Law School of Hamilton College. In 1832 WILLIAM H. MAYNARD, a prominent lawyer of Utica, by his last will gave $20,000 for the endowment of a Professorship of Law, and of Civil Polity and of Political Economy in Hamilton College. The property consisted of unimproved real estate which could not be immediately sold, and several years elapsed before it became fully productive. The instruction given under it was at first in the Undergraduate course, and all students graduating from the College had an opportunity of instruction in law, as a part of the studies of the Senior Class. About 1854 Prof. THEODORE W. WRIGHT, then filling this professorship, secured the establishment of a Law School in connection with his duties. And on the 12th of April, 1855,' the Legislature provided for the admission of its graduates to the rights of an attorney upon examination by persons appointed by the Supreme Court. This act continued until 1877 when it was in part repealed.' Number of Graduates from the Law School of Hamilton College. 'Section 3 repealed June 5 by Chap. 417, Laws of 1877. Professors of Law, Civil Polity and Political Economy. John Hiram Lathrop, LL. D., 1837-40. Professors of Moral Philosophy and Rhetoric. Henry Mandeville, S. T. D., 1841-49. James Robert Boyd, S. T. D., 1849-46. Anson Judd Upson, S. T. D., LL. D., 1849 53. Professor of Mathematics, Astronomy, Mineralogy and Geology. Professors of Logic, Rhetoric and Elocution. Oren Root, LL. D., 1849. Anson Judd Upson, S. T. D., LL. D., 1849. Henry Allyn Frink, Ph. D., 1872 Professors of Ethics and Metaphysics. William Stanton Curtis, S. T. D., 1855-63. | John William Mears, S. T. D., 1871. College Pastor. Rev. Nicholas Westermann Goertner, D. D., 1863 Professor of Astronomy. (And Director of Litchfield Observatory.) Christian Henry Frederick Peters, Ph. D., | Jermain Gildersleve Porter (Assistant), 1875 1858 78. Professors of Agricultural Chemistry. Edward Walstein Root, 1868-70. | Albert Huntington Chester, Ph. D., 1870. (Also Professor of General Chemistry, Mineralogy, Metallurgy and Mining Engineering.) Professor of the German and French Languages and Philology. Herman Carl George Brandt, A. M., 1882 Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. Robert Gracey Denig (corps of Engineers, U. S. N.), 1883 Assistant Professor of Ancient and Modern Languages. George Prentice Bristol, A. B., 1882. Besides the foregoing there have been Lectures upon special subjects not otherwise connected with the Faculty (the first being Dr. Asa Gray upon Botany in 1834), and first and last over forty Tutors. The succession of Treasurers has been Erastus Clark, 1812; James Dan, 1825; Othniel Williams, 1828; Dr. Benjamin Woolsly Dwight, 1832; Othniel Samuel Williams, 1850, and Publius V. Rogers (acting), 1880 Number of Graduates from Hamilton College, previous to the beginning of Report, of Attendance by Classes in 1836. Summary of the Occupations upon which the Graduates of Hamilton College entered, as shown by the Catalogue of 1884–5. Whole number of Alumni.... Deceased...... Whole number of Alumni living. Graduates of the Maynard Law School.. Lawyers. Clergy men. Foreign Missionaries.. Moderators of the Presbyterian General Assembly.. Members of Congress... State Governors. State Senators.. Members of State Constitutional Conventions... Supreme Court Judges.... College Presidents... Regents of the University of the State of New York... College Professors and Tutors... Theological Seminary Professors.. State Superintendents of Public Instruction... Normal School Principals and Professors.. Principals of Academies and High Schools.. Physicians.. Bankers and Brokers... Editors Agriculturists. 2405 585 1820 252 459 673 31 5 19 27 5 20 12 27 12 6 86 16 4 13 99 71 41 67 23 Present Faculty of Hamilton College. Rev. Henry Darling, D. D., LL. D., President and Walcott Professor of the Evidences of Christianity, and Pastor of the College Church, 1881. Rev. Nicholas Westermann Goertner, D. D., Pastor Emeritus of the College Church, 1863. Oren Root, LL. D., Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Mineralogy and Geology, 1849. Christian Henry Frederick Peters, Ph. D., Litchfield Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Litchfield Observatory, 1858. Edward North, L. H. D., Edward Robinson Professor of Greek Language and Literature, 1813. Rev. Edward John Hamilton, D. D., Acting Professor of Intellectual Philosophy, 1883. Francis Marion Burdick, A. M., Maynard-Knox Professor of Law, History, Civil Polity and Political Economy. Librarian, 1882. Rev. Henry Allyn Frink, Ph. D., Kingsley Professor of Logic, Rhetoric and Elocution, and Professor of English Literature, 1872. Herman Carl George Brandt, A. M., Professor of German and French Languages and Philology, 1882. Robert Gracey Denig, Corps of Engineers, U. S. N., Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics, 1883. George Prentice Bristol, A. B., Assistant Professor of Greek and Philology, 1882. GENEVA COLLEGE, NOW HOBART COLLEGE. In tracing the history of this College, we must begin with the efforts made by the Rev. Amos G. Baldwin, who, in 1806, commenced missionary labors at Fairfield. He had just received deacon's orders from the hands of Bishop Moore, and held Episcopal services occasionally in the Academy, and secured the support of a large portion of the community. In 1811, he suggested the advantages of placing the Academy under the patronage of his denomination, and solicited aid from Trinity Church, upon the following plan : The Trustees of the Academy authorized him to say that they would give the Principal $550 per annum, and allow him to instruct four Divinity students free of charge. Trinity Church was to give to the church at Fairfield $250 per annum, and to the clergyman that might be settled there, $250 as a Theological instructor, and he might divide $50 per annum among the Divinity students as he might deem proper. The plan of establishing a College there was contemplated,' and if it received the aid expected from Trinity Church its President was to be an Episcopal clergyman. "The plan thus warmly advocated by Mr. Baldwin and the Fairfield Trustees received the favorable notice of the leading members of the corporation of Trinity Church. The Rector, the Rev. Dr. Beach, the Hon. Messrs. Robert Troop and Peter Augustus Jay, 1 See our account of the proposed plan of "Clinton College" at Fairfield. |