and preached till 1854, when he was made president of Genesee College, Lima, N. Y., whence he was called by his alma mater. He possessed in the highest degree power to arouse curiosity and stimulate thought. His industry was tireless, his devotion to the welfare of the college hearty, and, with his skill and popularity as an instructor, made his administration in many respects a successful one. After resigning his presidency he remained several years as professor, then preached again, and finally became president of the Northwestern University at Evanston, Ill., where he died May 7, 1890, of heart failure. The buildings of the university received great increase under him. In his administration also occurred the rebellion, when 11 per cent of the graduates and 30 per cent of those in college during that time fought for their country." Of these 18 were killed.

RICH HALL.

The old college buildings are of the plainest possible architecture, but have "an honest solidity, not altogether unattractive."

As students increased, the college, which had been twenty-five years without a new building, needed more room. In particular, a library was greatly desired, and there was great rejoicing when Isaac Rich, in 1864, offered to build a library, if the alumni would raise $25,000 for a library fund. Twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars were speedily raised, and Rich Hall was opened at commencement, 1868. The exterior is marred by a broken-backed roof and absurd architectural decorations. The inside, however, is graceful in proportion and tasteful in finish, and will accommodate 90,000 volumes. It is only fairly light, but is dry, coavenient, and economical of space. The library is not large, but is well selected and rapidly increasing. Its nucleus is 2,000 volumes, bought of Thomas Chapman in 1832, among them being copies of the second and third editions of Erasmus' Greek testament, a bishops' bible, and a superb Antwerp polyglot. The libraries of the two old literary societies were given to the college in 1862. In 1867 there were 14,000 volumes, in 1878, 28,000, and in 1888, 36,000.

There is a valuable collection of books and pamphlets on the rise of Wesleyanism in England, and the memorial gift of the friends of the Hon. Moses T. Odell, of Brooklyn, comprises some 4,500 volumes on American history.

In 1868 the old boarding hall was changed into the university observatory by the addition of a tower containing a 12-inch refracting telescope made by Alvan Clark & Sons.

MEMORIAL CHAPEL.

In 1868 also was laid the cornerstone of this building, which cost $60,000, and commemorates the alumni who served in the civil war. It is of brown stone, as are all the other buildings of the row, and contains

'Cummings's Early Schools of Methodism, p. 182; College Book, p. 310.
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on the ground floor two recitation rooms and a chapel for daily prayers. The upper floor is occupied by a large chapel with a memorial window to the alumni who died in their country's cause. It was dedicated in commencement week, 1871.

ORANGE JUDD HALL OF NATURAL SCIENCE.

This was opened on the same day that memorial chapel was dedicated. It cost $100,000, is the gift of Orange Judd, an alumnus of 1847, and contains four stories and a basement. The first floor is devoted to chemistry, the north side of the second floor to natural history, and the south side to physics. The third and fourth floors are occupied by the mu seum, the fourth being a gallery of the third, and containing the botanical, zoological, and ethnological collections. The third floor has the collections of geology and mineralogy. The museum is recent, but is one of the finest features of Wesleyan, and Orange Judd Hall has done much to give so many young Wesleyan men their marked scientific tastes. The building was given as a memorial of a son, and Dr. Newhall, at the dedication, well struck the keynote of the ideas the building is meant to represent. He said:

Wesley, the great religious reformer, did more to popularize science and to educate the masses of the people than any other man of the eighteenth century. When the fathers laid the foundation of this university they felt, by the sure instinct of enlightened piety, that science and religion are as inseparable as head and heart.

CHARTER OF 1870.

The joint board was now composed of 29 trustees and 30 visitors from thirteen patronizing conferences, and was found too large for convenience, besides which the joint system was cumbrous, so the charter was changed in 1870 and a new board of trustees made, to consist of not over 40. Of these, each conference should elect one, the alumni and the joint board the rest. The new system has worked successfully and is still in force. In 1871 G. I. Seney put a steeple on Memorial Chapel, making it 144 feet high. In 1872 a pipe organ was put in the building, and the porch was added in 1873.

PRESIDENT CYRUS D. FOSS (1875-280).

Bishop Foss was born on January 17, 1834, at Kingston, Ulster County, N. Y., and graduated from Wesleyan in 1854. Doing as President Cummings had done before him, he taught in Amenia Seminary and from 1857 to 1874 he was engaged in the work of the pastorate. In this service he had won wide reputation as possessing sound scholarship and executive ability. He was inaugurated as president of Wesleyan on October 26, 1875, and left to become a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in May, 1880. He was much loved by the students 2 Hist. Sketch, p.

'College Book, p. 312.

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