COLLEGE YEAR 1859-'60.
This was the first year under the new system of instruction. At the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees, the committee on "The course of instruction and new system of government" reported very favorably on the results, and advised continuance of the same, with some modifications.
The Preparatory School was abolished this year, after an unsuccessful course generally, for about twenty-eight years. The number of students in attendance this year was: in College, 149; in Preparatory School, 16—total, 165.
[Illustration: B. W. ARNOLD, A. M., Professor of Vanderbilt University;
Member of the Virginia Legislature.]
Degrees conferred June, 1860, under new course: