January 14, 1890
Faculty met by the call of Dr. McKee, who wished to ascertain the scholarship report of those students that were helped by the Board of Education. Dr. Young stated that it seemed to him advisable to effect a different arrangement with Prof. Walton for the future, by which a small number of students from a distance shall receive tuition in the Preparatory department gratis. Also stated that he thought the board in the College House might be cheaper. Dr. McKee offered a few remarks about Bible-teaching in the College, but no definite plan of Bible study agreed upon. Other general business attended to, and adjourned.
John W. Redd, Secretary
Tuesday, March 12, 1890
Meeting of Faculty at order of Dr. Young, who leaves for the South to be absent four weeks or more. The government of the College was given to Prof. Fales. Dr. Young gave a talk on the general outlook for the College. Other matters attended to, and adjourned.
John W. Redd, Secretary
April 9, 1890
Faculty met with prayer by Dr. Young. General business of the day was the summoning of students before the Faculty for not attending classes, etc. Following students suspended for rest of the session. Woolfolk for insubordination in Dr. Beatty's room, Kliessendorff for general worthlessness, Fackler for repeated absences. Nothing more before the Faculty. Adjourned.
John W. Redd, Secretary
June 3, 1890
Faculty met by order of Dr. Young. Talk by the President in respect of Preparatory Department, suggestions to be presented in a more definite form after this. Resolved that in future no extra examinations be given save in exceptional cases, and that the students be on hand at final examinations. Adjourned.
John W. Redd, Secretary
June 13, 1890
Faculty met to sign diplomas. Letter received from Prof. J. A. Hogsett declining the Associate Professorship in Centre College. Secretary of Faculty ordered to communicate with reference to Professor of Modern Languages. Some general business attended to. Adjourned.
John W. Redd, Secretary
June 20, 1890
Faculty met to send off circulars and to hear Prof. Walton's statement in reference to the finances of the Preparatory Department of the College. Dr. Young was appointed to make contract with Prof. Walton in regard to the Prep. Department for session 1890-91. General interests of the College talked over and discussed.
During the Commencement exercises the following honors were awarded.
Bachelor of Arts
Joseph W. Bowen, Jacob T. Boyer, Edward H. Bull, John Rice Cowan, Henry N. Craik, Hayden Y. Grubbs, Alexander R. Hann, Robert L. Oelze, John T. Price, Thomas B. Terhune, Horace G. Turner, John F. Walton, Robert H. Winn, Daniel H. Yeiser.
Bachelor of Science
William Beckner Bush, George A. McRoberts, John S. VanWinkle
Certificate
John R. McRoberts, Lee R. Vanarsdall
Prizes
Henry Barret Boyle Prize - Charles Harvey Holmes
Ormond Beatty Prize - Divided equally among Jacob T. Boyer, Hayden Y. Grubbs, Robert L. Oelze
Honorable Mention
Senior Class
History - Thomas B. Terhune, Robert H. Winn, Daniel H. Yeiser.
Metaphysics and Logic - Jacob T. Boyer, Hayden Y. Grubbs, Robert L. Oelze, Robert H. Winn.
Elocution - Joseph W. Bowen, Jacob T. Boyer, Edward H. Bull, William B. Bush, Henry N. Craik, Hayden Y. Grubbs, Robert L. Oelze, John T. Price, Horace G. Turner, John S. VanWinkle.
Evidences of Christianity - Jacob T. Boyer, Joseph W. Bowen, Hayden Grubbs, Robert L. Oelze.
Mechanics - Joseph W. Bowen, Jacob T. Boyer.
Greek - Jacob T. Boyer, Thomas B. Terhune, Robert H. Winn.
English - Jacob T. Boyer, Thomas B. Terhune.
Junior Class
Ethic - Richard Apperson, James O. Cooper, William B. Hunn, Samuel B. Rogers, James G. Sebastian.
Political Science - Leslie. C. Bosley, James O. Cooper, William B. Hunn, Thomas P. Welch, David G. Wright, Joseph M. Wright.
Elocution - Leslie C. Bosley, Henry A. Brown, James O. Cooper, Edwin R. Curry, Archie L. Denny, Henry M. Faulconer, William B. Hunn, Samuel B. Rogers, Thomas P. Welch, David J. Wright, Joseph M. Wright.
International Law - Leslie C. Bosley, James O. Cooper, William B. Hunn, Samuel B. Rogers, Thomas P. Welch, James G. Sebastian.
German - Henry A. Brown, William B. Hunn.
English - Leslie C. Bosley, Henry A. Brown, William B. Hunn.
Sophomore Class
Elocution - William Burch, Eugene W. Cook, James R. Curry, George H. Green, Charles B. Holmes, William S. Lawwill, William J. Price, John E. Turner, John E. Wiseman, James Skillman, Jonas Barclay.
Mathematics - Eugene W. Cook, Charles H. Holmes, William J. Price, John E. Turner.
Greek - Eugene W. Cook, Charles H. Holmes, William J. Price, Samuel M. Wilson.
Latin - Eugene W. Cook, Charles H. Holmes, William J. Price, Samuel M. Wilson.
English - Charles H. Holmes, William J. Price, John E. Turner, Samuel M. Wilson.
Freshman Class
Elocution - Charles H. Buell, Frank J. Duffy, Edward H. Hudson, Claude L. Jones, David C. King, William T. McGinnis, John P. Pratt, William H. Shanks, Ernest W. Spragge, Thomas F. Walton, Lucien V. Rule.
Mathematics - Charles H. Buell, Frank J. Duffy, Andrew G. Foster, David C. King, Samuel B. Litsey, John P. Pratt, Ernest W. Spragge.
Greek - David C. King.
English - Frank J. Duffy, Frederick W. Fraize, Frank Kennedy.
Latin - William H. Funk, Charles L. Jones, David C. King, John Pratt, William H. Sallee.
Degrees Conferred
Degree of A.M. in course - Rev. Glen H. Patnam, '77, Centreville, Ia.; Rev. Thomas S. McWilliams, '86, Chillicotne, Ohio; Edward M. Green, M.D., '87, Danville; Achilles E. Davis, '86, New York City; Ernest D. Martin, M. D., '85, Danville; Shelley D. Rouse, Attorney-at-Law, '86, Covington.
LL.D. - Hon. John Young Brown, Class of 1855, Henderson; Hon. Alexander P. Humphrey, Class of 1866, Louisville.
Oratorical Contest
First medal to Jas. R. Skillman, Cloverport
Second medal to J. O. Cooper, New Castle
John W. Redd, Secretary
June 24, 1890
Members of Faculty present appointed J. Douglas Bruce, M.A., Professor of Modern Languages for session 1890-91, under conditions that he is to instruct three hours per day in above departments.
John W. Redd, Secretary
June 27, 1890
The Faculty met to offer resolutions in behalf of our sincerely beloved Ex-President, Dr. Ormond Beatty, who passed from Earth to Heaven June 24, 1890, and to express our deepest sympathy for his bereaved family.
This sudden and unexpected death has overwhelmed the Faculty with unutterable grief. Most of us were his pupils; some of us began to recite to him as long ago as 1846; and our daily and most-intimate association with him, as co-laborers, has given us that knowledge of his work and worth which has not been in the reach of others. Our affection for him, and our gratitude for the inestimable benefits derived from this long and close communion with him make it eminently fit for us to bear testimony to the leading facts in his long and useful life, and to the distinguishing qualities in the character of this extraordinary man and peerless teacher. Therefore,
Resolved, (1st) That while we submit, without a murmur, to the righteous but insensible will of our Heavenly Father in removing by death our most dearly beloved brother, Dr. Ormond Beatty, from our Faculty, we wish to express the sense of our irreparable, personal loss. We hope and pray that his mantle may fall upon some chosen one who shall worthily fill the vacant chair. But it is impossible for any one to be to us what he has been, or do for us what he has done. Our bereavement is very great; our sorrow deep & poignant.
(2nd) During the long period Dr. Beatty was connected with the College he filled every chair in the institution save one, and that too with marked ability. In all that time no one, we believe, ever heard from his lips an extravagant or exaggerated statement upon any subject. It may be emphatically said of him that it was the habit of his life to speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Diligent search after truth, for its own sake, and in order to teach it accurately and fully to others, was the labor of his life. Every word of his was to be taken at its full salvation. The influence of this fact upon the Faculty and students can never be fully estimated. He shone above all men we have known in the intensity of his conscientiouness in speaking and teaching the exact truth. It was almost impossible to get him to express ajudgement upon a subject he had not thoroughly examined. Consequently, the judgments he did utter were as perspicuous as the English language could make them, and as nearly infallible as human opinion can be; for a more thoroughly balanced mind and discriminating intellect cannot anywhere be found.
(3rd) He was the model Christian gentleman - simplicity, gentleness, humility, affability, courtesy, urbanity, firmness, truthfulness and piety beautifully blended in the formation of that perfect manliness, which was so ?? manifested throughout his whole life, and which we all knew so well.
(4th) His bearing toward the Faculty was always so kind, considerate and gentlemanly that there was never even a momentary alienation from him upon the part of any of it's members.
The wisdom of his counsels and the goodness of his heart have left a deep and, we trust, a life long impression upon all of us. We are resolved to imitate his virtues and utilize his wise methods so as to perpetuate, as far as possible, his power in this Institution.
(5th) The influence of the life and character of such a man upon the thousands who have been under his classroom instruction, can only be estimated in etemity. It can be truthfully said of very few persons, with so much emphasis as it may be said of him: He being dead, yet speaketh.
(6th) That a copy of this paper be sent to the bereaved family, and another copy be sent to the Kentucky Advocate and also to the Herald and Presbyter. for publication.
In behalf of the Faculty.
John L. McKee, A. B. Nelson, John W. Redd, Secretary
1890-91
September 10, 1890
Faculty met Sept. 10, 1890 to receive and to arrange into classes the new students, and all members of Faculty were present, including the newly elected Professor Epes and Bruce, who were appointed to the Chairs of English & Modern Languages.
The opening of the session was auspicious. There being about one hundred students present. It was agreed that the Faculty meet daily for a week to receive and classify the new men.
General business attended to and adjourned.
John W. Redd, Secretary
September 18, 1890
Faculty met at Dr. Young's to talk over matters connected with the interests of the College, and to see what suggestions were proper in connection with the Preparatory department. Prof Walton said that the boys did not desire Modern Languages, and consequently it was decided upon that some assistance could be given in the Ancient Languages after February 1891. Roll called and the wish of each student inquired into. Adjourned.
John W. Redd, Secretary
September 26, 1890
Faculty met at the call of Dr. Young, and the Senior and Junior Classes looked after. Some of the students were reported favorably while others seemed to be derelict. Best reported up and regular Senior. Douglas reported up and regular Junior.
A retrospect of students deficient in past work was taken, and each Professor was advised to notify the students of all deficiencies in his own department.
Dr. Young thought the four hour system per day worked the students too severely, and recommended that the teachers give shorter recitations.
Adjourned.
John W. Redd, Secretary
October 12, 1890
Faculty met to consider Arthur Van Winkle's case, summoned before the Faculty by Professor Epes, for improper behavior in his class-room, refusing to shut the door on leaving the room, and also replying very impolitely. A discussion ensued as to the penalty. Prof. Fales proposed suspension for a time, and Dr. McKee strongly opposed, citing the case of his own son, which he considered cruel treatment. Prof. Fales replied, taking the ground that the College was far too lenient, and that we must of necessity adopt more stringent laws. Dr. Young suggested moderation. Dr. McKee then suggested an apology before the class and a reprimand before the College. Dr. Nelson then proposed suspension for two weeks, and then an apology in presence of the class on his return. Seconded & carried. Dr. McKee was requested to inform Arthur VanWinkle, and on the absence of Dr. Young from College for two or more weeks the executive power was placed in the hand of the Vice- President.
It was also decided that those students asking to be excused from Sophomore English should continue in the class and not leave off their English studies.
Welsh of the Senior Class required to bring up his Mathematics and not substitute French therefor.
Some general business attended to, and adjourned.
John W. Redd, Secretary
November 21, 1890
Faculty held the regular meeting, and all members present. Roll called and general deficiencies of students reported. Dr. Young offered several suggestions to be considered and carried into effect in future. The senior class allowed to omit the essays this year, as they have more work than in previous years.
Adjourned.
John W. Redd, Secretary
December 11, 1890
Dr. Young called a meeting of the Faculty, and Dr. Worrall opened with prayer, being present with us for the first time, since his election to the Chair of Metaphysics. Roll called and Apperson, Craig, Burton, Denny & Cooper of the senior class were reported as behind in some of their studies. Dr. Worrall to begin work after Christmas and Dr. McKee's work for the first time to close at the same time. Several suggestions offered but nothing definite adopted. After a meeting of two hours, adjourned.
John W. Redd, Secretary