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He very wisely concluded, that if a literary institution were 

 formed which should be composed of all the instructors of youth 

 and other friends of education in the West, who should annu- 

 ally meet in convention, all the members would be apt to unite 

 in the promotion of the great object in view, while all local 

 schemes and selfish policy would be rendered powerless ot be 

 forgotten. This idea he communicated to some of his friends, 

 and as it received their hearty approval, circulars of invitation 

 were immediately sent, as far as information could be obtained, 

 to all engaged in teaching, whether in colleges, academies or 

 schools, to meet in Cincinnati on Wednesday, October 3rd 1832. 

 At which time, a respectable number convened. A resolution 

 was passed for the establishment of the present College. A 

 constitution was prepared and unanimously adopted. 



Thus commenced the western College of professional teach- 

 ers; the most popular and useful literary institution in the wes- 

 tern country, if not, in the Union, and which has already ac- 

 complished wonders in the advancement of the cause of gene- 

 ral education in the West. 



Should this Institution continue to flourish, the advantages 

 to be derived from it, .will at &ome future day, be great. It 

 brings together the presidents and professors of our Colleges 

 and Universities and the teachers of Academies and Primary 

 Schools. They form a mutual acquaintance and learn to 

 respect each others'* character, merit and usefulness. And the 

 time will come, when there will exist between them, a mutual 

 dependence, which will be productive of mutual benefits. The 

 Colleges and Universities will then furnish efficient teachers 

 for the Schools and Academies, and they in return, when effi- 

 ciently taught, will furnish a great number of pupils for the Col- 

 leges and Universities. In consequence of our young men beinf 

 early initiated and established in regular habits of study and in 

 the love of useful knowledge; where there is now one pupil who 

 wishes for the advantages of a collegiate education, there will 

 then be many. 



In order to give the reader some idea of the subjects discuss- 

 ed by the members of this institution, we select what follows, 



