three sides, and the system of ventilation will be excellent.

The advantages aimed at in this building are, ample space, freedom from
dampness, abundant light, the means of speedy and complete ventilation,
good drainage, a minimum of absorbing surfaces, and a minimum of fire
risk. The building, when completed, will have a small side-room for
books and balances, a private laboratory for the instructor in charge,
a spacious lecture-room, a drawing-room, cabinets for the various
collections in geology, mineralogy, etc., now inconveniently distant, a
dry store-room, also corridors, closets, and janitor's quarters,
complete.

The chaste and time-honored seal of Phillips Academy was the gift of
John Lowell and Oliver Wendell, the grandfathers of Oliver Wendell
Holmes; and probably, though not certainly, was engraved by Paul Revere.

In 1807 the "Class in Theology" became a distinct institution, the
first of the kind in the world, whose invested endowment now
reaches nearly a million dollars and which has graduated nearly
2,000 students. The Theological Seminary has passed her 75th
anniversary; yet, as a representative and defender of whatever is
most vigorous, active, and progressive in Christian orthodoxy, she
holds an aegis that is ageless, and a sceptre imperishable. And it
is said that no one man now living can read even the alphabets of
all the languages through which her sons have sought to interpret
the Word of God to the world. Previous to 1807 the Academy itself
did a most important work in educating young men for the Christian
ministry, and has contributed to the education of more clergymen
than any similar school. The Academy has also been a large feeder
of the Seminary and other theological schools, and for long periods
has graduated every year from five to fifteen young men who have
become ministers. Indeed the Academy has been called, not without
reason, itself a Seminary.[F]

[F] Prof. E. G. Coy, New Englander, July, 1885.

As another article will be written upon the founders and instructors of
the Seminary, we shall in this speak only of the buildings. At the north
end of the long, elm-shaded avenue stands the chapel. It is built in the
Gothic style, of Andover stone, trimmed with sandstone from Connecticut
and Ohio. It was dedicated in 1876, and is by far the most beautiful,
ecclesiastical structure in the town. The