Colby College Catalogue 1868 - 1869

nials of a good moral character, a thorough acquaintance with English, Latin and Greek Grammar, four books of Cresar's Com­mentaries, the Catiline of Sallust, the JEneid of Virgil, six O

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Colby College Catalogue 1868 - 1869

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REv JAMES T CHAMPLIN, D D , President HoN ABNER COBURN, Vice President

ELDRIDGE L GETCHELL, EsQ., Treasurer REV B F SHAW, Sec:retary

Rev Adam Wilson, D D

Rev Arthur Drinkwater,

Samuel Garnsey, Esq

Rev Joseph Ricker, D D

l\Ioses Giddings, Esq

Rev David N Sheldon, D D

Rev William H Shailer, D D

Nathaniel R Boutelle, M D

Hon Dennis L Milliken, Rev Albion K P Small, William Wilson, Esq

Hon Henry A Kennedy, Hon I.Jot M Morrill, James H Hanson, A M

Rev Nathaniel M Wood, D D Hon Benjamin D Metcalf,

Rev Nathaniel Butler, Rev Henry V Dexter, Hon Hannibal Hamlin, LL D Rev Franklin l\Ierriam, Hon Josiah H Drummond, Gardner Colby, Esq

Rev George W Bosworth, D D Rev E E Cummings, D D Henry B Hart, Esq Hon Charles Rendol Whidden

R E v J AME S T CH AMPL I N , D D ,

PRESIDENT, Babcock Prof"e••or oCintellectual and Moral Philo•ophy

Names �idence Rooms NICHOLAS NoYES ATKINSON, West Mz:not, 9 s c

GILMAN CLARK FISHER, Dove1·, N H 20 N c

CHARLES HoLT KIMBALL, Pembroke, N · H 13 N C

EDWARD STUART RAWSON, Rumford Point, 15 N c

JUSTIN KENT RICHARDSON' Buxton, 30 N C EDWARD p A YSON ROBERTS, Waterboro,' 7 s c

How ARD CHANDLER RowE, New Gloucester, 9 N C WARREN AUGUSTUS SMITH, Litchfield, 9 N C

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Tames Re idence Rooms

CHARLES HE RY CuMSTON, Monmouth, 14 s c t-l EDWIN AUGUSTUS DANIELS, Paris, 15 s c FREDERIC How.ARD EvELETII, Durlw.m, 30 s c

GEORGE LLEWELLYN FARNUM, Rumford, 30 s c , i HENRY WEBSTER FOLLETT, Parkman, 24 N c ALFRED EnEN MEIGS, South China, 37 N C

ERASTUS MELVILLE SHAW, Rockland, 24 N C

� PARKMAN SHAW w A.RHEN, Bangor, Mrs Platts CHARLES RENDOL WHIDDEN, Jn Calais, 6 S c

SCOTTO HEDGE BLEWETT, Augusta, Ky Prof Hamlin's

FRED IRVING CAMPBELL, Cherryfield, 6 N C

\.!DAVID WASS CAMPBELL, Cherryfield, 6 N C

rl JAMES FRANKLIN CHANEY, Clinton, 27 N C

N EDWARD v AUGHAN GRANGER, Providence, R L 37 N c ALBAN US KIMBALL GURNEY' Gape Elizabeth, 26 s c

DELWIN AUGUSTUS HAMLIN, Sidney, 11 N C WILLIAM LIBBEY, livermore, 12 N c

WILLIS BRONSON MATTHEWS, Auburn, 23 N C

CHARLES How ARD STURGIS, Cherryfield, 13 S c

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JAMES BIGELOW ATWOOD, r(V St Albans, 7 N C

JOHN HARRIS BARROWS, East Sumner, 12 s c

EuGENE KINCAID DuNBA.R, East Machias, 22 N C

ELIHU BURRITT HASKELL, Guilford, 25 s c STEPHEN ALFRED JONES, Cifiina, 20 N C

HOWARD ROGERS MITCHELL, Waterville, 11 S c

WILDER WASHINGTON PERRY, Oamden, 11 S c

JOHN DAY SMITH, � South Litclifield, 7 N C

ALFRED SWEETSER STOWELL, Wakefield, Mass 31 s c

HORACE WAYLAND TILDEN, Lewiston, 12 s c

LEWIS ALBERT w HEELER, Waterville, Mrs Wheeler's

THOMAS GOULD LYONS, Wate1·ville, 27 s c

SUMMARY

Seniors, 12

Juniors, 9

Sophomore!!!, , 17

Freshmen, , 13

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ABB REVIAT IONS

N C North College

S C South College

nials of a good moral character, a thorough acquaintance with English, Latin and Greek Grammar, four books of Cresar's Com­mentaries, the Catiline of Sallust, the JEneid of Virgil, six Ora­tions of Cicero, Latin Prosody, the making of Latin, Jacobs' Greek Reader, or its equivalent, Ancient and Modern Geography, Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, Proportions, the Doctrine of RootR and Powers, and Algebra to Equations of the Second Degree in Davies's Bourdon It is recommended to students in prepara­tion, to read attentively some convenient manual of Greek and Roman History Hadley's Greek Grammar and Harkness' Latin Grammar are preferred

Candidates for advanced standing are examined in the prepar­atory studies, and in the various studies to which the Class they propose to enter have attended Those who are admitted from other Colleges must present certificates of regular dismission In all cases testimonials of good moral character are required

Tbe stated times for examinations are Tuesday before Com­mencement, and the first day of the first term

SELECT CouRSE Individuals of suitable age and acquisitions, wishing to fit themselves for mercantile, agricultural, or aQy of the other active pursuits of life, will be allowed to pursue a Partial Course, for any lengt.h of time not less than one year, selecting such studies as they may desire They will be required to recite with the reg11lar College Classes at least twice a day, and to continue through the term any study commenced They will have free access to the Libraries and Lectures, and on leaving the Institution will be entitled to a regular certificate of their respective attain­ments in the studies on which they have passed an examination

•Teachers are reminded, that these terms fur admission, substantially, will be insisted upon

Odes of Horace Harkness

Plato's Apology and Crito

Hadley Day THIRD TERM

Alge bra, (completed),

Greek,

Davies's Bourdon Homer

FIRST TERM

Rhetoric, Whately, Day's Rhetorical Praxis, and Lect.ures

Otto's Grammar Champlin

Epistles of Horace l?rench, Dumas' Life of Napoleon

Surveying and Navigation,

Greek,

Davies

Philippics �f Demosthenes

Tragedy

Loomis Agassiz and Gould

Constitution of the United States,

Greek, Demosthenes on the Crown

Latin, or German, one half of the term

The various branches of Natural Philosophy,

Intellectual and Moral Philosophy,

Greek History and Literature,

Roman History and Literature,

Greek and Roman Mythology,

Rhetoric,

Verbal Criticis� and History of the English Language

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Plato's Apology and Crito,

Popular Orations of Demosthene ,

Iliad or Odyssey of Homer,

Alcestis of Euripide , or Antigone of Sophocles,

Demosthenes OQ the Crown,

Hadley's Greek Grammar,

Tacitu�, Germania, Agricola, and History,

Harkness' Latin Grammar,

Exercises in writing Latin

JIU.TJIEJU.TICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY

Geometry,

Algebra,

Trigonometry,

Projections, Mensuration of Heights and Distances,

Survey-ing, Levelling and Navigation,

Whately on Style,

Whately's Logic,

Whatelj on Conviction and Persuasion,

Day's Elocution,

Day's Rhetorical Praxis,

Trench on Study of Words,

English Literature, Spalding and Shaw

Themes are required of the Sophomore, Junior and Senior Classes, once in two weeks

Declamations are required from one of the four classes every week, the Senior and Junior Classes speaking original articles Exercises in Elocution are continued throughout the course

HISTORY

Grecian History and Antiquities, Bojesen,

Roman History and Antiquities, Bojesen

May's Constitutional History of England

INTELLECTUAL AND KORAL PHILOSOPHY

Champlin's Intellectual Philosophy,

Fisher's Essays on the Supernatural Origin of Christianity, Champlin's First Principles of Ethics,

Champlin's Political Economy,

Constitution of the United State�

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EXHIBITION

There is an Exhibition of the Senior Class during the first term,

in which hononary parts, con isting of Greek, Latin, French, and Engli-h version , are a igned to member of the Junior Cla s, whose rank is such as to entitle them to the disti�ction

PRIZE DECLAUATIONS

There is a Prize Declamation of the Sophomore Clas at the end

of the Spring Term, and of the Junior Clas at the ena of the S':1mmcr Term At the e declamations, in the last academic year, the prizes were awarded as follow :-

Junior Declamation :-Fir�t Prize, to Abraham Willard Jack­son Second Prize, to Ju tin Kent Richard on

Sophomore Declamation :-Fir t Prize, to Charles Henry Cum­ston Second Prize, to Henry· Webster Follett

The Prize for the best Compo ition at the Senior Exhibition, was awarded to Julian Daniel Taylor

PUBLIC WORSHIP

All the Students are required to ·attend some place of public wor hip on the Sabbath; each student or his parent or guardian being permitted to select for attendance either o the places of pub­lic worship in the village

EXAMINATIONS

There is a public examination of all the Classes at the close of each term In the Mathematical and mo t of the English branches the student is required to exhibit bis attainments, in any part of the term's study assigned to him, without being questioned, and to conduct the discussion himself

The final examination of the Senior Class occurs five weeks be­fore Commencement

TERM BILLS

There is kept an accurate account of each Student's absences from all exercises upon which his attendance is required; also, of his

Commencement is on the second Wednesday of August The first vacation is of four weeks, from Commencement; the second

is of eight, from the third Wednesday of December; the third is

of ten days, at the close of the second Term The first term is of fifteen weeks ; the second and third terms, of twelve weeks each The terms are so arranged as to give a long vacation in the Winter, which may be pro.fitably occupied in teaching, by those whose cir­cumstances require it Students ;ire allowed to leave for their schools the Wednesday before the first Monday in December

EXl'ENSES

Tuition, Room-rent and use of Library,

Incidental Expenses,

Board from $2.50 to $3.50 per week,

Fuel, Washing and Lights,

AID TO STUDENTS

Besides the opportunity for teaching two or three months in the winter, the Education Societies aid those preparing for the Chris­tian Ministry, and there are several scholarships, the benefit of which may be enjoyed by meritorious students who need the aid And, in addition, the institution offers the following

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Honorary Aid (Prizes)

1 The first term bill cancelled for the student best fitted for college; al o all sub equent bill through his course, in case he need the aid and maintains a high rank in his class

2 The first term bill cancelled for the best of not less than six from the same school ; also the second bill, and the first and second bills in each year, on the same condition as above

3 The fir t term bill cancelled for the best of not less than four from the same school ; and the first bill in each subsequent year,

on the same conditions as above

But no school shall be entitled to more than one prize; nor shall any one receive a prize who is not well prepared for college

These prizes, for the present year, have been awarded as fol­lows :-

Second Prize-to Howard E.ogers Mitchell, fitted by Mr J H

Hanson, at the Classical Institute

SPECIAL REGULATIONS

1 Any deficiencies in the studies preparatory for college, must

be made up by the beginning of the second term

2 Students are considered absent; at the beginning of a term, until they present themselves at their recitations, and will be fined for such absence, unless they obtain an excuse for the same from the President

3 Students declared deficient in any study, at the end of a term, must make up such deficiency by the opening of the next terJ'Il

4 No student can be examined with his class, who has �ot recited with them at least one-third of the time

5 No student, who is unexamined in the studies of any two terms, can proceed with his class till he has been examined on one

of them

6 Examinations on deficiencies lnust always take place on the first day of the term

7 No student is allowed to be absent a term, nor to leave town

in term time, without permission from the President

President; and if not corrected on admonition, the student will be suspended for the term, or discharged from the college altogether,

as the case may seem to demand

10 Any student, changing bis room, without permission from the President, will be subject to a fine, or such other penalty as the Faculty may think suited to the case

11 If any student shall fail to hand in his composition to the proper officer at the time appointed for it to be read, be will not be allowed to proceed with his class till it is handed in

12 All excuses for absences from college exercises are to be presented in writing to the officer superintending the exercises, al­ways before Wednesday evening in each week

13 No student is allowed to board at a public house

WATERVILLE CLASSICAL INSTITUTE

This Institution, under the charge of Mr J H Hanson, is recommended as possessing superior advantages as a Classical School The course of study is arranged with reference to the requirements for admission to the University

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COLLEGE CALENDA R

-+-FALL TERM ends on Wednesday,

VACATION OF EIGHT "'EEKS

SPRING TERM begins Wednesday Evening,

SPRING TERM ends Wednesday,

VACATION OF TEN DAYS

Dec 23, 1868

1809 February 17

l\1ay 12

SUMMER TERM begins Monday Evening, May 24

Senior Examination, Wednesday, July 7

Examinations of the other Classes begins Wednesday, Aug 4

Examinat.ion for ad ms sion, Tuesday,* Aug l 0 Commencement, Wednesday, Aug 11

v ACATJON OF FouR w EEKS

FALL TERM begins Wednesday,

Examination for admission, Wednesday,*

Sept 8 Sept 8

"" At eight o clock, at the College chapel The examination to be in writing