During this period a law department was 

 established,' and for a time continued under 

 the care of Hon. William L. Storrs, Judge 

 of the State Supreme Court ; also a depart- 

 ment of normal instruction. During Dr. 

 Fisk's administration arrangements were also 

 begun for the establishment of a medical 

 department, but the project was postponed 

 and has not been yet resumed. 



HISTORY OF WESLEYAN UNIVER- 

 SITY. 



G. BROWN GOODE, IN COLLEGE REVIEW. 



Chapter n. 

 In 1852, Prof. Augustus W. Smith, LL. D., 

 who had been a professor in the institution 

 from its very infancy, was elected to the Pres- 

 idency. It was a novel move to place a lay- 

 man in this important position, but] Prof. 

 Smith was a hard worker and filled the chair 

 with ability. He was subsequently professor 

 in the U. S. Naval Academ)-, and is well 

 known as an author of mathematical text 

 books. The great event of his administration 

 was the raising of an endowment fund of 

 $:oo,ooo. Isaac Rich, of Boston, was the 

 chief contributor to this fund, making at this 

 time the first of his princely donations to the 

 University. President Smith resigned in 1857, 

 and was succeeded by Rev. Joseph Cummings, 

 D. D., LL. D., President of Genessee College, 

 who has filled the place up to the present 

 time with distinguished ability and great 

 success. Under his administration important 

 changes have been introduced in the course 

 of study, the elective system having been 

 adopted to a certain extent ; the endowment 

 fund has been nearly quadrupled ; several 

 new buildings have been erected, and the 



