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UNION CHRISTIAN COLLEGE are in operation. The chief productions in 1870 were 61,335 bushels of wheat, 69,660 of oats, 29,666 of barley, 26,877 of potatoes, 8,154 Ibs. of wool, 84,020 of butter, and 6,752 tons of hay. There were 2,204 horses, 3,585 milch cows, 4,328 other cattle, 2,791 sheep, and 5,270 swine ; 5 flour mills, and 4 saw mills. Capital, La Grande. XVI. The S. E. county of Dakota, bordering on Iowa and Nebraska, and lying between the Big Sioux and Missouri rivers ; area, about 380 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 3,509. The Dakota Southern railroad passes through the S. part. The river bottoms are very fer- tile. The chief productions in 1870 were 89,- 618 bushels of wheat, 78,550 of Indian corn, 55,170 of oats, 9,019 of potatoes, and 100,010 Ibs. of butter. There were 1,005 horses, 4,238 cattle, 350 sheep, and 933 swine ; 1 flour mill, and 4 saw mills. Capital, Elk Point. UNION CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, a seat of learning at Merom, Sullivan co., Indiana, midway be- tween Terre Haute and Vincennes, on the Wabash river. It was incorporated in 1859, and its buildings, erected at an expense of $50,000, are on a bluff about 200 ft. high. The college edifice is of brick, 109 ft. long, 65 ft. broad, 83 ft. to floor of cupola, and 128 ft. to top of central spire. It is four stories high, and comprises 26 commodious apartments. Both sexes are admitted as students. There are five departments : academic, business, mu- sical, scientific, and classical. There are seven instructors and 170 students. The endowment is $100,000. Disabled soldiers receive instruc- tion free. The presidents of the college have been the Rev. N. Summerbell, D. D., the Rev. Thomas Holmes, D. D., and the Rev. T. Cor- win Smith, A. M. The institution is under the control of the Christian connection. UNION UNIVERSITY, an institution of learn- ing in the state of New York, comprising Union college with its preparatory classical institute and school of civil engineering in Schenectady, and the medical college, the law school, and the Dudley observatory in Albany. Union college was incorporated by the regents of the university of the state of New York in 1795. It was the second college incorporated in the state, and the first north of the city of New York and west of the Hudson river. It received its name from the circumstance that several religious denominations cooperated in its organization. The first president was the Rev. John Blair Smith of Philadelphia, who re- signed in 1799, and was succeeded by Jonathan Edwards the younger. The latter died in 1801, and the Rev. Jonathan Maxcy, then president of Brown university, was chosen president in 1802. He was succeeded in 1804 by the Rev. Eliphalet Nott, who held the office more than 61 years, till his death in 1866. The Rev. Laurens P. Hickok, who had long acted as vice president, was elected his successor, but resigned in 1868. The Rev. Charles A. Aiken succeeded Dr. Hickok in 1869, and resigned in 1871, when the Rev. Eliphalet Nott Potter, UNITARIANISM 113 grandson of Dr. Nott, was elected to the office, which he still holds (1876). The college lands comprise more than 200 acres, a large part of which, being admirably adapted to ornamen- tal purposes, is reserved for a college park, while the remainder has been put under culti- vation for a school of agriculture. The col- lege buildings comprise, besides the memorial hall, a gymnasium, chapel, and library. Be- sides a preparatory department, the college has a classical, a scientific, and an eclectic course, and provides special instruction in the oriental languages. There is also a special school of civil engineering, founded in 1845. In 1875-'6 there were 18 instructors and 175 students in the college, and 4 instructors and 35 students in the school of civil engineering. The college has a library of 18,000 volumes, and valuable philosophical apparatus and col- lections in natural history. Numerous scholar- ships have been founded for the benefit of in- digent students. Since 1871 the college has received gifts amounting to more than $250,- 000. Union college acquired by its charter full university powers, but the creation of post- graduate institutions in Schenectady was not found practicable. In 1873 the institutions above named were united under the charter arid board of trustees of Union college, but each retains its respective rights, powers, and corporate existence. The general management of the university is vested in a board of gov- ernors consisting of the permanent trustees of Union college and representatives from each of the post-graduate departments. The medi- cal college was established in 1838, and in 1876 had 16 instructors and 123 students. The mu- seum of the college is one of the most valua- ble institutions of the kind in the country. Many of the professors are connected with the Albany hospital, to the cliniques, lectures, and practice of which the students of the college are admitted without charge. The law school was organized in 1851, and in 1876 had 6 in- structors and 93 students. The Dudley ob- servatory was incorporated in 1852 and in- augurated in 1856. It was named in honor of Charles E. Dudley, from whose widow the institution has received gifts and a bequest amounting to more than $105,000. Over $100,000 has been expended on the build- ings, instruments, grounds, &c., and $70,000 invested as a permanent fund for the support of the institution. There is a meteorological department connected with it. UNITiRIANISM, in Christian theology, the general name for the class of opinions reject- ing the doctrine of the Trinity, and asserting the absolute unity of God. The term as defi- ning a belief denies the deity of Christ and his equality with God the Father, but does not re- ject his divinity, or any exalted rank consistent with his subordination to God. The denial of the deity of Christ naturally led to the rejec- tion of the doctrine of total depravity and moral inability, and of the necessity of a vica-