A catalogue of the officers and students of the University of Virginia

The Society holds its meetings at the close of the session. An orator
or an essayist is annually appointed by the Society from among its members,
and the oration or essay is delivered in the Public Hall, on the
Public Day. The orator for this year is Col. F. W. M. Holliday, of
Winchester, Va.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS.

The following Associations of Alumni have been formed for the purpose
of maintaining a close connection with the University, and of
furthering the cause of education and letters in harmony with the plan
and standard of the parent institution:

Albemarle, Va.—W. J. Robertson, President.
R. H. Carter, Vice Presidents.
W. W. Minor, Sr., Vice Presidents.
B. H. Macgruder, Vice Presidents.
R. T. W. Duke, Vice Presidents.
G. Perkins, Secretary and Treasurer.
S. V. Southall, Executive Committee.
J. M. White, Executive Committee.
W. O. English, Executive Committee.
T. S. Martin, Executive Committee.
J. M. McBryde, Executive Committee.
G. Perkins, Executive Committee.

St. Louis, Mo.—James O. Broadhead, President.
John Wickham, Vice President.
William C. Marshall, Treasurer.
L. C. P. Ellerbe, Secretary.

New York.—F. C. Rives, President.
J. Bolling, Secretary,

Alexandria, Va.—W. D. Stuart, President.
R. S. Stringfellow, 1st Vice President.
John S. Blackburn, 2nd Vice President.
K. Kemper, Secretary.
Linden Kent, Executive Committee.
George Mason, Executive Committee.
C. E. Stuart, Executive Committee.
S. C. Neale, Executive Committee.

Petersburg, Va.—Thomas Withers, M. D., President.
Col. Fletcher H. Archer, Vice President.
W. Gordon M`Cabe, Secretary and Treasurer.

Richmond, Va.—Col. John B. Young, President.
Col. H. P. Jones, 1st Vice President.
W. H. Haxall, 2nd Vice President.
R. E. Withers, 3rd Vice President.
Philip Haxall, Secretary.
W. B. Isaacs, Jr. Treasurer.
President ex-officio. Executive Committee.
H. D. Davidson, Executive Committee.
T. R. Joynes, Executive Committee.
S. H. Pulliam, Executive Committee.
J. P. Cocke, Executive Committee.

Lower Shenandoah Valley,
Winchester, Col. Thomas T. Fauntleroy, President.
A Magill Smith, Vice President.
Col. F. W. M. Holliday, Vice President.
Alexander R. Pendleton, Secretary.

Augusta County,
Staunton, &c. Hon. A. H. H. Stuart. President.
Wm. Frazier, 1st Vice President.
Dr. A. M. Fauntleroy, 2nd Vice President.
Major Marshall Hanger, 3d Vice President.
Captain Charles D. McCoy, Secretary.
Meade F. White, Treasurer.

Lynchburg, Va.—R. G. H. Kean, President.
Dr. Thomas L. Walker, Vice President.

New Orleans, La.—William M. Burwell, President.
T. M. Macon, Vice President.
J. H. Kennard, Secretary and Treasurer.

Maryland.—R. M. Venable, President,
C. Pembroke Thom, 1st Vice President.
J. M. Garnett, 2nd Vice President.
H. R. Noel, 3d Vice President.
W. R. Downman, 4th Vice President.
H. C. Turnbull, 5th Vice President.
M. R. Walter, Secretary and Treasurer.

Southwestern Va.
Abingdon,—Hon. John W. Johnston, President.
Hon. William Terry, Vice President.
Dr. Robert J. Preston, Vice President.
Dr. Harvey Black, Vice President.
Capt. John M. Preston, Vice President.
Prof. C. E. Vawter, Vice President.
M. R. Venable, Secretary and Treasurer.

Columbia, Tenn.—W. A Smith, M. D., President.
Hugh T Gordon, Secretary.
Watkins Fleming, Treasurer.

LITERARY SOCIETIES.

There are two Literary Societies (the "Washington Society" and the
"Jefferson Society,") of long standing connected with the University.
They meet weekly in their respective halls for the purpose of cultivating
debate and composition, and occasionally hold public exhibitions.

DISCIPLINE.

Morality and Religion are recognised as the foundation and indispensable
concomitants of education. The discipline is sedulously administered
with a view to confirm integrity and to maintain a sacred regard
for truth. Great efforts are made to surround the students with religious
influences; but experience has proved that the best way to effect this
result is to forbear the employment of coercion, and the attendance on
religious exercises is entirely voluntary. Prayers are held every morning
in the chapel, and divine service is performed on Sunday by a chaplain,
selected in turn from the principal religious denominations.

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

By means of a Young Men's Christian Association new-comers are
brought under good influences, and the energies of students willing to
engage in the active Christian enterprises of the neighborhood are called
into exercise.

FRIENDS OF TEMPERANCE.

The Friends of Temperance are represented by University Council,
No. 46, an association which has done good service in guarding young
men against dangerous excesses, and in promoting literary and moral
culture.

MONTHLY CIRCULAR.

At the end of every month a circular letter is addressed by the Chairman
of the Faculty to the parent or guardian of each student, in which
are stated his absences from lectures and examinations, and any other
irregularity of which he may have been guilty, together with such further
information as to the student's progress and conduct as may be deemed
proper to communicate. The object of such report being, on the one
hand, to incite the student to steady diligence, by eliciting the commendation
and encouragement of his friends, and, on the other, to restrain
him from idleness and disorder, or to urge him to amendment by their
admonition and advice, the usefulness of these circulars greatly depends
upon the prompt and judicious attention they receive from those to
whom they are addressed. Parents and guardians, therefore, cannot be
too earnest in communicating such advice or encouragement as the
monthly report may suggest.

UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS.

Eleven Scholarships, entitling the successful candidates at a competitive
examination to prosecute their studies for one session at the University
of Virginia without the payment of martriculation fees or tuition
fees, will be open to new-comers from all the States at the beginning of
the next academic year, (October 1st.) Of these eleven Scholarships five
are in the Academic Department, and two each in the departments of
Law, of Medicine, and of Industrial Chemistry, Civil and Mining Engineering
and Agriculture. The examination is uniform, and embraces
Latin, Greek, Mathematics, and English; and in order to secure positive
attainments the right is reserved to reject any papers that do not reach
the standard required for distinction at the Final Examination in Junior
Latin, Junior Greek, and Junior Mathematics, and do not show a competent
acquaintance with the grammatical and rhetorical structure of the
English language.

MILLER SCHOLARSHIP.

In addition to these scholarships there is one in the Agricultural Department,
the conditions of which have already been stated on page 41.

VIRGINIA STUDENTS.

Students from Virginia over eighteen years of age are admitted into
the Academic Schools on examination or certificate, under the late act
of the Legislature, and are not required to pay tuition fees therein.

The expenses of such students, exclusive of text-books, clothing, and
pocket money, will be—

For those who board, from	$250 to $281
For those who mess, from	$191 to $200—or less.

The examinations of Academic Students from Virginia, over eightteen
years of age, for admission under the late act of the Legislature,
will begin on the 26th day of September. The requirements of these
examinations for the different Academic Schools will be published after
the regular meeting of the Board of Visitors at the close of the session.

DONATIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

Under an act of the Legislature, entitled "A bill to encourage donations
to the University of Virginia, and to constitute the State of Virginia
the trustee thereof," "any person may deposit in the treasury of
this State, or bequeath money, stock, or public bonds of any kind, to be
so deposited, or grant, devise, or bequeath property, real or personal, to

be sold, and the proceeds to be so deposited, in sums not less than one
hundred dollars, which shall be invested in certificates of debt of the
State of Virginia, or the United States, or any other State thereof, for
the benefit of the University of Virginia; and in such case the interest
or dividend accruing on such stocks, certificates of debt or bonds, shall be
paid to the Rector and Visitors of the University, to be by them appropriated
to the general purposes thereof, unless some particular appropriation
shall have been desiginated by the donor or testator as hereinafter
provided.____________The State of Virginia is hereby constituted the
trustee for the safekeeping and due application of all funds which may
be deposited in the treasury in pursuance of this act."

The legal title of the University corporation is—

"The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia."

ENDOWMENT OF PROFESSORSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
THROUGH THE SOCIETY OF ALUMNI.

Under an act of the Legislature, entitled "A bill to incorporate the
Society of Alumni of the University of Virginia," this Society is authorized,
by its Executive Committee, or in such other way as it may direct,
"to raise the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, to be held in the
name of the `Society of Alumni of the University of Virginia,' to be
safely invested, and the net annual income therefrom to be applied to
the benefit of the University of Virginia." It is also empowered "to
employ agents to obtain endowments for scholarships and professorships,
to solicit donations, to dispose of anything of any value belonging to the
Society or entrusted to its management for the purpose of endowing
professorships or scholarships, or for accomplishing any of the other objects
of the Society authorized by its charter."

GYMNASIUM.

Mr. E. H. Squibb, of Brooklyn, N. Y., has presented to the University
the full equipment of a Gymnasium, for the use of which a suitable locality
has been provided; and a society, organized among the students for
the promotion of physical culture, under the name of the "Squibb Gymnasium
Association," has been in successful operation during the greater
part of the current session.

CABINET OF NATURAL HISTORY, &c.

In connexion with the Department of Natural History, a gentleman
from New York has recently made to the University the munificent gift of

$50,000, to be expended in the purchase of a Cabinet of Zoology, Geology,
and Mineralogy, and to provide a suitable building for the same.

The Cabinet is to be collected and prepared by Prof. Henry A. Ward,
of Rochester, N. Y.

The building and cabinet will be completed before the close of the
session 1876-77, and will be a most valuable addition to the means of
instruction in this Department.

DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY.

From March 1st, 1875, to March 15th, 1876.

Rear Admiral B. F. Sands, U. S. N.

Brig. Gen. A. A. Humphreys, Chief of
Engineers, U. S. A.

American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions in India.

Hon. John W. Johnston.

A. E. Whitaker, Librarian of Mercantile
Library Association, San Francisco.

Robert Clarke & Co., Cincinnati.

Society of Arts, London.

Twining Thomas, London.

Cobden Club, England.

W. S. Clark, President Massachusetts
Agricultural College.

Hon. James B. Sener.

B. F. Marshall Jr., Mobile.

William C. Thurman.

Hon. Wm. C. Fowler, LL. D.

Judge Robert W. Hughes.

J. G. Cabell, M. D.

Wm. Butterfield, Secretary of State of
New Hampshire.

Professor John B. Minor.

Government of Great Britain, 7 volumes of
the Publications of the Record Commission.

F.W. Putnam, Curator of Peabody Museum
of American Archaeology and Etheology.

Editors of Virginia University Magazine.

His Excellency The Governor General of
India.

Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C.

American Philosophical Society.

C. P. Patterson, Supt. U. S. Coast
Survey.

The Trustees of the Peabody Institute,
Baltimore.

Department of the Interior, Public Documents.

Surgeon General, U. S. A.

Commonwealth of Virginia, Grattan's Reports,
and other Public Documents.

Society of Alumni of the University of
Virginia.

Miss Mary Hill.

John Scott.

Wm. MacLeod, Curator of the Corcoran
Gallery of Art.

Col. Thomas Jefferson Randolph.

Professor J. H. C. Coffin, U. S. N.

State of South Carolina.

G. H. Stedwell.

Heller & Brightly.

Sir Antonio Brady, Kt., F. R. S., &c., &c.

Frederick Watts, Commissioner of Agriculture.

Harper & Brothers.

John H. Ingram, England.

Alva Curtis.

Charles Francis Adams.

Joseph Salyards.

Kosciusko Kemper.

Randolph & English.

A. R. Spofford, Librarian of Congress.

Smithsonian Institution.

His Excellency the Governor of North
Carolina.

James M. Baldwin.

Prof. Samuel Hart.

President Wm. F. Warren.

Wm. H. Ruffner, Supt. Public Instruction.

Hon. Hamilton Fish.

Benson J. Lossing, LL. D.

O. S. Baldwin, New York.

Major Green Peyton.

Virginia Institution for the Education of
the Deaf, Dumb and Blind.

Theophillus Sichler.

Thomas P. Janes, Commissioner of Agriculture
of the State of Georgia.

Henry M. Borlander, Supt. Public Instruction,
of the State of California.

Treasury Department, Washington, D. C.

J. W. S. Gouley, M. D.

Prof. James L. Cabell.

DONATIONS TO THE COLLECTIONS OF THE SCHOOLS OF GENERAL
AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY.

Prof. P. W. Bedford, College of Pharmacy of the City of New York: Rhizomes of
arrowroot from Bermuda.

New River Car Company, Quinnimont, W. Va.: Collection of iron ores, flux, pig
iron, &c., from Quinnimont.

G. R. Lockwood, Esq., University of Virginia: Artificial marble—St. Louis.

R. Mallet, Esq., London: Ancient iron spikes from railing of St. Paul's, London.

F. R. Mallet, Esq., Geological Survey of India: Series of specimens illustrating manufacture
of wootz steel.

Robert Henry, Esq., Fall River, Mass.: Sundry specimens illustrating special processes
of calico printing.

Messrs. J. L. & D. S. Riker, New York: Garancine of unusual excellence.

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