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WILLIAMS COLLEGE, MS.

This institution, situated at Williamstown, Berkshire co., was incorporated in 1793. It was found-
ed by a bequest of Colonel Ephraim Williams, who commanded for some time two small forts on
the banks of the Hoosac, in Adams and Williamstown, and who was killed in battle with the French
and Indians, September 8, 1755. The buildings consist of four large brick edifices for the accommo-
dation of students ; a brick chapel 93 by 38 feet, containing also lecture rooms; a library building,
and an astronomical observatory, the first erected in the United States. The college library, together
with those of the societies among the students, numbers nearly 14,000 volumes. The faculty con-
sists of the president, 6 professors, and 1 tutor. The college has about $70,000 of productive funds.
The philosophical and chemical apparatus has recently been enlarged by the alumni, at an expense
of several thousand dollars. A new and commodious chemical laboratory and lecture room has just
been completed, and likewise a magnetic observatory, for ascertaining and exhibiting the laws of
terrestrial magnetism. Commencement is on the third Wednesday in August. Alumni in 1847,
1581.

Accessus.    Succession of Presidents.    Exitus.

1793.    .    .    .    .    .    Rev.    Ebenezer Fitch, D. D.......1815.

1815......Rev.    Zephaniah Swift Moore,    D. D.....1821.

1821......Rev.    Edward Dorr Griffin, D.    D...... 1836.

1836......Rev.    Mark Hopkins, D. D.

WILLIAM AND MART COLLEGE, YA.

This college, next to Harvard, the oldest in the country, was originally projected in 1688, the year
in which William and Mary ascended the British throne. It was chartered by their majesties in
1691. It was established at Williamsburg, 60 miles south-east of Richmond. Rev. James Blair,
D. D., was the first president. It is under the direction of the Episcopalians. The college has
property amounting to $150,000, and a library of 5000 volumes ; instructors, 6. Rev. John Johns is
the president.

WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY, WN.

This is a new institution, founded in 1849. Only the preparatory department has gone into oper-
ation. Rev. John H. Lathrop is the president.

WOODWARD COLLEGE, O.

Founded in 1831, and located at Cincinnati. It has 5 instructors, and a library begun of 14,000
volumes. The number of students hitherto has been small. Commencement is on the Friday before
the 4th of July. Rev. Thomas J. Biggs, D. D., is the president.

YALE COLLEGE, CT.

Yale College was founded in 1700, and incorporated by the Colonial Assembly of Ct. in 1701. It
was first located at Saybrook, but in 1716 was removed to New Haven. Its first commencement
at New Haven was in 1717. About this time Mr. Elihu Yale, of London, gave a donation of books and
money to the college ; and in gratitude for his donations the institution was named Yale College. In
1733, Bishop Berkeley, of Ireland, gave a donation of 1000 volumes to the library, and two small founda-
tions for premiums. Yale College has been for many years the most popular literary institution
in America. Its number of undergraduates in 1850 was 386. The number of its alumni. (5932,)
has nearly equalled that of Harvard, which is its elder by 65 years. Its buildings are beautifully sit-
uated on slightly elevated ground, opposite to the western side of the New Haven Green, or Park;
their line in front stretching quite from the northern to the southern limit of this extensive
quadrangle. In this range there are 5 large brick edifices, four stories high, occupied by the students ;
that on the north being occupied by the students of the theological department. In the intermedi-
ate spaces are three steepled buildings, one of which is the chapel, and the others are occupied with
recitation and lecture rooms, and rooms for the professors. An elegant stone building has been
erected within a few years for the reception of the college library, and the libraries of the societies
among the students. The number of volumes in these libraries together is about 50,500. There are
other buildings for the chemical laboratory ; the mineralogical and geological cabinet, and the Trum-
bull gallery of paintings, &c. The cabinet of minerals is the most valuable in the United States,
and inferior to only two or three in Europe. The college has a faculty of theology, of law, and of
medicine connected with it. The medical college is furnished with a spacious and convenient
stone edifice, containing one of the most valuable anatomical museums in the country. The theo-
logical department has 3 professors. The law school is under the direction of the Hon. Clark Bis-
sell, late a judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut. The faculty, to whom are committed the
government and instruction of the undergraduates, consists of the president and 10 professors, with
7 tutors. There has been organized also a department of philosophy and the arts, designed to fur-
nish to resident graduates and others an opportunity of pursuing special branches of study, as far as
they may desire. The president and all the academical professors aid in the instruction of this
department. Commencement is on the third Thursday of August.

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