Washington College - Pegasus Yearbook (Chestertown, MD)

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Faculty James W. Cain, LL.D., Prosident I ' rokvssor of Kconomks niui ICtliics James Roy Micou, Ph. D., Vice-President Professor of Latin Edward J. C larke, A. M. Secretary Professor of Greek J. S. William Jones, A. M. Professor of Mathemalics A. Sajjer Hall, Ph. D. Prefessor of Physical Sciences Robert H. Gault, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology ami Pedayouy Joseph Seronde, A. B. Professor of German and Trench Allan S. Neilson, B. L. Professor of Enjilish and History M. J. Thompson, A. M. Instructor in Science and Mathematics and Director of Pliysical Culture Lula H. Chappel InsfruCtor in Vocal and Instrumental Music and Drawine

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Washington College Its Foundation and History T ' S AX ll.l. WIXD that hlow ii..lM.(ly ,l;-.hk1. TIk- truth of this hoiiiol)- sa -iii,L; is well ilhistraled in the circiimslanccs tliat caused Rev. William Siiuth. D.I)., lo leave I ' liiladelphia and CKiiie til Chesterliiwn. lie was the fnuiider nf the Colles e of I ' hiladel|)liia. imw tlie riii ersily i I ' enns Ivania. and had lieeii fur t vent -ti -e ears its l ' ni -cist. In i 771;, narrow-minded and ill-advised |)i)litieal inlliience succeeded in revukini;- the eiillet.;-e charter, and Doctor Smith left I ' hiladeliillia, in 178(1. to heconie the Rector of l-jiianuel Church in Chestei ' town. Here he found the Kent l- ' ree School, a llonri-hiug- . ca lemy. foiuided some time ijrior to 17 7. with a capaltle staff, one liiunlred and fort ' scholars, and a propcrtv of one hundred acres of land, . ppointed to the I ' rincipalslii]). Dr. Smith acce| ted the new respousiliilit - : for he aw in this . cadeniy an op])or- tnnitv for the development of those lari e educational schemes that were constantly in his mind. l ' ' ortmiate, therefore, was it for the people of Aiarylan 1 that this great man — scholar, educator. di -ine. ]ialriol— li -ed here louj ' enon, ii to give :liem the ad -aiUage of his splendid ahilitw in founding Washington College, and directing it during the hrst se en years ot its existence. The e-xact date of the heginning of the .Xcademy and Kent I ' ree School appears to he unknown; hiU there is a record of the transfer of land to the Academy in 172 and the college, as an educational institution, nught, with all pr )])rietv and historical accuracw date its origin from this late. Tlie language of the charter makes it plain that the organization of the college was merely an enlargement of the powers of the Kent School, with a change in name to appro- priatelv mark that event. It was enacted ■■ ' Phat the said Joseph Xicholson, James Anflerson, fohn Scot, William I ' .ordley, Peregrine Lethrliurw William Smith, and Benjamin Chamljers, the jiresent isitors of Kent County School, and their suc- cessors, shall have fidl piower and authorit} ' to erect the said school into a college or seminar - of universal learning — and that when ten X ' isitors and Governors of