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South eastern Ohio will be entitled one. It
may be well, therefore, for this Board, either at this
or the August meeting, to define its attitude in the
matter. One of Several courses is open: To make such
a school an adjunct of the preparatory department. To
furnish ground for buildings for a wholly separate concern.
To let the Normal school, if provided for, go to some other
place. That it will diminish the attendance in our
preparatory may, I think be regarded as a certainty.
I have ascertained by careful inquiry that the young
people who go to school away from home usually
patronize an institution at [illegible] great distance.
From the nature of the case those colleges and Universities
in or near large cities have the most numerous
attendance. The Very few populous institutions on outside
of large cities have been made attractive by their
very liberal equipments, or by short courses. In fact
it becomes year by year more difficult to maintain
a respectable standing among reputable
colleges, and at the same time increase the attendance.
While there is rarely any thing gained by a short
cut, young people are attracted in the large numbers
to schools that promise the same degree for one
or two years work for which others require three or four
Those that are wholly or largely dependent upon
tuition fees must have students and the latter usually
dictate, at least in a large measure, their own
terms.
[inserted] Degrees [end inserted] The candidates for degrees this year are:

Bachelor of Science, Gershom Franklin. White .
Bachelor of Arts Jacob Claire Evans:
Bachelor of Philosophy, Mayme Alice. Batterson
Margaret Geneva Black- Nellie. R. Blackwood
Minnie Frances. Brown- Nellie Mary Fuller
Bernice Leroy Horn - Ann. Elizabeth Kurtz
Mary. Martha. Riley Mabel Leona. Wickham