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| J. M. Hamilton, Pres't. | I. A. Worley |
| J. T. Martin, M.D., Vice Pres't. | William White, M.D. |
| W. F. Price, Sec'y | Nathan Dickenson |
| J. R. Hill, Assistant Sec'y | R. G. Netherland |
| J. H. Fleenor, Treasurer | Joseph Fugate |
| W. S. Stickley | John D. Blackwell |
| Joel Kaylor |
R. M. Page, Abingdon, Va.
U. L. York, Goodson, Va.
Rev. Robt. E. Smith, Bristol, Tenn.
W. F. Hickman, Estillville, Va.
Charles Gilmer, Hansonville, Va.
Rev. A. L. Hogshead, Abingdon, Va.
Capt. H. B. Clay, Rogersville, Tenn.
Rev. Nathan Baxter, Sullivan Co., Tenn
J. H. Brunner, D. D., Hiwassee College, Tenn.
| Names | Post Office |
| Anderson, M. D. | Fair View, Va. |
| Anderson, R. A. | Rogersville, Tenn. |
| Barb, James | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Barker, C. T., | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Barker, F. C. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Barker, Henry | Medota, Va. |
| Barker, J. M. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Barker, J. W., | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Barker, James | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Barker, John | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Barker, Oliver | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Barrett, T. N., | New Canton, Tenn. |
| Bellamy, N. S. | Estilville, Va. |
| Blackwell, _____ | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Blair, John | Estilville, Va. |
| Bowlin, John | Fair View, Va. |
| Brogdon, J. C. | Sweetwater, Tenn. |
| Comer, G. W. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Couch, L. M., | Estilville, Va. |
| Cowan, T. B. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Cowan, W. M. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Crawford, Dow | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Crawford, John | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Crumley, T. J., | Alum Wells, Va. |
| Cunningham, E. C., | Willow Springs, Va. |
| Davidson, T. C. | Abington, Va. |
| DeBusk, R. S. | Glade Spring, Va. |
| Dickenson, C. H. | Estilville, Va. |
| Dickenson, E. W. | Estilville, Va. |
| Dickenson, R. H. | Estilville, Va. |
| Dotson, J. T., | New Canton, Tenn. |
| Eaton, Willie | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Ellington, James | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Eversole, J. E. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Eversole, W. G. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Fleenor, F. L. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Fleenor, Kirby | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Fleenor, R. M. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Fleenor, S. M., | Mendota, Va. |
| Fleenor, W. C. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Fleenor, W. W. | Greendale, Va. |
| Fleenor, William | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Ford, T. J. D. | New Canton, Tenn. |
| Forkner, Daniel | Sweetwater, Tenn. |
| Fugate, J. W. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Gamble, John | New Canton, Tenn |
| Gibson, C. H. D. | Castle Woods, Va. |
| Gibson, Charles | Gibsonville, Va. |
| Gibson, G. M. | Gibsonville, Va. |
| Gibson, James | Gibsonville, Va. |
| Gibson, John | Gibsonville, Va. |
| Gibson, Nathan | Gibsonville, Va. |
| Glen, E., | Fugate's Hill, Va. |
| Godsey, A. C. | Nickolsville, Va. |
| Graham, C. L. | New Canton, Tenn. |
| Grant, H. M. P. | Abingdon, Va. |
| Gray, D. A. | Wallace's Switch, Va. |
| Hagy, J. E. | Abingdon, Va. |
| Hamilton, B. D. | Rogersville, Tenn. |
| Hamilton, C. A. | Nickolsville, Va. |
| Hamilton, E. B. | New Canton, Tenn. |
| Harris, G. W. | Greendale, Va. |
| Hendricks, G. W. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Hensley, W. A. | New Canton, Tenn. |
| Hill, Bennett | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Hill, James | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Hobs, A. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Hockett, J. E. | Alum Wells, Va. |
| Horn, C. F. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Ierson, R. E. | Wallace's Switch, Va. |
| Jamison, J. M. | Fair View, Va. |
| Johnson, J. N. | Hamilton's Institute, Va. |
| Johnson, R. A. | Hamilton's Institute, Va. |
| Kaylor, J. B. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Kaylor, T. B. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Lane, J. J. | New Canton, Tenn. |
| Lane, T. W. | New Canton, Tenn. |
| Lawson, I. | Fair View, Va. |
| Looney, E., | Rogersville, Tenn. |
| Looney, S. A. | Rogersville, Tenn. |
| Lunsford, W. J. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Mabe, M. S. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Marcum, G. H. W. | Fugate's Hill, Va. |
| Marcum, Z. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Martin, Charles | Bristol, Tenn. |
| Mead, E. W. | Dickensonville, Va. |
| Mead, W. H. | Dickensonville, Va. |
| Mead, Willie | Dickensonville, Va. |
| Metcalf, O. A. | Holston, Va. |
| Moore, W. W. | Bristol, Tenn. |
| Myres, W. R. | New Canton, Tenn. |
| Owens, C. H. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Owens, H. F. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Owens, S. L. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Page, Edward | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Patrick, G. W. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Patrick, Henry | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Pippin, C. C. | Smith's Creek, Va. |
| Pippin, J. N. | Alum Wells, Va. |
| Quillin, R. S. | Estillville, Va |
| Redwine, Ballard | Nickolsville, Va. |
| Redwine, R. R. | Nickolsville, Va. |
| Repass, J. W. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Repass, S. M. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Rice, W. A. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Richardson, J. W. | Church Hill, Tenn. |
| Robinett, C. F. T. | Pattonsville, Va. |
| Robinett, E. G. | Pattonsville, Va. |
| Salyers, E. S. | Nickelsville, Va. |
| Sample, T. M., | Sweetwater, Tenn. |
| Scott, J. W. | Oceola, Va. |
| Self, W. S. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Shelton, W. L. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Shoemaker, F. W. | Hansonville, Va. |
| Shupe, A. J. | Montgomery, Va. |
| Smith, W. D. | Nickelsville, Va. |
| Smythe, R. L. | Estillville, Va. |
| Snow, M. C. Rotherwood, Tenn. | |
| Sproles, A. J. | Alum Wells, Va. |
| Sproles, J. K. | Mendota, Va. |
| Sturgill, W. B. | Louisville, Ky. |
| Tate, J. M. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Tate, N. B. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Tate, R. F. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Tate, W. E. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Thayer, E. C. | Abingdon, Va. |
| Thomas, J. W. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Vermillion, T. J. | Estilville, Va. |
| Vicars, A. L. | Gibsonville, Va. |
| Vicars, J. F. | Gibsonville, Va. |
| Vicars, Joseph | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Vicars, William | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| White, Nelson | Mendota, Va. |
| White, W. H. | Fugate's Hill, Va. |
| Williams, H. F. | Fugate's Hill, Va. |
| Williams, R. F. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Wolf, D. C. | Estilville, Va. |
| Wood, Jonathan | Nickelsville, Va. |
| Zora, Nathan | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Barb, Martha E. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Barb, Matilda E. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Barker, Flora | Mendota, Va. |
| Barker, Laura | Mendota,Va. |
| Barker, Maggie | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Barker, Malissa A. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Barker, Mattie C. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Barker, Mollie L. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Barker, Sallie W. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Crawford, Virginia | Mendota, Va. |
| Eaton, Augusta | Mendota, Va. |
| Eaton, Ellen | Mendota, Va. |
| Eaton, Martha J. | Mendota, Va. |
| Ellington, Lina E. | Mendota, Va. |
| Fleenor, Emma I. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Fleenor, Mattie W. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Fleenor, Mollie F. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Fugate, Laura R. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Fugate, Mollie E. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Gibson, Hattie V. | Castle Woods, Va. |
| Gibson, Laura V. | Nickelsville, Va. |
| Gibson, Sallie D. | Castle Woods, Va. |
| Gilliam, Emma L. | Mendota, Va. |
| Gilliam, Laura I. | Mendota, Va. |
| Gilliam, Mollie E. B. | Mendota, Va. |
| Glen, Rebecca E. | Willow Springs, Va. |
| Gobble, Emma | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Harlow, Eliza A. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Hendricks, Alice | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Hendricks, Carrie | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Hendricks, Jennie | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Hendricks, Sadie E. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Hill, Amanda | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Keys, Mattie | Abingdon, Va. |
| Kindrick, Almeda | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Kindrick, Amanda | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Kindrick, Mollie E. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Livingstone, Sallie A. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Marcum, Cintha A. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Marcum, Martha | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Marcum, Nannie V. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Marcum, Rebecca E. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Morrisson, Mary K. | Estilville, Va. |
| Moss, Alva | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Moss, Mollie | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Necessary, Mollie E. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Owens, Emma | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Rice, Mollie | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Shankle, Cornelia | Mendota, Va. |
| Shankle, Mellissa A. | Mendota, Va. |
| Smythe, Hester E. | Estilville, Va. |
| Sproles, Mima E. | Mendota, Va. |
| Tate, Molllie E. | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| Vicars, Paulina | Hamilton Institute, Va. |
| White, Abbie G. | Mendota, Va. |
| White, Adel | Mendota, Va. |
| White, Bettie | Mendota, Va. |
| White, E. G. | Mendota, Va. |
| White, Lida | Mendota, Va. |
| Wright, Laura | Mendota, Va. |
| Total | 203 |
The founders of this Institute were mainly the members of Mendota Lodge, whose design was to furnish all those of moderate means an opportunity to obtain a thorough and practical education.
The building is a handsome brick structure 40 by 60 feet, with four separate apartments below for males and females, and a spacious Masonic Hall above for public exercises.
The school has been in successful operation under its present managers for four consecutive years; begginning with twenty-six pupils, September 3rd, 1876 and ending with an enrollment of 203 during the scholastic year, closing May13th, 1880.
It is healfully located in Washington County, Virginia near the North Fork of Holston River, in a beautiful valley, girdled by mountain scenery, and abundantly supplied with mineral springs. No less than five different varities of water within reach of the Institute.
Away from the disturbance and contaminanting vice incident to many city schools, having the advantage of the salutary influence of a community noted for piety and morality, it is emphatically a place fitted for the development of mind and morals.
Arrangements have been made whereby special care will be given to tis department in the future. We regard it as the nusery of Science, and the utmost attention will be given in order to make it a success.
The course of instruction in English is designed to be thorough and practical. Its importance is felt and will not be overlooked.
Here theory and practice must go hand in hand and nothing will be left undone that will tend to the development and comprehension of the one, or the proficiency of the other.
The method of instruction in these two great classical languages aims at the acquisition of the greatest amount of useful and practical knowledge, in the least possible time.
This ever progressive science is taught in the most pleasing and attractive manner, the instructress devoting her whole time and attentionto this one work of refinement and culture.
Spelling Book and Readers, Holme's; English Grammar, Harvey; Georgraphy, Mitchell; United States History, Butler; Composition and Rhetoric, Quackenbos; Philosophy and Chemistry, Wells; Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene, Cutter; Arithmetic and Algebra, Davie's; Geometry and Trionometry, Loomis; Land Surveying, Gillespie; Latin and Greek, Harkness.
| Primary Department for term of twenty weeks | $5.00 |
| First Academic Department | $7.50 |
| Secon Academic Department | 10.00 |
| Collegiate | 12.50 |
| Music | 15.00 |
| Contingent Fee | .50 |
All fees payable in advance. This rule will be strictly adhered to in the future. Pupils will be charged from the day of entrance, and no deduction made, exception in cases of protracted sickness.
Boarding can be had at from six to eight dollars per month.
The scholastic year consists of two terms of twenty weeks each. The first begins onthe third Monday in August. Recess at Christmas of one week. There will be no vaction between the first and second terms.
There are two Literary Societies connected with the Institute, Anthrionian and Anthranatonian, which have weekly meetings for debate.
Mild but firm discipline will be strictly maintained and enforced.
Students are required to attend chapel exercise daily, which consists of reading the Scriptures and Prayer.
Ther is no Institution, perhaps, in the State whose growth has been more rapid than that of Hamilton Institute. Providence has blessed the efforts that have been made for its upbuilding, and for the advancement of mind and morals. Parents and Guardians who have the care and oversight of the young, would do well to examine our terms and advantages, before sending elsewhere. They may rest assured that no vigilance will be spared in guarding their interests in every way. No pupil will be allowed to visit another without special permission from some one of the Faculty.
Dr. J. T. Martin, who resides in our village, is a physician of acknowledged ability, and can be called upon in case of sickness, at all hours. We have a Post Office, and Stores where students can purchase such articles as they may need at a reasonable cost.
