A lengthy article in the November
27, 1867 issue of the Sandusky Register
reported on the first anniversary celebration of the Buckeye Business and
Telegraph College. The school was founded
in Sandusky by Professor E. A. Hall, and began as the Buckeye and Great Western
Business College. Eventually the name was changed to Sandusky Business College. In the 1860s the school was located at
Union Hall, on Columbus Avenue, between Water and Market
Streets. The first anniversary celebration was held at Donahoe’s Block, with
the Great Western Band providing musical entertainment. A.C. Van Tine,
proprietor of the college, called the audience to attention. M.F. Cowdery, the superintendent of Sandusky
City Schools, gave an address.
The Register
article summarized his remarks: “He said
that next to religion, morality and intelligence must be ranked the claims of
trade and commerce of the world. He referred to the effects of commerce in
settling new countries, opening seaports and stimulating enterprise. He alluded
to the fact that our American Independence was achieved in a war begun on
account of commercial oppression, and closed by discussing the importance and
value of a strict and unyielding integrity in all the walks of a business life.
He paid a very handsome tribute to the energy and enterprise of the proprietors
of the Buckeye College, and foresaw for it a career of great usefulness to the
young of our city.”
During the
evening’s program business students presented Professor Jarrett with a
Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary. Lieutenant Governor John Lee spoke to the
audience, advising them: “You do well to
patronize and encourage an enterprise so fraught with good to the youth of your
city.” Mr. John Delamater presented a gold-headed cane to Professor S.P.
Hare. Rev. W.D. Godman of Cleveland told the audience that education was
important not only for business, but for any vocation to which one is called.
Judge Taylor pointed out that the prospects for the winter term were promising,
as a large number of students had already enrolled. The evening concluded with
the presentation of the engraving “Irving and His Friends” to Mr. A.C. Van
Tine.
The college had a variety of locations and proprietors throughout its
existence. The last proprietor of the Sandusky Business College, then located
in the former residence of Rush Sloane on Adams Street, was William O.
Loudenslagel. The college closed in 1949, due to declining enrollment.
J.J. Dauch |
J.J. Dauch,
co-founder of the Hinde and Dauch paper company, graduated from Sandusky Business College, and at
one time owned the college. Hinde and Dauch was known for hiring graduates of the local school. For over eighty
years, The Sandusky Business College and its predecessors played an important
role in training young people for their careers in banking, finance, and many
manufacturers in Sandusky.
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