GENERAL CATALOGUE. Ill 



1868. College Christian Union founded. 



1869, April 25. Resolve allowing $50,000 for the erection 



of buildings, &c. 



1869, June 20. The second national exhibition of agricultu- 



ral machines, instituted by the New Eng. 

 Agr'l Soc., held at the college for four 

 days. 



1869. Henry E. Alvord, U. S. A., detailed for 



duty at the college, as professor of mili- 

 tary science and tactics. 



1869. College hall, and farm house and barns 



built. 



1869. Gift of $2,000 by the Hon. William Knowl- 



ton for the purchase of the herbarium 

 collected by W. W. Denslow. 



1869. First Index published. 



1870, June 18. Resolve allowing $25,000 for the payment 



of debts. 

 1870, Oct. 28. Death of Professor Miller. 



1870. Rev. Henry W. Parker elected professor of 



mental, moral and social science, and 

 college preacher. 



1871, May 26. Act to amend an act incorporating the Mass- 



achusetts Agricultural College, authoriz- 

 ing the trustees to elect their own suc- 

 cessors. 



1871, May 26. Resolve allowing $50,000 for payment of 



debts and for current expenses, and add- 

 ing $141,535.35 to the perpetual fund of 

 the college ; also resolve ordering 10,000 

 extra copies of the college report to be 

 printed. 



871, July 19. Graduation of the first class, numbering 



twenty-seven. 



187 1 , July 21 . Winning of the intercollegiate regatta by the 



Agricultural College crew (time 16 min. 

 46 J sec.) 



1871. Selim H. Peabody elected professor of 



mathematics, physics, and civil engineer- 

 ing. 



