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by his wardens, and in the presence of seventy-five of his brethren, laid the cornerstone of the building, which, when finished, was to be known as Western Maryland College. Not many years after the completion of this building it became evident that without some extraordinary change, or very good luck, the whole enterprise would be a failure. Through the patience, the remarkable popu- larity, and the incorruptible integrity of character of Dr. James Thomas Ward, l3AKEH CHAPEL. two citizens of Westminster agreed to furnish the money to place the College on a sound basis, provided Dr. Ward would become its president. The first cata- logue, issued in 1868-69, showed a faculty of six instructors, including the prin- cipal, and an enrollment of seventy students, one-half from Westminster and the rest rno tly from Carroll County. In the year 1871, on account of the steadily increasing number of students, 25