In  the  Fall  of  1864  the  Synod  met  in  Hopkinton,
and  appointed  a  full  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  owner-
ship and  control  of  the  Institution.  Of  this  Board
the  Rev.  J.  L.  Wilson  wa.s  made  President,  an  office
which,  by  annual  re-election,  hccontinuestohold.  At
the  same  time  the  name  was  changed  to  Lenox
Collegiate  Institute,  in  honor  of  the  well-known  friend
of  the  Institutions  of  tlie  Prcshyterian  Church,  James
Lenox,  Esq.,  of  New  York.  The  school  as  such,
under  tlie  former  name,  had  not  been  a  failure.  In
1863  President  Allen  resigned  the  presidency  of  the
school,  though  he  retained  his  professorship  and  con-
tinued to  supply  the  Presbyterian  Church.  The  Rev.
James  W.  McKean  was  elected  his  succes.sor.  He
was  not,  however,  allowed  to  remain  long  in  this
position.     He  died  in  16G5.
