr.  D.  A.  Sargent,  of  Harvard  University.  In  addition  to  fifteen 
resident  teachers,  there  are  sixteen  visiting  instructors  from  Boston, 
making  a  faculty  of  over  thirty  for  one  hundred  and  fifty  students. 
The  curriculum  includes,  besides  the  usual  preparatory  courses, 
the  languages,  music,  drawing  and  painting,  law  lectures,  book- 
keeping, phonography,  typewriting,  telegraphy,  photography,,  and 
domestic  economy. 

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Boston. 


ELM  HILL  SCHOOL,  Barre,  George  A.  Brown,  A.  B.,  M.  D., 
and  Catherine  W.  Brown,  Superintendents.  This  private  institu- 
tion for  the  education  of  feeble-minded  youth  was  established  in 
June,  1848,  thus  being  the  first  school  of  the  kind  in  America.  It 
is  ideally  located  in  a  country  village,  and  has  an  altitude  of  one 
thousand  feet  above  the  sea.  The  grounds  comprise  250  acres. 
The  school  is  under  a  family  organization,  and  the  living  buildings, 
arranged  on  the  cottage  system,  include  a  boys'  cottage,  girls' 
cottage,  farm  cottage,  epileptic  boys'  cottage,  and  home  and 
custodial  building.  Symmetry  of  growth  is  aimed  at ;  to  this  end 


LASELL    SEMINARY. 


individual  instruction  is  emphasized,  and  careful  attention  is  given 
to  gymnastic  and  manual,  as  well  as  to  mental,  training.  Younger 
children  are  taught  by  a  modification  of  kindergarten  methods, 
proceeding  therefrom  to  public  school  instruction.  The  numbers 
are  strictly  limited,  pupils  being  received  at  any  time  when  a 
vacancy  occurs.  Children  are  admitted  from  the  age  of  six 
upward.  The  institution  is  in  session  the  year  round.  No  efforts 
are  spared  to  make  this  a  delightful  home  as  well  as  a  thorough 
school. 

ACADEMY  OF  NOTRE  DAME,  Berkeley  Street,  Boston,  was 
founded  in  1853.  The  substantial  brick  building  of  five  stories 
contains  eight  class-rooms  and  ten  music-rooms,  besides  all  the 
other  rooms  and  halls  belonging  to  such  an  institution.  The 
academy  exhibit  of  class  work  and  needlework  at  the  World's 

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Fair  was  awarded  medals  and  diplomas.  The  community  num- 
bers seventy-five  sisters,  many  of  whom  teach  in  the  parochial 
schools,  and  the  remainder  in  the  aca'demy,  the  yearly  attendance 
of  which  is  one  hundred  and  seventy-five. 

ACADEMY  OF  THE  SACRED  HEART,  618  Massachusetts 
Avenue,  Boston.  The  plan  includes  primary  and  academic 
grades,  and  affords  every  facility  for  a  thorough  and  refined 
education.  The  study  of  French  forms  a  part  of  the  regular 
course.  Every  attention  is  paid  to  the  mental  and  moral  training 
of  the  pupils,  fitting  them  to  fulfil  their  mission  as  Christian 
women  in  society. 

THE  ALLEN  GYflNASIUM,  42  to  56  St.  Botolph  Street, 
Boston,  Miss  Mary  E.  Allen,  Director.  This  is  an  institution 
devoted  to  the  maintenance  of  health  by  assisting  nature  by  purely 


natural  methods.  It  occupies  two  connecting  buildings,  with  a 
frontage  of  150  feet,  and  eighty  feet  in  depth.  One  building  is 
used  for  the  Gymnasium  and  its  sub-departments  for  education 
and  recreation,  the  other  for  the  baths  and  its  various  depart- 
ments. The  Gymnasium  is  a  school  for  physical  training,  cover- 
ing a  course  in  gymnastic  progressions  of  six  years.  Private  and 
individual  attention  and  help  are  given  to  the  weak  and  partially 
disabled.  The  normal  department  comprises  a  two-year  course. 
This  gives  the  student  training  in  four  years  of  the  progressions 
of  the  Gymnasium  in  practical  work,  with  instruction  in  anatomy, 
physiology,  and  hygiene.  The  lectures  and  demonstrations  of  the 
Boston  University  Medical  College  are  also  open  to  them,  while 
the  numerous  and  varied  classes  in  the  Gymnasium  give  them 
large  opportunity  for  observation  and  practical  experience  in 

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teaching.  The  recreation  department  includes  six  finely  equipped, 
attractive  bowling  alleys  and  a  tennis  court.  The  bath  depart- 
ment is  one  of  the  most  beautifully  fitted  establishments  of  the 
kind.  Here  are  given  Turkish,  Russian,  electric,  sulphur,  and  all 
kinds  of  baths,  douches,  head  shampoos,  and  massage.  The 
plunge,  where  swimming  lessons  are  given,  is  exquisite  in  finish 
and  appointment,  with  pure  artesian  well  water.  The  whole  com- 
prises the  largest  and  most  beautifully  adapted  establishment 
devoted  to  the  interests  of  women  and  children  in  this  or,  we 
believe,  any  country. 

THE  AUTHORS'  AGENCY,  William  A.  Dresser,  Director. 
The  offices  of  this  agency  are  in  the  Pierce  Building,  Copley 
Square,  Boston,  opposite  the  Public  Library  and  Art  Museum. 
As  an  educational  institution  the  importance  of  this  agency,  with 
its  unusual  facilities  and  comprehensive  scope,  ranks  high,  as  is 
indicated  both  by  the  names  of  the  eminent  authors  who  are  its 
references  and  by  the  large  number  of  editorial  notices  received. 
It  was  established  in  1892,  and  is  a  comparatively  new  means 
of  educating  and  aiding  writers  by  a  carefully  devised  system 
applicable  to  the  needs  of  all.  The  terms  for  aid,  advice,  MS. 
disposal,  etc.,  are  stated  in  the  explanatory  circulars  mentioned  on 
page  388. 

BALL  SCHOOL  FOR  FLUTE,  PICCOLO,  AND  PIANO,  133 

Tremont  Street,  Boston,  Mr.  O.  J.  Ball  and  Miss  Alice  E.  Ball, 
Instructors.  Mr.  Ball  began  his  work  of  teaching  twenty  years 
ago.  The  school  has  been  in  its  present  location  for  five  years. 
The  terms  for  either  of  the  branches  taught  are  twenty  lessons  for 

$25. 

BEALE  SELECT  SCHOOL  OF  SHORTHAND,  73  Tremont 
Street,  Boston,  Mrs.  Harriet  E.  Wenzel  and  Miss  Elizabeth  How- 
ard, Principals,  was  established  in  1884  by  Mr.  Charles  Currier 
Beale,  author  of  the  Beale  Shorthand.  Having  been  appointed 
official  stenographer  of  the  Massachusetts  Superior  Court,  Mr. 
Beale  retired  from  the  management  of  the  school  in  July,  1898, 
transferring  it  to  its  present  principals.  The  instruction  is  indi- 
vidual. The  course  of  lessons  arranged  for  this  system  is  designed 
solely  for  the  use  of  students  of  the  school,  and  cannot  be  ob- 
tained elsewhere.  Students  graduating  with  an  average  of  eighty 
per  cent,  from  the  amanuensis,  teacher's,  expert  stenographer's,  or 
law  stenographer's  course  are  awarded  diplomas. 

BICKFORD'S  SCHOOL,  48  Boylston  Street,  Boston,  Prof. 
Charles  Bickford,  Principal,  was  founded  in  1881,  and  offers 
courses  of  study  to  meet  the  requirements  of  lawyers,  ministers, 
public  readers,  actors,  teachers,  lecturers,  students  in  schools  and 

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colleges,  and  young  women  who  wish  to  acquire  a  graceful  presence 
or  to  develop  a  healthy  and  vigorous  physique.  The  branches 
taught  include  oratory,  chironomy,  physical  culture,  voice  cultiva- 
tion, society  gymnastics,  and  dramatic  action,  including  stage  eti- 
quette. The  terms  are  $200  per  annum,  for  the  full  course,  which 
entitles  the  student  to  a  diploma. 

BLISH  SCHOOL  OF  ELOCUTION,  32  Music  Hall  Building, 
Boston,  Prof.  Geo.  W.  Blish,  Principal,  was  founded  in  1873,  and 
is  the  oldest  school  of  elocution  in  Boston.  Particular  attention  is 
given  to  voice  building,  throat  trouble,  and  defective  articulation, 
as  well  as  coaching  in  all  branches.  The  instruction  is  given  in 
private  lessons,  and  special  terms  are  made  for  the  spring  and 
summer. 

BRADFORD  COflflERCIAL  SCHOOL,  48  Boylston  Street, 
Boston,  E.  E.  Bradford,  Principal,  was  established  in  1876.  The 
system  of  instruction  is  that  set  forth  by  the  authors  of  Sadler's 
Bookkeepers  and  Office  Practice,  a  practical  drill  in  the  work  of 
the  business  office,  thus  transferring  the  counting-room  to  the 
schoolroom.  The  instruction  is  individual,  and  students  may 
thus  be  admitted  at  any  time  during  the  school  year. 

BRYANT  AND  STRATTON  COMMERCIAL  SCHOOL,  608 

Washington  Street,  Boston,  H.  E.  Hibbard,  Principal.  This  was 
the  pioneer  school  to  perfect  an  organization  for  the  special  purpose 
of  supplying  to  business  men  well  educated  and  thoroughly  trained 
clerks,  bookkeepers,  and  stenographers.  A  thorough  education 
may  be  acquired  in  bookkeeping,  shorthand  and  typewriting,  and 
all  the  supplementary  studies  necessary  to  a  business  life.  The 
tuition  is  $40  for  each  term  of  ten  weeks. 

BOSTON  COLLEGE,  Boston,  is  under  the  direction  of  the 
Jesuit  Fathers.  There  are  three  departments  :  The  college,  furnish- 
ing the  usual  four  year  course  and  leading  to  the  degree  of  A.  B. ; 
the  academic  or  classical  high  school,  preparatory  for  college ;  and 
the  English  high  school  department.  The  method  of  instruction 
followed  is  that  of  the  famous  Ratio  Studiorum  of  the  Jesuits,  de- 
scribed in  "  Loyola  and  the  Educational  System  of  the  Jesuits," 
published  by  Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  The  buildings  are  extensive. 
There  is  a  well  appointed  gymnasium,  and  a  large  tract  of  land  in 
the  suburbs  of  Boston  is  in  preparation  for  a  complete  athletic 
field. 

BOSTON  COMMERCIAL  COLLEGE,  173  and  174  Tremont 
Street,  Boston,  William  Henry  Moriarty,  Principal,  aims  to  supply 
a  practical  business  education.  The  instruction  is  individual  and 
there  is  no  age  limit.  A  diploma  is  awarded  to  students  who  pur- 

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sue  any  course  successfully  and  pass  a  satisfactory  examination. 
The  system  of  stenography  taught  is  the  Benn  Pitman. 

BOSTON  CONSERVATORY  OF  MUSIC,  154  Tremont 
Street,  Boston,  Herman  P.  Chelius,  Director,  was  founded  in 
1867  by  Julius  Eichberg,  who  first  introduced  the  conservatory 
idea  to  this  country.  The  original  location,  opposite  the  Boston  Com- 
mon, remains  unchanged.  The  plan  of  the  course  is  in  six  grades. 
All  instruments,  as  well  as  the  art  of  conducting,  theory,  harmony, 
composition,  and  public  school  vocal  work,  are  taught,  and  a  post- 
graduate course  is  offered  for  those  wishing  to  prepare  themselves 
for  the  concert  stage  as  performers  or  conductors.  Certificates  are 
not  given  below  the  fourth  grade,  and  before  receiving  certificates 
the  students  are  required  to  give  one  satisfactory  recital.  To  grad- 
uate in  any  of  the  branches,  harmony  and  solfeggio  courses  must 
be  taken.  Diplomas  for  graduation  will  be  awarded  after  one 
year's  study,  provided  the  requirements  are  met. 

THE  BOSTON  COOKING  SCHOOL,  372  Boylston  Street, 
Boston,  Miss  Fannie  Merritt  Farmer,  Principal,  is  the  oldest  cook- 
ing school  in  the  country.  The  course  of  instruction  includes  prac- 
tice lessons  in  plain  cooking  and  richer  cooking.  Arrangements  are 
also  made  for  a  dinner  course,  and  a  course  in  sick-room  cookery. 
Eight  pupils  constitute  a  full  class.  Applications  to  enter  classes 
may  be  made  from  October  to  February.  Demonstration  lectures 
are  given  during  the  winter  every  Wednesday.  The  normal  course 
extends  from  January  to  July,  a  six  months'  course,  two  sessions 
daily  with  a  recess  of  one  hour  between  sessions,  except  Saturdays, 
when  there  is  a  morning  session  only.  The  course  includes  instruc- 
tion in  all  branches  of  cookery  and  laundry  work,  with  lectures  and 
examinations  in  marketing,  physiology  of  digestion,  hygiene,  chem- 
istry, bacteriology,  psychology,  and  pedagogy.  Special  attention 
given  to  arrangement  of  lessons  in  cookery  adapted  to  public 
school  work,  including  plans  for  kitchen  equipments  and  buying 
of  utensils  and  supplies.  The  class  is  admitted  to  the  demonstra- 
tion lectures  given  at  the  school,  and  pupils,  when  sufficiently  ad- 
vanced, are  required  to  give  demonstrations  before  their  class. 
Diplomas  are  awarded  those  who  pass  the  required  examination. 
A  high  school  education  is  essential.  Everything  beyond  this  is  an 
advantage,  especially  attendance  at  a  normal  school,  a  special 
aptitude  for  teaching,  experience  in  housekeeping,  etc.  The  terms 
for  the  lessons  and  demonstration  lectures  vary  ;  tuition  in  the 
normal  course  is  $125. 

THE  BOSTON  CORNET  CONSERVATORY,  170  Tremont 
Street,  Boston  (established  1886),  Prof.  John  Hammond,  Princi- 
pal. The  course  of  instruction  qualifies  students  as  solo  and  orches- 

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tral  players.  They  are  taught  the  position  and  manner  of  holding 
the  cornet ;  the  natural  position  of  the  mouthpiece  for  strength  of 
embrochure ;  and  the  correct  breathing  for  ease  in  producing  the 
fullness,'  roundness,  and  purity  of  tone  so  much  admired  in  songs 
and  slow  movements.  Single,  double,  triple  point,  legato,  and  stac- 
cato tonguing  are  thoroughly  explained.  Individual  attention  is 
given  to  men,  women,  boys,  or  girls.  Trio  and  quartet  classes  en- 
courage reading  at  sight,  and  the  students'  recitals,  arranged  with 
programs  of  classical  and  popular  music,  stimulate  interest  and  are 
a  new  departure  in  cornet  teaching.  Professor  Hammond  has 
always  been  associated  with  artists  of  high  rank,  and  has  natur- 
ally adopted  the  methods  of  the  best  instructors.  At  the  age  of 
nineteen  he  was  engaged  by  Herr  Ptacek  as  solo  cornet  and  repre- 
sentative leader  in  the  Duke  of  Rutland's  band  at  Belvoir  Castle. 
In  1869  he  came  to  the  United  States,  where,  as  first  trumpeter  or 
solo  cornet,  he  has  since  been  connected  with  the  foremost  bands 
and  orchestras,  including  the  New  York  Philharmonic  Society, 
Major  Downing's  Ninth  Regiment  Band,  and  Gilmore's  Twenty- 
second  Regiment  Band. 

BOSTON  NORHAL  SCHOOL  OF  GYflNASTICS,  Hunting- 
ton  Avenue,  Boston,  Amy  Morris  Homans,  director,  was  estab- 
lished in  1889  by  the  late  Mrs.  Mary  Hemenway.  Its  object  is  to 
supply  the  best  opportunities  in  America  for  men  and  women  who 
desire  to  prepare  themselves  to  conduct  gymnasia,  or  to  direct 
physical  training,  according  to  the  most  approved  modern  methods. 
The  staff  of  instruction  includes  specialists  of  distinction,  and  in 
the  provision  of  apparatus  neither  pains  nor  expense  have  been 
spared.  The  gymnasium  proper  has  an  area  of  four  thousand 
square  feet,  and  the  library,  gathered  chiefly  in  Europe,  contains 
over  one  thousand  volumes.  Tuition  is  $150  a  year.  (See 
advertisement.) 

BOSTON  STAMMERING  INSTITUTE  and  training  school  for 
the  treatment  and  cure  of  all  imperfections  in  speech,  41  Tremont 
Street,  Boston,  Professor  Grady,  Principal.  Graphophones  are  used 
to  record  the  lessons,  so  that  the  pupils  may  note  their  own  progress 
from  day  to  day.  The  terms  for  treatment  and  training  are  accord- 
ing to  the  case  —  from  $50  to  $300. 

BOSTON  YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN  UNION,  48  Boylston 
Street,  Boston.  Evening  classes  are  held  during  the  fall  and 
winter  in  various  English  branches,  modern  languages,  drawing, 
elocution,  literature,  science,  etc.  Tuition  is  free  to  members. 
Women  are  charged  $i.  Membership  is  $i  per  year.  Wm.  H. 
Baldwin,  President ;  George  Pierce,  Secretary. 


Mass.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Boston. 

BOSTON  UNIVERSITY,  general  office,  12  Somerset  Street, 
Boston.  This  metropolitan  institution  possesses  the  advantages 
of  a  location  in  the  heart  of  Boston.  Its  six  faculties  -include 
nearly  120  teachers.  More  than  fourteen  hundred  students  are  in 
attendance,  and  these  come  from  thirty-six  States  and  Territories  of 
the  American  Union  and  from  twenty-four  foreign  countries.  Over 
four  hundred  are  graduate  students,  being  already  bearers  of  uni- 
versity degrees.  These  come  from  no  less  than  104  American  and 
foreign  colleges,  universities,  and  professional  schools.  The  assets 
of  the  institution  are  over  one  and  one  half  millions  of  dollars.  It 
was  the  first  in  America  to  present  graded  courses  of  three  years 
in  theology,  law,  and  medicine ;  and  also  was  the  first  to  present  a 
four  years'  course  in  medicine  and  to  require  its  mastery  in  order 
to  admission  to  the  doctor's  degree. 

niSSCHAMBERLAYNE'S  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  253  Com- 
monwealth Avenue,  Boston,  Miss  Catherine  J.  Chamberlayne,  Prin- 
cipal. This  school  is  located  on  the  most  beautiful  avenue  in  the 
city  and  is  both  a  home  and  day  school.  The  plan  of  study 
includes  courses  in  ancient  and  modern  languages,  mathematics, 
psychology,  logic,  ethics,  political  science,  history,  English,  music, 
and  the  arts  of  design.  For  girls  of  twelve  years  a  course  of  study 
has  been  arranged  which  may  be  either  the  basis  of  preparation 
for  college  or  of  an  advanced  elective  course.  A  course  of  fifteen 
lectures  upon  the  English  classics  is  given  by  well  known  men  and 
women,  and  the  lectures  on  art  are  arranged  in  six  courses,  each 
course  being  fully  illustrated  by  photographs.  The  terms  for  board 
and  tuition  are  $1,000 ;  for  tuition  alone,  $250. 

CHAUNCEY  HALL  SCHOOL,  458  Boylston  Street,  Boston,  was 
founded  in  1828  by  Gideon  F.  Thayer,  in  a  building  of  its  own  on 
Chauncy  Place,  now  Chauncy  Street.  It  was  removed  to  Essex 
Street  in  1868,  when  forty  years  old,  and  to  Boylston  Street  in 
1874.  It  has  led  in  many  educational  reforms,  and  has  always 
maintained  a  strong  following  from  the  city  and  suburbs.  Mr. 
Thomas  Gushing  was  connected  with  its  teaching  corps  from  1829 
to  1879,  and  Mr.  William  H.  Ladd  from  1855  to  1896.  The  pres- 
ent principals  are  Messrs.  Taylor,  DeMeritte  and  Hagar.  The 
school  covers  all  departments  from  kindergarten  to  college,  and 
also  has  a  kindergarten  normal  department  of  marked  prominence. 
The  total  number  of  pupils  is  considerably  over  two  hundred. 
One  of  its  specialties  is  "  English,"  and  another  is  preparation  for 
the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology,  for  which  it  claims  to 
be  the  most  prominent  preparatory  institution  in  the  country.  The 
school  is  co-educational  and  its  certificate  admits  to  all  the  New 
England  colleges  that  accept  certificates. 

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CLASSICAL  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  66  Marlborough  Street, 
Boston,  Miss  Brown  and  Miss  Owen,  Principals.  The  special 
design  of  this  school  is  to  fit  girls  for  college.  The  course  of 
study  may  be  arranged,  however,  to  suit  the  needs  of  those  who 
are  not  preparing  for  examinations.  Pupils  who  pass  a  satisfac- 
tory examination  in  each  subject  required  by  her  college  will 
receive  the  certificate  of  the  school,  either  for  admission  to  Smith, 
Vassar,  or  Wellesley,  or  for  recommendation  to  Radcliffe  or  Bryn 
Mawr.  The  number  of  pupils  is  limited.  Tuition  for  pupils  over 
fourteen  years  of  age,  $250;  for  pupils  under  fourteen,  $200. 
Board  and  tuition,  $1,000. 

THE  COLBY  TRAINING  SCHOOL  for  teachers  and  prac- 
titioners  of  educational  and  medical  gymnastics,  Boston,  was 
founded  to  carry  on  the  work  of  the  late  Baron  Nils  Posse.  Miss 
J.  M.  Colby  was  connected  with  the  Posse  Gymnasium  from  its 
organization  until  the  death  of  its  founder.  The  other  teachers- of 
gymnastic  branches  are  graduates  of  the  same  institution.  The 
instructors  in  scientific  and  medical  subjects  include  teachers  in 
the  Harvard  Medical  and  other  schools  of  high  grade.  Extensive 
experience  in  teaching  educational  gymnastics  is  afforded  in  gym- 
nasiums and  schoolrooms.  Ample  opportunity  is  afforded  for 
practice  in  medical  gymnastics  at  the  Massachusetts  General  and 
other  hospitals  of  Boston,  where  Miss  Colby's  assistants  are  in 
charge  of  the  work.  The  training  comprises  a  three  years'  course 
of  study.  The  gymnasium  is  located  in  the  Farragut  Building, 
Boylston  Street,  corner  Massachusetts  Avenue,  Boston.  Terms, 
from  $100  to  $150  a  year. 

THE  COriflONWEALTH  AVENUE  SCHOOL,  a  home  and 
day  school  for  girls,  324  Commonwealth  Avenue,  Boston,  -Miss 
Hannah  E.  Gilman,  Miss  Julia  R.  Gilman,  Associate  Principals. 
The  aim  of  the  school  is  to  cultivate  in  the  pupils  the  habit  of 
intellectual  observation,  to  develop  the  power  of  thinking,  and  to 
inspire  them  with  a  love  of  learning  which  will  extend  beyond 
their  school  days.  The  college  preparatory  department  fits  pupils 
for  any  college  open  to  women.  For  girls  who  do  not  take  a 
college  course,  advanced  work  is  offered  in  history,  literature,  art, 
languages,  and  music.  The  manners  and  general  culture  of  the 
girls  receive  very  careful  attention,  and  every  effort  is  made  to 
secure  a  wise  and  symmetrical  development  of  their  physical, 
mental,  and  moral  natures.  The  terms  for  home  pupils  are  $900 
per  year. 

COPLEY  SQUARE  SCHOOL  OF  MUSIC  — Copley  Square 
School  of  Languages,  Literature  and  Art,  Mrs.  Katharine  Frances 
Barnard,  Principal.  The  location  of  this  school  is  unsurpassed  in 

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accessibility  and  associations,  being  on  the  most  beautiful  square 
in  Boston,  in  the  immediate  neighborhood  of  Trinity  Church,  the 
Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  the  new  Public  Library,  and  the  Massachu- 
setts Institute  of  Technology.  Pupils  in  every  stage  of  develop- 
ment are  received  and  the  most  advanced  instruction  imparted 
by  specialists.  In  the  musical  department  every  instrument  is 
included,  as  well  as  voice  and  the  study  of  harmony ;  while 
English  literature,  the  languages,  physical  culture,  and  all  branches 


of  art  make  up  the  literary  department.  For  graduation  three 
studies  are  required,  two  of  which  must  be  pianoforte  and  har- 
mony (counterpoint  and  analysis  included).  The  third  can  be 
elected  from  one  of  the  studies  marked  out  in  the  curriculum. 
The  tuition  varies  according  to  the  studies  selected  for  the  course. 

COWLES  ART  SCHOOL,  221  Columbus  Avenue,  Boston, 
Frank  M.  Cowles,  Manager,  was  founded  in  1883.  It  occupies 
the  entire  upper  story  of  the  new  Pope  building,  and  is  excellently 
arranged  throughout.  The  institution  includes  the  School  of 
Fine  Arts  of  the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music  and  the 
art  scholarships  offered  by  the  Educational  Bureau  of  the  Ladies' 
Home  Journal.  Each  student,  on  joining  the  school,  is  allowed  to 
enter  at  once  upon  the  highest  grade  of  work  of  which  he  is 
capable.  The  course  includes  all  branches  of  drawing,  painting, 
illustrating,  and  decorative  design.  The  course  in  decorative 
design  may  be  completed  in  three  years.  Special  attention  is 
given  to  applied  design.  In  the  post-graduate  course  the  students 
carry  out  advanced  applied  design  in  their  own  special  lines  of 
work,  such  as  wood-carving,  embroideries,  wall-paper,  etc.  Mem- 
bers of  the  school  have  free  access  to  the  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,, 

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and  various  expeditions  to  factories  are  made,  that  they  may 
observe  practical  execution.  Lectures  on  subjects  of  interest  and 
value  to  art  are  given  during  the  winter.  Tuition  for  the  regular 
course  is  $15  per  month. 

THE  DAUDELIN  SCHOOL  OF  flUSIC,  7  Park  Square,  Bos- 
ton, Joseph  Emile  Daudelin,  Director,  places  the  best  musical 
education  within  the  reach  of  all.  The  course  of  instruction  is 
carefully  graded  from  the  simplest  rudiments  to  the  most  difficult 
studies.  It  is  a  private  school  unaffected  by  the  confusion  attend- 
ant upon  the  larger  institutions,  and,  for  that  reason,  a  greater 
personal  interest  is  extended  the  pupil,  who  is  encouraged  and 
aided  to  a  degree  not  possible  in  the  crowded  conservatories. 
Great  pains  have  been  taken  to  secure  gifted  and  responsible 
teachers,  several  of  them  possessing  European  as  well  as  local 
reputation.  The  Director  received  his  musical  education  in 
Paris,  where,  under  the  instruction  of  Henri  Leonard,  Jules  Gar- 
cin,  and  Emile  Pessard,  he  followed  the  course  prescribed  at  the 
Paris  Conservatory.  The  school  furnishes  the  best  advantages 
for  students  in  violin,  piano,  organ,  harp,  and  other  principal 
instruments  of  the  orchestra,  also  in  solfege  and  vocal  culture, 
harmony,  theory,  and  composition. 

THE  DURANT  GYMNASIUM,  for  women  and  children, 
Berkeley  Street,  Boston,  Hope  W.  Narey,  Director.  Thorough  in- 


struction in  the  American  Progressive  System  will  be  given  to  the 
general  classes.  To  those  unable  to  begin  with  class  work,  but 
needing  and  desiring  special  exercises,  scientifically  adapted  for 
the  relief  of  abnormal  conditions  or  deformities,  courses  in  medical 
gymnastics  and  massage  are  given  at  reasonable  rates.  All  the 
work  is  most  carefully  graded  to  the  strength  of  the  classes,  and 
pupils  are  assured  of  competent  oversight  while  in  the  gymna- 
sium. In  addition  to  the  class  work  and  use  of  the  gymnasium, 

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each  member  of  the  class  receives  a  physical  examination  and 
measurement,  from  which  a  prescription  of  exercises  is  given,  that, 
if  faithfully  followed,  will  improve  her  physical  condition  in  the 
needed  directions.  As  an  extra  safeguard,  the  medical  super- 
visor will  examine  the  heart  and  lungs  of  each  pupil,  and  give 
such  caution  or  advice  as  may  be  found  necessary  in  relation  to 
gymnastic  work.  The  new  apparatus,  with  which  the  gymnasium 
has  been  equipped,  will  add  much  to  its  attractiveness  and  aid  in 
the  variety  of  games,  which  have  always  been  a  feature  of  the 
work. 

MR.  W.  N.  EAYRS,  198  Dartmouth  Street,  Copley  Square, 
Boston,  gives  private  preparation  for  college  and  for  the  Institute 
of  Technology.  He  receives  pupils  of  either  sex,  singly,  or  in 
classes  of  five  each. 

MISS  EflERSON'S  HOME  AND  DAY  SCHOOL  FOR 
GIRLS,  401  Beacon  Street,  Boston,  Miss  Frances  V.  Emerson, 
Principal,  is  designed  to  meet  the  needs  of  those  desiring  a  sys- 
tematic course,  and  also  those  who  wish  to  supplement  previous 
training  by  special  and  advanced  work.  The  course  in  college 
preparation  is  governed  by  the  requirements  of  the  leading  col- 
leges. The  work  of  the  school  includes  all  branches  of  the  arts 
and  sciences,  and  the  modern  and  ancient  languages.  Special 
prominence  is  given  to  the  department  of  English.  Miss 
Emerson  endeavors  to  surround  the  girls  by  a  happy  home 
atmosphere,  and  to  give  social  as  well  as  intellectual  training. 
The  number  of  pupils  is  limited.  The  terms  for  board  and  tuition 
are  $900 ;  for  tuition  alone,  $200  and  $250. 

EflERSON  SCHOOL  OF  ORATORY,  corner  Tremont  and 
Berkeley  Streets,  Boston,  Charles  Wesley  Emerson,  President, 
was  established  by  President  Emerson  in  1880  as  a  private  school, 
and  was  organized  as  a  college  in  1886,  being  incorporated  as  the 
Monroe  College  of  Oratory,  in  honor  of  the  late  Prof.  Lewis 
B.  Monroe.  In  1889  the  name  was  changed  by  the  Monroe  Col- 
lege Alumni  Association  to  that  of  its  founder,  and  it  is  now 
called  the  Emerson  College  of  Oratory.  The  college  is  designed 
.to  give  liberal  culture.  The  courses  of  study  are  arranged  in 
sixteen  general  •  groups,  all  pertaining  to  the  art  of  expression. 
An  ironclad  standard  for  entrance  has  not  been  deemed  neces- 
sary. Students  who  complete  the  full  course  of  three  years  and 
pass  satisfactory  examinations  in  the  studies  required  will  receive 
a  diploma  of  graduation.  A  junior  certificate  is  given  to  students 
who  pass  satisfactory  examinations  during  the  two  years'  course. 
A  special  post-graduate  certificate  will  be  awarded  at  the  expiration 
of  the  fourth  year  of  study.  The  yearly  tuition  is  $135. 

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FAELTEN  PIANOFORTE  SCHOOL,  162  Boylston  Street,  Bos 
ton,  Carl  Faelten,  Director,  is  devoted  to  the  pianoforte  and  sup- 
plementary studies,  —  theory,  harmony,  etc.  It  is  a  music  school 
conducted  on  the  most  advanced  educational  principles  of  the 
day.  The  average  attendance  is  300  pupils.  Among  the  special 
features  of  the  school  are  children's  classes,  a  training  school  for 
music  teachers,  and  frequent  pupil  recitals.  The  cost  of  instruc- 
tion varies  from  $30  to  $180  per  school  year  of  forty  weeks. 

fllSS  FLINT  AND  MISS  BONNEY,  private  school  for  girls 
and  boys,  319  Marlborough  Street,  Boston.  This  school  is  in 
sympathy  with  the  spirit  and  work  of  the  primary  school  conducted 
by  Miss  Hazard  and  Miss  Woodward  in  the  same  building,  and 
aims  to  receive  and  carry  on  their  classes.  Pupils  over  ten  years 
of  age,  who  are  prepared  to  enter  classes  already  formed,  are 
received.  The  course  of  study  includes  English,  Latin,  French, 
mathematics,  geography,  history,  science,  manual  training,  and,  to 
advanced  classes,  German  and  Greek.  The  tuition  for  the  enter- 
ing class  is  $200;  for  the  middle  classes,  $225;  and  for  the 
advanced  classes,  $250. 

MISS  FOLSOM'S  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  19  Chestnut  Street, 
Boston,  Miss  E.  M.  Folsom,  Principal,  was  organized  in  1878,  and 
was  taken  in  charge  by  Miss  Folsom  in  1887.  It  is  a  day  school, 
and  the  number  of  pupils  is  limited.  Students  are  prepared  for 
college,  and  in  some  of  the  upper  classes  the  work  done  corre- 
sponds to  that  of  the  freshman  and  sophomore  years  of  college 
work.  French  and  German  are  carried  into  the  study  of.  the 
literature  of  those  languages.  The  laboratory  for  experimental 
physics  and  chemistry  is  thoroughly  equipped,  and  these  branches 
are  taught  by  Mr.  Dewey  of  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology.  The  terms  for  the  school  year  are  $300. 

FRENCH'S  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  167  Tremont  Street, 
Boston,  Charles  French,  A.  M.,  Principal,  was  founded  in  1848. 
The  curriculum  includes  all  the  studies  of  a  practical  business 
education. 

THE  FRYE  PRIVATE  SCHOOL  FOR  BOYS  AND  GIRLS, 

434  Massachusetts  Avenue,  Boston,  Mrs.  C.  B.  Frye,  Principal, 
was  organized  in  1893  by  Caleb  B.  Frye,  A.  M.  It  grew  out  of 
Mr.  Frye's  work  as  a  University  tutor.  The  location  on  the 
corner  of  Massachusetts  and  Columbus  Avenues  is  most  desirable 
and  convenient.  The  rooms  are  light  and  cheerful,  and  specially 
arranged  for  their  present  purpose.  The  well  equipped  laboratory 
has  all  the  appliances,  on  a  smaller  scale,  of  the  large  institutions. 
Students  may  enter  at  any  time,  and  be  placed  according  to  their 
advancement.  All  branches  are  taught,  and  the  school  makes  a 


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specialty  of  fitting  for  college.  The  certificate  of  the  school, 
awarded  to  those  who  pass  satisfactory  examinations,  will  admit 
to  all  colleges  that  accept  a  certificate.  Tuition  for  the  full  year, 
$250.  (See  advertisement.) 

GREENWOOD'S  FINISHING  SCHOOL  OF  SHORTHAND 
AND  TYPEWRITING,  61  Court  Street,  Boston,  S.  G.  Greenwood, 
Principal,  is  in  the  old  business  part  of  the  city.  It  is  a  select 
school  for  fitting  and  finishing  young  women  and  young  men  for 
positions  as  shorthand  clerks,  typewriters,  and  professional  report- 
ers. The  system  taught  is  the  Benn  Pitman,  without  any  modifi- 
cation. Advanced  students  are  provided  with  a  thorough  office 
experience.  The  school  is  open  for  pupils  throughout  the  year, 
and  both  day  and  evening  classes  are  constantly  in  session,  so 
that  students  may  enter  at  any  time.  Instruction  is  also  given  by 
mail. 

HALE  SCHOOL,  86  Beacon  Street,  Boston,  Charles  S.  Street, 
A.  B.,  LL.  B.,  Edward  D.  Marsh,  A.  M.,  and  Rest  F.  Curtis,  A.  M., 
Principals.  This  school  was  established  in  1883  by 'Mr.  Albert 
Hale,  and  upon  his  death,  in  1895,  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  the 
present  principals.  It  is  attractively  situated,  the  front  windows 
commanding  a  view  of  the  Public  Gardens.  The  building  has 
been  refitted  for  its  present  use,  and  offers  many  advantages, 
among  which  are  a  fully  equipped  chemical  and  physical  labora- 
tory. The  purpose  of  the  school  is  to  give  a  thorough  preparation 
to  boys  who  wish  to  enter  college  or  scientific  institutions.  The 
course  of  study  has  been  arranged  with  special  consideration  for 
those  who  intend  to  enter  either  Harvard  University  or  Massachu- 
setts Institute  of  Technology.  It  includes  all  the  studies  of  the 
full  grammar  and  high  school  course.  Boys  wishing  to  enter  the 
school  are  required  to  furnish  testimonials  of  good  character  from 
the  school  last  attended.  The  tuition  is  from  $150  to  $250  per 
annum. 

HISS    HELOISE   E.   HERSEY'S  SCHOOL   FOR   GIRLS, 

25  Chestnut  Street,  Boston.  This  school  was  established  in  1887, 
and  is  specially  intended  to  supply  education  to  girls  who  do  not 
wish  a  complete  collegiate  course.  Applicants  must  have  finished 
arithmetic  and  geography,  and  have  a  knowledge  of  the  structure 
of  an  English  sentence.  They  should  be  at  least  fourteen  years 
old,  though  no  rigid  limit  is  fixed  as  to  age.  The  courses  include 
all  branches  of  English,  mathematics,  and  the  modern  and  ancient 
languages.  Although  the  school  is  not  distinctively  preparatory 
for  college,  students  can  be  fitted  in  it  for  any  of  the  colleges  for 
women,  and  a  certificate  from  the  principal  admits  to  Vassar 
College  and  to  Smith  College.  Certificates  are  given  to  students 

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who  have  for  three  years  performed  work  of  the  grade  required  by 
the  school.  Tuition  as  day  scholar  is  $250;  as  boarding  pupil, 

$1,250. 

DOCTOR  HENNEQUIN'S  SCHOOL  OF  LANGUAGES, 

Pierce  Building,  Copley  Square,  Boston,  Alfred  Hennequin,  Ph.  D., 
Principal,  has  a  complete  faculty  of  native  modern  language 
teachers.  Doctor  Hennequin  is  a  native  of  France,  where  he  re- 
ceived his  school  and  college  education.  He  then  pursued  spe- 
cial linguistic  studies  at  the  University  of  France,  and  at  Leipsic 
(Germany).  He  has  had  twenty-five  years'  experience  as  a 
teacher  of  languages  and  literature  :  five  at  the  Victoria  Anglo- 
French  Academy,  France,  seventeen  at  the  University  of  Mich- 
igan, and  three  at  the  New  England  College  of  Languages. 
Doctor  Hennequin  himself  has  exclusive  charge  of  the  depart- 
ment of  French  language  and  literature.  Either  the  "  University 
Method,"  or  the  "  Conversational  Method"  is  used.  In  the  more 
advanced  courses,  the  English  tongue  is  excluded.  In  all  the 
other  courses,  great  stress  is  laid  on  conversation.  All  the  philo- 
logical courses  are  pursued  in  the  English  language. 

HICKOX'S  SHORTHAND  SCHOOL,  Pierce  Building,  Copley 
Square,  Boston,  William  E.  Hickox,  Principal,  was  established  in 
1879.  The  Isaac  Pitman  system  of  shorthand  is  taught.  Cost 
of  daily  instruction  is  $15  a  month;  of  evening  instruction  (two 
lessons  a  week),  $6  a  month.  Lessons  by  mail  are  $i  each;  twelve 
lessons  comprise  the  theory. 

MR.  A.  HILDRETH'S  SCHOOL,  Pierce  Building,  Copley 
Square,  Boston,  fits  for  college  by  "  the  twentieth  century  method," 
originated  by  Mr.  Hildreth.  The  method  of  teaching  languages 
used  in  this  school  is  the  result  of  many  years'  continuous  experi- 
ment ;  the  recent  improvements  make  it  possible  to  produce  a 
perfect  scholarship  in  one-half  the  time  and  with  one-quarter  of 
the  brain-fag  required  by  any  other  known  system.  By  means 
unused  and  practically  unknown  in  other  schools  this  method 
doubles  the  capacity  of  memory,  and  rapidly  develops  the  power 
of  thinking,  so  that  the  student  can  grapple  successfully  with  the 
most  intricate  sentences  of  Greek,  Latin,  German,  or  French. 

HOPKINSON  SCHOOL,  29a  Chestnut  Street,  Boston,  J.  P. 
Hopkinson  and  B.  J.  Legate,  Principals.  The  object  of  this 
institution  is  to  prepare  boys  for  Harvard  University.  The  school 
is  divided  into  seven  classes.  The  lowest  is  the  preparatory  class. 
Applicants  for  admission  should  be  at  least  nine  years  of  age,  and 
show  a  fair  proficiency  in  reading,  writing,  spelling,  geography, 
and  arithmetic.  Older  boys  are  placed  in  classes  according  to 
their  capacity  and  attainments.  During  the  last  two  years  of  the 

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course  latitude  in  the  choice  of  studies  is  given  to  the  pupils,  so 
that  the  preliminary  education  at  school  may  be  in  line  with  the 
studies  to  be  pursued  in  college.  In  the  study  of  physics  and 
chemistry  the  laboratory  plan  is  used.  Tuition  for  members  of 
the  preparatory  class,  $200  per  year ;  for  pupils  in  the  advanced 
classes,  $250  per  year. 

KENDALL'S  PRACTICAL  BUSINESS  SCHOOL  AND 
NORHAL  WRITING  INSTITUTE,  136  Boylston  Street,  Boston, 
H.  C.  Kendall,  Principal,  was  established  in  1870  with  penman- 
ship as  a  specialty.  To  this  were  soon  added  an  English  and 
mercantile  course.  The  number  of  pupils  is  limited,  each  receiv- 
ing private  instruction,  thus  avoiding  the  publicity  of  attending  a 
commercial  or  business  college,  or  of  being  in  a  large  class.  The 
courses  include  plain  and  flourishing  penmanship,  lettering,  black- 
board instruction  and  method  of  conducting  classes,  arithmetic, 
and  practical  bookkeeping. 

KINDERGARTEN  NORMAL  CLASS,  29  West  Cedar  Street, 
Boston,  Miss  Garland  and  Miss  Weston,  Instructors.  For  ad- 
mission to  this  school  the  applicant  must  be  more  than  eighteen 
years  of  age  ;  must  have  a  genuine  love  of  children  ;  must  present 
a  high  school  certificate  or  show  an  equivalent  in  educational 
preparation.  The  ability  to  sing  is  essential,  and  some  knowledge 
of  instrumental  music  desirable.  The  regular  course  is  two  years, 
and  the  post-graduate  course  one  year.  The  tuition  for  the  regular 
course  is  $200,  and  for  the  post-graduate,  $150. 

flASSACHUSETTS     INSTITUTE      OF      TECHNOLOGY, 

Boston,  James  M.  Crafts,  President.  The  foundation  of  this  in- 
stitute was  laid  in  a  "  Memorial "  prepared  by  Prof.  William 
Barton  Rogers  in  1859.  The  Society  of  Arts  began  its  meetings  in 
December,  1862,  but  the  Civil  War  led  to  the  postponement  of  the 
opening  of  the  School  of  Industrial  Scie'nce  until  1865.  The  build- 
ings, seven  in  number,  are  most  favorably  located,  in  close  prox- 
imity to  the  library  of  Boston  as  well  as  to  the  Museums  of  Fine 
Arts  and  of  Natural  History.  The  applicant  must  have  attained 
the  age  of  seventeen,  and  have  passed  satisfactory  examinations  in 
algebra,  plane  geometry,  solid  geometry,  French  or  German,  Eng- 
lish, and  history.  He  must  also  present  satisfactory  evidence  of 
preparation  in  one  of  a  list  of  electives.  The  following  distinct 
courses,  each  of  four  years'  duration,  are  offered  :  Civil  engineering, 
mechanical  engineering,  mining  engineering  and  metallurgy,  archi- 
tecture, chemistry,  electrical  engineering,  biology,  physics,  general 
studies,  chemical  engineering,  sanitary  engineering,  geology  and 
naval  architecture.  For  the  satisfactory  completion  of  any  one 
of  these  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science  is  conferred  by  the 

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Institute.  Women  are  admitted  to  all  of  the  courses  of  the  school. 
The  State  of  Massachusetts  has  established  forty  free  scholarships, 
one  being  assigned  to  each  senatorial  district  of  the  State.  The 
tuition  fee  for  regular  students  is  $200  per  year. 

THE  flASTERS  SCHOOL  FOR  DANCING  AND  DEPORT= 
MENT,  7  Park  Square,  Boston,  Prof.  E.  W.  Masters,  Principal. 
The  branch  schools  are  in  Plummer  Hall,  Hyde  Park,  Temple 
Hall,  Allston,  and  Malta  Hall,  Cambridgeport.  The  terms  for  the 
evening  classes  are  ten  lessons,  $4,  and  for  the  day  classes,  $6. 
Private  lessons  at  any  hour,  $i. 

NEW  ENGLAND  COLLEGE  OF  LANGUAGES,   120  Tre 

mont  Street,  Boston,  branch  college,  375  Haverhill  Street,  Law- 
rence, Prof.  Paul  Kunzer,  Ph.  D.,  Director.  Students  may  enter 
at  any  time,  and  numerous  courses  are  offered  in  the  various  de- 
partments, preparation  for  college  being  a  special  feature  of  the 
institution.  All  the  modern  languages,  besides  Latin,  Greek,  and 
Hebrew,  are  taught,  and  mathematics  form  a  branch  of  the  English 
department.  The  tuition  varies  according  to  the  course  selected. 

NEW  ENGLAND  CONSERVATORY  OF  flUSIC,  Franklin 
Square,  Boston,  is  the  leading  conservatory  of  America.  The 
departments  are  as  follows  :  Music,  oratory,  literature,  and  modern 
languages.  Complete  and  systematic  instruction  in  all  the  depart- 
ments is  given  from  the  most  elementary  grades  to  the  highest 
artistic  standard.  Students  are  received  at  any  time. 

ERIC  PARE  SCHOOL  OF  ART,  Farragut  Building,  Corner 
Massachusetts  Avenue  and  Boylston  Street,  Boston,  Eric.  Pape, 
Head  Instructor  and  Director.  Studied  in  Paris  under  the  French 
masters,  Boulanger,  Lefebvre,  Benjamin  Constant,  Doucet,  Blanc, 
and  Delance,  and  while  at  the  Ecole  des  Beaux  Arts  under  Ge- 
rome,  Delaunay,  and  Jean  Paul  Laurens.  Mrs.  Eric  Pape,  Assist- 
ant Instructor,  daughter  of  the  late  Professor  Lewis  B.  Monroe, 
Dean  of  the  Boston  University  School  of  Oratory,  studied  in  Paris 
under  Bougereau,  Robert  Fleury,  and  Lazer.  Since  1890  Mr. 
Pape  has  exhibited  twenty-two  pictures  in  the  Paris  Salon,  Champ 
de  Mars.  His  illustrations  for  books,  magazines,  and  weeklies 
are  widely  known.  There  are  no  examinations  for  admittance  to 
any  of  the  preparatory  classes.  The  student  is  led  as  much  as 
possible  in  the  direction  of  his  individual  tastes  with  a  foundation 
of  good  drawing  gained  from  the  study  of  the  living  model.  It  is 
the  intention  to  carry  out  the  great  but  simple  principles  of  the 
art  academies  of  Paris.  The  courses  include  drawing  and  paint- 
ing from  the  nude  and  costume  model,  portraiture,  still-life,  water- 
color,  pastel,  illustration  (in  all  mediums),  poster  and  book-cover 
designing,  study  of  costumes  of  all  ages,  composition,  pyrogravure 

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and  Kensington,  wood-carving  and  drawing  from  the  cast.  Models 
all  day,  and  evening  classes  for  men.  The  terms  vary  according 
to  the  work  pursued. 

niSS  PIERCE'S  SHORTHAND  SCHOOL,  53  State  Street, 
Boston,  Mary  E.  Pierce,  Principal.  This  school  is  in  the  Stock 
Exchange  Building,  the  largest  and  one  of  the  best  equipped 
buildings  in  the  city.  A  good  common  school  education  is  neces- 
sary to  become  a  good  stenographer,  and  the  principal  will 
examine  any  pupil  presenting  himself  that  he  may  avoid  the  mis- 
take of  wasting  time  should  he  not  be  prepared  to  take  up  the 
study.  The  Isaac  Pitman  system  is  the  one  taught.  Students  are 
admitted  every  week  day  in  the  year.  The  tuition  is  $15  a  month. 
For  evening  classes  twice  a  week,  $6  a  month. 

THE  POSSE  QYMNASIUn,  23  Irvington  Street,  Boston,  Eliza- 
beth T.  Gray,  M.  D.,  Medical  Superintendent,  Grace  M .  Gilman, 
Principal  of  Educational  Department.  This  institution  for  physi- 
cal culture  was  founded  by  the  late  Baron  Nils  Posse,  and  was 
opened  in  1890.  It  has  already  graduated  about  two  hundred 
students.  The  normal  department  has  its  rooms  in  the  Harcourt 
Building,  with  entrances  from  Irvington  and  Harcourt  Streets. 
The  gymnasium  hall  is  in  the  upper  story  of  the  Harcourt  Build- 
ing. It  has  a  free  floor  area  of  5,208  square  feet.  The  building 
devoted  to  medical  gymnastics  is  located  at  64  Commonwealth 
Avenue.  There  are  two  courses  in  the  normal  department, 
junior  and  senior.  In  each  the  tuition  fee  is  $150.  Members  of 
the  junior  class  may  take  a  special  course  in  medical  gymnastics 
by  paying  an  additional  fee  of  $50. 

HISS  POST,  dancing  and  deportment,  Pierce  Hall,  Boston. 
Deportment  is  a  special  feature  of  the  classes,  the  principal  con- 
sidering children's  manners,  address,  and  graceful  carriage  fully 
as  important  as  dancing.  The  terms  are  twenty-five  lessons  for 
$25  ;  private  lessons,  $5. 

THE  PRANG  NORMAL  ART  CLASSES,  646  Washington 
Street,  Boston,  were  organized  in  1887,  f°r  tne  express  purpose  of 
meeting  the  needs  of  earnest  teachers,  enabling  them  to  take  up 
the  subjects  of  art  education,  and  make  them  a  fundamental  part 
of  the  school  work.  The  directors  of  these  classes  realize  not  only 
the  need  of  grade  teachers,  for  normal  art  instruction,  but  the 
necessity  that  this  assistance  be  afforded  in  such  a  way  that  teach- 
ers can  avail  themselves  of  it  without  interrupting  their  regular 
school  work.  The  work  of  the  Prang  Normal  Art  Classes  is  car- 
ried on  through  home  study  and  correspondence.  This  plan  is  no 
mere  experiment,  it  has  proven  itself  thoroughly  practicable  and 
successful.  The  instruction  is  in  conformity  with  the  principles 

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and  methods  of  the  Prang  course  in  art  instruction.  This  course 
is  followed  in  the  public  schools  of  nearly  all  the  large  cities  in  the 
United  States,  and  a  large  number  of  smaller  cities  and  towns.  It 
is  used  in  the  leading  normal  and  training  schools,  and  is  in  recog- 
nized harmony  with  the  work  of  the  best  technical  and  art  schools. 
More  than  two  millions  are  now  being  taught  by  this  method  in 
the  public  schools.  The  course  of  instruction  includes  animal  and 
pose  drawing,  brush  work,  both  ink  and  color,  line  and  landscape 
composition,  and  all  the  latest  developments  of  the  work  of  art 
instruction.  Tuition,  Class  A,  $15  ;  Class  B,  $25.  The  instruc- 
tion in  the  Prang  Normal  Classes  is  of  so  thorough  and  practical 
a  nature  that  it  gives  excellent  preparation  for  more  advanced 


instruction  in  the  leading  art  and.  technical  institutions  in  the 
country.  This  fact  has  been  distinctly  recognized  by  the  Pratt 
Institute  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  where  ten  annual  scholarships  have 
been  established  to  be  competed  for  by  the  students  of  Class  B  of 
the  Prang  Normal  Art  Classes.  Louis  Prang,  John  S.  Clark, 
Mary  Dana  Hicks,  Hannah  Johnson  Carter,  Directors. 

SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  115  Beacon  Street,  Boston,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  John  A.  Bellows,  Principals.  This  school  is  an  outgrowth  of 
a  school  for  girls,  conducted  for  nine  years  by  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Bellows,  in  Portland,  Me.  It  is  both  a  day  and  boarding  school, 
designed  especially  for  imparting  the  higher  branches  to  girls  who 
do  not  intend  to  pursue  a  college  course,  as  well  as  for  preparing 
young  women  who  wish  to  enter  college.  The  tuition  for  day 
pupils  is  $200  per  annum,  and  boarding  pupils,  $800. 

SCHOOL  OF  DOHESTIC  SCIENCE  AND  CHRISTIAN 
WORK,  52  Berkeley  Street,  Boston,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Boston  Young  Women's  Christian  Association,  A.  Josephine  Fore- 
hand, S.  T.  B.,  Principal.  Object  of  the  school :  To  train  women 

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for  teachers  of  domestic  science  and  domestic  arts,  matrons,  house- 
keepers and  home  makers,  and  to  make  home  life  and  home  work 
so  ennobling  that  no  woman's  education  will  be  complete  without 
its  knowledge  ;  to  train  Christian  women  for  city  missionaries, 
pastor's  assistants,  Sunday  school  workers,  and  Y.  W.  C.  A.  secre- 
taries. Although  these  two  departments  are  indispensable  to  each 
other,  the  student  does  not  take  the  full  course  of  each,  but  sup- 
plements the  course  of  her  choice  with  a  minimum  course  in  the 
other  department.  Special  and  striking  features  of  the  school : 
Besides  the  usual  facilities  for  theoretical  training,  including  a 
model  and  in  every  way  up-to-date  demonstration  kitchen,  this 
school  affords  the  unusual  opportunity,  through  its  home  depart- 
ment, of  training  the  student  to  meet  the  practical  and  difficult 
problems  that  arise  in  the  ordinary  working  kitchen  of  every 
household,  whether  private  or  institutional.  Each  boarding  stu- 
dent, during  the  eight  months,  performs  in  turn  every  part  of 
the  work  -  of  managing  a  household  of  twenty-five  people,  thus 
fortifying  herself  against  that  day  when  suddenly  called  upon 
to  cater  to  a  large  number.  Not  a  few  newly  graduated  teach- 
ers from  other  schools  without  this  training  have  been  found 
wanting  when  unexpectedly  weighed  in  the  balance.  Another 
striking  feature  is  the  compulsory  practice  teaching  done  in 
the  Girls' Clubs  and  Industrial  Schools  of  Boston,  and  the  obser- 
vation teaching  in  the  public  schools.  Courses  of  Study  in 
domestic  science  department :  Normal,  trains  for  teachers,  two 
years ;  special,  fits  individual  needs ;  elective,  for  day  pupils. 
Courses  in  department  of  Christian  work :  Regular,  two  years ; 
special,  time  according  to  subject  specialized ;  elective,  for  day 
pupils.  Students  who  wish  to  specialize  in  either  cooking  or 
the  domestic  arts  alone  can  accomplish  the  full  course  in  one 
year.  Curriculum  of  normal  course :  First  year,  cooking  and 
marketing  (theory  and  practice),  keeping  of  family  accounts,  house- 
hold management,  educational  sewing,  draughting  undergarments, 
millinery,  clay  modelling,  drawing,  home  nursing,  lectures,  Bible ; 
second  year,  cooking  advanced,  natural  science,  chemistry,  chem- 
istry of  foods,  botany  of  fruits,  grains,  vegetables,  biology  of 
human  physiology,  bacteriology,  hygiene,  sanitation,  rhetoric, 
psychology,  principles  and  laws  of  teaching,  voice  culture  for 
teaching  and  demonstration,  physical  training,  dressmaking,  prac- 
tice teaching,  emergencies,  lectures,  Bible.  Requirements  for 
admission :  Applicants  must  furnish  satisfactory  reference  as  to 
character,  health,  and  grammar  school  education.  Candidates  for 
the  teacher's  diploma  must  have  a  high  school  education,  or  its 
equivalent.  Certificates  presented  to  those  who  satisfactorily 
finish  a  special  course.  Terms  for  boarding  pupils,  including  tui- 
tion, board,  room,  laundry,  for  eight  months,  $200.  Day  pupils, 


Boston.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Mass. 

full  course,  eight  months,  $75.  There  are  a  few  working  scholar- 
ships by  which  students  may  reduce  the  cost  of  tuition  and  board. 
For  circulars  address  A.  Josephine  Forehand,  Principal. 

THE  SCHOOL  OF  DRAWING  AND  PAINTING,  Museum 
of  Fine  Arts,  Boston,  Miss  Elizabeth  Lombard,  Manager.  The 
school  was  established  in  1876,  and  is  open  to  students  of  both 
sexes.  The  principal  studies  under  the  management  of  regular 
instructors  of  the  school  are  divided  as  follows :  Painting  (the 
nude,  draped  model,  and  still  life),  Mr.  Edmund  C.  Tarbell ;  draw- 
ing from  the  nude  model,  Mr.  Frank  W.  Benson ;  drawing  from 
the  cast,  Mr.  Philip  Hale  ;  decorative  design,  Mrs.  William  Stone  ; 
modelling,  Mr.  Bela  L.  Pratt;  artistic  anatomy,  Mr.  Edward  W. 
Emerson ;  perspective,  Mr.  Anson  K.  Cross.  The  tuition  for  the 
school  year  is  $90;  for  a  new  pupil  an  entrance  fee  of  $10  is 
required  in  addition. 

SCHOOL  OF  ENGLISH  SPEECH  AND  EXPRESSION, 

Marie  Ware  Laughton,  Principal.  This  school,  situated  as  it  is  in 
the  Pierce  building,  Copley  Square,  is  in  the  heart  of  literary 
Boston,  adjacent  to  it  being  Trinity  Church,  the  new  Public  Li- 
brary, and  the  Art  Museum.  It  is  a  school  of  English  speech,  — 
literature,  English  and  American,  composition,  rhetoric,  the  speak- 
ing voice,  and  artistic  expression.  It  is  a  private  school,  and  the 
number  of  pupils  is  limited.  In  all  regular  courses  class  and 
private  lessons  are  combined.  This  feature,  more  than  any  other, 
has  contributed  to  the  success  of  its  graduates.  Normal  training 
is  provided  for  those  desirous  of  becoming  teachers. 

SCHOOL  OF  EXPRESSION,  Boston,  S.  S.  Curry,  Ph.D., 
President,  was  organized  in  1879,  incorporated  in  1885,  and  is 
partly  endowed.  In  1888  Sir  Henry  Irving  gave  the  school  $1,200 
for  an  instructorship  in  dramatic  training.  This  school  absorbed 
the  School  of  Elocution  and  Expression,  in  1883,  and  the  Boston 
College  of  Oratory,  in  1895.  The  purpose  of  the  school  is  to 
emphasize  the  spoken  word,  as  a  means  of  educational  training. 
The  school  seeks  to  develop  the  powers  of  the  mind,  and  to  bring 
them  into  perfect  unity ;  to  secure  control  of  each  agent  of  the 
body,  and  to  bring  the  whole  organism  into  harmony.  There  are 
courses  in  vocal  expression,  vocal  training,  phonology,  organic  and 
harmonic  physical  training,  pantomimic  expression,  vocal  interpre- 
tation of  literature  (practical  rendering  of  Browning,  Tennyson, 
Shelley,  and  other  poets),  Shakespeare  and  dramatic  training, 
public  reading,  extemporaneous  speaking,  English  composition 
(adaptations  and  dramatizations),  principles  of  art  and  of  criti- 
cism, methods  of  teaching,  and  philosophy  of  expression.  These 
courses  furnish  the  simplest  and  most  effective  methods  of  train- 

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ing  speakers,  teachers,  readers,  clergymen,  actors,  and  all  others 
who  would  express  thought  and  emotion  through  speech  and 
action.  No  artificial  system  is  taught ;  students  are  led  to  study 
nature  for  themselves.  Not  merely  theoretic  instruction  is  kept  in 
view,  but  practical  training  and  artistic  culture.  The  highest  col- 
lege standards  are  maintained  in  all  departments.  The  school  is 
located  between  the  Art  Museum  and  the  Boston  Public  Library, 
where  it  has  special  privileges.  The  school  year  begins  in  October 
and  ends  in  May.  There  is  a  summer  session  during  July,  in 
Monteagle,  Tenn.,  and  during  August,  in  Boston,  Mass.  The 
regular  course  consists  of  about  twenty  hours  of  class  instruc- 
tion a  week.  Two  years  are  required  for  the  diploma  in  general 
culture,  an  additional  year  for  the  diploma  for  teachers  or  public 
readers.  The  artistic  diploma  is  granted  only  for  a  fourth  year's 
work,  and  proficiency  in  artistic  rendering  in  public.  Tuition,  $140 
a  year,  in  advance. 

SCHOOL  OF  HOUSEKEEPING,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Women's  Educational  and  Industrial  Union,  Miss  Henrietta  Good- 
rich, Superintendent.  This  school  was  organized  in  November  of 
1896,  to  meet  the  need  of  a  scientific  treatment  of  the  domestic 
problem.  It  is  an  acknowledgment  that  housekeeping  is  a  science, 
and  housework  a  trade.  The  houses  used  for  the  practical  work 
of  the  school  are  at  45  and  47  St.  Botolph  Street.  Ten  employees 
are  received  for  training.  They  are  directed  by  a  skilled  house- 
keeper and  a  teacher  of  cooking.  The  course  covers  a  period  of 
not  less  than  four  months,  and  consists  of  a  thorough  training  in 
all  departments  of  house  service.  No  woman  is  received  under 
sixteen,  or  over  thirty  years  of  age.  References  as  to  character 
and  general  intelligence  are  required.  Diplomas  are  awarded  to 
graduates  who  pass  satisfactory  examinations  in  general  house- 
work. A  diploma  will  ensure  a  position  through  the  office  of  the 
Domestic  Reform  League.  No  charge  is  made  for  the  instruction. 

SCHOOL  OF  nUSIC  AND  ELOCUTION,  121  Beacon  Street, 
Boston,  Miss  J.  A.  Wells,  Teacher  of  Music ;  Mrs.  Rachel  Noah- 
France,  Elocution.  Miss  Wells  teaches  the  Italian  (Lamperti) 
method.  Mrs.  Noah-France  was  for  thirty  years  a  member  of  the 
Boston  Theatre  Company.  These  ladies  pay  especial  attention  to 
training  for  the  opera,  concert,  and  drama.  Arrangements  for 
private  or  class  lessons  as  desired.  A  limited  number  of  pupils 
from  a  distance  are  received,  homes  provided  for  them,  and  their 
welfare  looked  after. 

fllSS  SCANDLIN'S  DAY  SCHOOL  FOR  BOYS,  157  New 

bury  Street,  Boston.  Pupils  are  received  at  five  years  of  age  and 
prepared  to  enter  the  sixth  grade  in  the  classical  schools.  Special 

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effort  is  made  to  secure  a  thorough  foundation  in  English  branches, 
and  to  develop  a  taste  for  good  reading.  Instruction  in  French  is 
given  by  native  teachers.  Number  of  pupils  is  limited  to  twenty. 

SUMMER  SCHOOL  OF  HOflE  SCIENCE,  American  Kitchen 
Magazine,  485  Tremont  Street,  Boston,  with  courses  of  lectures 
conducted  by  Miss  Barrows,  Mrs.  Lincoln,  Mrs.  Richard,  Mrs. 
Norton,  and  others. 

MR.  CHARLES  WELLINGTON  STONE'S  SCHOOL  FOR 
BOYS,  Boston,  was  established  in  the  autumn  of  1879.  In  1883 
it  was  removed  from  Temple  Place  to  68  Chestnut  Street,  where 
it  has  since  remained.  The  number  of  pupils  has  been  limited, 
as  Mr.  Stone  desires  to  do  all  the  teaching  himself,  employing 
assistants  only  in  cases  of  unforeseen  exigency.  Individual  train- 
ing has  been  the  system  of  the  school ;  the  equivalent  of  private 
tuition,  without  loss  of  companionship.  The  school  has  therefore 
been  resorted  to  by  several  types  of  pupils  :  Those  who  wish  to 
prepare  for  the  Harvard  examinations  in  the  shortest  possible 
time,  those  who  have  failed  to  make  their  way  in  the  large  schools, 
those  who  from  illness  have  been  compelled  to  economize  in  their 
energies,  and  those  who  from  scholarly  ambition  have  been  glad 
to  do  more  than  enough  to  pass  the  examinations.  Some  pupils, 
for  instance,  have  read  with  pleasure  all  the  twenty-four  books  of 
the  Iliad.  It  is  an  open  secret  that  this  school  is  the  number 
thirty-eight  in  the  now  historic  report  to  the  Harvard  overseers 
on  subject  of  English. 

THE  TREMONT  THEATRE  ACADEMY  OF  DANCING,  176 

Tremont  Street,  Boston,  Otto  F.  Heinaman,  Manager,  occupies 
Tremont  Hall  in  the  Tremont  Theatre  building.  The  location 
for  convenience  of  accessibility  of  this  academy  is  unsurpassed  by 
any  in  the  city,  being  directly  opposite  the  Tremont  Street  exit  of 
the  Boylston  Street  subway  station,  from  which  cars  can  be  taken 
for  any  part  of  Boston  or  suburbs.  The  spacious  hall,  with  its 
elegant  maple  floor,  is  considered  among  the  finest  in  the  country. 
The  school  has  been  conducted  with  marked  success  for  the  past 
twenty-five  years.  Students  can  enter  at  any  time,  and  are  fur- 
nished with  coupon  tickets,  so  that  an  absence  from  the  class  does 
not  necessitate  any  loss  to  the  pupil.  The  academy  is  open  daily 
from  10  A.  M.  to  7.30  P.  M.,  and  private  lessons  will  be  given  at 
any  time  to  those  wishing  to  acquire  the  rudiments  of  the  art  be- 
fore joining  the  classes.  The  regular  classes  are  held  in  the  even- 
ing from  7.45  until  10  o'clock;  and  while  employing  a  corps  of 
competent  assistants  to  practise  with  the  pupils,  all  instruction  is 
given  by  Professor  Heinaman,  and  each  pupil  receives  careful 
attention.  Circulars  will  be  sent,  upon  application,  to  any  address, 
giving  full  particulars  as  to  prices,  etc. 

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Boston. 


THE  VIRGIL  CLAVIER  SCHOOL  OF  BOSTON,  the  work  of 
which  is  devoted  exclusively  to  the  study  of  pianoforte  playing, 
was  established  by  Mr.  A.  K.  Virgil  just  prior  to  his  going  abroad, 
where  he  has  since  established  schools  in  both  London  and  Berlin. 
Mr.  H.  S.  Wilder,  the  director  of  the  school,  is  a  teacher  of  large 
experience  and  a  musician  of  recognized  ability.  Its  location  at 
355  Boylston  Street  is  in  the  art  centre  of  Boston,  in  the  vicinity 
of  the  Public  Library  and  Art  Museum.  Convenient  alike  to  rail- 
roads and  the  electrics.  The  Virgil  Method  and  the  Practice 


MR.    OTTO    F.    HEINAMAN. 

Clavier  is  used  for  all  technical  and  fundamental  work.  One  of 
the  important  features  of  the  school  is  regular  Monday  evening 
recitals  at  which  all  of  the  pupils  of  the  school  are  expected  to 
play  several  times  during  the  season.  Any  one  interested  in 
piano  playing  is  welcomed  at  these  recitals.  The  Virgil  Practice 
Clavier  needs  no  introduction.  Its  great  value  has  been  generally 
conceded.  It  has  been  endorsed  by  some  of  the  greatest  pianists 
of  the  age,  including  Von  Bulow,  Joseffy,  Paderewski,  Rosenthal, 
Pachman,  and  others.  Since  Mr.  Virgil's  going  abroad,  both  in 
London  and  Berlin,  his  theories  have  been  endorsed  by  some  of 
the  most  eminent  masters,  and  the  success  of  the  schools  has  ex- 
ceeded his  expectations. 

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THE  VOLKMAN  SCHOOL,  Trinity  Court,  Dartmouth  Street, 
Boston,  prepares  boys  for  any  college  or  polytechnic  school.  The 
boys'  age  for  entering  the  lowest  class  averages  between  ten  and 
eleven  years.  Eight  teachers  are  employed  for  the  work.  The 
school  was  designed  and  built  for  the  purposes  of  the  school,  with 
due  attention  to  ventilation  and  sanitary  heating.  Both  direct 
and  indirect  heating  are  provided.  There  is  a  physical  and 
chemical  laboratory  with  full  equipment.  Hot  or  cold  lunch  may 
be  obtained  from  the  janitor.  School  hours  are  from  9  to  2 
o'clock;  the  youngest  class  is  dismissed  at  1.20. 

WARREN   SCHOOL   OF   ACTING   AND   ORATORY,    666 

Tremont  Street,  Boston,  Edward  Warren,  Director.  Mr.  Warren 
is  an  actor  of  twenty-three  years'  experience,  and  has  played  with 
all  our  best  known  stars  and  stock  companies.  He  came  from 
New  York  to  Boston  three  years  since  to  open  his  school  of  act- 
ing. The  school  is  open  the  entire  year,  and  pupils  are  received 
at  any  time  and  prepared  for  practical  stage  work.  All  lessons 
are  private,  there  being  no  classes  formed.  During  the  season 
many  plays  are  given  in  various  places  by  the  students.  The 
terms  for  instruction  are  :  Course  of  twenty  lessons,  $30.  Spe- 
cial arrangements  made  for  six  months'  or  a  year's  course. 

HISS  WEEKS'  AND  HISS  LOUGEE'S  SCHOOL  FOR 
GIRLS,  231  Marlborough  Street,  Boston,  was  established  in  1892, 
and  consists  of  a  junior  department  for  pupils  over  twelve,  a 
senior  department,  and  a  college  preparatory  course.  The  courses 
include  all  branches  of  instruction,  and  the  regular  class  work  is 
supplemented  by  lectures  delivered  by  leading  authorities  in  the 
various  subjects  presented.  A  limited  number  of  pupils  are  re- 
ceived into  the  family.  Terms  for  the  regular  course,  $250  ;  for 
special  course,  each  subject,  $75.  Board  and  tuition,  $1,000. 

flRS.  AND  HISS  WINSLOW'S  residence  for  school  girls  and 
students,  7  r  Marlborough  Street,  Boston.  Mrs.  and  Miss  Wins- 
low  receive  into  their  family  a  limited  number  of  young  girls  who 
wish  to  pursue  a  regular  course  of  study  at  any  of  the  private 
schools  in  Boston,  or  special  courses  in  music,  art,  or  science.  The 
house  is  in  one  of  the  pleasantest  parts  of  the  city,  being  in  the 
immediate  vicinity  of  the  Public  Garden,  Art  Museum,  public 
libraries,  and  churches  of  the  various  denominations,  and  dis- 
tant but  a  few  minutes'  walk  from  the  principal  private  and 
special  schools.  Mrs.  Winslow,  while  giving  to  the  girls  com- 
mitted to  her  charge  the  same  care  they  would  receive  in  a  board- 
ing school,  surrounds  them  with  the  influences  of  a  refined,  culti- 
vated home.  The  rules  of  the  family  life  are  only  such  as  are 
necessary  to  ensure  the  best  conditions  for  study  and  at  the 

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same  time  for  the  preservation  of  the  health  of  the  pupils.  Regu 
lar  hours  are  arranged  for  study,  practice,  recreation,  and  exercise. 
The  pupils  are  also  enabled  to  enjoy  the  great  advantages  that 
Boston  affords  in  books,  art,  music,  and  the  drama.  The  terms 
for  the  school  year,  including  board  and  the  use  of  piano  one 
hour  daily,  are  $620  per  year. 

HISS  WINSOR'S  SCHOOL,  21  Marlborough  Street,  Boston, 
Mary  Pickard  Winsor,  Principal,  has  an  eight-year  course  of  study, 
the  pupil  usually  entering  the  lowest  class  at  ten  years  of  age  and 
being  ready  for  college  at  eighteen.  Light  gymnastics  are  an  im- 
portant part  of  the  daily  exercises.  English  language,  literature, 
and  history  are  required  studies  ;  and  for  the  first  three  years 
drawing  also  is  required.  The  other  branches  are  more  or  less 
optional.  The  fees  for  tuition  are  :  For  pupils  under  twelve  years 
of  age,  $150;  for  those  between  twelve  and  fourteen,  $200;  for 
those  over  fourteen,  $250.  Beginning  with  1898-99,  these 
prices  will  be  raised  fifty  dollars  for  all  new  pupils. 

NOTRE  DAME  ACADEHY,  Roxbury,  Boston,  is  remarkable 
for  the  beauty  and  healthfulness  of  its  location.  Pupils  of  every 
creed  are  received  on  condition  of  exterior  conformity.  All 
branches  of  the  grammar  and  high  school  courses  are  taught, 
besides  music,  painting,  sewing,  and  etiquette.  At  the  completion 
of  each  branch  of  study,  certificates  of  proficiency  are  given. 
Upon  these  certificates  depend  the  diplomas  conferred  upon  the 
graduates.  The  terms  for  board  and  tuition  are  $250. 

ROXBURY  LATIN  SCHOOL,  Kearsarge  Avenue,  Roxbury, 
Boston.  (Founded  in  1645.)  The  school  is  governed  by  a  board 
of  twelve  trustees.  William  C.  Collar,  the  head  master,  appointed 
in  1867,  assisted  by  seven  masters,  sends  annually  to  college, 
mostly  to  Harvard,  from  fifteen  to  twenty-five  boys.  The  school 
is  free  to  inhabitants  of  Roxbury  and  West  Roxbury.  All  others 
pay  a  fee  for  tuition  of  $150.  A  few  boys,  not  exceeding  six  in 
number,  are  received  into  the  family  of  the  head  master. 

THE  CARLETON  SCHOOL,  for  young  men  and  boys,  Brad- 
ford, I.  N.  Carleton,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  Principal,  has  been  in  success- 
ful operation  since  1884.  Its  aim  is  to  furnish  to  a  select  number 
of  young  men  and  boys  the  most  favorable  conditions  for  educa-- 
tional  training,  such  conditions  as  only  the  best  possible  combina- 
tion of  school  and  home  can  afford.  In  studies  and  tone  the 
school  has  place  among  the  best  New  England  academies.  It 
offers  instruction  in  the  same  courses  of  study  which  they  maintain. 
The  college  preparatory  course  is  carefully  adjusted  to  modern 
requirements.  Latin  and  Greek  are  taught  in  a  way  unusually 
effective  and  satisfactory,  particularly  in  the  case  of  those  who 

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find  it  difficult  to  master  the  elements  of  these  languages.     The 
terms  for  home  pupils  are  from  $400  to  $500  per  year. 

THAYER  ACADEMY,  Braintree,  William  Gallagher,  A.  M., 
Ph.  D.,  Head  Master,  was  founded  in  1877  DY  Sylvanus  Thayer, 
LL.  D.  Two  courses  of  study  are  offered,  a  classical  and  a  gen- 
eral. The  classical  course  is  devoted  to  preparation  for  admission 
to  any  American  college.  Facilities  are  offered  for  entering  col- 
lege with  advanced  subjects.  The  general  course  is  for  those  who 
do  not  intend  to  go  to  college,  but  who  wish  to  carry  their  educa- 
tion beyond  the  ordinary  high  school  studies.  Candidates  for 
admission  must  not  be  under  thirteen  years  of  age.  There  is  a 
preparatory  course  for  those  not  fitted  to  enter  the  regular  courses. 
The  tuition  is  $75  per  year. 

STATE  NORflAL  SCHOOL,  Bridgewater,  Albert  G.  Boyden, 
A.  M.,  Principal,  was  one  of  the  first  three  State  normal  schools  on 
this  continent.  The  school  was  opened  September  9,  1840.  The 
courses  are  as  follows  :  A  two  years'  course,  with  observation  and 
practice  in  the  model  school,  the  graduates  of  which  are  in  demand 
for  teaching  in  primary  and  grammar  grades ;  a  three  years'  course, 
with  more  extended  practice  in  the  model  school,  and  elective 
advance  studies ;  and  a  four  years'  course,  fitting  for  high  grade 
work.  There  is  also  an  advanced  course  for  college  graduates,  a 
special  course  for  experienced  teachers,  and  a  kindergarten  course. 
To  persons  declaring  their  intention  to  teach  in  the  State  tuition 
shall  be  free ;  but  persons  intending  to  teach  in  other  States,  or  in 
private  schools,  may  be  admitted  to  the  normal  schools  upon  paying 
$15  a  term  for  tuition,  provided  their  admission  does  not  exclude 
or  inconvenience  those  intending  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of 
the  Commonwealth. 

EPISCOPAL  THEOLOGICAL  SCHOOL,  Cambridge,  Edmund 
H.  Bennett,  LL.  D.,  President.  The  school  was  founded  in  1867 
by  Benjamin  Tyler  Reed,  of  Boston,  who  appropriated  to  that  end 
$100,000.  Cambridge  was  selected  for  the  site  of  the  school  in 
order  to  take  advantage  of  the  peculiar  opportunities  of  the  place 
for  that  grade  of  theological  education  which  the  institution  was 
intended  to  impart.  All  persons  desiring  to  enter  must  present  to 
the  dean,  with  their  application,  satisfactory  references  or  testi- 
monials to  their  character.  The  course  of  study  embraces  the 
Old  and  New  Testaments,  with  their  language  and  history ;  pas- 
toral care,  systematic  divinity,  and  homiletics.  Sociology  is  an 
elective  course  of  twelve  lectures.  Candidates  for  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Divinity  must  have  received  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts,  or  an  education  equivalent  to  a  full  college  course.  The 
tuition,  including  board,  service,  and  care  of  rooms,  fuel,  and 
lights,  is  $265  per  year. 

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THE  CAflBRIDGE  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  36  Concord  Ave- 
nue, Cambridge,  Arthur  Gilman,  Director.  This  school  was  founded 
in  1886  by  Mr.  Gilman,  who,  ten  years  later,  resigned  his  position 
as  regent  of  Radcliffe  College  to  give  his  entire  attention  to  The 
Cambridge  School.  Writing  of  The  Cambridge  School,  in  1891, 
Miss  Helen  Leah  Reed,  the  author,  of  Boston,  says,  "  Mr.  Gilman 
himself  has  a  well  deserved  reputation  as  an  educator  throughout 
the  United  States.  Mr.  Gilman's  first  adult  years  were  spent  in 
the  banking  business,  but  when  his  health  made  a  change  of  occu- 
pation necessary,  he  entered  upon  a  career  of  authorship,  giving 
his  attention  largely  to  books  and  articles  bearing  on  general 
literature.  One  of  the  most  successful  of  his  educational  books  is 
his  admirable  '  First  Steps  in  English  Literature,'  and  his  '  Story 
of  Boston,'  is  very  well  known.  It  was  Mr.  Gilman  who  first  con- 
ceived the  plan  of  opening  to  women  a  systematic  course  of  study 
at  Harvard  College,  and  this  plan,  arranged  with  great  care  and 
foresight,  resulted  in  the  well  established  and  efficient  '  Harvard 
Annex '  [now  Radcliffe  College].  The  success  of  the  Annex  sug- 
gested to  Mr.  Gilman  that  a  school  for  younger  girls,  established 
on  similar  lines,  might  be  received  with  favor  by  those  parents 
who  believed  that  scientific  principles  could  be  applied  even  to  the 
very  first  years  of  a  girl's  education."  Miss  Reed  goes  on  to  trace 
what  she  calls  "  the  remarkable  growth  "  of  the  school,  from  the 
time  that  it  was  opened  in  "  a  small,  old-fashioned  house  next  door 
to  the  Annex,"  "  quaint  and  attractive,"  which  was  "  constantly 
enlarged  to  meet  the  demands  for  greater  space."  It  is  now 
occupying  its  third  building.  Miss  Reed  concludes  with  the 
remark  that  "  the  ideal  boarding-school  is  that  which  most  nearly 
reproduces  the  conditions  of  home  life."  The  school  occupies 
three  sunny  buildings  in  the  residential  part  of  Old  Cambridge. 
One  of  these  is  the  school  building  proper,  and  contains  the 
class  rooms,  study  rooms,  book  room,  laboratories,  art  rooms,  and 
office.  The  others  —  Margaret  Winthrop  Hall  and  Howells  House 
—  are  residences  for  young  ladies  whose  homes  are  not  in 
Cambridge.  They  are  at  a  short  distance  from  the  school 
building,  thus  giving  the  students  a  short  walk  daily,  to  and 
from  school.  In  each  of  the  residences  there  are  ladies  who 
act  as  mothers  to  a  small  number  of  girls.  These  ladies  are  not 
"  matrons,"  but  persons  with  their  own  social  life  in  Cambridge, 
who  make  it  their  sole  duty  to  train  in  the  best  way  the  young 
lives  committed  to  their  charge.  They  are  responsible  for  the 
out-of-school  conduct  of  the  girls,  but  bind  them  by  no  irksome 
rules.  The  "  house-mothers "  do  no  teaching  in  the  school,  nor 
do  any  of  the  teachers  board  in  these  homes.  The  teachers  and 
pupils  are  thus  brought  together  fresh  every  morning,  avoiding 
the  bad  effects  apt  to  result  from  the  too  constant  companionship 

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of  teachers  and  students  in  boarding-schools.  The  girls  have  all 
the  advantages  of  both  home  life  and  day-school,  although  they 
are  not  under  the  paternal  roof.  To  many,  this  unique  arrange- 
ment is  the  most  marked  characteristic  of  the  school.  Strangers 
applying  for  admission  must  be  introduced  to  the  director,  and 
give  the  names  of  previous  schools.  All  candidates  are  expected 
to  show  their  fitness  for  the  courses  for  which  they  apply,  before 
being  admitted  to  them.  They  are  supposed  to  be  willing  to 
study  and  not  to  require  petty  rules  of  behavior.  It  is  the  inten- 
tion to  teach  them  how  to  study,  and  to  cultivate  in  them  the 
habits  of  application  and  the  self-control  requisite  to  true  womanly 
character.  They  are  taught  that  study  is  work,  but  that  it  is 
agreeable  work. 

"  Study  depends  upon  the  will,  and  the  will  does  not  endure  restraint."  — 
Quintilian. 

There  are  two  principal  departments :  the  academic,  for  pupils 
between  the  ages  of  twelve  and  twenty-five,  including  all  branches 
necessary  for  admission  to  college ;  and  the  graduate,  or  seminary 
department,  for  graduates  of  schools  who  wish  to  continue  their 
studies,  but  not  to  go  to  college.  Younger  girls  are  taken  to  be 
trained  for  the  higher  work  of  the  school.  The  students  in  the 
second  department  are  usually  from  seventeen  to  twenty-five  years 
of  age.  The  courses  include  all  English  branches,  German,  French, 
the  sciences,  fine  arts,  mathematics  in  all  branches,  as  well  as  Latin 
and  Greek.  In  many  of  the  classes  instruction  is  given  which 
corresponds  to  the  work  of  the  freshman  and  sophomore  classes 
at  Harvard.  Pupils  are  expected  to  limit  themselves  to  an  average 
of  four  class  exercises  a  day  for  which  preparation  is  needed. 
While  this  school  has  sent  a  larger  number  of  students  to  Rad- 
cliffe  College  than  has  any  other  private  school,  it  is  not  preemi- 
nently a  "  college  preparatory  school,"  but  has  as  its  highest  aim 
to  give  to  every  girl  what  she  needs  along  the  broadest  lines,  mak- 
ing the  education  individual,  rather  than  confining  it  to  prescribed 
courses.  The  subjects  are  "elective."  The  course  is  fitted  to 
the  pupil,  not  the  pupil  to  the  course.  Lectures  are  given  each 
year  under  the  auspices  of  Harvard  University,  to  which  the  young 
ladies  attending  The  Cambridge  school  are  admitted  without  charge. 
A  series  of  concerts  by  the  Boston  Symphony  Orchestra  is  given 
every  winter  in  Sanders  Theatre  of  Harvard  University.  The 
young  ladies  attend  such  entertainments  in  Boston  and  Cambridge 
as  their  parents  desire,  under  proper  chaperonage.  All  the  privi- 
leges of  residence,  and  tuition  in  all  branches  offered,  are  provided 
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HARVARD  UNIVERSITY,  Cambridge,  Charles  William  Eliot, 
LL.  D.,  President,  was  founded  in  1636  by  a  vote  passed  at  an 
adjourned  meeting  of  the  General  Court  of  the  Colony  of  Massa- 
chusetts Bay.  The  first  president  was  the  Rev.  Henry  Dunster. 
It  takes  its  name  from  John  Harvard,  a  non-conforming  clergyman 
of  England,  who  died  in  Charlestown  in  1638,  leaving  half  of  his 
whole  property  and  his  entire  library  to  the  institution.  The 
value  of  his  bequest,  though  small,  was  more  than  double  the  entire 
sum  originally  voted  by  the  Court.  The  first  building,  rude  and 
ill-built  as  it  was,  had  much  that  was  suggestive  of  a  "  Hall  "  in  an 
English  university.  It  was  a  home  as  well  as  a  place  of  study- 
Within  ten  years  of  its  completion  the  "  governors  "  of  the  institu- 
tion began  to  purchase  neighbors'  houses  to  accommodate  students. 
The  term  "  college  "  was  applied  to  each  of  the  separate  buildings, 
and  this  usage  to  some  extent  still  survives.  In  1654  was  erected 
a  small  brick  building  for  the  Indian  youth,  known  as  the  Indian 
college.  But  one  Indian  ever  received  a  Harvard  degree,  and  the 
building  was  a  ruin  before  the  end  of  the  century.  None  of  the 
original  buildings  are  now  standing.  The  endowment  of  Harvard 
at  the  present  time  is  more  than  nine  millions  of  dollars  in  quick 
capital,  and  more  than  five  millions  invested  in  buildings,  libraries, 
laboratories,  museums,  observatories,  gardens,  collections,  appa- 
ratus, etc.  The  college  grounds  comprise  seven  hundred  acres. 
The  buildings  now  owned  and  used  by  the  University  number 
about  sixty,  twenty-three  of  which  are  within  the  college  yard. 
The  interest  in  these  buildings  is  very  great,  but  it  is  entirely  his- 
torical and  practical,  not  artistic.  Lowell  said  of  them,  "They 
look  as  if  they  meant  business,  and  nothing  more."  The  Memorial 
Hall  was  built  in  commemoration  of  the  Harvard  men  who  died  in 
the  Civil  War,  and  Gore  Hall  contains  the  college  library  of  about 
360,000  volumes.  The  Astronomical  Observatory,  besides  other 
high  power  instruments,  has  the  largest  photographic  telescope  yet 
constructed.  The  University  comprises  the  following  departments : 
Harvard  College,  Lawrence  Scientific  School,  Graduate  School, 
Divinity  School,  Law  School,  Medical  School,  Dental  School, 
School  of  Veterinary  Medicine,  the  Bussey  Institution  (a  school  of 
agriculture  and  horticulture),  the  Arnold  Arboretum,  University 
Library,  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology,  Peabody  Museum  of 
American  Archaeology  and  Ethnology,  University  Museum,  Botanic 
Garden,  Gray  Herbarium,  and  Astronomical  Observatory.  More 
than  five  hundred  courses  of  instruction  are  offered  to  the  stu- 
dents. The  degrees  awarded  are :  Bachelor  of  Arts,  Agriculture, 
Science,  Divinity,  and  of  Laws ;  Master  of  Arts,  and  of  Science  ; 
Doctor  of  Philosophy,  Science,  Medicine,  Veterinary  Medicine, 
and  of  Dentistry.  Admission  to  Harvard  is  only  by  written  exam- 
ination, except  under  certain  provisions,  in  case  of  students  enter- 


Cambridge.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Mass. 

ing  from  other  colleges,  or  that  of  special  students.  The  range  of 
electives  is  more  extensive  than  in  any  other  American  university. 
In  1897-98  were  reported  twenty-two  endowed  fellowships  in  the 
departments  of  arts  and  sciences,  and  two  hundred  and  three 
scholarships.  The  tuition  in  most  of  the  courses  is  $150  a  year. 
In  the  Medical  School,  $200  for  the  first  three  years,  $130  for  the 
fourth.  In  the  Dental  School,  $200  for  the  first  year,  and  $150 
for  the  second  and  third. 

NEW -CHURCH  THEOLOGICAL  SCHOOL,  Cambridge, 
James  Reed,  President.  The  first  motion  toward  the  establish- 
ment of  this  school  by  the  General  Convention  was  made,  and  the 
institute  was  organized  in  Waltham,  July,  1886,  with  six  young 
men  enrolled  as  students.  The  school  was  in  session  eight  weeks. 
In  1880  the  classes  were  removed  to  Boston,  where  they  were  con- 
tinued until  1889,  when  the  estate  formerly  occupied  by  President 
Jared  Sparks  in  Cambridge  was  purchased,  and  this  has  since 
been  the  home  of  the  institution.  In  the  regular  course  are  taught : 
The  theology  and  philosophy  of  the  Church ;  the  interpretation  of 
Scripture  ;  homiletics  and  pastoral  duty ;  Greek  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment and  the  Latin  of  Swedenborg ;  Hebrew,  and  elocution.  The 
first  diploma  was  awarded  in  1886.  Since  1889  the  school  year 
has  coincided  with  the  University  year,  beginning  in  September, 
and  closing  in  June.  The  institution  has  been  supported  by  an 
endowment  fund  which  has  gradually  increased,  and  also  by 
legacies  received  at  different  times. 

RADCLIFFE  COLLEGE,  Cambridge,  Elizabeth  C.  Agassiz, 
President.  Radcliffe  College  is  the  successor  of  the  Society  for 
the  Collegiate  Instruction  of  Women,  and  offers  systematic  col- 
legiate instruction  under  the  professors  and  other  teachers  of 
Harvard  University.  More  than  ninety  instructors  of  the  Univer- 
sity are  teachers  in  Radcliffe.  The  college  has  four  laboratories, 
of  physics,  chemistry,  botany,  and  biology.  The  collections  of  the 
museums,  as  well  as  the  University  Library,  are  open  to  students 
of  Radcliffe.  Opportunities  for  study  in  the  Astronomical  Obser- 
vatory, the  Botanic  Garden,  and  the  Herbarium  are  also  offered. 
The  requirements  for  admission  are  identical  with  those  for  admis- 
sion to  Harvard.  Radcliffe  holds  no  independent  entrance  exami- 
nation, but  is  authorized  to  make  arrangements  by  which  women 
can  take  the  Harvard  examinations,  and  have  their  work  submitted 
to  Harvard  examiners.  The  courses  of  instruction  correspond  to 
both  "  undergraduate  "  and  "  graduate  "  courses  offered  by  the 
university,  and  are  more  than  sufficient  to  enable  a  woman  to 
perform  the  work  required  by  the  University  for  the  degrees 
of  A.  B.  and  A.  M.  Graduate  students  in  Radcliffe  have  access 
to  a  large  number  of  graduate  courses  in  Harvard.  The  examina- 

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tions  are  the  same  in  both  institutions,  and  the  diplomas  conferring 
the  degrees  of  A.  B.  and  A.  M.  are  countersigned  by  the  president 
of  Harvard,  and  bear  the  University  seal,  as  a  guarantee  that 
these  degrees  are  equivalent  to  the  corresponding  degrees  given 
by  the  University. 

DOCTOR  SARGENT'S   CAflBRIDGE  NORHAL  SCHOOL 
OF  PHYSICAL  TRAINING  AND  SANATORY  GYHNASIUM, 

for  women  and  children.  Established  in  1881.  The  school  is 
under  the  supervision  of  Dr.  D.  A.  Sargent,  Director  of  the 
Hemenway  Gymnasium,  Harvard  University,  who  is  assisted  by 
Dr.  George  W.  Fitz,  Assistant  Professor  of  Physiolegy,  Harvard 
University ;  Dr.  Marshall  H.  Bailey,  Instructor  in  Anatomy  and 
Physiology,  Harvard  University ;  Francis  Dobis,  Instructor  in 
German  Gymnastics,  Harvard  University ;  Melvin  B.  Gilbert, 
Instructor  in  Dancing  Calisthenics,  Harvard  Summer  School ; 
Hartvig  Nissen,  Instructor  in  Swedish  Gymnastics,  Boston  Public 
Schools ;  Jennie  B.  Wilson,  Superintendent  and  Instructor  in 
General  Gymnastics ;  and  several  other  instructors  and  assistants. 
The  objects  of  this  school  are  to  drill  young  women  in  the  theory 
and  practice  of  physical  training  in  its  broadest  acceptation,  and 
prepare  them  to  teach  in  this  much  neglected  branch  of  education. 
No  rigid  system  is  adhered  to.  German,  Swedish,  and  other' 
systems  are  taught.  In  the  opinion  of  the  director,  the  condition 
of  the  individual  determines  the  selection,  time,  and  amount  of 
exercise,  and  the  student  is  taught  the  value  of  all  movements  and 
efforts  according  to  the  most  approved  anatomical  and  physiologi- 
cal tests,  and  shown  how  to  apply  them  for  the  improvement  of 
the  individual.  This  method  involves  a  careful  study  of  the  nor- 
mal standard,  and  the  variations  therefrom,  for  each  class,  sex,  and 
age,  and  a  familiarity  with  a  great  variety  of  exercises  in  order  to 
meet  the  wants  of  different  conditions.  The  course  covers  two 
years.  The  junior  year's  work  in  theory  consists  of  studies  in 
anatomy,  physiology,  histology,  and  physics.  The  practice  course 
consists  of  special  exercises  on  developing  appliances,  free  move- 
ments, calisthenics,  light  gymnastics,  Swedish  gymnastics,  military 
drill,  gymnastic  games,  voice  training,  Delsarte  movements  and 
relaxing  exercises,  and  methods  of  conducting  squad,  class,  or 
division  exercises.  Senior  year  :  Theory —  applied  anatomy,  animal 
mechanics,  experimental  physiology,  psychology,  personal  hygiene, 
anthropometry,  first  aid  to  the  injured,  growth  of  children,  physical 
examinations  and  diagnosis,  medical  gymnastics  ;  practice  —  ad- 
vanced courses  in  measuring  and  testing,  class  exercises,  figure 
marching,  school  work,  heavy  gymnastics,  athletic  sports,  and 
applied  mechanics.  The  term  begins  the  third  Thursday  in 
October.  Tuition,  $100  for  the  year.  For  application  blanks 

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and  further  particulars,  apply  to  Dr.  D.  A.  Sargent,  Cambridge, 
Mass. 

SHERflAN  HALL,  school  for  girls  and  young  women,  Canton, 
Miss  Sarah  Washburn  Ames,  Principal,  offers  college  prepar- 
atory, academic,  and  special  courses,  superior  course  in  literature. 
Individual  instruction  is  a  special  feature  of  the  school.  Instruc- 
tors are  graduates  from  leading  colleges  and  universities.  Native 
and  American  teachers  give  instruction  in  the  modern  languages. 
The  home  life  is  healthful  and  refined.  The  regulations  are  only 
those  of  a  well  ordered  household.  All  desirable  means  of  culture 
offered  in  Boston  are  available  to  pupils,  under  proper  chaperon- 
age.  Five  lectures  by  distinguished  specialists  form  a  part  of  the 
regular  school  course.  Visitors  are  always  welcome.  The  terms 
are  moderate. 

CONCORD  SCHOOL,  a  home  school  for  boys,  Concord,  James 
S.  Garland,  Principal.  The  location  of  this  school  is  but  twenty 
miles  from  the  city  of  Boston.  The  grounds  are  extensive,  and 
the  buildings  first-class  in  equipment  and  sanitary  conditions.  The 
teachers  and  instruction  are  of  the  highest  grade,  giving  prepara- 
tion for  college  and  scientific  school.  High  ideals  of  conduct  and 
scholarship  are  maintained,  and  manliness  and  gentlemanliness 
are  considered  the  corner-stones  of  discipline. 

MISS  PAGE'S  KINDERGARTEN  NORflAL  CLASS,  Danvers, 
has  been  removed  from  Boston  to  the  principal's  home  in  Danvers. 
The  town  is  less  than  an  hour's  ride  from  Boston,  and  is  fifteen 
minutes  by  steam  cars  from  Salem.  Electric  cars  run  frequently 
from  Salem  to  Danvers  for  five  cent  fares.  These  cars  come  into 
the  square  where  the  house  is  situated,  in  which  the  normal  class 
meets.  Opportunities  are  given  for  observation  and  practical 
work  in  kindergarten  in  Danvers,  Peabody,  and  Salem,  and  also 
for  those  who  can  make  it  convenient,  in  Boston.  The  require- 
ment for  admission  are  a  high  school  education,  or  its  equivalent, 
some  ability  to  sing,  sympathy  with  children,  and  a  certificate  of 
good  moral  character  from  a  teacher,  a  clergyman,  or  some  person 
known  to  Miss  Page.  The  terms  are  $150  for  the  course.  This 
includes  material,  extra  lessons,  and  all  expenses  except  for  books. 
The  lessons  begin  on  the  first  Monday  in  October,  and  last 
through  the  following  June. 

WILLARD  HALL  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  Danvers,  Mrs. 
Sarah  W.  Merrill,  Principal.  The  aims  of  the  school  are  to 
furnish  thorough  preparation  for  college,  a  prescribed  course  for 
those  who  wish  to  graduate,  and  advanced  work  in  French,  German, 
and  music  for  those  who  come  from  high  schools  and  do  not  wish 
to  take  the  regular  course.  The  number  of  family  pupils  is 

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limited.     It  is  the  desire  of  the  school  to  provide  the  influence  of 
a  good  home  in  addition  to  its  liberal  education. 

NICHOLS  ACADEMY,  for  both  sexes,  Dudley,  Alfred  G. 
Collins,  Principal,  situated  on  Dudley  Hill,  near  Webster,  Mass., 
is  one  of  the  best  equipped  and  most  pleasantly  located  academies 
in  New  England.  Instruction  is  given  in  the  ancient  and  modern 
languages,  practical  astronomy,  surveying,  analytical  chemistry, 
mechanical  and  free-hand  drawing,  meteorology,  stenography, 
typewriting,  telegraphy.  It  has  an  extensive  library,  complete 
astronomical  observatory,  and  a  new  gymnasium.  The  boarding 
home  is  newly  furnished  with  all  modern  improvements.  Certificate 
admits  to  various  colleges. 


MISS  PAGE'S  HOME,  DANVERS. 

POWDER  POINT  SCHOOL,  Duxbury,  Frederick  Bradford 
Knapp,  S.  B.  (Mass.  Inst.  Tech.),  Principal,  was  opened  in  1886. 
Mr.  Knapp  modelled  the  school  to  a  great  extent  after  his  father's 
in  Plymouth.  The  two  schools  remained  separate  till  1895,  when 
their  interests  were  united  in  Duxbury,  the  location  enjoying 
an  excellent  reputation  for  healthfulness.  The  grounds  are  large, 
with  shade  trees,  groves,  and  open  fields.  The  homestead,  a  good 
specimen  of  the  old  colonial  architecture,  is  used  as  the  principal's 
house.  The  school  buildings,  designed  and  built  by  the  principal, 
consist  of  Powder  Point  Hall,  containing  the  parlors,  schoolrooms, 
dining-rooms,  gymnasium,  and  sleeping-rooms ;  the  Cottage  and 
Grove  House,  occupied  by  teachers  and  boys ;  and  the  laboratory, 
arranged  for  work  in  physics  and  chemistry.  Most  of  the  bed- 


Easthampton.  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  Mass. 

rooms  are  single  ones,  but  few  are  large  and  arranged  for  two 
boys.  The  boys  come  much  under  the  influence  of  Mrs.  Knapp 
in  their  leisure  hours  and  at  meal-times,  as  she  and  the  other 
ladies  of  the  family  take  part  in  the  social  life  of  the  school.  The 
general  work  is  divided  into  the  lower  and  upper  school,  the  latter 
preparing  for  scientific  school  or  college.  There  is  also  a  general 
course  of  three  or  four  years,  giving  preparation  for  business. 
There  are  five  available  scholarships.  The  charge  for  tuition, 
board,  and  care  is  $600  for  the  school  year,  with  a  reduction, 
according  to  age,  for  boys  under  the  age  of  fourteen. 

WILLISTON  SEMINARY,  an  academy  for  boys,  Easthamp- 
ton,  Joseph  H.  Sawyer,  A.  M.,  Principal,  was  founded  more  than 
a  half  century  ago  by  Hon.  Samuel  Williston,  a  man  who,  through 
failure  of  his  eyes,  had  been  denied  a  liberal  education,  and 
through  the  death  of  all  his  children  had  been  left  to  make 
posterity  his  heir.  The  other  founder  of  the  school  was  Prof. 
William  S.  Tyler,  of  Amherst  College,  who  shaped  its  educational 
standards  and  policy.  It  has  a  desirable  location  in  the  valley 
of  the  Connecticut  River,  and  the  sanitary  condition  of  the  town 
is  excellent.  It  began  as  a  co-educational  school,  hence  its 
corporate  name  of  seminary,  but  for  more  than  a  third  of  a 
century  it  has  been  a  boys'  academy.  It  has  enjoyed  an  enviable 
reputation  for  its  work  on  the  classical  side,  and  many  men  now 
prominent  on  the  faculties  of  our  colleges  or  universities  have 
been  teachers  or  pupils  at  Williston.  The  distinguishing  feature, 
however,  has  been  the  prominence  given  to  instruction  in  science. 
It  was  one  of  the  first  schools  of  its  grade  to  begin  the  laboratory 
method,  and  it  has  in  successful  operation  several  laboratory 
courses,  all  of  which  have  been  developed  through  long  experience. 
The  school  offers  preparation  for  colleges  or  higher  schools  of 
science,  but  its  instruction  exceeds  the  requirements  for  admission 
into  many  of  these  institutions,  and  affords  young  men  a  more 
ample  preparation  for  life  if  they  are  not  to  continue  in  school. 
The  expenses  are  moderate,  being  neither  as  cheap  as  the  cheapest 
nor  as  great  as  the  most  expensive.  Further  information  may  be 
obtained  from  the  principal. 

NORTHFIELD  SEfllNARY,  East  Northfield,  Evelyn  S.  Hall, 
B.  A.,  Principal,  was  founded  by  Mr.  Dwight  L.  Moody  in  1879. 
It  is  intended  primarily  for  girls  of  good  ability  and  earnest  pur- 
pose, whose  homes  are  remote  from  school  centres,  and  who  have 
riot  the  means  to  avail  themselves  of  the  opportunities  of  the 
ordinary  boarding  school.  The  instruction,  discipline,  and  influ- 
ence are  such  as  will  secure  the  best  results  in  the  development 
of  Christian  character.  Candidates  for  admission  must  be  at 

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least  fifteen  years  of  age.  There  are  three  courses  of  study,  each 
covering  four  years.  The  general  course  is  intended  for  the  great 
body  of  students  who  need  a  practical  education.  The  college 
preparatory  course  fits  for  the  leading  women's  colleges.  The 
English  course  is  planned  for  students  who  desire  a  training  in 
English  without  the  study  of  Latin  and  the  other  languages.  For 
the  latter  courses  the  study  of  the  sciences  is  substituted.  The 
charge  for  board  and  tuition  is  $100  per  year.  The  scholarships 
and  the  Students'  Aid  Society  afford  assistance  to  a  limited  number 
of  deserving  students. 

HOflE  SCHOOL,  51  Summer  Street,  Everett,  Mrs.  -A.  P. 
Potter,  Principal.  This  boarding  and  day  school  for  girls  and 
young  ladies  offers  exceptional  advantages  in  college  preparatory 
and  special  studies,  in  music  and  in  art.  The  number  of  pupils  is 
limited,  hence  peculiar  interest  is  taken  in  the  work  and  general 
welfare  of  each  individual  girl.  The  surroundings  are  fine,  the 
home  life  is  delightful,  and  the  influences  brought  to  bear  are  such 
as  to  prepare  the  girl  for  the  higher  responsibilities  of  life.  There 
are  four  courses:  College  preparatory,  certificate  admitting  to 
certain  colleges,  the  three  years'  literary  course,  and  the  four 
years'  regular  course.  Upon  graduation  a  diploma  of  the  school 
is  given.  Special  attention  is  paid  to  backward  students.  Its 
nearness  to  Boston  gives  the  girls  the  peculiar  advantages  of  the 
city,  together  with  the  healthfulness  of  the  country. 

FITCHBURG  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Fitchburg, •  D.  Fullmer, 
Principal,  offers  an  up-to-date  business  course. 

STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL,  Framingham,  Henry  Whitte- 
more,  Principal,  was  established  at  Lexington  in  July,  1839,  and 
is  the  oldest  normal  school  in  America.  It  was  removed  to  West 
Newton  in  1844,  and  to  Framingham  in  1853.  The  design  of 
the  school  is  strictly  professional ;  that  is,  to  prepare  in  the  best 
possible  manner  the  pupils  for  the  work  of  organizing,  governing, 
and  teaching  the  public  schools  of  the  Commonwealth.  To  this  end 
there  must  be  the  most  thorough  knowledge,  first,  of  the  branches 
of  learning  required  to  be  taught  in  the  schools ;  second,  of  the 
best  methods  of  teaching  those  branches ;  and  third,  of  right 
mental  training.  The  time  of  one  course  extends  through  a  period 
of  two  years,  of  the  other  through  a  period  of  four  years,  and  is 
divided  into  terms  of  twenty  weeks  each,  with  daily  sessions  of  not 
less  than  five  days  each  week.  A  practice  school,  including 
classes  of  all  grades,  from  the  kindergarten  to  the  grammar,  is 
maintained.  There  are  two  boarding  halls,  in  which  the  price  of 
board  is  $75  per  term.  Tuition  is  free  to  all  who  intend  to  teach 
in  the  schools  of  the  Commonwealth. 


Franklin.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Mass. 

DEAN  ACADEflY,  Franklin,  Arthur  W.  Peirce,  A.  B.,  Princi- 
pal, is  an  endowed  boarding  school  for  young  women  and  young 
men.  It  prepares  for  the  best  colleges,  schools  of  technology, 
professional  schools,  and  for  business,  offering  especial  facilities 
for  the  study  of  music,  art,  and  elocution.  The  aim  is  to  furnish, 
in  a  homelike  atmosphere  and  under  careful  supervision,  the  best 
opportunities  for  education  and  culture.  Tuition  and  board  is 
$225  per  year. 

SEDGWICK  INSTITUTE,  Great  Barrington,  Berkshire  County, 
Edward  J.  Van  Lennep,  Principal,  is  a  family  school  for  boys  and 
young  men,  the  pupils  being  carefully  selected  and  the  number 
limited.  The  building  was  erected  with  special  reference  to  the 
requirements  of  a  home  school,  where  pupils  and  teachers  are 
members  of  one  household.  The  school  was  started  about  fifty 
years  ago  in  the  city  of  Hartford,  and  in  1869  a  change  was  made 
to  its  present  location.  There  are  unusual  facilities  for  athletic 
sports  and  for  both  out-of-door  and  gymnasium  exercise.  The 
Institute  prepares  for  either  college  or  business.  Tuition,  board, 
and  washing,  $500  a  year. 

SMITH  ACADEMY,  Hatfield,  Howard  W.  Dickinson,  M.  A., 
Principal.  It  offers  both  sexes  college  preparatory  and  scientific 
courses  of  study.  It  has  a  well  equipped  library,  laboratory,  and 
manual  training  room. 

LOWELL  COMMERCIAL  COLLEGE,  Lowell,  Albert  C.  Blais 
dell,  Principal,  was  founded  in  1859  by  J.  M.  McCoy.  Owing  to 
its  steady  growth  the  shorthand  and  typewriting  departments  were 
separated  from  it  in  1895,  taking  the  name  of  the  "Lowell  Busi- 
ness College."  The  Commercial  College  offers  complete  courses 
in  bookkeeping  and  all  allied  subjects,  employing  the  system 
known  as  "  Actual  Business  from  the  Start."  Mr.  L.  E.  Kimball 
is  Principal  of  the  Business  College,  and  has  personal  supervision 
of  the  shorthand  and  typewriting  departments. 

LYNN  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Lynn,  H.  W.  Pelton  and  C. 
C.  Dexter,  Principals.  Complete  business  and  shorthand  courses 
are  offered  in  this  institution.  In  bookkeeping  the  "  Actual  Busi- 
ness from  the  Start "  method  is  used ;  in  shorthand  Dement's  Pit- 
manic  system  is  taught ;  and  in  typewriting  the  touch  system  is 
used  exclusively.  Special  attention  is  paid  to  penmanship,  spelling, 
business  correspondence,  business  arithmetic,  and  rapid  calculation. 
The  tuition  for  a  term  of  ten  weeks  is  $25. 

TABOR  ACADEMY,  Marion,  Dana  Marsh  Dustan,  M.  A.,  Prin- 
cipal, was  founded  by  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Tabor  in  1876  ;  was  opened 
for  the  admission  of  students  in  September,  1877  ;  and  was  incor- 

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porated  in  1890.  '  It  is  situated  on  Buzzard's  Bay,  whose  shores 
are  famed  for  their  beauty  and  healthfulness.  The  aim  of  the 
school  is  to  prepare  pupils  for  college  or  for  their  future  business 
in  life,  at  a  small  expense,  the  endowment  of  the  academy  being 
sufficient  to  warrant  a  low  rate  of  tuition.  The  principal's  certifi- 
cate admits  to  Boston  University,  Dartmouth,  Smith,  Wellesley, 
and  Williams.  The  tuition  is  $8  a  term  and  the  total  necessary 
expenses  need  not  exceed  $225  per  annum. 

TUFTS  COLLEGE  (co- educational),  Medford,  the  Rev.  Elmer 
H.  Capen,  D.  D.,  President,  Harry  Gray  Chase,  Registrar,  was 
chartered  in  1852.  Its  organization  comprises  the  College  of 
Letters,  the  Divinity  School,  and  the  Medical  School,  the  last 
named  being  in  Boston.  The  college  offers  undergraduate  courses 
leading  to  the  degrees  of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  Bachelor  of  Philosophy, 
->nd  Bachelor  of  Science.  The  courses  in  arts  and  philosophy  give 
the  student  a  wide  range  of  choice  of  studies  under  a  plan  that 
unites  with  the  liberality  of  the  elective  system  a  measure  of  that 
control  so  desirable  for  the  undergraduate  student.  The  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Science  is  offered  for  the  satisfactory  completion  of  four- 
year  courses  in  general  science,  chemistry,  biology,  medical  pre- 
paratory studies,  civil,  electrical,  and  mechanical  engineering. 
Fourteen  departments  offer  major  courses  of  study  in  the  College 
of  Letters,  exclusive  of  the  technical  courses.  They  are  :  English, 
English  literature,  German,  French,  Latin,  Greek,  philosophy,  his- 
tory, political  science,  mathematics,  physics,  chemistry,  biology, 
civil  and  mechanical  engineering,  and  electrical  engineering.  In 
addition  to  these  major  departments  are  oratory,  Italian,  geology, 
astronomy,  drawing,  music  (history  and  theory),  and  physical  train- 
ing, in  each  of  which  one  or  more  subjects  is  offered.  The  depart- 
ments are  in  charge  of  competent  specialists,  some  of  them  men  of 
national  and  international  reputation.  The  tuition  fee  charged  by 
the  college  is  $100  annually,  except  in  the  engineering  courses,  in 
which  it  is  $120  annually.  There  is  a  charge  of  $10  for  physical 
culture,  $i  for  the  reading-room,  and  some  minor  charges  formate 
rial  used  by  students  working  in  the  laboratories.  Half  room  rent, 
including  heat,  ranges  from  $16  to  $85.  Students  furnish  their  own 
rooms. 

WHITTIER  HOHE  SCHOOL,  Merrimac,  Mrs.  Annie  Brackett 
Russell,  Principal,  is  now  in  its  fifth  year.  It  takes  its  name  from 
the  Quaker  poet,  whose  birthplace  is  only  two  miles  in  one  direc- 
tion, while  the  home  of  his  old  age  is  about  the  same  distance  in 
another.  The  village  is  attractive  both  on  account  of  its  health- 
fulness  and  natural  beauty.  The  school  is  strictly  a  home  school 
where  rules  are  made  only  for  the  individual  need,  and  aims  to  give 
a  thorough  course  of  preparation  to  young  women  intending  to 

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enter  college.  It  also  offers  elective  courses  to  those  who  wish 
to  terminate  their  school  life  at  such  a  school  as  this.  Board  and 
instruction  in  all  departments,  excepting  music  and  art,  is  $300  per 
annum.  The  number  of  boarding  pupils  is  limited  to  twenty. 

MONSON  ACADEHY,  Monson,  Arthur  Newell  Burke,  A.  B., 
Principal,  was  incorporated  in  1804  and  opened  in  1806,  and 
hence  is  one  of  the  few  old  New  England  academies  which  have 
survived  the  rise  of  the  modern  high  school.  It  is  located  in  the 
beautiful  village  of  Monson,  Mass.,  which  combines  many  comforts 
of  a  city  with  the  natural  beauty  and  healthfulness  of  a  country  vil- 
lage. The  instructors,  nine  in  number,  are  nearly  all  college  grad- 
uates. The  academy  offers  three  courses  of  study,  each  extending 
over  four  years,  and  named  respectively  the  classical,  the  Latin- 
scientific,  and  the  academic.  The  principal's  certificate,  granted 
to  graduates,  admits  without  examination  to  those  colleges  that 
accept  certificates.  The  Flynt  and  Packard  library  is  well  endowed 
and  is  one  of  the  best  school  libraries  in  the  State.  The  academy, 
though  undenominational,  is  distinctly  a  Christian  institution.  The 
total  annual  expenses,  exclusive  of  clothing  and  travelling,  are 
estimated  to  be  less  than  $200.  The  trustees  have  authority  to 
remit  in  whole  or  in  part,  and  on  such  condition  as  they  deem 
advisable,  the  tuition  of  such  indigent  pupils  as  they  consider 
worthy.  A  limited  number  of  pupils  obtain  employment  about  the 
academy  buildings. 

MOUNT  HERMON  5CHOOL,  Mount  Hermon,  Franklin 
County,  Henry  F.  Cutler,  B.  A.,  Principal,  was  established  at  the 
suggestion  of  Mr.  Dwight  L.  Moody,  by  several  gentlemen  interested 
in  the  practical  Christian  education  of  boys  and  young  men.  It 
was  opened  in  May,  1881,  and  incorporated  in  1882.  Mr. 
Hiram  Camp,  the  late  president  of  the  board  of  trustees,  gave 
$25,000,  and  several  thousands  were  received  from  Great  Britain. 
The  school  is  situated  on  the  west  side  of  the  Connecticut  River, 
opposite  the  town  of  Northfield.  The  amount  of  land  owned  by 
the  school  is  more  than  seven  hundred  acres.  The  important 
buildings  are  twelve  in  number.  The  school  is  designed  to  meet 
the  need  of  young  men  to  whom  the  early  opportunities  of  study 
have  been  denied.  Applicants  for  admission  must  be  at  least  six- 
teen years  of  age,  must  have  good  health,  mental  ability,  and  moral 
character.  Such  are  received  on  probation  without  regard  to  their 
scholarship  attainments.  Each  student  is  required  to  work  two 
hours  daily  upon  the  school  farm,  or  to  discharge  some  assigned 
duty  about  the  buildings.  Opportunity  is  given  for  self-help  in 
the  payment  of  expenses.  The  certificate  of  the  principal  admits 
to  many  leading  colleges.  The  necessary  expenses  are  about  $118 
per  year.  • 

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THE   NEW    BEDFORD    BUSINESS    UNIVERSITY,    New 

Bedford,  occupies  a  spacious  building  in  the  business  centre  of 
New  Bedford.  The  management  of  the  school  rests  with  the  Prin- 
cipal, Miss  Mary  A.  Chace,  and  an  Advisory  Board  of  fifteen  of  the 
leading  business  men  of  the  city.  While  its  distinctive  aim  is  prac- 
tical education,  and  its  departments  of  bookkeeping,  banking,  and 
shorthand  are  especially  strong,  its  four  years'  college  preparatory 
course,  covering  the  classics,  sciences,  and  modern  languages,  is  sur- 
passed by  few  schools,  while  its  instruction  in  music,  oratory,  and 
physical  culture  is  also  excellent.  Tuition  in  the  college  prepara- 
tory and  business  courses  is  $150  ;  in  the  others  somewhat  less. 

THE  SWAIN  FREE  SCHOOL,  New  Bedford,  Andrew  Ingra- 
ham  (Dartmouth),  Master,  was  founded  by  the  will  of  William  W. 
Swain,  who  died  September  21,  1858.  The  school  was  incor- 
porated in  1881,  and  was  opened  in  1882.  It  was  founded  for 
the  benefit  of  "  those  whose  parents  cannot  afford  to  send  them  to 
our  most  expensive  schools."  There  are  at  present  the  academic,  the 
art,  and  the  science  departments.  There  are  twelve  courses,  namely  : 
Greek,  Latin,  mathematics,  history,  logic,  English,  art,  German, 
French,  Italian,  harmony,  chemistry.  In  Greek  there  are  two  sub- 
courses,  in  mathematics  two,  in  English  two,  in  art  five,  in  German 
four,  in  French  five,  in  Italian  two,  in  harmony  two,  in  chemistry 
three.  The  courses  of  study  have  been  prepared  to  meet  various 
wants  ;  the  graduates  of  our  higher  schools,  the  men  and  women 
of  the  several  professions,  those  in  any  condition  of  life  who  can 
command  leisure  for  study,  will  find  here  ample  opportunities  for 
study.  Suggestions  of  desirable  courses  will  be  carefully  consid- 
ered. Fuller  information  may  be  had  by  consulting,  either  in  person 
or  by  letter,  the  master  of  the  school. 

PUTNAM  FREE  SCHOOL  (co-educational),  Newburyport, 
Charles  D.  Seelye,  Principal,  was  founded  by  the  munificence  of 
Oliver  Putnam,  Esq.,  a  native  of  Newbury.  By  the  provision  of  his 
will  a  bequest  for  establishing  a  school  was  to  remain  on  interest 
till  it  should  reach  the  sum  of  $50,000.  This  institution  was  to  be 
"  a  Free  English  School  "  for  the  instruction  of  youth,  wherever 
they  may  belong.  The  school  was  opened  in  1848.  The  course 
includes  all  the  English  branches,  particular  attention  being  paid 
to  bookkeeping,  trigonometry,  navigation,  and  surveying.  The  nat- 
ural sciences  are  illustrated  by  lectures  and  experiments,*  and  the 
use  of  the  compass  and  theodolite  is  taught  in  field  practice.  The 
regular  course  of  study  embraces  four  years,  and  a  diploma  is  given 
to  each  graduate.  The  institution  is  open  to  pupils  from  any  por- 
tion of  the  globe.  No  charge  is  made  for  tuition.  The  pupils 
furnish  their  own  books  and  stationery. 

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flR.  CUTLER'S  PREPARATORY  SCHOOL  at  Newton,  for 
young  men  and  young  women,  was  opened  in  the  fall  of  1887  by 
Edward  H.  Cutler,  A.  M.,  formerly  principal  of  the  Providence 
High  School  and  head  master  of  the  Newton  High  School.  The 
number  of  its  pupils  is  limited,  it  being  the  intention  that  the  num- 
ber in  attendance  at  one  time  shall  not  exceed  forty.  All  of  the 
pupils  are  under  the  direct  supervision  of  Mr.  Cutler.  At  the  be- 
ginning of  each  year  classes  are  formed  to  meet  the  needs  of  the 
individuals.  Candidates  for  Harvard  may  select  their  advanced 
subjects  from  French,  German,  and  mathematics,  if  for  any  reason 
these  are  preferred  to  Latin  and  Greek.  Mr.  Cutler's  certificate  of 
preparation  is  accepted  at  colleges  admitting  candidates  on  certi- 
ficate. Special  pupils  desiring  to  join  a  class  in  one  study  only  are 
admitted  at  one-half  the  full  rate.  Suitable  board  is  recommended 
when  requested.  Tuition  is  $150  a  year.  Further  particulars  may 
be  had  of  Mr.  Edward  H.  Cutler,  Linden  Terrace,  Newton,  Mass., 
or  at  the  school  rooms,  429  Centre  Street,  Newton,  opposite  the 
public  library. 

THE  NEWTON  THEOLOGICAL  INSTITUTION,  Newton 
Centre,  Alvah  Hovey,  President,  was  founded  by  representatives 
of  the  Baptist  churches  of  New  England,  in  order  to  provide  stu- 
dents for  the  ministry  with  the  advantages  of  a  first-class  school  at 
nominal  cost.  It  maintains  three  departments,  the  regular,  de- 
signed for  graduates  from  the  classical  course  in  college,  and  the 
instruction  is  adapted  to  their  needs ;  the  English,  intended  for 
students  who  are  unable  to  pursue  the  study  of  Hebrew  and 
Greek ;  and  the  French,  with  instruction  adapted  to  the  needs 
of  missionaries  to  the  French  people.  The  regular  course  occupies 
three  years.  The  studies  are  in  part  prescribed  and  in  part  elect- 
ive. The  only  charge  made  is  for  board.  By  vote  of  the  trustees, 
young  women  looking  forward  to  foreign  missionary  service,  and 
recommended  by  the  Woman's  Baptist  Foreign  Missionary  Society, 
are  admitted  to  class-room  work  in  the  Institution. 

THE  HALE  STUDIO,  Masonic  Temple,  Newtonville,  is  con- 
ducted after  the  conviction  that  a  sound  and  broad  education  in 
music  is  a  general  need,  of  more,  rather  than  less,  consequence 
than  accomplishment  in  singing  and  playing.  Special  class  and 
private  instruction  is  supplemented,  therefore,  by  lectures  on  the 
theory  and  interpretation  of  music,  readings  from  the  masterpieces, 
biographical  and  historical  studies.  The  methods  employed  are 
constantly  corrected  to  the  ripest  thought  of  the  New  Education. 
Among  the  courses  are  included  the  Fletcher  Music  Kindergarten 
and  normal  training  for  teachers.  The  faculty  is  composed  of  spe- 
cialists of  long  experience  in  private  and  in  conservatory  teaching. 

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BLISS  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  North  Adams,  E.  J.  Shawy 
Principal,  was  established  by  the  present  principal  in  January, 
1895.  The  curriculum  embraces  those  subjects  necessary  for  a 
practical  business  training. 

SMITH  COLLEGE,  Northampton,  the  Rev.  L.  Clarke  Seelye? 
D.  D.,  L'L.  D.,  President,  was  founded  by  Miss  Sophia  Smith,  of 
Hatfield,  Mass.  The  object  of  the  institution,  as  stated  by  the 
founder,  is  "  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  an  institution 
for  the  higher  education  of  young  women,  with  the  design  to  fur- 
nish them  means  and  facilities  for  education  equal  to  those  which 
are  afforded  in  our  colleges  for  young  men."  There  are  three 
courses  of  study,  each  extending  through  four  years.  The  clas- 
sical leads  to  the  degree  of  B.  A.,  the  scientific  to  that  of  B.  S.,  and 
the  literary  to  that  of  B.  L.  Students  who  wish  to  devote  more 
time  to  art  or  music,  or  to  take  more  elective  work  in  the  academic 
department,  may  extend  any  of  these  courses  through  five  years, 
Electives  in  art  and  music  may  be  taken  in  any  year,  and  time 
devoted  to  these  electives  is  counted  in  the  same  way  as  work  in 
the  laboratories.  The  prescribed  studies  of  each  course  are  such 
as  are  necessary  to  give  it  a  distinctive  character.  The  design  is 
to  require  of  the  student  a  sufficient  amount  of  prescribed  work  to 
ensure  a  high  grade  of  scholarship,  and  also  to  leave  room  for  the 
exercise  of  individual  tastes  by  the  introduction  of  elective  studies, 
increasing  in  number  as  the  course  advances.  The  price  of  tui- 
tion for  all  students  is  $150  a  year.  The  charge  for  board,  plain 
washing,  and  furnished  room  in  the  college  houses  is  $300  a  year, 

WHEATON  SEMINARY,  Norton,  the  Rev.  Samuel  V.  Cole, 
D.  D.,  President,  was  founded  in  1834,  as  a  memorial  for  the  only 
daughter  of  Judge  Laban  Wheaton,  of  Norton.  The  Seminary  is 
situated  in  the  center  of  the  village.  Its  grounds  cover  about 
forty-seven  acres.  Seminary  Hall  contains  the  library,  recitation 
and  lecture  rooms,  cabinets,  laboratories,  studio,  and  gymnasium, 
all  arranged  for  securing  the  best  light  and  ventilation.  The 
Home,  occupied  by  students  and  teachers,  is  a  capacious  building, 
separate  from  the  Hall.  Both  buildings  are  heated  by  steam,  and 
lighted  by  electricity.  No  expense  has  been  spared  to  secure 
perfect  drainage,  and  the  water  is  pure  and  abundant.  The  in- 
struction is  intended  to  meet  the  needs  of  three  classes  of  persons  : 
(i)  Those  who  wish  to  prepare  for  college;  (2)  Those  who  wish 
for  an  advanced  academic  course ;  and  (3)  Those  who  wish  to- 
take  special  studies  only.  The  charge  for  tuition  in  any  or  all  of 
the  studies  of  the  regular  course,  including  drawing,  elocution,  and 
local  music  in  class,  is  $100  for  the  year.  The  charge  for  board, 
including  room,  heat,  light,  laundry  (twelve  plain  pieces  each 
week),  and  a  sitting  in  church,  is  $250  for  the  year. 

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Mass.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Quincy. 

BERKSHIRE  SCHOOL,  Pittsfield,  Arthur  J.  Clough,  A.  M., 
Principal.  The  college  preparatory  course  of  this  school  is  de- 
signed to  fit  fojr  entrance  to  the  best  colleges.  The  scientific  course 
is  much  like  the  college  preparatory,  but  substitutes  a  modern 
language  for  Greek,  and  gives  special  attention  to  scientific  and 
English  studies.  The  English  course  aims  to  give  a  broad  educa- 
tion in  common  and  higher  English  studies,  such  as  rhetoric,  com- 
position, and  English  literature.  The  primary  and  grammar 
department  receives  pupils  at  six  years  of  age,  and  prepares  them 
for  any  of  the  regular  courses.  A  two  years'  course  in  bookkeep- 
ing and  connected  subjects  is  also  offered.  The  charge  for  board, 
washing,  and  tuition,  in  all  branches,  except  music  and  drawing,  is 
$400  per  school  year  of  thirty-seven  weeks. 

THE  SALISBURY  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  Pittsfield,  Mira  H. 
Hall,  Principal.  The  course  of  study  is  divided  into  preparatory, 
classical,  and  academic  departments.  The  preparatory  depart- 
ment is  for  girls  from  six  years  of  age  to  thirteen.  The  college 
preparatory  course  is  planned  to  meet  college  requirements.  The 
academic  course  offers  to  those  not  intending  to  go  to  college  a 
thorough  training  in  an  elective  list  of  subjects.  The  fees  for 
home  and  tuition  are  $500  per  year.  The  charge  for  tuition  alone 
varies  from  $40  to  $90,  according  to  the  age  of  the  pupil.  Courses 
are  also  offered  in  music,  drawing,  and  painting. 

ADAHS  ACADEflY,  Quincy,  William  Everett,  LL.  D.,  Mas- 
ter, was  founded  in  1823  by  gift  of  President  John  Adams,  and 
first  opened  for  pupils  in  1872.  Its  primary  object  is  to  fit 
boys  for  the  best  American  colleges.  Most  of  its  pupils  have  gone 
to  Harvard,  but  many  have  entered  with  credit  at  Yale,  Williams, 
Amherst,  Bowdoin,  and  colleges  outside  of  New  England,  as  well 
as  at  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology.  Boys  who  are 
not  intended  for  any  college  are  received  as  pupils,  but  they 
are  expected  to  pursue  the  regular  course  of  the  school.  It  is 
equipped  with  apparatus  for  instruction  in  physics  by  the  experi- 
mental method.  The  authorities  of  the  school  do  not  at  present 
(1898)  provide  accommodations  for  boarding  or  lodging  pupils,  but 
the  master  will  be  glad  to  assist  parents  in  securing  such  accommo- 
dation in  respectable  families  in  Quincy,  where  pupils  will  receive 
adequate  care  and  supervision  under  proper  regulations.  The 
tuition  fee  is  $100  a  year.  The  school  offers  numerous  valuable 
prizes  for  excellence  in  work,  the  most  notable  being  the  Adams 
gold  medal  for  excellence  in  declamation,  and  the  Dimmock 
Memorial  Scholarship,  in  memory  of  the  first  master  of  the  school. 

QUINCY  flANSION  SCHOOL,  Wollaston  Park,  Quincy,  Nor- 
folk County,  Horace  Mann  Willard,  A.  M.,  Principal,  has  an 
excellent  corps  of  experienced  resident  teachers,  and  courses  of 

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study,  adapted  to  modern  and  tried  methods  of  education.  These 
courses  include  English,  mental  and  moral  science,  logic,  history, 
mathematics,  science,  ancient  and  modern  languages,  music,  art, 
domestic  science,  and  gymnastics.  The  teachers  are  all  graduates 
of  colleges,  scientific  schools,  or  schools  of  special  instruction. 
The  principal,  by  experience  as  superintendent  of  the  public 
schools  of  Gloucester  and  of  Newton,  Mass.,  and  while  at  the 
head  of  incorporated  endowed  schools,  has  been  made  familiar 
with  the  various  departments  of  educational  work.  In  the 
courses  of  study  required  for  graduation,  certain  important 
studies,  such  as  English,  history,  and  mathematics,  are  required, 
but  great  variety  is  allowed  in  electives  to  meet  the  wishes 
of  parents  and  pupils.  The  regular  courses  of  study  are  de- 
signed to  meet  the  wants  of  girls  not  intending  to  enter  college, 
and  special  stress  is  laid  upon  English,  history,  and  lauguage. 
The  college  preparatory  course  is  for  those  who  are  going  to 
college,  and  to  those  who  are  prepared  a  certificate  will  be 
given,  entitling  them  to  enter  Wellesley  or  Smith  College,  or 
any  of  the  co-educational  colleges  of  New  England.  Students 
who  have  been  graduated  from  secondary  schools,  and  others 
whose  age  and  attainments  qualify  them  for  advanced  work,  can 
select  such  special  studies  as  will  meet  their  requirements.  A 
course  is  arranged  for  younger  pupils,  covering  the  ordinary  ele- 
mentary studies,  with  which  can  be  taken  the  elements  of  natural 
science,  language,  or  history.  The  study  of  English  is  especially 
emphasized  in  every  course.  The  music  and  art  departments  are 
strong.  Tuition  and  board  are  $500  for  the  school  year. 

WOODWARD  INSTITUTE,  Quincy,  Miss  Carrie  E.  Small, 
Principal,  educates  girls  for  a  useful  life  in  home  and  society, 
and  also  prepares  them  for  college.  Although  it  has  been  estab- 
lished less  than  three  years,  it  has  students  in  its  courses  preparing 
for  Radcliffe,  Bryn  Mawr,  Smith,  and  Wellesley.  Household  sci- 
ence is  a  feature  of  the  curriculum.  The  girls  are  placed  upon 
their  honor,  and  are  taught  to  be  self-governing. 

SALEM  COMMERCIAL  SCHOOL  OF  BUSINESS  AND 
SHORTHAND  (incorporated),  126  Washington  Street,  Salem, 
George  P.  Lord,  Principal  and  Business  Manager;  F.  Arthur 
Spence,  Secretary.  The  growth  and  success  of  this  school  may  be 
chronologically  told  as  follows:  March,  1890,  classes  were  formed 
at  the  home  of  the  principal;  September,  1890,  two  rooms  were 
taken  in  the  Kinsman  Block ;  October,  1891,  one  room  was  added ; 
March,  1892,  the  school  was  moved  to  two  rooms  in  the  Peabody 
Building;  September,  1892,  the  shorthand  department  was  intro- 
duced—  three  rooms;  September,  1893,  one  more  room  was 
added ;  December,  1893,  Gregg's  shorthand  system  was  adopted 

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—  six  rooms;  September,  1894,  the  corporation  was  formed — ten 
rooms;  May,  1895,  actual  business  from  the  start  was  introduced; 
September,  1895,  the  school  was  remodelled  —  forty-five  hundred 
square  feet;  January,  1897,  —  five  thousand  square  feet;  Sep- 
tember, 1897,  touch  typewriting  was  introduced;  July,  1898,  the 
Spence  and  Peaslee  College  was  purchased;  August,  1898,  all 
available  room  in  the  Peabody  Building  was  taken  —  eight  thou- 
sand square  feet;  and  September,  1898,  a  model  office  for  short- 
hand was  opened.  (See  advertisement.) 

STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL,  Salem,  W.  P.  Beckwith,  Ph.  D., 
Principal,  was  established  in  1854,  with  the  purpose  of  preparing 
women  for  the  work  of  teaching  in  the  public  schools.  In  Sep- 
tember, 1898,  it  was  opened  to  men  also.  Like  the  other  normal 
schools  of  the  State,  admission  is  on  examination,  chiefly  written. 
The  regular  course  of  study  occupies  two  years.  In  the  Model 
Department  is  included  a  kindergarten,  and  schools  of  the  first, 
second,  and  third  grades.  The  handsome  new  building,  com- 
pleted in  1896,  includes  a  spacious  gymnasium,  under  the  supervi- 
sion of  an  experienced  director.  Students  who  enter  the  school 
declaring  their  intention  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of  Massa- 
chusetts, wherever  they  may  have  resided  previously,  are  under  no 
charge  for  tuition.  Those  who  intend  to  teach  in  other  States,  or 
in  private  schools,  are  admitted  on  payment  of  $15  for  each  half 
year.  Text-books  and  supplies  are  free,  as  in  the  public  schools. 

FAY  SCHOOL,  Southborough,  Waldo  B.  Fay,  Head  Master. 
The  object  of  the  school  is  to  fit  boys  for  admission  to  St.  Mark's, 
Groton,  St.  Paul's,  and  other  college  preparatory  schools.  Boys 
are  received  from  seven  to  twelve  years  of  age,  and  a  careful  over- 
sight of  them  is  kept  at  all  times.  Its  religious  instruction  is 
according  to  the  teachings  of  the  Episcopal  Church.  The  course 
of  study  covers  four  years.  The  charges  for  tuition  and  residence 
are  $630. 

ST.  MARK'S  SCHOOL,  Southborough,  the  Rev.  Wm.  G. 
Thayer,  A.  M.,  Head  Master.  This  college  preparatory  school  is 
managed  in  conformity  with  the  principles  and  spirit  of  the  Epis- 
copal Church,  and  is  one  of  the  largest  boarding  schools  for  boys 
in  Eastern  Massachusetts.  Applicants  for  admission  should  be  at 
least  twelve  years  of  age.  The  course  of  study  embraces  six 
years.  No  boy  will  be  received  into  the  school  who  is  unwilling  to 
follow  the  prescribed  course  of  study.  Diplomas  are  awarded  on 
completion  of  this  prescribed  course.  Several  prizes  are  awarded 
to  pupils  reaching  a  certain  rank  in  studies  and  conduct,  and  for 
excellence  in  special  departments.  The  charge  for  tuition,  board, 
and  washing  is  $636  a  year. 

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DUMMER  ACADEMY,  South  Byfield,  P.  L.  Home,  A.  M., 
Master,  was  founded  in  1762  by  Hon.  William  Dummer,  Lieuten- 
ant-Governor  of  Massachusetts  Bay  from  1716  to  1730.  The 
academy  was  formally  opened  in  1763,  and  is  the  oldest  institution 
of  its  kind  in  the  United  States.  Many  eminent  men  are  num- 
bered among  its  graduates.  The  special  work  of  the  academy  is 
to  prepare  boys  for  college  and  for  technical  schools,  particularly 
Harvard,  Yale,  Princeton,  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology, 
and  the  Harvard  and  Yale  Scientific  Schools.  The  course  of 
study  covers  four  years.  The  full  fees,  including  tuition,  board, 
and  laundry,  are  $500.  The  fee  for  day  scholars  is  $75. 

flOUNT  HOLYOKE  COLLEGE,  South  Hadley,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Storrs  Mead,  A.  M.,  President,  grew  out  of  Mount  Holyoke  Semi- 
nary, founded  by  Mary  Lyon.  A  charter  was  granted  this  institu- 
tion in  1836  and  it  was  opened  in  1837.  The  name  was  changed 
and  a  charter  granted  to  Mount  Holyoke  Seminary  and  college  in 
1888,  and  to  Mount  Holyoke  College  in  1893.  It  has  a  full  col- 
lege curriculum,  with  power  to  grant  the  usual  degrees.  The  price 
of  tuition  for  all  students,  regular  and  special,  is  $100  for  the  year, 
including  all  branches  except  music.  Board  and  tuition  are  $250 
per  year. 

BAY  PATH  INSTITUTE,  Springfield,  M.  F.  Palmer,  Principal. 
This  school  of  business  training  offers  courses  suited  for  the  equip- 
ment of  its  students  for  business  life.  A  preparatory  course  seeks 
to  remedy  deficiencies  of  backward  students.  Individual  instruc- 
tion is  the  method  employed  in  all  departments.  In  addition  to 
the  regular  courses  in  bookkeeping,  shorthand,  typewriting,  and 
kindred  subjects,  opportunities  are  offered  for  advanced  special 
work  and  preparation  for  Civil  Service  examinations.  Elocution 
and  the  languages  are  also  taught.  For  the  regular  course  of 
instruction  the  cost  is  $12.50  per  month. 

BIBLE  NORflAL  COLLEGE,  Springfield,  Joseph  L.  Dixon, 
President,  was  incorporated  January  28,  1885,  under  the  name 
"The  School  for  Christian  Workers."  It  was  enlarged  in  1892, 
and  again  in  1897,  when  it  was  given  its  present  name.  The  col- 
lege is  interdenominational,  co-educational,  and  seeks  to  fill  the 
same  place  in  the  training  of  religious  teachers  that  the  high  class 
professional  school  holds  in  the  training  of  secular  teachers.  The 
large  and  increasing  demand  from  city  churches  for  salaried  Bible 
school  and  primary  superintendents ;  from  the  International  Sun- 
day School  Association  for  field,  normal,  and  primary  superinten- 
dents; and  from  missionary  organizations,  at  home  and  abroad, 
for  thoroughly  trained  teachers,  is  conclusive  evidence  that  a 
new  profession  is  rapidly  developing  within  the  Church,  which  will 

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remodel  religious  work  along  the  lines  of  education,  and  will  center 
the  efforts  of  the  Church  more  largely  in  the  child.  The  scope  of 
work  is  suggested  in  the  following  resolutions  adopted  by  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  March  25,  1898  :  i,  "  That  the  department  of 
Bible-study  be  kept  strong  and  progressive.  2,  That  special 
emphasis  be  laid  upon  studies  relating  to  the  child.  3,  That  stu- 
dents be  trained  in  the  best  methods  of  Sunday  school  organiza- 
tion and  equipment.  4,  That  pedagogy  and  sociology  have  an 
important  place  in  the  instruction  of  the  school.  5,  That  all  these 
subjects  be  made  to  apply  strongly  to  the  ignorant  and  neglected 
classes  in  mission-fields,  both  at  home  and  abroad.  6,  That  the 
institution  be  carefully  differentiated  from  other  schools  of  Bible- 
study  on  the  one  hand,  and  from  the  theological  seminary,  on  the 
other."  The  work  therefore  involves  three  central  ideas:  (i)  The 
Bible  ;  (2)  The  child  ;  and  (3)  The  teacher.  It  contemplates  an  accu- 
rate, teaching  knowledge  of  the  Bible  and  cognate  subjects ;  an 
understanding  of  the  nature  of  the  child,  meaning  the  child  proper 
and  also  adult  man  as  a  creature  to  be  reached  essentially  through 
formative  agencies,  and  the  laws  and  conditions  of  its  development 
and  retrogression  ;  and  the  training  of  the  teacher  in  the  essentials 
of  scientific  pedagogy.  The  diploma  course  is  for  college  gradu- 
ates or  persons  having  an  equivalent  training,  covers  two  years, 
and  is  intended  to  prepare  for  professional  service.  Except  on  the 
side  of  specific  methods,  the  same  course  is  pursued  by  all  the 
students.  In  addition  to  the  regular  course,  the  college  offers 
extension  courses  to  meet  the  needs  of  those  who  desire  to  be 
better  furnished  for  volunteer  work  in  their  own  churches,  but  are 
unable  to  take  the  regular  course.  These  courses  are  open  to  any 
one  having  the  indorsement  of  pastor  or  Bible-school  superinten- 
dent. Applicants  must  have  such  personal  qualities  as  will  ensure 
efficient  leadership  in  the  work  for  which  the  college  stands. 
That  is  to  say,  in  addition  to  moral  and  religious  earnestness  and 
devotion,  they  must  have  initiative,  tact,  energy,  and  administrative 
ability.  A  teacher's  diploma  will  be  granted  to  students  who  meet 
the  following  conditions:  (i)  A  residence  at  the  college  for  at 
least  two  years ;  (2)  the  satisfactory  completion  of  the  prescribed 
course  ;  and  (3 )  approved  personal  fitness.  The  buildings  of  the 
college  cost,  with  land  and  furniture,  about  $90,000.  The  main 
building  contains  rooms  for  seventy-five  students,  recitation-rooms, 
offices  for  the  instructors,  library,  a  large  gymnasium,  etc.  The 
Ladies'  Hall  has  rooms  for  thirty-five  students,  and  also  provides 
accommodations  for  the  boarding  club.  There  is  a  well  selected 
reference  library  of  twenty-seven  hundred  volumes,  besides  many 
pamphlets  and  reports,  which  are  of  especial  value  in  studying 
methods  of  Christian  work.  It  is  rich  in  Biblical,  Church,  Bible 
school,  and  missionary  literature,  and  has  a  good  working  list  of 

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psychological,  pedagogical,  and  sociological  books.     The  expenses 
for  the  year  are  about  $195. 

"THE  ELMS,"  family  and  day  school  for  girls,  141  High 
Street,  Springfield,  Miss  Porter,  Principal.  The  course  of  study 
comprises  four  years  of  primary,  four  years  of  intermediate,  and 
either  four  years  of  college  preparatory  or  five  years  of  English 
work.  With  the  exception  of  English  composition,  the  studies  of 
the  fourth  and  the  fifth  year  of  the  English  course  are  elective,  the 
choice  being  always  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  principal.  The 
study  of  music  is  made  as  truly  a  part  of  the  regular  work  as  any 
other  elective. 

HINMAN'S  COLLEGE  OF  ACTUAL  BUSINESS,  Springfield 
and  Worcester,  A.  H.  Hinmari,  President,  gives  instruction  less  by 
the  text-book  method  than  by  business  practice.  The  school  is 
equipped  with  banking  and  wholesale  offices,  and  with  all  the 
apparatus  of  actual  business.  Extensive  transactions  are  conducted 
with  "merchandise  cards"  and  "college  money."  There  are 
numerous  courses  with  individual  instruction. 

DR.  AND  MRS.  JOHN  MacDUFFIE'S  SCHOOL  FOR 
GIRLS,  Springfield,  John  MacDuffie,  Ph.  D.,  Principal.  The  Mac- 
Duffie  School  is  an  unsectarian  family  school  for  the  liberal  educa- 
tion of  girls.  It  is  especially  intended  to  prepare  girls  for  college, 
and  is  recommended  for  that  purpose  by  Radcliffe,  Smith,  Vassar, 
and  Wellesley.  There  are,  however,  complete  courses  for  girls 
not  going  to  college  but  wishing  to  complete  their  studies  in  the 
school.  The  house  used  for  the  school  was  the  mansion  of  the 
late  Samuel  Bowles,  editor  of  the  Springfield  Republican,  and  is 
large  and  old-fashioned,  with  airy  rooms  and  modern  improvements. 
The  school  building  is  a  model  one,  built  this  year.  It  is  equipped 
with  adjustable  desks,  and  other  modern  school  conveniences.  The 
school  grounds  are  large  and  beautiful.  The  course  is  divided  into 
the  preparatory  school,  receiving  girls  from  seven  to  twelve  years  old, 
and  the  upper  school,  with  girls  from  twelve  to  twenty.  Excellent 
courses  in  music  and  art  are  offered.  The  fees  per  annum  for 
home  and  regular  tuition  are  $650. 

HILLSIDE  HOME,  Stockbridge,  Miss  Adele  Brewer,  Principal. 
This  is  a  small  family  school  for  girls,  and  was  established  in  1875. 

TAUNTON  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Bristol  County  Bank 
Building,  Taunton,  George  W.  Livsey,  Proprietor,  has  been  in 
successful  operation  for  four  years.  It  gives  practice  in  actual 
business  from  start  to  finish.  There  are  both  night  and  day  ses- 
sions. Rates  in  commercial  and  shorthand  departments,  three 
months,  $35,  six  months,  $60.  These  charges  include  all  books 
and  stationery. 

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THE  WABAN  SCHOOL,  Waban,  C.  E.  Fish,  A.  M.,  Principal, 
is  located  in  a  charming  suburb  of  Boston,  to  which  city  there  are 
fifty  trains  daily.  The  school  offers  instruction  in  all  studies  re- 
quired for  admission  to  leading  colleges  and  scientific  schools.  In 
addition  to  advanced  courses,  instruction  is  given  to  very  young 
boys.  Ten  boys  are  received  into  the  principal's  family.  Oppor- 
tunities for  athletics  and  out-of-door  exercise  are  unusually  good. 
The  annual  charge,  including  all  expenses,  is  $500  to  $750.  The 
tuition  for  day  pupils  is  $150. 

WALTHAfl  NEW=CHURCH  SCHOOL,  Waltham,  Benjamin 
Worcester,  Principal,  begins  with  the  kindergarten  and  reaches  to 
thorough  college  preparation.  It  has  sent  students  to  Harvard, 
Yale,  Brown,  Smith,  and  other  colleges.  It  also  prepares  for  sci- 
entific schools  and  for  business.  Pupils  are  received  at  any  age 
and  at  any  stage  of  advancement.  Separate  homes  for  boys  and 
girls  are  conducted  as  much  like  private  families  as  possible.  In- 
struction is  given  in  physical  culture,  in  sloyd,  in  art,  and  in 
music.  There  are  three  terms  in  a  school  year.  The  annual 
charge  for  board,  washing,  tuition,  etc.,  is  $400. 

DANA  HALL  SCHOOL,  Wellesley,  Miss  Julia  A.  Eastman, 
Miss  Sarah  P.  Eastman,  Associate  Principals,  was  opened  in  1881, 
upon  the  discontinuance  of  the  preparatory  department  of  Welles- 
ley  College.  Only  such  classes  will  be  formed  as  are  required  to 
fit  the  pupil  for  the  freshman  class  at  Wellesley  or  other  colleges. 
Ordinarily,  only  those  candidates  who  anticipate  a  college  course 
will  be  received.  Pupils  receiving  the  school  certificate  are  ad- 
mitted without  further  examination  at  Wellesley,  Smith,  Vassar, 
Cornell,  and  Mount  Holyoke  Colleges.  Diplomas  are  awarded  to 
graduates.  The  classes  in  Latin,  Greek,  and  mathematics  are 
under  the  charge  of  teachers  educated  at  Wellesley  College.  The 
French  and  German  languages  are  taught  by  foreign  instructors. 
Board  and  tuition,  including  heat  and  lights,  is  $500.  Tuition 
without  board  is  $125. 

WELLESLEY  COLLEGE  is  situated  in  the  town  of  Wellesley, 
fifteen  miles  west  of  Boston,  on  the  Boston  and  Albany  Railroad. 
The  college  grounds  border  upon  a  lake,  and  include  three  hun- 
dred acres.  The  situation  is  such  as  to  combine  the  healthfulness 
and  charm  of  country  life  with  the  advantages  which  pertain  to  the 
neighborhood  of  a  large  city.  The  main  building,  College  Hall, 
is  in  the  form  of  a  double  Latin  cross,  and  is  four  hundred  and 
seventy-five  feet  long  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  wide  in  its 
greatest  dimensions.  It  contains  the  offices  of  administration, 
recitation  and  lecture  rooms,  chapel,  library,  gymnasium,  and 
lodging  for  about  three  hundred  people.  A  large  hall  and  seven 
cottages  complete  the  dormitory  equipment.  There  are  also  sepa- 

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rate  buildings  for  music,  art,  and  chemistry.  A  new  chapel,  to  be 
known  as  the  Houghton  Memorial  Chapel,  is  in  building.  The 
library  contains  about  forty-eight  thousand  volumes.  The  college 
provides  courses  leading  to  the  degrees  of  B.  A.  and  M.  A.  The 
requirements  for  admission  to  the  freshman  class  include  mathe- 
matics, Latin,  and  two  other  languages,  or  one  other  language  and 
a  science.  Of  the  courses  leading  to  the  B.  A.  degree  only  about 
one-fifth  are  required ;  the  remainder  are  elective.  The  teaching 
force  numbers  seventy-two.  The  expense  for  the  academic  year 
is  $400,  of  which  $175  is  for  tuition.  Julia  J.  Irvine,  M.  A. 
Litt.  D.,  is  President,  Margaret  E.  Stratton,  M.  A.,  Dean,  Ellen 
F.  Pendleton,  M.  A.,  Secretary. 

WELLESLEY  SCHOOL  FOR  BOYS,  Wellesley,  Edward 
Augustine  Benner,  Principal,  is  located  in  pleasant  country  sur- 
roundings, fifteen  miles  from  Boston.  A  careful  study  is  made  of 
the  individual  pupil.  Especial  attention  is  paid  to  physical  health, 
and  wisely  directed  sports  are  encouraged.  The  courses  of  study 
are  arranged  to  prepare  students  for  colleges  or  scientific  schools. 
The  junior  division  is  adapted  to  the  needs  of  boys  from  ten  to 
fourteen  years  of  age  ;  the  senior  division,  which  offers  a  four 
years'  course,  to  boys  of  fourteen  years  and  upward.  The  charge 
for  boarding  pupils  is  $500  a  year. 

HOWARD  SEMINARY,  for  girls  and  young  ladies,  West 
Bridgewater,  Miss  Sarah  E.  Laughton,  Principal,  offers  the  fol- 
lowing courses :  Academic,  college  preparatory,  and  special, 
the  last  giving  a  wide  range  of  elective  studies. 

WESTFORD  ACADEflY,  Westford,  W.  E.  Frost,  A.  M., 
Preceptor,  was  founded  in  1792,  and  wras  incorporated  in  1793. 
For  more  than  one  hundred  years  this  institution  has  been  open 
for  the  instruction  of  the  youth  of  both  sexes,  in  the  higher 
branches  of  study.  Among  its  former  pupils  it  numbers  many 
men  of  note  and  many  college  graduates.  The  new  academy  build- 
ing, erected  in  1897,  is  of  ample  size,  and  has  all  modern  con- 
veniences for  the  comfort  and  health  of  students.  In  accordance 
with  an  agreement  entered  into  by  the  town  and  the  trustees,  the 
town  pays  the  tuition  of  students  residing  in  Westford.  Classical, 
Latin-scientific,  and  English  courses  are  offered.  The  tuition  of 
non-resident  students  is  $10  per  term.  Board,  including  room 
and  washing,  varies  from  $4  to  $5  per  week. 

SCHOOL  OF  BIOLOGY,  447  Crafts  Street,  West  Newton,  C.  J. 
Maynard,  Principal.  Pupils  of  all  grades  are  given  a  normal 
course  in  biology,  but  especial  attention  is  paid  to  fitting  teachers 
for  special  position's  in  schools  and  colleges,  or  as  supervisors  of 
biology  or  zoology  in  city  and  town  schools. 

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WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Mass. 

WEST  NEWTON  ENGLISH  AND  CLASSICAL  SCHOOL, 

West  Newton.  The  following  details  of  the  history  of  the  school 
are  taken  from  a  lengthy  sketch  of  the  school  in  1872  by  the  Rev. 
James  T.  Thurston  :  "  Its  origin  carries  us  back  to  our  great 
pioneer  in  educational  reform,  one  of  the  noblest  and  most  hon- 
ored citizens  of  the  Commonwealth,  whose  services  to  the  State 
and  to  the  world  have  given  us  the  statue  in  the  State  House  yard 
bearing  the  name  and  form  of  Horace  Mann.  As  an  institution, 
it  has  long  held  a  prominent  place  in  the  public  regard,  and  is 
warmly  cherished  in  the  memories  of  a  great  number  of  both  sexes 
who  have  been  its  pupils,  scattered  over  our  country  and  foreign 
lands,  as  well  as  of  others  who,  during  the  whole  period  of  its 
history,  have  been  its  patrons  and  friends.  It  was  in  April,  1848, 
soon  after  the  location  of  the  State  Normal  School  at  West  New- 
ton, under  the  auspices  of  the  State  Secretary  and  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, and  under  the  superintendence  of  that  admirable  teacher, 
Father  Peirce,  that  a  union  was  formed  between  the  State  Normal 
School  and  the  school  district  of  West  Newton,  then  including 
Auburndale.  The  object  of  the  union  was  the  formation  of  a 
'  Model  School,'  where  all  the  most  approved  methods  of  instruc- 
tion should  be  adopted,  and  the  best  talent  employed  to  develop 
the  young,  and  show  by  example  what  a  true  school  should  be. 
Mr.  Nathaniel  T.  Allen,  then  entering  the  profession  of  teacher, 
with  all  the  fresh  enthusiasm  that  had  been  encouraged  by  the 
newly  awakened  public  interest  in  education,  was  appointed  prin- 
cipal of  this  model  school.  This  was  the  first  yearly  public  school 
that  had  ever  been  taught  in  Newton.  The  pupils  were  in  rpart 
the  children  of  the  district,  and  in  part  those  who  came  from  other 
districts,  towns,  and  States.  Mr.  Allen's  assistants  were  the  young 
ladies  of  the  normal  school,  who  spent,  each  in  turn,  three  weeks 
in  observing  and  teaching  under  Mr.  Allen's  eye  in  the  model 
school.  The  popularity  of  the  school  was  such  as  to  attract 
a  large  number  of  visitors  continually,  from  Boston  and  other 
places.  On  the  removal  of  the  normal  school  to  Framingham, 
the  model  school  was  given  up,  Mr.  Allen  declining  to  leave  with 
it  as  was  desired.  Mr.  Mann  and  other  friends  of  education  now 
urged  Mr.  Allen  to  open  a  private  school.  This  was  immediately 
done  in  connection  with  '  Father  Peirce,'  and  was  continued  till 
his  death.  The  schoolhouse  and  grounds  hitherto  occupied  by 
the  normal  school  were  purchased.  A  circular  issued,  proposing 
to  open  a  first-class  un  sectarian  school,  where  both  sexes  could  be 
safely  sent  and  thoroughly  well  taught  in  all  branches  embraced 
in  a  broad  and  generous  culture.  The  result  was  that  a  large  num- 
ber of  pupils  soon  offered  themselves,  and  the  school  from  the 
first  has  been  generously  sustained.  The  patrons  have  been  parents 
and  guardians  of  the  highest  social  position  in  the  country,  as  may 


Mass.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Williamstrnvn. 

be  seen  by  reference  to  the  catalogues  of  the  institution.  In  1855 
an  act  of  incorporation  was  passed  by  the  Legislature,  securing 
such  privileges  as  the  policy  of  the  State  has  seen  fit  to  grant  to 
educational  institutions,  from  Harvard  College  to  the  simplest 
public  and  private  school.  That  this  policy  is  a  wise  one,  even 
in  a  pecuniary  point  of  view,  is  seen  in  a  statement  made  to  the 
selectmen  in  1870.  The  school  building  was  erected  in  1832  by 
means  of  a  bequest  of  Judge  Abraham  Fuller  for  establishing  an 
academy,  and  therein  Master  Perkins  and  Master  Seth  Davis 
taught  two  years'  each,  when  it  was  purchased  by  Hon.  Josiah 
Quincy,  Jr.,  and  given  to  Horace  Mann  for  the  use  of  the  normal 
school,  the  property  to  revert  to  Horace  Mann,  he  selling  it  to 
Nathaniel  T.  Allen  in  1853,  and  an  act  of  incorporation  being 
obtained  in  1855.  The  exterior  and  interior  of  the  building 
remain  much  the  same  as  it  was  originally.  The  first  gymnastic 
apparatus  was  erected  in  the  school  yard  May  17,  1854." 

WESLEYAN  ACADEMY,  Wilbraham,  the  Rev.  W.  R.  New- 
hall,  D.  D.,  Principal,  is  a  Methodist  Episcopal  school,  founded  in 
1817  at  Newmarket,  N.  H.,  and  removed  to  Wilbraham  in  1824. 
Over  six  thousand  different  students  have  attended  the  academy, 
and  about  eight  hundred  of  these  have  entered  college.  At  least 
one-third  of  the  students  have  been  young  women.  The  grounds, 
including  farm  lands,  comprise  226  acres.  There  are  six  principal 
school  buildings,  including  a  gymnasium  just  completed  at  a  cost 
of  $45,000.  Courses  of  study  include  :  Academy  (for  those  not 
preparing  for  college),  classical,  Latin  scientific,  and  industrial 
science.  There  are  also  commercial,  fine  arts,  music,  elocution, 
and  physical  culture  departments.  Annual  expense  for  board, 
laundry,  room  rent,  heat,  general  tuition,  etc.,  $250. 

WILLIAHS  COLLEGE,  Williamstown,  Franklin  Carter,  LL.D., 
President,  is  the  outgrowth  of  a  "  Free  School,"  chartered  in 
1785,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  bequest  of  Colonel 
Ephraim  Williams.  As  they  found  it  difficult  to  collect  the  neces- 
sary funds  for  erecting  a  building,  the  trustees  sent  a  petition, 
August  19,  1788,  to  the  Legislature  "for  the  grant  of  a  lottery  to 
raise  the  sum  of  twelve  hundred  pounds."  Accordingly  an  act 
was  passed  February  n,  1789,  making  such  a  grant.  In  1793 
the  Legislature  passed  "  an  act  to  establish  a  college  in  the  county 
of  Berkshire,  within  this  Commonwealth,  by  the  name  of  Williams 
College."  The  property  of  the  Free  School  was  transferred  to  the 
new  institution.  Admission  to  Williams  is  on  examination,  or 
under  specified  conditions  by  certificate.  The  only  undergraduate 
degree  conferred  is  Bachelor  of  Arts.  Master  of  Arts  will  be  con- 
ferred on  graduates  who  have  studied  one  year  in  residence  at  the 
college,  pursuing  two  approved  courses  of  study  in  different  depart- 

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ments,  the  total  work  being  equal  to  that  of  a  college  year,  and 
who  have  passed  satisfactory  examinations  on  both  subjects  and 
have  prepared  a  satisfactory  thesis.  Under  specified  conditions 
the  Master's  degree  may  be  also  taken  by  non-resident  graduates. 
A  limited  number  of  special  students  and  partial  course  students 
are  received.  The  income  from  scholarship  funds,  aggregating 
$150,000,  is  distributed  at  the  discretion  of  the  trustees  to  students 
needing  aid.  There  are  also  a  number  of  honor,  class,  and  prize 
scholarships  available.  The  principal  college  buildings  number 
about  twenty,  and  their  total  cost  is  estimated  at  $568,300.  The 
college  library  contains  40,750  volumes,  exclusive  of  duplicates, 
and  over  fifteen  thousand  pamphlets.  Tuition  is  $105  a  year 
Board,  $3.25  to  $6  per  week. 

BECKER'S  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  492  Main  Street,  Worces 
ter,  E.  C.  A.  Becker,  Principal,  has  been  established  ten  years.  Stu- 
dents may  enter  at  any  time,  the  term  being  reckoned  from  the  day 
the  pupil  begins  work.  Students  from  out  of  the  city  may  obtain 
reduced  railway  fares  on  the  various  roads  by  applying  to  the 
principal. 

CHILDS'S  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  112  Front  Street,  Worces 
ter,  E.  E.  Childs,  Principal,  has  two  general  courses,  business 
shorthand  and  typewriting.  The  school  teaches  typewriting  by 
touch,  a  system  of  its  own.  Tuition  :  Business  course,  per  term 
of  twelve  weeks,  $35.  Shorthand  and  typewriting  course,  per  term 
of  twelve  weeks,  $35.  Rates  for  school  year  in  advance,  either 
course,  $100. 

CLARK  UNIVERSITY,  Worcester,  G.  Stanley  Hall,  Ph.  D., 
LL.  D.,  President,  now  consists  of  a  group  of  five  closely  related 
departments,  in  which  all  its  work  and  that  of  instructors,  fellows, 
and  scholars  is  grouped.  These  departments  are  as  follows  : 
Mathematics,  physics,  chemistry,  biology,  and  psychology.  In 
addition  to  these  education  is  now  a  sub-department  of  psychology. 
Graduate  students  only  are  admitted,  or  those  of  equivalent  attain- 
ments, except  in  rare  and  special  cases.  At  present  no  entrance 
examinations  are  required,  but  by  testimonials,  diplomas,  personal 
interviews,  or  written  specimens  of  work,  the  authorities  must  be 
satisfied  that  the  applicant  has  scholarship  enough  to  work  to 
advantage,  and  zeal  and  ability  enough  to  devote  himself  to  his 
chosen  field.  The  charge  for  tuition,  giving  all  the  privileges  of 
the  University,  but  not  covering  the  laboratory  fees,  is  $200  per 
annum.  Intending  students  will  be  given  information,  so  far  as 
possible,  upon  any  of  these  or  other  points,  in  advance  of  official 
announcement,  upon  addressing  the  clerk  of  the  University,  Mr. 
Louis  N.  Wilson,  Worcester,  Mass. 

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Mass.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Worcester. 

COLLEGE  OF  THE  HOLY  CROSS,  Worcester,  the  Rev. 
John  F.  Lehy,  S.  J.,  President,  is  the  oldest  Catholic  college  in 
New  England,  having  been  founded  in  1843.  It  was  chartered  in 
1865,  and  given  the  power  "to  confer  such  degrees  as  are  conferred 
by  any  college  in  this  Commonweath,  except  medical  degrees." 
The  course  of  studies  makes  up  two  departments,  the  collegiate  and 
the  preparatory,  embracing  in  its  whole  extent  a  period  of  seven 
years,  of  which  three  are  given  to  the  preparatory,  and  the  remain- 
ing four  to  the  collegiate  department.  Board  and  tuition  are  $225 
per  year. 

THE  DALZELL  SCHOOL  FOR  BOYS,  Worcester,  George  A. 
Stearns,  Jr.,  A.B.,  Principal.  The  object  of  this  school  is  to  prepare 
boys  for  college  or  a  scientific  course.  It  is  abreast  of  the  times 
in  curriculum  and  methods,  and  has  a  comparatively  large  corps 
of  teachers  for  a  small  number  of  pupils.  It  offers  a  home  for 
a  few  boys  in  the  principal's  family.  There  are  two  schools,  the 
lower  and  the  upper,  the  former  preparing  very  young  boys  for 
the  latter.  The  expenses  for  the  lower  school,  for  boarding  pupils, 
are  $400  to  $600  per  annum  ;  for  the  upper  school,  $500  to  $700 
per  annum. 

FROEBEL  SCHOOL  AND  KINDERGARTEN  NORflAL 
CLASS,  80  West  Street,  Worcester,  Miss  Annie  Coolidge  Rust, 
Principal,  is  in  its  sixth  year.  The  kindergarten  receives  chil- 
dren from  three  to  six  years  years  of  age  ;  the  connecting  class, 
children  from  five  to  six  ;  the  primary  department,  from  six  to 
eight.  Tuition  per  year  is  as  follows  :  Kindergarten,  $60,  includ- 
ing material;  connecting  class,  $60,  books  extra;  primary,  $75, 
books  extra.  Applicants  for  the  normal  class  must  present  a 
normal  or  high  school  certificate,  or  testimonials  of  an  equivalent 
preparation.  Tuition  in  this  course  is  $100  per  year. 

niSS  KlflBALL'S  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  Worcester,  Ellen 
A.  Kimball,  Principal,  occupies  a  desirable  position  in  the  residen- 
tial portion  of  the  city.  It  prepares  thoroughly  for  college,  and 
offers  the  following  courses  of  study  :  Intermediate,  college  pre- 
paratory, academic,  and  literary.  The  latter  two  courses  are 
intended  especially  for  students  not  preparing  to  enter  college. 
French  and  German  are  taught  by  native  teachers  and  spoken  in 
the  family.  The  expenses  for  the  school  year  are  $400  for  board- 
ing pupils.  Day  pupils  pay  $75  for  intermediate  work,  $90  for 
academic,  and  $120  for  college  preparatory. 

STATE  NORflAL  SCHOOL,  Worcester,  E.  Harlow  Russell, 
Principal,  was  opened  in  1874.  The  general  course  of  study  for 
two  years  shall  comprise  the  following  subjects :  Psychology,  his- 
tory of  education,  principles  of  education,  methods  of  instruction 
and  discipline,  school  organization,  school  laws  of  Massachusetts. 

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Worcester.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE. 

Tuition,  and  also  the  use  of  all  text  books  and  necessary  school 
stationery  (except  drawing  materials),  are  free  to  such  as  intend  to 
teach  in  the  public  schools  of  Massachusetts,  whether  residents  of 
this  State  or  not.  Those  whose  purpose  is  to  teach  in  other 
States  or  in  private  schools  are  required  to  pay  in  advance  $15  a 
term  ($30  a  year)  for  tuition. 

WORCESTER  ACADEflY,  Worcester,  D.  W.  Abercrombie, 
A.  M.,  Principal,  is  a  school  for  boys,  incorporated  in  the  year  1834. 
The  income  from  an  endowment  fund  is  applied  to  the  main- 
tenance of  an  efficient  faculty.  The  academy  offers  two  courses 
of  instruction,  a  classical  and  a  scientific.  The  aim  of  the  first  is 
to  give  a  maximum  preparation  for  college.  The  scientific  course 
is  designed  to  prepare  boys  for  the  higher  scientific  schools.  The 
principal's  certificate  admits  without  examination  to  Amherst, 
Brown,  Colby,  Colgate,  Cornell,  Dartmouth,  Williams,  and  the 
Worcester  Polytechnic  Institute.  The  rates  of  charge  in  the 
academy  vary  from  $187.50  to  $600  a  year.  These  charges 
include  room  rent,  tuition,  board,  heat  and  light,  furniture,  and  care 
of  room.  The  academy  possesses  a  scholarship  fund,  amounting 
at  present  to  $20,000. 

WORCESTER  POLYTECHNIC  INSTITUTE,  Worcester,  T. 
C.  Mendenhall,  Ph.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President,  was  founded  by  John 
Boynton,  Esq.,  of  Templeton,  Mass.,  in  1865,  and  was  opened  for 
students  in  1868.  Applicants  for  admission  must  be  at  least  six- 
teen years  of  age.  Five  courses  of  study  are  offered,  each  four 
years  in  length,  as  follows  :  Mechanical  engineering,  civil  engi- 
neering, chemistry,  general  scientific,  and  electrical  engineering. 
All  courses  are  identical  during  the  first  half  of  the  freshman 
year,  so  that  election  of  studies  is  not  necessary  until  the  begin- 
ning of  the  second  half.  Certain  subjects  are  common  to  all 
courses,  which  are  planned  so  as  to  supply  in  as  large  a  measure 
as  possible  the  benefits  of  a  liberal  education.  These  courses  are 
mathematics,  modern  languages  and  English,  political  science, 
physics  and  elementary  mechanics,  chemistry,  and  drawing.  The 
fee  for  tuition,  including  laboratory  charges,  is  $160  per  year.  A 
number  of  scholarships  are  available  for  worthy  students.  The 
entire  expenses  for  tuition,  board,  and  incidentals  need  not  exceed 
$45°- 

MICHIGAN. 

RAISIN  VALLEY  SEMINARY,  Adrian,  L.  Adelbert  Bailey, 
A.M.,  Principal.  This  seminary  was  founded  in  1850  by  the 
Friends,  and  is  the  only  Friends'  school  in  Michigan.  It  was  a 
pioneer  school  in  the  State,  and,  though  under  the  management  of 
the  Friends,  its  doors  stand  open  to  any  who  seek  an  education, 
irrespective  of  denomination  or  religious  views.  Four  courses  of 

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Mich.  WHERE   TO   EDUCATE.  Battle  Creek. 

study  of  four  years  each  are  arranged  to  meet  the  various  wishes 
of  students :  Latin,  scientific,  Latin-scientific,  and  normal,  and  very 
recently  a  business  course  has  been  provided  for.  Well  selected 
library,  convenient  laboratories,  and  six-inch  telescope  afford 
excellent  facilities  for  the  pursuit  of  science  and  literature.  The 
expenses  are  made  as  low  as  possible  to  meet  the  needs  of 
students  who  must  economize  in  order  to  secure  an  education. 

ALflA  COLLEGE,  located  in  Alma,  a  village  of  two  thousand 
inhabitants,  is  twelve  years  of  age.  It  has  a  faculty  of  nineteen 
professors  and  teachers,  and  a  student  body  of  250  young  men 
and  women.  It  has  an  endowment  of  two  hundred  thousand 
dollars,  a  campus  of  thirty  acres,  five  buildings  of  brick  and  stone, 
a  library  of  thirty  thousand  volumes  and  pamphlets,  a  museum 
rich  in  mineralogy,  archaeology,  paleontology,  zoology,  and  botany, 
has  laboratories  in  physics,  chemistry,  and  biology.  Because  of  its 
endowment  the  expenses  of  students  are  very  low. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  HICHIGAN  (co-educational),  Ann  Arbor, 
James  B.  Angell,  LL.  D.,  President,  is  a  part  of  the  public  educa- 
tional system  of  the  State.  The  governing  body  of  the  institution 
is  a  board  of  regents,  elected  by  popular  vote  for  terms  of  eight 
years,  as  provided  in  the  constitution  of  the  State.  The  Univer- 
sity is  open  to  all  persons  of  both  sexes  who  are  qualified  for  ad- 
mission. It  comprises  the  Department  of  Literature,  Science,  and 
the  Arts  (including  the  Graduate  School  and  the  Summer  School), 
the  Departments  of  Engineering,  Medicine  and  Surgery,  and 
Law,  the  School  of  Pharmacy,  the  Homoeopathic  Medical  College, 
and  the  College  of  Dental  Surgery.  Each  department,  school,  and 
college  has  its  special  faculty.  In  the  Department  of  Literature, 
Science,  and  the  Arts,  different  lines  of  study  lead  to  the  degrees 
of  A.  B.,  Ph.  B.,  S.  B.,  B.  L.,  the  corresponding  Masters'  degrees, 
and  the  degrees  of  Ph.  D.  and  S.  D.  All  the  professional  schools 
confer  appropriate  degrees.  Tuition  is  free;  incidental  fees  for 
citizens  of  Michigan  approximate  $50,  and  for  students  from  out- 
side the  State  $75.  There  are  no  dormitories  or  commons 
connected  with  the  University. 

THE  UNIVERSITY  SCHOOL  OF  MU5IC,  Ann  Arbor, 
Thomas  C.  Colburn,  Secretary.  This  school  was  established  in 
1892  and  is  conducted  by  the  University  Musical  Society  of  the 
University  of  Michigan.  Membership  is  restricted  to  officers, 
graduates,  and  students  of  the  University.  The  work  is  organized 
in  three  distinct  departments,  —  an  introductory  course  of  general 
musical  instruction,  a  high  school  course,  and  a  diploma  course. 

THE  BATTLE  CREEK  COLLEGE,  a  training  school  for 
Christian  workers,  Battle  Creek,  E.  A.  Sutherland,  President. 
The  site  of  the  college  is  on  a  fine  eminence  in  the  western  part 

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of  the  city  about  one-half  mile  from  the  business  centre.  Stu- 
dents can  obtain  a  thorough  course  in  any  line  of  study  as 
presented  in  any  college,  with  the  difference  that  all  studies  here 
are  presented  from  a  Bible  standpoint.  Manual  training  is  made 
a  great  feature. 


Director  of  University  School  of  Music,  Ann  Arbor. 


BENTON  HARBOR  COLLEGE  AND  NORHAL,  Benton 
Harbor,  C.  J.  Edgecumbe,  Ph.  D.,  Principal.  Founded  in  1886, 
this  school's  enrolment  had  grown  by  the  academic  year  1892- 
93  from  forty-five  to  443.  Beginning  with  the  latter  year  the 
institution  has  been  conducted  under  a  college  charter.  The 
location  in  view  of  Lake  Michigan,  the  excellent  railway  and 
steamship  connections,  and  the  handsome  college  building  with 
adjacent  dormitories,  are  worthy  of  note.  The  departments  include 
normal,  collegiate,  musical,  business,  kindergarten,  elocution,  fine 
arts,  and  preparatory.  The  faculty  numbers  about  twenty.  The 
year  is  divided  into  four  terms  of  nine  weeks  each,  in  addition  to 
the  summer  term  of  six  weeks.  Tuition  in  the  academic  courses 
is  $8  per  term,  and  in  shorthand,  typewriting,  and  business  de- 
partments, $10. 

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Mich.  WHERE   TO   EDUCATE.  Holland. 

THE  DETROIT  SCHOOL  FOR  BOYS,  36  to  40  Putnam 
Avenue,  Detroit,  Mrs.  Mary  Ekin  Whitton  and  Frederick  Whitton, 
Principals.  This  school,  now  in  its  ninth  year,  aims  not  at  accom- 
plishments, but  at  organic  growth  in  all-round  manhood.  The 
academic  courses  are  severe  and  comprehensive,  but  physical  and 
moral  development  is  considered  as  important  as  intellectual. 
Athletic  sports  are  given  sanction  and  prominence,  and  bodily 
training  is  carried  on  under  the  best  medical  supervision.  The 
courses  are  primary,  middle,  and  upper.  A  complete  preparation 
for  college  is  offered.  There  are  two  terms  in  the  year ;  expenses 
for  each,  without  extras,  are  at  the  following  rates  :  Day  students 
(primary),  $62.50;  day  students  (middle  and  upper),  $75  ;  home 
students,  $300. 

THE  DETROIT  SEMINARY,  643  and  645  Jefferson.  Avenue, 
Detroit,  Eliza  F.  Hammond  and  Laura  C.  Browning,  Principals. 
This  school  endeavors  to  meet  the  demand  for  a  school  more 
thorough  than  the  usual  boarding  school,  yet  less  severe  than  a 
woman's  college.  The  course  of  study  runs  through  six  grades : 
Kindergarten,  primary,  intermediate,  grammar,  preparatory,  and 
collegiate.  Students  completing  the  college  preparatory  course 
are  admitted  upon  certificate  to  Smith  and  Wellesley.  Boys  are 
admitted  to  the  kindergarten  and  lower  departments  in  the  school. 
The  terms  for  board  and  tuition  are  $600  per  year. 

HILL5DALE  COLLEGE  (co-educational),  Hillsdale,  George 
F.  Mosher,  LL.  D.,  President,  is  pleasantly  situated  in  the  south- 
ern part  of  the  State  on  the  Lake  Shore  Railroad.  It  has  been  in 
existence  forty-three  years.  It  has  a  well  equipped  Preparatory 
School,  a  School  of  Music,  of  Drawing  and  Painting,  of  Elocution 
and  Oratory,  and  a  School  of  Theology,  besides  the  College  proper, 
which  offers  a  four  years'  classical,  scientific,  literary,  and  normal 
course.  Graduates  from  the  normal  course  receive  a  certificate 
from  the  State  Board  of  Education  entitling  the  holder  to  teach  in 
the  public  schools  of  the  State  without  examination.  The  yearly 
fees,  including  tuition  and  all  incidentals,  are  only  $20.50. 

HOPE  COLLEGE,  Holland,  Gerrit  J.  Kollen,  A.M.,  LL.  D., 

President.  The  college  was  organized  in  1866.  It  offers  four 
courses  —  the  classical,  philosophical,  scientific,  and  normal  — 
all  leading  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  The  management 
is  under  the  auspices  of  the  Reformed  Church  in  America.  It 
has  a  faculty  of  thirteen  experienced,  competent  men,  and  it  offers 
young  people  a  liberal  education  at  a  moderate  expense.  Annual 
expenses  from  $150  to  $200.  Two  hundred  students  now  in 
attendance. 

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UNIVERSITY 

OF 


Olivet.  WHERE    TO   EDUCATE.  Mich. 

OLIVET  COLLEGE,  (co-educational),  Olivet,  Albert  L.  Lee, 
Secretary,  was  founded  by  a  colony  which  removed  from  Oberlin, 
Ohio,  to  Michigan,  led  by  the  Rev.  John  J.  Shipherd,  founder  of 
Oberlin  College.  The  object  of  the  college  and  the  purpose  of  its 
founders  may  be  seen  by  a  single  extract  from  its  first  annual 
catalogue  in  1846:  "We  wish  to  have  it  distinctly  understood 
that  the  whole  object  of  this  institution  is,  has  been,  and  we  hope 
ever  will  be,  the  education  of  young  men  and  women  —  especially 
such  as  are  not  rich  in  this  world's  goods,  but  heirs  of  the  King- 
dom of  God  —  for  the  glory  of  God  and  the  salvation  of  a  dying 
world.  .  .  .  We  have  no  partisan  or  sectarian  interests  to  sub- 
serve, and  desire  to  have  none.  We  wish  simply  to  do  good  to 
our  students  by  placing  in  their  hands  the  means  of  intellectual, 
moral,  and  spiritual  improvement  and  to  teach  them  the  divine  art 
of  doing  good  to  others."  The  school  opened  in  December,  1844, 
with  nine  students.  The  first  catalogue  enrolled  seventy-two,  and 
thenceforward  the  numbers  increased  more  rapidly  than  facilities 
and  means  could  be  furnished.  Failing  in  repeated  attempts  to 
secure  from  the  State  a  college  charter,  the  founders  wrought  for 
fifteen  years  under  the  name  of  Olivet  Institute.  Finally,  in  1859, 
a  charter  was  granted  and  the  Institute  transformed  into  the  Col- 
lege. Its  equipment  and  material  resources  are  now  extended  to 
keep  pace  with  the  demands  of  the  higher  education  of  to-day. 

OLIVET  CONSERVATORY  is  directed  by  Mrs.  Lizzie  E.  Bintliff, 
and  offers  a  thorough  musical  education. 

OLIVET  PREPARATORY  SCHOOL  is  in  charge  of  Tom  F.  Kane. 

MICHIGAN  MILITARY  ACADEMY,  Orchard  Lake,  Col.  J. 
Sumner  Rogers,  Superintendent.  This  institution  was  organized 
in  1877  without  endowment,  and  has  become  the  leading  military 
academy  in  the  country  outside  of  West  Point.  The  buildings  and 
equipment  are  modern  and  complete,  and  the  sanitary  arrange- 
ments are  as  nearly  perfect  as  modern  science  can  make  them. 
The  purpose  of  the  school  is  to  give  boys  a  thorough  preparation 
for  college,  to  give  them  the  best  known  physical  training,  and  to 
develop  manhood.  Two  courses  of  study  are  offered,  classical 
and  scientific.  For  boys  not  qualified  to  enter  either  course  a 
preparatory  year  is  provided.  The  charge  for  instruction,  board, 
washing,  use  of  arms  and  equipments,  is  $450  per  annum.  Horse- 
manship, optional,  per  term  of  half  year,  $40. 

STATE  NORMAL  5CHOOL,  Ypsilanti,  Richard  G.  Boone, 
A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  President,  was  founded  in  1849  and  opened  in 
1853.  The  sole  purpose  of  the  institution  is  the  preparation  of 
teachers  for  the  public  schools  of  Michigan.  All  who  enter  the 
school  must  sign  a  declaration  of  their  intention  to  teach.  The 
work  done  is  professional  in  the  best  sense,  and  is  a  scholarly 

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Minn.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Collegeville. 

preparation  for  a  high  grade  teacher.  For  graduates  of  approved 
high  schools  it  requires,  for  the  five  years'  certificate,  about  three 
semesters ;  life  certificate,  two  years ;  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Pedagogy,  the  full  college  course  of  four  years.  For  graduates 
of  colleges  of  high  rank  it  requires  one  year's  residence  for  the 
degree  in  pedagogy.  The  annual  expenses  of  a  student  are  about 

$175- 

niNNESOTA. 

ALBERT  LEA  COLLEGE,  for  young  women,  Albert  Lea, 
Virginia,  Southgate,  Principal,  was  founded  in  1885  by  the  Synod 
of  Minnesota,  to  meet  the  growing  demand  for  the  higher  Chris- 
tian education  of  young  women  in  the  Northwest.  The  advantages 
for  health  are :  The  clear  bracing  climate  of  Minnesota ;  the 
mineral  waters  of  the  artesian  springs  of  Albert  Lea ;  and  the  lake 
making  a  college  gymnasium  for  boating  in  summer  and  skating 
in  winter.  The  advantages  for  education  are :  It  is  the  only 
woman's  college  in  the  Northwest;  it  furnishes  complete  college 
courses,  leading  to  a  degree  as  in  Eastern  colleges,  also  musical, 
art,  elocution,  physical  culture,  and  preparatory  courses ;  it  is  a 
home  where  a  girl's  happiness  and  health  are  consulted ;  and  the 
expense  is  moderate,  —  $200  covers  tuition,  board,  furnished  room, 
light,  and  laundry  for  one  year. 

LUTHER  ACADEMY,  Albert  Lea,  the  Rev.  E.  I.  Strom,  Prin- 
cipal, was  established  in  1888.  It  is  owned  by  members  of  the 
Norwegian  Evangelical  Lutheran  Synod,  and  is  controlled  by  a 
board  of  trustees  elected  by  the  corporation.  The  primary  aim  is 
to  educate  the  Lutheran  youth,  and  to  them  it  offers  special  induce- 
ments. Members  of  other  church  societies  are,  however,  always 
welcome  to  avail  themselves  of  the  advantages  of  the  academy. 
Religious  instruction  is  given  a  prominent  place  among  the 
branches  ordinarily  taught  for  mental  discipline.  Six  courses  of 
study  are  offered  :  The  academic,  the  college  preparatory,  the  Eng- 
lish normal,  the  commercial  business,  the  commercial  shorthand, 
and  the  musical.  The  expenses  are  moderate,  as  the  school  is  not 
conducted  for  money-making,  but  for  educational  purposes  only. 

ST.  JOHN'S  COLLEGE,  Collegeville,  is  conducted  by  Bene- 
dictine Fathers.  Students,  according  to  their  abilities  and  inclina- 
tions, may  pursue  the  preparatory,  the  commercial,  the  classical, 
the  scientific,  the  philosophical,  or  the  theological  course.  The 
instruction  in  each  of  these  courses  is  a  thorough  one.  The  insti- 
tution enjoys  an  extremely  romantic  location  on  the  shore  of  a 
beautiful  lake.  It  is  eighty-five  miles  west  of  St.  Paul  on  the 
Great  Northern  Railway.  The  location  is  also  very  healthful. 
Shady  and  romantic  walks  through  the  forest,  ample  play- 

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grounds,  the  lake,  with  its  facilities  for  boating  and  fishing  in 
summer,  and  skating  in  winter,  afford  an  amount  of  innocent 
sport  the  most  fastidious  will  not  reasonably  despise.  The  ex- 
penses for  the  collegiate  year,  including  board,  bedding,  washing, 
and  mending  of  linens,  are  $200. 

THE  flAYNARD  SCHOOL,  Duluth,  Laura  A.  Jones,  M.  A., 
Principal,  affiliated  with  the  University  of  Chicago.  It  is  the  aim 
of  the  school  to  fit  girls  for  life,  and,  to  accomplish  this,  the  train- 
ing must  be  along  physical,  mental,  and  moral  lines.  The  course 
of  study  is  always  made  secondary  to  health,  as  an  education  with- 
out health  would  be  of  little  use ;  and  also,  because  the  required 
work  can  be  more  easily  and  profitably  pursued  when  health  has 
been  established.  Two  courses  of  study  are  offered,  college  pre- 
paratory and  academic,  and  graduates  are  admitted  to  the  Uni- 
versity of  Chicago  and  Eastern  colleges  on  certificate.  There 
are  also  kindergarten,  primary,  and  intermediate  departments,  to 
which  boys  are  admitted.  Rare  advantages  are  offered  to  those 
desiring  to  study  art  or  music.  The  school  is  a  home,  rather  than 
an  institution.  Number  limited.  Board  and  tuition,  not  including 
laundry,  $500  per  annum. 

ST.  MARY'S  HALL,  Faribault,  is  a  boarding  school  for  girls 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  the  Rt. 
Rev.  H.  B.  Whipple,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  and  Rector.  St.  Mary's  Hall  was  first  opened  as  a  board- 
ing school  in  1866  by  Bishop  Whipple  in  his  own  house,  with  Mrs. 
Whipple  as  House-mother,  and  Miss  Sarah  P.  Darlington,  Prin- 
cipal. The  number  of  teachers  was  three  and  the  number  of 
pupils  the  first  year  about  thirty.  Since  then  the  number  of  pupils 
enrolled  in  a  single  year  has  been  one  hundred,  and  the  present 
number  of  teachers  is  thirteen.  The  terms  are  $350  per  annum, 
French  and  German  included,  while  music,  art,  elocution,  and 
dancing  are  extras.  At  first  St.  Mary's  was  a  private  enterprise, 
the  Bishop  carrying  the  entire  burden  of  the  venture.  In  1872 
the  school  was  incorporated  with  a  board  of  trustees,  of  which  the 
Bishop  is  ex-officio  president.  In  1883  it  was  removed  to  a  new 
and  beautiful  building  on  the  brow  of  the  bluff  overlooking  the 
valley  of  the  Straight  and  the  Cannon  Rivers  and  the  city  of  Fari- 
bault. The  building  was  to  contain  rooms  and  dormitories  for 
one  hundred  pupils.  Since  then  the  school  has  adopted  the  plan 
of  rooms  for  the  students.  From  the  first  the  course  of  study  and 
the  instruction  have  been  thorough.  A  certificate  of  graduation 
admits  to  the  University  of  Minnesota  and  to  Wellesley  College, 
and  our  graduates  are  prepared  for  any  college  or  university. 
Faribault  is  a  beautiful  city,  centrally  located  in  Southern  Minne- 
sota, about  fifty  miles  south  of  St.  Paul  and  Minneapolis,  and  is 

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easy  of  access  from  Chicago  and  St.  Louis.  It  was  selected  as  the 
centre  of  the  educational  work  of  the  Episcopal  Church  as  early 
as  1857.  Since  then  the  wisdom  of  the  choice  has  com- 
mended itself  to  the  State,  and  three  of  our  leading  public  institu- 
tions are  now  located  here.  The  school  has  a  spacious  gymnasium, 
a  carefully  selected  library  and  reading-room  containing  the  best 
periodical  literature  of  the  day,  a  neat  chapel  for  daily  service  and 
an  observatory  with  a  telescope,  all  accessible  without  exposure. 
St.  Mary's  has  its  own  plant  for  steam  heating  and  a  dynamo  for 
electric  lighting.  The  rooms  are  well  ventilated  and  lighted,  and 
the  school  contains  all  modern  improvements.  Rev.  E.  Steele 
Peake,  B.  D.,  is  chaplain ;  Miss  Catherine  Wright  Eells,  A.  A., 
Principal. 

SEABURY  DIVINITY  SCHOOL,  Faribault,  the  Rt.  Rev. 
Henry  Benjamin  Whipple,  LL.  D.,  President,  Rev.  Alford  A. 
Butler,  M.  A.,  Warden.  This  institution  was  founded  in  1858  as 
an  outgrowth  of  the  missionary  zeal  of  the  Rev.  James  Lloyd 
Breck,  who  came  to  Minnesota  in  1850.  The  school  is  larger  and 
stronger  to-day  than  at  any  time  since  its  organization.  The  stone 
buildings  are  situated  on  handsome  grounds  covering  twenty-five 
acres  of  grove  and  lawn.  High  scholarly  standards  are  main- 
tained. A  candidate  for  the  degree  of  Bachelor  in  Divinity  must 
obtain  a  high  per  cent,  in  his  work,  and  must  be  a  college  gradu- 
ate or  have  an  equivalent  education.  Tuition  is  free.  The  annual 
expense  for  board,  heat,  light,  and  washing  is  $200  for  each 
student  living  in  the  hall. 

SHATTUCK  SCHOOL,  Faribault,  the  Rev.  James  Dobbin, 
D.  D.,  Rector,  is  under  the  management  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church,  having  grown  out  of  the  mission  school  established 
by  the  Rev.  Dr.  J.  Lloyd  Breck  in  1858.  Its  object  is  the  Chris- 
tian education  and  training  of  boys,  and  their  preparation  either 
for  college  or  to  enter  at  once  upon  an  active  business  life.  It 
began  without  means  or  th'e  aid  of  any  moneyed  patron,  and  from 
the  first  relied  upon  patronage  for  its  maintenance.  It  has  become 
one  of  the  largest  schools  of  its  kind,  and  its  beautiful  group  of 
stone  buildings  and  admirable  equipment  and  location  make  it 
one  of  the  finest  educational  plants  in  the  West.  The  laboratories 
are  better  equipped  than  in  many  colleges.  It  relies  largely  on  a 
most  efficient  military  department  for  physical  training.  One  of  its 
greatest  attractions  is  the  climate.  With  the  moderate  elevation 
of  one  thousand  feet,  an  unusual  freedom  from  severe  storms,  the 
tonic  effect  of  a  dry,  exhilarating  atmosphere  and  no  malaria,  few 
schools  offer  so  favorable  conditions  for  the  development  of  a 
sound  constitution.  It  is  specially  beneficial  to  many  boys  from  the 
seacoast  States  and  the  South.  Considering  the  character  of  its 

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accommodations  and  the  quality  of  the  instruction  and  care,  the 
charges,  $400  a  year,  are  very  moderate.  There  has  been  no 
change  in  the  head  of  the  school  from  its  organization,  now  nearly 
thirty-two  years. 

VILLA  nARIA,  Frontenac,  conducted  by  the  Ursuline  Nuns,  is 
a  school  for  girls.  Although  founded  as  recently  as  1891,  the 
school  has  won  for  itself  a  reputation  for  thorough  academic  train- 
ing. Besides  the  regular  branches  included  in  the  curriculum, 
instruction  is  given  in  drawing,  vocal  and  instrumental  music, 
dressmaking,  Delsarte,  and  dancing.  The  school  is  patronized  by 
all  denominations.  Board  and  tuition  per  month  (not  including 
music),  $12. 


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SHATTUCK    SCHOOL. 

NAZARETH   BOARDING   SCHOOL  FOR   LITTLE  BOYS, 

Lake  City,  conducted  by  the  Ursuline  Nuns,  receives  boys  between 
the  ages  of  two  and  twelve,  and  offers  the  advantages  of  home 
comforts,  motherly  care,  spacious  playgrounds,  and  firm  but  gentle 
discipline.  In  addition  to  the  usual  English  branches,  music  and 
the  languages  are  taught  at  an  extra  charge.  Protestants  are  not 
allowed  to  take  part  in  any  Catholic  exercise.  Board  and  tuition 
per  month,  $12. 

NORMAL  SCHOOL  OF  THE  UNITED  NORWEGIAN 
LUTHERAN  CHURCH  OF  AflERICA,  Madison,  O.  Lokens- 
gard,  Principal,  has  normal,  preparatory,  and  musical  departments. 
Much  account  is  made  of  religious  instruction. 

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Minn.  WHERE    TO   EDUCATE.  Minneapolis. 

AUGSBURG  SEMINARY,  Minneapolis,  corner  Seventh  Street 
and  Twenty-first  Avenue,  S.,  was  organized  in  1869  and  began  its 
work  at  Marshall,  Dane  County,  Wisconsin.  In  1872  the  school 
was  removed  to  its  present  location.  Prof.  A.  Weenaas  was  the 
first  president.  He  was  succeeded  in  June,  1876,  by  Prof.  G. 
Sverdrup,  who  has  served  continuously  since.  The  faculty,  as  at 
present  constituted  (1898),  consists  of  Prof.  S.  Oftedal,  elected  in 
1873;  Prof.  G.  Sverdrup,  elected  in  1874;  Prof.  J.  H.  Blegen  and 
Prof.  Theo.  S.  Reimestad,  elected  in  1885  ;  Prof.  W.  M.  Petter- 
sen,  elected  in  1886;  Prof.  A.  M.  Hove,  elected  in  1887,  and 
Prof.  J.  L.  Nydahl,  elected  in  1891.  The  aim  of  Augsburg  Sem- 
inary is  the  education  of  ministers,  qualified  for  the  work  in  a  free 
Lutheran  church.  The  course  covers  nine  years,  the  first  six 
years  being  preparatory,  and  the  last  three  giving  a  strictly  theo- 
logical course.  The  annual  expenses  for  board  and  tuition  are 
about  $120. 

STANLEY  HALL,  2118-2122  Pleasant  Avenue,  Minneapolis, 
Olive  Adele  Evers,  Principal,  is  a  school  for  girls,  opened  as  a  day 
school  in  1890,  and  as  a  boarding  and  day  school  in  1891.  In 
the  new  building  accommodations  are  provided  for  about  thirty 
pupils  and  ten  teachers.  There  are  primary,  preparatory,  academic, 
and  collegiate  departments.  Annual  charges  for  boarding  pupils, 
$450.  Annual  tuition  for  day  pupils,  $100  to  $175. 

THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  HINNESOTA,  Minneapolis,  C.  W. 
Hall,  Dean,  began  its  legal  existence  February  25,  1851,  on  which 
date  Gov.  Alexander  Ramsey  approved  an  act  of  incorporation 
establishing  the  University  of  the  Territory  of  Minnesota.  For 
many  years  its  history  was  one  of  bitter  struggle.  The  institution 
started  with  a  preparatory  department.  The  act  of  1860,  providing 
for  the  government  and  regulation  of  the  University,  directed  that 
there  should  be  attached  a  collegiate  department  in  which  regular 
college  classes  should  be  formed.  The  reorganization  act  of 
February  18,  1868,  now  regarded  as  the  charter  of  the  University, 
further  provided  for  the  establishment  of  five  or  more  colleges  or 
departments :  First,  a  Department  of  Elementary  Instruction ; 
second,  a  College  of  Science,  Literature,  and  the  Arts ;  third,  a 
College  of  Agriculture  and  the  Mechanic  Arts,  including  Military 
Tactics  ;  fourth,  a  College  or  Department  of  Law,  and  fifth,  a 
College  or  Department  of  Medicine.  The  recent  growth  of  the 
University  has  been  remarkable.  Some  hint  of  its  prosperity  may 
be  derived  from  the  following  statements  :  There  are  over  twenty 
principal  buildings ;  the  general  library  contains  more  than  forty 
thousand  volumes  ;  twenty-four  professional  and  academic  degrees 
are  awarded ;  the  medical  building  is  affirmed  to  be  the  most 
perfect  and  complete  for  the  uses  to  which  it  is  devoted  to  be 

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found  in  the  United  States  ;  with  perhaps  one  exception  there  has 
never  been  such  a  rapid  development  of  a  law  school  in  Europe  or 
America  as  in  this  University ;  there  is  a  teachers'  course,  a  mili- 
tary department,  an  agricultural  experiment  station,  and  all  the 
usual  professional  departments  of  a  university. 

MINNESOTA  STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL  AT  MOOR= 
HEAD,  Moorhead,  Livingston  C.  Lord,  President,  offers  to 
students  of  both  sexes  five  elementary  and  advanced  normal 
courses,  in  addition  to  practice  courses  in  the  training  schools 
connected  with  the  institution.  The  privileges  of  the  school  are 
free  to  all  entering  the  normal  department  and  declaring  their 
intention  to  teach  two  years  in  the  public  schools  of  the  State. 
Persons  not  wishing  to  pledge  themselves  to  teach  will  pay  tuition 
at  the  rate  of  $30  per  year. 

CARLETON  COLLEGE,  Northfield,  James  W.  Strong,  D.  D., 
President.  This  Christian,  co-educational  school  has  witnessed 
rapid  growth  during  its  short  history.  The  preparatory  depart- 
ment was  opened  in  1867,  and  three  years  afterwards  the  college 
department  was  organized,  and  a  president  elected.  In  1871,  in 
recognition  of  generous  gifts,  the  name  of  Mr.  William  Carleton, 
of  Massachusetts,  was  given  to  the  institution.  The  educational 
plant,  including  grounds,  buildings,  library,  museum*  and  appara- 
tus, has  been  obtained  at  a  cost  of  $280,000,  and  the  endowment 
funds  amount  to  as  much  more.  The  new  telescope  in  the 
astronomical  observatory  is  the  sixth  in  size,  and  fifth  in  power, 
in  the  United  States.  The  college  has  had  about  three  thousand 
students,  and  enrolls  more  than  three  hundred  each  year;  the 
faculty  numbers  over  twenty.  The  principal  departments  are  school 
of  music,  acadeirfy,  and  college.  Expenses,  including  board,  about 
$170  a  year. 

ST.  OLAF  COLLEGE,  Northfield,  the  Rev.  Thorbjorn  N. 
Mohn,  President.  While  the  special  purpose  of  the  school  is 
that  of  meeting  the  wants  of  Scandinavian  students,  English  is  the 
language  of  the  institution.  This  institution  was  opened  in  1875, 
but  a  college  department  was  not  added  until  1886,  and  the  present 
corporate  name  was  not  adopted  until  1889.  The  school  is  under 
the  patronage  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church.  Two  courses 
of  study  are  offered  English  and  classical.  Young  women  are 
admitted  to  all  departments.  The  total  expenses  for  one  year 
are  $119.  Tuition  for  the  year  is  $30. 

RED  WING  SEfllNARY,  Red  Wing,  the  Rev.  M.  G.  Hanson, 
Principal.  In  the  autumn  of  1879  Red  Wing  Seminary,  organized 
under  the  patronage  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church,  opened 
both  academic  and  theological  courses  to  students.  The  aim  of 

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WHERE   TO    EDUCATE. 


St.  faui. 


the  school  is  two-fold :  To  furnish  a  general  Christian  culture ;  to 
prepare  young  men  to  be  Christian  teachers,  or  to  be  ministers 
in  Norwegian  Lutheran  churches.  The  theological  department 
offers  a  three  years'  course.  Instruction  in  Norwegian  is  a  feature 
of  the  preparatory  course.  Tuition  is  $25  a  year. 


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STATE  NORflAL  SCHOOL,  St.  Cloud,  George  R.  Kleeberger, 
President,  was  established  in  1869.  ^  nas  we^  equipped  labora- 
tories and  gymnasiums,  and  a  well  selected  library  of  several 
thousand  volumes.  The  practice  department  includes  grades  in  a 
model  school  and  in  the  public  schools  of  St.  Cloud.  The  courses 
are :  Advanced  English  of  five  years ;  advanced  Latin  of  five 
years  ;  elementary  English  of  three  years ;  a  graduate  course  for 
high  school  and  college  graduates ;  an  advanced  course  of  two 
years ;  and  an  elementary  course  of  one  year  ;  also  a  kindergarten 
training  course  of  two  years.  Tuition  is  free  in  all  excepting  the 
kindergarten  course. 

GERflAN  LUTHER  THEOLOGICAL  SEHINARY,  St.  Paul, 
the  Rev.  H.  Ernst,  President,  is  controlled  by  the  Evangelical 
Lutheran  Joint  Synod  of  Ohio  and  adjacent  States,  and  was  origi- 

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VHnona.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Minn. 

nally  a  part  of  the  seminary  at  Columbus,  Ohio.  In  1885  it  was 
transferred  to  Afton,  Minnesota,  and  in  1892,  on  account  of  its 
rapid  growth,  to  its  present  commodious  quarters  in  St.  Paul.  The 
whole  course  (proseminary  and  seminary)  extends  over  a  period 
of  from  five  to  six  years.  The  theological  lectures  are  delivered 
in  the  German  tongue,  but  instruction  is  also  given  in  English. 
While  the  main  object  is  to  prepare  young  men  for  the  ministry, 
the  school  also  aims  to  lay  foundation  for  a  thorough  collegiate 
course.  Tuition  in  proseminary  is  $30  per  year. 

STATE  NORflAL  SCHOOL,  Winona,  Irwin  Shepard,  Ph.D., 
President,  was  opened  in  1860.  Fifteen  hundred  graduates  and 
more  than  seven  thousand  undergraduates  have  received  instruc- 
tion in  its  courses,  the  most  of  whom  have  become  teachers  in  the 
State.  There  are  two  departments  :  The  normal  proper,  and  the 
training  or  model  school.  Of  these  the  former  comprises  five 
courses :  Elementary,  advanced,  elementary  graduate,  advanced 
graduate,  and  kindergarten  training  course.  The  school  year  is 
divided  into  quarters,  forming  continuous  sessions.  Tuition  is 
free  to  all  residents  of  the  State  who  sign  a  declaration  of  inten- 
tion to  teach  for  two  years  in  the  State.  To  non-residents  of  the 
State  a  tuition  of  ten  dollars  per  quarter  in  advance  will  be 
charged. 

WINONA  SEfllNARY,  Winona,  is  a  boarding  and  day  school 
for  girls,  conducted  by  the  Sisters  of  St.  Francis,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Rt.  Rev.  Joseph  B.  Cotter,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  Winona. 
It  has  a  three  story  brick  building,  lighted  throughout  by  elec- 
tricity, and  heated  by  hot  water.  The  outlook  commands  the 
Mississippi  River,  the  picturesque  bluffs  of  Wisconsin  and  Minne- 
sota, and  Lake  Winona.  Three  regular  courses  of  study  are 
offered  :  Literary,  commercial,  and  musical.  In  addition  there 
are  special  courses  in  elocution,  art,  and  physical  culture. 
There  is  a  large  and  experienced  faculty.  Correspondence  may 
be  addressed  to  the  Sister  Directress.  Board  per  year,  including 
laundry  (except  starched  goods),  is  $160.  Boarding  pupils  are 
admitted  to  the  literary  department  without  charge  for  tuition. 
Tuition  in  this  department  to  all  others  varies  from  $9  per  year, 
in  the  primary  grades,  to  $18  in  the  preparatory.  In  the  music 
department  tuition  is  $10  per  term  of  twenty  lessons  in  all  courses 
except  voice;  in  this,  $15.  Tuition  for  the  complete  commercial 
course  is  $40,  for  the  course  in  shorthand  is  $25.  The  aim  of 
the  school  is  "  the  training  up  of  sound,  moral,  intellectual,  and 
Christian  women,  to  be  the  makers  and  preservers  of  Christian 
homes,  the  exponents  of  the  highest  and  noblest  living  wherever 
Providence  may  place  them." 

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Miss.  'WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Westside. 

MISSISSIPPI. 

CHALYBEATE  SPRINGS  INSTITUTE,  Chalybeate,  Tippah 
County,  L.  H.  Jobe,  B.  S.,  Principal,  is  a  non-sectarian  school, 
situated  among  the  highest  hills  of  North  Mississippi.  It  offers 
primary,  intermediate,  preparatory,  teachers',  scientific,  literary, 
and  business  courses,  and  has  departments  of  art,  music,  and 
elocution.  Tuition  per  month,  $1.25  to  $3.50.  Board  per  month, 
$6  to  $8. 

McCOnB  CITY  FEMALE  INSTITUTE,  McComb  City,  Chas. 
H.  Otken,  LL.  D.,  and  G.  P.  McFarland,  Co-principals.  The 
location  of  this  school  is  in  the  pine  belt,  on  the  Illinois  Central 
Railroad,  105  miles  north  of  New  Orleans,  and  seventy-eight 
miles  south  of  Jackson,  Miss.  Topographically,  the  city  is  395 
feet  above  tide  water.  Water  is  free  stone.  No  local  causes  for 
diseases  exist.  The  institute  property  occupies  a  square  of  ground 
in  the  southern  portion  of  the  town.  It  provides  three  courses 
of  studies  :  Primary,  preparatory,  and  collegiate.  The  degrees  of 
M.  E.  L.  and  A.  B.  are  conferred  on  students  taking  the  studies 
that  pertain  to  these  degrees.  The  terms  for  tuition,  board,  and 
laundry  range  from  $165  to  $200  per  annum. 

EAST  niSSISSIPPI  FEnALE  COLLEGE,  Meridian,  J.  B. 
Beeson,  A.M.,  President,  was  founded  in  1869.  The  location  is 
on  a  high  hill  in  the  central  part  of  a  city  of  twenty  thousand 
inhabitants.  Religious  influences  are  very  strongly  emphasized. 
Among  the  numerous  courses  are  the  classical,  leading  to  the 
B.  A.  degree,  scientific  (B.  S.),  literary  (B.  L.),  philosophic  (B.  Ph.,) 
and  music  (B.  M.). 

MISSISSIPPI  AGRICULTURAL  AND  flECHANICAL  COL= 
LEGE,  Starkville,  Gen.  S.  D.  Lee,  LL.  D.,  President,  owes  its 
origin  to  the  Land  Grant  Act  of  Congress,  1862.  The  State 
Legislature  (1878)  divided  Mississippi's  appropriation  under  this 
act  equally  between  Alcorn  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College 
and  this  college,  each  receiving  $113,575.  This  sum,  together 
with  subsequent  appropriations,  places  the  school  on  a  firm  basis. 
The  property  includes  a  thirty-acre  campus  and  numerous  build- 
ings. There  are  preparatory  and  collegiate  departments.  Two 
courses,  one  in  agriculture,  the  other  in  the  mechanic  arts,  lead  to 
the  degree  Bachelor  of  Science.  The  Military  Department  is  under 
the  direction  of  a  United  States  Army  officer.  A  matriculation  fee 
of  $5  entitles  a  student  to  the  privileges  of  a  five  years'  course. 

ALCORN  A.  AND  n.  COLLEGE,  Westside,  the  Rev.  E.  H. 
Triplett,  President,  is  an  institution  for  the  higher  education  of 
colored  youth.  The  grounds  and  buildings  of  Oakland  College, 

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founded  by  Southern  Presbyterians  in  1828,  were  bought  in  1871 
by  the  State  of  Mississippi,  and  dedicated,  under  the  name  of  Al- 
corn  University,  to  the  purpose  of  negro  education.  In  1878  the 
Legislature  reorganized  the  school  with  the  name  of  Alcorn  Agri- 
cultural and  Mechanical  College,  the  better  to  comply  with  the  Act 
of  Congress  of  1862,  under  which  the  institution  is  a  beneficiary. 
The  courses  include,  among  others,  college,  normal,  and  industrial. 
Tuition  is  free  to  all  Mississippi  students ;  to  others  it  is  $5  per 
term  in  advance. 

MISSOURI. 

NORTHWEST  fUSSOURI  COLLEGE,  Albany,  William  H. 
Pritchett,  A.  M.,  President,  is  a  college,  music  and  art  conservatory, 
and  business  institute  for  both  sexes,  owned  by  the  Gallatin  Dis- 
trict of  the  Missouri  Conference,  M.  E.  Church,  South,  and  char- 
tered (1891)  with  collegiate  privileges.  There  are  preparatory, 
collegiate,  normal,  music,  art,  and  business  courses.  The  following 
degrees  are  conferred  :  Ph.  B.,  A.  B.,  A.  M.,  Pe.  B.  A  student's 
annual  expenses  need  not  exceed  $150. 

KEMPER  SCHOOL,  Boonville,  T.  A.  Johnston,  Superintend- 
ent, is  a  military  academy.  First  Lieutenant  George  D.  Moore, 
U.  S.  A.,  detailed  by  the  War  Department,  is  commandant  of 
cadets,  and  Capt.  E.  H.  Marsteller,  of  the  Virginia  Military  Insti- 
tute, is  the  assistant  commandant.  The  school  was  founded  in 
1844,  and  is  hence  the  oldest  boys'  academy  in  Missouri.  The 
grounds  comprise  thirty  acres,  and  contain  a  lake  of  two  acres,  well 
stocked  with  fish.  The  buildings  have  been  erected  with  special 
reference  to  the  needs  of  the  school.  The  cadets  are  treated  as 
members  of  the  principal's  family,  and  share  all  the  advantages  of 
home  life.  Preparation  is  given  for  college  or  for  business  life. 
School  bill,  including  board,  tuition  in  all  branches,  light,  fuel, 
physician's  fees,  and  washing,  per  school  year,  $300. 

MEQQUIER  SEMINARY,  Boonville,  a  school  for  girls,  opened 
in  September,  1892,  by  Misses  Annie  and  Julia  Megquier.  Miss 
Julia  Megquier,  Principal,  Miss  Annie  Megquier,  at  the  head  of  the 
home  department.  The  principal  has  taught  in  Missouri,  Nevada, 
and  California,  and  is  fitted  by  nature  and  experience  to  take  charge 
of  girls.  Teachers  selected  with  care,  experienced  and  capable. 
Well  equipped  laboratory  and  gymnasium.  Music  department  is 
under  the  direction  of  Miss  Edith  C.  Perry  and  Miss  N.  H.  Hop- 
kins, sister  and  sister-in-law,  as  well  as  pupils  of  the  concert-pian- 
ist, Edw.  Baxter  Perry,  of  Boston.  Art  department  under  the 
direction  of  Mrs.  N.  A.  Lyman,  a  teacher  of  thirty  years'  ex- 
perience, and  an  artist  of  note,  whose  pictures  won  favorable 

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Mo.  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  Columbia. 

notice  at  the  World's  Fair  in  Chicago.     The  seminary  opened  its 
sixth  year  in  September,  1898,  with  good  enrolment. 

BROOKFIELD  COLLEGE,  Brookfield,  H.  C.  Myers,  A.M., 
President,  is  under  the  control  of  the  Presbytery  of  Palmyra,  and 
includes  academic,  normal,  and  musical  departments.  It  is  affili- 
ated with  the  University  of  the  State  of  Missouri  and  with  the 
University  of  Wooster,  Ohio,  its  students  being  received  on  certifi- 
cate and  without  examination  at  these  institutions.  This  ensures 
to  graduates  from  the  academic  department  ready  admission  and 
advanced  standing  wherever  they  may  wish  to  complete  their  col- 
lege education.  Board  at  the  college  dining  hall,  $2  per  week. 
Tuition,  $7  to  $10  per  quarter. 

CAHDEN  POINT  MILITARY  INSTITUTE,  Camden  Point, 
W.  N.  Stagner,  President,  has  for  its  aim  the  preparation  of  young 
men  either  for  college  or  for  the  common  vocations  of  life.  Cam- 
den  Point  is  situated  in  the  famous  Platte  Purchase,  and  has  one 
of  the  most  healthful  locations  in  the  Mississippi  basin.  Its  railroad 
facilities  are  good.  Each  cadet  pays  in  advance  $15.75  per  term 
of  four  and  a  half  months. 

CHRISTIAN  UNIVERSITY,  Canton,  Clinton  Lockhart,  Ph.  D., 
President,  was  chartered  in  1853.  It  was  a  notable  feature  of  this 
charter  that  it  granted  to  wromen  a  coequal  and  coordinate  educa- 
tion with  men  ;  and  it  has  the  honor  of  being  the  first  charter  in  the 
United  States  to  embody  this  advanced  provision.  The  institution 
occupies  a  healthful  and  elevated  site  on  the  west  bank  of  the 
Mississippi  River.  A  campus  of  eighteen  acres  surrounds  the  main 
building,  a  commodious  structure  which  cost  $60,000.  The  Uni- 
versity is  composed  of  six  colleges  :  College  of  Arts  and  Sciences  ; 
College  of  the  Bible  ;  Commercial  College  ;  Conservatory  of  Music ; 
School  of  Fine  Arts  ;  School  of  Expression.  The  degrees  are  :  B.  A., 
B.  S.,  B.  L.,  M.  A.,  and  M.  S.  Annual  tuition  in  College  of  Arts 
and  Sciences,  $42  ;  Bible,  $23;  Music,  $47  ;  Art,  $38. 

CLARKSBURG  COLLEGE,  Clarksburg,  Moniteau  County, 
Warren  I.  Moore,  B.  A.,  President,  was  established  in  1876,  and  is 
under  the  control  and  general  management  of  the  Baptists.  There 
are  collegiate  and  normal  courses  leading  to  the  degrees  of  B.  A., 
B.  Sc.,  and  B.  P. ;  an  academy  course ;  a  commercial  department ; 
a  department  of  music ;  elocution  and  Delsarte  course  ;  and  a 
primary  department.  Tuition  for  a  term  of  five  months,  $10  to  $20. 

ST.  STEPHEN'S  COLLEGE  AND  CONSERVATORY  OF 
flUSIC,  Columbia,  Sam  Frank  Taylor,  D.  D.,  President,  is  an  in- 
stitution for  young  women  under  the  control  of  the  Missouri  Bap- 
tist General  Association.  It  has  a  fine  site  and  campus,  and  new 

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buildings  heated  by  steam  and  lighted  by  electricity.  Preparatory, 
English  (B.  L.),  scientific  (B.  S.),  classical  (B.  A.),  and  post-graduate 
(M.  A.)  courses,  and  schools  of  music,  art,  elocution,  and  business 
are  included.  Expenses  for  the  half  year,  including  board,  fur- 
nished room,  light,  fuel,  servants'  attention,  laundry,  and  all  liter- 
ary tuition,  $105. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  THE  5TATE  OF  illSSOURI,  Columbia, 
Richard  H.  Jesse,  LL.  D.,  President,  was  located  at  Columbia, 
Boone  County,  June  24,  1839.  The  corner-stone  of  the  main  build- 
ing was  laid  July  4,  1840,  and  this  is  generally  accepted  as  the  date 
of  the  foundation  of  the  University.  Courses  of  instruction  in  aca- 
demic work  were  begun  on  April  14,  1841.  A  normal  department 
was  established  in  1867.  The  College  of  Agriculture  and  Mechanic 
Arts  and  the  School  of  Mines  and  Metallurgy  were  made  depart- 
ments of  the  University  in  1870,  —  the  School  of  Mines  and  Metal- 
lurgy being  located  at  Rolla,  where  it  was  formally  opened  November 
23,  1871.  The  law  department  was  opened  in  1872,  the  medical 
department  in  1873,  and  the  engineering  department  in  1877. 
The  experiment  station  was  established,  under  act  of  Congress,  in 
1888.  The  Missouri  State  Military  School  was  created  a  depart- 
ment of  the  University  in  1890.  In  1868  the  State  gave  aid  for 
the  first  time  to  the  University,  a  sum  of  $10,000.  The  Univer- 
sity comprises  the  following  departments  :  Graduate,  academic, 
normal,  law,  medicine,  military  science  and  tactics,  College  of  Agri- 
culture and  Mechanic  Arts,  embracing  School  of  Agriculture, 
experiment  station,  School  of  Mechanic  Arts,  School  of  Engineer- 
ing, and  the  School  of  Mines  and  Metallurgy.  The  academic 
department  offers  five  courses,  one  leading  to  the  degree  A.  B., 
one  to  B.  L.,  and  three  to  B.  S.  Admission  is  by  examination 
and  on  certificate  from  approved  schools.  Academic  students 
and  those  in  the  School  of  Agriculture  pay  an  entrance  fee  of 
$10,  and  library  and  incidental  fees  amounting  to  $10.  Law  students 
(regular  or  special)  pay  $50  a  year. 

HARVIN  COLLEGIATE  INSTITUTE,  Fredericktown,  Nelson 
Bellinger  Henry,  President,  is  under  the  patronage  of  the  M.  E. 
Church,  South,  and  includes  preparatory,  collegiate,  music,  and 
teachers'  courses.  Tuition  per  year,  $20  to  $40. 

IBERIA  ACADEMY,  Iberia,  G.  Byron  Smith,  A.  M.,  Princi- 
pal, is  a  non-sectarian,  Christian  school  that  fits  for  college  and 
offers  classical,  scientific,  English,  and  musical  courses.  The 
library  has  fifteen  hundred  books.  The  academy  is  co-educational 
and  has  an  enrolment  of  about  one  hundred.  Annual  tuition,  $21. 
Board  can  be  obtained  in  private  families  at  $1.50  to  $2.50. 

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CARLISLE  TRAINING  SCHOOL,  Jackson,  the  Rev.  Willis 
Carlisle,  Principal,  is  a  preparatory  school  for  boys  and  girls 
between  the  ages  of  eleven  and  eighteen  years.  Special  attention 
is  given  to  moral  training.  Music  and  art  are  included  in  the 
course  of  study.  The  board  and  tuition  expenses  are  $150  per 
year. 

ST.  LOUIS  SEMINARY,  Jennings,  B.  T.  Blewett,  LL.D., 
Principal.  This  is  a  private  select  school  for  young  women,  situ- 
ated at  Woodland,  near  Jennings  Station,  on  a  height  of  land 
overlooking  the  city  of  St.  Louis.  The  location  is  beautiful  and 
healthful,  and,  while  secluded  enough  to  be  free  from  disturbing 
influences,  it  is  near  enough  to  St.  Louis  to  afford  its  students  the 
educational  advantages  of  the  city.  The  building  is  completely 
equipped  and  stands  in  the  midst  of  a  shady  lawn  of  six  acres,  the 
entire  grounds  comprising  twenty-six  acres.  But  twenty  boarding 
pupils  can  be  accommodated  at  one  time.  The  principal,  Doctor 
Blewett,  founder  and  ex-president  of  Bethel  College,  Russellviller 
Ky.,  has  devoted  his  life  to  the  education  of  the  young  and  his 
able  work  is  supplemented  by  that  of  his  carefully  chosen  assist- 
ants. The  curriculum  is  so  arranged  that  it  embraces  whatever 
may  be  required  in  the  thorough  education  of  a  young  lady.  The 
discipline  is  parental,  and  every  effort  is  made  to  make  the  school 
life  a  happy  one.  The  Seminary  is  regularly  chartered  and  author- 
ized to  confer  the  usual  literary  degrees,  and  diplomas  are  granted 
to  those  who  satisfactorily  complete  the  full  course  of  study, 
including  music. 

THE  CONRAD  AND  SfllTH  BUSINESS  COLLEGES,  include 

Kansas  City  Business  College,  Lawrence  Business  College,  Atchi- 
son  Business  College,  and  St.  Joseph  Business  College,  and  are 
incorporated  with  a  capital  stock  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars. 
These  colleges  are  under  one  management,  offer  the  same  courses 
of  study,  use  the  same  text-books,  and  charge  the  same  rates  of 
tuition.  C.  T.  Smith  is  the  President.  Tuition  in  the  business 
course,  thirty-six  weeks,  day  sessions,  $50.  In  the  shorthand  and 
typewriting  course,  the  same.  In  the  combined  business  and 
shorthand  course,  $75. 

KIRKWOOD  fllLITARY  ACADEflY  AND  GLENDALE 
INSTITUTE,  Kirkwood,  Edward  A.  Haight,  A.  M.,  Superintend- 
ent, was  founded  in  1882.  It  is  thirteen  miles  from  St.  Louis  by 
rail.  The  grounds  embrace  five  acres  of  beautiful  lawn,  and  the 
building  is  a  large  brick  structure  of  three  stories.  It  has  pre- 
pared for  Harvard,  Vanderbilt,  De  Pauw,  and  other  colleges. 
Individual  attention  and  study  are  devoted  to  each  pupil.  The 
cadets  are  drilled  each  day  in  military  tactics.  The  superintend- 


Lexington.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Mo.' 

ent  with  his  family  occupies  the  same  building  with  the  boys,  and 
all  take  their  meals  together  at  the  same  table.  Board,  tuition, 
washing,  light,  and  fuel,  $350  per  school  year.  Boys  are  received 
at  eight  years  of  age. 

WENTWORTH  HILITARY  ACADEMY,  Lexington,  Major 
Sandford  Sellers,  M.  A.,  Superintendent.  Major  Sellers  has  had 
charge  of  this  institution  about  twenty  years  or  from  its  very  begin- 
ing,  it  having  started  as  a  small  day  school.  It  is  now  the  oldest 
and  most  prosperous  military  school  in  the  central  West.  It  is 
healthfully  located  forty-two  miles  east  of  Kansas  City.  The 
recently  erected  buildings  of  brick  and  stone  are  in  the  midst  of  a 
blue-grass  campus  of  twelve  acres  beautiful  with  shade  trees.  The 
school  is  under  government  supervision  and  is  supplied  by  the 
government  with  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores.  The  military 
department  is  in  charge  of  a  United  States  army  officer,  a  graduate 
of  West  Point.  It  is  incorporated,  is  under  a  board  of  trustees, 
and  has  no  debt,  thus  the  expenses  are  small  and  the  advantages 
proportionately  large.  In  1897  the  school  was  attended  by  115 
boys,  representing  fourteen  different  States  and  old  Mexico.  Dur- 
ing the  summer  of  1898  the  capacity  was  considerably  increased  by 
extensive  additions,  and  at  the  opening  session  of  1898-99  every 
room  was  occupied. 

WILLIAM  JEWELL  COLLEGE,  Liberty,  was  founded  in 
1849,  and  is  the  best  endowed  and  most  largely  attended  college 
for  young  men  in  Missouri.  It  is  situated  at  Liberty,  Clay  County, 
Missouri,  a  growing  town  of  about  thirty-five  hundred  inhabitants. 
It  has  an  academic  department,  a  collegiate  department,  and  a 
theological  department.  There  are  ten  college  buildings,  includ- 
ing lecture  halls,  laboratories,  dormitories,  students'  boarding  club, 
dining  hall,  etc.  The  college  has  no  boarding  department,  but 
each  student  makes  his  own  arrangements  for  board  and  lodging. 
Necessary  expenses  range  from  $175  to  $256  per  college  year. 
Ministerial  students  and  sons  of  Baptist  ministers  receive  tuition 
free. 

HARDIN  COLLEGE  AND  CONSERVATORY  OF  flUSIC, 

Mexico,  J.  W.  Million,  A.  M.,  President,  is  an  institution  for  young 
women,  founded  and  endowed  by  Governor  Hardinin  1873.  The 
faculty  includes  alumni  of  Johns  Hopkins,  Chicago,  Michigan, 
Berlin,  Bryn  Mawr  and  Vassar.  A.  B.,  B.  L.,  and  A.  M.  are  the 
degrees  conferred  in  the  collegiate  department.  Other  depart- 
ments are  :  Academic,  elocution,  art,  commercial,  primary,  cooking, 
and  music.  The  last  named  department  is  perhaps  the  most 
notable  of  the  institution.  It  is  chartered  by  the  State,  with 
power  to  grant  degrees,  and  is  presided  over  by  Xaver  Scharwenka, 

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Park-uille. 


the  founder  of  the  Conservatory  at  Berlin,  and  court  pianist  to 
the  Emperor  of  Austria.  Herr  Scharwenka  is  present  in  person 
during  May.  Board,  fuel,  light,  laundry,  furnished  room,  and 
full  collegiate  course,  per  year,  $225. 

COOPER  COLLEGE,  Moundville,  C.  H.  Miles,  President,  is 
located  in  a  village  of  Vernon  County,  which  has  excellent  railway 
connections,  and  is  noted  for  its  immunity  from  vice.  The  school 
was  organized  at  the  M.  E.  church  in  Moundville  in  1892,  and 
opened  its  first  session  in  a  new  building  the  year  following. 
There  are  four  courses  offered :  Preparatory,  business,  normal, 
and  scientific. 


JEWELL    HALL. 

ODESSA  COLLEGE,  Odessa,  J.  R.  McChesney,  A.  M.,  Presi- 
dent. The  curriculum  makes  up  four  departments  :  Preparatory, 
collegiate,  music,  and  commercial.  The  collegiate  department  is 
divided  into  a  two  years'  teachers'  course,  a  four  years'  scientific 
course,  and  a  four  years'  classic  course.  Degrees  are  conferred 
on  completion  of  the  various  courses.  The  tuition  is  about  $35 
per  year. 

PARK  COLLEGE,  Parkville,  L.  M.  McAfee,  President,  is  nine 
miles  from  Kansas  City,  on  the  Kansas  City,  St.  Joseph  and 
Council  Bluffs  Railroad.  Organized  in  1875, tne  scno°l  has  grown 
from  an  enrolment  of  seventeen  students  to  that  of  more  than 

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four  hundred.  Park  College  has  a  productive  endowment  of 
$200,000,  over  eleven  hundred  acres  of  land,  and  more  than  a 
score  of  buildings.  It  has  a  preparatory  department  and  a  col- 
lege department  leading  to  the  degree  of  A.  B.  The  library  has 
seven  thousand  books'.  The  feature  that  distinguishes  Park  from 
other  institutions  is  the  opportunity  afforded  students  to  help 
themselves  by  work.  This  opportunity  is  afforded  by  Park  Col- 
lege Family.  Park  Hall  provides  board,  furnished  rooms,  light, 
and  heat  at  $3  per  week.  Tuition  in  college  classes,  $10  per 
term;  third  and  fourth  years,  academy,  $7.50  per  term;  first  and 
second  years,  academy,  $5  per  term. 

ST.  MARK'S  SCHOOL  FOR  BOYS,  Portland,  Callaway 
County,  James  H.  Gill,  Principal,  is  a  boarding  school  for  boys, 
and  is  intended  for  those  between  the  age  of  seven  and  sixteen 
years.  The  school  is  situated  on  a  bluff  overlooking  the  Missouri 
River,  near  the  village  of  Portland.  It  is  conducted  after  the 
manner  of  the  English  private  school,  and  the  boys  are  treated  as 
members  of  the  family.  Board  and  tuition,  $20  per  month.  This 
includes  fuel,  lights,  and  laundry.  Music  and  special  vocal  lessons 
are  the  only  extra  charges. 

ST.  CHARLES  COLLEGE,  St.  Charles,  C.  L.  Wolcott,  A.  M., 
President,  was  founded  in  1834,  and  claims  to  be  the  oldest  chartered 
college  west  of  the  Mississippi.  There  are  two  brick  buildings,  one 
used  for  a  boarding  hall  and  residence,  the  other  for  recitation  rooms. 
The  courses  of  study  include  business,  teachers',  scientific,  classic, 
and  elective.  The  scientific  leads  to  the  degree  B.  S. ;  the  classic 
to  the  degree  B.  A.  Instruction  is  given  in  music,  art,  and  elocu- 
tion. Total  cost  of  residence  and  tuition  is  $165  per  year. 

BARNES'S  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  418^  Olive  Street,  St. 
Louis,  Arthur  J.  Barnes,  President,  J.  R.  Anderson,  Principal,  is 
a  complete  and  practical  business  college.  The  direct  control  is 
in  the  hands  of  Professor  Anderson,  who,  from  a  long  experience, 
understands  the  practical  side  of  business  life.  In  1868  Mr. 
Barnes  left  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  established  himself  in  St.  Louis 
as  a  court  reporter.  Being  continually  called  upon  to  give  instruc- 
tion to  others,  in  1881  he  established  Barnes's  Shorthand  School. 
About  1888  he  published  "  Barnes's  Shorthand  Lessons,"  a  text- 
book of  the  Benn  Pitman  phonography.  This  book  attracted  the 
attention  of  educators,  and  was  afterwards  revised,  and  is  now 
known  as  "  Barnes's  Shorthand  Manual."  It  is  used  in  the  Busi- 
ness High  School  of  Washington,  D.  C.,  Young  Women's  Chris- 
tian Association,  Boston,  Mass.,  and  other  business  colleges 
throughout  the  United  States.  This  book  was  followed  by 
"  Barnes's  Complete  Typewriting  Instructor,"  used  in  New  York, 

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Brooklyn,  Boston,  Indianapolis,  Chicago,  San  Francisco,  and 
other  cities.  The  demand  for  instruction  increased,  until,  in  1896, 
Professor  Barnes  organized  a  full  commercial  school,  known  as 
Barnes's  Business  College.  The  instructors  are  carefully  chosen 
specialists,  and  the  courses  are  kept  abreast  of  the  times. 

CHRISTIAN    BROTHERS   COMMERCIAL  COLLEGE,   St. 

Joseph,  conducted  by  the  Brothers  of  the  Christian  Schools,  is  a 
Catholic  school,  but  students  of  other  denominations  are  received 
and  their  religious  opinions  respected.  The  departments  are 
three :  Primary,  preparatory,  and  commercial.  Annual  expense 
for  board,  tuition,  washing,  bed,  and  bedding,  $200.  Annual 
tuition  for  day  pupils,  $20  to  $50. 

FOREST  PARK  UNIVERSITY,  St.  Louis,  Mrs.  Anna  Sneed 
Cairns,  President,  is  the  only  college  exclusively  for  women  in  the 
West  where  the  full  college  course  is  offered.  The  requirements 
for  graduation,  with  the  degrees  B.  A.  or  B.  S.,  are  similar  to  those 
of  Wellesley,  Bryn  Mawr,  Smith,  and  Vassar.  Besides  strictly 
college  courses,  there  are  seminary,  grammar  school,  and  primary 
courses,  and  departments  of  music,  art,  and  elocution.  Professor 
Kroeger,  director  of  the  College  of  Music,  was  president  of  the 
National  Music  Teachers'  Association  in  1895-96.  The  insti- 
tution was  founded  in  1861,  and  has  had  a  remarkable  growth. 
The  faculty  number  twenty-six.  Tuition  in  seminary  or  college 
courses  is  $80  for  the  school  year.  Terms  in  boarding  department, 
$260  to  $275. 

BISHOP  ROBERTSON  HALL,  St.  Louis,  is  under  the  care  of 
the  Sisterhood  of  the  Good  Shepherd  (Episcopal),  and  was  estab- 
lished in  1874.  Lectures  on  church  history  are  given  monthly  by 
the  bishop  of  the  diocese.  The  courses  are  :  Introductory,  pri- 
mary, junior,  intermediate,  middle,  and  senior.  All  studies  are 
included  which  are  taught  in  high  grade  secondary  schools.  The 
annual  charge  for  board  and  tuition,  not  including  extras,  is  $375. 
Terms  for  day  pupils  (thirty-seven  weeks),  $30  to  $130.  One- 
third  less  is  allowed  the  daughters  of  clergymen. 

HANUAL  TRAINING  SCHOOL,  WASHINGTON  UNIVER= 

SITY,  St.  Louis,  was'  organized  in  1879.  It  is  a  secondary  or 
preparatory  school  between  the  district  or  grammar  school  on  the 
one  hand,  and  the  high  grade  engineering  school  on  the  other. 
It  was  organized  to  effect  several  ends  :  To  furnish  a  broader  and 
more  appropriate  foundation  for  higher  technical  education ;  to 
serve  as  a  developing  school  where  pupils  could  discover  their 
inborn  capacities  and  aptitudes,  whether  in  the  direction  of  litera- 
ture, science,  engineering,  or  the  practical  arts  ;  to  furnish  to  those 
who  looked  forward  to  industrial  life  opportunity  to  become 

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familiar  with  tools,  materials,  drafting,  and  the  methods  of  con- 
struction, as  well  as  with  mathematics,  elementary  science,  and 
ordinary  English  branches.  The  course  of  instruction  covers  three 
full  years.  It  is  the  aim  to  have  every  class  during  its  three 
years  in  the  school  cover  the  standard  college  requirements  in 
English.  All  the  sciences  are  taught  by  the  laboratory  method. 
The  chief  purpose  of  the  school  is  general  training.  Experience 
has  shown  that  a  combination  of  mental  and  manual  exercises  is 
stimulating  and  wholesome.  The  constant  demand  for  graduates 
of  the  school  by  business  managers  is  the  best  possible  proof  of 
the  practical  value  of  manual  training.  Calvin  M.  Woodward, 
A.  B.  (Harvard),  Ph.  D.  (Washington  University),  Director. 

MARY  INSTITUTE,  St.  Louis,  Ermund  H.  Sears,  A.  M.,  Prin- 
cipal, is  an  organized  department  of  Washington  University,  and 
was  founded  under  the  provisions  of  the  University  charter  in 
1859.  It  soon  outgrew  its  original  quarters,  and  the  present 
building  was  erected  in  1878  at  a  cost  of  $70,000.  The  faculty 
numbers  thirty,  and  the  school,  with  this  large  corps  of  teachers 
and  with  its  well  equipped  library  and  laboratories,  gives  a  thor- 
ough preparation  for  college.  Graduates  can  enter  without  exam- 
ination Wellesley,  Smith,  and  Vassar,  as  well  as  all  women's  col- 
leges which  admit  on  certificate.  While  a  limited  number  of 
special  students  are  received,  the  Institute  is  a  thoroughly  graded 
school,  extending  from  the  lowest  primary  to  the  highest  academic 
departments.  Pupils  receive  much  individual  attention,  a  teacher 
being  provided  for  every  fifteen  students.  A  thorough  course  in 
cooking  is  given  to  all  members  of  the  senior  class  that  desire  it. 
There  is  no  boarding  department.  Tuition,  per  term  of  eighteen 
weeks,  $35  to  $80. 

ST. 'LOUIS  UNIVERSITY,  St.  Louis,  the  Rev.  Joseph  Grim- 
melsman,  S.  J.,  President,  was  founded  in  1829  by  members  of 
the  Society  of  Jesus.  It  was  incorporated  by  Act  of  the  State 
Legislature  of  Missouri  in  1832,  and  empowered  to  confer 
degrees.  The  degree  conferred  by  the  institution  is  that  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts,  which  is  attained  by  giving  satisfaction  in  the 
examinations  held  at  the  end  of  the  curriculum.  The  degree  of 
Master  of  Arts  may  be  obtained  subsequently,  by  devoting  a 
second  year  to  the  continued  study  of  philosophy  in  the  institu- 
tion, or  by  two  years  of  application  to  the  pursuit  of  a  learned 
profession.  There  are  classical,  academic,  and  commercial  depart- 
ments. Non-Catholic  students  are  admitted  to  the  University. 
An  officer  of  the  United  States  Army  is  detailed  by  the  President 
of  the  United  States  as  professor  of  military  science  and  tactics. 
Military  drill  is  obligatory  upon  the  students  of  the  collegiate 
department  and  upon  the  students  of  the  first  and  second  commer- 


Mo.  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  St.  Louis. 

cial  classes.  The  University  offers  an  extensive  post-graduate 
course.  Tuition,  per  session  of  ten  months,  for  all  classes,  $60. 

ST.    LOUIS   SCHOOL   AND   MUSEUfl   OF   FINE   ARTS 

(Art  Department  of  Washington  University),  St.  Louis,  Halsey 
C.  Ives,  Director.  For  nearly  twenty-five  years  art  instruction 
has  been  embodied  in  the  course  of  study  of  Washington  Univer- 
sity. In  1875  special  students  were  admitted  to  the  drawing 
department,  and  class  and  public  lectures  were  given  on  art 
history.  The  same  year  an  evening  school  was  opened.  On 
May  22,  1879,  the  directors  of  the  University  adopted  an  ordi- 
nance, a  part  of  which  read  as  follows  :  "  A  Department  of  Art  is 
hereby  established  as  a  special  department  of  Washington  Uni- 
versity, to  be  known  as  the  St.  Louis  School  of  Fine  Arts.  The 
object  of  said  department  shall  be :  Instruction  in  the  fine  arts ; 
the  collection  and  exhibition  of  pictures,  statuary,  and  other  works 
of  art,  and  of  whatever  else  may  be  of  artistic  interest  and  appro- 
priate for  a  public  gallery  or  art  museum ;  and,  in  general,  the 
promotion  by  all  proper  means  of  aesthetic  or  artistic  education." 
The  school  occupies  a  newly  erected  fire-proof  building  of  three 
stories.  The  reception-room  is  situated  on  the  first  floor  near  the 
main  entrance.  A  class  lecture  room,  also  on  the  first  floor,  is 
arranged  in  amphitheatre  style,  and  will  seat  116  students.  A 
large  hall  on  the  second  floor  will  accommodate  six  hundred  per- 
sons. The  reading-room  is  supplied  with  all  the  current  maga- 
zines and  the  leading  art  journals  of  the  world.  The  museum  in 
its  various  collections  affords  rare  opportunities  for  study.  The 
teachers  connected  with  the  school  have  received  their  training  in 
Europe.  Individual  instruction  is  given  in  drawing,  modelling, 
painting,  artistic  anatomy,  perspective,  composition,  architectural 
and  mechanical  drawing.  The  tuition  fee  is  $25  per  term,  or  $75 
per  year. 

TOENSFELDT  INSTITUTE,  St.  Louis,  J.  Toensfeldt,  Princi- 
pal, was  founded  in  1879  under  the  name  of  "  Educational  Insti- 
tute." In  1886  a  manual  training  department  was  added.  The 
course  of  study  is  divided  into  primary,  grammar,  and  academic 
departments.  The  academic  is  the  usual  four-year  high  school 
course,  in  which  English  and  German  hold  an  important  place. 
Bookkeeping  is  also  taught.  The  charges  for  board  and  tuition 
are  $400  per  year. 

WALTHER  COLLEGE  OF  ST.  LOUIS,  St.  Louis,  Prof.  A. 
C.  Burgdorf,  President,  was  opened  in  1889,  under  the  auspices 
of  the  Lutheran  denomination.  It  is  situated  in  the  heart  of  the 
city,  occupying  an  elevated  and  healthful  site.  There  are  three 
buildings  of  modern  construction.  Religious  instruction  is  given 

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in  all  classes.  Provision  is  made  for  four  parallel  courses  of  study  : 
Classical,  scientific,  English,  and  commercial.  The  school  is  co- 
educational. Tuition  in  the  two  lower  classes  is  $50  per  annum  ; 
in  the  two  upper,  $75.  Non-resident  male  students  are  accommo- 
dated in  the  boarding  hall  connected  with  the  institution.  The 
cost  of  board  and  lodging,  including  bath,  fuel,  and  light,  is  $150 
per  annum.  In  Ladies'  Hall  the  female  students  receive  the  same 
accommodations,  including  tuition,  for  $240  per  annum.  These 
fees  do  not  include  the  laundering  of  students'  linen. 

NORTH  fllSSOURI  ACADEMY,  Salisbury,  G.  C.  Briggs, 
Principal.  This  is  the  name  given  to  the  combined  schools, 
Salisbury  Academy  and  North  Missouri  Institute.  It  is  located 
in  the  city  of  Salisbury,  167  miles  from  St.  Louis.  The  school  is 
for  boys  and  girls,  and  has  a  literary  and  scientific  department,  a 
normal  department,  a  business  and  shorthand  department,  depart- 
ments of  music,  art,  and  elocution,  and  a  military  department. 

AVALON  COLLEGE,  Trenton,  Grundy  County.  The  college 
building  is  a  fine  brick  structure  of  twenty-nine  rooms.  The 
collegiate  courses  are  standard.  The  normal  department  furnishes 
first-class  advantages  to  persons  preparing  to  teach.  Musical, 
elocutionary,  commercial,  and  art  departments.  Two  literary 
societies.  Attendance  largely  increased  over  last  year.  Expenses, 
including  boarding,  room,  and  tuition,  $150  to  $175  per  year.  C. 
J.  Kephart,  President.  W.  C.  Ryan,  Principal  of  normal  depart- 
ment 

BUCHANON  COLLEGE,  Troy,  W.  F.  Roberts,  A.  M.,  Presi- 
dent, is  a  co-educational,  non-sectarian  college,  situated  in  a  village 
with  the  best  railroad  facilities  and  without  a  liquor  saloon.  The 
following  departments  are  included  :  Academic,  business,  music, 
art,  and  elocution.  The  academic  department  embraces  prepara- 
tory, classical,  scientific,  and  teachers'  courses.  The  rate  of  tuition 
is  $40  for  the  year. 

MONTANA. 

ST.  VINCENT'S  ACADEflY,  Helena,  conducted  by  the 
Sisters  of  Charity,  was  established  in  1869.  The  new  building 
occupies  one  of  the  most  eligible  sites  in  Helena.  No  undue 
influence  is  exerted  over  the  religious  opinions  of  non-Cath- 
olic students.  Pupils  are  allowed  to  visit  their  homes  at  the 
Christmas  holidays  only.  The  course  of  instruction  includes  all 
the  subjects  usually  taught.  Expense  for  residence  and  regular 
tuition  is  $100  per  session  of  five  months.  The  scholastic  year  is 
divided  into  two  five-month  sessions.  Pupils  are  received  at  any 
time  in  the  year  and  charged  from  date  of  entrance. 

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UNIVERSITY  OF  MONTANA,  Missoula,  Oscar  J.  Craig, 
Ph.  D.,  President,  was  created  by  an  Act  of  the  Montana  State  Leg- 
islature, approved  February  17,  1893.  The  University  grounds 
comprise  forty  acres,  commanding  a  magnificent  outlook,  and  the 
commodious  University  Hall  and  Science  Hall,  recently  erected, 
are  fine  buildings  planned  with  especial  reference  to  the  present 
needs  and  future  demands  of  the  University.  There  are  collegiate, 
preparatory,  and  music  departments,  and  provision  is  also  made 
for  special  students.  The  collegiate  courses  of  study  are :  A 
classical  course  leading  to  the  degree  of  A.  B.;  a  philosophical 
course  leading  to  the  degree  of  B.  Ph.;  a  science  course  leading  to 
the  degree  of  B.  S.;  a  course  in  mechanical  engineering  leading 
to  the  degree  of  B.  M.  E.  The  college  year  is  divided  into  two 
equal  semesters.  The  matriculation  fee  for  the  preparatory  or 
for  any  college  course  is  $10  per  year.  The  University  has  no 
dormitories. 

NEBRASKA. 

BELLEVUE  COLLEGE,  Bellevue,  David  R.  Kerr,  Ph.D., 
D.  D.,  President,  is  the  college  department  of  the  University  of 
Omaha.  Connected  with  the  college  is  a  preparatory  department, 
which  prepares  for  the  best  colleges.  The  college  has  gained 
and  maintains,  not  merely  the  reputation,  but  the  character  of 
high  scholarship  and  culture.  President  Kerr  and  Mrs.  Kerr 
have  large  experience  and  wisdom  in  guiding  and  inspiring  young 
men  and  women.  The  plan  is  parental,  and  the  college  is  made 
also  a  home.  The  teachers,  who  are  the  best  of  educated  men 
and  women,  take  personal  interest  in  the  students,  and  give  them 
the  full  benefits  of  their  culture.  The  boys  and  girls  have  separate 
halls,  with  attractive  rooms,  and  all  modern  city  accommodations 
and  conveniences.  These  buildings  are  heated  with  steam  or  hot 
water.  They  are  so  located  as  to  give  one  of  the  most  beautiful 
and  extensive  landscape  views.  The  air  and  water  are  the  purest. 
The  site  is  at  Bellevue,  Neb.,  ten  miles  south  of  the  centre  of 
Omaha.  The  college  curriculum,  in  its  required  and  elective 
studies,  gives  breadth  and  thoroughness  equal  to  the  best  colleges 
of  the  East.  The  expense  is  $150  per  year.  The  best  of  musical 
advantages  at  extra  expense. 

CHADRON  ACADEMY,  Chadron,  Winfred  Chesney  Rhoades, 
Principal,  was  established  in  1888  by  the  Northwestern  Associa- 
tion of  Congregational  Churches  in  Nebraska.  It  is  the  only 
institution  of  learning,  except  the  public  schools,  in  a  region  of 
twenty-one  counties,  having  an  area  of  twenty-eight  thousand 
square  miles.  It  offers  four  regular  courses  :  Classical,  scientific, 
normal,  and  commercial,  besides  preparatory  work  for  those  who 

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need  it.  The  classical  and  scientific  -are  the  regular  college 
preparatory  courses.  In  addition  to  these  there  is  the  Chadron 
Academy  School  of  Music,  which  offers  instruction  in  piano, 
violin,  voice  building,  chorus  singing,  and  organ.  Situated  in  the 
midst  of  a  vast  grazing  country,  Chadron  Academy  has  sent  forth 
its  graduates  to  do  work  of  importance,  and  often  to  take  positions 
of  some  prominence  in  a  new  and  needy  section.  The  academy 
is  not  sectarian,  but  it  is  distinctly  and  positively  Christian  in  its 
principles,  its  ideals,  and  its  teaching. 

QUEEN  CITY  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Hastings,  H.  S. 
Miller,  M.  C.  S.  This  school  is  located  in  one  of  the  finest  cities 
in  the  West.  The  city  is  known  as  the  Queen  City  of  the  Plains,  and 
is  in  every  way  a  beautiful  health  resort.  Ladies  and  gentlemen 
are  admitted  to  the  school,  and  have  equal  advantages.  The  rooms 
are  spacious  and  attractive,  and  fitted  up  with  all  modern  improve- 
ments. Five  complete  courses.  The  expenses  are  about  $150 
per  year,  including  tuition,  room,  board,  and  stationery.  We  have 
excellent  facilities  for  assisting  those  who  properly  qualify  them- 
selves. 

THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  NEBRASKA,  Lincoln,  George  E. 
MacLean,  LL.  D.,  Chancellor,  is  a  part  of  the  public  school  system 
of  the  State,  and  was  founded  by  an  Act  of  the  State  Legislature, 
which  took  effect  February  15,  1869.  The  University  owns  an 
extensive  property.  Among  the  buildings  .on  the  campus  are: 
University  Hall,  Chemical  Laboratory,  Nebraska  Hall,  Library, 
Observatory,  College  of  Mechanic  Arts,  and  Grant  Memorial 
Hall,  containing  the  armory  and  gymnasium.  The  libraries  of 
the  University  contain  thirty-five  thousand  books.  The.  University 
of  Nebraska  comprises  the  following  named  colleges  and  schools : 
The  College  of  Literature,  Science,  and  the  Arts,  the  Industrial 
College,  the  Graduate  School,  the  College  of  Law,  the  School  of 
Agriculture,  the  School  of  Mechanic  Arts,  the  Sugar  School,  the 
School  of  Domestic  Science,  special  professional  courses,  the 
summer  session.  The  regents  of  the  University  have  also  en- 
trusted to  their  charge  the  United  States  Experiment  Station. 
They  offer  courses  in  university  extension,  including  farmers' 
institutes.  There  is  also  affiliated  with  the  University  a  school  of 
music  and  one  of  art,  in  which,  pending  the  opening  of  the  College 
of  Fine  Arts,  instruction  is  given  in  every  grade  of  instrumental 
and  vocal  music,  and  in  drawing,  painting,  wood  carving,  model- 
ling, etching,  and  the  history  of  art.  Admission  to  the  College  of 
Literature,  Science,  and  the  Arts  is  by  examination,  or  on  certifi- 
cate from  accredited  schools.  The  College  of  Literature,  Science, 
and  the  Arts  provides  for  undergraduate  work  leading  to  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  The  Industrial  College  leads  simi- 

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larly  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science.  Other  degrees  offered 
by  the  University  are :  Bachelor  of  Laws,  Doctor  of  Philosophy, 
Electrical  Engineer,  and  Master  of  Arts.  Military  drill  is  required 
by  the  statutes  of  the  State  of  all  male  students  in  the  college 
courses  who  belong  to  the  classes  known  as  first  year  of  residence, 
second  year  of  residence,  and  third  year  of  residence,  including 
those  special  students  who  have  two  studies  therein.  The  gym- 
nasium is  thoroughly  equipped  with  light  and  heavy  apparatus, 
and  gives  an  unobstructed  floor  space  of  over  fifty-two  hundred 
square  feet.  An  employment  bureau  is  maintained  at  the  Uni- 
versity. The  University  promises  nothing  in  advance,  but  pays 
out,  as  the  labor  may  be  needed,  about  a  thousand  dollars  a  year 
for  student  labor,  at  twelve  and  one-half  cents  to  twenty  cents  an 
hour.  There  are  a  few  fellowships  and  scholarships  for  graduate 
students,  and  some  positions  for  laboratory  assistants  and  readers. 
The  average  cost  of  a  year  at  the  University  ought  not  to  exceed 
$175.  Many  spend  much  less  than  this  sum.  The  students 
board  and  lodge  among  the  families  of  the  city. 

GATES  COLLEGE,  Neligh,  the  Rev.  Oscar  Franklyn  Davis, 
President.  This  Congregational  College  of  Northern  Nebraska, 
incorporated  in  1881,  was  named  in  honor  of  the  Rev.  Hiram  N. 
Gates,  for  many  years  Superintendent  of  Home  Missions  in  the 
State.  Opened  for  students  in  1882,  its  college  department  was 
not  organized  until  four  years  later.  Its  subsequent  growth  has 
been  rapid,  and  the  present  enrolment  is  over  two  hundred. 
Neligh,  150  miles  northwest  from  Omaha,  is  easily  accessible  by 
rail  from  all  points  in  the  State.  The  four  fine  buildings  of  the 
college  include  one  of  the  best  gymnasiums  in  Nebraska.  The 
equipment  of  the  college  laboratories  is  excellent ;  the  museum 
has  the  foundation  for  valuable  collections,  and  the  library  num- 
bers about  five  thousand  volumes.  The  departments  are  :  College, 
academy,  normal,  music,  elocution,  and  business.  The  average 
annual  expense  is  estimated  at  $136.  By  strict  economy  this  may 
be  reduced  to  $100. 

THE  CREIGHTON  UNIVERSITY,  Omaha,  the  Rev.  John 
Pahls,  S.  J.,  President,  was  founded  in  1878,  and  incorporated  as 
a  university  under  act  of  the  Legislature  of  Nebraska  in  the  year 
following.  It  embraces  two  colleges :  The  Creighton  College, 
with  collegiate,  academic,  and  elocution  departments,  and  the 
John  A.  Creighton  Medical  College.  The  college  confers  the 
degrees  Bachelor  of  Arts,  Master  of  Arts,  Bachelor  of  Philos- 
ophy, and  Doctor  of  Philosophy,  and  the  medical  school  confers 
the  degree  Doctor  of  Medicine.  This  is  a  Roman  Catholic 
institution,  and  religious  instruction  is  made  prominent  in  the 
curriculum.  Among  secular  studies  the  ancient  classics  hold 

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the  first  place  as  the  most  efficient  instrument  of  mental  discipline. 
The  academic  year  consists  of  one  session,  beginning  on  the  first 
Monday  of  September,  and  ending  in  the  last  week  of  June. 
Tuition  is  entirely  free. 

NEBRASKA  SCHOOL  FOR  THE  DEAF,  Omaha,  Henry  E. 
Dawes,  M.  A.,  Superintendent.  This  is  a  State  institution,  the 
only  one  of  its  kind  in  Nebraska,  and  for  more  than  a  score  of 
years  it  has  followed  its  mission  of  care  and  instruction  to  those 
children  of  the  Commonwealth  who  are  debarred  by  reason  of 
deafness  from  attending  the  common  schools.  Such  are  received 
when  residing  in  the  State  without  charge,  and  others  may  be 
received  and  furnished  with  the  same  advantages  by  application 
personally  or  by  letter  to  the  superintendent,  who  is  always  glad 
to  correspond  with  those  interested  in  matters  pertaining  to  the 
school.  The  situation  is  highly  attractive,  the  location  being  on 
pleasantly  wooded  meadow  land  sufficiently  elevated  to  command 
an  expansive  view  of  the  Missouri  Valley,  and  having  the  city  of 
Omaha  readily  accessible  by  electro-motor.  The  physical  require- 
ments of  the  pupils  are  abundantly  supplied ;  the  food  is  ample 
and  of  the  best  quality,  and  the  water,  from  deep  wells  on  the 
premises,  is  unexcelled.  The  corps  of  last  season,  of  seventeen 
teachers,  has  been  augmented  by  several  trained  specialists,  with 
full  equipment  for  the  work  and  heartiest  interest  in  its  successful 
accomplishment.  The  spring  roster  of  161  pupils  is  now  sur- 
passed by  two,  and  many  more  new  pupils  are  arranging  to  come. 
The  course  of  study  extends  from  the  technical  work  of  the 
kindergarten,  so  much  enjoyed  by  the  little  folk,  through  the 
usual  primary,  intermediate,  and  high  school  branches,  to  a 
graduation  that  finds  our  young  men  and  women  ready  for  meet- 
ing and  dealing  with  the  problems  of  life.  The  social  and  literary 
features  of  the  school  receive  constant  and  skilled  attention  from 
members  of  the  staff  especially  qualified  for  those  phases  of  the 
work,  and  a  religious  influence  of  non-sectarian  character  pervades 
the  school.  A  Christian  Endeavor  Society  has  been  organized, 
and  is  doing  splendid  work.  The  method  of  instruction  employed 
is  the  one  known  as  the  Combined  System ;  the  arts  of  articula- 
tion and  of  lip-reading  are  given  full  attention,  and  each  pupil  is 
brought  into  correspondence  with  the  hearing  and  speaking  world 
to  the  fullest  possible  extent.  Guests  are  always  welcome  to  the 
institution,  and  are  afforded  every  opportunity  for  examining  the 
methods  of  teaching. 

NEBRASKA  STATE  NORMAL  AND  TRAINING  SCHOOL, 

Peru,  Nemaha  County,  J.  A.  Beattie,  LL.  D.,  President.  Courses 
are  offered  which  prepare  for  kindergarten  work  in  the  public 
schools,  as  well  as  for  the  primary,  intermediate,  and  higher 

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grades.  Courses  are  also  given  leading  to  the  State  and  life 
diplomas,  courses  adapted  to  graduates  of  high  schools,  and 
special  courses  of  study  for  normal  school  and  college  graduates. 
There  is  a  model  school,  and  all  facilities  for  practical  work  in 
child  study.  The  school's  equipment  includes  well  supplied 
laboratories  and  a  library  of  over  thirteen  thousand  volumes.  In 
addition  to  regular  branches,  instruction  is  given  in  painting, 
drawing,  vocal  and  instrumental  music.  There  is  a  summer 
term.  Registration  fee  is  $5  ;  tuition,  except  for  private  work  in 
painting,  elocution,  and  music,  is  free. 

NEBRASKA  NORflAL  COLLEGE,  Wayne,  J.  M.  Pile,  A.  M  , 
President.  Wayne,  county  seat  of  Wayne  County,  is  on  the 
Chicago,  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis  and  Omaha  Railroad,  forty-five  miles 
from  Sioux  City  and  115  from  Omaha.  The  land  is  rolling;  in 
healthfulness  it  is  unexcelled.  The  handsome  main  building  is 
located  on  a  campus  of  five  acres.  Courses  of  study  include 
literary,  teachers',  professional,  scientific,  classical,  mathematical, 
and  special  science.  Students  may  complete  any  course  without 
remaining  consecutive  terms  or  years.  There  are  no  vacations. 
Graduates  in  good  standing  are  certain  of  positions,  as  the  school 
is  not  able  to  furnish  half  the  number  of  teachers  requested. 
Tuition,  board,  and  furnished  room  for  one  year  (fifty  weeks)  is 
$125;  for  a  term  (ten  weeks)  is  $31.50.  Elocution  and  vocal 
music  are  free. 

WEEPING  WATER  ACADEHY,  Weeping  Water,  Frank  C. 
Taylor,  A.  B.,  Principal.  This  school  aims  to  provide  the  best 
advantages  and  surroundings  for  earnest  students  to  do  thorough, 
broad  educational  work.  We  prepare  fully  for  college.  The 
school  is  in  a  very  picturesque  little  city  of  thirteen  hundred  to 
fifteen  hundred  people,  has  the  endorsement  of  the  Congregational 
churches  of  the  State,  has  been  at  work  thirteen  years,  and  was 
never  in  better  condition  than  now.  The  school  expenses  for  a 
school  year,  thirty-nine  weeks,  need  not  exceed  $115.  The  faculty 
are  all  college  graduates.  Standard  business,  normal,  and  general 
culture  courses  are  carried.  A  strong  conservatory  of  music  offers 
the  best  of  music  work. 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 

ST.  MARY'S  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  Concord,  Elizabeth  M. 
Montague-Gainforth,  Principal,  affords  the  advantages  both  of  a. 
refined  Christian  home  and  of  a  complete  preparation  for  the  best 
women's  colleges.  In  addition  to  the  school  course  of  four  years, 
there  is  a  post-graduate  course  of  two  years,  and  several  elective 
courses.  The  number  in  the  household  is  limited.  This  is  a 

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Protestant  Episcopal  school,  and  sacred  studies,  including  Church 
catechism,  are  embraced  in  the  curriculum.  The  charge  for  resi- 
dence and  regular  tuition  is  $400  ;  for  day  pupils,  the  charge  is 

#75- 

THE  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  COLLEGE  OF  AGRICULTURE 
AND  THE  flECHANIC  ARTS,  Durham,  C.  S.  Murkland,  Ph.  D., 
President,  was  established  on  the  basis  of  the  Congressional  land 
grant  by  the  New  Hampshire  State.  Legislature  in  1866.  It  was 
founded  at  Hanover  in  connection  with  Dartmouth  College,  but 
at  the  session  of  the  State  Legislature  in  1891  acts  were  passed 
severing  the  connection  with  Dartmouth  and  removing  the  institu- 
tion to  Durham.  Large  appropriations  have  recently  been  made, 
and  handsome  buildings  erected.  Besides  the  preparatory  course, 
courses  are  offered  in  agriculture,  mechanical  and  electrical  engi- 
neering, technical  chemistry,  and  a  general  collegiate  scientific 
course.  The  college  is  co-educational ;  it  confers  the  degree 
Bachelor  of  Science  on  those  who  complete  a  four  years'  course. 
Tuition  is  $60  a  year. 

THE  PHILLIPS  EXETER  ACADEMY,  Exeter,  Harlan  Page 
Amen,  A.  M.,  Principal.  This  academy  was  incorporated  April  3, 
1781,  and  was  opened  May  i,  1783.  The  first  and  chief  bene- 
factor of  the  academy  was  Dr.  John  Phillips,  whose  donations  in 
all  amounted  to  about  $60,000.  The  building  erected  in  1794, 
and  enlarged  in  1821,  was  destroyed  by  fire  December  17,  1870, 
and  the  new  building  was  completed  in  1872,  since  which  time 
seven  new  buildings  have  been  added.  The  object  of  the  academy 
is  to  furnish  the  elements  of  a  solid  education,  and  it  offers  in- 
struction in  all  the  studies  required  for  admission  to  the  leading 
colleges  and  scientific  schools.  The  alumni  number  about  six 
thousand.  The  tuition  is  $100  a  year,  and  the  entire  expenses  for 
resident  students  vary  from  $233  to  $408  per  year,  including 
tuition. 

DARTflOUTH  COLLEGE,  Hanover,  the  Rev.  W.  J.  Tucker, 
D.  D.,  President,  is  the  outgrowth  of  a  school  which  the  Rev. 
Eleazar  Wheelock  opened  in  his  home  at  Lebanon,  Conn.,  Decem- 
ber 1 8,  1754,  for  the  Christian  education  of  Indian  youth.  The 
school  was  known  as  Moor's  Indian  Charity  School.  In  1764, 
thirty  pupils  were  in  attendance,  of  whom  about  one-half  were 
English  students,  preparing  to  serve  as  missionaries  to  the  Indians. 
The  sum  of  ten  thousand  pounds  was  soon  afterward  raised,  and 
committed  to  the  charge  of  a  board  of  trustees  with  the  Earl  of 
Dartmouth  at  its  head.  As  the  result  of  this  endowment  it  was 
determined  by  Doctor  Wheelock  to  enlarge  the  purpose  of  the 
school,  especially  to  reach  "  a  greater  proportion  of  English  youth," 

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and  to  change  its  location.  After  careful  investigation,  the  site 
chosen  was  the  township  of  Hanover,  in  the  province  of  New 
Hampshire,  which  was  the  natural  center  of  "  more  than  two  hun- 
dred towns,  chartered,  settled,  or  about  to  be  settled."  Removal  to 
the  province  of  New  Hampshire  gave  the  assurance  of  a  charter, 
which  had  thus  far  been  difficult  to  obtain.  This  was  given  by 
Gov.  John  Wentworth  in  the  name  of  King  George  III.  and  bears 
the  date  of  December  13,  1769.  The  college  received  the  name 
of  Lord  Dartmouth,  its  most  active  patron  in  Great  Britain.  The 
first  board  of  trustees  consisted  of  the  governor,  with  three  of  his 
council,  the  speaker  of  the  New  Hampshire  House  of  Representa- 
tives, one  member  of  the  Connecticut  colonial  government,  and 
six  Connecticut  clergymen  selected  by  Doctor  Wheelock.  Doctor 
Wheelock  was  elected  president.  The  first  class  of  four  students 
was  graduated  in  1771,  the  commencement  being  attended  by  the 
governor  of  the  province  of  New  Hampshire  and  a  company  of 
gentlemen  from  Portsmouth,  who  made  their  way  in  part  through 
almost  trackless  forests.  Other  institutions  have  from  time  to  time 
been  associated  with,  or  incorporated  into,  the  college  :  Dartmouth 
Medical  College,  1788,  the  Chandler  School  of  Science  and  the 
Arts,  1851  ;  the  New  Hampshire  School  of  Agriculture  and  the 
Mechanic  Arts,  1866  (subsequently  removed  to  Durham  and 
placed  on  an  independent  foundation)  ;  and  the  Thayer  School  of 
Civil  Engineering,  1867.  The  Chandler  Scientific  School  confers 
the  degree  of  B.  S.  after  a  four  years'  course.  The  college  proper 
confers  the  usual  collegiate  degrees  and  admits  students  on  exam- 
ination and  from  the  certificates  of  approved  schools. 

SANBORN  SEfllNARY,  Kingston,  Frederic  T.  Farnsworth, 
Principal.  Fifty  miles  from  Boston.  For  boys  and  girls.  Col- 
lege preparatory  and  general  courses.  Colleges  admit  on  princi- 
pal's certificate.  Experienced  teachers,  well  equipped  laboratories, 
good  library,  gymnasium.  Large  per  cent  of  the  work  elective. 
All  pupils  not  required  to  do  same  amount  of  work.  Location 
quiet  and  healthful.  Tuition  per  term  of  twelve  weeks,  $5.  Board 
in  private  families  from  $3  to  $4  per  week.  Year  begins  second 
Monday  in  September. 

NEW  IPSWICH  APPLETON  ACADEMY,  New  Ipswich, 
William  A.  Preston,  Principal,  was  incorporated  in  1789,  and  is 
thus  the  second  oldest  school  of  its  grade  in  the  State.  Its  name 
was  originally  New  Ipswich  Academy,  the  present  title  of  the 
institution  having  been  adopted  in  1853  in  honor  of  Hon.  Samuel 
Appleton,  from  whom  the  school  received  $30,000.  The  academy 
is  located  in  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  healthful  villages  of 
southern  New  Hampshire,  and  is  only  three  miles  from  Greenville, 

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the  terminus  of  the  Peterboro  and  Shirley  branch  of  the  Fitchburg 
Railroad. 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE  STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL,  Plymouth, 

A.  H.  Campbell,  Ph.  D.,  Principal,  was  authorized  by  Act  of  Legis- 
lature in  1870,  and  was  opened  the  year  following.  In  1890-91 
new  buildings  were  erected.  During  its  history  574  students  have 
been  graduated.  The  school's  main  purpose  is  strictly  profes- 
sional, —  the  training  of  teachers  for  organizing,  governing,  and 
teaching  the  public  schools  of  the  State.  In  connection  with  the 
institution  are  the  training  schools  graded  through  a  course  of 
twelve  years.  Young  men  must  be  seventeen  years  of  age  at 
entrance ;  young  women,  sixteen.  There  is  a  good  pedagogical 
library.  Tuition  is  free  to  those  preparing  to  teach  in  New  Hamp- 
shire ;  to  others  it  is  $15  per  term.  The  scholastic  year  contains, 
two  terms. 

NEW  HAflPSHIRE  CONFERENCE  SEMINARY,  Tilton, 
George  L.  Plimpton,  A.  M .,  President.  The  town  in  which  this 
school  is  located  is  in  the  central  part  of  New  Hampshire,  on  the 
direct  line  of  the  Boston  and  Maine  Railroad.  The  region  is  well 
known  on  account  of  the  beauty  of  its  mountain  scenery  and  the 
healthfulness  of  the  climate.  The  school,  which  is  now  in  its 
fifty-fourth  year,  was  first  organized  as  a  ladies'  college,  and  was 
among  the  first  institutions  in  the  country  to  grant  degrees  to 
women.  At  the  present  time  it  is  a  preparatory  school  for  both 
gentlemen  and  ladies.  Besides  the  work  of  the  college  preparatory 
department,  courses  are  offered  in  music,  art,  and  elocution.  The 
buildings  are  large  and  commodious.  They  are  heated  by  steam, 
and  lighted  by  electricity.  The  twelve  teachers  who  live  in  the 
building  have  personal  oversight  of  the  students,  and  a  resident 
nurse  attends  to  matters  of  health.  The  yearly  expense,  including 
board,  laundry,  and  tuition  in  regular  studies,  is  $200. 

NEW  JERSEY. 

BLAIR  PRESBYTERIAL  ACADEMY,  Blairstown,  the  Rev. 
John  C.  Sharpe,  D.  D.,  Principal.  The  academy  was  founded  in 
1848,  its  principal  benefactor  being  Mr.  John  I.  Blair,  who  placed 
it  upon  a  solid  financial  basis,  his  donations  amounting  to  about 
$600,000.  The  design  of  the  school  is  to  give  pupils  of  both  sexes 
superior  advantages  in  preparing  for  college  or  for  business  at 
rates  so  low  that  persons  of  moderate  means  may  enjoy  the  bene- 
fits of  the  school.  Two  courses  of  study  are  offered,  classical 
and  scientific.  The  charge  for  tuition  and  board  is  $225  per  year. 
The  school  is  located  in  a  picturesque  and  most  beautiful  part  of 
the  country,  being  within  sight  of  the  Blue  Mountains  and  the 

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famous  Delaware  Water  Gap.  Recent  improvements  have  com- 
pleted a  most  thorough  equipment  in  both  the  residence  and  school 
departments. 

THE  GERHAN  THEOLOGICAL  SCHOOL  OF  NEWARK, 

Charles  E.  Knox,  D.  D.,  President,  Bloomfield.  This  institution 
was  opened  in  1869  for  the  education  of  young  Germans  for  the 
ministry  among  their  own  countrymen  in  America.  It  has  an 
academic  and  a  theological  department.  The  academic  depart- 
ment has  a  four  years'  course,  and  leads  to  the  theological  course 
of  three  years.  The  seven  years  give  a  compacted  instruction  of 
the  academy,  the  college,  and  the  theological  seminary.  The 
instruction  is  in  German  and  in  English.  The  graduate  is  ex- 
pected to  use  the  German  or  to  be  bi-lingual  in  German  and  Eng- 
lish. The  institution  is  Reformed  or  Presbyterian  in  character. 

THE  BORDENTOWN  fllLITARY  INSTITUTE,  Bordentown, 
the  Rev.  T.  H.  Landon,  A.  M.,  Principal.  The  Institute  grounds, 
on  Park  Street,  comprise  five  acres,  a  part  of  which  is  a  charming 
forest.  The  buildings  are  large  and  completely  equipped,  having 
been  remodelled  and  enlarged  in  1890.  Especial  attention  is 
given  to  physical  care  and  culture.  All  students  participate  in 
the  regular  drill,  which  is  according  to  the  Infantry  Drill  Regula- 
tions, United  States  army.  Three  courses  of  study  are  offered : 
Academic,  scientific,  and  classical.  Boys  may  be  thoroughly  pre- 
pared for  the  highest  colleges  and  scientific  schools,  but  those  who 
desire  to  complete  their  education  in  the  school  are  permitted  by 
the  system  of  electives  to  make  their  own  choice  of  studies.  The 
expenses  for  board  and  tuition  in  any  course  are  $400  per  annum. 

THE  PRISCILLA  BRAISLIN  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  Bor- 
dentown, Alice  G.  Braislin  and  Mary  R.  Braislin,  Principals,  was 
opened  in  1889,  and  offers  primary,  secondary,  intermediate, 
academic,  and  college  preparatory  courses.  The  location  is  one 
hour  and  thirty-five  minutes  from  New  York  via  Trenton,  and 
fifty-five  minutes  from  Philadelphia.  The  aim  of  the  school  is  that 
of  three-fold  education,  physical,  mental,  and  spiritual,  and  the 
atmosphere  of  the  home  is  that  of  "a  cultured  Christian  family. 
The  charge  for  boarding  pupils  for  the  year  is  $400.  This  includes 
board  and  tuition  in  all  studies  and  physical  culture.  Rates  for 
day  pupils  vary  from  $20  to  $30. 

IVY  HALL  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  Bridgeton,  Mrs.  J.  Allen 
Maxwell,  is  an  English  and  classical  boarding  and  day  school,  and 
was  founded  in  1861.  Statistics  prove  that  Bridgeton  is  the  fore- 
most town  in  New  Jersey  in  point  of  healthfullness.  It  is  thirty- 
seven  miles  south  of  Philadelphia,  and  has  the  same  latitude  as 
Baltimore.  The  house  is  large  and  well  arranged,  and  supplied 

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with  modern  improvements.  Thorough  preparation  is  given  for 
either  professional  or  domestic  life.  Board  and  regular  tuition, 
$400.  Charges  for  day  pupils,  $30  to  $50. 

WEST  JERSEY  ACADEflY,  Bridgeton,  Phoebus  W.  Lyon, 
A.  M.,  Principal,  was  founded  in  1852  by  the  West  Jersey  Pres- 
bytery. It  has  both  a  boarding  and  a  day  school  department,  and 
occupies  a  fine  stone  building.  The  grounds  are  fourteen  acres  in 
extent,  and  there  is  a  fully  equipped  gymnasium.  Complete  prepa- 
ration is  given  for  college.  Board  and  tuition,  $370.  Tuition 
alone,  $60  a  year. 

THE  PINQRY  SCHOOL,  Elizabeth,  Frank  H.  Robson,  A.  M.y 
Head  Master.  This  school  was  founded  by  the  Rev.  John  F. 
Pingry,  Ph.D.,  in  1861,  and  continued  with  large  success  under 


his  personal  direction  until  1892.  The  school  was  in  that  year 
incorporated,  a  new  building  was  erected,  and  the  school  facilities 
much  increased.  The  building  has  a  frontage  of  eighty-seven  feet 
and  a  depth  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven  feet,  and  contains 
laboratories,  drawing-room,  library,  gymnasium,  assembly-room, 
and  has  most  approved  lighting  and  ventilation.  The  Pingry 
School  owns  about  four  acres  of  land.  An  athletic  field,  with  six 
lap  running  tracks,  tennis  courts,  and  golf  links,  furnishes  ample 
opportunities  for  all  forms  of  physical  exercise.  The  school  takes 
boys  at  six  years  of  age,  gives  a  complete  elementary  course  and 
three  academic  courses :  Classical,  which  prepares  for  any  college  ; 
scientific,  which  prepares  for  any  scientific  school ;  general,  which 
prepares  for  efficient  business  life.  A  corps  of  twelve  teachers  is 
employed.  Provision  will  be  made  in  1899  for  boarding  pupils. 
Elizabeth  is  twelve  miles  from  New  York ;  the  school  is  well 
located,  and  the  surroundings  attractive  and  healthful.  Tuition 

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rates  vary  between  $60  and  $150  per  year.  Boarding  pupils,  $600 
per  year. 

THE  VAIL-DEANE  SCHOOL,  Elizabeth,  Miss  Laura  A.  Vail, 
Principal.  This  school  is  pleasantly  situated  on  North  Broad 
Street,  Elizabeth,  and  furnishes  special  advantages  because  of  its 
nearness  to  New  York.  The  schoolrooms  are  well  adapted  for 
their  purpose,  and  the  best  instructors  are  employed.  Young 
ladies  are  fitted  for  college  or  for  the  home  life.  A  limited  number 
of  students  are  received  in  the  family,  where  no  effort  is  spared  to 
develop  an  earnest  Christian  womanhood. 

pWIGHT  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  Englewood,  Miss  E.  S. 
'Creighton  and  Miss  E.  W.  Farrar,  Principals,  is  attractively 
situated  on  the  western  banks  of  the  Hudson  River,  fourteen 
miles  from  New  York  City.  The  departments  are  kindergarten, 
primary,  preparatory,  and  academic.  Smith,  Wellesley,  and  Wells 
accept  the  certificate  of  the  Dwight  School,  and  its  graduates  pass 
with  credit  the  examinations  for  Bryn  Mawr.  Native  French  and 
German  teachers  have  charge  of  the  French  and  German.  The 
faculty  numbers  eighteen.  Board  and  tuition  in  English,  Latin, 
French,  and  German,  $600  to  $700.  Tuition  for  day  pupils  ranges 
from  $40  in  the  kindergarten  to  $100  in  the  academic. 

THE    ENGLEWOOD    SCHOOL    FOR    BOYS,    Englewood, 

James  B.  Parsons,  A.  M.,  Principal.  Englewood  is  a  place  of 
beautiful  and  cultivated  homes,  located  fifteen  miles  from  New 
York  City.  The  school  occupies  a  building  which,  in  beauty  and 
fitness  for  its  object,  is  without  superior  in  the  State  of  New  Jer- 
sey. The  site  is  particularly  attractive,  healthy,  and  convenient. 
The  work  of  the  school  is  based  upon  a  carefully  chosen  course 
of  study,  covering  seven  years,  and  fully  meets  the  requirements 
of  the  foremost  colleges  and  scientific  schools.  Tuition  and  home, 
including  all  necessary  furnishings,  $500  to  $600.  There  are  no 
extras. 

PEDDIE  INSTITUTE,  Hightstown,  R.  W.  Swetland,  A.  B., 
Principal.  .The  school  was  incorporated  in  1866,  under  the  name 
of  The  New  Jersey  Classical  and  Scientific  Institute,  which  was 
subsequently  changed  to  Peddie  Institute,  in  recognition  of  Mr. 
Thomas  B.  Peddie's  gift  at  one  time  of  $25,000.  Its  main  object 
is  to  furnish  to  young  men  and  young  women  academic  education, 
\vhich  will  prepare  for  college  or  for  future  life.  Three  regular 
courses  are  offered :  The  classical  preparatory,  scientific  prepar- 
atory, and  English.  Besides  these,  special  courses  are  provided  : 
A  business  course,  and  graded  courses  in  music  and.  art.  The 
Longstreet  Library  occupies  the  first  story  of  a  separate  building, 
and  the  museum  is  another  valuable  and  unique  feature.  A  beau- 

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Montclair. 


tiful  din  ing-hall,  erected  at  a  cost  of  $30,000,  is  provided  with  all 
the  latest  and  most  approved  means  for  preparing  and  serving 
food.  A  fine  athletic  field,  with  ample  room  for  baseball,  foot- 


ball, track  and  field  sports,  and  tennis,  adds  greatly  to  the  attract- 
iveness of  the  school.  The  Institute  sustains  a  voluntary  cadet 
corps  armed  by  the  State.  The  charge  per  year,  including  tuition 
in  solid  branches,  is  $250. 

HASBROUCK  INSTITUTE,  Jersey  City,  C.  C.  Stimets,  A.  M., 
Principal,  is  a  classical,  English,  and  commercial  school,  with 
kindergarten,  art  school,  and  school  of  music.  It  was  founded  in 
1856.  Williams,  Cornell,  Amherst,  Smith,  and  Dartmouth  accept 
the  Hasbrouck  diploma  in  place  of  an  entrance  examination.  The 
new  building  is  of  Romanesque  architecture,  and  constructed  of 
red  brick  with  brownstone  trimmings.  There  are  separate  boys' 
and  girls'  departments  under  able  management.  The  faculty 
numbers  twenty-four  specialists.  Tuition  per  quarter,  $10  to  $30. 

MONTCLAIR  MILITARY  ACADEMY,  Montclair,  J.  G.  Mac- 
Vicar,  M.  A.,  Principal.  Montclair,  one  of  New  York's  finest 
suburbs,  is  situated  on  the  slope  of  the  Orange  Mountains,  at  an 
altitude  of  from  three  to  six  hundred  feet.  In  1887  Mr.  J.  G. 
MacVicar  was  engaged  by  a  few  men  as  tutor  for  ten  boys.  The 
first  winter  the  number  increased  to  twenty-six,  and  a  little  school- 
house  on  Clinton  Street,  Montclair,  was  purchased.  In  1888  a 
completely  equipped  building  was  erected,  and  in  1890  a  gym- 
nasium was  added.  The  grounds  and  buildings  were  further 
extended  in  1894,  leaving  nothing  undone  that  would  add  to 
the  convenience  and  completeness  of  the  school.  The  design 
of  the  institution  is  to  give  to  boys  and  young  men  a  critical 
preparation  for  the  best  colleges  and  scientific  schools.  The 

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Moorestown.  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  N.J. 

departments  of  instruction  are  military,  physical,  and  scholastic, 
the  first  two  being  the  means  of  attaining  a  high  standard  in  the 
last.  Each  cadet  receives  two  physical  examinations  a  year,  and 
the  carefully  recorded  results  are  submitted  to  parents  for  inspec- 
tion. The  academy  is  essentially  military  in  discipline,  regular 
instruction  in  military  tactics  being  given  by  a  commissioned 
United  States  army  officer,  and  absolute  military  precision  and 
punctuality  being  required  of  all  cadets.  For  resident  cadets  the 
charge  for  instruction,  room,  board,  simple  mending,  fuel,  lights, 
use  of  arms  and  equipments,  is  $600  a  year. 

FRIENDS'  ACADEflY,  Moorestown,  William  F.  Overman, 
A.  B.,  Principal,  aims  to  give  preparation  for  college,  and  for 
practical  life  under  the  highest  Christian  influences.  The  school 
building  has  the  best  sanitary  arrangements,  and  the  most  ap- 
proved systems  of  heating  and  ventilating.  The  work  of  the 
academy  is  divided  into  four  departments  :  Kindergarten,  primary, 
intermediate,  and  academic.  The  classes  are  so  arranged  that 
the  average  number  of  pupils  under  instruction  in  recitation  is  less 
than  fifteen.  The  school  year  is  divided  into  two  terms.  Board, 
tuition,  and  washing  average  from  $130  to  $150  a  term. 

FRIENDS'  HIGH  SCHOOL  AND  KINDERGARTEN,  Moores- 
town, Charles  S.  Moore,  B.  L.,  Principal,  is  arranged  in  four 
departments :  High  school,  grammar  school,  primary,  and  kinder- 
garten. The  school  gives  a  good  fit  for  any  college  or  university. 
There  is  no  division  of  the  scholastic  year  into  terms  or  sessions, 
all  entrances  in  the  autumn  being  for  the  entire  year.  Tuition 
ranges  from  $25  per  year  in  the  kindergarten  to  $60  in  the 
graduating  year  of  the  high  school. 

MORRIS  ACADEflY,  Morristown,  was  organized  in  1791,  and 
was  opened  in  November  of  the  following  year  with  thirty-three 
students.  The  first  principal  was  Caleb  Russell,  clerk  of  the 
county,  and  a  Princeton  graduate,  under  whom  the  school  took  a 
very  high  rank.  From  its  opening  until  April,  1795,  there  were  in 
all  269  students  in  attendance.  Mr.  Russell  was  succeeded  in 
August,  1797,  by  the  Rev.  Samuel  Whelpley,  who  continued 
in  charge  until  1805.  For  more  than  sixty  years  the  academy 
remained  the  great  institution  of  the  town,  attracting  pupils  from 
far  and  near.  Since  1878  the  academy  has  occupied  rooms  in 
the  Library  and  Lyceum  Building,  erected  on  the  site  of  the  old 
academy.  Prof.  Andrew  F.  West  was  the  principal,  1881-83,  and 
Mr.  Charles  D.  Platt  has  been  the  principal  since  that  time.  For 
the  past  eighteen  years  the  academy  has  been  a  college  preparatory 
school  for  boys. 

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N.J.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  New  Brunswick. 

nORRISTOWN  SCHOOL,  Morristown,  T.  Q.  Brown,  Jr.,  A.  P. 
Butler,  and  F.  C.  Woodman,  Associate  Principals,  has  a  high  and 
healthful  location.  Its  buildings  are  new  and  well  planned,  and 
the  grounds  include  twenty  acres.  The  curriculum  is  arranged  to 
fit  boys  for  college  or  technical  school,  or  for  the  actual  business 
of  life.  The  course  extends  from  the  preparatory  year,  for  young 
boys,  up  to  the  sixth  form.  The  aim  of  the  school  is  that  of 
developing  the  physical,  mental,  and  moral  nature  of  the  student 
symmetrically.  Its  atmosphere  is  that  of  a  cultured  Christian 
home.  The  rate  is  $650  a  year,  not  including  lessons  in  dancing, 
music,  or  drawing.  Laundry  is  $10  a  term  additional. 

NEWARK  ACADEflY,  Newark,  S.  A.  Farrand,  Ph.  D.,  and 
Wilson  Farrand,  A.  M.,  Head  Masters.  This  institution  was 
organized  in  1792,  incorporated  in  1795,  and  rechartered  in  1855. 
It  is  a  stock  company,  with  the  provision  in  its  charter  that  all 
profits  shall  be  applied  to  the  improvement  of  the  school.  It 
affords  a  complete  and  thorough  course  of  study,  fitting  for  any 
college  or  scientific  school,  or  for  business  life.  There  are  three 
courses,  the  classical,  the  scientific,  and  the  Latin  scientific,  each 
extending  through  five  years.  Pupils  finishing  satisfactorily  either 
of  these  courses  are  entitled  to  the  diploma  of  the  academy. 

NEWARK  TECHNICAL  SCHOOL,  367  High  Street,  Newark, 

C.  A.  Colton,  E.  M.,  Director,  was  organized  in  1885,  and  has  for 
its  object  the  advancement  of  the  manufacturing  interests  of  the 
city  and  State  in  the  line  of  technical  and  industrial  education. 
It  is  open  to  both  sexes.     For  the  full  course  of  study  there  is  no 
charge  for  tuition  to  residents  of  Newark. 

RUTGERS  COLLEGE,  New  Brunswick,  Austin  Scott,  Ph.  D., 
President,  was  chartered  as  Queen's  College  in  1766,  and  has  two 
departments,  the  Classical  School,  and  the  Scientific  School.  In  the 
former  a  college  course  is  offered  occupying  four  years,  and  lead- 
ing to  the  degree  B.  A.  Five  distinct  courses  are  included  in 
the  Scientific  School :  Agriculture,  civil  engineering  and  mechanics, 
chemistry,  electricity,  and  biology.  To  all  graduates  of  the  Scien- 
tific School,  in  full  standing,  the  trustees  grant  the  degree  of  B.  S. 
Graduate  degrees  conferred  by  the  college  are  M.  A.,  M.  S.,  Ph.  D., 

D.  Sc.,  and  C.  E.     The  College  Library  contains  35,500  volumes; 
the  faculty  numbers  thirty-two.     A  feature  of  the  institution  is  its 
system  of  student  self-government.     A   university  extension   de~ 
partment  is  in  successful  operation,  and  the  Rutgers  College  Pre- 
paratory School    of    New    Brunswick    is  an   affiliated   institution, 
under  the  direction  of  the  college  board  of  trustees.      There  are 
nine  principal  buildings,  including  an  unusually  fine  gymnasium, 
the  gift  of  Robert  F.  Ballantine,  Esq.,  of  Newark,  N.  J.     Annual 
tuition  in  both  Classical  and  Scientific  School  is  $75. 

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WHERE   TO   EDUCATE. 


N.J. 


NEWTON  COLLEGIATE  INSTITUTE,  Newton,  is  situated 
more  than  eight  hundred  feet  above  sea  level,  among  the  hills  of 
northern  New  Jersey.  The  location  is  unusually  healthful,  and 
there  is  absolutely  no  malaria.  The  fifteen-acre  campus  and 
large  gymnasium  afford  ample  opportunity  for  physical  develop- 
ment. The  teaching,  which  is  addressed  to  the  individual  pupil,  is 
extremely  thorough.  The  school  prepares  for  college,  scientific 
school,  and  business.  In  modern  languages  only  native  teachers 
are  employed.  The  art  department  is  under  the  supervision  of  the 
principal,  Julian  C.  Pla,  who  received  his  training  in  the  best 


CLOVERSIDE. 


Paris  art  schools,  and  the  music  is  in  charge  of  a  graduate  of  the 
Royal  Conservatory  of  Stuttgart.  The  total  expense  for  one  year 
is  $300. 

"CLOVERSIDE,"  a  home  school  for  girls,  Nutley,  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Timlow,  Principal.  The  school  building,  an  attractive,  com- 
fortable place,  stands  on  Nutley  Heights,  only  forty-five  minutes' 
ride  from  New  York  City,  so  that  on  Saturdays  the  girls  are  often 
taken  to  some  one  of  the  many  places  of  interest  in  or  about  that 
city.  Cloverside  attempts  to  justify  its  title  of  "  Home  School," 
and  great  care  is  taken  to  make  the  home  life  bright  and  happy. 

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N.J.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Princeton. 

The  regular  school  course  embraces  all  the  studies  necessary  for 
thorough  college  preparation,  but  for  the  girls  who  do  not  wish 
to  go  to  college  advanced  work  is  arranged  in  every  line.  No 
pupil  is  held  to  a  fixed  grade.  Especial  attention  is  paid  to 
English,  much  of  this  work  being  given  in  the  form  of  lectures,  of 
which  written  abstracts  are  required.  Original  individual  work  is 
also  required.  The  expense  of  board,  room,  and  tuition  in  Latin, 
English,  and  French  is  $550  per  annum  ;  use  of  the  piano,  $10; 
seat  in  church,  $5  ;  laundry,  $25  ;  German,  $40  ;  and  instruction  in 
music,  art,  and  dancing  is  given  at  the  master's  charges. 

PASSAIC  COLLEGIATE  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS  AND 
CHILDREN,  124  Lafayette  Avenue,  Passaic,  N.  Louise  Buck- 
land,  Principal,  was  opened  on  September  25,  1895.  It  has  grown 
steadily,  and  now  enrolls  more  than  fifty  pupils.  The  school  begins 
with  kindergarten  and  fits  girls  for  the  best  colleges  for  women. 
Board  and  tuition,  $550.  Tuition,  from  $60  to  $200  per  year.  Boys 
are  received  in  the  younger  classes. 

THE    HENRY    C.    DE    MILLE    SCHOOL    FOR    GIRLS, 

Pompton,  Mrs.  H.  C.  de  Mille,  Principal,  is  healthfully  located 
among  the  Ramapo  Hills  at  an  elevation  of  five  hundred  feet 
above  sea  level.  The  grounds  cover  seventy-six  acres ;  the  school 
buildings  are  new,  well  ventilated,  heated  with  hot  water,  and 
lighted  by  gas.  Military  discipline  and  practical  instruction  in  all 
details  of  housekeeping  are  among  the  features  of  the  school. 
Students  and  teachers  form  really  one  large  family.  There  are 
primary  and  intermediate  grades,  and  junior  and  senior  depart- 
ments. A  strong  point  is  the  individual  attention  given  to  each 
girl.  Terms  for  the  school  year,  including  board  and  regular 
tuition,  are  $400  for  pupils  in  the  primary  grade,  and  $500  for 
older  students. 

THE  PRINCETON  PREPARATORY  SCHOOL,  Princeton, 
John  B.  Fine,  Head  Master,  has  been  in  existence  for  twenty-three 
years,  and  was  incorporated  under  a  Board  of  Directors  in  July, 
1895.  It  is  situated  about  one  mile  from  Princeton,  and  its  prin- 
cipal aim  is  that  of  preparing  a  limited  number  of  boys  for 
entrance  to  any  department  of  the  university.  No  boys  under 
fourteen  are  received,  and  only  those  are  admitted  who  intend  to 
take  a  college  course.  The  school  grounds  comprise  about  ten 
acres,  and  the  master's  house,  where  all  resident  pupils  live,  is 
steam  heated,  electric  lighted,  and  fitted  up  with  all  modern 
appliances.  The  full  annual  charge  is  $500. 

PRINCETON  UNIVERSITY,  Princeton,  the  Rev.  Francis 
Landry  Patton,  LL.  D.,  President.  The  first  charter  of  Princeton 
was  granted  in  1746.  The  plan  of  its  godly  founders  was  to  estab- 

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lish  an  institution  "  in  which  ample  provision  should  be  made  for 
the  intellectual  and  religious  culture  of  youth  desirous  to  obtain  a 
liberal  education,  and  more  especially  for  the  thorough  training  of 
such  as  were  candidates  for  the  holy  ministry."  A  second  charter, 
more  liberal  in  its  provisions  than  the  first,  was  granted  in  1748, 
and  was  confirmed  and  renewed  by  the  New  Jersey  Legislature 
after  the  War  of  the  Revolution.  The  corporation,  therein  styled 
"  the  Trustees  of  the  College  of  New  Jersey,"  were  given  power  to 
hold  and  administer  the  college  property,  to  make  laws  for  the 
government  of  the  institution,  to  choose  the  president  and  faculty, 
and  to  confer  degrees.  The  college  was  opened  at  Elizabethtown, 
thence  was  removed  to  Newark,  and  soon  afterward  (1753)  to 
Princeton.  Nassau  Hall,  still  standing,  was  built  during  the 
next  two  years.  Among  the  early  presidents,  one  notes  the  dis- 
tinguished name  of  Jonathan  Edwards.  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  was  founded  in  1812  ;  in  1875  tne  Jonn  C.  Green  School 
of  Science  was  established ;  in  1875  the  Department  of  Civil  Engi- 
neering, and  in  1889  the  Department  of  Electrical  Engineering. 
During  the  presidency  of  Dr.  James  Me  Cosh,  which  began  in  1868, 
Princeton  increased  its  endowment  and  the  number  of  instructors, 
erected  new  buildings,  and  in  general  entered  on.  its  modern  period 
of  expansion,  yet  it  was  not  until  1896,  the  i5oth  anniversary  of 
the  signing  of  its  first  charter,  that  the  name  of  the  institution  was 
changed  from  College  of  New  Jersey  to  Princeton  University.  The 
departments  are  :  Academic ;  School  of  Science,  including  besides 
general  scientific  courses  the  sub-departments  of  civil  and  elec- 
trical engineering;  the  graduate  department;  and  the  affiliated 
theological  school.  All  candidates  for  admission  must  take 
examinations,  which  are  for  the  most  part  written.  The  follow- 
ing degrees  are  conferred  by  the  University :  A.  B.,  B.  S.,  C.  E., 
E.  E.,  A.  M.,  M.  S.,  Ph.  D.,  and  D.  Sc.  As  to  material  equipment, 
Princeton  is  behind  few  of  our  leading  universities.  Of  its  225 
acres  of  land,  140  are  reserved  for  the  campus.  Its  buildings 
number  over  thirty,  many  of  which  are  magnificent.  The  nine 
fully  equipped  laboratories  conducted  by  the  different  departments 
include  the  Laboratory  for  Experimental  Psychology,  founded  in 
the  academic  year  1893-94,  and  furnished  with  the  costliest 
modern  apparatus.  The  library  of  the  University  has  over  182,000 
books,  not  including  pamphlets  and  duplicates.  The  faculty  con- 
tains nearly  one  hundred  names,  the  alumni  list  over  eight 
thousand,  and  the  roll  of  undergraduates  about  eleven  hundred. 
Undergraduate  life  centers  to  a  large  extent  about  the  two  venera- 
ble societies,  Clio  and  Whig,  which  were  founded  during  the  early 
days  of  the  college  in  the  last  century.  They  own  libraries  of  ten 
thousand  books  each,  and  occupy  beautiful  white- marble  buildings 
of  a  purely  Grecian  type  of  architecture,  with  monolith  columns. 

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N.J.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Summit. 

No  one  except  members  is  permitted  to  enter  their  doors.  Many 
of  the  most  eminent  statesmen  of  America  have  received  their  first 
training  in  debate  within  the  walls  of  these  historic  fraternities. 
Class  as  well  as  society  spirit  used  in  the  old  days  to  reach  dan- 
gerous heights,  but  if  no  less  intense  to-day  it  is  less  demonstra- 
tive. Princeton  undergraduates  deserve  great  credit  for  having 
inaugurated  several  years  ago  the  now  widely  adopted  "  Honor 
system "  in  examinations,  and  athletic  enthusiasts  have  not  for- 
gotten that  it  was  a  Princeton  man  who  revised  the  Rugby  rules 
and  adapted  the  game  of  foot-ball  for  American  colleges.  Prince- 
ton is  liberally  provided  as  regards  fellowships,  prizes,  scholarships, 
and  aid  funds.  Annual  expenses  average  considerably  under  $500. 
Tuition  in  the  academic  department  is  $150;  in  the  scientific 
department  it  is  $160,  with  additional  laboratory  fees  and  inci- 
dental charges. 

THE  CALHOUN- CHAMBERLAIN  SCHOOL,  a  boarding 
school  for  girls,  200  and  202  Maple  Avenue,  Red  Bank,  Miss  J. 
E.  Calhoun  and  Miss  H.  P.  Chamberlain,  Principals.  Red  Bank 
is  rich  in  its  beautiful  walks  and  drives,  and  the  locality  is  gener- 
ally healthful.  The  school  building  is  sanitary,  modern,  and 
thoroughly  equipped.  The  gymnasium  is  large,  light,  and  airy, 
and  well  supplied  with  apparatus.  Especial  attention  is  given  to 
language,  music,  and  art,  together  with  a  complete  college  prepara- 
tory course.  Pupils  in  art  receive  careful  instruction  in  drawing, 
oil  and  china  painting.  Only  a  limited  number  of  pupils  are 
admitted.  The  charge  for  home  pupils  for  the  year  is  $450. 

KENT  PLACE  SCHOOL,  Summit,  Mrs.  Sarah  Woodman  Paul, 
A.  B.,  Principal,  is  a  boarding  and  day  school  for  girls,  founded  in 
1894.  It  is  under  the  direction  of  the  Summit  School  Company, 
of  which  Mr.  Hamilton  Wright  Mabie  is  president,  and  its  purpose 
is  that  of  thoroughly  preparing  young  women  for  college  or  for  the 
duties  of  home  and  society.  There  are  four  departments  :  Primary, 
intermediate,  academic,  and  college  preparatory.  The  charge  for 
boarding  pupils,  including  board,  tuition,  and  plain  washing,  is 
$600.  Rates  for  day  pupils  vary  from  $80  to  $175. 

SUMMIT  ACADEMY,  Summit,  James  Heard,  A.  M.,  Principal. 
The  school  is  located  on  the  Orange  mountains  about  twenty  miles 
from  New  York  City,  having  an  elevation  of  more  than  four  hun- 
dred feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea.  The  school  building  is 
modern  in  all  its  appointments,  having  sanitary  plumbing,  sewer, 
an  absolutely  pure  water  supply,  hot  water  system  of  heating, 
and  electric  lights.  The  course  of  instruction  is  arranged  to 
prepare  boys  for  college,  the  government  schools,  and  mercantile 
life.  Its  graduates  have  always  taken  high  rank  in  college  or 

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become  successful  business  men.  Some  of  its  pupils  have  dis- 
tinguished themselves  in  the  recent  war  with  Spain.  A  limited 
number  of  resident  pupils  are  received  who  are  considered  mem- 
bers of  the  family  and  are  cared  for  individually  in  all  that  pertains 
to  their  moral,  physical,  and  mental  welfare.  The  duties  and 
courtesies  of  every-day  life  are  carefully  observed,  and,  while  the 
pupil  enjoys  the  comforts  and  refinements  of  home,  he  is  under  a 
strict  system  of  discipline  that  is  maintained  firmly  yet  kindly. 
The  charges  for  day  pupils  are  from  $100  to  $150  a  year;  for 
resident  pupils,  $500. 

BACON  ACADEHY  AND  KINDERGARTEN,  Woodstown, 
Belle  W.  Hannum,  Principal,  is  a  day  school  for  both  sexes  under 
the  care  of  a  committee  of  Pilesgrove  Monthly  Meeting  of  Friends. 
Woodstown  station,  on  the  West  Jersey  and  Seashore  Railroad,  is 
within  five  minutes'  walk  of  the  school,  and  special  rates  may  be 
obtained  for  students  coming  on  trains.  Pupils  holding  diplomas 
of  Bacon  Academy  are  admitted  without  examination  to  the 
freshman  class  at  Swarthmore  College.  Tuition  per  quarter  (ten 
weeks)  ranges  from  $3  in  the  first  year  of  the  kindergarten  to  $9 
in  the  high  school. 

NEW   MEXICO. 

THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  HEXICO,  Albuquerque,  C.  L. 
Herrick,  President,  was  incorporated  by  an  act  of  the  Territorial 
Legislature  of  1889,  and  the  location  fixed  at  Albuquerque.  The 
regents  secured  the  necessary  amount  of  land  required  by  the 
enacted  law  and  began  the  erection  of  a  suitable  building  as  soon 
as  their  funds  would  permit.  In  May,  1892,  the  building  was  com- 
pleted and  accepted  by  the  board  of  regents.  On  June  15,  1892, 
the  normal  department  of  the  University  was  opened,  and  on  Sep- 
tember 21,  1892,  the  preparatory  department  was  opened  and 
the  normal  department  continued.  The  University  has  been  in 
successful  operation  for  six  years,  having  conferred,  during  this 
time,  twenty  diplomas  of  graduation  and  many  certificates  of 
satisfactory  work  in  more  limited  courses  of  study.  The  standard 
of  work  has  steadily  risen,  and  the  facilities  for  the  study  of  the 
liberal  arts  and  sciences  are  being  continually  increased  to  meet 
the  growing  demands  of  the  community.  Material  development 
has  kept  pace  with  internal  growth,  and  the  University,  with  its 
commodious  buildings  and  growing  apparatus  and  library,  can 
now  offer  better  facilities  for  study  and  scientific  research  than 
ever  before,  embracing  a  wide  variety  of  subjects  taught  by  spe- 
cialists in  every  branch.  During  the  year  just  completed  rapid 
progress  has  been  made.  The  teaching  force  has  been  almost 
doubled,  and  the  college  courses  have  been  placed  on  a  par  with 

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those  of  Eastern  colleges.  The  departments  of  research  have 
been  opened  and  a  good  beginning  made  in  the  organization  of 
an  economic  survey  of  the  Territory.  It  rests  with  the  people 
of  the  Territory  to  realize  the  promise  of  the  rising  institution. 


NEW  YORK. 

ALBANY  FEMALE  ACADEflY,  155  Washington  Street, 
Albany,  Lucy  A.  Plympton,  M.  L.  A.,  Principal.  This  is  a  board- 
ing and  day  school.  It  entered  upon  its  eighty-fifth  year  May  i, 
1897,  and  claims  to  be  the  oldest  institution  in  the  world  founded 
expressly  for  the  higher  education  of  women.  It  is  designed  to 
afford  a  complete  and  thorough  education  from  the  youngest 
school  age  upward.  Board  and  tuition  for  the  year. are  $425. 

ST.  AGNES  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  Albany,  the  Rt.  Rev. 
W.  C.  Doahe,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President,  Ellen  W.  Boyd,  Principal. 
A  careful  supervision  is  given  the  home  life  and  studies  of  the 
girls.  There  are  four  regular  courses  of  study,  besides  special 
branches.  Graduates  of  the  school  are  now  in  Cornell,  Radcliffe, 
Bryn  Mawr,  Smith,  and  Vassar  Colleges.  The  terms  are  $500  per 
year. 

ALFRED  UNIVERSITY,  Alfred,  Boothe  Colwell  Davis,  Ph.  D., 
President,  had  its  origin  in  a  select  school  established  in  1836  and 
incorporated  as  the  "Alfred  Academy"  in  1843.  The  University 
under  its  present  name  was  incorporated  by  the  State  in  1857. 
The  academy  is  retained  as  a  preparatory  school.  The  college  and 
theological  departments  were  instituted,  and  since  then  three  other 
departments  have  been  added :  Music,  fine  arts,  and  industrial 
mechanics.  All  of  these  are  open  to  both  sexes.  The  endowment 
and  property  are  rapidly  growing.  There  are  now  about  $250,000 
of  invested  funds,  and  the  total  value  of  the  property  is  nearly  half 
a  million  dollars.  Eight  buildings  are  distributed  over  a  pictur- 
esque campus  of  twelve  acres.  They  include  laboratories,  the 
University  observatory,  and  a  library  of  more  than  twelve  thousand 
volumes.  Separate  gymnasiums  are  provided  for  young  men  and 
young  women.  Three  four-year  courses  of  study  in  the  College  of 
Liberal  Arts  lead  to  Baccalaureate  degrees  :  The  classical,  the  phil- 
osophical, and  the  scientific.  Alfred,  while  not  sectarian  in  spirit, 
is  preeminently  a  Christian  college.  The  estimated  annual  expense 
varies  from  $144  to  $240. 

ST.  STEPHEN'S  COLLEGE,  Annandale,  the  Rev.  George  B. 
Hopson,  D.  D.,  Acting  Warden.  The  course  of  study  of  this  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  school  is  that  of  any  literary  college.  No  theology 

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is  taught,  although  the  studies  are  arranged  more  especially  for 
young  men  intending  to  enter  the  ministry.  Greek,  Latin,  history, 
English,  mathematics,  philosophy,  and  the  sciences  form  most  of 
the  four-year  curriculum.  The  degrees  conferred  are  A.  B.  and 
A.  M.  The  expenses  per  annum,  including  board,  washing,  room, 
and  fuel,  are  $225.  There  is  no  charge  for  tuition. 

WELLS  COLLEGE,  Cayuga  Lake,  Aurora,  William  Everett 
Waters,  Ph.D.,  President.  The  existence  of  "Wells  College" 
dates  from  March  29,  1870,  though  its  charter  as  "Wells  Seminary 
for  the  Higher  Education  of  Young  Women  "  was  granted  March 
28,  1868.  Mr.  Henry  Wells,  originator  of  the  Wells  Fargo  Express 
Company,  gave  the  main  building  and  land,  and  the  college  was 


endowed  by  the  Hon.  Edwin  B.  Morgan,  of  Aurora,  whose  wife  in 
1879  erected  Morgan  Hall.  In  1888  the  main  building,  with  its 
contents,  including  the  college  library,  was  destroyed  by  fire,  but 
through  the  generosity  of  its  friends  a  new  and  superior  main 
building  was  erected  in  1890.  The  Rev.  Edward  S.  Frisbee,  D.  D., 
was  president  of  the  college  from  1875  unt^  l894,  when  Doctor 
Waters,  a  graduate  of  Yale,  was  elected  his  successor.  In  November, 
1894,  all  the  preparatory  work  in  the  college  was  abolished,  and 
since  that  time  all  instruction  given  by  the  faculty  has  been  of 
strictly  collegiate  grade.  The  degrees  of  B.  S.  and  B.  L.  have  been 
discontinued,  and  one  course,  beginning  with  purely  required  work 
and  gradually  allowing  an  increasing  election,  is  offered  to  all  who 
expect  to  graduate.  This  course  leads  to  the  degree  of  B.  A.  The 
college  is  strictly  undenominational.  The  charge  for  tuition,  board, 
heat,  light,  furnished  rooms,  and  washing  is  $400  per  year. 

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THE  NEW  YORK   STATE   SCHOOL   FOR  THE  BLIND, 

Batavia,  Gardner  Fuller,  A.  M.,  Superintendent,  was  established  by 
the  State  of  New  York  for  the  education  of  boys  and  girls  whose 
sight  is  so  defective  as  to  debar  them  from  the  privileges  afforded 
by  the  common  schools  of  the  State.  The  literary  course  of  study 
is  the  same  as  that  pursued  in  the  high  schools  of  the  State,  the 
pupils  taking  the  examinations  prescribed  by  the  regents  of  the 
University  for  all  secondary  schools.  The  music  department  offers 
its  pupils  the  advantages  of  a  thorough  course  of  training  in  music, 
both  vocal  and  instrumental.  In  the  industrial  department,  the  boys 
are  trained  in  piano  and  organ  tuning,  broom  making,  chair  caning, 
mattress  making,  etc.  ;  the  girls  in  sewing,  with  the  use  and  care 
of  sewing-machine,  knitting,  crocheting,  and  all  kinds  of  house- 
work. The  grounds  are  extensive  and  beautiful,  affording  ample 
room  for  recreation  and  physical  exercise.  A  fine  gymnasium 
forty-two  by  eighty-four  feet  is  now  in  process  of  construction. 
This  will  be  fully  equipped  with  the  best  and  most  approved 
apparatus  for  the  physical  training  which  is  so  essential  to  the  blind. 
The  school  is  free  to  those  of  school  age  resident  in  the  State. 

STATE  NORflAL  SCHOOL,  Brockport,  David  Eugene  Smith, 
Ph.  D.,  Principal,  situated  on  the  N.  Y.  C.  R.  R.,  seventeen  miles 
from  Rochester.  Large  campus,  with  abundant  facilities  for  lawn 
and  field  sports,  fine  stone  buildings,  large  library  and  reading- 
room.  Tuition  and  text-books  free  to  normal  students.  Gymnasium. 
Attendance  in  the  normal  department  is  five  hundred. 

ADELPHI  COLLEGE  AND  ADELPHI  ACADEMY,  Lafay- 
ette Avenue,  St.  James  Place,  and  Clifton  Place,  Brooklyn  Borough, 
New  York  City,  C.  H.  Levermore,  Ph.  D.,  President,  has  both  col- 
legiate and  preparatory  departments.  The  college,  a  natural  out- 
growth of  the  older  academy,  was  incorporated  by  the  unanimous 
vote  of  the  regents  of  the  University  of  the  State  of  New  York  in 
1896.  The  degrees  issued  by  Adelphi  bear  the  seals  of  both  the 
University  and  the  college.  Students  who  complete  the  required 
amount  of  work  in  the  classical  or  literary  course  to  the  satisfaction 
of  the  faculty  will  receive  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts ;  in  the 
scientific  course  they  will,  under  similar  conditions,  receive  the  de- 
gree of  Bachelor  of  Science.  All  courses  in  Adelphi  College  are 
open  to  women.  There  are  seven  divisions  of  the  academy  :  The 
kindergarten  and  primary  department,  the  grammar  department, 
the  sub-collegiate  department,  the  collegiate  department,  the  kin- 
dergarten training-class,  the  art  department,  and  the  department  of 
physical  culture.  The  collegiate  course  of  the  academy  is  distinct 
from  the  college,  and  comprises  two  years  of  study,  which  is,  as  a 
rule,  identical  with  the  work  of  the  freshman  and  sophomore  years 
in  the  college  curriculum.  Adelphi  in  all  departments  has  over 

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N.  Y. 


one  thousand  students.  Rates  of  tuition  (per  quarter,  in  advance), 
primary  and  grammar,  $12.50  to  $32.50;  sub-collegiate  and  col- 
legiate, $37.50  to  $40  ;  college,  $40  to  $45  ;  teachers'  courses, 
direction  course,  per  semester,  $10;  residence  course,  per  course, 

fe5- 

BEDFORD  ACADEflY,  57-67  New  York  Avenue,  Brooklyn 
Borough,  New  York  City,  Dr.  George  Rodemann,  Principal,  offers 
a  preparatory  school  for  boys,  together  with  a  primary  department 
for  boys  and  girls,  and  a  kindergarten.  A  boy  may  receive  his 
whole  training  here  from  nursery  to  business  life  or  college.  Girls 
are  fitted  for  Packer  Institute.  Among  the  advantages  are  small 
classes,  with 'resulting  close  individual  attention  to  pupils,  daily 


ADEI.PHI    COLLEGE. 


physical  training  in  indoor  and  outdoor  gymnasiums,  military 
drill,  large,  light  schoolrooms,  well  aired  and  well  heated,  and 
sanitary  plumbing  throughout  the  building.  There  are  four 
terms,  including  a  summer  term.  Tuition  per  term,  $10  in  kinder- 
garten to  $45  in  last  year  of  academic. 

BERKELEY  INSTITUTE,  183-185  Lincoln  Place,  Brooklyn 
Borough,  New  York  City,  Julian  W.  Abernethy,  Ph.D.  (Yale), 
Principal,  was  incorporated  in  1886,  and  belongs  to  the  system  of 
federated  colleges  and  schools  constituting  the  University  of  the 
State  of  New  York.  It  is  situated  in  the  highest  part  of  the  city, 
two  blocks  from  the  main  entrance  to  Prospect  Park.  The  material 
equipment  and  building  accommodations  leave  little  to  be  desired, 
and  the  fact  that  the  building  stands  quite  detached  from  any  other, 
with  a  broad,  open  space  on  each  side,  deserves  note.  Berkeley 
Institute  comprises  five  departments  :  Kindergarten,  primary,  pre- 
paratory, junior,  and  senior.  There  are  also  two  special  depart- 

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merits,  the  art  department  and  the  department  of  physical 
culture.  The  entire  work  of  these  departments  covers  fourteen 
years.  The  faculty  of  twenty  members  are  specialists  in  their 
respective  departments,  and  maintain  a  standard  of  scholarly  ex- 
cellence that  few  preparatory  schools  can  equal.  Graduates  of 
Berkeley  are  admitted  to  the  best  colleges  on  certificate.  The 
charge  for  tuition  per  quarter  varies  from  $12  in  the  kindergarten 
department  to  $40  in  the  final  year  of  the  senior  department. 

THE  BROOKLYN  COLLEGE  OF  PHARflACY,  Brooklyn 
Borough,  New  York  City,  was  organized  under  a  charter  granted 
by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  York,  in  1886,  to  the  Kings 
County  Pharmaceutical  Society.  The  college  was  opened  in  the 
fall  of  1891,  for  the  instruction  of  young  men  and  young  women 
in  the  art  and  practice  of  pharmacy.  The  course  extends  over  two 
years,  leading  to  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  (Ph.  G.).  A 
post-graduate  course  of  an  additional  year  is  open  to  all  graduates 
in  pharmacy,  and  leads  to  the  degree  of  Doctor  in  Pharmacy 
(Phar.  D.).  This  school  requires  four  years  practical  experience 
in  a  pharmacy  as  a  requisite  for  the  diploma.  There  are  four  de- 
partments, viz. :  Organic  chemistry,  inorganic  chemistry,  theory  and 
practice  of  pharmacy,  and  materia  medica,  botany,  and  pharmacog- 
nosy.  The  faculty  contains  nine  instructors  and  four  assistants. 
The  attendance  last  year  was  109  students,  seven  of  whom  were 
women.  The  year  1898-99  begins  September  26,  1898,  and  closes 
April  20,  1899.  Tuition,  $65.  E.  H.  Bartley,  M.  D.,  Dean. 

THE  PACKER  COLLEGIATE  INSTITUTE,  Joralemon  Street, 
Brooklyn  Borough,  New  York  City,  Truman  J.  Backus,  LL.  D., 
President.  The  Institute  was  founded  by  Mrs.  Harriet  L.  Packer 
in  1854,  and  stands  upon  the  site  previously  occupied  by  the 
Brooklyn  Female  Academy.  It  offers  unusual  advantages  for 
systematic  training  in  primary,  academic,  and  collegiate  instruc- 
tion. The  building  is  adapted  to  the  needs  of  a  thoroughly 
graded  school,  and  is  spacious,  healthful,  and  perfectly  equipped. 
The  corps  of  instructors  is  large,  and  its  members  are  all  thor- 
oughly competent.  The  tuition  for  the  complete  collegiate  course 
is  $175;  for  the  academic  course,  $140;  for  the  preparatory 
course  $120  ;  and  for  the  primary  course,  $80.  No  extra  charges 
are  made. 

PRATT  INSTITUTE,  Brooklyn,  Frederic  B.  Pratt,  Chairman 
of  the  Faculty,  was  founded  in  1887  by  Charles  Pratt,  Esq.,  of 
Brooklyn.  Beginning  with  twelve  pupils,  its  enrolment  grew  to 
2,561  in  less  than  ten  years.  From  an  institution  organized  dis- 
tinctly for  instruction  in  the  trades,  it  has  developed  into  its  pres- 
ent organization  by  natural  growth  of  ideas,  and  the  force  of 

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experience  and  circumstances.  The  first  department  organized 
was  known  as  the  art  department.  In  1888  were  added  the 
women's  department,  later  designated  as  the  department  of 
domestic  science ;  the  department  of  mechanic  arts,  now  known 
as  that  of  science  and  technology ;  the  regular  course,  since  de- 
veloped into  the  high  school ;  and  the  courses  in  phonography  and 
typewriting,  afterward  the  department  of  commerce.  In  1888, 
also,  the  library  was  opened.  In  1889  the  department  of  music 
was  organized;  in  1891  the  department  of  kindergartens  ;  and  in 
1893  the  department  of  museums,  which  has  organized  and  super- 
vised the  various  collections  of  the  Institute.  The  result  has  been 
the  consolidation  of  some  departments,  the  differentiation  of  others, 
and  the  exclusion  of  still  others.  The  present  and  approved  organ- 
ization includes  seven :  High  school,  department  of  fine  arts,  of 
domestic  art,  of  domestic  science,  of  science  and  technology,  of  kin- 
dergartens, and  of  libraries.  A  special  feature  of  the  Institute  is  the 
practical  training  of  teachers.  The  school,  indeed,  has  four  distinct 
aims  in  view :  Educational,  normal,  technical,  supplementary,  and 
special.  Not  less  noticeable  than  the  development  of  the  courses  of 
instruction  have  been  the  enlargement  of  the  buildings,  and  the  ex- 
tension of  the  equipment.  The  Institute  is  provided  with  a  liberal 
endowment,  and  is  able  to  secure  the  best  talent  and  facilities  for  the 
maintenance  of  its  work.  In  the  high  school  department  students 
are  not  only  prepared  for  intelligent  citizenship,  but  are  also  fitted 
for  any  college  they  may  elect.  Valuable  courses  in  manual  train- 
ing are  given  for  both  sexes.  The  library  of  Pratt  Institute  con- 
tains nearly  sixty-five  thousand  volumes,  and  extends  the  privilege 
of  drawing-books  to  any  citizen  of  Brooklyn,  or  to  any  visitor  in 
the  city  who  can  furnish  a  suitable  guarantor.  The  school  year 
is  divided  into  three  terms  for  day  classes,  and  two  terms  for  even- 
ing classes.  Tuition  for  a  term  of  three  months  in  the  high  school 
is  $15  for  day  classes;  for  evening  classes,  free.  In  the  various 
normal  courses  it  is  $25  per  term.  In  other  departments  of  work 
it  varies  widely. 

CANISIUS  COLLEGE,  Buffalo,  conducted  by  the  Jesuit 
Fathers,  was  opened  in  1870,  and  incorporated  in  1883  by  the 
regents  of  the  University  of  the  State  of  New  York,  with  full 
power  to  confer  degrees.  There  are  two  departments  :  academic 
and  collegiate.  The  object  of  the  former  is  that  of  affording  to 
pupils  who  have  completed  the  parochial  or  public  school  a  four 
years'  classical  course  preparatory  to  college.  The  law  student 
certificate  of  the  regents  of  the  University  of  the  State  of  New 
York  may  be  obtained  after  the  third  year  of  the  academic 
course ;  the  medical  student  certificate  is  granted  after  the 
fourth  year  of  the  academic  department.  The  object  of  the 

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collegiate  department  is  a  liberal  education  equal  to  that  of  any 
college,  and  leading  to  the  Bachelor's  degree.  Much  attention  is 
given  to  oratory  and  philosophy,  and,  among  other  branches  of 
instruction,  "  the  German  language,  on  account  of  its  great  practi- 
cal importance,  its  valuable  literature,  and  its  intimate  connection 
with  the  English  language,  is  obligatory."  The  obligatory  subjects 
are  arranged  in  such  a  manner  as  to  give  during  each  academic 
year  a  well  balanced  development  of  the  various  faculties  of  the 
mind.  While  elective  studies  are  limited  in  number,  instruction 
is  given  to  those  wishing  jt  in  French,  Hebrew,  music,  drawing, 
modelling,  and  shorthand.  For  boarders,  board  and  tuition  per 
quarter  is  $60  ;  for  day  pupils,  tuition  per  quarter  is  $10. 

MR.  HAW  LEY'S  PREPARATORY  SCHOOL  FOR  YOUNG 

HEN,  Buffalo,  Lucius  E.  Hawley,  A.  M.,  Principal.  The  aim  of 
the  school  is  to  prepare  young  men  for  college.  The  number  of 
pupils  is  limited  to  twelve.  The  instruction  is  largely  in  the 
nature  of  private  tutoring,  and,  with  the  exception  of  French  and 
German,  is  given  wholly  by  the  principal.  The  charge  for  tui- 
tion is  $200  per  year.  For  boarding  pupils  the  annual  charge  is 
$400,  which  includes  room,  board,  washing,  and  tuition. 

BUFFALO  ACADEMY  OF  SACRED  HEART,  749  Wash- 
ington  Street,  Buffalo,  is  the  outgrowth  of  a  small  school  founded 
in  1874  by  the  Sisters  of  St.  Francis.  The  academy  has  recently 
been  incorporated  under  its  present  name,  with  the  power  to  con- 
fer diplomas.  The  curriculum  is  thorough,  and  includes  an  ad- 
vanced course,  similar  to  a  high  school  course,  providing  for  a 
complete  classical,  scientific,  and  business  education,  and  a  pre- 
paratory course  divided  into  juvenile  and  elementary  departments. 
Every  facility  is  given  students  who  wish  to  try  the  regents' 
examination  of  the  State. 

ST.  JOSEPH'S  COLLEGIATE  INSTITUTE,  Buffalo,  is 
under  the  direction  of  the  Christian  Brothers,  whose  aim  is  to  give 
to  the  students  confided  to  their  care  a  Christian  and  liberal 
training  which  will  fit  them  for  the  practical  duties  of  life.  Three 
courses  are  provided  :  The  classical,  the  scientific,  and  the  commer- 
cial, each  three  years  in  length.  A  preparatory  department  for 
pupils  of  seven  years  of  age  and  upwards  fits  them  for  the  regular 
courses.  (In  the  classical  course,  special  attention  is  given  to 
Latin  and  English.)  The  tuition  fee  is  $50  per  year.  The  cost 
of  tuition  and  luncheon  at  the  Institute  is  $100  per  year. 

GRANGER  PLACE  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  Canandaigua, 
Samuel  Cole  Fairley,  Principal.  A  high  grade  college  preparatory 
and  finishing  school  in  the  beautiful  lake  region  of  the  Empire 
State.  Buildings  are  equipped  with  the  latest  sanitary  devices, 

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and  are  elegantly  furnished  throughout.  Single  beds  with  hair 
mattresses.  Table  appointments  far  above  the  average.  The 
instructors  are  college  bred  and  sure  of  their  ground.  Certificate 
is  accepted  by  leading  colleges.  Exceptionally  strong  music  de- 
partment. Outdoor  life  encouraged.  Golf,  tennis,  two  basket- 
ball teams. 

CAZENOVIA  SEHINARY,  Cazenovia,  the  Rev.  Carlton  C. 
Wilbor,  D.  D.,  Ph.  D.,  President.  The  village  is  a  health  and 
summer  resort,  easily  accessible  by  railroad  from  all  parts  of  the 
State.  The  group  of  substantial  school  buildings  includes  a  new 
gymnasium.  There  are  few  secondary  schools  that  have  better 
laboratory  equipment,  or  a  larger  library.  The  Seminary 
possesses  every  facility  for  giving  a  thorough  college  preparation. 
Co-education  has  proved  successful  in  Cazenovia.  The  govern- 
ment of  the  school  is  mild,  but  firm  and  preeminently  Christian. 
Among  the  well-known  alumni  of  the  Seminary  may  be  named 
Gov.  Leland  Stanford,  Senator  Joseph  R.  Hawley,  Charles  Dudley 
Warner,  and  Bishop  John  P.  Newman.  Expense  for  board  and 
tuition  for  academic  year  of  forty  weeks,  $196. 

CHAPPAQUA  MOUNTAIN  INSTITUTE,  a  boarding  school 
for  boys  and  girls,  Chappaqua,  Albert  R.  Lawton,  A.  M.,  Princi- 
pal. The  school  building  was  completed  in  1886,  and  is  thoroughly 
modern  and  convenient.  The  courses  of  study  offered  are  a  result 
of  much  careful  consideration,  and  are  arranged  according  to  the 
generally  accepted  idea  favoring  the  pursuit  of  but  three  leading 
studies  at  one  time.  Special  attention  is  given  to  physical  culture, 
systematic  exercise  being  compulsory  excepting  in  case  of  physi- 
cal disability.  Separate  gymnasia  are  provided  for  boys  and  girls, 
and  attention  is  given  to  the  individual  needs  of  all  pupils.  The 
charges,  including  board,  washing,  and  tuition  in  any  of  the  regular 
courses,  are  $300  per  annum. 

HA/IILTON  COLLEGE,  Clinton,  has  an  honorable  history 
of  eighty-seven  years.  The  school  from  which  it  grew  into  a  col- 
lege in  1812  was  founded  1793  by  the  Rev.  Samuel  Kirkland, 
revolutionary  chaplain  at  Fort  Stanwix.  The  site  of  the  college  is 
lofty  and  beautiful.  The  buildings,  eleven  in  number,  are  ample 
in  accommodation.  The  faculty  numbers  eighteen  men.  The 
library  has  forty  thousand  volumes.  The  gymnasium  and  athletic 
field  are  complete.  The  five  laboratories  are  exceptionally  good. 
The  discipline  in  rhetoric  and  oratory  has  always  been  of  marked 
excellence.  The  courses  are  two,  with  Greek  and  without,  and  are 
symmetrically  planned  with  abundant  electives.  The  college  is 
Christian,  but  under  no  denominational  control.  The  standards  of 
expense  are  moderate.  A  man's  purse  is  not  made  the  criterion 

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of  welcome  or  regard.  One  can  be  comfortable  upon  $400  a  year. 
The  alumni  of  Hamilton  are  a  body  of  aggressive  and  successful 
men.  The  President  is  M.  Woolsey  Stryker. 

HOUGHTON  SEMINARY,  Clinton,  A.  G.  Benedict,  A.M., 
Principal.  This  school  for  girls,  established  as  Houghton  Semi- 
nary in  1861  and  chartered  in  1881,  is  thorough  and  comprehen- 
sive in  its  course  of  study,  and  reaches  far  into  the  domain  of  the 
college.  Its  location  is  beautiful  and  healthful,  and  it  is  the 
representation  of  the  school  home.  It  offers  a  college  preparatory 


course,  advanced  courses,  and  remarkably  thorough  courses  in 
modern  languages,  vocal  and  instrumental  music,  elocution,  physi- 
cal culture,  and  English.  The  annual  expenses  for  board,  limited 
plain  laundry,  tuition  in  English,  French,  German,  Greek,  and 
Latin,  are  $450. 

CORNWALL  HEIGHTS  SCHOOL,  Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, 
the  Rev.  Carlos  H.  Stone,  Ph.  D.,  Principal,  was  established  by  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Loius  P.  Ledoux  in  1867.  This  school  for  boys  is  fifty- 
three  miles  from  New  York  and  has  excellent  railway  and  steamboat 
connections.  It  is  eight  hundred  feet  above  sea  level,  and  com- 
mands a  magnificent  view.  The  building  is  three  stories  in  height 
and  has  been  supplied  with  every  modern  convenience.  A  helpful 
home  life  is  the  aim  of  the  institution,  and  to  the  end  that  each 
pupil  may  have  personal  oversight  the  number  of  students  is 
limited.  Government  is  less  by  threats  and  punishments  than  by 
appeals  to  manliness  and  personal  honor.  The  scientific  course 
prepares  for  the  best  technical  schools,  and  the  classical  course 

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not  only  meets  but  exceeds  the  requirements  for  admission  to 
colleges  of  the  highest  grade.  This  school  is  cordially  recom- 
mended by  Dr.  Lyman  Abbott,  Mrs.  Amelia  E.  Barr,  and  many 
others.  Annual  charges,  $650. 

THE  NEW  YORK  HILITARY  ACADEMY,  Cornwall  on-the 
Hudson,  Sebastian  C.  Jones,  C.  E.,  Superintendent ;  Benjamin 
Lee  Wilson,  B.  A.,  Head  Master.  The  academy  was  established 
to  provide  a  place  where  young  men  can  pursue  their  studies 
under  the  immediate  supervision  of  their  teachers,  with  whom 
they  must  reside.  The  location  is  beautiful,  and  the  buildings 
handsome,  ample,  and  well  constructed.  The  discipline  is  dis- 
tinctively military.  In  connection  with  the  academy  is  a  prepara- 
tory department  known  as  Bard  Hall,  established  in  1888.  The 
expenses  for  the  school  year  are  $420  for  the  preparatory  and  $500 
for  the  academic  department. 

WESTMINSTER  SCHOOL,  Dobbs  Ferry,  W.  L.  Gushing, 
A.  M.,  Head  Master,  was  founded  in  1888.  It  is  on  the  line  of 
the  New  York  Central  Railroad,  and  is  reached  from  New  York 
in  forty  minutes.  The  school  buildings  are  situated  on  the  east 
bank  of  the  Hudson,  overlooking  the  Palisades.  No  expense  has 
been  spared  in  the  use  of  material  and  appliances  to  conform  to 
the  latest  demands  of  sanitary  science.  The  instruction  and  the 
training  of  the  school  are  designed  to  prepare  boys  for  college. 
An  uninterrupted  six  years'  course  secures  the  soundest  equip- 
ment. Therefore  pupils  are  received  preferably  at  the  age  of 
eleven  or  twelve.  The  charge  for  tuition  and  the  general  living 
expenses  amounts  to  $700  a  year.  For  two  boys  occupying  the 
same  room  the  charge  is  $600  each.  The  cost  of  tuition  for  day 
pupils  is  $200. 

ST.  MARY'S  fllDDLE  ACADEMIC,  Dunkirk,  Rev.  F. 
Stephen,  C.  P.,  was  granted  a  charter  under  the  University  of  the 
State  of  New  York  in  1894.  The  school  is  under  the  direction  of 
the  Passionist  Fathers.  The  academic  course  covers  four  years, 
including  work  in  first,  second,  and  third  year  English,  algebra, 
plane  geometry,  physics,  physical  geography,  physiology,  United 
States  history,  New  York  history,  English  history,  civics,  book- 
keeping, and  drawing,  with  two  years  in  Latin,  French,  or  German. 
Elective  work  in  other  academic  studies  furnishes  enough  to  secure 
the  forty-eight  counts  necessary  for  a  regent's  diploma,  the  same 
being  required  for  graduation. 

nUNRO  COLLEGIATE  INSTITUTE,  Elbridge,  Milo  D.  Her 
ron,  Principal,  was  founded  and  endowed  by  Nathan  Munro  in 
1834.  It  has  been  one  of  the  foremost  college  preparatory  schools 
of  the  Empire  State.  The  academy  building  is  a  massive  brick  and 

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stone  structure,  well  lighted,  heated,  ventilated,  and  well  arranged 
for  the  necessities  of  school  work.  Every  apartment  is  carefully 
cared  for.  It  is  equipped  with  all  the  accessories  necessary 
to  the  best  instruction.  The  courses  are  under  the  control  and 
supervision  of  the  University  of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  are 
as  thorough  as  it  is  possible  to  make  them.  Certificates  from  the 
principal  admit  the  holders  to  various  colleges  without  examina- 
tion. 

ST.  JOHN'S  COLLEGE,  Fordham,  the  Rev.  T.  J.  Campbell, 
S.  J.,  President,  is  situated  in  the  extreme  northern  section  of  the 
metropolis.  It  was  opened  in  1841.  The  administration  was  in 
the  hands  of  secular  priests  until  1846,  when  the  college  was  pur- 
chased by  the  Fathers  of  the  Society  of  Jesus.  In  the  same  year 
the  act  of  incorporation  was  passed  by  the  New  York  Legislature, 
raising  the  college  to  the  rank  of  a  university,  with  the  power  to 
grant  all  degrees  usually  granted  by  any  other  university.  The 
college  estate  embraces  seventy-five  acres,  and  the  principal  build- 
ings number  seven,  all  built  of  stone,  steam  heated,  and  lighted 
by  electricity.  There  are  three  departments  :  The  college  proper, 
the  academic  department,  the  grammar  department.  Admission 
to  the  college  is  by  examination  or  approved  certificate.  The 
degree  of  A.  B.  is  conferred  at  the  end  of  the  college  course. 
Master  of  Arts  is  conferred  on  graduates  after  satisfactory  exam- 
ination upon  the  completion  of  a  year  of  post-graduate  study. 
An  officer  of  the  United  States  army  is  professor  of  military 
science  and  tactics.  All  students  are  required  to  engage  in 
military  drill.  Tuition  and  board  per  annum,  $300. 

FORT  EDWARD  COLLEGIATE  INSTITUTE,  Fort  Edward, 
Joseph  E.  King,  D.  D.,  President,  was  chartered  by  the  regents 
and  opened  for  students  December  7,  1856.  During  its  co-educa- 
tional period,  which  extended  to  1889,  it  registered  over  thirteen 
thousand  students.  Of  these  about  one  hundred  and  forty  entered 
different  colleges,  but  to  the  great  majority  the  Institute  was  a 
finishing  school.  Since  1889  it  has  been  devoted  exclusively  to 
the  education  of  young  women  and  girls.  The  school  is  thor- 
oughly Christian,  though  not  denominational.  It  gives  a  com- 
plete college  preparation,  and  has  representatives  at  present  in 
Wellesley.  Smith,  and  Vassar.  There  are  departments  of  music, 
art,  elocution,  and  business.  The  rates  are  exceptionally  mod- 
erate. 

CLINTON  LIBERAL  INSTITUTE  and  Military  Academy, 
Fort  Plain,  William  C.  Joslin,  A.  M.,  Principal.  The  distinc- 
tive features  of  the  Institute  are  home  life  and  military  disci- 
pline. Military  discipline  is  considered  an  invaluable  part  of 
the  curriculum,  cultivating  habits  of  punctuality,  neatness,  and 

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obedience  as  well  as  of  healthful  and  recreative  exercise.  Aca- 
demic preparatory,  college  preparatory,  scientific  and  technical, 
English  and  literary,  each  four  years  in  length,  are  among  the 
principal  courses  offered.  The  business  courses  are  one  and  two 
years  in  length,  and  lead  directly  to  practical  life.  Courses  in 
music  and  elocution  are  also  offered.  The  expenses  per  year  for 
board,  tuition  in  the  regular  courses,  heat,  light,  and  washing  are 
$300  for  cadets,  $275  for  girls.  For  day  pupils  the  tuition  ranges 
from  $30  to  $40  per  year. 

HOBART  COLLEGE,  Geneva,  the  Rev.  Robert  Ellis  Jones, 
D.  D.,  President,  was  chartered  in  1825  under  the  title,  "Geneva 
College,"  but  the  educational  movement  of  which  it  is  an  out- 
growth dates  from  many  years  earlier.  The  college  was  named 
for  Bishop  John  Henry  Hobart,  as  a  result  of  whose  labors  the 
Episcopal  Theological  School  at  Fairfield  was  removed  to  Geneva 
in  1821  to  form  the  nucleus  of  a  college  for  liberal  culture.  In- 
struction was  begun  in  1822,  and  "the  class  graduated  in  1826 
was  the  first  .class  graduated  from  any  Episcopal  college  estab- 
lished since  the  American  Revolution."  The  institution  was 
scantily  endowed,  and  its  early  years  represent  heroic  struggle  on 
the  part  of  president  and  faculty.  The  present  success  and  in- 
fluence of  the  college,  however,  justify  the  devotion  of  the 
founders.  The  grounds  cover  over  fifteen  acres  ;  there  are  about 
ten  fine  buildings ;  the  library  has  forty  thousand  volumes,  and 
the  physical  and  chemical  laboratories,  observatory,  gymnasium, 
cabinets,  and  Museum  of  Natural  History  meet  all .  the  require- 
ments of  modern  college  life.  The  location,  which  overlooks  on 
the  east  Seneca  Lake,  and  on  the  west  the  "Ridge,"  with  its 
lawns  and  villas,  is  one  of  unexampled  beauty.  Three  four  years' 
courses  of  study  are  offered :  The  classical,  the  course  in  letters 
and  science,  and  the  course  in  letters  with  Latin. 

COLGATE  ACADEMY,  Hamilton,  Frank  Lucius  Shepardson, 
A.M.,  Principal.  The  history  of  the  institution  begins  in  1853, 
when  a  grammar  school  was  opened  under  the  supervision  of  Col- 
gate University  to  give  preparation  for  collegiate  work.  The 
academy  proper  was  established  in  1873,  being  erected  and 
endowed  by  James  B.  Colgate,  as  a  memorial  to  his  parents.  The 
school  has  the  exclusive  use  of  five  buildings.  It  offers  three 
distinct  courses  of  four  years  each,  preparing  young  men  either 
for  college  or  the  scientific  school.  Tuition  is  $45  a  year.  Board 
and  room  may  be  obtained  from  $3.50  to  $6  a  week. 

COLGATE  UNIVERSITY,  Hamilton.  This  institution  was 
founded  in  1818,  and  was  known  from  that  time  until  1846  as  the 
Hamilton  Literary  and  Theological  Institution,  and  from  1846  to 

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1890  as  Madison  University.  In  1890  a  change  of  name  was 
made  to  Colgate  University.  The  school  was  originally  founded 
for  the  purpose  of  preparing  young  men  for  the  Christian  minis- 
try, it  being  the  first  school  established  by  Baptists  in  America 
distinctively  for  ministerial  education.  The  original  school  has 
developed  into  three  departments :  Colgate  Academy,  the  Col- 
lege, and  the  Hamilton  Theological  Seminary.  All  of  these  are 
under  one  president  and  board  of  trustees,  though  each  has  its 
own  faculty  and  administrative  head.  The  purpose  of  the  found- 
ers to  train  young  men  for  the  Christian  ministry  has  never  been 
neglected  by  their  successors,  but  the  students  in  the  academy 
and  college  have  in  view  a  variety  of  callings,  and  its  alumni 
are  found  in  all  walks  of  life.  The  property  of  the  University  is 
worth  about  half  a  million  dollars,  and  it  has  an  endowment  of 
about  a  million  and  a  half.  Each  of  its  separate  schools  is 
equipped  in  the  most  thorough  manner  for  its  special  work. 
Standards  of  scholarship  are  high,  and  expenses  extremely  mod- 
erate. 

HAMILTON  THEOLOGICAL  SEHINARY  OF  COLGATE 
UNIVERSITY,  Hamilton,. Sylvester  Burnham,  Dean  of  the  Faculty. 
On  the  twenty-fourth  of  September,  1817,  the  Baptist  Education 
Society  of  the  State  of  New  York  was  organized  near  the  village 
of  Hamilton  "  for  the  purpose  of  educating  pious  young  men  to 
the  gospel  ministry."  On  March  5,  1819,  the  society  was  granted 
a  State  charter,  and  a  school  known  as  the  Hamilton  Literary  and 
Theological  Institution  was  formally  opened  in  May,  1820.  Twice, 
in  1840  and  again  in  1843,  the  society  applied  to  the  State  Legis- 
lature for  a  collegiate  charter,  but  without  success.  In  1846  the 
application  was  made  by  a  few  friends  of  the  institution,  acting 
in  the  interest  of  the  society,  and  a  charter  with  full  university 
privileges  was  granted  to  a  corporate  body  named  Madison 
University.  This  new  body  took  charge  of  the  entire  preparatory 
and  collegiate  part  of  the  work,  and  assumed  the  expenses  for 
instruction  in  the  theological  seminary,  leaving  its  management, 
however,  to  the  Education  Society.  The  completion  of  Eaton 
Hall,  in  1886,  provided  the  seminary  with  a  building  devoted 
exclusively  to  its  use,  and  enabled  it  to  enter  upon  a  stronger  and 
more  independent  life  than  was  before  possible.  In  1890  the 
name  of  the  University  was  changed  from  Madison  to  Colgate,  in 
grateful  recognition  of  the  liberal  gifts  of  the  Colgate  family  to 
the  institution.  In  June,  1893,  the  theological  seminary  was 
mads  a  department  of  Colgate  University.  Its  administration 
was  given  to  the  University  board,  but  it  still  remains  under  the 
inspection  and  care  of  the  Education  Society.  Though  primarily 
for  the  training  of  young  men  for  the  Baptist  ministry,  the  semi- 

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nary  welcomes  students  of  all  denominations,  and  admits  those 
who,  not  having  the  ministry  in  view,  desire  to  pursue  a  course  of 
theological  study  in  order  to  fit  themselves  more  fully  for  the 
service  of  Christ.  The  courses  of  study  are  three,  designated 
respectively  as  the  full  course,  the  Greek  course,  and  the  English 
course.  The  full  course  leads,  conditionally,  to  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Divinity.  There  is  no  charge  for  tuition.  The  rooms 
in  Eaton  Hall  are  supplied  with  furniture,  and  are  free  of  rent. 
All  students  are  charged  $5  per  term  for  incidentals,  and  the  price 
of  board  in  clubs  or  families  is  from  $2  to  $3.50  a  week. 
Students  for  the  ministry,  of  suitable  character  and  talents,  may 
receive  aid  from  the  Baptist  Education  Society  of  the  State  of 
New  York.  Information  regarding  the  amount  and  conditions 
of  help  should  be  addressed  to  the  corresponding  secretary  of  the 
Education  Society,  Rev.  H.  S.  Loyd,  Hamilton,  N.  Y. 

CASCADILLA  SCHOOL,  Ithaca,  Charles  V.  Parsell,  A.  M., 
Principal,  was  established  in  1876  "  as  a  school  of  special  instruc- 
tion for  Cornell  University  students  and  for  those  preparing  for 
the  University."  An  increasing  demand  for  a  strictly  college 
preparatory  school  of  high  standard  led  to  its  entire  reorganization 
in  1890.  In  that  year  its  special  University  instruction  was 
abandoned,  and  it  has  since  devoted  itself  with  marked  success 


to  the  work  of  fitting  for  Cornell  and  other  leading  colleges.  In 
point  of  healthfulness  the  elevated  location  is  unsurpassed.  The 
buildings  have  all  been  erected  since  1890,  and  are  exceptionally 
complete  in  their  appointments.  The  attendance  is  limited  to 
sixty-five  in  order  that  personal  attention  may  be  given  each  pupil ; 
day  students  are  not  accepted.  The  athletic  grounds  of  thirteen 
acres,  new  boathouse  (for  the  use  of  all  the  athletic  teams),  and 

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Ithaca. 


gymnasium  provide  ample  opportunities  for  bodily  training.  As  to 
the  character  of  the  intellectual  discipline,  the  testimony  of  Presi- 
dent Schurman,  of  Cornell,  is :  "I  believe  the  Cascadilla  School 


to  be  one  of  the  best  preparatory  institutions  in  the  country."  One 
year  of  elementary  work  and  three  of  advanced  are  included  in 
the  course  of  study.  Annual  charge  for  home  and  tuition,  $650. 

CORNELL  UNIVERSITY,  Ithaca,  Jacob  Gould  Schurman, 
A.  M.  (London),  D.  Sc.  (Edinburgh),  LL.  D.  (Columbia),  Presi- 
dent. Cornell  was  incorporated  by  the  New  York  State  Legislature 
in  1865,  and  opened  to  students  in  1868.  By  the  Land  Grant  Act 
of  1862  the  State  of  New  York  obtained  990,000  acres,  the  pro- 
ceeds of  which  were  to  go  to  the  endowment  and  maintenance  of 
at  least  one  college,  the  purpose  of  which  should  be,  while  not 
excluding  other  studies,  to  give  instruction  in  such  branches  of 
learning  as  are  related  to  agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts.  It 
was  by  the  union  of  the  money  realized  for  this  land  and  the 
munificent  donation  of  Ezra  Cornell  that  the  University  was 
founded.  Mr.  Cornell's  high  ideal,  "  I  would  found  an  institu- 
tion where  any  person  can  find  instruction  in  any  study,"  was 
easily  reconciled  with  the  aim  of  the  government,  and  another 
great  university  took  its  place  beside  Yale,  Harvard,  Columbia, 
and  Princeton.  Its  total  property  is  now  $9,378,499.19,  and  the 
income  for  1897-98  was  $643,050.73.  Mr.  Cornell's  first  gift 
amounted  to  over  half  a  million  dollars,  and  it  was  increased  by 
later  gifts  to  about  $750,000.  Hon.  Henry  W.  Sage  gave  the 
University  $1,125,000,  approximately.  Hiram  Sibley,  John  Mc- 
Graw,  Andrew  D.  White,  Daniel  Fayerweather,  Hiram  W.  Sibley, 
Dean  Sage,  and  William  H.  Sage  have  given,  all  together,  a  little 
over  $1,000,000.  But  most  (about  $4,125,000)  has  come  from  an 
investment  in  Western  lands  made  by  Ezra  Cornell,  and  carried  to 
success  by  Henry  W.  Sage.  From  the  outset  the  institution  was 
co-educational  and  emphatically  non-sectarian.  The  situation  of 
the  University  is  unique,  the  campus  occupying  a  high  plateau 

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Keuka  College  P.  O.         WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  AT.  Y. 

between  two  deep  canyons,  and  overlooking  Cayuga  Lake.  There 
are  over  twenty  handsome  buildings,  including  Sage  Chapel  and 
Sage  College,  the  gifts  of  the  Hon.  Henry  W.  Sage,  Barnes  Hall, 
the  gift  of  the  late  Alfred  S.  Barnes,  Esq.,  and  the  University 
Library,  given  also  by  Mr.  Sage.  The  library  now  embraces 
213,000  books  and  35,000  pamphlets.  It  has  an  endowment  of 
$300,000  given  by  Mr.  Sage,  and  grows  at  about  twelve  thousand 
volumes  a  year.  The  library  of  the  College  of  Law  in  Boardman 
Hall  contains  over  twenty-five  thousand  volumes.  Cornell  is 
administered  by  a  board  of  thirty-nine  trustees.  The  University 
comprehends  the  following  departments  and  colleges  :  Graduate 
Department,  Academic  Department  (or  Department  of  Arts  and 
Sciences),  College  of  Law,  College  of  Civil  Engineering,  Sibley 
College  of  Mechanical  Engineering  and  Mechanic  Arts,  College 
of  Agriculture,  College  of  Architecture,  New  York  State  Veter- 
inary College,  New  York  State  College  of  Forestry,  and  the 
Medical  College.  The  faculties  of  Cornell  University  are  the 
University  faculty,  the  faculty  of  arts  and  sciences,  of  law,  of 
civil  engineering,  of  mechanical  engineering,  of  architecture, 
of  agriculture,  of  veterinary  medicine,  of  forestry,  and  of  medicine. 
The  Graduate  Department  is  under  the  charge  of  the  University 
faculty.  Admission  to  the  University  is  on  regents'  diploma,  on 
certificate  of  graduation  from  a  high  school  of  approved  standing 
(under  specified  conditions),  by  examination,  or  as  a  special  stu- 
dent. The  degrees  conferred  include  Bachelor  of  Arts,  Bachelor 
of  Law,  Bachelor  of  the  Science  of  Agriculture,  Bachelor  of  Archi- 
tecture, Civil  Engineer,  Mechanical  Engineer,  Bachelor  of  the 
Science  of  Forestry,  Doctor  of  Medicine,  Doctor  of  Veterinary 
Medicine,  Master  of  Arts,  and  Doctor  of  Philosophy.  In  addition 
to  the  regular  academic  year,  there  is  a  summer  term  for  the 
especial  benefit  of  teachers  and  advanced  students.  In  1897-98 
the  whole  number  of  students  at  Cornell  was  2,131,  of  whom  166 
were  graduates,  203  were  in  the  summer  schools,  and  93  in  the 
winter  school  in  agriculture.  The  instructing  staff  numbered  225. 
Of  the  students,  624  were  in  the  academic  department.  Free 
tuition  is  annually  given  to  5 1 2  State  students,  and  thirty-six  hold- 
ers of  University  undergraduate  scholarships  receive  $200  each. 
There  are  twenty-three  fellowships  in  value  from  $500  to  $2,000 
each,  and  eighteen  graduate  scholarships  worth  $300  each.  The 
tuition  fee  in  the  College  of  Law  and  in  the  academic  department 
is  $100  ;  in  all  other  courses,  except  the  medical  course  and  for 
special  students,  it  is  $125,  and  for  medical  students,  $150. 

KEUKA  COLLEGE,  Keuka  College  P.  O.,  was  opened  in 
1890.  It  is  located  on  a  beautiful  slope  on  the  west  side  of  Lake 
Keuka  in  the  township  of  Jerusalem,  Yates  County,  N.  Y.  Its 

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grounds  include  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  on  which  is 
a  growing  college  settlement,  a  district  school,  an  academy,  sum- 
mer assembly  grounds,  a  college,  stores,  money-order  post-office, 
electric  railroad,  and  electric  lights.  The  main  college  building 
is  of  brick,  trimmed  with  stone,  two  hundred  by  sixty-five  feet  in 
size,  and  five  stories  high,  the  most  beautiful  building  in  the 
county.  Jerusalem  is  free  from  saloons.  The  aim  of  the  com- 
bined schools  is  to  take  students  from  the  primary  class  to  full 
college  graduation,  giving  a  thorough  and  inexpensive  course  from 
first  to  last.  Over  fifty  families  now  compose  the  college  settle- 
ment, enjoying  special  school  advantages,  free  from  the  diversions 
and  perversions  of  city  life.  The  total  cost  per  student  for  tuition, 
board,  room,  heat,  and  incidentals,  is  only  $150  a  year.  The 
faculty  now  consists  of  twelve  professors  and  teachers,  and  the 
endowment  amounts  to  $100,000.  Inquiries  should  be  addressed 
to  Dean  Edward  C.  Hayes,  Keuka  College,  N.  Y.  Geo.  H.  Ball, 
D.  D.,  President ;  Z.  F.  Griffin,  B.  D.,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

GENESEE  WESLEYAN  SEMINARY,  Lima,  the  Rev.  B.  W. 
Hutchinson,  President,  was  founded  in  1830,  and  from  the  day  of  its 
founding*  has  been  one  of  the  leading  institutions  of  its  kind  in 
the  Empire  State.  The  location  in  Lima  leaves  almost  nothing 
to  be  desired,  being  eighteen  miles  south  of  Rochester  on  the 
Lehigh  Valley  Railroad,  in  one  of  the  most  charming  localities  of 
western  New  York.  The  school  has  a  splendid  campus,  with  three 
well  equipped  buildings,  and  the  faculty  numbers  twelve  instruc- 
tors, specialists  in  their  respective  departments.  Young  men  and 
young  women  are  admitted  to  all  departments  on  equal  terms.  It 
is  preeminently  a  home  boarding  school,  the  provision  for  the 
home  life  and  instruction  of  the  young  women  being  superior. 
The  management  aims  to  have  a  Christian  institution  free  from 
sectarianism.  This  seminary  was  a  pioneer  in  the  introduction  of 
"  social  training,"  giving  particular  attention  to  the  aesthetic  in 
manners  and  life,  and  the  reputation  acquired  in  this  respect  has 
drawn  many  students  during  the  past  fifteen  years.  In  addition 
to  college  preparatory  courses,  there  is  a  teachers'  training  class, 
and  instruction  is  given  in  music,  art,  elocution,  and  business. 
Expenses  less  than  $200  per  year. 

KYLE  MILITARY  INSTITUTE,  German-American  boarding 
school  for  boys,  Flushing,  L.  I.,  is  probably  one  of  the  most  inter- 
esting  schools  in  greater  New  York.  The  number  of  pupils  is 
limited  to  forty-five,  and  although  it  gives  no  summer  vacation, 
the  boys  find  plenty  of  enjoyment.  In  order  to  keep  the  young 
minds  occupied  the  most  important  lessons  are  gone  over  morn- 
ings. Afternoons,  the  boys  "  fall  in  "  and  march  to  the  Institute's 
bathhouse  on  Flushing  Bay.  There  are  seven  teachers ;  one  of 

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these  instructors  is  continually  with  the  boys  from  rising  to  retir- 
ing. During  the  fall,  winter,  and  spring  months  the  school  exer- 
cises are  strictly  carried  out.  German  is  taught  colloquially  and 
grammatically,  and  boys,  who  enter  the  school  ignorant  of  the 
language,  are  able,  as  a  rule,  to  speak  it  fluently  in  less  than  a 
year.  Great  attention  is  paid  to  military  drill  and  gymnastic 
exercises.  The  progress  of  each  pupil  is  marked  every  day,  and 
at  the  end  of  the  month  a  report  is  sent  to  his  parents.  The 
expenses  are  $350  per  year  (twelve  months)  for  tuition  and  board, 
including  text-books,  copy  books,  stationery,  ordinary  mending  of 
clothes,  and  laundry. 

ST.  JOSEPH'S  ACADEflY,  Flushing,  L.  L,  is  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Sisters  of  St.  Joseph,  and  under  the  immediate  patron- 
age of  the  Rt.  Rev.  C.  E.  McDonnell,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  Brooklyn. 
The  course  of  study  is  thorough  and  extensive,  embracing  all  the 
branches  of  a  solid  and  ornamental  education.  The  classes  are 
divided  into  senior,  preparatory,  and  junior  departments,  hav- 
ing separate  recitation  rooms  and  dormitories.  As  the  academy 
is  affiliated  with  the  University  of  the  State  of  New  York,  those 
who  successfully  complete  the  requisite  course  of  study  receive 
diplomas.  While  a  Catholic  school,  the  academy  welcomes  girls 
from  Protestant  homes,  and  employs  no  undue  influence  over  their 
religious  opinions.  Board  and  tuition,  with  English  and  French, 
$260  per  year.  Music  and  art  courses  extra. 

CATHEDRAL  SCHOOL  OF  ST.  MARY,  Garden  City,  L.  L, 
Miss  Elizabeth  L.  Kones,  Principal.  This  Episcopal  school  was 
founded  by  the  late  Mrs.  Cornelia  M.  Stewart,  widow  of  Mr.  Alex- 
ander T.  Stewart.  The  school  is  liberally  endowed,  and  awards 
two  scholarships  and  three  prizes.  The  course  of  study  is  divided 
into  primary,  intermediate,  and  academic  departments,  the  two 
latter  comprising  four  years  each.  In  the  academic  department 
instruction  is  given  in  college  preparatory  studies.  The  terms  for 
day  pupils  in  the  intermediate  department  are  $120,  and  in  the 
academic,  $175.  For  boarding  pupils  the  charge  is  $600.  Instruc- 
tion in  music,  drawing,  painting,  and  dancing  is  also  provided,  for 
which  extra  charges  are  made. 

ST.  PAUL'S  SCHOOL,  Garden  City,  L.  I.,  Frederick  L.  Gam- 
age,  A.  M.,  Head  Master.  St.  Paul's  School  for  boys  was  founded 
and  endowed  by  Mrs.  Cornelia  M.  Stewart,  as  a  memorial  to  her 
husband,  Alexander  T.  Stewart.  The  object  of  the  school  is  the 
thorough  preparation  of  young  men  for  college  and  the  scientific 
schools,  and  the  development  of  Christian  character.  The  course 
of  instruction,  though  not  confined  to  those  subjects  required  for 
entrance  to  college,  is  designed  to  cover  six  years.  Applicants 

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for  admission  should  be  at  least  eleven  years  of  age,  and  have  a 
fair  knowledge  of  arithmetic,  grammar,  reading,  and  spelling.  The 
charge  for  tuition,  board,  and  laundry  is  $600.  The  tuition  for 
day  pupils  is  $200. 

FRIENDS'  ACADEMY,  Locust  Valley,  L.  I.,  R.  Grant  Bennett, 
A.  M.,  Principal,  was  founded  by  the  late  Gideon  Frost,  in  1876, 
and  is  under  the  regents  of  the  State  of  New  York.  It  is  situated 
in  a  farming  community,  half  a  mile  from  Locust  Valley,  a  station 
on  the  Oyster  Bay  Branch  of  the  Long  Island  Railroad,  thirty 
miles  east  of  New  York.  Ample  grounds  and  a  newly  erected 
brick  building,  furnished  with  every  modern  equipment,  constitute 
a  valuable  plant.  There  are  two  departments,  primary  and  aca- 
demic, the  latter  including  a  classical  and  a  scientific  course.  The 
school  admits  both  day  pupils  and  boarders ;  it  prepares  for  col- 
lege, and  offers  a  good  general  education  for  those  who  cannot 
take  a  collegiate  course.  Board  and  tuition  in  the  English  branches 
for  school  year,  $150. 

LOWVILLE  ACADEMY,  Lowville,  Lewis  County,  William  H. 
Perry,  Ph.D.,  Principal,  has  been  in  session  since  1808,  the  year 
of  its  charter,  without  the  omission  of  a  term.  Four  regular 
courses  of  study  are  given  :  Classical  and  college  preparatory, 
Latin  scientific,  academic,  English.  The  first  three  are  four 
years'  courses,  the  English  a  three  years'  course.  Music  and 
oratory  are  taught  by  specialists,  and  there  is  a  thorough  teachers' 
training  class.  According  to  Secretary  Dewey's  report,  the  Low- 
ville students  earned  more  credentials  in  the  regents'  examina- 
tions of  1897  than  those  of  any  other  academy  in  the  State. 
Home  and  tuition  per  year  come  to  $150. 

ST.  JOHN'S  SCHOOL,  Manlius,  Col.  William  Verbeck,  Super- 
intendent, was  founded  in  1869  by  the  Right  Rev.  Frederic  D. 
Huntington,  Bishop  of  Central  New  York,  and  has  ever  since  been 
successful.  Its  location  is  ten  miles  from  Syracuse,  on  the  line  of 
the  Chenango  Branch  of  the  West  Shore  Railroad.  It  is  also 
connected  with  Syracuse  by  a  convenient  electric  line,  with  a  ter- 
minus at  the  school.  The  situation  of  the  school  buildings  is  on 
high  ground,  with  excellent  natural  drainage.  Although  within 
easy  access  of  all  parts  of  the  country,  cadets,  by  its  location,  are 
removed  from  the  evil  influences  that  surround  larger  towns.  The 
appointments  of  the  school  edifice  are  complete.  It  was  built 
with  express  reference  to  educational  uses,  and  is  provided  with 
special  securities  against  accident  and  ill  health.  It  has  all  the 
modern  improvements,  is  heated  by  steam,  and  lighted  with  elec- 
tricity. The  school  has  a  primary,  a  grammar,  and  an  academic 
department,  the  last  named  offering  five  courses,  as  follows :  Civil 

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engineering,  classical,  special,  practical  business,  and  a  brief  busi- 
ness course.  A  post-graduate  course  gives  opportunity  for  ad- 
vanced work  in  mathematics,  science,  language,  and  history.  The 
school  is  under  the  direct  patronage  of  the  War  Department. 
The  Secretary  of  War  has  detailed  an  officer  of  the  army,  under 
full  pay,  to  take  charge  of  the  military  department,  and  also  has 
furnished  the  school  with  a  complete  outfit  of  artillery,  small  arms, 
and  equipment.  The  names  of  such  students  as  have  shown 
special  diligence  in  their  work  are  sent  by  the  adjutant-general 
of  the  army  to  the  adjutants-general  of  the  different  States.  Then 
names  of  the  three  most  distinguished  students  are  inserted  on 
the  United  States  Army  Register,  and  published  in  general  orders 
at  Washington.  The  expenses  for  the  school  year  are  $500. 

MISS  BILLINGE'S  SCHOOL,  Mohegan  Lake,  Miss  Louise 
Billinge,  Principal.  This  preparatory  boarding  school  for  young 
ladies  and  children,  is  designed  to  furnish  the  attractions  of  home, 
in  addition  to  the  routine  school  work.  English  receives  special 
attention.  Besides  the  elementary  studies,  the  course  of  instruc- 
tion includes  literature,  history,  astronomy,  philosophy,  and  the 
languages.  Music  and  needlework  are  also  taught.  The  terms 
for  board,  including  instruction  in  the  English  branches,  German, 
and  French,  are  $500  per  annum. 

THE  HISSES  LOCKWOOD'S  COLLEGIATE  SCHOOL  FOR 
GIRLS,  Mount  Vernon.  Two  regular  courses  of  study  are  pro- 
vided. The  collegiate  course  includes  all  work  prescribed  by  the 
colleges  as  necessary  for  entrance.  The  English  classical  course 
meets  the  needs  of  those  desiring  a  thorough  education,  but  not 
intending  to  go  to  college.  Special  courses  are  arranged  for  those 
who  desire  them.  The  college  preparatory  department  is  preceded 
by  primary  and  intermediate  departments.  The  terms  for  resident 
pupils,  including  tuition,  board,  and  laundry,  are  $600  per  year. 
The  charges  for  lessons  in  music,  art,  and  dancing  are  extra. 

STATE  NORnAL  SCHOOL,  New  Paltz,  F.  S.  Capen,  Ph.  D., 
Principal,  is  divided  into  four  departments :  Normal,  academic, 
intermediate,  and  primary.  In  the  normal  department  are  three 
courses  of  study :  The  English  course,  occupying  three  years ;  the 
scientific,  three  and  a  half  years;  and  the  classical,  four  years. 
In  the  academic  department  there  are  three  courses  of  study. 
The  intermediate  department  comprises  five  grades,  and  the 
primary  department  four.  Tuition  and  text-books  are  free  to 
pupils  who  reside  in  the  State.  Non-residents  pay  in  advance  a 
fee  of  $20  per  term  of  twenty  weeks.  Tuition  in  the  academic 
department  is  $5  per  quarter  of  ten  weeks  in  the  common  English 
branches,  and  $6  per  quarter  in  the  advanced  subjects. 

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THE  AMERICAN  ACADEMY  OF  THE  DRAHATIC  ARTS, 

the  Lyceum  School  of  Acting  and  Empire  Theatre  Dramatic 
School,  New  York  City,  Franklin  H.  Sargent,  President,  aims  to 
do  for  the  American  student  what  the  French  Conservatoire  and 
Theatre  Frangais  has  done  for  the  French,  and  furnish  practical 
means  of  theatrical  training.  The  academy  makes  provision  for 
special  students  in  the  arts  of  speaking,  reading  or  reciting,  teach- 
ing, and  in  all  social  and  theatrical  accomplishments.  It  is  gov- 
erned by  rules  which  are  enforced  in  all  well  regulated  theatres, 
and  its  further  organization  follows  the  example  of  the  leading 
colleges  of  the  day.  Besides  the  regular  course  of  instruction 
there  is  a  preparatory,  an  elocution,  a  literary,  a  stage  manage- 
ment, and  an  evening  department.  Admission  is  by  examination, 
the-fee  for  which  is  $10.  The  tuition  fee  for  the  first  year's  work 
is  $400  ;  for  the  second,  $300. 

THE  AflERICAN  VETERINARY  COLLEGE,  141  West  S4th 
Street,  New  York  City,  Alexander  F.  Liantard,  M.  D.,  V.  M.,  Dean, 
was  incorporated  and  organized  in  1875  under  the  General  Laws 
of  the  State  of  New  York;  reincorporated  and  reorganized  in 
1888  by r  special  act  of  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  York. 
This  offers  seven  general  courses  of  study :  Descriptive  and  sur- 
gical anatomy,  physiology,  chemistry,  theory  and  practice,  materia 
medica  and  therapeutics,  surgery,  obstetrics.  All  graduates  are 
eligible  to  membership  in  the  U.  S.  Veterinary  Medical  Association. 
Fees  for  the  collegiate  year  amount  to  $370. 

THE  BARNARD  SCHOOL,  117-119  West  1251)1  Street,  New 
York  City,  William  Livingstone  Hazen,  A.  B.,  LL.  B.,  Head  Master. 
This  school  was  founded  in  June,  1886,  and  first  opened  for  stu- 
dents in  September  of  the  same  year.  New  buildings  were  erected 
on  the  original  site  in  1887  and  1893,  and  still  more  recently  an 
additional  building  fronting  on  12 6th  Street  has  been  procured  and 
adapted  to  the  necessities  of  modern  class-rooms.  The  latest 
and  most  approved  methods  of  heating,  lighting,  and  sanitation 
have  been  applied  to  all  the  school  buildings,  and  no  pains  or 
expense  have  been  spared  to  make  this  an  ideal  home  for  boys, 
A  large  gymnasium  is  fitted  up  with  the  best  apparatus,  the  school 
has  regular  military  drill,  and  there  is  ample  provision  for  out-of- 
door  sports.  The  library  contains  over  five  thousand  volumes,  and 
the  general  scholarly  reputation  of  the  school  is  very  high.  From 
the  newly  organized  kindergarten  department  to  the  graduate  year 
in  the  high  school  department,  the  instruction  imparted  is  as 
thorough  as  it  is  popular.  The  sum  of  $600  covers  the  whole 
yearly  expense,  tuition,  board,  laundry,  etc. 

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THE  BERLITZ  SCHOOL  OF  LANGUAGES,  head  office, 
Madison  Square,  New  York  City,  M.  D.  Berlitz,  N.  A.  Joly,  and 
Paul  Rogez,  Directors  and  Proprietors.  The  first  of  these  insti- 
tutions was  established  in  May,  1878,  and  its  success  led  to  the 
opening  of  branches  in  many  American  and  European  cities. 
Modern  languages  are  taught  by  native  teachers,  by  a  method 
peculiar  to  the  Berlitz  School,  and  productive  of  the  most  satis- 
factory results  in  the  shortest  time.  The  tuition  for  any  one 
language,  in  regular  classes  of  from  three  to  eight  members, 
one  lesson  a  week,  is  $38  for  the  school  year  of  forty  weeks ;  for 
five  lessons  a  week,  $70. 

THE  BREARLEY  SCHOOL  of  New  York  City,  was  founded  in 
1884  by  Samuel  Brearley,  A.  B.,  of  Harvard,  and  of  Belloit  Col- 
lege, Oxford.  It  was  intended  to  represent,  in  the  education  of 
girls,  a  part  of  the  general  contemporary  effort  toward  a  higher 
standard  of  performance  in  secondary  school  work.  A  new  school 
seemed  specially  called  for  at  that  time  by  a  lively  movement  in 
New  York  toward  obtaining  for  girls  the  advantage  of  a  college 
education.  At  his  death  in  1886  the  school  was  taken  up  by  the 
patrons  and  became  a  corporation  school.  It  has  been  developed 
and  carried  on  chiefly  by  these  concerned  in  establishing  the  Har- 
vard examinations  for  women  in  New  York,  and  in  the  founding 
of  Barnard  College.  The  school  sends  yearly  a  quota  to  college, 
the  best  pupils  having  respectively  taken  the  Harvard  entrance 
scholarship  for  women  (now  existing  no  longer),  and  other  similar 
scholarships.  No  other  private  school  in  New  York  has  interested 
itself  so  much  in  this  work,  or  shown  any  such  record  of  perform- 
ance by  its  pupils.  The  president  of  the  corporation  at  present  is 
Charles  C.  Beaman,  Esq.  The  master  is  James  G.  Croswell,  A.  B. 
(Harvard).  The  home  of  the  school  is  in  a  building  erected  for  it 
by  the  corporation  on  West  Forty-fourth  Street.  The  number  of 
pupils  in  attendance  is  two  hundred,  and  the  numbers  of -teachers 
employed  is  thirty-five,  exclusive  of  extra  tutors  and  "  coaches." 

CLASSICAL  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  2034  Fifth  Avenue, 
New  York  City,  Mrs.  Helen  M.  Scoville,  and  Miss  Edith  L.  Cooper, 
Principals.  The  school,  entering  upon  its  sixteenth  year,  Septem- 
ber 28,  1898,  is  pleasantly  situated  near  Mt.  Morris  Park.  It  has 
five  departments  of  instruction  :  Primary,  junior,  preparatory  for 
college,  advanced,  and  graduate.  Pupils  of  the  college  preparatory 
course  are  admitted  on  certificate  to  Wellesley,  Smith,  Vassar, 
and  Mt.  Holyoke  Colleges.  The  history  of  art  is  carefully 
coordinated  with  history,  literature,  and  music.  Frequent  visits 
to  galleries  and  a  series  of  illustrated  lectures  supplement  this 
course,  the  object  being  to  ensure  first  impressions  and  the  power 
of  independent  judgment.  The  work  of  the  department  of  music, 

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under  the  direction  of  Albert  Mildenberg  (a  pupil  of  Rafael 
Joseffy),  has  won  the  entire  approval  of  the  music-loving  friends 
of  the  school.  During  the  coming  winter  a  series  of  receptions, 
recitals,  and  musicales  will  be  given,  at  which  the  young  ladies 
will  meet  friends  of  the  school,  eminent  in  the  world  of  literature 
and  art.  Board  and  tuition  per  year,  $800.  The  only  extras  are 
laundry  work,  seat  in  church,  and  instruction  in  music. 

COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW 
YORK,  115-117-119  West  Sixty-eighth  Street,  New  York  City, 
Charles  F.  Chandler,  Ph.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President,  comprises  chemi- 
cal and  pharmaceutical  departments,  and  departments  of  botany, 
physiology,  pharmacognosy,  and  materia  medica.  On  completing 
the  full  two  years'  course  of  study  the  student  is  entitled  to  receive 
the  diploma  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy,  or  the  degree  of  Ph.  G. 
"With  separate  laboratories  for  each  department,  fitted  with  the 
most  modern  and  approved  apparatus,  and  with  the  classes  divided 
into  small  sections,  the  students  receive  the  greatest  amount  of 
individual  instruction,"  says  the  college  announcement,  "  given  by 
any  college  of  pharmacy  in  the  world."  The  fees  (not  including 
fees  for  extra  and  special  courses)  are  $100  per  year. 

COLLEGE  OF  ST.  FRANCIS  XAVIER,  39  West  Fifteenth 
Street,  New  York  City,  the  Rev.  Thomas  E.  Murphy,  S.  J.,  Presi- 
dent. This  school  for  day  scholars  only  was  founded  in  1847, 
and  is  conducted  by  the  Jesuit  Fathers.  It  was  endowed  by  the 
regents  of  the  University  of  the  State  of  New  York  with  full  col- 
legiate powers  and  privileges  in  1861.  The  regular  four  years' 
college  course  differs  from  that  of  other  colleges  only  in  that  no 
studies  are  elective,  and  that  in  the  senior  year  much  attention  is 
given  to  philosophy.  Graduates  receive  the  degree  of  A.  B.  The 
academic  department  is  a  three  years'  preparatory  course  for  the 
collegiate  department.  The  grammar  department  admits  boys 
from  nine  to  fifteen  years  of  age,  and  fits  them  for  the  academic 
course.  The  tuition  and  library  fees  are  $15.50  per  quarter. 

COLLEGIATE  SCHOOL,  241-243  West  Seventy  -  seventh 
Street,  New 'York  City,  L.  C.  Mygatt,  L.  H.  D.,  Head  Master,  is  a 
private  school  for  boys,  founded  by  Adam  Roelantsen  in  1633,  and 
therefore  the  oldest  institution  of  learning  in  America,  antedating 
Harvard  by  three  years.  The  present  principal  is  the  eighteenth 
successive  schoolmaster,  and  the  record  of  pupils  is  complete  from 
1792  to  date.  A  complete  preparation  for  any  college  or  scientific 
school  is  supplemented  by  a  special  course  for  those  wishing  mer- 
cantile training  only.  Physical  training  is  a  part  of  the  regular 
routine  in  all  classes.  The  building,  designed  especially  for  the 
school,  is  adequate  and  modern.  Tuition  per  annum,  $100  in 
primary  to  $300  in  last  two  years  of  senior  division.  No  extras. 

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COLUMBIA  GRAMMAR  SCHOOL,  34  and  36  East  Fifty 
first  Street,  New  York  City,  B.  H.  Campbell,  A.  M.,  Head 
Master,  was  founded  in  1764,  and  had  its  origin  as  a  preparatory 
department  of  Columbia  College,  and  such  it  continued  to  be  for 
many  years.  The  trustees  of  the  college  subsequently  transferred 
the  school  to  the  late  Dr.  Charles  Anthon,  and  under  this  great 
scholar's  direction  it  reached  the  first  rank  in  thorough  classical 
and  English  instruction,  a  position  it  has  ever  since  maintained. 
The  purpose  of  the  school  is  two-fold  :  First,  to  prepare  boys  for 
•entrance  to  the  leading  universities  of  the  country,  their  depart- 
ments of  law,  medicine,  and  science ;  and,  second,  to  give  such 
training  to  those  not  wishing  to  enter  college  as  shall  fit  them  for 
business  life.  The  number  of  boys  in  each  class  is  kept  small,  in 
order  to  secure  the  proper  amount  of  individual  attention.  The 
school  building  and  grounds  leave  little  to  be  desired.  Terms  for 
the  school  year:  $150  in  first  form  to  $350  in  the  sixth.  A 
deduction  of  seven  per  cent,  to  two  or  more  brothers ;  of  twenty- 
five  per  cent,  to  sons  of  clergymen. 

COLUMBIA  UNIVERSITY,  New  York  City,  Seth  Low,  LL.  D., 
President.  Though  founded  more  than  a  century  later  than 
Harvard,  and  over  half  a  century  later  than  Yale,  Columbia  is 
still,  as  things  are  reckoned  in  America,  a  very  old  institution. 
It  was  established  under  the  name  of  King's  College  in  1754  on 
the  "  King's  Farm,"  a  tract  of  land  overlooking  the  Hudson  River. 
Its  royal  charter  provided  that  the  governing  board  should  include 
ministers  not  only  of  the  Church  of  England,  but  also  of  several 
non-conformist  religious  bodies,  and  these  governors  were  ex- 
pressly forbidden  "  to  exclude  any  person  of  any  religious  denomi- 
nation whatever  from  equal  liberty  and  advantages,  or  from  any 
of  the  degrees,  liberties,  privileges,  benefits,  or  immunities  of  the 
said  college,  on  account  of  his  particular  tenets  in  matters  of 
religion."  The  first  class,  graduated  in  1760,  had  eight  students, 
and  they  received  instruction  until  the  new  building  was  ready 
in  the  vestry-room  of  the  schoolhouse  connected  with  Trinity 
Church.  Alexander  Hamilton,  John  Jay,  and  other  eminent 
patriots  were  educated  in  the  young  college.  It  v^as  suspended 
for  a  time  during  the  Revolution,  since  the  president,  a  royalist, 
was  compelled  to  flee  to  England ;  meanwhile  the  college  build- 
ings served  the  purpose  of  a  military  hospital.  The  institution 
was  revived  in  1784  under  the  name  of  Columbia  College.  The 
first  student  to  enter  under  the  new  regime  was  De  Witt  Clinton. 
The  subsequent  history  of  Columbia  College  has  been  one  of 
constant  growth  and  additions.  Buildings  were  multiplied  and 
departments  created  as  necessity  or  interest  demanded.  A  medical 
faculty  had  been  formed  as  early  as  1767,  but  it  was  permitted  to 

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resign  in  1814  to  form  the  faculty  of  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons.  The  latter  institution  became  in  1860  an  affiliated, 
and  in  1891  an  integral,  part  of  Columbia  University.  As  early 
as  1798  James  Kent  held  a  professorship  of  law  in  Columbia,  and 
it  was  here  that  Kent  first  delivered  his  lectures,  since  famous  as 
the  Commentaries  on  American  Law.  It  was,  however,  as  late  as 
1858  before  the  Columbia  Law  School  was  formally  organized. 
In  1864  a  School  of  Mines,  now  the  School  of  Applied  Science, 
was  founded,  and  in  1880  the  School  of  Political  Science,  the  first 
of  its  kind  in  any  English-speaking  country,  was  established.  It 
has  had  more  than  one  thousand  students,  and  maintains  a  high 
reputation  at  home  and  abroad.  Barnard  College  for  women  was 
incorporated  in  1889,  the  School  of  Philosophy  dates  from  1890, 
and  the  School  of  Pure  Science  from  1892.  The  Teachers' 
College,  founded  in  1889,  has  just  been  added  to  the  University, 
forming  its  School  of  Pedagogy.  The  officers  of  instruction  in 
the  University  number  three  hundred,  the  students  over  twenty- 
five  hundred,  the  alumni  over  fifteen  thousand.  With  few  excep- 
tions admission  to  the  college  is  upon  written  examination.  All 
candidates  for  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  are  required  to  have 
an  elementary  knowledge  of  both  French  and  German.  In  the 
case  of  students  offering  Greek  at  entrance,  one  modern  language 
is  necessary  for  admission,  and  a  course  in  the  second  modern 
language  is  required  during  the  first  year.  The  degrees  conferred 
by  the  University  include :  Bachelor  of  Art,  of  Laws,  of  Science, 
of  Philosophy,  Doctor  of  Medicine,  of  Philosophy,  Master  of 
Arts,  Engineer  of  Mines,  Civil  Engineer,  Electrical  Engineer, 
Metallurgical  Engineer,  Mechanical  Engineer.  Honorary  degrees 
are :  Doctor  of  Laws,  Doctor  of  Sacred  Theology,  Doctor  of 
Letters.  The  institution,  properly  speaking,  consists  both  of  a 
college  and  of  a  university.  The  former  is  still  known  as  Columbia 
College  ;  the  latter  embraces  the  professional  and  technical  schools. 
Each  school  is  governed  by  its  own  faculty,  which  is  in  turn 
responsible  to  the  University  Council,  made  up  of  the  president, 
the  deans  of  the  several  faculties,  and  one  elected  member  of 
each  faculty.  This  in  turn  is  under  the  primary  jurisdiction  of 
the  self-perpetuating  board  of  twenty-four  trustees,  who  hold  office 
for  life.  The  University  is  made  up  of  the  following  faculties  : 
Law,  philosophy,  medicine,  political  science,  pure  science,  peda- 
gogy, and  applied  science.  The  faculty  of  applied  science  con- 
ducts the  schools  of  mines,  chemistry,  engineering,  and  architec- 
ture. All  the  schools,  except  the  medical,  bear  the  name  of  their 
faculty.  The  latter  is  known  as  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons.  The  recent  erection  of  new  buildings  on  Morningside 
Heights,  grouped  about  the  superb  library,  with  its  more  than  a 
quarter  of  a  million  books,  presents  Columbia  with  new  responsi- 

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bilities  and  advantages.  Her  scope  has  been  enlarging  from  year 
to  year,  and  with  it  her  increased  need  of  funds  to  meet  the  new 
opportunities.  Fortunately,  while  not  over-rich  for  the  work  she 
has  in  hand,  Columbia  possesses  a  larger  property,  endowment, 
and  income  than  any  American  university,  unless  one  or  two. 
And  she  is  generous  with  her  wealth.  Twenty-four  "  University 
Fellowships,"  amounting  to  $500  each,  thirty  "University,"  besides 
many  other  scholarships,  and  numerous  prizes  are  among  the 
provisions  for  aiding  and  encouraging  worthy  students.  Tuition 
is  from  $150  to  $200,  with  additional  fees  in  the  different  schools. 
A  certain  percentage  of  deserving  students  receive  free  or  reduced 
tuition. 

THE  COflSTOCK  SCHOOL,  32  West  Fortieth  Street,  New 
York  City,  Miss  Lydia  Day  and  Miss  A.  M.  Reed,  Principals. 
The  school  was  first  opened  in  1862  by  Miss  M.  L.  Comstock, 
who  retired  in  1885.  The  work  was  then  continued  by  Miss 
Lydia  Day.  The  location  of  the  school  is  one  of  the  most 
accessible  in  the  city,  and  at  the  same  time  quiet  and  healthful. 
The  rooms  are  high,  sunny,  and  well  ventilated.  The  number  of 
pupils  is  limited,  and  the  instruction  is  entirely  under  the  personal 
direction  of  the  principals.  Every  effort  is  made  to  teach  the 
pupils  how  to  study,  how  to  think  for  themselves,  and  how  to 
express  thoughts  clearly.  To  young  ladies  desiring  a  special 
course  in  languages,  literature,  history,  music,  or  art,  every  advan- 
tage will  be  afforded,  and  arrangements  made  for  attending  lec- 
tures, concerts,  operas,  and  art  exhibitions.  The  terms  for  board 
and  tuition  in  all  branches  are  $900  per  year. 

THE  CURTIS  SCHOOL,  Sherman  Square,  New  York  City, 
O.  M.  Curtis,  A.  M.,  Master,  prepares  boys  for  the  best  technical 
and  scientific  schools,  for  college,  and  for  business  or  professional 
pursuits.  Four  boarding  pupils  will  be  accommodated  in  the 
home.  Tuition:  Primary  section,  $125;  intermediate,  $200; 
junior,  $250;  senior,  $400. 

THE  CUTLER  SCHOOL,  20  East  Fiftieth  Street,  New  York 
City,  Arthur  H.  Cutler,  Ph.  D.,  Principal,  is  designed  to  prepare 
boys  for  college  or  school  of  science.  Since  1876  245  pupils  have 
graduated,  and  most  have  entered  Harvard,  Yale,  Columbia,  or 
Princeton.  There  are  three  departments  :  Primary,  junior,  and 
senior.  Most  undergraduates  are  from  eight  to  nineteen  years 
old.  There  are  about  one  hundred  pupils  in  the  senior  depart- 
ment, and  as  many  in  the  junior,  with  twenty-three  teachers 
connected  with  both.  Ample  facilities  for  athletic  and  gymnastic 
training  both  within  doors  and  without. 

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THE  DAHEin  PREPARATORY  INSTITUTE,  342  Lexing- 
ton  Avenue,  New  York  City,  was  founded  in  1891  as  a  preparatory 
school  for  boys  and  girls.  The  Principals,  Hermann  Siegel  and 
Amalie  von  Kori-Siegel,  are  native  Germans,  who  have  made  the 
study  of  this  language  a  main  feature  of  the  school.  It  is  begun 
in  the  kindergarten,  and  is  carried  on  through  all  other  grades  as 
a  special  subject.  It  is  a  school  exclusively  for  American  children, 
and  is  well  known  for  its  excellent  and  thorough  fundamental 
education  in  all  English  branches.  Its  location  on  Murray  Hill 
makes  it  accessible  to  the  best  elements  of  New  York's  population. 

FRIENDS'  SEMINARY,  226  East  Sixteenth  Street,  New 
York  City,  Edward  B.  Rawson,  B.  S.,  Principal.  The  Seminary, 
for  both  boys  and  girls,  is  under  the  care  of  the  New  York 
Monthly  Meeting  of  Friends.  Although  a  denominational  school, 
it  is,  in  accordance  with  true  Quaker  principles,  entirely  non- 
sectarian.  Its  location,  opposite  Stuyvesant  Square,  its  large 
playgrounds,  its  spacious  rooms  and  detached  position,  give  it 
unique  advantages  in  a  crowded  city.  The  course  of  study  ranges 
from  the  kindergarten  to  preparation  for  college,  and  includes  the 
languages,  science,  and  manual  training.  The  classes  are  small, 
and  the  pupils  are  treated  as  individuals.  The  price  of  tuition, 
depending  upon  grade,  ranges  from  $48  to  $200  a  year.  The 
school  is  for  day  scholars  only. 

HEBREW  TECHNICAL  INSTITUTE,  34  and  36  Stuyvesant 
Street,  New  York  City,  Edgar  S.  Barney,  A.  M.,  Principal,  has  for 
its  object  the  education  of  Jewish  boys  of  limited  means  in  such 
studies  as  will  best  fit  them  for  success  in  mechanical  trades.  It 
was  founded  in  November,  1883,  by  the  cooperation  of  the  Hebrew 
Benevolent  and  Orphan  Asylum  Society,  the  United  Hebrew 
Charities,  and  the  Hebrew  Free  School  Association,  and  was 
incorporated  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature,  January  10,  1884.  The 
instruction  is  carried  on  in  a  thoroughly  fire-proof,  perfectly  lighted, 
and  well  ventilated  modern  school  building.  Tuition,  books,  and 
tools  are  furnished  free. 

THE  INTERNATIONAL  INSTITUTION  FOR  EDUCA= 
TIONAL  TRAVEL  IN  EUROPE  AND  THE  EAST.  This 
institution,  under  the  direction  of  S.  J.  Christen,  offers  unpar- 
alleled opportunities  to  boys  and  young  men  for  learning  the 
modern  languages  in  a  very  pleasant  and  practical  way,  and  for 
finishing  their  education.  Students  will  be  admitted  from  the  age 
of  fifteen  upwards.  Each  group  of  nine  will  be  put  in  the  care  of 
a  master  or  director  fully  competent  to  instruct  as  well  as  to  guide 
them  aright,  a  person  of  the  highest  reputation  and  whose  charac- 
ter is  a  model  for  his  pupils.  They  will  also  have  local  masters, 

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N.  Y.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  New  York. 

specialists,  who  will  lecture  to  them  upon  scientific  subjects,  arts, 
etc.,  without  in  any  way  interfering  with  the  attendance  at  public 
lectures.  The  complete  course  comprises  three  years :  One 
year's  residence  in  France,  one  in  England,  and  one  in  Germany. 
During  the  winter  of  each  year  two  months  will  be  spent  in  Italy, 
with  occasional  trips  to  Spain,  so  that  the  students  who  go  through 
the  three  years'  course  will  have  learned  enough  of  the  four  prin- 
cipal languages  of  Europe  to  be  able  to  make  a  practical  use  of 
them.  The  charges  are  from  250  pounds  sterling  upwards.  This 
sum  includes  all  expenses  for  board,  tuition,  and  travelling,  but 
not  those  of  outfit  and  pocket  money.  The  representative  for  the 
United  States,  from  whom  all  information  may  be  gained,  is  Miss 
H.  N.  Hannay,  Presbyterian  Building,  156  Fifth  Avenue,  New 
York  City. 

ANNEX  OF  THE  INTERNATIONAL  INSTITUTION.  Under  the  care 
of  the  General  Director  there  will  also  be  opened  an  Annex  in 
Switzerland,  where  a  general  and  linguistic  education  will  be 
given.  Here  we  can  admit  boys  from  twelve  years  of  age,  and 
only  a  limited  number,  in  order  that  they  may  enjoy  the  privileges 
of  family  life.  Their  board  and  tuition  will  be  160  pounds  a  year, 
but  this  will  entitle  them,  after  a  three  years'  course  of  study,  to  a 
tour  through  Europe  without  any  extra  charges,  except  those  of 
the  teacher  who  would  accompany  them. 

IRVING  SCHOOL,  54  West  84th  Street  (near  Columbus  Ave- 
nue), New  York  City,  Louis  Dwight  Ray,  Head  Master.  This 
school  offers  to  its  patrons  the  following  advantages :  Sound  prac- 
tical instruction,  influence  of  good  associates,  professional  teachers 
only,  a  physical  and  chemical  laboratory,  manual  training,  indoor 
and  outdoor  gymnasium,  full  and  exact  reports,  location  accessible 
from  every  part  of  the  city,  a  building  used  for  school  purposes 
only,  modern  books  of  reference  in  actual  use.  The  school  is 
divided  into  a  primary  department,  the  lower  division  and  the 
upper  division,  and  the  school  prepares  for  any  college  or  scientific 
school  in  the  United  States.  Terms  are  as  follows :  Primary 
department,  $125  to  $150;  lower  division,  $150  to  $225;  upper 
division,  $225  to  $350.  No  extras. 

LA  SALLE  ACADEMY,  44-50  Second  Street,  New  York 
City,  is  under  the  direction  of  the  Brothers  of  the  Christian 
Schools,  and  holds  a  charter  from  the  regents  of  the  University 
of  New  York.  There  are  four  departments :  Primary,  interme- 
diate, commercial,  and  academic.  In  the  academic  department, 
the  classical  and  scientific  courses  meet  all  the  preliminary  educa- 
tion requirements  of  the,  regents  of  the  University  of  the  State 
of  New  York  for  admission  to  college. 

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J.  H.  MORSE'S  SCHOOL  FOR  BOYS,  423  Madison  Avenue, 
New  York  City,  J.  H.  Morse,  A.  M.,  Principal,  aims  to  supply 
a  broad,  sound  education  leading  to  the  best  universities.  The 
courses  of  study,  running  through  primary,  intermediate,  and 
academic  departments,  are  continuous,  so  that  boys  entering  at 
the  age  of  eight  waste  no  time,  but  are  often  prepared  for  college 
at  sixteen,  and,  if  of  average  ability,  rarely  later  than  eighteen. 
The  school  year  lasts  from  the  first  of  October  to  the  second  week 
in  June.  At  the  close  of  the  spring  term,  the  members  of  the 
graduating  classes,  intending  to  take  college  examinations,  accom- 
pany the  principal  to  his  summer  home  on  Cape  Cod,  where  the 
work  of  the  last  two  weeks  of  preparation  is  varied  by  boating, 
swimming,  and  an  outdoor  life  on  the  seashore.  Tuition,  $150  to 
$300,  according  to  the  age  and  advancement  of  the  pupil. 

THE  NEW  YORK  COLLEGE  OF  flUSIC,  128  and  130  East 
58th  Street,  New  York  City,  Alexander  Lambert,  Director,  was 
incorporated  by  the  State  of  New  York  in  1878.  Its  course  of 
study  includes  eight  grades,  grouped  under  four  general  divisions : 
Elementary,  preparatory,  intermediate,  and  advanced.  The  plan 
of  instruction  is  by  private  or  individual  teaching.  Terms  of 
tuition  vary  widely  with  the  subject  taught. 

NEW  YORK  INSTITUTE  FOR  THE  BLIND,  412  Ninth 
Avenue,  New  York  City,  William  C.  Schermerhorn,  President. 
The  school  recognizes  that  blind  children  must  grow  up  and  live 
under  the  same  social  conditions  which  surround  other  people, 
and  that  the  objects  sought  for  in  their  education  cannot  differ 
materially  from  the  objects  which  require  the  education  of  other 
children.  The  selected  subjects  will  all  be  found  among  the  sub- 
jects pursued  in  the  ordinary  schools,  but  preference  is  given  to 
those  which  are  adapted  to  the  conditions  of  blind  students. 
Those  subjects  which  can  be  presented  orally  and  by  tangible 
symbols  take  first  place,  while  those  requiring  graphic  illustration 
are  less  important.  The  kindergarten,  primary  school,  high  school, 
professional  school  are  all  represented.  The  school  is  supported 
by  State  and  invested  funds. 

NEW  YORK  LAW  SCHOOL,  Cooper  Union  Building,  New 
York  City,  George  Chase,  LL.  B.,  Dean,  was  incorporated  in  1891. 
It  follows  the  famous  "  Dwight  method  "  of  instruction  so  success- 
fully carried  out  for  over  thirty  years  at  Columbia.  In  1894  an 
evening  department  was  opened  for  the  convenience  of  students 
who  are  so  occupied  with  business  that  they  cannot  attend  day 
sessions.  Students  are  taught  to  view  the  law  as  a  system  of 
principles,  and  not  as  a  mere  aggregation  or  collection  of  cases 
decided  by  the  courts.  The  course  of  study  leading  to  the  degree 

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of  LL.  B.  comprises  two  scholastic  years.  A  third  year's  course 
of  advanced  study  has  also  been  established  in  connection  with 
the  day  school,  leading  to  the  degree  of  LL.  M.  Moot  Courts  are 
held  each  week.  The  students  of  the  day  school  are  allowed  access 
to  the  law  library  in  the  Equitable  Building,  containing  over  four- 
teen thousand  volumes.  Annual  tuition  for  a  full  regular  course 
of  instruction  is  $100,  payable  in  advance. 

NEW  YORK  UNIVERSITY,  University  Heights,  New  York 
City,  Henry  M.  MacCracken,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Chancellor.  The 
University  was  founded  in  1831.  In  addition  to  the  undergraduate 
department,  embracing  four  years,  called  the  University  College, 
are  graduate  departments  of  pedagogy,  engineering,  law.  The 
college  proper  confers  the  degrees  of  A.  B.,  Ph.  B.,  and  B.  S.  The 
tuition  fee  is  $100  per  year.  The  School  of  Pedagogy  seeks  to 
furnish  thorough  and  complete  professional  training  for  teachers. 
The  work  is  of  distinctly  university  grade  and  the  plan  of  the 
institution  places  it  upon  the  same  basis  as  that  of  the  best  schools 
of  law,  medicine,  and  theology.  It  confers  the  degree  of  Master 
or  Doctor  of  Pedagogy.  The  School  of  Engineering  was  estab- 
lished separately  in  1862.  Civil  engineering  in  all  its  branches  is 
thoroughly  taught,  and  the  degree  of  C.  E.  conferred  on  gradu- 
ates. The  University  Law  School  provides  a  two  years'  course  for 
day  students,  and  a  three  years'  evening  course.  The  department 
was  established  in  1835.  The  evening  division  of  the  department 
is  the  Metropolis  Law  School,  which  was  merged  in  the  University 
in  1895.  The  undergraduate  law  course  leads  to  the  degree  of 
LL.  B.,  the  graduate  course  to  that  of  LL.  M.  The  graduate  school 
embraces  all  courses  leading  to  the  degree  of  A.  M.,  Ph.  M.,  M.  S., 
Ph.  D.,  and  S.  D.  The  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College  was 
united  with  New  York  University  in  1897,  and  graduates  now 
receive  the  M.  D.  of  the  University.  After  1899  the  required 
course  of  work  will  cover  four  years  instead  of  three. 

THE  PEEBLES  AND  THOflPSON  SCHOOL,  30,  32,  and  34 

East  Fifty-seventh  Street,  New  York  City.  An  English,  French, 
and  German  boarding  and  day  school  for  girls,  conducted  by  D.  E. 
Merrill,  B.  S.,  L.  A.  Bushee,  B.  A.,  and  S.  S.  Van  Laer,  B.  A.,  suc- 
cessors to  V.  A.  Peebles  and  A.  K.  Thompson.  The  buildings  are 
commodious,  and  are  situated  in  a  healthful  neighborhood,  near 
Central  Park.  The  rooms  are  large  and  thoroughly  ventilated,  and 
the  construction  of  the  houses  allows  sunlight  in  every  room.  The 
school  consists  of  academic,  college  preparatory,  preparatory,  pri- 
mary, and  kindergarten  departments,  both  boys  and  girls  being 
admitted  to  the  latter.  The  expense  of  board  and  tuition  in  Eng- 
lish, French,  German,  Latin,  and  Greek  is  $900  per  year. 

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PRIVATE  CLASSES  FOR  GIRLS,  46  West  55th  Street, 
New  York  City,  Miss  M.  L.  Grouard,  Principal.  These  classes 
are  intended  to  supply  a  thorough  education  to  girls,  giving  them 
the  advantages  of  private  instruction  with  companionship.  The 
number  of  pupils  in  each  class  is  limited.  The  primary  and  the 
preparatory  classes  for  boys  and  girls  lead  from  the  kindergarten 
to  the  advanced  classes.  The  advanced  course  includes  English, 
history,  literature,  art,  mathematics,  science,  and  language.  Courses 
preparatory  for  any  college  will  be  given  to  those  desiring  them. 
Terms  range  from  $100  for  the  first  primary  class  to  $350  for  the 
advanced  classes. 

THE  RUEL  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  26  East  s6th  Street, 
New  York  City,  Miss  Eleanor  Boese,  Principal.  The  location 
of  this  school  is  one  of  the  most  desirable  in  New  York.  The 
course  of  study  is  designed  to  secure  the  natural  and  symmetrical 
development  of  the  child.  The  school  consists  of  four  depart- 
ments :  Primary,  preparatory,  junior,  and  senior.  Special  em- 
phasis is  laid  upon  thorough  work  in  English.  A  limited  number 
of  resident  pupils  will  be  received.  Terms  :  Resident  pupils,  board 
and  tuition,  $1,000  per  annum. 

ST.  AGATHA,  New  York  City.  St.  Agatha  was  incorporated 
in  1806,  and  was  founded  by  the  New  York  Protestant  Episcopal 
Public  School  Society.  The  design  of  the  school  is  to  offer  young 
girls,  especially  those  of  the  Church,  a  secular  education  of  the 
highest  efficiency,  combined  with  sound  religious  training.  The 
school  is  planned  to  include  all  grades  from  the  kindergarten 
through  the  high  school,  but  all  are  not  yet  established.  The  four- 
year  high  school  course  will  offer  both  general  and  college  prepara- 
tory courses.  The  tuition  fees  range  from  $40  per  year  for  the 
kindergarten  to  $200  for  the  advanced  grades  of  the  high  school 
course. 

SCHOOL  FOR  BOYS,  509  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City, 
Francis  B.  Allen,  A.  B.  One  of  the  chief  aims  of  this  school  is  to 
teach  boys  to  study  intelligently.  There  are  three  departments  : 
Senior,  junior,  and  primary.  The  course  of  study  for  the  junior 
and  senior  sections  includes  all  branches  necessary  to  prepare 
boys  for  the  colleges,  scientific  schools,  and  business.  The  system 
of  government  is  planned  with  a  view  to  develop  in  the  boy  a 
feeling  of  responsibility  for  his  acts.  The  terms  are :  Primary, 
$150;  junior,  $250;  senior,  $350. 

STANHOPE-WHEATCROFT  DRAMATIC  SCHOOL,  1440 
Broadway,  New  York  City,  Adeline  Stanhope- Wheatcroft,  Direct- 
ress, furnishes  practical  instruction  in  the  art  of  the  stage.  Pupils 

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are  thoroughly  prepared  for  stage  work  in  a  single  term  of  six  and 
a  half  months.  Three  or  four  public  performances  are  given  each 
year.  By  special  arrangement  with  Mr.  Charles  Frohman  these 
student  matinees  with  their  attendant  rehearsals  are  given  at 
Madison  Square  Theatre. 

TRINITY  SCHOOL,  139-147  West  9ist  Street,  New  York  City, 
the  Rev.  August  Ulmann,  S.  T.  D.,  Rector,  was  founded  in  1709 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Venerable  Society  for  the  Propagation 
of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts,  of  London,  England.  It  was  con- 
ducted in  connection  with  Trinity  Parish  until  A.  D.  1806,  and  has 
received  the  largest  part  of  its  endowments  either  from  the  Cor- 
poration of  Trinity  Church,  or  from  individuals  connected  with  the 
parish.  In  1806  the  school  was  incorporated  by  an  Act  of  the 
Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  has  had  an  independent 
existence  ever  since.  In  1827  its  charter  was  amended,  and  the 
scope  of  its  usefulness  greatly  enlarged.  Boys  are  received  at  six 
years  of  age.  In  the  higher  grades  complete  preparation  is  given 
for  college.  Tuition,  $50  to  $200.  This  includes  stationery  and 
all  necessary  books,  which  are  furnished  by  the  school.  There  is 
no  charge  for  extras. 

UNION  THEOLOGICAL  SEfllNARY,  700  Park  Avenue, 
New  York  City,  the  Rev.  Charles  C.  Hall,  D.  D.,  President.  The 
Seminary  was  founded  in  1836.  Its  directors  and  professors  give 
their  assent,  as  officers  of  this  institution,  to  the  standards  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  Its  charter  requires  that  "  equal  privileges 
of  admission  and  instruction,  with  all  the  advantages  of  the  institu- 
tion, shall  be  allowed  to  students  of  every  denomination  of  Chris- 
tians." The  courses  of  theological  study  are  the  regular  course, 
the  honor  course,  and  the  special  courses.  The  regular  course 
leads  to  the  diploma  of  the  Seminary  at  the  end  of  three  years. 
The  honor  course  leads  to  the  degree  of  B.  D.,  and  is  open  only  to 
those  who  obtain  high  rank  in  the  college  course.  The  special 
courses  consist  of  electives  leading  to  appropriate  certificates. 
Each  student  is  charged  $10  a  year  for  the  general  expenses  of 
the  Seminary,  $5  for  the  care  of  his  room,  $10  for  heat,  and  $10 
for  gas.  No  other  charge  is  made  for  rooms,  use  of  library,  or 
instruction. 

VAN  NORMAN  INSTITUTE,  280  West  7ist  Street,  New 
York  City,  Mme.  Van  Norman,  Principal.  This  school  was 
founded  in  1857  by  the  Rev.  D.  C.  Van  Norman,  LL.  D.  The 
aim  of  the  Institute  is  to  provide  a  home  and  day  school  for  young 
ladies  and  children.  Thoroughness,  moral  and  social  culture,  and 
practical  education  are  its  ideals.  The  primary  course  embraces 
three  years ;  the  academic  and  the  collegiate  each  four  years. 

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Music,  art,  and  elocution  are  specials.  The  rates  of  tuition  for 
day  pupils  vary  from  $80  in  the  primary  department  to  $250  in 
the  collegiate.  For  home  pupils  the  board  and  tuition  are  $800 
per  year. 

MRS.  LEOPOLD  WEIL'S  SCHOOL,  New  York  City,  Mrs. 
Leopold  Weil,  Principal.  The  school  is  divided  into  four  depart- 
ments :  Kindergarten,  primary,  junior,  and  senior.  The  kinder- 
garten is  intended  for  children  between  the  ages  of  four  and  seven. 
The  primary,  junior,  and  senior  departments  are  each  divided  into 
three  classes.  A  course  in  bookkeeping  is  optional  in  the  senior 
department.  Special  students  may  be  admitted  at  any  time.  Post- 
graduate courses  in  English,  French,  German,  and  art  are  provided. 
The  Delsarte  system  of  physical  culture  is  employed.  The  fee  for 
resident  pupils  is  $700. 

MISS  WHITON'S  AND  MISS  BANGS'S  BOARDING  AND 
DAY  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  academic,  preparatory,  and  primary 
classes,  43  West  47 th  Street,  New  York  City.  The  method  of 
individual  training  is  employed  in  all  the  grades.  An  English  or 
a  Classical  Certificate  of  graduation  is  granted  to  each  student, 
who  completes  a  corresponding  course.  Special  courses  are  offered 
to  advanced  students.  The  certificate  of  the  school  admits  pupils 
to  Smith,  Vassar,  and  Wellesley  Colleges.  Appreciating  to  the  full 
the  educative  value  of  life  in  New  York,  the  principals  arrange 
frequent  visits  to  art  galleries,  museums,  and  libraries  ;  the  resident 
pupils  attend  such  lectures  and  concerts  as  do  not  interfere  with 
school  duties  ;  and  excursions  to  points  of  general  and  historic 
interest  in  and  near  the  city  are  arranged  for  both  resident  and 
day  pupils. 

THE  WOnAN'S  nEDICAL  COLLEGE  OF  THE  NEW 
YORK  INFIRMARY  for  women  and  children,  321  East  Fifteenth 
Street,  New  York  City,  Emily  Blackwell,  M.  D.,  Dean  of  the 
Faculty.  The  infirmary  was  incorporated  in  1854,  and  was  designed 
for  the  clinical  instruction  of  women  medical  students.  The 
college  was  added  in  1865,  and  adopted  a  three  years'  course 
earlier  than  any  other  medical  college  excepting  the  Harvard 
school.  The  distinctive  character  of  its  instruction  is  the  full 
provision  made  for  laboratory  work  and  for  clinical  instruction, 
these  being  the  departments  in  which  it  is  still  the  most  difficult 
for  women  to  obtain  satisfactory  opportunities  in  other  schools. 
The  institution  has  four  departments  :  College,  dispensary,  out- 
practice,  and  infirmary.  The  course  was  lengthened  to  four  years 
in  1893.  The  necessary  expenses  for  graduation  in  medicine,  for 
the  four  years'  course,  are  $535,  exclusive  of  board  and  text-books. 

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THE   WRIQHT=HUMASON    SCHOOL    FOR   THE    DEAF, 

42  West  Seventy-sixth  Street,  New  York  City,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Thomas  Arthur  Humason,  Ph.  D.,  and  John  Button  Wright, 
A.  M.  A  select  private  boarding  and  day  school  for  children 
whose  hearing  is  in  any  degree  defective.  Established  for  the 
purpose  of  providing  the  best  possible  education  for  the  deaf  or 
semi-deaf  by  supplying  the  combined  advantages  of  school  and 
private  instruction.  Large  faculty  of  skilled  teachers  and  limited 
number  of  pupils.  Curriculum  parallel  to  that  of  the  best  schools 
for  normal  children.  Appointments  the  best  possible.  Splendidly 
located  in  the  finest  residence  portion  of  the  city.  Natural  speech 
is  the  only  means  of  communication  used  in  the  school.  Children 
received  at  five  years  of  age,  taught  to  speak,  educated,  and  pre- 
pared for  any  university.  The  only  school  of  its  class  in  the 
world. 

NIAGARA  UNIVERSITY,  Niagara  Falls,  the  Rev.  P.  McHale, 
C.  M.,  President.  Niagara  University,  conducted  by  priests  of  the 
Congregation  of  the  Mission,  was  founded  in  1856.  It  was  incor- 
porated under  the  name  of  the  "  Seminary  of  our  Lady  of  Angels  " 
in  1863,  and  erected  into  a  university  under  its  present  title  in 
1883  by  the  regents  of  the  University  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
with  the  full  powers  and  authority  of  a  university.  The  Seminary 
of  our  Lady  of  Angels,  both  in  name  and  individuality,  will  be 
preserved,  and  will  be  associated  with  other  departments  of  the 
University  as  the  Department  of  Arts  and  Theology.  The  pre- 
paratory department,  by  a  four  years'  course,  fits  applicants  for 
the  college  course.  The  collegiate  department  embraces  four  years 
of  work.  The  department  of  theology  devotes  itself  wholly  to 
the  preparation  of  students  for  the  priesthood.  This  also  covers 
four  years.  For  both  the  collegiate  and  theological  departments 
the  expenses  for  board,  tuition,  and  washing  are  $100  per  year. 

GARY  COLLEGIATE  SEHINARY,  Oakfield,  the  Rev.  C.  C. 
Gove,  M.  A.,  Principal.  This  institution  for  boys,  one  of  the 
oldest  of  its  kind  in  Western  New  York,  was  founded  by  Col. 
Alfred  Gary,  and  opened  in  1844,  with  Warren  Reynolds,  A.  M., 
principal.  In  recent  years  the  primary  and  intermediate  depart- 
ments have  been  suspended,  and  work  is  now  confined  to  the 
academic  grade.  Special  prominence  is  given  to  instruction  in 
the  English  language,  drawing,  and  German.  Latin,  Greek,  mathe- 
matics, and  science  receive  much  attention. 

5TATE  NORflAL  AND  TRAINING  SCHOOL,  Plattsburg, 
George  K.  Hawkins,  A.  M.,  Principal.  The  design  of  this  school 
is  to  furnish  trained  teachers  for  the  public  schools  of  the  State, 
but  non-residents,  who  comply  with  the  requirements  for  admis- 

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Potsdam.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  N.  Y. 

sion,  will  be  received  on  payment  of  a  tuition  of  $20  for  term  of 
twenty  weeks.  The  school  has  a  faculty  of  sixteen  members,  and 
is  equipped  with  every  modern  educational  appliance.  Four 
courses  of  study  are  provided  for  students,  viz  :  An  English  course 
of  three  years,  a  classical  course  and  a  scientific  course  of  four 
years  each,  and  a  kindergarten  and  primary  course  of  three  years. 
Students  completing  satisfactorily  any  one  of  the  foregoing 
courses  will  receive  corresponding  diplomas,  which  serve  as 
licenses  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of  the  State.  Board  can 
be  obtained  in  private  families  at  rates  varying  from  $3  to  $4  per 
week. 

CLARKSON  SCHOOL  OF  TECHNOLOGY,  The  Thomas 
S.  Clarkson,  Memorial  (co-educational),  Potsdam,  Barton  Cruik- 
shank,  M.  E.,  Director.  This  school  was  founded  as  a  memo- 
rial to  the  late  Thomas  S.  Clarkson,  of  Potsdam,  New  York, 
the  entire  equipment,  building,  and  endowment  being  the  gift 
of  his  sisters,  the  Misses  Clarkson.  Although  a  professional 
school  in  which  training  is  given  to  mechanical,  civil,  and 
electrical  engineers,  additional  courses  are  offered  which  are  a 
part  of  the  work  of  the  engineering  school,  if  the  term  technical  be 
considered  in  its  broad  sense.  During  the  past  summer  a  further 
equipment  of  ten  thousand  dollars  in  testing  machines,  steam  and 
electrical  measuring  apparatus,  and  specialties  has  been  added  to 
the  engineering  laboratories.  There  are  mechanic  arts  courses 
in  carpentry  and  joinery,  pattern  making  and  foundry  practice, 
machine  work  and  smithing  ;  a  normal  course  in  domestic  science, 
giving  thorough  instruction  in  theory  and  methods  with  practice  in 
teaching  ;  and  special  classes  for  housekeepers,  maids,  and  school- 
girls. Candidates  for  admission  must  be  at  least  sixteen  years  of  age, 
must  have  certificates  of  good  moral  character,  and,  if  from  other 
colleges  or  universities,  must  furnish  from  those  institutions  certifi- 
cates of  honorable  dismissal.  The  entrance  examinations  are  held 
twice  a  year  at  Potsdam,  in  June,  at  the  end  of  the  spring  term,  and 
in  September,  at  the  beginning  of  the  fall  term.  Special  students 
are  admitted  by  special  arrangement.  The  regular  course  of  study 
leads  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science,  certified  by  a  diploma 
bearing  the  seals  and  officiat  signatures  of  both  this  institution  and 
the  University  of  the  State  of  New  York.  The  tuition  is  $80 
per  year.  There  are  now  no  dormitories,  but  board  may  be  ob- 
tained in  private  families  at  reasonable  rates.  In  Potsdam  board 
and  tuition  together  cost  no  more  than  board  alone  in  Ithaca  or 
Boston. 

RIVERVIEW  ACADEMY,  a  Classical,  English,  and  Military 
Boarding  and  Day  School,  Poughkeepsie,  Joseph  Bartlett  Bisbee, 
A.  M.,  Principal  and  Proprietor.  This  school  was  established  in 

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N.  Y.  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  Rochester. 

1836  on  College  Hill,  Poughkeepsie,  and  was  known  as  the  Pough- 
keepsie  Collegiate  School  until  1867,  when,  on  its  change  of  loca- 
tion to  Riverview,  it  became  Riverview  Military  Academy.  The 
academy  buildings  are  beautifully  situated  on  an  eminence  near 
the  Hudson  River.  The  buildings  are  commodious,  modern,  and 
convenient.  There  are  two  departments,  the  preparatory  and  the 
academic,  the  latter  fitting  boys  to  enter  the  best  colleges  and 
scientific  schools  or  business  life,  and  offering  four  courses  :  Classi- 
cal, scientific,  general,  and  business.  The  military  course  is  both 
theoretical  and  practical,  and  is  in  charge  of  an  army  officer. 
The  charge  for  room,  board,  washing,  and  tuition  is  $600  per 
annum. 

CHAMBERLAIN  INSTITUTE,  Randolph,  the  Rev.  E.  A, 
Bishop,  D.D.,  President,  was  founded  under  the  name  of  the  Ran- 
dolph Academy  in  1850.  About  fourteen  thousand  students  have 
been  in  attendance  during  its  history,  and  the  school  is  represented 
in  nearly  every  State  in  this  country  as  well  as  in  foreign  lands. 
The  grounds  and  buildings  are  beautiful  and  ample  for  the  accom- 
modation of  the  school.  Nine  courses  of  study  are  offered,  leading 
to  a  thorough  preparation  for  college,  for  business,  or  home  life. 
It  has  a  normal  department  under  the  supervision  of  the  State. 
Music  and  art  are  specialties.  The  intellectual  and  moral  well- 
being  of  the  students  are  thoroughly  looked  after.  Nobility  of 
character  is  the  aim  of  the  school.  Owing  to  a  good  endowment 
the  school  is  able  to  take  students  at  $200  per  year. 

NAZARETH  ACADEflY,  Rochester,  a  boarding  and  day  school 
for  yoting  ladies,  was  founded  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  B.  J.  McQuaid,  D.  D., 
and  is  in  charge  of  the  Sisters  of  St.  Joseph,  an  order  devoted  to 
education.  The  best  French  and  German  methods  are  combined 
with  the  most  approved  American  standards  in  the  system  of  in- 
struction employed.  The  school  is  incorporated  under  the  regents 
of  the  University  of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  stands  second 
among  the  chartered  high  schools  of  the  State.  The  State  aca- 
demic diploma  is  one  requirement  for  graduation.  The  courses  of 
study  embrace  the  Latin  scientific,  German  scientific,  classical  and 
college  preparatory,  each  of  four  years  ;  while  a  commercial  course 
of  two  years  fits  the  student  for  active  business  avocations.  The 
various  branches  throughout  are  taught  by  specialists,  and  modern 
languages  by  native  teachers.  The  departments  of  music  and 
painting  are  thoroughly  equipped  and  progressive.  Special  atten- 
tion is  given  to  physical  health  and  training  in  deportment,  in  the 
belief  that  both  have  a  direct  bearing  on  the  formation  of  charac- 
ter. Preparatory  departments  for  young  girls  are  efficiently  cared 
for.  Connected  with  the  institute,  but  under  a  separate  corp  of 
teachers,  is  Nazareth  Hall,  a  day  school  for  boys.  For  particulars 

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N.  Y.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Schenectady. 

address   Sister  Directress  of  Nazareth  Academy,  50  Jay  Street, 
Rochester,  New  York. 

ROCHESTER  THEOLOGICAL  SEfllNARY,  Rochester,  the 
Rev.  H.  Augustus  Strong,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President.  This  Seminary 
is  a  school  of  the  Baptist  denomination,  though  students  of  other 
denominations  are  freely  admitted.  It  admits  to  its  regular  course 
of  three  years  only  graduates  of  colleges  and  those  whose  prepara- 
tion in  Greek  and  in  other  branches  qualifies  them  to  pursue  studies 
with  graduates.  The  institution  was  founded  in  1851.  Since 
that  time  1,335  persons  have  been  connected  with  it  as  students, 
the  present  number  being  138.  It  has  twelve  professors  and  one 
instructor.  There  is  a  German  department  which  educates  young 
men  for  the  German  Baptist  ministry.  Aid  to  approved  students 
is  given  by  the  New  York  Baptist  Union  for  Ministerial  Education. 

WAGNER  MEMORIAL  LUTHERAN  COLLEGE,  Roches- 
ter, the  Rev.  J.  Nicum,  D.  D.,  Director,  grew  out  of  a  school 
opened  in  1883,  primarily  for  the  purpose  of  preparing  young  men 
for  the  theological  seminary,  who  could  minister  to  the  German- 
American  Lutheran  churches  in  both  the  English  and  German 
languages.  The  model  after  which  the  course  of  study  was  origi- 
nally arranged  was  that  of  the  German  "  gymnasium."  While 
the  six  years'  course  has  been  retained,  the  institution  is  assum- 
ing more  and  more  the  character  of  an  American  college.  Much 
stress  is  laid  upon  the  study  of  languages,  both  ancient  and 
modern.  For  board,  $2.50  per  week  is  charged;  for  tuition,  $40 
per  annum  (to  sons  of  Lutheran  clergymen  and  parochial  school 
teachers,  $20);  for  fire,  light,  rooms,  etc.,  the  charges  are  $15  per 
annum. 

WASHINGTON  ACADEMY,  Salem,  Ezra  W.  Benedict,  A.  B., 
Principal.  The  academy  was  founded  in  1780  and  chartered  in 
1791,  being  one  of  the  four  oldest  academies  in  the  State.  In  1876 
the  academy  and  the  public  schools  of  Salem  were  consolidated 
into  a  graded  high  school.  The  primary  and  intermediate  depart- 
ments embrace  eight  years'  work.  The  academic  department 
offers  an  English  academic  course,  a  Latin-English  course,  a 
college  preparatory  course,  each  four  years  in  length,  and  a  three 
years'  scientific  course,  planned  especially  for  those  unable  to 
spend  four  years  in  the  academy.  Tuition  in  the  academic  course 
is  about  $15  per  annum. 

UNION  UNIVERSITY,  Schenectady,  Andrew  V.  V.  Raymond, 
LL.  D.,  President.  Union  College,  out  of  which  the  present  Uni- 
versity grew,  was  incorporated  in  1795,  and  obtained  its  name  from 
the  fact  that  it  was  founded  by  several  religious  denominations  in 
common.  It  was  indeed  the  first  strictly  undenominational  college 

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Sing-Sing-on-the-Hudson.     WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  N.  Y. 

in  the  United  States,  and  has  always  stood  for  the  idea  of  Chris- 
tian unity.  The  incorporation  of  the  University  dates  from  1873, 
but  not  until  the  charter  granted  in  1895  did  the  college  acquire 
full  university  powers.  Union  University  includes  Union  College, 
Schenectady ;  Albany  Medical  College ;  Albany  Law  School ; 
Albany  College  of  Pharmacy  ;  Dudley  Observatory,  Albany.  The 
capital  is  only  a  few  miles  from  Schenectady,  and  the  location  of 
the  professional  schools  there  is  fortunate.  Medical  students  have 
access  for  chemical  purposes  to  the  leading  hospitals,  and  the  law 
students,  besides  the  opportunity  of  visiting  legislative  sessions, 
have  the  privilege  of  using  the  most  extensive  and  carefully  chosen 
State  library  in  the  United  States.  The  general  oversight  of  the 
institution  is  entrusted  to  the  President  of  Union  College  and 
Chancellor  of  the  University,  but  each  school  has  its  resident 
dean.  The  list  of  faculty  and  officers  numbers  over  one  hundred 
names.  In  the  college,  which  has  two  departments,  college  proper 
and  school  of  civil  engineering,  the  following  courses  are  offered  : 
Classical  course,  leading  to  the  degree  of  A.  B. ;  philosophical 
course,  leading  to  the  degree  of  Ph.  B. ;  scientific  course,  leading  to 
B.  S. ;  general  engineering  course,  leading  to  B.  E. ;  sanitary  course, 
leading  to  B.  E.  ;  electrical  course,  leading  to  B.  E. ;  graduate  course 
in. engineering,  leading  to  C.  E.  The  property  and  equipment  of 
Union  compare  favorably  with  those  of  similar  institutions.  There 
are  well  furnished  laboratories,  biological  and  geological  museums 
with  valuable  collections,  and  an  excellent  library.  Numerous 
scholarships  are  available  for  needy  students.  The  total  expense 
of  tuition,  room,  text-books,  board,  lights,  washing,  etc.,  for  one 
year  in  the  college  is  about  $280.  College  graduates  applying  for 
admission  to  the  law  school  must  have  devoted  one  year  to  the 
study  of  law ;  all  others  must  have  devoted  two  years  and  must 
also  be  holders  of  certificates  of  regents'  examinations  or  their 
equivalents.  The  course  is  one  year  of  two  semesters.  Tuition, 
$100,  or  $50  for  each  semester.  Admission  to  the  medical 
school  is  by  examination  ;  the  course  occupies  four  years.  Tuition 
for  each  lecture  course,  $100,  with  further  fees  for  matriculation, 
laboratories,  dissections,  and  graduation.  Good  board  may  be 
had  in  Albany  at  low  rates. 

THE  OSSINING  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  Sing-Sing-on-the 
Hudson,  Miss  C.  C.  Fuller,  Principal.  The  school  was  founded 
in  1869,  and  accommodates  thirty  boarding  pupils.  Its  situation 
is  remarkable  for  its  natural  beauty,  and  the  school  building,  a 
modern  commodious  structure,  is  surrounded  by  several  acres  of 
highly  cultivated  land.  It  offers  four  courses :  Academic,  music, 
art,  and  a  special  classical  course  for  students  wishing  to  enter 
college. 

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N.  y.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Syracuse. 

CHRISTIAN  BIBLICAL  INSTITUTE,  Stanfordville,  the  Rev. 
J.  B.  Weston,  D.  D.,  President.  This  Institute  was  established 
and  is  carried  on  under  the  action  of  the  American  Christian  Con- 
vention, taken  at  its  session  in  Marshall,  Michigan,  in  1866.  The 
primary  design  of  the  denomination  which  founded  it  was  to  aid 
in  preparation  for  its  own  ministry,  but  it  is  open  to  all  Christians 
who  desire  to  prepare  for  the  ministry.  The  course  of  study 
covers  a  term  of  four  years,  the  first  of  which  is  preparatory. 
High  moral  character  is  requisite  for  admission.  For  tuition  and 
the  use  of  well  furnished  rooms  no  charge  is  made.  All  school 
expenses  need  not  exceed  $85  or  $100  per  year. 

STATEN  ISLAND  ACADEMY,  New  Brighton,  S.  I.,  F.  E.  Part- 
ington,  A.  M.,  Principal,  was  opened  in  1884  and  chartered  by  the 
regents  of  the  University  of  the  State  of  New  York  in  1885.  The 
new  building,  in  the  Tudor  style  of  architecture,  is  of  stone  and 
brick;  it  is  lighted,  warmed,  ventilated,  and  furnished  after  the 
most  approved  modern  methods.  The  reference  libraries  number 
several  thousand  carefully  chosen  books.  The  academy  is  exclu- 
sively for  day  pupils  of  both  sexes,  and  offers  a  systematic  course 
of  study  graded  by  school  years  and  covering  all  the  work  of  ele- 
mentary and  secondary  school  classes.  The  course  is  nominally 
eleven  years  in  length,  seven  of  which  (three  primary  and  four 
grammar)  are  allotted  to  the  elementary  studies,  and  four  to  the 
high  school  for  secondary  studies.  A  pupil  who  enters  the  lowest 
class  at  the  age  of  six  should,  therefore,  be  graduated,  normally,  at 
seventeen  ;  but  every  opportunity  is  afforded  to  scholars  of  merit 
to  shorten  that  period  and  to  complete  the  course  as  rapidly  as 
their  abilities  warrant.  Expenses  per  quarter  vary  from  $12.50  in 
the  first  primary  year  to  $37.50  in  the  senior  year  of  the  upper 
school. 

SYRACUSE  UNIVERSITY,  Syracuse,  James  R.  Day,  S.T.  D., 
LL.  D.,  Chancellor.  The  University  has  four  colleges  organized 
and  in  full  operation :  Liberal  arts,  fine  arts,  medicine,  and  law. 
It  seeks  to  follow  out  the  American  idea  of  a  cluster  of  coordinate 
colleges  in  which  may  be  pursued  the  great  fundamental  courses 
of  the  highest  and  broadest  education.  While  under  the  control 
of  a  Christian  church,  it  is  not  sectarian.  The  college  of  liberal 
arts  is  especially  strong.  The  elective  privileges  are  liberal,  but 
are  of  such  a  character  as  to  guide  the  student  into  logical  courses 
of  study.  In  the  college  of  fine  arts,  the  courses  of  study  in- 
clude systematic  instruction  in  the  theory,  history,  and  practice  of 
music,  painting,  architecture,  and  belles  lettres.  The  medical 
course  is  four  years,  and  the  law  course,  three  years  in  length. 
Degrees  are  conferred  by  the  University  on  graduates  of  the 
various  departments.  Tuition  varies  with  the  department. 

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Tarrytown-on-the-Hudson.     WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  N.   V. 

IRVING  INSTITUTE,  Tarrytown-on-the-Hudson,  John  M.  Fur- 
man,  A.  M.,  Principal.  Tarrytown  is  twenty-five  miles  by  rail  or 
steamboat  from  New  York  City.  The  school  and  recitation-rooms 
are  commodious,  cheerful,  healthful,  and  comfortable.  The  new 
gymnasium  is  well  equipped,  and  is  under  the  direction  of  a  com- 
petent instructor.  The  junior  course  of  study  is  designed  for 
younger  boys  not  prepared  to  take  full  work  in  the  academic  de- 
partment. In  the  academic  department  are  three  courses  of 
study :  Classical,  scientific,  and  English.  Facilities  are  afforded 
for  private  instruction  in  drawing  and  instrumental  music.  The 
grounds  are  well  adapted  for  all  outdoor  sports.  The  terms  for 
board  and  tuition  for  the  school  year  are  $500. 

MISSC.  E.  flASON'S  SCHOOL,  "The  Castle,"  Tarrytown-on- 
the-Hudson,  was  established  in  the  city  of  New  York  by  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Theodore  Irving,  the  former  a  nephew  of  Washington  Irving, 
and  was  removed  to  Tarrytown  because  of  the  beauty  of  the  loca- 
tion and  its  peculiar  fitness  as  a  place  of  residence  for  students. 
The  school  is  a  church  school  under  the  pastoral  oversight  of  the 
rector  in  whose  parish  it  is  situated.  In  1895  Miss  C.  E.  Mason, 
LL.  M.,  after  a  successful  experience  in  charge  of  Brook  Hall,  Pa., 
the  famous  school  founded  by  Bishop  Potter,  assumed  control  of 
"  The  Castle,"  and  the  growth  of  the  school  under  her  management 
has  been  phenomenal.  The  buildings  are  "  The  Castle,"  a  baro- 
nial graystone  structure,  "  Irving  Cottage,"  and  "  The  Annex," 
large,  modern  residences,  bright  and  attractive.  They  are  situated 
on  a  healthful  elevation  and  in  the  midst  of  a  tract  of  nine  acres 
of  grove  and  lawn,  overlooking  the  Hudson  for  thirty  miles.  Much 
attention  is  given  to-  outdoor  sports  and  athletics,  and  a  resident 
teacher  of  golf,  tennis,  basket-ball,  boating,  etc.,  is  employed,  also 
a  teacher  for  the  riding  class,  for  which  a  number  of  well  trained 
horses  are  kept.  The  school  prepares  for  college  and  also  offers 
special  and  advanced  courses.  Diplomas  are  given  for  the  Latin, 
the  mathematical,  the  intermediate,  the  classical,  the  business,  and 
the  college  preparatory  courses,  and  certificates  are  awarded  to 
those  who,  without  graduating,  complete  a  special  course  in  music, 
art,  elocution,  literature,  or  languages.  The  terms  for  boarding 
pupils  are  $750  for  the  year,  including  furnished  room,  gas  and 
fuel,  and  instruction  in  English  and  two  languages.  Music,  art, 
elocution,  etc.,  are  extras. 

.  THE  EMMA  WILLARD  SCHOOL,  Troy,  Mary  Alice  Knox, 
A.  B.  Principal.  This  institution,  originally  the  Troy  Female  Semi- 
nary, was  organized  in  Middlebury,  Vt,  in  1814,  by  Mrs.  Emma 
Willard,  and  was  established  in  Troy  in  1821.  Its  purpose  is  to 
give  a  full  preparation  for  all  colleges  open  to  women  ;  to  furnish 
a  thorough  and  satisfactory  education  for  pupils  not  desiring  a 

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college  course;  and  to  offer  advanced  work  in  departments  most 
in  demand  among  graduate  and  special  students.  Four  years  of 
academic  work,  comprising  sixteen  appointments  a  week,  are  re- 
quired for  the  diploma  of  the  school.  Special  students  will  be 
admitted,  but  the  programmes  of  boarding  pupils  must  include,  at 
least,  twelve  appointments  a  week.  In  the  control  of  the  boarding 
department,  it  is  the  aim  to  obtain  as  wise  a  combination  as  is 
possible  of  careful  and  interested  oversight,  with  freedom  for  the 
pupil.  Applicants  for  the  boarding  department  must  be  at  least 
fourteen  years  of  age,  and  must  present  testimonials  of  good 
character,  health,  and  scholarship.  Ample  provision  is  made  for 
physical  training  and  out-of-door  exercise.  Dancing  and  sew- 
ing lessons  are  free  to  boarding  pupils.  All  inquiries  should  be 
addressed  to  the  principal.  The  expense  for  boarding  pupils  is 
$700  a  year. 

THE  RENSSELAER  POLYTECHNIC  INSTITUTE,  Troy, 
John  H.  Peck,  A.  M.,  President,  Palmer  C.  Ricketts,  C.  E.,  Direc- 
tor. The  Institute,  founded  in  1824,  aims  to  maintain  the  most 
thorough  course  of  engineering  in  the  country.  Its  methods  of 
instruction  are  the  result  of  an  experience  unequalled  by  that  of 
any  similar  school  in  the  world.  The  course  of  study  pursued, 
while  not  beyond  the  capacity  of  young  men  of  average  ability, 
is  constantly  adjusted  to  the  progress  of  the  engineering  profession. 
Its  purpose  is  to  equip  students  to  enter  upon  a  general  engineer- 
ing practice  and  to  specialize  later  as  opportunities  open  before 
them.  That  the  plan  has  been  attended  with  unqualified  success 
is  shown  by  the  register  issued  annually,  containing  the  business 
address  of  each  living  graduate.  Among  them  will  be  found  men 
eminent  in  every  branch  of  engineering.  The  only  engineering 
degree-  conferred  by  the  Institute  is  that  of  civil  engineer.  Civil 
engineering  here  is  understood  to  include  instruction  in  road  and 
railroad  construction  and  operation,  structural  designs,  hydraulic, 
steam,  electrical,  and  mining  engineering,  and  assaying.  The 
studies  of  the  course  are  designed  as  a  professional  preparation, 
at  once  thorough  and  practical,  for  the  following  specialties  of 
engineering  practice  :  The  location,  construction,  and  superinten- 
dence of  public  works,  as  railways,  canals,  water-works,  etc. ;  the 
design,  construction,  and  management  of  mills,  iron  works,  steel 
works,  chemical  works,  and  pneumatic  works ;  the  design  and 
construction  of  roofs,  arch  bridges,  girder  bridges,  and  suspension 
bridges ;  the  survey  and  superintendence  of  mines ;  the  design, 
construction,  and  use  of  wind  motors,  hydraulic  motors,  air  engines, 
and  the  various  kinds  of  steam  engines ;  the  design,  construction, 
and  use  of  machines  in  general,  and  the  determination  of  their 
efficiency ;  the  survey  of  rivers,  lakes,  and  harbors,  and  the  direc- 

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tion  of  their  improvements ;  the  determination  of  latitude,  longi- 
tude, time,  and  the  meridian  in  geographical  explorations,  or  for 
other  purposes,  together  with  the  projection  of  maps  ;  the  selection 
and  test  of  materials  used  in  construction ;  the  construction  of  the 
various  kinds  of  geometrical  and  topographical  drawings.  A 
course  of  study  is  also  offered  embracing  advanced  instruction  in 
natural  history,  chemistry,  and  geology,  leading  to  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Science.  The  first  two  years  are  identical  with  the 
course  in  civil  engineering.  The  expenses  of  the  course  are  $100 
at  the  opening  of  the  two  annual  sessions  for  tuition.  Other  ex- 
penses are  largely  within  the  control  of  the  individual  student. 

UTICA  CONSERVATORY  OF  flUSIC,  Utica,  George  S.  Beech 
wood,  Director.  The  course  of  study  in  this  institution  is  especially 
adapted  to  individual  needs.  Free  classes  in  harmony,  theory,  his- 
tory of  music,  sight  reading,  pedagogics,  and  ensemble  are  held 
each  week,  to  give  all  pupils  equal  opportunities  to  study  these 
important  subjects.  Elocution,  language,  literature,  history,  paint- 
ing, and  gymnastics  are  taught,  in  addition  to  the  courses  in  music. 
The  cost  of  a  room,  board,  and  the  use  of  a  piano  need  not  exceed 
$4  per  week.  Tuition  varies  with  the  instructor  and  the  sub- 
ject taught.  The  private  lessons  are  thirty  minutes,  and  the  class 
lessons  one  hour  in  length. 

UTICA  CATHOLIC  ACADEHY,  Utica,  the  Rev.  J.  S.  M. 
Lynch,  D.  D.,  Principal.  The  boys'  senior  department  is  in  charge 
of  the  Brothers  of,  the  Christian  Schools.  The  girls'  department 
and  the  boys'  primary  department  is  in  charge  of  the  Sisters  of 
Charity.  The  regular  academic  course  of  four  years  is  designed 
to  meet  the  requirements  for  admission  to  any  training  school  for 
teachers  in  the  State  of  New  York.  The  three  years'  commercial 
course  is  planned  for  young  men  who  intend  to  follow  business 
pursuits.  Elocution  is  taught  throughout  both  courses. 

THE  HALSTED  SCHOOL,  Yonkers-on-Hudson,  Mary  Sicard, 
Jenkins,  Principal,  was  incorporated  in  1896.  It  aims  to  pre- 
pare thoroughly  for  any  college  or  scientific  school  in  the 
country.  The  boarding  department,  recently  added,  is  officially 
recognized  by  Vassar  College.  The  school  has  a  graded  course, 
including  kindergarten,  primary,  intermediate,  and  senior  depart- 
ments. Besides  the  college  preparatory  course,  a  practical  Eng- 
lish course  is  offered  by  the  senior  department,  designed  to  aid 
students  who,  not  wishing  to  attend  college,  prefer  to  substitute 
work  in  science  and  literature  for  classical  studies.  The  homelike 
atmosphere,  the  careful  attention  paid  to  physical  training,  and 
the  wise  and  kind  discipline  are  features  of  this  school.  The 

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annual  expense  is  $600  for  resident  pupils  ;  for  others,  it  varies 
from  $60  for  the  kindergarten  to  $200  for  the  last  two  years  of 
the  senior  department. 

NORTH   CAROLINA. 

«•  THE  BINGHAM  SCHOOL,  Asheville,  N.  C.,"  says  the  United 
States  Government's  Bureau  of  Education  in  Washington,  "  stands 
preeminent  among  Southern  schools  for  boys,  and  ranks  with 
the  best  in  the  Union.  It  is  the  oldest  and  most  successful  male 
boarding  school  for  boys  in  the  South."  The  school  was  founded 
in  1793  by  the  grandfather  of  the  present  superintendent,  and  it 
is  the  only  school  in  the  Union  which  has  been  transmitted  with 
constantly  increasing  reputation  through  three  generations  of  teach- 
ers for  more  than  one  hundred  years.  The  course  of  study  is  pre- 
paratory for  college  or  for  life,  and  includes  English,  mathematics, 
Latin,  Greek,  French,  German,  physics,  chemistry,  bookkeeping, 
and  military  science  and  tactics  as  taught  by  a  detailed  United 
States  army  officer.  Asheville,  for  the  last  seven  years  the  site  of 
the  school,  is  the  most  famous  all-the-year-round  health  resort  in 
America.  The  area  of  patronage  for  the  present  year  already 
includes  sixteen  States  of  the  Union,  and  Japan,  and  during  the 
last  twenty  years  has  extended  to  forty-one  localities,  thirty-three 
in  the  United  States  and  eight  in  foreign  countries.  The  pupils 
from  this  school  take  rank  with  the  best  in  the  various  colleges 
and  universities  in  the  country,  and  in  the  United  States  military 
and  naval  academies.  The  buildings  and  sanitary  arrangements 
are  strongly  endorsed  by  the  Government  and  its  officials,  by  the 
executive,  judicial,  and  military  departments  of  the  North  Caro- 
lina State  Government,  by  distinguished  physicians,  and  by  many 
other  prominent  men.  Address  Col.  R.  Bingham,- Asheville,  N.  C. 

ST.  flARY'S  COLLEGE,  Belmont,  under  the  direction  of  the 
Benedictine  Fathers.  The  Right  Rev.  Leo  Haid,  D.  D.,  O.  S.  B., 
President.  Established  in  1878.  A  staff  of  fourteen  professors, 
whose  lifelong  occupation  is  the  rearing  and  education  of  youth. 
The  college  is  situated  in  the  charming  Piedmont  Valley  of  North 
Carolina.  Fine  mountain  air,  cool  summers,  delightful  winters. 
Three  distinct  courses,  classical,  commercial,  and  scientific.  Moral 
training  our  chief  aim.  Spacious,  attractive,  and  comfortable 
buildings,  beautiful  church,  large  and  extensive  playgrounds,  bowl- 
ing and  hand  ball  alleys,  etc.  Terms  for  board  and  tuition,  $200 
per  collegiate  year. 

BOWIE'S  CREEK  ACADEflY  AND  COflflERCIAL 
SCHOOL,  Bowie's  Creek,  H.arnett  County,  the  Rev.  J.  A.  Campbell, 
Principal,  is  a  school  that  started  in  i'887  with  two  teachers  and  six- 

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teen  students,  but  that  claims  to-day  to  have  an  enrolment  second 
to  that  of  only  one  academy  of  its  grade  in  the  South.  The  insti- 
tution is  not  sectarian,  but  its  spirit  is  aggressively  Christian. 
Economy  in  living  expenses  is  a  strong  feature.  The  entire  cost 
of  a  year's  tuition,  board,  lodging,  lights,  fuel,  and  washing  need 
not  exceed  $70. 

THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA,  Chapel  Hill, 
was  chartered  in  1789  in  obedience  to  the  mandate  of  the  State 
constitution  of  1776.  The  doors  were  opened  to  students  in 
1895.  Until  1804  there  was  a  chairman  of  the  faculty,  called  the 
"  Presiding  Professor,"  the  first  being  Rev.  David  Ker,  D.  D., 
educated  at  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  afterwards  a  district  judge  of 
the  Territory  of  Mississippi.  The  first  president  was  the  Rev. 
Joseph  Caldwell,  D.  D.,  of  New  Jersey,  an  alumnus  and  tutor  of 
Princeton  University.  In  1812  he  gave  way  to  the  Rev.  Robert 
Chapman,  D.  D.,  then  of  Virginia,  in  order  to  devote  himself  to 
the  study  and  teaching  of  mathematics.  In  1816,  Doctor  Chap- 
man resigning,  Doctor  Caldwell  was  recalled,  and  held  the  presi- 
dency with  ever  increasing  reputation  until  his  death  in  January, 
1835.  In  1820  he  visited  Europe,  at  the  request  of  the  trustees, 
for  the  purchase  of  books  and  scientific  apparatus.  He  was 
author  of  a  work  on  geometry  and  many  pamphlets,  including 
sermons  and  arguments  for  public  education  and  internal  improve- 
ments. The  latter  made  him  so  popular  in  North  Carolina  that  a 
county  was  named  in  his  honor.  Doctor  Caldwell  was  succeeded 
in  1835  by  Hon.  David  Lowrey  Swain,  who  had  been  a  judge  and 
governor  of  the  State.  He  was  an  able  executive  officer,  and 
under  his  administration  the  institution  increased  in  numbers  so 
that  at  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War  it  had  nearly  five  hundred 
undergraduates,  -nearly  two  hundred  of  whom  were  from  other 
States.  He  kept  the  exercises  in  operation  all  during  the  war 
until  Kilpatrick's  cavalry,  under  Gen.  S.  D.  Atkins,  of  Illinois, 
rode  into  Chapel  Hill.  In  a  few  months  the  doors  were  opened 
again,  although  the  endowment  was  lost  by  the  war,  and  about  a 
hundred  students  annually  attended  until  July,  1868,  when  the 
seats  of  himself  and  his  professors  were  declared  vacant  by  the 
"  Reconstruction "  movement.  The  next  president  was  Rev. 
Solomon  Pool,  D.  D.,  appointed  by  the  new  board  of  trustees,  who 
had  been  under  the  constitution  of  1868  elected  by  the  board  of 
education.  Exercises  were  resumed  in  January,  1869,  but  few 
students  attending,  and  in  1870  the  doors  were  closed.  In  1874, 
empowered  by  a  constitutional  amendment,  the  General  Assembly 
elected  a  new  board  of  trustees,  who  induced  the  Legislature  to 
pay  to  the  institution  $7,500  yearly,  interest  on  the  Land  Grant 
Fund,  most  of  which  was  invested  in  repudiated  bonds,  which  were 

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granted  to  it  in  1866,  and  resumed  exercises  in  1875  under  Rev. 
Charles  Phillips,  D.  D.,  as  chairman  of  the  faculty.  The  next  year 
Kemp  P.  Battle,  LL.  D.,  late  State  treasurer,  was  elected  president, 
and  held  the  office  until  1891,  when  he  resigned  in  order  to 
accept  the  Alumni  Chair  of  History.  During  his  administration 
the  General  Assembly  was  induced  to  grant  an  annuity  of  $20,- 
ooo  a  year,  at  the  same  time  taking  away  the  interest  of  the  Land 
Grant  Fund  in  order  to  establish  the  Agricultural  and  Mechanical 
College  at  Raleigh.  In  1877  a  "Summer  Normal  School "  was 
begun  in  connection  with  the  University,  and  in  its  buildings.  A 
corps  of  able  teachers  and  lecturers,  versed  in  the  best  methods 
of  graded  school  education,  instructed  the  teachers  of  the  State 
for  eight  successive  years.  The  General  Assembly  then  concluded 
to  have  the  normal  schools  at  four  other  widely  separated  points. 
In  reorganizing  the  University  it  was  deemed  best  to  abolish  the 
old  curriculum  and  introduce  more  scientific  studies,  with  courses 
leading  to  different  degrees,  the  A.  B.  (Bachelor  of  Arts),  includ- 
ing Latin  and  Greek,  the  Ph.  B.  (Bachelor  of  Philosophy),  with 
Latin  or  Greek  omitted,  and  the  B.  S.  (Bachelor  of  Science), 
omitting  both  Latin  and  Greek.  Special  diplomas  are  granted  for 
advanced  work  in  each  department.  la  1885  the  department  of 
law,  which  had  been  only  nominally  connected  with  the  Univer- 
sity, was  incorporated  with  it,  and  in  1887  a  department  of  medi- 
cine was  added,  though  not  granting  diplomas.  When  Doctor 
Battle  resigned  in  1891,  George  T.  Winston,  LL.  D.,  who  had 
been  since  1875  professor  of  Latin  in  the  University,  was  made 
its  president,  and  continued  in  the  office  until  1896,  when  he 
accepted  the  presidency  of  the  University  of  Texas.  Under  his 
able  and  active  management  the  number  of  students  rapidly  in- 
creased so  as  to  reach  333.  He  also  inaugurated  a  summer 
school  for  teachers,  which,  under  the  able  management  of  Dr. 
E.  A.  Alderman,  was  very  successful,  numbering  on  an  average 
about  one  hundred  and  fifty  pupil-teachers.  He  was  succeeded  by 
Edwin  Anderson  Alderman,  D.  C.  L.,  professor  of  pedagogy  in 
the  University,  who,  before  his  election  as  professor,  in  1896,  had 
acquired  large  reputation  as  superintendent  of  graded  schools, 
and  as  a  chaste  and  elegant  orator,  and  as  a  scholar  of  wide 
culture.  Since  his  election  the  department  of  pharmacy  has  been 
added,  and  the  departments  of  law  and  medicine  both  enlarged 
by  an  additional  professor  to  each.  Co-education  has  to  some 
extent  been  adopted,  women  being  allowed  in  the  higher  classes, 
after  graduating  at  other  institutions.  The  numbers  of  students 
have  increased,  now  amounting  to  570.  The  University  of  North 
Carolina  has  been  a  potent  factor  in.  the  education  of  the  South- 
ern States.  "  Among  its  alumni,  before  1860,  are  found  a 
President  (Polk),  a  Vice-President  (King),  ten  Cabinet  officers, 

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twelve  foreign  ministers  and  charges  d'affaires,  fourteen  United 
States  Senators,  thirty-five  members  of  Congress,  fifteen  governors 
of  States,  fifty-five  judges,  three  presidents  and  twelve  professors 
of  colleges  outside  of  North  Carolina."  The  above  list  is  short  of 
the  truth.  The  alumni  since  1860  are  keeping  up  this  honor- 
able record. 

SCOTIA  SEMINARY,  Concord,  the  Rev.  D.  J.  Satterfield,  D.  D., 
President,  was  founded  to  bring  within  the  reach  of  colored  girls 
the  advantages  of  a  Christian  education,  and  to  aid  in  building  up 
the  Presbyterian  Church  among  the  negroes  of  the  South.  In  its 
first  year  the  Seminary  enrolled  forty-five,  twelve  of  whom  were 
boarders.  The  first  class  graduated  in  1876,  a  class  of  nine,  in 
what  was  then  the  teachers'  course,  now  the  grammar  school.  The 


total  enrolment  to  date  is  1,950.  The  number  having  completed 
the  grammar  school  course  is  347,  while  sixty-six  have  taken  a 
higher  course.  The  aim  is  to  educate  the  hand,  the  head,  and 
the  heart  together.  The  departments  are  preparatory,  grammar 
school,  normal,  literary,  scientific,  industrial,  and  music.  No  charge 
is  made  for  tuition,  except  for  music.  The  regular  expenses  of  each 
student  for  the  term  of  eight  months  for  board,  room  rent,  fuel, 
light,  etc.  (not  including  books),  are  $45. 

GASTON  COLLEGE,  Dallas,  S.  A.  Wolff,  A.  M.,  Principal, 
was  founded  in  1879  as  a  scno°l  for  both  sexes.  Gaston  College, 
the  result  and  outgrowth  of  the  high  school,  was  organized  in  1887, 
and,  after  several  years  of  co-education,  has  been  limited  to  women 
students  only.  There  are  classical,  scientific,  English,  or  normal, 
and  music  courses.  Special  attention  is  given  to  calisthenics. 
The  school  is  an  individual  enterprise  and  is  non-sectarian,  though 

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distinctly  Christian  in  its  influence.  Annual  expenses  (forty  weeks), 
including  board,  furnished  room,  fuel,  lights,  servant's  attendance, 
laundry,  and  general  tuition,  $125. 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  Durham,  John  C.  Kilgo,  D.  D.,  Presi- 
dent, is  under  the  patronage  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  and  was  chartered  as  a  regular  college  in  1859,  though  it 
is  the  outgrowth  of  an  academy  dating  from  1838.  The  college 
grounds  consist  of  sixty-three  acres,  laid  out  in  drives  and  walks. 
There  are  four  principal  buildings,  besides  the  faculty  homes.  Ad- 
mission is  by  examination  and  on  certificate.  Three  equivalent 
courses  are  offered,  all  leading  to  the  degree  A.  B.  Special  stu- 
dents are  admitted.  Athletic  sports  are  encouraged  and  thoroughly 
organized.  All  necessary  college  expenses,  including  board,  can  be 
met  with  $175  to  $200. 

ELON  COLLEGE,  Elon  College,  the  Rev.  W.  W.  Staley,  D.  D., 
President,  is  a  co-educational  college,  established  by  the  Christian 
Church,  South,  in  1889.  It  offers  three  degree  courses,  viz. :  Ph.  B., 
A.  B.,  and  A.  M.  Music,  art,  elocution,  commercial,  and  prepara- 
tory departments  are  included.  The  school  is  on  the  Southern  R.  R., 
sixty-five  miles  west  of  Raleigh.  Expenses  per  year,  $110  to  $160. 

STANHOPE  HIGH  SCHOOL,  Finch,  Nash  County,  J.  M. 
Holding,  A.  B.,  Principal,  has  a  history  of  more  than  forty  years. 
The  academic  course  requires  from  one  to  four  years  for  its  com- 
pletion, and  prepares  students  for  the  freshman  and  sophomore 
classes  of  the  colleges  of  the  State.  The  commercial  course  is 
practical  and  requires  one  year.  Excellent  advantages  are  offered 
in  vocal  and  instrumental  music.  The  total  expense  need  not 
exceed  $140  per  year. 

GREENSBORO  FEflALE  COLLEGE,  Greensboro,  Dred  Pea- 
cock, President,  is  a  Methodist  institution,  chartered  by  the  State 
Legislature  in  1838,  and  opened  to  students  in  1847.  The  college 
building  is  of  brick,  is  heated  by  steam  and  lighted  by  electricity, 
and  stands  on  the  top  of  a  lofty  hill  in  the  centre  of  a  grove  of 
about  forty  acres.  The  institution  offers  the  advantages  of  literary, 
music,  art,  and  business  courses.  The  department  of  physical  cul- 
ture is  under  the  direction  of  a  competent  director,  and  the  health 
record  of  the  college  is  unsurpassed.  No  pains  or  expense  are 
spared  to  make  the  institution  a  cultured  Christian  home.  Ex- 
penses for  literary  courses  per  session,  or  half  year,  $100. 

CLAREflONT  COLLEGE,  Hickory,  Stuart  P.  Hatton,  A.  M., 
President.  This  institution  for  girls  and  young  women,  founded 
in  1880,  is  situated  in  Hickory,  a  well-known  health  resort,  which  is 
at  the  junction  of  the  Western  North  Carolina  division  of  the 

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Southern  Railway  and  the  Carolina  and  Northwestern  Railway. 
The  building,  a  three-story  brick  structure  newly  furnished 
throughout,  is  located  in  the  centre  of  a  twenty-acre  campus. 
The  college  embodies  ten  schools  :  Classical,  scientific,  literary,  nor- 
mal, art,  music,  elocution,  stenography  and  typewriting,  business, 
and  preparatory.  The  departments  are  so  organized  that  students 
may  enter  at  any  time.  By  a  special  act  of  the  Legislature,  the 
college  has  power  to  confer  any  Bachelor's  or  Master's  degree. 

ST.  PAUL'S  ENGLISH  PRACTICAL  THEOLOGICAL 
SEMINARY,  Hickory,  the  Rev.  H.  K.  G.  Doermann,  President, 
is  under  the  general  supervision  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran 
Synod  of  Ohio  and  other  States,  and  under  the  special  control  of 
a  board  of  directors  appointed  by  the  Synod.  The  object  of  the 
Seminary  is  to  prepare  young  men  of  piety  and  talent  for  the  min- 
istry. The  object  of  the  Proseminary  is  mainly  to  prepare  stu- 
dents for  the  Seminary.  In  addition,  it  affords  instruction  in  high 
school  branches,  and  aims  to  lay  a  good  foundation  for  a  college 
course. 

KIRKWOOD  SCHOOL,  Lenoir,  Caldwell  County.  This  school 
was  established  by  the  Rev.  Jesse  Rankin  in  1869,  and  is  now  taught 
by  his  daughters;  Misses  Sarah  and  Emma  Rankin.  It  was  designed 
to  be  strictly  a  family  school,  and  limited  to  fifteen  pupils.  The 
ordinary  branches  of  a  solid,  substantial  education  are  taught,  with 
art  and  music.  Lenoir  is  twelve  miles  from  the  foot  of  Blue  Ridge, 
and  twenty  from  the  well-known  summer  resort,  Blowing  Rock. 
The  climate  is  all  that  can  be  desired  for  health  and  comfort. 
Since  1895  it  has  been  only  a  day  school. 

flARS  HILL  COLLEGE,  Mars  Hill,  R.  L.  Moore,  A.  B.,  Prin- 
cipal. Healthfully  located  in  the  heart  of  the  mountains  of 
Madison  County,  Mars  Hill  College  was  founded  in  1855,  and, 
except  for  the  Civil  War  period,  has  been  conducted  without  inter- 
ruption until  the  present.  To  the  south  lies  Asheville,  eighteen 
miles  distant.  Marshall,  ten  miles  to  the  west,  is  the  nearest  rail- 
road station.  Country  air,  country  board,  and  low  living  expenses 
are  among  the  advantages  of  the  school.  There  are  preparatory, 
collegiate,  and  normal  courses.  The  institution  has  modest  preten- 
sions, but  aims  at  thoroughness.  Excellent  board,  $5.50  to  $7  per 
month. 

THE  BINGHAfi  SCHOOL,  Orange  County,  located  near 
Mebane,  Preston  Lewis  Gray,  B.  L.,  Principal,  claims  to  have  been 
established  in  1793.  The  course  of  study  is  designed  to  fit  boys 
for  college  or  for  business  life.  The  school  expenses  for  each 
quarter  session  of  ten  weeks  are  $49.63,  covering  board,  room  rent, 
laundry,  tuition,  and  instruction  in  gymnastics. 

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N.  C.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE: 

MONT  AMOENA  FEMALE  SEMINARY,  Mount  Pleasant, 
the  Rev.  H.  N.  Miller,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  President,  was  established  in 
1868  by  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Synod  of  North  Carolina,  and 
has  ever  since  been  under  its  control.  The  course  embraces  four 
years,  English  and  classical  diplomas  being  awarded.  A  post- 
graduate course  leads  to  the  usual  academic  degrees.  All  the 
ornamental  branches  are  taught.  Although  under  Lutheran  con- 
trol, students  of  other  denominations  are  admitted.  The  design 
of  the  institution  is  to  furnish  a  liberal  "  education  at  cost "  to  girls 
of  moderate  means.  One  hundred  dollars  pay  the  expense  of  a 
year  in  the  literary  department,  including  board,  laundry,  fuel,  and 
lights. 

NORWOOD  ACADEflY,  Norwood,  A.  P.  Harris,  A.  B.,  Prin- 
cipal, aims  to  fit  for  college,  and  for  the  active  duties  of  life.  The 
courses  are  :  Primary,  mathematics,  English,  modern,  and  ancient 
languages,  science,  bookkeeping,  music,  art.  Tuition  costs  $1.15 
to  $2.65  per  month;  music,  including  the  use  of  piano,  $3  per 
month;  art,  $2.50  per  month.  Board,  including  furnished  room, 
fuel,  and  lights,  $7  to  $10  per  month. 

PEACE  INSTITUTE,  Raleigh,  James  Dinwiddie,  M.  A.,  Prin- 
cipal. This  institution  was  named  after  William  Peace,  Esq.,  of 
Raleigh,  a  prominent  benefactor.  Its  location  in  a  large  grove 
of  native  oaks  just  outside  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  com- 
bines the  advantages  of  city  and  country  life.  It  is  a  home  school 
for  young  women  and  girls,  and  is  limited  to  seventy-five  boarders. 
While  unsectarian,  the  school  is  under  the  patronage  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church,  and  the  moral  and  religious  influences  are  very 
high.  The  buildings  are  admirably  arranged,  well  ventilated,  and 
supplied  with  all  modern  conveniences.  There  are  three  general 
courses :  Primary,  preparatory  and  sub-collegiate,  and  collegiate. 
The  last  named  department  is  divided  into  eleven  schools,  includ- 
ing a  commercial  school  and  a  school  of  elocution  and  physical 
culture.  Board,  English  tuition,  and  Latin  for  half  year  amount 
to  $100.  Tuition  for  day  pupils  for  half  year  varies  from  $10  in 
primary  to  $25  in  collegiate  department. 

SHAW  UNIVERSITY,  Raleigh,  Chas.  F.  Meserve,  A.  M., 
President.  This  is  the  largest  institution  in  the  State  for  the 
education  of  colored  young  men  and  women.  It  is  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Baptist  denomination,  and  yet  is  not  sectarian, 
for  students  of  all  denominations  are  enrolled  in  the  various 
departments.  It  is  the  highest  grade  institution  for  the  education 
of  the  colored  people  found  in  the  South.  Schools  of  theology, 
medicine,  law,  and  pharmacy  are  popular  and  integral  parts  of  the 
University,  as  well  as  music,  normal,  collegiate,  scientific,  industrial^ 

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Rocky  Mount.  WHERE   TO   EDUCATE.  N.  C. 

and  missionary  training  departments.  The  buildings  are  large  and 
spacious,  commanding  in  appearance,  and  occupy  a  campus  of 
fourteen  acres,  all  situated  within  a  few  minutes'  walk  of  the  capi- 
tol,  post-office,  court-house,  and  Union  Station.  Located  as  it 
is  in  the  capital  of  North  Carolina,  it  presents  unusual  advantages 
to  the .  student,  because  of  access  to  the  State  Library,  United 
States  Court,  etc.,  as  well  as  from  the  remarkable  healthfulness  of 
the  locality.  Shaw  University  was  originally  Shaw  Institute.  Es- 
tablished December  i,  1865,  by  the  late  Rev.  H.  M.  Tupper,  D.  D., 
a  native  of  Monson,  Mass.  Doctor  Tupper  was  in  the  Union 
army  during  the  late  Civil  War,  and  near  the  close  of  the  war  saw 
the  pitiable  condition  of  the  colored  people  just  emerging  from 
slavery,  with  the  ballot  in  their  hands.  He  recognized  that  intel- 
ligence was  the  foundation  of  true  citizenship,  and  that,  therefore, 
the  colored  people  must  be  educated.  He  interested  people  in  the 
North  in  his  enterprise,  prominent  among  whom  was  Hon.  Elijah 
Shaw,  a  woollen  manufacturer  of  Wales,  Mass.,  and  from  whom 
the  University  takes  its  name.  Doctor  Tupper  literally  gave  his 
life  for  the  institution,  which  is  his  fitting  monument.  Tuition, 
etc.,  $7  per  month. 

UNIVERSITY  SCHOOL,  Rocky  Mount,  William  V.  Boyle, 
A.  B.,  Principal,  was  organized  in  1894,  by  Mr.  William  Holmes 
Davis.  In  1898  it  passed  under  the  present  management.  In  its 
short  history  it  has  grown  to  be  one  of  the  largest  private  schools 
in  North  Carolina,  having  enrolled  during  1897-98  181  students. 
The  school  is  modern  in  equipments,  and  is  constantly  being 
improved.  It  is  co-educational,  and  prepares  thoroughly  for  col- 
lege and  university.  It  also  offers  a  first  class  music  course. 

SALEfl  ACADEflY  AND  COLLEGE,  Salem,  the  Rev.  J.  H. 
Ciewell,  Principal,  was  founded  in  1802,  opened  in  1804,  and 
incorporated  in  1866.  This  institution  for  girls  and  young  women 
is  under  the  control  of  the  American  Moravian  Church.  There 
are  preparatory,  college,  and  graduate  departments,  and  the  follow- 
ing special  schools :  Music,  art,  commercial,  industrial,  elocution, 
and  languages.  The  grounds  cover  thirty  acres,  and  the  buildings 
number  ten.  The  students  are  divided  into  small  families  of  ten 
or  twelve  members  each,  thus  obtaining  the  advantages  of  home 
life.  The  fixed  charge  for  board  and  general  tuition  for  the  full 
school  year  is  $250.  Tuition  for  day  pupils,  $20  to  $40. 

SALUDA  SEniNARY,  Saluda,  Miss  Fidelia  Sheldon,  Prin- 
cipal, is  located  in  a  mountain  village  midway  between  Asheville, 
N.  C.,  and  Spartanburg,  S.  C.,  on  the  Southern  Railway.  It  was 
established  by  the  American  Missionary  Association  in  1889,  as 
an  industrial  school  for  girls.  There  are  primary,  intermediate, 

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N.  C.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Yadkinville. 

and  normal  departments.     Board,  tuition,  room,  bedding,  fuel,  and 
lights,  per  month,  $5  ;  tuition  for  day  pupils,  per  month,  50  cents. 

SUNSHINE  INSTITUTE,  Sunshine,  D.  M.  Stallings,  Principal, 
was  founded  at  Sunshine,  Rutherford  County,  1894,  by  D.  M. 
Stallings,  and  was  chartered  1895  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State. 
The  aim  of  the  institution  is  to  prepare  students  thoroughly  for 
colleges  and  universities  of  high  standing,  for  business,  teaching, 
and  practical  duties  of  life,  at  the  least  possible  expense.  Its 
economical  feature  has  largely  contributed  to  the  success  of  the 
institution  from  the  very  day  of  its  opening.  The  Rutherford 
Democrat  probably  never  uttered  a  greater  truth  when  it  said : 
"  Sunshine  Institute  is  not  only  the  best  school  in  this  county,  but 
one  among  the  best  in  this  section  of  the  State." 

WAKE  FOREST  COLLEGE,  P.  O.  Wake  Forest,  Charles 
E.  Taylor,  D.  D.,  LL.  B.,  President,  is  located  in  a  beautiful 
rolling  country,  sixteen  miles  north  of  Raleigh.  The  climate, 
especially  during  the  winter,  is  mild  and  salubrious.  Students 
from  colder  parts  of  the  country  have  experienced  improvement  in 
health  during  their  residence  at  this  place.  There  are  four  large 
buildings  in  a  beautiful  campus  of  twenty-four  acres.  The  college 
was  founded  in  1833.  The  sixty-fourth  session  will  begin  Sep- 
tember i,  1899.  Many  thousands  of  students  (males  only)  from 
many  States  have  been  educated  here.  The  course  of  study  is 
extended  and  thorough.  Much  stress  is  laid  on  laboratory  work 
in  chemistry  and  biology.  The  college  is  organized  into  twelve 
independent  "  schools,"  including  the  languages,  sciences,  mathe- 
matics, philosophy,  the  Bible,  and  law.  There  is  also  a  special 
"  course  preliminary  to  the  study  of  medicine."  Degrees  given  are 
M.  A.,  B.  A.,  and  B.  L.  The  invested  funds  of  the  college  exceed 
$200,000.  Most  notable  of  the  contributors  to  this  fund  was  the 
late  J.  A.  Bostwick,  of  New  York.  Tuition  fee  of  $30  per  term 
of  five  months  ;  board,  $6  to  $12  per  month.  All  other  expenses 
are  far  below  the  average  cost  in  American  colleges. 

YADKINVILLE  NORHAL  SCHOOL,  Yadkinville,  Yadkin 
County,  Zeno  H.  Dixon,  Principal,  was  founded  in  1891.  It  is 
located  near  the  center  of  one  of  the  finest  farming  counties  of  the 
State.  The  courses  are  primary,  common  school,  high  school, 
normal,  music,  and  commercial.  Rates  of  tuition  range  from  $i 
to  $3  per  month. 


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Fargo.  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  N.  D. 

NORTH  DAKOTA. 

NORTH  DAKOTA  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE,  Fargo,  J. 
H.  Worst,  President,  offers  three  full  courses  of  four  years,  each 
one  leading  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science.  Military  in- 
struction is  given  the  boys,  while  the  young  women  are  taught 
everything  pertaining  to  good  housekeeping,  from  management  in 
the  kitchen  to  entertainment  in  the  drawing-room.  A  summer 
school  is  held  during  August,  for  the  training  of  teachers.  A  two 
years'  course  in  agriculture  has  been  arranged  to  accommodate 
young  men  who  are  unable  to  pursue  a  complete  college  course. 
The  total  expenses  for  a  term  are  about  $50  ;  for  a  year,  $150. 

OHIO. 

BUCHTEL  COLLEGE,  Akron,  the  Rev.  Ira  A.  Priest,  D.  D., 
President,  was  founded  in  1870  under  the  auspices  of  the  Univer- 
salist  Convention  of  Ohio,  and  took  its  name  from  its  most 
generous  benefactor,  Hon.  John  R.  Buchtel.  The  main  college 
building  is  two  hundred  and  forty  feet  long,  fifty-four  feet  wide, 
and  five  stories  high.  Its  style  of  architecture  combines  the 
Doric,  Gothic,  and  Norman.  The  building  is  heated  by  steam, 
lighted  by  gas,  and  furnished  with  modern  and  most  approved 
conveniences.  The  large  Grouse  Gymnasium  affords  the  best 
advantages  for  physical  culture.  Buchtel  College  embraces  :  The 
college  proper,  a  preparatory  school,  an  art  school,  a  music  school. 
In  the  college  proper  the  curriculum  offers  three  courses  of  four 
years  each :  Classical  course,  leading  to  the  degree  of  A.  B.; 
philosophical  course,  leading  to  the  degree  of  Ph.  D.;  scientific 
course,  leading  to  the  degree  of  B.  S.  The  classical  course  is 
followed  by  those  who  appreciate  the  old  standard  A.  B.  course, 
and,  as  a  specialty,  offers  Greek  and  Latin  for  the  entire  four 
years.  The  institution  is  co-educational. 

BALDWIN  UNIVERSITY,  Berea,  M.  F.  Warner,  D.  D..  Presi- 
dent, belongs  to  the  North  Ohio  Conference  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  and  is  open  to  both  men  and  women.  The 
College  of  Liberal  Arts  offers  classical,  philosophical,  scientific, 
and  literary  courses,  leading  to  the  degrees  of  A.  B.,  Ph.  B.,  S.  B., 
and  B.  L.  at  the  end  of  four  years.  Other  departments  are  the 
college  preparatory,  business,  art,  music,  and  law.  Masters'  degrees 
are  conferred  on  meeting  certain  conditions.  The  cost  of  tuition, 
room,  and  board  is  about  $130  for  men,  and  $150  for  women.* 

CANTON  ACTUAL  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Canton.  The 
course  of  instruction  embraces  the  subjects  of  bookkeeping, 
arithmetic,  commercial  law,  spelling,  shorthand,  and  typewriting. 

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Ohio.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Cincinnati. 

The  school  has  both  day  and  evening  sessions,  and  the  theory  of 
business  is  reduced  to  rigid  practice,  thus  teaching  business  by 
action  instead  of  by  theory.  The  theory  is  taught  fully,  but  only 
as  it  is  applied  to  actual  business.  For  the  business  department 
and  the  shorthand  and  typewriting  department  the  cost  of  tuition 
for  the  complete  course  is  $40  in  each. 

CEDARVILLE  COLLEGE,  Cedarville,  the  Rev.  D.  McKin- 
ney,  President,  is  located  twelve  miles  south  of  Springfield  in  the 
beautiful  Miami  Valley.  It  has  four  departments:  The  college, 
four  years'  course  leading  to  the  degrees  A.  B.  and  Ph.  B.;  the 
academical,  preparatory  to  college ;  the  elocution,  and  musical. 
Graduates  of  the  college  can  enter  at  advanced  standing  abroad. 
The  building  is  new  and  commodious.  Total  expenses  to  resident 
students  for  a  year,  $135.  Purpose,  a  thorough  Christian  educa- 
tion for  practical  life  to  both  sexes.  W.  R.  McChesney,  secretary 
to  faculty. 

ACADEMY  OF  THE  URSULINES,  Oak  and  May  Streets, 
Cincinnati.  The  special  aim  of  the  Ursuline  Order  is  to  work 
toward  the  individual  development  of  the  pupil  along  both 
intellectual  and  religious  lines.  The  course  of  study  embraces  a 
primary,  an  intermediate,  and  an  academic  department.  Children 
of  six  years  of  age  are  admitted  to  the  primary  department,  which 
covers  a  period  of  four  years.  The  intermediate  course  requires 
four  years,  and  the  academic  three.  Besides  the  usual  subjects, 
courses  are  offered  in  music,  bookkeeping,  shorthand,  and  type- 
writing. Tuition  fees  vary  from  $50  to  $90,  according  to  the 
department. 

BARTHOLOHEW  ENGLISH  AND  CLASSICAL  SCHOOL, 

Cincinnati,  G.  K.  Bartholomew,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  Principal.  The 
college  preparatory  course  extends  through  a  period  of  five  years, 
and  ensures  a  thorough  preparation  in  all  the  requirements  for 
admission  to  the  University  of  Cincinnati,  Bryn  Mawr,  Wellesley, 
Smith,  Vassar,  and  Radcliffe  Colleges.  This  course  is  identical 
with  the  general  course  as  far  as  the  beginning  of  the  fourth  year. 
The  primary  and  preparatory  departments  for  boys  and  girls  are 
the  intermediate  steps  between  the  kindergarten  and  the  advanced 
work  of  the  school.  Instruction  is  offered  in  music,  drawing,  and 
painting.  The  price  of  tuition  for  the  advanced  courses  of  the 
collegiate  department  is  $160  per  year. 

CINCINNATI   COLLEGE  OF  DENTAL   SURGERY,  G.   S. 

Junkerman,  M.  D.,  D.  D.  S.,  Dean.  This  school  is,  as  its  name 
implies,  purely  a  dental  school  in  the  strictest  sense.  The  dental 
infirmary  and  dental  laboratory  are  centrally  located,  and  the 
clinical  resources  are  more  than  sufficient  to  supply  all  students 

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that  the  college  can  accommodate  with  material  for  surgical  and 
manipulative  operations.  The  course  of  study  covers  three  years, 
graduates  receiving  the  degree  of  D.  D.  S.  The  tuition  fee  is  $100 
per  year. 

CINCINNATI  COLLEGE  OF  MEDICINE  AND  SURGERY, 

Cincinnati,  W.  E.  Kiely,  M.  D.,  Dean.  The  school  offers  a  four 
years'  graded  course  of  methodical  and  systematic  instruction. 
The  first  and  second  years  are  devoted  to  the  elementary  depart- 
ments exclusively.  The  third  and  fourth  years  are  given  to  the 
practical,  especially  clinical,  for  which  there  are  unsurpassed 
facilities  at  the  Cincinnati  and  other  hospitals  with  which  mem- 
bers of  the  faculty  are  connected.  The  methods  employed  are 
laboratory,  recitative,  clinical,  and  didactic. 

CINCINNATI  COLLEGE  OF  PHARHACY,  Cincinnati,  Chas. 
A.  Apmeyer,  President.  It  is  the  aim  of  this  college  to  place 
within  the  reach  of  any  student  of  good  common  school  education 
and  moderate  means  a  technical  pharmaceutical  training  without 
losing  sight  of  the  importance  of  a  well  grounded  education.  The 
school  offers  practical  work  in  the  dispensing  department  under 
the  charge  of  a  licensed  pharmacist.  Arrangement  can  be  made 
whereby  student  can  continue  outside  work,  thus  earning  while 
studying,  the  four  degrees  of  Phar.  G.,  Phar.  C.,  Phar.  M.,  and 
Phar.  D.  depending  on  the  extent  to  which  the  studies  have  been 
carried.  The  price  of  tuition  per  term  of  seventeen  weeks  is 
$44- 

THE  CLIFTON  SCHOOL,  under  the  direction  of  Miss  E.  A. 
Ely,  A.  M.,  Evanswood,  Clifton,  Cincinnati.  Situated  at  Evans- 
wood,  one  of  the  old  family  estates  of  Cincinnati's  most  beautiful 
suburb,  and  easily  reached  by  three  street  railroad  lines,  this  school 
offers  the  advantages  to  be  gained  from  close  proximity  to  the  city, 
combined  with  the  fresh  air,  light,  and  freedom  of  the  country. 
The  special  aim  of  the  school  is  to  provide  a  sensible,  thorough 
and  well  ordered  training  for  girls.  The  school  has  the  right  of 
admission  on  its  certificates  to  several  of  the  leading  colleges.  A 
limited  number  of  pupils  are  offered  residence  in  the  school. 
Terms. for  such  are  $600  per  annum. 

COLLEGE  OF  MUSIC  OF  CINCINNATI,  Cincinnati,  Frank 
Van  Der  Stucken,  Dean,  is  in  its  twenty-first  year,  and  is  incor- 
porated under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Ohio.  There  are  two 
departments  :  The  general  music  school  and  the  academic  depart- 
ment. The  former  serves  as  a  preparatory  department ;  the  latter 
constitutes  the  College  of  Music  proper.  College  dormitories 
immediately  adjoin  the  college,  and  are  under  the  charge  of  a  com- 
petent person.  A  number  of  free  scholarships  are  available  for 

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deserving   students   of   limited   means.     Charges   for   the   entire 
academic  year  in  any  one  branch,  $120. 

THE  FRANKLIN  SCHOOL,  Cincinnati,  Joseph  E.  White  and 
Gerrit  S.  Sykes,  Principals,  has  primary,  intermediate,  and  collegi- 
ate departments.  It  prepares  for  colleges  and  schools  of  science 
or  technology.  In  the  eighteen  years  of  its  existence  the  school 
has  sent  thirty-seven  of  its  graduates  to  Harvard,  forty-seven  to 
Yale,  twenty  to  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology,  and 
sixty-one  others  to  various  colleges,  among  them  Princeton, 
Columbia,  Williams,  Dartmouth,  Amherst,  and  Johns  Hopkins. 
Special  English  courses  are  formed  for  those  who  do  not  intend 
to  go  to  college.  There  is  an  excellent  gymnasium,  and  a  large, 
liberally  equipped  laboratory.  The  school  year  is  divided  into 
two  terms.  The  tuition  fees  are :  Primary  department,  per  term, 
$50;  intermediate  department,  per  term,  $75;  collegiate  depart- 
ment, per  term,  $100. 

LANE  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY,  Walnut  Hills,  Cincin- 
nati,  the  Rev.  Edward  D.  Morris,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President.  The 
aim  of  the  course  of  study  is  to  include  within  three  years  the 
essentials  of  a  complete  theological  education,  having  special 
reference  to  the  requirements  for  entrance  into  the  ministry  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church.  Students  from  other  evangelical  com- 
munions than  the  Presbyterian  are  welcomed.  Tuition  and  room 
rent  are  free.  The  expense  of  the  seminary  fee,  board,  text-books, 
and  laundry  is  about  $135. 

THE  MEDICAL  COLLEGE  OF  OHIO,  Cincinnati,  W.  W. 
Seely,  M.  D.,  Dean,  was  chartered  by  the  Legislature  of  Ohio  in 
1819.  This  institution  is,  therefore,  much  the  senior  of  any 
medical  college  west  of  the  Alleghenies.  Annual  courses  of 
lectures  have  been  delivered  by  the  faculty  with  unvarying  regu- 
larity during  the  seventy-nine  years  of  the  existence  of  the  school. 
With  the  beginning  of  the  session  of  1895-96,  attendance  upon 
four  annual  courses  of  lectures  was  required ;  the  entire  system 
was  carefully  graded,  and  more  detailed,  direct,  and  vigilant 
supervision  was  brought  to  bear  upon  the  individual  student.  In 
1896  its  board  of  trustees  transferred  its  charter  to  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  University  of  Cincinnati,  thus  constituting  it  the 
medical  department  of  that  institution,  though  still  retaining  its 
original  title. 

CLEVELAND  COLLEGE  OF  PHYSICIANS  AND  SUR= 
GEONS,  of  Ohio  Wesleyan  University,  Cleveland,  C.  B.  Parker, 
M.  D.,  M.  R.  C.  S.,  Eng.,  Dean. 

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THE  CLEVELAND  HOHEOPATHIC  HEDICAL  COLLEGE, 

Cleveland,  W.  A.  Phillips,  M.  D.,  Dean,  has  resulted  from  the 
union  of  the  Cleveland  University  of  Medicine  and  Surgery  and 
the  Cleveland  Medical  College.  There  are  excellent  facilities  in 
the  line  of  clinics,  laboratory  work,  and  hospital  practice,  and  the 
four  years'  course  leading  to  the  degree  of  M.  D.  is  practical  and 
exhaustive.  Annual  tuition  for  complete  course  of  lectures,  $100. 

THE   HATHAWAY=BROWN  DAY  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS, 

768  and  770  Euclid  Avenue,  Cleveland,  Miss  Mary  E.  Spencer, 
Principal,  consists  of  four  departments :  Kindergarten,  primary, 
preparatory,  and  academic.  The  number  of  pupils  in  each  de- 
partment is  limited.  Boys  are  admitted  to  the  kindergarten.  The 
school  prepares  for  any  college  admitting  women,  and  offers  to 
those  who  do  not  desire  a  collegiate  education  a  symmetrical  and 
suggestive  plan  of  study.  Laboratory  methods  are  used  in  all 
scientific  studies.  Tuition  per  annum,  $60  to  $175. 

THE  SPENCERIAN  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Cleveland,  was 
the  first  organized  of  the  Bryant  &  Stratton  Colleges,  of  which 
there  were  afterwards  more  than  forty  in  the  leading  cities  of  the 
United  States  and  Canada.  Since  the  institution  was  founded 
over  33,700  students  have  received  instruction  within  its  walls. 
The  departments  include  college  of  business,  school  of  penman- 
ship, English  training  school,  and  school  of  shorthand.  Tuition 
for  six  months  (day  school)  is  $55  in  the  business  or  in  the 
shorthand  department ;  in  the  English  and  penmanship  depart- 
ments, $40.  A  scholarship  not  limited  in  time  costs  $75. 

WESTERN  RESERVE  UNIVERSITY,  Cleveland,  the  Rev. 
Charles  F.  Thwing,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President,  grew  out  of  an 
academy  established  at  Burton  in  1805,  the  first  institution  of  the 
kind  in  Northern  Ohio.  The  University  embraces  six  depart- 
ments : 

ADELBERT  COLLEGE,  formerly  the  Western  Reserve  College  at 
Hudson,  founded  in  1826,  removed  to  Cleveland  in  1882. 

THE  COLLEGE  FOR  WOMEN,  announced  in  the  spring  of  1888, 
and  opened  in  September  of  the  same  year;  in  1892  provided  with 
buildings  adapted  to  its  work. 

THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  GRADUATE  INSTRUCTION,  established  in 
1892  by  the  faculty  of  Adelbert  College  and  the  College  for 
Women,  designed  to  offer  to  college  graduates  courses  leading 
to  the  degrees  of  A.  M.  and  Ph.  D. 

THE  MEDICAL  COLLEGE,  formerly  known  as  the  Cleveland 
Medical  College,  founded  in  1844,  and  offering  a  course  of  four 
years. 

THE  FRANKLIN  T.  BACKUS  LAW  SCHOOL,  opened  in  1892, 

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designed  through  a  course  of  study  covering  three  years  .to  give 
an  adequate  training  for  the  practice  of  the  law. 

THE  DENTAL  DEPARTMENT,  opened  in  1892,  designed  to  teach 
the  art  of  dentistry  as  a  department  of  medicine. 

Popular  and  educational  lectures  are  included  in  the  plans  of 
the  University. 

CAPITAL  UNIVERSITY,  Columbus,  the  Rev.  M.  Loy,  D.  D., 
Dean.  This  institution  was  founded  in  1850,  and  was  then,  as 
it  is  now,  under  the  control  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church 
as  represented  by  the  Joint  Synod  of  Ohio.  While  it  has  an 
independent  organization,  it  is  affiliated  with  an  older  school, 
namely,  "The  German  Evangelical  Lutheran  Seminary  of  the 
Joint  Synod  of  Ohio."  The  University  grounds  are  .distant  from 
the  centre  of  the  city  about  three  miles,  and  the  group  of  hand- 
some buildings  and  professors'  homes  forms  a"  pleasant  suburb, 
having  all  the  advantages  of  a  quiet  rural  life.  There  is  a. pre- 
paratory as  well  as  a  college  department.  The  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts  is  conferred  upon. a  satisfactory  completion  of 'the  collegiate 
course.  Tuition  in  the  preparatory  department  is  $25  per  year; 
in  the  collegiate  department  is  $40  per  year.  Board  is  furnished 
at  $1.75  per  week. 

GERflAN  EVANGELICAL  LUTHERAN  SEHINARY,  Co- 
lumbus, the  Rev.  M.  Loy,  D.  D.,  President,  is  affiliated  with 
Capital  University,  though  it  regulates  its  own  affairs.  It  has, 
with  a  few  brief  intermissions,  been  in  successful  operation  since 
1830.  A  very  large  proportion  of  the  ministers  representing  the 
Lutheran  Church  in  Ohio  were  prepared  for  the  ministry  through 
its  instrumentality.  It  is  under  the  general  supervision  of  the 
Evangelical  Lutheran  Synod  of  Ohio  and  adjacent  States,  and 
under  the  special  control  of  a  board  of  directors.  Both  the 
German  and  English  languages  are  used  as  vehicles  of  instruction. 
The  regular  course  requires  three  years'  attendance.  There  are 
about  six  thousand  books  in  the  library.  No  charge  is  made  for 
tuition. 

OHIO  STATE  UNIVERSITY,  Columbus,  James  H.  Canfield, 
M.  A.,  LL.  D.,  President.  The  University  aims  to  furnish  ample 
facilities  for  education  in  the  liberal  arts,  the  industrial  arts, 
engineering,  law,  pharmacy,  and  veterinary  medicine.  Each  of 
these  six  divisions  or  colleges  is  under  the  direction  of  its  own 
fac.ulty,  which  has  power  to  act  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the 
work  of  students  in  that  particular  college.  The  University  seeks 
thus  to  give  to  the  young  men  and  women  of  Ohio  the  largest  pos- 
sible opportunity  for  both  general  and  special  training.  The  Col- 
lege of  Arts,  Philosophy,  and  Science  consists  of  those  departments 
represented  in  the  courses  leading  to  the  degrees  of  A.  B.,  Ph.  B., 

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and  S.  B.  Degrees  are  conferred  on  graduates  of  all  departments 
of  the  University.  Through  aid  received  from  the  United  States, 
and  from  the  State  of  Ohio,  the  University  is  enabled  to  offer  its 
privileges,  with  a  slight  charge  for  additional  expenses,  to  all  per- 
sons of  either  sex  who  are  qualified  for  admission.  The  annual 
expenses  of  a  student,  including  incidental  fees,  books,  room,  and 
board,  need  not  exceed  $150. 

THE  JACOBS  SCHOOL  OF  SHORTHAND,  Dayton,  was 
founded  in  the  year  1897  by  H.  L.  Jacobs,  who  was  official  sten- 
ographer of  the  Senate  of  Pennsylvania,  and  afterwards  occupied 
a  similar  position  in  the  House  of  Representatives.  The  school 
has  enjoyed  a  liberal  patronage,  and  is  endorsed  by  the  press,  as 
well  as  the  mercantile  and  professional  men  of  the  city. 

ST.  MARY'S  INSTITUTE,  Dayton,  the  Rev.  Charles  Eichner, 
President.  This  institute  was  founded  in  1850  by  the  Brothers  of 
Mary.  In  1878  it  was  incorporated,  and  in  1882  was  empowered 
to  confer  degrees.  The  academic  organization  provides  elemen- 
tary and  advanced  instruction,  and  is  divided  into  three  distinct  de- 
partments, the  preparatory,  the  commercial  and  scientific,  and  the 
classical.  The  commercial  and  scientific  department  covers  five 
years,  and  is  planned  for  those  who  cannot  carry  their  education 
farther.  The  classical  course  occupies  five  years,  and  includes  the 
usual  subjects  of  collegiate  instruction.  Graduates  of  this  course 
receive  the  degree  of  A.  B.  Tuition,  board,  and  washing  cost  $200. 

SHAUCK'S  5CHOOL,  17  Third  Street,  East,  Dayton,  A.  B. 
Shauck,  Principal,  prepares  for  college  or  business,  and  also  for 
civil  service  examinations.  A  summer  vacation  training  school 
for  teachers  is  one  of  its  features. 

UNION  BIBLICAL  SEMINARY,  Dayton,  G.  A.  Funkhouser, 
D.  D.,  Chairman  of  the  Faculty.  This  institution  is  under  the 
control  of  the  General  Conference  of  the  United  Brethren  Church. 
It  was  opened  in  1871.  Applicants  for  admission  must  be  mem- 
bers in  good  standing  of  some  evangelical  church,  and  furnish 
testimonials  of  character.  The  regular  course  covers  three  years. 
Students  who  have  not  taken  the  preparatory  studies  required  at 
admission  must  take  the  English  course  providing  for  these  defi- 
ciencies. Classical  graduates  who  complete  the  regular  three 
years'  course  will  receive  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Divinity. 
There  is  no  charge  for  tuition  or  room  rent.  The  total  expense 
necessary  for  the  seminary  year  need  not  exceed  $150. 

DEFIANCE  COLLEGE,  Defiance,  the  Rev.  John  R.H.  Latchaw, 
A.  M.,  D.  D.,  President,  is  a  non-sectarian  college,  chartered  by 
the  Ohio  Legislature,  and  containing,  besides  a  preparatory  and  col- 
legiate department,  the  following  schools :  The  Teachers'  College, 

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Ohio.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Ewington. 

the  School  of  Commerce,  the  School  of  Shorthand,  the  School  of 
Music,  the  School  of  Oratory,  the  School  of  Art.  The  college  offers 
the  Bachelor's  degree  in  arts,  philosophy,  science,  and  literature. 
Graduates  of  the  Teachers'  College  receive  the  degree  Bachelor  of 
Pedagogy.  Those  completing  the  course  in  oratory  are  given  the 
degree  Bachelor  of  Oratory,  and  those  completing  a  course  in  the 
School  of  Commerce,  and  who  have  studied  one  year  or  more 
under  the  auspices  of  the  college,  may  receive,  upon  recommenda- 
tion, the  degree  of  Commercial  Science.  Expense  per  annum  is 
$100  to  $150. 

OHIO  WESLEYAN  UNIVERSITY  (co-educational),  Delaware, 
the  Rev.  J.  W.  Bashford,  Ph.  D.,  President,  was  opened  in  1844  with 
twenty-nine  students,  all  from  Ohio.  The  University,  including 
the  medical  department,  now  numbers  1,401  students,  from  thirty- 
seven  States  and  fifteen  foreign  countries.  Of  the  twenty-six 
hundred  students  who  have  completed  the  college  courses,  and 
received  the  bachelors'  degrees,  forty-six  are  editors,  ninety  mis- 
sionaries, 120  physicians,  180  college  presidents  and  professors, 
300  lawyers,  and  450  ministers.  In  addition  to  those  who  have 
completed  the  college  courses  at  Delaware,  900  have  completed  the 
medical  course  of  the  Cleveland  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons. The  graduates  and  students  of  the  University  have  rendered 
the  world  over  25,000  years  of  service  as  teachers.  Since  1889  the 
University  in  all  its  departments  has  increased  forty-five  per  cent, 
in  students,  doubled  its  teachers  and  gained  $500,000  in  buildings, 
appliances,  and  endowment.  The  departments  are  :  Preparatory, 
Department  of  Art,  Conservatory  of  Music,  School  of  Business, 
School  of  Oratory,  College  of  Liberal  Arts,  and  Cleveland  College 
of  Physicians  and  Surgeons.  The  faculty  numbers  ninety-eight. 
To  the  age,  experience,  and  tried  ability  of  the  older  members  of 
the  faculty,  the  new  members  have  brought  the  enthusiasm  of 
youth,  the  most  recent  advances  in  learning,  and  the  latest  methods 
in  instruction.  The  lecture,  the  laboratory,  and  the  library  supple- 
ment the  text-book.  The  tuition  and  incidental  fees  for  all  prepara- 
tory and  college  studies  range  from  $10  to  $15  per  term.  Some 
students  by  boarding  themselves  bring  their  entire  expenses  down 
to  from  $90  to  $120  for  the  college  year.  A  large  number  earn, 
money  during  vacations  or  teach  a  year  or  two  before  completing 
the  college  course.  The  Board  of  Education  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  loans  to  students  who  have  attended  one  term, 
and  are  recommended  by  the  faculty,  small  sums  to  aid  them  in 
securing  an  education. 

EWINGTON  ACADEMY,  Ewington,  F.  F.  Vale,  B.  S.,  M.  A., 
Ph.  D.,  Principal.  This  school  was  founded  in  1857.  It  is 
run  on  the  normal  plan,  prepares  and  trains  teachers,  prepares 


Ohio.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Granville. 

students  for  any  college,  and  gives  a  very  practical  education  to 
those  not  intending  to  take  a  college  course.  It  is  co-educational 
and  non-sectarian.  Expenses  are  very  low,  and  the  surroundings 
are  conducive  to  good  study.  There  is  no  saloon  or  other  prolific 
source  of  immorality  in  the  town. 

FINDLAY  COLLEGE,  Findlay,  the  Rev.  Charles  Manchester, 
A.  M.,  D.  D.,  Acting  President.  This  college  is  young,  vigorous, 
Christian,  and  economic.  It  offers  collegiate  courses  leading  to 
A.  B.,  B.  S.,  and  Ph.  B.  It  has  a  normal  and  preparatory  de- 
partment. It  teaches  art,  music,  and  elocution,  with  special 
teachers.  It  has  a  magnificent  building  with  modern  conveniences. 
It  is  unsectarian,  but  under  the  support  and  control  of  the  Church 
of  God.  Tuition  in  the  literary  courses  is  $32  per  year  of  forty 
weeks.  Board  ranges  from  $2  to  $4  per  week. 

KENYON  COLLEGE,  Gambier,  Theodore  Sterling,  M.  D., 
LL.  D.,  President.  This  institution  was  established  in  1824  by 
Bishop  Chase,  of  the  diocese  of  Ohio,  under  the  name  of  "  The 
Theological  Seminary  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 
diocese  of  Ohio."  In  1828  the  college  was  removed  from  Worth- 
ington  to  Gambier.  Although  starting  as  a  theological  school, 
Kenyon  has  broadened  so  that  a  regular  collegiate  course  is, 
included,  and  confers  the  degrees  of  A.  B.,  Ph.  B.,  and  B.  S.  on 
graduates  of  its  college  courses.  The  religious  influences  are 
churchly,  but  although  chapel  services  are  conducted  according  to 
the  forms  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  the  primary  end  of  the  college 
is  to  cultivate  a  truly  religious  spirit,  and  questions  of  dogma  are 
entirely  subordinated.  The  college  is  open  to  students  of  all 
religious  beliefs. 

DENISON  UNIVERSITY,  Granville,  D.  B.  Purinton,  LL.  D., 
President,  was  founded  in  1831,  under  the  patronage  of  the  Bap- 
tist denomination  in  Ohio.  Aims  to  furnish  a  thorough,  liberal 
education,  under  Christian  influences,  but  not  to  propagate  sec- 
tarian doctrines.  Its  early  presidents,  and  many  of  its  other 
teachers,  were  graduates  of  Brown  University,  and  gave  it  from 
the  start  a  record  for  thoroughness  in  class-room  work,  which  it 
has  always  been  its  endeavor  to  maintain  and  improve.  Its  gradu- 
ates have  taken  high  rank  as  graduate,  students  of  the  large  uni- 
versities, both  in  this  country  and  abroad.  Courses  are  offered 
leading  to  the  Bachelor's  degree  in  Arts,  Science,  Philosophy,  and 
Letters.  Invested  funds  available  for  general  purposes  amount  to 
nearly  $400,000.  Value  of  grounds,  buildings,  libraries,  and  other 
equipment,  about  $300,000.  Questions  from  any  one  interested  in 
the  school  are  gladly  answered. 

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Granville.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Ohio. 

DOANE  ACADEMY,  Granville,  L.  E.  Akins,  Principal.  This 
school  was  organized  in  1831  as  a  preparatory  department  of  the 
Granville  Literary  and  Theological  Institution.  In  1887  it  was 
made  a  separate  school  and  named  Granville  Academy,  again 
changing  its  name  to  Doane  Academy  in  1894.  It  is  the  special 
aim  of  the  school  to  fit  its  students  for  college.  An  academic 
course  is  offered  to  those  not  intending  to  go  to  college.  There 
are  three  regular  courses  :  The  classical,  the  philosophical,  and 
the  scientific,  each  embracing  three  years  of  work. 

HIRAM  COLLEGE,  Hiram,  was  founded  in  1850  under  the 
name  of  the  Western  Reserve  Eclectic  Institute.  The  aims  of 
the  school  were  defined  as  follows  :  (i)  To  furnish  a  foundation 
for  a  sound  literary  and  scientific  education.  (2)  To  temper  and 
sweeten  such  education  with  moral  and  spiritual  knowledge. 
Among  the  early  students  was  James  A.  Garfield,  who  secured 
the  opportunity  of  paying  his  expenses  by  work  as  janitor.  In 
1857  Mr.  Hayden,  the  first  principal,  resigned  and  was  succeeded 
by  James  A.  Garfield,  who  had  in  the  meantime  completed  the 
course  of  studies  of  the  Institute,  and  had  been  graduated  from 
Williams  College.  Under  his  leadership  the  Institute  reached  a 
high  degree  of  prosperity,  and  its  principal  won  a  wide  popularity 
as  a  preacher,  teacher,  and  lecturer.  In  1861  Mr.  Garfield  en- 
tered public  life,  and  from  that  on  his  history  is  too  well  known  to 
be  told.  In  1867  the  institution  was  reorganized  as  a  college 
under  its  present  name.  Hiram  College  has  mainly  a  rural  pat- 
ronage and  has  never  succeeded  in  gaining  a  satisfactory  financial 
basis,  but  it  is  noted  for  honest,  thorough  training.  Garfield  said 
in  a  public  speech  delivered  in  Hiram  after  his  nomination  to  the 
presidency,  "  Hiram  College  does  the  most  work  with  the  least 
money  of  any  institution  with  which  I  am  acquainted." 

WESTERN  RESERVE  ACADEflY,  Hudson,  Clay  Herrick, 
A.M.,  Charles  T.  Hickok,  Ph.D.,  Principals.  In  1826,  Western 
Reserve  College  was  established  as  a  pioneer  in  the  then  new 
State  of  Ohio,  A  preparatory  department  was  opened  the  follow- 
ing year,  which  still  bears  the  name  "  Western  Reserve,"  and  which 
has  an  enviable  reputation  among  first-class  academies.  It  has  a 
beautiful  campus  of  nearly  forty  acres,  on  which  stand  three 
dormitories,  a  chapel  for  public  meetings,  a  recitation  and  board- 
ing hall.  The  school  is  located  twenty-six  miles  from  Cleveland 
in  the  village  of  Hudson,  a  town  unsurpassed  in  culture,  beauty,  and 
healthfulness.  The  purpose  of  the  school  is  threefold :  First,  to 
provide  thorough  preparation  for  the  best  colleges,  schools  of 
science,  or  the  academies  at  West  Point  and  Annapolis.  Second,  to 
provide  a  general  academic  education  for  those  not  looking  for- 
ward to  further  study,  but  who  wish  better  to  equip  themselves 

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for  the  duties  of  life,  or  for  teaching  in  the  common  schools.  Third, 
to  provide  a  healthful  business  course  on  a  broader  basis  than 
that  of  the  business  schools.  The  expenses  for  academic  year, 
including  tuition,  furnished  room,  and  board,  are  covered  by  $200. 

LinA  COLLEGE,  Lima,  founded  1893.  Under  the  control 
of  the  "  Lima  Lutheran  Educational  Association."  Six  depart- 
ments. The  collegiate  department  offers  three  courses  of  four 
years  each  :  The  classical,  scientific,  and  literary,  leading  to  cor- 
responding degrees.  A  three-years'  preparatory  course  leads  to 
these.  The  normal  course  covers  three  years  of  academic  and 
professional  work.  The  music  department  offers  courses  in  piano, 


MIDDLE    COLLEGE,    WESTERN    RESERVE    ACADEMY. 

organ,  voice,  harmony,  theory,  etc.  The  commercial  and  elocution 
departments,  the  work  usually  offered  in  such  courses.  New  and 
commodious  building,  large  campus.  Faculty  of  ten.  Enrolment 
1897-98,  291.  College  expenses  moderate.  Rev.  S.  P.  Long, 
President ;  Rev.  Carl  Ackermann,  Dean. 

OBERLIN  COLLEGE,  Oberlin,  was  established  in  1833  by 
the  Rev.  John  J.  Shipherd  and  Mr.  Philo  P.  Stewart.  Both  of  the 
founders  had  been  greatly  impressed  by  an  account  of  the  life  of 
the  German  pastor  and  philanthropist,  Johann  Friedrich  Oberlin, 
who  died  in  1826,  and  the  new  enterprise  was  named  after  him. 
The  school  was  chartered  as  the  "  Oberlin  Collegiate  Institute," 
and  was  known  by  this  name  until  1850,  when,  by  an  act  of  the  Leg- 
islature of  Ohio,  it  was  called  Oberlin  College.  The  preparatory  de- 
partment was  first  opened,  but  within  less  than  two  years  afterward 
the  college  proper  and  the  theological  seminary  were  in  operation. 

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In  more  recent  years  a  conservatory  of  music,  a  department  of 
drawing  and  painting,  and  a  normal  course  in  physical  training  for 
women  have  been  added  to  the  orginal  departments.  The  loca- 
tion is  .thirty-four  miles  west  of  Cleveland,  and  about  ten  miles 
south  of  Lake  Erie.  Electric  and  steam  railways  render  the  place 


OXFORD    COLLEGE. 


easily  accessible.  There  are  fourteen  buildings,  including  special 
dormitories  for  young  ladies.  The  college  library  has  over  fifty 
thousand  books  together  with  more  than  thirty-two  thousand  pamph- 
lets. Ample  opportunities  for  scientific  experiment  are  offered  by 
the  chemical,  biological,  and  physical  laboratories,  and  bodily 
training  is  provided  for  in  the  separate  gymnasia  for  men  and 
women.  Religious  influences  are  dominant,  but  Oberlin  is  avowedly 
non-sectarian.  Attendance  on  church  and  chapel  is  compulsory. 
No  student  is  considered  fully  a  member  of  the  institution  until 
he  has  passed  a  probation  of  six  months  satisfactory  to  the  faculty, 
during  which  time  they  may  privately  dismiss  him,  if,  for  any 
reason,  they  deem  his  connection  with  the  college  undesirable. 
Admission  to  the  college  courses  is  by  examination  and  upon 
certificates  from  accredited  schools.  The  college  proper  offers 
three  courses  :  Classical,  leading  to  the  degree  A.  B. ;  philosophi- 
cal, leading  to  the  degree  Ph.  B. ;  and  scientific,  leading  to  the 
degree  S.  B.  Each  of  these  courses  covers  four  years  and  requires 
the  same  time  in  preparation.  In  each  course  all  the  studies  of 
the  freshman  year  are  required.  After  the  freshman  year  some- 
what less  than  one-fourth  of  the  work  is  required,  the  student 
selecting  the  remainder  from  the  various  electives  offered.  The 
degrees  which  are  open  to  graduate  students  are  those  of  A.  M. 
and  S.  M.  The  theological  seminary  is  under  the  auspices  of 

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the  Congregational  Church,  and  awards  the  degree  of  B.  D.  The 
academy  is  under  the  same  general  supervision  as  the  college,  but 
has  its  separate  corps  of  instructors.  In  the  college  the  term  bills 
are  $25  each  for  three  terms.  In  the  academy  the  term  bills  are 
less. 

OXFORD  COLLEGE,  Oxford,  the  Rev.  Faye  Walker,  D.  D., 
President.  This  college  for  young  women  grew  out  of  the  union  of 
Oxford  Female  College,  established  in  1849,  and  Oxford  Female  In- 
stitute, founded  in  1855.  There  are  three  courses  of  study,  each 
extending  through  four  years.  The  classical  course  leads  to  the 
degree  of  B.  A.,  the  Latin-scientific  to  that  of  B.  S.,  and  the  Eng- 
lish to  that  of  B.  L.  In  special  cases  students  who  wish  to  devote 


MRS.    MATHEWS'S    SCHOOL. 

more  time  to  art  or  music  may  extend  any  one  of  these  through  five 
years.  For  juniors  and  seniors,  a  liberal  choice  of  electives  is 
allowed.  There  are  collegiate  departments  of  music,  art,  and 
oratory.  The  charge  to  all  resident  students,  including  tuition, 
board,  room,  and  washing,  is  $280  per  year. 

SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  Painesville,  Mrs.  Samuel  Mathews, 
Principal.  The  design  of  the  school  is  to  combine  thorough 
instruction  with  moral  and  religious  culture,  and  to  supply  with 
all  the  comforts  of  a  private  home.  The  expenses  for  furnished 
room,  board,  and  tuition  are  $300  per  year.  Additional  charges 
are  made  for  instruction  in  music,  French,  and  German. 

RIO  GRANDE  COLLEGE,  Rio  Grande,  the  Rev.  John  M. 
Davis,  Ph.  D.,  D.  D.,  President,  was  opened  in  1876.  The  aim  of 
the  college  in  the  educational  field  is  that  of  an  intermediate  be- 

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tween  high  and  preparatory  schools,  and  the  professional  schools 
of  a  university.  It  recognizes  the  necessity  of  a  preparatory  de- 
partment to  bring  students  up  to  that  degree  of  efficiency  requisite 
for  college  work.  The  two  years'  preparatory  leads  directly  to  the 
collegiate  course.  The  collegiate  work  is  divided  into  a  classical 
and  a  scientific  course,  each  four  years  in  length.  The  degrees  of 
A.  B.  and  S.  B.  are  conferred  on  completing  them.  The  degrees 
of  A.  M.  and  S.  M.,  are  given  to  graduates  of  three  years'  standing 
who  do  literary  or  scientific  work.  An  English  and  normal  course 
is  offered.  Music  is  also  taught.  The  college  is  under  the  con- 
trol of  the  Free  Baptist  denomination.  Tuition  to  candidates  for 
the  ministry  of  any  denomination  is  free.  To  others  it  ranges 
from  $24  to  $28. 

URSULINE  ACADEMY  FOR  YOUNG  LADIES,  St.  Martins, 
Brown  County,  was  founded  in  1845.  It  is  conducted  by  the 
Ursuline  Order.  Pupils  of  every  religious  denomination  are 


received  into  the  academy,  but  for  the  maintaining  of  order  and 
discipline  all  are  expected  to  conform  outwardly  to  the  Catholic 
ceremonial.  After  the  usual  primary  classes,  the  course  of  study 
is  divided  into  preparatory  and  academic,  each  covering  four  years. 
In  all  school  work  particular  attention  is  given  to  the  correct  use 
of  the  English  language  in  speaking  and  writing.  The  terms  for 
board  arid  tuition  in  English,  French,  and  Latin  are  $200  per 
year. 

SAVANNAH  ACADEMY,  Savannah,  G.  M.  Johnston,  A.  B., 
Principal,  was  organized  in  1859  by  a  joint  stock  company  which 
gave  the  control  to  a  board  of  fifteen  trustees.  A  classical,  a  philo- 
sophical, and  a  scientific  course  is  offered,  each  four  years  in 
length.  The  classical  and  the  scientific  courses  are  identical  for 

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the  first  two  years.  The  philosophical  course  substitutes  two  years 
of  German  for  the  Greek  of  the  classical  course.  The  classical 
course  is  college  preparatory.  Tuition  is  low,  and  the  total 
expenses,  including  board,  room,  and  tuition,  need  not  exceed  $100 
per  year. 

5CIO  COLLEGE  (co-educational),  Scio,  John  Wier,  A.  M., 
D.  D.,  President,  was  organized  as  Rural  Seminary,  at  Harlem 
Springs,  Ohio,  in  1857.  It  was  subsequently  removed  to  the  town 
of  Newmarket,  now  Scio,  and  was  incorporated  as  Newmarket  Col- 
lege. In  1875  the  name  was  changed  to  "  The  One  Study  Uni- 
versity "  on  account  of  the  adoption  of  a  unique  feature  that  had 
been  attempted  by  no  other  school  in  the  country.  This  plan  was 
for  a  student  to  pursue  but  one  study  at  a  time,  complete  it,  take 
up  another,  and  so  on  through  the  course.  This  plan,  though  suc- 
cessful in  some  respects,  was  found  to  be  inexpedient;  a  return 
was  made  to  the  ordinary  plan  of  study,  and  in  June,  1877,  the 
college  was  organized  under  its  present  name,  and  passed  under 
the  control  of  the  M.  E.  Church.  The  collegiate  department 
presents  three  courses,  the  classical,  the  philosophical,  and  the 
scientific,  each  leading  to  its  appropriate  degree,  and  each  requir- 
ing four  years  for 'completion.  There  are  also  the  following  special 
departments  :  Preparatory,  pedagogy,  pharmacy,  commercial,  music, 
oratory  and  physical  culture,  and  art.  In  addition  to  the  regular 
college  year  there  is  a  summer  term  of  six  weeks.  The  present 
yearly  enrolment,  about  five  hundred.  The  total  expense  for 
the  year  averages  $120. 

NEW  LYflE  INSTITUTE,  South  New  Lyme,  S.  W.  Mauck, 
A.M.,  President,  was  opened  in  1879.  *ts  object  is  three-fold: 
To  furnish  a  liberal  academic  education  to  those  farmers'  sons  and 
daughters  who  do  not  plan  to  pursue  a  college  course.  To  prepare 
thoroughly  for  entrance  to  colleges  and  universities.  To  give  teach- 
ers of  the  common  schools  a  rapid  and  complete  review  of  the  com- 
mon branches  and  supplement  this  with  more  comprehensive  study 
in  the  fields  of  pedagogy  and  mental  science.  There  are  three  reg- 
ular courses :  Academic,  college  preparatory,  and  normal.  In 
addition  there  are  departments  of  business,  music,  elocution,  and 
physical  culture.  Tuition,  per  term  of  thirteen  weeks,  $6  to  $8,  in 
advance. 

HEIDELBERG  THEOLOGICAL  SEfllNARY,  Tiffin,  the 
Rev.  David  Van  Home,  D.  D.,  President,  was  founded  by  the 
Ohio  Synod  of  the  Reformed  Church  in  the  United  States  in  1850. 
The  seminary  is  open  to  students  of  all  denominations.  It  regards 
as  its  main  work  that  of  imparting  instruction  according  to  a  fixed 
curriculum  in  the  fundamental  theological  branches.  The  various 
libraries  number  about  eleven  thousand  volumes.  Tuition  is  free. 


Tiffin.  WHERE   TO   EDUCATE.  Ohio. 

URSULINE  COLLEGE,  Tiffin.  This  institution,  founded  in 
1863,  is  conducted  by  the  Sisters  of  the  Ursuline  Order.  Differ- 
ence in  religion  is  no  obstacle  to  the  admission  of  pupils,  and  no 
influence  is  in  any  way  exerted  over  the  conscientious  opinion  of 
non-Catholics.  A  kindergarten  system  leads  to  the  primary  de- 
partment. The  entire  course  of  study  is  divided  into  three  classes  : 
Primary,  preparatory,  and  senior.  In  the  lower  course  time  cannot 
be  specified,  as  that  rests  with  the  ability  of  the  pupil.  The  senior 
division  comprises  a  course  of  three  years,  the  last  being  the 
graduating  class.  The  degree  of  A.  B.  is  conferred  upon  the  grad- 
uates of  the  classical  course  in  the  department  of  science  and  arts. 
Elocution,  phonography,  music,  embroidery,  and  painting  are  also 
taught.  The  charge  for  board,  washing,  furnished  room,  and 
tuition  is  $150. 

DAVIS  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Toledo,  Mr.  M.  H.  Davis, 
Proprietor,  offers  business,  English,  and  shorthand  courses,  and 
makes  a  specialty  of  actual  business  practice.  There  are  day  and 
night  classes.  As  there  are  no  vacations,  students  may  enter  at 
any  time. 

WILBERFORCE  UNIVERSITY,  Wilberforce,  S.  T.  Mitchell, 
President,  was  incorporated  in  1856  through  the  united  efforts  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  and  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal 
Conferences  of  Ohio.  The  broad  principle  was  adopted  that  in 
all  that  pertains  to  the  University  no  distinction  should  be  made 
on  account  of  race  or  color.  The  Civil  War  closed  the  school,  but 
in  1870  it  was  opened  once  more.  In  1887  a  "combined  normal 
and  industrial  department,"  supported  entirely  by  the  State,  was 
established.  In  1891  Payne  Theological  Seminary  was  founded, 
and  is  supported  by  the  A.  M.  E.  Church.  The  University  confers 
the  A.  B.  degree  on  graduates  of  the  classical  course,  and  the  S.  B. 
on  those  of  the  scientific  course.  Graduates  who  have  spent  five 
years  in  literary  pursuits  may  receive  the  degree  of  A.  M.  or 
M.S. 

TEACHERS'  SEfllNARY,  Woodville,  the  Rev.  Theodore 
Mees,  President,  is  one  of  the  educational  institutions  under  the 
control  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Joint  Synod  of  Ohio  and  other 
States.  Its  primary  object  is  to  educate  professional  teachers  for 
parochial  schools,  but  it  also  offers  a  regular  academic  course. 
The  two  general  departments  are  the  preparatory  department  and 
the  seminary  department.  The  course  of  studies  in  the  seminary 
is  designed  to  extend  over  a  period  of  five  years,  three  of  which 
are  embraced  in  the  preparatory  department,  and  two  in  the  semi- 
nary proper.  Music  is  taught  throughout  the  five  years.  Advanced 
students  are  required  to  teach  from  four  to  six  weeks  in  graded 

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schools,  taking  full  charge  of  classes  in  all  branches.  Board  per 
week  is  $2.  The  annual  charge  for  tuition,  room  rent,  and  inci- 
dentals is  $40,  payable  in  advance.  All  those  preparing  for  the 
teaching  profession  within  the  synod  pay  no  tuition  and  room 
rent. 

ANTIOCH  COLLEGE,  Yellow  Springs,  Daniel  Albright  Long, 
D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President,  is  situated  at  Yellow  Springs,  Green 
County,  Ohio,  a  spot  widely  known  for  the  beauty  of  its  scenery 
and  the  healthfulness  of  its  climate.  The  college  edifices  consist 
of  one  main  building  and  two  large  dormitories.  Three  courses 
are  offered :  The  classical,  leading  to  the  degree  of  B.  A. ;  the 
philosophical,  leading  to  the  degree  of  Ph.  B. ;  and  the  scientific, 
leading  to  the  degree  of  B.  Sc.  The  Master's  degrees  are  conferred 
only  after  a  systematic  course  of  study  of  at  least  one  year,  and 
an  examination  upon  the  same.  The  average  total  expenses  for 
the  school  year,  including  tuition,  board,  washing,  books,  and 
incidentals,  are  estimated  to  be  less  than  $150. 

OKLAHOMA. 

OKLAHOMA  AGRICULTURAL  AND  flECHANICAL  COL- 
LEGE,  and  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Stillwater,  G.  E. 
Morrow,  President,  is  supported  by  the  United  States  and  the 
territorial  governments.  The  experiment  station  has  an  annual 
endowment  of  $15,000.  The  courses  offered  are  general  science, 
engineering,  and  special,  while  English,  mathematics,  and  science 
and  its  applications  to  industry  are  the  chief  features  of  the  courses. 
The  degree  of  B.  S.  is  conferred  on  graduates.  Students  of  either 
sex  are  admitted.  Tuition  is  free. 


OREGON. 

ACADEflY  OF  OUR  LADY  OF  PERPETUAL  HELP,  Al- 
bany, opened  in  January,  1887,  and  solemnly  dedicated  by  the 
Most  Rev.  W.  H.  Gross,  Archbishop  of  Oregon.  It  is  a  boarding 
and  day  school  for  young  ladies,  and  is  incorporated  under  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  Oregon,  empowering  it  to  confer  academic 
honors.  Boys  under  twelve  years  are  admitted  in  the  elementary 
and  preparatory  departments.  The  academy  is  conducted  by  the 
Benedictine  Sisters,  whose  constant  aim  is  to  train  the  youthful 
heart  to  virtue,  whilst  imparting  instruction  in  all  the  useful 
and  refined  branches.  The  academic  year  consists  of  four  terms, 
of  ten  weeks  each,  the  first  commencing  the  first  Monday  in 
September. 

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ALBANY  COLLEGE,  Albany,  Wallace  Howe  Lee,  A.  M., 
President,  was  founded  by  Walter  and  Thomas  Monteith,  who 
moved  from  Albany,  N.  Y.,  to  Oregon,  taking  the  present  site  of 
the  city  of  Albany  as  a  donation  land  claim.  In  laying  out  a  town 
site,  they  reserved  seven  acres  of  land,  and  presented  it  to  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  for  school  purposes. 
The  first  building  was  erected  in  1866 ;  the  college  was  opened  in 
1867,  with  the  R.ev.  William  J.  Monteith  as  president,  and  the 
first  class  was  graduated  in  1873.  Intimately  associated  with  the 
three  Monteith  brothers  in  the  establishment  of  the  college  was 
the  Rev.  Edward  R.  Geary,  D.  D.,  brother  of  Gen.  John  W.  Geary, 
formerly  Territorial  Governor  of  Kansas,  and  later  Governor  of 
Pennsylvania.  Doctor  Geary  labored  incessantly  for  the  college, 
visiting  the  East  in  its  behalf,  and  becoming  its  third  president. 
Albany  College  is  co-educational,  and  is  vitally  related  to  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  being  under  the  care  of  the  Synod  of  Oregon, 
to  which  the  president  makes  an  annual  report.  The  four  years' 
classical  course  leads  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts ;  the  Latin 
scientific  course  to  that  of  Bachelor  of  Science ;  the  normal  course 
to  that  of  Bachelor  of  Scientific  Didactics ;  the  post-graduate 
course  in  music  to  that  of  Bachelor  of  Music ;  and  the  commercial 
teacher's  course  to  that  of  Bachelor  of  Accounts.  Tuition  is  about 
$40  a  year,  and  board  and  lodging  ranges  from  $2.50  a  week 
upwards. 

SOUTHERN  OREGON  STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL,  Ashland, 
W.  T.  Van  Scoy,  A.  M.,  President,  was  established  by  act  of  the 
Legislature  in  1882.  There  are  four  principal  courses  of  study: 
Academic,  business,  normal,  and  advanced.  The  degree  B.  S.  D., 
Bachelor  of  Scientific  Didactics,  is  conferred  upon  those  complet- 
ing the  four-year  normal  course,  and  M.  S.  D.,  Master  of  Scientific 
Didactics,  upon  those  finishing  also  the  advanced  course.  Only 
the  best  and  most  faithful  work  will  enable  the  student  to  reach 
the  average  required  for  a  State  normal  school  diploma.  In  con- 
nection with  the  institution  are  training  and  model  school  depart- 
ments, and  courses  in  art  and  music.  Tuition  per  term  of  ten 
weeks  in  normal,  business,  or  academic  courses,  each  $6.25. 

THE  EUGENE  DIVINITY  SCHOOL,  Eugene,  Eugene  C. 
Sanderson,  Dean.  This  growing  institution,  adjacent  to  the  cam- 
pus of  the  University  of  Oregon,  offers  two  distinct  ministerial 
courses,  and  so  arranges  its  work  that  a  part  of  the  studies  may 
be  taken  in  the  University.  The  school  was  opened  in  1895,  and 
its  subsequent  growth  has  been  .rapid.  It  grants  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Divinity  on  the  completion  of  its  four  years'  course. 
There  are  no  charges  for  tuition  except  a  contingent  fee  of  $3 

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per  term.    The  institution  is  under  the  control  of  the  Christian 
denomination. 

PACIFIC  UNIVERSITY  (co-educational),  Forest  Grove,  the 
Rev.  Thomas  McClelland,  D.  D.,  President.  The  University,  with 
its  associated  preparatory  school,  Tualatin  Academy,  is  one  of  the 
oldest  chartered  schools  on  the  Pacific  coast,  and  after  half  a 
century  of  growth  it  now  stands  as  a  type  of  the  best  grade  of 
American  colleges.  The  institution  owns  six  buildings  and  its 
equipment  includes  a  library  of  more  than  nine  thousand  volumes. 
In  July,  1898,  President  McClelland  completed  the  raising  of  one 
hundred  thousand  dollars,  thus  meeting  the  conditions  of  a  fifty 
thousand  dollar  endowment  offered  to  the  University  in  March. 
1895,  by  Dr.  D.  K.  Pearsons,  of  Chicago.  With  this  sum  added  to 
the  previous  endowment  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  the 
possibilities  of  usefulness  are  greatly  enlarged.  The  college  offers 
three  general  courses  :  The  classical,  scientific,  and  literary,  and 
special  advantages  for  the  study  of  music.  Tualatin  Academy 
provides  thorough  preparation  for  college  and  at  the  same  time 
gives  an  English  education  that  is  an  essential  foundation  for  busi- 
ness or  teaching.  Tuition  and  other  expenses  in  both  the  college 
and  academy  are  moderate. 

McMINNVILLE  COLLEGE,  McMinnville,  H.  L.  Boardman, 
A.  M.,  President,  is  the  oldest  Baptist  college  in  the  far  West,  and 
was  incorporated  in  1858.  It  is  co-educational  and  offers  five 
courses  :  Preparatory,  classical,  scientific,  literary,  and  normal, 
leading  (with  exception  of  the  first)  to  the  degrees,  Bachelor  of 
Arts,  Bachelor  of  Science,  Bachelor  of  Letters,  and  Bachelor  of 
Didactics.  There  are  also  business,  music,  and  art  departments. 
Annual  expenses  average  $141  to  $180. 

JTT.  ANGEL  ACADEMY  (young  women),  Mt.  Angel,  Oregon 
conducted  by  the  Benedictine  Sisters,  is  situated  in  a  healthful  and 
picturesque  part  of  Oregon,  and  the  academy  building  is  sur- 
rounded by  extensive  playgrounds,, groves,  and  orchards.  Pupils 
are  admitted  from  the  age  of  five  years  upward.  There  are 
primary,  preparatory,  scientific,  literary,  music,  and  commercial 
courses.  The  original  charter  has  been  extended,  raising  Mt. 
Angel  Academy  to  the  rank  of  a  college;  it  is,  therefore,  em- 
powered to  confer  scientific,  literary,  and  commercial  degrees. 

PHILOriATH  COLLEGE,  Philomath,  J.  M.  C.  Miller,  M.  S., 
President,  is  located  in  the  foot-hills  of  the  far-famed  Willamette 
Valley,  sixty  miles  from  the  Pacific  coast.  The  college  was 
founded  in  1865  by  the  Oregon  Annual  Conference  of  the  United 
Brethren  in  Christ.  It  is  thoroughly  Christian  but  not  sectarian, 
the  constant  endeavor  being  to  give  advantages  for  a  liberal  fun- 

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damental  education  under  the  safest  and  happiest  Christian 
influences  at  a  minimum  of  expense.  Besides  the  training 
department  and  the  preparatory  there  are  four  courses  :  Classical, 
four  years ;  scientific,  four  years ;  normal,  three  years,  and 
commercial.  The  expenses  for  the  year  are  $100,  including  board, 
tuition,  books,  and  incidentals. 

PORTLAND  ACADEMY,  Portland,  S.  R.  Johnston  and  J.  R. 
Wilson,  Principals.  The  academy,  opened  for  instruction  in  1889, 
was  incorporated  in  1892  for  the  purpose,  as  set  forth  in  its  con- 


stitution, "  of  teaching  the  principles  of  a  scientific,  classical,  and 
literary  education  under  Christian  influence."  The  brick  build- 
ing is  complete  in  all  its  appointments,  and ,  the  laboratory  and 
apparatus  are  modern  and  adequate.  The  corps  of  teachers  is 
drawn  mainly  from  graduates  of  Eastern  colleges,  and  consists  of 
teachers  experienced  in  the  work  of  their  several  departments. 
The  school  is  organized  in  two  departments,  the  academy 
proper  and  a  preparatory  school.  The  latter  admits  boys  and  girls 
at  an  early  age  and  fits  them  for  the  academy ;  the  academy 
prepares  them  for  college. 

PORTLAND  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Portland,  A.  P.  Arm 
strong,  LL.  B.,  Principal,  was  established  in  1866  and  incorporated 
in  1889.  It  continues  in  session  throughout  the  year,  and  offers 
courses  in  business,  shorthand,  English,  and  penmanship.  A 

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specialty  is  made  of  business  practice,  and  this  department  of  the 
school  is  complete  in  every  respect.  Its  offices  comprise  a  large 
bank,  a  wholesale  department,  and  a  general  agency  company. 

ST.  HELEN'S  HALL,  Portland,  Miss  Eleanor  E.  Tebbetts, 
Ph.  D.,  Principal.  This  school  was  established  by  the  Rt.  Rev. 
B.  Wistar  Morris,  D.  D.,  and  was  first  opened  on  the  sixth  day  of 
September,  1869,  with  Miss  Mary  B.  Rodney  as  principal.  Through 
the  liberality  of  Mr.  John  D.  Wolfe  and  his  daughter,  Miss  Catha- 
rine Wolfe,  of  New  York  City,  a  site  was  purchased  on  Fourth 
Street,  and  the  buildings  then  erected  were  occupied  by  the  school 
till  1890.  A  new  site  was  then  secured  upon  a  commanding 
height  near  the  City  Park  and  a  new  building  was  erected.  After 
Miss  Rodney's  death  in  April,  1896,  the  school  was  continued  to 
the  close  of  the  term  by  her  sisters  and  assistants,  Miss  Lydia 
Rodney  and  Miss  Clementina  Rodney,  and  the  following  year  Miss 
Tebbetts  was  called  to  the  principalship.  The  school  aims  to  give 
girls  and  young  women  thorough  and  well  ordered  instruction, 
fitting  them  for  college  when  desired.  The  teachers  are  carefully 
chosen  for  scholarship  and  professional  training.  The  four  depart- 
ments are :  Kindergarten,  primary,  intermediate,  and  academic.  The 
equipment  is  unusually  fine,  and  in  addition  to  two  small  general 
libraries  the  school  is  the  possessor  of  "  The  Mary  B.  Rodney 
Memorial  Art  Library,"  presented  by  the  alumnae  in  1897  in  mem- 
ory of  the  first  principal  and  joint  founder  of  St.  Helen's  Hall. 
The  school  year  comprises  two  terms  and  the  charge  for  boarding 
pupils  for  the  term  is  $160. 

THE  CAPITAL  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Salem,  W.  I.  Staley, 
Principal.  This  school  was  established  in  September,  1889,  and 
has  seen  eight  years  of  steady  growth.  During  these  years  the 
methods  employed  have  been  the  latest  practical  methods  known 
to  business  college  work.  The  business  course  is  arranged  to 
meet  the  demands  of  modern  principles  and  practice  and  is 
divided  into  three  departments  :  Practical,  business  practice,  and 
office  practice.  The  shorthand  course  employs  the  Dement  Pit- 
manic  system.  An  English  course  is  designed  for  those  who  do 
not  wish  to  take  bookkeeping  in  any  of  its  various  forms,  and  in- 
dividual or  class  instruction  is  given  in  spelling,  business  corre- 
spondence, business  writing,  commercial  law,  grammar,  and 
arithmetic. 

WILLAflETTE  UNIVERSITY,  Salem,  Willis  Chatman  Haw- 
ley,  A.  M.,  President,  was  founded  by  early  pioneers  and  mission- 
aries in  1844.  It  is  the  center  of  the  famous  Willamette  Valley, 
a  region  of  unsurpassed  fertility  of.  soil  and  beauty  of  scenery. 
The  University  owns  twenty  acres  of  land  in  the  heart  of  the  city, 

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has  excellent  college  buildings,  gymnasium,  and  athletic  grounds. 
A  stream  of  living  water  flows  through  the  campus.  The  school 
is  under  the  supervision  of  the  Oregon  Conference,  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  and  is  well  endowed.  It  offers  graduate  courses, 
the  standard  college  classical  and  scientific  courses,  and  has  a  pre- 
paratory school  or  academy  in  connection  with  its  work  on  the 
campus.  The  University  is  co-educational,  and  has  a  famous 
alumni  and  alumnae  roll.  The  University  includes  a  College  of 
Liberal  Arts,  College  of  Medicine,  College  of  Law,  College  of 
Music,  College  of  Oratory,  and  College  of  Art.  Expenses  of  a 
student  in  the  literary  department  vary  from  $125  to  $350  per 
year,  this  including  all  expenditures.  The  history  of  Willamette 
University  is  an  important  part  of  the  history  of  the  Territory  and 
State  of  Oregon. 

niNERAL  SPRINGS  COLLEGE,  Sodaville,  J.  R.  Geddes, 
A.  M.,  President.  This  institution,  which  is  under  the  auspices 
of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church  of  Oregon  and  Washing- 
ton, was  incorporated  under  its  present  name  in  1895,  though  it 
is  the  outgrowth  of  an  educational  movement  in  the  denomination 
which  dates  back  to  1858.  The  college  owns  four  buildings,  five 
acres  of  land,  and  numerous  building  lots,  and  is  being  rapidly 
placed  on  a  sound  financial  basis.  There  are  classical,  scientific, 
literary,  normal,  business,  music,  theological,  and  college  prepara- 
tory departments.  Tuition  in  the  business  department  is  $6  per 
term  ;  in  all  other  courses,  $5  per  term. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

THE    WESTERN    UNIVERSITY    OF    PENNSYLVANIA, 

Allegheny,  W.  J.  Holland,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Chancellor,  is  the  oldest 
institution  of  learning  incorporated  by  law  on  the  continent,  west 
of  the  Allegheny  Mountains,  north  of  Tennessee.  It  has  educated, 
in  whole  or  in  part,  more  than  six  thousand  of  the  young  men  of 
the  country.  It  includes  the  collegiate  department,  Engineering 
School,  Western  Pennsylvania  School  of  Mines,  Allegheny  Obser- 
vatory, Western  Pennsylvania  Medical  College,  Pittsburg  Law 
School,  Pittsburg  College  of  Pharmacy,  Pittsburg  College  of  Den- 
tal Surgery,  the  Emma  Kaufman  Clinic,  and  the  Reineman 
Maternity  Hospital.  There  are  over  seven  hundred  students  and 
one  hundred  and  twenty  professors  and  instructors.  Among  some 
of  the  eminent  men  who  were  long  connected  with  its  faculty  may 
be  mentioned  Prof.  S.  P.  Langley,  now  the  secretary  of  the  Smith- 
sonian Institution,  who  for  twenty  years  was  the  professor  of 
astronomy  ;  Prof.  J.  E.  Keeler,  who  has  just  become  the  director 
of  the  Lick  Observatory,  and  who  served  for  seven  years  as 

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Professor  Langley's  successor;  Prof.  W.  H.  Barker,  for  many 
years  professor  of  chemistry  at  Yale,  and  who  is  now  at  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania.  Many  others  whose  labors  have 
shed  lustre  upon  the  institution  might  be  named.  At  present  the 
faculty  contains  a  number  of  men  of  national  and  international  rep- 
utation. Owing  to  its  location  in  the  city  of  Pittsburg,  one  of  the 
greatest  manufacturing  and  railway  centers  on  the  continent,  it 
affords  peculiar  advantages  to  the  student  of  engineering.  The 
medical  department  of  the  University  is  one  of  the  strongest  in 
the  country. 

ALLENTOWN  COLLEGE  FOR  WOMEN,  Allentown,  the 
Rev.  J.  W.  Knappenberger,  A.  M.,  President,  was  established  in 
1867  under  the  auspices  of  the  Reformed  Church.  It  is  vested 
with  full  collegiate  powers,  and  received  its  present  name  by  a 
new  charter  in  1893.  It  has  a  beautiful  campus,  and  commodious 
buildings  furnished  with  all  modern  appointments.  The  gymna- 
sium is  one  of  the  finest  in  Pennsylvania.  While  sectarianism  is 
avoided,  a  religious  tone  pervades  the  institution,  and  devotional 
services  are  held  in  the  chapel  daily.  There  are  three  regular  de- 
partments :  Primary,  academic,  and  collegiate.  Besides  these  there 
are  art  and  music  departments.  Both  boarding  and  day  students 
are  admitted.  All  students  who  complete  satisfactorily  the 
studies  in  the  collegiate  course  receive  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Letters.  The  annual  expenses  for  boarding  students  in  the 
academic  department,  including  furnished  room,  board,  light,  heat, 
and  tuition,  are  $220;  in  the  collegiate  department  are  $230. 

BEAVER  COLLEGE  AND  MUSICAL  INSTITUTE,  Beaver, 
the  Rev.  A.  Staples,  A.  M.,  President.  The  college  has  four 
courses  leading  to  degrees.  The  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  will 
be  conferred  on  those  who  complete  the  classical  course,  Bachelor 
of  Science  for  the  scientific  course  or  Latin-scientific  course,  and 
Bachelor  of  Letters  for  the  modern  language  course.  The  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Music  will  be  conferred  on  those  who  complete  the 
course  in  music,  and  for  special  courses  a  certificate  will  be  given 
for  the  work  covered.  The  year  is  divided  into  three  terms. 
Tuition,  per  term,  $20;  tuition  preparatory  department,  per  term, 
$15  ;  board,  including  furnished  room,  heat,  light,  washing,  class 
lessons  in  physical  culture  and  elocution,  use  of  gymnasium,  library 
and  reading  room,  lectures,  etc.,  etc.,  per  term,  $70. 

MORAVIAN  COLLEGE  AND  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY, 

Bethlehem,  the  Rev.  Augustus  Schultze,  D.  D.,  President,  is  under 
the  auspices  of  the  American  branch  of  the  Moravian  Church. 
It  was  opened  in  1807  at  Nazareth,  Pa.  ;  was  removed  to  Bethle- 
hem in  1838,  continuing  there  until  1851  ;  was  then  transferred 

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to  Nazareth  for  a  period  of  seven  years,  and  finally  removed  to 
Bethlehem  again  in  1858.  The  course  of  study  is  arranged  for 
six  years.  The  regular  charge  for  board  and  tuition  is  $250  per 
year. 

nORAVIAN  SEMINARY  AND  COLLEGE  FOR  WOMEN, 

Bethlehem,  J.  Max  Hark,  D.  U.,  Principal.  Bethlehem  has,  per- 
haps, the  most  beautiful  location  in  the  entire  Lehigh  Valley. 
Pure  mountain  air  and  water  guarantee  its  healthfulness.  The 
Moravian  Seminary  for  Young  Ladies  was  founded  in  1749. 
Its  system  is  so  ordered  as  to  conduce  to  the  health  of  the  pupils, 
their  social  and  spiritual  welfare,  and  their  intellectual  training. 
There  are  two  departments,  the  preparatory  and  the  academic,  the 
latter  offering  the  choice  of  either  a  literary  or  a  scientific  course. 
In  the  college  are  three  departments  :  The  school  of  liberal  arts, 
the  school  of  fine  arts,  and  the  school  of  music. 

LEHIGH  PREPARATORY  SCHOOL,  Bethlehem,  H.  A. 
Foering,  B.  S.,  Principal,  was  founded  in  1878  by  William  Ulrich, 
Ph.  D.,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Berlin,  who  gave  to  the 
school  methods  far  more  thorough  than  those  of  the  ordinary 
American  preparatory  school.  While  its  course  is  intended  as  a 
preparation  for  the  classical  course  in  any  of  the  best  colleges,  it 
has  especial  reference  to  Harvard,  Yale,  and  Princeton.  There 
are  three  prizes  of  $100  each  to  the  students  passing  the  best 
examination  tcrthe  classical  department  of  these  three  universities. 
The  lower  school  receives  a  limited  number  of  pupils  between  six 
and  fourteen  years  old.  The  upper  school  has  a  technical  course 
under  the  charge  of  the  principal,  and  a  classical  course  in  charge 
of  George  A.  Merkley,  M.  A.,  Ph.  D.,  a  graduate  of  Oxford.  Tui- 
tion, lower  school,  $250  to  $275  ;  upper  school,  $300  to  $350. 

THE  MISSES  SHIPLEY'S  SCHOOL,  PREPARATORY  TO 
BRYN  flAWR  COLLEGE,  Bryn  Mawr,  Miss  Shipley,  Miss 
Elizabeth  Anthony  Shipley,  and  Miss  Katharine  Morris  Shipley, 
Principals.  This  school  is  primarily  preparatory  to  Bryn  Mawr 
College,  but  preparation  is  also  given  for  other  colleges,  and  an 
advanced  course  is  offered  for  those  not  intending  to  enter  college. 
All  departments  are  under  specialists,  a  number  of  whom  are 
connected  with  Bryn  Mawr  College.  In  English  an  effort  is  made 
throughout  the  course  to  cultivate  a  taste  for  classics  and  a  habit 
of  reading  good  literature.  Miss  Aiken's  method  of  mind  training 
is  employed  with  satisfactory  results.  The  number  of  pupils  is 
limited  so  that  the  students  in  residence  do  not  lose  the  advan- 
tage of  being  members  of  a  family.  The  rooms  are  not  only 
attractive,  but  heating,  light,  and  ventilation  have  been  carefully 
considered.  Outdoor  exercise  consists  of  basket-ball  and  tennis 

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in  the  grounds,  excellent  bicycling  and  skating  in  season,  while 
the  gymnasium  affords  opportunity  for  indoor  exercise. 

METZGER  COLLEGE,  Carlisle,  the  Rev.  William  A.  West, 
President.  This  school  for  young  ladies  was  founded  in  1882,  and 
was  at  first  known  as  Metzger  Institute.  It  is  located  in  the  heart  of 
the  beautiful  Cumberland  Valley,  the  "garden  spot  of  Pennsyl- 
vania." Its  buildings  and  grounds  are  ample ;  its  rooms  large, 
well  furnished,  and  heated  by  steam  ;  its  courses  of  study,  classical, 
modern  language  and  English,  thorough.  It  is  a  home  school,  where 
teachers  and  taught  come  in  close  personal  contact.  Not  more  than 
thirty-five  boarding  students  will  be  received.  Expenses  for  the 
college  year,  including  tuition,  except  for  music  and  art,  board, 
room,  light,  heat,  and  fifteen  pieces  of  laundry  per  week,  $250. 

THE  CHAMBERSBURQ  ACADEMY,  Chambersburg,  M.  R. 
Alexander,  A.  M.,  Principal,  was  chartered  by  the  State  of  Penn- 
sylvania in  1797.  About  the  year  1825  the  original  building  was 
replaced  by  another  much  larger.  During  the  Civil  War  the 
structure  was  used  as  a  hospital,  and  in  1864  was  burned,  to  be 
rebuilt  in  1868,  with  the  addition  of  a  second  building  in  1871. 
The  classical  and  Latin-scientific  courses  cover  the  requirements 
necessary  to  enter  the  freshman  class  of  any  college.  Expenses 
for  board,  tuition,  washing  and  mending,  heat  and  light  for  a  year, 
$3°°- 

WILSON  COLLEGE  FOR  WOMEN,  Chambersburg,  the 
Rev.  S.  A.  Martin,  D.  D.,  President,  is  pleasantly  located  in  a 
suburb  of  Chambersburg  in  the  Cumberland  Valley.  The  build- 
ings are  roomy  and  well  furnished,  are  steam  heated,  and  lighted 
by  electricity.  The  social  and  domestic  life  of  the  students  is  in 
charge  of  the  lady  principal.  College  courses  leading  to  the  de- 
grees of  A.  B.  and  B.  S.,  a  preparatory  department,  and  schools  of 
art  and  music  are  included  in  the  college.  The  property  now 
held  is  valued  at  $150,000,  but  the  institution  has  no  endowment. 
While  the  school  is  unsectarian  in  spirit,  it  is  under  the  patronage 
of  the  Presbyterian  denomination.  The  faculty  numbers  twenty- 
seven,  not  including  special  lecturers.  Expenses  for  the  year,  $250. 
Tuition  in  all  college  studies,  $60. 

PENNSYLVANIA  BIBLE  INSTITUTE,  Coatesville,  includes 
a  training  school,  a  department  for  Bible  class  circuits,  and  a  de- 
partment for  the  conduct  of  an  Evangelistic  Bureau.  The  full 
course  covers  two  years.  The  work  is  wholly  supported  by  vol- 
untary offerings,  and  there  is  no  charge  for  either  board  or  tuition. 

URSINUS  COLLEGE,  Collegeville,  Henry  T.  Spangler,  D.  D., 
President,  is  the  youngest  college,  but  one,  in  Pennsylvania.  This 
institution  is  particularly  favored  in  many  respects.  It  is  situated 

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in  a  beautiful  and  healthful  village  near  Philadelphia,  and  easily 
accessible.  It  offers  young  men  and  women  most  thorough  in- 
struction and  ample  educational  equipment.  There  are  five 
courses  leading  to  the  A.  B.  degree.  The  pervading  spirit  is 
modern  and  progressive.  All  professors  are  university-trained. 
Laboratory  methods  are  employed  in  science  and  psychology. 
The  academy  of  Ursinus  College  offers,  in  addition  to  a  strong 
curriculum  and  a  faculty  of  college-trained  teachers,  the  mental 
stimulus  and  varied  intellectual  opportunities  of  a  college  commu- 
nity. Thorough  preparation  is  given  for  any  college.  The  dor- 
mitories are  furnished,  heated  by  steam,  and  thoroughly  comfort- 
able and  healthful.  Expenses,  $190  to  $240  per  year. 

PATH  VALLEY  ACADEflY,  Dryrun,  Franklin  County,  Wil- 
liam McElwee,  Principal,  was  founded  in  1875,  by  the  Rev.  S.  C. 
Alexander,  with  a  view  to  bringing  classical  culture  into  the  beau- 
tiful but  somewhat  sequestered  valley.  Because  of  its  position,  it 
offers  academic  training  at  the  unusually  low  rate  of  $115  per 
year.  Many  of  the  most  brilliant  professional  men  in  the  country 
received  their  early  education  here  ;  but  the  refinement  of  the 
valley  is  its  best  recommendation. 

EASTON  ACADEnY,  114  North  Third  Street,  Easton,  S.  R. 
Park,  A.  M.,  Principal,  is  a  day  and  boarding  preparatory  school 
for  young  men  and  young  ladies.  The  school  was  founded  in 
1861.  It  has  preparatory,  academic,  classical,  normal,  and  com- 
mercial courses.  Of  the  students  during  the  last  ten  years,  about 
eighty  have  represented  the  academy  in  different  colleges,  chiefly 
Lafayette,  and  more  than  fifty  have  become  successful  teachers. 
The  number  of  boarders  is  limited  to  fifteen. 

LAFAYETTE  COLLEGE,  Easton,  Ethelbert  D.  Warfield,  A.  M., 
LL.  D.,  President.  Chartered  in  1826  ;  opened  in  1832,  under  the 
presidency  of  the  Rev.  George  Junkin,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.  The  col- 
lege is  beautifully  situated  on  a  high  plateau,  overlooking  the 
Delaware  River.  It  has  twenty-six  members  in  its  faculty,  thirty 
buildings,  and  property  of  more  than  $1,000,000  in  value.  The 
courses  of  instruction  consist  of  the  classical,  Latin  scientific, 
general  scientific,  civil  engineering,  mining,  electrical,  and  chemical 
courses.  The  beauty  and  healthfulness  of  its  situation,  the  great 
ability  of  its  instructors,  —  among  whom  Prof.  Francis  A.  March, 
LL.  D.,  L.  H.  D.,  Litt.  D.,  D.  C.  L.,  is  especially  distinguished,  - 
and  the  strong  emphasis  put  upon  the  importance  of  sound  morals, 
has  given  the  college  a  large  and  growing  reputation. 

LERCH'S  PREPARATORY  SCHOOL,  13  South  Fourth  Street, 
Easton,  Charles  H.  Lerch,  Principal,  has  been  in  existence  for 
fourteen  years.  The  instruction  and  discipline  of  the  school  aim 

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at  the  acquisition  of  alertness,  clearness  of  thought,  exact  expres- 
sion, and  the  development  of  sound  principles.  By  careful  individ- 
ual attention,  pupils  are  directed  on  lines  of  broad  culture,  and 
are  led  to  take  an  interest  in  their  work.  The  school  prepares  for 
any  college  or  for  general  business. 

KEYSTONE  ACADEflY,  Factoryville,  the  Rev.  Elkanah  Hul- 
ley,  A.  M.,  Principal,  was  opened  under  the  auspices  of  the  Bap- 
tist denomination  in  1869.  The  main  purpose  of  the  school  is 
that  of  preparing  students  for  college.  In  all,  about  twenty- 
five  hundred  different  persons  have  attended  the  academy,  and 
graduates  have  entered  unconditioned  at  Harvard,  Yale,  Brown, 
Wesleyan,  Cornell,  Lehigh,  and  Vassar.  The  greater  part  have 
entered  Bucknell. 

THE  THEOLOGICAL  SEfllNARY  OF  THE  GENERAL 
SYNOD,  Gettysburg,  the  Rev.  Milton  Valentine,  LL.  D.,  Presi- 
dent, was  established  by  the  General  Synod  of  the  Lutheran 
Church  in  1826,  being  the  first  theological  institution  established 
by  any  Lutheran  Synod  in  this  country.  It  has  always  been  noted 
for  its  inflexible  orthodoxy,  and  for  its  high  scholarly  standard. 
From  the  first  it  required  a  regular  academy  course  for  admission 
and  adopted  an  extensive  three  years'  course  of  study.  Almost  all 
its  alumni  are  college  graduates.  The  seminary  has  sent  forth 
eight  hundred  ministers.  Tuition  and  room  rent  are  free. 

GREENSBURG  SEHINARY,  Greensburg,  J.  Charles  Hoch, 
Ph.  D.,  Principal,  was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Pennsylvania, 
in  1888,  by  the  Educational  Society  of  Westmoreland  County. 
The  buildings  and  grounds  are  owned  and  controlled  by  the  Lu- 
theran Church,  but  the  school  is  non-sectarian  in  its  teaching. 
Four  courses  of  study  are  conducted :  Classical,  commercial,  nor- 
mal, music. 

EICHELBERG  ACADEHY,  Hanover,  J.  E.  Bahn,  Ph.D., 
Principal,  is  a  co-educational  school  affiliated  with  the  Evangelical 
Lutheran  Church,  though  non-sectarian  in  its  teachings.  The 
curriculum,  planned  to  extend  through  seven  years,  is  in  conform- 
ity with  the  recommendations  of  the  Report  of  the  Committee  of 
Ten  on  Secondary  Schools,  and  corresponds  to  that  of  the  best  New 
England  schools  of  like  grade.  A  tuition  fee  of  $9  will  be  charged 
for  each  term.  Private  board  can  be  obtained  in  the  town  at  from 
$2.50  per  week  upwards. 

HARRISBURG  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  322  and  324  Market 
Street,  Harrisburg,  enjoys  a  large  and  growing  popularity,  and  has 
sent  many  bright  and  promising  young  men  to  recruit  the  ranks 
of  business  men.  The  institution  was  organized  in  1873,  by  Prof. 
John  N.  Curry,  as  a  night  school,  and  in  1880  day  sessions  were 

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added.  In  1885  Professor  Garner,  then  one  of  the  popular  teach- 
ers of  the  school,  assumed  entire  control.  He  reorganized  and 
systematized  the  course  of  instruction.  The  same  is  eminently 
practical,  and  is  under  the  direct  personal  charge  of  the  principal, 
who  is  assisted  by  a  large  corps  of  able  instructors.  Special 
departments  are  open  to  young  men  and  ladies  who  wish  to  better 
fit  themselves  for  a  thorough  course  of  collegiate  or  commercial 
studies.  School  is  in  session  during  the  entire  year,  except  July 
and  August,  and  as  each  student  receives  instructions  independ- 
ently of  the  others,  a  start  may  be  made  at  any  time,  and  advance- 
ment will  be  as  rapid  as  is  consistent  with  thoroughness. 

HAVERFORD  COLLEGE,  Haverford,  Isaac  Sharpless, 
LL.  D.,  President,  is  the  outgrowth  of  an  academy,  Haverford 
School,  opened  under  the  auspices  of  the  Society  of  Friends  in  1833. 
In  1856  the  school  was  changed  to  a  college,  and  was  authorized 
by  the  Legislature  to  grant  degrees ;  but  previous  to  this  time  the 
course  had  been  as  extended  as  in  many  colleges.  It  was  still 
hampered  with  a  preparatory  department,  which  was  not  abolished 
till  1 86 1.  Beginning  with  1863  a  series  of  handsome  college 
buildings  have  been  erected,  including  Alumni  Hall  (1863), 
Barclay  Hall  (1876-77),  Observatory  (1883),  and  the  Mechanical 
Laboratory  (1890).  Various  bequests  and  donations  were  re- 
ceived during  these  years,  and  in  1897  was  paid  to  the  college 
the  Jacob  J.  Jones  endowment  of  about  a  million  dollars.  During 
this  time,  also,  Haverford  had  developed  into  a  fully  organized 
college.  The  standard  of  admission  was  raised,  and  students  of 
any  denomination  were  admitted,  though  Friends  still  retained 
the  general  control.  The  number  of  teachers  increased  fivefold, 
and  the  endowment  fund  was  much  enlarged.  The  number  of 
bound  volumes  in  the  library  is  (according  to  the  catalogue  of 
1897-98)  33,401.  About  $1,800  yearly  are  expended  for  the 
purchase  of  books  and  periodicals.  There  are  three  courses : 
Course  in  arts,  leading  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts ;  course 
in  science,  leading  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science ;  course 
in  mechanical  engineering,  leading  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Science.  Students  must  continue  for  two  years  the  languages 
presented  on  admission.  The  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  will  be 
given  only  to  a  student  who  takes  either  Latin  or  Greek.  Students 
not  candidates  for  a  degree  may,  at  the  discretion  of  the  faculty, 
be  permitted  to  pursue  special  courses.  The  usual  charge  for 
tuition,  board,  and  room  rent  in  Barclay  Hall  is  $500  a  year. 
The  charge  for  tuition  is  $150  a  year. 

HICKORY  ACADEflY,  Hickory,  Washington  County,  A.  M. 
Reed,  Principal ;  Miss  Mary  Kithcart,  Assistant  Principal.  This 
academy  is  located  in  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  fertile  farm- 

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ing  regions  of  Western  Pennsylvania.  The  town  is  noted  for  the 
high  moral  tone  of  its  citizens,  its  excellent  society,  and  healthful- 
ness.  There  are  two  courses,  classical  and  English.  The  object 
of  the  academy  is  to  give  young  men  and  women  a  practical 
business  education  and  a  preparation  for  college  or  seminary. 
Students  holding  diplomas  from  this  institution  can  be  admitted 
to  our  first  class  colleges  without  examination. 

flARTIN  ACADEMY,  Kennett  Square,  Edgar  Stinson,  M.  Sc., 
Principal,  was  founded  by  the  late  Samuel  Martin  for  the  purpose 
of  affording  the  children  of  Friends  and  others  a  thorough  and 
guarded  education  at  small  cost.  It  is  a  day  school  for  both 
sexes,  and  comprises  primary,  intermediate,  and  academic  depart- 
ments. It  fits  for  college  or  for  business.  Tuition  for  the  year 
in  the  academic  and  intermediate  department,  $34  ;  in  the  primary, 
$25. 

FRANKLIN  AND  MARSHALL  ACADEHY,  Lancaster, 
Thaddeus  G.  Helm  and  Edwin  M.  Hartman,  Principals.  The 
academy  is  beautifully  located  near  Franklin  and  Marshall  Col- 
lege. The  students'  rooms  are  large  and  cheerful,  completely 
furnished,  and  fitted  with  steam  heat  and  electric  light.  Students 
have  the  advantages  of  gymnasium,  military  drill,  and  use  of 
athletic  field.  The  academy  prepares  boys  for  entrance  to  any 
college  in  the  country,  sending  Out  this  year  about  forty  students 
to  the  different  colleges.  There  is  a  healthful  and  stimulating 
school  atmosphere.  Sincere  and  constant  effort  is  made  to  incul- 
cate the  virtues  which  make  for  manhood,  and  to  inspire  the  spirit 
which  is  essential  to  advantageous  work  hi  college  and  to  future 
usefulness  and  success  in  the  various  walks  of  life.  Terms, 
including  tuition  and  boarding,  $200  per  year. 

FRANKLIN  AND  MARSHALL  COLLEGE,  Lancaster, 
John  S.  Stake,  Ph.  D.,  D.  D.,  President.  Franklin  College, 
established  at  Lancaster  in  1787,  named  after  Dr.  Benjamin 
Franklin,  who  laid  the  corner-stone  and  contributed  to  its  en- 
dowment ;  Marshall  College,  established  at  Mercersburg,  Pa., 
1836,  by  the  Reformed  Church  in  the  United  States.  These  two 
institutions  consolidated  at  Lancaster  in  1852.  The  campus- 
comprises  twenty-two  acres.  The  location  is  unsurpassed.  It 
has  a  fine  new  DePeyske  Library,  a  gymnasium,  and  an  athletic 
field ;  military  science  and  tactics  by  an  officer  of  the  United 
States  army.  Discipline  excellent.  Full  classical  course  covering 
four  years  with  degree  of  B.  A.  Tuition  is  free.  College  ex- 
penses, including  room,  board,  and  contingent  fees,  $175  per 
year. 

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THE  YEATES  INSTITUTE,  Lancaster,  the  Rev.  W. '  F. 
Shero,  M.  A.,  Head  Master,  was  incorporated  in  1857.  It  was 
liberally  endowed  by  its  founder,  Miss  Catharine  Yeates,  in 
memory  of  her  father,  Judge  Yeates.  The  object  of  the  school 
is  the  preparation  of  young  men  for  admission  to  the  universities, 
colleges,  and  scientific  schools  of  the  country.  It  is  a  school 
of  the  Episcopal  Church,  and  its  order  and  management  are  in 
conformity  with  the  principles  and  spirit  of  the  church.  The 
school  year  is  divided  into  three  terms,  Christmas,  Easter,  and 
Trinity.  The  tuition  fees  are  payable  in  advance,  at  the  begin- 
ning of  each  term:  First  form,  $15;  second,  $15;  third,  $20; 
fourth,  $20 ;  and  fifth,  $25. 

LINCOLN  UNIVERSITY,  Lincoln,  Chester  County,  the  Rev. 
Isaac  N.  Rendall,  D.  D.,  President,  was  founded  in  1854,  to  bring 
the  benefits  of  a  liberal  Christian  education  within  the  reach  of 
worthy  colored  young  men.  The  theological  department  is  con- 
trolled by  the  Presbyterian  Church.  From  the  collegiate  depart- 
ment 582  young  men  have  been  graduated.  Two  hundred  and 
fifty-two  of  the  Lincoln  students,  have  received  ordination  as 
ministers  in  evangelical  Protestant  denominations.  Thirteen 
have  gone  as  missionaries  to  Africa.  The  full  college  bill  for 
the  year  is  $121.50. 

LINDEN  HALL  SEMINARY,  Lititz,  Lancaster  County,  which 
was  founded  in  1794,  is  a  school  for  young  women.  Lititz  is  on 
the  Reading  and  Columbia  Railroad,  and  is  the  terminus  of 
an  electric  railroad  from  Lancaster.  The  buildings,  beautifully 
situated,  are  heated  by  steam  and  lighted  by  electricity.  There 
are  ample  recreation  grounds.  The  seminary,  while  not  sectarian, 
is  controlled  by  the  Moravian  Church,  and  much  emphasis  is 
placed  on  religious  teaching  and  influence.  Besides  thorough 
instruction  in  the  usual  branches,  lessons  are  given  in  plain 
sewing  and  embroidery,  and  instruction  on  the  guitar,  mandolin, 
and  violin.  The  expense  for  the  school  year  is  $250.  The  Rev. 
Charles  L.  Moench  is  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  and  the 
Rev.  Charles  D.  Kreider  is  principal. 

EDGEHILL  INSTITUTE,  Littlestown,  the  Rev.  W.  E.  Krebs, 
A.  M.,  Principal,  is  a  family  school,  founded  in  1885,  that  gives  a 
good  academical  education  and  prepares  for  college.  It  has 
accommodations  for  eight  boarders  and  about  a  dozen  day  pupils. 
There  are  three  sessions  of  thirteen  weeks  each.  Tuition,  board, 
furnished  room,  heat,  and  light,  $65  per  session,  or  $195  per  year. 
Tuition  for  day  pupils,  $10  per  session. 

flEADVILLE  THEOLOGICAL  SCHOOL,  Meadville,  was 
incorporated  by  the  Legislature  of  Pennsylvania  in  1846.  The 
institution  is  open  to  applicants  from  any -denomination,  although 

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its  patrons  are  to  be  found  chiefly  in  the  Unitarian  body.  Men 
and  women  are  received  on  equal  terms.  Bachelors  of  art,  science, 
letters,  or  philosophy  are  admitted  to  the  junior  class  without 
examination.  The  library  numbers  twenty-eight  thousand  bound 
volumes  and  thirteen  thousand  pamphlets.  Tuition  is  free. 
Necessary  expenses  for  school  year  estimated  at  $150. 

MERCERSBURG  ACADEMY,  Mercersburg,  W.  M.  Irvine, 
Ph.  D.,  President,  is  a  boys'  school  of  the  Reformed  Church,  offer- 
ing two  courses  of  study,  each  of  four  years,  the  academic  course 
and  the  English  course.  The  academic  gives  a  complete  prepara- 
tion for  any  college  in  America ;  the  English  furnishes  a  liberal 
general  education,  fitting  either  for  business  life  or  for  entrance 
into  a  technical  school.  The  faculty  includes  eight  college  gradu- 
ates. Board,  tuition,  furnished  room,  heat,  light,  laboratory,  library 
and  reading  room  facilities,  per  year,  $250. 

THE  WESTERN  PENNSYLVANIA  CLASSICAL  AND 
SCIENTIFIC  INSTITUTE,  Mount  Pleasant,  Henry  C.  Dixon, 
M.  S.,  Principal.  The  Institute  is  an  academy  for  both  sexes 
situated  near  Chestnut  ridge  of  the  Alleghany  Mountains,  amid 
picturesque  surroundings.  It  is  under  Baptist  control,  and  was 
opened  in  1873.  Its  courses  of  study  are  the  classical  and  scien- 
tific, which  prepare  students  for  admission  to  any  college,  and  the 
normal  literary,  which  prepares  for  teaching.  Besides  the  literary 
courses,  departments  of  instrumental  and  vocal  music  and  art  are 
sustained  under  the  direction  of  strong  specialists.  The  endow- 
ment, which  was  secured  in  1890,  reduces  the  expenses  to  about 
$200  per  annum. 

LAIRD  INSTITUTE,  Murrysville,  J.  R.  Steeves,  A.  M.,  Prin- 
cipal, was  organized  in  1861  and  incorporated  in  1897.  The 
school  is  co-educational  and  non-sectarian,  and  prepares  for  college. 
Full  tuition  per  term  of  twelve  weeks,  $8. 

ALBRIGHT  COLLEGE,  Myerstown,  C.  A.  Bowman,  Ph.  D., 
President,  is  located  in  the  center  of  the  Lebanon  Valley,  and  on 
the  main  line  of  the  Philadelphia  and  Reading  Railroad.  The 
building  is  a  substantial  brick  structure,  and  the  campus  is  large,- 
elevated,  and  shaded  by  beautiful  trees.  The  apartments,  includ- 
ing students'  rooms,  are  conveniently  arranged,  well  ventilated,  and 
heated  by  steam.  Albright  College  was  founded  in  Reading  in 
1 88 1  ;  from  Reading  the  school  was  removed  to  Fredericksburg, 
where  it  was  conducted  under  the  name  of  Schuylkill  Seminary 
until  January,  1895,  at  which  time  it  was  removed  to  Myerstown, 
its  present  location.  From  1895  to  1898  the  school  was  known 
as  Albright  Collegiate  Institute.  In  1898  it  was  advanced  to  the 
grade  of  a  college  and  took  its  present  name.  It  is  co-educational, 

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is  under  the  patronage  of  the  United  Evangelical  Church,  and  has 
a  collegiate  and  an  elementary  department.  Its  courses  in  music, 
art,  and  elocution  are  unusually  strong. 

CENTRAL  PENNSYLVANIA  COLLEGE,  New  Berlin,  the 
E.ev.  Aaron  E.  Gobble,  D.  D.,  President.  The  institution  was 
founded  in  1855  as  Union  Seminary,  and  so  continued  till  1887, 
when  it  was  raised  to  the  collegiate  standard  and  the  name 
changed  to  Central  Pennsylvania  College.  The  college  offers  four 
courses  of  instruction,  has  a  good  reading  room  and  a  library  of 
about  five  thousand  volumes.  There  are  two  active  literary  societies 
connected  with  the  college,  besides  a  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  and  other  organizations  such  as  are  found  in  literary 
institutions.  The  location  is  a  very  healthful  one,  and  the  neces- 
sary expenses  very  moderate,  ranging  from  $150  to  $175  for  a  full 
year,  embracing- tuition,  boarding,  and  incidentals. 

WESTMINSTER  COLLEGE,  New  Wilmington,  the  Rev.  R.  G. 
Ferguson,  D.  D.,  President.  Classical,  scientific,  literary,  and  pre- 
paratory courses  are  offered.  The  following  degrees  are  conferred  : 
A.  B.,  B.  S.,  B.  L.,  and  A.  M.  There  is  a  conservatory  of  music 
and  an  art  department.  The  school  is  co-educational.  The 
annual  expenses  of  the  student,  exclusive  of  books  and  clothing, 
may  be  met  by  an  expenditure  of  from  $150  to  $200  a  year. 

CHELTENHAM  MILITARY  ACADEMY,  Ogontz,  John  C. 
Rice,  Ph.  D.,  Principal.  This  academy  is  located  in  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  and  healthful  suburbs  of  Philadelphia  on  the  sum- 
mit of  the  Chelten  Hills.  It  was  founded  in  1871  by  the  Rev. 
Samuel  Clements,  D.  D.,  and  in  the  twenty-seven  years  of  its 
history  more  than  six  hundred  young  men  have  been  prepared  for 
college  or  business  life.  The  buildings  are  extensive  and  commo- 
dious and  are  kept  in  excellent  condition.  The  grounds  are  finely 
shaded,  and  the  athletic  field  of  nearly  six  acres  affords  facilities 
for  all  manly  sports.  Military  drill  forms  a  part  of  the  daily  rou- 
tine, and  military  discipline  is  enforced  to  as  great  an  extent  as  the 
welfare  of  the  pupil  and  the  interests  of  the  school  require.  The 
classical,  the  Latin-scientific,  and  the  modern  language  courses 
provide  a  thorough  preparation  for  entrance  to  the  best  American 
colleges  or  scientific  schools.  The  English  course,  which  may  be 
completed  in  six  years,  is  intended  for  boys  who  have  a  business 
career  in  view  and  do  not  intend  to  enter  college.  The  expense 
of  board  and  tuition  is  $500  in  the  Lower  and  $600  in  the  Upper 
school.  A  reduction  is  made  to  clergymen  and  to  officers  of  the 
army  and  navy. 

THE  OGONTZ  SCHOOL,  Ogontz,  Frances  E.  Bennett  and 
Sylvia  J.  Eastman,  Principals.  This  school,  until  1883  known  as 
the  Chestnut  Street  Seminary,  is  situated  in.  the  suburbs  of 

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Philadelphia.  The  buildings  afford  ample  accommodations,  the 
surroundings  are  attractive  and  healthful,  and  the  appliances  for 
the  promotion  of  the  well-being  of  pupils  are  all  that  could  be 
desired.  The  Sargent  system  of  physical  training  is  used.  Ogontz 
was  the  first  girls'  school  to  adopt  the  regular  military  drill, 
which  has  proven  a  valuable  adjunct  to  mental  as  well  as 
bodily  development,  inducing  habits  of  quick  perception  and 
prompt  obedience.  With  college  equipment  and  instruction,  it  is 
not,  however,  a  college,  nor  an  attempted  imitation  of  one.  The 
course  of  study  is  fully  rounded  in  itself,  stretching  in  some 
branches  into  the  second  and  third  years  of  college  work,  and  in 
others  stopping  on  the  threshold  of  such.  Special  attention  is 
paid  to  English,  the  work  in  this  branch  being  abreast  of  that  in 


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our  best  colleges.  The  department  of  music  is  large  and  con- 
ducted with  the  highest  ability.  The  terms  for  board,  laundry, 
lectures,  and  tuition  are  $1,000  per  annum. 

MISS  ANABLE'S  SCHOOL  FOR  YOUNG  LADIES,  1350 
Pine  Street,  corner  of  Broad  Street,  Philadelphia,  Isabella  Anable, 
Principal.  Miss  Anable's  English,  French,  and  German  Boarding 
and  Day  School  for  Young  Ladies  was  established  by  Miss  A.  M. 
Anable  in  1848,  and  is  Philadelphia's  oldest  school  for  girls.  It 
is  thorough  and  progressive  in  all  its  departments,  offering  the 
advantage  of  a  limited  number  of  pupils,  and  the  personal  super- 
vision of  the  principal  and  her  assistants.  Pupils  may  pursue  the 
prescribed  course  of  study  for  graduation,  or  may  select  such 
studies  as  they  prefer.  The  graduation  course  is  designed  to 
prepare  pupils  for  college,  at  the  same  time  including  advanced 
courses  in  history,  literature,  and  general  culture.  The  terms  for 
board  and  tuition  are  $500  to  $600  per  annum. 


Philadelphia.  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  .  Pa. 

THE  BROAD  STREET  CONSERVATORY  OF  MUSIC,  1331 
South  Broad  Street,  Philadelphia,  Gilbert  Raynolds  Combs, 
Director,  aims  to  impart  a  thorough  musical  education  in  the 
fullest  sense  of  the  term.  The  fundamental  department  receives 
the  same  careful  and  exacting  attention  as  the  finishing  depart- 
ment. The  latest  methods  are  used ;  there  is  a  large  faculty  of 
specialists,  and  the  musical  library  is  valuable  and  extensive.  A 
normal  training  course  for  teachers  is  included  in  the  curriculum. 

THE  BROWN  COLLEGE  PREPARATORY  SCHOOL,  Phila- 
delphia.  This  school  furnishes  several  groups  of  studies,  some 
that  thoroughly  prepare  students  for  our  best  colleges  and  uni- 
versities, and  others  for  those  not  contemplating  a  college  course. 
The  managers  point  with  pride  to  a  long  list  of  graduates  who, 
having  become  successful  men,  are  a  strong  evidence  of  the  bene- 
fits derived  from  the  careful  training  of  the  school.  The  aim  is 
to  develop  the  pupil  rather  than  to  teach  things ;  to  preserve  the 
individuality  of  the  student ;  to  develop  the  man  that  is  in  the 
boy ;  to  send  out  manly  men.  A  healthy  interest  in  athletics  is 
encouraged. 

DREXEL  INSTITUTE  OF  ART,  SCIENCE,  AND  IN= 
DUSTRY,  Philadelphia,  James  MacAlister,  LL.  D.,  President. 
Founded  by  Anthony  J.  Drexel,  1891.  The  main  building  is  one 
of  the  finest  devoted  to  educational  purposes  in  the  United  States, 
and  is  unsurpassed  in  its  equipment  and  appointments.  The 
Institute  embraces  the  following  departments:  (i)  Department 
of  Fine  and  Applied  Art,  embracing  courses  in  drawing,  painting, 
modelling,  design  and  decoration,  architectural  drawing,  illustra- 
tion ;  (2)  Department  of  Mechanic  Arts,  —  a  three  years'  sys- 
tematic course  in  mathematics,  mechanical  drawing,  freehand 
drawing,  science,  English,  history,  civics,  shopwork  in  wood  and 
iron,  applied  electricity ;  (3)  Department  of  Science  and  Tech- 
nology, embracing  courses  in  electrical  engineering,  machine, 
construction,  mechanical  drawing ;  (4)  Department  of  Commerce 
and  Finance,  embracing  the  general  course  in  commerce  and 
finance  and  office  courses  in  bookkeeping,  stenography,  and 
secretary's  work ;  (5)  Department  of  Domestic  Science  and  Arts, 
embracing  courses  in  domestic  science  and  the  domestic  arts : 
(6)  Normal  Department,  for  the  training  of  special  teachers  of 
manual  training,  domestic  science,  and  the  domestic  arts ;  (7 ) 
Department  of  Physical  Training ;  (8)  School  for  the  training  of 
librarians ;  (9)  Department  of  Evening  Classes,  —  courses  in  all 
the  departments  of  the  Institute  and  in  choral  music;  (ib)  De- 
partment of  Free  Public  Lectures  and  Entertainments;  (u) 
Library  Department;  (12)  Museum  Department. 

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THE  FRIENDS'  SELECT  SCHOOL,  140  North  Sixteenth 
Street,  Philadelphia,  is  the  outgrowth  of  an  educational  movement 
organized  among  the  Society  of  Friends  in  Philadelphia  in  1832. 
In  its  present  location,  however,  the  institution  dates  from  1886. 
The  purpose  of  the  school  is  that  of  intellectual  training  under 
religious  auspices  and  influence.  There  are  four  departments  : 
Primary,  secondary,  intermediate,  and  higher.  The  higher  de- 
partment contains  a  four  years'  course.  Features  of  the  school 
are  the  physical  and  manual  training,  for  which  the  gymnasium 
and  workshop  afford  opportunity,  and  the  well  selected  library  of 
fourteen  thousand  volumes.  Tuition  varies  from  $40  in  the 
primary  department  to  $110  in  the  higher.  J.  Henry  Bartlett  is 
superintendent. 

HAHNEHANN  MEDICAL  COLLEGE,  Philadelphia,  Pern 
berton  Dudley,  M.  D.,  Dean.  This  widely  known  medical  school 
was  founded  in  1848.  It  affords  a  four  years'  graded  course  and 
unexcelled  clinical  facilities.  There  are  complete  laboratories  of 
anatomy,  chemistry,  histology,  pathology,  surgery,  and  obstetrics. 
During  the  year  closing  March  31,  1898,  nearly  twenty-seven 
thousand  individual  patients  were  treated  in  the  various  depart- 
ments of  the  hospital,  and  this  clinical  material  is  utilized  for  the 
instruction  of  students. 

LA  SALLE  COLLEGE,  Broad  and  Stiles  Streets,  Philadelphia, 
is  conducted  by  the  Brothers  of  the  Christian  Schools,  whose 
methods  of  teaching  were  handed  down  to  them  from  their 
founder,  the  Blessed  John  Baptist  de  la  Salle,  and  have  been 
developed  by  the  experience  of  two  centuries.  There  are  pre- 
paratory, mercantile,  and  college  courses.  The  degrees  awarded 
are  A.  B.  and  A.  M.  The  charge  per  quarter  is  as  follows :  Col- 
legiate department,  $20;  mercantile,  $20;  preparatory  depart- 
ment, class  I.,  $20  ;  preparatory,  classes  II.,  III.,  IV.,  V.,  $15.  . 

THE  flASTER  BUILDERS'  MECHANICAL  TRADE 
SCHOOL,  1 8  to  24  South  Seventh  Street,  Philadelphia,  is  con- 
ducted under  the  auspices  of  the  Master  Builders'  Exchange,  and 
comprises  seven  departments,  in  which  instruction  is  given  in  the 
following  trades :  Carpentry,  bricklaying,  plastering,  stonecutting, 
blacksmithing,  painting,  and  plumbing.  For  the  present,  evening 
classes  only  are  formed.  The  charge  for  the  course  of  nine 
months  is  $27. 

PALMER'S  COLLEGE,  405,  406  Betz  Building,  Broad  Street, 
Philadelphia,  Orson  R.  Palmer,  Principal,  includes  an  evening  and 
a  day  school,  and  offers  shorthand  and  full  business  courses. 
Lessons  in  shorthand  will  be  given  by  mail. 


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THE  PENNSYLVANIA  COLLEGE  OF  DENTAL  5URGERY, 

Eleventh  Street,  below  Spruce,  Philadelphia,  C.  N.  Peirce,  D.  D.  S., 
Dean.  This  college  is  one  of  the  three  oldest  institutions  of  its 
class  in  the  United  States,  having  been  in  existence  for  more  than 
forty  years.  Its  course  of  instruction  embraces  the  following 
branches  :  Anatomy  and  surgery,  operative  and  prosthetic  dentistry, 
materia  medica  and  therapeutics,  chemistry  and  metallurgy, 
physiology  and  pathology,  dental  anatomy  and  histology,  and 


clinical  dentistry.  The  fees  are  :  Matriculation,  $5  ;  yearly  tuition, 
$100 ;  dissecting  ticket,  $10  ;  and  diploma,  $30.  Women  admitted, 
of  whom  the  school  has  graduated  about  one  hundred  since  1877. 

PENNSYLVANIA  INSTITUTION  FOR  THE  INSTRUC= 
TION  OF  THE  BLIND,  2001  Race  Street,  Philadelphia,  Edward 
E.  Allen,  Principal,  was  established  in  1833,  being  with  the  schools 
at  Boston  and  New  York  City  one  of  the  three  pioneer  institutions 
for  the  blind  in  the  United  States.  The  aim  of  the  school  is  to 


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educate  the  blind  of  the  State,  with  a  view  to  making  them  self- 
respecting  and  good  citizens.  All  those  not  having  sufficient 
sight  to  be  educated  in  the  public  schools  are  eligible  to  admit- 
tance, and  the  earlier  children  are  sent  to  the  school  the  more  can 
be  done  for  them.  The  Institution  is  non-sectarian.  Pupils  are 
required  to  attend  the  Sunday  morning  services  at  the  church 
their  parents  may  designate.  The  course  of  instruction  includes 
the  branches  usually  taught  in  the  public  kindergartens  and 
schools,  and  such  higher  studies  as  the  pupil  can  profitably  under- 
take. Every  faculty  is  provided  for  a  thorough  musical  educa- 
tion. All  pupils  spend  more  or  less  time  in  the  manual  training 
and  work  department.  There  the  boys  are  taught  wood-working, 
bead-making,  hammock,  broom,  and  mattress  making,  carpet  weav- 
ing, and  cane  seating ;  the  girls,  hand  and  machine  sewing,  mend- 
ing, knitting,  crocheting,  and,  in  some  cases,  cooking.  The  fee  for 
those  able  to  pay  it  is  $300  for  the  school  year.  The  buildings  of 
the  Institution  have  long  been  inadequate  and  poorly  arranged, 
but  a  new  plant  is  now  being  erected  at  Overbrook,  six  miles 
from  the  heart  of  Philadelphia,  in  a  tract  of  twenty-six  acres.  The 
new  buildings  are  constructed  upon  plans  that  have  been  given 
careful  study  and  thought  by  those  experienced  in  the  education 
of  the  blind. 

PHILADELPHIA  flUSICAL  ACADEMY,  1617  Spruce 
Street,  Philadelphia,  Richard  Zeckwer,  Director,  was  founded  in 
1870  ;  offers,  besides  many  other  departments,  four  distinct  depart- 
ments for  piano  instruction :  Primary,  intermediate,  main,  and 
finishing  departments.  The  faculty  is  made  up  of  specialists  who 
have  received  the  best  European  education.  The  students  num- 
ber eleven  hundred.  Terms  for  a  quarter  of  ten  weeks,  two 
lessons  a  week,  $7.50  to  $20. 

RITTENHOUSE  ACADEflY,  Corner  Chestnut  and  Eighteenth 
Streets,  Philadelphia,  De  Benneville  K.  Ludwig,  Ph.  D.,  Principal, 
prepares  young  men  and  boys  for  college,  scientific  school,  or  busi- 
ness. Boys  are  received  into  the  lowest  form  as  soon  as  they  can 
read  with  intelligence.  The  number  of  pupils  is  limited,  thus 
insuring  individual  attention  to  each.  There  is  a  well  appointed 
gymnasium.  The  tuition  fees  are  as  follows  :  First  form  $80  and 
$100,  according  to  the  pupil's  advancement;  second  and  third 
forms,  $125  ;  fourth,  fifth,  and  sixth  forms,  $150.  A  discount  of 
33  YZ  per  cent,  made  to  ministers  and  ministerial  students. 

SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS  OF  THE  EVANGELICAL  LU- 
THERAN riOTHERHOUSE  OF  DEACONESSES,  (Mary  J. 

Drexel  Home),  Philadelphia,  the  Rev.  O.  Goedel,  Principal,  was 
opened  in  1890  and  is  a  branch  of  the  Deaconess  Institution. 


Philadelphia.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Pa. 

Both  day  pupils  and  boarders  are  admitted.  The  material  wants  of 
the  pupils  are  in  charge  of  the  Sister  Superior,  Emilie  Schwarz. 
Each  class  has  a  daily  lesson  in  religion.  Only  German  is  spoken 
on  certain  days  and  only  English  on  others.  Great  attention  is 
paid  to  the  instruction  in  sewing,  knitting,  and  women's  handiwork 
generally.  Boarding  pupils  pay  $200  annually. 

THE  SCHOOL  OF  INDUSTRIAL  ART  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Museum,  Philadelphia,  C.  W.  Miller,  Principal,  represents  the 
most  comprehensive  effort  that  has  yet  been  made  in  America  to 
apply  the  principles  of  art,  as  of  science  to  the  technical  processes 
of  existing  industries.  Its  promoters  and  instructors  believe  that 
art  is  to  be  studied,  not  as  a  thing  apart  from  the  great  tendency 
of  the  productive  energy  of  the  age,  but  rather  that  it  ought  to  be 
the  informing  spirit  of  this  tendency.  They  believe  that  mechani- 
cal devices  and  scientific  methods  of  every  kind  should  be  utilized, 
not  rejected,  by  art.  Its  classes  are  technical  as  well  as  artistic. 
Its  professors  are  eminently  practical  men,  and  its  graduates  really 
go  to  work  in  responsible  and  commanding  positions  as  producers. 
Established  in  1876  to  perpetuate  the  lessons  of  the  Centennial 
Exhibition,  it  has  been  the  chief  exponent  of  the  industrial  art  idea 
in  this  country,  and  the  model  which  has  been  more  or  less  frankly 
imitated  in  all  the  organizations  with  a  similar  purpose  which  have 
come  into  existence  since  that  time.  The  courses  include  drawing, 
painting,  and  modelling  from  cuts  and  the  life,  decorative  paint- 
ing and  design  ;  architecture  and  the  allied  arts,  including  prac- 
tice in  all  important  technical  processes,  such  as  carving,  leather 
work,  metal  work,  pyrography,  tapestry  painting,  etc.,  as  well  as 
everything  relating  to  the  production  of  textiles.  Extensive 
mechanical  laboratories,  making  it  possible  for  pupils  to  turn  out 
all  kinds  of  fabrics  that  have  been  woven  and  dyed  as  well  as 
designed  by  themselves.  This  technical  instruction  includes  a 
study  of  raw  materials  and  such  processes  as  carding  and  spinning. 
Great  attention  is  paid  to  industrial  chemistry,  and  graduates  are 
eagerly  sought  as  superintendents  of  industrial  establishments,  as 
well  as  designers,  modellers,  decorators,  etc.  The  school  is  sub- 
sidized by  the  city  and  the  State,  and  its  fees  are  very  moderate, 
not  over  $60  a  year  for  the  majority  of  students.  A  liberal 
system  of  free  scholarships  is  provided  for  residents  of  Penn- 
sylvania. 

SCHOOLS  OF  THE  PENNSYLVANIA  ACADEflY  OF  THE 
FINE  ARTS,  Broad  Street,  Philadelphia,  H.  H.  Breckenridge, 
Secretary  of  the  Faculty.  These  schools  are  (1898-99)  in  their 
ninety-third  year.  The  school  year  is  divided  into  two  terms  of  seven- 
teen weeks  each.  A  number  of  valuable  money  prizes  are  offered, 
and  the  travelling  scholarship  of  $800,  providing  for  one  year's 

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study  abroad,  is  available  annually.  The  monthly  work  of  the 
student  is  the  principal  factor  in  determining  the  award  of  this 
scholarship.  Exhibitions  of  the  students'  work  are  held  each  year 
in  the  spring  and  fall.  Fees  for  regular  courses  :  Day  life  and 
head  course,  $30  per  term;  day  antique  course,  $15  per  term; 
women's  afternoon  life  course,  $15  per  term;  men's  night  life 
course,  $12  per  term  ;  night  antique  course,  $12  per  term. 

THE  TEflPLE  COLLEGE,  Broad  and  Berks  Streets,  Phila- 
delphia, Russell  H.  Conwell,  President,  is  a  unique  educational 
enterprise.  It  offers  for  a  nominal  fee  a  complete  education,  from 
the  lowest  kindergarten  grades  to  the  university,  and  has  both 
day  and  evening  sessions.  Organized  in  1884  as  a  non-sectarian 
movement,  and  regularly  incorporated  in  1888,  it  has  grown  to  such 
magnitude  that  up  to  the  present  over  thirty-six  thousand  students 
have  matriculated,  while  the  total  number  in  attendance  on  classes 
in  1897-98  reached  3,545,  and  including  those  attending  public 
lectures,  7,395.  The  power  to  confer  degrees  was  granted  in 
1892,  and  the  present  elegant  building  was  completed  in  1894. 
At  present  the  regular  instructors  number  sixty-one,  while  thirty- 
one  different  courses  are  offered  to  the  students.  The  following 
departments  are  included :  I.  University  Grade,  Law  School 
(LL.  B.)  ;  Divinity  School  (B.  D.)  ;  Post-graduate  courses  (M.  A.  and 
Ph.  D.).  II.  College  Grade,  Course  in  Arts  (B.  A.) ;  Course  in 
Science  (B.  S.)  ;  Course  in  Philosophy  (Ph.  B.) ;  Four  years'  course 
in  business  (Ph.  B.)  ;  Course  in  Music  (B.  M.  and  Mus.  Doc.). 
III.  Preparatory  Grade,  College  Preparatory  ;  Medical  Prepara- 
tory ;  Scientific  Preparatory ;  Law  Preparatory.  IV.  Business 
Grade,  Bookkeeping  Course  ;  Stenography  Course.  V.  Normal 
Grade,  Normal  courses  for  kindergartners,  elementary  teachers, 
also  teachers  of  household  science,  physical  training,  music, 
millinery,  and  dressmaking.  All  graduates  receive  teachers' 
diplomas.  VI.  .  Elementary  Grade,  Grammar  schools,  primary 
schools,  kindergarten  schools.  VII.  Special  Courses,  Painting, 
drawing,  telegraphy,  physical  training.  VIII.  Domestic  Science, 
Dressmaking,  millinery,  cooking,  embroidery.  IX.  School  for 
Nurses  (with  Samaritan  Hospital).  The  college  year  is  divided 
into  two  terms  of  four  and  one  half  months  each.  The  annual 
fees  for  college  courses  in  the  day  department  are  $60,  in  the 
evening  department  are  $10.  Requirements  for  admission  are  the 
same  as  at  Harvard. 

THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  PENNSYLVANIA,  founded  1740,  is 
located  at  Philadelphia,  occupying  some  fifty  acres  of  land  near 
the  banks  of  the  Schuylkill  River.  It  comprehends  the  following 
departments :  The  College,  including  (in  the  School  of  Arts)  the 
courses  in  arts  and  science,  finance  and  economy,  biology,  music  (in 


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the  Towne  Scientific  School),  architecture,  science  and  technology, 
mechanical  and  electrical  engineering,  civil  engineering,  chemistry, 
chemical  engineering  ;  the  Department  of  Philosophy  (Graduate 
School) ;  the  Department  of  Law ;  the  Department  of  Medicine ; 
the  University  Hospital ;  the  Auxiliary  Department  of  Medicine ; 
the  Wistar  Institute  of  Anatomy  and  Biology ;  the  Laboratory  of 
Hygiene ;  the  Department  of  Dentistry ;  the  Department  of  Veter- 
inary Medicine  ;  the  Veterinary  Hospital ;  the  University  Library  ; 
the  Museum  of  Archaeology  and  Paleontology ;  the  Flower  Astro- 
nomical Observatory ;  the  Department  of  Physical  Education.  In 
addition  to  the  spacious  and  substantial  buildings  required  for 
these  departments,  there  is  an  extensive  dormitory  system,  con- 
sisting of  separate  but  contiguous  houses  of  the  highest  architec- 
tural and  hygienic  type,  and  large  athletic  grounds,  known  as 
Franklin  Field.  An  extensive  botanic  garden  is  attached  to  the 
Biological  School.  Tuition  fees  vary  in  the  different  departments, 
but,  with  board  (in  or  out  of  the  dormitories)  and  other  expenses, 
average  from  $350  to  $450  for  a  school  year  of  thirty-seven  weeks. 
Full  details  are  given  in  circulars  of  each  department,  mailed  free 
on  application  to  its  dean,  or  in  a  general  catalogue,  price  ten 
cents,  for  which  application  should  be  made  to  J.  Hartley  Merrick, 
Assistant  Secretary,  University  of  Pennsylvania.  In  1898  there 
were  258  instructors,  and  2,834  students,  representing  forty-one 
States  and  Territories,  and  thirty  foreign  countries.  The  provost 
is  Charles  Curtis  Harrison,  LL.D.,  and  the  governing  body  con- 
sists of  twenty-four  trustees,  of  life  tenure,  one-third  of  whom 
represent  the  alumni. 

WAGNER  FREE  INSTITUTE  OF  SCIENCE,  Montgomery 
Avenue  and  Seventeenth  Street,  Philadelphia,  Henry  Leffmann, 
President,  was  founded  in  1855  by  the  late  William  Wagner. 
Having  spent  many  years  of  his  life  in  the  pursuit  of  science,  and 
having  made  large  collections  of  natural  history  specimens,  he 
determined,  with  the  cheerful  cooperation  of  his  wife,  Louisa 
Binney  Wagner,  to  devote  all  the  material  he  had  acquired, 
together  with  his  whole  fortune,  to  the  establishment  and  main- 
tenance of  a  Free  Institute  of  Science.  There  are  four  depart- 
ments of  work  :  Instruction  by  lectures,  the  museum,  the  library, 
and  original  research. 

THE  WILLIAfl  PENN  CHARTER  SCHOOL,  8  and  10  South 
Twelfth  Street,  Philadelphia,  Richard  M.  Jones,  LL.  D.,  Head 
Master.  In  1689  the  first  public  school  in  Pennsylvania  was 
established  at  Philadelphia,  under  the  care  of  George  Neith.  It 
was  incorporated  February  12,  1698,  and  was  chartered  by  William 
Penn  in  1711.  The  William  Penn  Charter  School,  the  largest 
boys'  day  school  of  its  class  in  the  United  States,  is  its  legitimate 

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successor.  The  entire  course  of  study  extends  through  three 
schools:  The  lower,  the  junior,  and  the  senior.  The  course  of 
the  senior  school  is  arranged  to  meet  the  demands  of  those 
intending  to  complete  their  studies  at  the  William  Penn  Charter 
School,  those  preparing  for  a  scientific  or  technical  school,  and 
those  aiming  for  a  classical  course  in  college.  Boys  who  satis- 
factorily complete  the  studies  are  awarded  a  diploma.  The  school 
buildings  are  thoroughly  modern  and  completely  equipped.  Tui- 
tion, including  instruction  in  all  branches  of  the  course,  is,  in  the 
lower  school,  $100;  in  the  junior  school,  $150;  and  in  the  senior 
school,  $200  per  annum. 

THE  WOMAN'S  MEDICAL  COLLEGE  OF  PENNSYL= 
VANIA,  North  College  Avenue  and  Twenty-first  Street,  Phila- 
delphia, Clara  Marshall,  M.  D.,  Dean,  offers  a  four  years'  course, 
given  by  means  of  lectures,  demonstrations,  laboratory  work,  reci- 
tations, and  clinical  teaching.  Applicants  for  admission  to  the 
regular  college  course  must  be  not  less  than  eighteen  years  of  age, 
and  must  pass  a  preliminary  examination  in  English,  arithmetic, 
algebra,  physics,  and  Latin.  A  degree  in  Arts  from  any  college 
in  good  standing,  a  regents'  certificate  of  the  University  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  or  (under  specified  conditions)  a  diploma  from 
any  high  grade  school  or  teacher's  certificate  from  a  county  super- 
intendent of  schools,  may  be  substituted  for  the  entrance  examina- 
tion. The  clinical  advantages  are  excellent.  Students  who  have 
reached  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  and  have  completed  the 
requirements  for  graduation,  receive  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Medicine.  The  cost  of  a  general  lecture  and  laboratory  ticket  is 
as  follows  :  First  year,  $130  ;  second  year,  $135  ;  third  year,  $135  ; 
fourth  year,  $100. 

THE  ALINDA  COLLEGE  PREPARATORY  SCHOOL  FOR 
GIRLS,  Pittsburg,  Miss  Ella  Gordon  Stuart,  Principal,  is  situated 
in  one  of  the  most  desirable  residence  portions  of  the  city.  Now 
in  its  seventh  year,  it  has  representative  students  at  Bryn  Mawr, 
Smith,  Vassar,  and  Wellesley,  who  give  evidence  of  the  thorough 
training  furnished  by  the  school.  A  course  of  study,  which  is 
especially  strong  in  English  and  the  modern  lauguages,  for  girls 
not  preparing  for  college  is  also  a  feature  of  the  Alinda  School 
work.  In  the  last  year  of  this  course  are  given  lectures  on  current 
topics  and  the  history  of  art,  and  students  are  prepared  for  travel 
in  Europe  and  the  East.  A  branch  of  the  Alinda  school  has  lately 
been  established  in  Sewickley,  furnishing  the  same  courses  of 
study,  and  having  classes  of  exactly  the  same  grades.  A  boarding 
department  for  girls  has  been  added  to  the  Sewickley  School, 
which  offers  a  home  to  a  limited  number  of  resident  students.  In 
this  home,  pupils  of  the  Alinda  School  may  be  placed  for  a  few 


Pittsburg.  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  Pa. 

weeks  or  months,  during  the  absence  of  their  parents  from  the 
city,  and  thus  avoid  any  interruption  in  the  year's  work. 

DUFF'S  MERCANTILE  COLLEGE,  19  Fifth  Avenue,  Pitts- 
burg,  William  H.  Duff,  Principal.  The  institution  was  founded 
in  1840  at  a  time  when  no  similar  institution  existed.  It  has  kept 
thoroughly  abreast  of  the  times,  and  offers  a  practical  business 
education  at  a  reasonable  rate.  Actual  business  is  pursued  in 
connection  with  theoretical  instruction.  The  entire  expenses  of 
the  course  of  ten  weeks,  including  tuition,  board,  books,  and 
stationery,  and  washing,  are  $105. 

PITTSBURG  COLLEGE  OF  THE  HOLY  GHOST,  Pitts 
burg,  the  Rev.  J.  T.  Murphy,  C.  S.  Sp.,  President,  was  opened  in 
1878,  and  incorporated  with  power  to  grant  the  usual  college  and 
university  degrees  in  1882.  The  institution  occupies  a  massive 
and  costly  building  dedicated  in  1885.  There  are  three  distinct 
departments  :  Grammar  department ;  classical  department  (divided 
into  academic  and  collegiate) ;  commercial  and  business  depart- 
ment. Tuition,  per  session  of  ten  months,  all  departments,  $60. 
Tuition  and  board,  with  washing  and  mending  of  linen,  $250. 

PENNSYLVANIA  COLLEGE   FOR  WOMEN,   Miss  R.   J. 

De  Vore,  President.  This  college,  situated  among  the  beautiful 
homes  of  the  east  end  of  Pittsburg,  combines  the  advantages 
accruing  from  life  in  a  large  city  with  the  seclusion  of  a  country 
residence.  There  are  eleven  acres  of  well  kept  grounds  around 
the  buildings,  which  stand  on  a  high  hill  overlooking  the  city. 
Ttyree  minutes'  walk  takes  one  from  the  college,  through  "  Wood- 
land Avenue  "  —  which  has  been  aptly  named  —  to  the  Fifth  Avenue 
electric  cars,  leading  to  the  business  parts  of  the  city,  and  to  sev- 
eral of  the  many  parks  which  beautify  Pittsburg.  A  marked 
characteristic  of  this  college  is  its  refined  and  happy  home  life. 
Not  more  than  fifty  or  sixty  students,  with  the  faculty,  make  up 
the  family,  the  day  students  from  Pittsburg  and  surrounding 
cities  bringing  up  the  enrolment  to  nearly  two  hundred.  Two 
full  courses  of  study  are  offered  :  The  college  preparatory,  and 
the  regular  college  work  of  four  years,  leading  to  the  degrees  B.  L. 
and  B.  A.  The  training  given  in  each  course,  under  the  direction 
of  college-bred  women,  is  thorough  and  systematic.  Certificates 
are  awarded  on  the  completion  of  specified  work  in  music,  art,  and 
elocution.  These  departments  are  finely  equipped.  Three  hundred 
and  thirty  dollars  to  $400  cover  the  expenses  for  board,  tuition, 
and  room.  Choice  of  rooms  is  allowed  the  students,  but  all  rooms 
are  attractive  and  well  furnished.  Tuition  for  day  students  is  $100 
per  annum. 

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THE  HILL  SCHOOL,  Pottstown,  John  Meigs,  Ph.  D.,  Principal, 
was  established  in  1851  by  the  Rev.  M.  Meigs,  LL.  D.,  ex-presi- 
dent of  Delaware  College,  and  reorganized  in  1876.  The  school 
property  comprises  over  forty  acres,  and  the  grounds,  on  which 
the  magnificent  new  building  stands,  overlook  the  beautiful  Schuyl- 
kill  Valley.  The  high  scholarly  aim  of  the  institution  is  no  less 
marked  than  its  purpose  to  develop  symmetrical  character.  To 
the  latter  end,  the  number  of  pupils  is  so  far  restricted  that  per- 
sonal attention  can  be  given  to  the  physical,  social,  and  moral 
growth  of  the  students.  There  are  ample  athletic  grounds,  a  gym- 
nasium, and  a  large  swimming  pool.  Military  drill  is  compulsory, 
and  while  under  the  direction  of  an  experienced  officer,  resident 
in  the  town,  the  corps  is  regularly  organized,  with  officers  from  the 
school.  The  teachers  are  carefully  chosen,  and  the  curriculum 
includes  all  studies  necessary  for  college  preparation,  and  for  the 
enjoyment  of  life.  The  annual  charge  for  tuition,  board,  fuel, 
laundry,  and  lights,  is  $775. 

ROSE  POINT  ACADEMY,  Rose  Point,  G.  H.  McKay,  A.  M., 
Principal.  This  institution  has  five  courses  of  study  :  Normal, 
business,  college  preparatory,  music,  and  scientific.  The  location 
is  in  the  midst  of  some  of  the  most  beautiful  and  romantic  scenery 
in  Pennsylvania  on  the  line  of  the  Buffalo,  Rochester  and  Pitts- 
burg  Railway.  The  town  is  free  from  all  the  evil  influences  that 
are  apt  to  lead  the  student  astray.  The  opportunity  is  given  to 
students  to  secure  a  good  education  that  will  fit  them  for  business 
or  professional  life  at  an  exceedingly  small  cost.  Instruction  in  all 
departments  is  very  thorough. 

SUSQUEHANNA  UNIVERSITY,  Selinsgrove,  the  Rev.  J.  R. 
Dimm,  D.  D.,  President,  was  founded  under  Lutheran  auspices  in 
1858,  and  with  the  name  Missionary  Institute.  It  was  virtually  a 
theological  seminary  designed  to  train  young  men  for  the  Lutheran 
ministry,  although  a  short  classical  course  was  included  in  the 
curriculum.  This  department,  at  first  subordinate,  became  para- 
mount in  efficiency  and  importance  about  1882,  and  in  1894  the 
course,  which  formerly  prepared  for  the  junior  year  of  the  neigh- 
boring colleges,  was  itself  elevated  into  a  full  college  course.  The 
name  of  the  institution  was  now  changed  to  its  present  one,  further 
professorships  were  added,  and  a  large  new  building  was  erected. 
The  courses  are  :  Theological  course  of  three  years,  classical 
course,  leading  to  degree  B.  A.,  Latin  scientific  (B.  S.),  Greek 
scientific  (B.  S.),  and  preparatory.  Cost  of  an  entire  year's  resi- 
dence and  tuition,  $125  to  $150. 

fllSS   STUART'S   COLLEGE    PREPARATORY   SCHOOL, 

Sewickley.     This  school,  which  is  a  branch  of  the  Alinda  College 
Preparatory  School  of  Pittsburg,  has  been  opened  during  the  present 

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season,  and  is  pleasantly  located  in  Thorn  Street,  in  the  town  of 
Sewickley.  It  is  Miss  Stuart's  aim  to  establish  a  school  which 
shall  give  every  advantage  for  college  preparation,  while  providing 
a  thorough  course  for  pupils  who  do  not  desire  to  enter  college. 
A  home  has  been  established  in  connection  with  the  school  where 
a  limited  number  of  girls  will  be  received  for  the  school  year. 
Owing  to  the  close  vicinity  of  Pittsburg,  it  is  possible  to  offer 
resident  pupils  many  advantages  in  the  way  of  lectures,  concerts, 
etc.,  which  would  otherwise  be  unattainable. 

THE  LEHIGH  UNIVERSITY,  South  Bethlehem,  Thomas 
Messinger  Drown,  LL.  D.,  President.  In  the  year  1865  the  sum 
of  $500,000  was  appropriated  by  the  Hon.  Asa  Packer,  of  Mauch 
Chunk,  towards  establishing  an  educational  institution  in  the 
Lehigh  Valley.  To  this  munificent  gift  the  founder  added  that 
of  115  acres  of  land  in  South  Bethlehem,  and  by  his  last  will  he 
secured  to  the  University  an  endowment  of  $1,500,000,  and  to  the 
University  library,  $500,000.  The  design  of  Judge  Packer  was 
that  of  affording  "  a  complete  education,  technical,  literary,  and 
scientific,  for  those  professions  represented  in  the  development  of 
the  peculiar  resources  of  the  surrounding  region."  To  this  end, 
the  University  is  divided  into  the  School  of  General  Literature 
and  the  School  of  Technology,  the  former  of  which  embraces  the 
classical,  Latin-scientific,  and  science  and  letters  courses,  and 
the  latter  the  civil  engineering,  mechanical  engineering,  mining 
engineering,  electrical  engineering,  and  chemistry  courses.  Work 
in  all  departments  is  notably  exacting  and  thorough.  The  teach- 
ing force  includes  eighteen  professors  and  assistant  professors, 
and  twenty-four  lecturers,  instructors,  and  assistants.  The  stu- 
dents, drawn  from  over  forty  States,  number  over  three  hundred. 
The  graduates  number  over  one  thousand,  and  a  still  larger 
number,  besides,  have  here  received  at  least  a  partial  training  for 
business  or  professional  life.  The  buildings,  which  are  numerous 
and  handsome,  include  a  library  containing  ninety-seven  thousand 
volumes,  a  large  and  well  equipped  physical  laboratory,  a  building 
costing  over  $200,000,  which  is  devoted  to  the  chemical,  mineral- 
ogical,  and  metallurgical  laboratories,  and  an  expensive  gym- 
nasium. The  latter  is  under  the  supervision  of  a  competent 
instructor,  and  is  furnished  with  the  latest  and  most  approved 
apparatus.  All  students  are  required  to  undergo  a  rigid  physical 
examination  before  being  admitted  to  its  privileges.  Tuition  for 
students  in  the  technical  courses  is  $100  per  annum,  for  students 
in  the  school  of  general  literature  is  $60. 

THE  PENNSYLVANIA  STATE  COLLEGE,  located  in  the 
borough  of  State  College,  Centre  County,  in  one  of  the  most  beau- 
tiful and  healthful  portions  of  the  Allegheny  region.  President, 

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Pa.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Towanda. 

George  W.  Atherton,  A.  M.  (Yale),  LL.  D.  (Franklin  and  Marshall)  ; 
faculty  and  instructors,  forty-three.  General  courses :  Classical, 
Latin-scientific,  general  science,  philosophy.  Technical  courses  : 
Agriculture,  biology,  chemistry,  engineering  (civil,  electrical,  me- 
chanical, mining),  mathematics,  physics.  These  courses  are 
grouped  in  seven  "  Schools  :  "  Agriculture  ;  natural  science  ;  mathe- 
matics and  physics ;  engineering ;  mines ;  language  and  literature ; 
history,  political  science,  and  philosophy.  The  buildings  and  equip- 
ment are  very  extensive,  and  mostly  new.  The  engineering  build- 
ing is  probably  the  finest  of  its  kind  in  the  United  States.  Ladies 
are  admitted  to  all  courses.  Military  drill  is  required  under  charge 
of  an  officer  of  the  United  States  regular  army,  detailed  by  the 
President  for  that  purpose.  The  income  of  the  college  is  derived 
from  interest  on  the  proceeds  of  the  United  States  land  grant  of 
1862  and  from  State  appropriations.  Tuition  is  free  in  all 
courses.  Graduate  courses  and  a  limited  number  of  fellowships 
are  provided. 

SWARTHflORE  COLLEGE,  Swarthmore,  William  W.  Bird- 
sail,  B.  S.,  President,  was  founded  in  1864  by  the  Society  of 
Friends.  A  property  of  240  acres  was  secured,  ten  miles  from 
Philadelphia,  on  the  Central  Division  of  the  Philadelphia,  Wilming- 
ton, and  Baltimore  Railroad.  About  half  the  land  is  used  for 
farming  purposes,  providing  milk  and  vegetables  for  the  college, 
the  rest  is  devoted  to  lawn  and  pleasure  grounds.  The  building 
site  is  high,  securing  perfect  drainage  and  pure  air.  The  princi- 
pal college  building  is  a  magnificent  stone  structure  348  feet  long. 
All  the  buildings  are  heated  throughout  by  steam,  and  thoroughly 
ventilated.  The  laboratories,  machine  shop,  foundries,  observa- 
tory, etc.,  are  fully  equipped  with  appropriate  apparatus,  and  the 
separate  gymnasiums  for  the  young  men  and  young  women  are 
furnished  with  the  most  modern  appointments.  There  are  nearly 
nineteen  thousand  volumes  in  the  library.  Four  courses  are 
offered :  Arts,  letters,  science,  and  engineering.  These  lead  re- 
spectively to  the  degrees  :  Bachelor  of  Arts,  Bachelor  of  Letters, 
Bachelor  of  Science,  and  Bachelor  of  Science  in  Engineering. 
Master's  degrees  and  the  degree  of  Civil  Engineer  are  conferred 
on  graduates  after  the  completion  of  specified  courses  of  study. 
Board  and  tuition  are  $400  per  year.  The  annual  tuition  of  day 
students  is  $150. 

SUSQUEHANNA  COLLEGIATE  INSTITUTE,  Towanda,  E. 
E.  Quinlan,  A.  M.,  Principal,  has  a  high  and  healthful  location, 
and  the  best  railway  connections.  The  school  was  chartered  in 
1850,  under  direction  of  the  Presbytery  of  Susquehanna,  and,  at 
the  union  of  this  with  the  Presbytery  of  Lackawanna,  it  passed 
under  the  care  of  the  latter  religious  body.  The  instruction  of  the 

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school  is  divided  into  three  departments,  English,  commercial,  and 
academic.  Thorough  preparation  is  given  for  college  or  for  busi- 
ness. Board,  tuition,  and  room,  with  steam  heat  and  with  light, 
per  year  of  forty  weeks,  $200. 

CROZER  THEOLOGICAL  SEfllNARY,  Upland,  Henry  G. 
Weston,  President,  is  located  in  an  attractive  village  fourteen  miles 
south  of  Philadelphia.  The  post-office  address  is  Chester,  Delaware 
County,  Pa.  The  faculty  of  the  school  includes  eight  names ;  the 
student  body,  nearly  one  hundred.  The  Seminary,  while  under 
Baptist  auspices,  is  open  to  all  members  of  Christian  churches 
of  any  denomination.  Founded  in  1867,  its  thirty  years  of  history 
represents  substantial  growth.  The  library  now  contains  over 
fourteen  thousand  bound  volumes,  besides  a  large  number  of  valu- 
able pamphlets  selected  with  great  care  in  Europe  and  in  this  country. 
The  buildings  are  commodious  and  well  arranged.  No  charge  is 
made  for  tuition,  room  rent,  servants'  attendance,  fuel,  light  in  the 
public  rooms,  or  use  of  the  library.  Students  furnish  light  for 
their  own  rooms.  There  is  a  boarding  department  where  excellent 
board  may  be  obtained  at  about  $3  per  week. 

TRINITY  HALL,  Washington  (one  hour  from  Pittsburg),  Wil- 
liam W.  Smith,  A.  M.,  Rector ;  Ulysses  Grant  Smith,  M.  S.,  com- 
mandant and  instructor  in  military  tactics  and  calisthenics. 
Trinity  Hall,  a  boarding  school  for  boys,  is  situated  on  an 
eminence  twelve  hundred  feet  above  tide  water  and  in  a  beauti- 
ful and  healthful  location.  The  design  of  the  school  is  to  educate 
boys  in  the  various  English  branches,  in  mathematics,  and  in  the 
ancient  and  modern  languages,  preparing  them  for  the  best  colleges, 
or  for  business.  Owing  to  the  limited  number  of  pupils  received, 
and  the  strength  and  ability  of  the  corps  of  instructors,  each  boy  is 
given  an  amount  of  personal  instruction  impossible  in  a  larger  in- 
stitution. While  not  a  military  school,  a  modified  military  training 
is  found  invaluable,  and  a  regular  course  of  light  gymnastics  and 
calisthenics  continued  throughout  the  year  leads  up  to  the  drill 
under  arms.  The  terms  are  $500  for  the  school  year. 

THE  WASHINGTON  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Washington, 
Louis  Van  Orden,  Principal,  is  a  commercial,  English,  shorthand 
and  typewriting  school  for  both  sexes.  Terms,  $50  per  annum; 
evening  sessions,  $25. 

WAYNESBURG  COLLEGE,  Waynesburg,  A.  B.  Miller,  LL.  D., 
President,  is  under  the  control  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  has  been  in  operation  since  1850.  Number  of  stu- 
dents, 376  ;  instructors,  fifteen;  books  in  the  library,  three  thou- 
sand ;  buildings,  two  ;  general  courses,  six  ;  other  courses,  eight. 

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Pa.  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.          Westtown  Township. 

The  courses  follow :  Classical  (B.  A.),  scientific  (B.  S.),  literary 
(B.  L.),  philosophic  (Ph.  B.),  elective,  normal  (Master  of  Didactics). 
The  other  courses  are  :  M.  A.  course  for  graduates,  Ph.  D.  course 
for  graduates,  music,  commercial,  oratory  and  physical  culture, 
three  courses  in  art.  A  specialty  of  the  school  is  study  of  the 
English  Bible.  Tuition  per  term  of  thirteen  weeks,  $9.  Board, 
furnished  room,  fuel,  and  light,  per  week,  $3  to  $3.50. 

HISS  SPALDING'S  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS>  3911  Spruce 
Street,  West  Philadelphia,  Miss  Edna  Spalding,  Principal,  presents 
a  course  of  study  comprising  English,  Latin,  French,  German, 
drawing,  literature,  both  American  and  English,  composition,  and 
mathematics.  The  number  of  pupils  is  limited  and  references  are 
required.  The  tuition  for  house  pupils  is  $500  per  annum.  Music 
and  painting,  under  Miss  Delphine  Spalding's  special  guidance, 
are  extras. 

MRS.  SUTTON'S  HOflE  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS,  3509, 
3511,  and  3513  Hamilton  Street,  West  Philadelphia,  Mrs.  Annie 
M.  Sutton,  Miss  Mary  E.  Roney,  Principals.  The  aim  of  this 
school  is  to  provide  a  pleasant  home,  combined  with  a  thorough 
course  of  instruction.  It  is  in  one  of  the  most  beautiful  parts  of 
Philadelphia,  and  the  high  ground  and  quiet  neighborhood  render 
its  location  healthful  and  well  adapted  to  school  purposes.  The 
boarding  pupils,  whose  number  is  limited  to  sixteen,  receive  the 
personal  supervision  of  the  principals,  who  endeavor  to  carry  into 
effect  that  home  training  which  is  so  necessary  a  part  of  a  girl's 
education.  The  teachers  of  the  various  departments  have,  made  a 
careful  study  of  the  best  methods  of  imparting  instruction.  Cer- 
tificates admit  to  Wellesley  and  Mt.  Holyoke,  and  pupils  are  pre- 
pared for  other  colleges.  The  charge  for  boarding  pupils  is  $500 
per  year,  and  for  day  pupils  from  $20  to  $60  per  term,  according 
to  the  grade. 

THE  WESTTOWN  BOARDING  SCHOOL,  Westtown  Town- 
ship, Chester  County,  is  under  the  patronage  of  the  Society  of 
Friends,  and  only  members  of  that  body  are  admitted.  The  school 
was  opened  in  the  spring  of  1799,  since  which  year  more  than 
eleven  thousand  boys  and  girls  have  received  their  education 
there.  The  buildings  are  on  high  ground  near  the  center  of  a 
tract  of  six  hundred  acres  belonging  to  the  institution.  In  addi- 
tion to  an  exceptionally  thorough  curriculum,  much  attention  is 
paid  to  social  life  and  to  physical  development.  There  is  a  normal 
department,  a  course  for  the  boys  in  manual  training,  and  instruc- 
tion for  the  girls  in  sewing  and  cooking.  The  expense  for  board 
arid  tuition  is  $180  a  year.  William  F.  Wickersham  is  Principal. 

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HARRY  HILLMAN  ACADEflY,  Wilkesbarre,  Harry  C.  Davis, 
Ph.D.,  Principal,  was  organized  in  1878.  Its  distinctive  aim  is 
that  of  preparing  boys  thoroughly  for  college  or  technical  school. 
Few  preparatory  schools  in  the  country  have  so  high  a  standard. 
There  are  at  the  present  writing  (1898)  more  than  forty-five  gradu- 
ates of  the  academy  in  fourteen  higher  institutions  of  learning; 
most  of  these  have  made  notable  records.  But  while  scholarship 
is  emphasized,  the  gymnasium  and  the  large  athletic  field  are 
reminders  that*  physical  culture  is  not  neglected.  The  tuition 
varies  from  $50  to  $100  for  resident  pupils,  and  for  non-resident 
pupils  the  annual  expense,  including  board,  amounts  to  $450. 

RHODE  ISLAND. 

ST.  GEORGE'S  SCHOOL  FOR  BOYS,  Newport,  John  B. 
Diman,  A.M.,  Head  Master,  was  opened  October  i,  1896.  The 
school  is  small,  and  its  daily  life  resembles  that  of  a  large  family. 
It  is  the  aim  of  the  school  to  prepare  boys  for  any  of  the  colleges 
or  scientific  schools  of  the  country ;  to  secure  such  a  simple  and 
regular  course  of  life  and  such  constant  out-of-door  exercise  as 
shall  develop  strong  and  sound  bodies  as  well  as  clear  and  active 
minds ;  and  to  implant  and  strengthen  in  the  boys'  minds  motives 
to  right  action  which  shall  permanently  control  their  lives.  The 
charge  for  tuition,  board,  and  washing  is  $650  a  year,  payable 
half-yearly  in  advance,  and  for  day  pupils  $150  a  year. 

THE  fllSSES  BRONSON'S    HOME   AND  DAY  SCHOOL, 

Providence.  The  house  is  large  and  sunny  and  the  location  is 
one  of  the  healthiest  in  the  city.  The  school  has  three  depart- 
ments :  Kindergarten,  primary,  and  high  school  preparatory.  The 
home  department  is  designed  particularly  for  young  girls  who  for 
any  reason  must  be  sent  from  home.  Superior  home  influences 
and  advantages  are  offered.  Special  arrangements  may  be  made 
for  any  desiring  to  take  special  studies  with  music  or  a  college 
preparatory  course.  The  terms  for  tuition  and  board  are  $500 
and  $600. 

BROWN  UNIVERSITY,  Providence,  was  founded  as  Rhode 
Island  College  in  1764  at  Warren,  R.  I.  Its  denominational 
control  is  Baptist,  with  a  liberal  charter.  The  college  was  moved 
to  Providence,  and  University  Hall  was  built  in  1770.  In  1804 
its  name  was  changed  in  honor  of  Nicholas  Brown,  its  chief 
benefactor.  The  presidents  have  been  :  James  Manning,  Jonathan 
Maxcy,  Asa  Messer,  Francis  Wayland,  Barnas  Sears,  Alexis  Cas- 
well,  Ezekiel  G.  Robinson,  E.  Benjamin  Andrews.  A  medical 
department  was  maintained  1811-28.  The  Women's  College 
was  established  in  1892.  The  buildings  at  present  number  fifteen. 

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R.  I.  WHERE   TO   EDUCATE.  Providence. 

The  library  contains  one  hundred  thousand  volumes.  The  observa- 
tory is  provided  with  a  twelve-inch  telescope.  The  campus  con- 
tains ten  acres,  besides  an  athletic  field.  The  professors  and 
instructors  number  eighty,  the  students  860,  including  101  gradu- 
ate students.  There  are  twenty-five  departments  of  instruction. 
Physical  training  is  compulsory  throughout  the  course.  The 
necessary  expenses  of  the  student  vary  from  $300  to  $400  a  year. 
The  total  number  of  graduates  is  nearly  five  thousand,  of  whom 
about  one-half  are  living.  Distinguished  living  graduates  are: 
Edwards  A.  Park,  George  P.  Fisher,  James  B.  Angell,  Richard 
Olney,  John  Hay,  William  W.  Keen,  Robert  H.  Thurston,  E. 
Benjamin  Andrews,  Benjamin  I.  Wheeler. 

PROVIDENCE  BRYANT  &  STRATTON  BUSINESS  COL= 
LEGE,  357  Westminster  Street,  Providence,  T.  B.  Stowell, 
Principal,  was  established  by  H.  B.  Bryant  and  H.  D.  Stratton  in 
1863,  and  is  conducted  on  the  community  plan  of  business  prac- 
tice. There  are  eleven  energetic  teachers.  Tuition  payable  in 
advance.  Commercial  Department :  Scholarship  for  ten  months 
payable  in  one  amount,  $100;  first  term  (three  months),  $40; 
second  term  (three  months),  $40;  each  following  month,  $10. 
Amanuensis  Department :  First  term  (three  months),  $40 ;  each 
following  month,  $10;  special  course  (one  hour  per  day,  three 
months),  $30.  Special  Penmanship  Department :  Instruction  (ten 
weeks),  one  hour  per  day,  $15  ;  instruction,  twenty  lessons,  $10; 
instruction,  sixty  lessons,  $20.  English  and  Preparatory  Depart- 
ment:  Per  term  (three  months),  $35. 

LA  SALLE  ACADEflY,  Providence,  under  the  direction  of 
the  Brothers  of  the  Christian  Schools,  was  founded  in  1871,  and 
offers  the  advantages  of  either  a  classical  or  commercial  education. 
Pupils  may  enter  the  preparatory  department  after  completing 
their  ninth  year.  Daily  instruction  is  given  in  Christian  Doctrine. 

RHODE  ISLAND  5CHOOL  OF  DESIGN,  n  Waterman 
Street,  Providence,  Warren  S.  Locke,  Head  Master,  was  founded 
in  1877.  Since  1882  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  has  made  a 
yearly  appropriation  of  $500  for  the  school,  and  both  the  State 
and  city  of  Providence  have  since  made  an  additional  appropria- 
tion to  be  used  in  scholarships  to  be  paid  for  at  the  schedule  rates 
of  tuition.  There  are  day,  evening,  and  Saturday  classes,  and  two 
general  departments  of  instruction,  free  hand  and  mechanical. 
In  1897  446  students  were  registered,  283  in  the  free  hand  and 
163  in  the  mechanical  department.  The  instructors  number 
fourteen.  The  fee  for  the  day  class  is  $25  for  a  term  of  four 
months. 

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ST.  XAVIER'S  ACADEMY,  Providence,  is  under  the  direction 
of  the  Sisters  of  Mercy.  It  is  a  day  school  for  young  ladies,  the 
boarding  school  affiliated  with  it  being  situated  at  Bay  View. 
The  academy  curriculum  is  divided  into  three  parts:  The  junior, 
intermediate,  and  senior.  In  this  it  covers  all  the  work  usually 
taught  in  the  best  academies  of  the  country.  Instruction  is  also 
given  on  the  piano,  organ,  harp,  and  guitar,  in  addition  to  vocal 
music.  Differences  of  religious  opinion  are  not  regarded  in  the 
admission  of  pupils  who  are  willing  to  conform  to  the  general 
regulations  of  the  academy.  As  a  result  the  number  of  Protestants 
attending  the  institution  is  generally  large. 

MISS  WHEELER'5  SCHOOL  AND  STUDIO,   16,  24,   and 

26  Cabot  Street,  Providence,  Miss  Mary  C.  Wheeler,  Principal. 
The  school  was  opened  by  Miss  Wheeler  in  1889  to  accommodate 
a  few  local  patrons.  In  a  short  time  additional  buildings  were 
taken,  and  the  school  now  accommodates  twenty-five  boarding 
pupils.  Systematic  studio  work  is  offered  in  connection  with 
courses  of  study  that  fit  for  the  best  colleges,  and  also  give  a 
thorough  education  to  girls  who  cannot  undertake  a  college  course. 
A  certificate  is  given  to  those  who  complete  the  college  preparatory 
course;  a  diploma  to  those  who  complete  the  art  and  literary 
course.  Classes  in  elective  studies  are  formed  in  accordance  with 
the  individual  needs  of  the  pupils,  and  the  advanced  courses  are 
mostly  in  charge  of  professors  from  Brown  University.  Miss 
Wheeler,  who  is  a  pupil  of  M.  Jacquesson  de  la  Chevreuse  and 
M.  Raphael  Collin,  has  charge  of  the  studios,  with  a  view  to 
giving  such  preliminary  instruction  as  is  necessary  to  fit  for 
entrance  to  the  Paris  studios.  Pupils  of  all  ages  are  received. 
The  expenses  for  home  and  tuition  are  $1,000;  piano  lessons, 
$75  ;  laundry,  $40 ;  and  seat  in  church,  $10  per  annum. 


SOUTH   CAROLINA. 

THE  GIBBES  SCHOOL,  Charleston,  Miss  S.  P.  Gibbes  and 
Miss  E.  S.  Gibbes,  Principals,  is  located  in  the  centre  of  the  city, 
thus  rendering  it  easy  of  access  to  all.  The  school  is  for  girls 
only,  and  was  known  from  1881  to  1886  as  Miss  E.  S.  Gibbes's 
School.  The  curriculum  gives  a  range  of  study  from  kindergarten 
classes  to  branches  studied  in  the  freshman  classes  of  various 
colleges.  Art,  physical  culture,  elocution,  stenography,  type- 
writing, vocal  and  instrumental  music  are  taught  by  specialists. 
There  is  no  boarding  department.  Terms  for  day  pupils,  includ- 
ing the  extra  studies,  are  from  $50  to  $150. 

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S.  C.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.      Clem  son  College,  P.  O. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA  MILITARY  ACADEHY,  Charleston,  Col. 
Asbury  Coward,  LL.  D.,  Superintendent.  This  school  was  founded 
in  1842.  It  is  maintained  in  part  by  the  State.  Students  will  be 
received  from  any  State.  The  course  of  study  is  parallel  with 
that  given  by  the  best  scientific  schools  of  the  country.  The 
discipline  and  methods  closely  follow  those  employed  at  the  West 
Point  Academy,  and  the  results  obtained  qualify  the  graduates  for 
command  of  infantry  troops.  An  annual  encampment  of  two 
weeks  is  held  to  give  special  instruction  in  the  field.,  An  army 
officer  is  detailed  as  military  professor  and  commandant  of  cadets. 
The  cost  for  board,  clothing,  books,  tuition,  and  all  other  neces- 
sary expenses  is  $300  per  annum. 

THE  UNIVERSITY  SCHOOL,  141  Meeting  Street,  Charleston, 
founded  in  1881,  Edward  F.  Mayberry,  M.  A.,  Principal,  N.  B. 
Barnwell,  M.  A.,  Assistant.  The  aim  of  this  school  is  to  drill 
its  pupils  in  the  principles  of  a  sound  education,  either  classical 
or  practical,  and  to  prepare  thoroughly  for  college.  It  prepares 
particularly  for  the  University  of  Virginia  and  Charleston  Col- 
lege. Terms  for  English  branches,  per  session  of  nine  months, 
$80;  ancient  and  modern  languages,  each  $15.  The  session 
begins  the  first  Monday  in  October. 

THE  CLEflSON  AGRICULTURAL  AND  MECHANICAL 
COLLEGE  of  South  Carolina,  Clemson  College  P.  O.,  Henry 
S.  Hartzog,  President.  In  1886  a  convention  of  the  farmers  of 
South  Carolina  passed  a  resolution  advocating  the  establishment 
of  an  agricultural  college.  The  matter  was  given  definite  form  by 
the  action  of  the  Hon.  Thomas  G.  Clemson,  son-in-law  of  John  C. 
Calhoun,  who  died  in  1888,  leaving  as  a  bequest  to  the  State  the 
old  Calhoun  homestead,  Fort  Hill,  consisting  of  about  eight 
hundred  acres  of  land,  and  about  $80,000  in  other  securities,  for 
the  purpose  of  establishing  an  agricultural  college.  The  Legis- 
lature passed  an  act  which  became  a  law  in  November,  1889, 
accepting  the  bequest.  The  college  opened  July  6,  1893,  with 
an  enrolment  during  its  first  session  of  446  students.  The  object 
of  the  college,  in  conformity  with  the  acts  of  Congress  and  of  the 
State  Legislature,  is  to  give  practical  instruction  in  agriculture 
and  in  the  mechanic  arts.  The  college  is  located  on  the  dividing 
line  between  Oconee  and  Pickens  Counties,  in  the  picturesque 
foot-hills  of  the  Blue  Ridge  mountains.  It  has  an  elevation  of 
about  nine  hundred  feet  above  sea  level,  and  commands  an  excel- 
lent view  of  the  mountains  to  the  north  and  west,  some  of  which 
attain  ah  altitude  of  nearly  five  thousand  feet.  The  climate  is 
invigorating  and  healthful,  and  the  surroundings  are  in  every  way 
favorable  to  the  highest  physical  and  mental  development.  The 
buildings  are  located  on  the  old  Fort  Hill  homestead  of  John  C. 

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Columbia.  WHERE  TO   EDUCATE.  s.  C. 

Calhoun.  The  grounds  occupy  about  two  hundred  acres  of  land, 
including  the  campus,  sites  of  buildings  and  residences,  and 
grounds  for  military  drill  and  outdoor  athletics.  For  purposes 
of  instruction  the  college  is  organized  into  five  departments,  as 
follows :  Agricultural,  mechanical,  chemistry  and  natural  science, 
literary,  and  military.  Free  tuition  is  given  to  residents  of  the 
State,  who  properly  sign  and  file  a  certificate  of  inability  to  pay 
tuition.  All  others  pay  a  tuition  fee  of  $40  per  session. 

COLUflBIA  FEMALE  COLLEGE,  Columbia,  John  A.  Rice, 
D.  D.,  President.  This  institution,  situated  in  one  of  the  finest 
winter  resorts  of  the  South,  is  accessible  from  all  directions. 
Denominational  without  being  sectarian,  it  is  controlled  by  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  There  is  a  sub-collegiate 
and  college  department.  The  latter  offers  thirteen  departments 
of  instruction,  as  follows :  English  language  and  literature, 
modern  languages  and  literature,  ancient  languages  and  litera- 
ture, history,  political  economy  and  civics,  mathematics,  natural 
sciences,  mental  .and  moral  science,  English  Bible,  music,  art, 
elocution,  physical  culture,  business  department.  Two  courses 
of  study  are  given  leading  to  the  degrees  of  B.  A.  and  B.  S. 
Expenses  for  boarding  pupils  per  half  year  are  $100. 

PRESBYTERIAN  COLLEGE  FOR  WOHEN,  Columbia, 
Robert  P.  Pell,  A.  B.,  President,  is  chartered  by  the  South  Caro- 
lina Legislature  with  the  right  and  authority  to  confer  the  usual 
degrees  upon  its  graduates.  The  main  building  is  heated  by  hot 
water  and  lighted  with  gas.  Every  floor  is  supplied  with  hot  and 
cold  water,  bath-rooms,  and  first  class  sanitary  arrangements.  The 
home  life  is  under  the  supervision  of  the  lady  principal  and  the  lady 
teachers,  and  a  resident  physician  cares  for  the  health  of  the  pupils. 
The  course  of  instruction  offered  is  embraced  in  the  preparatory, 
academic,  collegiate,  pre-medical,  music,  art,  elocution  and  physi- 
cal culture,  and  commercial  departments.  There  are  two  terms  in 
the  year.  Board  and  tuition  in  collegiate  course  per  term,  $100. 
The  same  for  ministers'  daughters,  $75. 

GREENVILLE  FEMALE  COLLEGE,  Greenville,  M.  M. 
Riley,  D.  D.,  President,  was  founded  in  1854.  It  is  the  property 
of  the  Baptist  State  Convention  of  South  Carolina.  The  college 
consists  of  thirteen  distinct  schools,  each  in  charge  of  a  competent 
teacher  with  necessary  assistants.  These  schools  are :  English 
and  English  Literature,  Ancient  Languages,  Modern  Languages, 
Mathematics,  Physical  Sciences,  History,  Political  Sciences,  Mental 
and  Moral  Sciences,  Bible  Study,  Music,  Art,  Expression  and  Phy- 
sical Culture,  and  Business.  The  degrees  conferred  are  Bachelor  of 

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English,  Bachelor  of  Arts,  and  Master  of  Arts.    The  tuition  varies 
in  the  different  schools.     Board  is  moderate. 

NEWBERRY  COLLEGE,  Newberry,  George  B.  Cromer,  A.  M., 
President,  is  designed  to  give  deserving  students  of  moderate  means 
the  best  opportunity  for  thorough  education  and  true  culture.  The 
following  degrees  are  conferred  by  the  board  of  trustees :  The 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  upon  all  students  who  have  passed  a 
satisfactory  examination  upon  the  prescribed  classical  course ;  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science  upon  all  students  who  have  passed 
a  satisfactory  examination  upon  the  course  prescribed  for  that 
degree ;  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Philosophy  upon  all  students 
who  have  passed  a  satisfactory  examination  upon  the  course  pre- 
scribed for  that  degree ;  and  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  upon 
any  Bachelor  of  Arts,  or  of  Science,  or  of  Philosophy,  who  passes 
a  satisfactory  examination  upon  the  course  prescribed  for  that 
degree.  There  are  a  number  of  available  prizes  and  scholarships. 

CONVERSE  COLLEGE,  Spartanburg,  Benjamin  F.  Wilson, 
President.  This  is  a  non-denominational  but  distinctly  Christian 
college.  It  is  one  of  the  best  women's  colleges  in  the  South.  Its 
faculty  numbers  nearly  forty,  and  its  four  hundred  and  thirty  stu- 
dents are  drawn  from  fifteen  States.  The  institution  is  located  in 
one  of  the  most  convenient  railroad  centers  of  South  Carolina ;  its 
nine  buildings  occupy  the  summit  of  a  high  hill  one  thousand  feet 
above  sea  level,  and  is  surrounded  by  an  oak  grove  extending  over 
fifty  acres.  The  buildings  have  every  modern  convenience.  There 
are  satisfactory  and  well  appointed  laboratories,  and  a  library  of 
four  thousand  volumes.  The  college  has  six  general  departments  : 
Collegiate  (granting  usual  degrees),  post-graduate,  music,  art,  ex- 
pression and  physical  culture,  commercial.  Expenses  of  boarding 
students  per  half  year,  $117.50;  of  day  pupils,  $27.50. 

WOFFORD  COLLEGE,  Spartanburg,  J.  H.  Carlisle,  LL.  D., 
President,  was  chartered  by  the  Legislature  of  South  Carolina  in 
1851,  and  was  opened  in  1854.  More  than  four  hundred  gradu- 
ates have  been  sent  out  during  its  history.  The  college  is  under 
the  patronage  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  South,  and  has  its  name  from 
the  Rev.  Benjamin  Wofford,  a  local  preacher  of  that  church,  who 
left  in  his  will  a  legacy  of  $100,000  for  its  foundation.  Two 
courses  of  study  are  offered,  each  leading  to  the  degree  of  A.  B. 
The  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  will  be  conferred  on  any  Bachelor 
of  Arts  who  shall  pass  a  satisfactory  examination  on  courses  of 
study  prescribed  by  any  two  professors  the  student  may  choose. 
Board,  tuition,  matriculation,  wrashing,  lights,  fuel,  books,  and  sta- 
tionery, the  necessary  college  expenses  for  the  year,' can  be  met 
with  $150. 

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Walhalla.  WHERE    TO   EDUCATE.  S.  C. 

THE  WOFFORD  COLLEGE  FITTING  SCHOOL  is  an  associated  insti- 
tution occupying  Alumni  Hall,  a  four-story  brick  building,  and 
preparing  for  the  freshman  class  of  the  college.  Expenses  per 
annum  a  little  below  $150. 

MISS  flcCOLLOUGH'S  SCHOOL,  Walhalla,  supplies  thor- 
ough training  from  the  beginning  of  school  life.  The  course  is 
designed  so  to  develop  the  mind  that  the  pupil  may  profit  by  a 
college  course,  or  may  enter  life  with  educated  thinking  powers. 
Latin  is  begun  at  an  early  period  in  the  school  course,  that  the 
drill  work  may  be  accomplished  before  the  development  of  imagi- 
nation and  reason  renders  such  work  burdensome.  This  also 
leaves  more  time  for  work  along  lines  of  general  culture  when  the 
pupil  is  of  an  age  to  need  and  enjoy  it.  The  training  in  music 
and  drawing  is  thorough.  Ensemble  playing,  for  violin  and  piano, 
is  used  as  a  means  of  exciting  enthusiasm  and  training  the  sense 
of  rhythm.  Walhalla  was  selected  as  the  site  of  this  school  because 
of  its  peculiarly  healthful  position,  and  because  its  retired  situation 
makes  it  a  desirable  place  for  the  training  of  young  minds  and 
bodies.  The  number  of  pupils  is  limited  to  ten.  Expenses, 
including  board,  tuition,  and  incidental  expenses,  are  about  $200. 

SOUTH  DAKOTA. 

SOUTH  DAKOTA  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE,  Brookings, 
John  William  Heston,  Ph.  D.,  President.  Provision  was  made  for 
this  college  in  1881  by  an  act  of  the  territorial  Legislature.  The 
Legislature  of  1883  provided  for  the  erection  of  the  first  building  ; 
this  was  put  up  the  following  year.  The  institution  took  its  pres- 
ent name  when  the  Territory  was  divided  into  the  two  States  of 
North  and  South  Dakota  in  1889.  Centrally  located  in  a  city  free 
from  saloons,  the  college  has  about  half  a  dozen  fine  buildings,  and 
a  carefully  laid  out  campus  of  thirty  acres.  Adjoining  on  the  rear 
is  a  fifty-acre  plot  devoted  to  the  Horticultural  Gardens  and  the 
United  States  forest  experiments.  The  work  of  the  institution  is 
carried  on  under  more  than  twenty  thoroughly  organized  depart- 
ments, as  follows :  Agriculture,  architectural  and  agricultural 
engineering,  botany,  chemistry,  commercial,  dairying,  domestic 
science,  English,  economics  and  philosophy,  experiment  station, 
geology  and  agronomy,  history,  horticulture,  languages,  mathe- 
matics, mechanical  engineering,  military,  music  and  physical  cul- 
ture, pharmacy,  physics,  preparatory,  steam  engineering,  and 
zoology.  Under  provision  of  the  Hatch  Act  the  Agricultural 
Experiment  Station  for  South  Dakota  is  established  in  connection 
with  the  Agricultural  College.  The  institution  is  co-educational ; 
all  the  male  students  are  required  to  take  military  drill,  and  physi- 

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cal  culture  is  compulsory  for  young  women.  The  college  year  is 
divided  into  quarters  of  ten  weeks  each.  Work  is  carried  on  six 
days  each  week.  The  only  baccalaureate  degree  is  that  of  Bach- 
elor of  Science,  four-fifths  of  the  work  for  which  is  required.  The 
balance  determines  the  subject  of  specialization  and  is  elective. 
Efforts  are  made  to  reach  the  residents  of  the  State  in  courses  for 
home  study.  Several  short  special  courses,  such  as  pharmacy, 
commercial,  dairying,  agriculture,  and  horticulture  are  offered. 
Expenses,  including  board,  average  $200. 

HURON  COLLEGE,  Huron,  Calvin  H.  French,  M.  A.,  Presi- 
dent. This  college,  established  in  1898  by  the  Presbyterian  Synod 
of  South  Dakota,  is  the  result  of  the  consolidation  of  two  institu- 
tions of  that  church,  Pierre  University  (established  in  1883) 
and  Scotland  Academy  (established  in  1886).  The  city  of  Huron, 
located  almost  exactly  at  the  centre  of  the  agricultural  region  of 
South  Dakota,  is  easy  of  access  from  all  parts  of  the  State.  The 
people  of  Huron  have  generously  presented  the  Synod  with  a  sub- 
stantial building,  and  will  provide  land  for  a  campus.  Academic, 
normal,  collegiate,  musical,  and  commercial  departments  are  estab- 
lished, and  the  usual  Bachelor's  and  Master's  degrees  given  by 
colleges  are  conferred  on  candidates  upon  completion  of  the  higher 
courses.  Tuition  is  $10  per  term.  Dormitories,  with  resident 
professors  in  charge,  are  provided  for  both  young  men  and  young 
women. 

SOUTH  DAKOTA  SCHOOL  OF  MINES,  Rapid  City,  R.  L. 
Slagle,  Ph.  D.,  Secretary,  is  controlled  by  the  State,  and  is  at 
present  almost  wholly  maintained  by  appropriations  of  the  Legis- 
lature, though  it  will  eventually  have  the  income  from  the  proceeds 
of  forty  thousand  acres  of  land,  a  grant  of  the  federal  govern- 
ment. It  is  governed  by  a  board  of  five  regents  of  education, 
appointed  by  the  governor.  The  object  of  the  institution  is  to 
furnish  facilities  for  the  education  of  such  persons  as  may  desire 
to  receive  special  instruction  in  chemistry,  metallurgy,  mineralogy, 
geology,  mining,  milling,  engineering,  mathematics,  mechanics, 
drawing,  the  fundamental  laws  of  the  United  States,  and  the  rights 
and  duties  of  citizens.  Besides  a  three  years'  college  preparatory 
course,  there  are  courses  of  four  years  each  in  mining  engineer- 
ing and  general  science.  The  tuition  fee  is  $8  per  year  to  all 
students. 

SCOTLAND  ACADEMIC  INSTITUTE  is  beautifully  located 
in  Scotland,  a  town  of  twelve  hundred  people.  It  is  the  suc- 
cessor of  Scotland  Academy,  which  was  founded  and  operated 
by  Southern  Dakota  Presbytery  for  twelve  years.  The  Academic 
Institute  is  a  first-class  academy  of  rank,  and  is  operated  under 

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S.  D.  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  Vermillion. 

local  auspices  as  a  Christian  but  undenominational  school.  It  is 
managed  by  a  local  board  of  directors,  has  a  literary  and  musical 
department,  and  fits  students  for  the  freshman  year  in  any  first-class 
college.  It  starts  out  with  an  enrolment  exceeding  that  of  its 
predecessor,  and  has  the  following  instructors :  Rev.  M.  M. 
Whiteford,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  Principal ;  Prof.  C.  P.  Metzler,  A.  B., 
Assistant  Principal ;  Miss  Hattie  E.  Van  Arsdale,  Preceptress  and 
teacher  of  normal  and  business  course,  and  Miss  May  Reid,  B.  L., 
in  charge  of  the  musical  department.  The  tuition  is  $10  a  term, 
in  advance.  Room  and  board  may  be  obtained  in  the  dormitory, 
where  teachers  and  students  live  much  as  a  family  at  a  cost  of 
about  $2  a  week. 

ALL  SAINTS  SCHOOL,  Sioux  Falls,  Miss  Helen  S.  Peabody, 
Principal.  Since  its  foundation  in  1885,  under  the  jurisdiction 
of  Bishop  Hare,  the  school  has  taken  exceptionally  high  rank  in 
scholarship;  the  curriculum  prepares  for  college  and  provides 
post-graduate  and  teachers'  courses,  but  the  chief  aim  of  the 
school  is  symmetrical  development  in  character  and  physique. 
Care  for  health  in  all  details,  particularly  by  heating  and  ventila- 
tion, is  attested  by  the  record  of  the  school.  The  climate  is 
bracing  and  healthful.  All  work  is  conducted  in  one  building 
substantially  constructed  of  Sioux  Falls  jasper,  —  one  of  the 
handsomest  buildings  in  the  Northwest.  Expenses  for  the  year, 
including  board  and  tuition,  are  $200. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  SOUTH  DAKOTA,  Vermillion,  James  E. 
Todd,  M.  A.,  Acting  President.  This  institution  was  established 
on  a  modest  scale  in  1882,  and  its  scope  widened  and  name 
changed  to  that  of  University  of  South  Dakota  in  1891.  It  is 
located  at  Vermillion,  on  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee,  and  St.  Paul 
Railway,  thirty-six  miles  from  Sioux  City,  la.,  and  twenty-six  miles 
from  Yankton.  The  land  is  elevated  and  the  scenery  beautiful. 
There  are  several  commodious  buildings  and  a  campus  of  twenty 
acres.  The  laboratory  equipment  and  appointments  leave  little  to 
be  desired,  and  the  library  is  well  selected.  The  University  em- 
braces :  The  College  of  Science,  Literature,  and  Arts ;  the  College 
of  Music ;  the  College  of  Business  ;  the  Department  of  Art ;  the 
Sub -Freshman  Department.  Military  science  and  tactics  are 
under  the  charge  of  an  officer  of  the  United  States  army,  detailed 
by  the  War  Department,  and  the  opportunities  for  athletics  and 
physical  training  are  extensive  and  judicious.  The  College  of 
Science,  Literature,  and  Arts  offers  three  courses,  leading  re- 
spectively to  the  degrees  of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  Bachelor  of  Science, 
and  Bachelor  of  Letters.  The  corresponding  Master's  degrees 
are  also  given  for  an  additional  year  of  resident  work.  Tuition  in 
college  and  academic  courses  is  $2  per  term. 

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Wessington  Springs,         WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  S.  D. 

WESSINQTON  SPRINGS  SEniNARY,  Wessington  Springs, 
Prof.  J.  G.  Baird,  Principal,  has  been  in  successful  operation  for 
eleven  years.  The  town  in  which  it  is  located  is  situated  on  the 
east  slope  of  the  Wessington  Hills,  and  in  front  of  the  seminary 
building  is  a  fine  rolling  prairie.  The  distance  of  Wessington 
Springs  from  a  railroad  and  the  town's  freedom  from  saloons 
combine  to  shield  the  inexperienced  student  from  many  tempta- 
tions. The  seminary,  which  is  under  the  auspices  of  the  Free 
Methodist  Church,  offers  a  wide  course  of  study  :  Academic,  inter- 
mediate, normal,  musical,  and  business,  and  has  in  addition  a 
special  course  for  Christian  workers.  There  are  numerous  oppor- 
tunities for  employment  and  self-help.  The  tuition  in  the  academic 
department  is  $8  a  term. 


TENNESSEE. 

ANDERSON VI LLE  INSTITUTE,  Andersonville,  C.  T.  Car- 
penter, A.  B.,  Principal.  It  is  the  aim  of  the  Andersonville  Insti- 
tute to  place  an  education  within  the  reach  of  worthy  young  men 
and  women  of  limited  means,  and  to  give  special  training  to  those 
preparing  themselves  for  teaching.  The  usual  academic  course  is 
offered.  Diplomas  are  given  to  graduates.  Tuition  is  $i  to  $2 
per  month.  Board  ranges  from  $4.50  to  $6.50  per  month. 

WEBB  SCHOOL,  Bell  Buckle,  W.  R.  Webb,  A.M.,  J.  M. 
Webb,  A.  M.,  Principals,  is  located  among  the  blue  grass  hills  of 
Middle  Tennessee  on  the  watershed  between  the  Tennessee  and 
Cumberland  Rivers.  Its  altitude  gives  a  fine  summer  climate.  It 
was  founded  in  the  fall  of  1870  at  Culleoka,  Tenn.,  by  W.  R. 
Webb.  J.  M.  Webb  joined  him  in  1874.  The  purpose  and  scope 
are  the  requirements  for  entrance  into  the  great  universities.  The 
honors  in  literature,  oratory,  as  well  as  in  classics  and  mathe- 
matics, have  been  won  by  Webb  students  in  Princeton,  Vanderbilt, 
Lehigh,  and  other  great  universities.  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States,  of  Tennessee,  Mississippi,  Louisiana,  the  Senators  of  Ten- 
nessee, Mississippi,  a  majority  of  the  bishops  of  the  Methodist 
Church,  South,  have  been  patrons  of  this  institution.  There  has 
not  been  a  vacant  seat  in  this  schoolroom  for  more  than  twenty- 
five  years.  Every  vacancy  spoken  for  in  advance.  Students  are 
declined  every  year. 

KING  COLLEGE,  Bristol,  the  Rev.  J.  Albert  Wallace,  D.  D., 
President,  was  founded  in  1867.  It  is  a  Presbyterian  college 
exclusively  for  men.  The  expenses  are  moderate,  as  the  institution 
is  partially  endowed.  The  faculty  numbers  five.  It  has  gradu- 
ated one  hundred  students. 

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Tenn.  WHERE   TO   EDUCATE.  Columbia. 

BROWNSVILLE  FEMALE  COLLEGE,  Brownsville,  C.  A. 
Folk,  B.  A.,  President,  was  founded  in  1851,  and  incorporated  in 
1852.  The  location  is  in  a  refined  and  cultured  town  of  about 
three  thousand  inhabitants.  The  town  occupies  a  healthful  eleva- 
tion, and  is  supplied  with  the  purest  artesian  water.  The  college 
site  is  attractive  ;  the  campus  is  well  shaded,  and  the  buildings 
consist  of  a 'concert  hall,  a  brick  college  building,  and  a  home 
building  or  boarding  hall  at  a  short  distance  from  the  college 
building.  The  courses  offered  include  primary,  preparatory,  and 
collegiate,  with  especial  advantages  for  the  study  of  elocution  and 
art.  The  expense  of  board,  tuition,  and  music,  including  practice 
in  the  latter  one  hour  a  day  for  five  months,  is  $112.50.  A  special 
reduction  is  made  for  the  daughters  of  clergymen. 

SOUTHWESTERN  PRESBYTERIAN  UNIVERSITY,  Clarks- 
ville,  formally  organized  in  1875,  Stewart  College,  established  in 
1855,  being  merged  into  it.  Owned  and  controlled  by  the  Pres- 
byterian Synods  of  Alabama,  Arkansas,  Memphis,  Mississippi, 
Nashville,  and  Texas.  Literary  department  supplied  at  first  by 
the  equipment  in  buildings  and  faculty  of  Stewart  College,  put 
into  operation  at  once.  Theological  department  established  in 
1885.  Eleven  members  of  the  faculty.  First  chancellor,  Jno.  N. 
Waddel,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  from  1879  to  1888,  succeeded  by  S.  S. 
Hersman,  D.  D.,  for  three  years,  and  James  M.  Rawlings,  D.  D., 
for  one  year.  Present  chancellor,  George  Summey,  D.  D.,  since 
1892.  In  1875  received  $50,000  from  the  city  of  Clarksville,  in 
return  for  which  the  city  owns  ten  scholarships.  The  Palmer 
Chair  of  Theology  endowed  principally  by  the  ladies  of  Doctor 
Palmer's  church,  in  New  Orleans,  the  McComb  Chair  of  History 
by  Mr.  J.  J.  McComb,  of  New  York,  and  the  Chair  of  Biblical 
Languages  and  Literature  partially  by  Doctor  Welch,  of  Little 
Rock.  "Old  College"  erected  in  1850,  Stewart  Hall  in  1877, 
Calvin  Hall  in  1895,  and  Waddel  Hall  in  1898. 

COLUflBIA  ATHEN/EUH,  Columbia,  Robert  D.  Smith, 
A.  M.,  President.  Chartered  in  1858  with  full  college  powers  and 
privileges.  While  this  school  for  girls  dates  only  from  September 
i,  1852,  its  founder,  the  Rev.  Franklin  G.  Smith,  began  teaching 
at  this  place  in  1838,  so  that  a  continuous  record  of  students  is 
shown  for  the  past  sixty  years.  Regular  courses  of  instruction 
are  given  in  primary,  preparatory,  and  collegiate  work.  Special 
advantages  are  offered  in  all  branches  of  music,  art,  elocution, 
shorthand,  and  typewriting.  The  equipment  of  the  school  is 
ample.  In  this  connection  may  be  mentioned  the  library  of  over 
eight  thousand  volumes,  physical  and  chemical  apparatus  which 
cost  $4,000,  an  extensive  museum  of  curios  and  all  departments 

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Fayetteville.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Tenn. 

of  natural  history,  many  valuable  works  of  art.  The  buildings 
are  of  liberal  size,  well  arranged  with  modern  conveniences. 
Ample  grounds —  sixteen  acres —  offer  every  inducement  for  out- 
of-door  exercise,  while  in  the  well  equipped  gymnasium  systematic 
exercise  is  free  to  all  students.  The  tuition  varies  according  to 
the  branches  pursued  and  the  advancement  of  the  student.  The 
expense  for  board,  laundry,  and  full  literary  tuition  in  collegiate 
department  is  $225  for  ten  months,  or  forty  weeks. 

FAYETTEVILLE  COLLEGIATE  INSTITUTE,  Fayetteville, 
James  A.  Tate,  A.  M.,  Principal.  The  course  of  study  is  divided 
into  a  three  years'  primary  department,  an  academic  department 
offering  a  four  years'  scientific  course  and  a  five  years'  Latin 
scientific  course,  and  a  classical  course  covering  five  years.  Art 
and  bookkeeping  are  also  taught. 

TENNESSEE  FEMALE  COLLEGE,  Franklin,  T.  E.  Allen, 
J.  H.  Chiles,  Associate  Principals.  The  location  of  Franklin  is 
in  one  of  the  fine  agricultural  districts  of  middle  Tennessee  and 
the  college  is  situated  in  the  heart  of  the  city,  in  the  midst  of  a 
beautiful  grove.  The  buildings  are  large  and  well  ventilated,  and 
will  accommodate  one  hundred  boarders.  The  college  was  estab- 
lished in  1856,  and  under  the  control  of  such  teachers  as  Bishop 
Hargrove,  Doctor  Vaughn,  Mrs.  Clark,  and  others,  it  has  had  a 
history  of  success.  The  departments  are  a  primary,  a  preparatory, 
and  a  collegiate,  the  latter  being  divided  into  two  courses,  leading 
respectively  to  the  degrees  B.  A.  and  M.  E.  L.  The  conservatory 
of  music  provides  the  best  facilities  for  both  theoretical  and  prac- 
tical knowledge  of  the  several  branches  of  music.  The  regular 
course  for  piano  study  covers  six  years  and  leads  to  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Music.  The  school  is  non-sectarian,  it  is  well  equipped, 
has  a  well  selected  library,  and  a  faculty  numbering  fifteen.  The 
healthfulness  of  the  location  is  unsurpassed  by  any  school  in  the 
State.  During  the  entire  forty-three  years'  history  of  the  institu- 
tion there  has  never  been  the  death  of  a  pupil  in  the  buildings. 
All  of  the  faculty  are  from  the  best  colleges  and  three  have  had 
the  advantage  of  study  in  Europe.  Tuition  and  board  averages 
about  $200  per  year. 

AflERICAN  TEflPERANCE  UNIVERSITY,  Harriman,  J.  F. 
Spence,  S.  T.  D.,  LL.  D.  (Ohio  Wesleyan  University),  Chancellor 
and  Founder.  In  1893  this  University  was  granted  a  liberal 
charter  by  the  State  of  Tennessee  and  made  inter-denominational, 
non-sectional,  and  co-educational,  and  was  dedicated  to  the  cause 
of  Temperance.  The  first  term  opened  in  September,  1893,  and 
the  enrolment  for  the  first  year  reached  250,  representing  fifteen 
States.  The  enrolment  is  now  over  four  hundred  students.  Its 

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Tenn  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Jasper. 

location  in  the  city  of  Harriman  is  appropriate,  as  the  motto  on 
the  city's  seal  reads  :  "  Prohibition,  peace,  and  prosperity."  The 
institution  is  well  endowed  and  owns  property  amounting  in  value 
to  over  one  hundred  thousand  dollars.  Three  substantial  build- 
ings are  completed  and  another  is  in  the  process  of  construction. 
The  curriculum  is  practical  and  comprehensive,  ranking  with  the 
standard  universities.  The  faculty  numbers  thirty  teachers  and 
lecturers  of  experience  and  high  attainments.  Thirteen  distinct 
departments  are  already  provided.  Three  years'  preparatory  and 
four  years'  college  classes.  The  law  department  has  a  special 
faculty  of  trained  and  experienced  teachers ;  also  four  affiliated 
schools  of  academic  grade.  The  conservatory  of  music  and  art 
department  have  able  and  skilled  instructors.  The  normal 
department,  for  the  training  of  teachers,  and  the  commercial 
college,  for  the  training  of  students  for  active  business  life,  are 
ably  managed  by  practical  teachers.  Dr.  Bushrod  W.  James, 
LL.  D.,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  an  eminent  surgeon,  scientist,  and 
author,  has  just  given  a  large  sum  for  the  founding  of  a  school  of 
domestic  science  for  young  women.  The  department  is  to  be 
conducted  on  the  Mt.  Holyoke  principle,  "  Training  the  hand  as 
well  as  the  head."  The  expense  of  board  and  tuition  is  very 
moderate.  The  board  of  control  offers  to  each  State  Woman's 
Christian  Temperance  Union  and  each  State  Grand  Lodge  of 
Good  Templars  one  free  scholarship  in  the  literary  departments. 

HIWASSEE  COLLEGE  (co-educational),  Hiwassee  College 
P.  O.,  was  founded  in  1849.  In  1871  it  passed  under  the  control 
of  the  M.  E.  Church,  South.  In  1897  it  became  non-denomina- 
tional, and  in  April  of  that  year  the  Tennessee  State  Board  of 
Education  established  in  it  a  training  school  for  public  school 
teachers.  The  buildings  are  modest,  the  course  of  study  limited, 
the  rates  of  tuition  are  very  low,  and  the  living  expenses  are  at  a 
minimum.  A.  G.  Gilbreath,  B.  S.,  Ph.  B.,  ex-State  Superintendent 
of  Education,  is  president,  and  Frank  M.  Smith,  ex-State  Superin- 
tendent of  Education,  is  principal  of  the  training  school. 

PRYOR  TRAINING  SCHOOL  for  boys  and  girls,  Jasper,  J.  R. 
Hunter,  Principal,  was  founded  in  1888  by  Jackson  Pryor,  Col. 
A.  L.  Spears,  and  others  of  the  community.  The  buildings  and 
grounds  are  valued  at  thirty  thousand  dollars  and  are  free  from 
debt.  It  is  the  property  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  South.  The  school 
prepares  boys  and  girls  for  the  best  schools  and  colleges  of  the 
United  States,  and  its  pupils  have  taken  high  rank  wherever  they 
have  gone.  It  is  located  on  the  N.  C.  and  St.  L.  R.  R.,  in  the 
beautiful  Sequachee  Valley,  at  the  very  base  of  the  Cumberland 
range  of  mountains,  and  is  unsurpassed  in  beauty  and  healthful- 
ness  of  location. 

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Kimber tin  Heights.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Tenn. 

SCHOOL  OF  THE  EVANGELISTS,  Kimberlin  Heights, 
Ashley  S.  Johnson,  LL.  D.,  President.  The  purpose  of  this  school 
is  to  prepare  young  men  for  the  ministry.  Those  applying  for 
admission  must  be  at  least  seventeen  years  of  age,  and  furnish 
testimonials  of  character.  They  must  be  fully  decided  and  deter- 
mined to  preach,  and  be  prepared  to  live  plainly  and  sparingly,  if 
need  be,  and  must  pledge  themselves  in  writing  to  stay  at  the  school 
through  vacations  until  it  is  considered  that  they  can  spend  them 
profitably  in  preaching.  This  is  demanded  of  the  young  man  who 
wishes  to  be  assisted  in  earning  his  way.  He  must  pay  a  matricu- 
lation fee  of  $10.  The  student  who  can  pay  for  benefits  received 
has  his  vacations  to  himself,  but  must  pay  $66  besides  the  $10  fee, 
and  can  enter  for  one  year  only.  Seriousness  of  purpose  and  a 
spirit  of  self-sacrifice  are  essential  for  the  work. 

CUflBERLAND  UNIVERSITY,  Lebanon,  Nathan  Green, 
LL.  D.,  Chancellor.  Cumberland  College  was  established  at 
Princeton,  Ky.,  in  1827.  It  continued  in  operation  under  the 
patronage  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Cumberland  Presby- 
terian Church  until  1842,  when  the  General  Assembly  transferred 
its  patronage  to  Cumberland  University,  which  was  located  at 
Lebanon,  Tenn.,  and  was  opened  in  1842.  The  departments  of 
the  University  are  organized  into  preparatory,  academic,  law,  engi- 
neering, and  theological  schools.  The  academic  school  is  divided 
into  undergraduate  and  graduate  schools,  the  former  leading  to 
the  degrees  of  A.  B.  and  B.  S.,  the  latter  to  A.  M.  and  Ph.  D.  The 
professional  schools  confer  the  degrees  of  C.  E.,  B.  D.,  and  LL.  B. 
The  University  is  open  to  both  sexes.  The  expenses  per  term  of 
twenty  weeks,  including  tuition  and  board,  are  about  $100. 

McTYEIRE  INSTITUTE,  McKenzie,  Clough  A.  Warterfield, 
B.  A.,  Principal.  The  aim  and  work  of  the  schpol  is  to  train  boys 
and  girls  in  a  few  subjects  universally  recognized  as  fundamental, 
and  to  this  end  a  four  years'  course  is  offered  in  English,  Latin, 
Greek,  and  mathematics.  The  school  prepares  directly  for  Vander- 
bilt  University.  Expenses,  including  board,  tuition,  and  inci- 
dental items,  amount  to  about  $82  for  the  session  of  twenty  weeks. 

HIGBEE  SCHOOL,  Memphis,  Miss  Jenny  M.  Higbee,  Prin- 
cipal. The  course  of  study  is  divided  into  a  seven  years'  prepara- 
tory department,  a  four  years'  regular  course,  and  an  advanced  or 
collegiate  course  of  one  year  or  more.  The  curriculum  is  extended 
into  collegiate  courses  because  most  of  its  graduates  finish  their 
work  there.  The  college  preparatory  department  fits  pupils  for 
any  college.  Pupils  are  admitted  to  Vassar  on  certificate.  Instruc- 
tion is  also  given  in  music,  art,  and  elocution.  For  day  pupils  the 
tuition  in  the  higher  grades  is  $57  per  year.  For  boarding  pupils, 


Tenn.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Nashville. 

the    charge    for    tuition   in    the   higher    departments,    board,   and 
laundry  is  $268  per  year. 

SOULE  COLLEGE,  Murfreesboro,  V.  O.  Wardlaw,  A.  M., 
President.  The  preparatory  and  academic  schools  of  this  institu- 
tion for  women  are  conducted  on  the  principle  that  the  work 
assigned  to  their  scope  must  be  that  of  outlining  the  whole  educa- 
tion afforded  by  the  institution.  The  standard  is  work  accom- 
plished, and  the  course  is  not  divided  into  years  or  classes.  There 
is  no  time  limit,  and  promotion  is  made  when  the  pupil  is  fitted  for 
higher  work.  The  college  proper  offers  the  usual  college  cur- 
riculum of  four  years,  and  confers  the  degrees  of  B.  A.  or  B.  S., 
according  to  the  course  taken.  Music,  art,  and  elocution  are 
included  in  the  curriculum.  Tuition  in  the  collegiate  department 
is  $70  per  year.  Board,  including  furnished  room,  fuel,  lights,  and 
laundry,  is  $130  per  year. 

BELMONT  COLLEGE,  West  End,  Nashville,  the  Rev.  R.  A. 
Young,  D.  D.,  Regent ;  Miss  Hood  and  Miss  Heron,  Principals. 
A  comparatively  limited  number  (one  hundred)  of  students  is 
received,  and  there  is  one  resident  teacher  to  every  ten  girls. 
Thus  the  classes  are  large  enough  to  secure  zestful  enthusiasm 
and  small  enough  to  permit  individual  attention.  Nashville  is  the 
college  and  university  city  of  the  South,  and  offers  many  advan- 
tages that  cannot  be  secured  in  a  smaller  place.  Besides  the  ordi- 
nary courses  there  are  schools  of  music,  art,  and  elocution,  with 
instructors  of  foreign  training  and  culture;  a  school  of  modern 
languages,  with  native  teachers ;  a  school  of  physical  culture,  well 
equipped  with  modern  apparatus  ;  and  a  school  of  natural  sciences, 
with  a  working  laboratory.  Board  is  $200  per  year;  tuition  in  the 
freshman  and  sophomore  classes,  $60 ;  in  the  junior  and  senior 
classes,  $70. 

FISK  UNIVERSITY,  Nashville,  the  Rev.  Erastus  Milo  Cra- 
vath,  D.  D.,  President,  is  probably  the  leading  college  for  the 
education  of  colored  youth  in  the  United  States.  It  was  founded 
under  the  auspices  of  the  American  Missionary  Association  of 
New  York  City,  and  the  Western  Freedman's  Aid  Commission 
of  Cincinnati,  October,  1865,  and  was  incorporated  under  the  laws 
of  Tennessee  in  1867.  The  campus  contains  thirty-five  acres,  and 
the  eight  permanent  buildings  include  Jubilee  Hall,  erected  at 
a  cost  of  over  $100,000.  Campus,  buildings,  and  apparatus 
aggregate  in  value  over  $350,000;  the  endowment  is  not,  how- 
ever, at  all  commensurate  with  the  size  of  the  plant.  Urgent  appeals 
are  made  for  donations.  The  faculty  numbers  over  thirty  and  the 
students  nearly  five  hundred.  Among  the  principal  departments 
are  the  theological,  college,  normal,  college  preparatory,  common 

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Nashville,  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Tenn. 

English,  and  music  departments.  There  are  also  departments  of 
physical  training,  industrial  education,  and  domestic  science.  The 
University  is  co-educational  and,  while  non-sectarian  in  spirit,  is 
aggressively  Christian.  Tuition  and  board,  including  furnished 
room,  heat,  light,  and  washing,  per  calendar  month,  is  $12,  payable 
in  advance,  besides  an  hour's  work  a  day. 

flONTGOriERY  BELL  ACADEMY,  Nashville,  S.  M.  D.  Clark, 
A.  M.,  Principal.  This  academy  had  its  origin  in  the  bequest  of 
Montgomery  Bell,  a  pioneer  of  Southern  iron  interests.  Its  first  ses- 
sion began  September,  1867.  It  has  a  varied  and  extended  course. 
It  prepares  for  college  and  for  business  pursuits  ;  but  very  many  of 
its  graduates  go  directly  to  the  specialty  they  have  chosen  for 
their  life  work.  Instruction  in  elocution  is  a  marked  feature  of 
the  school.  Few  academies  are  so  well  equipped.  Its  mineral 
specimens,  appliances  for  teaching  physiology  and  physics,  and 
its  chemical  laboratory  are  marked  features  of  the  institution. 
While  it  offers  all  these  advantages,  its  rates  of  tuition  are  less  than 
those  of  other  schools  of  a  similar  grade. 

NASHVILLE  COLLEGE  FOR  YOUNG  LADIES,  Nashville, 
was  founded  under  the  patronage  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  in  1880,  by  the  Rev.  Geo.  W.  F.  Price,  D.  D.,  who 
for  eighteen  years  has  been  and  still  is  the  President  of  the  insti- 
tution. Without  grounds  or  buildings  at  first,  the  college  now 
owns  a  superb  central  location  in  the  city  of  Nashville,  has  three 
commodious  buildings,  and  is  supplied  with  all  the  most  modern 
requisites  for  the  thorough  education  of  young  ladies  in  the  higher 
branches  of  literature,  languages,  sciences,  mathematics,  art,  physi- 
cal culture,  and  practical  education.  Nearly  five  thousand  pupils 
have  attended  its  classes  during  its  history,  and  its  two  hundred 
and  twenty-five  alumnae  are  recognized  everywhere  as  amongst  the 
most  accomplished  members  of  Southern  society. 

NEW  flARKET  ACADEflY,  New  Market,  F.  A.  Penland, 
A.  B.,  Principal.  New  Market  Academy  was  opened  in  1885, 
and  is  a  chartered  institution  under  the  care  of  the  Union  Presby- 
terian. While  it  is  under  the  direct  control  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  it  is  liberal  in  spirit  and  welcomes  students  of  all  denomi- 
nations. Its  object  is  to  give  a  thorough  preparation  for  college, 
and  to  give  a  liberal  English  education  to  those  not  intending  to 
enter  college.  The  course  of  study  embraces  ten  years,  and  is 
divided  into  primary,  intermediate,  and  academic  departments. 
The  academic  department  is  three  years  in  length,  and  includes 
classical,  Latin-scientific,  and  English  courses.  Tuition  varies  from 
$i  to  $2.25  per  month. 

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Tenn.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.       Washington  College  P.  O. 

SYNODICAL  COLLEGE,  Rogersville,  is  one  of  the  oldest  and 
best  known  schools  of  the  South.  It  was  established  in  1849, 
and  has  had  a  remarkable  record.  Even  during  the  war,  when 
both  armies  were  occupying  East  Tennessee,  this  institution  was 
full  of  students.  The  property  is  owned  and  controlled  by  the 
Presbyterian  Synod,  Southern  Assembly.  They  have  a  beautiful 
college  home  embracing  fifty  acres  of  land.  Rogersville  has  for 
one  hundred  and  twenty  years  been  noted  for  the  sturdy  character 
of  its  Scotch-Irish  citizens,  and  for  the  good  morals  and  culture  of 
its  people.  The  institution  enjoys  a  most  remarkable  record  for 
health  known  in  the  history  of  colleges.  It  has  never  had  a  case 
of  fever  within  its  walls,  and  has  only  had  two  deaths  in  forty-nine 
years,  both  of  these  occurring  during  the  war,  and  are  traceable  to 
no  local  cause.  The  institution  maintains  a  strong  faculty  of 
specialists,  and  has  long  been  known  for  its  high  standards  and 
the  beautiful  college  life  of  its  students.  It  is  not  a  fashionable 
school,  but  one  in  which  much  attention  is  given  to  personal  and 
social  culture.  It  is  run  on  a  different  plan  from  other  institutions. 
It  does  not  employ  drummers,  issues  an  inexpensive  catalogue,  and 
advertises  but  little.  It  can,  therefore,  give  many  advantages  at 
low  rates  and  has  a  good  attendance  year  after  year. 

SMYRNA  FITTING  SCHOOL,  W.  H.  Bates,  Principal,  Smyrna, 
is  a  member  of  the  "Association  of  Colleges  and  Preparatory 
Schools  of  the  Southern  States."  Prepares  for  regular  courses  in 
-the  best  colleges.  Situation  and  equipment  are  ideal.  The  best 
of  homes  are  open  to  boarding  pupils.  Board  and  tuition,  $164 
per  year. 

WASHINGTON  COLLEGE,  Washington  College  P.  O.,  the 
Rev.  James  T.  Cooter,  A.  M.,  President.  This  institution  was 
founded  by  Scotch-Irish  Presbyterians  in  1780.  It  was  chartered 
as  an  academy  in  1783,  and  as  Washington  College  in  1795.  It 
enjoys  the  distinction  of  being  the  first  seat  of  classical  learning 
west  of  the  Alleghanies.  Classical,  scientific,  and  English  courses 
are  offered,  each  covering  four  years.  The  first  leads  to  the 
degree  of  A.  B.,  the  second  to  L.  B.,  and  the  third  to  S.  B.  The 
English  course  is  planned  especially  for  those  desiring  a  liberal 
English  education  instead  of  the  classics  or  higher  mathematics 
which  are  emphasized  in  the  other  two  courses.  Both  sexes  are 
admitted.  Tuition  is  $27  per  year.  Board  and  room  can  be  had 
for  $5  per  month. 


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Austin.  WHERE   TO   EDUCATE.  Texas. 

TEXAS. 

STUART  SEfllNARY,  Austin,  the  Rev.  John  M.  Purcell,  A.  M. 
President.  This  boarding  school  for  young  ladies  was  established  in 
1853  at  Gay  Hill,  Texas,  under  the  name  of  Live  Oak  Seminary. 
In  1876  the  school  was  moved  to  Austin.  Instruction  is  offered 
in  English  literature,  the  classics,  the  sciences,  music,  and  art.  The 
work  is  divided  into  an  academic  or  preparatory  department  and 
a  collegiate  department.  The  collegiate  studies  are  divided  into  a 
classical  and  a  scientific  course,  each  occupying  four  years,  at  the 
conclusion  of  which  the  degrees  of  A.  B.  and  B.  S.  are  conferred. 
For  boarding  pupils  the  cost  of  tuition  and  board,  including  fuel 
and  lights,  is  $180  per  year  of  nine  months ;  for  day  pupils,  tuition 
is  $5  per  year. 

THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  TEXAS,  Austin,  was  established  by  a 
vote  of  the  Legislature  in  1881,  and  opened  its  doors  for  the  ad- 
mission of  students  in  the  fall  of  1883.  The  faculty  numbered  six 
professors  and  one  executive  officer.  The  enrolment  of  students 
for  the  first  year  was  218;  the  enrolment  of  students  for  the 
session  of  1897-98  was  eight  hundred  students.  There  are 
seventy-one  officers  and  teachers  connected  with  the  institution. 
The  University  of  Texas  has  an  endowment  of  about  one  million 
dollars  in  bonds,  besides  some  2,500,000  acres  of  land.  This 
land  is  leased  to  Western  stockmen  and  produces  a  handsome 
annual  revenue.  There  are  no  tuition  fees  in  the  University,  and 
the  cost  of  a  liberal  education  is  reduced  to  a  minimum  by  co- 
operative boarding  clubs.  George  Tayloe  Winston,  LL.  D.,  was 
the  first  president.  He  has  just  closed  his  second  year  of  service. 

HENRY  COLLEGE,  Campbell,  Hunt  County,  T.  H.  Bridges, 
President,  is  ten  miles  east  from  Greenville,  on  the  S.  S.  and  S.  R.  R. ; 
is  a  chartered  literary  college,  founded  in  1892  ;  confers  the 
degrees  of  A.  M.,  A.  B.,  B.  Ph.,  and  B.  Lit.  Two  years  prepara- 
tory work,  four  years'  collegiate  course,  allowing  graduates  to  enter 
senior  class  in  Yale,  Harvard,  Chicago,  or  any  of  the  great  uni- 
versities. Eighteen  teachers  employed,  average  enrolment  three 
hundred  students  per  annum. 

CLEBURNE  ACADEMY,  Cleburne,  K.  A.  Berry,  A.  B., 
Principal.  The  four  years'  course  of  the  academy  is  restricted  to 
high  school  work.  It  seeks  to  intervene  between  the  common 
schools  and  the  universities,  and  to  afford  opportunity  for  a  higher 
order  of  work  than  the  public  schools,  for  those  unable  to  go  to 
college.  English,  mathematics,  history,  science,  Latin,  music,  and 
art  are  the  chief  subjects  taught.  Tuition  is  $50  per  year,  and 
board  $120. 

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Texas.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE. 

AGRICULTURAL  AND  flECHANICAL  COLLEGE  OF 
TEXAS,  College  Station,  Brazos  County,  L.  L.  Foster,  President. 
This  is  one  of  the  "  Land  Grant  Colleges,"  owing  its  origin  to  the 
act  of  Congress  of  1862,  as  amended  in  1865.  The  Texas  Legis- 
lature by  joint  resolution,  approved  November,  i,  1871,  formally 
accepted  the  provision  of  the  act,  and  the  State  came  into  posses- 
sion from  the  general  government  of  180,000  acres,  the  proceeds 
of  which  form  the  permanent  endowment  fund  of  the  institution. 
Successive  appropriations  by  the  State  Legislature,  aggregating 
$187,000,  provided  for  equipments  sufficient  to  start  the  college, 
and  the  county  of  Brazos  secured  its  location  within  her  limits  by 
donating  a  tract  of  2,416  acres  —  the  present  college  farm.  In 
1876  the  institution  was  made  a  branch  of  the  University  of  Texas, 
and  in  the  same  year  it  was  formally  opened  to  students.  Besides 
farm  buildings,  work  shops,  creamery,  infirmary,  and  natatorium, 
there  are  several  dormitories,  an  Assembly  Hall,  and  the  handsome 
four  story  Main  Building.  Instruction  is  given  in  military  science 
and  discipline,  the  students  being  organized  into  a  battalion  of 
four  companies  and  a  staff.  There  are  four  regular  courses  lead- 
ing to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science :  Agricultural  course : 
horticultural  course ;  mechanical  engineering  course ;  civil  en- 
gineering course.  The  total  expenses,  including  board,  for  the 
year  amount  to  $140. 

RIO  GRANDE  CONGREGATIONAL  SCHOOL,  El  Paso, 
the  Rev.  A.  C.  Wright,  Director.  This  school  is  designed  to 
educate  young  Mexicans,  preparing  them  for  the  ministry.  It  was 
organized  in  1890,  and  is  located  so  as  to  draw  pupils  both  from 
old  Mexico  and  from  the  Mexican  population  of  the  United  States. 
The  classes  are  conducted  in  the  Spanish  language,  and  English 
is  taught  only  enough  to  facilitate  the  use  of  text-books  in  that 
language.  It  is  under  the  auspices  of  the  American  Board  of 
Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions. 

LEWIS  ACADEnY,  Forney,  E.  C.  Lewis,  B.  S.,  Principal. 
The  course  of 'study  is  divided  into  preparatory  and  academic  or 
high  school  departments.  The  preparatory  course  covers  the 
usual  primary  and  grammar  school  grades,  and  the  academic 
course  is  the  ordinary  four  years'  high  school  course.  The  high 
school  work  divides  itself  into  classical,  modern  language,  scien- 
tific, and  business  courses,  which  overlap  to  suit  the  individual 
pupil.  Ancient  and  modern  languages,  mathematics,  sciences, 
music,  and  drawing  are  taught.  Tuition  is  $45  per  year,  and 
board  for  resident  pupils  is  $135  per  year. 

URSULINE  ACADEMY,  Galveston.  This  preparatory  school 
for  young  ladies,  while  a  Catholic  institution,  is  opened  to  pupils 
of  every  religious  denomination.  The  course  of  study  begins  in 

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Georgetown.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Texas. 

the  junior  department  with  a  kindergarten,  and  concludes  in  the 
senior,  with  the  highest  branches  of  a  collegiate  course.  The 
classes  are  divided  into  departments,  and  each  department  is  sub- 
divided into  first  and  second  sections.  Pupils  are  promoted 
according  to  progress  and  ability.  Music,  drawing,  and  painting 
are  taught.  The  terms  for  board,  washing,  and  tuition  are  $200 
per  year.  Lessons  in  music,  stenography,  telegraphy,  oil  and 
portrait  painting,  etc.,  are  charged  for  extra. 

SOUTHWESTERN  UNIVERSITY,  Georgetown,  the  Rev. 
John  R.  Allen,  A.  B.,  D.  D.,  Chairman  of  Faculty.  This  institu- 
tion is  under  the  auspices  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  The  course  of  instruction  is  divided  into  schools,  and  the 
courses  of  study  leading  to  degrees  compare  favorably  with  like 
conditions  for  graduation  from  the  more  reputable  institutions. 
For  graduation  in  a  school,  proficiency  in  the  entire  course  of  that 
school  is  required.  The  degrees  of  B.  S.,  Ph.  B.,  and  A.  B.  are  con- 
ferred on  completion  of  the  four  years'  work  in  the  respective  de- 
partments. The  degree  of  A.  M.,  is  conferred  on  completion  of 
the  fifth  year  of  collegiate  work.  The  Ladies'  Annex  was  designed 
to  utilize  the  faculty  of  the  University  to  the  benefit  of  young 
women  as  well  as  young  men,  but  in  distinct  departments  and 
classes.  The  same  degrees  are  conferred.  The  cost  of  tuition 
for  the  collegiate  course  in  both  departments  is  $60  per  year. 

BISHOP  COLLEGE,  Marshall,  Albert  Loughridge,  President, 
was  founded  in  1881  by  the  American  Baptist  Home  Mission 
Society  and  supported  by  the  same  for  education  of  colored 
people.  Campus  twenty-two  acres,  seven  buildings  used  by 
school,  the  whole  property  valued  at  about  $100,000.  Academy, 
college,  normal,  and  theological  departments  were  organized. 
Manual  training  well  developed. 

FORD  COLLEGE,  Newton,  J.  E.  Sharpe,  President,  is  a  pre- 
paratory and  finishing  school  for  both  sexes,  and  is  a  chartered 
institution,  incorporated  with  all  the  rights  and  privileges  of  a 
college.  The  buildings  are  large  and  commodious,  and  are  the 
best  equipped  for  good  school  work  in  all  East  Texas.  The  laws 
which  control  the  development  of  a  human  soul  are  as  inexorable 
as  the  law  of  gravity,  therefore  our  aim  is  the  development  of 
strong,  healthy,  symmetrical  manhood.  The  expenses  for  the 
entire  session  of  nine  months  need  not  exceed  $100. 

ST.  LOUIS  COLLEGE,  San  Antonio,  John  Wolf,  President. 
This  boarding  school  for  boys  and  young  men  is  conducted  by 
the  Brothers  of  Mary.  The  curriculum  comprises  a  complete 
course  of  collegiate  studies,  a  thorough  commercial,  the  languages, 

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Texas.  WHERE    Tp    EDUCATE,  San  Antonio. 

and  music  and  art  in  all  their  departments.  The  institution  is 
incorporated,  with  power  to  confer  all  the  degrees  usually  con- 
ferred by  colleges.  Its  religion  is  Roman  Catholic.  Students  of 
a  different  belief  are  admitted,  but  they  are  required,  for  the  sake 
of  order  and  conformity,  to  assist  at  the  exercises  of  religious 
worship,  but  need  not  attend  religious  instruction  or  change  their 
belief  in  any  way. 

SAN  ANTONIO  ACADEflY,  1927-1935  North  Flores  Street, 
San  Antonio,  W.  B.  Seeley,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.  (Princeton),  Principal. 
Twelve  years  ago  the  San  Antonio  Academy  was  founded  with 
the  promise  that,  in  addition  to  its  primary  and  intermediate  de- 
partments, and  its  business  course,  it  would  afford  a  thorough 
preparation  for  the  best  colleges  and  schools  of  science.  Since 
then  it  has  sent  out  eighty  graduates  with  university  preparation 
who  have  been  entered,  in  most  cases  without  examination,  at  the 
leading  colleges  of  the  country.  It  is  not  a  finishing  school,  but 
offers  to  both  sexes  alike  preparation  for  the  best  colleges.  There 
are  four  buildings,  the  Home,  the  Cottage,  the  Schoolhouse  and 
the  Gymnasium.  Boys  only  are  taken  as  resident  pupils,  and  the 
expenses  are  $400  per  year.  The  tuition  for  day  pupils  varies 
with  the  course  taken.  As  the  academy  is  an  affiliated  school  of 
the  University  of  Texas,  that  graduate  of  the  academy  who  has 
the  highest  standing  in  his  class  receives  from  the  board  of 
regents  of  the  University  a  scholarship  in  the  department  of 
literature,  science,  and  arts,  carrying  with  it  exemption  from  all 
matriculation  or  tuition  fees. 

SAN  ANTONIO  FEMALE  COLLEGE,  San  Antonio,  the  Rev. 
J.  E.  Harrison,  President.  This  college  for  the  higher  education 
of  girls  and  young  women  is  the  property  of  the  West  Texas 
Annual  Conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South. 
The  college  confers  three  degrees,  M.  E.  L.,  B.  A.,  and  M.  A.  The 
degree  of  M.  E.  L.  is  conferred  on  the  completion  of  five  years' 
work,  consisting  of  two  years  of  preparatory  work  and  three  years 
of  college  work.  The  B.  A.  degree  is  received  at  the  end  of  the 
fourth  year  of  college  work,  and  the  M.  A.  degree  on  the  comple- 
tion of  a  fifth  year  of  college  work.  Courses  are  offered  in  music, 
elocution,  and  art.  Tuition  for  the  senior  year  is  $74  per  year, 
and  board  $150. 

WEST  TEXAS  MILITARY  ACADEMY,  San  Antonio,  the 
Rev.  A.  L.  Burleson,  M.  A.,  Rector.  Founded  by  Right  Rev.  J.  S. 
Johnston,  D.  D.,  in  1893.  The  only  boys'  school  of  the  Episco- 
pal Church  in  the  Southwest ;  modern  conveniences.  Present 
attendance  is  122.  Rates  are  $250  a  year. 

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Springtown.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Texas. 

SPRINGTOWN  MALE  AND  FEMALE  INSTITUTE,  Spring- 
town,  Parker  County,  the  Rev.  L.  W.  Coleman,  A.  M.,  President, 
is  a  chartered  institution  for  the  higher  education  of  young  women 
and  young  men.  Established  in  1883,  it  has  turned  out  more 
successful  graduates  than  any  other  school  in  this  section  of  the 
State.  It  offers  complete  courses  of  study  in  elementary,  collegi- 
ate, and  business  departments.  Music,  vocal  and  instrumental ; 
art  and  elocution.  The  location  is  healthful;  the  expenses 
moderate. 

ADD-RAN  UNIVERSITY,  Waco,  A.  Clark,  LL.  D.,  President. 
The  University  was  founded  in  1873  by  private  enterprise.  In 
1890  the  proprietors  of  Add-Ran  gave  all  its  property  to  a  board 
of  trustees  to  hold  in  trust  for  the  Christian  Church  of  Texas. 
In  1895  the  University  was  removed  to  Waco.  The  college  or 
department  of  science,  literature,  and  art  offers  three  collegiate 
courses,  each  comprising  four  years,  and  leading  to  the  degrees  of 
A.  B.,  S.  B.,  and  L.  B.  To  those  unprepared  for  the  collegiate 
courses,  a  preparatory  academic  department  is  open.  The  Bible 
college  offers  excellent  opportunity  for  Biblical  study.  The  schools 
of  business,  music,  art,  and  elocution  are  departments  of  the 
University  devoted  to  these  special  subjects.  The  University 
admits  both  sexes.  Tuition  for  the  collegiate  course,  is  $45. 
Board  and  lodging  can  be  obtained  for  $125. 

YANTIS  INSTITUTE,  Wills  Point.  Courses  in  the  collegiate 
department  lead  to  the  degrees  of  B.  S.,  B.  L.,  and  A.  B.,  accord- 
ing to  the  subjects  chosen.  English  receives  special  attention. 
In  addition  to  the  departments  or  schools  of  English,  mathematics, 
history,  languages,  sciences,  and  philosophy,  are  schools  of  music 
and  elocution,  both  containing  regular  graded  courses.  The  school 
of  music  includes  instruction  on  the  piano,  violin,  and  in  voice. 
The  primary  department  has  a  well  arranged  course  of  study 
and  receives  the  attention  of  the  entire  faculty.  The  school  is 
open  only  to  girls. 

UTAH. 

SANPETE  STAKE  ACADEflY,  Ephraim,  Newton  E.  Noyes, 
Principal,  was  organized  in  1888  under  the  auspices  of  the  Latter- 
day  Saints.  The  curriculum  includes  a  four  years'  high  school 
course,  a  three  years'  normal  course,  and  a  two  years'  commer- 
cial course.  Carpentry  and  blacksmithing  are  taught,  and  there 
is  a  music  department  which  includes  instruction  in  vocal  culture, 
choral  work,  piano,  and  organ. 

AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE  OF  UTAH  (co-educational), 
Logan,  Joseph  M.  Tanner,  President,  was  established  by  the  Land 
Grant  Act  of  1862.  The  course  of  instruction  embraces  the  Eng- 

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lish  language  and  literature,  mathematics,  civil  engineering,  agri- 
cultural chemistry,  animal  and  vegetable  anatomy  and  physiology, 
the  veterinary  art,  entomology,  geology,  and  such  other  natural 
sciences  as  may  be  prescribed,  technology,  political,  rural  and 
household  economy,  horticulture,  moral  philosophy,  history,  book- 
keeping, and  especially  the  application  of  science  and  the  mechan- 
ical arts  to  practical  agriculture  in  the  field.  The  value  of  the 
college  property  now  in  possession  is  about  $238,700.  Under  an 
act  of  Congress,  approved  August  30,  1890,  an  agricultural  experi- 
ment station  was  opened.  The  usual  degrees  are  conferred.  A 
preparatory  department  is  maintained.  Tuition  is  free.  The 
price  of  board  is  moderate. 

BRIQHAfl  YOUNG  COLLEGE  (co-educational),  Logan,  Wil- 
liam Jasper  Kerr,  President.  On  the  twenty-fourth  of  July,  1877, 
about  a  month  prior  to  his  death,  President  Brigham  Young  con- 
veyed to  a  board  of  seven  trustees  9,642  acres  of  land,  located 
south  of  Logan  City,  the  profits  and  issues  of  which  were  to  be 
used  for  the  support  of  an  institution  of  learning  to  be  known  as 
the  Brigham  Young  College.  The  college  was  opened  for  the 
admission  of  students  September  9,  1878.  The  following  courses 
of  study  are  offered :  General  science,  four  years ;  letters,  four 
years  ;  academic,  four  years  ;  normal,  four  years  ;  and  sub-academic 
course,  one  year.  The  courses  in  general  science  and  letters 
correspond  to  the  usual  courses  of  the  leading  American  colleges, 
and  lead  to  the  baccalaureate  degrees  B.  S.  and  B.  L.,  respectively. 
Tuition  is  free  and  board  is  reasonable. 

THE  LATTER-DAY  SAINTS'  COLLEGE,  Salt  Lake  City, 
is  under  the  direction  of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter-day 
Saints.  Willard  Done,  D.  B.,  Ph.  B.,  is  President.  At  present,  two 
courses,  high  school  and  normal,  are  given,  each  extending  four 
years  beyond  the  eighth  grade.  Special  courses  in  theology, 
music,  and  ladies'  work  are  provided.  A  collegiate  course,  lead- 
ing to  the  degree  Bachelor  of  Philosophy  is  prescribed,  but  no 
active  work  in  that  direction  has  been  done  as  yet.  The  institu- 
tion was  founded  November  15,  1886.  The  entrance  fee,  payable 
annually,  is  $10.  Board  is  provided  in  private  families,  under  the 
supervision  of  the  college.  More  extended  courses  will  be  offered 
in  the  near  future. 

ROWLAND  HALL,  Salt  Lake  City,  Miss  C.  I.  Colburne,  A.  B., 
Principal,  is  a  girls'  school,  under  the  direction  of  the  Episcopal 
Church.  The  idea  of  the  -founders  was  to  establish  "  an  Eastern 
educational  institution  in  a  Western  land."  The  teachers  have 
always  been  from  Eastern  colleges,  and  they  encourage  their 
graduates  to  go  East  for  a  higher  education.  It  is  a  school  which 

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is  perhaps  most  appreciated  by  people  of  wealth  and  refinement 
who  have  recently  come  from  the  East.  Special  attention  is  given 
to  the  manners,  habits,  and  conversation  of  pupils,  as  well  as  to 
their  studies.  The  health  of  the  boarding  pupils  receives  especial 
care,  and  in  the  eighteen  years  of  the  school's  history  no  case 
of  severe  illness  has  occurred.  There  are  preparatory,  academic, 
music, -and  kindergarten  departments.  The  school  year  is  divided 
into  two  terms.  The  charges  for  boarding  pupils  are  $150  for  each 
term ;  for  day  pupils,  $8  to  $25. 

SALT  LAKE  COLLEGE  AND  GORDON  ACADEflY,  Salt 
Lake  City,  W.  S.  Hunt,  B.  D.,  President,  is  an  outgrowth  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church  of  Salt  Lake  City,  and  is  the  result 
of  a  continued  effort  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  people  of  Utah.  It 
was  first  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Utah  Territory  as  Salt 
Lake  Academy  in  1878.  The  charter  conferred  upon  the  corpora- 
tion the  right  to  perpetuate  itself,  to  carry  on  academic  and  col- 
legiate instruction,  and  the  privileges  usually  granted  to  such 
institutions.  During  the  first  twelve  years  of  its  existence  as  an 
academy  there  were  no  public  schools  in  Utah,  and  its  walls  were 
crowded  to  the  utmost  to  accommodate  those  who  came.  When 
the  public  school  system  was  adopted,  and  there  seemed  to  be  less 
demand  for  primary  and  intermediate  work,  those  departments 
were  dropped  and  more  attention  given  to  the  higher  classes.  In 
February  of  1895  it  was  voted  by  the  board  of  trustees  to  change 
the  corporate  name  of  Salt  Lake  Academy  to  Salt  Lake  College, 
and  to  open  its  doors  to  college  classes.  Since  that  date  both  the 
preparatory  and  college  departments  have  been  open  to  students. 
The  preparatory  courses  in  Gordon  Academy  are  three  years  in 
length,  and  fit  students  for  the  corresponding  collegiate  courses. 
The  normal  course  is  four  years  in  length.  College  tuition  :  For 
fall  term,  $8  ;  winter  and  spring  term,  each,  $7.  Gordon  Academy 
tuition  :  For  fall,  winter,  and  spring  term,  each,  $5. 

NORflAL  SCHOOL,  of  the  University  of  Utah,  Salt  Lake  City, 
William  M.  Stewart,  M.  Did.,  Principal.  In  1869  the  University 
of  Deseret,  now  the  University  of  Utah,  established  a  normal 
department  for  the  training  of  teachers,  under  the  direct  super- 
vision of  the  President  of  the  University,  Dr.  J.  R.  Park.  Later 
this  department  became  known  as  the  State  Normal  School  of 
Utah.  It  is  still  connected  with  the  University  of  Utah,  and 
offers  a  four-year  normal  course,  also  a  college  normal  course  of 
four  years.  Students  having  completed  a  creditable  high  school 
course  are  admitted  to  the  senior  year  of  the  normal  course.  The 
school  has  connected  with  it  a  department  for  the  training  of 
kindergarten  teachers,  a  manual  training  department,  and  a  mod- 
ern and  well  equipped  practice  school.  The  present  enrolment  is 

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425  normal  students.  Dr.  J.  T.  Kingsbury,  Ph.  D.,  is  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  University,  and  William  M.  Stewart,  M.  Did.,  is 
Principal  of  the  Normal  School. 


VERMONT. 

THE  BISHOP  HOPKINS  HALL,  Burlington,  Miss  Edith  M. 
Clark,  Principal,  is  the  Vermont  diocesan  school  for  girls.  The 
Rt.  Rev.  A.  C.  A.  Hall,  D.  D.,  Bishop.  There  are  four  courses  of 
study  open  to  the  older  pupils.  The  classical  and  Latin-scientific 
courses  of  four  years  make  a  special  preparation  for  entering  our 
leading  colleges.  The  modern  language  and  English  courses,  for 
which  the  school  grants  a  diploma,  cover  more  general  ground, 
embracing  the  sciences,  modern  languages,  and  a  thorough  and 
solid  training  in  the  English  language  and  literature.  The  object 
is  not  to  make  specialists,  but  to  give  the  broad  and  general  cul- 
ture on  which  alone  special  work  can  profitably  rest;  To  these 
courses  properly  belong  a  certain  amount  of  music  and  art,  as  an 
aid  to  that  general  cultivation  at  which  we  aim.  An  important 
department  of  the  school  is  the  special  course  in  music,  covering 
four  years,  and  aiming  to  give  a  thorough  musical  education. 
Pupils  receiving  a  diploma  in  music  will  be  competent  to  pass  the 
examinations  for  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Music  in  the  higher 
colleges  and  universities.  Tuition  and  board  ranges  from  $350  to 
$400  per  year. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  VERMONT,  Burlington,  Matthew  H.  Buck- 
ham,  D.  D.,  President,  was  founded  by  legislative  enactment  in 
1791.  In  1865  the  Vermont  Agricultural  College  was  incorpo- 
rated with  the  University  into  one  institution,  with  the  full  name  of 
"The  University  of  Vermont  and  State  Agricultural  College." 
The  following  are  the  general  departments :  Department  of  arts, 
leading  to  the  degrees  Bachelor  of  Arts  and  Bachelor  of  Philos- 
ophy ;  scientific  departments,  embracing  the  departments  of  engi- 
neering, chemistry,  and  agriculture,  and  leading  to  the  degree 
Bachelor  of  Science  ;  medical  department,  leading  to  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine.  Admission  is  by  examination  and  by  certifi- 
cate from  accredited  schools.  Young  women  are  admitted  to  all 
courses  in  arts  and  science  upon  the  same  conditions  as  young 
men.  They  are  required  to  room  and  board  in  families  approved 
by  the  faculty.  The  library  contains  over  fifty  thousand  books. 
Tuition  is  $60  per  annum.  There  is  also  an  annual  fee  of  $20  for 
incidental  expenses,  a  registration  fee  of  $10,  reading  room  charge 
of  $2,  and  a  diploma  fee  (on  graduation)  of  $8.  Room  rent,  $15 
to  $80. 


Burlington.  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  Vt. 

VERflONT  EPISCOPAL  INSTITUTE,  Burlington,  Henry  H. 
Ross,  A.  M.,  Principal,  is  located  about  two  miles  north  of  Burling- 
ton on  high  ground  overlooking  Lake  Champlain,  and  command- 
ing an  unrivalled  view  of  the  Green  Mountains  and  Adirondacks. 
The  school  was  opened  in  1860,  and  during  its  thirty-eight  years 
of  history  has  had  two  principals  only.  Daily  military  drill,  under 
a  special  instructor,  is  required  of  all  pupils,  and  there  is  every 
facility  for  out-of-door  sports.  The  school  is  carefully  graded,  and 
prepares  for  the  best  colleges  or  for  business.  Total  charge  per 
school  year,  $400. 

LYNDON  INSTITUTE,  Lyndon  Centre,  Fremont  L.  Pugsley, 
A.  B.,  Principal.  Lyndon  Institute  was  chartered  in  1867.  Be- 
tween 1 88 1  and  1883  the  school  was  closed  for  lack  of  funds,  but 
during  the  latter  year  a  permanent  endowment  of  $25,000  was 
secured,  and  the  school  reopened  in  the  autumn.  The  railway 
station  nearest  the  Institute  is  Lyndonville,  fifteen  minutes'  walk 
distant.  Thompson  Hall,  the  main  building,  is  situated  on  an 
eminence  overlooking  the  Passumpsic  Valley.  The  equipment 
and  apparatus  is  limited,  but  growing,  and  an  effort  is  on  foot 
permanently  to  endow  the  school  library,  which  already  contains 
more  than  one  thousand  volumes.  The  courses  of  study  include 
classical,  English  and  Latin,  English,  music,  pedagogy,  and  com- 
mercial. A  term's  tuition,  not  including  electives,  is  as  follows  : 
Classical,  $8 ;  English  and  Latin,  $8  ;  English  course,  $7  ;  Com- 
mercial, $10.  Table  board  per  week  is  $2.50.  Rooms,  $3  to 
$7  per  term. 

BURR  AND  BURTON  SEfllNARY,  Manchester,  Eli  Herbert 
Botsford,  A.  M.,  Principal.  This  is  the  oldest  endowed  academy 
in  Vermont,  the  present  year  being  the  seventieth  anniversary  of 
its  incorporation,  though  it  was  not  opened  to  students  until  1833. 
In  1849  it  adopted  co-education.  In  1860  it  added  Burton  to  its 
original  name  of  Burr  Seminary,  both  names  commemorating 
eminent  benefactors.  The  location  is  central  —  thirty  miles  south 
of  Rutland  on  the  Bennington  &  Rutland  Railroad,  and  fifty  miles 
north  of  Troy,  N.  Y.  The  school  property  covers  forty  acres,  and 
the  main  building  is  a  handsome  edifice  of  stone,  heated  by  steam, 
and  provided  with  an  independent  sewerage  system.  The  semi- 
nary aims  to  combine  the  influences  and  restraints  of  a  well 
ordered  Christian  home,  with  thorough  instruction,  and  a  study  of 
the  individual  pupil.  It  prepares  for  the  best  colleges.  Tuition 
is  $30  per  year;  board,  $3.50  per  week. 

fllDDLEBURY  COLLEGE  (co-educational),  Middlebury,  Ezra 
Brainerd,  LL.  D.,  President,  was  chartered  in  1800.  It  is  on  the 
line  of  the  Rutland  Railroad,  midway  between  Rutland  and  Bur- 

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lington,  in  a  healthful  and  beautiful  location,  the  view  including 
the  Champlain  Valley,  the  Green  Mountains,  and  the  Adirondacks. 
Two  courses  are  offered  in  the  curriculum,  the  classical,  leading  to 
the  degree  of  A.  B.,  and  the  Latin-scientific,  leading  to  the  B.  S. 
degree.  The  studies  are  of  two  classes,  required  and  elective,  but 
each  student  is  required  to  have  at  least  fifteen  hours  of  recitation 
each  week.  All  the  studies  of  the  freshman  and  sophomore  years 
are  prescribed.  In  the  junior  year  nine  hours  a  week  are  pre- 
scribed, in  the  senior  year  six  hours  are  prescribed,  and  the 
studies  for  the  remaining  hours  in  these  two  years  may  be 
selected  by  the  student  from  the  electives,  subject  to  certain 
regulations  of  the  faculty.  The  exercises  of  each  week  day  begin 
with  religious  service,  which  all  students  are  expected  to  attend, 
and  on  Sunday  they  are  required  to  attend  public  worship  at  such 
churches  as  are  decided  upon  by  the  students  or  their  parents. 
The  college  has  a  valuable  equipment  and  is  well  endowed.  The 
tuition  is  $60  per  year.  The  income  of  various  scholarships,  a 
part  of  them  under  the  control  of  individual  proprietors,  and  a 
part  furnished  by  the  State,  is  available  to  students  of  good 
scholarship  and  correct  deportment. 

NORWICH  UNIVERSITY,  military,  scientific,  and  classical, 
Northfield,  the  Rev.  Allan  D.  Brown,  LL.  D.,  President,  was 
founded  at  Norwich,  Vermont,  in  1819,  by  Capt.  Alden  Par- 
tridge, and  was  known  as  the  American  Literary,  Scientific,  and 
Military  Academy.  It  retained  the  name  until  November  6,  1834, 
when  a  charter  of  incorporation  was  granted  it  by  the  State  of 
Vermont,  under  the  name  of  Norwich  University,  which  thus 
became  the  first  scientific  and  classical,  as  well  as  the  first  military, 
collegiate  institution  in  the  United  States.  Its  success  was  imme- 
diate, and  every  State  in  the  Union  had,  in  its  early  days,  repre- 
sentatives among  its  students.  In  March,  1866,  the  buildings  at 
Norwich  were  destroyed  by  fire,  and  the  University  was  removed 
to  Northfield,  Vt.,  where  the  citizens  had  offered  fine  grounds  and 
commodious  barracks.  It  is  a  characteristic  and  peculiar  feature 
of  the  institution  that,  in  addition  to  the  usual  collegiate  courses, 
the  charter  requires  "  a  course  of  military  instruction  both  theoreti- 
cal and  practical."  For  this  reason  the  discipline  is,  of  necessity, 
military  in  form  and  principle,  being  modelled  after  that  of  the 
National  Military  Academy  at  West  Point,  of  which  Captain  Par- 
tridge was  at  one  time  the  superintendent ;  and  from  its  founda- 
tion to  the  present  time  it  has  held  the  distinction  of  being  the 
foremost  military  institution  in  the  land,  West  Point,  and  Annapo- 
lis alone  excepted.  Her  sons  have  done  yeoman  service  in  both 
army  and  navy;  from  her  founder,  Captain  Partridge,  and  her 
second  president,  Truman  B.  Ransom,  who  resigned  his  chair  to 

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lead  the  Ninth  New  England  in  the  Mexican  War  (falling  at  the 
head  of  his  regiment  at  the  assault  of  Chapultepec,  in  September, 
1847),  through  a  long  line  of  distinguished  men  in  {he  Civil  War, 
until  to-day,  when  her  graduates  are  still  to  be  found  in  both  the 
services.  Candidates  for  admission  must  be  at  least  fifteen  years 
of  age.  Besides  the  military  course  there  are  four  regular  courses 
in  the  academic  department,  as.  follows :  Civil  engineering,  arts, 
chemistry,  and  science  and  literature.  The  courses  in  civil  engi- 
neering and  chemistry  have  a  distinctly  practical  bearing,  and  give 
a  thorough  training  for  the  technical  professions.  The  course  in 
arts  embraces  the  usual  classical  course,  with  French  or  German, 
physical  science,  etc.  The  course  in  science  and  literature  is 
intended  for  such  as  may  not  wish  to  pursue  a  full  course  in 
classics  or  mathematics,  or  one  for  a  distinctly  scientific  profession. 
Each  of  these  courses  extends  through  four  years,  and  is  intended 
to  give  the  student  a  liberal  preparation  for  the  duties  of  life. 
Changes  are  made  in  the  course  in  chemistry  to  meet  the  wants  of 
students  preparing  for  medicine  and  pharmacy.  The  regular 
degrees  are  conferred,  and,  upon  graduation,  cadet  officers  receive 
commissions  signed  by  the  president  of  the  University,  and  by  the 
Adjutant  and  Inspector-General  of  the  State.  The  total  expense 
of  board  and  tuition  is  $207  for  the  year. 

TROY  CONFERENCE  ACADEMY,  Poultney,  Herbert  Augus- 
tus Durfee,  D.  D.,  Principal.  This  school  is  conveniently  located 
in  a  quiet  village  eighteen  miles  from  Rutland  by  rail,  and  sixty- 
eight  miles  from  Troy,  N.  Y.  The  grounds  cover  ten  acres ;  the 
buildings  are  steam-heated,  and  lighted  by  electricity.  There  is  a 
well  furnished  laboratory,  a  large  cabinet,  and  a  library  of  three 
thousand  volumes.  Careful  attention  is  given  to  physical  train- 
ing, athletic  sports  and  gymnasium  practice  being  encouraged 
and  wisely  regulated.  The  regular  courses  of  study  follow : 
Preparatory,  scientific  and  commercial,  academic,  Latin  scientific, 
belles  lettres,  college  preparatory,  college  science  preparatory. 
There  are  also  art,  music,  and  business  courses.  The  academy  is 
under  Methodist  auspices,  but  is  free  from  sectarian  influence. 
Young  ladies  are  admitted.  Board  and  tuition  per  term  in  com- 
mon English  branches  is  $63. 

THE  RUTLAND  ENGLISH  AND  CLASSICAL  INSTI- 
TUTE AND  BUSINESS  COLLEGE,  Rutland,  O.  H.  Perry, 
A.  B.,  President,  L.  J.  Egelston,  Secretary.  Located  in  the  heart 
of  the  Green  Mountains,  in  the  beautiful  "  Marble  City,"  with 
every  advantage  of  situation  and  surroundings,  this  institution,  in 
its  short  existence  of  only  nine  years,  has  won  a  strong  position 
among  the  schools  and  colleges  of  the  State.  Its  special  features 
are  individual  instruction,  made  possible  by  the  fact  that  there  is 

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one  instructor  for  every  fifteen  pupils,  and  careful  attention  to 
health  and  physical  training.  While  there  are  no  less  than 
fourteen  courses  of  study  provided,  the  large  majority  of  the 
students  are  pursuing  some  one  of  the  following :  College  prepara- 
tory, normal,  commercial,  stenographic,  and  telegraphic.  The 
tuition  is  from  $20  to  $25  for  a  term  of  twelve  weeks;  $180  to 
$200  will  cover  all  necessary  expenses  for  the  school  year.  The 
graduates  of  the  normal  and  business  courses  are  assisted  to 
positions.  Those  completing  the  college  preparatory  course  are 
admitted  to  most  colleges  on  certificate.  "  A  practical  school  for 
practical  people  "  is  the  motto. 

PENSIONNAT  FRANCAIS  DE  L'ACADEflLE  du  Vermont, 
and  training  school  for  teachers  of  French,  Saxton's  River.  This 
institution,  founded  in  1887,  was  introduced  to  the  public  by  Dr. 
H.  M.  Willard,  now  of  Quincy  Mansion  School,  in  the  following 
words  :  "  Both  Professor  and  Madame  Roux  are  excellent  teachers 
of  great  experience.  Their  mastery  of  the  French  language  and 
literature,  and  their  command  of  the  English,  ensure  the  success 
of  all  persons  who  wish  to  make  rapid  progress  in  French,  and  to 
become  able  to  read  it  with  ease  and  speak  it  with  fluency.  Wish- 
ing to  educate  their  own  children  at  Vermont  Academy,  they  have 
come  to  Saxton's  River,  and  are  now  prepared  to  receive  into 
their  family  a  few  pupils  desiring  to  make  French  a  specialty. 
Such  students  can  have  at  the  same  time  the  advantages  offered 
at  the  academy  by  its  courses  of  study  in  music  and  art.  The 
opportunity  of  living  in  a  French  family  of  culture  and  refinement, 
of  hearing  and  speaking  French  alone,  is  second  only  to  a  resi- 
dence in  France."  The  Pensionnat  has  a  beginners'  intermediate, 
and  advanced  course,  and  French  is  the  language  of  the  house. 
The  training  school  has  an  elementary  (one  year's)  and  an  ad- 
vanced (two  years')  course.  The  number  of  pupils  is  limited. 
Address  Rev.  L.  C.  Roux,  M.  A.,  Saxton's  River,  near  Bellows 
Falls,  Vt. 

VERMONT  ACADEMY  (co-educational),  Saxton's  River, 
Edward  Ellery,  Ph.  D.,  Principal.  Two  courses  of  study  are 
offered,  the  classical  and  the  scientific.  There  are  also  special 
courses  in  music  and  art.  The  classical  course  aims  to  give  a 
maximum  preparation  for  college.  The  scientific  course  is  in- 
tended to  prepare  students  for  the  scientific  schools,  for  the 
scientific  course  of  colleges,  and  to  afford  a  general  training  to 
those  who  do  not  propose  to  enter  a  higher  institution  of  learning. 
Laboratory  work  in  the  sciences,  an  extra  year  in  mathematics, 
and  full  courses  in  history  are  offered.  The  advantages  arising 
from  the  study  of  one  of  the  classic  languages  are  fully  recognized, 
and  the  scientific  course  includes  two  years  of  Latin.  The  military 

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course  is  now  in  charge  of  an  officer  of  the  National  Guard,  and 
the  work  is  carried  on  with  the  intention  of  conforming  as  nearly 
as  possible  to  the  methods  used  in  schools  where  military  instruc- 
tion is  given  by  officers  of  the  United  States  Army. 


VIRGINIA. 

MARTHA  WASHINGTON  COLLEGE  AND  CONSERVA- 
TORY  OF    MUSIC,   Abingdon,   the   Rev.   W.   M.   Dyer,   A.M., 

President,  is  situated  amid  the  mountains  of  Southwest  Virginia. 
The  departments  of  instruction  include  primary,  intermediate, 
academic,  and  collegiate,  in  addition  to  the  Conservatory  of 
Music  and  schools  of  art,  elocution,  and  business.  The  degrees 
conferred  are  M.  E.  L.,  B.  S.,  and  A.  B.  The  school  is  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  Teachers 
are  selected  with  reference  to  their  Christian  character  as  well  as 
their  ability.  The  scholastic  year  is  divided  into  two  terms. 
Board  per  term,  including  furnished  room,  servants'  attendance, 
light,  and  fuel,  $75. 

THE  RANDOLPH-MACON  SYSTEM  OF  COLLEGES  AND 
ACADEfllES  is  something  unique  among  educational  enter- 
prises. It  comprises  five  institutions  :  (i)  Randolph-Macon  Col- 
lege, at  Ashland,  Va.,  chartered  in  1830;  (2)  Randolph-Macon 
Academy,  Bedford  City, 
Va.,  established  in  1890; 
(3)  Randolph-Macon  Acad- 
emy, Front  Royal,  Va., 
established  in  1892  ;  (4) 
Randolph-Macon  Woman's 
College,  Lynchburg,  Va., 
established  in  1893 ;  and 
(5)  Randolph-Macon  Insti- 
tute, Danville,  Va.,  admitted 
in  1897.  These  five  institu- 
tions are  owned  by  one 
self-perpetuating  board  of 
trustees,  under  the  presi- 
dency of  Bishop  John  C. 
Granbery,  D.  D.,  chartered 
by  the  State  of  Virginia, 
which  has  been  entrusted 
by  public-spirited  Christian  WM  w  ^^  A  ^  CHANCELLOR> 

men  and  women  with  nearly 

three-quarters  of  a  million  dollars  for  the  purpose  of  providing 
the  best  facilities  for  the  education  of  young  men  and  women 

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under  Christian  influences.  It  is  not  sought  or  desired  to  influ- 
ence the  denominational  preferences  of  students,  but  the  officers 
in  charge  consider  themselves  under  obligations  to  conform  to  the 
moral  standards  and  religious  usages  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  under  whose  auspices  the  institutions  were  estab- 
lished. The  work  is  entirely  benevolent.  There  are  no  stock- 
holders, nor  are  the  executive  officers  financially  interested.  The 
endowment  interest,  students'  fees,  and  other  funds  contributed 
for  the  purpose  are  applied  to  the  best  advantage  for  the  making 
of  noble  men  and  women,  and  not  for  the  making  of  money  for 
any  one.  Any  surplus  of  receipts  is  at  once  applied  to  improving 
the  facilities  or  enlarging  the  corps  of  instructors.  The  system 
admits  of  enlargement  and  expansion  and,  without  doubt,  will 
continue  to  grow  in  power  and  usefulness.  Correspondence  on 
business  of  the  system  as  a  whole  should  be  addressed  to  Wm. 
W.  Smith,  A.  M.,  LL.D.,  Chancellor  of  the  Randolph-Macon 
System,  Lynchburg,  Va. 

EPISCOPAL  HIGH  SCHOOL  OF  VIRGINIA,  near  Alex 
andria.  The  diocesan  school  for  boys  of  the  three  Virginia 
dioceses,  established  in  1839.  Seated  upon  a  commanding 
plateau  three  miles  west  of  Alexandria,  the  situation  is  singularly 
healthy  at  all  seasons.  Its  elevation  affords  a  magnificent  view 
of  the  Potomac,  of  Washington  (with  capitol,  library,  and  monu- 
ment), and  of  the  surrounding  country  for  many  miles.  Though 
close  to  the  Theological  Seminary,  its  only  connection  therewith 
is  in  being  held  by  the  same  trustees.  The  playgrounds  are 
extensive  and  include  a  gymnasium  and  skating  lake.  Improve- 
ments during  the  past  seven  years  in  buildings  and  equipment 
cost  nearly  $35,000.  The  present  principal,  L.  M.  Blackford, 
M.  A.,  has  been  in  charge  since  1870.  There  is  one  all  inclusive 
charge  of  $330  per  year. 

RANDOLPH-flACON  COLLEGE  (men),  Ashland,  John  A. 
Kern,  D.  D.,  President,  has  been  maintained  for  nearly  seventy 
years  as  one  of  the  leading  colleges  of  the  South.  The  location 
is  distinguished  for  healthfulness  and  accessibility,  being  on  the 
line  of  the  Richmond,  Fredericksburg,  and  Potomac  Railroad, 
sixteen  miles  north  of  Richmond,  upon  an  elevated  plateau.  The 
campus,  of  about  twelve  acres,  is  beautiful,  and  shaded  by  a  fine 
grove  of  oaks  and  maples.  The  buildings,  besides  professors' 
residences,  are  eight  dormitories,  the  Pace  Lecture  Room  Building 
and  Chemical  Laboratory,  the  Duncan  Memorial  Chapel,  the 
halls  of  the  literary  societies,  the  gymnasium,  and  the  Pettyjohn 
Hall  of  Science.  Besides  the  college  library,  containing  about 
ten  thousand  volumes,  there  is  the  Walton  Classical  Library,  with 
an  endowment  of  $1,000.  The  college  courses  lead  to  the  degrees 

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of  Ph.  B.,  B.  A.,  and  M.  A.  The  necessary  expenses  per  half 
session  for  board,  washing,  lights,  fuel,  matriculation  fee,  medical 
fee,  and  tuition  fees  in  three  schools  are  $95.  Applications  for 
rooms  or  information  with  regard  to  the  college  should  be 
addressed  to  Capt.  Richard  Irby,  secretary  and  treasurer,  Ash- 
land, Va. 

RANDOLPH=nACON  ACADEMY,  Bedford  City,  E.  Sumter 
Smith,  Principal.  RANDOLPH-HAGON  ACADEMY,  Front 
Royal,  C.  L.  Melton,  A.  M.,  Acting  Principal.  These  duplicate 
institutions  are  distinctively  academies  for  boys,  ranking  in  work 


between  the  preparatory  home  school  and  the  college  course. 
Their  purpose  is  to  prepare  youths  for  college  or  university,  or 
for  business  life,  under  the  most  wholesome  moral  influences. 
The  grounds  are  commodious,  and  the  buildings  were  erected  at 
a  cost  of  $80,000  each  upon  the  most  approved  plans.  The 
suggestions  of  the  "  Committee  of  Ten  "  are  given  due  considera- 
tion in  the  course  of  study,  which  includes  primary  studies,  history, 
languages,  mathematics,  science,  drawing,  music,  and  the  Sargent 
system  of  physical  culture.  These  subjects  are  distributed  over 
a  period  of  five  years,  the  classes  being  known  as  forms.  A 
physician  is  in  regular  attendance  at  the  home,  and  a  matron  gives 
careful  attention  to  all  the  needs  of  the  boys.  The  expenses  are 
$211.60  for  the  session. 

RYLAND  INSTITUTE,  Berkley,  the  Rev.  A.  E.  Owen,  D.  D., 
President,  is  a  private  institution  founded  by  Miss  Lula  M.  Butt, 
and  incorporated  by  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Virginia, 
1892.  It.  is  a  non-sectarian  school  for  young  ladies.  Founded 
in  Suffolk,  Va.,  in  1889,  it  soon  outgrew  all  the  building  facilities 

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of  that  city,  and  was  removed  in  1893  to  its  present  location.  A 
select  home  school  conducted  under  the  highest  Christian  influ- 
ences, the  Institute  offers  a  thoroughly  practical  education.  The 
Home  Department  is  presided  over  by  Mrs.  A.  E.  Owen,  assisted 
by  competent  helpers,  who  give  constant  attention  to  the  comfort, 
health,  and  need  of  the  pupils. 

SOUTHWEST  VIRGINIA  INSTITUTE,  Bristol,  W.  H.  Tharp, 
A.  M.,  President,  was  organized  for  regular  work  in  the  summer 
of  1884.  The  property  is  held  in  trust  by  a  board  of  trustees 
appointed  by  the  Baptist  General  Association  of  Virginia,  and  is 
the  property  of  the  Baptist  denomination.  The  school  up  to 


NDOLPH-MACON    ACADEMY. 

June,  1893,  was  located  at  Glade  Spring,  Washington  County,  Va. 
The  building  is  a  four  story  brick  and  stone  structure,  with  pressed 
brick  front.  It  contains  165  rooms,  is  steam-heated,  and  is  lighted 
by  gas  and  electricity.  The  Institute,  which  admits  young  women 
only,  consists  of  an  academic  department  proper  and  a  conserva- 
tory of  music  and  art.  In  the  former  department  there  are 
primary,  preparatory,  and  collegiate  branches.  The  full  college 
courses  lead  to  the  degrees  of  A.  B.  and  A.  M.  Board,  furnished 
room,  fuel,  light,  tuition  in  literary  department,  and  physical 
culture,  $225.  Tuition  in  regular  course:  Primary  department, 
$25  ;  preparatory  department,  $40  ;  collegiate  department,  $60. 

RANDOLPH=MACON  INSTITUTE,  Danville,  Wm.  Holmes 
Davis,  A.  B.,  Principal,  is  a  high  grade  seminary  preparatory  to 
the  Woman's  College.  Its  course  begins  with  the  primary  studies, 
and  carries  the  work  to  complete  the  student's  preparation  for 
advanced  college  classes.  An  extra  year  is  added  for  those  who 
desire  to  complete  their  education  at  the  Institute.  Courses  in 
music,  elocution,  art,  and  physical  culture  are  also  offered.  The 
students  and  teachers  form  one  household.  The  charges  for 

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boarding  pupils  in  the  literary  courses  are  $87.50  for  the   half 
session. 

HAMPDEN  SIDNEY  COLLEGE,  Hampden  Sidney,  Prince 
Edward  County,  Richard  Mcllwaine,  D.  D.,  President,  was  founded 
in  1775,  and  incorporated  by  the  Legislature  of  Virginia  in  1783. 
It  has  been  from  the  beginning  non-sectarian  in  its  organization 
and  instruction,  and  while  historically,  and  in  sympathy  and  ser- 
vice, closely  allied  to  the  Presbyterian  Church,  has  been  patronized 
by  members  of  all  denominations,  and  done  much  for  the  upbuild- 
ing of  Christianity,  irrespective  of  denominational  lines,  not  only 
in  Virginia,  but  throughout  the  country.  There  are  spacious 
athletic  grounds,  capacious  buildings,  well  supplied  laboratories,  a 
gymnasium  furnished  with  modern  apparatus,  and  a  library  of 
fifteen  thousand  volumes.  Hampden  Sidney  is  a  curriculum  col- 
lege. The  degrees  granted  on  prescribed  courses  are  :  B.  A.,  B.  L., 
B.  S.,  and  M.  A.  Entire  annual  expense,  $212  to  $225.  Students 
for  the  ministry  and  sons  of  Christian  clergymen  of  any  denomi- 
ation  who  need  assistance  are  received  without  tuition  fee. 

HAflPTON  COLLEGE,  Hampton,  Miss  Bessie  L.  Fitchett, 
Principal.  This  institution  is  delightfully  located  on  Hampton 
River,  one  of  the  many  estuaries  from  Hampton  Beach  and  Chesa- 
peake Bay.  In  common  with  other  similar  localities,  so  near  as 
this  is  to  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  it  is  remarkably  healthy  by  reason 
of  the  extremely  saline  character  of  the  waters  which  continually 
ebb  and  flow  past  the  lawn  which  fronts  the  river.  It  is  fifteen 
minutes'  ride  from  Fortress  Monroe,  and  in  close  communication 
with  the  North,  South,  and  West.  The  buildings  are  all  new, 
well  ventilated,  well  heated,  and  lighted  by  electricity.  The 
course  of  instruction  embraces  all  the  studies  included  in  a 
thorough  classical  education.  A  limited  number  of  young  ladies 
only  is  taken.  The  expenses  for  the  year  are  $250. 

HOLLINS  INSTITUTE  is  located  in  Roanoke  County,  seven 
miles  from  the  city  of  Roanoke.  The  picturesque  mountain 
scenery,  the  invigorating  atmosphere,  and  the  extensive  grounds, 
covering  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  are  features  of  this  school. 
The  six  main  buildings  are  of  brick,  and  accommodate  one  hundred 
and  seventy-five  boarding  pupils.  A  resident  physician  has  charge 
of  the  health  of  the  students.  The  institution  when  founded  in 
1842  was  co-educational,  but  subsequently  became  exclusively  a 
school  for  young  women.  While  unsectarian,  the  institute  is 
marked  by  high  religious  ideals.  The  school  has  numerous  courses, 
and  grants  degrees.  Full  board  and  tuition  in  literary  studies 
varies  from  $225  to  $246.  The  school  maintains  high  standards 
of  instruction  under  eight  male  professors  (university  graduates) 

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and  fifteen  lady  teachers,  of  varied  accomplishments.  Located  in 
the  great  and  beautiful  Valley  of  Virginia,  a  region  abounding 
with  schools,  and  redolent  of  health  at  all  seasons,  it  attracts  pupils 
from  a  broad  area,  —  South,  West,  and  North,  —  and  its  accommo- 
dations are  usually  fully  occupied.  Charles  L.  Cocke,  A.  M.,  is  the 
General  Superintendent.  P.  O.,  Rollins,  Virginia. 

BEL=AIR,  a  select  school  for  young  ladies,  near  Lewiston, 
Spottsylvania  County,  Miss  N.  E.  Scott,  Principal.  The  situation 
of  the  school  has  been  pronounced  by  medical  authority  singularly 
healthy ;  and  its  remarkable  health  record  has  sustained  that 
opinion.  It  has  the  combined  advantages  of  daily  communication 
with  Richmond  and  Charlottesville  by  the  C.  &  O.  R.  R.  with  that 
of  quiet  surroundings  and  freedom  from  distractions,  and  pleasant 


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HOLLINS    INSTITUTE. 

seclusion,  so  conducive  to  study,  while  the  atmosphere  of  the 
school  and  its  society  have  been  found'SO  healthful  and  bright 
that  the  girls  have  been  in  most  cases  remarkably  happy  at  Bel- 
air.  The  position  of  the  school  among  the  historic  places  of 
Spottsylvania  County  gives  opportunity  for  interesting  excursions  ; 
and  great  attention  is  paid  to  recent  periods  of  history,  as  well  as 
those  more  remote.  Daily  exercise  is  part  of  the  school  routine, 
and  usually  consists  of  walks  in  the  open  air  or  tennis.  The 
manners  of  the  girls  receive  careful  attention,  and  ladylike  con- 
duct is  expected  at  all  times.  The  credentials  of  the  principal 
are  from  the  University  of  Virginia.  The  session  is  one  of  nine 
months,  as  much  as  .three  weeks  being  allowed  as  holidays,  part 
at  Christmas,  part  at  Easter,  and  part  elsewhere  in  the  session. 
Besides  the  regular  course,  a  short  course,  preparatory  to  a  sum- 
mer tour  in  Europe  with  Miss  Scott,  is  provided.  Terms  for 
short  course  and  tour,  $800.  The  object  of  the  school  is  to  fur- 
nish to  the  group  of  girls  under  its  care  the  circumstances  that 

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have  usually  formed  the  features  of  a  Virginia  home,  —  a  simple 
style  of  living,  a  high  course  of  study,  and  access  to  a  well  chosen 
old  library,  to  which  judicious  additions  are  made  from  time  to 
time.  Bel-air  is  an  old  colonial  house  to  which  modern  and  well 
ventilated  rooms  have  been  added,  so  as  to  supply  comfortable 
apartments  for  sixteen  young  ladies.  Terms  for  board,  tuition, 
and  music,  $193. 

WASHINGTON  AND  LEE  UNIVERSITY,  Lexington,  the 
Hon.  Wm.  L.  Wilson,  LL.  D.,  President,  is  the  modern  develop- 
ment of  a  "log  college  "  erected  beneath  the  shadow  of  the  Blue 
Ridge  in  the  Valley  of  Virginia,  in  the  year  1749.  The  founder 
of  the  colonial  school,  styled  at  first  the  Augusta  Academy,  was 
Robert  Alexander,  who  had  received  his  education  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Edinburgh.  In  1774  the  Hanover  Presbytery  assumed 
control  over  the  "log  temple  of  learning,"  the  Rev.  William 
Graham  being  brought  from  Princeton  to  act  as  head  master,  and 
in  1776  the  Presbytery  gave  the  school  the  name  of  Liberty  Hall 
Academy.  In  1782  it  was  chartered  by  the  Commonwealth  of 
Virginia,  and  in  the  closing  years  of  the  eighteenth  century  was 
renamed  Washington  Academy,  in  honor  of  George  Washington, 
who  aided  the  institution  by  liberal  gifts.  In  1813  the  title  of  the 
school  was  changed  to  that  of  the  College  of  Washington  in  Vir- 
ginia. From  1 86 1  to  1865  the  halls  of  Washington  College  were 
practically  closed.  At  the  close  of  the  war  General  Robert  E. 
Lee  was  elected  to  the  presidency,  and  on  his  death,  in  1870,  a 
new  charter  of  incorporation  was  secured  for  "  The  Washington 
and  Lee  University,"  which  was  presided  over  until  1897  by  the 
son  of  Robert  Lee,  and  since  that  date  by  the  Hon.  W.  L.  Wilson, 
the  well-known  member  of  President  Cleveland's  Cabinet,  and 
chairman  of  the  Ways  and  Means  Committee  of  the  House. 
Washington  and  Lee  University  has  an  unrivalled  location,  an 
excellent  material  equipment,  and  three  general  courses  of  instruc- 
tion :  Academic,  engineering,  and  law. 

RANDOLPH=nACON  WOMAN'S  COLLEGE,  Lynchburg, 
William  W.  Smith,  A.M.,  LL.  D.,  President.  This  college  is 
officially  classed  by  the  United  States  Commissioner  of  Education 
in  "  Division  A "  as  one  of  the  fourteen  leading  colleges  for 
women  in  the  United  States.  It  is  the  only  one  south  of  the 
Potomac  River  that  is  so  classed.  In  1891  its  central  idea  was 
expressed  in  the  following  resolution  of  its  founders  :  "  We  wish  to 
establish  in  Virginia  a  college  where  our  young  women  may  ob- 
tain an  education  equal  to  that  given  in  our  best  colleges  for 
young  men,  and  under  environments  in  harmony  with  Southern 
ideals  of  womanhood;  where  the  dignity  and  strength  of  fully 

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developed  faculties  and  the  charm  of  the  highest  literary  culture 
may  be  acquired  by  our  daughters  without  loss  of  woman's  crown- 
ing glory,  her  gentleness  and  grace."  The  buildings,  placed  in  a 
campus  of  twenty  acres,  are  of  modern  construction,  and  are  fully 
equipped  for  college  work.  The  courses  of  the  college  instruction 
lead  to  the  degrees  of  B.  Let.,  A.  B.,  and  A.  M.  The  endowment 
reduces  the  cost  of  the  regular  literary  courses  to  $125  for  each 
half  year.  Superior  courses  are  offered  in  music  and  art. 

NEWPORT  NEWS  MILITARY  ACADEMY,  Newport  News, 
Edward  W.  Huffman,  Principal,  was  founded  in  1894.  Its  loca- 
tion in  Newport  News,  both  a  winter  and  a  summer  resort,  and  the 
eastern  terminus  of  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Railway  system,  is 
very  fortunate.  The  building  is  of  brick,  and  is  supplied  with 
electric  lights,  hot  and  cold  water,  baths,  and  all  modernconven- 


RANDOLPH-MACON    WOMAN'S    COLLEGE,    LYNCHBURG. 

iences.  There  are  preparatory,  academic,  and  business  depart- 
ments. Preparation  is  given  for  West  Point,  Annapolis,  Harvard, 
Yale,  Virginia,  and  all  similar  institutions.  Expenses  per  half  ses- 
sion, payable  in  advance :  Academic  department,  including  board, 
tuition,  fuel,  lights,  and  furnished  room,  $100;  preparatory  depart- 
ment $95  ;  day  students,  academic  department,  tuition,  $25  ;  pre- 
paratory department,  tuition,  $20  ;  commercial  school,  tuition  for 
the  whole  course,  $25. 

TILESTON  HALL,  Old  Point  Comfort,  Ruth  G.  Tileston  and 
Laura  E.  Tileston,  Principals.  This  school  opened  its  eleventh 
year  in  October,  1898.  It  is  delightfully  located,  overlooking 
Chesapeake  Bay,  and,  as  the  climate  of  Old  Point  compares  favor- 
ably with  the  famous  health  resorts  of  the  Mediterranean  and 
Southern  California,  it  has  proved  especially  desirable  for  delicate 
pupils,  or  those  requiring  the  out-of-door  life  prohibited  by 

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WHERE   TO    EDUCATE. 


Onancock. 


Northern  winters.  It  is  a  college  preparatory  home  and  day 
school.  A  limited  number  of  girls  is  received  into  the  boarding 
department,  also  young  ladies  desiring  special  work  in  languages, 
art,  or  music.  Board  and  tuition  for  the  regular  course,  including 
German,  is  $400  per  annum ;  French,  music,  and  art  extra. 

MARGARET  ACADEMY,  Onancock,  the  Rev.  R.  A.  Robinson, 
B.  A.,  B.  D.,  Principal.  In  1786  the  General  Assembly  of  Vir- 
ginia granted  a  charter  for  the  establishment  of  "  Margaret  Acad- 
emy on  the  Eastern  Shore  of  Virginia."  She  thus  stands  among 
the  oldest  preparatory  schools  in  the  United  States;  her  history 
has  been  enriched  by  three  generations  of  graduates.  The  acad- 
emy opens  her  doors  to  both  sexes,  and  the  design  is  to  prepare 


TILESTON    HALL. 

her  students  to  enter  the  higher  classes  in  the  leading  institutions 
of  learning ;  or,  where  this  is  not  contemplated,  to  enter  at  once 
on  the  active  duties  of  life.  She  seeks,  by  holding  up  high  ideals 
of  moral  and  intellectual  worth,  to  develop  her  students  into  men 
and  women  of  cultured  minds,  sterling  character,  and  elegant 
manners.  The  music  department,  including  both  vocal  and  in- 
strumental, is  under  the  direction  of  a  highly  accomplished  pianist 
and  an  experienced  teacher.  The  buildings  and  grounds  are 
extensive  and  beautifully  located.  The  entire  expenses  of  a  pupil 
per  session  for  board,  fuel,  lights,  washing,  and  tuition,  not  includ- 
ing music,  will  range  from  $135  to  $210,  according  to  age  and 
grade  of  studies. 

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Portsmouth.  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  Va. 

THE  PORTSMOUTH  ACADEMY  AND  COMMERCIAL 
NIGHT  SCHOOL,  Portsmouth,  W.  H.  Stokes,  Principal,  was 
established  under  the  present  management  in  1868.  The  design 
of  the  school  is  to  give  boys  a  thorough  training  in  the  studies 
usually  pursued  in  academies,  —  to  prepare  them  for  college  and 
the  United  States  military  and  naval  academies,  —  or  to  fit  them 
at  once  for  the  daily  duties  of  life.  The  academic  department  is 
mainly  designed  for  boys,  and  is  under  the  immediate  instruction 
of  the  principal.  The  primary  department,  though  intended 
mainly  for  little  girls,  admits  boys  under  nine  years  of  age. 
Terms  per  month:  Academic,  $3.25;  primary,  $2;  bookkeeping 
(per  course  of  twenty  lessons),  $5  ;  music  on  pianoforte,  $2.50. 

ST.  ALBANS  SCHOOL,  Radford,  Geo.  W.  Miles,  Founder 
and  Head  Master.  This  school  is  situated  on  the  banks  of  New 
River  in  the  blue  grass  region  of  Virginia.  The  buildings  are  of 
colonial  architecture,  modern  and  well  equipped  with  hot  water 
heating,  electric  lights,  hot  and  cold  water  on  every  floor.  The 
plan  of  the  school  is  unique.  There  are  four  masters,  and  the 
school  is  limited  to  fifty  young  men.  It  combines  a  delightful 
home  life  and  at  the  same  time  gives  a  course  of  study  extensive 
enough  to  put  a  boy  in  the  junior  class  of  Yale,  Harvard,  or 
Princeton.  Of  this  school  Gen.  Fitzhugh  Lee  says  :  "  I  have 
always  thought  St.Albans  School  a  most  excellent  institution  for 
preparing  boys  for  college  or  for  the  national  academies.  It  is 
located  in  the  most  beautiful  section  of  Virginia,  and  has  a  high 
grade  of  scholarship."  The  buildings  for  these  fifty  boys  cost 
$30,000.  The  total  expenses,  including  board,  furnished  room, 
servants'  attendance,  heating,  lights,  tuition  in  all  branches,  gym- 
nasium, reading  room,  are  $350  for  the  school  year.  There  are 
no  extras.  One-half  of  this  is  payable  upon  entrance  and  the 
other  in  the  middle  of  the  year.  This  school  has  commanded 
the  patronage  of  many  of  the  leading  citizens  of  the  South. 
Among  them  are  ex-Speaker  Crisp,  of  Georgia,  Hon.  Henry  S. 
Turner,  of  Georgia,  Gov.  Thomas  G.  Jones,  of  Alabama,  Judge 
R.  T.  Beauregard,  of  Louisiana,  Judge  Sterling  F.  Cockrill,  of 
Arkansas,  Dr.  E.  E.  Hoss,  of  Tennessee,  Gen.  Joseph  C.  Breckin- 
ridge,  of  Washington,  Senator  John  W.  Daniel,  of  Virginia,  Gov. 
J.  Hoge  Tyler,  of  Virginia,  and  many  others  of  equal  ability, 
reference  to  whom  is  given.  The  climate  of  Virginia  where  this 
school  is  located  would  be  especially  desirable  and  delightful  for 
Northern  boys.  The  altitude  makes  it  cold,  dry,  and  bracing, 
while  at  the  same  time  its  location  in  the  South  frees  it  from  the 
severe  rigors  of  a  more  Northern  clime.  It  is  especially  suitable 
for  boys  who  are  subject  to  interruptions  and  distractions  at  home, 
and  gives  them  a  quiet  harbor  in  which  to  prepare  themselves  for 

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Va.  WHERE   TO   EDUCATE.  Salem. 

real  university  work,  or  for  business.  There  is  a  regular  order  of 
the  day,  as  much  so  as  at  a  military  school,  together  with  a  regular 
gymnasium  drill  under  a  master  each  morning.  The  school  is  not 
military.  This  school  has  been  the  leader  in  athletic  sports  among 
the  preparatory  schools  of  the  South,  and  its  football  and  baseball 
teams  regularly  play  the  University  of  Virginia.  Its  games  have 
been  reported  in  Outing  and  one  year  in  Harper's  Weekly. 

UNION  THEOLOGICAL  SEfllNARY,  Richmond,  the  Rev. 
T.  C.  Johnson,  D.  D.,  Chairman  of  Faculty,  is  a  Presbyterian 
institution  dating  from  1824.  The  name  arose  from  the  union 
of  the  Virginia  and  North  Carolina  Synods  in  the  management  of 
the  school.  Since  its  establishment  at  Hampden- Sidney,  seventy- 
four  years  ago,  nearly  twelve  hundred  students  have  received 
instruction  in  its  halls.  The  buildings  are  modern  and  convenient, 
and  the  library  contains  sixteen  thousand  volumes.  No  charge  is 
made  for  room  rent  or  tuition.  An  annual  fee  of  $5,  to  be  paid  at 
the  opening  of  each  session,  is  the  sole  charge  due  to  the  Seminary. 
Good  board  is  provided  at  the  Refectory  at  cost  price.  Board, 
light,  fuel,  and  attendance  are  furnished  for  $12  per  calendar 
month. 

THE  UNIVERSITY  SCHOOL,  Richmond,  W.  Gordon  Mc- 
Cabe,  Principal.  The  school  was  founded  in  1865,  for  the  purpose 
of  giving  thorough  preparation  for  the  University  of  Virginia  and 
other  institutions  of  high  grade,  and  for  the  practical  business  of 
life.  The  discipline  is  strict.  The  honor  system  obtains  entirely 
in  the  management  of  the  school,  and  the  only  punishment  for 
deviation  from  that  system  is  expulsion.  The  terms  for  board, 
tuition,  and  washing  are  $340  for  school  year.  A  large  number 
of  pupils  from  this  school  have  graduated  with  distinction  at  the 
United  States  Military  and  Naval  Academies,  the  leading  engi- 
neering schools  in  the  North,  and  at  the  leading  universities 
throughout  the  country. 

ROANOKE  COLLEGE,  Salem,  Julius  D.  Dreher,  A.M., 
Ph.  D.,  President,  was  chartered  in  1853.  It  is  favorably  situated 
in  the  beautiful  valley  of  the  Roanoke,  eleven  hundred  feet  above 
the  sea.  There  are  courses  for  the  degrees  A.  B.  and  A.  M.,  with 
electives.  The  faculty  is  experienced.  Five  have  had  in  the 
aggregate  sixteen  years  of  post-graduate  work  in  the  best  Ameri- 
can and  European  universities.  Two  are  authors  of  college 
text-books.  The  library  contains  twenty-one  thousand  volumes. 
Chemistry  and  physics  are  taught  mainly  by  laboratory  methods. 
The  college  draws  its  students  from  many  States  and  several 
foreign  countries.  Its  graduates  are  laboring  in  thirty-five  States 
and  four  foreign  countries.  The  expenses  at  Roanoke  are  very 

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Staunton.  WHERE   TO   EDUCATE.  Va. 

moderate,  ranging  from  $150  to  $210  a  year.  The  college  publi- 
cations are  the  Annual  Catalogue  and  the  Roanoke  Collegian 
(monthly). 

HARY  BALDWIN  SEfllNARY,  Staunton,  Miss  Ella  C. 
Weimar,  Principal,  is  situated  at  the  central  point  of  the  Shen- 
andoah  Valley,  fourteen  hundred  feet  above  sea  level.  The 
Chesapeake  and  Ohio  and  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroads  pass 
through  the  town.  The  school  buildings  are  steam  heated  and 
well  ventilated,  and  are  lighted  by  gas  and  electricity.  There  are 
preparatory,  academic,  and  university  departments,  in  addition  to 
Schools  of  Music,  Art,  and  Elocution.  The  trustees,  upon  recom- 
mendation of  the  principal,  are  authorized  by  law  to  confer  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Music  upon  graduates  of  the  music  course, 
and  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  upon  students  who  satisfactorily 
complete  the  university  course.  Board,  laundry,  steam  heat,  light, 
physician's  fee,  contingent  fee,  seat  in  church,  gymnastic  and 
Delsarte  exercise,  and  full  English  course,  including  general  elo- 
cution, for  session  of  forty  weeks,  $250  ;  day  pupils,  $27  to  $50. 

SUFFOLK  COLLEGE,  Suffolk,  Sally  A.  Finney,  Principal, 
was  founded  in  1869,  and  incorporated  by  act  of  the  General 
Assembly  of  Virginia  in  1880.  It  is  situated  in  one  of  the  most 
healthful  towns  of  the  State,  and  has  the  best  railroad  connections. 
The  three  large  buildings  occupy  an  elevated  site.  The  institution 
offers  the  comforts  of  a  well  ordered  home,  with  excellent  advan- 
tages for  instruction  and  discipline,  to  young  ladies  and  little 
girls.  For  convenience  of  study  and  classification  of  students,  the 
course  of  instruction  is  divided  into  three  separate  departments, 
viz.:  (i)  Primary"  department;  (2)  introductory  department;  (3) 
academic  or  collegiate  department.  Board,  including  washing, 
lights,  and  fuel,  for  each  quarter  of  the  scholastic  year,  $30.  The 
tuition  charges  vary  widely  with  the  subject  taught.  Special  rates 
to  the  daughters  of  ministers. 

FAUQUIER  INSTITUTE,  for  young  ladies,  Warrenton,  Geo. 
G.  Butler,  A.  M.,  Principal,  is  ideally  located  at  an  elevation  of  a 
thousand  feet  above  the  sea  level,  in  sight  of  the  Blue  Ridge 
Mountains,  and  surrounded  by  a  fertile  and  beautiful  country 
wholly  free  from  malaria.  It  has  direct  railroad  communication 
with  Washington,  fifty  miles  distant,  and  with  the  principal 
Northern  and  Southern  cities.  It  is  preeminently  a  home  school, 
the  number  of  boarding  pupils  being  limited  to  twenty-four.  The 
institute  building  is  commodious,  and  the  grounds  embrace  ten 
acres.  The  broadly  planned  course  of  study,  covering  four  years, 
no  less  than  the  special  oversight  of  diet  and  exercise  and  the 

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Wash.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Burton. 

moral    and    Christian    influences,   commends   this   school   to    the 
attention  of  parents.     Expenses  are  moderate. 

FISHBURNE  MILITARY  SCHOOL,  Waynesboro,  James  A. 
Fishburne,  A.  B.,  Principal.  This,  as  its  name  implies,  is  a  train- 
ing school  for  young  men.  The  military  regulations  are  not 
burdensome,  but  are  used  especially  for  the  purpose  of  physical 
culture  and  moral  training.  English,  history,  the  languages  and 
sciences,  form  most  of  the  curriculum.  Instruction  is  also  given 
in  bookkeeping,  the  Bible,  elocution,  and  music.  Tuition,  board, 
and  room  rent  make  a  total  expense  of  $200  per  year. 

SHENANDOAH  VALLEY  ACADEMY,  near  Winchester,  J 
B.  Lovett,  M.  A.  (Univ.  Va.),  Principal,  is  a  strictly  first  class 
school,  attractive  and  complete,  for  boys  and  young  men.  Atten- 
tion to  the  individual  pupil  is  a  leading  feature. 


GLADEVILLE  COLLEGE,  Wise,  C.  Y.  Chapman,  A.  M., 
President,  is  almost  a  new  institution.  The  instructors  are 
endeavoring  to  build  up  in  a  mountain  region  a  school  where 
boys  and  girls  of  small  means  may  procure  a  good  academic 
education.  The  enrolment  in  1898  was  160,  of  all  grades,  from 
the  primary  to  the  college. 

WOODLAWN  NORHAL  INSTITUTE,  Woodlawn,  Carroll 
County,  E.  E.  Worrell,  L.  I.,  Principal,  has  a  healthful  location, 
with  picturesque  mountain  scenery.  In  the  students'  boarding 
hall  students  and  teachers  form  one  household.  The  school  pre- 
pares for  college,  and  has  primary,  preparatory,  high  school,  nor- 
mal, music,  and  elocution  departments.  Tuition,  per  term  of 
twenty  weeks,  $5  to  $12.50,  according  to  the  course.  Board  per 
month,  including  fuel,  lights,  and  furnished  rooms,  $6.50. 

WASHINGTON. 

VASHON  COLLEGE,  Burton,  A.  C.  Jones,  Ph.  D.,  Presi- 
dent. The  two  college  courses,  classical  and  scientific,  are 
substantially  the  same  as  offered  by  our  best  American  colleges. 
Each  is  four  years  in  length,  and  graduates  receive  the  degrees  of 

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Tacoma.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE. 

B.  A.  or  B.  S.  For  those  not  prepared  to  enter  college,  a  three 
years'  preparatory  course  is  offered,  with  the  work  under  the 
supervision  of  the  college  faculty.  The  commercial  school  sup- 
plies a  thorough  business  training  covering  two  years.  The  cost 
of  tuition  and  board,  including  room,  light,  and  heat,  is  $175  per 
year. 

ANNIE  WRIGHT  SEMINARY,  Tacoma,  Mrs.  Sarah  K. 
White,  Principal.  The  aim  of  the  school  is  to  offer  the  usual 
studies  pursued  in  preparatory  schools,  combined  with  religious 
instruction  and  physical  training.  The  course  of  study  is  divided 
into  primary,  intermediate,  and  academic  departments,  each  em- 
bracing four  years'  work.  The  outline  of  study  corresponds  gen- 
erally with  that  of  the  primary,  grammar,  and  high  school  grades 
of  the  public  schools.  Penmanship,  composition,  and  spelling  are 
required  throughout  the  course.  The  yearly  charge  for  board 
and  tuition  in  English  and  one  language  is  $200.  Tuition  for  day 
pupils  in  the  academic  department  is  $50  per  year. 

WHITflAN  COLLEGE,  Walla  Walla,  the  Rev.  S.  B.  L.  Pen- 
rose,  A.  B.,  B.  D.,  President.  Whitman  College  was  founded  in 
1859  by  the  Rev.  Gushing  Eells,  to  commemorate  the  name  of 
Marcus  Whitman,  M.  D.,  a  missionary  to  the  Cayuse  Indians  in 
1836.  The  institution,  however,  was  not  opened  to  the  public 
until  1866.  Courses  of  study  are  offered  in  the  classical,  scientific, 
and  literary  departments  of  the  college,  each  of  which  requires 
four  years  for  graduation.  The  degrees  of  B.  A.,  B.  S.,  and  B.  L. 
are  conferred  on  graduates  of  the  respective  departments.  The 
Master's  degrees  are  also  conferred.  There  are  departments  of 
art  and  music.  Whitman  Academy  is  under  the  immediate  super- 
vision of  the  college  faculty,  and  prepares  for  the  college.  The 
college  is  open  to  both  sexes.  Tuition  is  $48  per  year. 


WEST  VIRGINIA. 

ALLEGHANY  COLLEGIATE  INSTITUTE,  Alderson,  the 
Rev.  W.  S.  Anderson,  A.  M.,  Principal,  is  the  only  complete  school 
•for  young  men  and  young  ladies  in  the  southeastern  part  of  West 
Virginia.  In  addition  to  the  regular  A.  B.  course  there  is  much 
work  done  of  an  academic  character.  It  is  situated  in  the  most 
picturesque  town  on  the  C.  &  O.  R.  R.,  Alderson,  twenty  miles 
west  of  the  famed  White  Sulphur  Springs.  While  all  work  done 
is  of  a  high  character,  yet  the  expense  is  nominal,  —  only  $175  for 
all  expenses  of  home  and  literary  tuition.  It  is  now  in  its  sixth 
session. 

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W.  Va.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Morgantown- 

WEST  VIRGINIA  CONFERENCE  SEMINARY,  Buckhannon,. 
the  Rev.  S.  L.  Boyers,  A.  M.,  B.  D.,  President.  This  seminary, 
which  is  under  the  control  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  is 
in  its  ninth  school  year,  and  already  numbers  nearly  four  hundred 
students.  It  is  located  on  the  uplands,  near  the  centre  of  West 
Virginia,  about  fourteen  hundred  feet  above  sea  level.  The  town 
has  never  had  a  liquor  saloon.  Two  handsome  brick  buildings 
adorn  a  campus  of  over  forty  acres,  overlooking  the  town.  The 
aim  of  the  school  is  that  of  developing  Christian  character,  and 
secondarily  that  of  preparing  thoroughly  for  college,  technical 
school,  and  practical  life.  It  is  the  intention  of  the  authorities  to- 
establish  full  college  courses  as  soon  as  the  resources  of  the 
institution  will  permit.  There  are  classical,  scientific,  literary, 
and  normal  courses,  besides  the  usual  music,  art,  elocution,  and 
business  departments.  Annual  expense  in  the  regular  courses, 

$120  tO   $155. 

BURNSVILLE  ACADEflY,  Burnsville,  G.  F.  Queen,  Principal, 
embraces  four  departments,  offering  seven  courses  of  study :  The 
literary,  normal,  music,  and  elementary  commercial.  Art  courses 
are  also  offered  by  a  graduate  of  the  School  of  Art  of  Otterbein 
University.  The  academy  is  co-educational,  and  fits  for  college, 
public  school  teaching,  or  practical  life.  Cost  of  board,  tuition, 
room,  fuel,  and  light,  per  session  of  thirty-eight  weeks,  $85  to- 
$100. 

BROADDUS  INSTITUTE,  Clarksburg,  Miss  Bertha  B.  Stout, 
Principal,  and  Prof.  Luther  Rice  Warren,  A.  M.,  Boys'  Principal. 
This  school  bears  the  reputation  of  being  the"  most  thorough  col- 
lege preparatory  school  in  West  Virginia,  and  enjoys  a  well  earned 
prosperity.  Its  graduates  are  admitted  to  State  University  with- 
out examination,  and  the  State  Board  of  Examiners  award  State  cer- 
tificates to  its  graduates  in  normal  course  the  same  as  to  graduates 
of  State  Normal  College.  It  is  a  school  open  to  both  sexes.  Its 
courses  are  classical,  scientific,  normal,  and  also  graduating 
courses  in  music  and  art.  The  faculty  consists  of  eight  college- 
trained  instructors.  To  produce  more  man,  and  not  to  turn  out 
titled  men,  is  the  ambition  of  those  who  shape  the  policy  of  this 
home  of  morals  and  letters.  Clarksburg  as  an  educational  center 
is  strategic.  Easily  accessible  and  prosperous,  beautiful  for  sit- 
uation, and  breathing  health  from  the  hills.  The  expenses  for 
the  school  year,  for  board  and  tuition  in  academic  department,  are 
$15°- 

WEST  VIRGINIA  UNIVERSITY,  Morgantown,  J.  H.  Ray- 
mond, Ph.  D.,  President,  is  the  outgrowth  of  an  academy  incor- 
porated in  1814.  In  1867  the  West  Virginia  Agricultural  College 


Salem.  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  W.  Va. 

absorbed  the  original  academy  as  well  as  a  neighboring  seminary 
for  young  women.  In  1868  the  name  of  the  institution  was  changed 
by  act  of  Legislature  to  the  West  Virginia  University.  The  uni- 
versity organization  consists  of  the  following  colleges,  schools,  and 
departments  :  The  College  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  the  College  of 
Engineering  and  Mechanic  Arts,  the  College  of  Agriculture,  the 
College  of  Law,  the  School  of  Music,  the  Commercial  School,  the  Pre- 
paratory Schools,  the  Department  of  Elocution  and  Public  Speaking, 
the  Department  of  Drawing  and  Painting,  the  Department  of  In- 
struction by  Correspondence,  the  Military  Department,  the  Depart- 
ment of  Physical  Training.  The  general  expenses,  not  including 
tuition,  are  from  $132  to  $203  per  year.  Except  in  the  School  of 
Music,  and  in  the  departments  of  elocution,  drawing,  and  painting, 
tuition  is  free  to  West  Virginia  students.  The  tuition  charged  stu- 
dents from  other  States  is  :  $5  per  quarter  in  the  Preparatory  School ; 
$5  Per  quarter  in  the  Commercial  School ;  $8  per  quarter  in  the 
College  of  Law  ;  $12.50  per  quarter  in  the  other  colleges. 

5ALEH  COLLEGE,  Salem,  the  Rev.  Theodore  L.  Gardiner, 
A.  M.,  B.  D.,  President.  The  college  was  organized  in  1889  under 
a  State  charter,  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  the  Seventh- 
day  Baptist  Education  Society.  Its  short  history  has  been  one  of 
growth  in  influence  and  number  of  students.  The  college  is  located 
on  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad,  fourteen  miles  from  Clarks- 
burg, and  sixty-eight  miles  east  of  Parkersburg.  The  college  build- 
ing is  a  substantial  two  story  frame  structure  with  mansard  roof, 
containing  a  commodious  chapel  and  numerous  recitation  roorns. 
There  are  preparatory,  collegiate,  normal,  and  music  departments. 
Religious  influences,  while  not  sectarian,  are  very  pronounced. 
Tuition  depends  in  amount  upon  the  subjects  taken,  but  the  general 
expenses  at  this  college  are  remarkably  low. 

WISCONSIN. 

LAWRENCE  UNIVERSITY,  Appleton,  Samuel  Plantz,  Ph.D., 
President,  was  opened  in  1849.  Tne  charter  provided  for  the 
organization  of  a  college  with  authority  to  confer  degrees  ;  the 
trustees,  however,  at  first  undertook  only  the  establishment  of  the 
academic  department.  The  school  was  named  "  The  Lawrence 
Institute  of  Wisconsin,"  after  the  principal  benefactor,  Hon.  Amos 
A.  Lawrence,  of  Boston.  The  organization  of  the  college  depart 
ment  was  completed  in  1853.  There  are  six  principal  buildings, 
including  a  well  furnished  gymnasium.  The  library  contains  six- 
teen thousand  books.  Military  instruction  and  exercise  is  given 
under  a  United  States  officer ;  also  physical  culture  for  girls,  under 
a  competent  teacher.  The  general  departments  are  academic,  col- 

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Fond  du  Lac. 


lege,  musical,  art,  and  commercial.  Entire  annual  expenses,  includ- 
ing board,  $150  to  $200.  The  University,  while  non-sectarian,  is 
under  Methodist  auspices. 

THE  NORTH  WISCONSIN  ACADEHY,  Ashland,  S.  F.  Her- 
sey,  Ph.  B.,  Principal.  This  school  is  located  on  Lake  Superior,  and 
has  the  advantage  of  a  healthful  climate  where  hay  fever  is  unknown. 
It  was  established  in  1892  as  a  preparatory  school  of  the  New  Eng- 
land type,  where  young  ladies  and  gentlemen  are  fitted  for  college 


, 


I 


REV.    THEODORE    L.    GARDINER. 

in  the  classical  and  scientific  courses,  or  given  a  short  English 
course.  None  but  educated  Christian 'teachers  are  employed.  The 
influences  are  excellent,  and  the  necessary  expenses  low.  The 
campus  consists  of  about  twelve  acres,  containing  the  main  brick 
academy  building  and  the  ladies'  boarding  cottage.  Musical 
instruction  will  be  given  by  a  graduate  of  Oberlin  Conservatory. 

GRAFTON  HALL,  school  for  young  ladies,  Fond  du  Lac,  the 
Rev.  B.  Talbot  Rogers,  A.  M.,  B.  D.,  Warden ;  Mrs.  B.  Talbot 
Rogers,  B.  L.,  Matron  and  Associate  Principal.  Applicants  for 

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Wis.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Aft.  Calvary. 

admission  should  be  at  least  twelve  years  of  age,  and  in  good 
health.  A  thorough  academic  course  is  provided,  with  special 
advantages  in  the  languages,  music,  and  art.  The  school  is 
accredited  by  the  State  University  for  all  its  courses,  and  by 
Eastern  colleges  for  women.  The  main  building  is  of  stone,  three 
stories,  heated  throughout  with  indirect  radiation  hot  blast,  and 
lighted  with  electricity,  supplied  by  a  dynamo  owned  by  the  school. 
The  home  life  is  made  congenial  and  comfortable,  and  each  stu- 
dent is  given  a  well  furnished  room  with  ample  closet.  Three 
hundred  dollars  per  year  pays  the  living  expenses  and  tuition  in 
all  courses. 

CONCORDIA  COLLEGE,  Milwaukee,  the  Rev.  M.  J.  F. 
Albrecht,  President.  This  college  is  conducted  and  supported 
by  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church.  The  buildings,  which  num- 
ber three  halls,  a  gymnasium,  a  hospital,  and  seven  residences, 
occupy  an  elevated  and  healthful  site  in  the  western  part  of  Mil- 
waukee near  the  city  limits.  The  grounds  contain  about  seven 
acres,  and  include  a  large  campus  and  an  athletic  field.  The 
primary  object  of  the  college  is  to  prepare  young  men  for  the  theo- 
logical courses  of  Lutheran  divinity  schools ;  but  it  also  fits  for 
the  best  American  universities.  The  institution  was  modelled  after 
the  German  "  gymnasia,"  where  most  attention  is  devoted  to  the 
classics.  But  in  conformity  to  modern  educational  demands  a 
number  of  studies  have  been  added  which  were  not  contemplated 
in  the  original  plan.  The  general  course  of  study  occupies  six 
years.  Attention  is  also  given  to  music  and  physical  training. 
Tuition  is  free  to  students  for  the  ministry ;  to  all  others  it  is  $40 
per  year.  Board  and  fuel  are  $63  per  year. 

flARQUETTE  COLLEGE,  Milwaukee,  the  Rev.  Leopold 
Bushart,  S.  J.,  President,  was  incorporated  with  collegiate  powers 
in  1864,  and  is  under  the  exclusive  control  of  members  of  the 
Society  of  Jesus.  It  has  a  classical  department  with  collegiate  and 
academic  courses,  and  a  commercial  department.  The  catechism 
is  a  text-book  in  all  the  classes,  and  Holy  Mass  opens  the  exercises 
of  the  day.  No  applicant  for  admission  is  refused  on  the  ground 
of  his  religious  opinions.  Degrees  of  A.  B.  and  A.  M.  are  conferred 
by  the  college.  As  the  institution  is  not  endowed,  it  is  entirely 
dependent  for  its  support  on  the  fees  for  tuition.  Tuition  per 
session  of  ten  months,  $60. 

ST.  LAWRENCE  COLLEGE,  Mt.  Calvary,  Fond  du  Lac 
County,  the  Rev.  Antonine  Wilmer,  O.  M.  Cap.,  Rector.  The 
college  was  organized  as  a  separate  institution  in  1864,  it  having 
previously  been  a  part  of  the  neighboring  monastery.  Its  history 
has  been  one  of  zeal  and  devoted  sacrifice.  Both  monastery  and 

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Racine.  WHERE   TO    EDUCATE.  Wis. 

college  were  wholly  destroyed  by  fire  in  1868,  but  were  soon 
replaced  by  more  substantial  structures.  In  1872  and  1873  still 
other  college  buildings  were  erected,  and  the  present  main  build- 
ing was  reared  in  1882.  A  beautiful  chapel  was  added  in  1893. 
The  location  of  this  college,  both  for  healthfulness  and  accessibility, 
leaves  nothing  to  .be  desired.  Its  primary  aim  is  to  prepare  young 
men  for  the  Roman  Catholic  priesthood,  but  in  addition  to  its 
classical  course  of  six  years  it  offers  a  practical  course  in  business. 
Board  and  tuition  per  session  of  five  months  is  $60. 

RACINE  COLLEGE,  Racine,  the  Rev.  Arthur  Piper,  D.  D., 
Warden.  Beautifully  and  healthfully  situated  on  the  banks  of 
Lake  Michigan,  between  Chicago  and  Milwaukee.  The  aim  of 
the  school  is  to  thoroughly  cultivate  the  intellectual,  physical,  and 
spiritual  powers  of  growing  lads,  enabling  them  to  approach  a  well 
rounded  manhood.  There  are  two  general  courses  of  study,  the 
classical  and  scientific,  divided  and  adapted  in  such  a  manner  as 
to  enable  boys  to  prepare  for  the  various  university  courses.  The 
divisions  follow  the  general  lines  indicated  by  Harvard  University. 
The  school  is  under  the  control  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 

ST.  CATHERINE'S  ACADEflY,  Park  Avenue  and  Twelfth 
Street,  Racine,  Sisters  of  St.  Dominic.  This  is  an  institution  for 
Catholic  young  ladies,  situated  in  a  retired  part  of  the  city  of 
Racine,  and  commanding  a  fine  view  of  Lake  Michigan.  The 
building  is  commodious,  steam  heated,  and  furnished  with  every 
modern  improvement.  Though  electric  cars  constantly  pass  the 
academy,  the  extensive  recreation  grounds  surrounding  the  school 
furnish  all  the  advantages  of  the  country.  The  aim  of  the  school 
is  the  development  of  womanly  character.  Careful  attention  is 
paid  to  the  health,  manners,  and  morals  of  the  students,  and  the 
intellectual  standard  is  proportionately  high.  In  addition  to  strong 
academic  courses  there  are  departments  of  music,  art,  normal 
training,  and  business.  The  scholastic  year  is  divided  into  two 
sessions  of  five  months  each.  The  general  expenses  for  one 
session  are  $75,  in  advance. 

RIPON  COLLEGE,  Ripon,  the  Rev.  R.  C.  Flagg,  D.  D., 
President,  was  incorporated  in  1851.  It  is  reached  by  the 
Chicago  and  N.  W.  and  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul 
Railways.  The  buildings  number  six,  and  the  library  contains 
eight  thousand  bound  and  three  thousand  unbound  volumes. 
There  are  four  general  departments :  College,  preparatory  school, 
conservatory  of  music,  and  school  of  drawing  and  painting.  The 
college  offers  three  courses  of  study,  the  classical,  the  scientific, 
and  the  literary,  each  requiring  four  years  for  its  completion,  each 
leading  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  and  each  requiring  four 

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Wis.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE.  Watertown. 

full  years  of  preparatory  work  before  entering  it.  Graduates  who 
shall  have  completed  an  approved  course  equivalent  to  an  addi- 
tional year  of  non-professional  study,  and  paid  the  required  fees, 
may  receive  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts.  A  wide  range  of  elec- 
tives  is  provided  for  students  in  the  regular  courses.  Tuition,  per 
term,  $10  to  $12.  An  average  estimate  of  expenses,  per  term,  for 
board  and  room  rent  in  college  buildings,  incidental  fee,  with  fuel 
and  lights  included,  will  be  about :  For  fall  term,  $54  ;  for  winter 
term,  $48  ;  for  spring  term,  $44;  for  full  year,  $146. 

SAINT  CLARA  ACADEMY,  Sinsinawa,  is  under  the  direction 
of  the  Dominican  Sisters.  This  widely  known  institution  is  situated 
in  one  of  the  most  beautiful  parts  of  Wisconsin.  To  the  rear  of 
the  academy  is  the  celebrated  landmark,  "  Sinsinawa  Mound," 
rising  550  feet  above  the  surrounding  country,  and  commanding  a 
view  of  the  neighboring  States.  Railroad  communications  render 
Saint  Clara  easy  of  access  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  a 
fact  which  should  commend  itself  to  parents  seeking  a  desirable 
school  and  home  for  their  daughters.  The  building  is  spacious 
and  attractive,  furnished  with  every  modern  improvement  condu- 
cive to  health  and  comfort.  The  design  of  the  institution 
is  to  give  pupils,  by  a  systematic  practical  training,  an  education 
at  once  solid  and  refined.  For  this  purpose,  the  academy 
offers  three  courses :  The  classical,  preparatory  for  university  or 
college,  the  English,  and  the  commercial.  Tuition  varies  with  the 
advancement  of  pupil  and  the  branches  pursued. 

STOUGHTON  ACADEflY   AND   BUSINESS    INSTITUTE, 

Stoughton,  located  in  the  famous  four-lake  region  of  Wisconsin, 
fifteen  miles  from  Madison,  the  State  capital.  The  school  has 
thorough  preparatory  courses  for  college  and  is  "  accredited  "  at 
the  University  of  Wisconsin.  Its  courses  in  bookkeeping,  short- 
hand, and  typewriting  are  practical  and  complete.  The  normal 
course  is  one  of  the  special  features  of  the  school,  and  a  large 
number  take  advantage  of  it  every  year.  The  musical  course  is 
taught  according  to  the  methods  of  the  best  music  schools.  The 
Stoughton  Academy  is  open  to  both  sexes.  It  is  preeminently  a 
school  for  people  of  small  means.  Expenses,  including  tuition, 
board,  room,  and  books,  from  $26.50  to  $30  per  term  of  ten  weeks. 

NORTHWESTERN  UNIVERSITY,  Watertown,  the  Rev.  A.  F. 
Ernst,  President.  The  University  was  founded  in  1864  and 
chartered  by  the  State,  March,  1867.  It  comprises  three  depart- 
ments :  The  preparatory  department,  the  collegiate  department, 
both  of  which  are  in  Watertown,-  and  the  theological  seminary, 
situated  near  Wauwatosa,  Wisconsin.  The  plan  of  studies  in  the 
preparatory  and  Collegiate  departments  is  similar  to  that  of  a  Ger- 

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Wausau.  WHERE    TO    EDUCATE  Wis. 

man  gymnasium.  The  school  therefore  has  practically  but  one 
course,  leading  to  the  degree  of  A.  B.  In  the  preparatory  de- 
partment, however,  boys  and  girls  are  admitted  that  wish  to  pursue 
academic  studies,  for  which  liberal  provisions  have  been  made. 
As  yet  the  institution  is  bi-lingual  (English  and  German)  ;  it  is 
controlled  by  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Synod  of  Wisconsin.  The 
college  expenses  are  $117.75  Per  annum  of  forty  weeks,  including 
board,  tuition,  fuel,  and  incidentals. 

WAUSAU  BUSINESS  COLLEGE  AND  ACADEMY,  Wau- 
sau, C.  M.  Boyles,  Principal.  This  school  was  established  in 
1886,  and  offers  a  thorough  business  course  to  its  pupils,  including 
shorthand,  typewriting,  and  bookkeeping.  Students  can  enter  at 
any  time.  Terms  are  about  $6  per  month. 


WYOniNQ. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  WYOMING,  Laramie,  F.  P.  Graves,  LL.  D., 
President,  is  on  the  line  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  two  hours 
distant  from  Cheyenne.  The  foundation  of  the  University  was  a  bill 
passed  by  the  Ninth  Legislature  of  the  Territory  of  Wyoming,  which 
convened  on  the  twelfth  day  of  January,  1886.  A  site  consisting  of 
twenty-one  acres  was  at  once  procured  and  work  was  begun  on 
the  main  building,  which,  when  completed,  cost  over  eighty-five 
thousand  dollars.  The  first  State  Legislature  (1890)  passed  an 
act  greatly  enlarging  the  scope  of  the  institution,  and  also  author- 
izing the  Agricultural  College  to  receive  from  the  national  gov- 
ernment the  appropriations  provided  for  in  the  Land  Grant  Act. 
The  university  is  undenominational,  co-educational,  and  non-parti- 
san. The  departments  number  eight :  The  Preparatory  School, 
the  College  of  Liberal  Arts,  the  Normal  School,  the  College  of 
Agriculture  and  the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  the  College 
of  Mechanical  Engineering,  the  School  of  Mines,  the  School  of 
Military  Science  and  Tactics,  the  School  of  Music.  Admission  is 
by  examination  and  on  certificate.  Degrees  conferred  are  B.  A., 
B.  S.,  B.  Fed.,  M.  A.  Tuition  is  free. 

SHERIDAN  COLLEGE,  Sheridan,  Frank  O.  Hellier,  President, 
is  a  Congregational  college  and  has  been  adopted  as  such  by  the 
State  Congregational  Association.  Its  first  term  opened  on 
October  3,  1898,  with  about  thirty  students;  before  the  close  of 
the  term  the  number  increased  to  fifty.  The  college  is  now  fully 
prepared  with  a  competent  board  of  not  less  than  ten  instructors 
to  take  the  best  of  care  of  all  students  who  may  attend  in  the 
higher  common  branches,  the  sciences,  history,  literature,  mathe- 
matics, Latin,  Greek,  the  modern  languages,  business  course, 

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shorthand  and  typewriting,  painting,  drawing,  elocution,  physical 
culture,  vocal  and  instrumental  music,  and  voice  culture.  The 
college  will  grant  certificates  and  diplomas  to  any  and  all  who  com- 
plete any  of  these  lines  of  study,  and  will  confer  degrees  upon 
those  who  complete  the  higher  and  regular  college  courses.  The 
tuition  is  fixed  at  the  lowest  point  consistent  with  actual  require- 
ments, and  is  $30  for  the  three  terms  of  the  regular  school  year. 


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PAGE 

Authors'  Agency          .         .         .         ...         .         .         .  388 

Astoria  Operatic-Concert-Dramatic  Bureau  .         .         .         .  391 

Blackboards  : 

J.  L.  Hammett  Company 394 

Boarding  School  Directory 385 

Globes: 

J.  L.  Hammett  Company 394 

Kindergarten  Material  : 

J.  L.  Hammett  Company .  394 

Milton  Bradley  Company 384 

Lecturer  to  Schools : 

Charles  Barnard  .         .         .         .         .         .                  •  393 

Maps  : 

J.  L.  Hammett  Company      .                           ...  394 

Music  Teachers : 

Emil  Gastel 393 

H.  W.  Greene 393 

Newell  L.  Wilbur 393 

Publishers  : 

Milton  Bradley  Company 384 

Brown  and  Company    . 383 

Educational  Publishing  Company          ....  385 

Ginn  &  Company                             386 

Romeyn  B.  Hough 387 

G.  &  C.  Merriam  Co 386 

John  P.  Morton  &  Company         .                  ...  386 

Schools  : 

Boston  Normal  School  of  Gymnastics  .         .         .         .  389 

The  Frye  Private  School 390 

The  Salem  Commercial  School     .         .         *         .         .392 

School  Supplies : 

J.  L.  Hammett  Company       ......  394 

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PAGE 

Sloyd  Material : 

Chandler  &  Barber 385 

Teachers'  Agencies  : 

Bardeen,  C.  W 388 

Colorado  Teachers'  Agency 388 

Fisk  Teachers'  Agencies 388 

Teachers'  Exchange  of  Boston      .         .         .         .         .388 

Yacht  Designer  : 

Fred.  W.  Martin  ....                  •         •         •  393 


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School  Libraries 

should  be  supplied  with 

AMERICAN  NAVAL  HEROES,  by  JOHN  HOWARD  BROWN.  A 
popular  and  comprehensive  retrospect  of  the  gallant  conduct 
of  the  American  sailor  in  the  wars  of  the  United  States 
against  England,  1776-84;  against  the  Barbary  States,  1803- 
15;  against  England,  1812-13;  against  Mexico,  1847-48; 
and  against  Spain  in  1898  ;  together  with  an  impartial  record 
of  heroism  as  exhibited  by  the  two  American  navies  in  the 
Civil  War,  1861-65.  The  work  has  been  carefully  prepared, 
is  fully  illustrated,  and  verified  as  to  dates  and  facts,  and  is 
supplied  with  a  complete  analytical  index,  making  it  a  reli- 
able book  of  reference  without  detracting  from  its  popular 
value  as  a  story  of  heroes.  Price,  $3.00 ;  sold  by  subscrip- 
tion. 

WHITTIER  BOOK.  "The  paths  their  feet  have  worn,"  by 
ANNA  M.  LUCY.  Price,  $2.00. 

FRIENDS'  SCHOOL,   PROVIDENCE,  R.  I.,  Dec.  15,  1898. 
BROWN  AND  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS. 

Dear  Sirs :  I  have  examined  with  great  pleasure  and  satisfaction 
"The  paths  their  feet  have  worn."  It  is  a  beautiful,  indeed  an 
elegant,  book.  I  am  personally  familiar  with  most  of  the  places 
and  associations  which  appear  in  the  illustrations,  and  I  regard 
them  all  as  excellent  artistic  productions.  There  certainly  is 
great  merit  in  them  as  pictures,  but  to  this  is  always  joined  the 
personality  of  a  master  spirit  who  once  passed  this  way  and  ren- 
dered memorable  every  spot  where  he  lingered.  The  groupings 
of  persons  and  places  mentioned  in  his  poetry  and  prose,  as  well 
as  his  own  sacred  haunts  and  ways,  are  admirable.  The  thought- 
fulness  and  penetration  into  the  life  and  works  of  Whittier,  which 
are  manifest  throughout  the  book,  will  secure  to  it  a  permanent 
and  enduring  place  beside  his  verse  in  the  homes  and  hearts  of 
the  American  people ;  indeed,  wherever  in  the  wide  world  the 
universal  church  extends,  and  Divine  love  and  human  brotherhood 
sway  the  souls  of  men.  Very  truly  yours, 

(Signed)  AUGUSTINE  JONES. 

WHERE  TO  EDUCATE,  edited  by  GRACE  POWERS  THOMAS. 
Price,  $3.00. 

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S'B 
I.OAN 


30m-l,'15 


YC  02839