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1925

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1922

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Alfred Moring N iese

1924 Jonathon Elmer Mulford

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Robert Johnston Plumb

Stanley Potter Miller

David Moore Hadlow Robert King Macrum Charles R obert Morris Charles Carpenter Sise

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McAllister R eynold Mohnkern Richard Conrad Puels Frederic Talbert Tansill

Earle Berg Ander on Edward Franklin Cudmore, M.D. James Walter Dolan

Kenneth Bayard Bleecker James Wilmac Crocker Harry Mundell Sutcliffe

Howard Roger Burns John Benkley Mahr George Franci Mulligan

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Glover J ohnson Paul Jones Nor man John Sheaff Zantzinger

Eldon Stevens Robinson John Peacock Sinclair Edward Raymond Schiebler

Frank Christopher Tobie John Francis Walsh Philip Otis Zwissler

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Sereno Bowers Gam me II H arry Franklin Leslie Locke, M.D . George P omeroy T enney

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Charles Edgar Cuningha m St anley Livin gstone K ennedy J ohn Vincent Mills Alexander J a mes P eet

Th ane Bellows Wright

H arold Bass Bennett Theodore Winslow J ones

1925 Willard R eynolds Seymour Arthur R obert Shuma n

Frank M alcolm Th orburn

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Howard Somerville Ortgies

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Edmund Alden Mackinnon

Allen D ale Mitchell Clarence Tomlinson Merwin

James Greene MeN ally James Douthit Merchant

William Holman Merchant

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J arv is Dixon Case John Mitchell England Morton D avis Graham

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Allen Marshall Tucker

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Cyril Stephen Kirkby Merle Stephen Myers Robert Gardiner Reynolds

Frederick William Bowdidge Charles William Hallberg

Byron Gould Briggs Christian Harmon Bush H enry Wilson Herrick

William King Applebaugh

R obert Tillotson Hartt

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Edward Langford Winslow

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1922 Joel Morse Beard Robert Dennison Byrnes Albert Edward Coxeter

Herman Martin Immeln James Patrick Rooney John Patrick Walsh

1923 Luca Celentano Erwin Leon Hippe

1924 William Henry Allen Michael Leonard Daly Francis Wellington Brecker Chandler Burbidge Johnson

Howard Charles Ryan

1925 Frank Aug}lstus Gallagher, Jr. Theodore George LeMaire

A~son Grifford Wilbor, Jr.

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John J ames McCook, D.D., LL.D. Frederick Williams Harriman Arthur Adams, Ph.D .. George Lewis Cook, M.A. Gustav Adolph Kleene, Ph.D.

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. President Vice-President

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William Earl Buckley Verner Warren Clapp Keale Hersh Gladstein

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Although Trinity College will not celebrate her Centennial until 1923, the one hundredth anniversary of the conception of the ideal of the college has already passed. Just when the idea of a college in Connecticut, other than Yale, took form is not known, but as early as 1801 a successful effort was made to secure a charter for an Episcopal institution of higher education. It was founded at Cheshire under the name of Seabury College and survives now as Cheshire Academy. About 1810 an effort was made to enlarge the charter of this "college," so that it could confer degrees, but the General Assembly of the tate refused to grant the request. At this time Congregationalism was a great force in Con­necticut, not only in religious affair , but also in the civic side of the community, and the chief opposition to the proposed college came from Yale and the Congre­gationalists of the state.

The Episcopalians, however, were not at all discouraged by the action of the General Assembly, and in 1822 a group of eighteen clergymen met at the home of Bishop Brownell at Hartford to try again. They drew up a memorial in which they prayed the General Assembly to grant a charter to a college "with power to confer the usual literary honors." On May 13, 1823, a petition for a charter was presented to the General Assembly, and on May 16, 1823, the petition was grant­ed. The amount of money necessary for the incorporation was rai ed in a very short time, as well as $50,000 toward the endowment of the college. The trus­tees adopted the same plan that had been used by Yale to determine the location, inviting the larger towns of the state to contribute to the funds of the college, in competition for its site. Hartford proved to be the most generous and Washing­ton College, as it was then known was located here.

The site selected was that which is now occupied by the Connecticut State Capitol, then known as "College Hill." There were fourteen acres in the tract purchased. Work was commenced on the buildings in June, 1824 and they were ready for occupancy in May, 1825. The original college had two buildings, Jarvis and Seabury Halls, both of brown stone. The former was designed by Solomon Willard, architect of the Bunker Hill Monument and the latter by Samuel F. B. Morse, better known a the inventor of telegraph, although famous in his own time as an architect. It is interesting to note that during the summer of 1921, when workmen were laying new walks on the grounds of the State Capi­tol, they found that the debris of the old college buildings had been used as the foundation for the old walks. The hearthstone in the I.K.A. lodge was formerly the doorstep of one of the buildings, and the gate posts at the Vernon Street en-

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trance to the present college are also relics of the old plant. The statue of Bishop Brownell on the present campus was moved from its old location on "College Hill" when the college location was changed.

Bishop Brownell was elected president of the college and it opened its doors to st udent. for the first time on September 23, 1824. There were nine students

at the tim one senior, one sophomore, six freshmen and one partial student, not a candidate for a degree. R ev. George W. D oane, later Bishop of Albany was professor of belles-lettres and oratory, Frederick H all was professor of chemistry and minemlogy, Dr. Charles Sumner was professor of botany, Horatio Hickok was professor of agriculture and political economy and R ev . Hector Humphreys was professor of ancient languages . So far as is known, Hickok was the first instructor in political economy in America. The faculty was increased in 1828 by the addition of R ev. Horatio Potter , mathematics and philosophy, Rev. Dr. S. F. J arvis, profe sor of oriental literature and Hon. W. W. Ellsworth, professor of law.

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The college was the first in New England to be founded under the auspices of the Episcopal church and grew rather rapidly through its willingness to accept as students men, who were not candidates for a degree--"partial students" as the early catalogue called them. The college library, with that of Dr. Jarvis, was considered the second in size and the first in value in the United States. A good sized collection of minerals had been made and the college boasted of a greenhouse and an arboretum for the botanical work of its students.

The first commencement was held in 1827 when a class of ten men was gradu­ated. In the previous year the college had conferred its first honorary degree, on Alexander Jollay, Bishop of Moray in Scotland.

Bishop Brownell, the first president, retired in 1831 and Rev. Dr. N. S. Wheaton was chosen to succeed him. He had been active in the interest of the college and had been sent to England by Bishop Brownell to solicit contributions there. He was a former rector of Christ Church, now Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford, and was a graduate of Yale. He retired as president in 1837 and was succeeded by Rev. Dr. Silas Totten, a graduate of Union College and pro­fessor of mathematics at Washington College. During his administration the citizen of Hartford gave another dormitory to the college, called Brownell Hall after the first president.

It was during the presidency of Dr. Totten, in 1845, that the name of the college was changed from Washington to Trinity. The change was made by the legislature on petition of the corporation, which gave as its reasons the confusion arising from the fact that there were other college in the country called Washing­ton, to "attest forever the faith of its founders and their zeal for the perpetual glory and honor of the one holy and undivided Trinity" and to secure for the college a name which at Cambridge, England, had long been associated with sound learning. In the same year the Board of Fellows was organized and the alumni body was organized as a part of the college. From 1849 to 1889 the Bishop of Connecticut wa ex-officio chancellor and president of the board of trustees and in 1859 a board of visitors for the college was appointed. In 1857 trustees from other states than Connecticut were admitted and in 1883 the charter was again amended to permit the election of three of the trustees by the alumni.

Dr. Totten resigned in 1848 and Rev. John Williams was elected president. He was the first president from the alumni of the college itself, having been graduated in 1835. He gave theological instruction from which grew the Berke­ley Divinity School. The cares of this school became so great that he resigned as president of the college in 1853 and was succeeded by D. R. Goodwin, a graduate of Bowdoin. During the Civil War, from 1860 to 1864 the college was under the presidency of Samuel Eliot, a cousin of the president emeritus of Harvard. In 1864 he was succeeded by Bishop John B. Kerfoot, a native of Dublin, Ireland

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who left in 1866 to become Bishop of Pittsburg. For the next year the college was in charge of Professor John Brockelsby as acting president.

Abner Jackson, the only president of Trinity to die in office, assumed his duties in 1867. He had studied at Washington College in Pennsylvania, but had come to Hartford for the last two years of his course and was graduated from

Wa hington College there in 1837. When called to the presidency of his alma mater, he was president of Hobart College. During his administration the enroll­ment reached 100 for the first time, in 1871-72. It was also during this time, in 1872 that the old site of the college was sold to the city of Hartford as the site for the State Capitol. In 1869 the statue of Bishop Brownell was presented to the college and in 1871 Chester Adams of Hartford left the college $65,000, the largest individual gift received up to that time.

On the death of President Jackson, Rev. Dr. T. R. Pynchon was elected president, holding office until1883 when re resigned the presidency, but continued

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to teach moral philosophy until 1902, when be became professor emeritus. He was succeeded as President by Rev. G. W. Smith, a graduate of Hobart. During his administration the courses offered were increased from one to four; in addition to the old arts course, the college now offered a course in science, a cour e in letters and science, and a course in letters. The latter course led to the degree of Bache­lor of Letters. Elective studies for students in the two higher years were also introduced at this time. Dr. Smith tendered his resignation in 1903 but it was not accepted until 1904, Dr. Flavel S. Luther being acting president . He was elected president in 1904 and held office until July 1, 1919. Professor Henry A. Perkins served as acting president for one year and in 1920, Rev. Remsen B. Ogilby assumed office.

Unbergrabuate JLife

Some of the early rules of the college have a strange ring in the ears of the person living in the Twentieth Century. No student was allowed to attend any "festive entertainment in the City of Hartford or vicinity." In summer the first recitation was held at 5 a. m. and in winter at 6 a. m., and students were not allow­ed to sleep in their rooms or lie down on their beds during study hours. Bedtime was at 10 p. m. and after 10.30 no student was allowed to leave his room. Tutors and professors had authority to puni h any infraction of the rules of the college by a fine not exceeding $1.

The student were prohibited from playing any musical instrument on Sun­day "except when employed, by permission of the President, in the performance of sacred musick."

The punishments of the College were Expulsion, Dismission, Rustication, Suspension, public and private Admonition, and Fines not exceeding ten dollars . Actions which were deemed " high offences" included: "Riotous or noisy behavior, to the disturbance of the College or the citizens of Hartford- Refusing to give evidence in any case when required by the Faculty, or falsifying therein-Chal­lenging or assaulting, or maliciously endeavoring to injure any student-Throw­ing things against, over or near the College; from the windows, entrie , or down the stairs-Profane language-Intoxication- Having spirituous liquors in the College-Indecency in language, dress or behavior-Associating with any person under sentence of Expulsion, Dismission, or Rustication- Being concerned in any bonfires, fireworks, or other unauthorized illumination- Being an actor or specta­tor at any theatrical entertainment during term time- Making, or being present at, any publick celebration except by permission of the faculty."

Among Misdemeanors are: "Going to any tavern or victualing house in Hartford, for the purpose of eating or drinking, except in the presence of a parent,

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guardian, or patron- Playing at cards or dice, or any unlawful game-Buying, selling or bartering any books, apparel, furniture, or other property, without permission of the Bursar- Idleness, negligence, and, in general, all behavior in­consistant with the good orde1·, peace, and prosperity of the College."

The chapter dealing with College bills and expenses of students states that, "To prevent extravagant or improper expenditure by the Students, all monies designed for their use hall be placed, by their parents or guardians, in the hands

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of the Bursar, who shall superintend their expenses with a parental discretion. No student may purchase anything without his leave.

"As a further preventive of extravagance, an uniform dress shall be prescribed by the President, and no Student shall appear in publick, in any other dress, during term time, under such penalty as the Faculty may inflict.

Then, heaping coals of fire on the head of the luckless undergraduate, the Laws close with this section: "Every Student shall receive a copy of the Laws, for which he shall be charged the sum of twenty-five cents."

In 1825 the Athenaeum literary society was organized and two years later its rival, the Parthenon was founded. Both societies died in 1870. The societies met on Saturday mornings and gave public exhibitions in alternate years. The poet, Park Benjamin, was the first president of the Parthenon Society. The Missionary society which survived until recent years wa organized in 1831 and had as its first president George Benton, afterwards a missionary to Crete. It was through this society and one of its members, Augustus F. Lyde '30, that the Board of Foreign Missions of the Episcopal Church was organized. The Con­necticut Beta of Phi Beta Kappa, the scholastic honorary society was organized at Trinity in June, 1845. It was formerly the custom of the society to take the first third of the class in scholarship, but of late years the number taken has been much smaller.

One of the early organizations of the college, perhaps traceable to the large number of students from the south, was the Washington College Archers, a stu­dent cadet corps. The corps had a black and white uniform and paraded in Hartford and Springfield. The sophomores had a ceremony of burning the conic sections; the juniors had their exhibition and the seniors their class day, modelled on that of Harvard. Commencements, until 1875 were held in Christ Church and the Commencement procession, as long as Bishop Brownell lived, passed his house with the band playing "Auld Lang Syne."

The earliest form of athletics in which the students engaged seems to have been rowing. The old college was situated on the bank of the Park River, in college parlance, the Hogg. Trinity was one of the four colleges which assisted in the establishment of the College Union Regetta at Worce ter, and until the removal of the college away from the river. In 1858 Trinity raced with Brown, Harvard and Yale at Worcester. In 1873 the college had a crew in the interna­tional race at Springfield and the next year sent the crew to Saratoga.

Literary activities at Trinity began with the old societies, but the trend was away from forensics and at some unknown date a publication known as the "Cabinet" was started. In 1869 the "Tablet" was started as a monthly. In 1878 it was made bi-weekly . It was primarily a literary publication and lasted

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until 1904. In that year "The Tripod" was started as a college news organ. It began as a daily publication, but very soon changed to a semi-weekly. When the World War came in 1917, most of the staff left college and the paper was changed to a weekly. In 1920 the paper was eruarged to its present size and continued as a weekly publication. It serves both as an alumni and undergradu­ate organ. "The Chapbook," a literary publication, was started in 1919 in an effort to revive the "Tablet," but was short lived. "The Ivy," the year book issued by the junior clas is the oldest undergraduate publication of the college.

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