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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by Bowdoin Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Bowdoin College Catalogues by an authorized administrator of Bowdoin Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. HOV 12 I OF THE OFFICERS AND STUDENTS OF m®w®®*& e © ft ft s AND THE jftetric&l Scftool OP MAINE. FEBRUARY, 1824. BRUNSWICK, PRINTED BY JOSEPH GRIFFIN Main Street, 1324. •\* \ %*% 1* UoUitroin ©olUfle* BOARDOF TRUSTEES. Rev. WILLIAM ALLEN, D. D. President. Rev. HEZEKIAH PACKARD, D. D. Vice Pres. Hon. BENJAMIN ORR, Secretary. Rev. THOMAS LANCASTER. Rev. ELIJAH KELLOGG. Hon. SAMUEL S. WILDE, LL.D. Hon. PRENTISS MELLEN, LL. D. Hon. JOSIAH STEBBINS. Rev. ELIPHALET GILLET. Rev. ICHABOD NICHOLS, D.D. Hon. STEPHEN LONGFELLOW, Jun. 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. REUEL WILLIAMS, Esq, BOARD OF OVERSEERS. Hon. JEREMIAH BAILEY, President. ROBERT H. GARDINER, Esq. Vice President. ROBERT D. DUNNING, Esq. Secretary. Hon. BENJAMIN AMES. Rev. EDWARD PAYSON, D. D. RICHARD COBB, Esq. Hon. BARRETT POTTER. Rev. JONATHAN COGSWELL. Hon. SANFORD KINGSBURY. SAMUEL CONEY, Esq. Hon. SAMUEL E. SMITH. LEVI CUTTER. Esq. Hon. WILLIAM D. WILLIAMSON. CHARLES S. DAVEIS, Esq. Hon ALFRED JOHNSON. Jun. DAVID DUNLAP, Esq. Rev. PETER S. TEN BROECK. Hon. SAMUEL FESSENDEN. Rev. ASA CUMMINGS. Rev. ENOS MERRILL. NATH'L GROTON, Esq. Hon. AMMI R. MITCHELL. Hon. ROBERT P. DUNLAP. JOSIAH W. MITCHELL, Esq. Hon. JOSEPH E. FOXCROFT. Rev. ELISHA MOSELY. Hon. JONATHAN PAGE. Rev. REUBEN NASON. ETHER SHEPLEY, Esq. BENJAMIN RANDALL, Esq Hon. JOSIAH W. SEAVER. Rev. JOHN W. ELLINGWOOD. Hon. PELEG TALLMAN. EBENEZER EVERETT, Esq Dr. SAMUEL AYER. SIMON GREEN LEAF, Esq. Hon. DANIEL ROSE. BENJAMIN HASEY, Esq. Hon. EBENEZER CLAP. Dr. JOHN A. HYDE. Hon. JOHN DOLE. Dr. ISAAC LINCOLN. EBEN'R T. WARREN, Esq. JOSEPH M'KEEN, Esq. PELEG SPRAGUE, Esq. JOHN MERRICK, Esq. WILLIAM K. PORTER, Esq. EDWARD RUSSELL, Esq. CHARLES DUMMER, Esq. Hon. WOODBURY STORER. JOHN ANDERSON, Esq. Dr. ENOCH S. TAPPAN. Rev. DANIEL GOULD. Rev. BENJAMIN TAPPAN. Hon. STEPHEN THACHER, CHARLES VAUGHAN, Esq. RUFUS McINTIRE, Esq. Hon. ABIEL WOOD. JOHN ABBOT, Esq. Treasurer of the College. ©Mi^llS OF INSTRUCTION AND GOVERNMENT. Rev. WILLIAM ALLEN, D. D. PRESIDENT. PARKER CLEAVELAND, A. M. professor of mathe MATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, AND LECTURER ON CHEMISTRY. SAMUEL P. NEWMAN, A. M. professor of languages. NATHAN SMITH, M. D. lecturer on the theory and PRACTICE OF PHYSIC AND SURGERY. JOHN D. WELLS, M. D. professor of anatomy and PHYSIOLOGY. JOHN ABBOT, A. M. librarian. ALPHEUS S. PACKARD, A. M. tutor in languages and METAPHYSICS. WILLIAM MACDOUGALL, A. M. tutor in natural phi- losophy AND MATHEMATICS. JOSHUA N. DANFORTH, A. B. proctor. WILLIAM SMYTH, A. B. proctor, and instructer in GREEK. FACULTY OF MEDICINE. Rev. WILLIAM ALLEN, D.D. PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE. Hon. BENJAMIN ORR, A. M. Dr. JOHN A. HYDE, Main. M. S. S. Dr. JONATHAN PAGE, Main. M. S. S. NATHAN SMITH. M. D. lecturer on the theory and PRACTICE OF PHYSIC AND SURGERY. PARKER CLEAVELAND, M. D. professor of chemistry AND MATERIA MEDICA. JOHN D. WELLS, M. D. professor of anatomy and PHYSIOLOGY. 000 WILLIAM MACDOUGALL, A. M. librarian. ffi»2©Ali STTOBJBSim FEBRUARY MAY, 1824. NAMES. RESIDENCE. INSTRUCTERS. Baker S. W. New Gloucester H. Prentiss, m. d. Barrett John, a. b. Portland G. C. Shattuck, m. d. Blake Calvin Turner Dr. S. Blake. Bodwell John A. Methuen, Mass. Dr. J. L. Bodwell. Brewster Stephen C. Buxton Dr. R. Brewster. Carter Ezra Concord, N. H. T. Chadbourne, m. p. Cary Tolman Turner Dr. S. Blake. Chase Jonathan Cornish, N. H. N. Smith, m. d. Clark Eliphalet Strong Dr. J. L. Blake. Cochran James Monmouth Dr. J. Cochran. Cook Dr. John New Sharon, Cushing Rufus K. a. b. Brunswick J. M'Keen, m. d. Cushman Solomon P. m. B.New Gloucester Emery James Shapleigh Dr. R. Buck. Fernald John S, Barrington, N. H. Folsom David Vassalborough W. Payson, m. d. Fuller Simeon Paris Dr. J. Tewksbury. Gordon Timothy Hingham, Mass. Dr. W. Gordon. Greely Samuel Mount Vernon J. D. Wells, m. d. Holmes Ezekiel, a. b. Paris Dr. B. Chandler. Holmes Job Hebron Dr. J. Tewksbury. Johnson Benjamin Jackson Dr. J. Roberts. King Asa H. a. b. Killingworth, Con Dr. A. F. Warner. Leffingwell Edward H.a.b. New Haven, Con. J. Knight, m. d. and N. Smith, m. d. Lillybridge Clark Stafford^ Con. A. Mann, M. d. and A. Nourse, m. d. Loring Richmond, a. b. North Yarmouth Dr. T. Little. Macdougall William, a. m. Gorham J. D. Wells, m. d. M'Lellan Charles H.P. A.B.Portland John Merrill, m.d. 8 NAMES. RESIDENCE. INSTRUCTERS. Merrill John G. a. b. Sedgwick J. L. Stevens, m. d. Phtlps Edward E. JVi?idsor, Vt. N. Smith, m. d. Pratt Samuel W. Jun. Saybrook, Con. Dr. A. F. Warner. Snow Charles Fitchburg, Mass. Dr. P. Snow. Vail Hiram, m. d. Pom/ret, Vt. Willis Levi Pans Dr. B. Chandler. Ayer Benjamin Mna Dr. T. Little. Blake Jeremiah Pittsfield, N. H. W. Prescott, m. d. Blake John Pittsfield, N. H. T. Shannon, m. d. Brackett Cornelius T. S. Falmouth Dr. T. Little. Evans Daniel Jun. a. b. Hallowell Dr. J. Bates. Ford Samuel Gray Dr. E. J. Ford. Gooch William B. North Yarmouth Dr. R. Barrows. Hitchcock Dr. Gad North Yarmouth. Kennedy Daniel K. Jefferson Dr. S. Thayer. Knapp Cyrus Leeds Dr. T Little. Lincoln Benjamin, a. b. Dennysville. Markoe Martin M. H. St. Croix, W. In. A.R. Mitchell, m. d. Marston Moses L- JV. Hampton, N.H. M. Sweat, m. d. Merrill John Jun. Topsham J. M'Kcen, m. d. Peirce James II. Waterborough Dr. D. Smith. Putnam Jere S. York Dr. G. Osgood. Shurtleff Francis Litchfield J. Goodwin, m. d. Southwick Edward Jun. Danvers, Mass. A. Nichols, m. d. Stevens John Vassalborough W. Payson, M. d. Tompson Greenfield P. Pownal Dr. T. Little. Wilkinson Ebenezer Jun. Parsonsfield M. Sweat, m. d. Wing Gorham A. JVinthrop W. B. Hebbard, m. d. Total 56. Caldwell Zenas Little William A. Deane Ebenezer F. m'JBBii^ieABWAI^i Seniors. NAMES. RESIDENCE. ROOMS. Allen Harrison Industry No. 29JV.C.* Burk Frederic W. Woodstock, Vt. No. 1 1 JV. C. Caldwell Zenas Hebron No. \2>M.HA Carleton Moses Wiscasset Codman William H. Portland No. 27 M.H. Deane Ebenezer F. Minot No. 31 N.C. Hatch William Exeter, N. H. No. 21 M.H. Little William A. Castine No. iO M.H Mason William Castine No. 10 M.H. Macdougall Thomas Gorham No. 32 M.H. Moody Theodore L. Kennebunk No. 9JIJ.#. Pierce Franklin Hillsborough, N. H. No. 13 M.H. Stow Calvin E. Natick, Mass. No. 25 JV. C. Talbot Samuel Freeport No. 29 JV. C. Abbot Charles J. Castine No. 26 JV. C. Abbot John S. C. Brunswick No. 8 ,Y. C. Ayer Thomas Plastow, N. H. No. 31 Jl/.H. *JV. C. New College. fJW. H. Maine Hall. JO NAMES. RESIDENCE. ROOMS. Bacon Elisha Freeport No. 30 N.C. Benson Samuel P. Winthrop No. 9 N. C. Boynton Alden Wiscasset No. 9 N.C. Bradbury James W. Parsonsfield No. 15 N. C. Bradford Richmond Turner No. 21 M.H. Bridge Horatio Augusta No. 5 N. C. Cheever George B. Hallowell No. 9 M- H. Cilley Jonathan Nottingham, N. H. No. 21 JV. C. Coolidge Cyrus H. Canton No. 21 M. H. Dean Gorham Biddeford No. 15 N.C. Dummer Jeremiah Hallowell No. 21 N C. Dunn Nathaniel Poland No. 2SM.H. Eveleth Joseph J. Augusta No. 31 M.H. Foster David H. Topsham Mr. J. Grows's. Greenleaf Henry P. Portland No. 13 JV. C. Hale William Dover, N. H. No. 5 N. C. Hathorne Nathaniel Salem, Mass. Mr. A. Dunning's. Kinsman John D. Portland No. 25 N.C. Lane George W. New Gloucester No. 26 N.C. Little Josiah S. Newbury, Mass. No. 28 M.H. Longfellow Stephen Portland No. 27 N C. Longfellow Henry W.Portland No. 27 JV. C. Martin Alfred Hallowell No. 7JI/.#. Mason Alfred Portsmouth, N. H. Col. Esta brook's. Mellen Frederic Portland No, 22 JV. C. Newman Mark Andover, Mass. No. 32 M.H. Packard Hezckiah Wiscasset No. 6^/.i/. Pierce George W. Baldwin Mrs, Adams's. Preble Edward D. Portland No. 13 N.C. Sawtell Cullen Norridgewock No. 14Jl/.i/. Shepley David Norridgtwock Mrs. Adams's. 11 NAMES. RESIDENCE. ROOMS. Snell Charles Winthrop No. 23 M.H. Stone William Livermore No. 31 JV. C. Tompson Arthur Pownal No. 1 1 JV. C. Vose Edward J. Augusta No. \4M.H. Weld Eugene Brunswick B- Weld's, Esq. Wyman Seward North Yarmouth No. 30 JV. C. Sojrtioroores* Abbot Gorham D. Brunswick No. 24 JV. C. Allen Thomas Stockbridge, Mass. No. 25 M.H. Appleton William Amherst, N. H. No. 26 M.H. Apthorp Leonard F. Boston, Mass. No. 8JV. C. Boyd Samuel S. Portland No. 11 M.H. Brinsmade Peter A. Hartford, Con. No. 26 M.H Clark Samuel L: Winthrop No. 16 M.H. Cleaveland John Topsjield, Mass. No. 12M.H. Curtis William Brunswick No. 12 JV. C. Farrar Samuel Dexter No. 14 N.C. Frost Obadiah E. Topsham No. 15 M.H. Gilman John T. Exeter, N. H. No. 22 JV. C. Granger Daniel T. Saco No. 15 M.H Hilliard William T. Gorham No. 32 JV. C. Learned Edward D. Gardiner No. 16 M.H. Leland Joseph W. Saco No. 7 M.H Lord Charles A. Kennebunk Port No. 29 M.H M'Lellan Isaac Boston, Mass. No. 10 JV. G Merriam Jonas Topsjield, Mass. No. 12M.H. Merrick George Hallow ell No. 24 JV.C. Moody Benjamin Falmouth No. 28 jv. a 12 NAMES. RESIDENCE. ROOM>. Nelson Horatio Castine No. 8 M. H. Noyes Ebenezer Newburyport, Mass. Paine William Portland No. 29M.H. Ray Isaac Beverly, Mass. No. 14 A*. C. Rowe James S. Exeter, N. H. No. 23 M. H. Rowland Jonathan M.New Haven, Con. No. 10 N. C. Sawyer George Y. Wakefield, N. H. No. ZbM.H. Sherman Joseph, .Jun.Edgecomb No. 6MH. Smith Manasseh H. Warren No. 2^ M.H. Southgate Robert Portland No. 22 M.H. Thatcher Benjamin R.Warren Trask George Beverly, Mass. No. 32 N. C. Wilcox Charles W. C. York No. 28 N. C. Woodman Moses E. Fryeburg No. 1 1 M.H. ffivt&timtu. Abbot John S. Temple No. 20 M.H. Adams Joseph West Newbury, Mass No. 6N. C. Allen Horace O. Sanford No. 30 M.H. Ames Bailey Industry No. 4JV. C. Bailey Lewis Brunswick Miss Bailey's. Baldwin Abraham C. Guilford, Con. No. 30 M.H. Black Henry Ellsworth No. 8 M. H. Blake Samuel H. Hartford No. 19JV. C. Blood Mi-hill H. Bucksport No. 18JV.C. Bull Allen C. Milford, Con. No. 2 JV. C. Carr Joseph Bangor No. 17 JV. C. Cleaveland Moses P. Brunswick Prof. Cleaveland's. Dodge Asa Newcastle 13 NAMES. RESIDENCE. ROOMS. Dorr Joseph H. Boston, Mass. No. 1 M. H. Dummer Henry E. Hallowell No. 19 M. H. Felch Alpheus Limerick No. 19 JV. C. Field Henry C. Belfast No. 19 M. H. Gage Franklin Augusta No. 2 M. H. Oilman Charles Bangor No. 3 JV. C. Grant Peter Hallowell No. 1 JV. C. Hale John P. Rochester, N. H. No. 16 JV. C. Harris Jas. WinthropDorc/ies/er, Mass. Hodgdon John Weare, N. H. No. 16 JV. C. Jordan Ichabod G. Saco No. 6 JV. C Jordan Nahum Surry No. 3 JV. C. Leavitt James T. Bangor No. 4 JV. C. Locke Caleb Hollis No. 20 JV. C. M'Lellan William P. Portland No. 18 JV. C. Moody Isaiah P. York No. 1 Jlf. H. Owen John Portland No. 2M.H. Peabody Ephraim fTi'Zfon, N. H. No. 20 M. H. Stevens Joseph B. Brookfield, Con. No. 2 JV. C. Vaughan William M. Hallowell No. 1 JV. C. Wingate George R.D.PoW/and No. 1 7 JV. C. Woodhull Richard Fairfield, Con. No. 20 JV. C. Medical Students - - - 56 Seniors 14 Juniors - - - - . - 40 Sophomores 35 Freshmen 35 Total 180 ttototroiu Collcfic, FEBRUARY, 1824. TERMS OF ADMISSION. Candidates for admission into the Freshman Class are required to write Latin grammatically, and to be well versed in Geography, in Walsh's Arithmetic, Cice- ro's Select Orations, the Bucolics, Georgics, and Aeneid of Virgil, Sallust, the Greek Testament, and Collectanea Graeca Minora An examination in Xenophon's Cyropaedia is received as a substitute for that, required in the Acts and Episttes of the New Testament. They must produce certificates of their good moral char- acter. The usual time for examination is the day after Commencement. —Can- didates for admission into the other classes will be examined also in the books, which have been studied by the class, into which admission is requested. — Schol- ars from other Colleges, before they can be examined, must produce a certificate of their regular dismission. The Geography to be studied may be Morse'?, Worcester's, or Cummings'. COURSE OF STUDY. FRESHMAN CLASS. First Term. Graeca Majora (extracts from Xenophon's Anabasis and Herodo- tus) ; Livy (2 books) ; Lacroix's Arithmetic and Euler's Algebra. Second Term. Graeca Majora (extracts from Thucydides, Lysias, Isocrates, Polyaenus, and Theophrastes) ; Livy finished (6 books) ; Lacroix's Algebra. Third Term. Graeca Majora (Demosthenes and Xenophon's Memorabilia); Excerpta Latina (extracts from Paterculus and Pliny's Letters) ; Murray's Eng- lish Grammar ; Lacroix's Algebra finished. Six weeks preceding the annual examination are spent in review of the studies of the year. During the ichole year. Weekly translations into Latin and Greek ; private every Sunday evening. Declamations ; Recitations from the Bible 15 SOPHOMORE CLASS. First Term. Greeca Majora (extracts from Plato and Homer) ; Excerpta Latina (Tacitus) ; Blair's Rhetoric ; Cambridge Mathematics (Plane Trigono- metry) ; Legendre's Geometry. Second Term. Graeca Majora ; Excerpta Latina ; Cam. Mathematics (Height* and Distances, Navigation, and Surveying) ; Geometry finished ; Hedge's Logic. Third Term. Surveying finished ; Review of Studies ; English Composition. During the whole year. Weekly translations in Latin and Greek alternately ; daily translations from Greek and Latin into English every third week ; private and public Declamations ; Recitations from the Bible every Sunday evening. JUNIOR CLASS. First Term. Graeca Majora; Horace ; Conic Sections in Webber ; Enfield's Na- tural Philosophy ; Locke's Essay ; Paley's Evidences once a week. Second Term. Graeca Majora; Horace; Enfield's Natural Philosophy; Pa- ley's Evidences ; Locke's Essay concluded ; Lectures on Chemistry. Third Term. Priestley's Lectures on History ; Henry's Chemistry ; Paley finished ; Review of Studies ; Forensic Disputation ; Lectures on Experimental Philosophy. During the whole year. Translations into Latin and Greek alternately every fortnight ; private and public Declamations ; English Composition every fort- night ; Recitations from the Bible every Sunday evening. SENIOR CLASS. First Term. Henry's Chemistry ; Cleaveland's Mineralogy ; Paley's Natural Theology; Stewart's Philosophy of the Mind, (vol. i.) Second Term. Astronomy in Enfield ; Dialling ; Spherical Geometry and Tri- (vol. ii gonometry in Webber ; Stewart's Philosophy of the Mind, ) ; Burlemaqui on Natural Law ; Butler's Analogy ; Lectures on Chemistry. Tliird Term. Review of Studies ; Lectures on Experimental Philosophy, and on Mineralogy. During the whole year. Themes and Forensic Disputes alternately every fort- night; public Declamations ; Recitations from the Bible every Sunday evening. The principal annual expenses are for tuition, $24,00 ; and for room rent $10,00. The usual price for boarding is $1,75 a week. ' 16 JfWeirical School of JWaine The Medical School was established b.y an Act of the Legislature, patted June 27th, 1820. It is under the direction of the Boards oT Trustees and Overseers of Bowdoin College, and receives from the State $ 1,000 a year for the purpose of making additions to the Library, CRi.imjt par&tus. — Lectures commence, annually, about the middle of February ; and continue three months. The fees of admission are fifteen dollars for the ticket of each Professor. 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 Lectures, the last of which must have been at this institution. They must pass a satisfactory examination in Anatomy, Physiology, Chemistry, Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Midwifery, Surgery, and the Theory and Practice of Physic; and must public- ly 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. Students are allowed free access to the Library, which contains about 1,100 vol. principally modern works, which have been selected with much care. The Library also contains an extensive and valuable collection of Plates, among which aie the splendid works of Albinus,-Vicq D' Azvr,-Cloquet,-Home,- Scarpa,-Cooper,-the Bells,-Baillie,-Bateman, <§*c. Many recent and approved works on Natural History 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 preparations, which will be found necessary for demonstration? and embraces many valuable specimens in Morbid and Comparative Anatomy- The Chemical and Philosophical apparatus is ample, and furnishes means for full courses of Lectures on these subjects.