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The Beginnings THEY FOUNDED US Long ago some thoughtful men gathered together all ideas concern- ing the pastime of the less thoughtful sex. From this spark girls be- came females; later they were women, and today we hear them called MacMurrians. The Illinois Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in ses- sion at Paris, Illinois, September 23, 1846, Bishop Hamline presiding, appointed as the first Board of Trustees, with author- ity to establish a school for the higher education of women. Rev. Peter Akers, Rev. Peter Cartwright, Rev. W. D. R. Trotter, Rev. Wm. J. Rutledge, William Thomas, Matthew Stacy, Nicholas Mil- burn, William Brown and William C. Stribling. These men met m the Metho- dist Church at Jacksonville, October 10, 1846, and organized by the election of Rev. Peter Cartwright, President; William Brown, Secretary and Mat- thew Stacy, Treasurer. They are therefore entitled to recognition as the Original Founders of the College. The School was first chartered in 1847 as the Illinois Conference Female Academy. In October 1848 the first classes were organized, and a year later Bishop James laid the cornerstone of the first building. By 18 52 the first building was completed, and the institution named Illinois Conference Female College. In the first catalog after announcing the Preparatory Department, in which was to be taught Reading, Writing, Spelling, Defining, Geog- raphy, English Grammar, Arithmetic, Elements of Natural Science and History, Watts — On the Mind, the Construction of Maps, and Needle Work, the following statement is made: The requisites for admission into the Academic Department, are a knowledge of English Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic and History. Then comes the following course of study: ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT (Including Three Years) Firsf Year — Firsf Term Latin — Anthon ' s First Lessons Natural Philosophy — Parker ' s Chemistry — Gray ' s Ancient Geography — Mitchell ' s Philosophy of Natural History — Smellie ' s SccomI Term Latin — Caesar Mineralogy and Geology — Hitchcock ' : Botany — Woods ' Physiology — Jarvis ' [ 17 ]
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JUNIOR YEAR First Term Latin — Cicero Algebra — Davie ' s First Lessons Arithmetic Reviewed Domestic Economy — Miss Beecher ' s Latin — Virgil, Prosody Geometry — Davie ' s Legendre Butler ' s Analogy Parker ' s Aids to English Composition SENIOR YEAR Firs Term Mental Philosoptiy — Upham ' s Astronomy — Burrett ' s Natural Theology — Paley ' s Evidences of Christianity — Alexander ' s Ancient and Modern History with Chronology Rhetoric — Newman ' s, Parsing Logic — Hedge ' s Criticism — Karnes ' Moral Science — Wayland ' s Cleveland ' s Compendium of English Literature Particular attention will be paid to Reading, Penmanship and Com- position, through the entire course. The first president. Rev. James F. Jacques, played a roll in national affairs as well as those of a local nature. He was president from 1848 to 1 8 5 5. The College Greetings for May 1916 says: At the outbreak of the war the Governor had sent for Jacques to come to Springfield where he became an invaluable adviser. One day a blunt, calm man obtained an interview with the Governor for the purpose of telling him he thought that he knew how to get troops for him. The Governor unimpressed by the stranger ' s crude manner, would have hastily dis- missed him but Jacques who was present suggested that he be asked to return on the following day. Persuaded by Jacques, Governor Yates consented to allow the stranger a desk in his office and gave him the task of writing letters. About two weeks later the Governor said to Jacques, ' That man you thought was one I should keep, hasn ' t yet written a letter I ' d send out. ' ' I didn ' t suppose, ' replied Jacques, ' that he would be valuable as a clerk. I considered him better as military drill master. Now there ' s the Twenty-first on the borders of mutiny. Put him in charge of them and see what ' s in him. ' ' By George, I ' ll do it. ' By heeding this advice of the ex-schoolmaster parson the world knows the rest, for that was the beginning of Grant ' s career. Since Dr. Jacques was not the type of man to send others into danger while he himself remained safely at home, he, too, soon joined the defenders of the flag. To this self-appointed task he brought to bear the same enthusiasm, in- terest, and spirit of helpfulness which had characterized his management of the early days of MacMurray. At the close of the war he returned to his earlier calling, that of preaching. [ 18 1
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