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The ancillary documents provide a formal announcement of the 1855‑56 academic session and the wording of the scholarship certificate.
@file_pinax -> documents -> @faculty_meetings_1855_1856:event {description: "Series of faculty meetings held at the college during 1855‑1856 covering appointments, regulations, scholarships, and donations"}
@faculty_meetings_1855_1856:event -> includes -> [@meeting_1855_01_02:event, @meeting_1855_01_26:event, @meeting_1856_01_05:event, @meeting_1856_01_08:event, @meeting_1855_02_05:event, @meeting_1855_02_08:event, @meeting_1855_02_12:event, @meeting_1855_06_08:event, @meeting_1855_01_09:event]
#--- Persons ---------------------------------------------------------
@harvey_preston:person {full_name: "Dr. Harvey Preston", role: "Faculty member, President Pro Tem"}
@rev_fussell:person {full_name: "Rev. Fussell", role: "Faculty member, Secretary"}
@thomas:person {full_name: "Thomas", role: "Faculty member"}
@ellwood_harvey:person {full_name: "Dr. Ellwood Harvey", role: "Dean of the Faculty"}
@kersey_g_thomas:person {full_name: "Dr. Kersey G. Thomas", role: "Treasurer"}
@clinton_gillingham:person {full_name: "Clinton Gillingham", role: "Lecturer on Chemistry"}
@rebecca_johnson:person {full_name: "Mrs. Rebecca Johnson", role: "Widow of former Professor of Chemistry"}
@dr_kerr:person {full_name: "Dr. Kerr", role: "Faculty member"}
@miss_fernsha_merritt:person {full_name: "Miss Fernsha B. Merritt", role: "Agent for soliciting donations"}
@mrs_jane_lincoln_me:person {full_name: "Mrs. Jane L. Reald Lincoln Me.", role: "Agent for soliciting donations"}
@mrs_hm_tracy_cutter:person {full_name: "Mrs. H.M. Tracy Cutter", role: "Agent for soliciting donations"}
@mrs_susan_harris:person {full_name: "Mrs. Susan Harris", role: "Agent for soliciting donations"}
@miss_lydia_jaroles:person {full_name: "Miss Lydia P. Jaroles", role: "Agent for soliciting donations"}
@miss_maria_minnis:person {full_name: "Miss Maria Minnis", role: "Agent for soliciting donations"}
#--- Place -----------------------------------------------------------
@college:place {name: "College", location: "Somerset, NY"}
#--- Meetings ---------------------------------------------------------
@meeting_1855_01_02:event {when: @date_1855_01_02, where: @college, description: "Faculty meeting called to order; appointments of President Pro Tem and Secretary; recommendation of Clinton Gillingham as Lecturer on Chemistry; inventory of late Professor of Chemistry’s property with Mrs. Rebecca Johnson"}
@meeting_1855_01_02:event -> present -> [@harvey_preston, @rev_fussell, @thomas]
@meeting_1855_01_02:event -> appointed -> @harvey_preston {role: "President Pro Tem"}
@meeting_1855_01_02:event -> appointed -> @rev_fussell {role: "Secretary"}
@meeting_1855_01_02:event -> recommended -> @clinton_gillingham {position: "Lecturer on Chemistry"}
@meeting_1855_01_02:event -> appointed committee -> [@harvey_preston, @thomas] {task: "inventory of property of late Professor of Chemistry with Mrs. Rebecca Johnson"}
@file_a092_001_071_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1855_01_02:event
@meeting_1855_01_26:event {when: @date_1855_01_26, where: @college, description: "Committee to revise Regulations & By‑Laws; Dr. Kerr tasked to solicit donations of alcohol & drugs; audit of accounts of the late Dean"}
@meeting_1855_01_26:event -> present -> [@harvey_preston, @rev_fussell, @dr_kerr, @thomas, @ellwood_harvey]
@meeting_1855_01_26:event -> appointed committee -> [@harvey_preston, @rev_fussell, @dr_kerr, @thomas, @ellwood_harvey] {task: "revise Regulations & By‑Laws"}
@meeting_1855_01_26:event -> appointed -> @dr_kerr {task: "solicit donations of alcohol & drugs"}
@meeting_1855_01_26:event -> appointed committee -> [@thomas, @rev_fussell] {task: "audit accounts of the late Dean"}
@file_a092_001_072_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1855_01_26:event
@meeting_1856_01_05:event {when: @date_1856_01_05, where: @college, description: "Committee duties extended to fill vacant chairs (Obstetrics, Demonstrator of Anatomy, Chemistry); history‑writing committee; admission‑list policy for colleges teaching all branches"}
@meeting_1856_01_05:event -> present -> [@ellwood_harvey, @rev_fussell, @dr_kerr, @thomas, @harvey_preston]
@meeting_1856_01_05:event -> appointed committee -> [@ellwood_harvey, @rev_fussell, @dr_kerr, @thomas, @harvey_preston] {task: "select persons for vacant chairs"}
@file_a092_001_073_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1856_01_05:event
@meeting_1856_01_08:event {when: @date_1856_01_08, where: @college, description: "Reports on Dean’s accounts, vacant chairs, begging‑alcohol committee; lease‑disposal committee; inventory & liabilities committee; agents appointed for soliciting donations"}
@meeting_1856_01_08:event -> present -> [@harvey_preston, @rev_fussell, @dr_kerr, @thomas, @ellwood_harvey]
@meeting_1856_01_08:event -> appointed committee -> [@rev_fussell, @thomas] {task: "dispose of lease on college buildings and procure new building"}
@meeting_1856_01_08:event -> appointed committee -> [@rev_fussell, @thomas, @harvey_preston] {task: "inventory of college property and ascertain liabilities"}
@meeting_1856_01_08:event -> appointed -> [@miss_fernsha_merritt, @mrs_jane_lincoln_me, @mrs_hm_tracy_cutter, @mrs_susan_harris, @miss_lydia_jaroles, @miss_maria_minnis] {role: "agents for soliciting donations", commission: "10 % of collections"}
@file_a092_001_074_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1856_01_08:event
@meeting_1855_02_05:event {when: @date_1855_02_05, where: @college, description: "Consult candidates for graduation; admit Mrs. Eliza L.S. Thomas to early examination; publish Sixth Annual Announcement; recommend Clinton Gillingham for Chair of Chemistry & Toxicology"}
@meeting_1855_02_05:event -> present -> [@harvey_preston, @rev_fussell, @dr_kerr, @thomas]
@meeting_1855_02_05:event -> appointed -> @clinton_gillingham {position: "Chair of Chemistry & Toxicology"}
@meeting_1855_02_05:event -> produced -> @sixth_annual_announcement:document {copies: 10000, purpose: "Annual announcement"}
@file_a092_001_080_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1855_02_05:event
@meeting_1855_02_08:event {when: @date_1855_02_08, where: @college, description: "Publish 10,000 copies of the Sixth Annual Announcement; recommend Clinton Gillingham for Chair of Chemistry & Toxicology"}
@meeting_1855_02_08:event -> present -> [@harvey_preston, @rev_fussell, @dr_kerr, @thomas]
@meeting_1855_02_08:event -> reaffirmed recommendation -> @clinton_gillingham {position: "Chair of Chemistry & Toxicology"}
@file_a092_001_080_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1855_02_08:event
@meeting_1855_02_12:event {when: @date_1855_02_12, where: @college, description: "Draft announcement for 1855‑56 session; thesis referrals; payment of carpet and gas bills"}
@meeting_1855_02_12:event -> present -> [@harvey_preston, @rev_fussell, @dr_kerr, @thomas, @ellwood_harvey]
@meeting_1855_02_12:event -> appointed committee -> [@harvey_preston, @ellwood_harvey] {task: "draft announcement for 1855‑56 session"}
@file_a092_001_081_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1855_02_12:event
@meeting_1855_06_08:event {when: @date_1855_06_08, where: @college, description: "Committee reports on Dean’s account, inventory, vacant chairs, solicitation of donations, lease disposal; agents appointed for donations"}
@meeting_1855_06_08:event -> present -> [@harvey_preston, @rev_fussell, @dr_kerr, @thomas, @ellwood_harvey]
@meeting_1855_06_08:event -> appointed -> [@miss_fernsha_merritt, @mrs_jane_lincoln_me, @mrs_hm_tracy_cutter, @mrs_susan_harris, @miss_lydia_jaroles, @miss_maria_minnis] {role: "agents for soliciting donations", commission: "10 % of collections"}
@file_a092_001_076_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1855_06_08:event
@meeting_1855_01_09:event {when: @date_1855_01_09, where: @college, description: "Model, preparation, drawing, specimen removal policy; Dispensary committee chaired by Dr. Fussell"}
@meeting_1855_01_09:event -> present -> [@harvey_preston, @rev_fussell, @dr_kerr, @thomas, @ellwood_harvey]
@meeting_1855_01_09:event -> appointed committee -> @rev_fussell {role: "Chair of Dispensary committee"}
@file_a092_001_079_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1855_01_09:event
#--- Documents ---------------------------------------------------------
@sixth_annual_announcement:document {title: "Sixth Annual Announcement", copies: 10000, purpose: "College-wide announcement"}
@scholarship_certificate:document {price: "$100", courses_included: "two or more", issue_deadline: @date_1855_08_01, redemption_deadline: @date_1860_01_01, validity: "until August 1 1855; redeemable through October 1 1860"}
@file_a092_001_075_jpg -> documents -> @scholarship_certificate:document
#--- Agents ------------------------------------------------------------
@faculty_meetings_1855_1856:event -> appointed agents -> [@miss_fernsha_merritt, @mrs_jane_lincoln_me, @mrs_hm_tracy_cutter, @mrs_susan_harris, @miss_lydia_jaroles, @miss_maria_minnis] {commission: "10 % of all money collected", authority: "written authority signed by all Professors"}
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