Washington College - Pegasus Yearbook (Chestertown, MD)

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I : 6 g = — == — April 2j, 1820 — It is announced that board will be lowered to $100.00 pei- annum. MarcJi g, 1821 — The students, professors and the steward march to the court- house, where they are told by Mr. Thomas Worrell, President of the Roard, that their (the students ' ) complaints as to the food served would be attended to. Mr. Worrell took this opportunity to advise them as to the breaking of rules and to warn them as to the fatal consequences of such a course of transgressions. May 2, 1822 — At a commencement held at the College after the Board of Visitors and Governors, the faculty, the students and the clergy had marched there from the courthouse there was made a Latin Salutatory (3ration, an Eng- lish Oration, Virtue the Preservative of Civil Liberty, several other addresses in both Latin and English, followed by Musick by the Choir and prayer. November 14, 182J — The Rev. Timothy Clowes is elected as Principal of the College. 1824 — Washington College receives from a lottery the approximate sum of $20,000. April JO, 1824 — A new curriculum is made out which emphasizes the Classics and Mathematics. It is stated by the institution that a student may enter College at the age of fourteen if he has completed the Grammar School. A library for the College is planned. January 11, 182 — Commencing among a parcel of corn blades belonging to the steward, a fire soon destroyed the entire buildmg that comprised Washington College. The students move to the town to continue their studies, and the insti- tution appeals to the State Legislature for aid. 1821) — Mr. Feter Clark is made Principal of Washington College. March ig, i8j2 — Richard Ringgold, Esq., is elected to succeed Mr. Clark as Principal. August 3, i8j - — The Principal of Washington College, wishing to lengthen the time of the holidays, gives to the Board of Visitors and Governors as his reason that in the heat of summer the bodies and minds of pupils require pro- longed relaxation, and that their progress is so comparatively slow and incon- siderable as to render the loss of time by vacation unimportant. Four weeks during summer, one during Christmas and one during Easter were granted. 184J — Elijah Reynolds, architect of Port Deposit, is given the contract for the erection of a college building. 71 031 4, 1844 — The cornerstone to new building is laid. January, 1845 — Faculty and students take formal possession of building (now Middle Hall). 1854 — Two new college buildings are erected, flanking the one built in 1845. President Ringgold leaves after giving the college twenty-one years of loyal service. The Rev. Dr. Francis Waters returns to his old position as President. i860 — Mr. Andrew J. Sutton takes over the reins during the critical years of the Civil War. 1873-1881 — The College gains a scholarly reputation under the capable leadership of William J. Rivers, A.M. i8g2 — One of the largest student bodies (nearly 120) matriculate at the College with Dr. Charles W. Reid presiding. Thcse are now called East and West Halls. — The Editor. p E G a s u s i y 9 3 X - — -- W

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)6a= 4 i-q6 — It is noted at this time that for $16.00 all the branches of learning which are taught ma}- be acquired . . . . iSiJ — Annual appropriation from the State is renewed to the extent of $800.00 per annum. October 16, 1S16 — A new curriculum, divided into Latin, G reek, Mathe- maticks. Belles Lettres and Physics, is adopted. The Belles Lettres group con- tains such subjects as Moral Philosophy, Logic, Natel ' s Law of Nations, and English Grammar. The subjects that bother the students in Mathematics are Fluxions, Conic Sections, Euclids Elements and Mensuration. Noi ' cinbcr 6, 1816 — Mr. Joseph G. Cooper, then President of Washington College, announces to the students that the late sleepers who did not answer to their names in the roll call would be fined twelve and one-half cents ; that any student who might trifle away his time in any w ' ay would also be ow-ing the institution twelve and one-half cents ; that for the student who came to recita- tion unprepared there was a fine of fifty cents — with private admonition for the first oiifense, public admonition for the second, and expulsion for the continuance of the habit. June 16, 181 ■ — The College is authorized to hold a lottery whereby $30,000 is expected to be raised. July iQ, 181J — The resignation of the Rev. Mr, Cooper is accepted. October 10, i8iy — Mr. Gerald E. Stack is made temporary head of the College. December 30, 181 — The. Rev. Francis Waters is accepted as principal of the College. July ly, 181Q — The students find rules for their conduct in their newly organized dining hall. Among them are : There shall be no running about in the dining room, nor any pulling or throwing victuals during meals. As soon as thanks shall have been returned after meat, the students shall leave the dining room in the most respectful order, and shall not carry out with them any victuals, nor any property belonging to the steward. It was also added that the vacation shall commence on the tenth of August and the session shall commence on the thirteenth of September following. eighteen . P E C =» S LI S r?»

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y Julv. i8q2 — A gymnasium is built with the contributions of the community and equipped b - the munificence of the Board of Visitors and Governors. i8q6 — Normal Hall is erected and dedicated, and the male students welcome co-eds on the campus for the first time. yoj — James W. Cain, LL.D., is elected President. 1906 — A new administration building is built on the College campus and is named after the founder — William Smith Hall. ii)io — The Normal Department of Washington College is abandoned. igi2 — All the students and faculty are present at the dedication of the new gymnasium, built to take the place of the old building, now antiquated. ii)i6 — William Smith Hall is completely destroyed by fire. The IVasliiiigtoii Collegian, h ' ebruary, 1916, says; Nothing was saved except an oil painting of William Smith, the founder of the College, and a few chairs. The loss was about $75,000. ig22 — Normal Hall is renamed Reid Hall after President Charles W, Reid. iQ2g — The old Reid Hall is rebuilt and enlarged, and a gateway is con- structed with the contributions of the four classes. Jioie II, KJS — Washington College, under the leadership of President Paul E. Titsworth, fittingly commemorates the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington and the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Washington College. wmt mmmm - ii iV»a - 1 a 2 -5 twenty P E G (=1 S U S i l O 3 i msL rAg ' asagaaMftpy Ti » nmiBa