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Anthony Laussatt of the class of 1821, Sharswood of 

 the class of 1828, J. I. Clark Hare of the class of 1834, 

 and William Henry Rawle, of the class of 1842. In 

 science we boast of the names of Ebenezer Kinnersley, 

 David Rittenhouse, John Ewing, who ran Mason and 

 Dixon's line, William P. C. Barton the botanist, James 

 Woodhouse, Franklin Bache, Peter Lesley, Charles M. 

 Cresson, Fairman Rogers, John F. Frazer, and Joseph 

 Leidy, the incomparable anatomist. In the church we 

 point to James Latta, Albert Barnes, William Bacon 

 Stevens, Richard Newton, Charles M. Schaffer, George 

 Dana Boardman, and William A. Muhlenburg, of the 

 Class of 18 15, the hymnologist, and author of the beau- 

 tiful hymns, " I Would not Live Alway," and " Shout 

 the Glad Tidings"; among men of affairs there are 

 Henry Towne, the founder of the Towne Scientific 

 School, Isaac J. Wistar, the founder of the Wistar Insti- 

 tute of Anatomy and Biology, Joseph Wharton, founder 

 of the Wharton School of Finance, Joshua B. Lippin- 

 cott, the practical founder of the Veterinary School, 

 Henry Seybert, the generous patron of the Chair of 

 Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, Mrs. Bloomfield H. 

 Moore, and Joseph M. Bennett, the practical friends 

 of the higher education of women, Reese W. Flower, 

 the benefactor of the Astronomical Observatory, Henry 

 H. Houston, whose name will be forever associated in 

 the grateful memories of students with the memorial to 



