Part 17 (2/2)

ROWLAND DOGGETT, Va.

JOHN F. DANCE, Va.

JOHN F. OGBURN, Va.

ROBERT M. MALLORY, Va.

HENRY W. WINGFIELD, Va.

BENJAMIN W. OGBURN, Va.

SAM'L B. PAUL (Honorary) Va.

COLLEGE YEAR 1855-'56.

The celebrated trial of Deems vs. Smith took place at the Virginia Conference held in Petersburg, November, 1855. The charges were presented by Dr. C. F. Deems in person, and defence made by Dr. Smith.

The verdict was almost unanimous, finding Dr. Smith not guilty.

The result of this unfortunate affair was the resignation of quite a number of the Trustees from the North Conference, that Conference having espoused the cause of Dr. Deems by a very large majority.

At the meeting of the Trustees in June, 1856, Dr. Smith tendered his resignation as President of the College. The Board refused to accept the resignation, only two voting to receive it.

This year the first catalogue, as printed, comes to us. Others had been printed, but no copies preserved.

Of the original charter members of the Board all had died or retired but John Early, William A. Smith, Mathew M. Dance and John G. Claiborne. All the original members of the Faculty had resigned. Students in College, 93; in Preparatory School, 36--total, 129.

We have no mention of the several Preparatory schools in North Carolina.

Thos. A. Gatch, A. B., was Princ.i.p.al of the Home School.

[Ill.u.s.tration: W. T. BAILEY, _Killed at Gettysburg; buried on the field._]

A resolution was adopted by the Board asking the Legislature to establish a school of ”military tactics” in connection with the College, but nothing ever came of it.

In January, 1856, a most remarkable fall of snow occurred, with a temperature of ten degrees below zero. The snow was fifteen inches deep.

In June, 1856, the following received degrees:

A. B.

W. T. BAILEY, Va.

GREEN A. JACKSON, Va.

THOMAS L. JACKSON, Va.

WILLIAM T. MERRITT, Va.

JOHN P. FULLER, N. C.

A. M.

JAMES E. SEBRELL, Va.

WILLIAM A. BRAME, Va.

JAMES D. PROCTOR, Va.

COLLEGE YEAR 1856-'57.

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