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an increase of financial resources. Mr. John B. Trevor, of New York, gave $40,000 to establish scholarships for soldiers and their sons. Between 1865 and 1868 about $100,000 of additional endowment was

In August, 1868, Dr. Eaton resigned the presidency of the college and became president of the Theological Seminary. In this position he remained until his death in 1872.

Dr. Ebenezer Dodge became the fourth president of the university in 1868. The increasing resources gave opportunity for expansion in educational appliances, and for enlargement in the corps of instructors. The first year of his administration was marked by an increase and reorganization of the faculty. Among the young professors appointed at this time, who cooperated with the president in building up the reputation of the university, was John James Lewis, who held the chair of English and oratory until his greatly lamented death in 1884.

The commencement of 1869 was signalized by a celebration of the "jubilee year," or semicentennial of the university. The enthusiasm. of patrons and alumni took form in the raising of a jubilee fund which amounted to $135,000; and in record of the progress of the institution a volume was published in 1872 entitled, The First Half Century of Madison University. In the prosecution of efforts for endowment Philetus B. Spear was especially prominent. He had been connected with the institution, first as instructor and afterwards as professor, since his graduation in 1836. To his firmness and sagacity had been largely due the defeat of the effort to remove the university. In 1864 he was appointed treasurer, and administered the duties of the office with marked success until advancing age compelled him to relinquish it in 1888.

Prominent among the patrons of the university in this period of financial enlargement were the Colgates (James B., Samuel, and Robert) and John B. Trevor, of New York, and Col. Morgan L. Smith, of Newark, N. J. The first four gave liberally to endow the university. Colonel Smith made large annual contributions to the Education Society, and at his death in 1883 willed to the university a considerable fund for the maintenance of scholarships in the Theological Seminary. From the beginning of Dr. Dodge's presidency various scholarships, both for ministerial and other students, were from time to time added, and prizes were established in connection with various departments of the university which have promoted scholarship, stimulated literary effort, and tended to cultivate excellence in oratory. In 1873 the preparatory school, which for twenty years had been known as the grammar school of Madison University, entered a new building, erected by Mr. James B. Colgate on grounds separate from, but contiguous to, the university campus. Since that date it has been known as Colgate Academy. The donor, in connection with Mr. John B. Trevor, provided a special endowment for it, and the general

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funds of the university are still further available for its maintenance as a first-class academy for boys. In 1875 the course of instruction in the theological seminary was lengthened from two to three years, and its faculty of instruction was enlarged.

The library fund, which had before been small, was increased in 1876 to $25,000. The library, previously maintained by occasional special appropriations, now received accessions from the annual income of this fund. Other sums were added that year to the endowment appropriately accompanying the national centennial. After the erection of the academy no other buildings were added for a number of years. As the endowment increased, the annual income was devoted to the more adequate compensation of the faculty, and to the improvement of facilities for instruction.

In 1884 the chemical laboratory was built through the joint liberality of Col. Morgan L. Smith, Thomas Kingsford of Oswego, Samuel Colgate, and President Dodge. It is a handsome stone structure, trimmed with brick, and furnishes ample room and appliances for work in analytical chemistry. In 1886 the theological seminary, which before had shared in the use of alumni hall and of the dormitories, entered a building erected expressly for it under the auspices of the Education Society. This fine edifice received the name of Eaton Hall, and has given to the seminary added vigor and independence. But the most splendid addition to the material equipment of the university, and one which was destined to mark the close of President Dodge's distinguished administration, was the fireproof library building, begun in 1889 and dedicated in 1891. It is the gift of Mr. James B. Colgate, and was erected at a cost of $150,000. It has large stackrooms, a spacious reading hall, and rooms for the trustees, the treasurer, and for the seminary method of instruction. This magnificent building, affording space for indefinite increase of books, will challenge an early enlargement of the library fund.

Recent years have witnessed a great improvement in the university grounds. The hill, with its fine prospect of Hamilton and vicinity, sloping down to the extended campus, combines with the lower grounds in offering rare opportunities for effective landscape work. The entire area owned by the university and the Education Society is hardly less than 300 acres, and the various buildings of the three departments of the university are happily grouped.

At the death of President Dodge, January 5, 1890, the several institutions had the following instructors:

University: Ebenezer Dodge, D. D., LL. D., president, and Bleecker professor of intellectual and moral philosophy; Philetus B. Spear, D. D., professor emeritus of Hebrew and Latin; Alexander M. Beebee, D. D., professor of logic; Lucien M. Osborn, LL. D., professor of the physical sciences; Newton Lloyd Andrews, Ph. D., LL. D., professor of the Greek language and literature, and dean of the faculty; James

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