ANDERSON'S, or more commonly, the ANDERSONIAN UNIVERSITY, was originally in tended to consist of four colleges. The will of the founder places the institution under the immediate superintendence of 81 trustees, the mode of whose selection is prescribed, and these trustees elect annually nine of their number as managers. The funds being inadequate to the proposed plan, the institution was opened with only a single course of lectures on natural philosophy and chemistry by Dr. Thomas Garnett in 1796. This course was attended by nearly 1000 persons of both sexes. In 1798, a professor of mathematics and geography was appointed. In 1799, Dr. Birkbeck, the successor of Dr. Garnett, commenced the system of givino. a familiar exposition of mechanics and general science, and this was time, origin of mechanics' institutes.
The institution has gradually enlarged its sphere of instruction, and brought it nearer to the, design of the founder. In 1879, the number of professors amounted to 14, besides which there were 7 tewbers and lecturers. Courses of instruction are given in physical and medical science and in chemistry; there are also taught mathematics, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French, etc. As a school of medicine, in particular, it possesses a high
reputation.
In 1861, John Freeland, esq., residing at Nice, mortified the sum of £7500 for pro moting the permanent establishment, in Anderson's university, of popular lectures on chemistry, mechanical and experimental physics, and anatomy and physiology. In addition to the above, Mr. Freeland, in 1871, made a gift, for the general purposes of the university, of £5000. In 1866, William Ewing, insurance broker in Glasgow, settled in trust the sum of £3000 for the establishment of popular lecture's on music in the univer sity. In 1870, James Young, esq., of Kelly, settled in trust the sum of £10,500 for the purpose of establishing a chair of technical and recently the managers inv....) obtained other fiinds whereby they have been enabled to institute a chair of'" applied mechanics." In connection with the last two chairs, there are a number of valuable bursaries, the gift of gentlemen connected with the city, and others interested in extend ing scientific instruction.