Part 18 (1/2)
The changes in the Faculty this year were the resignation of a.s.sistant Professor Samuel Lander, whose place was not filled, and the subst.i.tution of Charles W. Crawley, Princ.i.p.al of the Preparatory School for Thomas A. Gatch, resigned.
In June, 1857, Professor Charles B. Stuart resigned the Chair of Chemistry and Geology, and Professor N. T. Lupton succeeded him.
Professor O. H. P. Corprew at same time resigned the Chair of Ancient Languages, and Professor William B. Carr succeeded him.
The degrees conferred June, 1857, were--
A. B.
GEORGE W. ARMISTEAD, Va.
WILLIAM I. COWLES, Va.
RICHARD W. JONES, Va.
JOSEPH E. LEIGH, Va.
EDWIN G. MOORE, N. C.
WILBUR F. DAVIS, N. C.
JOHN B. WILLIAMS, N. C.
WILLIAM W. PENNY, Mo.
WILLIAM A. SHEPARD, Ma.s.s.
A. M.
WILLIAM G. CONNOR, Tenn.
L. O. RIVES, Tenn.
GARLAND B. HANES, Va.
THAD. L. H. YOUNG, Va.
JESSE P. BAGBY, N. C.
ADOLPHUS W. MANGUM, N. C.
SAMUEL MOORE, Va.
THOMAS C. ELDER, Va.
THOMAS C. THACKSTON, Va.
WILLIAM H. CHEEK, N. C.
Number of students during the session, 144, including those at the Preparatory School (34).
The worst blizzard ever known in Virginia occurred in January, 1857; thermometer ten degrees below zero. Some suffering in the College for want of fuel.
COLLEGE YEAR 1857-'58.
This year was reasonably prosperous. Some dissatisfaction was expressed in the president's annual report on account of salaries.
[Ill.u.s.tration: RICHARD W. JONES, A. M., LL. D., _Major C. S. A.; President Mississippi Industrial Inst.i.tute; Professor Mississippi University and Randolph-Macon College._]
In June, 1858, Prof. Lupton resigned the chair of Chemistry and Geology, which was subsequently supplied by the election of Prof. Bennett Puryear, of Richmond College.
Dr. W. A. Smith again tendered his resignation, for reasons personal to himself. At the urgent solicitation of the students, the Alumni Society, and the Board, he withdrew his resignation.
[Ill.u.s.tration: REV. RICHARD FERGUSON, _Virginia; Adjutant Eighteenth Va. Regiment._]