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KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY.

Kentucky University is the name under which 7
Bacon College, the earliest institution of learning of
collegiate grade established by the Disciples of
Christ, was rechartered in 1858 and reopened in
1859, after a suspension of nine years.

Bacon College had its origin at Georgetown, Ky,
beginning its first session Nov. 14, 1836. The ens
rollment of students during the first year reached
the splendid number of 203. Walter Scott was
elected first president: he, however, soon resigned and
David S. Burnett was elected to that office, with
John T. Johnson as vice—president, and with a corps
of five professors, one assistant professor, and a
principal of the preparatory department. The
course offered in Civil Engineering was especially
strong, which fact brought Henry H. White from
New Haven, Conn., to this college. He matricu—
lated in May, 1838, and continued his connection
the institution, serving in various capacities, until
his death on Dec. 9, 1903. v

Because of special inducements offered by the
people of the county of Mercer, the Board of Trus—
ees voted on May 2, 1839, to remove Bacon College