CATALOGUE OF 'J'llK

FACULTY AND STUDENTS I

OF

WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY, l<'OR THE YE.AR ENDlNG JULY 27th, 185~/.,..., • f

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-··....-FACULTY

o;F SCIENCE, LITERATURE AND ARTS.

JOHl'{ H. LATHROP, L. L. D., CHANCELLOR, And Professor of Etl~ics, Civil PolifAJ and Political Economi!J.

JOHN W. STERLING, A. 1rf., Profess07' of .lY[atlwmatics and .t.Vat1.wal PhilosopAy.

S. P. LATHROP, M. D.,{<· P ·rofessor of OhemistA·y and Nat;wral Hi8to1·y.

0. M. CONOVER, A. M., Professor of Ancient Languages and Lite1·atu1·e.

DANIEL READ. L. L. D., Professm· (elect) of Mental PMlosopl~y, Logic, Rhetoric, a,nd

EnglislL Liter·at;ur·e.

S: H . CARPENTER, A. B., Ttttor. -t

T. P. FUCHS, M. D. Instructm· in Gervman and Frenc!t Languages.

• Deceased. Vacancy will be filled in July.

f Succeeded by Augustus L. Smith, A. B.

Names.

~- Levi Booth, -!(·Charles T. Wakeley,

Romanzo E. Davis,

Samuel S. Benedict, William P. Dewey, James M. Flower, Sidney Foote, James Hickox. Harvey F. Hubbard, Burgess 0. Slaughter, Hayden K. Smith, Alvah F. Whitman,

Hiram Barber, Sinclair W. Botkin, Thomas D. Coryell, James T. Davies, William Irwin, William H. Rice, George W. Stoner, Daniel K. Tenney, William F. Vilas,

• Graduated in July.

STUDENTS.

SENIORS.

JUNIOR.

SOPHOMOREo.

FREiilHMEN.

Re&idcnce.

Madison. Whitewater.

Attica.

Montrose. Lancaster. Sun Prairie. Belvidere, TIL ~

Buftalo, N. Y. Manitowoc. Middleton. Madison. Windsor.

Juneau. Madison. Vertma. Dodgeville. Madison. Chicago. -.... Madison. Madison. Madison.

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COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.

1. PREPARATORY ScnooL.

The studies pursued in the Preparatory Department are as fol-lows:

1. English Grammar. 2. Geogra.plJy. 3. Arithmetic. 4:. Elements of Algebra. 5. Latin Grammar. 6. Crosar's Commentaries. 7. Virgil's ..&neid, (6 books.) 8. Cicero's Select Orations. 9. Greek Grammar. •

10. Greek Reader. Attention will also be paid to Reading, Orthography, and Pen-

manship.

2. COLLEGIATE DEPARTliiEN'l'.

The College Course occupies four years, and the studies of the comse are distributed as follows:

FRESHMAN CLASS.

FIRST TERM.

Roman History,-Livy. " Antiquities,- Bojesen.

Algebra,- Loomis. Greek Historians,- Herodotus.

SECOND 'l'ER?ti.

Latin Poetry, with Prosody,-Odes of Horace. Algebra finished, Geometry begun. Greek Historians,- Xenophon.

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'IHIRD TERJIL

Horace,-Satyre3 and Epistles. Geometry finished. . Greek llistorians,-Thucydides.

Exercises throughout the yeat· in written Translation, Composi­tion and Declamation.

SOPHOMORE CLASS.

FIRST TERi\I,

P lano Trigonomett·y, Logarithms, &c. &c.-Loomis. Cicet·o de Oratore. Gorman, or Greek Poetry and Prosody,-Homer.

SECOND TERJII.

Analytical Geometry begun. German or Greek Orators . Cicero de Oratore. Rhetoric and Elocution.

THIRD Tl!:R:U.

Roman History,-Tacitus. Analytical Geomett·y, finished, Calculus. Classical or Modern Languages-optional. History, with Geography and Chronology.

Exercises throughout tho year in English and I.atin Composi­tion and Elocution.

JUNIOR CLASS.

FIRSS 'l'ER.lii.

Ethics-Wayland. Roman History--Tacitus. Calculus- Mechanical P hilosophy. .Ancient History-Taylor's Manual.

Natural Philosophy. Gt·eek or Modt' rn L anguages-( optionaL)

Civil Polity aud Cvnsticutional Law-lectures.

lntornationallaw-lectu ·os.

TnlRD 'l'l!'RM.

Natmal Philosoplty-finishcu. G er·man or Latin (Gtlrmnnia and Agricola)-oplirJnal. · Political E conomy-Say.

Exet·cises throughGut the year in Composition, D eclamation. and Forensic Debate.

SU:NIOH. CLASS.

l•'IRS'l' 'rERM.

Mental Phil osophy . Natural History. Christian Evidences.

Classical Litcratnre.

Sl•:CONlJ 'l'l!.RM.

Optics-Astronomy Legtn. Chemistry-lectures. J~ogic.

THIRD TltRM'.

Select Latin-classical litemture.

A strono my fini shed.

Philosophy of Lrmgnnge-criticism. Botany n.nd Philosophy.

Exercises throughout tho year, in original Orat-ion.s, nud Foren· sic Debate.

Young gentlemen desirous of pm·suing select porti\)us of the

com·se will be admitted to the recitativns and other e.x.crcises of

regu lar classes, and will b -'. eutiled tu cet'tificate of the term of

membership and of tho atndies pursued by them. This provision

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t ds the benefits of university in&Ll'uctiun to tho teachers of ox on . . tho pnblic schools of tho State, and those w1o mtend tlJC practice

of Agriculture and the Arts.

TERMS OF A DMISSION.

Candidates for admies10n to tl1e Freshman d2.ss m nst pass n aalisfactory E':mmin:ttion in all the studies of tLc preparatory school

or tLci1· cquivalc<Jts. . Candidates fo;· an ndv::mced standing arc a18o examined iu all

t.ho studios to whid1 tltc class they propose to ont.or have attended.

All applicants mt~!lt present testimonials of good moral clumw­

ter.; and students co:11:ng from other coll eges u certificate ot hon­

ot·n.blc cli~mi&sion. RL.'CrraTioNs, &c.

Each class of tLc collegiate department atteud <; three recitations

or lectnrc<J daily. '£here arc also daily exercises in declamation

and composition. Public examinations and exhibitions arc Leld

nt the close of each term.

LllmARY APrA.llii..TU~, &c. The Li brary, which ~3 open to all the s tudents of l~lO nnive ·sity

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compl'ises o\rcr 1200 volumes, und willrccoive yearly additious by the pnrcha2o of tho m(•St valuable standard works.

Tbo university js pobsessed of a valuablo cabinet of minerals; compr1smg numerous specimens. Contributions of an interesting

character continue to he made by the State Geologist, and from other sources. A fnU suit of N cw York fossilc, and valuable geo­logical cQllcciions from Ohio and Illinoia, have boon added to cab­inet during the ye~w.

One thonsand doll<~r:> were las t year appropriated for the pur­cbase of Philosophical ami Chemical appn.rattlB, and additions will ho made, ft·om year to your.

Ll'ITK&AB.Y SOOllL'l'IES.

There nrc two Literary societies connected with the university.

These nro valuable auxilarics in the mental training of the stp dents. One of them lltls already a libmry of several hundred

volume<.

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lJERIT ROLL.

A permanent record is kept of the daily attendance, conduct and recitation of each student; and information of his standing communicated from time to tirue to his parent or gurdian.

RELIGIOUS EXI!:RCISFS.

The students are assembled at prayers : daily in the chapel-of the university, at the moming honr for commencing study . and

recitation.

.A.CCO:llOD.A.TIONS FOR STUDENTS.

The uiversity edifice, in addition to the public rooms for recita­tion, Library, Cabinet, &c, affords study and )odging rooms for the ample accomodation of students.

With a view to economy as well as the comfo1 t of the occupants, provision is made for heating the building tbroHgbout:by furnaces in the basement.

TERMS.

The collegiate year is eli vided into rthree terms,~ or sessions of thirteen weeks each, beginning as follows:

1. The third Wednesday of September. 2. Tlte first Wednesday of January. 3. The fourth Wednesday of April. Commencement Anniversary, tbe fourth Wednesday of July.

EXPENSES.

Tuition, per term, Room, Heat, Janitors service, pe(term. Contingencies,

$4: 00 3 00 0 00

Total per term, $7 00 Total per tet·m, (three terms,) 21 00

These comprise all the University charges, except for actual damro-e done by the student. Occasions tot· this, item of clu\ro-e

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are very rare.

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It is provided in the by-laws, that no student sbn.ll be admitted by the Chancellor to residence in the buildings, or to the exercises of any term, t.ill he present a certificate from the treasurer, that the char·ges for the term have been adjusted, in advance.

The second dormitory building will be completed and all the chairs of instruction w.ill be filled during the current year. Pro­vision is also to be made for boarding, on the College premises, at moderate rates. The next scholastic year will open on the third Wednesday of September, with ample accommodations for stu­dents, and greatly enlarged means of instruction .

Through. the cha1ra o~ Chemistry and Natural IIi story, and ~e.ntal ~hllosophy, LogiC, Rhetori~, and English Literature, pro· I'JSton WJJl be made for the annual Instmction of classes in Ao-ri­cultnral Science, .and ~n the theory and practice of teaching.

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The Board, at the1r February meeting, passed an ordinance establishing a Department of Medicine in the Universit . Th chair~ will be fil~ed an.d the school opened at au early da:. e

It IS the fixed mtentwn of the University authorities that all the means at their command shall be so administered as to aid the diligent and successfnl student, and to secure to the institution a jnst public confidence and support.

ORDINANCE.

l' ro~idiug (or tho organization of tllc Department of ":Mcdi~wo" in tho Uohortily or Wisconsin, patscd i?cbruury JO, 1855.

T he Regents of the University of Wi~couRin dCI ordnio, ns follows :

1. Thnt there be, llcrcby, const.itutcd in said Untvcrsity, a Faculty or "Medicine," to co11aist of the Chancellor, and such Profcrsor<J ns moy bo, from time to limo

occupy tho following choirs of instruction, to wit :

1. Anatomy and Physiology. 2. Surgery-Clinical and Pathological.

:1. Theory aud Practice oniedicino . . J. Obstretics and tbo Disrascs of Woman und Chihlrt•u.

5. Chemistry :md Pharmacy. 6, ,Materia M~dica and Botany.

7. Medical J urisprndeoiCE'. ~. The emoluments of said profe~norships suall be deli ved from tho fees of ~uition

'Wlthoul any recourse whatever ro the trensury of the Univerdity; and no money shall

be drawn from the said tr<.asmy for tho support of tho Department of Medicine, until

tlte ex isting debt be paid, and tbe inijtitution be in tho eajoymcnt of n clenr income from tl!e endowment of, at least, $12,000, per annum.

3. All appointments to tho above cl1nirs sbnll be mado by tho Regents of Lhe Univer·

aity, nod the professors shall hold office during the pleasuro of tho board.

4. The Modica! Facult;r shall have power to o1cct a Dc lln of the Faculty, a Trcmlurcr.

Secretary and other necessary officers, agents, and nssis tnut.s; to pnmcribo tlleir duties; to fix tho foes of tuition, and to provide for lhc welfare of Lho department, hy by-lawa not inconHistont with this o;din:mce nnd tho charter of the Univorsily.

5. The Medical Faculty shall hold their terms, nnd deliver tlwir iuatrnctions in thu

town of Madison. 6. A Board of Examiuers, consisting of four member~ of tho profession nf the dcgreo

uf ;\J. D., shnll bo nnnually appoiuted hy the T:.e~~:euts , whoso rluty if, Ghall be to attoncl tho closing exercises of each term of ineLruction, tc• make di ligent exnmim\tions of tho candidates for graduation, ami to report their qualificatinnR to t'to bonrd of Rogents.

7. Candidates for gradnaLion in this dopn1tment 11f tll ll Uni versity shall uot ho I~

than twenty-one years of nge; shall ho of cood l.Jloral ch:U'actcr; shall have bad two yonrs of private pupilage and h'lve nttondecl l \VO com·sca of lcctur~s. or shall have at­tended three courses nf lectures without previous pri1•ate pupilagE', (f.bo la9t course n e1ther eliSe in this dcpartmcn l); shall hn1•o pas~ed a suli~factory examination, and, if

requir ed, shall have writt en and defended n the$ie on some modicalsubject before tbo

board of enroinore.

8. Onndidates, with tho abo¥e qualifications, shall, on recommendation of the e:xa­winel'l, bo entitled to the degr~o of M.D .. io co.trsc ; which shill! bo conferred, ae lho

.:\nou.1l c,mmencem~nt of the Unhorsity, by diplumo, withrmt chnrgo .