CHAPTEK II. COLLEGE WOKK. The history of David Alexander WaUace would be but half told if it did not include in its tell in tr his relations with Monmouth College. Indeed, we, who were the most intimately acquainted with the college and her president, had begun to think that they were inseparable — ^tlie one could not exist with- out the other — and, when compelled to consent to a separation, we yielded to the will of a Divine Power that knew best. - And this relation was formed at such an early day in the history of the college, that a brief account of its origin will be necessary to complete the story. The thought of establishing Monmouth College originated in the minds of men who felt the need of a Christian school of learning. The first public step taken for the establishment of such a school was in the action of the Second Associate Eeformed presbytery of Illinois, in 1853, by which the follow- ing persons were ajDpointed trustees of the "Acad- emy," or High School, to be established at Mon- mouth under the direction of said presbytery, viz: Revs. .1. C. Porter, W. E. Erskine and P. "^Poss, 2 (17) 18 ^4 Buiiij Life. Messrs. J. C. McCreary, W. K. Jamison, N. A. Ran-