File #3800: "1899-1900 Catalog, Financial Aid, Catalog Publication Changes, Foundation Day, V.U. History. Alumni, Publications."

1899-1900 Catalog, Financial Aid, Catalog Publication Changes, Foundation Day, V.U. History. Alumni, Publications.

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

Pg. 20-21. Left page: RULES GOVERNING CADET SCHOLARSHIPS, cont.: Lists rules, including availability for multiple years, no fees except music exercises, requirement of an examination or teacher's license, letters of recommendation, a cadet suit. THE CATALOGUE FOR 1900: Describes moving of publication to February, discontinuation of the Spring Announcement; catalogue to contain enrollment for previous calendar year instead of school year, to include an alumni directory. FOUNDATION DAY: Describes the founding day of the University, December 6, 1806. Right page: FOUNDATION DAY, cont.: Describes the first Board of Trustees, lists their names: 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 election of William Henry Harrison, President; General William Johnston, Secretary; describes setting aside December 6 as Foundation Day in 1897, the first Foundation Day and Alumni Banquet in 1898 at the Union Depot Hotel, hopes that it will continue in the future. PUBLICATIONS: Lists "The Vincennes, " published quarterly by the students.

Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Library

1899-1900

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