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26	THE OREAD. "The name of Mt. Carroll Seminary will always bring to remembrance, of good things not to be forgotten, kindness given, usefulness wrought, with best paths pointed out and wrongs to be avoided, along with present enjoyment. * * * I had previously not a very exalted opinion of boarding-school life, and only made the trial expecting much to be displeasing, but I had a most pleasant awakening to my unfounded prejudice. It has done us all good, aside from the knowledge obtained. I can only say I am grateful, and with many good wishes for the entire household of Mt. Carroll Seminary."

T. PARKINSON,

Centralia, Ill.

[The above is quoted, by permission, from a private letter received by one of the principals.]

"As a patron of Mt. Carroll Seminary for four years, it affords me great pleasure to add my testimony to that of the many others who so well know its excellence. I know of no school in the country that affords better facilities for obtaining a thorough education, and in music none so good. With these advantages, and, what is still better, the high moral culture which has ever been a prominent characteristic, this school should be patronized to its full extent, as it deserves." Very truly yours,

J. M. ELDER,

Attorney and Banker, Concord, Iowa.

"The feature that impresses me most in the Mt. Carroll Seminary is the one of allowing the girls to help themselves to an education. This is a great consideration in cases where girls have more ambition than money. I hope to hear of the future welfare of the school."

MRS. S. C. HANSON,

Murphysboro, Ill.

Col. Chas. E. Baker, Assistant Adjutant General, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, writes: "The experience with one daughter at the Mt. Carroll Seminary has been so pleasing and so satisfactory, that it will be exceedingly gratifying if our plans for the next daughter to follow her can be fulfilled, because the age of the school, the reputation for successful practical work, as well as the attractiveness of the location, all of which caused us to patronize the place, have convinced us that we cannot make a better selection.

The daughter just graduated has the imprint of the wise and careful training received during the years she attended, and we shall cordially and heartily recommend the Seminary to any inquiring friends."

June '95. CHAS. E. BAKER.

Important.

An intelligent, and industrious woman, without means to give her daughter a liberal education, may learn of an excellent opportunity by corresponding with the Principal of Seminary at Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., Ill. Give particulars at once in first letter and thus save time, avoiding a long correspondence.

National Educational Association

Meets at Denver in July. The Burlington Route makes a low rate, and tickets are good to return until Sept. 1st, 1895. Teachers—and others—will find the best accommodations and quickest time via this route. Apply to any of its agents, or write to W. J. C. Kenyon, Gen. Pass. Agent, St. Paul, Minn.

Colorado in July

Is the best place to go for escape from summer heat. The Burlington Route—pioneer and favorite line, makes a low rate there in July. Open to all, whether teachers or not. Apply to any agent, or address W. J. C. Kenyon, Gen. Pass. Agent, St. Paul, Minn.

Free Scholarship—A Prize.

The Mount Carroll Seminary will place at the disposal of each and every County Superintendent in the northwest a sufficient number of scholarships in this institution to furnish one to every principal of a Public High School, to be used as a prize to be given to the young woman in his or her school who ranks as the best student,—intellectually and morally,—or the one giving promise of superior excellence, excellence, with the desire and ambition to attain a high grade as a student, having in view an exalted standard of usefulness in the world. This scholarship will cover a four years' course of tuition in the College Preparatory, embracing English, Latin and German.

The Conservatory of Music and the Art School of the Mount Carroll Seminary each offers Scholarships to be used in a similar way, designed for young women who shall have graduated from a High School, who give evidence of superior talent for Music or Art, and who shall during the first (trial) term, prove to the management of the Seminary such superiority. A scholarship in music covers instruction and practice to the amount of sixty dollars per year for four years.

A Scholarship in Art means instruction in the Art Department to the amount of sixty dollars per year for four years.

A discount of ten per cent. on the general expenses for each year will be taken from the last term bill, as to other students attending a full year, and complying with the usual requirements.

The object of this offer is to make it measurably easy for a young woman of high aspirations to take an advanced course, and, on the part of the institution, to bring to it young women of superior ability, talent, and worth.

It is further contemplated to give one out of every ten of the Scholarship students, who by her superior attainment wins it, a prize of one year's tuition in any institution she may choose in the United States, in which to take her college or finishing course.

The President invites correspondence with County Superintendents and Principals who may be interested in the offers here given. -

County Superintendents of Public Schools in Illinois. SIRS—We invite your attention to our Teacher's Provision, and ask your co-operation in making it of benefit to the class for which it is designed. We offer tuition free to one teacher from each county, and will add to that offc, the use of text-books free. We also allow those preparing to teach to give notes (one year without interest) for the payment of one-half their expenses, the other half being paid by manual labor or cash while connected with the Seminary. By availing themselves of these opportunities many young ladies of limited means have obtained an education. and have been able to meet their obligations. Without some such assistance, these young women could not have received what they so much desired and needed. We cannot thus assist every one who applies. We wish to aid those who will make the best use of an education, and hence we desire each applicant for free tuition under this provision, to obtain a testimonial from the superintendent - of the county in which she resides. We ask superintendents to recommend only those who will be an honor to the profession of teaching that, together, we may help to raise the standard of education. The success which so' many of our pupils have met, encourages us to make the Normal Department a still more prominent feature of the school than in the past.

Hoping that the Superintendents addressed will heartily co-operate with us in thus assisting worthy young women and the cause for which together we are laboring,

I remain,	Very truly yours, F. A. W. SHIMER.