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Centre College Board Trustees Minutes (Vol. 2 - 1828) / July 17, 1828 7 o'clock
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Centre College Board Trustees Minutes (Vol. 2 - 1828)
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July 17, 1828 7 o'clock
Board met, present Messrs. John Green, Ephraim McDowell, James Barbour, William Miller, Charles Henderson, Michael G. Youce, David G. Cowan, Ephraim McDowell. Chairman pro tem, David G. Cowan; Secretary pro tem, Thomas Nichols.
James Bush & Joshua Fry Bell, members of the Senior class, recommended for the Degree of A.B.
Resolved that the President confer said degree on those young gentlemen.
Ordered that Doc. Blackburn be allowed $50 Commonwealth paper for the services of his black man as janitor of College for the last year.
Judge Mills took his seat.
Resolved that John Pope Trotter, A.B., receive the degree of M.A.
Resolved that the degree of Doctor of Divinity be conferred on the Rev. Jeremiah Chamberlain, President of the College of Louisiana and the Rev. Robert Hardin of Tennessee.
The Board then adjourned.