St Lawrence University - Gridiron Yearbook (Canton, NY)

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THE COLLEGE CAMPUS

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10 THE GRIDIRON. . Editorial. ,HAIIIIQSQHE past year has been an eventful one. We have wel- QGQUJ QD comed a new President, whose term of office has been V multi most auspiciously inaugurated, and two of our former i N 6? professors have returned to us. A new era of pros- Urn? cd perity and good-will has dawned upon St. Lawrence, l 1 . 1 and the patriotic zeal of her undergraduates was never greater. We trust that something of this feeling is reflected in the pages of the GRIDIRON, which we take pleasure in presenting for your inspection. It is to be regretted that such a work cannot be issued yearly, but we have done our best to keep the quality at least up to the standard set by our predecessors. 1 In issuing the GRIDIRON we have aimed to make it a true representa- tion of our University-to picture every phase of college life as it really exists. So pardon our mistakes and look for the merits. Laugh at our jokes, even if they happen to be at your expense, and do not think yourself humiliated or belittled before our readers. We have tried to be fair as well as candid, yet we must be allowed, in a publication of this kind, to make things interesting if we can. Be assured that there is nothing but good intent in our humor. The success of the GRIDIRON has been due largely to the hearty sup- port of friends, especially the alumni, who have taken such an active interest in it, and we wish to thank, most heartily, all those who have assisted us by contributions or otherwise. We now commit our pages to your hands, hoping that you will be as kind in your criticisms as you have been generous in your aid. , ,M .3 Qtr 'uf , it 1 a . A, ,. I 1 - im g, ggi, 11' - is ,, 15. ' Milky, il 'W Q 5' fin. .'f9i,fJEJff'f' fl ff ! 'Will - I Q 5 iY,. Eff ' ' f',,gI'..J', ' 'V J.. 1 Y' it if army f 1. 1 . W- -514 if , l f' -' nf'-'3 ..'Ef ?7 f5'-r+-'-- -...., ' if if W 1 L.l1f-35321312-22-5-Ta--A.- A . 1 j i..'..,. ' l, A ' 'E Q--.fu r' V -46.1-v X : Ai

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12 THE GRIDIRON. Organization. -LSQHE St. Lawrence University was chartered by the , 0 'W nm Legislature, April 3, 1856, for the purpose, as stated in ' the act of incorporation, of establishing, maintain- ,P ing, and conducting a college in the town of Canton, li nav St. Lawrence County, for the promotion of general education, and to cultivate and advance literature, science, and the arts, and to maintain a theological school at Canton, aforesaid As at present organized, the University embraces the fol- lowing departments: THE COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE. THE THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL. The by-laws of the corporation provide that the College of Letters H and Science is and shall remain an unsectarian foundation 'G JK' W W and that the Theological School is and shall remain an institution especially intended and organized for the preparation and training of persons for the ministry of the Universalist Church. The Theological School was opened by Ebenezer Fisher, D.D., of revered memory, in April, 1858. The first class was graduated in 1861. In April, 1859, a.n academic department, which developed into the College of Letters and Science, was opened by John Stebbins Lee, D.D. In 1864 the preparatory school was discontinued. The first class was graduated from the College in 1865. From 1869 to 1872 a Law School wa.s conducted under the charge of Leslie Wead Russell, LL.D., now Justice of the Supreme Court. 'In 1857 the Legislature granted to the University SS25,000, of which 310,000 were to be expended' for books and apparatus, and 315,000 were to be kept as a permanent fund. The remaining property of the University, now amounting to upwards of 334-80,000, of which S360,000 are endowment funds, has been the result of private benefactions.