LAFAYETTE COLLEGE. An institution of higher learning at Easton, Pa., chartered in 1826. Owing to the failure of the Legislature to make any appropriation, the college was not opened till 1832. The original plan contem plated the training of teachers. and courses were for a• time maintained in this department, hut were discontinued for lack of students. In 1850, after a period of depression. the college passed under the control of the Presbyterian Synod of Philadelphia. lts work was carried on with many until the period of the Civil War. since which the college has had a notable growth. Its work is divided into a classical and a scientific department. the latter embracing a general scientific course, a Latin scientific course, and courses in civil, mining, and electrical engineering and chemistry. The scientific de partment was organized in 1866 with an endow ment by Ario Pardee of Hazelton. There are also courses for graduate students. The degrees conferred are Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, and Science; Civil, Mining, and Electrical Engineer; Master of Arts, Master of Sciences, and Doctor of Philosophy and Letters. The college retains
courses in biblical instruction as part of the regular curriculum. In 1902 the number of in structors was 30, and the student enrollment 422. The libraries contained 22.700 volumes. The student publications include The Lafayette, a weekly newspaper, and The Touchstone, a literary monthly magazine. The college grounds of about forty acres are situated on the summit of a hill overlooking the city. There are thirty buildings. including modern dormitories, a gym nasium, a memorial library, the GayIcy Labor atory of Chemistry and Metallurgy, erected in 1902, and Pardee Hall, containing the engineer ing departments, museums, and the rooms of the literary societies. The property of the col lege was valued in 1902 at $1,130,760, with an endowment of $438.000 and an income of $68,174.