The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-23

tendance during the past two years has been
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'''''''''''''''''''' 80 93
Junlors..."........... - Oh
Sophono nores....',...,......, ~ a
rreshmen'''' ''''''''.'' W Oh
Totals...................... ....."..."....25 203
The annual commencement occurred on
Thursday, July 11th. Three members of the
graduating class were Pennsylvanians, two of
whom, Frederick William March and Daniel
s. Smart, are residents of Philadelphia.
Sixteen members OF the graduating class Of
this year will devote themselves to the Chris
tian ministry, and four to the foreign mis-
sionary work. The College has large chari-
table fund, from the proceeds of which the
expenses of large number of students pre-
pairing for the ministry are paid. Amherst
has always been celebrated for the number of
clergymen educated within its walls. OF
the 1870 students which have been graduated
since its foundation, III have gone into the
pulpit at home and abroad.
Since the connection of DR.. Hitchcock with
Amherst it has also been noted as a seat of
natural science, and the Cabinet of Meteorites
belonging to Professor Charles U. Sheppard is
equalled in size and value only by the I'm
perial Cabinet of Vienna. The libraries con-
nected with the College contain about 900
volumes. During the past few years the en-
dowment of the institution has been increased
by over 100000.
Kenyon College,
located at Gambler, Ohio, originated in 1926,
in the exertions of the Rt. Rev. Philander
Chase, the celebrated Episcopal Bishop of the
Diocese of Ohio, and one of the foremost pro-
moters of education in the United States. In
1929 five years after his election to the epis-
copacy, he proceeded to Europe to solicit funds
for the establishment of a theological school in
the West He met with much opposition from
the friends of the General Theological Semi
nary of the denomination in the city of New
York, and was greatly discouraged by his
brother bishops. His success in England, at
first, was poor; but being provided with letters
from Henry Clay, he finally obtained influential
| friends in Lord Gambler and Lord Kenyon, and
! after few months absence returned to this
| country with about $20, 600. The seminary
was soon started, the Bishop receiving the
first students in his own house at Worthing-
ton. A domain of eight thousand acres was
then purchased and small cabin erected on the
! hill where the college now stands. The build
! ings were commenced, the necessary money
| being raised by the Bishop, ON a tour to the
East. A difficulty afterwards arose between
the Bishop and the Professors, concerning the
powers of the former, as er-oBFciO President,
which was carried into the Diocesan Conven-
tion of 1881, when report endorsing the Pro-
fessors passed unanimously. Bishop Chase
thereupon resigned, removed to Michigan, and
subsequently to Illinois, of which he became
the first Episcopal Bishop, as he had pre-
viously been first Bishop of Ohio. In 1889 he
established another institution known as Jubi-
lee College, first visiting England to obtain the
necessary funds for the undertaking.
By the exertions of Bishop Chase, the Col
lege and Seminary were placed on firm basis,
and although the number of students in
attendance has not been very large, the insti-
tuition has always held prominent place in
the denomination to which it belongs. During
the past few years its endowment has been
increased by the addition of over 10000,
which was raised through the exertions of
Assistant Bishop Bedell. The buildings Occu-
pied by the College are large and handsome,
and the libraries contain over Is, GOO volumes.
The number of students in attendance last
year was 95, of whom IA were Theological
students, 10 Seniors, l8 Juniors, 26 SophO-
mores, 25 Freshmen, and 2 pursuing partial
course. The last annual commencement
occurred on Thursday, July Is. The Rev.
James Kent Stone, who had held the Professor
ship of Latin for four years previously, has
recently accepted the Presidency of the Col
lege, succeeding in that capacity the Rev.
Charles Short.
Wesleyan U niversity,
one of the leading colleges of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, is located at MiddletoWn,
Connecticut. The principal buildings now
occupied by it had been in use since 1874 by
Captain Alden Partridge's american Lite
rary Scientific, and Military Academy" which
was removed to Norwich, Vermont, in 1879.
The Methodists were at that time projecting
the establishment of college in one OF the
Eastern States, several towns contesting for lts
location by offers of land and money. The
free gift of the buildings at Middletown was
accepted, coupled with the condition that
900 in addition should be raised by IL the
friends of the project, as an endowment. The
required amount was soon secured, ana
the institution having been chartered
in May, 1884, was opened for the recep-
tion of students the same year, under the
Presidency of the Rev. Wilbur Fisk, ID. d.,
popular divine, whe retained the position untn
his death in 1889. DR.. Fisk's successors, VINO
were among the most eminent Methodist cler-
gymen and scholars in the country, have been
as follows:-Rev. Stephen 0lin, ID. D., LIZ D''
from 1889 to 1841; Rev. Nathan Bangs, D. ",
from l84l to 1912; Rev. Stephen Oln, " ~,
LII. D., again, from 1912 until his death ~ q
1851; Augustus w. Smith, LII. d., from loVH
till his resignation in 1857 when he was sue
ceeded by the present incumbent, the Rev.
! | Joseph Cummings, ID. ID.
The first class, which numbered members
graduated in 1888. The class OF 1880 COZ.
tanned 80 members; that of 184l, 80; and tna'
of 1912, 81. Since then the classes have ave-
ragged about 80 members, the largest, those u
1860 and 1868, containing 80 each Ihe whole
: number of regular graduates, including those
of 1867, has been 857, of whom all but sDOus
100 are still living. The number OF studehss
! an affandaFoa d,triuo the mast two wears lAA5