ate of the University of Pennsylvania, was the first principal, aided by Prof. Samuel Miller. For eleven years it prospered under these and other competent instructors. While only an academy, it sent out several eminent men, among whom were James Carnahan, afterwards president of Princeton College, and John Watson, afterwards the first president of Jefferson College. In 1802 it was chartered by the Legislature as a college, and was the first in the State west of the Alleghanies. It existed and prospered as a college until 1865, when it was united with Washington College, graduating their first class in conjunction, 1866. Washington College, like Jefferson, also came up from an academy, which was chartered by the Legislature in 1787, only five years after the town of Washington was laid out, and six years after the establishment of Washington County, which was the first county formed in the State after the Declaration of Independence, and second only to Westmoreland, the oldest county of Western Pennsylvania. It went into operation in 1789, under the guidance of Rev. Thaddeus Dod, who had opened in 1782 what is claimed "the first classical and scientific school in the West." In 1806 the Legislature chartered it under the name of Washington College, under which title it prospered, and issued diplomas, until 1865, when it became united, as stated above, with Jefferson College. As these were rival colleges, near together, their union was talked of by the trustees long before it was consummated. In 1865 Rev. Charles C. Beatty, D.D., LL.D., of Steubenville, O., offered fifty thousand dollars to these colleges, upon condition that they should become united. Under this stimulus they finally became one college, but not without litigation was the matter finally settled. Under the name of Washington and Jefferson College, the institution is now prosperously conducted. Two full four-years' courses are now established in the college, -a classical and a scientific course. Those who complete the classical course receive the degree of bachelor of arts; and those who complete the scientific course receive the degree of bachelor of science. Both these courses are full and thorough, |