undergraduate students in the College. A valuable collection of paintings, both ancient and modern, and of casts from the antique, was accumulated, to aid in the work of instruction.

The DIVINITY SCHOOL shared in the general prosperity of the period under consideration. The suite of buildings begun in 1869 was completed by the erection of a second (or WEST) DIVINITY HALL in 1873-74, and a building (named the Bacon Memorial Library, in honor of the Rev. Dr. Bacon) for the Reference LIBRARY in 1881. Donations to the funds for instruction made it possible in 1880 to institute a more thorough course in Elocution, and in 1885 to add to the Faculty a Professor of Biblical Theology (Rev. John E. Russell). In 1876 the first endowment was received for a graduate fellowship, which was established as a memorial of the late Mrs. Aurelia D. Hooker, of New Haven; and three years later full provision was made for the instruction of a class of graduates, who should desire to continue their studies for a fourth year. The expansion of the regular course of study also provided, as a special feature, for the delivery of numerous lectures by eminent preachers and teachers from abroad. Professor Hoppin retired from the chair of Pastoral Theology in 1879, and after an interval, in which instruction was supplied by Professor Barbour, the Rev. Dr. Lewis O. Brastow was appointed to the vacancy in 1885. The largest donor to the improvements named was Mr. FREDERICK MARQUAND, previously a dis

tinguished benefactor, who now bore half the cost of the site and construction of West Divinity Hall (in all $160,000) and the entire expense of the new Library building, and also furnished half the amount of the fund for Elocution (in all $10,000). Next in value to Mr. Marquand's gifts were a gift of $50,000 from Mr. HENRY WINKLEY, of Philadelphia, for the endowment of the chair of Biblical Theology, and a legacy of $25,000 from ASA OTIS, Esq., of New London, Connecticut, to the general fund.

The LAW SCHOOL in this period underwent a thorough reorganization, and for the first time reached a condition of permanent efficiency, worthy of the University. After Judge Dutton's death in 1869, three members of the New Haven Bar, Messrs. William C. Robinson, Simeon E. Baldwin, and Johnson T. Platt, were put in charge of the School, and in 1872 the same gentlemen, with the Hon. Francis Wayland, were appointed Professors in full, gratifying success having already been attained under their instructions. In 1872 the School was provided with spacious apartments in the new County Court House, and within a short time about $25,000 was subscribed by friends and expended in the purchase of books for the Library, which also received a permanent fund of $10,000 from the Hon. JAMES E. ENGLISH, of New Haven. A comprehensive two-years' course of study was arranged under the new Faculty, with a required examination for admission (after 1875) and annual examinations in writ

ing (after 1873); many special courses of lectures were also introduced.

In 1876 an advanced course in law and political science for graduates was provided, with the offer of the degree of Master of Laws after one year's study, and that of Doctor of Civil Law after two years' study.

A chair of International Law was established in 1878, with Mr. Theodore S. Woolsey, who had given instruction in this subject since 1876, as incumbent; and in 1881 a chair of Pleading was added, with William K. Townsend, Esq., as Professor.

Besides the English Fund and some small funds for prizes, one other prospective endowment belongs to this period: the Hon. LAFAYETTE S. FOSTER, who had been a lecturer in the School, left by will in 1880 the sum of $60,000 (subject to a life-interest) for founding a Professorship of Common Law.

In the MEDICAL SCHOOL important improvements were made in the lecture-rooms and laboratories, and a reorganization of the course was effected in 1879, so as to exact three full years of graded study, with examinations in writing. It was hoped that the additional expense entailed by this step, and especially by the development of the instruction in Chemistry, Histology, Physiology, and Pathology, would be met by new endowments, if not by an increase in the numbers of students.

A gift of $5,000 to the general fund of the

School was received in 1877 from John DeForest, M.D., of Watertown, Connecticut, a generous benefactor in other ways of the University.

Of the Faculty, Drs. Ives and Barker resigned in 1873, Dr. Bacon in 1877, and Dr. Hubbard in 1880. Dr. David P. Smith, of Springfield, Mass., was elected to a Professorship in 1873, and died in 1880, to the great loss of the University; by his will his valuable professional library and instruments were given to the School, and provision was made for the ultimate endowment of one of the chairs of instruction. Dr. Lucian S. Wilcox, of Hartford, was added to the Faculty in 1877, but died in 1881; Professor Silliman, the Senior officer in the Faculty, died in 1885. Other appointments were:-Drs. William H. Carmalt and James K. Thacher in 1879; Dr. Frank E. Beckwith in 1880; Dr. Thomas H. Russell in 1883; Dr. Herbert E. Smith in 1885; and Dr. James Campbell in 1886.

In exemplification of the growth of facilities for advanced instruction referred to on page 81, it should especially be stated that, just at the close of President Porter's administration, two notable appointments were made in the Graduate section of the Department of Philosophy and the Arts; that of Mr. Arthur T. Hadley, as Professor of Political Science, and that of Dr. William R. Harper, as Professor of the Semitic Languages.

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The University in 1886-87

N October, 1885, Dr. Porter signified his intention of resigning the Presidency at the close of the current College year; and in view of this intention Professor Timothy Dwight, of the Divinity School, a grandson of the former President Dwight, was elected in May as his successor. He was inducted into office on July 1, 1886, and began his active duties with the assembling of College in September.

After President Dwight's accession the Corporation officially authorized the use of the term University in describing the institution, which though still a College in legal name had in fact become a University by the organization and development of the various departments and courses of instruction. This step was in accord with the President's expressed conception of the immediate future as a period of progress in the line of the University idea. An Act of the General Assembly of the State in March, 1887, authorized the use of the new name as equally legal with the former corporate designation.

Few striking changes have marked President Dwight's first year of office. Mr. Henry C. Kingsley, after having served as Treasurer for nearly 25 years, was removed by a sudden death in December, 1886. His wise and prudent management of the invested funds had been an