On the first ballot Professor William Arthur Shepard, of the Southern Female College of Petersburg, was elected to the place. He was no stranger to the College, having served as Professor prior to the war, and having resigned his place to go into the service. Though a Northern man by birth, he threw his heart and energies into the Southern cause, and was so true and faithful that, after having been disabled for field service by wounds, he was promoted to be Major and Assistant Commissary. It would be safe to say that the College never had a warmer friend or a truer man in its service than he proved himself to be for over thirty years. He entered at once on the duties of his chair. At a meeting of the Board held in Baltimore, March, 1870, at the session of the Baltimore Conference, that Conference was requested to make an assessment to aid the College, on the same plan as that adopted by the Virginia Conference. This the Conference agreed to make. At the annual meeting, June, 1870, the President made the annual report, which gave the attendance as 110; total earnings from fees for the session, $5,040. A preparatory school was recommended to take charge of students unable to take College courses; recommended employment of assistants in the departments of Mathematics and Ancient Languages, particularly the latter, so that Prof. Price might initiate the School of English, as described in the Catalogue. Reference was made to the old trouble of financial embarrassment; also, to his efforts during the last summer's vacation to arouse interest in the College, which efforts he proposed to continue the coming summer as far as practicable. [Illustration: JAMES M. BARROW, A. M., _Superintendent of Public Schools, Columbus, Miss._] The Executive Committee reported that they had appointed as instructor in the Introductory Department, as authorized, Col. Henry W. Wingfield (A. M. Randolph-Macon College), at a salary not to exceed $800. The Finance Committee reported as follows: Liabilities, $26,475; assets (outside of College buildings and lots), $31,375. On some of the bills payable a discount of 12 per cent. had been charged. At this meeting Rev. W. E. Munsey, D. D., was elected Financial Secretary. This position Dr. Munsey declined to accept. Dr. William W. Bennett resigned the place of Agent, and Rev. George W. Nolley was elected in his place. [Illustration: CHARLES CARROLL, A. M. 1872. _Washington Hall Builder._] On the recommendation of the Faculty, the following degrees were conferred: Master of Arts, on James M. Barrow, of Virginia; Doctor of Divinity, on Rev. James W. Wightman, of Kentucky. Rev. David Thomas was appointed as Agent to attend to subscriptions and collections within the bounds of the Baltimore Conference. Richard Irby resigned the office of Treasurer, which he had held for two years, and William Willis, Jr., was elected in his stead. [Illustration: H. C. PAULETT, _One of the builders of Library Hall._]