and was succeeded in the presidency by Rev. E. D. Eaton, a former graduate of the college. The inauguration of the new president, November 4, 1886, was the occasion of a large gathering of the alumni and friends of the college generally.

The number of students in attendance during the collegiate year 1887-88 was 265. Of these, 59 were in the regular college course, and the remainder in the Academy, or preparatory school.

The whole number of graduates up to and including 1887 is 371. The classes of 1886 and 1887 each numbered sixteen. The college first began its work with the distinct object of training Congregational and Presbyterian ministers, and it held to that object with such tenacity that several whole classes became ministers. A map of the United States, says one writer, was shown, with the places where graduates of Beloit College had been pastors marked with red. Wisconsin and northern Illinois were studded close with these red dots, which covered over all the Western States quite thick, and were sprinkled all over the rest of the United States from New England to the Pacific. Out of 311 graduates 107 are clergymen or theological students, 12 of whom are missionaries.

A very large number have adopted teaching as a profession. Of editors Beloit has furnished some distinguished examples. Of lawyers and law students there have been 55 among the graduates of the college, and of physicians and medical students 21. These professions include the majority of the graduates. Of the 311 alumni 28 are dead. Of the rest nearly all are filling positions of usefulness and influence.

The work of the college is now distributed to two departments:

I. The College proper, with two parallel courses:

(a) A classical course, giving prominence to ancient languages and literature.

(b) A philosophical course, combining with Latin a wider range of science and of modern languages.

II. The Academy. This comprises three courses of study: a classical, a scientific, and an English or business course. The classical course gives ample preparation for college; the scientific course prepares for the philosophical course in the college, and for the best schools of technology in the country. The English course meets the wants of those not intending to enter college, but wishing those studies helpful to an entrance upon a business life, or teaching.

Files of the Round Table, of the College Monthly, and of the local papers.

Addresses at the Induction of President Eaton, November 4, 1886. Addresses at the Quartet Centennial Anniversary of Beloit College. 1872.

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Chicago Journal (Correspondence), September 2, 1885.

Address of Prof. J. Emerson, Tenth Anniversary of Beloit College, July 8, 1857.

Reports of the Board of Trustees.

Reports of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and of the Commissioner of Education.

III.

LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY.

(Chiefly from the Alumni Record, 1881.)

Lawrence University, of Appleton, was fortunate in having as its founder and benefactor Amos Lawrence, whose name it bears. His wide benevolence found one of its most fitting objects in aiding the Methodist denomination in the new State, which still had its wealth to accumulate, in entering early into the work of higher education. Through aid given by Mr. Lawrence, the church was enabled to establish a university in this field much sooner than would otherwise have been possible.

April 17, 1846, a proposition was made by H. Eugene Eastman, agent of Mr. Lawrence, to Rev. W. H. Sampson in the following terms: "If there is any certainty of a vigorous co-operation by any other body, lay or clerical, I should be willing to put such sum of money in the hands of trustees as, placed at interest, will in ten years amount to ten thou sand dollars, and also give (provided there should be no failure in case of my death) the sum of ten thousand dollars, one thousand dollars a year for the term of ten years, toward sustaining a competent salary for such instructors as may be required; or, if necessary, I will pay ten thousand dollars in cash, now, to secure the desired object. But all this is founded on the expectation of a similar sum from other quarters." This proposition was made with the understanding that the institution. should be located at or near De Pere, Brown County. But the city of Appleton met the requirements of the gift, and the location was changed to that place. In the earlier history of the University Mr. Lawrence gave in all about thirty thousand dollars to the institution. For several years prior to 1876 he gave five hundred dollars annually toward current expenses.

On December 28, 1846, at Milwaukee, the proposition was laid before a meeting of clergy and laymen of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who then accepted the offer of Mr. Lawrence, and proceeded to meet the conditions upon which it was made. A charter incorporating "The Lawrence Institute of Wisconsin" was granted by the Legislature, and approved by the Governor January 17, 1847. On the 23d day of September, 1847, the charter trustees organized the Board of Trustees, with Hon. Mason C. Darling, of Fond du Lac, as president; N. P. Talmadge, of Fond du Lac, and Henry A. Baird, of Green Bay, as vice-presidents;

the Rev. W. H. Sampson, as secretary; and Morgan L. Martin, of Green Bay, as treasurer.

The Board thus organized immediately took measures necessary to make the enterprise a reality. The Hon. George W. Lowe, of Kaukauna, and John F. Meade, of Green Bay, generously donated sixtytwo acres of land situated in what was then known, as the "Grand Chute," but which is now the very centre of the City of Appleton, on condition that the Lawrence Institute should be located thereon. The Board of Trustees accepted the gift, and on the 9th of August, 1848, located the Lawrence Institute on said lands. On the 21st of March, 1849, the Legislature changed the institute to "The Lawrence University of Wisconsin," which it has since retained. During the same year a school building seventy by thirty feet and three stories high was erected.

November 12, 1849, the school was opened with the following corps of teachers: Rev. William H. Sampson, A. M., as principal, Romulus O. Kellogg as professor of languages, James M. Phinney as professor of mathematics, Emeline M. Crooker as preceptress, and Miss L. Amelia Dayton as assistant teacher. Thus constituted, the school continued as an academic department until 1853, when the first college classes were organized. Here again the necessities of a newly-settled country required the organization of a preparatory department before the commencement of the proper college work.

The number of students the first year was about sixty. The accommodations were meagre, the surroundings in many respects disagreeable, and the means very scanty. But the school had an excellent rep. utation from the start, and increased in popularity. The sacrifices of those who had the immediate management were very great, and at times the prospects quite discouraging.

September 1, 1852, the Rev. Dr. Edward Cooke, of Boston, Mass., was elected president of the University, and on the 29th of June, 1853, he was installed, took charge of the college, and organized the college classes. The frame building having been destroyed by fire, the present college building was commenced in 1853, and completed the following year. This building is one hundred and twenty feet long by sixty wide. It is built of stone, and is three stories and a half above the basement. It contains a commodious chapel, capable of seating eight hundred or a thousand people, six recitation rooms, a large library room, two fine society halls, large cabinet and reading-rooms, apparatus rooms, and dormitories for about fifty students.

November 7, 1854, a communication from Nathan Appleton informed the executive com mittee of a donation from the estate of Samuel Appleton, of Boston, Mass., for the purposes of a college library. The trust was promptly accepted and made the foundation of the present excellent library, one of the best working libraries in the West. It now con tains over eleven thousand volumes. From the income of the Appleton

fund of ten thousand dollars, and the liberality of friends, large additions are annually made. A well furnished reading room is supported by the students and faculty, and is well supplied with daily and weekly papers and the best periodicals.

In 1860 the Hon. Lee Claflin, of Boston, gave property to the value of ten thousand dollars to found the Claflin Professorship of Ethics and Civil Polity.

During the Civil War many of the students entered the military service of their country, a goodly number under the leadership of one of their professors, Henry Pomeroy. Some sacrificed their lives for their country; others, after valiant service, returned to honor and be honored by their alma mater. Of the alumni, the gallant Nathan Paine died in battle, and the brave Alfred F. Lamb, of the same class, in Libby prison.

In 1859 Dr. Cooke resigned the presidency, and Prof. R. Z. Mason was elected to fill the chair. During his term the college suffered, as all institutions did, from the demands incident to the state of the coun try during the Civil War. Yet in spite of the effects of that war the college was steadily progressing in reputation, scholarship, and attendance of students.

In 1865 Dr. Mason retired from, and the Rev. George M. Steele was elected to, the presidency of the University. Fourteen years of untiring labor he devoted to the interests of Lawrence University, estab lishing there thorough Christian spirit and scholarship. In 1879 Dr. Steele resigned, and Dr. E. D. Huntley was elected to the presidency. The latter, in turn, was succeeded by Dr. Bradford P. Raymond, in 1883. Like nearly all the colleges in the country, Lawrence University had its struggle with debt. Not until the commencement of 1880 could the president announce the college free from debt. But the revenues were not sufficient to meet the annual expenses, and it was necessary to make up the deficiency by donations and gifts, as far as possible, until such time as the productive property should be sufficient to provide the necessary revenues. Dr. Huntley's labor to secure the necessary funds was strenuous, and met with considerable success.

During 1881 a commodious dwelling for the president was erected on the college grounds. A new building is in contemplation for the accommodation of the lady students.

Lawrence University, having admitted women to equal privileges with men in all respects from its organization, was one of the first of American colleges to accord to women the right and privilege to share with men the labors and honors of a college course.

The courses of study are the ancient classical, the modern classical, the scientific, and the courses preparatory to the same. These courses cover for the most part the same fields in natural science, history, philosophy, and general literature. The ancient classical gives prominence to the Latin and Greek; the scientific excludes Greek, drops Latin