Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-06-02
Cumberland University Its Faculty
and PROSPECTS,.

and Prospects
None of our literary institutions felt the
blighting effects of war so much as Cum
berland University. The University build.
ings were destroyed by fire, but from its
ashes its friends have determined to erect
new building, whose architectural beauty
will be in the highest style of art, and will
command the admiration of its friends
throughout the South.
The next session will open with the most
encouraging prospects, The faculty has
been reorganized, and now is not second to
any college either North or South.
President B. w. Mcdonald, d. D., is a
graduate of the University in the class OF
| 1851, and was Professor for several years
at Bethel College His ripe scholarship,
his long experience as a teacher, and his
parental discipline, eminently fit him for
| the Presidency. 1t Gen. A. p. Stewart,
who fills the chair of Mathematics, is too
we'll known to need any commentator. A
graduate of West Point aud teacher there
| for two years, is enough to establish his
reputation as a mathematician. For
many years before the war he filled
| the chair of mathematics in Cumber-
land University, and was once a
Professor in the University of Nashville.
Commencing the war as Major of artil-
lery, BY his high Christian department and
military genius, he fought his way up to a
Lieutenant Generals stars and furled his
flag at Bentonyille unsullied by single
stain, He has taken his old chair in the
University, and is determined to devote
the energies of his life to make Cumberland
| University rival Yale or Harvard. Prof
James NJ. Stafford, has also taken his old
chair in the department of geology, miner
| alogy and chemistry. His writings on the
| geological formations in this State, have
| given him a reputation, not only in the
| United States, but even among the literary
| savans of Europe. His accession TO the
| faculty at this time is most fortunate
thing for the University. Rev. Richard
Beard, ID. d., the venerable professor o.
languages, ranks as one of the most ac-
complished linguists and scholars in our
State. E. G. Burney, A. NJ, who fills the
| chair of Assistant Professor of Modern
Languages, and classical teacher in pre-
/ paratory department, Is graduate oil the
University of Mississippi. H. s. Kennedy
A. NJ, is the principal Of the English
school. A. j. Finney fills the chair of as.
sistant English instructor.
julius Blau, A. NJ, is the professor o
modern languages. -5a $3.50
Cumberland University, in its law, lite
rary and theological departments, num-
bered nearly five hundred students the yea
before the war; and with the reputation O
Gen. Stewart, with the gallant corps which
he led so gloriously through the war, j
ought to attract hundreds of young men t
its support. The catalogues of the Univer
sity Of Virginia and Washington Colleg'
show that ninety young men from Tennes
see are attending those institutions. Thos'
ninety students carry from our State a
least thirty-six thousand dollars annually
This is an important item TO consider, ever
if the question of State pride is left out o
the account We are glad to know tina
several Of our Nashville young men VIII
are attending colleges in Virginia, will g
10 Lebanon next session.
The law department is filed by Judg'
Robert l.. Caruthers, Hon. Henry Cooper
and Nathan Green. -