Jefferson College: Catalogue of officers and students, 15 Aug. 1824, enclosed in Ira H. Taylor to Thomas Jefferson, 15 Aug. 1824, 15 August 1824
CATALOGUE
of the
OFFICERS AND STUDENTS
of
JEFFERSON COLLEGE,
Canonsburg, Pa.
| BOARD OF TRUSTEES. |
| Rev. Samuel Ralston, D. D. President, |
| Rev. William Swan, |
| Gen John Hamilton, |
| James Kerr, Esq. |
| Rev. James Ramsey, |
| Craig Ritchie, Esq. |
| Andrew Munro, Esq. |
| Rev. Francis Herron, D. D. |
| Rev. Robert Johnson, |
| Samuel Logan, Esq. |
| John Philips, Esq. |
| Rev. Moses Allen, |
| John M‘Donnel, Esq. |
| Richard Johnson, Esq. |
| Rev. Elisha Swift, |
| Doct. Jonathan Letherman, |
| Rev. Thomas T. Baird, |
| Robert Mahon, Esq. |
| Benjamin Williams, Esq. |
| John Reed, Esq. |
| Joseph Clokey, Esq. |
| FACULTY. |
| Rev. MATHEW BROWN, D. D. President and Professor of Moral Science. |
| Rev. JOHN M’MILLAN, D. D. Vice President and Professor of Theology. |
| Rev. JAMES RAMSEY, A. M. Professor of Hebrew. |
| SAMUEL MILLER, A. M. Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. |
| Rev. WILLIAM SMITH, A. M. Professor of Languages. |
| DAVID H. RIDDLE, A. B. Tutor. |
| SENIOR CLASS. | ||
| names. | residence. | |
| William Cunningham, | Westmoreland, Pa. | |
| Thomas Espy, | Beaver, Pa. | |
| J. T. Ewing, | Indiana, Pa. | |
| John S. Galloway, | Gettysburg, Pa. | |
| Henry Haynes, | Chillicothe, Ohio, | |
| John Hughes, | Beaver, Pa. | |
| Watson Hughes, | Beaver, Pa. | |
| Samuel Hindman, | Indiana, Pa. | |
| John Hindman, | Indiana, Pa. | |
| Joseph Mahon, | Shippensburg, Pa. | |
| Absalom M‘Cready, | Mercer, Pa. | |
| James M‘Carrel, | Washington, Pa. | |
| John Montgomery, | Ireland. | |
| J. E Patterson, | Brooke, Va. | |
| Wm Sickels, | Jefferson, Va. | |
| James Templeton, | N. Berlin, Pa. | |
| John C. Tidball, | Mercer, Pa. | |
| George W. Thomson, | St. Clairsville, O. | |
| Samuel Wilson, | Allegheny, Pa.—19. | |
| JUNIOR CLASS. | ||
| names. | residence. | |
| David Baldrige, | Westmoreland, Pa. | |
| Robert Brotherton, | Franklin, Pa. | |
| Alexander B. Brown, | Canonsburg, Pa. | |
| James Campbell, | Franklin, Pa. | |
| J. B. Colman, | Beaver, Pa. | |
| Wm. Cox, | Union Town, Pa. | |
| Daniel Duncan, | Shippensburg, Pa. | |
| A. Harris, | Centre, Pa. | |
| J. Hemphill, | S Carolina. | |
| David Hervey, | Canonsburg, Pa. | |
| Henry Hervey, | Stark, O. | |
| Thomas E. Hughes, | Delaware, O. | |
| David Jacobs, | Franklin, Pa. | |
| Charles Lane, | Wheeling, Va. | |
| John M‘Arthur, | Columbiana, O. | |
| William M‘Murran, | Jefferson, Va. | |
| John Moore, | Washington, Pa. | |
| Benjamin F. Nourse, | W. City D C. | |
| Ethelbert P. Oliphant, | Fayette, Pa. | |
| David Ritchey, | Harrisburg,, Pa. | |
| James Smith, | Dauphin, Pa. | |
| Thomas S. Smith, | Allegheny, Md. | |
| William A. Stevens, | Talbot, Md. | |
| John H. Wells, | Greensburg, Pa.—24. | |
| SOPHOMORE. | ||
| names. | residence. | |
| James Alexander, | Mercer, Pa. | |
| Charles M. Atin, | Columbiana, O. | |
| Wm. P. Blair, | Huntingdon, Pa. | |
| James Crawford, | Huntingdon, Pa. | |
| John Cowden, | Trumbull, O. | |
| John Donald, | Washington, Pa. | |
| Wm. Gibson, | Canonsburg, Pa. | |
| William Hughes, | Beaver, Pa. | |
| George M‘Kean, | Washington, Pa. | |
| Alexander T. M‘Gill, | do. | |
| John M‘Cook, | Canonsburg, Pa. | |
| David F Morgan, | Morganza, Pa. | |
| Thomas Nichol, | Belmont, O | |
| James Park, | Washington, Pa. | |
| Hugh Parks, | Belmont, O. | |
| Alexander Patterson, | Indiana, Pa. | |
| James P. Ramsey, | Washington, Pa. | |
| John Riddle, | Trumbull, O. | |
| William W. Snodgrass, | Knoxville, O. | |
| Thomas Struthers, | Trumbull, O. | |
| William Smyth, | Centre, O. [. . .] | |
| Ira H. Taylor, | Western Reserve, O. | |
| James Veech, | Greene, Pa | |
| Joseph Vincent, | Canonsburg, Pa. | |
| Aaron Williams, | Washington, Pa. | |
| William Woods, | Allegheny, Pa. | |
| James Wallace, | York, Pa. | |
| R. G. White, | Lycoming, Pa. | |
| Daniel Zacharias, | Washington, Md.—29. | |
| FRESHMEN. | ||
| names. | residence. | |
| James Atin, | Columbiana, O. | |
| Isaac Bennet, | Bucks, Pa. | |
| Jacob Coon, | Allegheny Pa. | |
| David E. Harbaugh, | N. Lisbon, O. | |
| William C. Matthews, | Shepherdstown, Va. | |
| Robert M‘Cready, | Columbiana, O. | |
| Craig Ritchie, | Washington, Pa. | |
| William A Rodgers, | Dauphin, Pa. | |
| B. W. Snodgrass, | N. Lisbon, O. | |
| George Sutton, | Pittsburg, Pa. | |
| Adam Torence, | Westmoreland, Pa. | |
| James Watson, | Canonsburg, Pa. | |
| George W. Wilson, | Morgantown, Va. | |
| John Williams, | Washington, Pa.—14. | |
| PREPARATORY SCHOOL. | ||
| names. | residence. | |
| Francis M. Buckhart, | Md. | |
| William Chapman, | Westmoreland, Pa. | |
| Charles S. Cummins, | Franklin, Pa. | |
| George M. Crouch, | Washington, Pa. | |
| Francis Deary, | Pittsburg, Pa. | |
| Robert Emery, | Canonsburg, Pa. | |
| Alfred Fox, | Dauphin, Pa. | |
| John Glenn, | Canonsburg, Pa. | |
| Stephen Haft, | Washington, Pa. | |
| Samuel M. Howey, | Washington, Pa. | |
| Michael Jacobs, | Md. | |
| Thomas Johnson, | Washington, Pa. | |
| Erastus Lee, | Washington, Pa. | |
| John M’Guire | Potoso, Missouri | |
| E. M’Pherrin, | Butler, Pa. | |
| J. E. Morgan, | Washington, Pa. | |
| Morris Morgan, | do. | |
| Gawen Morrison, | do. | |
| Solomon Neil, | do. | |
| Horace Philips, | Dauphin, Pa. | |
| James Perry, | Chickasaw Nation. | |
| David Thomas, | Washington, Pa. | |
| Joseph K Thornton, | Brownsville, Pa. | |
| Samuel Wilson, | Dauphin, Pa.—24. | |
| RECAPITULATION. | ||
| Seniors, | 19 | |
| Juniors, | 24 | |
| Sophomore, | 29 | |
| Freshmen, | 14 | |
| Preparatory School, | 24 | |
| Total, | 110 | |
| COURSE OF STUDIES. | ||
| freshman class. | ||
| Virgil, | Murray’s Eng. Grammar, | |
| Horace, | Rom. Antiquities, | |
| Cicero’s Select Orations, | Greek Grammar. | |
| sophomore. | ||
| Græca Minora & Majora, | Homer’s Iliad, | |
| Grecian Antiquities, | Ancient Geography. | |
| junior class. | ||
| Euclid’s Elements, | Fluxions, | |
| Mensuration, | Modern Geography, | |
| Trigonometry & Surveying, | Natural Philosophy, | |
| Algebra, | Astronomy, | |
| Spherical Trigonometry | Chemistry. | |
| senior class. | ||
| Blair’s Lectures, | Moral Philosophy, | |
| Campbell’s Philosophy of Rhetoric, | Political Economy, | |
| Logic, | General History, | |
| Philosophy of the Mind, | Evidence of the Christian Religion. | |
The several classes to perform occasional exercises in reading, composition, speaking orations.—The senior class to pronounce orations of their own composition.
The annual commencement on the last week of September—the vacations in October and May.
Tuition—$10 each session, to be paid in advance.
Boarding—From $1 to $1 37½ per week.
J. Grayson, pr. Washington, Pa.
MoSHi: Thomas Jefferson Collection (formerly Bixby).