f the faces at the base of
the monument. Since the death of Professor Morse, no progress seems to
have been made in the effort to erect this memorial of scientific
progress.

CHAPTER XXIV.

PROF. BENJAMIN HALE.--PROF. ALPHEUS CROSBY.--PROF. IRA YOUNG.

From reliable sources we have the following account of another
gentleman of distinguished worth, who was an instructor also both in
the Academical and Medical departments of the college.

Benjamin Hale was born on the 23d of November, 1797, in Newbury,
Mass., now a part of the city of Newburyport. He was the eldest son of
Thomas Hale, who was the grandson of the fifth Thomas, in that series
of Hales, whose first representative came to Newbury in about 1637.
His mother was Alice Little, a daughter of the Hon. Josiah Little of
Newbury, and grand-daughter of Col. Moses Little, an officer in the
Continental Army. On both sides of the house Benjamin Hale came of a
race of vigorous, industrious, and useful men, held in honor by their
fellow citizens, and invariably distinguished for their exemplary
habits, their domestic virtues, their sterling goodness, and their
faithfulness in the discharge of trusts and duties. In childhood he
was studious, quiet, kind, and genial; fond of books, the favorite of
his youthful companions, and the cheerful companion of the aged.

In the autumn of 1813, he went to Atkinson Academy; and in September,
1814, entered Dartmouth College; but his health becoming impaired, he
went to Dummer Academy, Byfield, in the autumn of 1815, to pursue his
studies under the direction of its principal, the Rev. Mr. Abbott. In
February, 1816, he entered the Sophomore class at Bowdoin College,
then under the presidency of the venerable Dr. Appleton, whose grave
kindness soon won his reverent love. He at once secured an honorable
position in his class, which was the largest that had then been in
that college. In September, 1818, he received the degree of B. A.;
his part at Commencement being the salutatory oration. Having been
previously offered the academy at Saco, and recollecting a remark of
his old pastor, Dr. Spring, that "one who meant to be a minister would
do well to try his hand at being a schoolmaster," he took charge of
the academy for one year.

In the autumn of 1819, he became a member of the Theological Seminary
at Andover, Mass. Here his college classmate, Rufus Anderson,
afterwards the distinguished Secretary of the American Board of
Co