John A. De Remer, A. M., Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, 1865-66. William C. Macy, A. M., Adjunct Professor of Greek, 1865-66. 167 Rev. Nathaniel G. Clarke, D. D., Logic, Rhetoric and English Literature, 1863-66. Timothy E. Wilcox, M. D., Assistant in Laboratory, 1863-64. William Wells, A. M., Ph. D., Modern Languages and Literature, 1865 Maurice Perkins, A. M., Analytical Chemistry, 1865 Charles A. Schaeffer, A. M., Ph. D., Assistant in Laboratory, 1865-66. Rev. Ransom B. Welch, D. D., Logic, Rhetoric and English Literature, 1866-77. Dean of Faculty, 1880 Died 1871. Nathan Hale, Acting Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy, 1869 Samuel B. Howe, A. M., Professor and Principal in Union School, 1869 Isaiah B. Price, C. E., A. M., Tutor of Mathematics and Adjunct Professor of Physics, 1875-77. Mathematics and Adjunct Professor of Physics, 1877. Died in 1884. Charles S. Halsey, A. M., Professor and Principal of Classical Institute, 1875 Lieutenant Clermont L. Best, U. S. A., Military Science, 1877-80. Rev. George Alexander, D. D., Logic and Rhetoric, 1877-83. Ferdinand J. Ballart, Assistant in Chemistry, 1877-78. Henry Coppeé, LL. D., English Philosophy, Literature and History, 1878-84. Hon. William A. Potter, A. M., Architecture and Decorative Art, 1878 -. Rev. Timothy Grenville Darling, D. D., Acting Professor of Mental Philosophy and Hebrew, 1879-80. Charles W. Vanderveer, Director of Gymnasium, 1879-. Major J. W. MacMurray, A. M., U. S. A., Military Science, 1880-83. James E. Benedict, A. M., Assistant in Zoology, 1879-82. Ira N. Hollis, U. S. N., Mechanical Engineering, 1881-84. Sidney G. Ashmore, A. M., Latın Languages and Literature, 1881 First Lieutenant Henry W. Hubbell, U. S. A., Military Science, 1883 Winfield S. Chaplin, Mathematics and Adjunct Professor of Physics, 1888-84. matics, 1883. Rev. Wm. E. Griffis, D. D., Acting Professor of Mental Science, 1883-84. Rev. Giles P. Hawley, Acting Professor of Rhetoric, Logic and Metaphysics, 1884 John Younglove, A. M., 1802-05. Gardiner Braman Perry, D. D., 1805-07. William McMurray, D. D., 1806-07. Noah M. Wells, 1808-10. Gideon Hawley, LL. D., 1809-10. Ebenezer A. Silliman, A. M., 1811-13. Tutors. 1 Benj. Blydenburgh Wisner, D. D., 1815-18. Isaac W. Jackson, LL. D., 1826-31. Charles H. Taylor, D. D., 1849-50. Mathe Elias Peissner, A. M., 1851-54. Charles S. Vedder, D. D., LL. D., 1851-52. 1 The Literary titles affixed to names were in many cases those afterward received. About half of the number became clergymen. Sidney A. Norton, Ph. D., Chemistry, 1857. Thos. R. Featherstonhaugh, Latin and His John A. DeRemer, A. M., 1855-65. David L. Millard, A. M., 1858. Wm. C. Macy, A. M., 1862-65. John Ide Snell, Mathematics, 1865-67. Charles F. Noble, A. M., Greek, 1867-69. Lewis E. Rockwell, A. M., Mathematics, 1868. Harrison E. Webster, A. M., Natural History and Physical Geography, 1869-73. Egbert C. Lawrence, A. M., Mathematics, 1870-73. tory, 1873-76. Isaiah B. Price, C. E., A. M., Mathematics and History, 1872-75. Chas. J. Golcock, Mathematics, 1875-77. Newton L. Reed, Tutor in English, 1880-81. * Including 32 Engineers, etc. Including 4 Post-graduates. +Including 29 Engineers, etc. # Including 34 Special students and 1 Resident graduate. Present Faculty of Union College. Hon. Judson S. Landon, President ad interim, Lecturer on the Constitution of United States and its History. John Foster, LL. D., Nott Professor (No. 8) of Natural Philosophy. Jonathan Fearson, A. M., Professor of Agriculture and Botany. Librarian. Henry Whitehorne, A. M., Nott Professor (No. 1) of Greek Language and Literature. William Wells, LL. D., Professor of Modern Languages and Literature. Maurice Perkins, A. M., M. D., Nott Professor (No. 3) of Analytic Chemistry. Curator of Museum. Cady Staley, A. M., C. E., Dean. Professor of Civil Engineering. Sidney G. Ashmore, A. M., Professor of Latin Language and Literature. Winfield S. Chaplin, Professor of Mechanics. Wendell Lamoroux, A. M., English Essays and Oratory. Rev. Giles P. Hawley, A. M., Acting Professor of Logic, Rhetoric and Metaphysics. First Lieutenant Henry W. Hubbell, Jr., 18th Artillery, U. S. A., Professor of Military Science and Tactics. Samuel B. Howe, A. M., Adjunct Nott Professor (No. 4). Principal of Union School and Superintendent of Schools of Schenectady. James Stoller, A. M., Tutor in Natural History. II. ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE. In 1833, an application made to the Legislature for the incorporation of a Medical College in the city of Albany was referred to the Regents for consideration, and led to a lengthy adverse report,' 1 Assem. Doc. 288, 1833. Students. 11 YEARS. Graduates, (C. E.) 24447 Number of students chiefly upon the grounds that the two existing medical colleges of the State were sufficient to meet all present demands for medical education, and that the true policy of the State was to bestow all its patronage upon these rather than to increase the number. In connection with this subject it was suggested, that the laws then in operation admitting licentiates from different medical institutions to practice, ought to be modified so as to require in all cases new examination when coming from other States, before admission to practice. It was thought that this would tend to prevent young men of this State from going to very cheap schools in neighboring States, and check the impositions upon the community by unqualified practitioners who held diplomas when unworthy of them. Such prohibitory laws existed in New Jersey and Massachusetts, and in Canada. A private school of medicine was begun in Albany in 1821 by Dr. Alden March, and lectures on anatomy were delivered to a class of fourteen students. In 1825 he became connected with the Vermont Academy of Medicine, and continued ten years. In 1830, he delivered a public lecture in Albany on the "Propriety of establishing a Medical College and Hospital in Albany," which was published and excited much interest. In 1831, James H. Armsby came to Albany as a student of Dr. March, and in 1835 became associated with him in his private school, as a teacher of Anatomy, while Dr. March confined his instruction to operative Surgery, and surgical Pathology. Dr. Armsby deliv. ered several public lectures in Troy and Albany, and in a course of lectures in 1837, he awakened much interest in behalf of a College, in which funds to considerable amount were collected for the purpose. On the 14th of April, 1838, a public meeting was held and active measures were taken to secure a charter. At a second meeting held the next month, it was reported that the use of the Lancaster School Building had been secured, and this was followed by an act of incorporation a few months afterward. The total amount raised for the establishment of the College, by the citizens and State appropriation, was $31,000. The large and valuable anatomical col 1 In September, 1838, before a charter had been obtained, the friends of this institution issued a "Circular of the Trustees and Faculty of the Albany Medical College." It contained a list of Trustees (the same afterward named in the act), a list of fifty Fellows of the College" (medical gentlemen mostly from the eastern part of the State, but six of them in New England), who were privileged to attend all regular meetings of the Faculty and examinations for a degree, and lections of Doctors March and Armsby were put in the College at the beginning, and increased from year to year. These efforts were unremitted, until the death of Dr. March in 1869, and of Dr. Armsby in 1875. (Historical Sketch of the Albany Medical College. From “Munsell's Hist. Coll. of Albany, 1867," continued down to 1876, page 16.) On the 16th of February, 1839, an act was passed incorporating the Albany Medical College, with power to hold an estate of $100,000. It was to be subject to the visitation of the Regents, and was authorized to send one delegate to the State Medical Society.' The College was established in a building on Eagle street, between Jay and Lancaster streets, which had been formerly occupied by the Lancasterian School, and this, with the addition of wings and other improvements, has since been in use. The sum of $5,000 a year for three years was appropriated May 25, 1841, to aid in these additions and improvements, and for the increase of Museum apparatus and library. The Trustees were required to admit one student free, from each of the First, Second, Third and Fourth Senate districts, on the nomination of the censors of the State Medical Society for these districts. A further grant of $1,000 a year for five years was made May 6, 1844. The quorum of Trustees was fixed at seven in 1845.* 3 No special events have marked the history of this institution, which has been uninterruptedly in operation from the beginning. "Board of Visitors," sixty-seven in number, who were entitled to the privilege of visiting at all times the Museum, Dissecting Rooms, etc., and of attending all public lectures. Of these visitors, twenty were men prominent in public life, and in the legal and clerical professions, the remainder being practicing physicians in various parts of the State. The Faculty announced was as follows: Ebenezer Emmons, M. D., Professor of Chemistry and Natural History. James H. Armsby, M. D., Professor of Anatomy and Physiology. David M. Reese, M. D., Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine. Alden March, M. D., Professor of Surgery. Henry Greene, M. D., Professor of Obstetrics and the Diseases of Women and Children. David M. McLachlan, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy. Amos Dean, Esq., Professor of Medical Jurisprudence. James H. Armsby, M. D., Dean of the Faculty. Chap. 26, Laws of 1839. this College. Senate Doc. 91. 'Chap. 221, Laws of 1841. 1841. Reports on the bill relative to the incorporation of Report on Memorial of Trustees. Assem. Doc. 56, 3 Chap. 279, Laws of 1844. Report on Petitions. Assem. Doc. 136, 1844. + Chap. 165, Laws of 1845. |