noble one.

Weakened as her academic ranks were by the departure of brave men, she was strong in the belief that the country called them, and, true to her motto, "Pro Ecclesia et Patria," she sent forth her sons, knowing that in doing their duty by their country's flag they would likewise honor her. In proportion to the number of students then in college, the quota furnished was a large one, and death smote heavily the brave band. Many died from the hardships and the exposures of camp life, and one, the leader of his class, was a victim to a living death at Andersonville. Of those who during their service in the field rose to the rank which their bravery justly accorded them, we cannot forbear to mention Stedman, who fell before Petersburgh, and, while acting Brigadier-General in that terrible campaign, had been recommended for that rank by all his superior officers. As if to mock all earthly honor, his brevet as Brigadier came only after he had received his mortal wound.

Trinity is a boating college, and has the honor to have been one of the four colleges that assisted in the establishment of the College Union Regatta at Worcester in 1858, the projectors of the scheme being Harvard, Yale, Brown University, and Trinity. The Connecticut River at Hartford affording great facilities for practice, and being, comparatively speaking, easy of access, the college has good advantages, which of late years have been improved, there being now more interest evinced in boating matters than formerly. Particularly has this interest manifested itself since regatta laurels have been won by what are denominated "smaller colleges." In 1873 Trinity was entered in the intercollegiate race at Springfield, and in the year following she pulled an oar at Saratoga, the death of one of her crew while training preventing her appearance on Saratoga Lake in 1875. This element of student life, being now firmly established at Trinity, is considered one of the institutions of the college, and a membership of the Boat Club is accounted a privilege as well as an honor.

In the neighborhood of the college the haunts familiar to the earlier graduates have all been removed; among them one in particular, to which allusion was made in a number of "The Knickerbocker Magazine," "the old brown house in the outskirts of the village, venerable with years; a poor affair, yet rich in associations." This was the rendezvous of those college wits, as gentle

manly as they were jovial, who composed the Corax Club, a fictitious name for a secret society, which to-day is the oldest local college fraternity in the country. In after years, the house being untenanted, the owner contemplated pulling it down, for, "in his eyes," the writer brilliantly remarks, "the old brown house, like the barren figtree, cumbered the ground, and the old garden cucumbered it!" The view from the Campus cityward is now a beautiful one, and, as the author of "My Farm at Edgewood" says, "what was once a wilderness has been converted into a blooming garden." This refers to the city park, which, with its unequaled lawns, is a most picturesque and beautiful spot. The college grounds are separated from the park only by a slight wire fence.

Recently many and marked have been the alterations, and to-day, under the rule of State authority, all vestiges of what was once the ample Campus of Trinity College are being fast removed; the "long walk," the college grove, the "oratorical rock," the class ivies planted beneath the college walls, are destined to disappear amid the changes which are to come. Already a portion of one hall has been torn down, and all the others will share the same fate before another year is past. But beyond all this seeming sacrilege and uprooting of memories and associations, which, stronger than the ivies upon the wall, cling to everything pertaining to Alma Mater, comes the almost compensating thought of the brilliant future open to Trinity College in the new home of her academic life.

At this point in our sketch, leaving the history of the college, having marked its growth in the past, we come to a description of what it is to-day, and of what with its increased facilities it promises to be in the future. The old Campus and the college buildings were sold to the city of Hartford in February, 1872, the college reserving the right of occupancy for five years. The grounds were purchased as a site for the new State House, the long mooted question of the State Capitol having been settled in favor of Hartford, and upon this beautiful location the public building is now in process of erection. Early in the following year the Trustees of Trinity College negotiated for the purchase of a tract of land eighty acres in extent, whereon to put up the new buildings, and in the summer Dr. Jackson, the President, went abroad and spent considerable time in visiting English univer

sities, and consulting architects. Previous to his return he laid the scheme for the new Trinity College before Mr. William Burges, a professional gentleman of eminence in London, from whom water-color sketches and plans were obtained, and, with these as a nucleus, the subject was with advantage presented to the Trustees for their consideration. As it met with the approval and sanction of that body, it was deemed important to advance the work as quickly as possible. With a view to this end an architect was sent to London to prepare working drawings required for the execution of the plans. To the instrumentality and indefatigable attention of Dr. Jackson, much of the success which may attend the carrying out the project now afoot will be justly due. At first seriously opposed to the sale of the property on which since its foundation the college had stood, when convinced that it would advance the interests of the institution, he applied himself earnestly to the accomplishment of the measure. But it was not destined that he, who had taken such a deep interest in everything pertaining to the erection of the new buildings, should live to see the fulfillment of his favorite plan. In April, 1874, the college was called upon to mourn the death of President Jackson. A determined and energetic man, with great breadth of intellect and liberal culture, he was eminently fitted to occupy the position he had filled with marked ability; sincere and with manners most affable and winning, through him the college became more identified with Hartford, and was at the same time making itself favorably felt among similar institutions, with whose members the President cultivated the most friendly relations. Being an alumnus of Trinity, and afterward having filled the Professorship of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy, he was bound to the college by peculiarly strong ties. He brought with him an experience of nine years as President of Hobart College, and was a man whose executive ability, aided by his many admirable qualities of head and heart, won for him the respect and trust of both the Faculty and undergraduates. During the fall of 1874, the vacancy in the Presidency was filled by the election of Rev. Dr. T. R. Pynchon, Professor of Chemistry, and a graduate of the college in the class of 1841. Under his direction as Chairman of the Building Committee, and with a zeal most hearty, the new building project is being carried out. On Commencement Day of last year, ground

at the new site was broken with impressive ceremonies.

The site selected for the erection of the new buildings is one scarcely without a rival in its natural advantages and picturesque location. About a mile distant from the old Campus, it lies upon the summit of what is known as Rocky Hill, a high ridge running south from the city, with a slope on either side, down across rich meadows and fertile fields, and then up with most gradual and pleasing ascent to far horizons "luminous with dawns, or soft with purple twilight." It will form the center of a landscape, as beautiful as any for which the far-famed Connecticut, Valley is justly celebrated. With this eligible spot, upon which to rear their buildings, the Trustees of Trinity College take advantage of the opportunity offered, to make a new departure in this country in college architecture, introducing for the first time that most effective plan of quadrangles, commonly adopted at the English universities. Some steps have been taken at other colleges toward the ultimate completion of quadrangles, but with this difference, as compared with the work at Trinity: In the former instance, when the plans are matured, the quadrangles will be bounded on their various sides by structures erected without the idea of future harmony throughout the entire pile, and widely differing from each other in their external design, presenting an aggregation of plans and a collection of various styles. The plan for the new college buildings at Hartford will, when completed, express a unity in arrangement and detail, while the structures, distinct in themselves, will be homogeneous and symmetrical parts of a single design. of a single design. The quadrangles will be three in number, a "great quad" in the center with one on either side to the north and south, the entire frontage being over thirteen hundred feet, the buildings lengthwise in the design being chiefly Dormitory and Lecture-Room blocks with connecting gate-ways, the cross lines containing, in the first section, the Library and the Museum, and, in the second, the Chapel and the Dining-Hall, with intervening tower. The north line of buildings will be composed of the Theater (for Commencement and other exercises) and the Observatory, in the angle tower connecting the block on the west; the southernmost line will be formed by the President's house, and a block containing residences for the Professors.

The college is designed in early French Gothic, a style devoid of excessive orna

mentation, and depending for its effect upon simplicity and boldness of detail, and the harmonious grouping of windows and other prominent features. The disposition of broad masses of stone is a characteristic, as well as the very pleasing introduction of objective points of emblematic sculpture. A color contrast in the material of the buildings is obtained by the use of brown-stone

PROPOSED CHIMNEY-PIECE IN DINING-HALL.

cut with a rock face-for the ashlar, which is lighted up by the sandstone from Ohio, used for string courses, and for work about the doors and windows, and introduced with good taste in nearly every interior. In carrying out an extensive scheme like that undertaken by Trinity College, it is seldom, if ever, that the original projectors live to see its fulfillment. This fact was sadly exemplified by the death of the late Dr. Jackson; but his were noble words, when, in answer to a doubt expressed as to the accomplishment of everything laid down, he said: "I shall do all I can, while God gives me life, and then leave the rest to others."

The erection of those buildings of most immediate importance was long ago begun, and the blocks forming the west line of the central quadrangle have been commenced under the superintendence of Mr. F. H. Kimball, a resident architect. These blocks

are for lecture-rooms and dormitories, and between them stands one of the main gateways. They are each 286 feet long by 35 feet wide, and have their otherwise monotonous sky-line well broken by the roofs of the central portion of the block, which, carried up four stories high, affords on its upper floors additional accommodations for students, the lower stories being occupied by apartments most excellently arranged for Junior Professors, and holding out strong inducements to those gentlemen to cling to their bachelorhood. The plan and the accessories of the Dormitory block

deserving of particular mention in detail, not only from an architectural point of view, but from the plain, practical, common sense which they exhibit. Each wing, 119 feet long, is virtually divided into three distinct sections or "stair-cases" by party walls, which are carried from the foundation up through the roof and coped with stone. The advantage of this arrangement, in case of fire, is unquestioned. The wings have each three entrance-doors, opening into halls eight feet wide, and all the entrances are from the east, and, consequently, from the quadrangle. Over the doors light stone will be left in the rough to receive sculptured heads of noted poets, philosophers, and

statesmen.

The ground or principal floor contains a suite of apartments (for the occupancy of two students) on either side of each principal hall-way, and, in the arrangement of these rooms, great attention has been paid to light and ventilation. The "Study" looks out upon the quadrangle, and is provided with windows of ample size fitted with a swinging iron sash, something of a novelty in its way, and manufactured from a design much used abroad. The seats with which the deeply recessed windows are provided will, when fitted up with cushions, add much to the interior effect, as well as to the comfort of the room. The Study is 15x16 feet and of proportionate height; two bedrooms are connected with it in the rear, and the suite thus occupying the entire width of the building, a circulation of air through the rooms can be had at all times. Ample closets, both for clothes and for fuel, are provided, and in each study is an open fireplace, with mantel of Ohio stone. Above the ground floor are two other floors with rooms similarly planned; the second being lighted by dormer windows of stone, very effective in design. Water is brought into each floor, and on the main landings, in the halls, a

sink is located, having next it a dust shaft, a very convenient arrangement, extensively used in hospitals and other large public buildings. This shaft, for the disposal of refuse, runs down to the basement, by means of which everything passing into it can readily be removed. The hall-ways will be wainscoted throughout and finished in ash, this wood being also used for the finish of the rooms, except the entrance doors, which are of oak. The most ample preparations for bathing have been made in this block, the bath-rooms being located in the basement and easy of access. The wings of the building are alike. The central portion, of increased height, with its gabled roofs and symmetrically grouped windows, and its ornate dressing of stone, forms a marked feature in the design.

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The gate-way between the block just mentioned and the one to the south will be the middle point of the entire line of buildings, and its foundations are already laid. will be marked by four corner towers, and will contain an entrance-way for carriages, with smaller ones on either side for pedestrians. The several stories above are admirably planned for students' apartments, and will furnish some of the finest rooms in the whole range of buildings. Underneath the gate-way it is proposed to locate at a proper level the steam-heating apparatus.

Both in internal arrangement and external design the Lecture-Room block, is eminently well adapted to the purposes of its future use, which are to provide the college with a philosophical apartment, a laboratory, lecture and recitation rooms. The wings of the buildings are two stories in height, the ground floor being over sixteen feet high, and the one above, showing the open truss-work of the roof, twenty-one feet high. The basement will be extensively utilized for apparatus and working-rooms connected. with the Laboratory, and in one of the wings. the Library and Cabinet will be temporarily located, occupying the basement and ground floors. The design of this block, while in keeping with those adjoining, presents externally a different treatment, demanded by the requirements of the structure. The façades are pierced by pointed windows of effective composition, embodying in their design ample facilities for the admission of light (sometimes of the utmost importance) in great abundance to recitation-rooms and other apartments. To avoid any danger which might arise from dampness in the basement, recourse was had to an expedient

successfully tried abroad, and the foundation walls were covered with a "damp course before the superstructure was commenced. All the main entrances to the block are from the quadrangle; its halls are wide, and staircases of easy ascent, and good solid oak is to be used with great effect in much of the wood-work. One pleasing feature, which we are happy to notice in the design of both buildings, is the extensive use of the English ridge tile in place of the more common iron cresting. It is imported from London, where it is in high favor with the leading architects, and, when set in place, forms a crowning effect, picturesque, and at the same time substantial, and it is to be hoped that the day is not distant which will number among the manufactures in America this useful and inexpensive ornamentation.

The Dining-Hall and the Chapel will probably be built in succession, both noble structures, and with the intervening tower, which rises to an altitude of two hundred and forty feet, they will form one of the most beautiful lines of buildings in the whole pile. In a limited space, it is scarcely possible to describe these structures as they should be, or to do them that justice which their beauty of design justly warrants, and, while our description is necessarily general, we will particularize a few of the more conspicuous features worthy of mention. The Chapel is entered through the arch-way of the tower (which has a finely groined ceiling in stone), by means of two door-ways, whose heads are ornamented with sculpture in basrelief, illustrative of scenes in the life of the

of the nave, and behind them, at a slight elevation, will be the stalls for college officers and other dignitaries. The Sacrarium at the eastern end of the building is elevated to a height equal to that of the stalls, and the altar is reached by seven steps from the floor of the nave, the general effect of the Chapel being not unlike that of those at Oxford University. The ceiling will be groined, and at some future time will be enriched with paintings of Scriptural subjects, and the walls of the Chapel will be treated with polychromatic decoration. Around three sides of the building, and at the level of the window-sills, is an ambulatory, by the introduction of which the appearance of a double wall is produced. The Chapel is 45 feet wide and 145 feet long, and will, when completed, be without an equal at any of our American colleges.

To descend from spiritual to temporal things, we beg indulgence for a word regarding the Dining-Hall, an imposing building of ample proportions, rich in detail. At its eastern extremity is a dais extending the entire width of the hall, which is here increased by bay windows on either side, and at the opposite end is a " Minstrel Gallery," arranged in accordance with the long time custom of having music during the progress of the banquet. In coming years the Hall will doubtless be the scene of social gatherings where music and dancing are prominent features.

The entrance to the building is from the great quadrangle on the south. The Hall is wainscoted in oak, and has a beautifully constructed open truss roof, and is amply lighted by windows on the sides and by an ornamental rose window at the western end. The kitchen, store-rooms, etc., are located beneath the main floor.

Mr. Burges is especially felicitous in his introduction of symbolic sculpture, and perhaps nowhere is this more noticeable than in the Dining-Hall, at one side of which is to be built an ornate chimney-piece of light stone. It bears upon its face intricately carved foliated work, in the midst of which human figures, armed and equipped, are represented as defending the hearth-stone from the attacks of intruders. In the center is a raised shield for the coat-of-arms of the college, and above, in bold relief, are three angels, and on either side, sitting and kneeling figures. The story told in stone is that of the entertainment of the angels by Abraham and Sarah.

The Library, as stated above, will, for the

present, be located in the Lecture-Room block, and likewise the Cabinet, until the buildings planned for them are erected.

The President's residence is palatial in its appointments, and from the windows of the reception and drawing-rooms a very extensive and beautiful view is obtained. The houses of the Professors in the same line of buildings are planned with great skill, and in their internal arrangement evince careful study and forethought. Rooms for the Bishop, the Chancellor of the college, are provided in the angle tower of the same block. The most conspicuous feature of the north quadrangle block is the hall for public exercises, denominated the Theater; but as the immediate wants do not call for its erection at present, it will be an after consideration. As the increased accommodations are needed, the blocks forming the eastern line of the quadrangles will be erected, and thus the design will be completed.

For the proper presentation of good architecture, much depends upon its adjuncts and surroundings, and no mean effect is due to the sister art, landscape architecture. That nothing should be wanting in this respect, the laying out of the Campus has been intrusted to Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted, a native of Hartford, of whose skill and taste the Central Park, New York, will be a perpetual monument. It is proposed to place the statue of Bishop Brownell upon the terrace in front of the new buildings, and at a point midway in the entire line. This statue is of bronze, ten feet high, and represents the prelate in the act of pronouncing the benediction. It was modeled by Powers in Rome, and was cast in Munich, and presented to the college by a son-in-law of the late Bishop. The statue was unvailed on the old Campus with appropriate ceremonies in 1869. It stands upon a pedestal fifteen feet high, and will form a conspicuous and fitting feature in the landscape. The main approaches to the college will connect with a boulevard one hundred feet wide extending along the front, and the principal entrance to the buildings will be at the gate-way of the great quadrangle on the east, a corresponding gate-way opposite serving as the main exit, beyond which an esplanade, effectively treated with a terrace, will be thrown out to a distance of a hundred feet. The ample tract of land set apart for the Campus will afford unusual facilities for the exercise of artistic taste and good judgment in the distribution of lawns, groves, walks, and other ornamental features