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which were accordingly granted under the title of " The 

 Woodward College of Cincinnati." To this last step the 

 board was induced by several considerations. The city had 

 become so large as to require such an institution, — the Wood- 

 ward high school was a college in almost every thing but the 

 name, — the public sentiment is decidedly in favor of diplo- 

 mas; without the power of confering these, the advanced stu- 

 dents would continue to leave this school for others having such 

 privileges, — and to name no more, those whose circumstances 

 would not permit them to go elsewhere, would be deprived of 

 the advantages of graduation. For these reasons, we now 

 have established " The Woodward College of Cincinnati." 



Trustees 



William Green, Esquire, President; Osmond Cogswell, 

 Esquire, Secretary; John P. Foote, Esquire; Oliver Lovell, 

 Esquire; *Samuel Lewis, Esquire. 



Faculty, 



Rev. B. P. Aydelott, M. D., President and Professor of 

 moral and political philosophy ; Joseph Ray, M. D., Professor 

 of mathematics, natural philosophy, and chemistry; Mr. T. O. 

 Prescott, Tutor in languages; Mr. F. W. Prescott, Principal 

 of the preparatory department ; Mr. H. W. Aydelott, Assis- 

 tant in the preparatory department. 



The Eye Infirmary, under Dr. Drake, is a valuable insti- 

 tution. 



The Roman catholic college, under the name of the Athe- 

 naeum, we presume is better endowed than any other literary 

 or scientific institution in this state. We have no data, ex- 



*Mr. Lewis and Mr. Cogswell are trustees for life, with the power of ap- 

 pointing their successors with the same privileges; the other trustees are 

 chosen, one each year, by the city council. In case of the failure of an 

 appointment in either class of Trustees, it will thenceforward forever bo 

 made by the court of common pleas of Hamilton county. 



