Debts of the College are:

Bonds outstanding..
Notes 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 Monday 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 lectures 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:

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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" "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 Ion. 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

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 Hall," 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

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

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 Hon. 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 original 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 instrument 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 Celestial 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 MCKINNEY, 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.

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A fund of $500, founded by the late AARON CLARK, of New York, furnishes a prize for the Senior who excels in Original Oratory.

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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 successcompetitors for the Head Prize and the Kirkland Prize, who shall write the best oration on the Political Duties of Educated Young Men.

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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 Ham

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6. A fund of $500, bequeathed by the late Mrs. ABIGAIL R. KIRKof Clinton, furnishes a prize for any member of the Senior

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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 MCKINNEY, 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.