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Hardly had he taken up his work when the civil war broke out, and 

 for four trying years the university had a hard struggle, handicapped 

 as it was by loss of professors and students, but with reduced resources 

 it braved the storm and continued the work of the institution in all 

 departments. In 1862 the first class was graduated from the college, 

 and in November of the same year, after four years of successful labor, 

 spent in organizing the work of the university. Chancellor Hoyt died. 

 He was succeeded in 1863 by William Chauvenet, who, a year or so 

 before, had been appointed professor of mathematics and astronomy. 

 Chancellor Chauvenet was a classmate of his predecessor at Yale Col- 

 lege and a mathematician of national and even of international reputa- 

 tion. He was for some years professor of mathematics at the United 

 States Naval Academy, both at Philadelphia and at Annapolis, and 

 great credit is due to him for his part in organizing that institution, 

 which has always enjoyed such a high scientific position. His text- 

 book on trigonometry is still the standard work in most colleges of this 

 country. For seven years he held the chancellorship, and during his 

 administration a steady growth was maintained. On his death he was 

 succeeded, in 1872, by the Eev. Wm. G. Eliot, the president of the 

 board of directors since the incorporation, both of which positions he 

 continued to hold until his death in 1887. 



In 1867 the law school was organized and equipped, and some of 

 the ablest lawyers and judges of the city became members of the faculty. 

 Two years later, in reorganizing the scientific department, courses of 

 study leading to degrees in civil and mechanical engineering and in 

 chemistry were established in this department; in 1870 these courses 

 were lengthened from three to four years, and in 1871 a course of study 

 in mining and metallurgy was added. 



And so, finally, we find the work of the scientific department carried 

 on in conjunction with the work of the college, and these two depart- 

 ments soon became grouped together, as the undergraduate department. 

 This union gave final form to the general scheme of the university — a 

 department offering work in arts and science, around which center 

 preparatory and professional schools. Thus, in but a little more than 

 a decade, the university had been organized and the various depart- 

 ments brought into due coordination, leaving the way clear for rapid 

 expansion in the directions which were best adapted to the demands of 

 the times. 



In 1878 a new building was provided for the academy, thus sepa- 

 rating it completely from the college, and in IS 80 the Manual Training 

 School was organized as a third preparatory department. It was the 

 first school of its kind in the country, and its organization is due to 

 Professor Calvin M. Woodward, who was, and still is, professor of 

 mathematics and- applied science in the university. 



