From 1866 to 1876 the average number of matriculations was one hundred and fifty-five; gross annual income, six thousand dollars; losses, three hundred and forty dollars; gratuitous tuition, six hundred and twenty; for the whole time, deaths, four; expulsions, four; conversions, three hundred and thirty-two.
From 1859 to 1887 inclusive, there have been 340 graduates including three ladies. Of these there are 53 lawyers, 20 physicians, 34 preachers, 70 teachers and professors in colleges, 12 journalists, and the rest farmers and merchants.
Of Trinity’s Alumni, 5 have become judges, 7 solicitors, 11 either presidents or professors of leading colleges, 49 have been members of the Legislature of the different States and Territories. Quite a number of them have been in Congress from 2 to 8 years.
The honorary degree of Master of Arts has been conferred upon 17 persons, Doctor of Divinity upon 22, and Doctor of Laws upon 3.
The Professors have been as follows:
| [2] |  | L. Johnson, A. M., 1859-1884. |
| I. L. Wright, A. M., 1859-1865. | ||
| W. T. Gannaway, A. M., 1859 to the present. | ||
| O. W. Carr, A. M., 1868-1877. | ||
| Rev. Peter Doub, D. D. 1866-1870. | ||
| W. C. Doub, A. M., 1867-1873. | ||
| J. W. Young, 1864-1865. | ||
| Rev. W. H. Pegram, A. M., 1875, to the present. | ||
| C. P. Frazier, A. M., 1878-1879. | ||
| J. D. Hodges, A. M., 1879-1882. | ||
| Rev. J. F. Heitman, A. M., 1883 to the present. | ||
| H. H. Williams, A. M., 1884-1885. | ||
| J. M. Bandy, A. M., 1884 to present. | ||
| A. W. Long, A. B., 1884-1887. | ||
| N. C. English, A. M., 1884, to present. | ||
| J. L. Armstrong, 1887, to present. |
[1] The facts here given, it must be kept in mind, are for the period beginning with 1859.
[2] Johnson and Wright were Professors 4 years in Normal College and Gannaway 2 years.
On the 7th of November, 1882, Rev. B. Craven, D. D., LL. D., the honored President and founder of the institution, died, and Prof. W. H. Pegram was appointed chairman of the Faculty till the Board of Trustees could meet and elect a President but it was deemed advisable by the Board to continue that arrangement until the close of the scholastic year.
At the Commencement in June, 1883, Rev. Marcus L. Wood, A. M., D. D., a graduate of Trinity of the class of ’55, was chosen President, who assumed the duties of this position on the 5th day of Sept., of the same year, and all fears that the College would not survive the death of its great founder passed away. President Wood was assisted by four Professors, who did all in their power to promote the interests of the College. At the meeting of the Conference, 1884, President Wood resigned and Rev. John F. Heitman was appointed chairman of the Faculty, under whose administration the financial as well as other features of the College were greatly improved. This period marks an epoch in the history of Trinity College. At the same time that Professor Heitman was appointed chairman of the Faculty, H. H. Williams, J. M. Bandy, N. C. English and A. W. Long were elected Professors. The chairman with his corps of instructors infused new life into the College, which has resulted in rapid growth and development.