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Cleveland Morning Leader, 30 June 1864
(9 inches)
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1812 - L June 30:4/4 - Yesterday occurred the annual commencement of the
Cleveland institute. The program consisted of musical numbers and ora-
tions.
This is the fourth annual commencement of this school. It was direct-
ed by Professor Humistcr. (9)
Cleveland Morning Leader, 21 July 1864
(11 inches)
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1814 - L. July 21:4/2 - The Cleveland institute was founded by Professor
R. F. Humiston in 1852. Professor Humiston's ambition was to establish
a school "for securing a practical English education, and an ample train-
ing preparatory for entering college. Elocution and military instruction
are marked features of the school. It is also "provided with full chem-
ical and philosophical apparatus and a fine cabinet for the illustration
of departments of natural history." (11)
Cleveland Morning Leader, 11 July 1864
(19 inches)
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1825 - L July 11:2/3 - The secretary of the Ohio Teachers' association
sends us the following report:
The Hon. Samuel Galloway, of Columbus, delivered the annual address.
He advocated moral and religious instruction in the school. E. W.
Dickenson gave the report on truancy. An exhibition by young men of the
high school was given, and the Hon. Rufus King of Cincinnati gave a re-
port on normal schools. A resolution was adopted urging the establish-
ment of normal schools.
The following officers were elected: President, T. W. Harvey, Mas-
sillon: vice presider.t, E. II. Allen, Chillicothe; secretary, H. J.
Caldwell, Warren; treasurer, Daniel Hough, Cincinnati; auditor, G. W.
Davenport, Barnesville; executive committee, William Mitchell, R. S.
Humiston, E. E. White. Four other committeelmen.
The following resolutions relating to the war were adopted:
"Resolved, that we look upon the present war as an issue thrust upon
our country by savage barbarism: As a contest of slavery against free-
dom, of ignorance against enlighterment, of infidelity against religion.
"Resolved, that in this war against the rights of man, our sympathies
are with our government, and that we execrate a Traitor wherever found.
"Resolved, that as an earnest display of the sincerity of our present
declarations we point with pride to those who have gone from our profes-
sion to become generals, captains...."
The next meeting will be held in Cincinnati July, 1865. (19)
Schools and Seminaries / Teachers
Allen, E. H. (Chillicothe, O.); Barnesville, O.; Caldwell, H. J. (Warren, O.); Chillicothe, O.; Cincinnati, O.; Columbus, O.; Dickenson, E. W. (teacher); Galloway, Samuel (Columbus, O.); Harvey, T. W. (Massi 11on, O.); Humiston, Professor; King, Rufus (Cincinnati, O.); Mitchell, William; Ohio Teachers association; Warren, O.; White, Emeron E. (state school commissioner)