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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.

Rev.

Hon.

Rev.

Hon.

Rev.

Rev.

Rev.

Dr.

Dr.

Hon.

Dr.

Rev.

Hon.

BENJAMIN AMES.

RICHARD COBB, Esq.

JONATHAN COGSWELL.

SAMUEL CONEY, Esq.

LEVI CUTTER. Esq.

CHARLES S. DAVEIS, Esq.

DAVID DUNLAP, Esq.

SAMUEL FESSENDEN.

ENOS MERRILL.

AMMI R. MITCHELL.

JOSIAH W. MITCHELL, Esq.

ELISHA MOSELY.

REUBEN NASON.

BENJAMIN RANDALL, Esq

JOHN W. ELLINGWOOD.

EBENEZER EVERETT, Esq

SIMON GREEN LEAF, Esq.

BENJAMIN HASEY, Esq.

JOHN A. HYDE.

ISAAC LINCOLN.

JOSEPH M'KEEN, Esq.

JOHN MERRICK, Esq.

EDWARD RUSSELL, Esq.

WOODBURY STORER.

ENOCH S. TAPPAN.

BENJAMIN TAPPAN.

CHARLES VAUGHAN, Esq.

Rev. EDWARD PAYSON, D. D.

Hon. BARRETT POTTER.

Hon. SANFORD KINGSBURY.

Hon. SAMUEL E. SMITH.

Hon. WILLIAM D. WILLIAMSON.

Hon ALFRED JOHNSON. Jun.

Rev. PETER S. TEN BROECK.

Rev. ASA CUMMINGS.

NATH'L GROTON, Esq.

Hon. ROBERT P. DUNLAP.

Hon. JOSEPH E. FOXCROFT.

Hon. JONATHAN PAGE.

ETHER SHEPLEY, Esq.

Hon. JOSIAH W. SEAVER.

Hon. PELEG TALLMAN.

Dr. SAMUEL AYER.

Hon. DANIEL ROSE.

Hon. EBENEZER CLAP.

Hon. JOHN DOLE.

EBEN'R T. WARREN, Esq.

PELEG SPRAGUE, Esq.

WILLIAM K. PORTER, Esq.

CHARLES DUMMER, Esq.

JOHN ANDERSON, Esq.

Rev. DANIEL GOULD.

Hon. STEPHEN THACHER,

RUFUS McINTIRE, Esq.

ABIEL WOOD.

JOHN ABBOT, Esq. Treasurer of the College.

©Mi^llSOF

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.

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WILLIAM MACDOUGALL, A. M. librarian.

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FEBRUARY MAY, 1824.

NAMES. RESIDENCE.

Baker S. W.

Barrett John, a. b.

Blake Calvin

Bodwell John A.

Brewster Stephen C.

Carter Ezra

Cary Tolman

Chase Jonathan

Clark Eliphalet

Cochran James

Cook Dr. John

Cushing Rufus K. a. b.

New Gloucester

Portland

Turner

Methuen, Mass.

Buxton

Concord, N. H.

Turner

Cornish, N. H.

Strong

Monmouth

New Sharon,

Brunswick

Cushman Solomon P. m. B.New Gloucester

Emery James

Fernald John S,

Folsom David

Fuller Simeon

Gordon Timothy

Greely Samuel

Holmes Ezekiel, a. b.

Holmes Job

Johnson Benjamin

King Asa H. a. b.

Shapleigh

Barrington, N. H.

Vassalborough

Paris

Hingham, Mass.

Mount Vernon

Paris

Hebron

Jackson

Killingworth, Con

Leffingwell Edward H.a.b. New Haven, Con.

Lillybridge Clark Stafford^ Con.

Loring Richmond, a. b. North Yarmouth

Macdougall William, a. m. Gorham

M'Lellan Charles H.P. A.B.Portland

INSTRUCTERS.

H. Prentiss, m. d.

G. C. Shattuck, m. d.

Dr. S. Blake.

Dr. J. L. Bodwell.

Dr. R. Brewster.

T. Chadbourne, m. p.

Dr. S. Blake.

N. Smith, m. d.

Dr. J. L. Blake.

Dr. J. Cochran.

J. M'Keen, m. d.

Dr. R. Buck.

W. Payson, m. d.

Dr. J. Tewksbury.

Dr. W. Gordon.

J. D. Wells, m. d.

Dr. B. Chandler.

Dr. J. Tewksbury.

Dr. J. Roberts.

Dr. A. F. Warner.

J. Knight, m. d. and

N. Smith, m. d.

A. Mann, M. d. and

A. Nourse, m. d.

Dr. T. Little.

J. D. Wells, m. d.

John Merrill, m.d.

8

NAMES. RESIDENCE.

Merrill John G. a. b.

Phtlps Edward E.

Pratt Samuel W. Jun.

Snow Charles

Vail Hiram, m. d.

Willis Levi

INSTRUCTERS.

Sedgwick J. L. Stevens, m. d.

JVi?idsor, Vt. N. Smith, m. d.

Saybrook, Con. Dr. A. F. Warner.

Fitchburg, Mass. Dr. P. Snow.

Pom/ret, Vt.

Pans Dr. B. Chandler.

Ayer Benjamin

Blake Jeremiah

Blake John

Brackett Cornelius T. S. Falmouth

Evans Daniel Jun. a. b. Hallowell

Ford Samuel Gray

Gooch William B.

Hitchcock Dr. Gad

Kennedy Daniel K.

Knapp Cyrus

Lincoln Benjamin, a. b.

Markoe Martin M. H.

Marston Moses L-

Merrill John Jun.

Peirce James II.

Putnam Jere S.

Shurtleff Francis

Southwick Edward Jun.

Mna Dr. T. Little.

Pittsfield, N. H. W. Prescott, m. d.

Pittsfield, N. H. T. Shannon, m. d.

Dr. T. Little.

Dr. J. Bates.

Dr. E. J. Ford.

Dr. R. Barrows.

Dr. S. Thayer.

Dr. T Little.

Stevens John

Tompson Greenfield P. PownalWilkinson Ebenezer Jun. Parsonsfield

Wing Gorham A. JVinthrop

North Yarmouth

North Yarmouth.

Jefferson

Leeds

Dennysville.

St. Croix, W. In. A.R. Mitchell, m. d.

JV. Hampton, N.H. M. Sweat, m. d.

Topsham J. M'Kcen, m. d.

Waterborough Dr. D. Smith.

York

Litchfield

Danvers, Mass.

Vassalborough

Dr. G. Osgood.

J. Goodwin, m. d.

A. Nichols, m. d.

W. Payson, M. d.

Dr. T. Little.

M. Sweat, m. d.

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

Burk Frederic W.

Caldwell Zenas

Carleton Moses

Codman William H.

Deane Ebenezer F.

Hatch William

Little William A.

Mason William

Macdougall Thomas

Moody Theodore L.

Pierce Franklin

Stow Calvin E.

Talbot Samuel

Industry

Woodstock, Vt.

Hebron

Wiscasset

Portland

Minot

Exeter, N. H.

Castine

Castine

Gorham

Kennebunk

Hillsborough, N. H.

Natick, Mass.

Freeport

Abbot Charles J.

Abbot John S. C.

Ayer Thomas

Castine

Brunswick

Plastow, N. H.

No. 29JV.C.*

No. 1 1 JV. C.

No. \2>M.HA

No. 27 M.H.

No. 31 N.C.

No. 21 M.H.

No. iO M.HNo. 10 M.H.

No. 32 M.H.

No. 9JIJ.#.

No. 13 M.H.

No. 25 JV. C.

No. 29 JV. C.

No. 26 JV. C.

No. 8 ,Y. C.

No. 31 Jl/.H.

*JV. C. New College.

fJW. H. Maine Hall.

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NAMES. RESIDENCE.

Freeport

Winthrop

Wiscasset

ROOMS.

Bacon Elisha

Benson Samuel P.

Boynton Alden

Bradbury James W. Parsonsfield

Bradford Richmond Turner

Bridge Horatio Augusta

Cheever George B. Hallowell

Cilley Jonathan Nottingham, N. H.

Coolidge Cyrus H. Canton

Dean Gorham Biddeford

Dummer Jeremiah Hallowell

Dunn Nathaniel Poland

Eveleth Joseph J. Augusta

Foster David H. TopshamGreenleaf Henry P. Portland

Hale William Dover, N. H.

Hathorne Nathaniel Salem, Mass.

Kinsman John D. Portland

Lane George W. New Gloucester

Little Josiah S. Newbury, Mass.

Longfellow Stephen Portland

Longfellow Henry W.Portland

Martin Alfred

Mason Alfred

Mellen Frederic

Newman Mark

Packard Hezckiah

Pierce George W.

Preble Edward D.

Sawtell Cullen

Shepley David

Hallowell

Portsmouth, N. H.

Portland

Andover, Mass.

Wiscasset

Baldwin

Portland

Norridgewock

Norridgtwock

No. 30 N.C.

No. 9 N. C.

No. 9 N.C.

No. 15 N. C.

No. 21 M.H.

No. 5 N. C.

No. 9 M- H.

No. 21 JV. C.

No. 21 M. H.

No. 15 N.C.

No. 21 N C.

No. 2SM.H.

No. 31 M.H.

Mr. J. Grows's.

No. 13 JV. C.

No. 5 N. C.

Mr. A. Dunning's.

No. 25 N.C.

No. 26 N.C.

No. 28 M.H.

No. 27 N C.

No. 27 JV. C.

No. 7JI/.#.

Col. Esta brook's.

No, 22 JV. C.

No. 32 M.H.No. 6^/.i/.

Mrs, Adams's.

No. 13 N.C.

No. 14Jl/.i/.

Mrs. Adams's.

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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.HClark 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.HHilliard William T. Gorham No. 32 JV. C.

Learned Edward D. Gardiner No. 16 M.H.

Leland Joseph W. Saco No. 7M.HLord Charles A. Kennebunk Port No. 29 M.HM'Lellan Isaac Boston, Mass. No. 10 JV. GMerriam Jonas Topsjield, Mass. No. 12M.H.

Merrick George Hallowell No. 24 JV.C.

Moody Benjamin Falmouth No. 28 jv. a

12

NAMES. RESIDENCE.

Nelson Horatio

Noyes Ebenezer

Paine William

Ray Isaac

Rowe James S.

Castine

Newburyport, Mass.

Portland

Beverly, Mass.

Exeter, N. H.

Rowland Jonathan M.New Haven, Con.

Sawyer George Y. Wakefield, N. H.

Sherman Joseph, .Jun.Edgecomb

Smith Manasseh H. Warren

Southgate Robert Portland

Thatcher Benjamin R.Warren

Trask George Beverly, Mass.

Wilcox Charles W. C. York

Woodman Moses E. Fryeburg

ffivt&timtu.

Abbot John S.

Adams Joseph

Allen Horace O.

Ames Bailey

Bailey Lewis

Baldwin Abraham

Black Henry

Blake Samuel H.

Blood Mi-hill H.

Bull Allen C.

Carr Joseph

Cleaveland Moses

Dodge Asa

Temple

West Newbury, Mass

Sanford

Industry

Brunswick

C. Guilford, Con.

Ellsworth

Hartford

Bucksport

Milford, Con.

Bangor

P. Brunswick

Newcastle

ROOM>.

No. 8 M. H.

No. 29M.H.

No. 14 A*. C.

No. 23 M. H.

No. 10 N. C.

No. ZbM.H.

No. 6MH.No. 2^ M.H.

No. 22 M.H.

No. 32 N. C.

No. 28 N. C.

No. 1 1 M.H.

No. 20 M.H.

No. 6N. C.

No. 30 M.H.

No. 4JV. C.

Miss Bailey's.

No. 30 M.H.

No. 8 M. H.

No. 19JV. C.

No. 18JV.C.

No. 2 JV. C.

No. 17 JV. C.

Prof. Cleaveland's.

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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. CJordan 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

Declamations ; Recitations from the Bible every Sunday evening.

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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-

gonometry in Webber ; Stewart's Philosophy of the Mind, (vol. ii ) ; 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.

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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.