President of the College; and till within two or three years of his death, he was pastor of the First Church, in which position he exerted a controlling influeuce over the students as well as over the inhabitants. By his fervid and untiring zeal, and his deep and earnest love for souls, united with a mind of extraordinary strength and energy, he made here, as everywhere, upon the multitudes whom he drew under his influence, impressions salutary and lasting. Beyond question Oberlin has received its practical and earnest religious charac ter largely from him.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION.

In the preceding sketch free use has been made of a little book by President Fairchild, entitled, "Oberlin, its Origin, Progress and Results," delivered first as an address to the alumni in 1860, and re-published in 1871. This is the best history and characterization of Oberlin that has yet been written. "A Historical Sketch of Oberlin College" has also been published in pamphlet form, by E. H. Fairchild, for many years Principal of the Preparatory Department, and now President of Berea College.

President Fairchild's Inaugural Address, delivered in 1866, and published in pamphlet form, discusses "Educational Arrangements and College Life at Oberlin ;" and in July, 1867, he also delivered, before a meeting of College Presi dents at Springfield, Ill., an address on "The Co-education of the Sexes," which was published in pamphlet form. To these, together with the annual and triennial catalogues, those who desire further information are referred.

FACULTY OF OBERLIN COLLEGE,

REV. JAMES H. FAIRCHILD, President, Prof. of Theology, and Avery Professor of Moral Philosophy REV. JOHN MORGAN,

Prof. of New Testament Literature and Biblical Theology.
JAMES DASCOMB, M. D.,

Professor of Chemistry, Botany and Physiology.
REV. JOHN M. Ellis,

Professor of Mental Philosophy and Rhetoric.
REV. CHARLES H. CHURCHILL,

Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy.
REV. JUDSON SMITH,

Prof. of Church History, and Lecturer on Modern History.
GILES W. SHURTLEFF, A. M.,

Professor of the Latin Language and Literature.
REV. HIRAM MEAD,

Professor of Sacred Rhetoric and Pastoral Theology.
REV. WM. H. RYDER,

Professor of the Greek Language and Literature.
FENELON B. RICE,

Professor of Music.

REV. ELIJAH P. BARROWS,

Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Literature.
REV. JAMES H. LAIRD,

Principal of the English Preparatory School.
ALBERT A. WRIGHT, A. M., PH. B.,

Professor of Geology and Natural History.
JAMES K. NEWTON, A. M.,

Prof. of the German and French Languages and Literatures.
JAMES R. SEVERANCE, A. M.,

Instructor in Elocution.

HENRY F. CLARK, A. M.,

Associate Professor of Latin and Greek.
MRS. A. A. F. JOHNSTON,

Principal of the Ladies' Department.

In common with others in various parts of the State, had its origin in the wide-spread belief that Ohio needed something more than the mere academy, college or high school, in which to prepare her teachers for the arduous and responsible task of training her one million and seventeen thousand children.

This conviction found frequent expression in written articles, and in able discussions in her educational councils, as early as 1850; and in 1856, an effort was made by the teachers themselves, to establish such a school in the eastern part of the State, under the auspices of the Ohio State Teachers' Association. But the burden proving too great for them, it was abandoned, after a few years' trial, and the school continued as a private enterprise.

Other States had already expended large sums of money in establishing Normal Schools. These schools soon became so deservedly popular, and their necessity seemed so ap

parent in our own State, that the matter was frequently brought before the Legislature by the leading teachers, and more recently in the shape of recommendations in the School Commissioners' Reports. But for reasons best known to herself, the State of Ohio has thus far refused to listen to these appeals, and has delayed the recognition of this want, in any direct aid, other than the provisions made for County Teachers' Institutes.

This public neglect of one of the most manifest wants. whether unavoidable or not, has naturally led to the organization of a number of private Normal Schools, and Normal Departments in Academies and Colleges, which, at the best, are inadequate, both as to number and efficiency, for the great work of training an army of teachers every year. This inefficiency does not necessarily arise from any defect in colleges, as such, but from the incompatibility of the work they have undertaken to do. This work is largely profes sional, and can only be provided for at heavy expense, and the necessary diversion of much that belongs exclusively to college work. The State could, however, well afford to organize and endow Normal Departments in her Universi ties, and in her Agricultural and Mechanical College, and thus add largely to their popularity and usefulness.

The wisdom of the larger cities, in providing for this professional training of their teachers, is in striking contrast with that of the State at large; and the results are telling with marked effect upon the character of the schools, when compared with those of similar grade, where no such provisions have yet been made. But it is to be hoped that when Ohio does move in this matter, it will be with a liberality and a dignity becoming her acknowledged greatness.

The organization and equipment of a school exhibiting all the grades of teaching and management, from the primary to the most advanced, has long been a cherished scheme of the writer; that such a school, under wise and