ANNUAL REPORT. 



To His Excellency the Governor and the Honorable Council : 



The year that has passed will doubtless prove one of the 

 most important in the history of the college. The energy, 

 the wisdom and the devotion of Dr. Chadbourne, who died 

 Feb. 23, 1883, aided by many friends of the college, 

 have begun to yield fruit promising lasting benefit to 

 every section of the State. It is seldom that an institu- 

 tion is subjected to so severe a loss as the college sus- 

 tained in his death. Speaking of his acceptance of the 

 office early in 1882, a member of the Board of Trus- 

 tees says : — 



"After due consideration, he consented to accept the proffered 

 position, and lost no time in entering upon the duties it involved. 

 The State College at that time needed all the energy, oversight, 

 executive abilit}', ripe experience, innate enthusiasm and educa- 

 tional resources which such a man only could supply. Rarely 

 have a man and his work so happily met. He seemed to compre- 

 hend the extent and peculiarity of the field on which he had 

 entered, as it were with a single steady glance ; and it at once 

 became obvious that the college was to have the benefit of a 

 masterly mind and character." 



In the obituary sketch which is found in the Alumni 

 Record of 1883 Prof. Bassett thus speaks of him : — 



" During the period of his service here. President Chadbourne 

 impressed himself upon faculty and students as a man of power 

 and sincere purpose. All have caught in some measure his earnest, 

 resolute spirit. He imparted an impetus to the college which has 

 become a vigorous internal life. His plans were large, his execu- 

 tion prompt and efiectual. The erection of a commodious drill 



