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ATALOGUE

or THE

OFFICERS AND STUDENTS

Of

BOWDOIN COLLEGE,

Fall Term,

M DCCC XXXIX.

BRUNSWICK

PRESS OF JOSEPH GRIFFIN

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OFFICERS AND STUDENTS

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BOWDOIN COLLEGE,

M DCCC XXXIX.

BRUNSWICK:

PRESS OF JOSEPH GRIFFIN.

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BOWDOIN COLLEGE

,

TRUSTEES.

LEONARD WOODS, D.D., President,

WILLIAM KING, Vice President.

EBENEZER EVERETT, Secretary.

BLIPHALE T GILLET, D.D.

ICHABOD NICHOLS, D.D.

JUDAH DANA

ERASTUS FOOTEMARK LANGDON HILL

JOHN HOLMESALBION KEITH PARRIS

BENJAMIN JONES PORTERWILLIAM PITT PREBLE, LL.D.

ASHUR WARE, LL.D.

NATHAN WESTON, LL.D.

JOSHUA WINGATE

REUEL WILLIAMS

ISAAC ILSLEY

ETHER SHEPLEY

BENJAMIN HASEY

CHARLES STEWART DAVEIS

ALFRED JOHNSONDANIEL GOODENOW.

BOW DO IN COLLEGE.

OVERS E ERS.

ROBERT HALLOWELL GARDINER, President.

ROBERT PINCKNEY DUNLAP, Vice President.

JOHN M'KEEN, Secretary.

JACOB ABBOT

GEORGE ELIASHIB ADAMSFREDERIC ALLEN

MERRITT CALDWELLASA CUMMINGSLEVI CUTTERWILLIAM CUTTERCHARLES DUMMERDAVID DUNLAPPHILIP EASTMANJOHN WALLACE ELLINGWOODWILLIAMS EMMONSGEORGE EVANSHENRY WELD FULLERALLEN GREELYWILLIAM ALLEN HAYES

WILLIAM LADDISAAC LINCOLN, M.D.

RUFUS M'INTYRE

JOHN MERRICK

OVERSEERS

ENOS MERRILL

JOHN MUSSEY

JONATHAN PAGE, M.D.

JOSIAH PIERCE

SWAN LYMAN POMROYBENJAMIN RANDALLISAAC GARDNER REEDWILLIAM RICHARDSONDAVID SHEPLEYJOHN HANNIBAL SHEPPARDISSACHAR SNELL

WILLIAM SWANPELEG TALLMANENOCH SAWYER TAPPAN, M.D.

BENJAMIN TAPPAN, D.D.

DAVID THURSTONBENNET TYLER, D.D.

CHARLES VAUGHANJOHN AP THORP VAUGHANSENECA WHITETHOMAS WILLIAMS

WILMOT WOOD.

JOSEPH M'KEEN, Esq., treasurer of the college.

OFFICERS

OF INSTRUCTION AND GOVERNMENT.

LEONARD WOODS, D.D., president.

PARKER CLEAVELAND, A.M., professor of chem-

istry, MINERALOGY, AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.

PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND ORA-

TORY, AND LECTURER ON CIVIL POLITY AND POLITICAL

ECONOMY.

ALPHEUS S. PACKARD, A.M., professor of lan-

guages AND CLASSICAL LITERATURE.

LECTURER ON THE THEORY AND PRAC-

TICE OF PHYSIC.

THOMAS C. UPHAM, A.M., professor of metaphys-

ics AND ETHICS, AND INSTRUCTER IN THE HEBREW LAN-

GUAGE.

WILLIAM SMYTH, A.M.,professor of mathematics.

JOSEPH ROBY, M.D., professor of anatomy and

SURGERY.

EBENEZER WELLS, M.D., lecturer on obstetrics.

DANIEL R. GOODWIN, A.M., professor of the

MODERN LANGUAGES.

RICHARD PIKE, A. ML, tutor in languages and

MATHEMATICS.

DANIEL R. GOODWIN, A.M., librarian.

UNDERGRADUATES.

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Abbot Ezra, Jr. Jackson 26 M. H.

Abbot Alexander H. Farmington 25 M. H.

Blanchard William S. Wilton Mr. Thompson's.

Chadwick Edmund Middleton, N. H 12 M. H.

Chute Benjamin P. Byfield, Ms. 24 M. H.

Cleaveland John A. Brunswick Prof. Cleaveland's.

Cleaveland Nathan S. Brunswick Prof. Cleaveland 's.

Copeland Adoniram J. Brewer 9 N. C.

Dole Isaiah Bloomfield 10M.H.Hayes Thomas MC

.C. Saco Mr. Hill's.

Jarvis Leonard F. E. Surry 32 M. H.

Kellogg Elijah, Jr. Portland 15 M. H.

Morton Silas Hebron 5N. C.

Osgood Timothy Fryeburg 22 M. H.

Perley Frederic South Bridgton 28 M. H.

Pond Preston, Jr. Wrentham, Ms. 11 M. H.

Preble William P. Jr. Portland 5M.H.Prince Newell A. Cumberland 15 N. C.

Prince William R. Cumberland

lege. M. II. Maine Hall.

23 M. H.

N. C. North Col

CATALOGUE OF

Richardson Joseph C.

Robie Edward

Sampson Luther

Smith Thomas

Soule John B. L.

Stone Cornelius

Stone Thomas N.

Sweetzer Reuben

True John K.

Upham Albert G.

Weston James P.

Wight Eli

Young Samuel L.

Baldwin

Gorham

Readfield

Litchfield

Freeport

Jay

Wellfleet, Ms.

Cumberland

Montville

Rochester, N. HBremen

Bethel

Gloucester, Ms.

27 M. H.

10 M. H.

27 M. H.

12 N. C.

29 M. H.

3 Mr. Field's.

11 M.H.

30 M. H.

12 M. H.

26 M. H.

13 N. C.

16 M. H.

21 M. H.

ID W © ft © o

Blanchard Samuel W.

Brown George W.

Clark John C.

Clark Joseph F.

Cummings Henry T.

Davis Charles

Dean William B.

Emery Nicholas, Jr.

Fogg James

Garland Joseph

Gilbert Washington

Herbert Charles D.

Hinkley Oliver P.

Howe Edward, Jr.

Ingalls Henry

Knight Albion W.

North Yarmouth

Bangor

Portsmouth, N. H.

Andover, Ms.

Portland

Bangor

Frankfort

Portland

Berwick

Parsonsfield

Turner

Ellsworth

Georgetown

Portland

South Bridgton

Brunswick

29 N. C.

6 M.H.Mrs. Lamb's.

16 N. C.

Mr. Tappan's.

13 M. H.

ION. C.

Mr. Bowker's.

13 N. C.

Mr. Tappan's.

14 N. C.

27 N. C.

8 M. H.

22 M. H.

Mrs. Knight's.

BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 9

Ladd Francis D. Hallowell Tappan's Lodge.

Lowell William H

.

Standish 15 M. H.

Magoun George F. Bath 26 N. C.

Mitchell Asa C. North Yarmouth 31 N. C.

Nichols William C. New Castle 14 M. H.

Packard John H. New Castle 14 M. H.

Parsons B, Franklin Bangor 2 Mr. M'Keen's.

Partridge Nathaniel S. Westbrook 25 N. C.

Partridge Franklin Westbrook 25 N. C.

Peck Henry E. Rochester, N.Y. 21 N. C.

Potter Daniel F. Augusta 31 M. H.

Potter Edward B. Augusta 31 M. H.

Prince John M. Jr. Bangor 8 M.H.Richardson Daniel T. Baldwin 11 N. C.

Robie Frederic Gorham 11 N. C.

Smith Benjamin Litchfield 12 N. C.

Sturtevant Thomas D. Blanchard Mr. Tappan's.

Thomas George A. Portland 5 M. H.

Thurston Richard B. Bangor 13 M. H.

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Atkinson Jacob Newburyport, Mass. 8N. C.

Atkinson Josiah Newburyport, Mass. 8 N. C.

Blake Charles M. Brewer 9N. C.

Boody Henry H. Jackson 9M. H.

Brown William H. Bangor 6M. H.

Chadwick Edmund A. Gardiner 24 M. H.

Chandler Paul L. Fryeburg 32 N. C.

Colby Jonathan S. Richmond 24 N. C.

10 CATALOGUE OF

Copp George W. J.

Dunlap Robert H.

Elliot Charles

Everett Moses

Gannett George

Haley George W.

Hunter William R.

Hyde William L.

Merrill Leonard P.

Mitchell S. Woodbury

Morrill Nahum

Nutting James L.

Packard Charles

Page Jesse W.

Sandford Oliver S.

Smith Hosea H.

Soule Charles E.

Tash Thomas

Trask Samuel

Wells George

West Daniel T.

Wakefield, N. H.

Brunswick

Newcastle

Brunswick

Belfast

Bath

Strong

Bath

Brunswick

North Yarmouth

Limerick

Otisfield

Minot

Bath

Hallowell

Deerfield, N. H.

Exeter, N. H.

New Durham t •

Portland

New York City

Rochester, N. Y.

28 N. C.

Tappan's Lodge.

22 N. C.

Mr. Everett's.

6N. C.

5 Mr. Field's.

30 M. H.

9M. H.

Mr. Merrill's.

31 N. C.

22 N. C.

32 N. C.

5N. C.

26 N. C.

Tappan's Lodge.

30 N. C.

29 M. H.

fVff 6N. C.

16 N. C.

Mrs. Grows'.

21 N. C.

F @ E © W E0 1 EI a-

Booker John C. L. Bowdoinham 17 N. C.

Bowman George A. Augusta 7 Mr. Field's.

Bradbury William J. New Gloucester 19 N. C.

Burbank Augustus H. North Yarmouth 4N. C.

Caldwell William W. Newburyport, Ms. 20 N. C.

BOWDOIN COLLEGE 11

Chadvvell WilliamS.

Chapin Henry M.

Choate George F.

Craig Wheelock

Cumston Charles M'L.

Curtis John P. E.

Dane Joseph, Jr.

Drummond Joseph P.

Estes Lewis A.

Evans George F.

Fitch Luther

Foote Erastus, Jr.

Goodwin William A.

Hahn Silas B.

Harriman David P.

Johnson Samuel

Libbey Francis A.

Lincoln John D.

Little George B.

Means John O.

Merrill Benjamin H.

Mitchell John M.

Mulliken George S.

Northend William D.

Parsons B. Franklin

Payson Henry R.

Payson George

Pearson Edmund, Jr.

Perley Isaac

Poole Benjamin

Gardiner

Pownal

Essex, Ms.

Augusta

Monmouth

Woolwich

Kennebunk

Bristol

Durham

Gardiner

Portland

Wiscasset

Saco

Monmouth

Ware, N. H.

Hallowell

Portland

Brunswick

Castine

Augusta

Alna

North Yarmouth

Hallowell

Newbury, Ms.

Minot

Hallowell

Portland

Bloomfield

Gray

Gloucester, Ms.

24 N. C.

3N. C.

Mrs. Grows'.

6 Mr. Field's.

Mr. Elliot's.

4 Mr. Tappan's.

3 Mr. M'Keen's.

1 Mr. M'Keen's.

3 Mr. Tappan's.

Mr. Bowker's.

4 Mr. Field's.

17 N. C.

Mr. Hill's.

18 N. C.

1 Mr. M'Keen's.

Mr. Hill's.

4 Mr. Field's.

Mrs. Grows'.

3N. C.

6 Mr. Field's.

20 N. C.

1 N. C.

5 Mr. Field's.

19 N. C.

Mr. Elliot's.

21 M. H.

12 CATALOGUE.

Porter William R. North Yarmouth 2 N. C.

Robinson Charles P. Portland 18 N. C.

Rogers Moses Harwich, Mass. 4N. C.

Sargent Gustavus F. North Yarmouth 1 N. C.

Stacy William, Jr. Wiscasset 7 Mr. Field's.

Stanwood Hamden A. Brunswick 4 Mr. Tappan's.

Swallow George C. Buckfield 2 N. C.

Titcomb Joseph Kennebunk 3 Mr. M'Keen's.

Waldron George P. Farmington, N. H. Mr. Colboth's.

SUMMARY.

Seniors • • . . < . 32

Juniors . 35

Sophomores . . 29

Freshmen «... 44

Total 140

TERMS OF ADMISSION.

Candidates for admission into the Freshman Class are required to

write Latin grammatically, and to be well versed in Geography,

Arithmetic, six sections in Smyth's Algebra, Cicero's Select Orations,

the Bucolics, Georgics, and iEneid of Virgil, Sallust, the Gospels of

the Greek Testament, and Jacob's Greek Reader. They must pro-

duce certificates of their good moral character. The time for exami-

nation is the Friday after Commencement. Candidates for admis-

sion into the other classes will be examined also in the books, which

have been studied by the class, into which admission is requested.

Scholars from other Colleges, before they can be examined, must

produce a certificate of their regular dismission. The Geography to

be studied may be Morse's, Worcester's, or Woodbridge's.

N. B. Particular attention to the loriting of Latin is urged as

essential to a suitable preparation for the College Course.

1. TERM.

2. TERM.

3. TERM.

COURSE OF STUDY.

FRESHMAN CLASS.

-Anabasis of Xenophon, (three books.)

Buttmann's Larger Greek Grammar.Folsom's Livy— (two books.)

Lacroix's Arithmetic, Smyth's Algebra.

Weekly Exercises in Latin Composition.

-Roman Antiquities.— (Fiske's Manual.)—Anabasis,

finished.

Buttmann's Larger Greek Grammar.

Folsom's Livy.—Smyth's Algebra.

Weekly Exercises in Latin Composition.

-Herodotus, (Hist. Pers. Wars, VI. Book.)

Buttmann's Larger Greek Grammar.Excerpta Latina—(Paterculus and Quintus Curtius.)

Smyth's Algebra.—Hedge's Logic.

Daily Exercises in Elocution during half of the term.

Weekly Exercises in Latin Composition.

SOPHOMORE CLASS.

1. TERM. Herodotus, continued.—Greek Antiquities.— (Fiske's

Manual.)—Horace, (the Odes.)

Legendre's Geometry.—French Language.

2. TERM. Herodotus, continued. Cicero de Senectute et

Amicitia.—Smyth's Trigonometry.

Cam. Math. (Heights and Distances, Surveying,

and Navigation.)—French Language.

3. TERM. Electra.—Herodotus, reviewed.

Horace, (Satires,) and review of Latin Studies.

Cam. Math. (Projections, Levelling.)

Smyth's Application of Algebra to Geometry.

Murray's English Grammar.

Newman's Rhetoric.—French Language.

JUNIOR CLASS.

1. TERM. Horace, (Ars Poetica,) Juvenal.

Spanish or Greek, (iEschines and Demosthenes.)

Smyth's Application of Algebra to Geometry.

Cambridge Mechanics.

2. TERM. Calculus.

Spanish and German, or Greek, (J^schines and De-

mosthenes.)

Electricity—Magnetism—Optics.

Cicero's Tusculan Questions.

3. TERM. iEschines and Demosthenes, and Juvenal reviewed.

German—Calculus—Cam. Mechanics.

Rawle's View of the American Constitution.

Vattel's Law of Nations.

1. TERM.

2. TERM.

3. TERM.

SENIOR CLASS.

Astronomy and Mathematics.

Paley's Evidences.

Upham's Mental Philosophy.

-Chemistry.—Political Economy.

Butler's Analogy.

Stewart on the Active and Moral Powers.

Hebrew Language.

-Natural History.—Cleaveland's Mineralogy.

Butler's Analogy.—Upham's Treatise on the Will.

Hebrew, continued.

EXERCISES DURING THE YEAR.

Private Declamations of the two lower Classes, and public Decla-

mations of the three upper Classes.

Compositions in English of the three upper Classes.

Forensic Disputations of the Juniors and Seniors.

Weekly Translations into Latin by the Freshman Class.

Translations into English by the Sophomore Class.

Two weeks, preceding the term Examinations, are spent in review

of the studies of the term.

^Lectures.

Spring Term. On Chemistry to the Junior and Senior Classes.

Summer Term. On Natural Philosophy to the Junior and Senior

Classes.

On Mineralogy to the Senior Class.

On Rhetoric and Oratory.

On Classical Literature.

3Ej:aminations.

1. Of all the Classes at the close of the first and second terms.

2. Of the Senior Class on the sixth Tuesday preceding Commencement.3. Of the three other classes during the week preceding Commencement.

3Er.J) tuitions.

1. Of the Senior and Junior Classes in May and November.

2. Of the Sophomore Class (a prize declamation) in August.

Vacations.

1. From Commencement, which is on the first Wednesday in Sep-

tember, three weeks.

2. From the Friday after the third Wednesday of December

eight weeks.

3. From the Friday after the third Wednesday of May two weeks.

LIBRARIES.The number of volumes in the College Library is over . . 10,000

Medical Library about 3,000

Peucinian 3,600

Athenian (collected since the late fire) 2,200

Theological 650'O*

Total 19,450