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SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CATALOGUE
OF THE
Officers and Students
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THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY
College Calendar.
1SOO.
June 15, Sunday, Baccalaureate Sermon, 1 1 a. m.
June 16, Monday, Oratorical Medal Contest, 3 p. m.
June 17, Tuesday, Meeting of Board of Trustees, 2:30
p. M.
June 17, Tuesday, Address before Alumni Associa-
tion, 8 P. M.
June 18, Wednesday, Annual Commencement, 10 a.m.
SUMMER VACATION.
September 10, Wednesday, Session begins—First Term.
November 27, Thursday, 1 . . TTV Thanksgiving Holidays.
November 28, Friday, J
December 23, Tuesday, Christmas Holidays begin.
1891.
January 5, Monday, Studies resumed.
January 27, Tuesday, Mid-Term Examinations close.
January 28, Wednesday, Second Term begins.
January 29, Thursday, Prayer for Colleges.
February 23, Monday, Celebration by Literary Societies.
May 22, Friday, Senior Examinations concluded.
June 17, Wednesday, Annual Commencement.
THE CEXTBE COLLEGE OF KEXTLCKY.
Board of Trustees.
Rev. J. McClusky Blayney, D. D., Chairman
Ormond Beatty, LL. D., Secretary.
John A. Cheek, Treasurer.
TERM EXPIRES 1890.
Rev. Heman H. Allen, D. D.,
Rev. J. McClusky Blayney, D. D.,
Rev. A. A. Willitts, D. D.
,
Rev. Stephen Yerkes, D. D.,
Rev. James P. Hendrick, D. D.,
Rev. C. B. H. Martin, D. D.,
George Nicholas, .
TERM EXPIRES 1891
Rev. William C. Condit, D. D,
*George W. Welsh, Sr., ....C. M. Garth,
James Barbour, .....William Ernst, .....Robert P. Jacobs, .....
TERM EXPIRES 1892
Rev. Thomas H. Cleland, D. D.,
Rev. Edward L. Warren, D. D., .
Rev. W. C. Young, D. D.,
William H. Kinnaird,
Edward W. C. Humphrey,
James A. Curry,
Princeton.
Frankfort.
Dayton, O.
Danville.
Flemingsburg.
Danville.
Shelbyville.
Ashland.
Danville.
Louisville.
Maysville.
Covington.
Danville.
Pewee Valley.
Cincinnati, O.
Danville.
Lancaster.
Louisville.
Lexineton.
The Board of Trustees stands adjourned to meet Tuesday, June
17, 1890, at 2:30 p. m., in the Session Room of the Second Pres-
byterian Church, Danville.
"Deceased.
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THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
Faculty,
Rev. WILLIAM C. YOUNG, D. D , President,
And Professor of Moral Philosophy and History.
ORMOND BEATTY, LL. D., Ex-President,
And Professor of Metaphysics.
Rev. JOHN L. McKEE, D. D., Vies President,
And Professor of Christian Evidences and Elocution.
JOHN C. FALES, A. M., F. G. 8. A.,
Professor of Natural and Physical Science.
ALFRED B. NELSON, A. M., M. D.,
Professor of Pure and Applied Mathematics.
JOHN W. REDD, A. M.,
Professor of Greek Language.
SAMUEL R. CHEEK, A. M,Professor of Latin Language.
JOHN D. EPES, A. B.,
Professor of English Language and Literature.
Professor of Modern Languages.
Professor of Political Science,
Instructor in Athletics.
JAMES B. WALTON, A. M.,
Principal of Preparatory Department.
JOHN M. RUPLEY, A. M.,
First Assistant in Preparatory Department.
JOHN F. WALTON,Second Assistant in Preparatory Department.
Prof. J. W. REDD, Secretary of Faculty.
Prof. J. C. FALES, Librarian.
;:To be elected in June.
THE CESTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
Lectures
To supplement the daily instruction of the class-room, a course
oflectures on English Literature, as illustrated in the writings of emi-
nent British and American authors, will be delivered during the
coming year by Mr. Leon H. Vincent in the College chapel.
In addition to the above, and adding a new feature of great
interest and profit, arrangements are being made, in co-operation
with the Faculty of the Theological Seminary, for six or eight
special lectures on subjects of practical interest.
These lectures will be delivered in the college to the students of
the two institutions by such men as Rev. Drs. John Hall, of NewYork, Francis L. Patton, of Princeton, Herrick Johnson, of
Chicago, Samuel Niccolls, of St. Louis, J. H. Bryson, of Hunts-
ville, Ala., Judge A. P. Humphrey, of Louisville, Hon. John
Martin, of Birmingham, Ala,, and Hon. A. McDougall, of Cin-
cinnati, O.
During the session of 1 889-90 the following course of lectures
on English Literature was delivered by Mr. Leon H. Vincent:
I. English Drama—Shakspeare.
II. Queen Anne's Reign—Addison.III. Dickens.
IV. Thackeray.
V. "George'Eliot."
VI. Nathaniel Hawthorne.
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
Courses of Study.
CLASSICAL COURSE—A. B.
This embraces a full Classical and Literary Course, and includes
the studies usually required in American colleges. In the opinion
of the Faculty this is the course which is best fitted to give the most
symmetrical development to the mind, and the broadest culture;
and it is the one which they would earnestly advise every young
man seeking an education to choose. Four years are required for
a student entering the Freshman Class to complete the course ; at
the end of which a diploma will be awarded, conferring the degree
of Bachelor of Arts. In the Freshman and Sophomore years the
studies of this course are all prescribed. In the Senior and Junior
years, regard being had to the future life-work of the student, a
number of elective studies is allowed.
SCIENTIFIC COURSE—B. Sc.
This has been arranged as a full four years' course, equivalent to
the Classical, and is designed for those who are not prepared to
take the latter, but yet desire to obtain a liberal and practical
education. Electives are allowed in this course in the Junior and
Senior years. Upon the successful completion of this course, the
candidate will be recommended to the Board of Trustees for the
degree of Bachelor of Science, and a suitable diploma awarded.
ELECTIVE COURSE—CERTIFICATE.
This is provided for those who, for some reason, do not wish to
pursue the full Classical or Scientific Course. Students taking this
course are allowed, under the advice of the Faculty, considerable
latitude in the selection of their studies, subject to the condition
that the number of recitations per week shall be equal to that of
the regular student. To students who take this course a Certificate
will be awarded at the end of not less than two years, stating what
studies have been successfully pursued by the student.
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
Admission,
CLASSICAL COURSE.
Before a student can enter regularly the Freshman Class in the
A. B. Course, he must pass a successful examination in the follow-
ing studies, or their equivalent
:
English.—English Grammar and Analysis; Ancient and Mod-
ern Geography; Outlines of History.
Latin.—Caesar's Commentaries, two books; Vergil's JEn^'id,
three books; four orations of Cicero; and Grammar, including
Prosody.
Greek.—Xenophon's Anabasis, two books; some knowledge of
the Attic Inflection and of the principles of Syntax, with expe-
rience in translating English into Greek, including accent, is
demanded.
Mathematics.—The whole of Arithmetic; Algebra, through
Quadratic Equations.
SCIENTIFIC COURSE.
The requirements for admission to the Freshman Class in this
course are the same as for the Classical Course, with the exception
of Greek.
Candidates for admission to a higher class than the Freshman
must stand an examination on all the studies previously pursued by
the class they desire to enter, unless from another college.
Students desiring to pursue special branches are permitted to
enter any class for which they are prepared, subject to the direction
of the Faculty in the amount of the study required, which shall
always be equal to that of the regular student.
In all cases a student from another college is required to present
satisfactory testimonials of his moral character and standing in the
college which he last attended.
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
Classical Departmentfreshman year.
Advanced Algebra.
Xenophon—Anabasis.
Lysias.
Greek Grammar.
Greek Prose Composition.
Greek History.
Vergil (completed).
Cicero—Orations.
Latin Grammar.
Latin Prose Composition.
FIRST TERM.
History of Rome.
Classical Geography,
Written Translations from Latin.
Written Translations from Greek.
English Literature.
Exercises in English Analysis.
Weekly Compositions.
Declamations.
New Testament.
Geometry, Six Books.
Original Propositions in Geom-etry .
Lysias (continued).
Herodotus.
Greek Grammar.
Greek Prose Composition.
New Testament in Greek.
Cicero—DeAmieitia.
Cicero—Letters.
Latin Grammar.SOPHOMORE YEAR
FIRST TERM.
SECOND TERM.
Latin Prose Composition.
Lectures on Cases.
History of Rome.
Classical Geography.
English Literature.
Exercises in English Analysis.
Weekly Compositicns.
Declamations.
Greek History.
Written Translations from Greek.
Geometry (completed).
Trigonometry, Plane and Spher-
ical.
Homer's Iliad.
Greek Syntax.
Greek Prose Composition.
Greek History.
New Testament in Greek.
Higher English Grammar.
Rhetoric.
English Philology.
Shakespeare.
Declamations.
Livy— History.
Horace—Odes.
Latin Prose Composition.
History of Rome.
Classical Geography.
Written Translations from Greek
and Latin.
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
SECOND TERM.
Analytic Geometry.
Surveying, with Field-work.
Demosthenes—De Corona.
Plato—Apology.
Greek Syntax.
Greek Prose Composition.
Greek History.
Horace—Satires.
Tacitus.
Latin Grammar.
Latin Prose Composition.
History of Rome.
Lectures on Moods.
Classical Geography.
Higher English Grammar.
Rhetoric.
English Philology.
Essays.
Declamations.
New Testament.
JUNIOR YEAR.FIRST
Political Economy.
Constitution of United States.
International Law.
Chemistry.
Mineralogy.
Differential and Integral Calculus.
German and French Grammar.
German and French Reader.
German and French History.
German and French Exercises.
Tertuliian—Select Works.
TERM.
Parallel Reading.
Written Translations from Latin.
Classical Geography.
Roman Literature.
History of the English Language.
Anglo-Saxon.
Chaucer—Prologue and Knightes
Tale.
Bi-Weekly Essays.
Original Orations.
New Testament.
SECON
International Lav/ (continued).
Moral Philosophy.
Geology.
Zoology.
Botany.
Industrial and Mechanical Draw-
ing.
Quaternions.
Determinants.
Minna von Barnhelm.
German and French Grammar.
German and French History.
D TERM.
German and French Literature.
German and French Exercises.
Terence.
Parallel Reading.
Written Translations from Latin.
Roman Mythology.
History of the English Language.
Anglo-Saxon.
Bi-Weekly Essays.
Declamations.
New Testament.
10 THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
SENIOR YEAR.
FIRST TERM.
Mental Philosophy.
Logic.
Analogy of Natural and Revealed
Greek Literature.
Greek Moods and Tenses.
History of Greece.
Religion. Written Translations from Greek.
Evidences of Christianity. Study of Words.Physics. Lectures on English Literature.
Astronomy. Selected Readings.
Mechanics. Essays.
Thucydides. Original Orations.
Old Testament.
SECOND TERM.
Mental Philosophy (continued). Sophocles.
Logic (continued). Lectures on Metre.
History of Philosophy. Greek Moods and Tenses.
History of the United States. History of Greece.
Analogy of Natural and Revealed ! Greek Literature.
Religion (continued). Written Translations.
Physics (continued.) Lectures on English Literature,
Astronomy (continued). with Parallel Readings.
Mechanics (continued). Essays.
Old Testament. Original Orations.
Scientific department.FRESHMAN YEAR.
FIRST TERM.
Advanced Algebra.
Vergil (continued).
Cicero—Orations.
Latin Grammar.
Latin Prose Composition.
History of Rome.Classical Geography.
Written Translations from Latin.
English Literature.
Exercises in English Analysis.
Weekly Compositions.
Declamations.
New Testament.
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY. 11
SECOND TERM.
Geometry, Six Books.
Original Propositions in Geom-etry.
Latin Grammar.
Classical History.
History of Rome.Declamations.
English Literature.
Exercises in English Analysis.
Weekly Compositions.
Livy.
Latin Prose Composition.
New Testament.
SOPHOMORE YEARFIRST TERM.
Geometry (completed).
Trigonometry, Plane and Spher
ical.
Mensuration.
Field Work.
German and French Grammar.
German and French Reader.
German and French History.
German and French Exercises.
Rhetoric.
Classical Geography.SECOND TERM.
English Philology.
Shakespeare.
Declamations.
Cicero—Letters.
Latin Grammar.
Latin Prose Composition.
History of Rome.
Written Translations from Latin.
Zoology.
New Ttstarnent.
Analytic Geometry.
Surveying, with Field-work.
Minna von Barnhelm.
German and French Grammar.
German and French History.
German and French Literature.
German and French Exercises.
Horace.
Latin Grammar.
Latin Prose Composition.
History of Rome.JUNIOR YEAR
Roman Literature.
Lectures on Moods.
Rhetoric.
English Philology.
Shakespeare.
Classical Geography.
Botany, with Laboratory Work.
Declamations.
Tacitus.
New Testament.
FIRST TERM.
Political Economy. Roman Literature.
Constitution of United States. Classical Geography.
12 THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
International Law.
General Chemistry.
Analytical Chemistry.
Experimental Laboratory Work.Industrial and Mechanical Draw-
ing.
Tertullian—Select Works.
Written Translations from Latin.
History of the English Language.
Anglo-Saxon.
Chaucer—Prologue and Knightes
Tale.
Bi-Weekly Essays.
Original Orations.
New Testament.
SECOND TERM.
International Law (continued)
Moral Philosophy.
Geology.
Analytical Chemistry.
Industrial and Mechanical Draw-
ing.
Terence.
Written Translations from Latin
History of English Literature.
Anglo-Saxon.
Bi-Weekly Essays.
Declamations.
New Testament.
SENIOR YEAR.
FIRST TERM.
Mental Philosophy.
Logic.
Analogy of Natural and Re-
vealed Religion.
Evidences of Christianity.
Physics.
Old Testament.
Astronomy.
Mechanics.
Study of Words.
Lectures on English Literature.
Selected Readings.
Essays.
Original Orations.
SECOND TERM.
Mental Philosophy (continued).
Logic (continued).
History of Philosophy.
History.
Analogy of Natural and Re-
vealed Religion.
Physics (continued).
Astronomy (continued).
Mechanics (continued).
Lectures on English Literature,
with Parallel Readings.
Essays.
Original Orations.
Old Testament.
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY. 13
Prefatory.
It appears only fitting to preface our regular catalogue state-
ments with a few brief remarks as to the present condition and future
prospects of the College. These have not been for thirty years so
prosperous and hopeful. For this our heartfelt thanks are due,
first, to Almighty God, for whose glory and in loyalty to whomthis Institution was founded and has ever been conducted, and,
second, to the alumni, former students, old and new friends of the
College, who, by their sympathy, interest and liberal gifts, under
God, have contributed signally to this enlarged prosperity.
It does seem as though this old, historic College which, during
more than seventy years, has done so much for the Church and
the State, whose sons, throughout the whole country, in every walk
o( life, have illustrated its worth and glory, were entering on a newera of influence and growth. During the year just closing the
number of students has been greater than for a quarter of a century,
while the income has been materially larger and the corps of Pro-
fessors more numerous than ever before. A still further increase
of all these seems assured during the coming year.
Among the many improvements and additions projected we can
positively announce as having been already provided for and
which will be in operation at the beginning of the next session:
ist. Two new departments of instruction, conducted by thor-
oughly qualified Professors, namely, English and Modern Lan-
guages.
2d. A large, handsome gymnasium, with all modern appliances
and equipments, the gift in large part of two of the most dis-
tinguished alumni of the College, Judge A. P. Humphrey and
Hon. St. John Boyle, of Louisville.
3d. A number of free scholarships in the gift of the Faculty,
endowed by generous friends in Kentucky and the East. A com-
plete list of these will be given on another page of the catalogue.
14 THE CENTEE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
Departments of Instruction,
I. BIBLICAL STUDIES.
Throughout the session each of the classes has one recitation a
week in one or more of the books of the Bible, mainly to Drs.
Young and McKee. In addition to, or probably as a substitute
for the above, a plan is now being perfected by which the Bible in
its entirety shall be made a regular text-book in the College.
The object aimed at will be by one recitation or lecture a week,
all the classes being united, to carry the students in four years
through the whole Bible. It is confidently believed that, not only
from a moral and religious, but also from a literary and historical
point of view, this can and will be made one of the most interest-
ing and profitable branches of study. It will be conducted by the
President and Vice President.
II. HISTORY AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY.
Preside7it Yo?mg.
History.—The entire Senior Class, both in the A. B. and B. Sc.
courses, recites daily during three months. Special courses of
history having been already studied during the three previous years
by this class, the object now sought is to present from a philo-
sophical point of view an outline sketch, as vivid as possible, of
general history. The lessons from the text-book will be supple-
mented with occasional lectures, and essays upon the most impor-
tant epochs and characters will be required of each student.
Moral Philosophy.—This is a required study during the junior
year, and all the members of that class seeking a degree recite
daily to the President until a full course in theoretical and practical
ethics has been completed.
Text-Books: Haven's Moral Philosophy; Freeman's Historical
Series.
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY. U
III. EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY AND ELOCUTION,
Vice President McKee.
Half of the year the Senior Class has daily recitations in Butler's
Analogy, or its equivalent, with oral lectures in defence of the
Christian religion against the more recent objections of infidels.
Text-book, Butler's Analogy.
This College lias always given special attention to Elocution, with
most gratifying results. All the students are carefully drilled, one
by one, at least twice in the year, speaking either extracts from
the great authors or pieces of their own composition. Besides
these compulsory exercises, the opportunity is given for voluntary
practice as often as the student may desire it. A large proportion,
of the students are in the habit of availing themselves of this priv-
ilege, consequently great proficiency in oratory has been attained
by many of the young men.
IV. METAPHYSICS.
Ex-President Beatty.
These subjects are taught by text-books, with oral discussions
and comments, in order to give the student a knowledge of the
history and present status of the subjects taught.
Text-Books : Haven's Mental Philosophy; Bowen's History.
Political Scienxe.—This course includes Political Economy;International Law; Constitution of the United States; and Modern
History.
Text-Books: Chapin's Wayland's Political Economy; Andrew's
Constitution of the United States; Davis's International Law; and
Freeman's Historical Series.
V. NATURAL SCIENCES.
Professor Fales.
In this Department, the aim is to conduct the studies in such a
manner as to obtain the best results in making them an aid to
mental training, and in obtaining information which will be valua-
16 THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
ble to the student in any profession. It is believed the work is as
thorough as the time of a college course will allow.
Physics and Astronomy.—The subjects assigned will be taught
by recitations and experimental illustrations;
principles will be
proved and particular matters amplified, as occasion may demand.
Text-Books : Atkinson's Ganot's Physics ; Young's Astronomy.
The Laboratory classes will use such authorities as may be needed.
Chemistry and Mineralogy.—Theoretical and experimental
knowledge will be aimed at by those in the A. B. course. These
subjects will be pursued further by the other students, experimen-
tal and analytical work being required in the Laboratory.
Text Books: Remsen's Chemistry; Appleton's Analytical Chem-
istry; Fresenius' Analytical Chemistry; Brush's Mineralogy. Nu-
merous books of reference are on the shelves of the Laboratory.
Geology.—The general principles will be taught, and their
applications to the history and formation of the earth's structure
brought out;particular attention will be given to the geology of
the Ohio Valley, for illustration in which ample material is at hand
m the work-rooms.
Text-Books'. LeConte's Manual and Text-Book ; a large number
of standard works and monographs on Palaeontology.
Biology. —Such instruction will be given as will enable the
student to understand the connection of this with other branches,
and also to work successfully in his individual studies in the college
or after severing his connection with it.
Text-Books : Holder's Zoology; Sedgwick and Wilson's Biol-
ogy ; Wood's Botany; Ward's Plant Organization.
VI. MATHEMATICS.
Professor Nelson.
It is the purpose to make the course in Mathematics thorough
and practical. This department is well equipped with the best
instruments, embracing the Theodolite, Solar Compass, Sextant,
Surveyor's Compass, etc., and the student is made practically
acquainted with their use in the field in the measurement of heights
and distances, surveying of land, etc. The Mathematical Roomis provided with a spherical blackboard, models of the conic sec-
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY. 17
tions and other figures, and a full supply of drawing instruments
for the blackboard, whereby the student is enabled to make exact
geometrical constructions. Throughout the course exercises not
found in the text-books are given to the student, in order to
develop a spirit of independent investigation. In the Junior year
Mathematics is, in a large degree, elective. The student with a
special aptitude for Mathematics is given the fullest opportunity
and encouragement to cultivate his favorite study. An advanced
course will be arranged for any who may desire to prosecute the
study of this department beyond the limits of the regular curricu-
lum.
Freshman Class—Five Hours a Week.—Advanced Algebra
occupies the first term. The second term is devoted to Geometry,
Plane and Solid (in part).
Text-Books: Wells' University Algebra; Wentworth's Plane and
Solid Geometry.
Sophomore Class—Five Hours a Week.—During the first term
Solid Geometry is completed, together with Mensuration, and
Plane and Spherical Trigonometry. Plane and Solid Analytic
Geometry and Surveying are studied the second term.
Text-Books: Wentworth's Geometry; Wentworth's Trigonom-
etry ; Wentworth's Analytic Geometry ; Davies' Surveying.
Junior Class—Five Hours a Week.—The first term is devoted
to Differential and Integral Calculus, with applications. For the
second term the student is allowed to choose one or more of the
following branches of study : Industrial and Mechanical Drawing,
including Isometric Projection and Linear Perspective ; Determin-
ants;Quaternions ; Method of Least Squares.
Text-Books : Mahan's Industrial Drawing ; Hardy's Quater-
nions; Muir's Determinants; Merriman's Least Squares; Taylor's
Calculus.
Senior Class— Two Hours a Week throughout the year is
devoted to the study of Mechanics.
Text-Book: Dana's Mechanics.
18 THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
VII. GREEK.
Professor Redd,
Freshman Class—Five Hours a Week.—The etymology is care-
fully reviewed, and the general principles of syntax are applied to
the class-reading. Weekly graded exercises and written monthly
examinations in history—covering the period previous to the
Peloponnesian war—throughout the year.
Text-Books: Goodwin's Grammar; Selections from Antiphon,
Andocides, Lysias, Isocrates, Isaeus (Jebb); Merriman's Herodo-
tus ; Exercises in Greek Syntax (Boise) ; Smith's History of Greece
;
Hogue's Irregular Verbs of Attic Prose.
Sophomore Class—Five Hours a Week.—A full knowledge of
the Attic inflection—above all, of the verb—and some experience
in rendering English into Greek are positively required. The
higher syntax is studied, with careful analysis of the text read and
with full discussion of moods and tenses. Weekly progressive
exercises and the study of history continued.
Text-Books : Hadley-Allen's Grammar; Homer's Iliad or Odys-
sey; Seymour's Language and Verse of Homer; Plato's Apology
and Crito (Dyer's edition); Jebb's Introduction to Homer; Demos-
thenes' De Corona or Aeschines Against Ctesiphon; Smith's His-
tory ; Sidgwick's Greek Prose Composition ; Mythology.
Senior Class— Two Hours a Week.—Study is concentrated
upon moods and tenses ; the history and the derivation of words
;
the history of literature, metres and mythology. The structure of
the period is taught by original exercises. History is completed.
Text-Books: Goodwin's Moods and Tenses; Morris' Thucy-
dides; Antigone of Sophocles (D'Ooge's edition); Clouds of Aris-
tophanes (Humphrey's edition); Jebb's History of Literature;
Peile's Primer of Philology; Choral Scanning; Veitch's Greek
Verbs (for reference); Gow's Companion to School Classics.
Accents required from the first ; Liddell & Scott's Lexicon (7th
ed.); the abridged lexicon is not recommended; and Johnson's
Classical Atlas used in- all classes; Essays prepared on assigned
topics by all the classes; Kiepert's wall-maps in the class-room.
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY. 19
VIII. LATIN.
Professor Cheek.
The instruction in this department, extending through the Fresh-
man, Sophomore and Junior years, takes in a number of the
representative authors of the several periods of Latin literature.
Elegant written translations of passages in review and translations
at sight are required at specified periods. An acquaintance with
the geography and mythology involved in the passage under con-
sideration is expected at all times. The derivation of words is
always called for. Lessons in grammar accompany the daily reci-
tations in reading. The study of Roman history and literature is
completed by periodical recitations in each during the first and
second years. The writing of Latin is practiced with great care.
All the instruction in Latin aims to bring out the relation of this
language to our own.
Freshman Year—Five Hotirs a Week.—The texts used are
Selected Orations of Cicero; De Amicitia; Cicero's Letters. Thestudy of these texts is accompanied by daily drill in grammar
;
periodical examinations in literature, history and classical geogra-
phy; weekly exercises in translating English into Latin.
Text-Books : Greenough's Cicero ; Kelsey's De Amicitia ; Pritch-
ard & Bernard's Letters of Cicero; Liddell's History of Rome;Gildersleeve's Grammar ; Madvig's Grammar (for reference).
Sophomore Year—Five Hours a Week.—Historical Writings of
Livy; Odes and Satires of Horace; Horace and Tacitus are the
texts studied by the Sophomore class.
The instruction in grammar bears especially upon syntax and
metre ; Roman History is continued ; weekly exercises in Latin
Prose Composition.
Text-Books : Rape's Livy ; Chase & Stuart's Horace ; Green-
ough's Satires of Horace; Church & Brodribb's Tacitus ; Liddell's
History of Rome ; Gildersleeve's and Madvig's Grammars.
Junior Year— Two Hours a Week.—Tertullian ; Select Works;the Comedies of Terence ; Prosody and Metres ; Roman Literature
and Mythology; Parallel readings assigned.
Text-Books : Tertullian ; Douglass' series of Christian Classic
20 THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
Writers; West's Terence ; Bender's Roman Literature ; Hale's Ageof Fables ; Crutwell's Literature (for reference). Johnston's Class-
ical Atlas should be in the hands of all students in this department.
Kiepert's Wall-maps have been provided for class-room use.
IX. ENGLISH.
Professor Epes.
The study of the English Language is on an equal footing with
the study of the Latin and Greek Languages. The same amount
of time is attached to it; the same rigorous method is pursued.
A course of parallel reading is prescribed for each class.
Freshman Year.—Five recitations a week, with weekly written
exercises. In this class English Grammar is reviewed and syntax
is studied by the method of logical analysis of sentences. Theelements of composition are inculcated by careful practice in writ-
ten exercises and compositions. English literature is taught prac-
cally by class and parallel reading of good English authors.
Text-Books : Whitney's Essentials of English Grammar; Lock-
wood's Lessons in English ; Irving, Goldsmith, Addison and Scott.
Sophomore Year.—Three recitations a week, with weekly writ-
ten exercises and compositions. The higher and idiomatic con-
structions of English are studied this year; special attention is
given to the literary and historical side of the language. Theliterature of a language or a country can not be divorced from its
history.
Text-Books: Genung's Rhetoric; Brooke's Primer of English
Literature; Truman's Old English History; Lounsbury's History
of the English Language; Shakespeare, Milton, Bunyan and
Macaulay. Lectures on English authors of the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries.
Junior Year.—Three recitations a week, with bi-weekly essays.
The studies of this year are directed to the acquisition cf Anglo-
Saxon as an indispensable basis of English Grammar, furnishing
the student a means of tracing the history of his native tongue
from its earliest beginning. Whilst the student is furnished with a
key to the rich and historically invaluable literature of our fore-
fathers, he is at the same time given an opportunity to know the
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY. 21
inner nature, the inherent power, the unique dignity, and the rightto supremacy justly due to his mother tongue.
Text-Books: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader, with Baskervill'sOutline of Anglo-Saxon Grammar; Morris' Elementary HistoricalGrammar; Ten Brink's Early English Literature; Skeat's Etymo-logical Dictionary; Whitney's Language and the Study of Lan-guage.
Senior Year.—Three recitations a week, with monthly writtenessays. The class will devote this entire year to an historical andcomparative study of Anglo-Saxon, Middle English, and the begin-nings of Modern English, thereby enabling the student to gain aclear and accurate perspective of his mother tongue.
Text-Bocks: Morris and Skeat's Specimens of Early English,A. D. 1 1 30-A. D. 1300; Skeat's Specimens of English Literature,'A. D. 1350-A. D. 1597; Whitney's Language and the Study ofLanguage; Morris' Historical Grammar.
In addition to and supplementary to this course in English, therewill be given a General Course in Literary and Linguistic History,covering two hours each week. The aim of this course will be togive a clear and comprehensive view of the Indo-European familyof languages, the various migrations of the separate branches ofthis family, their territorial habitations, their literary growth andimportance.
X. MODERN LANGUAGES.
Professor
In this department special attention is given to the Germananguage. The same rigorous method is kept up as in the Latinmd the Greek. Graded exercises throughout the course. The•ecitations of the college are so arranged that any student canmrsue the study of the German, either to fill out his complement>f studies, or as an extra. Members of the regular Junior classre allowed to substitute German for the Calculus.
GERMAN.
Junior Class—Five Hours a Week.— Text-Books : Whitney'srrammar; Grimm's Maerchen
; Das Kalte Herz by Hauff; Storm'smmensee; Schiller's Wilhelm Tell (Bucheim's edition); History
22 THE CENTEE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
of Germany ; daily Exercises; Whitney's Dictionary ; Brandt's
Grammar (as book of reference).
Senior Class—(Optional)—Whitney's Grammar; Hosmer's
Literature; Schiller & Goethe; Heine's Reisebiider; Exercises
twice a week ; Whitney's Dictionary.
FRENCH.
Junior Class— Keetel's Grammar; Bocher's Otto's French
Reader; Knapp's French Readings ; weekly Exercises; Spier's &Surenne's Dictionary.
Senior Class—Keetel's Grammar; Harrison's French Syntax
(for reference); Brachet's Historical Grammar ; Moliere & Racine;
Exercises twice a week; Spier's & Surenne's Dictionary. Abridged
lexicons are not recommended.
XI. ATHLETICS.
Believing that both for mental and spiritual improvement and
usefulness a sound, well developed body is well nigh indispensable,
the Faculty encourages, within proper limitations, athletic sports
and exercises. The grounds provided for these, just in the rear of
the College buildings, are among the best in the country.
A splendid new gymnasium, the finest and most complete in the
State, is now being erected, and will be opened at the beginning of
the next session. It will be thoroughly equipped with all the
apparatus necessary for a complete physical training. It will be
heated throughout with steam, will be provided with hot and cold
shower baths, and besides the main hall will have a large and
attractive reading room. For this most valuable addition we are
indebted mainly to the liberality of Judge A. P. Humphrey and
Hon. St. John Boyle, of Louisville. A well qualified superintendent
will be placed in charge of the building, and will direct the exercise
of the students. A gymnastic contest for prizes will be held during
the year.
XII. PREPARATORY STUDIES.
Sub-Freshman—First Grade.—Ray's New Higher Algebra;
Greene's Grammar and Analysis; Smith's History of Rome and
Greece ; Allen & Greenough's Latin Grammar and Composition
;
Bingham's Caesar; Chase & Stuart's Vergil; Chase & Stuart's
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY. 23
Cicero ; Goodwin's Greek Grammar ; White's Greek Lessons ; Good-
win's Xenophon's Anabasis.
Second Grade.—Ray's New Elementary Algebra; Ray's Practical
and Stoddard's Intellectual Arithmetic (completed) ; Scott's His-
tory of the United States ; Reed & Kellogg's English Composition
;
Webster's Speller ; Goodwin's Greek Grammar ; Moses' First Greek
Pleader; White's Greek Lessons; Bingham's Caesar, (McCabe's)
;
Latin Grammar (McCabe's).
Third Grade.—Ray's Practical and Stoddard's Intellectual Arith-
metic; Harvey's Grammar and Composition ; Eclectic Geography,
second part; McGuffey's Reader, revised; Harvey's Speller,
graded; Bingham's Latin Grammar and Composition.
Composition throughout the year.
Prizes,
The Henry Barret Boyle Prize.
This prize, established by the late General J. T. Boyle, consist-
ing of the yearly interest of $1,500, will be awarded to the best
Latin scholar of the Sophomore Class.
The Ormond Beatty Senior Prize.
This prize, consisting of the yearly interest of £1,000, was
founded by the Alumni of the College in 1886, to signalize the
completion of President Beatty's fifty years in the service of his
Alma Mater. For the current session, this prize will be awarded
to the student of the Senior class having the best record for schol-
arship, deportment and punctuality.
Oratorical Prizes.
The prizes awarded to the successful competitors in the Orator-
ical Contest between the two societies in June, consist of gold
medals.
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Donations and Scholarships,
The $100,000 added to the endowment during the past few years
represents a large number of donors, and embraces alike the self-
sacrificing gifts of the poor and the munificent contributions of the
rich. The great number of these generous helpers precludes the
publication of their names, but to one and all, in the name of the
Synod of Kentucky, the Board of Trustees and the Faculty of
Centre College, we desire to express our heart-felt thanks. Grate-
ful acknowledgments are also due to the ladies of many of our
churches for costly gifts made to our College Home.A list of the scholarships, both permanent and annual, given
during the past year, all at the disposal of the Faculty, is as fol-
lows :
ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS.
1. The Childs Scholarship, #1,000, founded by George W.Childs, of Philadelphia.
2. The Lees Scholarship, $1,000, founded by Mrs. S. P. Lees,
of New York.
3. The Simpson Scholarship, #1,000, founded by J. A. Simp-
son, of Covington.
4. The W. B. Belknap Scholarship, #1,000, founded by his
family.
5. The Elliott Shepard Scholarship, #1,000, founded by Col.
Elliott F. Shepard, of New York.
6. The Henry C. Warren Scholarship, #1,000, founded by
Henry C. Warren, of Louisville, Ky.
7. The Eugene C. Warren Scholarship, #1,000, founded by
Eugene C. Warren, of Louisville, Ky.
8. The Griffiths Scholarship, #1,000, founded by George Grif-
fiths, of Philadelphia.
9. The Jesup Scholarship, # 1,000, founded by Morris K. Jesup,
Qf New York,
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10. The Rev. John Breckinridge Scholarship, founded by John
R. Ford, of New York.
11. The David Humphreys Scholarship, £1,000, founded ty
Anthony Dey, of New Brunswick, N. J.
12. The Converse Scholarship, £i,ooo, founded by John H.
Converse, of Philadelphia.
13. The Rev. John Hendricks Scholarship, £i,cco, founded bymembers of his family.
14. The Singerly Scholarship, £1,000, founded by William M.Singerly, of Philadelphia.
15. The Avery Scholarship, £1,000, founded by George CAvery, of Louisville, Ky.
16. The Givens Scholarship, $1,000, founded by James G.
Givens, of Louisville, Ky.
17. The Lucas Scholarship, £1,000, founded by William H.
Lucas, of Kansas City, Mo.
18-19. The Haley Scholarships, £2,000, founded by Miss Haley
and Rev. Charles Haley, D. D., of Newark, N. J.
ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS.
i. F. C. Nunemacher, of Louisville, Ky., .
2. Miss Mary Lafon, of Louisvile, Ky., .
3. E. T. Halsey, of Louisville, Ky., .
4. S. Bassett, of Lexington, Ky., ....5. B. K. Marsh, of Louisville, Ky.,
6-7. Thomas Potter, of Philadelphia,
3. Rev. Dr. S. A. Mutchmore, D. D., of Philadelphia,
9. Thomas Kane, of Chicago, 111.,
10. E. D. Sayre, of Lexington, Ky.,
11. Airs. Estelle Des Cognets, Lexington, Ky.,
12-13. Second Presbyterian Church, Lexington, Ky.,
14. Central Presbyterian Church, Louisville, Ky., .
15. Walnut St. Presbyterian Church, Louisville, Ky.,
16. College St. Presbyterian Church, Louisville, Ky., .
17. Warren Memorial Pres. Church, Louisville, Ky.,
18. Ladies of Central Pres. Church, Louisville, Ky., .
19. Miss Lucy W. Scott, Lexington, Ky., .
£50
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General Information,
Public Worship.
Prayers are held in the chapel every morning, with reading of
the Scriptures, and all students are required to be present. They
are also expected to attend the public preaching of the Gospel at
least once on each Sabbath.
Young Men's Christian Association.
This society seeks to bring students under good influences, and
furnishes opportunities for Christian work in the College and its
vicinity. It has been in active operation for several years. Special
efforts are made to bring new students under its wholesome influ-
ences. The society has been provided with a neatly furnished hall,
where it meets statedly for prayer, social intercourse, etc.
Examinations.
There are two public examinations of all classes, one in the mid-
dle of the college year, and the other at the close, held before a
committee of the Synod, and conducted by each professor in his
« own department. The final examinations of the Graduating Class
• close on the fourth Friday in May. Special examinations occur
• during the year.
Reports.
Reports of the student's scholarship, attendance and deportment
•are made to the parents or guardian at the close of each term of
five months. Special reports are made at shorter intervals if there
>is anything in the student's conduct or standing which requires
them.Rank in Scholarship.
The rank in scholarship of the Graduating Class of each year
'will be indicated in the Commencement programme as follows:
'First-class scholars will be assigned an Oration having some prefix
;
Second-class, an Oration; Third-class, a Dissertation; Fourth-
« class, a Disquisition ; Fifth-class, an Essay.
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY. 27
Preparatory Department.
This school has been organized by the Board of Trustees of
Centre College. It is now placed under the exclusive management
of the Principal ; and, as it is financially separate from the college,
every student is required to pay tuition in this department. As the
Sub-Freshman class is taught in this depaitment and is a part of it,
the members of this class, as well as other preparatory students,
will pay tuition to the Principal—as per schedule below.
While the course of instruction is especially adapted to prepare
young men for the Freshman class, it is intended, at the same
time, to furnish a liberal English education to any who may de-
sire it.
Tuition in the Preparatory Department for session of five months
is: Classical Department, $22.50; English Department, $20; Pri-
mary Department, $15. No contingent fee is charged. Sons of
ministers and candidates for the ministry received at one-half the
foregoing rates. Payment in advance required in all cases.
Preparation for College.
The Faculty of the College, prompted by their experience in
preliminary examinations, would most earnestly call the attention
of teachers preparing students for college to the importance of
accuracy and thoroughness in the elements of education, especially
in orthography and composition, in English grammar and arith-
metic, and in the forms of the classical languages. Students whoare thoroughly prepared in these can do well from the first, and
their progress is rapid and satisfactory ; but inadequate preparation
in the elements renders the future course of the student difficult,
and causes it to end in disheartening failure. The stress of the
preliminary examination will be laid upon accuracy in elementary
knowledge.Late Entrance.
All students should present themselves punctually at the open-
ing of the session in September. Many disadvantages to the
student result from late entrance, and in some instances it has been
found impossible for a student entering late to maintain his stand-
ing in his class. Prompt attendance is therefore earnestly enjoined
28 THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
upon all who wish to derive the full benefits of the course of in-
struction.
Expenses.
Tuition and Other Fees.—Tuition, in addition to a contingent
fee of $5, is $50 per annum, payable semi-annually strictly in
advance.
A number of scholarships in the gift of the Faculty have been
recently endowed by liberal friends of the College, and through
these the Institution is enabled to offer to sons of ministers of the
gospel of every denomination and to all other young men of
extremely limited means and good character free tuition. Thus no
one will be excluded because unable to pay the ordinary charge for
instruction, but will be welcome to all the privileges of the College
without incurring pecuniary obligation. The question of future
compensation will be optional with each one.
The contingent fee of $5 annually for janitor's hire, fuel in col-
lege rooms, etc. , is required of all.
Boarding.—The students board and lodge in private families,
in which they enjoy the advantages of Christian society, and are
thus preserved from many temptations. No fixed rate can be
stated for the cost of living, as this varies with the price of pro-
visions, fuel, etc. During the current year the prevailing rates for
board, including fuel and lights, were from $3.50 to $5 per week.
College Home.
For many years cheap living for her students has been felt to be
one of the most pressing wants of our college. To secure this end,
very comfortable rooms, sufficient to accommodate forty young
men, have been fitted up in the old college building. These rooms,
comfortably furnished with stove, chairs, beds, table and wash-
stand, are given, free of charge for rent, to applicants of good
character and limited means.
To those who have taken their meals at the "Home," boarding
has been furnished at the cost of materials and their preparation,
which for the present term has amounted to $2.75 per week;
washing $1 per month additional.
The College Home is open as well to the students in the Pre-
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY. 29
paratory Department as to those In the higher classes. But as
the teachers in the Preparatory Department derive their salaries
entirely from tuition fees, all the students in this department,
whether living in the Home or in private families, are expected to
pay the regular charges for tuition as stated elsewhere.
During the year just closing every room in the '' Home " has been
occupied, and, in view of the applications already received for the
coming fall session, additional accommodations are imperatively
demanded. To meet this demand, arrangements are now being
made for the erection, on the College grounds, of a large Student's
Hall, with all modern improvements. Those desiring to avail them-
selves of this opportunity for a cheap education should apply as
early as possible to the President or Vice President of the College,
from whom full information can be obtained. Preference will be
given to those who may desire to pursue a full course of study and
who really need the help thus furnished.
College Library.
The College Library is in Sayre Hall, a building provided by
the late David A. Sayre, of Lexington. The library consists of
about 6,000 volumes, to which considerable annual additions are
made. Donations of books or money to the library are solicited
from the friends of the college. They will be gratefully received
and duly acknowledged.
The Burchard Alcove.
Rev. Samuel D. Burchard, D. D., of New York, class of '37,
generously gave a large portion of his library to his Alma Mater
during the year. The volumes have been labeled with the name of
the donor and placed in an alcove of the College Library.
Museum.
The museum is well supplied with material for illustration in all
branches of the college course. The typical minerals are system-
atically arranged, so that one can see by a glance at the label
where each belongs in its relations to others ; the various ores are
convenient for study, and duplicates are provided for critical exam-
ination.
30 THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
In palaeontology, fossils typical of all the epochs are on the
shelves and stored in the work-room for personal inspection. Therarer forms, such as Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Pterodactylus,
Dinosaurus, Glyptodon and Megatherium are represented byWard's casts, supplied through the liberality of Dr. John W.Scott, of Lexington.
In zoology, the cases hold land, fresh-water and marine shells
from all parts of the world, and considerable progress has been
made in collecting specimens in other branches of this study.
In botany, the nucleus of an herbarium has been formed and
plants are being added yearly by exchange and local research.
Literary Societies.
There are two literary societies connected with the College—the
Chamberlain and the Deinologian. Commodious halls in the Col-
lege building are provided for them, which have been handsomely
fitted up and furnished by the members. Both societies are sup-
plied with good libraries, containing about 3,500 volumes, which
are receiving additions from year to year. These societies are
regarded as supplemental in their work to the College course, and
are encouraged accordingly. Their exercises consist in debate,
elocution, composition, and other wholesome mental and social
work, under such rules and regulations as the societies may sever-
ally adopt, consistent with the general objects of the College.
Oratorical Exercises.
The Literary Societies hold public exercises on the Twenty-
second of February ; and on Monday preceding CommencementDay, an Oratorical contest takes place between representatives ot
these societies. To the two successful competitors, gold medals
are awarded: First Medal to the best oration, and Second Medal to
the second best.
Honorary Degrees.
In addition to the degrees A. B. and B. Sc, the following are
given : The degree of A. M. in course will be conferred upon any
graduate of the Institution of three years' standing, who shall have
sustained a good moral character and who shall have pursued, dur-
ing the interval, a course of professional or literary studies, and
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY. 31
who shall make application for the degree at least one day before
Commencement.The honorary degree of A. M. may be conferred at the pleasure
of the Board of Trustees upon such young men as may have pur-
sued, at this Institution or elsewhere, such a course of liberal study
as would entitle them to this honor.
The degree of D. D., or other honorary degrees, may be con-
ferred by the Trustees upon such persons as they may deem worthy.
.
Alumni Association.
The Alumni Association was organized in its present form June
26, 1S51, with Prof. W. M. Scott, President; Revs. A. A. Rogue,
'37, John Montgomery, '35, and John A. Bogle, '43, Vice Presi-
dents; and Prof. O. Beatty, '35, Secretary. The Association
arranges for an address on the Tuesday evening preceding Com-mencement.
Officers.—O. Beatty, LL. D., President; W. J. Lyle,* First Vice
President and Treasurer; G. W. Welsh, Jr., Second Vice Presi-
dent; J. W. Yerkes, Corresponding Secretary; J. A. Cheek, Re-cording Secretary.
A fund of about £1,000 is held by the Association, the proceeds
of which are devoted to defraying the expenses of an occasional
banquet to the Alumni on Commencement Day.
The Association will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday even-
ing, June 17, 1890, at eight o'clock, at which Judge Thomas Z.
Morrow will deliver the address.
Endowment.
The funds of the institution, under the careful management of
the Trustees, and through the liberality of the friends of the college,
have steadily increased, until the endowment has assured the per-
manent success of the school. The constant accessions it is receiving
enable the College to increase continually its facilities for instruc-
tion. But whilst the amount of this endowment, especially whentaken in connection with its past history, is a sufficient guarantee
of the permanency of this institution, still this fund needs to be
largely increased to enable Centre College to keep abreast with the
-Deceased.
•32 THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
great institutions—rich and well endowed—that are springing up
all over the land. There is no better place where a man can put
his money to insure a perpetual return of good accomplished by it,
than in a well-endowed Christian College. At Harvard, of all the
original buildings, not one stone lies upon another. The material
structures have all crumbled to dust and disappeared. But the
•original gift of $5,000 of its founder, whose name it bears, is still
preserved and yields its annual revenue.
Progress and Enlargement.
At the meeting of the Board of Trustees in June, 1888, a resolu-
tion was adopted ordering that an earnest effort be made in Ken-
tucky and the East to raise $100,000, as an addition to the perma-
nent endowment. In connection with this general work an appeal
was made to the old students to contribute $30,000, to be used as
an endowment for a new Professorship of English Literature and
History, to bear the revered name of John C. Young, so long and
honorably connected with the College. The response to these
appeals, both at home and abroad, has been most encouraging.
The $100,000 asked for has been practically secured; the endow-
ment of the John C. Young Chair is making hopeful progress and
..generous contributions from individuals and churches for current
expenses have been received. The large increase of income thus
obtained enables the Board of Trustees to add three new Professors
to the Faculty. Money for a superb Gymnasium, to which refer-
ence is elsewhere made, has also been secured, and the building
will be ready for occupancy by October.
Advantages of Location.
Danville, the seat of the College, is situated on the railroad,
(Cincinnati Southern), extending from Cincinnati to Chattanooga,
and near the Lebanon and Knoxville Branch of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad, and is accessible from all quarters. Danville
Is very near the geographical center of the State, located within
the "Blue Grass" region, and surrounded by an exceedingly beau-
tiful and fertile country. It has an elevation of about 1,000 feet
above the sea level, and the surrounding country is undulating so
.as to give perfect drainage. No healthier spot, we believe, can be
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY. 33
found within the limits of our State. Malaria is unknown unless
brought in from other sections of the country. It is a small city
of about 4,000 inhabitants, and is noted for its high moral tone,
and for the refinement and intelligence of its people. It is an ed-
ucational center, both for male and female schools. Students whocome to this place from abroad can find, if they desire it, access to
the most intelligent and cultivated families of the place. Weknow of no place that affords superior advantages in this respect.
Few students come to Danville, who do not find homes here for
which they form the strongest attachments, and from which they
part with reluctance when they leave. It is a town of churches,
of all denominations, and the people are a church-going people.
There are in the town no licensed saloons for the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors. They were all closed in the town some years since
by the Trustees, under instruction of a decided vote of the people,
and a special act of the Legislature makes it unlawful to retail
liquor within two miles of the town limits.
Corporate Name.
The corporate name of this institution is, "The Trustees of the
Centre College of Kentucky." Inasmuch as bequests to educa-
tional and other institutions are not infrequently diverted from their
object through a mistake in the corporate name, we deem it advis-
able to give the following
Form of Bequest.
Igive and bequeath to The Trustees of the Centre College of
Kentucky, a corporation chartered by the State of Kentucky and
located at Danville, in State aforesaid, and to its successors forever,
the following [here describe the thing or property given].
If the donor or testator desires that the money, stock or prop-
erty shall be devoted to a particular Professorship, Department*
Sholarship, or Medal, etc., he will, after describing the property
or thing given—as indicated above—add the following
:
To be held in trust, and used by said Centre College, under the
control and direction of the Board of Trustees thereof, for [here de-
scribe the particular use desired to be made of the fund, or its
annual interest].
31 THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
Sketch of the College,
Centre College was chartered by the Legislature of Kentucky in
1819. Rev. Jeremiah Chamberlain, D^ D., first President, went into
office in 1823. In 1824, the Board of Trustees, according to an
arrangement with the Presbyterian Synod of Kentucky, procured
an Act of the Legislature, modifying its charter, so as to secure to
the Synod, on its payment of £20, 000 to the funds of the Institution,
the right of appointing the Board of Trustees. This condition
having, in 1830, been completely fulfilled on the part of the Synod,
all the members of the Board have, since that period, been ap-
pointed by that Synod, as their terms of office, from time to time,
have expired. One-third of the Board are appointed each year.
Dr. Chamberlain resigned his office in 1826, and the Rev. Gideon
Blackburn, D. D., succeeded him in 1828, the office having, in
the meantime, been temporarily filled by the Rev. David C.
Proctor. On the resignation of Dr. Blackburn in 1830, Rev. John
C. Young, D. D., was elected. Dr. Young died in office June 23rd,
1857, and on the 6th of August following, Rev. L. W. Green, D.
D., was elected his successor, and entered upon his duties January
1st, 1858. Dr. Green died in office May 26th, 1863, an<3 on the
1 6th of October following, Rev. Wm. L. Breckinridge, D. D., was
elected President. He accepted the 29th of the same month, and
immediately entered upon the duties of his office. These he con-
tinued to discharged until his resignation, which occurred October
16, 1868. Prof. O. Beatty, LL. D., at that time Vice-President, was
requested to discharge the duties of President until a successor to
Dr. Breckinridge should be appointed. He continued to act in
this capacity until the Board of Trustees elected him President,
September 1st, 1870. But by the laws of the Institution a perma-
nent instructor could not be appointed by less than a two-thirds
vote of the entire Board ; and less than this number were present
at the meeting at which he was elected President. His election
was unanimously confirmed on June 24th, 1S72. He had been
discharging the duties of his office since the resignation of his pre-
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY. 35
decessor. Dr. Beatty tendered his resignation of the office of
President to the Board of Trustees at its annual meeting in Dan-
ville, June 15, 1886. But as the Board failed to secure a successor
at this meeting, it requested Dr. B. to withdraw his resignation for
the time. The tender was renewed to the Board, which met, at
the call of the Chairman, in Lexington, November 30, 1886, and
was accepted, "to take effect upon the qualification of his suc-
cessor." Unsuccessful efforts were made to secure a President,
until Rev. W. C. Young, D. D., the son of the distinguished
former President, Dr. John C. Young, was unanimously elected,
June 19, 1888, and Dr. B. was formally released from his official
duties. Dr. Young promptly accepted the office, and entered upon
his duties at the opening of the next term, September 5, 1888.
Centre College is thus shown to be one of the oldest institutions
of learning in Kentucky, or in the South or West, having sent out
its first graduating class in 1824. It has been prosecuting its work
successfully, and without interruption, from that day to this. Not
a year has passed that it has not sent its graduates into the field.
The last Triennial Catalogue shows the entire number of its
Alumni to the present time to be nearly 1,000. Among these are
more than 300 lawyers, nearly 200 ministers of the Gospel, and 80
physicians, and the remainder are found in various professions and
callings. Among the Alumni are many, both of the living and
the dead, who have greatly distinguished themselves in their re-
spective professions, and have attained the highest positions of
honor and trust, especially throughout the South and West, where
they chiefly reside, or where they did reside while they lived.
Centre College has educated 17 College Presidents, 41 College
Professors, 14 Representatives in Congress, 4 U. S. Senators, 5
Governors of States, 1 Vice-President of the U. S., 1 Justice of
the U. S. Supreme Court, 24 Circuit Judges, State and National,
37 Editors, etc. No institution in Kentucky sends out year byyear a larger class of graduates.
36 THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
Abstract of College Laws,
i. Every student is expected to attend the daily devotional
exercises in the College Chapel; also, public worship at some
church at least once on the Lord's Day.
2. Every student shall attend all his recitations regularly and
punctually.
3. No student shall be permitted to leave the town during term-
time, without previous permission from the President.
4. No student shall attend any exhibition of an immoral ten-
dency, or frequent any bar-room or tippling-house. Intoxication
will lead to prompt dismission.
5. No student shall be permitted to enter upon the grounds or
premises of other persons, so as to molest or injure, or to associate
with idle or vicious company, or to engage in frolics of a noisy,
disorderly, or immoral nature.
6. Damage done to any part of the college property shall be
repaired by the offender.
7. No student shall carry about him deadly weapons on pain
of immediate dismission.
8. No student shall absent himself from the examination of any
class to which he belongs, unless he be previously excused.
9. As the sole aim of the Trustees in framing the laws and
regulations, as well as of the Faculty in administering them, is to
secure the best interests of the young gentlemen connected with the
institution, it is confidently expected that every student will yield
a cheerful obedience to all the requirements of the college. The
government of the College will be mild, granting to each student
all privileges and enjoyment consistent with his own welfare and
that of his associates ; at the same time it will be firm, enforcing
obedience to all the restraints and requisitions which the Trustees
or Faculty, from a regard to the general good, shall see it their
duty to enjoin. The reformation of the offender will be strictly
aimed at as far as practicable, and no severe or disgraceful penalty
will be inflicted, except when the paramount interests of the insti-
tution demand it.
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY. 37
Register,
SENIOR CLASS.
(1890),
Joseph Walker Bowen,
Jacob Twyman Boyer,
Edward Hardy Bull,
William Beckner Bush,
John Rice Cowan,
Henry Nelson Craik,
Hayden Young Grubbs,
Alexander Robertson Hann,
George Andrew McRoberts,
Robert Leonard Oelze,
John Thomas Price,
Thomas Barnette Terhune,
Horace Greeley Turner,
Lee Riker Vanarsdall,
John Sallee VanWT
inkle,
John Frank Walton,
Robert Hiner Winn,
Daniel Hollings.vorth Yeiser,
Ruddell's Mills.
Campbellsburg.
Frankfort.
Danville.
Danville.
Fankfort.
Shelby City.
Denton, Texas.
Danville,
Cloverport.
Lexington.
Bradfordsville.
Nicholasville.
Harrodsburg,
Danville.
Danville.
Mt. Sterling.
Shelby City.
JUNIOR CLASS.
(1S91).
Richard Apperson,
Leslie Carrol Bosley,
Henry Albert Brown,
William Grover Burton,
James Owen Cooper,
William Newton Craig,
Mt. Sterling.
Stanford.
Covington.
Stanford.
New Castle.
Stanford.
38 THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
Edwin Rue Curry,
Archie Logan Denny,
Henry Nichols Faulconer,
William Bell Hunn,
Frank Slaughter Read,
Samuel Boyd Rogers,
James Grant Sebastian,
Thomas Phillips Welch,
David George Wright,
SOPHOMORE CLASS.
(1892)
Jonas Barclay,
James Murray Boreing,
William Sterrett Bowmer,
William Stephen Burch,
Eugene Wilbur Cook,
James Reed Curry,
John Simrall Fisher,
Henry Livingstone Godsey,
George Howe Green,
Charles Harvey Holmes,
John Ray Honey,
Harry Beverly Irvine,
William Woolfolk Johnson,
Thomas Calvin Kerr,
William Scott Lawwill, .
William Jennings Price,
Walter Welsh Saunders,
James Robert Skillman,
John Elmer Turner,
Edwin Lafayette VanWinkle,Samuel Mackay Wilson,
John Edward Wiseman,
Charles Thomas Yeiser,
John David Ziegler,
Harrodsburg.
Shelby City.
Faulconer.
Shelby City.
Danville.
Danville.
Booneville.
Nicholasville.
Waddy.
Fayetteville, N. C.
London.
Cloverport
Stanford.
Danville.
Harrodsburg.
Georgetown, Col.
Hazel Green.
Danville.
Stanford.
Paris.
Danville.
Danville.
Frankfort, O.
Shelby City.
Danville.
Danville.
Cloverport.
Berry's Lick.
Danville.
Louisville.
Danville.
Shelby City.
Frankfort.
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY. 39
FRESHMAN CLASS.
(1893)
Homer Baughman,
Charles Henry Buell,
James Granville Cecil,
Dunn Howard Cook,
Charles Mack Cowles,
John Thomas Morgan Creel,
Frank James Duffy,
Calvin Morgan Fackler,
Andrew Green Foster,
Samuel Head Fox,
Frederick Warfield Fraize,
William Henry Funk,
Bent Goodloe,
Silas Yeager Harding,
Isaac James Heizer,
James Collins Holmes,
Edward Hopper Hudson,
Claude Lester Jones,
Frank Kennedy,
David Claude King,
Roy Augustus KliessendorfT,
Samuel Blaine Litsey,
Henry Camille Mann,
William Thomas McGinnis,
Frank Calvin Moberly,
Samuel Hugh Moore,
John James Moren,
Courtney Parmele,
John Perkins Pratt,
Lucien Voorhees Rule,
William Harrison Sallee,
William Hocker Shanks,
Ernest Washburne Spragge,
Greenberry Bright Swinebroad,
Eugene Swope,
Lincoln County.
Osborne, Kansas.
Danville.
Danville.
Louisville.
Louisville.
Vincent, Kansas.
Danville.
Mackville.
Danville.
Cloverport.
Danville.
Danville.
Anchorage.
Greensburg.
Danville.
Barbourville.
Mill Springs.
Carlisle.
Danville.
Louisville.
Springfield,
Salyersviile.
Eminence.
Mt. Olive, Ind.
Danville.
London.
Louisville.
Paris.
Goshen.
Danville.
Stanford.
Guelph, Ont., Can.
Lincoln County.
Henderson.
40 THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
Charles Augustus Tinsley,
James Hociday Turner,
William Jackson Vansant,
Thomas Frank Walton,
William P. Walden, .
Barbourville.
Nicholasville.
Flemingsburg.
Barbourville.
Lancaster.
ELECTIVE CLASS.
Greenberry Bright,
William Caldwell,
William Buster Cecil,
John Tate Curtis,
Willis Edward Dudley,
Allen Logan,
John Robert McRoberts,
Elijah Brown Muir,
John Alexander O'Mara,
S. J. Strayer,
William Payne Tabb,
Richard Henry Woolfolk,
Joseph Melvin Wright,
Lincoln County.
Boyle County.
Danville.
Knoxville, Term.
Georgetown, Col.
Milledgeville.
Danville.
Nicholasville.
Louisville.
Pennsylvania.
Louisville.
Louisville.
Boyle County.
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
Preparatory Department,
SUB-FRESHMAN CLASS.
Joseph Lee Allen,
William Barney Brewer,
Charles Chauncey BagbyThomas Bronston Burke,
Joseph Caldwell,
Leslie Abner Cureton,
Oliver Craig,
John Roger Dillehay,
James Hopkins Gray,
Charles Moore Harlan,
Herbert Hommel,Robert Walker Hunn,
James Berry Ingram,
Henry Jackson, '.
Henry Kincaid>
Samuel Hampton King,
James Henry King,
Lucian Nelson,
Thomas Nolan,
Henry Allen Patrick, .
Charles Sadler Patrick,
Eugene Lovic Pearce,
Utter Hutchings Pope,
Henry Herbert Price,
William Albert Pulliam,
Robert Lee Salter,
Isaac Smith, .
William Tabb, .
Julian Proctor VanWinkleArthur Cecil VanWinkle,
Danville.
Danville.
Shelby City.
Shelby City.
May's Lick.
Pieasantville.
Boyle County.
Danville.
Danville.
Boyle County.
Danville.
Shelby City.
Monticello.
Boyle County.
Boyle County.
Danville.
Crab Orchard.
Danville.
Danville.
Flemingsburg.
Flemingsburg*.
Danville.
Boyle County.
Danville.
Shelby City.
Danville.
La Grange.
Louisville.
Danville.
Danville.
42 THE CENTEE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
JUNIOR PREPARATORY CLASS.
Arthur May Allen,
Walter Scott Allen,
Thomas Jefferson Bankston,
William Linney Batterton,
Frances Johnson Bell,
Marshall Bibb, .
Harry Harlan Bruce,
Samuel Joseph Burch,
Robert Burke,
Charles Wickliffe Caldwell,
William Emmett Carrico,
Charles Perry Cecil,
Micah Chrisman,
Ashby McKee Davis,
Robert McKinney Dillehay,
Archie Robertson Dunlap,
Allen Edelen,
John William Esom, .
John Fogarty,
Toney Gardner,
Sterling Matthias Gary,
Hart Goodloe,
Ward Goodloe,
Benjamin Haas,
Joseph George Hackley,
James Thomas Hackley,
William Baughman Harlan,
Thomas Armstrong Hendricks,
John Calvin Hoskins,
William Robinson Huguely,
Nimrod Diences Ingram,
John Davis Jackson,
George William Jean,
Thomas Willits Kelday,
Robert Leslie Kinnaird,
Joshua Bell Lee,
Danville.
Danville.
Chotard, Miss.
Danville.
Danville.
Danville.
Danville.
Stanford.
Shelby City.
Boyle County.
Boyle County.
Boyle County.
Danville.
Boyle County.
Danville.
Danville.
Boyle County.
Jeffersontown.
Boyle County.
Salyersville.
Flora, Miss.
Danville.
Danville.
Danville.
Stanford.
Stanford.
Boyle County.
Somerset.
Boyle County.
Danville.
Danville.
Boyle County.
Boyle County.
Louisville.
Danville.
Boyle County.
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY. 43
Thomas Helm Lee, Boyle County.
George Lee Mahan, Danville.
John Hightower Marks, . Danville.
Eugene Embry Mock, Boyle County.
Harry Guy Moore, Boyle County.
Thomas Lawson Moore, Boyle County.
Lowrie Nichols, . Danville.
Reed Stoddard Nichols, Danville.
Sidney Otter, . Danville.
Stanley Dodd Pearce, Danville.
George Hugh Perkins, Danville.
Jacob Rardin, . . . . Danville.
Richard Burton Robards, Boyle County.
James Barlow Quisenberry, Boyle County.
Benjamin Albert Simmons, Boyle County.
James Dillehay Shelby, Junction City.
William Shelby, . Boyle County.
Thomas Shelton, Boyle County.
Frank Walter Soper, Boyle County.
George William Stanley, Danville.
Thomas Arnold Stanley, Danville.
Ernest Alfred VanWinkle, Danville.
Edwin Walton, . Danville.
Ansel Tilden Ware, Boyle County.
George Winston Welsh, Danville.
William Clarence Wood, Boyle County.
SUMMAELY.
Senior Class, 18
Junior Class, 15
Sophomore Class, 24Freshman Class, 40Elective Class, 13
Sub-Freshman Class, 30Junior Preparatory Class, 62
Enumerated twice, .
2021
Total, . 201
44 THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
DEGREES CONFERRED.
At the Annual Commencement, 1889, the degree of A. B. was
conferred on the following members of the Senior Class:
Edward Lee Grubbs, .... Shelby City.
Patrick Pope Nicholas, .... Shelbyville.
DEGREE OF B. S. ON
Robert Templemen Caldwell, . . . Parksville.
James Marshall Givens, . . . Providence.
Willis Green, ...... Falls of Rough.
Walter Evans Latimer, . . . Paris, Texas.
Augustus Owsley Stanley, ... Danville.
CERTIFICATE ON
William Lawson Tarkington, . . . Parksville.
A. M. IN COURSE ON
Rev. William L. McEwan, uo2, . . Wilmington, Del.
John M. Rankin, '82, .... Washington, D. C.
Stonewall J. Pulliam,J
S6, .... Georgetown.
John M. Rupley, 'S6f.... Crab Orchard.
HONORARY DEGREES—D. D. ON
Rev. Charles Haley, ..... Newark, N. J.
Rev. Thomas Carlile, .... Paterson, N. J.
Rev. Samuel D. Crothers, '58, . . Greenfield, O.
PRIZEMEN FOR 1888-9.
HENRY BARRET BOYLE LATIN PRIZE.
William B. Hunn, Shelby City.
ORMOND BEATTY ALUMNI PRIZE.
Edward L. Grubbs, ..... Shelby City.
Patrick P. Nicholas, .... Shelbyville.
ORATORICAL CONTEST PRIZE.
Robert T. Caldwell, .... Parksville.
A. Owsley Stanley, .... Danville.
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY. 45
INTERCOLLEGIATE ORATORICAL PRIZE.
In the State Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest, held April 4,
1890, in which the five leading colleges of Kentucky participated,
Henry L. Godsey, of Mt. Sterling, representing Centre College,
won the prize, a gold medal. Judges: Hon. J. H. Brent, Paris;
Judge Emmett Fields, Louisville ; Hon. David R. Murray, Clover-
port.
HONORS AWARDED, 1888-9.
Valedictory—Edward L. Grubbs, . . . Shelby City.
Honorable mention was made of the following students:
SENIOR CLASS.
Logic—Willis Green, Edward L. Grubbs, Walter E. Latimer, P.
Pope Nicholas, James M. Givens.
Butler s Analogy—P. Pope Nicholas.
Elocution—Robert T. Caldwell, James M. Givens, Willis Green,
Walter E. Latimer, A. Owsley Stanley.
Mathematics—Willis Green, P. Pope Nicholas.
Greek— P. Pope Nicholas.
English—Willis Green, P. Pope Nicholas.
JUNIOR CLASS.
Moral Philosophy—Jacob T. Boyer, Haydon Y. Grubbs, W.Davis Irvine, Robert L. Oelze, Horace G. Turner, John S. VanWinkle, Robert H. Winn, Daniel H. Yeiser.
International Law—Jacob T. Boyer, Haydon Y. Grubbs, Robert
L. Oelze, Thomas B. Terhune.
Elocution—Joseph W. Bowen, Edward H. Bull, Henry N. Craik,
Haydon Y. Grubbs, W. Davis Irvine, John A. Mills, John S. VanWinkle, Horace G. Turner, Robert H. Winn.
Geography—Haydon Y. Grubbs, Robert L. Oelze, Horace G.
Turner, Robert H. Winn.
Botany—Joseph W. Bowen, Jacob T. Boyer, Haydon Y. Grubbs,
Alexander R. Hann, Robert L. Oelze, Robert H. Winn.
Industrial Drawing—George A. McRoberts.
46 THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
German—Joseph W. Bowen, Jacob T. Boyer, Haydon Y. Grubbs,
Alexander R. Hann, Robert L. Oelze, Robert H. Winn.
Latin—Jacob T. Boyer, Haydon Y. Grubbs, Alexander R.
Hann, Robert L. Oelze, Robert H. Winn.
English—Joseph W. Bowen, Jacob T. Boyer, Haydon Y. Grubbs,
Alexander R. Hann, George A. McRoberts, Robert L. Oelze,
Horace G. Turner, Robert H. Winn.
SOPHOMORE CLASS.
Elocution—Leslie C. Bosley, Henry A. Brown, HughM. Grundy,
William B. Hunn, Samuel B. Rogers.
Natural Science—William M. Craig, Hugh M. Grundy, David G.
Wright, Isaac J. Heizer.
Mathematics—Leslie C. Bosley, WTilliam B. Hunn, James Pat-
terson.
Greek—Leslie C. Bosley, William B. Hunn, James Patterson.
Latin—Leslie C. Bosley, William B. Hunn, James Patterson.
English—Leslie C. Bosley, James O. Cooper, William B. Hunn,
James Patterson.
FRESHMAN CLASS.
Elocution—Eugene W. Cook, Charles H. Holmes, Joseph C.
Jones.
Mathematics—Charles H. Holmes, James R. Skillman, John E.
Turner, Charles T. Yeiser.
Greek—Eugene W. Cook, William G. Lackey, William J. Price,
Samuel M. Wilson, Charles T. Yeiser.
Latin—Eugene W. Cook, Charles H. Holmes, William G.
Lackey, William J. Price, John E. Turner, Samuel M. Wilson,
Charles T. Yeiser.
English—Eugene W. Cook, Charles Holmes, Henry B. Irvine,
WTilliam G. Lackey, William J. Price, John E. Turner, Samuel M.
Wilson, Charles T. Yeiser.
THE CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.
Index,
PAGE.
Admission 7
Alumni Association 31
Athletics 22
Bequest, Form of 33
Biblical Studies 14
Boarding 28
Board of Trustees 3
Bnrehard Alcove 29
Calendar 2
Classical Course 6
College Home 28
Commencement 2
Corporate Name 33
Course of Study—Classical Department 8
Scientific Department 10
Degrees—A. B 6
B. Sc 6Honorary 30Conferred 44
Departments of Instruction 14Donations 24Elocution 15
English Language 20Examinations 23Expenses 28Fees 28Frencu Language 22German Language 21
Greek Language 18
PAGE.Gymnasium 22Honors Awarded 45History of College 34Latin Language 19Laws, Abstract of 36Library 29Literary Societies 30Mathematics 16Mental Science JoModern Languages 2i
Moral Science 14Museum 23Natural Science 15Political Science 15Preparation 27
Preparatory Depaf.t31ent —Students 41Course of Study 22Tuition 27
Prizes 23Prizemen 44Public Worship 26Rank in Scholarship 26Religious Instruction 14Scholarships 24Students, Catalogue of 37Summary of Students 43Trustees 3Tuition 28Young Men's Christian Association..26
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§—<*r ^±Note.—Former students of the College, whether graduates or not, are
earnestly requested to keep the Secretary informed of any change in ad-
dress or occupation, of works published, offices held, etc. Information
touching deceased graduates of the College is particularly desired. In-
stead of the Triennial Catalogue heretofore issued, containing a list of all
the graduates, it is proposed to publish hereafter, beginning with 1890, a
Quinquennial Catalogue. A General Catalogue, containing a list of our
graduates from the beginning, is now in press.