The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . BISHOP BERKELEVS CHAIl!. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 543 iu wliiili till (.omiiiLiicoment was to \>u IkjUI, passed l)y house andreverentlj saluted him. Bisliop BrowiicHs successor in tlie presidency was the S. Wiieaton, )., already nienlioned as one of the earlyfriends of the college. His varied aliility enaliicd him to tlo much forits welfare. He secured the endowment of the Iloliart and tlie Sea-bury and of certain scholarships : and among the otherproofs of his taste and judgmen
The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . BISHOP BERKELEVS CHAIl!. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 543 iu wliiili till (.omiiiLiicoment was to \>u IkjUI, passed l)y house andreverentlj saluted him. Bisliop BrowiicHs successor in tlie presidency was the S. Wiieaton, )., already nienlioned as one of the earlyfriends of the college. His varied aliility enaliicd him to tlo much forits welfare. He secured the endowment of the Iloliart and tlie Sea-bury and of certain scholarships : and among the otherproofs of his taste and judgment was the beauty witii which thegrounds were laitl out and planted. His own benetactions — gifts of. VIKW Ol IHOIOSICI) ;S, TUINITV ;!;. n.^UTFOKI). books, of apparatus, and of money, made ail tiirougli his lite and athis death—will never l)e forgotten. It maybe said of him tliat hegave to the college all that he was and all that he liad, and the inthienccof his life and his work will endure as long as the college .shall Dr. Wheatons resignation, in the Kev. Silas ).. who had been for four years Professor of Mathematics andNatural Iliilosophy, was to the jiresideney. the duties of whichhe discharged for eleven years. In 1N4.) a thinl building— HrowneliHall — was erected. It liad been ])roposed in 1844 by the alumni thatsteps should be taken to secure an alteration in the name of the col-lege ; and in the following year, on the petition of tlie corporation, the(ieneral Assembly changed the name to Trinity (ollege. Theformer name, though it commanded iionor and respect, never beenfiit (o be entirely satisfactory; and the new
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