The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-02

the principal Colleges of the United States,
with sketches of the following prominent In
stitutions:-
The Indiana Asbury UniversIty,
located at Greencastle, Indiana, was chartered
in 1887 by the Legislature of the State. The
movement in which it originated began as
early as 1885, when the Indiana Conference of
the Methodist Church resolved upon establish
ing an institution of learning. The University
is now under the control and patronage of the
four Conferences of the Church which are en-
braoed within the limits of the State. In June,
1887, the Preparatory Department was opened,
and in May, 1889, the Rev. Matthew Simpson,
now one Of the Bishops of the Church, having
been elected President, the various collie
gate departments were regularly orga-
nized. In 1910 class of 3 members gradu-
ated. The classes have not, as yet, attained
high numbers the university being hampered
by large preparatory department, which pre-
vents it from being more than a frst-olass
seminary. Law and Medical department
have been in operation during portion of the
time. Bishop Simpson has had several sue
cessors in the Presidency, the present incum-
bent being the Rev. Thomas Bowman, D. D.,
who has held the position since 1858. The
whole number of graduates up to 1866 was
20l in the classical department, 20 in the
scientific, 81 in the law, and 40 in the medical.
The number of students in attendance last
year was ii Seniors 2S juniors, 35 sopho-
mOres, and S5 freshmen-a total of 159 in the
Collegiate department. In addition to this,
there were M8 in the preparatory school py pI,y
the d sale n OF hoidrships an endowment of over
S"'", ~ ~ mas been raised. The annual COM
nencement was held on Thursday, June q.
The University Of Mississippi,
which is located at Oxford in that State, was
established in lS4S, and for few years before
the war was among the most prosperous edu-
Cational institutions in the South. The first
class in the Academic department graduated in
1851 and contained Is members. In the
class of 1854 there were 81 graduates, and in
that Of 1858, 39. The number of graduates in
this department previous to the outbreak of
the war was 296. The first graduating class
in the Law School was that of 1856, and con-
tanned members. The class of 1860 con-
tanned % members, and the whole number of
graduates previous to the war was S.
Since the close of the war an earnest effort
is being made to place the insti-
tuition upon the basis of its old prosperity.
The faculty have raised the standard of admis-
sion, large additions are being made to the
libraries, and general spirit of progression
prevails. We have not received the annual
catalogue for the current year; but that OF
1866 showed an attendance of Juniors
(who graduated at the recent commencement,
held June 30, Al SophomOres, and so Fresh
men, with 40 pursuing irregular courses.
This gave a total of 1876 in the collegiate de-
partment, in addition to which there were 81
in the preparatory class. The Law department
has not yet been reorganized since the close of
the war, both prOfessorships remaining vacant.
The Rev. John N. Waddel, D. D., is the pre-
sent Chancellor of the University.
The University of Rochester,
prosperous institution in that city, was esta-
blished in 1850, under the centrol and patron
age of the Baptist denomination. 1t is we'll
endowed, has twenty acres of land connected
with it, and few years ago took possession of
new buildings, which had been erected at an
expense of SIS, 900. The library is being con-
tinually increased by the proceeds of fund
Rathbone, of Albany, N. Y. The "Ward
Cabinets" of Geology and Mineralogy, which
were recently purchased by the University at
an expense of $40, 900, are perhaps unequalled
in America for the purpose of illustrating in
struction in the natural sciences.
They were collected by Professor
Henry A. Ward, of the University, du,,ro
six years of foreign travel and many visits tS
larOe numb. numSsr Of the most fruitful American
localities, The two cabinets Of Mineralogy
and Geology contain altogether over 40, 00(
carefully selected specimens, including perfect
plaster casts of the mOnstrous fossil animals
of the Age of Reptiles. The Rev. Martin B
Anderson, Ii. D., is at present President o.
the University, and recently declined the
Presidency of Brown University, at Provi
dence, r. l., preferring to continue his con
neCtion with an institution towards the sue
cess of which he has contributed so much
During the year which closed with the annua
commencement on July 10, there had beer
100 students in attendance, of whom "a wer
Seniors, 23 Juniors, 33 Sophomores, and q
Freshmen.
HaverTOrd College,
the principal educational institution of tn
orthodox branch of the Society of Friends i
located in Haverford township, Delawar
county, at a distance Of nine miles from Phila
delphia. The charter conferring upon It col
legiate powers was approved March Is. 1856
But the movement for the original establish
ment of the institution dates back to 1896
when a meeting of the most intelligent an
prominent members of the Society of Friend
ia the city of Philadelphia was held, to COZ
suit upon the best plan for removing the d
advantages under which the younger member
of their religious society labored in their effor
10 obtain liberal education. The assistant
of the Friends of New York was invoked, al
by the close of the year the whole propose
csnital of 600, in shares of 500 each, W
snbscribed The amount of the capt.
was soon after increased to $oo,oU
In 1881 farm of about "
hundred acres was purchased, at an eXpeen
of $4,000; and in October, 1888, the sch'
was opened with twenty-one pupils, the nui
ber soon rising to twenty-six. charter a
been obtained from the State Legislature a Il