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 BELOIT COLLEGE 
 
 ORIGIN". 
 
 The course of migration in our country runs natu- 
 rally from east to west on lines of latitude; there was 
 thus a large infusion of New England elements in the 
 stream of human life which first poured in to occupy 
 the territory of Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Puri- 
 tan ideas of the home, the school, the church and the 
 college were transplanted and took root here with 
 the first upturning of the prairie sod. They were es- 
 pecially cherished in the Congregational and Presbyte- 
 rian churches organized. Hence, within ten years of 
 the time when the Indian council fires were extin- 
 guished by the Black Hawk war, representatives of 
 these churches were gathered in council, praying to- 
 gether and thinking on a college. These thoughts were 
 deepened, in conference with others at a convention of 
 representatives of those two denominations from the 
 northwestern states, held at Cleveland, Ohio, in June, 
 1844. They became defined and matured in four successive 
 conventions, held in that and the following year, for the 
 specific purpose of considering what Could be done for 
 the promotion of higher education for Wisconsin and 
 
4 HISTORICAL SKETCH. 
 
 northern Illinois. These deliberations resulted in a 
 unanimous judgment of a convention, which numbered 
 sixty-eight members, that a college for young men, and 
 a female seminary of the highest order for young 
 women, should be established, one in Wisconsin and the 
 other in Illinois, near to the border line of the two 
 states. The college was located at Beloit, Wis.; the 
 female seminary was subsequently located at Rockford, 
 111. In October, 1845, the fourth convention adopted a 
 form of charter, and elected a Board of Trustees ; to 
 whom was committed the charge of carrying forward 
 the enterprise. Beloit was selected as the place for the 
 college, because it was central and easy of access to the 
 population of the two states, and because the people of 
 that village had already evinced an interest in the work 
 of education by sustaining a seminary which offered 
 facilities superior to any found elsewhere in the region. 
 
 THE CHARTER. 
 
 On application, the territorial legislature of Wiscon- 
 sin enacted a charter for the college, approved February 
 2d, 1846, and printed on pages 103-4 of the volume of 
 Laws of Wisconsin for 1846. The corporate title is 
 "The Board of Trustees of Beloit College. ,, By the 
 act of incorporation, the board of trustees consists of 
 sixteen members, with power to increase the number to 
 twenty-four. Any seven constitute a quorum for the 
 transaction of business. The board elects new mem- 
 bers for no definite term of service, but failure for more 
 than one year to attend to the duties of the trust may 
 create a vacancy. The charter specifies no particular 
 requirements for membership. The following persons 
 
OF BELOIT COLLEGE. 5 
 
 are named as original trustees, viz.: Reverends A. Kent, 
 D. Clary, S. Peet, F. Bascom, C. Waterbury, J. D. 
 Stevens, A. L. Chapin and R. M. Pearson, and Messrs. 
 G. W. Hickcox, A. Raymond, C. M. Goodsell, E. H. 
 Potter, L. G. Fisher, W. Talcott, C. G. Hempstead and 
 S. Hinman — one half clergymen and one half laymen; 
 one half resident in Wisconsin and one half in Illinois. 
 Of these original members, nine have deceased, four are 
 still in the board, which at present numbers twenty- 
 three. The charter passes the administration of the 
 college into the hands of the board of trustees, with 
 broad general powers, subject to no direct supervision 
 or control by the state or municipal authorities. The 
 college is, however, always open to visitation, and, in 
 accordance with a subsequent statute, a report of the 
 condition of the institution is made annually to the 
 State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Con- 
 gregational and Presbyterian Churches of Wisconsin 
 and northern Illinois are regarded as the proper con- 
 stituency of the college; but the charter precludes 
 the prescription of any religious tenets or opin- 
 ions as qualifications required of instructors or condi- 
 tions of admission for students. Its aim is accordingly 
 to give a Christian, but not a sectarian, education. The 
 charter fixes the location of the college and all its de- 
 partments in Beloit, and reserves to the legislature full 
 power to alter or repeal the act of incorporation. The 
 board of trustees are empowered to confer on those 
 whom they ma} T deem worthy, all such honors and de- 
 grees as are usually conferred by like institutions. The 
 original charter has served the purpose of the college 
 thus far without amendment or alteration. 
 
HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 
 THE OBJECT OF THE COLLEGE. 
 
 The American college is an institution sui generis, 
 developed by circumstances and conditions peculiar to 
 this country. The founders of Beloit College had be- 
 fore them the type form, as presented in the colleges of 
 the older states, especially in those of New England, and 
 their aim was, not in servile imitation to copy a model, 
 but as wisely as possible to adapt the leading ideas and 
 features of those institutions to the fresh life and swift 
 growth of the west. So, the object of the institution 
 they aimed to build was defined to be, to provide for the 
 thorough, liberal, Christian education of young men; 
 education being understood to mean chiefly, a self- 
 development of the individual under training, to a true 
 self-possession and command of his best faculties. The 
 course of study was thus arranged for discipline even 
 more than for instruction, though both are included. 
 The design comprehends a training in language as the 
 great instrument and condition of all culture, civiliza- 
 tion or thought; in mathematics and science, as means 
 of both guiding the processes of investigation and 
 thought, and furnishing the matter of learning ; in the 
 histories of nature and of man, as the sources of practical 
 knowledge; and in those philosophic and moral prin- 
 ciples necessary to complete the general preparation for 
 a broad and useful life. Under the conviction that 
 positive principles of religious faith are essential to 
 right thought as well as to right life, the institution is 
 intended to be a religious college — not denominational, 
 but distinctly and earnestly evangelical. Its endeavor 
 is to combine in its culture, learning, religion and 
 
OF BELOIT COLLEGE. 7 
 
 morality, so as to form habits of thought, faith and 
 rectitude, which will best fit men alike to succeed in the 
 world, to do the world good, and to realize the Christian's 
 hope in the world to come. 
 
 HISTOKY. 
 
 The Board of Trustees of Beloit College held their 
 first meeting October 23d, 1845, and took preliminary 
 measures to secure a charter, select a location and devise 
 a plan for a building. The charter enacted by the legis- 
 lature was accepted October 13th, 1816. On the 21th of 
 June, 1847, the corner stone of the first building was 
 laid with appropriate ceremonies and public exercises. 
 On the same day the first appointment of a professor 
 was made, but that appointment was declined. The 
 college was opened for its first class October 15, 1817, 
 when five young men were examined, admitted as a 
 Freshman class, and placed temporarily under the in- 
 struction of Mr. S. T. Merrill, then in charge of the 
 Beloit Seminary. On the 23d of May, 1848, Mr. Jack- 
 son J. Bushnell was appointed Professor of Mathemat- 
 ics and Natural Philosophy, and Mr. Joseph Emerson 
 Professor of Languages. These two gentlemen entered 
 upon their duties at once, and to them was committed 
 the class already received, and the further internal or- 
 ganization and administration of the college. On the 
 21st of November, 1849, Rev. Aaron L. Chapin was 
 elected President of the college. He entered upon the 
 duties of that office February 1st, 1850, and on the 24th 
 of July of the same year he was formally inaugurated 
 with public exercises held in a grove near the north- 
 west corner of the college grounds. The first class was 
 
8 HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 
 graduatedsjuly 9th, 1851. Since then, a regular ucces- 
 sion of classes has been kept up. Other appointments 
 to the faculty of instruction, the enlargement of the 
 college in the erection of buildings, the accumulation 
 of endowments and the numbers of the several classes as 
 graduated are given further on, under distinct titles. 
 At the close of the first decade of the life of the col- 
 lege, a convention of its friends was held July 8th, 1857, 
 when Prof. J. Emerson delivered a historical address, 
 and resolutions were adopted recognizing the divine fa- 
 vor to the enterprise, and commending the college anew 
 to the confidence of the friends of thorough education, 
 with an earnest appeal for contributions to increase its 
 resources. The annual commencement, July 14th, 1869, 
 was made an occasion of special interest by the formal 
 dedication of the Memorial Hall, erected in honor of 
 those connected with the college who had served in the 
 war for the preservation of the Union. Hon. Matthew 
 H. Carpenter, U. S. Senator from Wisconsin, delivered 
 an oration, and several of the Alumni and distinguished 
 soldiers of the war gave brief addresses. In connection 
 with the commencement of July 9th, 1872, the twenty- 
 fifth anniversary of the opening of the college was com- 
 memorated by appropriate exercises, in which represen- 
 tatives from the Trustees, the Faculty and the Alumni, 
 bore a part. 
 
 SITE AKD BUILDINGS. 
 
 The site of the college is near the centre of the city 
 of Beloit, on the south line of the state of Wisconsin, 
 midway between lake Michigan and the Mississippi 
 river. The city is easily accessible from all directions, 
 
10 HISTORICAL SKETCH. 
 
 by two lines of railroad, one running north and south, 
 and the other east and west, which cross each other at 
 this place. The population of the cit}' is about 5,000. 
 
 The college grounds inclose an area of 24 acres, 
 sketched in outline on the map preceding. The prem- 
 ises are bounded by streets on every side, and the sur- 
 face is diversified by groves and ravines, presenting a 
 broad and elevated plateau fronting to the east, and on 
 the west, sloping down nearly to the level of Rock River, 
 from which it is separated by a street and a narrow tier 
 of lots on the west side. This site was a place specially 
 honored by the pre-historic races, as is attested by 
 twent} r of their mounds still preserved within its limits, 
 one of which originally bore the unmistakable outlines 
 of a turtle. At points indicated on the map stand six 
 college buildings: 
 
 1. Middle College, begun in 1847, was finished so far 
 as to be occupied the following year. It is an edifice of 
 brick, measuring 64 feet by 44, and has three stories 
 and an attic, surmounted by a cupola and belfry. The 
 attic is occupied b} r students 1 rooms. The remainder 
 is divided into ten rooms, devoted to lectures, recita- 
 tions and laboratory work. Its cost was about $10,000, 
 mostly donated by citizens of Beloit with the original site. 
 
 2. North College, a dormitory of brick, three stories 
 and a basement, measuring 54 feet by 40, was erected 
 in 1854. The basement is used as a dining room and 
 appendages for a students' club, and the three stories 
 are divided into twelve suites of rooms for students. Its 
 cost was about $8,000, a small portion of which was 
 contributed for the specific purpose. 
 
 3. The Chapel, a brick building, 60 feet in length by 
 
MEMORIAL HALL OF BELOIT COLLEGE. 
 
12 HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 
 40 in breadth, of two high stones, was erected in 1858. 
 The lower story is appropriated to two school rooms for 
 the Preparatory School, and the upper to the religious 
 services of both departments. Its cost was about 
 $6,000, one-half of which was contributed by the citi- 
 zens of Beloit. 
 
 4. South College is a two story building of wood, 
 erected in 1868, to furnish additional dormitory accom- 
 modations. Its dimensions are 72 feet by 35, and it is 
 divided into sixteen rooms. It cost $5,000. 
 
 5. Memorial Hall, a view of which is presented on 
 page 11, was erected in 1869, in honor of more than 400 
 sons of the college who took part, 46 of whom died, in 
 the war for the Union. It is built of cream colored lime- 
 stone, in modern Gothic style, 70 feet in length by 40 
 in breadth, with a vestibule 28 feet by 20. Its cost was 
 $26,000, provided for mostly by special donations for 
 the object, gathered in the region. The vestibule is 
 devoted to tablets and memorials of the war. The 
 main building is divided into two stories, each forming 
 a large, high hall. The upper hall is occupied by the 
 library and the lower by the cabinet. It is contem- 
 plated that both will be eventually devoted to the li- 
 brary, when a separate building will be provided for the 
 cabinet. 
 
 6. The Gymnasium, a building of wood. B0 feet by 38, 
 one story with a basement, was erected in 1874, at an 
 expense, including apparatus, of $3,900, contributed 
 chiefly by alumni and members of the college and citi- 
 zens of Beloit. This building, though the property of 
 the college, is under the charge of an association, em- 
 bracing members of the Faculty and students. Each 
 
OF BELOIT COLLEGE. 13 
 
 student is required to take part in a daily drill for half 
 an hour, in light gymnastics and vocal culture. A 
 bowling alley in the basement, and other apparatus, fur- 
 nish faculties for additional voluntary exercise. 
 
 COURSE OF STUDY. 
 
 In carrying out the object heretofore indicated, it was 
 the first purpose of the trustees to confine their efforts 
 to founding and maintaining a college in the strict 
 sense of the term, in which the course of study and 
 the standard of scholarship should be set high. A 
 course of study was accordingly adopted conformed to 
 those of the best eastern colleges. That purpose has been 
 steadily adhered to as the chief aim, and that leading 
 course of study has been changed only to be elevated 
 and improved. But it was sopn found that this region 
 furnished hardly any -facilities for preparing young men 
 to enter college, and that there was great demand for 
 an advanced English education, especially to prepare 
 teachers for the public schools. Hence the absolute 
 necessity of establishing, in connection with the college, 
 a Preparatory Department and a Normal and English 
 Department. The rapid development and wide range 
 of Physical Science within the last quarter century, and 
 the new professions which have thus been opened to 
 young men, have made it advisable also to establish a 
 course of study parallel and equivalent to the first, 
 which shall bring within its scope new branches and a 
 more thorough investigation of science and philosophy. 
 As now organized, the college provides for young men, 
 1. The old classical course of study ; 2. A Parallel Phil- 
 osophical course, and, 3. A Preparatory school. These 
 are severally presented in detail in the following tables ; 
 
14 
 
 HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 
 CLASSICAL COURSE OF STUDY AT DIFFERENT PERIODS. 
 
 1847. 
 
 1860. 
 
 1875, 
 
 Livy. 
 
 Algebra. 
 Homer's Iliad. 
 
 Livy, Lat.Prose Comp. 
 
 Algebra. 
 
 Homer's Iliad, Greek 
 
 Prose Composition. 
 Ancient History, 
 
 Greece. 
 
 Livy, Lat.Prose Comp. 
 
 Algebra. 
 
 Homer's Odyssey, 
 
 Greek Prose Comp. 
 Ancient Hist., Greece. 
 Chaucer. 
 Gr. Testam't, Gospels. 
 
 Livy. 
 
 Algebra, Geometry. 
 Homer's Iliad. 
 
 Livy, Latin Prose. 
 Algebra, Geometry. 
 Homer's Iliad, Greek 
 
 Prose. 
 Ancient History, 
 
 Rome. 
 
 Livy. 
 
 Geometry. 
 
 Homer's Odyssey, 
 
 Greek Prose. 
 Ancient Hist., Rome. 
 Chaucer. 
 Gr. Testam't, Gospels. 
 
 Horace. 
 Geometry. 
 Herodotus. 
 Rhetorical Exercises, 
 
 weekly through the 
 
 year. 
 
 Horace, Latin Prose. 
 
 Geometry. 
 
 Herodotus, Gr. Prose. 
 
 Weekly lessons in 
 Chaucer, and Greek 
 Testament. Weekly 
 themes and declama- 
 tions thro' the year. 
 
 Horace. 
 
 Geometry, Plane Trig- 
 onometry, Mensura- 
 tion, Surveying. 
 
 Herodotus, Gr. Prose. 
 
 Chaucer. 
 
 Greek Testament, Gos- 
 pels. 
 
 Horace. 
 
 Geometry, Trigonom- 
 etry. 
 
 Herodotus, Xeno- 
 phon's Memorabilia. 
 
 Horace, Latin Prose 
 Composition. 
 
 Trigonometry, Mensu- 
 ration, Surve ying 
 and Navigation. 
 
 Xenophon's Memora- 
 bilia, Greek Prose 
 Composition. 
 
 Mediaeval History. 
 
 German. 
 
 Spherical Trigonome- 
 try, Navigation, Con- 
 ic Sections. 
 
 Xenophon's Memora- 
 bilia. 
 
 Ancient History, East. 
 
 Spenser. 
 
 Gr. Testam't, Gospels. 
 
 Cicero de Senectute 
 and de Amicitia. 
 
 Trigonometry, Mensu- 
 ration, Surveying. 
 
 The Alcestis of Eurip- 
 ides. 
 
 Rhetoric. 
 
 Tacitus on Oratory, 
 
 Rhetoric. 
 Trigonometry, Conic 
 
 Sections. 
 Plato's Apology and 
 
 Crito, Greek Prose 
 
 Composition. 
 Modern History. 
 
 German. 
 
 Greek Tragedy, 
 
 Chemistry. 
 
 Spenser. 
 
 Greek Testament. 
 
 Cicero de Oratore. 
 Navigation, Conic 
 
 Sections. 
 The Prometheus of 
 
 ^Eschylus. 
 Rhetorical Exercises 
 
 weekly through the 
 
 year. 
 
 Tacitus, Rhetoric. 
 
 Analytical Geometrj r , 
 Calculus. 
 
 The Prometheus of 
 iEschylus, Greek 
 ProseComposition. 
 
 Physiology. 
 
 Weekly Lessons in 
 Spenser and Greek 
 Testament. Weekly 
 themes and declama- 
 tions thro' the year. 
 
 Horace. 
 
 Analytical Geometry, 
 
 Calculus. 
 Chemistry. 
 Milton. 
 Greek Testament. 
 
OF BELOIT COLLEGE. 
 
 15 
 
 classical couese oe study — continued. 
 
 1847. 
 
 Tacitus. 
 
 Natural Philosophy. 
 Electra of Sophocles. 
 Plato's Gorgias. 
 
 Tacitus. 
 
 Natural Philosophy. 
 Demosthenes de Coro- 
 na. 
 
 1860. 
 
 Cicero de Officiis. 
 Natural Philosophy. 
 German. 
 
 German. 
 
 Natural Philosophy. 
 Chemistry. 
 
 Guizot's History of 
 Civilization. 
 
 1875. 
 
 Rhetoric. 
 
 Natural Philosophy. 
 
 Mineralogy. 
 
 Mediaeval History and 
 History of Civiliza- 
 tion. 
 
 English Literature. 
 
 Greek Testament, 
 Epistles. 
 
 Rhetorical Analysis of 
 Cicero and Demos- 
 thenes. 
 
 Natural Philosophy. 
 
 Mental Philosophy. 
 
 English Literature. 
 
 Greek Testament. 
 
 Select Latin. 
 
 Astronomy, Botany. 
 
 Natural Theology. 
 
 Evidences of Christi- 
 anity. 
 
 Weekly rhetorical ex- 
 ercises through the 
 year. 
 
 Tacitus. 
 
 The Antigone of Soph- 
 ocles. 
 
 Astronomy, Botany, 
 Zoology. 
 
 Weekly lessons from 
 Milton, and weekly 
 themes and orations 
 through the year. 
 
 Tacitus. 
 
 Thucydides. 
 
 Botany. 
 
 Plato's Apology, Crito 
 
 andPlnedo. 
 English Literature. 
 Greek Testament. 
 
 
 Astronomy. 
 Intellectual Philoso- 
 phy, Logic. 
 Physiology. 
 Zoology. 
 
 Plato's Gorgias. 
 Logic. 
 
 Geology and Mineral- 
 ogy. 
 
 Cicero de Natura Deo- 
 
 rum. 
 Logic. 
 Geology. 
 Shakspeare. 
 Greek Testament, 
 
 Epistles. 
 
 < 
 
 B 
 o 
 
 The Calculus. 
 Moral Philosophy. 
 Political Economy. 
 Select Greek. 
 Chemistry. 
 
 Demosthenes de Coro- 
 na. 
 Mental Philosophy. 
 Political Economy. 
 U. S. Constitution. 
 
 Political Economy. 
 U. S. Constitution. 
 Astronomy. 
 Moral Philosophy. 
 Shakspeare. 
 Greek Testament. 
 
 w 
 
 CO 
 
 Mineralogy, Geology. 
 
 U. S. Constitution. 
 
 Evidences of Christi- 
 anity. 
 
 Weekly exercises in 
 Rhetoric and Com- 
 position through the 
 year. 
 
 Moral Philosophy. 
 
 Evidences of Christi- 
 anity and Butler's 
 Analogy. 
 
 Weekly lessons from 
 writers of the 18th 
 and 19th centuries. 
 
 Weekly themes and 
 orations. 
 
 Weekly lessons in 
 Greek Testament 
 through the year. 
 
 International Law. 
 Butler's Analogy. 
 Evidences of Christi- 
 anity. 
 Bacon. 
 Greek Testament. 
 
16 
 
 HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 
 PHILOSOPHICAL COURSE OF STUDY. 
 
 18 75, 
 
 Freshman Tear. 
 
 w 
 
 M 
 PS 
 
 w 
 
 H 
 
 LANGUAGES, 
 
 RHETORIC AND 
 
 CIVIL POLITY. 
 
 MATHEMATICS 
 
 AND 
 
 SCIENCE. 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 AND 
 
 BELLES-LETTRES. 
 
 PHILOSOPHY 
 
 AND 
 
 BIBLE STUDIES. 
 
 ] 
 
 I 
 
 Latin or Greek. 
 French. 
 
 Spherical Trigo- 
 nometry. 
 Navigation. 
 Conic Sections. 
 
 Chaucer. 
 Ancient History, 
 Greece. 
 
 New Testament, 
 Gospels. 
 
 1 
 
 I 
 
 Latin or Greek. 
 French. 
 
 Crystallography. 
 
 Chaucer. 
 Ancient History, 
 Rome. 
 
 New Testament, 
 Gospels. 
 
 1 
 
 Latin or Greek. 
 
 Anal. Geometry. 
 Calculus, Botany 
 
 Chaucer. 
 
 New Testament, 
 Gospels. 
 
 Sophomore Tear, 
 
 ■J. 
 
 Latin or Greek. 
 
 Mechanics and 
 Hydrostatics. 
 Chemistry. 
 
 Spenser, Milton. 
 Ancient History, 
 The East. 
 
 New Testament, 
 Gospels. 
 
 { 
 
 { 
 
 Latin or Greek. 
 
 Pneumatics, A- 
 coustics, Elec- 
 tricity, Magnet- 
 ism, Optics. 
 
 Chemistry. 
 
 Spenser and Mil- 
 ton. 
 
 New Testament, 
 Gospels. 
 
 I 
 
 Latin or Greek. 
 
 Chemistry. 
 Zoology, 
 
 Spenser and Mil- 
 ton. 
 
 New Testament, 
 Gospels. 
 
 
 
 Junior 
 
 Tear. 
 
 
 i. 
 /. 
 
 7 
 
 Rhetoric. 
 German. 
 
 Mineralogy. 
 
 Hist, of France. 
 Hist.of Civiliza'n 
 
 Shaw's Manual. 
 
 New Testament. 
 Acts. 
 
 f 
 
 I 
 
 German. 
 
 Astronomy. 
 
 Shaw's Manual. 
 
 New Testament, 
 
 Epistles. 
 Men'l Philosop'y 
 
 1 
 X 
 
 German, (two dai- 
 ly recitations). 
 
 Mineralogy. 
 Lithology. 
 
 Shaw's Manual. 
 
 New Testament, 
 Epistles. 
 
 
 
 Senior 
 
 Tear. 
 
 
 1 
 
 T 
 
 
 Geology. 
 
 German History 
 and Literature. 
 Shakspeare. 
 
 New Testament, 
 
 Epistles. 
 Logic. 
 
 r 
 
 r.} 
 1 
 
 Political Econo- 
 my. 
 U.S. Constitution 
 
 Geology. 
 
 Shakspeare. 
 
 New Testament, 
 
 Epistles. 
 Moral Philosop'y 
 
 f 
 1 
 1 
 
 eo 
 
 1 
 
 Internat'nal Law 
 
 Comprehensive 
 Review of Nat- 
 ural History. 
 
 Shakspeare. 
 
 New Testament, 
 
 Epistles. 
 Butler's Analogy 
 Evid. of Chris- 
 tianity. 
 
OF BELOIT COLLEGE 
 
 17 
 
 PREPARATORY SCHOOL. 
 Classical Course of Study. 
 
 1849. 
 
 I860. 
 
 1873. 
 
 
 
 
 
 f Latin Grammar and 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lessons. 
 
 
 
 
 <. 
 
 Cresar. 
 
 
 
 f Latin Grammar and 
 
 e 
 
 English Grammar, 
 
 
 § 
 
 Reader. 
 
 V 
 
 Orthography. 
 
 
 &< 
 
 English Grammar. 
 
 Arithmetic. 
 
 Latin Grammar. 
 
 •vs 
 
 Geography. 
 Arithmetic. 
 
 =- 
 
 U. S. History. 
 
 Latin Reader. 
 
 r5 
 
 ^ 
 
 General History. 
 
 Sallust. 
 
 
 
 
 Physiology. 
 
 Virgil. 
 
 
 f Caesar, Virgil. 
 
 
 Physical Geography. 
 
 Cicero. 
 
 
 Greek Grammar and 
 
 
 
 Greek Grammar. 
 
 <$. 
 
 Lessons. 
 
 
 r Caesar, Virgil. 
 
 Greek Reader. 
 
 V J 
 
 English Grammar. 
 
 |» 
 
 Greek Grammar and 
 
 Greek Testament. 
 
 -a 
 
 Analysis of Milton. 
 
 <« 
 
 Lessons. 
 
 English Grammar. 
 
 Arithmetic. 
 
 *m 
 
 Xenophon's Anabasis 
 
 Arithmetic. 
 
 
 Geography. 
 
 'e -< 
 
 Arithmetic. 
 
 Algebra. 
 
 
 
 © 
 
 Algebra. 
 
 Geography. 
 
 
 ' Virgil. 
 
 ^ 
 
 Ancient Hist., Greece 
 
 XT. S. History. 
 
 
 Cicero. 
 Greek Reader. 
 
 ^ 
 
 and Rome. 
 
 
 
 Algebra. 
 
 • 
 
 Virgil, Cicero. 
 Xenophon's Anabasis 
 
 
 co 
 
 U. S. History. 
 
 e 
 
 
 
 
 Si- 1 
 
 Homer. 
 
 
 
 
 Algebra. 
 
 
 
 
 co 
 
 L Geometry. 
 
 English, Normal and Scientific Courses. 
 
 1849. 
 
 Normal and English 
 Course. 
 
 English Grammar 
 and Analysis. 
 
 Geography. 
 
 History. 
 
 Arithmetic. 
 
 Algebra. 
 
 Geometry,Surveying. 
 
 Conic Sections. 
 
 Physiology, Botany. 
 
 Chemistry. 
 
 Mineralogy, Geology. 
 
 Rhetoric, Logic. 
 
 Mental and Moral 
 Philosophy. 
 
 Political Economy. 
 
 Evidences of Christ- 
 ianity. 
 
 I860. 
 
 Normal and Scientific. 
 Course. 
 
 English Grammar and 
 Analysis. 
 
 Geography. 
 
 U. S. History. 
 
 Arithmetic, Algebra. 
 
 Geometry, Surveying. 
 
 Conic Sections. 
 
 Natural Philosophy. 
 
 Chemistry, Physiology. 
 
 Botany, Zoology. 
 
 Rhetoric, Logic. 
 
 Mental and Moral Philoso- 
 phy. 
 
 Political Economy. 
 
 U. S. Constitution, 
 
 Evidences of Christianity. 
 
 1875. 
 
 Elementary Scientific 
 Course. 
 
 English Grammar 
 and Analysis. 
 
 Arithmetic, Algebra. 
 
 Civil and Physical 
 Geography. 
 
 IT. S. History. 
 
 Bookkeeping. 
 
 Latin. 
 
 Algebra, Geometry. 
 
 General History. 
 
 State andU. S. Const. 
 
 Natural Philosophy. 
 
 Botany. 
 
 Latin or Greek. 
 
 Algebra, Geometry. 
 
 Plane Trigonometry. 
 -^ \ Surveying. 
 £ I Physiology, Zoology. 
 g | Chemistry. 
 ^ L Geology. 
 
18 HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 
 CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Instruction is given in Chemistry by oral lectures and 
 actual work on the part of the students, in the working 
 laboratory, which was fitted up in 1870, and is under 
 the charge of Prof. James H. Eaton. It has facilities 
 for thirty students. The cabinet of minerals provides 
 specimens for analysis. 
 
 PHYSICS. 
 
 In the department of Physics, recitations from text- 
 books are supplemented by oral lectures, in connection 
 with which principles are illustrated by means of varied 
 apparatus. 
 
 NATURAL HISTORY. 
 
 In the several branches of Natural History, instruc- 
 tion is given by text-books, lectures, recitations and dis- 
 cussions, varied by field and laboratory work. Topics 
 are also assigned to students for original investigation. 
 
 ENGLISH LITERATURE. 
 
 Through all the history of the college, this depart- 
 ment has been made prominent. The weekly exercise 
 kept up during the whole course is designed to intro- 
 duce students to the leading writers of successive his- 
 torical periods, with special attention to their idioms 
 and style. For training in English Composition and 
 Elocution, students are required from time to time to 
 present original essays and orations on selected themes, 
 with practice in reading and speaking. 
 
 BIBLE STUDIES. 
 
 The recitations in Bible Studies, every Monday morn- 
 ing, are designed to bring into review the historical 
 
OF BELOIT COLLEGE. 19 
 
 facts, the truths and principles of Christianity as they 
 stand in the original scriptures, or are derived directly 
 from them. 
 
 EXAMINATIONS. 
 
 The College year of thirty-nine weeks is divided into 
 three terms. At the close of the first and second terms, 
 each of the classes is examined orally, before the Fac- 
 ulty, in the studies of the term. At the close of each 
 year, each class is subjected to a written examination in 
 all the studies of the year. The results of these examina- 
 tions are of importance in determining the standing of 
 each student. 
 
 LIBRARY. 
 
 The College Library was commenced in 1848. For its 
 progressive increase it has been indebted to many donors 
 of books, or of means for their purchase. Among the 
 largest donors of books were Rev. H. N. Brinsmade, D. 
 D.; Rev. Prof. M. P. Squier, D. D.; Rev. Dr. Merrill, 
 late of Middlebury, Vt.; Rev. A. Benton, and the United 
 States government. 
 
 The Library now contains somewhat more than eight 
 thousand volumes, besides several hundred pamphlets. 
 It is dependent for its increase upon the continued liber- 
 ality of donors, and upon the income of funds provided 
 mainly for certain departments. These are, 1st. The 
 Davis Fund, of $500, given by Miss Elizabeth Davis, of 
 Boston, Mass., for the department of English Literature. 
 2d. The Colton Fund, of $5,000, left by the will of Mrs. 
 Love Colton, devoted chiefly to the department of His- 
 tory and Civil Polity. 3d. The Emerson Fund, given 
 in memory of Rev. Ralph Emerson, D. D., formerly 
 professor in Andover Theological Seminary. This fund, 
 
20 HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 
 the value of which is estimated al $15,000, is devoted to 
 the department of Sacred and Classical Learning. 
 
 The Library is opened at stated times for consultation 
 and for the drawing of books by members of the college. 
 
 COLLEGE SOCIETIES AMONG STUDENTS. 
 
 The Archaean Society was organized for literary and 
 rhetorical practice in the first year of the college. It 
 was reorganized a few years afterward as the Archaean 
 Union, consisting of the Alethian and Delian Societies, 
 having a common library of about 1,000 volumes, and 
 common public meetings. Literary Societies are also 
 maintained in the Preparatory School. 
 
 COLLEGE MAGAZINE. 
 
 A monthly magazine was commenced by the students 
 in 1853, and is now in the twenty-second volume. It 
 is now published semi-monthly under the name of the 
 Round Table and Beloit Monthly. 
 
 A Reading Room is maintained under the auspices of 
 the Archaean Union and the College Monthly. 
 
 The Missionary Society also has a library, and gathers 
 information and organizes Christian effort in the college 
 and the vicinity. 
 
 CABINET. 
 
 The College Cabinet contains: a. Minerals — 150 
 species represented by about 1,000 specimens of good 
 cabinet size of American and European localities ; no 
 species are represented with especial prominence, b. 
 Rocks — 300 specimens of crystalline and 50 of frag- 
 mental rocks of Wisconsin, 100 European crystalline 
 and fragmental. All these specimens are neatly trimmed 
 4x3 inches, and the localities are accurately known. 
 
OF BELOIT COLLEGE. 21 
 
 Also 65 specimens of lava from Mount Vesuvius, from 
 eruptions of different dates, c. Animals — This collec- 
 tion is small, shells and birds being best represented. 
 d. Fossils — The Trenton limestone of this region is 
 represented quite fully. With a few fossils from most 
 of the formations, the Niagara of Wisconsin and the 
 Upper Helderberg at the Falls of the Ohio, have con- 
 tributed the greater number of specimens. There is a 
 European collection of 183 species. It is expected that 
 the Palceozoic fossils will be largely increased from the 
 state geological survey, e. Plants — The botanical col- 
 lection embraces more than three thousand species of 
 plants collected in this country and Europe. 
 
 SCHOLARSHIPS AND BENEFICIARY FUNDS. 
 
 The sum of $9,000, received through bequests and do- 
 nations for this purpose, is set apart as an Educational 
 Fund, the income of which is appropriated in aid of 
 students with narrow means, preparing for the Christian 
 ministry in connection with any evangelical denom- 
 ination. 
 
 The payment of $500 establishes a permanent scholar- 
 ship which provides for the tuition of one student an- 
 nually, to be named by the donor or by the College Fac- 
 ulty. Sixteen such scholarships, of which four were 
 contributed by churches, have been fully paid and are 
 now available. Several others, on which partial pay- 
 ments have been made, remain to be filled up in the 
 future. 
 
 Formerly, an individual scholarship was offered on 
 payment of $100, which provides for the tuition of one 
 student through the college course of four years, or its 
 
22 HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 
 equivalent in the Preparatory School. No new scholar- 
 ships are issued on this plan, but one hundred such were 
 established, twenty-seven of which have been used up, 
 and the remainder are still good for the period of twen- 
 ty-five years from the date of the donation. The only 
 conditions of these scholarships, both permanent and 
 single are, that the benefit shall be in every case a free 
 gift to the occupant, and that his conduct and scholar- 
 ship must be approved by the Faculty as meeting the 
 requirements of the College. 
 
 Through these resources, the income of about $25,000 
 is available for the relief of students who are struggling 
 against pecuniary embarrassments to secure a liberal 
 education. 
 
 PRIZES. 
 
 By the benefactions of several donors, three prize 
 scholarships have been founded, available for tuition in 
 whole or in part, one for each of the three last years of 
 the College course, awarded to the student of highest 
 standing in scholarship. 
 
 A scholarship has also been founded which offers free 
 tuition for one year to the graduate of any High School 
 in Wisconsin or Illinois who passes the best examina- 
 tion on admission to the College. 
 
 There are provided, also, a small prize for the student 
 who passes the best examination for admission to the 
 Freshman Class, two prizes awarded to members of the 
 Sophomore and Freshman classes for excellence in 
 declamation, and a prize, competed for by members of 
 the Senior Class, presenting English essays on subjects 
 assigned. 
 
OF BELOIT COLLEGE. 
 
 23 
 
 STUDENTS IN COLLEGE CLASSES AT BELOIT COLLEGE. 
 
 Tears. 
 
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 1849-'50. 
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 HISTOEICAL SKETCH 
 
 GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS. 
 
 Benefactors. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Amount. 
 
 Objects. 
 
 Citizens of Beloit, 
 
 1845-00 
 
 |3, 500 
 
 Site. 
 
 Citizens of Beloit, - 
 
 1845-48 
 
 9,500 
 
 Middle College. 
 
 Rev. Henry Barber, 
 Thomas W. Williams, 
 
 1846-00 
 
 1,000 
 
 General purposes. 
 
 1847-67 
 
 12,000 
 
 Professorship. 
 
 Citizens of Saybrook, 
 
 1848-00 
 
 500 
 
 Charity scholarship. . 
 
 Citizens of Milwaukee, - 
 
 1849-00 
 
 2,200 
 
 Endowment. 
 
 Citizens of Galena, 
 
 1849-00 
 
 105 
 
 General purposes. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Austin, 
 
 1850-00 
 
 500 
 
 Charity scholarship. 
 
 Meneely & Co., - 
 
 1850-00 
 
 24 
 
 Bell. 
 
 Ladies of Beloit, 
 
 1850-00 
 
 80 
 
 Bell and Library case8. 
 
 J. J. Bushnell, - 
 
 1850-00 
 
 500 
 
 Apparatus. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah W. Hale, 
 
 1850-00 
 
 35,000 
 
 Professorship, cur. expen. 
 
 Miles P. Squier, D. D., 
 
 1850-00 
 
 10,000 
 
 Professorship. 
 
 Rev. Darid Root, 
 
 1850-63 
 
 10.000 
 
 Professorship. 
 
 John Emerson, - 
 
 1850-52 
 
 1,000 
 
 Charity scholarships. 
 
 General subscriptions (West) 
 
 1850-53 
 
 8,000 
 
 Scholarships, cur. expen. 
 
 Citizens of Chicago, 
 
 1852-00 
 
 3,900 
 
 Endowments. 
 
 Mrs. L. Colton, - 
 
 1852-54 
 
 1,000 
 
 Chapel, library, N. CoPge. 
 
 Mrs. Z. P. Banister, 
 
 1852-00 
 
 100 
 
 General purposes. 
 
 Mrs. L. H. Sigourney, 
 Danforth, Wright & Co., 
 
 1853-00 
 1853-00 
 
 20 
 250 
 
 Library. 
 Diploma plate. 
 
 Joseph Otis (bequest) 
 
 1854-00 
 
 2,000 
 
 Charity scholarships. 
 Scholarships, genl uses. 
 
 General subscriptions (West) 
 
 1853-54 
 
 2,000 
 
 H. N. Brinsmade, D. D., - 
 
 1854-65 
 
 7,000 
 
 Professorship. 
 
 E. C. Chapin, - 
 
 1854-56 
 
 1,000 
 
 North College. 
 
 General subscriptions (West) 
 
 1856-00 
 
 13,000 
 
 General purposes. 
 Library fund. 
 
 Mrs. L. Colton (bequest), - 
 
 1857-00 
 
 5,000 
 
 General subscriptions (East) 
 
 i *r>7-oo 
 
 7,800 
 
 General purposes. 
 
 Citizens of Beloit, 
 
 185 *-«0 
 
 3,000 
 
 Chapel. 
 
 An anonymous friend, - 
 
 1863 -00 
 
 10, 000 
 
 Endowment fund. 
 
 Subscriptions (East), 
 W. S. Gilman, 
 
 1863-64 
 
 15,000 
 
 Endowment fund. 
 
 1864-00 
 
 5,000 
 
 Endowment fund. 
 
 Miss C. E. Nye (bequest), 
 
 1864-00 
 
 1,500 
 
 General purposes. 
 
 James T. Lewis, 
 
 1865-00 
 
 100 
 
 Prize fund. 
 
 A. Harwood, 
 
 1865-00 
 
 12,000 
 
 Professorship. 
 
 Ralph Emerson, 
 
 1866-00 
 
 15,000 
 
 Library fund. 
 
 Mrs. James H. Rogers, - 
 
 1868-00 
 
 500 
 
 Prize scholarship. 
 
 General subscriptions (West) 
 
 1863-70 
 
 25,000 
 
 Scholarships, gen 1 l uses. 
 
 General subscriptions (West) 
 
 1866-70 
 
 18,000 
 
 Memorial Hall. 
 
 Miss E. Davis, 
 
 1870-00 
 
 500 
 
 Library fund. 
 
 Mrs. M. T. Ripley, 
 
 1871-00 
 
 500 
 
 Fund for Chemical Dep't. 
 
 Subscriptions (West), 
 
 1872-00 
 
 10,000 
 
 Endowment. 
 
 Citizens of Beloit, Alumni, 
 
 
 
 
 and others, ... 
 
 1872-75 
 
 3,900 
 
 Gymnasium. 
 
 Rufus Dodge (bequest), 
 
 1873-00 
 
 5,000 
 
 Education fund. 
 
 Mrs. M. P. Squier (bequest) 
 
 1875-00 
 
 2,000 
 
 Squier professorship. 
 
 James S. Seymour (bequest) 
 
 1876-00 
 
 3,000 
 
 Squier professorship. 
 
 Miscellaneous small contr'ns 
 
 
 1,500 
 
 General purposes. 
 
 Wis. Normal School Fund * 
 
 ''fift-s^eo 
 
 3,440 
 
 Current expenses. 
 
 Contributions from the East 
 
 
 
 
 through Western Col. Soc'y 
 
 1849-57 
 
 8,000 
 
 Current expenses. 
 
 * Before the establishment of State Normal Schools, a distribution of the income 
 of ttie Wisconsin Normal School Fund was made to several institutions in the 
 state doing Normal work, in which Beloit College participated. It has received 
 no other grant from the state. 
 
OF BELOIT COLLEGE. 
 
 27 
 
 
 SUCCESSIVE OFFICERS AtfD MEMBERS. 
 
 
 Elect. 
 
 Presidents of the Board. 
 
 Ret. 
 
 1845 
 
 * Rev. Aratus Kent, ------ 
 
 1850 
 
 1850 
 
 Rev. Aaron L. Chapin, D. D., - 
 
 
 
 
 Secretaries of the Board. 
 
 
 1845 
 
 * Rev. Dexter Clary, ..... 
 Rev. Henry P. Higley, ..... 
 
 1874 
 
 1874 
 
 
 
 
 Members. 
 
 
 1845 
 
 ♦ Rev. Aratus Kent, ------ 
 
 1869 
 
 1845 
 
 * Rev. Dexter Clary, ...... 
 
 1874 
 
 1845 
 
 * Rev. Stephen Peet, . . - . - 
 
 1855 
 
 1845 
 
 Rev. Flavel Bascom, ------ 
 
 1850 
 
 1845 
 
 Rev. Calvin Waterbury, - - - - - 
 
 1850 
 
 1845 
 
 Rev. Jeclediah D. Stevens, 
 
 1873 
 
 1845 
 
 Rev. Aaron L. Chapin, D. D., - 
 
 
 
 1845 
 
 Rev. Ruel M. Pearson, - 
 
 
 
 1845 
 
 * George W. Hickcox, - 
 
 1856 
 
 1845 
 
 ♦Augustine Raymond, ------ 
 
 1851 
 
 1845 
 
 ♦Charles M. Goodsell, ----- 
 
 1848 
 
 1845 
 
 ♦ Ephraim H. Potter, ------ 
 
 1857 
 
 1845 
 
 Lucius G. Fisher, ...... 
 
 
 
 1845 
 
 Wait Talcott, ------- 
 
 
 
 1845 
 
 * Charles S Hempstead, ..... 
 
 1847 
 
 1845 
 
 ♦Samuel Hinman, ...... 
 
 1865 
 
 1848 
 
 ♦ Horatio Newhall, M. D., 
 
 1866 
 
 1848 
 
 ♦Eliphalet Cramer, ------ 
 
 1858 
 
 1850 
 
 Rev. G. S. F. Savage, D. D„ 
 
 
 
 1851 
 
 ♦Rev. Harvey Curtis, D. D., ..... 
 
 1858 
 
 1851 
 
 * Rev. John Lewis, ------ 
 
 1860 
 
 1851 
 
 Benjamin W. Raymond, - 
 
 
 
 1856 
 
 Rev. Issac E. Cary, ..... 
 
 1858 
 
 1856 
 
 ♦James H. Rogers, ...... 
 
 Rev. Horatio N. Brinsmade, D. D., - 
 
 1863 
 
 1856 
 
 1865 
 
 1856 
 
 Anson P. Waterman, ..-..- 
 
 
 
 1858 
 
 Rev. Zephaniah M. Humphrey, D. D., - 
 
 1861 
 
 1858 
 
 Rev. Henry B. Holmes, ------ 
 
 1863 
 
 1858 
 
 Thomas D. Robertson, ..... 
 
 
 
 1858 
 
 Ellis S. Chesbrough, ----.. 
 
 
 
 1858 
 
 Rev. Charles P. Bush, D. D., - 
 
 1860 
 
 1860 
 
 ♦ Rev. Martin P. Kinney, . . - - - 
 
 1870 
 
 1861 
 
 Josiah L. Pickard, LL. D., - 
 
 
 
 1862 
 
 Rev. Charles D. Helmer, . - - - - 
 
 1876 
 
 1863 
 
 Rev. Isaac E. Carey, - 
 
 1874 
 
 1863 
 
 Rev. Charles Boynton, . . . - - 
 
 1870 
 
 1866 
 
 Samuel D. Hastings, . . . - . 
 
 
 
 1866 
 
 Rev. Enos J. Montague, - 
 
 
 
 1866 
 
 Rev. Samuel W. Eaton, - - - . - 
 
 i 
 
 1866 
 
 John R. Goodrich, ...... 
 
 
 
 1867 
 
 Roger H. Mills, 
 
 
 
 1869 
 
 Sereno T. Merrill, ...... 
 
 
 
 1869 
 
 Rev. Joseph Collie, ..... 
 
 
 
 1870 
 
 Rev. Lyman Whiting, D. D., - 
 
 
 
 1870 
 
 Harlan M. Page, ------ 
 
 ■ 
 
 1873 
 
 Rev. Henry P. Higley, - 
 
 
 
 1874 
 
 Orlando B. Bidwell, - - - - - 
 
 . 
 
 1874 
 
 Rev. Henry A. Miner, - 
 Treasurers. 
 
 
 
 1849 
 
 ♦Jackson J. Bushnell, - 
 
 1856 
 
 1856 
 
 ♦ Leander D. Gregory, -.--.. 
 
 1869 
 
 1869 
 
 Anson P. Waterman, ..... 
 
 
 
 ♦Deceased. 
 
28 
 
 HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 
 SUCCESSIVE MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY. 
 
 Elect 
 1848 
 
 Chair of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, 
 
 Jackson J. Bushnell, M. A., 
 
 Ret. 
 1858 
 
 3860 
 
 Rev. Henry L. Kelsey, M. A.. - - - * 
 
 1863 
 
 1864 
 
 * Jackson J. Bushnell, M. A. ' - 
 Chair of Latin and Creek Languages. 
 
 1873 
 
 1848 
 
 Joseph Emerson, M. A - " - 
 Chair of Chemistry and Natural Science. 
 
 1856 
 
 1849 
 
 ♦Stephen P. Lathrop, M. D., 
 
 1854 
 
 1858 
 
 Henry B. Nason, Ph. D., - 
 
 1866 
 
 1866 
 
 Elijah P. Hams, Ph. D.. 
 
 1868 
 
 1868 
 
 James H. Eaton, Ph. D. 
 Chair of Intellectual and Moral Philosphy. 
 
 
 1850 
 
 ♦Miles P. Squier, H. 1)., 
 
 1866 
 
 1864 
 
 James J. Blaisdell, D. D. - 
 Chair of History and Civil Polity. 
 
 
 1853 
 
 Aaron L. Chapin, D. D. 
 Chair of Rhetoric and English Literature. 
 
 
 
 1853 
 
 Franklin W. Fisk, D. D., 
 
 1859> 
 
 1859 
 
 James J. Blaisdell. D. D., 
 
 1864 
 
 1868 
 
 Rev. Lyman S. Rowland, M. A., - 
 
 1870 
 
 1871 
 
 ■ Rev. Henry M. Whitney, M. A. 
 Chair of Mathematics. 
 
 
 1854 
 
 Rev. William Porter, M. A. 
 
 Chair of Greek Language and Literature. 
 
 1856 
 
 1856 
 
 Rev. Joseph Emerson, M. A. - 
 Chair of Latin Language and Literature. 
 
 
 
 1856 
 
 Rev. William Porter, M. A. 
 Chair of Modern, Languages. 
 
 
 
 1871 
 
 Peter Hendrickson, M. A. 
 Chair of Geology, Zoology and Botany. 
 
 
 
 1872 
 
 Thomas 9. Chamberlin, M. A. 
 
 
 
 
 Principals of Preparatory School. 
 
 
 1854 
 
 Lucius D. Chapin, M. A., ..... 
 
 1855 
 
 1855 
 
 John P. Fisk, M. A., 
 
 1871 
 
 1871 
 
 Ira W. Pettibone, M. A. 
 Instructors in Mathematics. 
 
 
 
 1855 
 
 Rev. Mason P. Grosvenor, .... 
 
 1855 
 
 1856 
 
 ♦Rev. Melzar Montague, M. A. - - - - 
 Instructor in Chemistry. 
 
 1856 
 
 1856 
 
 ♦James Richards, M. D. - 
 Instructors in Rhetoric. 
 
 1857 
 
 1865 
 
 Henry C. Dickinson, B. A., ..... 
 
 1866 
 
 1866 
 
 ♦Rev. E. G. Miner, M. A. 
 
 Tutors. 
 
 1867 
 
 1849 
 
 Isaac E. Carey, B. A., ...... 
 
 1851 
 
 lh50 
 
 ♦Joseph Hurlbiit, B. A., 
 
 1851 
 
 1851 
 
 Thomas S. Potwin, B. A., 
 
 1853 
 
 1853 
 
 Fisk P. Brewer, B. A., - - - - - 
 
 1854 
 
 1854 
 
 Lewis C,. Baker, B. A., ...... 
 
 1855 
 
 1855 
 
 William D. Alexander, B. A., .... 
 
 1856 
 
 1856 
 
 Peter McVicar, B. A., - 
 
 1857 
 
 1857 
 
 William H. Ward, B. A., 
 
 1858 
 
 1857 
 
 Franklin C. Jones, B. A., ..... 
 
 1858 
 
 1858 
 
 Henry S. DeForest, B. A.,- 
 
 1860 
 
 1864 
 
 ♦Henry C. Dickinson, B. A. - 
 
 Assistants in Preparatory School. 
 
 1865 
 
 1871 
 
 Allison D. Attains, B. A., ..... 
 
 1872 
 
 1872 
 
 Thomas D. Christie, B. A., - 
 
 1874 
 
 1874 
 
 George B. Adams, B. A., ..... 
 
 Goodwin D. Swezey, B. A., - 
 
 1875 
 
 1874 
 
 1875 
 
 1875 
 
 Samuel T. Kidder, B. A. - 
 
 — ' — 
 
 ♦ Deceased. 
 
OF BELOIT COLLEGE. 29 
 
 DEGKEES 
 
 Beloit College has conferred the degree of Bachelor 
 of Arts on 216 young men, of whom 105 have received 
 also the degree of Master of Arts in course. Honorary 
 degrees have been conferred as follows: 
 
 D. on *Edward Y. Whiton. 
 
 John P. Fisk. 
 
 Henry Freeman. 
 
 James F. Hunnewell. 
 
 *Rev. Martin P. Kinney. 
 
 Rev. Edward Brown. 
 
 Orsamus Cole. 
 
 *Richard Yates. 
 
 David Davis. 
 
 Prof. Chester S. Lyman. 
 
 Timothy 0. Howe. 
 
 Matthew H. Carpenter. 
 
 Rev. Flavel Bascom. 
 
 *Rev. John J. Miter. 
 
 Rev. James R. Danforth. 
 
 Josiah L. Pickard. 
 
 Jason Downer. 
 
 Prof. James T. Hyde. 
 
 Pres. James W. Strong. 
 
 Pres. Peter McYicar. 
 
 Cadwallader C. Washburn. 
 
 Alfred A. Jackson. 
 
 Stephen R. Riggs. 
 
 *Rev. James B. Miles. 
 
 Rev. Edward P. Salmon. 
 
 Rev. Joel Gr. Sabin. 
 
 Rev. Spencer R. Wells. 
 
 >= Deceased. ■; 
 
 1857. 
 
 LL. D. 
 
 1857. 
 
 M. A. 
 
 1858. 
 
 M. A. 
 
 1858. 
 
 M. A. 
 
 1861. 
 
 M. A. 
 
 1861. 
 
 M. A. 
 
 1861. 
 
 LL. D. 
 
 1863. 
 
 LL. D. 
 
 1863. 
 
 LL. D. 
 
 1864. 
 
 M. A. 
 
 1869. 
 
 LL. D. 
 
 1869. 
 
 LL. D. 
 
 1869. 
 
 D. D. 
 
 1869. 
 
 D. D. 
 
 1869. 
 
 M. A. 
 
 1870. 
 
 LL. D. 
 
 1870. 
 
 LL. D. 
 
 1870. 
 
 D. D. 
 
 1871. 
 
 D. D. 
 
 1871. 
 
 D. D. 
 
 1872. 
 
 LL. D. 
 
 1872. 
 
 M. A. 
 
 1873. 
 
 D. D. 
 
 1873. 
 
 D. D. 
 
 1871. 
 
 M. A. 
 
 1874. 
 
 M. A. 
 
 1874. 
 
 M. A. 
 
30 
 
 HISTORICAL SKETCH. 
 
 DENOMINATIONS OF MINISTERS WHO HAVE STUDIED AT 
 
 BELOIT. 
 
 The auspices under which the College was planted, 
 and the influences attending its growth, have conduced 
 to direct the attention of many of its students to the 
 Christian ministry as a profession. The following table 
 shows how the fruits of its work, in this respect, have 
 been distributed among the different branches of the 
 church : 
 
 
 Cong. 
 
 Pres. 
 
 Meth. 
 
 Epis. 
 
 Ref'd 
 
 Unit, 
 
 Swed. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Graduated at Beloit 
 
 Graduated at other colleges 
 
 54 
 3 
 16 
 
 14 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 78 
 11 
 23 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 73 
 
 22 
 
 10 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 112 
 
 PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS. 
 
 The charter authorizes the board of trustees to open 
 departments for the study of the liberal professions. In 
 the year 1852, some steps were taken preliminary to the 
 establishing of a Theological School in connection with 
 the college. But measures soon after adopted for set- 
 ting up separate Theological Seminaries elsewhere on 
 this field, led to the abandonment of the plan, and thus 
 far no professional schools have been organized. 
 
 The institution thus stands devoted to the one object 
 of making as complete and thorough as possible the pro- 
 cesses of a proper college education. The foundations 
 have been laid broad and deep, and an auspicious begin- 
 ning has been made. For the full accomplishment of 
 its aim, large additions to its endowments are needed. 
 
OF BELOIT COLLEGE. 31 
 
 If the spirit of Christian beneficence, which has been its 
 dependence hitherto, shall, in the years to come, be ex- 
 panded in due proportion to the developing wealth of 
 the region, the wants of the enterprise will be met and 
 its abiding prosperity L ensured. 
 
PAM PHLET BINDER 
 ^ZZ Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 Stockton, Calif. 
 
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA 
 
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