The exceedingly well-dressed citizens of Amherst agree to found a college
Last week Peter Nelson wrote about Samuel Williston, who provided funds to Amherst College in 1840 when the institution was in danger of financial ruin, and who continued to donate to the College over the course of many years. Because of Williston’s timely donations, the College considered whether it should change its name to Williston College.
However, before Amherst had to make that decision, it had already confronted more than one identity crisis.
The Consecrated Eminence 