This institution is the most western Protestant Episcopal college in the
world, being nearly half-way between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The main building was completed externally during the year 1841, Bishop
Kemper having solicited and obtained funds for the purpose, to the
amount of twenty-five thousand dollars, from zealous Christians in New
York and Philadelphia. In the same year a considerable amount of
valuable books was presented to the college by pious individuals in
England, as well as by several of the great Societies. The object of the
college, is the preparation of young men for the ministry of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, and, under the enlightened and active
presidency of the Rev. E. C. Hutchinson, it bids fair ultimately to
realize the sanguine expectations of the Church.