Middletown transcript., 1872-01-20
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NEW ENGLAND COLLEGES.

ptspn> 10 put M hour in glanein,
ii tt II TIN fifteen eaialngne, et Amrii
cau .5a.iegss. which haye been hinih
nausnanrd 10 mr b, their ffe,iirnt.
ilattnrd University faanici III i65s
clarles v Elliot. l. l. u Prr.iJent.
sltnaira Ia Cambridge Mas, mar the sat
II the sa-eaiied Literary Emporium. is u
nnisersit, not on. in namr hat in rceii-
y b., .trs tie collegiate department. il
incorporate, the following nonri.hlns
schupis Divinity. Law l.amfunce Sci-n.
tiiic. Medical aud Drn,a! schnnl. I'll
Total number Of bouks in the various libra
rles of the University is. in round nnn-
bars. Isl 900 There arr 6hs under
graduates, - Divinity, Isl Inv. aud b
Ser ni,e sinrnisi in ihc School nf Min.
NJ, aal Medical II Dental. aud II T..
pi>ropal Theological rtniyniS Total
Isl. u, sides. there mr. 10 persons III
Attendance at tn University Lectures
Next, in Importance aud numbers j.
isle tullrgr IT srw Haven. eonn which
tus sprung inin nrr lite uuirr the uhlr
liry Nn,h Porter y y l. l. y Pres
idehi, iatmfiy Clark Professor Of Maral
Philosophy aud Metaphysics. AMI iusirne.
tor in Natural Theology in the same inst. !.
tuiien This College has live department..
btrities the Aeadrmies. aud is as mitch
un thu university plan n ihe former Thy
are as follows: Theological, Inv. aud
Medical departments, the Department Of
Philosophy and the Arts. of which ihe
Sheffield Scientific School is Il .i.iii Il
brunch and the schnpl of Fine Arts Thr
department Of Throlag, is very flourish.
ing. aud is only surpassed by Andnser
Unien, and Princeton Theological Srmi
naries. This bring truly mn erangeiieoi
theological school. i, is tn BIZ preferred by
iho,e Of that religious hrlirf. 10 the liar
ward Unitarian Divinity School Thp
Medical Deparlnrn, Of Yale is howeser.
not very hnurshing; while the Harvard
Medical School is onc Of the hes. in the
coun,ry--and compares favorahls with ihr
first class medical colleges Of New Ynrk
and Philadelphia There are ja.aa academ.
ical students. or under. graduates The
number Of professional students is as fol.
lows: Theological 81. Law %. and 81
Medical students; in Philosophy aud the
Arts. l25 Total. 75a
The Sheffield Scientific School IL anl,
equallrd by the School of Mines. Depart.
mtni Of Columbia College. New York Ci.
~ The sehnol If thu Fine Arts is nan.
aged by the following distinguished cou,l.
rller- the President Of the College Prof
) b Marse. Mr Donald q Mitchell
Mr. Daniel Huntington. NJ A and Prnf
Danirl { Gilman The College Library
number. aheu, 81. .nGD volumes. which
with other libraries connected with the
College. amount to 90 INN volumes.
The third impor,an, anl snfien, Ne.
England College is Dartmouth lnra,.d nj
Hanover. Naw Hampshire Il l. situated
nu . plane. considerably elevated aheve
tbs Connecticut River. anii varied nn1
striking SCENERY This |. one of the nll.
Is, colleges in New RGglana. and on ,he
university plan. only Harvard. Yale. nnd
Brown preceding il chronologically. |,
having been founded IN 1860, hy Rev
Elenx.r Whrrlncck. D. D.. nf Lebanon.
c"nn for the improvement aud education
Of the Indians. Twenty two of the alum
nj have been presidents Of II difFrren,
colleges; rs have bcen college professors,
12 Of thcm In various medical chairs. and
10 have been professors II 12 different