LEGAL ASPECTS OF AMERICAN NEUTRALITY, 1895-1898 . . .

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A FINANCIAL SKETCH OF WESTERN RESERVE

COLLEGE.

By H. A. HARING, A. B.,
Treasurer of the University.

In the following notes all references are to Western Reserve College and its successor Adelbert College only. That is to say, no account is taken during the years at Hudson of the finances of the Medical Department in Cleveland, from which as a matter of fact no money was received by the College corporation, other than the President's perquisites, of about two hundred dollars annually; nor is account taken of any other department of Western Reserve University, since the work has been carried on in Cleveland.

The records of the Board of Trustees, and their Prudential (or executive) Committee, are completely preserved. The file of reports from officers and committees, has been entirely lost, with the exception of the Cleveland period. Only, therefore, in those cases where reports are copied into the records, are they available.

In the historical sketches of the Western Reserve College, reference is usually made to the Erie Literary Society, at Burton, from which the College was organized, in 1822. At that time, the management of this school united with the three Presbyteries of the Western Reserve for the education of their young men. While the inheritance from the Geauga County institution is clearly to be seen, it is equally clear from the records, that Mr. Coe, the Principal, did not bring to Hudson worldly goods to aid the new college. In fact, the College had a new beginning at Hudson. The management of the Erie Literary Society became