The morning times., 1896-09-13

about the campus, with abundant room
left for future buildings, especially on its
southern side, are something like forty struc-
lures, many OF them Of great size, all de-
voted to the use of the college. Somewhat
to the west of the main campus stand five
large buildings entirely distinct from the
others and used by the Theological Semi
nary, the most famous mother Of Presby-
terian ciergymen in the country, at least,
and probably in the world.
The pride of the college Is old Nassau
Hall, built in 1856. Long before its erec-
ton the Rev. william Tennent had opened
on the banks Of the Neshaminy river what
was called In derision the LOG College,"
Whitfield, the English evangelist, who Wis
tied Tennent in 1889, spoke Of this Log
College In terms anything but derisivc:
1T Is loG house about twenty foot long
and near as many broad; and to me 1t
seemed to resemble the school OF the old
prophets, for their habltations were mean;
and that they sought not great things for
themselves is plain from those passages Of
Scripture, wherein We are told that each
Of them took him beam to build them
a house. All that We can say Of
most OF our universitiesis they are glorious
without"
In 1746, after twenty years OF the Log
College, Princeton was Incorporated. New
Brunswick could have had 1t IL the In
habitants had secured to the college "a
thousand pounds, proc. money, ten acres
OF land contiguous to the college, and two
hundred acres of woodland, the farthest
part OF 1t to be not more than three miles
from the town." but the people OF Prince
ton, already a thriving village. made the
required sacrifice, and those Of New Bruins
wick did not.
The corner stone Of Nassau Hall was laid
In 1884 and the building was completed
In IT Sc, when the college was removed from
its temporary quarters in Newark. What
history the Old building has seen! Jona-
than Dickinson. its first president. was
one of the founders Of American Presbyter-
iaDism and an inspir alton Of colonial
patriotism. Aaron Burr, the second. was
u famous divine and the father Of that
Aaron Burr. better or worse known in
American history. The name of Jonathan
Edwards, who became president in 1888.
is the grea test In American Presbyteranisn.
Passing by presidents Samuel Davies and
Samuel Finley. one comes to John Wither-
spoon. who came from Scotland in 176S
to take the presidency and who died in
1894. Precisely 100 years later. I'm 1868.
the late DR.. James McCosh another great
and idolized P Princeton prex, came from the
same cool. misty Caledonian cradle OF great
men, to take the same office. and 100 years
later than Witherspoon, almost to a Cay.
he died, In 1904.
The deans house, simple wooden buil,l-
ing of moderate size in the colonial style.
was erected at the same time as Nassau
Hall, and for nearly half a century these
two were all the college buildings. Mas
sau Hall had a glorious part In the Revolu-
ton. Already twenty-one years old. 1t
was badly shaken up at the ba tile of rince
ton by the British raiders. Washington
contributed for its restoration after the
battle, and his portrait was hung upon its
walls in the place OF honor from which that
of George II had been thrustdOwn Here the
Continental Congress met when the occu-
patton OF Philadelphia drove 1t from that
city. Here Washington, Lafayette. and
most OF the other great men OF the revoiu-
tionary period attended commencement
exercisesand strolled down the frontcampus