youth of denominations other than their own to the peculiar and distinctive views of the Presbyterian Church; and in conclusion on this head he adds, "It has been and shall be our care to use every means in our power to make them good men and good scholars; and if this be the case, I shall hear of their future character and usefulness with unfeigned satisfaction, under every name by which a real Protestant can be distinguished." THE AMERICAN WHIG AND CLIOSOPHIC SOCIETIES. A few years before Dr. Witherspoon's accession to the Presidency, and certainly as early as the years 1765 and 1766, two literary societies were organized in the College, under the names of the "Well-Meaning" and " Plain-Dealing" Clubs. In consequence of some difficulties arising between these two associations, they were both required to suspend their meetings and to disband their organizations. In the summer, however, of 1769, and doubtless with the consent of the College authorities, the adherents of the Plain-Dealing Club revived their association, under the name of the "American Whig Society;" and in June, 1770, the members of the Well-Meaning Club reorganized their association, and took the name of the "Cliosophic Society." Tracing its origin back to the Well-Meaning, the Cliosophic Society held its hundredth anniversary in June, 1865. Whereas the American Whig Society, not regarding itself as strictly a continuation of the Plain-Dealing, celebrated its centennial anniversary in June, 1869. As the histories of these Societies have been given to the public by Professors Giger and Cameron, with that fulness and general accuracy which preclude all occasion for saying anything further in regard to them, the writer of this work deems it unnecessary to add anything to what they have so well said respecting the Societies of which they were the chosen historians. The following-named gentlemen were members of the Faculty during Dr. Witherspoon's administration, from 1768 to 1794. John Witherspoon, D.D., LL.D., President, and, from 1769 to 1783, Professor of Divinity. John Blair, A.M., Professor of Divinity and Moral Philosophy from 1767 to 1769. William Churchill Houston, A. M., Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy from 1771 to 1783. Samuel Stanhope Smith, D.D., Professor of Moral Philosophy from 1779 to 1795; Professor of Divinity and Moral Philosophy from 1783 to 1795; Vice-President from 1786 to 1795. Ashbel Green, A.M., Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy from 1785 to 1787. Walter Minto, LL.D., Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy from 1787 to 1796. James Thompson, A.M., Tutor from 1762 to 1770. Joseph Periam, A.M., Tutor from 1765 to 1766, and from 1767 to 1769. Jonathan Edwards, A.M., Tutor from 1766 to 1769. Ebenezer Pemberton, A.M., Tutor from 1769 to 1769. William Churchill Houston, A.M., Tutor from 1769 to 1771. Tapping Reeve, A.M., Tutor from 1769 to 1770. Richard Devens, A.M., Tutor from 1770 to April, 1773; and again from Septem ber, 1773, to 1774. Samuel Stanhope Smith, A.M., Tutor from 1770 to 1773. James Grier, A.M., Tutor from 1773 to 1774. John Duffield, A.M., Tutor from 1773 to 1775. Lewis Feuilleteau Wilson, A.M., Tutor from 1774 to 1775. James Dunlap, A.M., Tutor from 1775 to 1777. John Springer, A.M., Tutor from 1775 to 1777. George Faitoute, A.M., Tutor from 1777 to 1777. From 1777 to 1781 there were no Tutors. The few students in College during this period were instructed solely by the President and Professors. James Riddle, A.M., Tutor from 1781 to 1783. Ashbel Green, A.B., Tutor from 1783 to 1785. Samuel Beach, A.B., Tutor from 1783 to 1785. Gilbert Tennent Snowden, A.M., Tutor from 1785 to 1787. John W. Vancleve, A.M., Tutor from 1787 to 1791. John Henderson Imlay, A.B., Tutor from 1787 to 1788. Samuel Harris, A.B., Tutor from 1788 to 1789. Silas Wood, A.M., Tutor from 1789 to 1794. John Nelson Abeel, A.M., Tutor from 1791 to 1793. Robert Finley, A.M., Tutor from 1793 to 1795. Most of the gentlemen named here as Tutors of the College became men of much note in the Church or State; and not a few of them attained to great distinction in their several professions. For further information respecting them the reader is referred to the Triennial Catalogue of the College, and to the Rev. Dr. Samuel Alexander's "Princeton College." Of those gentlemen who were Trustees of the College at the time Dr. Witherspoon was inaugurated as President, only two were members of the Board at the time of his death. These were Rev. Dr. John Rodgers, of New York City, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church there, and Dr. William Shippen, founder of the first medical school in Philadelphia. The following were chosen Trustees after Dr. Witherspoon's accession to the Presidency: viz., in 1768. William Livingston, Esq.; from 1776, ex officio President of the Board, being Governor of the State. 1769. Rev. John Blair, late Vice-President of the College. 1769. Rev. James Caldwell. 1770. Rev. Jeremiah Halsey. 1772. Rev. Dr. Robert Smith. 1772. Rev. Dr. Alexander McWhorter. 1772. Elias Boudinot, Esq. 1777. Rev. Dr. George Duffield. 1778. Rev. Azel Roe. 1778. Colonel John Bayard. 1778. Dr. Nathaniel Scudder. 1779. Rev. Dr. John Mason. 1779. Jonathan Bayard Smith, Esq. 1780. Rev. Dr. John Woodhull. 1781. Hon. Joseph Reed. 1781. Rev. James Boyd. 1782. Isaac Snowden. 1782. Rev. Jonathan Elmer. 1785. Dr. John Beatty. 1785. Rev. Wm. Mackay Tennent. 1785. Rev. Alexander Miller. 1787. William Paterson, Esq., to 1790, when he became ex officio President of the Board, being the Governor of the State. 1788. Rev. Andrew Hunter. 1790. Rev. Ashbel Green. 1790. Rev. James Francis Armstrong. 1791. Richard Stockton, Esq. 1793. Hon. William Paterson, re-elected. 1793. Rev. Jacob Van Artsdale. 1793. Joseph Bloomfield, Esq. Treasurers of the College during Dr. Witherspoon's administration: Jonathan Sergeant, Esq., Treasurer until 1777. Upon his decease a committee was appointed to settle with Mr. Sergeant's execu tors and to take charge of the funds. Wm. Churchill Houston, Esq., Treasurer from 1779 to 1783. Rev. Samuel Stanhope Smith, Treasurer from 1783 to 1786. Upon Dr. Smith's resignation, two gentlemen were chosen, one after the other, but both declined to act. It is therefore probable that Dr. Smith continued to discharge the duties of the Treasurer until the appointment of Mr. Isaac Snowden, Jr., Treasurer from 1788 to 1791. Mr. John Harrison, Treasurer from 1791 to 1794. The following statements respecting the course of study and the College charges are copied from the advertisements annexed to the charter and the laws, in a pamphlet published in 1794, the last year of Dr. Witherspoon's presidency. "The studies of the different classes are the following: "Freshman, Greek Testament, Sallust, Lucian, Cicero, and Mair's Introduction [to Latin Syntax]. "Sophomore, Xenophon, Cicero, Homer, Horace, Roman Antiquities, Geography, Arithmetick, English Grammar and Composition. “Junior, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Practical Geometry, Conic Sections, Natural Philosophy, English Grammar and Composition. “Senior, Natural and Moral Philosophy, Criticism, Chronology, Logick, and the Classicks.* "The ordinary expenses for each student are: At this time-1794-the Faculty was composed of the following-named persons: John Witherspoon, D.D., President. Samuel Stanhope Smith, D.D., Vice-President and Professor of Moral Philosophy. Walter Minto, LL.D., Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. Robert Finley, A.M., Tutor. Silas Wood, A.M., Tutor. All were, or became, eminent men. "Besides the authors above mentioned, the following are at present taught in the College:-Wettenhall's Greek Grammar; Ovid's Metamorphoses; Kennet's Roman Antiquities; Guthrie's Geography; Lowth's English Grammar; Simpson's Algebra; Bossut's Elements of Geometry, manuscript; Minto's Trigonometry, Practical Geometry, and Conic Sections, manuscript; Sherwin's Logarithms; Moore's Navigation; Helsham's Natural Philosophy; Nicholson's Natural Philosophy; Witherspoon's Moral Philosophy, Criticism, and Chronology, manuscript; and Duncan's Logic." APPENDIX TO THE CHAPTER ON DR. WITHERSPOON'S ADMINISTRATION. THE most perplexing matter in the report made in April, 1775, respecting the condition of the College funds, was the discrepancy between the statements of the committee and certain claims of the President. Dr. Witherspoon had received sundry moneys for the College, and had also incurred sundry expenses, for which he claimed a credit. Some of these the committee thought ought not to be allowed, as they had been incurred without authority from the Board, and, in the judgment of the committee, unnecessarily. The President and committee also differed as to the right of the President to expend, at his discretion, for the benefit of the College, the income from the fund given by Wm. Phillips, Esq., and his brothers, of Boston; and in settling the account the committee refused to allow the President the credits claimed by him for payments made from the interest of this fund. But upon the President's producing the following letter from Mr. Phillips, the Board yielded this point, and the President continued to dispose of the avails of this trust for College purposes. (The letter is taken from page 313 of the first volume of the Minutes of the Board): 66 NORWICH, March 9, 1776. "DEAR SIR,-Your esteemed favor of the 19th ult. I have before me, and I thank you for your affectionate expressions of regard for me in my ejected state. I have great cause for thankfulness that I am not imprisoned in Boston. "I do not recollect the particular directions I gave as to the disposal of the interest arising on the donation of my mother's [brothers'] and mine. You were the cause of obtaining it, from the confidence we had in you, as well as the affection for that Seminary. "It is my desire, and doubt not of my mother's [brothers'] that you personally bestow the interest of the above donation till you hear further from us, as you have the best opportunity of knowing the most proper objects; at the same time desire, when anything offers, either to lay out the capital in any article, or dispose of the |