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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 edition. Excerpt: ...in the year 1822. Still no active measures seem to have been taken towards effecting the object, until sometime in the next year, 1823. As it had been put in operation, at first, by Bishop Smith's bringing his private academy into its building, and had once been revived by Dr. Buist's doing the same thing, a similar plan was now naturally thought of. To this end, a negotiation was entered into during the latter part of the year 1823, between the trustees and the Rev. John Dickson, the Rev. Mr. Gilbert and William E. Bailey, Esq.; each of' whom had a flourishing private school or academy in the city. The result of this negotiation was, an agreement that those gentlemen should transfer their schools to the college buildings, and commence operations on the first of January, 1824. To inspire confidence in the plan, Dr. Bowen was elected the principal on the 23d of December, 1823; with the understanding, that he was to give his advice and aid in organizing the institution, but that hejwas to take no active part in the instruction, and was tr; be only a locum tenens, until a competent head of the institution could be 0 tained. Accordingly an overture was made to accept the ofiice, to the Rev. Jasper Adams, then professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in Brown University, Providence, R. I. It was represented to this gentleman, (December 12th, 1823, ) "that there was a college in Charleston, which had been incorporated during many years, and that the board of trustees had always consisted of a portion of the most respectable inhabitants of the city." It was further stated in the same communication, --" its endowment from the State, however, was small; and by bad management has become reduced to...