HAMILTON COLLEGE, in Clinton, Oneida co., N.Y., was first chartered in 1812 and graduated its class in 1814. Its origin is due to the foresight and of the rev. Samuel Kirkland, a missionary for more than 40 years among the Oneida Indians. Ile founded the "Hamilton Oneida academy" in 1793, and gave its trustees several hundred acres of land, and from this the college was developed. The college grounds comprise 45 acres, on which are grouped the college buildings, consisting of three four—story brick halls, with rooms mainly for students, a chapel, a library, memorial hall, a hall of natural history, a chemical laboratory, and an observatory. The library contains 12,000 The observatory, endowed by Edwin C. latch leld, and bearing his name, is furnished with an equatorial telescope with an objeet Class 13.5 in. in diameter, and a focal length of almost 16 ft., and various other instru
ments needed for its equipment. The cabinets contain nearly 2000 specimens hi geo logy, mineralogy, and natural history; and there is besides a herbarium with nearly 1000 samples of plants carefully classified. There is a law department, endowed by W. H. Maynard, with a library of 5,000 volumes, the gift of the late William Curtis Noyes, of New York. The triennial catalogue embraces nearly 2000 names. In the library building there is a memorial hall and an art gallery, designed for tablets, por traits, and other memorials of friends of the college. The productive funds of the insti tution amount to more than $250,000, and the real estate and collections are valued at $300,000. Number of professors, 12; of students, from 150 to 175; president, S. G. Brown, D.D., LL.D.