PRINTED BY CHAS. H. WYNNE, _150 Main Street, Richmond Va._ ----------------------- The following degrees were conferred June, 1852: A. B. ROWLAND DOGGETT, Va. ROBERT A. JACKSON, Va. SAMUEL LANDER, N. C. ROBERT M. MALLORY, Va. BENJAMIN W. OGBURN, Va. JOHN F. OGBURN, Va. HORACE PALMER, Jr., Va. RUFUS R. PEGUES, S. C. HENRY H. WILLIAMS, Va. JOHN WILLIAMS, N. C. A. M. JAMES W. JACKSON, Va. JAMES A. DUNCAN, Va. R.S.F. PEETE, N. C. WILLIAM G. FOOTE, Miss. COLLEGE SESSION 1852-'53. At the annual meeting, June, 1853, the report of the President and Faculty was duly made, but, from some cause, it was not recorded. [Illustration: SAMUEL LANDER, D. D., _President Williamston Female College, South Carolina._] The following degrees were conferred: A. B. CHARLES H. HALL, N. C. JOHN S. JACKSON, Va. EMBRY MERRITT, Va. HENRY D. MILAM, N. C. JAMES D. PROCTOR, Va. JAMES E. SEBRELL, Va. RICHARD W. THURMAN, Va. JAMES SANGSTER, Va. A. M. E. W. ADAMS, Va. JOHN H. CLAIBORNE, Va. RICHARD W. LEIGH, Va. EDWIN E. PARHAM, Va. GEORGE HOWARD, Va. LEWIS MILLER, N. C. ROBERT H. WINFIELD, Va. Rev. JOHN E. EDWARDS, Va. (Honorary). D. D. Rev. HEZEKIAH G. LEIGH, North Carolina Conference. Rev. CHARLES F. DEEMS, North Carolina Conference. [Illustration: REV. CHAS. H. HALL, _Of the Virginia Conference._] COLLEGE YEAR 1853-'54. There were in attendance this year 111 students in College and 43 in the Preparatory School. Great gratification was expressed on account of the good order of the session. The financial condition, however, was still very embarrassing. The scholarships sold had added something to the endowment fund, but the number of students paying tuition fees was reduced, and thus the current receipts were not increased. This embarrassed the officers of the College, because, while they preferred to remain, higher salaries elsewhere invited them away. The President stated that he visited the Virginia Legislature and made strenuous efforts to induce the body to pass an act which would give all incorporated Colleges $20,000 in State bonds for every $30,000 invested by them in State bonds. Though the project seemed to meet with great favor, nevertheless it failed, as all efforts to get the State to aid denominational colleges have done. Dr. Smith adds: "But if the hope of succeeding with this scheme be not sufficient to justify you in making better provision for your officers, and another should not present itself to your minds affording better grounds of hope for success, it is respectfully submitted whether it be not better to close your doors until such of the officers as you shall deem proper to employ shall succeed in raising from the public an endowment fund sufficient to meet the wants of the institution."