At the meeting of the Trustees in June, 1856, Dr. Smith tendered his resignation as President of the College. The Board refused to accept the resignation, only two voting to receive it. This year the first catalogue, as printed, comes to us. Others had been printed, but no copies preserved. Of the original charter members of the Board all had died or retired but John Early, William A. Smith, Mathew M. Dance and John G. Claiborne. All the original members of the Faculty had resigned. Students in College, 93; in Preparatory School, 36--total, 129. We have no mention of the several Preparatory schools in North Carolina. Thos. A. Gatch, A. B., was Principal of the Home School. [Illustration: W. T. BAILEY, _Killed at Gettysburg; buried on the field._] A resolution was adopted by the Board asking the Legislature to establish a school of "military tactics" in connection with the College, but nothing ever came of it. In January, 1856, a most remarkable fall of snow occurred, with a temperature of ten degrees below zero. The snow was fifteen inches deep. In June, 1856, the following received degrees: A. B. W. T. BAILEY, Va. GREEN A. JACKSON, Va. THOMAS L. JACKSON, Va. WILLIAM T. MERRITT, Va. JOHN P. FULLER, N. C. A. M. JAMES E. SEBRELL, Va. WILLIAM A. BRAME, Va. JAMES D. PROCTOR, Va. COLLEGE YEAR 1856-'57. The changes in the Faculty this year were the resignation of Assistant Professor Samuel Lander, whose place was not filled, and the substitution of Charles W. Crawley, Principal of the Preparatory School for Thomas A. Gatch, resigned. In June, 1857, Professor Charles B. Stuart resigned the Chair of Chemistry and Geology, and Professor N. T. Lupton succeeded him. Professor O. H. P. Corprew at same time resigned the Chair of Ancient Languages, and Professor William B. Carr succeeded him. The degrees conferred June, 1857, were-- A. B. GEORGE W. ARMISTEAD, Va. WILLIAM I. COWLES, Va. RICHARD W. JONES, Va. JOSEPH E. LEIGH, Va. EDWIN G. MOORE, N. C. WILBUR F. DAVIS, N. C. JOHN B. WILLIAMS, N. C. WILLIAM W. PENNY, Mo. WILLIAM A. SHEPARD, Mass. A. M. WILLIAM G. CONNOR, Tenn. L. O. RIVES, Tenn. GARLAND B. HANES, Va. THAD. L. H. YOUNG, Va. JESSE P. BAGBY, N. C. ADOLPHUS W. MANGUM, N. C. SAMUEL MOORE, Va. THOMAS C. ELDER, Va. THOMAS C. THACKSTON, Va. WILLIAM H. CHEEK, N. C. Number of students during the session, 144, including those at the Preparatory School (34). The worst blizzard ever known in Virginia occurred in January, 1857; thermometer ten degrees below zero. Some suffering in the College for want of fuel. COLLEGE YEAR 1857-'58. This year was reasonably prosperous. Some dissatisfaction was expressed in the president's annual report on account of salaries. [Illustration: RICHARD W. JONES, A. M., LL. D., _Major C. S. A.; President Mississippi Industrial Institute; Professor Mississippi University and Randolph-Macon College._]