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the pulpit of St John's Independent Church, Baltimore. In December, 18n, Mr. Lewis married President \Vard's daughter, Mary, who was, also, a graduate of the college, and is, at this writing, the father of five children. three girls and two boys. Iu tS8~ he organized ami became, as stated above, the first president of the West- minster Theological Seminary-the position now held by Dr. \Vard, and in 1885 received the honorary degree of D. D., from Adrian College, Michigan On his accession to the presidency of the college in July, 1886, he directed his first efforts to the payment of debts which had long been a source of erubarrasruent and by skillfnl management was enabled to wipe these out, to the last cent, before the close of the year 1889' 'l'he energies of the executive were exercised, also, in building. In 1886 Ward Hall was enlarged to double its former size and the rOOIllS occupied by the female students were completely refurnished. "In 1887," to quote from the Bureau of Education's Sketch, "80 wing 104 feet long was added to the main building, providing a new rlining-hnll, a large auditorium mid new rooms for female boarders. This wing was named Smith Hall in honor of the President of the Board of Trustees. Steam heating apparatus was first introduced into the college buildings this year and' the deadly stove' was banished. The improvements this year cost over $12,000. In 1888 the main front was greatly improved by a portico ruuning the entire leugtb. Various changes were made within and new furniture and apparatus added. In 1889 Ward Hall was completely remodeled ill the interior to the great im- provement of the plan of the r001l1S. Four acres of ground were added to the premi- ses to furnish a field for sports, and a steam laundry was put ill. The same year was signalized by two very timely and generous gifts. The firm of Baker Brothers, of Buckeystown, Md., erected 011 the campus a President's Honse, and Miss Anna R. Vingling, A. M., of Westminster, Md., a member of the Arst class graduated from the college, presented to her Alma Mater a handsome and well- equipped Oyumasium.' On the 23d of April, 1890, the Masonic Lodge which, twenty-three years before, had officiated at the laying of the first corner-stone on College Hill, again appeared, at the president's invitation, aud applied square, level and plumb to the corner-stone of a final addition to the main building, the wing called, in honor of Dr. J. \V. Hering, Treasurer of the Board of Trustees, "Hering Hall." 'this annex contains, Oil the first floor, a spacious chemical and physical laboratory and two large r001l\S for the. use of the preparatory department; 011 the second floor, five recitation rooms and the president's office; Oil the third floor, a few sleeping rooms and a handsome library, eighty-one feet long. 'l'IH: completion of this wing. together with alterations made, at the same time, in the original building, gives the college a beautiful and stately structure. uniform in style and with a frontage of 273 feet. While the energies of the executive were thus employed in providing aCC01111110- elations ample enough to me at the increase ill the number of preparatory and collegiate students, a new department of work had assumed such proportions as to require a separate building. This was the primary school, which, at the urgent request of the citizens of Westminster, the president had consented to open ill connection with the college. The emergency was met by Dr. Charles Billingslea and his wife, the former '9