THE CENTRE REPORTER. FRED KURTZ, . . . Editor Centre Harn, Pa, Mar. 1, 1883. A Nt NN NN NNN NN } CENTRE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE | FOR 1885, i P. 0. Address, Bellefonte Name. J. M. Kichline...... Chas, Smith 4 8. A. MeQuistion..... Irn C. Leathers... James P. Joues........Milesburg F. P. Musser..... ~Millheim | (i. G. Herlinger.....Philipsburg | Sol Schmidt... oon - i A.V. Carpenter, 7. J. McDonald Wm. Ishler Bellefonte | Frank F. Adams... Milesbury | Henry Meeker... Pine Glen John Roop comes diIRONE John MeCloskey..... 1.T. MeCormick.. State College I. W. Walker......Rock Springs John Coldron...... Spring Mills | Wm. Luce... Farmers Mills L. P. Btover oe Woodward Geo. Bower LJAnronsburg | 1. H. Grifin....... Stormestown | nD. W. Meyer .... Boslsburg John Gleun i John 1. Miles... ¢ fh ames P. Leinn Mario J. J. Hov Ellis B. shafler, Aguew Sellers, Jr Filmore . BUOVEL...0roers sien nL ODUTT Meyer. vos Centre Hall Tussy ville Philipsburg Sandy Ridge Bellefonte Snow Shi Fowli® renner eK Ioming § k.... Hublersburg Port Matiids | E, hairmar District, : Bellefonte N, W. - =, Ww Ww. W. boro Hownrd | Howard i Milesburg Milthelm Philipsburg 1 x SW Unionville boro dennper twin Hoges » Burnside College (fartin Ferguson O teming JRomols | en HOwWaAr | aed iAn we Blnnehard Walker Madisonburg fs Miles Samuel Slack william Cullen J.T Everly... EF. { Wood... Wm. RB. Haynes Hepburn Blowers Ae sran 29 FIN) Inseph Emerl M. 5. Spotls... wu, ¢. HEINI { YALEER, Secretary REPORT JF THE COMMITTEE TO INVESTI-| GATE THE CONDITION OF THE PENN’A STATE COLLEGE. The following is the body of Res vort : for want of room we omit the | matter citing the legislation that author- appointment of the committee: . THE EM DEPARTMENT Adopting for convenience the order of investigation suggested by the resolution, the frst branch of our inqoiry is, wheth- er the present management of the col | leg is in compliance with the require- | ments of Congress and of the Legisiature | of this State, in relation thereto, For the) purpose of reference, these acts are given | in fail in the appendix to this report, bat the sections most strietly pertinent to this investigation are quoted, as fol! lows. { 1. Act of Congress, approved July 2d, 1862. “Sgo. 4. And be it farther enacted, That all moneys derived from the sale of | the lands aforesaid by the States to which | the lands are apportioned, and from the sales of land serip hereinbefore provided | for, shall be invested in stocks of the| {Tnited States, or of the States, or some ‘ther safe stocks, yielding not less thao 5/ per centum upon the par valoe of gaid | stocks : and that the moneys so invested | shall constitate a perpetual fund, the Sap] ital of which sball remain forever undi-| minished {except so far as may be pro-| the ses the 1 CATIONAL propriated by each State, which may] take and claim the benefit of this act, to] nance of at least one college where the) leading object shall be, withoot exclod-| ing o'her scientific and classical studies, | and inclading military tactics, to teach) auch branches of learning as are related | to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in anch manner as the Legislatore of the States may respectfully describe, in or- jer ts promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursaits and professions in life.” 2 Act of the Legistatare of Peunsylva- iia, approved April 1, 1863. “Sec l. and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen-| eral Assembly met, and is hereby en- acted vy the authority of the same, That passed the secoud day of July, 1862, enti-| tied An act donating lands to the several | 3:ates and Territories which may pro-| vide colleges for the benefit of agricul | tare and the ‘mechanic arts, be, and the| same is hereby accepted by the State of] Pennsylvania, with all its provisions and | conditions, and the faith of the Bate is hereby pledged to carry the same iato! affect, . . » a | “Sec. 4. That, until otherwise ordered sannal interset sccruing from any in| vestment of the fundsacquired under the | said act of Congress is hereby appropri-| ated, and the said commissioners are di-| rected to pay the same to the Agrienltu.| ral College of Pennsylvania for the en-| dowment, support and maintenance of! agriculture and the mechanic arts.” The controling requirements of the get! are: (1.) That a eollege shall be estab- shall inclade “military tactics.” 3. That| it shall pot exclude classical and scien- tific i to pro the liberal and practical eda- to this end (5) its ing object sball be “10 teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and mechanic arta.” By section of the act of April 1, 1863, the State of Pennsylvania the above quoted act of Congress “with all the provisions and condi and as if togive its wceptagey the b ble Sutin added, “the fal is hereby pledged to carry effect,” By section four of the act, the interest of the funds thus required under the said act of Congress was appropria- ted to the endowment, support and main- tenance of the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania on the ex ground that Eo wi AI ho. mao of he ne uiremen t United States Jes. either this nor any subsequent laws State made an’ modi of or addition to the re- qu ts of the law of Congress, #8 10 ihe waintehants of those apn men subject which oundarer ier. In order to ofthe State es A A SUSAN these several laws, the commi a careful examination of its courses of | they now exist and as they have been in | operation since the passage of the law referred to, The ioatitution was opered to students, as is well known, ander a charter granted four years earli- er. It was originally called the Farmers’ which originated, as : its early reports, partly in a feeling that farmers might be prejudiced against the word “college” as that of a place where partly with the idea of founding a small | institution with a limited course of in- struction, similar to the agricultursl ral colleges there. But the school ox be- | ing organized adopted a course of instruc. | tion in mathematics and the natoral sci- ences more extensive than that in any | study and required for gradoating. Its | organization bad been upon a collegiate | basis from the beiianing, and the trus. would be able to complete and change its name. Toe name wasa cordingly changed in 1862 t cultural College of Penusy In 1874, the Legislature having previ. ously appropriated the proceeds of the National land grant to the institution, and the act of Congress, as has been | ed to correspond to its wide range of gnbe wen known as the | Pennsylvania State College. The com~ | mittee find thatthe courses of study bave | 1s from time to time been changed t y 1 el but, in its earlier years, the subject of agriculture both theoreti- cal and applied, always held a prominent place while other subjects were included in the interest of a broader co find, for example, the earlies courses of stady § political and soc A science, astronomy, high matics and other advanced bLrancl earning. The courses of full operation are extended and complete than at any previous peri- od of the history of the coliege, and seem to comply in the fullest sense with the requirements of the laws of Congress and of this State. They include two general courses ; one in general science, the oth- er in ancient classics; and four technical courses, viz: agricultaral, chemistry snd physics, natural history and civil engi- neering, These courses cover a years each, and i provides {or the stndents for any resson to take short special course culture, and a similar try. Special students are for same length of branches of study as they and be quallified to pursue. y 1 tics are regularly taught, and all students, unless excused on account {of physical study now by far more nd i nay ine 8 a1 Jail delivered in connection wi studies of the class room. We find that progressive system of practical training application of knowledge, wii tent and thoronghness few, if aoy, institutions have information. The ricaitare, for example, gues iuto oratory until be becomes analyst, and info the feild observe processes or to cond gations. The sin works in the gard Ihe student in mech and is trained in tools, us well as the principles of mechan ies, The student in civil englaeering ac- quires a8 knowledge of the instruments and the methods of his profession, by 1% ent the shop the i jects are taught with constaot reference to their practical applicaiions in the va- rious industries of life. When the insti: tution was tirst opened tostudents a con- siderable amount of manual lal wa required of all. This system was aban doaed after a trial of several years; and the practical work. now required is re garded as educational rather thao a mat- ter of manuoal labor, though it evideatiy serves the two important ends of giving Wr # tion. Whether the abandonment of com- pulsory manual labor yas wise or unwise, the committee did not feel called upon to decide. As it is not required any ing law of the United States or of ul State it wonld seem {o be a matter wh bons in approved apparatns of imstruction, and the other departments of instruction 9. lating directly to the indastries of life, ments of ordinary teaching. great need ments, and in the library for a large ime mediate outlay which the means at the command of the trustees does not enable them to make, Of the twelve (12) pro. fossors and assistants now constituting the teaching force of the college depart classics ; one of them also has charge of which necessarily enter into every course of liberal education. In the same eonneo- tion, it should be noted that the ap- propriations made by the trustees for the purchase of apparatas and appliances for the several class-rooms have been almost exclusively for the indostrial depart- meats, Out of the appropriations of this kind, between the years 1806 and 188], ng nearly , less than $100 was given to the classical department, and that was for the purchase of maps, With regard to the character and con- duct of the students of the institution, the testimony before the commiitee is so i i i i 3 § pat} by it, ! witnesses a conscious purose to misrep- | resent the facts, it is easy to see to what | au extent personal disappointments aud | individuals who alone gave disparaging | The statements of present | dents, of professors, citizens of the neigh- | and of officials who are pow | engaged | in the admivistration of the law in Cen i! tals referred to, Their ungnalified tose | timouny is, that the students of the Stute | College are as manly and as honorahie in their conduct, avd as correct in their 3 any similar body of young] men in any institution of the State or] the country, Several of the witnesses go farther, and express their strong Couvic. | tion, bused npon observation avd knowi- | edge, that the standard of these students | these respects, is exceptionally high. | FINANCIAL MANAGEMI next three branches of inquiry | 4 : wv 1h ' "a * MH. } ‘A th ite relates to the financial manage. { the institution ; the use mado of rious fands placed at its disposal, r from the proceeds of the United | Grant, Ihe appropr miate of LEY sontributions of indivi i from students, and ascertain if ey have been honestly appropriated (On this important point it is extremely gratifyiog to find that the Whatever ditfer- of judgement have been exp : witnesses respecting the general man- ent and policy of the isstitution, without exception, when guestione have expressed the fallest conti the perfect integrity with whi funds have been expend Considering the the Pe ¥ t} Li testimony 8 ressed bse Oy agen xe ail, 1 87 1 fhe O are not x it } Weil : * eductions VULCLIVID izens of the ward of trustees; b amounts received {rom i 3 wo rious uses to which they have * } pli , in th ia th the « v is WT orate summaries from K which were furnished to tl committee by Professor Hamill 1siness manager, and whicha A red nere. ¢ given in detail ae allege, 1 this report Lief sgmm this rey t. i 31 ie the State from bnodred a1 ailzed ao i 1 a two hundred and eighty-eig hundred and eighty-six dol g ghtv cents from sales under the act 1867. The sales of scrip were made und f Legislatare, by r thant 3 the wollege. 1a scoor- provisions of sectiol propriated to the State { the Lt Of a Congress, the sum three thous eight honda « 4 Wiig i #5 six dollars and thirty cent By the act Legislaiure Bi of the etinii pric nd ser sof} five hoo vested, » 0. dire ¥ be Cs {red £ intereal al Six per years from d the rn iars 4 » $ piag Liteed tale. 8 Col It will be seen from the | ege. a of jaud graot on which the coli receiving inler«sl is three 8 eRe is 3 1 huudred A SRO ci HAASE Cards—Atlorneys. J ons BLAIR LINN, * Atlorner-ab Law Office on Allaghony street, Bolialont, feb 31 ¥. FORTREY, 7 Avtorney-sl-Law, Offices in old Conard building, Beliefonu T Alexander. 4. Bl LEXASDER & BOWER, ATTORNEYR-AT-LAW BELLEFONTE, PA. Office in Garman'e new building. OC. » JUAN F. POTTER, Atorney-sat-Law ' Collections promtly made snd special sttention given to those havin ands or property tor sale, Will draw + and have scknowledged Deeds, ges, &e Jellefonte, Pa J." Germesn .¥ yf 7 5 TLE SPANGLEE, Attorney at Low Consultations in English and Office in Furst's new building Druggists ZELLER & SON, DRUGGISTS, Bells Dealer In UGS, — CH EMICAILS, PERFUMERY. FANCY GOODS Pure Wines snd Liquors for purposes siways kepl, “ fre ie or — r > a 1 -~ PE ome of the same inior Dentists. 1m town every day J ’ GERHART, LD? DEXTINT 22 South Third Street Li Pa. X . ex ied y efter kino CC GLOCK-LARINY, No, Uhion unty, D* GG W. HOSTEEMAN, Dentist, Cer (itfice st residence on Church street site Lutheran Church, Wil g Enid faction in all branches of Lis professio: Ether administered, iar D* 5.6. GUTELIUS.~ Dentist, Millbeim. Offers bie professional services to the public. He i prepared to perform all operstions in the dental profession. He i» now fully 3 pared to extract teeth absolutely with pain. my 2 78 1 *tl-c tives ia Silk 3 Lidl CK aes thie svyanith open tis mona i — opp ining Hotels. 1 . 1 . & lowered in price—almaos New Brockerhoff House B® G. G. McMILLEN, Prop'r. Good Sample Rooms on First Floor 5%. F res Buss to and from all trains. Suecial rales Lo witnesses and jurors. Bund ALLEGHERY BT, MELLEFOGRTE BP ECOEE. uri W. K. Teller, proprietor, Be wate, Pa. Special attentivn given ww couutry trade, Sore by June it Jy eet front. ; cnet —————— UTI"S HOUSE, : BELLEFONTE, | vna¥R X Lesa, Proprivior Best Uratids 0! LiQuuls ana Cigars band, Good scoowwedstions 101 Line vid ahd Cowmercini Men. A ise Beer vol tier, lerins ressvousbdie / Banks. Pps B VALLEY BANKING CENTEE BALL Kee ive Deposits and aliow [u- terest; Discount Notes; Buy end bell Govervweut Ben curities; Gold and Coupons, Wa Worry W. SMISGLY Pres Lasiiiel COUNTY BANKING CO BELLEFONTE, PA ninety-five thousand three hundred aud thirty dollars and thirty cents. The hundred thous: of fu tauu FOURCHILDRERN BURNEDINT PRESENCE OF THEIR MOTI Brackets, Tex , Feb } explosion of 4 f een rs Harry ye i { sgges Varying bu premiam which the la been invested, and eighty seven hundred and nivets Le #2 meallor FTOArE, Were of the lest two amounts off trom the chil: gating one hondred snd four tl six hundred and sixty-nine foils seventy cents) constitutes the or ; . on whieh the college cin draw for r glum in Beaver g pairs, improvements, new counstrachi Philada, 7 14 diesex owns a dog t inco me anly, a A minister i y ¥ Bat i r A trange dogs chased a rab. bit across the minister's lawn, and the par. alyzed dog, thrown into a fever of excites ment, leaped through a window, joined in oy | in its bind leg three Years, days ARO BOS 1 wECh cure that can equal this is yeu to come, Silas M., says: “The effect of in chronicliver " § the Polmatiand PUATIOAAN 3 - » i i od . frown's lron complaint is unsurpassed,” Of the and «Dingoes is offering winter clothing pow on hand, soils and overcoats, for gen and boys, at about cost, 10 close oul stock and have room for spriog goods, Any one needing such articles had bets ter go to Dingo» store soon and secure a bargain. last named sum fifty-seven thou 1 he nance of the experimental farm, which properly regarded as a point of the edu Ts = wee Netitly ail the provisions consumed in the Centre and Clearfield coal and ler's grocery, where parties can get just what they want, fresh and pure, the importance of which is understood by lambermen and coal bosses, ps sos An hs MAM S05 A MOST requirements of the Upited States law. The remaining contributions of the State to this college have been as follows : {Continued on oppoille page | “ " a «wwThe floods along the Ohio have used distress among al) classes, but a mweasare of relief is founa in the ability of all to fet needed clothing very cheap at the Philad. Branch, Parties making np boxes of goods to be sont to Je relivi committee can got any article of clothing | to die. In this condition she took very low of Lewing to be sent to the suis | ngeted 4 die; 10 shia Tape tho snd disap ferers, | pointment of ull, she recovered hor has ih | patfectly, Her case is reported in Dr, Hartman's Bo kon the * Tie of Life,” 31s brio Ask your Draggst tor one, or ad REMARKABLE UCASE Dylag—yeot living. Dr, Miller, of 120 South Tenth street, Philadelphia, Pa, says “J am personally sequainted with a mud. dlesaged lady in Phiisdeiphia, who ld SW i FLEABANT, Dyspopsin, O, dresd disease, hat mortal oan withstand? Insatinte Lil-~naught can nppeass, It roams throughout the land! How few, indesd, escaps its puing, And in there's simple cure, The only one that now remains Peruana, ploasant, sure! dress, DrHartman, Osburn, EHENSL te. Neto y 111 make 1'Plal 100d, BOW evecy where, of vem § : i 3 i Aheapeuy, will open April 16, 1883, with Prof Lewis Rumer as Principal. Students taught all the branc ry to prepare for col i srding reasonable, 17jar « For low prices in job work, sale bills ete, eali at the Reporter office, or, send yy mail, Try us tf Mis Sonvo (Leute Milliken, Hoover & Uo teceive Deposits and Allow Interesi: ihscount Notes: : Boy aad tell Gov ernment Secunitics: Gold spd ( uns. f 2 hes neces £0 ogee Bo Ow Uli 4 ui 4 : your orders A. Beaver Yiws, Jas oy DEP! Jelieving it to be the best for : DPW ARE ; ARDWARER dealings should be in cash, and fol- we Jd AS, JjA 8 A. A. HARRIS HARRIS, — ARE SELLING & Cu to do away with the & LO credit system after the 17 of July, 1882, Afier this date the-books will be closed and I will sell ouly FeO=R CoA 8-H or its equivalent. SECTIONS A SECTIUFS A ND ND REAPERS, REAPERS, And ali kinds of Farming Tools, RAKES, FORKS, BY ES Jaatagie BLOCKS SPROUTS HAY FORKS, &c. HARDWARE, TO MEET TBE DE. MANDS IN THIS LINE. JAS. HARRIS & (LO, lite is by, go and dare R estirninimta: Tuk Ji re. 0 SCENT det 11 ani ae make as a tal mot ing BON Bs men, Jad A nin ko grost pay, Bond ir, 11 pou Thankful to my castemers for their past patronage, I hope to meet where I am confident I ean sell much LOWER than elsewhere. Have de termined to give my customers the benefit of the new system. PRODUCE will be taken in ex change for goods at highest market oh cr - price. Respectfully, oF ume, welte for | parties oi WRI I. J. GRENOBLE, = ——— te 13jul y BE soring Mills, Pa, CUT THIS OUT __ NRC S15 1840 J we have stores inlb leading Cities,
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