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.]
In June, 1858, Prof. Lupton resigned the chair of Chemistry and Geology, which was subsequently supplied by the election of Prof. Bennett Puryear, of Richmond College.
Dr. W. A. Smith again tendered his resignation, for reasons personal to himself. At the urgent solicitation of the students, the Alumni Society, and the Board, he withdrew his resignation.
[Illustration: REV. RICHARD FERGUSON, Virginia; Adjutant Eighteenth
Va. Regiment.]
Degrees were conferred as follows: