Wendell Phillips, Gerrit Smith, and other molders of public opinion who lectured in Hamilton. Lincoln’s call for troops after the fall of Fort Sumter ·cam~ two days before they left for the four-week spring vacation. In their absence George Arrowsmith, Class of 1859, a young man of great promise for whom they all had a cordial affection who was studying in a Hamilton law office, enlisted and raised a company of local volunteers. His example had a sobering effect on the returning undergraduates, not only because of his engaging personality but also because they knew he was a Democrat and had frequently contributed partisan articles to one of the village newspapers. Arrowsmith’s company elected him captain and after a year’s service he became Lieutenant Colonel in the 157th Regiment of which. his friend, Professor Brown, on leave as Principal of the Grammar School, had been made commanding officer. Arrowsmith fell in the first day’s fighting at Gettysburg.
In May 1861, the students organized a company, known as the University Corps, more than 100 strong, for military drill and elected as captain Knut O. Broady, a senior who had seen military service in