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be selected by the South Carolina Conference, and who are looking 

 to the work of the ministry. The committee suggest that all appli- 

 cants should be required to present to the Conference a recommen- 

 dation from a Quarterly Conference. Believing that a fund having 

 so important an object in view should be increased without delay, 

 they commend this interest to the earnest consideration of the min- 

 istry and membership of the Church ; and are sure that the admin- 

 istration of it will be fully and faithfully attended to by the trustees 

 of the college. 



There will be opened, on the second Wednesday in January next, 

 a preparatory school, in connection with the college, and under the 

 general supervision of the Faculty. 



On the first day of January, 1855, the buildings be- 

 ing completed, the amount left by the founder of the 

 college for a permanent endowment, $50,000, was paid 

 over to the Trustees by the executors, and forthwith 

 funded. In April of the same year the Treasurer 

 of the incorporated Conference transferred to the 

 Trustees one-half of the Centenary Education Fund, 

 amounting to $11,000, and $85.50 on account of in- 

 terest. This was also invested and added to the en- 

 dowment. The college had also the Williams Fund 

 of $5,000, the interest of which was to be applied to 

 the support and education of two beneficiaries in the 

 Biblical Department, under the appointment of the 

 Conference. 



The second scholastic year began August 1, 1855, 

 with three classes, numbering thirty-five students. 

 In the preparatory school, conducted by Mr. Robert 

 W. Boyd, there were thirty-six students. 



Professor Shipp declined his appointment, and con- 

 tinued in the duties of his professorship in the Uni- 

 versity of North Carolina. Professor DuPre was 

 authorized to visit institutions of learning at discre- 

 tion, to purchase apparatus, and to make all needed 

 provision for his department of instruction, and did 



