Trustee Minutes, July 17 1866

Title

Trustee Minutes, July 17 1866

Description

Transcribed Board of Trustees minutes from July 17, 1866. Attributes the low number of students in part to "the liberation of the slaves".

Date

July 17, 1866

Text

The general causes for the small number of students are doubtless these: 1, the scarcity of money throughout the country. 2, the necessity arising from the liberation of the slaves, for many of those who would otherwise be at College, to devote themselves, for the present at least, to the employments of the farm. 3, the withdrawment of so many from their preparatory studies into the military service. 4, as applying to our Preparatory Department
and to some extent to the College also, the unprecedented number of classical schools which have sprung up in every part of the country. An additional cause may be mentioned, inasmuch as it has come within our knowledge, that it has operated to some extent in preventing students from coming to the Institution, namely, the small number of Professors as compared with other Institutions.

Publisher

Davidson College

Language

English

Source

Alma