OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, at Delaware, Delaware co.,Ohio,was founded in 1844. tinder the auspices of the Methodist church in Ohio. In 1877 the Ohio Wesleyan female college. founded in 1853, was united with the university. Its building is now known as the Monnett hall of the university, and is the home of the lady pupils. The productive endowment is over V.30,000, the annual income m132,000. The grounds used for academic purposes lie in the lots, about half a mile apart. One is the original cam pus of the university, containing twenty-five acres, and having on it four large build• fogs. The other is the campus of the Monnett hall, containing ten acres, and having on it one very large building.:11'he cabinet rooms are ample and, admirably arranged. The collection contains about 100,000 specimens'. In the departthentS of conchology and Ohio geology the series are quite complete. The philosophic and chemical appara tus is not so extensive, lint sufficient for all academic work, and the laboratories are well equipped. There are two college libraries, aggregating 15,000 volumes, and a reading- room open and free to all the pupils. The number of professors in 1860 was 8,
besides two vacancies, and there were 12 other regular instructors. The faculty of arts is the only one yet organized, but a beginning is made for a biblical course, and for scientific schools. There is also a department of fine arts for ladies. The number of students in the catalogue for 1879 was 615, of whom 182 were ladies. Ladies are admitted to all the courses of study, classical or scientific; but a special ladies' course is prescribed for those who do not elect one or the others. There is likewise a normal course for those who would tit themselves for teaching. A preparatory department is maintained, with a three years' course of study, and most of theeollege students are here prepared. The college classes number 243, the normal class 48, the preparatory 325. The alumni number 750 gentlemen and over 400 ladies. President, Rev. Charles H. Payne, D.D., L.L.D.