A few unclassified facts remain to be presented. There are at present 9 departments of instruction in Middlebury: Mental and moral science, chemistry, natural history, physics and mathematics, Greek, Latin, modern languages, history and political science, English literature and rhetoric. There are two courses of study, the classical and the Latin-scientific. The management of the institution is in the hands of a self-perpetuating board of trustees, the details of their work being for the most part directed by a prudential committee and a committee of finance. The cost of tuition to students is $60 a year, and it is the aim of the institution to furnish a first-class education at a low cost. While unsectarian by charter and choice, the college from its founding has been under the auspices of the Congregational Church. It has had, in its life of nearly one hundred years, 8 presidents and 49 full professors. Of the former the following biographical details as to their academic careers are of interest in connection with the college history:

Jeremiah Atwater. Appointed 1800; resigned 1809; died 1858; born 1774. A. B., Yale, 1793. Tutor at Yale. Chosen principal Addison County grammar school 1799. President of Dickinson College, 1809 to 1815. D. D., University of Pennsylvania.

Henry Davis. Appointed 1809; resigned 1817; died 1852; born 1771. A. B., Yale, 1796. Tutor at Williams and Yale. Professor of Greek in Union College, 1896 to 1809. President of Hamilton College, 1817 to 1833. D. D., Union College.

Joshua Bates. Appointed 1818; resigned 1839; died 1854; born in 1776. A. B., Harvard, 1800. Teacher in Phillips Andover. S. T. D., Yale.

Benjamin Labaree. Appointed 1840; resigned 1866; died 1883; born 1801. A. B., Dartmouth, 1828. Graduate of Andover Theological Seminary, 1831. Head teacher in a manual labor school, Spring Hill, Tenn., 1831. Professor of ancient languages in Jackson College, Columbia, Tenn., 1832 to 1834, and president 1834 to 1836. Lecturer on moral philosophy and international law, Dartmouth College, 1871 to 1876. Lecturer on moral philosophy and international law, Middlebury College, 1874. D. D., University of Vermont. LL. D., Dartmouth.

Harvey Denison Kitchel. Appointed 1866; resigned 1875; died 1895; born 1812. A. B., Middlebury, 1835. Teacher in Castleton Seminary, 1835. Graduate Yale Theological Seminary, 1838. D. D., Middlebury.

Calvin Butler Hulbert. Appointed 1875; resigned 1880; born in 1827. A. B., Dartmouth, 1853. Graduate of Andover Theological Seminary, 1859. D. D., Dartmouth College.

Cyrus Hamlin. Appointed 1880; resigned 1885; born 1811. A. B., Bowdoin College, 1834. Graduate of Bangor Theological Seminary,

1837. Principal of Bebek Seminary, Constantinople, 1840 to 1860. First president of Robert College, Constantinople, resigning in 1877. Professor of theology, Bangor Theological Seminary, 1877 to 1880. D. D., Bowdoin and Harvard. LL. D., University of New York and Bowdoin.

Ezra Brainerd. Appointed pro tempore 1885; elected 1886; born 1844. A. B., Middlebury, 1864. Tutor in Middlebury College, 1864 to 1866. Graduate of Andover Theological Seminary, 1868. Professor of rhetoric and English literature, Middlebury College, 1868 to 1880. Professor of physics and applied mathematics, Middlebury College, 1880 to 1891. Chair of mental and moral science, 1891—. LL. D., Ripon College and University of Vermont; D. D., Howard University.

BUILDINGS.

The original college building, that of the Addison County Grammar School, has been described already. After the completion of Painter Hall, in 1815, it was known as East College and some fifteen years later was thoroughly repaired, its public rooms being converted into a dormitory for students. The present public school building stands upon its site.

Painter Hall, 106 feet long, 40 feet wide, and 4 stories high, is built of light-colored limestone. It was originally devoted to dormitory uses, but the north division is now occupied by the library and the south division by the gymnasium and reading room.

The chapel stands south of Painter Hall and was completed in 1836. It is a 4-story limestone building, 75 feet long and 55 feet wide, and contains besides the chapel (refitted in 1891) a museum and the various recitation rooms, lecture rooms, and laboratories.

Starr Hall, the present dormitory, stands farthest south of the buildings in the college row. It is also of stone and 4 stories high, its ground dimensions being nearly those of Painter Hall. It was built in 1861 and promptly rebuilt after having been burned in 1864.

Battell Hall stands opposite the site of East College. It was built by Dr. Kitchel during his presidency for a residence, and purchased by the college on his retirement with funds furnished by Mr. Joseph Battell, of the class of 1823. It has been thoroughly refitted and is now used as a boarding hall for the young women of the college.

The Starr boarding hall stands upon Storrs avenue, opposite the campus. It was built in President Hamlin's administration, and has ample table accommodations.

THE LIBRARY.

The library began with the college itself. About $1,000 was subscribed for the purchase of books, the whole amount being divided into shares of $25 each, the payment of which entitled the subscriber

to certain privileges. The shares were eventually purchased in by the college for the most part or given to it. The number of books grew slowly, amounting in 1840 to about 3,000 volumes. On the abandonment of the Philadelphian and Philomathesian societies, their respective libraries were merged into the common stock. The library room was for many years the rear half of the second floor of the chapel, now occupied by the museum. During the presidency of Dr. Hamlin it was removed to its present quarters, in the north division of Painter Hall, where four floors are available. There are at present about 18,000 books, exclusive of Government publications, of which the library is a depositary. All the volumes are directly accessible to students and the library has come to be one of the most valuable adjuncts to the college life. Its greatest need is a permanent fund, that its growth may be commensurate with its importance.

It is expected that the library will have been transferred to a new building before the centennial commencement. A bequest of $50,000 from Mr. Egbert Starr, of New York City, was designated for such a building and its erection will shortly be begun. The architecture of the new library will be classical. The capacity of the stock will be 90,000 volumes and ample space has been provided for reading rooms and administrative work.1

LABORATORIES.2

A science building is at present one of the most pressing needs of the institution. The laboratories are now located in the chapel building. The physical laboratory is on the third floor. It is equipped with apparatus for use in experimental lectures, and there is also apparatus for the determination of the physical units and constants. A heliostat by Brashear gives facilities for the use of the solar lantern, microscope, and all experimental work in light.

The chemical laboratory occupies four rooms on the first floor. The largest room is used for lectures and recitations and contains 15 double desks, each thoroughly furnished with running water, pneumatic trough, chemicals, and chemical apparatus for the performance of all important experiments and analyses; several Sprengel-Bunsen pumps are provided for rapid filtrations and for producing air blasts in blowpipe analysis. Connected with the main room is the combustion room, furnished with "draught hoods," drying ovens, and hydrogen-sulphide apparatus. The laboratory for quantitative analysis contains 20 desks and all necessary apparatus for doing thorough work in both gravimetric and volumetric quantitative analysis; adjoining this room is the balance room, equipped with Becker chemical balances so mounted

The Egbert Starr Library was dedicated July 3, 1900, with appropriate ceremonies. 2A gift of $70,000 has been received from Mr. Ezra J. Warner, 1861, of Chicago, for the erection of the Joseph Warner Memorial Hall of Science. The building will be completed in 1901.