The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-19

Law Department................
Biblical Department. ......l2
Scientific Department.,".....l5
Grand Total~."....."......l25
The Annual Commencement occurred on the
9th of June last. The only graduate from
Philadelphia was William II. Wahl
Georgetown College.
This is the principal collegiate institution of
the Catholic Church in this country, and is
located in Georgetown, d. G. Its origin dates
back to the year 1885, when several prominent
Catholic gentlemen, chief among whom was
the Rev. John Carroll, afterwards the first
Archbishop of Baltimore, projected the esta-
blishment of can Academy at Georgetown,
Potowmac River, Maryland" The first build
ing was erected in 1889, and in 1892 the. schools
were opened. In 1898 it was raised to the rank
of "The College of Georgetown" i" and in May,
1915, Congress created it a regular University
In May, 1851 a Medical Department was opened
in Washington, in connection with the insti-
tuition. In addition to this there is practically
a military department, the students being pro-
vided with arms and accoutrements by the
General Government, and engaging in military
exercises once a week. There is large and
well-furnished Astronomical Observatory at
tached to the College, and library containing
80, 600 volumes.
The whole number of graduates since the
foundation of the College is about 1000. In
1854 the students in attendance numbered 260,
of whom "a were in the Senior Department,
81 in the Junior Department, and SO in the
Preparatory School. In 1866 there were Al
students in the Senior Department, 40 in the
Junior, l73 in the Preparatory, and 70 in the
Medical School-a total of 338. The present
President of the College is the Rev. Bernard
A. Mcguire, S. J.
williams College.
is located at Williamstown, Mass, in one of
the most romantic places in the country
The college buildings are situated on rising
hills, at the base of Saddleback, which is per-
haps the grandest mountain elevation in the
State. Williamstown is near the northern end
of Berkshire county, the region round about
it being remarkable for the natural beauty of
its scenery. The College owes it's name and
origin to Colonel Ephraim Williams, valiant
soldier of the Old French War, who had often
contested with his foes the possession of the
neighboring country. By his will, he left all
! his property in Massachusetts to the fOunda-
ton of a free school in a township which was
TO receive the name of Willamstown. The
lands were sold and the proceeds properly in
vested, and in 1890 a school-house was
erected. This building is now known as
West College. The Rev. Ebenezer Fitch, an
eminent scholar and divine, who had for
several years been a tutor in Yale College,
was appointed preceptor. In 1898 the Legis-
lature granted $4,000 to the institution for the
purchase of books and apparatus, and gave it
the title and present privileges of Williams
College. Fitch was elected President, and at
the first commencement, held in 1895, class
of members was graduated. In 1896 the
College received new grant of lands from the
state, and its prosperity for many years was
uninterrupted. The class of 1893 contained
30 members, in that of 1904 there were 38,
and in that of 1911, "a. The establishment of
Amherst College in 1921, however, drew of
many of its students for the time. 1t was not
until lS47 that a class of 38 members was
again graduated. Since that period the num-
ber OF graduates has averaged about so per
year, the largest class being that of 1854,
which contained 81 members.
Fitch's Presidency closed in 1915. His sue
cessors were the Rev. Zephaniah Swift Moore,
ID. D., from 1915 to 1921; the Rev. Edward
Dorr Griffin, D. D., from 1921 to 1886; and the
present incumbent, the venerable Mark Hop
klns, ID. D., LII. D., who was inaugurated in
1886. Under their administration the College
has steadily increased in its resources and the
number OF its students. Through the exer-
tions of DIR. Hopkins, Astronomical and
meteorological observatories have been erected,
and well supplied with apparatus. In the
museum are deposited two bas-reliefs from
Nineveh, a present from Mr.. Layard. Seye-
raj new buildings have recently been erected,
among them handsome edifce for the cabinet
belonging to the Lyceum of Natural History,
and another for the Chemical Department and
Gymnasium. For the latter the College is in
debted to the liberality of the Hon. J. q. Good
rich of Stookbridge, and for the former to the
late Nathan Jackson, Esq, of New York.
The number of regular graduates up to ana
including those of 1866 has been 2O9S, oil
whom 605 are deceased and 1893 still living
During the past two years the number OF stu
dents in attendance was as follows
Isee-s7. 1865.
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Sophomores....."..... 90
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