. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . ractical knowledge of the greatprinciples of science that underlie allthe arts of peace. Arrangementswere madefor?a class of ten ortwelve of the most advanced and matured cadets to accompany him to Europeto study strategy of the great battles of theworld, and the armies,armories,and resom-ces of the great nations of Europe; but these hopes were darkenedlor a tune by a great disaster, and soon extinguished by the sudden deathof the great projector. In the autumn of 1853, the buildings at BrandywineSprings were cons
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . ractical knowledge of the greatprinciples of science that underlie allthe arts of peace. Arrangementswere madefor?a class of ten ortwelve of the most advanced and matured cadets to accompany him to Europeto study strategy of the great battles of theworld, and the armies,armories,and resom-ces of the great nations of Europe; but these hopes were darkenedlor a tune by a great disaster, and soon extinguished by the sudden deathof the great projector. In the autumn of 1853, the buildings at BrandywineSprings were consumed by fire. Arrangements had previously been madeto secure suitable accomodations at Bristol, Penn., and upwards of one hundredpupils enrolled their names to attend for a year at that place, but the greatmotive power of the enterprise was stricken dowTi. At the close of the year 1853, Captain Partridge, in apparent good healthand the best of spirits, returned to Norwdch, where his family still few days after reaching home, he was attacked by sharp and excruciating. Captain Alden Partridge U. S. from his last portrait, a daguerreo-type, made in 1852. SKETCH OF PRESIDENT RANSOM. 25 pains in his back, which were soon subdued by anodynes; but from the pros-tration, and the cause, which proved on a post-mortem examination to beaneurism near the base of the spine, and which had been exhausting his vitahtyfor years. He never ralUed, and on the 17th of January, 1854, he breathedhis last, widely and deeply mourned by troops of friends, who loved him astheir teacher, and looked up to him as the best expounder of the principles ofMilitary Science, Education and National Defense. In 1812, Dartmouth college conferred upon Captain Partridge the degreeof A. M., in course. In 1821, he was elected president of the University ofVermont, but was unable to accept the office. The same year the corporationconferred upon him the honorary degree of A. M., it being the only compli-
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