The Memorial Hall and Art Gallery is an attractive place for visitors, who find here many choice works of art and objects of historical interest. The portrait bust in marble of Mr. EDWIN C. LITCHFIELD was one of the last efforts of HIRAM POWERS. DANIEL HUNTINGTON's portraits of Dr. EDWARD ROBINSON, Hon. S. NEWTON DEXTER, Professor CHARLES AVERY and Professor EDWARD NORTH are in company with portraits of President BACKUS, President NORTH and Professor CATLIN, by ALONZO PEASE; F. R. SPENCER'S portraits of WASHINGTON IRVING, Chancellor JAMES KENT and Ilon. JOSHUA A. SPENCER; CHARLES L. ELLIOT's portraits of President DAVIS and Trustee WILLIAM D. WOLCOTT; E. F. ANDREWS' portrait of Hon. JOHN J. KNOX, and many others. The College and society libraries, amounting to 12,000 volumes, are accessible to students. A few gentlemen in the city of New York, a few years since, presented to the College the private library of the late EDWARD ROBINSON, D. D., LL. D., of Union Theological Seminary. It consists of 1,420 volumes and about 100 valuable maps, and furnishes rare facilities for the study of Biblical exegesis and Scriptural geography. Hon. WILLIAM CURTIS NOYES, LL. D., a native of Oneida county, 20 feet in diameter. The great equatorial, made by Spencer and Eaton, has an object glass of 13.5 inches in diameter, and focal length of nearly 16 feet. It is provided with six positive and six negative eye-pieces, with a ring and filar micrometer. For solar observations it has a prismatic polarizing eye-piece of origi nal construction by Mr. Robert B. Tolles, of Boston. The declination circle of 24 inches, by means of four verniers, reads to four seconds of arc; the hour circle of 14 inches, by means of two verniers, reads to two seconds of time. The instru ment is mounted upon a granite shaft, nine feet in height, resting upon a pier of solid masonry. The clock-work with Bond's isodynamic escapement and spring governor, causes the telescope to follow the daily motions of the stars, by acting upon long arms attached to the equatorial axis. The wings are each 18 feet square; the east room is used as an office for the Director. In the west room is mounted a portable Transit instrument, 24 inches aperture, the gift of Hon. Anson S. Miller, LL. D., of Santa Cruz, Cal., and constructed by W. Wurdeman, of Washington, D. C. It has a cast-iron folding stand invented by the maker. The Observatory has an Astronomical clock, by Wm. Bond & Son, of Boston, presented by the late Hon. Wm. Curtis Noyes, of New York; a Chronograph, the gift of Michael Moore, of Trenton Falls; a Siderial Chronometer, the gift of Hon. George Underwood, of Auburn, and other apparatus. This Observatory has been the basis of several longitudes in the State, determined under the auspices of the Regents at Buffalo, Syracuse, Elmira, Ogdensburg, and the Western line of the State. The zone star observations taken here number 87,982, and twenty of the Celes tial charts, for which the zone stars form the skeleton, have been published at private expense within the last year, and distributed gratuitously to other Observatories, learned societies and individuals in return for favors received. The Litchfield Observatory has through the special labors of its Director, Professor C. H. F. Peters, Ph. D., become widely celebrated for the discovery of Asteroids, forty-two of which were first discovered here, between May, 1861, and August, 1883. and an honorary alumnus of the College, after a life of eminent service, professional and political, bequeathed to Hamilton College his law library. The collection numbers about 5,000 volumes. The books had been collected during a practice of over twenty five years, at a cost of not less than $60,000. The Noyes library is at all times accessible to members of the bar. Valuable additions were made to the library, in the Department of Metaphysics, by Professor MEARS, whose friends contributed $492 for this purpose, of which sum GEORGE W. CHILDS, Esq., of the "Philadelphia Ledger," contributed $100. In honor of the prizes awarded Mr. JULIEN M. ELLIOT, '76, and Mr. FRANK F. LAIRD, '77, at the Inter-Collegiate Contest in Oratory, held in the Academy of Music, New York, January 4, 1876, and January 3, 1877, $1,500 were presented to the College by the Rev. PETER LOCKWOOD, the Hon. SAMUEL D. HAND, M. D., and the Hon. CHARLES MCKINNEY for the purchase of recent books in polite. literature. These books were selected with special reference to the work of the Rhetorical Department, and are called the "Rhetorical Library." The students have provided for its annual increase, and the late Messrs. LOCKWOOD and MCKINNEY while living made a valuable addition in annotated editions of English classics for the especial use of classes in English literature. The Prizes founded in the College are as follows: 1. A fund of $1,500, founded by the late Hon. CHARLES MCKIN NEY, of Binghamton, furnishes two prizes for the members of the Senior Class who excel in Extemporaneous Speaking. 2. A fund of $700, founded by CHARLES C. KELLOGG, A. M., Utica, furnishes a prize for any student of the Senior Class, except the successful competitors for the Clark Prize, the Pruyn Medal, the Head Prize and the Kirkland Prize, who shall excel in the composition and delivery of his Commencement Oration. 3. A fund of $500, founded by the late AARON CLARK, of New York, furnishes a prize for the Senior who excels in Original Oratory. 4. A fund of $500, founded by the late Hon. J. V. L. PRUYN, Chancellor of the University of the State of New York, furnishes a Gold Medal for any student of the Senior Class, except the successful competitors for the Head Prize and the Kirkland Prize, who shall write the best oration on the Political Duties of Educated Young Men. 5. A fund of $500, founded by Hon. FRANKLIN H. HEAD, A. M., of Chicago, Ill., furnishes a prize for any student of the Senior Class, except the successful competitors for the Pruyn Medal and the Kirkland Prize, who shall write the best oration on Alexander Hamilton. 6. A fund of $500, bequeathed by the late Mrs. ABIGAIL R. KIRKLAND, of Clinton, furnishes a prize for any member of the Senior Class, except the successful competitors for the Head Prize and Pruyn Medal, who shall write the best oration on Biblical Science. 7. A fund of $500, founded by the late Hon. GEORGE UNDERWOOD, of Auburn, furnishes two prizes for Seniors who excel in Chemistry. 8. A fund given by Mrs. C. C. MUNSON, of Utica, furnishes $100 for two prizes to Seniors who excel in German, and $100 for two prizes to Juniors who excel in French. 9. A fund of $700, founded by the late Hon. CHARLES MCKIN NEY, of Binghamton, furnishes two prizes, in the form of valuable books, for the two students in each of the three lower classes who excel in Elocution. Valuable prizes will also be given to the two in each class who excel in English Composition. 10. A fund of $700, founded by relatives of the late Colonel HENRY H. CURRAN, of Utica, furnishes a Gold Medal and a Silver Medal for members of the Junior Class who excel in Classical Studies. 11. A fund of $500, founded by MARTIN HAWLEY, A. M., of Baltimore, Md., furnishes four Silver Medals for members of the Junior Class who excel in Classical Studies. 12. A fund of $500, founded by the late Rev. TERTIUS D. SOUTHWORTH, of Bridgewater, furnishes two prizes for members of the Junior Class who excel in Natural Philosophy. 13. A fund of $700, founded by HAMILTON B. TOMPKINS, Esq., of New York city, furnishes two prizes for members of the Junior Class who excel in Mathematics." In July, 1862, this College celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its establishment, and the proceedings were published in a volume that contains a large amount of historical information.' An Alumni Association has been in existence among the graduates of this College for many years. The charter of this College was amended by the Regents, January 14, 1875, so as to allow of the election by ballot of four additional Trustees, by alumni of at least three years' standing. These were to be divided into four classes, one of which is elected annually. The Trustees thus chosen must be alumni of at least ten years' standing. The quorum of Trustees was at that time fixed at thirteen. The four Trustees last elected by the graduates are Rev. Dr. Thomas S. Hastings, New York city, Professor Edward North, Clinton, Hon. Elihu Root, New York city, and Senator Joseph R. Hawley, Washington, D. C. "A Memorial of the Semi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of Hamilton College, Clinton, N, Y." Utica, 1862, 8vo., pp. 232, with eight portraits. 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 Henry Mandeville, S. T. D., 1841-49. Ellicott Evans, LL. D., 1860-82. Philosophy and Rhetoric. Anson Judd Upson, S. T. D., LL. D., 184953. 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 །པ་ 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. |