The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-08-05

| FACULTY OF THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
| The trustees of the Maryland Agricultural
| College met in Baltimore, on the 2Sth of July.
In the absence of the Governor Col. John Car
roll Walsh, of Hartford, presided. Teachers
| were elected as follows:
W. T. L. Taliaferro, of Hartford county, pro-
| fessor of agriculture and soil physics.
DIR. H. b. Mcdonald retained as professor
| of chemistry.
R. H. Alvey, of Hagerstown, retained as
professor of literature, belles-lettres and po-
litical economy.
W. Fl. Zimmerman, retained as professor
| of physics and applied mathematics.
DR.. Scott, professor of zoology and compar-
alive anatomy.
Thomas ii. Spence, of Worcester county,
professor Of languages.
Henry Harrison, assistant professor, to be
head of the preparatory department. This
appointment was made at the request of Pre-
sident Sylvester.
Mrs. L. X. Fitzhugh, matron.
Lemuel Shipley, farmer and trucker.
Capt. W. 7. L. Taiaferro, who has been ap-
pointed Professor of Agriculture and Soil
Physics, is So years of age He is son Of
Gen. VIM. B. Taliaferro. of Gloucester coun-
ty, Va. He was principal of the Bel Air
Academy from 1881 to 1888. at which time the
Academy was incorporated with the Bel Air
Graded School. Mr.. Talaferro then accepted
his present position as assistant editor of the
Hartford Democrat. He is Captain of Com
pany D, Infantry. NJ. N. e., and is an active
member of the Fallston Farmers Club.
Capt. Taliaferro's experience as a practical
farmer and as q teacher, his ability and cour
teous manners cannot fail to make him popu-
lar in the new position to which he has been
assigned. The salary is 81 500 year. We
congratulate him upon his appointment.
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PERSONAL MENTIoN-Mr and Mrs Samuel
S. Bevard, of Emmorton, are at the Elkton
Hotel, Atlantic City. DR.. Vim. s. Richardson,
John A. w. Richardson and Frank Z. Gorrell
are also at the same place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vim. II. Purcell and four
children, Mrs. Wernle and daughter, Miss Jen-
ME Blake, Mrs. DIR. Zeigler and three children,
Mrs. s. Moore and daughters, Miss Annie,
Stewart and Leslie Watson, Mr.. Deitrick
Ward-all of Baltimore, are at the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert F. Hanna, Fountain
Green.
Rev. E. i. Colburn, rector of Holy Trinity
Church, Churchville, left on Monday for
Monterey Springs, from whence he will go to
Ohio and from there to Elmira, N. Y, where
he will visit his son, Mr. James Colburn, who
is on the editorial staff OF the Elmira Gazette
Miss Mollie j. Ripley, of Williams. Iowa, is
visiting her cousin, Miss Z. j. Tucker, at Oar
ington.
Mrs. A. r. Kudel, of Allegheny, Pa, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Emmord, at Mag
nolia.
Mrs. John A. Webster, Mrs T. L. Patterson,
Miss Elsie Rice and Miss Mabel Patterson are
visiting Miss Susie A. Webster at Mount
Adams, near Creswell
Abingdon Personals. Edith, Emma
and Helen Spencer, of Baltimore. are spend
ing q week at Mrs Walter Harward's. Mrs.
Maggie, of Baltimore, is also spending the sum
mer at the same place. Misses Nellie ard Nina
Wilson aud Judson Nelson, of Carroll county,
are guests of their grandmother, Mrs Maria l..
Sewell. Miss Maggie Bateman, of Baltimore,
is visiting her friend, Mrs. Eltonhead. Mr..
Robert Baker, of New York, who spent his two
weeks vacation with Mrs Pomeroy returned
TO duty on Monday.
Mr.. Joseph Jones, of the Cedars. Dublin
district, is seriously i'll. His death is daily
expected