1854-55 - Brock Historical Museum of Greensboro College

CATALOGUE
OF
GREENSBOROUGH FEMALE COLLEGE,
FOR THE
COLLEGIATE YEAR,
1854-’55
Printed at the Patriot Office, Greensboro’ N.C.

GREENSBORO’ FEMALE COLLEGE. 3
BOARD of TRUSTEES
GEO. C. MENDENHALL ESQ. PRESIDENT, Guilford, N.C.
LYNDON SWAIM ESQ. SECRETARY Greensboro',
CYRUS P. MENDENHALL EsQ., TREASURER,
REV. JAMES REID,
PETER DOUB,
ROBERT J. CARSON,
WILLIAM CARTER
THOMAS S. CAMPBELL
ROBERT 0. BURTON
IRA T. WYCHE
DAVID B. NICHOLSON
JOHN TILLET,
WILLIAM CLOSS
WILLIAM BARRINGER,
JAMES JAMIESON
CHARLES F. DEEMS
N. H. D. WILSON
W. H. JORDAN,
North Carolina Conference.
DR. JAMES E. WILLIAMSON,
ROBERT K. SMITH
Caswell
Chatham
N.C.
SOLOMON G. WARD Warren,
MAJ. GEORGE WILSON Pittsylvania Va.
E. W. OGBURN, ESQ. Greensboro', N.C.
JOHN A GILMER EsQ.,
PETER ADAMS ESQ.
JAMES El. GARRETT, ESQ.
WILSON S. HILL ESQ.,
JOHN W. THOMAS EsQ., Davidson
HON. THOMAS SETTLE, Rockingham

4 GREENSBORO' FEMALE COLLEGE
FACULTY
REV. TURNER M. JONES A. M. PRESIDENT
And Professor of Belles Lettres and Natural Science.
WILLIAM K. BLAKE A. M.
Professor of Mathematics and Ancient Languages.
M. EUGENE P. RAILLARD, (OF PARIS
Professor of the French Language and Penmanship
THEO. F. WOLLE EsQ.,
Professor of Music.
MISS NANNIE T. SPEED,
MISS LUCY McGEE,
Assistants in the Literary Department
MlSS AUGUSTA M. HAGEN
MISS CAROLINE A. BLAKE,
Assistants in the MUSIC Department
MISS SALLIE DUTY,
Teacher on Guitar.
MR. W. C. A. FRERICHS
Professor of Drawing and Painting.
THOMAS C. BLAKE ESQ., STEWARD.
MRS. T. C. BLAKE, STEWARDESS

GREENSBORO' FEMALE COLLEGE. 5
Graduates
NAMES. RESIDENCE
1848 Miss Sallie Ballou, Halifax, Va
Henrietta Crump, Stanley.
Laura A. Crump, Norfolk, Va.
Elizabeth M. Jones
Nannie E. Morris
Chowan
Pittsylvania, Va.
Sarah E. Smith Chatham
1849 Sarah Clement. Mocksville
Hettie Dorsey,
Matilda Hill,
Greensboro'.
Margaret J. Perry, Perquimons.
Mary E. Townsend, Bennettsville, S. C.
Epsie Woollen,
1850 Jane M. Brandon,
Greensboro',
Margaret E. Campbell Iredell,
Sarah R. Frost Davie.
Elizabeth Field, Greensboro'.
Eugenia Hooker, Hillsboro'
Mary A. Howlett Greensboro'.
Julia Hill,
Susan E. Lindsay,
Mary Newby Perquimons.
Elizabeth Petteway Halifax
Mary V. Swaim Greensboro'.
Virginia Speed, Granville
Fannie M. Southall, Murfreesboro’
Isabella S. Wiley Guilford.
1851- Francinia A. Anglin, Patrick, Va.
Sarah E. Brent, Rockingham
Mary E. Beall: Davidson
Mary J. Brown. Hillsboro’
Martha Clement. Mocksville
Harriet W. Cole Greensboro'.
Margaret A. Clement, Mocksville
Mary C. Doak Greensboro’
Mary E. Drake. Asheboro

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GREENSBORO' FEMALE COLLEGE
NAMES
RESIDENCE
EMMA A. Haines, Davie.
Agnes E. Peebles, Lexington.
Maria C. Reid, Caswell.
Parthenia E. Robbins, Randolph.
Henrietta. M. Sweaney, South Lowell.
Mary Elizabeth Seymour Mecklenburg Va.
Juliet E. Turner, Henderson.
Margaret J. Tucker, Iredell
Mary P. Watkins
Bettie H. West,
Anson,
Mecklenburg Va.
1852 Lucy E. Biggs Williamston
Fannie M. Bishop, Patrick Va.
Catharine S. Blake Fayetteville
Mary J. Clement, Mocksville
Susan E. Satterfield Roxboro'
Anna J. Slade, Williamston.
Nannie T. Speed Granville
1853 Caroline A. Hake, Fayetteville.
Annie A. Chandler,
Octavia R. Chandler,
Granville.
Mary M. Doub,
Raleigh.
Sallie Duty: Oxford
Mary W. Ezell, Jackson.
Lucy McGee, Pittsborough
Sarah L. Gwynn Jonesville
Catharine W. Mayfield Warren
JuIia F. Morphis Fayetteville
Margaret G. Nixon Davidson
Mary E. Rich, Davie
1854- Mary A. Adams
Mary E. Carter,
Greensboro'.
Julia M. Chipman
Guilford
Margaret I. Kirkpatrick Mecklenburg
CorneIia M. Locket, Halifax, Va.
Elizabeth Mayhew New Berne
Sarah C. Noye, Greene.
Jane A. Puryear Yadkin
Eliza Sears Greensboro'.

GREENSBORO’ FEMALE COLLEGE. 7
Resident Graduates
NAMES RESIDENCE.
Miss Mary A. Adams, Greensboro’.
Kate S. Blake, Fayetteville.
Harriet W. Cole, Greensboro’.
Senior Class
NAMES RESIDENCE
Bliss Nannie Ophelia Brame Mecklenburg, Va.
Harriet Ellen Harllee Marlboro’ Dis. S.C.
Elizabeth Ann Howland Beaufort.
Oscia Ella Joyner, Franklin.
Bettie Johnston, Caswell.
Temperance Elizabeth Neely, Mocksville
Bettie Foster Sanders, Wythe, Va.
Annis Melissa Speer, Yadkin.
Elizabeth Rosa Thackston, Farmville, Va.
Lavinia Josephine Watt,, Pittsborough.
Martha Virginia Williams Nottoway Va,

8 GREENSBORO' FEMALE COLLEGE.
Junior Class
NAMES. RESIDENCE.
Miss Susan Amanda Alexander, Gaston.
Mary Rebecca Anderson, Forsythe
Fannie Jane Blake, Fayetteville.
Annie Apphia Bennett, Guilford
Sarah Leigh Hampton, Davidson.
Martha Elvira Horney, Franklinsville
Martha Ann Kirkpatrick,
Mary Taylor Roscinda Lee
Mecklenburg.
Fannie Lloyd, Brunswick.
'Mary Louisa Long, Plymouth.
Virginia Harrison Moody, Mecklenburg, Va.
Ellen Eliza Morphis, Fayetteville
Meeky Ann Rebecca Neely, Mocksville.
Mary Fannie Ogburn Greensboro'.
Sarah Priscilla Price, Washington, Va.
Ellen Ann Robinson,
Ann Elizabeth Simmons,
Richmond.
New Berne.
Bettie Utopia Smith,
Mary Ann Smith,
Anson
William Ann Staten Tarborough.
Mary Ann Stanford Orange.
Martha Moore Sweany Greensborough.

GREENSBORO' FEMALE COLLEGE. 9
Sophomore Class
NAMES. RESIDENCE.
Miss Sarah Jane Adams, Greensboro'.
Mary Ann Alston, Randolph.
Ann Eliza Blake, Leon, Fla.
Ellen Eliza Branch, Halifax.
Lucy Claiborne Britton, Halifax, Va.
Apphia Davis Brooks, Chatham.
Susan Ella Chambers, Stokes.
Martha Jane Cole, Greensboro'
Amanda Annie Evans, Yanceyville
Ariadna Valena Gordon, Hertford
Julia Rowan Green, Greensboro'.
Virginia Mehetable Gregory, Washington
Celestia Armenia Gunn Yanceyville
Harriet Eliza Hill, Greensboro'.
Elizabeth Jones,
Flora Jones,
Cumberland.
Mary Elizabeth Jones, Person.
Eloisa Virginia Jordan, Gates.
Lina Dillard Joyner,
Amanda Vernon Equitoria Lee
Franklin.
Mecklenburg
Lucy Ellen Makepeace, Randolph.
Mary Elizabeth Miller Shelby.
Sallie Ann Norfleet, Crates:
Caroline Elizabeth Oliver, Halifax, Va.
Elizabeth Frances Pearce, Greensboro'.
Catharine Jane Venable Redd, Lunenburg, Va.
Fannie Gozeal Rhodes,
Mary Ann Rhodes,
Greensboro'
Kate Eliza Smith,
Mary Ann Smith,
Anson.
Plymouth
Margaret Spratt, Mecklenburg
Sophia Eliza Spruill, Roanoke Island.
Laura Loduskia Thomas, Greensboro'.
Eudora Ann Williamson, Caswell.
Virginia Winstead Person.
Bettie Amelia Yeargin,
Pittsboro’

10 GREENSBORO’ FEMALE COLLEGE.
First Class
NAMES. RESIDENCE.
Miss Margaret Ellen Adams Halifax, Va.
Harriet Delia Alexander, Mecklenburg
Martha Jane Barringer, Montgomery.
Eugenia Harriet Bumpass Greensboro'.
Martha Jane Brown
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Chatham.
Susan Richard Burks,
Ellen Eustace Burks,
Rockbridge, Va.
Minerva Adelaide Burnett
Bettie Jane Bynum,
Chatham.
Eliza Cook, Fayetteville.
Celia Ann Dismukes, Chatham.
Ella Eugenia Eldridge, Halifax, Va.
Sarah Jane Ellington, Chatham.
Susan Victoria Forbes, Pitt.
Kate Fontaine
Henry, Va.
Mary Freeman,
Edgecornbe.
Phebe Clark Haley
Pittsylvania Va.
Permelia Charlie Harris,
Chatham.
Nannie Letitia Hendrix, Guilford.
Zilphia Edwards Hill,
Greensboro’
Martha Jane Hooper,
Caswell.
Leah Simmons Koonce, Montgomery, Ala.
Fannie Alston Langdon, Beaufort.
Sophronia Ann Lindsay, Anson.
Anna Williamson Lyle, Henry, Va.
Sarah Elizabeth Maultsby Bladen.
Anna Susan Miller, Prince Edward, Va.'
Margaret McNeil Richmond.
Louisa Mitchell Mobile, Ala.
Mary Virginia Peters, Prince Edward, Va.
Mary Susan Redd, Charlotte,
Nannie Miller Redd,
Mary Milly Robinson, Richmond.
Virginia Harrison Shines, Sumpter, Ala.
Ann Eliza Smith, Anson.

GREENSBORO' FEMALE COLLEGE. 11
NAMES. RESIDENCE.
Miss Caroline America Tatum, Guilford.
Frances Tucker,
Pattie West,
Halifax, Va.
Martha Caroline Winbourne Greensboro'.
Caroline Winstead, Person.
Mary Maria Woollen Greensboro'.
Mary Prances Woolley, Montgomery.
Summary
Resident Graduates, 3
Seniors, 11
Juniors, 22
Sophomores, 36
First Class, 43
Total 115

12 GREENSBORO’ FEMALE COLLEGE.
The continued prosperity of this Institution of learning is truly
gratifying to the friends of Female Education. The Board of Trus-
tees and Faculty are happy to express their grateful sense of the ap-
preciation of their labors, and are greatly encouraged to persevere in
their efforts to establish an Institution in which females may enjoy
every facility for a thorough, practical and an accomplished education.
The scholastic year for 1855-’56 will commence on the last Thurs-
day in July. The classes are then formed and it is exceedingly
desirable that pupils should enter at this time, as the delay of a few
weeks may retard their advancement materially.
Parents having daughters preparing for College, will do well to see
that they are thoroughly trained in Spelling, Reading, Writing,
Geography and Arithmetic. Time spent upon the more advanced
studies is frequently almost lost, as the course of instruction is such
in the Institution, that in most cases they must be reviewed, and in
many studied over altogether. We earnestly solicit teachers of Pre-
paratory schools to devote very particular attention to the above men-
tioned studies.
DISCIPLINE
Each pupil is expected to be present at every recitation, and to ob-
serve every ruIe of the school. Perfect punctuality and perfect pro-
priety of deportment, form the standard which the pupil is expected
to strive to attain. There is no system ofespionage maintained. Tri-
weekly, each pupil makes a report of her own delinquencies, to her
Section Teacher, and a record of these reports is preserved. They
are thus thrown upon their honor. At the same time every effort is
made to cultivate in them principles of candor and veracity, and to
develop in them the power of self-government.
RESIDENT GRADUATES
Those young ladies mho have received a diploma from this College,
and mho retain or resume their connection with the Institution, in
any of its departments, are styled Resident Graduates. There are
several studies which may be profitably pursued by our graduates in
addition to the superior advantages offered in the department of the
fine arts.

GREENSBORO' FEMALE COLLEGE. 13
REPORTS
A Report of the scholarship, punctuality and deportment of each
pupil, is sent to her parent or guardian at the end of every seventh
week.
LITERARY SOCIETIES
Connected with the College are two Literary Societies, in which
the young ladies assemble weekly for mutual improvement, and en-
engage not only in extemporaneous debate, but also in essay writing.
Periodicals are edited by the young ladies and read at their regular
meetings. The Societies are furnished with valuable libraries, to-
gether with weekly and monthly Religious and Literary Periodicals
and Payers.
APPARATUS
The College is furnished with a valuable Chemical and Philosophi-
cal Apparatus, to which important additions have recently been made.
Lectures are delivered throughout the course accompanied with illus-
trative experiments, thus affording unusual facilities for acquiring a
practical knowledge of the branches studied.
DRESS.
To prevent unnecessary expense, and loss of time in devotion to
dress, a uniform has been adopted Mazarine blue worsted for win-
ter, and plain white Jaconet for summer. This uniform is perhaps
better provided at the Institution. Young ladies may bring with
them any plain clothing for ordinary wear. No jewelry is allowed to
be worn at any time.
THE SABBATH
Pupils are not permitted to visit each other on the Sabbath, and it
is most earnestly desired that none be brought to the Institution or
removed therefrom on this day. All the classes have weekly recita-
tions on subjects immediately connected with the Bible,
VISITS.
The young ladies boarding in College are permitted to receive vis-
its from no one but their nearest relatives, unless in the presence of
some member of the Faculty, nor are they permitted to visit families
in town unless their parents specially desire it, in which case the In-
stitution mill have no responsibility.
BOARD OF INSTRUCTION.
The large number of Instructors employed, enables the Teachers
to devote themselves wholly to their respective departments.

FIRST SESSION.
Analysis of English Grammar.
Arithmetic, Continued.
History of the United States
Physiology.
Orthography.
French
FIRST SESSION
Ancient Geography
Algebra, Commenced.
Smellie’s Philosophy.
Treasury of Knowledge Part II.
History of England.
French.
Latin, Commenced.
FIRST SESSION.
Algebra, Completed
Chemistry.
Natural Philosphy
History of Greece.
Latin, Continued.
French.
FIRST SESSION
Geometry, Completed
Moral Philosophy.
Constitution of the United States.
SECOND SESSION.
Geography, with use of Globes.
Arithmetic, Completed.
Botany.
Treasury of Knowledge, Part I.
Mythology
Orthography.
French
SECOND SESSION
Rhetoric.
Algebra Continued.
Book Keeping.
History of Prance.
Green's Analysis.
French
Latin, Continued
SECOND SESSION
Geometry.
Mental Philosophy.
Logic.
History of Rome
Latin, Continued.
French.
SECOND SESSION.
Mensuration and Trigonometry.
Evidences of Christianity.
Astronomy.

GREENSBORO’ FEMALE COLLEGE. 15
Exercises in English Composition and in Reading, through the
whole course. Candidates for the higher classes must be prepared
for examination upon the whole previous course
Diplomas will be given to such young ladies as may stand an
approved examination upon tho Studies of the regular course, and upon
one Ancient or Modern Language; provided, they shall have been
Members of this Institution for at least one scholastic year.
COLLEGE CHARGES PER SESSION OF 21 WEEKS
Board including furnished rooms, attendance, fuel, wash-
ing and lights,) with tuition in all the English branches, $70.00
Incidental tax for repairs, 1.00
Day scholars, for fuel, 2.00
EXTRAS
Music on Piano or Guitar, with use of instrument $22.50
Drawing, $5. Studies in Heads Crayon and Pastille $10. Oil
Painting $20. Ancient Languages $5. French, $10. Graduating
Fee, $5.
The regular fees to be paid one-half in advance the other half together
with bills for books, charges fur extra studies, ke., at the
close of the Session, or interest in all cases to be charged.
EXPENDITURES
Parents can deposit in the hands of the President of the College as
much money as they choose to have their daughters spend. Purchases
will be made by the teachers, and the directions of the parents
strictly followed, except where parents allow their daughters to open
accounts and then the Faculty will have no oversight and no responresponsibility
The pupils will not be allowed to purchase jewelry, costly
books, useless articles and expensive presents. Every practicable
method of reducing the expenses will be energetically prosecuted by
the Faculty. An important part of a young lady’s education is to
know how to use money. As much attention as possible will be given
to this department.
No deduction is made for absence, except in cases of illness.
Former
pupils returning after the opening of the Session, to be charged
for the whole Session, if carried through with their classes in other
cases, the pupil is charged from the first day of the month in which
she entered.

16 GREENSBORO’ FEMALE COLLEGE.
COMMENCEMENT
THE Annual Commencement is on the third Thursday in May.
The Examination of‘ the Classes begins at 8 1/2 o’clock in the morning
of the preceding Tuesday.
The Trustees and Faculty will gladly accept and highly appreciate
preciate any contribution of Books Minerals Fossils &c. to the Li-
Libraries and Cabinet connected with the College.
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