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At the Conference session of 1862 no further action was taken except to appoint the Principal, E. II. Winans: and the following board of trustees: G. R. Stover. Geo. E. Griffith. G. N. Elliott. J. W. Bundy, Revs. J. C. Read, V. P. Fink. Hon: JJ. H. Gray. James Laverty. Lewis Todhunter, Revs. S. Ilaines, E. Wood, E. II. Winans. D. Thompson. R. S. Robinson, and H. W. Maxwell, Esq.
When the Board employed Rev. E. II. Winans in August, 1861, they fixed his salary at $500 per annum and allowed an assistant with a salary of $200. In 1863 Rev. E. HI. Winans tendered his resignation as Principal. and Professor O. II. Baker, A. M. of Abingdon. Illinois. was elected Principal; and the Conference appointed the following Board of Trustees: G. E. Griffith. J. W. Bundy. Lewis Todhunter. H. W. Maxwell, J. C. Read. David IIallam. J. D. MeCleary. G. R. Stover. J. Turner. Jas. Laverty. Presiding Elder of Des Moines District. Preachers in charge of Indianola Station, and Palmyra Circuit. Hon. J. II. Gray. and Rev. V. P. Fink.
The records show an enrollment under Principal Winans of 184 students. Tuition ranged from $2.75 to $5.50 in the Preparatory Department. and from $6 to '$9 in the Academie Department; instrnetion in the Normal Department was $1 extra per term. Also extra was charged for instruction in Modern Languages, Drawing, Painting and Music. Board in private families could be had from $1.50 to $2.00 per week. Students boarding themselves could get along on about one-half that amount. Daughters of all ministers of the Gospel who are in the regular work will be admitted to classes of the regular course at one-half of the above named tuition, also daughters of deceased ministers. Jones and Windle donated to the Seminary about three acres of the southwest corner of what is now Simpson College campus. The citizens subscribed $4000 to ereet a brick building on this site. It was thirty-eight by forty-eight. two stories above the basement, and stood directly south of the present Ladies' Hall.
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During the year beginning September 1862, Professor Winans filled the M. E. pulpit in addition to his duties in the Seminary. U. P. Golliday who was appointed to this pastorate, went into the army as Chaplin of the 34th Iowa Infantry.
At the Conference session in 1864 (the name of the Conference had been changed from Western Iowa to Des Moines) praise is given to Indianola Male and Female Seminary, and the Conference pledges its moral support, but injects in the resolution these significant words: "It being understood that this resolu- tion does not involve the Conference in any financial obligation, either expressed or implied." The following Board of trustees was elected: Geo. E. Griffith, H. W. Maxwell, David Hallam, J. C. Read, Samuel C. Miller, to serve three years ; Geo. R. Stover. J. Turner, Jas. Laverty, John Cheshire, and A. H. Swan, for two years; Presiding Elder of the Des Moines District, Preachers in charge of Indianola Station and Circuit, Jacob Stark, and J. P. Crossthwait, for one year.
At the Conference session of 1865, the Board of trustees made a report to the Conference asking the appointment of a member of the Conference to act as agent the coming year, and also that the name of the institution be changed from Indianola Male and Female Seminary to that of the Des Moines Conference Seminary. The Visiting Committee reported to the Conference that the
institution was in a very prosperous condition. The following Board of trustees was appointed : George E. Griffith, H. W. Maxwell. David Hallam, Rev. J. C. Read. Rev. H. B. Heacock, Geo. R. Stover, J. Turner, James Laverty, John Cheshire, A. II. Swan, Presiding Elder Des Moines District, Preacher in charge of Indianola Station, P. C. Indianola Circuit, II. MeNeal, and J. D. MeCleary.
At the close of the school year in 1866. Professor O. H. Baker resigned and the Board passed very complimentary resolutions concerning his work and the prosperity of the institution. At the same time, they elected Rev. S. M. Vernon, Principal, at a salary of $800 per annum, and promised to increase the salary as soon as the conditions of the Seminary would justify.
The Conference met in Boonesboro in August, 1866, Bishop Ames, presiding. Prior to this session of the Conference the Board of trustees of the Des Moines Conference Seminary adopted articles of incorporation as a collegiate institution under the name of " Ames College." Bishop Ames possessed a goodly portion of the things of this world and the Board thought in consideration of the name, that the Bishop would make a liberal subscription to the institution, but the Bishop treated the whole matter with contempt, so that the members of the Board present felt the force of his sarcastic remarks keenly, and soon after the name of the institution was changed to "Simpson Centenary College," in honor of Bishop Simpson. Bishop Ames in speaking about founding colleges in a new country said: "Brethern. do not strain in trying to provide for posterity, for be assured that posterity will be as able to take care of itself as you are to take care of yourselves." Whether the remark was applicable to the case in hand or not, it contained a whole volume of practical philosophy.
At the session of the Des Moines Conference in 1867, in Des Moines, the following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That we will welcome to our fields of labor the agents who may be sent out by the trustees; and render them
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such assistance as we may be able in seenring funds for the College. Resolved, That we confirm the action of the Board of Trustees of the Des Moines Confer- ence Seminary, in changing its name to that of Simpson Centenary College. Resolved. That the following named persons are appointed a Board of Trustees for Simpson Centenary College: G. E. Griffith, John Cheshire, David Hallam. S. R. Stone. Jeptha Turner. P. Gad Bryan. John A. Olive. B. Mitchell, John Bixby. J. D. MeCleary. P. E. Des Moines District. Pastor of Indianola Station, Pastor of Indianola Cirenit. W. W. Williams. J. C. Reed. P. F. Bresee, H. C. Sigler.
The history of the Indianola Male and Female Seminary has been given in full. because it was the foundation of Simpson College; and the history shows how a few devoted men were determined to fonnd an institution of Higher Learning. under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They were poor in the things of this world. but rich in faith and imbned with strong hopes. The building. called by the students. "Bluebird" on account of the color it was painted. heretofore mentioned. after answering a good purpose for ten years was wrecked and gave way to a better one.
At a meeting of the Board, held October 1. 1867. P. Gad Bryan. J. D. MeCleary. Professor Vernon and P. P. Henderson were appointed to prepare articles of incorporation. George E. Griffith was instructed to collect funds for endowment. The articles of incorporation prepared by the above named Committee were adopted. The Board was organized as follows: P. Gad Bryan, president : John A. Olive. vice president: J. D. MeCleary. secretary: John Cheshire. treasurer. Professor S. M. Vernon was elected president of the College. Subsequently. Miss M. J. McKean was elected to fill the chair of English Liter- ature. and several tutors were employed, thereby constituting the first faenlty of Simpson College. On the 29th day of February. 1868. the President, S. M. Vernon. resigned : and Professor W. E. Hamilton was elected President pro tem. Shortly afterward Professor Alexander Burns of the Iowa Wesleyan University was unanimously elected President. His eminent scholarship, commanding presence and genial disposition. inspired a degree of hopefulness. and created an enthusiasm hitherto nnknown. The new College building was approaching completion. notwithstanding failures of the contraetors and other unforeseen diffienlties. the building was completed and afforded excellent facilities for classes and societies.
At the Conference session of 1868 an enthusiastic report was made by the Board of Trustees and the following resolution adopted: Resolved. That so soon an Indianola and Warren county shall have endowed the President's Chair with twenty-five thousand dollars, we as a Conference pledge ourselves to heartily cooperate with the Trustees in completing the endowment. so that it shall be an institution worthy of onr Conference. The following persons are appointed a Board of Trustees: Rev. Alexander Burns. John Cheshire. H. C. Sigler, David Tallam. B. C. Berry. Rev. Bennett Mitchell. Presiding Elder of Des Moines District. Pastor of Indianola Station. Pastor of Indianola Cirenit. .J. D. MeCleary. M. D., Rev. P. F. Bresce. John A. Olive. Rev. Silas Johnson. Geo. W. Jones, Jeptha Turner. Geo. R. Stover, P. P. Henderson.
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At the beginning of the school year in the fall of 1868, the faenlty consisted of four members and a number of instructors, Rev. A. Burns. M. A., president, and occupied the chair of Mental and Moral Philosophy ; Rev. O. HI. Baker, M. A., Professor of Latin Languages and Literature; Henry F. Douthart, B. S., Pro- fessor of Mathematics and Natural Sciences; Miss M. J. MeKean, Professor of English Literature. Modern Languages were taught by the President. Leon- ard Cary and B. H. Badly were instructors. Four tutors were employed in the Preparatory Department. During this year regular college classes: fresh- man, sophomore and junior were organized and a liberal course of study was adopted. The attendance during 1868-9 was 161, 6 juniors. 7 sophomores, and 13 freshmen. Sometime during this year Professor H. F. Douthart fell sick and was compelled to resign, his chair was filled during the remainder of the year by W. A. Lynch, B. A. In 1869 the Trustees report to the Conference that the buildings and grounds are worth $40,000 and are entirely unincumbered, also the President's chair is now endowed with $25,000. Its faculty is from five of the ablest and best Universities in our church. The attendance the past year was 169. During this year Professor George C. Carpenter of the Wesleyan University was elected to the chair of Natural Sciences and also taught the classes in French. At the annual Conference of 1870 held in Boone, Professor C. M. Grumbling of Mount Union College, Ohio, was elected to the chair of Mathematics and Astronomy, and also taught the classes in German. The first commencement was held in June, 1870; B. IT. Badly received the first honor and
Ennua M. Cary, second honor. At the session of 1870, in response to a resolu- tion, the Bishop appointed J. F. Goolman, agent of Simpson Centenary College. During this year the work of the College progressed satisfactorily.
At the commencement in June, 1871, W. C. Smith, Salutatorian ; S. C. Foster Valedictorian. At this commencement Professor O. IT. Baker withdrew from the College, and was succeeded by A. N. Nightingale. A. M .. of the Northwestern University, as Professor of Ancient Languages and Literature. At this time an attempt was made to establish a mixed Literary Society but the efforts were muavailing.
At the Commencement in June. 1872, Alice M. Barker, valedictorian. Clarence B. Kennedy, salutatorian. W. H. Berry, first honor, science. John A. Everett, second honor, science. At this Commencement, Professor Nightingale resigned after one year of very acceptable service. to accept the superintendency of the public schools of Omaha. He was succeeded by Rev. C. G. Hudson. a graduate of Washington University, having spent some time at the University of Berlin, Germany.
In the spring of 1873, the faculty underwent a number of changes. Miss MeKean resigned and Miss Emma M. Cary, of the class of 1870, was elected to succeed Miss McKean. Prof. Hudson also resigned in order that he might enter the ministry, and was succeeded by William King, a graduate of Northwestern University. The Committee on Education. in its report to the conference session of 1872, made this remarkable statement concerning Simpson Centenary College : "With regard to the finances it need only be said that the receipts front endow- ment notes and tuition more than equal the expenses of the college." This
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certainly could not be said of any other year in the entire history of Simpson College.
Under the Articles of Incorporation, one-third of the trustees were to be elected each year. and to hold office for three years. At the session of 1873, the following trustees were elected for three years: Hon. J. C. JJordon, Rev. H. H. O'Neal. Governor C. C. Carpenter. Rev. P. P. Ingalls. Hon. Geo. E. Griffith, Rev. J. M. Conrad. Also that the place of the Rev. JJ. G. Dimitt, deceased, be filled by the Rev. B. Shinn.
The Committee on Education reported to the conference in 1874, that a debt of a few thousand dollars had accumulated but did not involve any serions embarrassment. The following were elected trustees: Senator G. G. Wright. H. C. Sigler. Rev. P. F. Bresee. IIon. N. B. Moore and A. Burns, as trustees for three years; and that Bishop Andrews take the place of Rev. P. P. Ingalls, and Rev. R. M. Smith take the place of Geo. E. Griffith, and Rev. J. G. Eekles the place of David Hallam.
The Executive Committee held a meeting in Des Moines, July 12, 1875, to consider the expediency of establishing a law department in connection with the college. Those present were Dr. Burns. B. C. Berry, P. Gad Bryan, William Philips, G. G. Wright and Governor C. C. Carpenter. After a careful considera- tion. it was decided to establish a law department to begin operation at the fall term, and that the law school would be held in Des Moines; and the graduates therefrom would receive their diplomas in Indianola. at the regular Commence- ment. and under the supervision of the faculty and trustees of Simpson College. The law faculty consisted of Judge C. C. Cole as dean, and Senator G. G. Wright. Colonel Bissell and John S. Runnells. At the following session of the Des Moines conference in 1875. a report was adopted endorsing the establishment of the law department, and recommending that a medical department be estab- lished at an early date. In those days hopes run high, and the friends of Simpson College anticipated a full fledged university in a short time, but by and by visionary schemes faded, and common sense prevailed. It required several years. however, of testing to demonstrate the wisdom of Simpson Centenary College refraining from assuming the proportions of a university. and pursuing the even tenor of its way as a college. At this session the following trustees were elected : William Philips. B. F. Kauffman. B. C. Berry. M. D. Collins. H. C. Laub and J. H. Henderson. Rev. D. MeIntire was appointed college agent.
At the Commencement of 1876. the chair of Ancient Languages having be- come vacant, C. H. Burke, a graduate of Northwestern University, was elected to fill the vacancy.
At the conference session in 1876. it was reported that the law department had graduated twenty-seven students, and that the college had opened up a new year under auspicious circumstances. Rev. D. MeIntire was appointed college agent, and the following trustees elected: D. N. Smith. U. E. Darrow. Win. Buxton, H. H. O'Neal. R. M. Smith and B. F. W. Cozier.
Shortly after the commencement of 1877, Miss Emma M. Cary was pros- trated by illness and died. She was highly esteemed by both faculty and students and left behind her a record as a student and a teacher worthy of imitation.
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Miss Felicia Jones, a graduate of the Pittsburg Female College, was elected to fill the place of the deceased. At the session of the conference of 1877, highest praise was given Simpson Centenary College. The law department was espec- ially commended to all who were seeking a legal education. The graduating class from the college was the largest in the state, excepting that of the State University. The following trustees were elected: G. G. Wright, II. C. Sigler, P. F. Bresee, N. B. Moore and L. Perkins.
At the commencement of 1878, Miss Jones tendered her resignation as Professor of English Literature, and Miss Ida M. Pierce of Sedalia, Missouri, was elected to fill the place. Dr. Burns who had now been president for ten years, and had wrought a good work, was elected principal of the Wesleyan Female College, Ilamilton, Ontario, and tendered his resignation as president of Simpson Centenary College, which was accepted. Rev. T. S. Berry, A. M., B. D., was elected president. The board passed complimentary resolutions in regard to the acceptable service of Dr. Burns, who had impressed himself upon the faculty and students as no other had done up to that date. Dr. Burns continued in the Female College at Ilamilton, until death severed his relation to the things of time and sense.
For some time there had been much agitation on the part of some capitalists in Des Moines, and some of the members of the conference, proposing the re- moval of Simpson Centenary College to Des Moines. Dr. Burns had become infatuated with this proposition, and gave it his sympathy. The agitation was not in the interest of the college, and on the other hand, retarded its prosperity, and yet nothing ever came of it. The excitement died away and the college remained in Indianola. The debt was accumulating, and the burden affected every interest of the college, so that President Berry entered upon his duties under unfavorable circumstances, but with his hopefulness and superior judg- ment, he persevered in the conscientious discharge of all the obligations of the presidency. Below is a list of the graduates of the college and the degrees con- ferred upon eaelı.
1870.
Brenton H. Bradley, A. M .; Ennna M. Cary, A. M .; Leonard B. Cary, A. M .; Louisa Anderson, A. M .; Imogene Hallam, A. M .; Martha Posegate, A. M.
1871.
S. C. Foster, M. A .; W. C. Smith, A. M .; Ella Ford, S. M.
1872.
Alice M. Barker, A. M .; Clarence B. Kennedy, A. M .; D. O. Stuart, A. M .; Herman J. Lauder, A. M .; John T McFarland, A. M .; Smith D. Fry, A. M .; T. McKendree Stuart, A. M .; Wmn. H. Berry. S. M .; John A. Everett, S. M .; Harriett Walker, S. B .; Wilbur D. Sheetz, S. M .; Loue Dimmitt, S. M .; Peter S. Smith, S. M.
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1873.
Sarah Roberts, A. M .; Philena Everett, S. M .; W. Fred Powell, S. M .; Ch. Wesley Honnold, S. M. ; Albert Jewett, S. M.
1874.
Thos. Everett. A. M. ; Geo. A. Gilbert. A. B .; Rebecca Braucht, A. M .; Irene MeCleary, A. M .; Samuel W. Morris, A. M .; Emma M. Sheetz, S. M .; Susan Winchell, S. M.
1875.
Dora Gifford, A. M .; Whiting Carpenter. M. S .; Madison Cart, M. S .; Elizabeth S. Cooke, M. S .; Louella Greene, M. S.
1876.
Edwin D. Samson, A. M. ; Alice Braught, M. S. ; Evelyn M. Chapman, M. S .; Anna Hamilton, M. S .; Frank B. Taylor, M. S .; Estella E. Walter, M. S.
1877.
Charles L. Bare, B. A. ; Fletcher Brown, B. A. ; Jolm B. Fisk, M. A .; Hattie M. Johnson, B. A .; Ross P. Anderson, B. S .; Louisa K. Barker, B. S .; J. M. Brown, B. S .; Clara II. Clark, B. S .; Ch. W. Eno, B. S .; Ida P. Howard, B. S .; Addis F. Laey, B. S. ; Cora E. Murphy, B. S .; Louisa E. Noble, B. S.
1878.
Ira DeLong, B. A .; A. G. Foreman, B. A .; Bessie Guyer, B. A .; Susan F. Morrison, B. A. ; Mary E. Hamilton, B. S. ; Ervilla Holmes, B. S .; Emma Patton, B. S .; George W. Samson, B. S.
1879.
C. W. Fisk, A. B .; Laura Hoffman, A. B .; Sarah E. Johnson, B. S .; Kate A. Page, B. S. ; J. F. MeClure, B. S. ; O. E. Smith, B. S.
Graduates of the law department each receiving the degree of LL. B. :
1876.
Martha Angle, James F. Brooks, D. B. Burton, A. P. Chamberlin, W. T. Dillon, C. W. Dorsett, E. G. Grinrod, E. J. Hainer, D. W. Henley, R. P. Kelley. HI. M. Kellogg. J. N. Kierulff, S. I. King, S. M. Miller, L. M. Shaw, J. S. Sniffin, P. B. Tolles. C. II. Turner, D. J. Vinje, J. HI. Whitman. W. H. Wilson, D. F. Witter, JJ. W. Wolf, Ch. S. Chase.
1877.
T. M. Askren, W. W. Askren, D. M. Butler, Frank Butler. J. W. Carver. G. II. Crosby, J. E. Cobbey, J. M. Earle. W. H. Eddy. N. W. Guthrie. H. K.
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Horning, W. T. Hoff, J. Ledwich, J. A. Mattern, J. A. Nash, G. W. Pollock, J. A. Schmidt, W. R. Thomas, C. II. Turner.
1878.
L. J. Blum, Miss Jennie Brown, Eugene Bryan, D. W. Burt, S. C. Davidson, Geo. A. Gerard, J. F. Hardin, Miss Annie Holland, E. L. King, R. R. Leech, R. E. Logue, W. C. Munk, O. O. Roe, II. II. Russell, S. O. Simonds, L. E. Spencer, B. F. Thacher, H. M. White.
1879.
Henry J. App, Frank F. Brown, Stephen S. Bonbright, Thomas D. Cobbey, Fred W. Craig, Chas. E. Cragin, A. G. Field, Joseph C. Finch, Weston A. Goodspeed, William A. Helsell, Michael Holland, Richard F. Jordon, Orlanda C. Kent, John W. MeCormick, D. C. Martin, Chas. W. Stuart, Andrew D. Storrs, Wallace L. Turner, Frank M. Van Pelt, Samuel A. Wells, A. Herman, F. Ziegler.
Honorary degrees conferred by the college from 1870 to 1879: Rev. C. R. Pomeroy, D. D .; Rev. U. P. Golliday, D. D .; and Chas. C. Nourse, LL. D. The degree of M. A. was conferred on the following: S. G. A. Reed, C. W. Davis, F. M. Chaffee and W. R. Nugent. The degree of M. S. on the following: G. W. Seevers, Mrs. Lou Seevers and A. B. Smith.
At the close of the year 1880, Professor C. II. Burke, who had been filling the chair of Ancient Languages, on account of failing health, went south in the hope that the change of climate would benefit him; but he steadily grew worse and died. Professor Burke was a fine Greek scholar and a born teacher. The college suffered a great loss in his death.
1880.
Rev. Thomas S. Berry, A. M., B. D., died February 10th, 1880. President Berry was the most popular man by far, in the Des Moines conference. He was doing a great work for Simpson Centenary College, and the conference was ex- pecting him to put the college in better condition than it had ever been. When his death was announced it was a blow that cannot be realized by the people of today, except the few who were here at that time. For a while many believed that the institution had come to an end, but God ordered otherwise. Rev. E. L. Parks, A. M., B. D., who was then a pastor in Chicago, was elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of President Berry. President Parks was then a young man, but soon convinced the college authorities that he was capable of filling the place. There was a debt at the time of more than $20,000. President Parks at once began to raise funds to pay the debt, and persisted amid many difficulties and discouragements, until the entire debt was liquidated. Rev. E. L. Parks served as president from 1880 to 1886.
Graduates : Nellie Boyd, A. B .; Edmund M. Holmes, A. B .; Carrie Page, B. S .; Mary Samson, B. S .; Anson B. Johnson, B. S .; Chas. W. Steele, B. S .; Geo. Stidger, B. S .; Willis Stidger, B. S.
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Graduates of Law Department : Jos. A. Athey, John O. Barke, Orlando M. Broekett, Enther L. Cassidy, Clayton Harrington, Curt M. Higley, C. L. Irwin, Frank J. Jones, Thos. O. Moore. Lemuel L. Mosher, Orin W. Rice, Walter Schec.
The entire enrollment for the college was one hundred and thirty-six, and for the law department, twenty.
A student, Miss Anna Benton, died during the year.
Literary Societies: Everett Society, for men only, organized in 1868. Zetalethean, for women only, organized in 1868. Smithsonian, organized in 1876, for both sexes.
Minnie C. Jay won the Andrew's medal. Bertha C. Morrison won the Badley prize.
At the close of this year the law department was discontinued.
Rev. L. M. Walters was college agent.
1881.
Graduates : Bertha C. Morrison, A. B. ; Kate C. Morrison, A. B. ; Herbert M. Peters, B. S .; Ledru H. Wilder, B. S. Honorary degree: Ram Chandra Bose, M. A., Lucknow, India .;
Ernest W. O'Neal won the Andrew's medal. Griffith W. Jolmson won the Badley prize.
1882.
Graduates: Chas. A. Bunker, A. B .; G. W. Johnson, A. B .; Wm. Il. Jordan, Ph. B. ; Helena A. Dorr, B. S .; John W. Drabelle, B. S .; Fred O. Ilinkson, B. S. ; Allen A. Thompson, B. S .; S. Eugene Wilson, B. S. Honorary Degrees : Rev. Josiah Gibson, D. D .; Rev. Madison A. Richards, D. D .; Homer Thompson, M. A.
Number of students, two hundred and sixteen.
Philomathean Literary Society for men and women, was organized.
Hattie L. Sileott won the Andrew medal, and Clara L. Fink won the Badley prize.
1883.
Graduates : Minnie C. Jay, A. B. ; Media McGee. A. B .; George F. Cromer. Ph. B .; Susie S. Stivers, Ph. B .; Clara L. Fink, Ph. B .; Hattie Sileott, B. S .; J. H. Henderson, A. M.
Number of students enrolled during the year, two hundred and sixty-four.
Prizes won : Andrew medal, Grant Martin. Badley prize, Clinton J. Evans. Butler medal, Lanra M. Richey. Botany prizes: First, Newton B. Ashby; Second, Olin A. Kennedy.
1884.
Graduates: Clinton J. Evans, A. B .; George M. Boswell, A. B .; Sarah A. Leeper, A. B .; Chas. 11. Miller, Ph. B. ; Sallie A. Page, Ph. B .; Wm. B. Cox.
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