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PLUMBING CLASS, 1895-96.
physical. The Association seeks to benefit young men in every possible way-spiritual, mental, social, and Applications for membership should be made at the Business Office. All Young Men Are Welcome.
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Trinity College, SUMMIT STREET, HARTFORD, . CONN.
The Charter of Washington College was granted by the General Assembly in 1823; and, in consequence of the generous gifts of the citizens of Hartford to the new institution, it was located by the Trustees in that city. The Rt. Rev. T. C. Brownell, D.D., LL.D., Bishop of Connecticut, was chosen president ; and in 1824, two buildings afterwards known as Seabury Hall, and Jar- vis Hall, were erected on an ample site of fourteen acres, now the Capitol grounds, but then described as about three-quarters of a mile from the city. Academic work was begun, in buildings temporarily engaged for that purpose, on the 23d day of September, 1824. The beginning of a good library was soon made, and in a few years the collection of books, with those belonging to the Rev. Prof. Jarvis, was said to be the most select in the country and only less in number than that in the library of one other college. There was soon, also, a valuable cabinet. Two things proposed in the scheme of instruction were novel in their character: the arrangement for practical work in the scientific department, and the admission of partial students to pursue select courses of study. In 1845 the name of the College on the petition of the Alumni and the Cor- poration, was changed to Trinity College; in the same year a third Building, Brownell Hall, was erected. In 1871 it was proposed to the College authorities that they should sell the campus to the city to be used as the site of the new State Capitol. The sale was ef- fected, the College reserving the use of the grounds and part of the building till 1877. A new site of some eighty acres on high land south of the western part of |
the city, was purchased, and ground was broken in 1875 for buildings in accordance with very elaborate plans which had been secured. Two blocks of build- ings, in accordance with modifications of those plan-, were ready for occupancy in 1878; and in 1882 the west side of the great quadrangle, 600 feet in length. was completed by the erection of the central tower. the gift of Col. Charles H. Northam. Seabury Hall contains the Chapel, the Library, the Cabinet, the Dining Hall, and Lecture Rooms, besides a few suites of apartments; Jarvis Hall and Northam Towers are arranged for students' rooms. The St. John Observa- tory was built on the south campus in 1888, and the President's house on the North campus in 1885. The new gymnasium and Alumni Hall was completed in 1887, and the Jarvis Hall of Science, containing the Lecture Rooms and Laboratories of the Departments of Chemistry and Physics, for which a large gift was made by the late Geo. A. Jarvis, was occupied in 1888. Within a few years liberal additions, from gifts and legacies, have been made to the funds of the College by Stephen M. Buckingham, Mrs. Frances J. Holland, (daughter of Bishop Brownell), Henry Keney, Mrs. Walter Keney, Judge D. W. Pardee, George A. Jarvis, Henry E. Russell, and others.
The College offers four courses of instruction, viz :
1, a Course in Arts; 2, & Course in Letters and Sci- ence; 3, a Course in Science; 4, a Course in Letters.
These courses extend over four years, with the ex- ception of the Course in Science, which begins with the Sophomore year.
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Students completing the Course in Arts receive the degree of Bachelor of Arts ; those completing the Course in Letters and Science, or the Course in Sci- ence, receive the degree of Bachelor of Science; and those completing the Course in Letters re- ceive the degree of Bachelor of Letters. The Statutes provide that students who do not propose to attend the whole course of instruction may be per- mitted, under the name of Students in Special Courses, to recite with regular classes in such studies as, upon examination, they shall be found qualified to pursue.
The requirements for admission to the Course in Arts are as follows :
Greek :- Grammar; Anabasis, four books; Iliad three books; Prose Composition; History.
Latin :- Grammar; Cæsar, four books; Eneid, six books; Cicero, five orations; Extempore Translation from prose and verse; Prose Composition ; History and Geography.
Mathematics :- Arithmetic; Algebra, through Quad- ratics, together with Proportion, Progressions, and the Binominal Theorem; Plane Geometry.
English : - Grammar: Composition on a subject from assigned works in English Literature.
Candidates for admission to other courses substitute elementary French or German for the requirements in Greek; those for the Course in Letters and Science also omit the requirement in extempore Latin transla- tion; and Candidates for admission to the Course in Science are also examined in six books of Cæsar with Latin Grammar and Composition, in Algebra as far as the Theory of Equations, in the whole of Geometry, in Plane Trigonometry, in Trench's Study of Words, and in the History of the United States.
In addition to the Religious Studies (to which one hour a week is assigned throughout each course) each student is required to take at least fifteen hours a weck. The Sophomores are allowed a choice of four out of seven studies, with certain restrictions, besides a course in English ; and four-fifths of the work of the last two years is in elective studies, in which over sixty courses are offered. The Freshmen and the Sophomores have regular work in the gymnasium, under the charge of an instructor.
Two Examinations for admission are held at the College in each year; the first at the end of June, in Commencement Week, and the second in September, immediately before the beginning of Christmas Term (in 1896, September 15, 16, and 17).
The academic year is equally divided into two terms. The vear begins with examinations for Admission on the Tuesday nearest the 15th of September, and ex- tends to Commencement, which falls on the last Thurs- day in June (in 1896, June 25th). There is a recess of two or three weeks at Christmas, and another of ten days in the spring.
Honors are conferred in fifteen studies or groups of studies. The honor grade is obtained by students hav- ing, in both term-mark and examination-mark in any study, an average of nine on a scale of ten.
The first three students in each class receive ap- pointments to speak at Commencement; and either two, three, or four other appointments are made after competition among those who are found to be eligible.
The Library, which is open every week day, contains over 36,000 volumes, exclusive of many duplicates and unbound pamphlets. The Burgess, Elton, Sheffield, Peters, Athenaeum, Alumni, and Northam Library Funds amount to about $40,000.
The Cabinet, open every week day, contains valua- ble collections in Natural History, Geology and Min- eralogy, including a complete suite of Ward's casts, a large collection of skeletons, specimens of rocks, pho- tographic views, etc.
The Observatory has been recently provided with a new telescope of excellent make.
The Treasurer's bills including tuition, room rent, heat and incidentals, vary from $242.50 to $177.50, according to the location of rooms. The amount of these bills is considerably reduced to holders of schol- arships. For holders of those scholarships which re- mit the entire charges for tuition and room rent, the Treasurer's bills are reduced to $42.50; and the neces- sary expenses of such students, including board and other personal items, will not exceed $250 or $800 a year. Application for any scholarship should be made in writing to the President by the parent or guardian, at or before the beginning of the term in which the student intends to enter.
Most of the rooms in the College buildings are so arranged as to provide that two students rooming together have a common study and separate bedrooms. All the rooms are heated by steam, and ventilation is secured by open fire-places. Water is' carried into each section.
Prizes are awarded each year for excellence in spe- cial work, as tested by written theses or examinations; for some of which special endowments have been provided ; and also for excellence in composition and declamation. To these prizes have been added re- cently the three Holland Prize Scholarships, each having the annual value of about $600, and the Russell Fellowship. There is also a prize offered to students for Hartford for the best examinations for admission.
The number of the Alumni of the College is 1144, of whom about 720 survive.
The faculty is at present constituted as follows: The Rev. GEORGE WILLIAMSON SMITH, D.D., LL.D. PRESIDENT; and Hobart Professor of Metaphysics. The Rev. THOMAS R. PYNCHON, D.D., LL.D., Brownell Professor of Moral Philosophy.
The Rev. SAMUEL HART, D.D., Professor of the Latin Language and Literature.
The Rev. IBSON T. BECKWITH, PH. D., Professor of the Greek Language and Literature.
The Rev. FLAVEL S. LUTHER, M.A., Seabury Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, and Secretary. The Rev. HENRY FERGUSON, M.A., Northam Professor of History and Political Science. CHARLES FREDERICK JOHNSON, M.A., Professor of English Literature. The Rev. JOHN J. McCOOK, M.A., Professor of Modern Languages. WM. LISPENARD ROBB, PH. D., Professor of Physics. ROBERT BAIRD RIGGS, PH. D., Scovill Professor of Chemistry and Natural Science. W. R. MARTIN, LL.B, PH. D., Professor of Oriental and Modern Languages.
There are also instructors in Natural Science, Draw- ing, and . Elocution, and Lecturers on Law, Anatomy, Hygiene, and English and Italian Literature.
Copies of Examination papers and of Catalogues, and information of every kind touching the Courses of Instructions, Scholarships, etc., can be obtained from the President, or from the Secretary of the Faculty. For Societies, see page 705.
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1507 BROAD STREET.
THE HARTFORD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
CHARTERED IN 1830.
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The Hartford Theological Seminary;
Formerly known as "THE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF CONNECTICUT."
Sixty-third Year, 1896-97.
This Seminary is managed by Trustees elect- ed by THE PASTORAL UNION OF CONNECTICUT, a large and increasing association of Congrega- tional ministers.
THE PASTORAL UNION Was formed in 1833; and the charter of the Seminary was secured in 1834. The first building was erected at East Windsor Hill, in 1834, where the Seminary remained for over 30 years. In October, 1865, it was removed to 33 Prospect street, Hartford. The corner-stone of its present commodious building, HOSMER HALL, 1507 Broad street, was laid May 8, 1879. This building was the gift of the late James B. Hosmer. It is of brick and stone, three stories and French roof, 160 feet front, with two wings over 100 feet deep. It contains a chapel, music-room, reading-room, several lecture-rooms, office, about sixty stu- dents' rooms, dining-room, kitchen and laun- dry, with every appliance for comfort and efficiency. A fully equipped GYMNASIUM, 32 by 60 feet, is placed somewhat in the rear.
The LIBRARY contains over 80,000 books and pamphlets, the larger part of which was secured through the liberality of the late NEW- TON CASE. It includes many rare and valuable books, especially in the departments of biblical exegesis, ecclesiastical history, and liturgics. It is open to students and the public generally for consultation from 7.30 A.M. to 9.30 P.M., Sun- days excepted. The CASE MEMORIAL LIBRARY, a large, fully-equipped, fire-proof building, am- ple for the needs of the Library for many years to come, has recently been completed.
The READING ROOM is supplied with about 500 periodicals, including several daily pa- pers, the various religions weeklies, and the leading American and European reviews.
The calendar provides but a single session, beginning the first Wednesday in October and closing the first Thursday in June, with re- cesses at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. Prize entrance examinations, October 7, 1896.
PRESIDENT OF THE SEMINARY. Rev. CHESTER D. HARTRANFT, D. D.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
President, Rev. EDWIN B. WEBB, D. D. Treasurer, JONATHAN F. MORRIS. Secretary, Rev. GEORGE W. WINCH.
For Three Years .- Rev. ASHER ANDERSON, Rev. L. H. CONK, Rev. J. E. TUTTLE, D.D., Rev. JEREMIAH TAYLOR, D.D., Messrs. J. W. ALLEN, G. E. BARSTOW, L. A. COOKE, RODNEY DENNIS, J. F. MORRIS, ROWLAND SWIFT.
For Two Years .- Rev. MICHAEL BURNHAM, D.D., Rev. A. W. HAZEN, D.D., Rev. H. H. KELSEY, Rev. D. A. REED, Rev. G. W. WINCH, Messrs. J. M. ALLEN, JOHN ALLEN, E. H. BAK- ER, C. A. DENNY, G. R. SHEPHERD, ELBRIDGE TORREY.
For One Year .- Rev. C. D. HARTRANFT, D.D., Rev. F. S. HATCH, Rev. LEWELLYN PRATT, D.D., Rev. C. M. SOUTHGATE, Rev. A. C. THOMPSON, D.D., Rev. E. B. WEBB, D.D., Messrs. THOMAS DUNCAN, W. F. DAY, H. D. HYDE, G. P. STOCK- WELL, W. I. WASHBURN, D. W. WILLIAMS.
Executive Committee .- JOHN ALLEN, Chair- man ; J. M. ALLEN, T. DUNCAN, C. D. HART- RANFT, J. F. MORRIS, ROWLAND SWIFT, D. W. WILLIAMS.
FACULTY.
ENCYCLOPEDIA AND METHODOLOGY.
Encyclopedia and Methodology, CHESTER D. HARTRANFT, Instructor.
Bibliology, ALFRED T. PERRY, Associate Pro- fessor and Librarian.
PHILOLOGY AND EXEGETICAL THEOL- OGY.
Hebrew, Arabic and Syriac, DUNCAN B. MAC- DONALD, Associate Professor.
Old Testament Exegesis and Criticism, LEWIS B. PATON, Associate Professor.
Aramaic, WM. C. HAWKS, Tutor. New Testament Exegesis and Criticism, MEL- ANCTHON W. JACOBUS, Professor.
New Testament Canonicity and Textual Crit- icism, E. E. NOURSE, Instructor.
German, OTTO SCHLUTTER, Tutor.
HISTORICAL THEOLOGY.
Biblical Theology, C. D. HARTRANFT, Pro- fessor.
Archeology, CHAS. C. STEARNS, Lecturer. Greco-Roman and Eastern Church History, EDWIN K. MITCHELL, Professor.
Germanic and Western Church History, WIL- LISTON WALKER, Professor.
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY.
Apologetics, ARTHUR L. GILLETT, Professor. Biblical Dogmatics and Ethics, CLARK S. BEARDSLEE, Professor. Systematics, CHARLES M. MEAD, Professor. Experiential Theology, AUSTIN B. BASSETT, Lecturer.
PRACTICAL THEOLOGY.
Homiletics, Sociology, Pastoral Care, ALEX- ANDER R. MERRIAM, Professor.
Foreign Missions, A. C. THOMPSON, Lecturer. Theoretic Polity, A. T. PERRY, Instructor.
Music and Hymnology, WALDO S. PRATT, Professor.
Elocution, CECIL HARPER, Instructor. LECTURES.
Carew Lectures for 1896-97: "Scientific Archeology and Christian Belief," Rev. CHAS. C. STEARNS, of Hartford.
Letters of inquiry should be addressed to President Hartranft or Professor Paton.
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GOVERNORS OF CONNECTICUT.
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1689-1696. .. Robert Treat ... Milford.
1696-1707 ... Fitz John Winthrop New London.
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Milford.
1887-1889 ... Phineas C. Lounsbury
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1893-1894. .. Luzon B. Morris New Haven.
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HARTFORD PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL, 39 HOPKINS STREET.
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Public Schools.
Schools are Graded except Southwest and Gravelhill. Annual meeting in June.
Admission to the lowest grade of primary depart- ment in each public district school shall be on the first Tuesday of each term, and the first Mondays of Octo- ber, February, and June, and at such other times as the acting school visitor, for cause, shall order.
For Boundaries of School Districts, see page 688. High School hours, Summer, 8.80 A. M. to 1 P M. Rest of year, 9 A. M. to 1.85 P. M. All other Schools, 9 A. M. to 12 M. and 2 to 4 P. M.
BOARD OF SCHOOL VISITORS.
Joseph P. Tuttle, 1899; Henry S. Bryant, 1899; Jas. H. Jarman, 1899; Andrew F. Gates, 1898; Philander C. Royce, 1898; Welthea T. Day, 1897; Charles C. Beach, 1897; Leonard A. Dickinson, 1897. James H. Jarman, Pres't; Welthea T. Day, Sec'y; Andrew F. Gates, Sup't of Public Schools.
HARTFORD PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL .- 89 Hopkins. Expenses past year, $45,283.44.
THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING was erected in 1847, at the corner of Asylum and Ann streets. It was a plain three story brick structure, about 70 feet long by 40 feet wide, with desks for about 800 pupils.
In 1869 a SECOND BUILDING was erected upon the present High School lot on Hopkins st., with desks for 880 pupils. The lot is 805 feet front and 295 feet deep. This building of three stories was 100 feet long by 85 feet wide, with nine school rooms, three recitation rooms, a hall, laboratory and many other rooms. This build- ing was enlarged in 1877, the addition contained four school rooms, recitation and dressing rooms, etc., giving 200 additional desks for pupils. This building, with all its contents, was destroyed by fire on Jan. 24, 1882. Only four recitations were lost before the school was in its temporary rooms, 870 and 878 Asylum street.
The THIRD BUILDING was occupied January 8d, 1884. The entire cost, with the land $80,000, and school apparatus, has been $815,000. The building is in the secular gothic style, and is fire proof; the base- ment walls are of rock faced brown stone; the outer walls above the basement are of Philadelphia pressed brick, with the dressings of the doors and windows of brown stone. All the floors are laid upon brick arches supported by iron beams; the stairs are of stone sup ported by brick arches. The building is 286 feet long and averages 100 feet in width. It consists of a base- ment, two stories and an attic. In the basement are play rooms for use in wet weather. The first story has three entrances, all with doors opening outward; with library, principal's office, recitation rooms, four school rooms, each 41 by 38 feet, for the Fourth class, and three similar rooms for the Third class, and dressing rooms. The second story, which is reached by three broad stairways, contains the public hall, capable of seating 1,200 persons; the Senior class room, a room for physical apparatus, two Junior class rooms, & lab- oratory or lecture room, three recitation rooms, with dressing rooms for the use of the Senior and Junior classes. The north room in the attic is fitted up for the use of the classes in drawing. The rooms in the attic, which were finished and furnished during the sum- mer vacation of 1891, will accommodate 200 additional pupils. Of the ten schoolrooms, seven, seating two- thirds of the whole number of scholars, are on the first floor. Desks for 750 pupils with capacity for 800. No. of pupils were enrolled for the year 1890, 729.
Ehigh School Committee .- Chas. E. Thompson, Chair- man; Joseph Schwab, Treasurer; Francis R. Cooley, Sec'y; Flavel S. Luther, Auditor; Edw'd J. Mulcahy.
Teachers .- Edward H. Smiley, Principal; Jos. Hall, Principal Emeritus; Frederick S. Morrison, Frank P. Moulton, Warren F. Gregory, R. Eston Phyfe, David G. Smyth, Homer W. Brainard, Howard H. C. Bing- ham, Clement C. Hyde, Franklin H. Taylor, Katherine Burbank, Mary B. Mather, Clara A. Pease, Lucy O. Mather, Anna H. Andrews, Mary L. Hastings, Caroline R. Leverett, Bertha H. Smith, Jennie A. Pratt, Alice A. Stevens Agnes W. Garvan, Mary R. Beach, Marie de la Niepce, May B. Bald, Otto B. Schlutter, German; Annie C. Walter, Ralph G. Hibbard, Elocution; Irving Emerson, Singing; Henry C. White, Drawing; Win- field C. Graham, Stenography. A Library of 4,650 vols. Patrick McCarthy, Janitor.
COST OF H'F'D PUB. HIGH SCHOOL BUILDINGS. First one, cor. Asy. and Ann, Dec., 1847, cost $17,000.09 Second, on Hopkins st., Dec., 1867, 159,248.50 Addition to second one in 1878," 24,000.00
New 1884 edifice, apparatus, library, .. 277,752.88
Additional land in 1894 for ... 50,000.00
Making cost of all, completed, $528,001.47
HARTFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL .- 89 Hopkins st.
A classical school was founded in Hartford in 1688, which was partly supported by the town and partly by tuition fees. It received its first bequests in 1655, 1659, 1664 and 1680. The town for more than a century managed this school, when they petitioned in 1798 for an act of incorporation, and it was thus continued until 1847 under the corporate name of the Hartford Grammar School, when it was merged with the Classi- cal Department of the Hartford Public High School. Previous to this merging, the school was held in a two story brick building on the southwest part of Lin- den place. It is free to residents of Hartford. The number of scholars is limited to 85.
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