Its History, Influence. Characteristics and Equipment WITH THE LIVES AND WORKS OF ITS FOUNDERS, BENEFACTORS, OFFI- EDITOR'S NOTE. This is not so much a history as a compilation. It brings together from many sources authentic data connected with the origin and growth of Union College and the other Departments of Union University. Care has been taken to include everything of permanent interest, and it is believed that no important document has been omitted. In this lies the chief value of the publication. The narrative, for which the editor is directly responsible, is designed to connect the different parts of the story told by the documents. The biographies of the Presidents have been written by others, to whom grateful acknowledgment is here made. Special mention is due to Professor John Ira Bennett for valuable assistance in this and in other ways. The interesting résumé of the investigation by the legislature into Dr. Nott's management of the funds of the College, and the admirable accounts of the various celebrations, beginning with the Semi-centennial Celebration in 1845 and ending with the Nott Memorial Celebration in 1904, have been prepared by Captain F. Y. Hedley, chief of the editorial staff of the Lewis Publishing Company. The Alumni Catalogue, which is by far the fullest and most satisfactory record of Union College Alumni ever printed, has been compiled by Joseph R. Brown, Jr., until recently the College Librarian. The editor assumes no responsibility for the biographical sketches of distinguished Alumni which appear in the second and third volumes, as these have been prepared solely by the publishers. In the Appendix to the first volume will be found some items of interest which could not easily be incorporated in the narrative, and a reprint of all the legislation affecting the College and the University. Note. For Alumni List, see Vol. III. THE EDITOR. 165140 |