. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . iSHOP Berkeleys chair. REPRESENTATIVE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 543 in which the Commencement was to , passed by liis house andreverently saluted him. Bishop Brownells successor in the presidency was the S. VVheaton, , already mentioned as one of the earlyfriends of the college. His varied ability enabled him to do much forits welfare. He secured the endowment of the Holiart and the Sea-bury professorships and of certain scholarships : and among the otherproofs of his taste and judgment was the beauty with wdi
. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . iSHOP Berkeleys chair. REPRESENTATIVE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 543 in which the Commencement was to , passed by liis house andreverently saluted him. Bishop Brownells successor in the presidency was the S. VVheaton, , already mentioned as one of the earlyfriends of the college. His varied ability enabled him to do much forits welfare. He secured the endowment of the Holiart and the Sea-bury professorships and of certain scholarships : and among the otherproofs of his taste and judgment was the beauty with wdiich thegrounds were laid out and planted. His own benefactions — gifts of. VIEW OF PKOPOSED BUILDINGS, TKINITV COLLEGE, HAKTFOUD. books, of apparatus, and of money, made all through his life and athis death—will never be forgotten. It may be said of him that hegave to the college all that he was and all that he had, and the influenceof his life and his work will endure as long as the college shall Dr. Wheatons resignation, in 1837, the Eev. 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 had lieen 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, theGeneral Assembly changed the name to Trinity College. Theformer name, though it commanded honor and respect, had never lieenfelt to be entirely satisfactory; and the new name was chosen, partly
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