St Lawrence University - Gridiron Yearbook (Canton, NY)

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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.

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THE COLLEGE CAMPUS

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ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY. Corporation. Officers. HON. EDWIN ATKINS MERRITT, LL.D., Potsdam, President. FRANK NASH CLEAVELAND, M.A., Canton, Secretaqv. GEORGE SHELDON CONKEY, B.A., Canton, Treasurer. Trustees. Hon. EDWIN ATKINS MERRITT, LL.D., Potsdam. Rev. JOHN STEDIIINS LEE, D.D., Canton. Hon. ALLEN EUGENE ICILBY, M.A., LL.B., Carthage. DAVID WILLIAM BALDWIN, Esq., Watertown. Rev. ISAAC MORGAN ATYVOOD, D.D., Rochester. Hon. CHARLES HIXZEN RUSSELL, B.A., Brooklyn. Hon. VASCO PICKETT ADDOTT, M.A., LL.B., Gouverneur. FOSTER L. BACKUS, M.A., LL.B., Brooklyn. LEDYARD PARK HALE, M.S., LL.B., Canton. Rev. ALPHEUS BAKER HERYEY, Ph.D., Bath, Me. Rev. DANIEL BALLOU, Utica. FRANK NASH CLEAVELAND, M.A., Canton. CHARLES N. HEMIUP, M.A., Geneva. ' Rev. ORA MCFARLAND HlL'l'ON, Auburn. V GEORGE SHELDON CONKEY, B.A., Canton. FREDERICK BASSETT DEVENDORF, Esq., Watertown ROBERT EMMET WATERMAN, B.A., Ogdensburg. WALTER BALFOUR GUNNISON, Ph.D.,B1-ooklyn. JOHN CLARENCE LEE, Ph.D., S.T.D., Canton. Mrs. EMILY EATON HEPBURN, B.S., New York. Mrs. JEAN BROOKS GREENLEAF, Rochester. Rev. ANSON BARTIE CURTIS, Ph.D., Binghamton. Hon. DELOS MCCURDY, M.S., New York. NELSON LEMUEL ROBINSON, M.A., New York. Rev. FREDERICK WILLIAM BETTS, Syracuse. Executive Committee. E. A. MERRITT. J. C. LEE. I. M. ATWOOD. R. E. WATERMAN. L. P. HALE. G. S. CONKEY. V. P. ABBOTT. 4