Two hundred and fifty-five graduates received diplomas with his signature. He died in 1852, aged eighty-two, having lived nineteen years in retirement and constant ill health. The third President, Rev. Dr. SERENO EDWARDS DWIGHT (Yale, 1803), was elected in the fall of 1833, and resigned in 1835; after giving diplomas to thirtythree graduates in two classes. Like his pre-eminent father, Timothy Dwight, the third President was a finished scholar and a brilliant preacher. Perhaps the most important question he was called to deal with was that of removing the College to Utica He enlisted with the advocates of removal, and the final decision that the College must remain where its founder had placed it, may have had something to do with his early resignation. President Dwight died in 1850, aged sixty-seven, after many years of bodily suffering. The fourth President, Rev. Dr. JOSEPH PENNEY (Glasgow, 1813), He had been remarkably successful as a was elected in 1835. teacher at Flushing, Long Island, and as a pastor at Rochester, New York, and at Northampton, Massachusetts. His large knowledge in every branch of science and literature made him a pleasant companion and a valuable instructor. He resigned in the winter of 1839, after giving diplomas to forty four graduates in three classes. His last years were spent in Rochester, where he died in 1860. The fifth President, Dr. SIMEON NORTH (Yale, 1825), was promoted from the chair of Ancient Languages, which he had filled for ten years. During his long administration of eighteen years decided advances were made in all that contributes to the substantial worth, vitality and usefulness of a College. President North resigned in 1857, after conferring diplomas upon five hundred and fifty-six graduates in nineteen classes.1 The sixth President, Rev. Dr. SAMUEL WARE FISHER (Yale, 1835), took charge of the institution in 1858. With restless energy and enthusiasm, President Fisher devoted himself to bringing the College into closer sympathy with the community, and thus increasing its patronage and means of usefulness. He introduced the study of the Bible as a part of the regular curriculum. His addresses before religious bodies were frequent and impressive. After conferring degrees upon two hundred and twentysix graduates in eight classes, President Fisher resigned his office in July, 1866, to accept a call to the pastorate of Westminster Church in Utica. He resigned his pastorate in January, 1871, and died in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 18, 1874. The seventh President, Rev. Dr. SAMUEL GILMAN BROWN (Dartmouth, 1831), was called in 1866 from Dartmouth College, which he 1 President North died on College Hill, Clinton, February 9, 1884, and is buried in the College Cemetery. Memorial of Rev. Simeon North, D. D., LL. D., Fifth A volume entitled President of Hamilton College" (pp. 112), was issued a few months afterward, containing several steel engravings and a large amount of historical information concerning the College. had faithfully served for twenty-seven years; first, in the Chair of Oratory and Belles-Lettres, and next in that of Metaphysics and Political Economy. He entered upon the President's duties in the spring of 1867. As a teacher, President Brown held the highest rank. His sermons were models of vigorous and polished thinking and writing. His "Life of Rufus Choate" was favorably received on both sides of the Atlantic. He resigned in 1881, and was sueceeded by the present incumbent, Rev. HENRY DARLING, D. D., LL. D. The history of the different departments of instruction shows that they also have been filled by men eminently skilled in their departments. In the department of classical learning, the College has had the services of such men as SETH NORTON, EDWARD ROBINSON, JOHN MONTEITH, SIMEON NORTH, JOHN FINLEY SMITH and EDWARD NORTH. In the Maynard Chair of History, Law and Political Economy, it has had JOHN H. LATHROP, THEODORE W. DWIGHT, ELLICOTT EVANS and FRANCIS M. BURDICK. In Mathematics, it has had THEODORE STRONG, MARCUS CATLIN and OREN ROOT, father and son. CHRISTIAN HENRY FREDERICK PETERS has made its department of Astronomy famous. In the department of Rhetoric and Oratory we find the names of JOHN WAYLAND, a brother of President Wayland, HENRY MANDEVILLE, ANSON J. UPSON and HENRY A. FRINK. And finally, we find in the department of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, besides the Presidents who have given instruction in those branches, the names of the distinguished metaphysicians, JoHN W. MEARS and EDWARD J. HAMILTON. Hamilton College was not cradled in abundance and luxury. It began its checkered existence with $100,000, half of which was given by the State, and the other half was collected from subscribers. The College has been the recipient of a long line of generous benefactions, of which the following may be mentioned: In 1832, Hon. WM. II. MAYNARD bequeathed $20,000, as an endowment for the Chair of Law and Political Economy; in 1834, a fund of $40,000 was secured by the joint efforts of President DWIGHT and Professor CHARLES AVERY; in 1836, the State of New York made an annual appropriation of $3,000, which was cut off by the Constitution of 1846; in 1854-55, Professor AVERY secured, by subscription, $50,000, in 1854, BENJAMIN S. WALCOTT and WILLIAM D. WALCOTT gave to the College $30,000; in 1864, subscriptions were obtained in New York and Brooklyn for the Professorship of the Greek Language and Literature. In 1865, CHARLES C. KINGSLEY, Dr. J. P. GRAY, P. V. ROGERS, and other citizens of Utica, N. Y., endowed the Chair of Rhetoric and Logic; in 1866, the will of SILAS D. CHILDS, of Utica, established the Chair of Chemistry with an endowment of $30,000, and the later will of Mrs. CHILDS brought the College $60,000 more for the same purpose; in 1867, the Observatory and Chair of Astronomy were endowed with a fund of $30,000, by EDWIN C. LITCHFIELD, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; in the same year JOHN C. BALDWIN be queathed $40,000 to the College; in 1868, the Chair of Latin was endowed by a bequest of $20,000 from SIMEON BENJAMIN, of Elmira; in 1872, SAMUEL F. PRATT died in Buffalo, and bequeathed $30,000 to the College; IIon. GERRIT SMITH sent two donations, each of $10,000, to be used at the discretion of the Trustees, and Hon. JAMES KNOX, of Knoxville, Ill., gave $10,000 for the improvement of the Hall of Natural History; in 1874, IIon. JouN II. HUNGERFORD gave $15,000, to be expended on the College buildings. In 1878, Mrs. VALERIA G. STONE, of Malden, Mass., gave $30,000 to endow the Chair of Natural History. Among other donations may be mentioned the Noyes Law Library, valued at $50,000, and donated by Hon. W. C. NOYES; $25,000 donated by the Western Alumni, prize foundations, scholarships, etc. Important additions to the funds of the College were made during the year 1881-82. The financial exhibit of the College for 1881 was: The Bates and Benjamin Fund.. The W. H. Skinner Fund... The Stone Professorship Fund. The Knox Hall Fund ... The S. A. Munson College Cemetery Fund.. The Charles McKinney Prize Fund. The S. D. Hungerford Scholarship Fund. Total... 19, 663 00 17,850 00 9,781 00 30, 000 00 15,000 00 10, 000 00 1,000 00 700 00 2,200 00 1,000 00 21, 200 00 30, 000 00 $269, 532 56 'The new building contains two spacious exhibiting rooms and a large lectureroom, with convenient store and working rooms. The Geological and Mineral cabinets and collections in Natural History include about 15,000 specimens of minerals and fossils, and extensive series of birds, insects and plants, the latter including the herbarium of the late Dr. H. P. Sartwell, of Penn Yan, in sixty two volumes, presented by the late Hamilton White, of Syracuse. The Entomological collections, presented by Hon. Thomas Barlow, of Canastota, are very valuable. Debts of the College are: Bonds outstanding. $28, 700 00 16, 100 00 $44,800 00 The course of study pursued in the College occupies four years, and leads to the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Students in each class are required to attend four exercises each week-day, including morning prayers. Biblical exercises are held each Mondav morning, and rhetorical exercises twice a week in the chapel. In most of the studies recitations are made from approved textbooks, with familiar, explanations, criticisms and occasional leetures by the instructors. In addition to the special contests for prizes, four regular examinations are held in the studies each year; one at the close of each term, and one for the Senior class during the first week in June. The College grounds contain about forty acres of land, ornamented with trees, shrubs and flowers, and made accessible in every part by graveled walks and drives; The principal College buildings are as follows: " 1. Three stone buildings, each four stories high and forty-nine feet wide by ninety-eight feet long, for study, lodging and recitation-rooms. The buildings are called Hungerford Hall" or "South College" "Kirkland Hall" or "Middle College," and "Skinner Hall" or "North College." Through the generosity of WM. II. SKINNER, Esq., of Vernon Centre, repairs have been made in North College even more extensive than those for which South College is indebted to the late Hon. JOHN N. HUNGERFORD, of Corning. The west wall of North College has been entirely rebuilt, and the other walls have been thoroughly strengthened with iron anchors. The new cornice, chimney-tops and windows, with the removal of the old battlements, greatly improve the building externally. The greatest improvement is in the interior. All the wood work and plaster were removed, and the whole finished in the Queen Anne style. The middle rooms are provided with adequate ventilation. Each suite consists of sitting room, bed-room, coal-room and closet. The coal-rooms are all arranged so that they can be filled from the 1 The College catalogues of Hamilton give a list of over thirty species of coniferous trees growing in the "Gridley Pinetum," planted by the late Rev. Dr. A. D. Gridley. The purpose is expressed of adding to the plantations. Within a few years the campus has been invested with new interest by the planting of memorial trees by the successive graduating classes, and the erection of Memorial Stones, Sun-dials, Classic Vases and garden seats. The Curators of the College grounds are: President Henry Darling, Professor Edward North and William S. Bartlett, Esq. halls. There are vestibules at each entrance, and new staircases from bottom to top. There are two new recitation-rooms on the first floor, and two section rooms. WM. H. SKINNER HALL, as it is hereafter to be known, has become one of the most pleasant and attractive buildings on the campus. Hungerford Hall has undergone a thorough repair, is modernized within and without, and has been in use since September, 1874. It is now known as "Hungerford Ilall," in honor of Hon. JOHN N. HUNGERFORD, of Corning, who gave to the College $15,000, to be expended in making these improvements. 2. A stone Chapel, three stories high and fifty-one feet wide by eighty-one feet long, with lecture and recitation-rooms. 3. A Boarding-house. 4. A hall for collections of Mineralogy, Geology and Natural IIistory. 5. A Gymnasium. 6. A Chemical Laboratory. This building a few years since was entirely remodeled and renovated, and furnished with a large amount of new and valuable fixtures and apparatus, under the direction of Professor E. W. Roor, then Childs-Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, and since that time it has been further improved by Professor ALBERT H. CHESTER, the present incumbent. 7. The Astronomical Observatory. This building has been thoroughly repaired in every part, and in several respects much improved. Recently an addition has been made to the observatory, containing working-rooms and two revolving towers, in which new instruments have been mounted, and, among others, the excellent and well-tried instruments belonging to the United States government, which were used by Dr. Peters on the expedition to New Zealand in 1874 to observe the transit of Venus, and which the government has courteously permitted Dr. Peters temporarily to retain and use. 8. A Library Hall, which is completed and in use. The alumni and friends of the College in the West have mainly furnished the funds for this building. It has cost $50,000, and after the name of one of the principal donors, is called the "Perry H. Smith Library Hall." The dormitories have been repaired recently, and all the buildings are in excellent condition. Litchfield Observatory. The Astronomical Professorship and Observatory of Hamilton College have been liberally endowed by the Hon. EDWIN C. LITCHFIELD, LL. D., of Brooklyn.1 'The Observatory consists of a central building with wings on each side. The central part is 27 feet square, and two stories high, with a revolving tower |