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CATALOGUE
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Rev. WILLIAM ALLEN, D. D. President. Rev. HEZEKIAH PACKARD, D. D. Vice President. Hon. BENJAMIN ORR, Secretary. Hon. PRENTISS MELLEN, LL. D. Hon. JOSIAH STEBBINS. Rev. ELIPHALET GILLET, D. D. Rev. ICHABOD NICHOLS, D. D. Hon. STEPHEN LONGFELLOW. Hon. WILLIAM P. PREBLE. Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun. His Excell. ALBION K. PARRIS. Hon. JOHN HOLMES. Hon. JOHN CHANDLER. Hon. MARK L. HILL. Hon. JUDAH DANA. Hon. WILLIAM KING. Hon. JAMES BRIDGE.
Hon. BENJAMIN J. PORTER. Hon. JOSHUA WINGATE, Jun. Hon. ERASTUS FOOTE. Hon. ASHUR WARE. Hon. REUEL WILLIAMS. Rev. EDWARD PAYbON, D. D. Hon. THOMAS BOND. Rev. NATHANIEL H. FLETCHER. BOARD OF OVERSEERS.
Hon. JEREMIAH BAILEY, Present. ROBERT H. GARDI ,. Vice President.
ROBERT D. DUNNING E-q. Secretary. Hon BENJAMIN AMES. Hon. WILLIAM D. WILLIAMSON. RICHARD COBB, Esq. Hon. ALFRED JOHNSON. Jun. Rev. JONATHAN COGSWELL. Rev. ASA CUMMINGS. SAMUEL CONY. Esq. NATH'L GROTON.Esq.
LEVI CUTTER, Esq. Hon. ROBERT P. DUNLAP. CHARLES S. DAVEIS, Esq Hon. JOSEPH E. FOXCROFT. DAVID DUNLAP, Esq. Hon. JONATHAN PAGE. Hon. SAMUEL FESSENDEN. ETHER SHEPLEY, Esq. Rev. ENOS MERRILL. Hon. JOSIAH W. SEAVER. JOSIAH W.MITCHELL.E q Hon. PELEG TALLMAN. Rev. REUBEN NASON. Hon. DANIEL ROSE,.
BENJ'N RANDALL, Esq. EBENEZER CLAPP, Esq. EBENEZER EVERETT, Esq. Hon. JOHN DOLE. Rev. JOHN W. ELLINGWOOD. EBEN'R T. WARREN, Esq. SIMON GREENLEAF, Esq Hon. PELEG SPRAGUE. BENJAMIN HASEY, Esq. WILLIAM K. PORTER, Esq. Dr. JOHN A. HYDE. CHARLES DUMMER.Esq. Dr. ISAAC LINCOLN, Hon. JOHN ANDERSON. JOSEPH M'KEEN, Esq. Rev. DANIEL GOULD. JOHN MERRICK, Esq. Hon. STEPHEN THACHER.
EDWARD RUSSELL, Esq. RUFUS M'INTIRE, Esq.
Dr. ENOCH S. TAPPAN. WILLIAM LADD, Esq.
Rev. BENJAMIN TAFPAN. Rev. THOMAS WILLIAMS.
CHARLES VAUGHAN. Esq Rev. SENECA WHITE. Hon. ABIEL WOOD. WILLIAM A. HAYES, Es«j. Hon. SANFORD KINGSBERY. FREDERIC ALLEN, Esq. Hon. SAMUEL E. SMITH. Rev. ASA MEAD. JOHN ABBOT, Esq. Treasurer of the College ©IH82SS
OF
INSTRUCTION AND GOVERNMENT.
Rev. WILLIAM ALLEN, D. D. PRESIDENT.
PARKER CLEAVELAND, A. M. professor of mathe-
matics AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, AND LECTURER Off CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY.
HENRY H. CHILDS, M. D. lecturer on the theory AND PRACTICE OF PHYSIC.
SAMUEL P. NEWMAN, A. M. professor of rhetoric AND ORATORY, AND LECTURER ON CIVIL POLITY AND PO- LITICAL ECONOMY.
ALPHEUS S. PACKARD, A. M. professor of languages AND CLASSICAL LITERATURE.
JOHN D. WELLS, M. D. professor of anatomy and SURGERY.
JAMES M'KEEN, M. D. lecturer on midwifery.
THOMAS C. UPHAM, A. M. professor of METAPHYsici and moral philosophy, and lecturer on BIBLICaL literature.
WILLIAM SMYTH, A. M. assistant professor of math- ematics AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
JOSEPH H. ABBOT, A. B. librarian, and tutor in MODERN LANGUAGES. FACULTY OF MEDICINE.
Rev. WILLIAM ALLEN, D. D.
PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE-
Dr. ISAAC LINCOLN.
ENOCH S. TAPPAN, M. D.
PARKER CLEAVELAND, M. D. professor of chemistrt
AND MATERIA MEDICA.
HENRY H. CHILDS, M. D. lecturer on the theory
AND PRACTICE OF PHYSIC.
JOHN D. WELLS, M. D. professor of anatomy anb
SURGERY.
JAMES M'KEEN, M. D. lecturer on midwifery.
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JOSEPH H. ABBOT, A. B. librarian
SILAS DURKEE, A. B. assistant librarian STUDENTS
FEBRUARY— MAY, 1826.
NAM^S. RESIDENCE. INSTRUCTERS.
Adams John Bloomfield A. Mann, m. d. and
A. Nourse, a. d, Ayer Benjamin Alna Dr. M. Shaw.
Bates Niran Norridgezvock Dr. J. Bates.
Bradley Jonathan Jun. Vienna D. Baldwin, M. d. Brown John G. Waldoborough Dr. B. Brown.
Cooper William F. Croydon, N. H. E. Cooper, m. d.
Currier George Readfeld Dr. S. Currier.
Doane Augustus S. a. b. Boston, Ms. J D. Wells, h d.
Durkee Silas, a. b. Hanover, N. H. Dr J. Durkee.
Earle Homer Mdford, Ms. Dr. G. D. Pock.
Farnum John 3. Alfred AbielHall Jun.M.D.
I ibes Daniel Bangor S. C. Bradbury,M.D.
Fowler Benjamin Unity J. D. Wells, m. d.
Gould Moses Brid%ton M. Sweat, m. d.
Hall John R. Bloomjittd Dr. J. Bowen.
Hamlin Cyrus Jun. Paris Dr. B. Chandler,
Hatch William, a. b. Exeter, N. H. W. Perry, m. d.
Heath Asa Jun. Monmouth Dr. J. Cochran.
Hobbs Daniel S. Effingham, N. H.A. Dearborn, ai. d. Holden George W. Brunswick.
Holman Eliakim A. Bolton, Ms. M A. Ward, h. d.
Holmes Job Hebron J. D. Wells, m. d.
Howard John C. a. b. Boston, M^. G. C Shattuck, h.d. Howe Oliver B. Rumford J. Grover, m d. Kelly Nathaniel K. Plaistow, N. H. J. B. Hovey, m. d. Kennedy Daniel K, Jefferson J. D. Wells, m. d. NAMES. RESIDENCE. INSTRUCTED.
Kittredge Benjamin Salem, Ms. M. A. Ward, m. d.
Lane Josiah Jun. New Gloucester M, Pv. Pulsifer, m.d.
Leland Phinehas W. Boston, Mi. G C. Shattuck,M.i>.
Little Daniel Goffstown N. H. Dr. S. Huston.
Lucas Ivory H. New Bedford, Ms. A. Read, m. d.
Macdougall William, a. m. Brunswick Dr. I. Lincoln.
Macdougall Thomas, a. b. Gorham Dr. J. Roberts.
Mason Alfred, a. b. Portsmouth^, H.J . Pierrepont, m. p«
Megquier Thomas L. Poland Dr. J. Tewksbury.
Merrill John Jan. Topsham J. M i Keen, m. d.
Moody Richard Saco H B.C. Greene, m.d.
Perham Joseph Farmington Dr. J. Caldwell.
Porter Byron Mount Vernon D. Baldwin, m. d.
Prescott Epaphras K. Monmouth Dr. J. Cochran.
Prescott William H. A. C. Dresden Dr. B. Prescott.
Purinton Tobias Lewis ton J. D. Wells, m. d.
Ray Isaac Beverly, Ms. G. C. Shattuck,M.D.
Sanborn David M. Oilman ton, N.H.J. Lane, m. d.
Sawyer Levi P. Andover J. Grover, m. d.
ShurtlefY Francis Litchfield S. A. Shurtleff, m.d.
Snell Charles, a. b. JVinthrop Issachar Snell, m.d.
Southwick Edward Jun. Danvers. Ms. J. Nichols, m. d.
Stickney George W. Halluwell A. Mann, m. d. and A. Nourse, m. d.
Stockbridge Tristram G. Bath J. Stockbridge, m.d.
Stoyell George W. Farmington Dr. J. Caldwell.
Tompson Greenfield P. Pownal Dr. T. Little.
Whitcomb James B. Bolton, Ms. S. Morrill, m. d.
Wilbur Amos C. Swansey, Ms. T. Wilbur, m. d.
Wood George \V\ Winthrop Dr. B. Snell.
Wyman Robert North YarmouthW. B. Gooch, M. d. Abbot Gorham D. M'Lellan Isaac Appleton William Moody Benjamin Brinsmade Peter A. Rowland Jonathan M. Cleaveland John Russwurm John B. Curtis William Sherman Joseph Farrar Samuel Smith Manasseh H. Gilman John T. Trask George Lord Charles A. Woodman Moses R.
UNDERGRADUATES.
Seniors.
NAMES. RESIDENCE. ROOMS.
Abbot Gorham D. Brunswick No. 11 J{.C\ Appleton Wilham Amherst, N. H. 25 AT. C.
Apthorp Leonard F. Boston, Ms, 15 JV. C. Boyd Samuel S. Portland 27 M. H.t Brinsmade Peter A. Hartford, Con. Mrs. Jones'* Clark Samuel L. Winthrtp Col. Pierce's.
Cleaveland John Topsfield, Ms. Mr. J. Grows'.
Curtis William Brunswick Mr. J. Grows'. Farrar Samuel Dexter 6 M.H. Frost Obadiah E. Tupsham 13 M. H. Gilman John T. Exeter, N. H. 9 jv. a Granger Daniel T. Saco 13 M. H: Hilliard William T. Gorham 27 N. a Learned Edward D. Gardiner U JV. C. •JV C. New College. fJW. H. Maine Hall. 10
NAMES. RESIDENCE. ROOMS.
Leland Joseph W. Saco No. 13 JV. C. Lord Charles A. Kennebunk Port Prof. Upham's. M'Lellan Isaac Boston, Ms. 10 M. H. Merriam Jonas Topsfidd, Ms. 29 JV. C. Moody Benjamin Falmouth 23 M. H. Nelson Horatio Castine S JV. C. Paine William Portland 5 JV. C. Frentiss Sergeant S. Gorham 25 JV. C. Rowe James S. Exeter, N. H. 28 M. H. Rowland Jonathan M.New Haven, Con 9 M. H. Russwurm John B. Boston, Ms. Mr.H. Pettengill's. Sawyer George Y. Wakefield, N. H. 21 JV. C. Sherman Joseph Edgecomb 9 JV/. i/. Smith Manasseh H. Warren 23 Jtf. if. Southgate Robert Portland Mr. A. Dunning's. Thatcher Benjamin B.Warren 29 JV. C. Trask George Beverly, Ms. J. M'Lellan's, Esq. Wilcox Charles W. C. York 31 JV. C. Woodman Moses E. Fryeburg 27 Jtf. //.
Abbot John S. Temple Mr. J. Grows'. Adams Joseph West Newbury, Ms. No. 16 JV. C. Allen Horace O. Sanford 21 M. H. Ames Bailey Industry Bailey Lewis Brunswick Miss Bailey's. Baldwin Abraham C. Guilford, Con. 32 M. H. Blake Samuel H. Hartford 26 JV. C. Blood Mighill H. Bucksport Col. Pierce's. Brown Enoch E. Hampden 31 M. //. Cleaveland Moses P. Brunswick Prof. Cleaveland's. 11
NAMES. RESIDENCE. ROOMS,
Codman John Portland No. 10 N C.
Dodge Asa Newcastle, 26 Jit. C. Dorr Joseph H. Boston, Ms. Col. Estabrook's. Dummer Henry E. Hallowcll 11 M. H. Felch Alpheus Limerick Rev. B. Titcomb's. Field Charles North Yarmouth 32 M. H.
Field Henry C. Belfast 31 N C. Gage Franklin Augusta 12 JV. C.
Hale John P. Rochester, N. H. 14 M. H. Hilliard John H. Gorham 27 N. C.
Hodgdon John Weare, N. H. J. M'Lellan's, Esq. Jordan Ichabod G. Saco 25 M. H. Jordan Nahum Surry 32 N a Kellogg Gardiner Windham 31 M. H. Leavitt James T. Bangor 32 JV. C. Locke Caleb Hollis 16 N. C. M'Lellan William P. Portland 25 M. H. Moody Isaiah P. Y<>rk Mrs. Pierce's. Moulton George F. Bucksport 21 M. H. Owen John Portland Rev. B. Titcomb's. Peabody Ephraim Wilton* N. H. Mr. J. Grows'. Stevens Joseph B. Brookjicld, Con. 30 N a Tyng James H. Ncwburyport, Ms. Mr. J. Grows'. Vaughan William M.Halluwell 22 JV. C. Wingate George R.D. Portland 14 M. H.
Woodhull Richard Fairfield, Con. 30 JV. C.
Sopftomovcg,
Allen William Norridgewock No. 14 JV. C.
Baker Silas Edgccomb 12 M. H.
Bartlett John C. Charlestown, Ms. 6 N C.
Bearce Josiah A. Hebron 24 JV. C 12
NAMES. RESIDENCE. ROOMS.
Bond Francis E. Hallowed No. 12 M. H. Brewster Charles R. Buxton 22 M. H.
Burnham John S. Orland 29 JV/. H. Caldwell Merritt Hebron 7 M. H.
Cleaveland Ebenezer Byfield, Ms; 29 M. H.
Cleaveland James B. Brunswick Prof. Cleaveland's. Cutler Nathan M. Farmington 2G M. H. Cutter Edward F. Portland 26 M. H. Dewey Avery W. Brunswick. Everett George Montvillt 6 X C. Fisher Josiah Bliehill 15 M. H. Fuller Henry W. Augusta Rev. B. Titcomb's. Gilpatrick Joseph Gardiner 22 M. H. Green Albert G. Bath 28 JV C.
Kingsbery Sanford X.Gardiner 22 JST. c.
Lane George W. Readji- Id 24 JV C. Larrabee William C. Strong 7 M. H.
Marsh Gilbert H. Thomaston 15 Jtf. H. Parsons John U. Parsnnsjield 16 M. H. Perkins Horatio N. Kenuebink Port 14 JV C.
RacklefF Charles Portland Rev. B. Titcomb's.
Sawyer Luther D. Wakefield, N. H. 21 JV. C.
Weston William N. Eastport 8 A". C.
ifvcttimeu*
Adams William B. Boston. Ms. No. 18 JV. C.
Allen Henry C. JEr/s/ Bridgewater, Ms. 1 M. H. Apthorp Harrison O. Boston, Ms. 15 JV. C.
Bailey Dudley P. North Yarmouth Barnes Phinehas Bucksport 19 JV. C.
Bartlett John Neio Ipswich, N. H. 2 M.H.
Benson Alfred G. Boston, Ms. 16 Jtf. H. 13
NAMES. RESIDENCE. ROOMS.
Bradstreet Joseph Gardiner Hon. B. Orr's. Clark Dennis Strong No. 20 M H.
Cleaveland Elisha L. Topsjield, Ms. 8 M. H. Coffin George Newburyport, Ms. 3 N C. Day John Q. Portland Mr. A. Dunning's. Ditson Asa M. Wilton 20 M. H. Evans Richard Andover, Ms. 2 M. H. Green Alexander R. Topsham 8 M.H. Haines Allen Brunswick 17 N. C.
Hartley John F. Saco Rev. B. Titcomb's. Holmes Charles H. Alfred 20 N C. Knight Isaac Waterford 4 N C. Lash Augustus F. Waldoborougji 19 M. H.
Manning Thomas New Gloucester 4 A'. C. M c Cobb Henry B. Phip Sessions Joseph Lunenburg, Vt. 19 N. C. Sewall Kiah B. Phipsburg 2 n. a Sherman Thomas Edgecomb Soule Moses Freeport Swift George B. Andover, Ms. 1 M. H. Theobald Frederic V.Wiscasset Wood William Portland Mr. A. Dunning's. 14 Medical Students 56 Seniors 33 Juniors 36 Sophomores 27 Freshmen 39 Total 191 TERMS OF ADMISSION. Candidate? for admission into the Freshman Class are required to write grammatically, and to he well veised in Geography, Arithmetic, Cicero's Sk!pc' Orations, the Bucolics, Georgic*, and Aeneid of Virgil, Sallust t the Gospel* • Groek Te>tament, and Jacoh's Greek reader. They must produce certifi- c*fe« of (heir good moral character. The usual time* for examination is the Fri- tfter Commencement—Candidates for admission into the other classes will be cxa-'iiued aUo in the books, which have heeu studied by •^mission is re-jur«ted. —Scholars from other Colleges, before they can be exam- ined, must produce a certificate of their regular dismission. The Geography to Us studied may be Morse's, Worcester's, or Cummings*. COUZISS OF STUB? FRESHMAN CLASS. First Term. Gr?eca Majora (extracts from Xenophon's Anabasis and Herod- otus) ; Livy (2 books) ; Lacroix's Arithmetic and Euler's Algebra. Second Term. Graeca Majora (extracts from Thucydides and Homer) ; Lh'y finished (5 booksy ; Lacroix's Algebra. Hard Term. Graeca Majora (Homer, Isocrates ^ Xenophon's Memorabilia); Excerpta Latioa (extracts from Paterculus and Pliny's Letters) ; Murray's Eng- Lsa Grammar; Lacroix's Algebra finished. SOPHOMORE CLASS. First Term Gneca Majora (extracts from Thcophrastus, Polyacnus and Tla- (Plane to>; Excerpta Latina (Tacitus); Blair's Rhetoric ; Cambridge Mathematics Trigonometry) ; Lrgendre's Geometry. Second Term. Graeca Majora; (Lysias, Demosthenes, and Dionysius Kali- car); Excerpta Latina; Cam. Mathematics (Heights and Distances, Navigation, »nd Purveying) ; Geometry finished ; Hedge's Logic. Latina: Can.brid^f Third Term. Graeca Majora ; (Heaiod 4'c.) ; Excerpla IZaieomatios. 13 JUNIOR CLASS. Cam. Mathematics; En* First Term. Crsco Majora ; Excerpta Latina; field's Natural Philosophy ; French. Natural Philosophy * Second Term. Grxca Majora ; Horace; Eefield'l Locke's Es?ay ; French. Third Term. Priestley's Lectures on History; Gixca Majora ; Horace; Locke's Essay* SENIOR CLASS. First Term. Astronomy and Mathematics ; Paley's Natural Theology 5 Stewart's Philosophy of the Mind, (vol. i.) ; Paley's Evidences. Second Term. Chemistry ; Stewart's Philosophy of the Mind, (vol. ii.) $ Burlemaqui on Natural Law ; Butler's Analogy. Third Term. Natural History ; Cleaveland's Mineralogr ; Butler's Analogy. EXERCISES DURING THE YEAR. Private Declamations of each Class, and public Declamations of the three {>•• jier Classes. Compositions in English of the two upper Classes. Forensic Disputations of the Seniors. Translations into Latin and Greek by the two lower Classes. Translations into English by the Sophomore class. Recitations in the Bible every Sunday evening. Two weeks preceding the terra Examinations are spent in review of the studies of the term. LECTURES. On Chemistry, delivered durirg the second term to the Junior and Senior Classes. On Natural Philosophy, delivered during the third term to the Junior anJ Senior Classes. On Mineralogy, delivered to the Senior Class during the third term. On Rhetoric and Oratory, delivered to the Senior Class once each fortnight during the year. The prin'cipal annual expenses aie for tuition, $54,00 \ and for room rent a wetk. £10,00. Board mrj te had for $l t 50 16 jWrtrCcal Scftool of 3Watne. The Medical School was established by an Act of the Legislature, passed Jm e '27th. 1 820. It is under the direction of the Boards of Trustees and Over- •ecs of Bowdoin College, and receives from the State $1,000 a year for the pur- po-e of making additions to the Library, Cabinet, and Apparatus.—The Medical Lectin*^ commence, annually, about the middle of February ; and continue three months. The fees of admission to all the Lectures are fifty dollars. Candidates for the degree of Doctor of Medicine are examined by the Faculty of Medicine at the termination of each course of Lectures. They must have de- voted three years to professional studies, under the direction of a regular practi- tioner of medicine, and must have attended two full courses of Lecture?, the last of which must have been at this Institution. They must pass a satisfactory examination in Anatomy, Physiology, Chemistry; Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Mi Iwifery, Surgery and the Theory and Practice of Physic ; and must publicly read and defend a Dissertation on some Medical Subject. Those candidates, who have not received a collegial education, must satisfy the Faculty of their proficiency in the Latin Language and in Natural Philosophy. Siudent8are allowed free access to the Library, which contains about 1,800 vis. principally modern works, which have been selected with much care. The Librarj also contains an extensive and valuable collection of Plates, among which are the splendid works of Alhinus, —Vicq D'Azyr.— Cloquet,—Home,— Scarpa.— Cooper,— the Bells, — Baillie, —Bateman, SfC. Many recent and approv- ed works have been added since the last course of Lectures. The Anatomical Cabinet, which was received from Europe, and formed in part the private cabinet of the late Prof. Thillaye.of Paris, contains all the pie- parations, which will be found necessary for demonstrations, and embraces many va'uable fpeciinens in Morbid and Comparative Anatomy. The Chemical and Philosophical apparatus is ample, and furnishes means fer full courses of Lectures on these subjects.