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ed by the legislature. A supplementary act was past the fol- 

 lowing year, by which the institution obtained the power of 

 conferring degrees in the arts and sciences under the name 

 and style of the " President and Professors of Kenyon Col- 

 lege." In the same year the convention of the Diocese fixed 

 the site of the college and seminary in Knox county, on a 

 tract of eight thousand acres of land, purchased of William 

 Hogg Esquire, of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, who generously 

 abated some thousand dollars from the price, in favor of the 

 College. Upon these lands, under the laborious and active su- 

 pervision of Bishop Chase, a village was immediately laid out, 

 which received the name of Gambier, from Lord Gambler, a 

 distinguished benefactor of the institution, in England. Valua- 

 ble mills weie soon erected, and a college building of stone, 

 on a magnificent plan, was partially completed. In 1831, 

 however, the want of funds caused a temporary suspension of 

 the work. 



At the convention held in September of that year. Bishop 

 Chase having resigned the presidency of the college, and the 

 charge of the Diocese, Bishop Mcllvaine was elected his suc- 

 cessor, but did not enter upon the duties of his office until 

 the winter of 1832. His first object, was the procuring of 

 means to relieve the pecuniary embarrassments of the insti- 

 tution, and to enable it to complete its buildings. In this he 

 was so far successful as to enable it to complete the college 

 edifice, erect a large and commodious building for the use of 

 the junior preparatory department, furnish dwelling houses for 

 the professors, and put up several other valuable and neces- 

 sary buildings. It still, however, feels the want of more ex- 

 tensive accommodations for its students and officers. 



The institution is situated in Knox county, five miles East 

 of Mount Vernon, being nearly in the centre of the State. 

 It now owns, and has entirely under its control a tract of four 

 thousand acres of very valuable land, in the centre of which 

 the college is placed. Its location is elevated and beautiful, 

 commanding a view of Vernon river, and its rich bottoms for 

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