The Time for the Full Course varies from six months to a year, according to the previous education and ability of the student, as well as to the amount of time devoted to study. There is no Commercial College in existence in which "young men can become thorough accountants in six to ten weeks," and those young men who are caught by such glittering advertisements are always disappointed. If a student is well advanced in common studies, and ready in Arithmetical Calcu lation, he can complete a course in six months, if not it will require longer time. But it should be distinctly understood that any Commercial College offering to take students through a Complete Course in a short time is unworthy of patronage and should be avoided. Such institutions have brought unmerited reproach upon the instructors in nearly all Business Colleges.

The Theoretical Department.-In this Department the Student acquires a thorough knowledge of the Theory of the Science of Accounts, before he is admitted to

The Practical Department.-In this department the Student enters into Actual Business. He is furnished with College Currency, buys and sells Merchandise, Real Estate, Stocks, &c., making all necessary entries in his Books, and writing out the appropriate Invoices, Notes, Drafts, Receipts, Acceptances. Bills of Lading, Business Letters, &c., and is required to be exact and systematic in the management of his affairs; so that the student can step from the school-room to the counting room, and keep books.

How we Teach.-Students are instructed singly, and receive attention from time to time, as circumstances require, and as difficulties arise, each student advancing in his work according to his capacity to comprehend and thoroughly master it. None are urged forward unduly in classes with others, nor are they kept back; but each student receives individual instruction, and all are allowed and encouraged to progress as rapidly as they can and do their work well, for "What is worth doing at all, is worth doing well."

Lectures to Classes.-Besides the individual instruction which each student receives from time to time, all have likewise

the privilege of attending a full course of lectures delivered by the Principal, and of being thoroughly drilled in classes, and of listening to demonstrations on the Black board; thus combining the advantages of class drill and individual instruction.

Diplomas are awarded free of charge to students who complete the Full Course of Study and sustain a satisfactory examination. It must be distinctly understood that no Student, under any circumstances, will be graduated, unless he is thoroughly qualified to keep books, and is entitled to the honors of graduation. The Standard of graduation is high, so that none but reliable and thoroughly competent Book-keepers receive Diplomas, in which case they are a good recommendation in securing

Situations.-In no case will a promise be made to applicants to procure them situations, it being impossible to fulfill such engagements, as some colleges advertise to do. Yet every Student who is reliable and thoroughly qualified will be freely and cheerfully assisted by the Principal in obtaining a situation. There is no difficulty in procuring a good situation, if the applicant is reliable. A large proportion of the graduates have obtained permanent and responsible situations in the Banks and other Business Houses in this City.

Location.-The College is located in the City of Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. It formerly occupied Rooms in the Opera House, but on the first of January, 1876, it was removed to the New Commercial Building on Limestone Street, a few doors from the Post Office, and within a few squares of the Public Library, and many prominent business houses.

Springfield is a point well known and easy of access from any direction. Its advantages as a residence and business location are too obvious and well understood to require extended notice.

This Institution, located at a great Railway and Manufacturing Center, affords the young men of our country superior advantages for a thorough practical business education. SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, JANUARY 1, 1876.

HISTORY OF THE OHIO INSTITUTION

FOR THE

EDUCATION OF THE BLIND.

The establishment of this Institution seems to be due to the suggestion of the Medical profession of this State. In the summer of 1834 a call was issued for a Medical Convention, to meet in Columbus, on the 5th of January, 1835. Among the subjects to be considered was suggested the following: The erection and location of Public Asylums for the reception of the Insane, and for the instruction of the Blind."

During the session of 1834-5 the Legislature authorized the Governor to obtain statistics of the unfortunate of the State. In his message to the Thirty-fourth General Assembly, Governor Robert Lucas reported that from fifty-five counties the number of idiots returned was 508; of lunatics, 206; and of blind persons, 202. And the whole number of blind in the State was estimated at 250.

On the 11th of March, 1836, the Legislature passed a resolution appointing "Rev. James Hoge, N. H. Swayne, Esq., and Dr. W. M. Awl a Board of Trustees for obtaining information in relation to the instruction of the Blind of this State in letters and mechanical arts, to submit a full report to the next General Assembly, together with the probable expense of commencing a public school."

Invited by these Trustees. Dr. Samuel G. Howe, the Director of the New England Institution for the Blind at Boston, visited this State, and on the 23d of December, 1836, addressed the Legislature, and exhibited the proficiency of some of the pupils of that Institution.

The Trustees took measures to ascertain the number of Blind in the State. From fifty-nine counties 287 were reported, and it was estimated that at least sixty of these were proper persons to receive instruction.

On the 3d of April, 1837, an Act was passed establishing the Institution, and the same Board of Trustees appointed to secure land, commence the building and go on with the school.

The Trustees did as directed, and having rented suitable rooms, and secured Mr. A. W. Penniman, who was educated at the New England Institution, as teacher, on the 4th of July, 1837, opened the school.

Five pupils were present. Before the close of the year there were eleven.

An act was passed the 10th of March, 1838, fixing the tuition and board at one hundred and twenty dollars a year, and allowing the admission of twelve indigent pupils. who should be boarded and instructed at the expense of the State for five years.

By Act of March 11th, 1843, the Trustees were authorized to admit free as many pupils as they thought proper, to continue two years longer those whom they thought too young to be dismissed, and to admit free indigent persons over twenty-one years of age for the purpose of learning a trade, and retain them for two years.

March 11th, 1851, the distinction between indigent and pay pupils was abolished, and the maintenace of all pupils resident in the State was provided for at the public expense, parents being required to clothe and pay traveling and incidental expenses.

Until 1852 the institution was under the direction of a separate Board of Trustees; but by Act of April 28th, 1852, all the State institutions were placed under the control of one Board of nine Trustees. This arrangement continued until April 8, 1856, when the institutions of the State were again placed under separate Boards.

For the first three years the school was under the charge of Mr. A. W. Penniman. In the spring of 1840, Mr. Wm.

Chapin was appointed Superintendent. He held the office till August, 1846. From that date till the spring of 1848, Mr. Penniman acted as Superintendent.

April 1st, 1848, Mr. George McMillen took charge of the institution, and continued in office till his death, July 25, 1852. Mr. R. E. Harts was appointed to the position in the summer of 1852, and remained in charge til July, 1856. Dr. A. D. Lord was then appointed, and conducted the institution until August, 1868, when he was elected Superintendent of the New York State Institution for the Blind, at Batavia, New York.

At Dr. Lord's resignation, G. L. Smead was appointed Superintendent, and continues in office at the present date, February, 1876.

The cost of buildings, land, and other permanent improvements up to this date, has been about $461,301.52.

Thirty-nine annual reports have been made up to November, 1875. These show the total expense of maintaining the Institution, including current expenses and salaries since its establishment, to be $711,425.82, for each year an average of $18,241.67.

The whole number of pupils admitted up to the present time is 874, an average of 22 each year.

The Institution has had 39 Trustees, 6 Superintendents, 51 Teachers, 8 Stewards, 10 Matrons, 8 Assistant Matrons, 2 Housekeepers, and 6 Physicians.

The old house proving too small to accommodate the increasing number of pupils, in the spring of 1870 a new building was commenced. Its construction occupied four years, and May 21, 1874, it was first occupied by the school. The old house could not accommodate more than 100 pupils. The new building will lodge 250, or by crowding room can be made for 300.

The old house, including the out-buildings, cost about $34,409.34. The new building, including boiler and coal house, cost $367,892.18.

In 1837 the school was opened, with one teacher and five scholars. There are now engaged in the Institution thir