SESSIONOF 1853-'54.
CATALOGUE
OF THE TRUSTEES,F.A.OULTY,.A.NDSTUDENTS OF
RICHMONDCOLLEGE.
SESSIONOF 1853-'54.
RICHMOND: H. IC ELLYSON, 147 MAIN STREET. L854.
TRUSTEES.
REV. ROBERT RYLAND, PRESIDENT.
MR. JOHN. M. MURRAY, SECRETARY. MR. EDWIN WORTHAM, TREASURER,
:B.Ev. B. GRIMSLEY.
REV. JAMES B. TAYLOR.
REV. J. S. WALTHALL.
REV. S. G. MASON
REV. THOMAS HUME.
R-Ev. CUMBERLAND GEORGE.
REV. DANIEL WITT.
REv. A. M. POINDEXTER.
REV. ADDISON HALL.
REv. JAMES B. TURNER.
REV. L. W. ALLEN.
REV. W. A. BAYNHAM.
REv. J. B. JETER, D. D.
REv. EDW'D KINGSFORD, D. D.
REv. R. B. C. HOWELL, D. D.
REV. BASIL MANLY, JR.
DR. A. G. WORTHAM.
DR. ALBERT SNEAD.
MR. RICHARD C. WORTHAM.
MR. ARCHIBALD THOMAS.
MR. RICHARD REINS.
MR. JAMES THOMAS, JR.
MR. WILLIAM SANDS.
Ma. A. JUDSON CRANE.
MR. JAMES C. JORDAN.
MR. CHARLES T. WORTHAM.
MR. SAMUEL HARDGROVE.
MR. ALEXANDER FLEET.
MR. C. F. FISHER.
MR. JAMES C. SPOT'l'S.
MR. THOMAS J. EV ANS.
MR. WELLINGTON GODDIN.
FACULTY.
REv. ROBERT RYLAND, A. M., President, and Professor of Moral Science.
HEATH JONES CHRISTIAN, Professor of the Greek Language and Literature.
GEORGE E. DABNEY, A. M., Profe$sor of the Latin and French Languages
LEWIS TURNER, A. M., Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy.
BENNET PURYEAR, A. M., Professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy,
BENNET PURYEAR, Secretary of the Faculty.
STUDENTS.
NAMES . STUDIES.
RESIDENCE
Anderson, Matthew G. L., G , M,, C,, N, P., ).! s Louisa.
Anderson, John McL. L , , C., N , P,, M. S, Caroline
Agnew, William H L,, G., M. Bedford
Barnes, Henry C. E, 1 L o, M, Richmond
Bernard, William H. L , 1 F., M , Henrico.
Baugh, Virginius N . L, , G., M, Sussex.
Binford, Thomas J. L , , G,, M , 1 C,, N , P, Henrico.
Braxton, Albert C E,, L,, M. Henrico
Brown, John N L,, G., M, Sussex.
Bullock, Oswald, L., G,, M. Orange.
Bruce, George A. L,, G,, M , , c , , N p, Lunenburg
Burruss, Andrew J. L,, G, , M, , C, 1 N, P,, M. S King William
Chaplin, Charles C L,, G,, M. Lynchburg
Cofer, Alexander C L , , G., 1\1, Surry
Cofer, Joseph A. L,, G,, M, Isle of Wight
Cochran, John H. E , , L,, M,, F , Richmond ,
Coghill , Thomas B. L,, G, 1 M,, C. , N, P • Essex
Cosby, B. E. E,, L , , G o Powhatan.
Cox, Jacob J L., M, , C , , N , P , Northumberland .
Crews, Hiram G L,, G., M, Halifax.
Creath, William J L. , G,, M , , c., N, P , Sussex
Crump, Edgar, L , , M,, C,, N, P, New Kent.
Councill, Charles H . L , G,, M , , M, S Nansemond
Danforth, Henry D . E., L., 1\1,, F Richmond.
Ellett, Robert T L,, G,, M,, c , , N. P , Hanover.
Eppes, Edward, L., G , , M , Henrico
Ferrell, James 0. L,, G., M.., C , , N , P,, flt , S. Halifax.
Ferrell, Peter W L , , G, 1 M , , C , 1 N. P,, ll , S. Halifax.
Fishburn, Jacob W L,, G., M, Franklin
Fisher, S M L,, G, , M , Richmond
Fox, William F. L , 1 G , , M , , F , King William .
Garnett, David S . L , , F , , l'it., C 1 N P , Essex
Garnett , Willi~m F G L , , G , 1 M , , c. , N. P Caroline .
Gre gor y, William T r,. , G. , M. , c. , N', P , , F , Richmond
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6 NAMES. STUDIES. RESIDENCE.
Gregory,jr., John M. L., G., M,, c., N, P , , :F. Richmond.
Gwathmey, Richard B. L., G,, M,, F, King William. Hall, Carey J. L., G., M,, M, g, Lancaster. Hardy, James C. L , G,, c., N~ P. Lunenburg
Hancock, Benj. J . L,, M,, E , Chesterfield.
Haley, L J. L,, G,, M,, l\.I, S. Caroline.
Hume, Thomas, L,, G,, M,, C., P,, M , S, Portsmouth.
Hubbard, Joel, L,, M,, C., N, P, Pittsy Ivania.
Hurt, Charles B. L,, G., M. Caroline.
Johnson, Wm. R. L,, G., M, Henrico.
Johnson, Edward, L,, M., F, Petersburg. Jones, Walter C. L,, G,, M. Fluvanna.
Jordan, Edward, L,, G,, M. Nansemond.
Knapp, T. J. E,, £,., G Portsmouth
Lacey, Samuel M. L,, G,, M, Halifax.
Lipscomb, Benj. R. L, G,, M. Richmond.
Long, John C. L,, G,, M. Amherst.
McCabe, Robert A. L,, ?tI,, C., N,P , Richmond
McCown, John W. L., G,, M., C., N, P Putnam.
McDonald, Robert, L,, M., c., N. r., M, S, Amherst.
McMullan, Francis M. L,, G,, :M.,c., N, P,, M, S,, F, Greene.
Meredith, William B. L,, G., M., C,r N, P, Richmond. Meredith, John F. E,, L,, M, Henrico.
McTyre, Atloniram J. L,, G,, M, Chesterfield
Morefield, Wm. L. E,, L,, M, Georgia.
Moore, Joseph B. L,, G,, M., c., N, P, King William Moore, Luther W. L,, G., M, Chesterfield.
Morris, George W. L,, G,, bl, F..- Pri11cess Anne . Nimmo, Thomas E. L,, G,, 1\1, Richmond.
Nunnally, John W. L,, G,,M. Chesterfield
Oliver, William A. L,, G,, I'tJ., J'. Essex. Phaup, George W. L., M., F. Chesterfield. Puryear, Robert A. L,, G,, M. Mecklcnburg
Pulliam, Samuel H. E, L,, M. Richmond.
Redtl, John T. L., G., I'tt., M. I , Hanover.
Redd, Samuel C. L,, G., M,, M, S-. H~nover.
Richerson, Francis B. L,, G., M,, F, Caroline. Rittenhouse, David C. L,, G., M, Albemarle
Roy, Gustavus G. L,, G,, M,, C, 1 N, P,, F, Essex.
Ryland, William S. L., M., c., N, P., l\1. S, Richmond.
Ryland, Norvell, l:t,, L., M, Richmond.
Ryland, jr., Robert, L., M,, C., N, P,, F , King William.
NAMES.
Sale, James J.
Saunders, David W.
Shearman, Michael, Sheild, Orlando F.
Shook, Henry C.
Shook, James B , Sledd, William, Smith, George .B.
Snead, Albert H.
Snead, George H •
Sullavan, John L.
Taylor, jr., Jame3 .B.
Taylor, William 0.
Terrell, Charles J.
Terrell, Lewis F.
Thomas, Bailey T.
Thornton, Gustavus B.
Tqmkies, Joseph T.
Turner, John D.
Turner, Edward P.
Turpin, Edward H.
Tunstall, Lewis H.
Todd, William R.
Tuck, Richard M.
Vaughan, Joseph H.
Wallace, Isaiah T.
Warthen, B. G.
Warren, Thomas, Warwick, Trent, Williamson, Robert, Whitehorn, Asa W.
Woodfin, William G.
L., Latin. G., Greek.
7 STUDIES.
L,, G., M.
L,, F,, M.
E,, L,, M.
L., F,, M.
L,, G,, M, J,.,, F., M,, E.
E,, L,, M, G,, L,, M.
L,, G,, C,, N, P,, M, 8.
L,, M., c., N, P,, M, S,
L,, G,, M.
L,, G,, M,
L., F,, M,, c., N, P,
L,, G,, C., N, F,
L,, G., M, S.
L,, G,, 1\1.
L,, F,, M,
L,, G,, M,, C,, N, P,
L,, G., M,, C,, N, P,
L,, G,, M,, c., N, P,
L., M,, c., N, P,
L,, M,, c., N, P,
L., G, 1 M., F,
L,, G,, M,
L,, G., M.
L,, G,, C,) N, P.
L, 1 G,, M,
G,, M., M, S.
L,, M,, F,
L,, G,, M,, M, s.
L,, G., M,
L,, M,, c., N, P,, M, s., F, Total .••••...••••.•••.• 108
RESIDENCE.
King & Queen. Richmond. New Kent. Yorktown. Richmond. Richmond. Richmond Henrico. Richmond Fluvanna. Lancaster. Richmond. Richmond. Richmond. Richmond. Berkeley. Tennessee. Hanover. New Kent. New Kent. Mecklenburg. Henrico. Richmond. King William. Hanover. Norfolk. Richmond. Fredericksburg. Richmond. Princess Anne. Sussex. Hanover.
ABBREVIATIONS.
N. P., Natural Philosophy. F., French. M., Mathematics. C., Chemistry. M. S., Moral Science. E., English Grammar, &,:,
RULESOF THE COLLEGE.
FACULTY.
1. The immediate management of the College shall be committed to the care of the Faculty, whose duty it shall be to reside at the Institution, give instruction to the students, maintain order, and consult the general welfare of the College.
2. The President shall make to the Board a quarterly report of the general condition of the College.
3. 'l'he Faculty shall have power, by a unanimous vote, to suspend from the recitations any student whose conduct shall, in their judgment, merit such a course.
4. They shall keep a record of all the absences of the students from their various exercises, and shall, once in two months, transmit to the parents of the youth a circular containing a faithful account of their attendance, proficiency, and deportment.
THE STEW ARD.
It shall be the duty of the Steward t o assign to the students their rooms in the buildings, and th eir seats at the table ; to visit regularly the sick, and exercise a par en t al care over them ; to assess the damage done to any room on its occupants; to subject his books, if required, to the inspection of the Board ; to preserve cleanliness about the premises, and to prevent, as far as possible, any damage to the buildings and enclosures. He shall furnish the meals at such hours as the Faculty may request ; but no boarder absent at the regular hour, shall afterwards have access to the refectory.
STUDENTS.
1. Young men having the ministry in view, and recommended by the Virginia Baptist Education Society, shall be admitted into the College free of room-rent and tuition, and other young men of moral habits will be received, on condition of their defraying their whole expenses.
2. Students will be expected to enter the Institution at the beginning of the term; but should any arrive afterwards, they mnst enter the classes already organized.
3. The hours specially appropriated to study, are from worship in the morning till some hour in the afternoon designated by the Faculty, and from supper till ten o'clock at night; during the whole of which time students will not be allowed to play on any musical instrument, or to make any noise on the premises.
4. At the hour designated for morning and evening prayers, every one must attend, unless prevented by bodily indisposition.
5. No student shall absent himself from any of the regular exercises of the College, unless by the previous consent of the officer conducting that exercise.
6. Absence from the premises during study hours, or at night, without permission of some one of the Faculty, shall not be permitted.
7. Students shall not visit each other's rooms during study hours, except on business, nor at other times without the cordial wishes of the occupants.
8. Students are expected to attend public worship in the city every Sabbath morning. They shall report themselves to the Faculty when they fail to conform to this rule. And their attendance at any church shall be considered a failure, if they enter the church after the services have begun, er leave it before they close.
9. No student shall keep any kind of fire-arms, or any species of deadly weapon.
10. The students shall occupy the rooms assigned them, and no change shall be made in the occupants of the rooms, without the consent of the Steward. 2
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11. No clubs or societies shall be formed in the College, unless the Faculty approve the design of such associations, the rules by which they desire to be governed, and their hours of meeting.
12. A student shall not leave or join a class, without permission of the Faculty.
13. If any student shall be found in a class for which he iR not duly prepared, and in which he cannot continue without detriment to himself and his classmates, it shall be the duty of the officer conducting such a class to report him to the Faculty.
14. Students are expected to pay special attention to the neatness of their rooms, and to see that they sustain no injury while under their care.
15. All damages done to the buildings or premises, shall be repaired at tihe expense of the offender ; but if it cannot be ascertained, the damage shall be assessed equally on the whole body of the students.
16. If any student offending against the laws, shall presume to leave the College without answering for his conduct, it shall be at the discretion of the Faculty to expel him, and communicate to his parents the circumstances of his departure.
17. There may be offences and misdemeanors against which no provision has been made in these laws, these the Faculty are authorized to punish in such a way as may appear to them reasonable and necessary, provided such punishment be consistent with the relation existing between teachers and students.
18. There shall be an examination at the close of each session, in the presence of the Faculty; and should any student who is a candidate for a degree, be found deficient in the studies over which he has passed, he shall be detained in them until his proficiency is satisfactory.
19. The session shall commence on the first of October, and terminate on the first of July.
20. Each officer of the College shall cause those of his pupils whose age and other circumtances require it, to sit in his presence while preparing the lesson to be recited to him.
C01JRSEOFSTUDY.
ACADEMICDEPART11ENT.
Students who are not prepared to enter college, will be taught in this department by the several Professors, English Grammar, History, Modern Geography, Arithmetic, and Algebra through equations of the first degree, the Latin Grammar (Schmitz and Zumpt's), and Arnold's First and Second Latin Book.
COLLEGIATEDEPARTMENT.
LATIN COURSE .
FIRST YEAR.-Cresar and Ovid (Schmitz and Zumpt's edition), Arnold's First and Second Latin Book continued.
SECONDYEAR.-Sallust and Virgil (Schmitz and Zumpt's edi-• tion), Roman Antiquities in Baird's Classical Manual, Arnold's First and Second Latin Book continued .
THIRD YEAR.-Livy and Horace (Schmitz and Zurnpt's edition), Ancient Geography in Baird's Classical Manual, Arnold's Latin Prose Composition.
FOURTHYEAR.-Cicero's Orations (Schmitz and Zumpt's edition), Pliny's Select Letters , Arnold's Latin Prose Composition continued.
FRENCH COURSE.
FIRST YEAR,-Younger Manesca's French Grammar, Bolmar's French Verb-Book, Vie de Washington, Charles Douze, commenced.
SECONDYEAR.-Charles Douze, completed, Collot's Chefs D'rouvre Dramatiques , Menesca completed.
GREEK COURSE.
FIRST YEAR.-McClintock and Crook's First Book in Greek, McClintock's Second Book in Greek, Sophocles' Greek Grammar.
SECONDYEAR.-Xenophon's Anabasis, Heroditus, Arnold's First Greek Prose Composition, Tooke's Pantheon, Grecian Antiquities (Bojesen's).
THIRD YEAR.-Homer's Iliad, Thucydides, Arnold's First Greek Prose Compositioncontinued.
FOURTHYEfR.-Euripides, Sophocles, Arnold's Second Greek Prose Composition.
The several classes in Latin and Greek are required to make written translations of Latin and Greek into English, and Of English into Latin and Greek.
The Professor of Greek delivers a course of lectures on Gre• cian Literature.
MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY.
FmsT YEAR.-Arithmetic reviewed, Algebra, including equations of the first and second degree, and the Theory of Proportions ; also, the first four books of Elementary Geometry. Textbooks : Davies' Arithmetic and Algebra, Davies' Legendre's Geometry.
SECONDYEAR.-Algebra, including the Theory of Logarithms and the General Theory of Equations, Elementary Geometry completed, and Analytic Plane Trigonometry. Examples in mensuration will be given as they may be required, to enforce the principles developed in Geometry. Text-books: Davies' Bourdon's Algebra, and Legendre's Geometry.
THIRDYEAR.-Theory and Practice of Land Surveying, Theory of Leveling, Analytical Geometry, and the Differential and Integral Calculus. Text-books : Davies' Surveying and Analytical Geometry, and McCartney's Calculus, with examples from Young.
FOURTHYEAR.-Spherical Geometry and Trigonometry, and Astronomy. Numerous examples, involving the application of
principles previously learned, will be furnished the class, and solutions or demonstrations required to be given. Text-books : Legendre's Geometry and Olmsted's Astronomy.
CHEMISTRY
AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
These subjects are taught concurrently by lectures, which are delivered three times a week throughout the session, and by recitations from approved text-books. The lectures are accompanied with full experimental illustrations, and conclude with a course on Animal and Agricultural Chemistry. The classes are subjected semi-weekly to rigid examinations upon their principles and details. Text-books : Silliman's Chemistry , Norton's Agricultural Chemistry, Liebig's Animal Chemistry, Lardner's Natural Philosophy.
MORAL SCIENCE.
JUNIORCLAss.-Whateley's Logic, Whateley's Rhetoric, Wayfond's Moral Philosophy, Exercises in Reading and Grammar.
SENIORCLAss.-Wayland's Political Economy, Brown's Mental Philosophy, Paley's Natural Theology, Evidences - of Christianity
Students having reference to the ministry, are taught the Hebrew language without charge.
RHETORICAL EXERCISES.
First Saturday, -Seconel Sat urday, -Third Saturday, -Fourth Saturday,-Essays. Latin Translations. Greek Translations. Declamations.
The above plan of studies is intended for such young men as intend to take a degree They will be admitted to such classes as they shall be prepared to enter, and shall receive a diploma, if, on examination at the end of the course they shall be deemed by the Faculty worthy of such distinction. Should any prefer an irregular course, they can join the several classes in those
particular studies which they may desire to prosecute. While this plan will be in the main followed, such changes will be made in it as the tastes and abilities of the classes may dictate. Each student is expected to have three studies, and to recite daily in each.
EXPENSES.
For board, including diet, fuel, room-rent, bedding and servants' attendance, -Tuition alone, -$9500 4500
Total, -- - - - - - - - $140 00
Payments for board and tuition will be strictly required in advance, one-third of each the first of October, the first of January, and the first of April. Each student will be charged twenty-five cents for copies of the catalogue, and may have access to the library by paying one dollar per session. Day scholars are charged one dollar extra for fuel. Resident students have their own washing done, and furnish their own towels and lights. No other extra charges are made.
PLANOFENDOWMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, held August 6, 1851 , the following plan for the endowment of the College was adopted ·
1. That the sum of $85,000 be raised in pledges and donat.ions of not less than $100 each.
2. That bonds be taken for such pledges, payable in three equal annual instalments, the first instalment to be made payable when the amount of $60,000 shall have been secured in sums of not less than $100 each, and notice thereof signed by the President and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the College, shall have been published in two newspapers published in the city of Richmond, Va., and the whole amount of said bonds to bear interest from the same date, with the proviso that the aforesaid sum of $60,000 shall have been secured, an d notice thereof duly given by or on the first day of June, 1855.
3 . That whereas some of the contributors may prefer to pay their contributions at one payment, and before the completion of the $60,000 subscription, the agents and the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees, or either of them, be authorized and empowered to receive such payments, and to give refunding bonds on behalf of the Board of Trustees, to refund the money thus received, provided the condition relating to securing $60,000 shall fail of being fulfilled, and provided also that application for the refunding of said money shall be made within one year from and after the first day of June, 1855.
4. That pledges and donations of amounts less than $100 each be also solicited, to be paid unconditionally, and to be appropriated to the general purposes of the College or to the endowment fund, at the discretion of the Board of Trustees .
5. That such subscriptions or other obligations now belonging to the College, given for endowment or g en eral pu r poses, as are
to be coll~cted, be placed in the hands of the General Agent, and that he be invested with a discretionary power as to their collection or transfer to the present endowment plan.
6. That whereas at several times the Board has taken action regarding plans of endowment and scholarships, all such plans be rescinded, except in so far as any rights may h:we already accrued under their operation to the College, or to the contributors to the College respectively.
7. That the Board of Trustees will faithfully appropriate the principal of all contributions to the endowment to that purpose forever, saving only so much thereof as may be necessarily expended in obtaining and collecting the same.
JOHN M. MURRAY, Secretary .
According to an estimate furnished by the General Agent of the College, the whole amount of subscriptions to the month of June of the present year, after making liberal deductions for necessary expenses, will, when added to the funds already in hand, make up the endowment fund of $100,000, as contemplated by the above plan. This question may therefore be considered as settled, and the College itself placed on a secure basis so far, at least, as an endowment fund can render it secure.
But besides this, another question of vital importance to the prosperity and future usefulness of the College has been for some time engaging the anxious consideration of the Board of Trustees. Without suitable buildings, the most liberal endowment would avail but little, and the Trustees, to meet the pressing necessities of the case, have accordingly determined to commence as early as practicable the present year, the main College edifice, (a plan of which, on a very magnificent scale, has already been obtained,) and to press forward the work with all diligence to a speedy conclusion. It is designed that the buildings when com~ pleted, shall be an ornament to the city which has so liberally subscribed in aid of the endowment, and an honor to the denomination under whose auspices the College was originally established.