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bartforb: (tonnectlcut July 1911 Wriuity Qlnllrgr Report of The President

July, 1911

Hartford JPrtnte~ for tbe ~ollege

1911 The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn. PRESIDENT'S REPORT

To the Trustees of Trinity College:

GENTLEMEN:- My report for the year just closing will exhibit, I think, a fair degree of progress for the College along those lines in which it seeks to serve the community. Of the professors reporting, six report that their work has been done better than usual, one that the work has not been as well done as heretofore, and one comments adversely upon the work of the students, this being his first report. Seven make no allusion to this point. I submit, as has been my custom, a table showing the number of students taking the several courses offered during the past year, and following this table is a second, showing the percentage of the work devoted to each of the several departments for the last three years. In this percentage table I include no subject not taken by at least ten men in at least one of the three years. Although this table shows some interest­ ing variations, yet the conspicuous thing is its substantial uni­ formity. It seems to represent the combined judgment of faculty and students as to the distribution of the college work. I look for a considerable increase in the attention given to Spanish. In other respects it is probable that the percentages will remain about the same for the present. No. of student& English, 165 Mathematics, 131 French, IIO History, 87 Philosophy, 8o Chemistry, 78 Natural History (including Geology), 7~ 4 TRINITY COLLEGE

No. of students Physics, 68 German, 68 Economics, 57 Latin, 57 Civil Engineering, 49 Drawing, 42 Greek, 38 Biblical Literature, 28 Spanish, 25 Shop Work, 5 Italian, 4

I9QS-o<) IC}09-IO I9IO·II % % 1 Biblical Literature, b.g o.g 2-4 Chemistry, 4.1 5-3 6.7 Civil Engineering, 4-7 4-6 4-2 Drawing, 3-7 3-3 3·6 Economics, 5.0 6.1 4-9 English, 14-5 14-9 14.2 French, g.o 9-7 9-5 German, 6.g 5-7 5.8 Greek, 3.0 I.8 3-3 History, g.6 9-7 7-5 Latin, 5-I 5-1 4-9 Mathematics, II.3 12.5 I I.2 Natural History, 6.g 3-5 6.2 Philosophy, 7-6 8.6 6.g Physics, 5.8 5-9 5.8 Spanish, 1.4 T.4 2.2 It is difficult to speak with confidence of the morals of any body of students. What they do that is wrong is pretty generally unknown to the college officers. There is, alas that I must say of course, some drunkenness and immorality. I­ think that these evils are on the whole diminishing, basing my opinon on what I can learn from observation, from the con­ fidences of reliable undergraduates, and from what is told me by young alumni. That the attitude of the college student towards scholastic success is improving I rather doubt. As heretofore the col­ lege hero is not the prize winner but the athlete and the leader. PRESIDENT'S REPORT 5

This will continue to be the case until the American people change ,their attitude toward questions of this sort. I receive a great many applications every year from employers who seek to attract into their offices or factories the graduates of tlh'is and other colleges. I do not recall that any such appli­ cant has ever mentioned scholarship as a desideratum. Head­ masters of schools write in considerable numbers asking fo:r. teachers. They generally say, "I wish a man competent to teach such and suoh subjects and he would be required also, if possible, to help the boys in their athletic sports." Within a very b~ief period the publication of statistics scientifically gathered from the records of the large universities showing the falsity of the current idea tlhat scholastic distinction in college has no connection with efficiency in after life has begun to do something to educaJte .the American people in this mat­ ter. I look forward confidently to the time when the public will understand .what teachers and professors have known for a long time, that success in ·the intellectual work of the high school and the college is the best evidence that can possibly be given of the power which will lead to success in the larger life which follows graduation. 'But until the public take this view I do not believe that we can make our students take it. The religious life of tlhe College is practically unchanged; save that, under the impulse of the Y. M. C. A. movement, men a:re giving more attention to social service. The students attend church and chapel grudgingly and the feeling against compulsory attendance seems to be increasing. The activity of the professors outside their classroom duties calls for notice and is a source of pride. Professor McCook has continued his self-sacrificing labor in the effort still further to increase our endowment with~·s customary energy and not without encouragement. He and all of us are disappointed at the refusal of the General Educa­ tion Board to assist us. Professor Urban has read papers before the American Philosophical Association, before the New York Branch of the Psychological Association, has contributed a paper and 6 TRINITY COLLEGE

book reviews to Philosophical journals, and has delivered a large number of addresses and lectures. Professor Perkins, after commenting upon the improved and e:x;cellent condition of his laboratory, reports that he has delivered several lectures, has built a large condenser for electrical research, .and is continuing his work upon a book · which wil1 be printed within a brief period. I regret to state that his outside work has been somewhat interfered with by illness. Professor Kleene has delivered six public lectures and has served on the executive conunittees of several importanrt: local organizations. Professor Brenton, who has voluntarily and without com­ pensation conducted a very successful class in Public Speak­ ing, urges the appointment of a professor to take charge of that work. Professor Brenton has done a large amount of preaching in various parts of Connecticut and New York City. He raises a question of some importance with reference to the preaching in tihe College G1apel. Almost all the preaching in the Chapel is done by Professor Brenton and myself. W e have an occasional guest but we have not felt able to afford to invite preachers in considerable numbers as is done in the larger institutions. It seems necessary that I should be away from the College a good deal and frequently without long notice. Professor Brenton is also frequently summoned to preach in New York City and elsewhere. The right of the College to insist that he shall be a preacher on Sundays is perhaps doubtful. Altogether the situation is a difficult one and it presses for some solution. Of course we look forward to a time when there will be a Chaplain who will devote himself to the religious interests of the College, take the classes in Biblical Literature and Religious Studies generally, and do most of the preaching in the 01apel. I do not see how .we can afford to create such an office now. No man competent for a position of such tremendous responsibilities could be expected to accept the place except at a salary much larger than we are paying our professors. I suppose that we must continue getting on the best we can. PRESIDENT'S REPORT 7

Dr. Swan presents an interesting report indicating a high degree of success in reducing the number of so-called " sick excuses." He has arranged his statement in tabular form as presented below :

No. of excuses for No. of daya Chriatmaa Term 19t•-t9II 3 or 'day • days more Loat day a ------No. of excuses is- sued after direct examination of men 6s 25 II 29 232 [No ~•••• ) No. of excuses is- for those sued on account who live at of notes from home 66 31 IS 20 parents, physi- ,, l • i No. issued cians, etc. 8" for those 286 I who live in college Ibut were I sick at Lhome 19 5 4 10 6rj Total excuses ISO 6I 30 59 518

Trinity Term to May 20 (incl.) No. issued after direct exam ina- tion of men 32 1l 9 II ISS ( No. issued for those Iliving at No. issued on ac- home 1 count of notes from 99 49 12 38 291 I parents, physi- I cians, etc. 112 i No. issued ~ 3S2 Ifor those living in I college I I but sick at I Lhome 13 2 I 10 6Ij

Total excuses 144 63 22 59 507 8 TRJNITY COLLEGE

ENTIRE YEAR 191o-19II TO MAY 20 (INCLUSIVE)

No. issued after direct examina- tion of men 97 37 20 40 387 No. issued I for :those No. issued on ac- living at I count of notes home 165 So 27 58 5161 from parents, phy- sicians, etc. 197 No. issued )-638 for those living in I Icolle~e but SICk at Lhome 32 7 5 20 122 J Total excuses 294 124 52 II8 1,025

The most difficult problem is the health of the students who reside at their homes or, living in the college, go home frequently and are taken sick while there. It is pretty clear that parents and family physicians are easily convinced that a slight cold or a headache or other minor indisposition is a sufficient excuse for stopping college work. What the solution of the question will be it is difficult to foresee. Per­ haps we should establish some maximum number of excuses which will be granted on request, with the understanding that if this number is exceeded it will be concluded that the student's health is not sufficiently good to justify him in continuing in college. Dr. Swan h.. as reduced the number of excuses issued after d!irect examination of men resid­ ing in college for the period from February 5th to May 2oth, to thirty-two; and I doubt whether we shall do better than that. Dr. Swan's work in Physical Training has gone on this year to his greater satisfaction, and I have observed with pleasure that he is doing more and more of his work out of doors. This practice, however, calls for larger available space for out of door games. It is perhaps unfortunate that our splendid athletic field, built at great expense, is used mainly by the teams, baseball, football, and track. It is PRESIDENT'S REPORT 9 idle for us to undertake to change this. With intercollegiate athletics occupying the place it does in the college mind and in the public press, a select few will have the first claim upon the athletic facilities of the College. Probably the undergraduates would vote with substantial unanimity that this should be the case. I, therefore, recommend that the four or five acres of ground on Broad Street for­ merly constituting the athletic field be withdrawn from the uses to which the Kelly Brothers as lessees are putting it and that Dr. Swan be allowed to use that area for out of door sports as a part of his regular physical instruction. The ground is well adapted to the purpose, and t'his proposi­ tion would not involve any considerable expense, perhaps not any expense at all. I simply ask for the use of the land. Professor Adams reports that he has been obliged to instruct the Freshmen in English I in three divisions this year. This has largely increased his work and if the next Freshman Class is as large or larger than the last one it is difficult to see how we can go on without more assistance in the English Department. The number of essays that must be read, corrected, and re-written, the number of per­ sonal consultations that must be held in order to secure the best results with the undergraduates makes the work in this department very exacting. Professor Adams is recom­ mended by Professor Brenton for the title of Professor. With the understanding that he does not, by accepting this title, become the head of an independent department, I recommend that the change be made. Professor Adams took charge of a class in Biblical Literature this term in ad­ dition to his other work at a time of much perplexity, the instructor engaged for that service having peremptorily re­ signed. Professor Gettell comments upon the great and in­ creasing interest among the students in work relating to Government and Politics and advocates another course along this line. He has delivered many lectures this year, has written book reviews, has published his book entitled "An Introduction to Political Science," and has in press a book entitled " Readings in Political Science." IO TRINITY COLLEGE

Professor Gill again urges the appointment of an in­ structor who shall take the Spanish and possibly, with Professor McCook's consent, the Italian. As stated above, the interest in Spanish is increasing and is likely to increase still more rapidly than hitherto. Professor Gill has during the year edited La Hermana San Sulpicio with notes and vocabulary. The book is now in type and in the catalogues of Messrs. Henry Holt & Company. Professor Morse, making hi~ first report, comments upon the extensive and excellent character of our equip­ ment for work in Biology. He deplores the loss of the lantern slides which were removed a year ago, and recom­ mends some rearrangement of the rooms and laboratories in Boardman Hall. The aquaria in the basement have been placed in good condition again and will contribute to the efficiency of the department. The museum has been largely rearranged and has profited by several gifts during the past year, no other one of them of such conspicuous value as the Caswell Collection, but all of them useful and available. Professor Barret reports that he has assisted Professor Bloomfields of the Johns Hopkins University in preparing a companion volume to the Vedic Concordance. He is also continuing his work in editing the Kashmirian Atharva Veda, two books of which he has published, one in 1906 and one in 1910. Mr. Barrows reports for the Department of Geology, which has been practically separated from the Department of Biology. He has done an immense amount of work in the Museum in rearranging, labeling, and preparing for exhibition and use by students the great amount of geo­ logical material which has been in our laboratory for a considerable time, and also in arranging for use the splendid Caswell Collection which has recently become our property. From several of the departments, Mathematics and English particularly, come indications that the lower classes are so large as to menace the efficacy of instruction. Most of our lecture rooms are too small for the larger classes. It is an interesting fact that there is not a lecture room in PRESIDENT'S REPORT II college large enough to accommodate the Freshman Class which entered 1908, 1909, or 1910. It will not answer for us to Jet our divisions get too large for successful work, and the Board of Trustees must, I think, contemplate the addi­ tion of two or three instructors to our faculty by the close of another year; unless, unhappily, something should occur to diminish our numbers. I think we have about reached the point where by retaining heads of departments at salaries more nearly reasonable than we have been paying we can get a good deal of teaching done by less expensive instructors, men who will work under careful oversight and direction and who can be let go after they have qualified themselves for better and more independent positions. I come now to a matter which touches the organization of the College as regards the administration of its curricu­ lum. Title II. of the Statutes, " Of the Faculty," defines the membership of the Faculty and prescribes in a broad way its status: "To the Faculty is committed the government of the students." This term " government" includes not only the administration of discipline and the punishment of of­ fenses (which latter point is becoming a matter of less moment as the colleges become civilized) but practically also the arrangement of courses of study for the two degrees which we give, the decision as to certain studies to be in­ sisted upon from the candidates for these degrees, the requisites for admission, and all those things the administra­ tion of which determines the intellectual life of the institu­ tion and the character of the education to be obtained by our undergraduates. It is essential that to some body of men this authority and perhaps some extension of it should be delegated by the Trustees, the Trustees, however, retaining naturally a super­ vision and their unquestioned right of veto. The Faculty as defined in the Statute just quoted seems the natural body to exercise these great po·wers. I feel moved to point out, however, that this relation of the Faculty to the work of the institution dates from a time when conditions were different in many respects from those which obtain at !2 TRINITY COLLEGE present. One need go back only a few years to reach a date when it was practically the case that any professor could teach any class in college. The colleges were giving the sort of general education within very narrow lines which the professors themselves had acquired in their own time. One of our own honored professors, not now with us, but not yet an old man, did to my knowledge teach effectively in college Latin, Greek, Mathematics, English, Physics, and Astronomy. He was also qualified to teach classes in French and German. I am not sure whether he ever did or not. A faculty made up of men like that and for the purposes for which faculties used to exist was the natural and proper body to control the courses of study. From the necessities of these later days facul­ ties are and must be made up of men of an entirely different type. The professors are specialists. While by no means without attainments in other branches than those which they are called upon to teach, and in which they inves­ tigate, they, nevertheless, are so preoccupied with their special­ ties that it is very difficult for them to understand the needs of other departments or the true relation of their own depart­ ments to the curriculum of the college. Many of them, probably with good judgment, are unwilling to concern them­ .selves with the larger problems of educational administration. It is becoming very common for professors to decline to vote upon the most serious questions Wlhich come before the Faculty. They lead a life intensely concentrated upon their own specific work and they must do so. Yet they are called upon very frequently to determine questions which the very nature of their work and their very excellencies of preparation have disqualified them from judging. Of course there are departments more or less closely allied. Physics, Mathematics, and Civil Engineering, for example, have much in common. Civil Engineering and Geology are a'llied. Biology, Geology, and Chemistry are related. 'Dhe Professors of Latin and Greek know each other's work and needs. So also the Departments of History, Political Science, Economics, over­ lap. Yet I think it is evident that, whereas the old Fac- PRESIDENT'S REPORT 13 ulty was, as it ought to have been and could be, an organi­ zation ; the newer FacuJ.ty is and under present conditions must be an aggregation. There is no essential unity of pur­ pose outside the general desire to help in making the college the best possiblle. This state of affairs is one which calls for thought and I think for a remedy. As things are now the college administration is cumbersome, moves very slowly, and with much creaking of the mechanism. I regret to say that I am hardly prepared to offer at this time any definite prop­ osition looking to a remedy. It would not do at all here or elsewhere, to make the President an autocrat in such matters. No President is qualified for such a task. The Board of Fel­ lows was, I suppose, originally organized with the idea that it would discharge some of these greater functions which are discharged with difficu'lty by the present Faculty; but expe­ rience has shown that the Board of Fellows is not adapted to this sort of work. I believe that -they have not of late reported at all " concerning the course of study and on the examination of the students " as specially required to do by Section 2 of Title IV. of the Statutes. The Committee on Educational Departments of the Trus­ tees has so far concerned itself mainly wit!h examining the qualifications of candidates for positions in the Faculty and I presume would be unwilling to undertake intimate relations with the actual educational administration. As to this I may be in error. My thoughts lead me toward a possible proposition some­ thing like this. That t'he greater questions in educational administration should be committed to a rather small body consisting of the President of the College; certain members of the Faculty, carefully chosen, not to represent special in­ terests but to consider broad questions in collegiate educa­ tion; one or two Trustees, accessible and especially interested in educational matters as such; and to fuis number I should add, if possible, persons who would represent not the college which furnishes the product but the public which has to take the product. I can think at this moment of a distinguished lawyer and a well-known inventor and mechanic resident in 14 TRINITY COLLEGE

Hartford, whose counsel I should very muc'h like to have in matters of this sort and whose judgment I should be willing to recognize as of great weight. A body of this kind, number­ ing not more than, say, nine persons, could, I think, work together to the very great advantage of the College. It would be large enoug1h to make certain a wide range of attainment and opinion and small enough to act with precision and prompt­ ness. I do not make this proposition definitely just now. I have put down these thoughts in order to explain to the Trustees some present difficulties and to let the Trustees know the line along which I am thinking. It would please me if a committee of your body should be appointed to consider the questions raised by this section of my report. College education in this country is suffering for the lack of any authoritative supervision. Colleges are re­ sponsible to nobody. Any college can show a considerable number of eminent graduates. It can generally conceal most of its failures. It can defend any of its peculiarities, whether those peculiarities are really advantages in the particular work which the college does or whether they are a survival from the prejudices and obsolete conditions of an earlier time. It does not bring its work before any tri­ bunal for final judgment except, indeed, that the general public has some idea about the college if it takes any inter­ est in it whatever. Because of the existing independence from all control, colleges have become sensitive to criti­ cism. Reasonable and necessary conditions prescribed by the Carnegie Foundation as preliminary to the granting cf pensions are often violently condemned by speakers and writers upon academic subjects. The decidedly exaggerated criticisms of men like Mr. R. T. Crane of Chicago are dis­ missed with contempt by college presidents and college professors without any inquiry as to a possible basis for the bitter attack which Mr. Crane has made. I do not think that this is a healthful situation. For myself, I should welcome a considerable extension of the supervising atten­ tion of the Carnegie Foundation, simply because it is an PRESIDENT'S REPORT IS outside, independent board of control. I do not think that the benefits from the pensions which they have given and will give are of as much importance as the services which they have rendered and will render in comparing the col­ leges with each other and in comparing colleges with those reasonable standards and ideals which every college ought to maintain and which some colleges have failed to main­ tain. Another body which is helping in the same direction is the College Entrance Examination Board. Their progress has not been as marked as that of the Carnegie Foundation. I look to see a considerable change in the manner in which their examination papers are prepared, read, and marked. Nevertheless, it is a very desirable thing that there should be some body independent of all the schools and of all the colleges that shall conduct entrance examinations and report upon them. A further step forward which may not be taken in the immediate future would be the establishment of some kind of a board to conduct the term examinations of the colleges, thus bringing it about that the instructor should not be the examiner, that the instructor should not be the judge of the success of his work. I do not think that the adoption of some such plan as this would in any way diminish the independence of instructors or seriously hamper the exercise of individual methods. It would not reduce the professor to a machine. It would measure him by a standard. Probably a number of boards such as that which I have described, eacih controlling an associated group of colleges, might work better than a single board for the entire country. Such a plan as this would throw a great deal of light upon the curious variations in the markings of different professors and different departments. For example, the failures in the several departments at Trinity College, taking a period of two years, vary from 50% to 27%. The following table cannot fail to be of interest as showing different percentages of failures during the two years ending 16 TRINITY COLLEGE

June 22, 1910. I have designated the departments by let­ ters instead of giving their names: A, 27 % H, 12.7% B, 26.7 I, 12.1 C, 22 ], II D, 19 K, IO E, 17 L, 7.6 F, 14 M, 6 G, 13 N, s.s Is this distribution of failures due to the varying strict­ ness of the professors or to the relative difficulty of the several departments? Comparison of this tab1e with the results in other institutions would throw considerable light upon the subject. If the examinations were the same for all New England still more illumination would be available. I look for growth along these lines in the development of American higher education, for the breaking down of pe­ culiarities which have no real justification, for the union of colleges in the work which is the same for all of them, and to that work and to the unifying of the work I trust that Trinity College will contribute its share. Very respectfully, F. s. LUTHER, .President. June 1, 1911. IDriuity Qlnllrgr Report of The Librarian

July, I 9 I I w LIBRARIAN'S REPORT

The Reverend F. S. Luther, LL.D., President-, Trinity Colle~e, Hartford, Connecticut.

·Sir: -In accordance with the Statutes, I beg to submit this, my second annual report on the Library, for the year ending May JI, I9II. During the college year the Library was open the same hours as for the past four years, i. e. week days from 8 :45-I2 :45, I :45-4:45, 7 :30-Io, excepting Wednesday even­ ings and Saturday afternoons and evenings; it was open Sunday evenings from 7:30-10 o'clock. Experience shows that these hours meet, very fairly, the need of the College. The Librarian believes, however, that the use would war­ rant the opening of the Library between the hours of I2 :45 and I :45 and some portion of the day during the Christmas and Easter Recesses. It is hoped that this can be arranged the coming year. From August I9-3I of the past year the Library was open week day mornings, during the con­ ferences of the Chinese Students' Christian Association in North America and the Chinese Students' Alliance of the Eastern States of the United States. For the latter body books and magazines were brought together upon the sub­ ject that was debated at one of their sessions, i. e. Resolved, "That China should summon a national assembly before I9I7." Although the future historian of the College would find no special event or unusual gift to the Library such as to make the year worthy of particular mention, the statistics of attendance and the necessity of additional tables and chairs indicate the steady and consistent increase 20 TRINITY COLLEGE in the use of the Library by the college body. The accumu­ lation of many books is nat the only function of a library. An important and perhaps its best service is to have for ready use the material on its shelves. This increase in the use of the library has been deemed worthy of comment in the Librarian's reports for the past three years. In his ninth annual report for the year 1907-1908, Mr. Carlton writes, "The surprising event of the year was the very great increase in the use of the Library." The attendance was 3,645 more than the previous year. In Mr. Carlton's report for 1908-9, we read, "The attendance again shows a considerable increase over the preceding year this increase is not spasmodic or due to unusual causes . . . ." Last year your Librarian reported that the statistics showed a healthy and gratifying increase. In the annual summary of attendance, in one of the following tables, the increase from 5,517 in 1906-7 to 13,1 r2 in the present year may be noted. In the report for 1907-8, Mr. Carlton makes inter­ esting comment upon the causes of this increase. They may be summarized briefly as follows: First, more faith­ ful study on the part of the students; second, the " renais­ sance " in recent years in the matter of general reading, encouraged by the methods of instruction in t'he classroom and by the freedom of access to the books on the shelves ; third, the quiet, studious atmosphere offered by the Library. It is a matter of congra·tulation that the "library habit" is thus becoming a tradition among our students·. The follow­ ing quotation, from Burton's AnaJtomy of Melancholy shows the possible influence of a library. It would be equally ap­ plicable to the influence of the College as a whole. "I never come into a library (saith Heinsius) but I bolt the door to. me, excluding lust, ambition, avarice, and all such vices whose nurse is idleness, the mother of ignorance and melan­ choly herself; and in the very lap of eternity, among so many divine souls, I take my seat with so lofty a spirit and sweet content that I pity all our great ones and rich men that know not their happiness." LIBRARIAN'S REPORT 21

ATTENDANCE, CLASSIFIED.

191o-tgu Faculty Students Others Day Eve. Total June,' 8r 751 44 (ij7 209 876 September,' 40 347 9 345 51 396 October, 140 1,659 26 1,432 393 r,825 November, 125 1,409 18 1,303 249 1,552 December,' 130 1,129 8 1,038 229 1,267 January,' rr8 1,354 13 1,149 336 1,485 February, u8 1,121 7 1,072 174 1,246 March, 183 1,649 62 1,616 278 1,894 April,' 81 84r 12 789 145 934 May, 140 1,468 29 1,358 279 1,637 1,156 II,728 228 10,769 2,343 13,II2 'Twenty days. I Eight days. • Twenty-two days. • Twenty-six days. • Eighteen days.

ATTENDANCE, MONTHLY. June Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. April May 1908-1909, 465 163 1,452 1,337 992 1,252 987 1,632 1,020 1,409 1909-1910, 678 349 1,8o4 1,764 1,250 r,46o 1,187 1,262. 1,284 1,649 191Q-19II, 876 396 1,825 1,552 1,267 1,485 1,246 1,894 934 1,637 ATTENDANCE, ANNUAL SUMMARY.

tg00-07 1907-o8 Igo8-0Q Ig<>9-10 I9I<>-:U Day, 4.405 7,510 8,532 10,011 10,769 Evening, 1,II2 1,652 2,177 2,676 2,343

Total, 5,517 9,162 10,709 12,687 13,II2 INCREASE OF THE LIBRARY. The year has seen an addition to the library of 2,703 volumes, 2,179 pamphlets, 8 maps, and 765 pieces of music. Of these 76o completed volumes were purchased, and 1,540 volumes, 1,932 pamphlets, the maps and music were pre­ sented. The first figures include also 403 volumes and 247 pamphlets, transferred from various Department collections. With few exceptions these books were purchased independently by the Departments, with their own appropriations. They had not been accessioned, and thus increase materially the number of additions to be reported for the past year. The Departments making such transfers were as follows: Department of Chemistry, 122 volumes. Department of Romance Languages, r6 volumes. Department of Natural History, 265 volumes, 247 pamphlets. 22 TRINITY COLLEGE

The increase in the number of volumes purchased, over the two preceding years, was made possible by the larger in­ come temporarily received from the Northam Fund. It was found possible to meet practically all of the re­ quests of the several Departments of Instruction and to take advantage of opportunities to complete important sets and obtain good editions of authors needed. Nine volumes were purchased from the library of the late Professor Thomas Day Seymour, including seyen volumes of the Transactions of the American Philological Association needed to complete the set in the Library. The titles of other important purchases follow:

Century Dictionary. 2 supplementary volumes. 1910. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. 1905-1909. Monroe, Paul (Ed.). Cyclopedia of Education. v. I. 19II. Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarumc 3 parts. (In continuation.) Heitland, W. E. The Roman Republic. 3 v. 1909. Miiller, I. von. Handbuch der klassischen Altertumswissenschafl 7 v. (In continuation.) Wachsmuth, C. Die Stadt Athen im Alterthum. 2 v. 1874-18go. Grammatici Graeci. v. 2 pt. 2-3. (Apollonius Dyscolus v. 2-3.) 1910. (In continuation.) Hill, G. F. Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Phoenicia. 1910. (British Museum Catalogue of Greek Coins. v. 26.) Pollard, A. W. Shakespeare Folios and Quartos ; a study in bibliog­ raphy. 1909. Boswell, James. Life of Johnson. Edited by G. Birbeck-Hill. 6 v. 1887. Pope, Alexander. Works. Edited by Elwin and Courthope. ro v. 1871-188g. Wordsworth, William. Poetical works. Edited by William Knight. 8 v, 1882-1886. Thoreau, H. D. Writings. (Walden edition.) 20 v. 1go6. Coppee, Frant;ois. [Oeuvres en prose.) 6 v. Flaubert, Gustave. [Oeuvres.] 9 v. Daudet, Alphonse. [Oeuvres.] 21 v. (A part of the cost of this set was met by the Department of Romance Languages.) Sylvester, H. M. Indian Wars of New England. 3 v. 1910. The Pittsburgh Survey. 2 v. 1909-1910. (To be complete in six volumes.) Huggins, Sir William.. Scientific Papers. 1909. Huggins, Sir William and Lady. Atla~ of Stellar Spectra. 1899. Knott, C. G. Life and Scientific Work of P. G. Tait. 19II. Appell, Paul. Traite de Mecanique Rationnelle. v. 1. 3. 1909. Curie, Madame P . Traite de Radioactivite. 2 v. 1910. Landolt-Bornstein. Physikalisch-Chemische Tabellen. 3• Auftage. 1905. Mine:al If!dustry. Edited by W . R. Ingalls. 1907, 1go8, 1909. (In con- tmuahon.) LIBRARIAN'S REPORT 23

Pfeffer, W. The Physiology of Plants. 3 v. 2d edition. 1900-1906. Oltmanns, F.. Morphologie und Biologie der Alpen. 2 v. 1904-1905. Great Britain. Royal Commission on Sewage Disposal. 9 v. r9Q8- I9IO. (In continuation.) The ensuing table shows the present total extent of the Library, and its annual growth during the past decade. Purchased Given Annual Increase Total in library Year Vols. Vola. Pphs. Vola. Pphs. I Vols. Pphs. 1901-1902 483 1,999 1,095 2,482 1,095 45,130 28,185 1902-1903 307 1,223 912 1,530 912 46,66o 29,097 1903-1904 703 922 654 1,625 655 48,285 29,752 1904-1905 635 910 1,446 1,519 1,446 49,8o4 31,198 1905-1g00 672 1,098 1,248 1,770 1,248 51,574 32,446 1g00-1907 8oo 2,002 1,312 3.402 1,312 54.976 33,758 1907-1908 833 727 1,186 1,56o 1,186 56,536 34,944 1908-1909 553 1,132 1,304 1,685 1,304 58,221 36,248 1909-1910 510 1,841 1,940 2,351 1,940 .6o,572 38,188 191o-19II 700 1,943 2,179 2,703 2,179 63,275 40,367 GIFTS. A complete list of donors will be found in the appendixes. Among the gifts of particular value and use to the Library were several sets of period'icals. It is a pleasure to record the following : From Professor R. B. Riggs a complete bound set of the Berichte der Deutschen Chernischen Gesellschaft, 1868-1910. The great value of this important chemical journal will be readily recognized. To have purchased it with the book funds of the Library would have meant the using of one-eighth of th·e total book funds available for the year. From Professor H. F. Os·born (LL.D., T. C., 1901), of New York City, a bound set of the American Naturalist, vol­ umes 1-33 (1867-1899). 1This completes the set in the Library. Rev. Myron A. Munson, M.A., presented 68 bound vol­ umes and 19 unbound volumes, among which were the first 21 volumes of Bibliotheca Sacra and 19 volumes of Review of Reviews. From Rev. C. H . W. Stocking, D.D. (T. C., 186o), 11 volumes, including Ghurohman's Magazine, r8o8-r815; Church Monthly, r866-1869; Churdh Review, 1863-64. Ten unbound volumes of the American Historical Review, 1899-1910, were presented by Mrs. D. P. Corey of Malden, Massachusetts. TRINITY COLLEGE

In addttion to its own valuable publications, the Smith­ sonian Institution gave the Library the I I volumes of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, the most important scientific work upon thaJt: region that has been published. From t!he Rev. Wil'liam H. Vibbert, D.D. (T.C., 1888), was received a copy of Rosin us: Antiquitatum Romanorum. [Ed.] T. Dempster, 1640. A valuable and unique acquisition was that of two rolls contd.Jining a copy of a rubbing of the N estorian Monument. These were presented by Rev. Professor J. J. McCook, '63. Mr. John Curtis Underwood,'¢, gave a copy of his book of poems, "The Iron Muse." He also gave a percentage of the receipts, during a limited period, received from the sale of the work to Trinity men. Mr. E. F. Waterman, '98, met the expense of framing a photogniph of the Library taken during the fire in May, I907. In July the Library received a valuable collection of sacred music from Mr. Louis W. Downes, T.C., 1888, Wlhich he .had selected from the library of his father, the late Mr. Louis T. Downes, T.C., 1848. It consists of 98 bound volumes and 765 pieces, of which 47 volumes and I39 pieces are for the organ and SI volumes and 626 pieces for the voice. The letter, in regard to the gift, that follows, is a pleasant indica­ tion of the interest of the alumni in the Library and brings to mind the gi£t made last year by Mr. John M. Brainard, '84, from the library of his faillher, Rev. John Brainard, D.D., '51. It is through such interest on the part of the alumni that the Library owes the larger part of its collection.

Providence, R. I., July I, 1910. President Flavel S. Lurther, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. Dear Dr. Luther: Shortly before his death, my fabher expressed a wish that some of his organ music should go to the College. In endeavoPing to settle up his affairs, I have been over this and find that a vast quantity of it would be of little or UBRARIAN'S REPORT 25 no benefit to the CoJ.Jege. There is, however, a certain amount that I thought might be of use to musically inclined students or those in charge of the chapel services, and if agreeable to you, I will have this sent forward. Kindly let me know if such a gift would be acceptable or of value to the College. Yours very truly, L. W. DowNES.

The Library is fortunate in receiving regularly the publications of the United States Government, the State of Connecticut, the New York State Education Department, the Smithsonian and Carnegie Institutions. The publica­ tions of the latter, the Carnegie Institution, amounting to more than 150 volumes since its foundation in 1902, are contributions to knowledge of the very highest value, and the Library is to be congratulated upon possessing a com­ plete set. Other publications of value that the Library re­ ceives regularly are noted below. When no donor is given it is to be understood that they are the gift of the society or association publishing them.

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Proceedings. American Bar Association, Reports. (Gift of Prof. R. B. Riggs.) American Electrochemical Soc.iety, Transactions. (Gift of Dr. Hey- ward Scudder, '9r.) American Pharmaceutical Association, Proceedjngs. American Philological Association, Transactions and Proceedings. (Gift of Rev. I. T. Beckwith.) American Waterways Association, Proceedings. Bulletin d'lnstitut International de Statistique. Canada, Royal Soc.iety, Proceedings. Canadian Archives. (Gift of the Canadian Government.) Connecticut Historical Society, Collections. Georgia Geological Survey, Reports. Iowa Geological Survey, Reports. Italy, Ministero di Grazia e Giustizia e dei Culti-Uffizio della Statistica. Publications. Journals of the Continental Congress. Edited from the original records in the Library of Congress. Massachusetts Bay, Acts and Resolves (Gift of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.) New Jersey Geological Survey, Reports. New York Historical Society, Proceedings. (Gift of Archer M. Hunt­ ington, Esq., of New York City.) New York State Historian, Publications. TRINITY COLLEGE

Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, Proceedings. Providence, Early Records. United States Naval War Records. Washington Academy of Sciences, Proceedings.

CATALOGUING. The cataloguing has been practically at a standstill. An increase in the purchases of above two hundred volumes over the number purchased either of the two preceding years has required more time, both in looking up and send­ ing out the orders and in the necessary consultation with the members of the Faculty in regard to such orders. The statistics of attendance show an increase in the use of the Library, by members of the Faculty, of 288 over the pre­ vious year (from 868 to I ,I s6). This is pertinent to the above statement. The necessity of properly taking up this matter of cataloguing has been emphasized in all the recent reports of the Library and need not be repeated here. A strong argument by John Fiske in favor of minute cata­ loguing and classification may well be quoted, " . . . little details . do not minister to grand or striking generalizations, though their destiny is in the main an ob­ scure one, yet if they were not duly taken care of, the use­ fulness of libraries as aids to higher culture and profound investigation would be fatally impaired." That "our arrears in this important matter may not make trouble for us in the future and remain a constant element of annoyance," I would recommend that there be a regular appropriation of $soo.oo for cataloguing.

ASSISTANTS. The student assistants during the year were Messrs. C. E. Sherman, 'II, H. N. C. Christie, 'II, Reginald Bur­ bank, 'II, W. A. Bird, IV, 'I2, S. H. Evison, 'I2. Mr. Sherman is planning to go into library work and enters the New York State Library School in September. For the past two years, with this purpose in mind, Mr. Sherman has taken intelligent and live interest in all the work of the LIBRARIAN'S REPORT 27

Library. During the past year he has been the chief assist­ ant and has shown an aptitude for the work that speaks well for his future success. All the assistants rendered satisfactory service. The Library has continued to use to advantage the in­ telligent and prompt services of the assistants in the Treas­ urer's Office. CONCLUSION. It is the opinion of the Librarian that an important and proper policy has been established the past year in the transferring to the general library the various Department collections, to be duly accessioned and catalogued. This makes available to the entire college body over 400 volumes, chiefly in the field of Natural History, that have heretofore been unrecorded in the general library. This will in no way prevent the Departments from having on deposit for a term or for an entire college year, if needed, any of these, or within reason, any other volumes of the library. The title of every book purchased with college funds should be noted in the catalogue of the general library. The Librarian has found that the members of the Faculty, without exception, agree with this policy. The crowded condition of the Library has been aggra­ vated, naturally, by this increase, and it has been found necessary to put a number of the sets of periodicals in double rows on the shelves, one row behind the other. This, at best, is unsatisfactory, and tends to the disorder of the sets. If the Library cannot provide proper space and shelv­ ing for the books it is not at all unlikely that some of the Departments will soon desire to have the books back in their own care, and the opportunity lost to adopt a policy agreed by all to be the wisest. With the exception of the Document room, where a little space for new shelving remains, all available library space has been shelved and the shelving filled to overflowing. Thoreau, in "Walden," writes that " Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of TRINITY COLLEGE generations and nations." Certainly the books in the Li­ brary are the most valuable tangible inheritance of the Col­ lege and should be cherished and safeguarded. The recent destruction of the collection of the New York State Library has made all those who are responsible for the proper care of libraries alive to their duty. This Library was most fortunately saved from serious loss, by the fire of a few years past, by the intelligent promptness of the authorities and students. During the past year a blaze in the entry over the stack was serious enough to make it necessary to move several cases in the Library, to s~ve the books from the water that was used in putting out the fire. Until the Li­ brary is housed in a separate fireproof building, there will be this ever present danger. In the report for I90S-6, Mr. Carlton, in an able review of the needs of the Library, writes that " three things , a larger endowment, a Library building, and an increased working force, are what we must expect to con­ front us as necessities within the next five years." The present report can but pro"ve the truth of this statement. All of which is respectfully submitted,

WALTER BENJAMIN BRIGG.S, Librarian. June I, I9II. LIBRARIAN'S REPORT 29

APPENDIX I.

Periodicals Received, 1910-II. NOTE: The following figures explain the sources whence the Jour­ nals are derived : * Purchased with the income from the book funds. t Gift of the publislrers. 1 Deposited by the Rev. Henry Ferguson, '68. • Gift of the Rev. Henry Ferguson, '68. • Gift of the United States Government. • Gift of Professor R. B. Riggs. • Gift of the Rev. P.rofessor I. T. Beckwith. • Gift of Professor H. A. Perkins. ' Gift of Professor F. C. Babbitt. • Gift of the Estate of Mrs. E. H. Colt. • Gift of ]. ]. Goodwin, Esq., of Hartford. •• Gift of H. Sotheran & Co., London, England. 11 Gift of Professor G. A. Kleene. .. Deposited by the Department of Economics. '" Gift of E. F. Waterman, 'g8. 1 ' Gift of Dr. ]. Ewing Mears, 's8. 18 Deposited by the Dept. of Modern Languages. •• Current number deposited by Professor M. W. Morse. "" Gift of President F. S. Luther. 21 Gift of ]. W. Woessner, 'rr. "" Gift of Dr. Heywood Scudder, 'gr. 21 Gift of W. B. Briggs. Vols. t Advocate of Peace . I •• American Breeders Magazine * American Chemical Journal . 2 •• American Economic Association Publications § I 10 American Economic Review § I t American Economist 2 • American Forestry I 2 American Geographical Society, Bulletin I 1 American Historical Review 1 • American Journal of Anatomy

f A second copy has been deposited by Rev. Henry Ferguson, '68. 30 TRINITY COLLEGE

Vols. • American Journal of Archaeology * American Journal of Philology * American Journal of Physiology . 3 " American Journal of Public Hygiene * American Journal of Science 2 * American Mathematical Monthly . * American Medical Association, Journal 2 * American Naturalist ' American Political Science Review " American Public Health Association, Journal, 2 "' American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Journal 2 • American Statistical Association, Publications " Anatomical Record . * Anatomischer Anzeiger . 2 * Annalen der Physik (mit Beiblii.tter) 4 * Annates de Chimie et de Physique 3 ,. Annates Politiques et Litteraires . 2 * Annals of Mathematics . 1 Annals of the Am. Academy of Political and Social Science 2 ' Archaeological Institute of America, Bulletin * Archiv fiir die gesamte Psychologie 2 * Archiv fiir Entwicklungsmechanik der Organismen * Archiv fiir lateinische Lexikographie und Grammatik (Irregular) * Archiv fiir Rassen-und Gesellschafts Biologie t Army and Navy Magazine I * Athenaeum (London) 2 * Atlantic Monthly 2 * Berliner philologische Wochenschrift " Biological Bulletin . t Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Bulletin t Boston Public Library, Monthly Bulletin t Bryn Mawr College Monographs . * Bulletin of Bibliography . • Bulletin of the Pan American Union 2 t California University, Publications in Zoology * Cement Age 2 * Century Magazine . 2 * Chemical News 2 * Chemical Society (London ) J ournal 3 * Chemisches Central-Blatt 4 t Church Helper (Grand Rapids) t Church Times (Milwaukee) t Churchman, The 2 • Classical Philology . LIBRARIAN'S REPORT 31

Vols. * Classical Review * Collier's Weekly 2 t Columbia University Quarterly * Commercial and Financial Chronicle t Connecticut State Board of Health Bulletin . I t Croce, La. Periodico per le Famigile Cristiane . * Cumulative Book Index ' Current Literature . 2 * Dial 2 * Eclectic Library Catalogue " Economic Bulletin § * Economic Geology " Economic Journal * Edinburgh Review 2 * Educational Review 2 ' Electrical World 2 * Engineering and Mining Journal 2 * Engineering News . 2 * Engineering Record . 2 t Equity "" Faraday Society, Transactions " Fliegende Blatter 2 * Geologische Rundschau . ' Guardian, The (London) 2 t Hartford Seminary Record t Hartford Times ' Harvard Graduates' Magazine t Holy Cross Magazine " Illustration, L' . " Illustration Theatrale, L' " Illustrazione Italiana, L' 2 • Independent, The 2 * Industrial Engineering and the Engineering Digest 2 t Insurance Journal * International Journal of Ethics " International Studio " Jahrbiicher fiir Nationalokonomie und Statistik . 2 * Jahresbericht ii. d. Fortschritte d. klass. Altertumwissenschaft 5 t Johns Hopkins University Circulars * Journal de Physique the6rique et appliquee * Journal of American Folk-lore * Journal of Animal Behaviour

I A second copy bas been depo•ited by Prof. Henry FerilJSOn, '68. TRINITY COLLEGE

Vols. ' Journal of Biblical Literature * Journal of Comparative Neurology * Journal of Experimental Zoology 2 * Journal of Geology I * Journal of Hygiene * Journal of Morphology * Journal of Philosophy, Psychology, and Scientific Methods " Journal of Political Economy * Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society . t Labor Digest (Minneapolis) * Library Journal * Literary Digest 2 . t Locomotive, Th.e I * London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine 2 • London Times (Weekly Edition) 2 * Magazine of History (N. Y.) 2 * Maitre Phonetique, Le . t Massachusetts State Board of Health, Monthly Bulletin t Medical Times t Metallurgical and Chemical Engineering t Michigan Churchman u Michigan [University] Alumnus I t Michigan [University] News-Letter 1 * Mind * Modern Language Notes * Modern Language Review * Modem Philology . * Nation (N. Y.) 2 " National Geographic Magazine 2 * Nature 2 t Nebraska, University of. University Studies I • New England Historical and Genealogical Register ., New York Evening Post * North American Review 2 t North Carolina Department of Agriculture, Bulletin . * Ohio Naturalist t Our Dumb Animals . t Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Monthly Bulletin " Pennsylvania Health Bulletin, ' Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography * Philologus * Philosophical Review * Popular Astronomy I * Popular Science Monthly 2 UBRARIAN'S REPORT 33

Vols.

' Power 2 t Practical Engineer t Protectionist, The * Psychological Bulletin * Psychological Review 10 Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record 2 * Publishers' Weekly . 2 * Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science . * Quarterly Review 2 ' Radium, Le * Revue Philosophique 2 * Rheinisches Museum fiir Philologie * Romania I * Romanic Review I " St. Andrew's Cross • School Science and Mathematics • Science§ 2 * Scientific American (and Supplement) 4 t Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections . " Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Proceedings * Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, Journal * Spectator (London) 2 ' Spirit of Missions I " Survey, The :j: . 3 t Technology Review t Trinity Tripod . " Uber Land und Meer 2 1 United States. Bulletin of the Bureau of Labor x 2 1 United States. Bulletin of the Bureau of Standards 1 1 United States. Catalogue of Copyright Entries 8 1 United States. Congressional Record . 12 1 United States. Crop Reporter 1 United States. Daily Consular and Trade Reports 4 1 United States. Experiment Station Record 1 United States. Immigration Bulletin 1 United States. Monthly Catalogue U. S. Public Documents 1 United States. Monthly Consular and Trade Reports 4 1 United States. Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance 4 1 United States. Monthly Weather Review 1 United States. Naval Medical Bulletin 1 United States. Public Health Reports 2

i A second copy has been presented by Dr. J. Ewing Mears, 's8, dnring 1910· 1911. t A second copy has been presented by Professor L. C. Barrett, during 1910· I9II. x A second copy has been depo·sited by Rev. Henry Ferguson, '68. 3 34 TRINITY COLLEGE

Vola. " Virginia Health Bulletin • Virginia Magazine of History and Biography " Wall Street Journal 2 t Washington Academy of Sciences, Proceedings . t William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine * World's Work . 2 1 Yale Review t Yale University Bulletin . * Zeitschrift fiir analytische Chemi-e * Zeitschrift fiir anorganische Chemie 3 11 Zeitschrift fiir induktiv Abstamungslehre 11 Zentralblatt fiir Biochemie und Biophysik * Zentralblatt fiir Bibliothekwesen (und Beihefte) Periodicals purchased 84 Periodicals presented 86 Periodicals loaned or deposited 24

Periodicals, Total 194

Volumes purchased 136 Volumes presented 132 Volumes deposited 2 2

Volumes, Total . 290 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT 35

APPENDIX II. LIST OF DoNOIS. (See also Appendix I.) In this enumeration, a pamphlet is understood to be a piece of unbound printed matter less than lOO pages in extent. Bound Unbound Pam- vols. vols. phlets Acheson Oildag Company, Niagara Falls, N. Y. Adams, Rev. Prof. Arthur, Trinity College . 2 American Bar Association . American School of Correspondence, Olicago, Ill. American Waterways Association Argentine Republic, Government of (through Smithsonian Institution) 3 Babbitt, Professor F. C., Trinity College . Barbour, H. G., 'o6, Johns Hopkins University Barret, Professor L. C., Trinity College . 2 Beardsley, Rev. W. A., '87 . two book plates Beckwith, Rev. Prof. I. T., Trinity College Benton, Josiah H., LL.D., Boston, Mass .. 2 Boardman, William J., '54, Washington, D. C. 2 Boston Latin School Association I Briggs, Walter B., Trinity College . 6 3 Brooklyn, N. Y., New England Society . Buffalo Forge Company, Buffalo, N. Y. one chart Bulkeley, Hon. M. G., U. S. Senator 4 Bunker Hill Monument Association . Bureau of Railway Economics (through Henry Holt & Company) Burrows Brothers Company, Cleveland, 0. Canada, Royal Society of . Canadian Government one map 2 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching 3 2 Carnegie Institution of Washington, D. C. 20 8 Olicago Vice Commission . Olurchman Publishing Company, New York City Cole, George Watson, Ri..-erside, Conn. Columbia University, New York, N. Y., De­ partment of Physics TRINITY COLLEGE

Bound Unbound Pam- vols. Yola. phleta Connecticut, State of (through State Library) 4I II SI Connecticut Historical Society Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association Corey, Mrs. D. P., Malden, Mass. . IO Depew, Hon. C. M., U. S. Senator . Dexter, Professor F. B., Yale University Dooman, Eugene H., 'II Douglas, Rev. G. W., D.D., '71, New York City I Downes, Louis W., '88, Providence, R. I. 98 · 765 pieces of music Dryden, Hon. John F., Newark, N. J. I Farnsworth, Edward C., Portland, Me. Ferguson, Rev. Prof. Henry, '68, Concord, N. H. Fisher, Sydney G., LL.D., '79, Philadelphia eighteen plates Fiske, Rev. George M., '70, D.D., Providence R. I. Fock, Gustav, Leipzig, Germany Foster, Rabbi Soloman, Newark, N. J. Genthe, Professor Karl W., Chemnitz, Germany 3 4 Goodwin, Rev. E. L., Fairfax, Va.. Gorham, Edwin S., New York City . I Green, S. W., ' II . 6 Gurley, R. R., M.D., New York City Haight, Sherman P., 'II . 3 Hale, Bishop, Foundation, Trustees of (through Young Churchman Company, Milwaukee) 2 Hall, Rev. Angelo, Annapolis, Md. Hart, Samuel, D.D., LL.D., '66, Middletown, Conn. Henderson, Professor C. R., University of Chicago 23 Hoadley, George E., Hartford 4 Holbrooke, George 0 ., '6g . I Hopson, George B., D.D., '57, Annandale, N. Y. Huntington, Archer M., New York City . 3 Institut International de Statistique, L' . 2 Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume, Albany, N. Y. two plates Iowa Geological Survey Italy, Ministry of Agriculture, etc. Jameson, Melvin, Gouverneur, N. Y. Johnson, Professor C. F., Trinity College . I Journal of American History, Meriden, Conn. 2 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT 37

Bound Unbound Pam­ vols. vols. pblets. " Justus " (through Andrew H. Kellogg Co., New York City) . Kleene, Professor G. A., Trinity College . 4 Lamberton, James M., Harrisburg, Pa. Little, Arthur D., Boston, Mass. Lombard, Louis, Lugano, Switzerland Loubat, Due de, Paris, France Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz. 3 Luther, President F. S., '70 17 38 SI one photograph McClurg, A. C. & Company, Chicago McCook, Rev. Henry C., LL.D., Devon, Pa. McCook, Rev. Prof. ]. ]., '63, Trinity College 51 8 43 two plates Macdonald, Professor Duncan B., D.D. (Ron. '09), Hartford Theological Seminary Massachusetts, Secretary of State . Massachusetts, Trustees of Public Reservations Mears, ]. Ewing, M.D., LL.D., '58, Philadelphia 35 Moore, Clarence B., Philadelphia . Morehouse, Rev. F. S., 'or, Cheshire, Conn. . Morgan, Forrest, M.A. (Hon. '03), Hartford . Morse, Professor M. W., Trinity College 2 37 Munson, Rev. Myron A., M.A., Hartford 68 19 Naosuke, Lord II, Memorial Conm1ittee Yoko- hama, Japan . Nation, The, London, England . National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, Chicago National Peace Congress . New Haven Colony Historical Society I New Jersey Geological Survey New York City, New England Society New York State, Board of Charities 4 I New York State, Education Department 6 3 ew York State, Historian 3 New York State, Library 6 orton, Charles D., New York City Olcott, W. T., '96, Norwich, Conn .. Osborn, Professor H. F., LL.D. (Ron. '01), New York City . 33 Pedersen, V. C., M.D., '91, New York City I 9 Philadelphia, Committee on Publication, Foun­ ders' Week Memorial Volume . I TRINITY COU.EGE

Bound trnbou11d Pam· volt. vols. phleu. Philippine Islands, Director of Education Porter, Robert P., Oxford, England . I President's Office, Trinity College 6 35 Providence, R. 1., Record Commissioner . Raymond, Professor George L., L.H.D., Wash- ington, D. C. Reed, The Thomas Brackett Reed Memorial Association, Portland, Me. . Riggs, Professor R. B., Trinity College IIO I2 Robbins, Reginald C., Hamilton, Mass. 3 Russell, Mrs. Gurdon W., Hartford . Scudder, Hayward, M.D., '9I, Boston, Mass.. 2 Slocum, E. C., M.D. LL.D., Toledo, 0 . I Smart, Rev. H. S., 'o6, Huntingdon, Pa . . Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. I 2 7 Sotheran, Henry, & Co., London, England . 3 Spofford, Charles B., Claremont, N. H .. 9 Standard Oil Company, New York City . Stocking, Rev. C. H. W., D.D., '6o . II Stockton, Rev. Elias B., '90, West Orange, N. ]. Stockel, Carl, Norfolk, Conn. . Stoll, Henry F., M.D., Hartford. Swan, Horace C., M.D., Trinity College . 2 Thompson, Slason, Chicago Trinity Ivy, Editors of I Trinity Tripod I 5 Underwood, John Curtis, '96, New York City . United States Superintendent of Docum:ents 350 985 . seven maps United States Bureau of Education I 4 United States Bureau of Insular Affairs United States Commissioner of Corporations United States Department of Agriculture 4 United States Interstate Commerce Commission United States Library of Congress 4 9 United States Naval Observatory United States Naval War Records Office United States Public Health and Marine Hos- pital Service 2 IS United States Brewers' Association, New York City 2 Vermont, State of, Lake Champlain Tercen­ tenary Co. Commission I LIBRARIAN'S REPORT 39

Bound Unbound Pam­ vola. vola. phleta. Vibbert, William H., D.D., '58, New York City I Washington, D. C., Academy of Sciences 4 Waterman, E. F., '98, Trinity College IS 35 Waterman, Lucius, D.D., '7I, Hanover, N. H .. Wes~rn Theological Seminary, Chicago . I Williams College I Woodward, P. Henry, M.A. (Hon. 'oo), Hart- ford Yale University, Astronomical Observatory Business, financial, and political organizations . 3 I8 Colleges, universities and other educational institutions 7 99 225 Libraries 43 Railway, telegraph and other public service corporations 8 Religious, charitabl~ and social organizations . 2 I2 45 By mail, donors unknown . ::l 95 Periodicals presented as per Appendix I I3:l

Totals 950 590 1,932 In addition to the Government Documents included in these totals, there have been recei~d and arranged 1.445 unbound documents. These 1,-445 pieces a~ in the nature of "advanced sheets" for immediate use and are destroyed upon ~ceipt of their equivalents in the bound Congressional Series. Trinity College Bulletin

Issued quarterly by the College. Entered January 12, 1904, at Hartford, Connecticut, as second-class matter, under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894.

The Bulletin includes in its issues: the College Cata­ logue, Reports of the President, Treasurer, and Li­ brarian ; Announcements and Circulars of Informa­ tion.