File #3480: "1892-1893 Catalog, Classes, Courses, Textbooks, V.U. History."

1892-1893 Catalog, Classes, Courses, Textbooks, V.U. History.

Indiana--History; Vincennes (Ind.)--History; College Publications

Pg. 24-25. Left page: DEPARTMENTS OF STUDY (classes offered): Bookkeeping and Business Forms, cont.; ENGLISH BRANCHES: Describes review classes in English Grammar, U. S. History, Arithmetic, Geography; for students who are advanced students or young teachers who need a review of common school subjects for teaching careers. TEXTBOOKS: Lists textbooks used at V.U. Right page: MISCELLANEOUS: VINCENNES UNIVERSITY HISTORY: Description of the land grant. Lists the first Board of Trustees: William Henry Harrison, John Gibson Sr., Waller Taylor, Henry Vanderburgh, John Badollet, Nathaniel Ewing, John Rice Jones, Jacob Kuykendall, Elias McNamee, Samuel Gwathney, John Johnson, Luke Decker, Francis Vigo, William Bullett, James Johnson, George Wallace, Jr., General Washington Johnston. Describes the charter, subjects, appointment of professors, establishment of a grammar school, powers, and organization of the university in 1806, with William Henry Harrison as president.

Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Library

1892-1893

Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Library

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