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vacancies in said Board of Trustees,
which shall occur by doath resigna-
tion or otherwise.
vi. That it shall not be lawful for
any person to establish or keep in any
direction within two miles of the said
College, any house or store or shop
for retailing ardent spirits
VII. That this act shall bo taken
and deemed apublic Act, and continue
in forco for tho term of twonty-one
years and from thence until the ad-
journment of tho next General Assom-
bly, thereafter" (l2 Statute at Large,
page 47.) .
Previous to tho passage of this Act,
diplomas and degrees were conferred
upon tho graduates of the College,
under and by vlrtuo of tho authority
Of Synod.
In 1853 tho scheme Of ondowing
tho College by tho salo Of scholarships
was inauguratcd, tho result of which
was tho raising of the sum of fifty
thousand dollars. This, with liberal
contributions from u few staunch
friends of the College, Capt. Blair and
Col. Wright, Of Yorkville, South Car
lima, and Christopher Strong, of Tonnes
see, swellcd tho amount to tho
handsome sum Of seventy thousand
dollars.
At u meeting Of the Board of Trus-
tees in 1854, Mr., afterwards Rev. Ed
mund L.. Patton was elected Professor
Of tho Latin Language, MIR. Homphill
being transferred to the chair of His
Ttory and Beiles-Lettrcs.
In 1853 DR.. Grier tendorod his res
ignation rs President Of the College,
and in 1850 Mr.. Patton was elected to
fill tho vacancy occasioned by said
: resignation, and in 1860 Mr.. John P.
> Kennedy was chosen TO fill tho chair
made vacant by the promotion of Mr..
Patton to the Presidency of the COL
lego.
At the commencement Of the war
:, in 1861, tho Faculty stood thus: Rev.
:, Edmund L. Patton, President and
Professor of Mental and Moral Sciences
!, Rcv. DR.. James p. Prossly, Professor
of the Greek Language; Rev John N.
Young, Professor of Natural Philoso-
y ply and Astronomy; Rev. VIM. r.
. Iemphill, Professor Of Belles-Lettrss
- and History; Joseph F. Lee, A. NJ,
=. Professor of Mathematics and Chem
) istry, and John P. Kennedy A. NJ,
- Professor of the Latin Language.
d" The war occurring, the Institution
" was stripped of it's students, its classes
Il wcre broken up and it's Faculty dis
- organized.
v The effects of the war have almost
, entirely destroyed the handsome en-
dowment of the College. The funds
~ of tho Institution wore mainly invest
- ed in tho stocks of various moneyed
corporations Of this and other States.
g. These have been rendered utterly val
10 ueless or greatly deprecated by the
~ result of the war. From these stocks
ne but little if anything is expected to
III be realized.
o. Since the close of the war there
ID has been gradual effort at reorganiza-
ne tion and recuporatior. At this time
ne tho Faculty stands: DR.. Grier
to reelected to the Presidency, in the
ts place Of Mr.. Patton resigned, the
OF other chairs remain the same, except
IT. that of Mr.. Kennedy made vacant by
al recent resignation. The College now
he numbers thirty-six students, witt
OF three classes, Freshmen, Sophomore
and Junior.
cs AS observed before, q Theological
to Seminary has been connected will
'ro this Institution from an carly day
ns, The 5th section of an Act Of tn
he Legislature of December, 1852, grant
ii to this department distinct and sep
arato corporate name and existence
nd 1t declares 'That J. I. Bonner, II. T
old Sloan, ). N. Young, E. L. Patton, J
ow Boyce, J. L. Miller, G. w. Prsssly, q
all l.. Murphy, T. B. Chalmers, J. 2
ms, Kennedy, P. q. Bradley, R. Q. Sharp
re- and their successors in Office, be ant
led they are hereby declared body polti
go, and corporate by the name and styl
md of the 'Erskine Theological Seminary
with all the rights, powers and priv