The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . (! of the ([uadraniile. Dr. Pynchons ])residency was marked notonly hy the erection of theliciuitifid piU^of huildings onllii plalcdn of tlu^ cani])us,lull also liy the large increase(if th, whose gifts tothe college amount in all tonearly a (|uartcr of a millionof dollars, by valuable addi-tions to both the library andcabinet, and by a change in theciiarter :i\ iiiir tlu^ alumni thepri\ileg(! of electing part olthe trustees. On his retire-ment, in 18>S;^, he was suc-ceeded by the Rev. GeorgeWilliamson Smith, ,who has been welcom
The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . (! of the ([uadraniile. Dr. Pynchons ])residency was marked notonly hy the erection of theliciuitifid piU^of huildings onllii plalcdn of tlu^ cani])us,lull also liy the large increase(if th, whose gifts tothe college amount in all tonearly a (|uartcr of a millionof dollars, by valuable addi-tions to both the library andcabinet, and by a change in theciiarter :i\ iiiir tlu^ alumni thepri\ileg(! of electing part olthe trustees. On his retire-ment, in 18>S;^, he was suc-ceeded by the Rev. GeorgeWilliamson Smith, ,who has been welcomed tohis duties by the hearty ap-plause of officers, students,ahuuni, and friends. In thus tiacing tin- hi.—tory of the collegt! no men-tion has been made of thesuccessois of the able bodyof instructors who were asso-ciated with Uisliop lirownellill the early work of tlu; in-sliliitidii. Drs. Tottcn, Wil-liams, Mliot, Jackson, andl\ iichoii had .scr\ed in thefaculty before they wte. stati;k Ol msiioi- , ii,:i;k CAMlUS. ?lected to the presidency. One of the long-si terms of professional oflice was tliatof Duncan L. .^lewarl, ,who served in the chair of ancient languages and in that of nialheiuaticsand natural from 1833 to l«5(i, and who held the titleof [jiofcssor emeritusuntil his death, in l«8(l. But dohn IJrock-lesby, )., still emerilus, is rightly honored as theperson who has given to the college the most years of faithful laborill her faculty. At the time of retirement, in 1882, he had beenlor forty years in the department of mathematics, natural|)hilosophy, and astronomy. The present liishoj) of New Hampshire, 54fi HISTORY OF THK AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. till Kt. Ivcv. Dr. Nilcs, was called from the chair of Latin to theepiticopate. Within two years the college has been called to nioiiruthe death of the only two memhcis of the faculty (besides PresidentJackson) who have died in offic
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