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Title: Report of March 25, 1798 [Containing Lists of Students, With Annotations Indicating Whether or Not Their Examinations Were Approved] : Electronic Edition.
Author: University of North Carolina (1793-1962). General Faculty
Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported the electronic publication of this title.
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Text encoded by Stephanie Adamson
First Edition, 2007
Size of electronic edition: ca. 52K
Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2007

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Languages used in the text: English
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2007-03-05, Stephanie Adamson finished TEI/XML encoding.
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Title of collection: Inventory of the Office of the Registrar of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, Student Records and Faculty Reports (#40131), University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Report of March 25, 1798 [Containing Lists of Students, With Annotations Indicating Whether or Not Their Examinations Were Approved]
Author: [University of North Carolina (1793-1962). General Faculty]
Description: 4 pages, 4 page images
Note: Call number 40131 (University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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Report of March 25, 1798 [Containing Lists of Students, With Annotations Indicating Whether or Not Their Examinations Were Approved]
University of North Carolina (1793-1962). General Faculty



Page [13]
Journal of Examination
March 25. 1798.
The Faculty resolved that a Journal of Examination should be kept.
The quarterly examination commenced on Monday the 2nd of April & continued from day to day untill the 5th.


April 6. 1798
The Faculty met to make up a report. Present Messrs. Gillaspie, Caldwell , Holmes, Richards & Webb , who determined as follows
1 In the Class in Nat. Philosophy consisting of
x Messrs. Murphey is approved & distinguished
x Phifer approved & distinguished.
x Crawford approved.
x Dickson approved
x Sneed approved
x Webb approved
x Flinn approved & distinguished
2 Class. Euclid & Trigonometry
x Cherry is approved & distinguished
x Williams approved & distinguished
x John Somerville approved
x Davd Gillespie approved
x Richd Henderson approved
x Ja. Somerville approved
x Marr. approved & distinguished

Page [14]
3 Class. Algebra
as above.
4 Class. Vulgar & Decl. Fractions.
as above.
5 Class. Geography.
x Croon Alston approved
x Amis approved & distinguished
x Wm. Baker approved
x Mar. Baker approved
x Jer. Battle disapproved
x Joel Battle disapproved
x Bennehan approved
x Branch approved
x Edmd Brodie passable only
x Geo Clarke approved & distinguished
x Wm Clark approved
x Craig approved
x Dancey approved & distinguished
x Goode approved
x Haskins disapproved
x John Hilliard necessarily absent
Hostler approved
x Nath. Hunt approved & distinguished
x John King approved
Thos King absent on account of sickness
x Lewis approved
x Lytle approved
x Mason approved
x McCauley absent
Sawyer approved
Sherrod approved & distinguished
Shuller approved
Sumner approved
Whitaker approved
Young approved.

Page [15]
6 Class. Virgil
Kinchen approved
x Tho Benton approved
Blakely approved & distinguished
Turner approved & distinguished
Jones approved
x Toomer approved & distinguished
x Ad. Osborn. approved.
7. Class. Arithmetic.
x Amis approved & distinguished
Turner do — do
Kinchen do
Hostler do
Jones do
Craig do
x Dancy do — do
Geo Clarke do — do
In the Preparatory School.
Distinguished
8 Class John Wynn on Cœsar
9 Richard Henderson, Pleasant Henderson & John London on Cornelius Nepos
10 Richard Caswell & William Larkins on English Reading
11 Anthony Foster on English Reading & Spelling
x 12 Spruce Osborn & David Outlaw on Corderii
13 Richard Caswell, David Outlaw, & Peyton Devane on Latin Grammar
14 William Martin & Jacob Leonard on Arithmetic

Page [16]
15 Class Allen Gilchrist & Wm Williams on Telemachus & Gil Blas.
16 Richard Henderson, Pleasant Henderson & John London on French Grammar
17 Allen Gilchrist, John London & Thos Blount on English Reading.
18 Thos Blount on Cyrus's Travels
19 David Nunn on English Grammar
20 John Blount on Reading.
Disapproved.
Jesse Benton on Fables
Howel Ridley & Ben. Edmonds on French Gramr.
Jesse Benton & Sam. Swann on English Reading.