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THE'PAG’KARD BUSINESS gOLLEGE.
The history and purpose of this school are writ-
ten in the hearts of 15,000 men and women who
during the last thirty-nine years have been its
household. or this number at" least ten thou-
sand have been residents of the city of New-
York. Whatever character or standing it may
have, these, its Constituents; have made for it. '
The Packard College was started in the spring
of 1858 as a link in the Bryant & Stratton chain
of business coneges. It was the seventh in the
ordercf evolution, and was intended as the cos-
mopolitan centre. The "chain" eventually com-
prised more than fifty links, and embraced the-
principal cities of the United States and Can-
ada.‘
In 1867 Mr. Packard bought the interest of his
partners, Bryant & Stratton, and changed the
name from Bryant, Stratton & Packa’i‘d’s Busi-
ness College to the Packard Business College,
which it has since held. I
The most important results of the change of
proprietorship were in doing away with the life
scholarship plan under which the “chain” had
been conducted, and putting an end to the inter-
changeability of tuition. ‘Mr'. 'Packard’s lead
was~ followed by the other schools, and thus the
foundation was laid for individual—if not com.-
petitive—work, which has done so much to ad-
.vance the character of business education in-
this country. ‘
The college has two general ,departmentse-
commerical studies and stenography. The for-
mer embraces bookkeeping, business arithmetic,
penmanship, language and correspondence, com-
merical law, 'civil government and business -
practice.
Mr. Packard was the author of the Bryant &‘ 1 V
' Stratton bookkeeping Series, and had made this
subject his special study for more than" thirty i
years. There are probably more bookkeepers in
the United States who gathered their first
knowledge of principles from Mr.
writings than have learned from, any other
author. .
.Commercial arithmetic is a study of great im-
portance, and, as it is now taught in the best
commercial schools, constitutes the substantial
basis of business science and practice. The
Packard Arithmetic, which is the textbook of
the course. is the standard commercial arith-
metic in this country. It is used in more com-
mercial schools than any other book.
To the commercial schools must be given the
credit of making business penmen, and the
Packard College has taken the lead in this work.
English, commercial law, civil government and
business practice are given in the. minutest de—
tails.
The stenographic department includes instruc-
tion in shorthand, typewriting, penmanship,
spelling, punctuation, practical grammar and
correspondence—in short, everything necessary
to make a well-equipped stenographer.
-This department of work has grown with the
demand; . The competition in the shorthand
field, has rendered necessary a more thorough
egu pmen‘t for those who expect to get places
onto- hold them; and hence much stress is put
upon libel-practical character of the instruction
and-the attainments. _ . '. *‘
In another important direction has the Pack—
ard Ccillege taken the lead in this country—that
of-affordin'g equal opportunities to both sexes,
and, .vin'cidentally, of giving acceptance and
honor to the work of women in business offices
hitherto ,niostly confined to teaching and the
more d‘istinctly‘feminine occupations '
I"Tlie‘-'»college --does' not claim to have wrought,
unaide¢.'.zthe';=.great transformation in public
sentiment whereby to-day it is not only not a
disgrace, but an honor, for a girl to use her tal-
ents and acquirements for her own good and
that of the'community, but it has had an’ im-.
portantpart in it, and rejoices in its 'work.
Among the distinguished speakers who have
delivered anniversary addresses are Horace
.Greeley,’ the Rev. Dr. Bellows, Elihu Burritt,
Peter-Cooper, General Franz Sigel, General
Fisk, the Rev. J. W. Buckley, Bishop Vincent,
Chauncey M. Depew, Chief Justice Noah Davis,
the Rev. John Hall, the Rev. Dr. Robert Collyer,
the ’Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, the Rev. Dr.
Deems, the Rev. Dr._MacArthur, the Rev. Will-
iam Lloyd, the Rev. Dr. Charles H. Eaton,
Abram S. Hewitt, the Rev. Dr. Heber Newton,
R. ‘G.~ Horr, the Rev. Dr. Paxton, President Seth
Low, etc.
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MANHATTAN COLLEGE.
Manhattan College was opened in 1849 as an
academy for young men hdesiring advanced in-
struction. From its location in Canal-st. it was
transferred in 1853 to its present site on the
Grand Boulevard. It was then known as the
Academy of the Holy Name, and it was only
some years later that the present title was,
adopted. In 1863 the institution was incor-
porated as a college by the Regents of the Uni;
'versity of theIState of New-York,-with power
to confer the-usual {academic degrees.
,- The college. offers ,two departments rof. study,
each comprising several courses leading loade-
grees. The object of this institution is to afford
the student means of receiving the highest
grade of liberal training. It aims at forming
the Christian gentleman and good citizen, while
at the same time the several courses of study
afford the necessary preparation for the various
walks of life. The college is situated within
easy reach of the public libraries of the city,
the art galleries and the various collections in
zoology and geology.
The Department of Arts offers two courses——
the classical and the Latin-science. These two
courses lead to the degree of‘bachelor of arts.
The conditions governing admission, together
with the special studies required for each course,
will be found under their proper headings in
the, catalogue. ’ " 4
The courses in the Science Department are
four in number, viz.: Civil engineering, 'elec-
trical engineering, architecture and the Eng-
lish—science course. The training in this depart-
ment is of a technical character, and the studies
“lead to the degree of bachelor of» science in
the respective courses. '
The methods in use are those generally adopt-
Packard’s , '
ed in institutions directed bY-‘the~ Brothers .011
the ‘ Christian schools; The? are *the “fruit. 01
years of observation, ~compariseTitiand trial, .im-_-
proved and extended'.-by.~ experience;
Care" is taken that every branch prescribed?
be thoroughly studied, and that nothing, he
learned merely. by rote. With this .view the
students discuss the subject-mattcr-of each les-
son in the class independently "of the language
of the text-book, ”and criticise bne 'another‘s
work. They thus acquire ideas instead of mere
_W0rd8.‘ they digest what they learn, and de—‘
velop thoughtfulness, self-reliance and a. facility
of expressidn. The gréat importance of science
subjects in a system of instruction which aims
at being in accordance with the trend of mod-
ern ideas ”has been kept carefully in view.’ The
programme embraces the leading requirements
in physics, chemistry, geology and physiology.
A course of pedagogy and the history of edu—
methods. of, instructiona: are» of _.~;the.; moat
charmed. {character-:3 the :re'rsesflv'e "mm
is. ‘. trained; ”to ‘1 quick and? accurate _ Observation, .
and as the'student becomes able to; pursue a
consecutive process or reasoiilng 'he‘npo'vv’ers of
reflectibn are educated in the, higher; gradeg’i‘of
the course of study. . The'pow‘er of thought and
of expression are developed at thesame time,
'and no quality or attribute is omitted that Will
prepare. the mind for the highest success or
enjoyment in maturer years. The four depart-
mentséprimary, preparatory, academic and col- .
legiate—cover the entire 'range of stiidy, from
early childhood to the young woman ready to
enter 'the most adVanced American college.
Pupils can enter at'any‘time‘ without being
called on to repeat "work which has been. thor-
oughly done in other schools. The study of
Latin for two years and of a. modern. language
for two', and One-half years is required of all
candidates for graduation. Upon entering the
academic department two courses can be. se-
lected, the Latin or the mathematical, which
are exceptional in their completeness. English,
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THE WINDSOR HOTEL. ..
. Emil-ave. from Forty-'sigtth to Forty-seventh st."
The Windsor Hotel, which is considered bya large portionof viSitors to New-York as the
most comfortable in the city, has a. grand location, occupying'an entire'block on Fifth—ave. be-
tween Fortyrsixth and Forty-seventh sts. .It is
a desirable home both in summer and winter,
the rooms being so arranged that they are flooded with sunshine and air. The hotel, which is
managed 'both‘bn the American and European plans. is within three minutes of the Grand
Central Station, and only twenty-five 'minutes from the City Hall by the Madison-ave. cars.
It is convenient to all places of business, pleasure and shopping. Ladies can take the'Madi-
son—ave. cars, which transfer at Fourteenth, Twenty-third, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth,
Thirty-fourth, Forty-second and Fifty-ninth sts. Passengers arriving over the Pennsylvania,
Erie and other lines terminating in New-Jersey can take either the Twenty—third or. Twenty-
eighth st. cars and transfer at Fourth-ave. direct to the Vi’indsor. For years the Windsor has
been one of the most popular of the Metropolitan hotels. Its many patrons are draWn from
the Lest class of travellers from all over' the
coming back, showing in this manner th‘eir
United States. Year after year they have been
appreciation of the unexcelled service secured
by them at the Windsor. Since 1896 the hotel has been under the direction of Warren F.
Leland, than whom no more experienced or more able 3. boniface can be found throughout the
length and breadth of the land. It is understood that $90,000 has been expended on the plumb-
ing of the hotel since Mr. Leland took hold ‘of
it, besides $100,000 for decorating, and a new
electric, steam and, lighting plant. The Wi‘nds‘or now has about five hundred light, airy, cheer—
ful rooms. 0n the American plan these are from.$4 a day upwardb Among themo’st attrac-
tive features of the hotel is its excellent café
cation has been added to the» arts course. Fa-
cilities are offered for vauiring a good knowl—
edge not only of 'the science of pedagogy, but
also the art of teaching. The Academic De-
partment requires four years, and prepares the
student for the freshman class of the regular
college course. ~
The commercial course includes a comprehen-
sive business training for young men intend-
ing to engage in mercantile pursuits.
The Preparatory‘ Department fits the student
for the academic course, and covers everything
usually taught in the best-grade grammar
schools.
The library contains -nearly 10,000 volumes.
The College Museum contains a iarge collection
of typical- minerals, an extensive cabinet of
zoology and conchology and a herbarium of the
flora of the vicinity.
AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS.
The course of studies adOpted by the institu-
tions affiliated with Manhattan College is almost
identical with that pursued by the Academic
Department «of the college, and thus offers to
students graduating from-them the privilege of
entering the college without further examina-
tion. Students from these institutions who de-
sire advanced standing must satiSfy the Board
of Examiners that theirprevious studies qualify
=them‘for the class which-they desire to enter.
-' ”Manhattan College comprises:
*iegemroper; consistingfof 4(a) 'The rArts Depart-
uncut, ‘ (b) The “Science ‘33epart1nent; ’(2) "The
‘ AcademiC'vDepm-tment,’ (3) The‘FCommercia‘l 'De—'
partment, (4) The Preparatory School; (5) The
affiliated institutions—De La Salle Institute,
New-York City; La Salle Academy, New-York
City; La Salle Institute, Troy, N. Y.; Christian
Brothers' -Academy, Albany, N. Y.: La Salle
Academy, Providence, R. v. I.;
Academy, VVestchester, N. Y.; St. Joseph’s Col-
legiate Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., and St. Joseph’s
High School, Manchester, N. H.
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PAGKER COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE.-
The Packer Collegiate Institute was founded
by Mrs. Harriet L. Packer in 1854, under a
special charter obtained from the Legislature,
taking the place of the Brooklyn Female Acads
emy, established in,1845 by that city’s public-
Spirited citizens. . ‘ . . - .
The institute offers unusual advantages for
systematic and therough training to girls and
young_:ladies in primary, academic and col-'
legiate instruction, and is as advanced as that
of any American school below the rank
of v a. college. _ New departments have been
added in recent years, and the courses
of studies in English, histOry, natural and
physical sciences have been extended. The
(1) - The». ‘col-' -
Sacred Heart ,
and dining-room service.
Latin, Greek, French, German, mathematics,
history, logic and psychology, physiology, chem-
istry, physics,physical/astronomy, geology, com-
position, elocution, drawing, singing, penman-
ship, physical training, etc., arranged in sys-
tematic detail, form the splendid curriculum of
the Institute.
have had experience and success, and pays
salaries generous enough to secure those'of a
high rank. The average number of pu-
pils in each class is limited to = four-
teen. The school is well equipped with ap-
paratus in the several departments of science,
and has a library for reference numbering 6,000
volumes. . The sanitary and modern appoint-
ments are as perfect as skilful architects could
devise. Besides the chapel, studio, laboratories,
library and gymnasium, the building has thirty
study and recitation rooms. The halls are
spacious, the ceilings are high, the rooms
are ,light and airy, and the chapel, a.
beautiful Gothic interior, has sittings ‘for 800
students. It stands on Brooklyn Heights,
half a block from the City Hall, and has a
frontage of 200 feet on both Joralemon and
Livingston streets. ,The institute is presided
over by Dr. Truman J. Backus, a gentleman of
wide experience and culture, and is assisted by
a corps of fifty-five instructors. Its high repu-
tation stamps the school as being one of the
$051: thorough and successful in Greater New-
or . ' ‘
‘Mention is 'herewith-‘made of the fact that a
- institute. _ '
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PRATT INSTITUTE.
The Pratt Institute was established after
many years of investigation on the part of its
founder, Charles Pratt, of Brooklyn. Its ob-
ject is to promote manual and industrial edu-
cation, as well as cultivation in literature, sci-
ence and art; to inculcate habits 'of industry
and thrift, and to foster all that makes for
right living and good citizenship.
The keynote of the institute work is the de-
velopment of industrial power in every student
and teachers; not .theacquisition of facts, but
the growth of mind and body- into a. harmoni-
ous whole. Accordingly it seeks to provide facili-
. ties by which persons wishing to' engage "in
educational, artistic, scientific, domestic, com-
mercial, mechanicalsor allied pursuits may lay
the foundationofa thoroughknowiedge, theo-
in those occupations in which they are already
engaged.‘ .The ‘seven departments work along
different lines, but all through the work runs
this common purpose: To train men and women
in the application of such knowledge as shall
give them a more complete mastery of life;
This training takes various forms. There is
{the educational training, pure and simple, which
It employs only such teachers as
residence for students from out of town is con.-‘
Avenientliy located. and carefully managed-,2 and ’
asunder the supervision of the'pflicers of .‘ the
retical and practical, or may perfect themselves,
little short ' of ' marvellous
is illustrated in theworkcarr‘iedmn in the: highT
school, where academic emf-manual training"__
supplement each other. . ,
_ In additionjoythispthe institute offers normal.
training." Fromjlie'departments‘ of‘fine'arts', do:
mestic ‘ar't,’ domesticfSCie'nCe',’ science and tech-i
nolo'gy and kindergartens goes each._year .a_num-
ber. of competent teachers to. fill long-felt wants
andt‘o meet the demands for trained teachers
in subjects just being introduced into our
public schools, and which require a high grade
of work to insure success.» .7 , .
= The institute also gives technical training.
The departments of fine arts, domestic art, do.
mestic science, science and technology ‘ahd the
Library School are helping menfand-women-~ to
secure practical skill in the various branches
of industrial-and domestic art, the handicrafts.
the applied sciences and the mechanical trades.
To meet the wants of those whowish to sup-—
plement the training of school or college. by at~
tention to special subjects conducingtowa more
intelligent direction of domestic, financial, so-
cial or philanthropic interests, the institute of-
fers special'courses. .
In 1887 the institute opened with
dents, since which the enrolment numbers over
twentyLeight thousami, with certificates and di—
plOmas granted to 948. Of the 2,561 students
enrolled during the year 1896-’97, 2,011 were
from Brooklyn and 450 were from other cities.
It is provided with a~liberal endowment, which
enables it to make merely a nominal charge for
tuition, and, at the same time, to secure the
best talent -, and facilities for the accomplishi-
ment of its aim-and purpose, All receipts from
tuition and. other sources are used for the main-
tenance and advancement of its work‘. '
The buildings are of the most modernnnd sub-
‘ stantialycharacter; are of brick with, trimmings
of stone and terra—cottmvand are heated with
steam and lighted with electricity. Passenger ele-
vators run at all hours when classes are in
session. The diplomas‘,represent the successful
completion of any one of the following courses;
Fine Arts—Regular art course, architecture,
design, sculpture and wood-carving. Domestic
Art—Sewing; dressmaking. millinery, special
normal coure in .. any “of ._,these_, and. art
needlework. Domestic Science-.ngkerY, emer-
gencies, home nursing audaphysiéians’ .copr‘s‘e
in cookery. Scienceand Technology—DI, "wing
and machine design,..applied..electricity an Speg:
cial normal course- in manualltraining. Kinder:
gartens—Mothers’ course. .LibrariesaLibrary‘
science, either first or second year course.
The, library of sixty-five thousand volumes
fairlyrepresents thefollowing classes: p
agraphy, philosophy, religion, sociology, phil-V
olo‘gy, science, useful arts, fine arts, literature.
biography, history and travels. The. late cata-
logue gives a thorough and complete exposition
of its various departments in detail, and is of-
fered to all inquirers. ,_ . . . .
THE 'N'EW—YORK HOMoJOPArHIc
MEDICAL COLLEGE AND.
HOSPITAL. ‘
Thirty-nine years ago this celebrated inst-lo.
tution was founded by a" number of the lead-
ing physicians of New-York for thepurpose' of
giving the most advanced and progressivein—
struction in' the principles and. practice‘of
homoeopathy. "Beginning in a. modest wayfin
unpretentious Quarters, the college gradually;
from year to year, grew in‘ solidity ‘andcharacc
ter until to-day it occupies the highestfposition
as a seat of learning, and is recognised'nliiover
the world as the chief exponentEof (bungee-
pathic doctrines. The conspicuous? ability atria
faculty throughout its existed? . was';:§u_ic'iiias
to make the school a leader‘ih‘e'jueryt‘hin'gfpe'r-
taining to a higher educationwflandzioyits
efforts is due in a large' measurethegelévation
(if-the medical profession to, its presentf'stafidifig.
and dignity; ”It Was. thefirst;college‘jto'jadvq-
date and inaugurate the preliminaryexamnae -
tion system in the State.‘ The‘methods of fpro-r
cedure and thoroughness of"instruction may
best be judged by the fact‘ that: it‘ is the only
college in the State that did npt have a gradu-
ate rejected before the State Board laSt year.
The course of instruction is both didactic and-
clinical, the latter feature being the most promi-
nent, by reason ofthe students being. carefully
instructed and trained at the bedside in all
manner and forms of diseases. This exemplifig
cation covers every "detail possible in medical
science,_ and makes the student versed in the
art of practice upon graduation“
The clinical advantages of the college have
been largely' increased during the last year by
the opening of the medical division of the Flower
Hospital, and by the opportunity which has
been afforded students of attending the clinic:
at the Metropolitan Hospital on'BlackwelI’s Isl-
and, an institution containing, seven hundred
beds. These sources of bedside inStruction will
be utilized still more in the coming session.
while new clinics upon the eye, ear,‘nose and
throat will be held regularly at the Ophthalmic
Hospital. . ‘ ‘
In the surgical division of the Flower Hos-
pital, adjoining the college, 2,872 cases were
cared for during the last year, and the ambit;
lance service answered 1,506 calls. This set.
vice, together with that of the new medical di-
vision of the hospital and the college dispensary,
furnish daily material for practical instruction.
A maternity ward, with a .special-operatin'ge
room and a children's ward, are a part of the-
equipment of the medical division. ' With'these
facilities for study,'the students have sup‘eridrj.
advantages in every department: of' ~medicino~ .
and surgery. '
'Students "from other colleges may be ad-
mitted to the second, third or fourth year classes
on presentation of satisfactory certificates of
having passed ’an examination in branches
equivalent to the curriculum preceding the class
to which they seek entrance, provided they
meet the Regents’ requirements. .,
The student has complete access to the col
lege library containing over three thousand
volumes of standard medical works, and over
fifteen thousand pamphlets and journals. The
senior year is equivalent to ea post—graduate
course, and affords an unsurpassed opportunity,
to study the various aspects of disease, espe-
cially the art of medical and surgical therapeu-
tics. The faculty staff comprises forty ski-lied
professors, of which William Tod Helmuth,
M. D., LL. D., is dean; H. M. Dearborn, M. 1),,
-Secretary, and George G. Shelton, M. D.‘, regis-
trar. Among the oldest members might be
mentioned Dr. T.- F.- -Allen, Dr. St. Clair Smith.
Dr. S. F. Wilcox» Dr. F. E. Doughty, Dr. L. L.
Danforth, .Dr. M. Deschere, Dr.' G. M. Dillow,
Dr. E. H Perter and Dr. J.‘ T. O’Connor." ' '
The new collegenbuildings and hospital .ada
juncts are among the finest educational struct-
ures in the city, which 'with the invested funds .
aggregate a total valuation of about-$600,000,
the present increase being $50, yearly. Cort.
sidering the fact that eight years ago the_;c.oln
lege owned no real estate, the financial manage?
ment displayed by—its officers and trustees seem
twelve stuzh ‘
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