AMHERST COLLEGE GROUNDS.

DONATIONS RECEIVED BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE COLLEGE.

The establishment of Amherst College was made possible by a subscription known as the Charity Fund, amounting to $52,244.  When the first building, South College, was erected, inhabitants of Amherst, Pelham, Leverett, Belchertown, Hadley, and even more distant towns, gave stone, lime, sand, lumber, and other materials, also labor, provisions for the workmen, and the use of teams and tools.  Much of the furniture for the rooms was obtained in this way; and there were also some gifts of money especially for the erection of this building.

DONATIONS RECEIVED IN PRESIDENT MOORE'S ADMINISTRATION, 1821-23.

The chief donation of this period is known as the Thirty Thousand Dollar Subscription.  There were various small gifts of money and articles, including a bell, several pieces of apparatus, and books for the library.

DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS RECEIVED IN PRESIDENT HUMPHREY'S ADMINISTRATION, 1823-45.
Bequest of Adam Johnson for a chapel	$4,000
Subscription of 1832	50,000
John Tappan, for essays on temperance	500
Subscription used for buying books	about 3,500
Subscription of 1840 to 1845; this includes $10,000 of the Sears Foundation, $15,000 to be given for a professorship, and $11,000 known to be set down in wills of persons then still living	100,000
	$158,000
DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS RECEIVED IN PRESIDENT HITCHCOCK'S ADMINISTRATION, 1845-54.
Williston Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory	$20,000
Graves Professorship of the Greek Language and Literature	20,000
Hitchcock Professorship of Natural Theology and Geology	22,000
Donation from the State	25,000
Sears Foundation	12,000
The Woods Cabinet and Observatory	9,000
Subscription for the Library Building and for books	15,000
Appleton Zoölogical Cabinet	10,000
	$133,000
Here should be mentioned, also, Professor Adams' Zoölogical Collection, Professor Shepard's Cabinet of Minerals, President Hitchcock's Ichnological Cabinet, and the collection of Indian relics given by Edward Hitchcock, Jr.
DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS RECEIVED IN PRESIDENT STEARNS' ADMINISTRATION, 1854-76.
Donation for the Sweetser Lecture-Room, 1855	$1,000
Donation for the Nineveh Gallery, 1857	967
Subscriptions for East College, 1857, seq.	5,000
Donation for Williston Hall, 1857	16,000
Hitchcock Scholarships, 1858	10,000
Legacy of Dr. and Mrs. Moore, 1858	9,175
Legacy of Asahel Adams, 1858	4,500
Subscriptions for the Gymnasium, 1859	3,550
Donation of Messrs. J. C. Baldwin and A. Lilly, 1859	4,000
Subscriptions of Alumni for the Library, 1859, seq.	7,000
Legacy of Jonathan Phillips, 1860	6,500
Grants by the Legislature, 1861-3	27,500
Walker Professorship of Mathematics and Astronomy, 1861	25,000
Walker Instructorships, etc., 1862	10,000
Walker Prizes, 1862-3	2,000
Legacy of Richard Bond for General Treasury, 1863	4,000
Donation of David Sears for Library Building, 1863	8,000
Walker Building Fund (Dr. Walker and others), 1864	140,000
Donation for College Church (W.  F. Stearns), 1864	46,000
Samuel Green Professorship, 1864	25,000
Walker Legacy, 1866	144,976
Donation of George H. Gilbert for books, 1866	7,000
Legacy of Dr. Barrett for Gymnasium, 1870	5,000
Mr. Williston for Instruction in English Literature, 1869-71	3,000
Donation of Mr. Williston at Semi-Centennial, 1871	50,000
Donation of Mr. Howe, Chime of Bells and Scholarship, 1871	5,000
Increase of Charity Fund	10,000
Increase of Stimson Fund	8,000
Mr. Hitchcock to increase his Professorship and Scholarships, 1869	20,000
Recent Scholarships	35,000
Prizes not mentioned above	12,000
Increase of Collections in Natural History	8,000
Illustrations and Ornaments in Classical Recitation-Rooms	2,500
Bust of Dr. Hitchcock and other Ornamental Statuary	1,500
Hallock Park, 1868	2,000
Mr. Hitchcock, for Scholarships and Kindred Purposes, 1872	100,000
Total	$769,168
DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS RECEIVED IN PRESIDENT SEELYE'S ADMINISTRATION, 1876-90.
Subscriptions to pay Shepard note:
Mrs. Samuel Williston	$2,500.00
E. H. Sawyer	2,000.00
W. W.  Scarborough	2,000.00
F. Gilbert	250.00
A.  L. Williston	2,000.00
John C. Parsons	400.00
S. B. Chittenden	2,000.00
James B. Jermain	2,000.00
Harding, Gray & Dewey	100.00
William Whiting	5,000.00
James Y. Yates	500.00
John A. Burnham	3,000.00
Anonymous	2,000.00
E. A. Goodnow	1,000.00
		$24,750
Collected by Professor Mather for the Mather Collection of Art:
J. H. Southworth	$2,500.00
G. H. Whitcomb	250.00
Roland Mather	100.00
Mrs. Charlotte A. Johnson	50.00
James H. Welles' Estate	276.42
		3,176.42
Lucius J. Knowles, legacy for Art Collection		5,000.00
Subscription for addition to the Library building:
Aaron Bagg	$500.00
James Y. Yates	250.00
W. W. Scarborough	2,000.00
W. O. Grover	1,000.00
James B. Jermain	8,000.00
John A. Burnham	2,000.00
		13,750.00
Dr. Eben Alden for care of Library		5,000.00
Joel Giles for books for Library		50,595.00
C. M. Pratt toward Gymnasium		35,275.00
Toward furnishing Gymnasium:
Frederick Billings	$5,000.00
W. W. Scarborough	1,000.00
		6,000.00
For new Mineralogical Cabinet:
John A. Burnham	$5,000.00
W. W. Scarborough	2,000.00
		7,000.00
Jonathan Brace legacy	$2,000.00
William Reed legacy ($5,000 was received in 1858)	5,000.00
Asa Otis legacy	25,000.00
Williston legacy	28,615.48
Mrs. V. G. Stone Professorship	50,000.00
Henry Winkley Professorship	50,000.00
Frederick Billings Professorship	50,000.00
D. Willis James Fund	100,000.00
Seelye Fund, given by D. W. James	100,000.00
Winkley Legacy	30,000.00
Mrs. Chester W. Chapin	50,000.00
H. T. Morgan's bequest	80,556.72
Dr. William J. Walker's estate	11,357.89
Frederick Marquand and his estate	15,000.00
Frederick Billings, for general use	5,000.00
Welles Southworth gift	5,000.00
Class of 1880 Fund, for general use	365.00
Latin Prize Fund	2,524.93
Class of 1878 Latin Prize Fund	200.00
Parmly Billings Senior Latin Prize Fund	1,100.00
Chemical Fund of 1861	1010.96
Thomas McGraw, for apparatus for astronomical department	150.00
L. Hamilton McCormick, for new clock in chapel	650.00
		613,430.98
Chemical Laboratory Building Fund:
E. A. Strong	$1,400.00
J. E. Sanford	500.00
D. Willis James	10,000.00
J. S. Brayton	500.00
H. D. Hyde	2,500.00
E. W. Peet	100.00
G. H. Whitcomb	5,000.00
		20,000.00
E. W. Bond, toward rebuilding Walker Hall		1,000.00
Gift of Robt. M. Woods and sister		5,630.66
Pratt Athletic Field and grand stand, with grading and furnishings, by F. B. Pratt		25,446.57
Scholarships:
James S. Seymour	$5,000.00
Quincy Tufts	2,000.00
Mrs. S. P. Miller	1,000.00
Class of 1856	1,000.00
Dolly Coleman Blake	842.11
Class of 1858	1,000.00
Class of 1869	1,000.00
David and G. Henry Whitcomb	12,000.00
Moses Day	5,000.00
Rev. Henry S. Green	1,000.00
Class of 1865	1,008.31
Class of 1845	987.98
Classes of 1829, 1835, 1838, 1866, 1867, and 1870	502.26
Class of 1862 (Henry Gridley Scholarship)	2,000.00
Mrs. Valeria G. Stone	25,000.00
Mrs. Alice T. March (Thomas Hall Scholarship)	1,000.00
Lucius J. Knowles	3,000.00
Charles Thayer Reed	2,500.00
		$65,840.66
Grand total		$826,398.60

Number of the Faculty and Students Year by Year.

Year.	Faculty.	Seniors.	Juniors.	Sophomores.	Freshmen.	Total of Students.
1821-22	4	3	6	19	31	59
1822-23	6	5	21	32	40	98
1823-24	6	19	29	41	37	126
1824-25	8	25	41	31	39	136
1825-26	8	33	24	45	50	152
1826-27	11	24	40	55	51	170
1827-28	9	42	47	53	57	199
1828-29	8	40	47	72	67	226
1829-30	10	32	74	47	53	207
1830-31	10	61	40	50	37	188
1831-32	8	39	40	50	60	189
1832-33	10	41	50	64	72	227
1833-34	10	44	50	60	85	239
1834-35	12	44	52	77	70	243
1835-36	12	41	63	72	76	252
1836-37	13	60	50	73	76	259
1837-38	12	40	59	57	50	206
1838-39	14	57	48	47	37	189
1839-40	12	47	43	41	38	169
1840-41	12	30	35	40	52	157
1841-42	12	28	27	43	44	142
1842-43	12	21	34	42	32	129
1843-44	9	30	33	29	32	124
1844-45	11	30	27	30	34	121
1845-46	9	26	23	35	34	118
1846-47	9	19	30	36	35	120
1847-48	11	29	36	35	50	150
1848-49	12	33	29	52	52	166
1849-50	12	25	43	55	53	176
1850-51	11	41	52	49	40	182
1851-52	11	43	43	41	63	190
1852-53	12	42	35	61	57	195
1853-54	11	33	54	58	56	201
1854-55	18	53	59	59	66	237
1855-56	15	49	50	65	54	218
1856-57	15	45	60	60	64	229
1857-58	13	52	49	54	66	221
1858-59	16	47	53	61	74	235
1859-60	16	48	56	71	67	242
1860-61	17	51	56	60	53	220
1861-62	17	58	49	50	78	235
1862-63	18	42	42	76	60	220
1863-64	16	30	58	54	50	192
1864-65	14	57	56	64	45	222
1865-66	17	54	51	44	54	203
1866-67	16	49	44	62	70	225
1867-68	16	41	61	69	73	244
1868-69	18	57	58	71	65	251
1869-70	19	53	64	63	75	255
1870-71	20	65	49	76	71	261
1871-72	21	49	65	68	62	244
1872-73	29	59	67	60	82	268
1873-74	20	66	57	86	94	303
1874-75	23	50	80	87	108	325
1875-76	21	74	79	98	84	335
1876-77	20	79	86	80	75	320
1877-78	23	82	77	81	85	325
1878-79	23	76	75	90	92	333
1879-80	23	72	83	79	111	345
1880-81	24	79	69	107	82	337
1881-82	27	65	96	86	96	343
1882-83	28	94	79	97	82	352
1883-84	28	81	86	83	71	321
1884-85	31	83	78	70	103	334
1885-86	32	77	74	101	105	352
1886-87	31	70	98	94	68	330
1887-88	32	90	99	66	93	348
1888-89	31	98	70	94	93	355
1889-90	30	66	86	88	103	343
1890-91	32	84	90	100	73	347
1891-92	32	84	91	70	84	329
1892-93	34	88	73	87	134	382
1893-94	36	70	80	119	134	403
1894-95	36	81	124	119	110	434

Statistics of College Buildings.

Date of Erection.	Name.	Original Cost.	Repairs, etc.
1820	President's house	$4,000
1820	South College dormitory	10,000	Both altered extensively in 1893 and 1894 at cost of $44,000
1822	Middle [now North] College dormitory	10,000
1827	Johnson chapel	15,000	1863, at cost of $16,000
1828	Old North College dormitory	10,000	Destroyed by fire in 1857.
1834	New house for president	9,000	1892, at cost of $11,000
1847	Woods cabinet and Lawrence observatory	9,000
1853	Library	15,000	Building annex and remodelling in 18  , at cost of $50,000
1855	Appleton cabinet	10,000	Biological annex and equipments in 1892, at cost of $6,000
1855	Geological lecture room	1,000
1857	Nineveh gallery	About 600
1857	Williston hall	15,000
1857	East College dormitory	15,000	Removed after erection of college church
1860	Barrett gymnasium Gymnasium fixtures	10,000 5,000
1868	Walker hall	130,000	Rebuilt after fire in 1882; cost, $90,000
1867	College hall	12,000
1870	College church	70,000
1884	Pratt gymnasium	70,000
1892	Hitchcock hall	30,000
1893	Chemical and physical laboratories	100,000
1868	Hallock Park	7,000
1891	Pratt field	25,000

Membership of Fraternities in Recent Years.

	1889.	1890.	1891.	1892.	1893.	1894.	1895.
Alpha Delta Phi	32	36	36	37	38	39	40
Psi Upsilon	37	33	38	34	39	42	37
Delta Kappa Epsilon	37	34	35	47	42	36	33
Delta Upsilon	33	34	31	25	29	35	35
Chi Psi	25	22	18	22	22	24	29
Chi Phi	36	33	33	29	29	29	26
Beta Theta Pi	26	28	32	32	34	34	37
Theta Delta Chi	35	33	24	31	32	34	35
Phi Delta Theta	29	27	28	26	31	34	38
Phi Gamma Delta (Established 1893)						10	10
Total in fraternities.	289	280	285	283	296	317	320
Non-society men.	69	64	67	51	90	115	114
Total in college.	358	344	352	334	386	432	434

Tuition Fees Per Annum from 1821 to 1895.

1821 to 1833	$30 to $33*	1864 to 1868	45
1833 to 1834	27+	1868 to 1871	75
1834 to 1836	30	1871 to 1875	90
1836 to 1847	33	1875 to 1886	100
1847 to 1855	30	1886 to	110
1855 to 1864	36

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