January 4, 1898
Faculty met to hear Mr. Ogg's defense for his conduct in the College Home. There was nothing definite enough ascertained to deal with Mr. Ogg, and, therefore, the case was not acted upon.
Adjourned.
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January 26, 1898
Faculty met at Prof. Fales' request.
The Secretary to summon Mr. McDaniel before the Faculty Thursday, January 27th.
Letter from the President of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association requesting that our College become a member of the Association. Prof. Fales to reply in behalf of the College.
A request from Mr. Raney asking for a recommendation from the Faculty, which will enable him to secure a position for the next year.
Adjourned.
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January 27, 1898
Mr. McDaniel appeared before the Faculty, and made his defense for breaking a window in the College Home. After his explanation, it was moved and carried that Mr. McDaniels vacate his room in the College Home, and his explanation was not considered satisfactory by the Faculty.
No further business, adjourned.
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February 10, 1898
Faculty met with no special business to transact. Adjourned.
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February 24, 1898
Faculty met. Catalogues to be printed as soon as possible. All professors requested to give us any changes or suggestions as to their courses of study to the Secretary as soon as possible.
No further business. Adjourned.
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March 1, 1898
Faculty met.
At the request of the Faculty, Rev. Mr. Fulton of Lexington to act as representation of the Faculty in all business connected with the Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest of the present year.
Prof. Fales requested to prepare a scheme of Intermediate Examinations to be held second week of this month. Adjourned.
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March 9, 1898
Faculty met.
Letter from Vanderbilt University read by Prof. Fales in regard to Southern Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest; to be answered by Prof. Fales.
No further business. Adjourned.
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March 21, 1898
Faculty met to arrange new scheme of recitations for 3rd term.
Moved and carried that each Professor be allowed the privilege of examining all the members of each class at the final examinations in June.
No further business. Adjourned.
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April 6, 1898
Faculty met with all members present. No particular business. Adjourned.
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April 7, 1898
Faculty met to confer with Messrs. Mayes, E. VanWinkle, Grinstead, W. R. Huguely, Mannini.
The following students chosen speakers for Commencement '98. Messrs. Acheson, Bell, L. A. Barrett, Edwards, Dickens, Snyder, Wilson. All of the Senior class, on Commencement day.
No further business. Adjourned.
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April 12, 1898
Faculty met, and Prof. Fales to procure the diplomas for the graduates.
Prof. Ewing asked to deliver his lectures on Sociology to the whole College at the 4th hour Thursday, April 14th.
No further business. Adjourned.
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May 20, 1898
Faculty met and arranged examinations for June. Decided that record grades of Senior class to be entered hereafter.
No further business, adjourned.
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June 2, 1898
Faculty met, to make all necessary arrangements for Commencement.
Barret Boyle Prize divided between D. L. Thomas and J. C. Tompkins. The Ormond Beatty Senior Prize was divided among G. F. Bell, J. A. McKenzie and J. R. Wilkie.
Adjourned.
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1898-99
September 14, 1898
Faculty met with all members present, including Dr. Roberts, Professor Gordon & Thomas.
The M.A. conditions were discussed, and it was finally moved and carried that those young men who proposed and desired to prosecute such studies as would entitle them to the degree of A.M. should be encouraged and allowed to begin their work at once. Such an arrangement being finally submitted for the approval of the Board.
Adjourned.
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September 16, 1898
Faculty met to confer about the classification of students. Agreed that the Faculty meet every Tuesday 12:30 until decided otherwise. Adjourned.
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September 20, 1898
Faculty met, and it was moved and carried that those students of the Senior Class who wished to elect German in lieu of Mathematics be allowed to do so.
Adjourned.
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September 27, 1898
Faculty met and those students who had not their quota of students were reported.
No further business, and the Faculty adjourned.
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October 4, 1898
Faculty met; all members present.
Dr. Roberts conferred with Dr. McKee in regard to securing his instruction for the present year in Elocution, and it was moved and carried that Dr. McKee take charge of Elocution, with Professor Thomas's assistance in revising and correcting all speeches. A vote of thanks extended by the Faculty to Dr. McKee.
Adjourned.
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October 11, 1898
Faculty met; the question whether or not the mark of 85 for recitation should pass the student was discussed, and after views of the different members of the Faculty were ascertained, it was moved and carried that any student receiving the grade of 85 for regular recitation should be excused from standing examination 1st and 2nd terms, but that all students would be examined 3rd term.
October 13th granted the students for holiday, as on this day Dr. Roberts would deliver his inaugural address before the Synod of Kentucky, the Board of Trustees, and the members of the Faculty.
No further business. Adjourned.
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October 25, 1898
Faculty met to discuss the conditions of M.A. as presented to the Board of Trustees in a circular on June 1898, which is as follows.
Place for Degrees of Master of Arts and of Science
To the Board of Trustees of Centre College. Gentlemen:
The Faculty of the College desire to present the following details of a general plan for the degrees of M.A. and of M.S., Master of Arts and of Science.
The graduate studies shall be classified in various Departments, such as Philosophy, Civics, Physical Science, Natural Science, Mathematics, Ancient Languages, Modern Languages exclusive of English, English Language and Literature, etc.
Each Department shall have two courses, a major and a minor, the successful completion of which shall entitle the candidate to the degree of Master of Arts or Master of Science according to the degree received on graduation.
It shall be permitted, however, to take any two courses, one in one department, and the other in another, preference being given to such as are allied. The arrangement of the studies to be determined by the Faculty of the College.
Either of these degrees may be conferred upon any graduate of any approved College, in addition to Centre, and upon no others, graduation being a sine qua non conformably to the section on Department division.
The degree will ordinarily be conferred in not less than two years after graduation, but when a full year has been spent in resident work, it may be obtained in one year. A fee of [blank] dollars must be paid to the Treasurer of the College before the diploma is delivered.
As a number of inquiries has been received about such a course, and as some of our present students work, it is believed that such a plan promises some advantage to the College.
Schemes
Department of Philosophy
The candidate must present a thesis of not less than five thousand words upon some approved subject, and must pass a rigid examination upon, (1) The History of Philosophy, and (2) upon the following special works; viz Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, Watson's edition; Martinean's Types of Ethical Theory; Baldwin's Handbook of Psychology.
Department of Mathematics
The subjects assigned to the Department are Differential Equations, Quaternions, and Theory of Functions in the domain of higher Mathematics. Any two may be selected.
Department of Ancient Languages
- Latin
- Historical works - continuation of Livy and Quintius
- Philosophical works - the ethical and speculative writings of Cicero and others
- Poetry - epics, satires and dramas of Juvenal, Plautus, Terence, etc.
- Greek
- Attic Prose continued - selected speeches of Andocides, Lysias, Demosthenes, Dialoges of Plato
- Epic Parting continued - in the Iliad & Odyssey History - Thucydides
- Tragedy & comedy - as in Euripedes, Sophocles, and Aristophanes
The candidate should be examined in standard works upon Greek history and literature and upon such works of reference as shall be recommended.
Department of Modern Languages
German - An advanced course in syntax and historical grammar, and in literature.
Systematic and chronological reading of authors, with practice in composition. Candidates will be expected to render at sight German into English and English into German.
German history will also enter into the course. Thorough examinations required in all work.
French - The same methods will be applied to this as to the German.
Department of English
Language
Anglo-Saxon Literature, including the reading of Anglo-Saxon prose and poetry as given in Brights Anglo-Saxon Reader. Early English Literature using Stapford Brookes' Early English Literature as a textbook. Early and Middle English, using the text of Morris & Skeat. The History of the English Language, using text of 0. F. Emerson, or T. R. Lounsbury.
Literature
Under this heading the candidate must make three studies, as follows: (a) The study of a literary period as the Anglo-Saxon, the Elizabethan, the Georgian, etc.; (b) the study of a branch of literature, as the Epic, the Lyric, the Narrative, etc.; (c) the study of an author, as Shakespeare, Milton, Browning, etc. The selection of studies will be left to the choice of each candidate, subject to the approval of the Professor.
Each candidate must present a thesis on some subject directly connected with his work. This thesis must be of not less length than five thousand words.
Department of Natural History
Geology
The candidate may select some line of work, stratigraphical or palaeontological. The detailed geology of the county of his residence, for example, may be taken and the whole ground may be covered, giving the dynamical action of water in modifying the surface, the peculiar geological horizon, the fossil contents, and at the same time making a collection of the latter. He must also make a section across it in one direction, collecting samples of rock to illustrate the different layers in the section. Should he live in a region that has experienced glacial action, specimens of the various deposits will be required with the localities mapped.
Botany
A detailed account of the Botany of any region will be received, with specimens of the flora, properly dried and mounted; collections of seeds; a study of the plants injurious to agriculture; the methods of fertilization of various plants, etc.
If access be had to a microscope, sections may be stained and mounted. Any collections, thus made, shall become the property of the College, and shall be received in lieu of the diploma fee.
Zoology
The same requirements as in the case of the scheme for the study of Botany, The Professor having power to modify to suit the locality, provided the requirements for proper amount of work be kept.
The object of this scheme is to offer the candidate the opportunity to acquire useful knowledge and at the same time to cultivate his power of observation.
History
A course to run parallel with Bible History, including Chaldean, Assynian, and Egyptian, especially as shown by the monuments and tombs. Special topics of European history, such as the political and constitutional changes under Cromwell and the Stuarts. The English Chroniclers, considered as historians and the value of their work.
History of American Diplomacy and its character. Theories of local government in America. Township and county governments compared. Theory and practice of the Referendum and its applicability to America.
Physics and Chemistry
In this Department the work is resident work and mainly experimental. Attention will be given largely to electricity or most meeting the popular demand.
The chemical department will offer work in advanced analysis.
Political Economy
This course will cover the history of the science as treated by the principal English, French, and German works, with a comparative study of the various schools. A thesis will be required in addition to an examination of the works cited.
Civics
The different constitutions of the principal governments of the world, where such exist, will be examined, historically, theoretically and practically, with special reference to their value as maxims for government in the light of modem progress. Attention will be given for a few years to the changed conditions in our own affairs and the problems confronting our government as the result of these changes.
Examinations and theses will be required.
Respectfully, for the Faculty,
J. C. Fales, Dean
With reference, therefore, to the Degrees of Master of Arts and Master of Science, it was decided that the degree of M.A. (Master of Arts) will upon recommendation of the Faculty be conferred upon any Bachelor of Arts of Centre College as of any other approved College, who shall have completed a year of resident graduate study in any department of the College, under direction of the Professor in charge and shall have passed satisfactory examination in this department.
The degree of M.S. (Master of Science) will be conferred under similar conditions any Bachelor of Science of Centre College or of any other approved College.
The work required for these degrees may, if desired, be extended over more than one year; and in that case, by special permission of the Faculty, a portion of the work, is all of the work except examinations, may be done in absence.
Correspondence in regard to the degrees should be addressed to the Professor in charge of the various Departments, as follows:
Department of Philosophy - Rev. Wm. H. Johnson, A.M.
Department of Mathematics - A. B. Nelson, A.M., M.D.
Department of Ancient Languages -
Latin: S. R. Cheek, A.M.
Greek: J. W. Redd, A.M.
Department of Modern Languages -
German - J. W. Redd, A.M.
French - C. S. Thomas, A.M.
Department of English Language Lit.- C. S. Thomas, A.M.
Department of Natural Science - J. C. Fales, A.M., F.G.S.A.
Department of Chemistry of Physics - C. M. C. Gordon, Ph. D.
Department of Civics & Economics - J. Proctor Knott, L.L.D.
Candidates may, if desired, be allowed to divide their work between the studies of any two of their Departments.
With a need to making the above conditions generally known to young men, it was thought expedient to have printed the decision of the Faculty, and therefore it was ordered that the Secretary have a hundred or more copies printed for circulation.
Dr. Roberts was asked by the Faculty to represent the College at the Association of Southern Colleges, which meets at Athens, Ga. first week in November 1898. Prof. Cheek was selected to accompany Dr. Roberts.
Moved & carried that all students who are behind in Essays for the past session, hand their essays to the President.
Adjourned.
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November 8, 1898
Faculty met with all members present.
Mr. H. B. Caldwell's request to leave off Mathematics till Junior year declined by the Faculty.
A petition from the Senior Class asking that Mr. Taylor be excused for his conduct in Prof. Gordon's room was read by the President of the College to the Faculty. After due deliberation it was moved and carried that Mr. Taylor of the Senior Class be suspended for four weeks for cheating on examination in Prof. Gordon's room, on his own confession, beginning with 8th of November.
Also moved and carried unanimously that any student caught cheating on any examination shall be suspended from College.
Dr. Roberts gave the Faculty an interesting account of the meeting of the Association of Southern Colleges that met at Athens, Ga. the past week.
No further business. Faculty adjourned.
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November 22, 1898
Faculty met, and the following gentlemen were excused from gymnasium work: Mr. Sallee, Noe, Ralston.
Mr. Redwine was granted, at his own request, the privilege of taking charge of a School in his own neighborhood during the months of January & February 1899.
Ordered that from three to five hundred copies of the conditions or requirements for the degrees of M.A. and of M.S. be printed for distribution.
Prof. Fales, Cheek & Nelson appointed a committee to report on recognizing the Certificates of the International Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association.
The following students to appear before the Faculty, Monday, November 29: Mr. Grinstead, Mayes, Crabtree, & Manini. The President to see Mr. Yerkes, Caldwell, H. R. & Deckson.
Adjourned.
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November 29, 1898
Faculty met, and the following students appeared before the Faculty.
Mr. Mayes, for not attending his recitations. After listening to his excuses, the Faculty agreed to give him another trial.
Mr. Grinstead, who had already promised the President that he would do better, did not appear before the Faculty.
A letter from Mr. Mansfield, asking that he be allowed to substitute his Greek for work Modern Languages was granted.
After hearing the report from the committee on recognizing the International Certificates of the Young Men's Christian Association in America, it was moved and carried that Centre College will recognize and accept at their face value the International Certificates on Elementary subjects as based on the Prospectus when examined and certified by examining Board.
Adjourned.
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December 6, 1898
Faculty met to arrange the order of examinations for close of 1st term to begin Monday 19th and end Thursday 22nd. Prof. Fales requested to arrange the schedule for examinations.
No further business, adjourned.
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