. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . bishop Berkeleys chaik. REPRESENTATIVE BDU»• held, passed by his house andiv\ erenl l\ saluted him. Bishop Brownella successor in the presidency was the Wheaton, , already mentioned as one of the earljfriends of the college. His varied ability enabled him to do much forits welfare. 11« secured the endowment of the Hoharl and the Sea-bury professorships and of certain scholarships; and among the otherproofs of lii> taste and judgment was the beauty with which thegrounds wen laid out and planted. I lis own benefac
. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . bishop Berkeleys chaik. REPRESENTATIVE BDU»• held, passed by his house andiv\ erenl l\ saluted him. Bishop Brownella successor in the presidency was the Wheaton, , already mentioned as one of the earljfriends of the college. His varied ability enabled him to do much forits welfare. 11« secured the endowment of the Hoharl and the Sea-bury professorships and of certain scholarships; and among the otherproofs of lii> taste and judgment was the beauty with which thegrounds wen laid out and planted. I lis own benefactions — sifts of. VIEW OF PROPOSED BUILDINGS, TRINITY COLLEGE, HARTFORD. books, of apparatus, and of money, made all through his life and athis death—will never be forgotten. Tt maybe said of him that he gave to the college all that he was and all that he had, and the influenceof his life ami his work will endure as long as the college shall Dr. Wheatons resignation, in 1837, the Rev. Silas Totten,, who had been for four years Professor of Mathematics andNatural Philosophy, was chosen to the presidency, the duties of whichhe discharged for eleven years. In 1845 a third building— BrownellHall — was erected. It liad been proposed 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 the corporation, tli<General Assembly changed the name to Trinity College. Theformer name, though it commanded honor and respect, had never beenfelt to hi entirely satisfactory : and the new name was chosen, par
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