dents. A charter was obtained in February, 1857, and Dr. Wallace was inaugurated president September 1, 1857. President Jonathan Blanchard, of Knox Col- lege, gave an introductory address on "The Course of Study in American Colleges;" Rev. J. C. Porter, president of the Board of Trustees, gave a brief his- tory of the rise and progress of the college; Rev. A. Nesbit gave the charge to the new president, and Di\ 22 A Busy Life. Wallace delivered an inaugural address on " The Claims of the Bible as a Text-Book in the College Curriculum." We have thus seen Monmouth College organized, the first year of its existence as a college finished, its first president inaugurated, and the subject of our memoir engaged in his chosen field of labor. His thoughts were first immediately directed to the wel- fare of the student. His moral interests were con- sidered in the religious instruction provided in the curriculum of the college, as quoted above; in a weekly Bible lesson, and prayer-meeting, and preach- ing in the college chapel on the Sabbath; and in personal attention given the religious training of every student. Next, he applied himself to the course of instruction, which he aimed to make as complete as the standard of scholarship attainable