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sen to the office, who continued to preside over the University 

 until 181G, when he resigned. Dr. Finley, of New- Jersey, 

 was appointed his successor. This great and good man ap- 

 plied himself with indefatigable zeal to the advancement of 

 the College, and confidence was felt through the State, that it 

 would soon occupy a prominent stand among the literary in- 

 stitutions of the United States ; but the sudden and lamented 

 death of Dr. Finley for a time obscured the cheering prospect. 

 The Rev. N. S. S. Beman was selected to fill the vacancy oc- 

 casioned by the demise of Dr. Finley ; but this gentleman de- 

 clined serving. In 1819, the celebrated Dr. Moses Waddel, 

 whose name will long be remembered by the citizens of South 

 Carolina and Georgia, was elected President ; and under 

 whose administration the University succeeded, to an extent 

 beyond the most sanguine hopes of its friends. Dr. Waddel 

 resigned in 1829, when the present incumbent, Dr. Alonzo 

 Church, of Brattleborough, Vermont, and a graduate of Mid- 

 dlebury College, Vermont, was appointed to this distinguished 

 station. The character of Dr. Church is so favourably known 

 to the people of Georgia, that it is almost superfluous to say 

 any thing in relation to him. With a mind richly furnished 

 with the stores of learning — with manners proverbially capti- 

 vating — with uncommon kindness of disposition, and with the 

 prudence and firmness requisite to be possessed by those to 

 whom the people of Georgia commit the education of their 

 sons, at a period the most critical in the life of youth. Dr. 

 Church has every qualification for the exalted position which 

 he has so long filled. 



Associated with him are seven Professors, viz. 



James Jackson, A. M., Professor of Natural History and 

 Modern Languages; appointed in 1823. 



James P. Waddel, A. M., Professor of Ancient Languages, 

 a son of Dr. Moses Waddel ; appointed in 1836. 



Charles F. McCay, A. M., Professor of Mathematics, As- 

 tronomy, and Civil Engineering; appointed in 1837. 



John Le Conte, M. D., Professor of Natural Philosophy 

 and Chemistry; appointed in 1846. 



Hon. Joseph Henry Lumpkin, Professor of Law ; appoint- 

 ed in 1847. 



