New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-18
THE H1s1oRY0FADELBERT COLLEGE,
AMAsA STONES MEMORIAL TO His son.

AMASA STONES MEMORIAL TO His son.
1'V'' " me Yele. York Ecqngeit.t
Could the history OF Our great religious,
humane and educational institutions De written now Of
ten W., should lind that they have their root in some
great sorrow 10 this class belongs Adelbcrt College
The Hon Amasa mai his blrfD in Charlton Macs,
some sixty years ago where his father died few years
since nj The age of almost hundred years. Al the
oe of seventeen the hoy Anasa became an apprentice
10 the trade of builder and when nineteen Years Oid
he went INTO bsnt eng giug i'll the erection OF dwell
Iince Al twenty he bilt II church edince in East
Brookhed soon aftcrward he engaged extensively IN
Tne egSeTH smccesS For some ten years he had h
residence IN Springfield, Mass nut the humorous ecu
tract Ia whca he was interested called LIN into ten
different states. III 1850 ne removed TO tins city, which
has since been his residence. In ONO lie engaged very
extensively ia Duldhs iirotdS ana III lIeIT manage
mcnt ia which business ne ac1cycd remarkable success
and accumulated extensive wealth. IN i5-b bis only
son. AdeOert, moe, promising YOUTH OF twenty years,
MAS IN MS senior year The sheffield scientific school
in New-IIavcn. Vito his professor ana classmates nc
was on gcOlog1zlne tour along the Connecticut RVcr,
M which he met nis death by drowning He was II
youth OF rare promise aud his death an unspeaa-
Tone formed the purpose of founding ga educational
institution which should be memorial OF his beloved
Two years ago, Western Reserve College at Hudson.
twenty live miles south OF Cleveland dre" MI stone
attention IL lad been III e4lstticc M! years anu was
under lie instruction u! an excellent faculty, ana many
Of It's graduates had achieved honorable distinction.
Besides buildings ana Rfpuhd u ntd ctru chuO" me
of 500 900 safely invested Sull It's patronage IA the
way Of students limited ana the prospeci OF any
.rrcat increase was not regarded a. promising. Mr.
stone then posed donate 10 the college 100000
uI0n conditions, cnef among Whch were thai II
should be removed 10 ts cit ana iH'' il' future name
.hou Il be Adcbert College. Alter careful ddlDCratiOn,
i- liberal OFF gladly accepted ny ne trustees. II
docs not 10 me tiat our lIudsC inclds VIII lose
awning by the removal. for IL place OF the college an
academy to be established occupying the buildings
and grounds which hitherto The college has occupied.
Both sexes Wll be admitted and II Will Oc an Import
ant feeder TO the college certificate Of the academy
will admit students 10 the college without examination.
II VIII be more than classical school, ana VIII XIV
attention to ppls int ndnE 10 become ttact g
II will be under the direction Of the college trustees
one year ago citizens Of Cleveland contributed about
500 900 for The purchase of twenty acres o. land
10 become the sites the cOllge and 10 endOw the Case
school Of lied -cle cOmnG.tO existence The
ncatiUn admirable IN all particulars. lie ground
mgh, fronting Eucli4-ayc., four miles east Of tie
| business portion vi lie cay.
| A condition made by DR. stone requires that OF his
donation 100000 sh: be expended IN I'll" erection OF
TWO college buildings. visited these buildings ycsier.
day wlch viii be- completed IN the future. and
found large. substantial and beautiful The main
nilding .tnnus I'VE hundred feet from the street
Dimensions the ground being l44 by 100 feet sOne
from thrce different quarncs ana OF GlntrcIt shade
being the matte al Il lOuI stores hlg, ana IN al It's
parts Of substantial ana tasteful aTchteciurc. II -"
be rcprOJi, all It's beams bong ~ loh III Will contain
rooms FOR professors, for Rotations Libraries, lahoa
tories chapel ana museun. Tue chapel Is forty four ~
nft, two feet aud will be furnished with pipe organ
and Diner needed accessories have never
cOuIlodiOus attractive college building thtn tni1
inc dOlintoTy OF pressed brick, ana L. lO4 crt long
about nifty students The rcfcctOry stands Ia the rear OF
the dormitofy. aud il connected with Dy broad and
pleasant gallery. fl . a tWo7loy bnlilng. with base
inent attic sixty our by IOrt}-UEht lcct II dlntn
siDa. 81 contains dining room twenty-five by forty
ivc SIZE, also kitchen, Laundry, pantTlcS, supply
loOs and family apartments scarcely stone or brch
and seems impossible that AN! s-ut or sAaIn coaI
escape detection. 10 the btaU,ics OF location, laWnn
paths driveway and trees VIII add attractive features
When The school buildings shall be erected, aht
the entire plat put ia order nothing VIII be wanting tt
it, HtlTactlNcucss iAs college, with lis HssOcu ed II
stuuons, VIII DO ko"nas the Western Reserve UhiVer