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800:. He concluded his first year at Transylvania on June 24, 1857, and the large crowd present at commencement that day was seen by local press as a promising sign that the school might be leaving its recent struggles behind. During this first year, Transylvania's existing academic departments remained through the reorganization and attendance stayed level with 170 total students, including 72 at the normal school, enrolled to begin the 1857–1858 academic year. This changed during the ensuing General Assembly winter session, during which the bill which had established the normal school was repealed by a large majority. The repeal took effect on June 15, 1858. This decision was condemned by many on campus and the Kentucky superintendent of education, who remarked that the move would result in a quarter-century setback for the state's public education. Favoritism during the selection of students and the appropriation of funding for the normal school from the budget of the university at large—which was illegal—were among the arguments that led to the repeal in the legislature. As the now-dissolved normal school was among the main reasons Green had come to Transylvania, he resigned in late 1857 and formally left the position January 1, 1858. He was succeeded by 846: 311: 38: 764:
University elected Green to their presidency. He traveled to Lexington to see the college and was received enthusiastically. The Hampden–Sydney board of trustees were unsuccessful in convincing him to stay—one strategy involved the proposal of a 50% salary increase—and he resigned the presidency of Hampden–Sydney upon his return to Virginia. It took effect on September 1, 1856, four days before the start of the next academic term, by which time he had already moved to Lexington.
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the college's main building, was still occupied and being used, in part, as a hospital. At one point, nearly 3,500 Union soldiers were situated in Danville. Old Centre's capacity as a hospital was around 150 and the rooms functioning as such were not physically separated from the parts of the building involved with college operations; some students had to pass through
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took place about 12 miles from Centre, there were only six students on campus and the faculty decided to cease holding classes and suspend college operations. The college did not reopen until October 27. Classes were held in the new library, a project completed earlier that year, since Old Centre,
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had increased by $ 80,000 (equivalent to $ 2,713,000 in 2023) by the time he left office. Further, he spent vacations and time away from the college recruiting potential students and securing additional increases in funding. During Green's presidency, a disagreement between the faculty of the
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upon his inauguration on January 10, 1849. In a speech to the board of trustees, he called for the school to enlarge its libraries and secure and retain professors as his main and immediate goals. He also promoted the concept of the development of "the whole Man", according to the Hampden–Sydney
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in 1850, he was reelected to his prior position at the Allegheny Seminary in 1853, and he was the prospective choice for the inaugural chair of Biblical literature at the new Danville Theological Seminary in 1854. He declined all of these offers. The exception came in 1856 when Transylvania
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of the students. Despite entering the office still suffering from poor health—according to Brinkley, Green told a friend before taking the presidency that he "had come to the college to die"—he quickly recovered and returned to preaching throughout Virginia, including in the chapels of the
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in progress on their way to a professor's office. During this time, Green continued to preach and teach classes in the place of several absent professors, though not without some physical trouble caused by overwork, his weakened immune system, and the conditions at Centre during the war.
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Green was elected president of Hampden–Sydney College in January 1849. He was recruited by numerous other institutions after his eight-year term. Among these institutions was Transylvania, which recruited him to their presidency shortly following the establishment of a
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Hampden–Sydney College church and that of the Theological Seminary. During his tenure at Hampden–Sydney, the school's enrollment and finances both increased. Enrollment jumped from 27 students to 100 after his first year and to 145 the year after. The school's
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center of the church in Kentucky. After the 1838–1839 academic year, he left Hanover and returned to Danville. Upon his arrival, he was elected vice president of Centre College and returned to his former positions teaching political economy and
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Green was first given a chance to enter academia when he was elected professor of Greek at Centre College in August 1831, though he declined the position in order to study at Princeton, where he had just enrolled. He returned to his
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Green was elected president of Centre College on August 6, 1857, and officially assumed office on January 1, 1858, succeeding John C. Young. He gave his inaugural address on October 14, 1858, in
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in 1847. On June 1, he was unanimously elected to the position. He began his duties as president near the start of the academic year and formally succeeded Acting President
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in Danville, Kentucky. He was the second consecutive Centre College president to die in office, as Young had also done so. Green was succeeded in that position by
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Medical Center) and the Hampden–Sydney Board of Trustees, which oversaw them, resulted in the Medical College effectively becoming an independent institution.
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Green's teaching responsibilities were largely focused on classes for fourth-year students, and included subjects such as evidences of Christianity,
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over subsequent years. He resigned his teaching position in Pittsburgh in October 1846, which was effective in February 1847. After, he moved to
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the 25 to 30 people he held as slaves, who were technically his wife's property as an inheritance. He originally planned to have them sent to
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Green contracted a disease in late May 1863 after attending to sick and injured soldiers. A five-day period of illness included chills,
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degree from Centre and gave an inaugural address in Pittsburgh; the address was well-received, and he received invitations to speak at
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in order to learn more about, and improve his skills in, the ministry; they arrived on September 15, 1834. The pair spent two weeks in
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Brinkley says that Green was ministering to the soldiers, while Weston says that he was helping to treat them and Sanders's
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there, and gave the college a new board of trustees. He was the school's first permanent president since the resignation of
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and the proximity of the fighting to Centre; the school's 172 students before the war had fallen to 57 after two years.
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soldiers occupied several campus buildings beginning September 27, 1862. On October 9, the day after the
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Memoir of the Life and Character of Rev. Lewis Warner Green, With a Selection From His Sermons
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to preach full-time, though he resigned after just over a year and a half due to poor health.
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Like they had during Green's pastorate in Baltimore, the leadership of Jefferson College, in
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in 1831 but returned to Kentucky in 1832 before graduating. After one year as a professor at
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Green came to Transylvania in the midst of major change at the school. In March 1856, the
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unanimously appointed him professor of oriental literature and biblical criticism at
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Inaugural Address, Delivered Before the Board of Trustees of Hampden–Sidney College
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historian John Brinkley, as a way of campaigning for the college to prioritize
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through the marriage of his daughter; as a result, he was the father-in-law of
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succeeded him as president but died before he could take office. As a result,
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to teach oriental and biblical literature at the theological seminary at
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minister, educator, and academic administrator. He was the president of
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On This Hill: A Narrative History of Hampden–Sydney College, 1774–1994
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In May 1840, Green was called away from Kentucky once again after the
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before returning to the United States sometime after December 1835.
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Green was offered the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church of
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passed an act which reorganized Transylvania, established a
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Green married Eliza J. Montgomery, daughter of Congressman
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in Pennsylvania, where he spent six years. He then went to
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Centre College of Kentucky: A Tradition and an Opportunity
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from Centre and sailed with his wife from New York to
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Green, Lewis Warner (January 10, 1849). Written at
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Lewis Warner Green was born on January 28, 1806, in
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Hampden–Sydney College Academic Catalogue 2022–2023
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The Reverend
the article subject dressed in a jacket, seated facing the viewer
President of Hampden–Sydney College
Patrick J. Sparrow
Albert L. Holladay
Transylvania University
Henry Bidleman Bascom
Abraham Drake
President of Centre College
John C. Young
William L. Breckinridge
Danville, Kentucky
Bellevue Cemetery
Letitia Green Stevenson
Julia Green Scott
Transylvania University
Centre College

Presbyterian
Hampden–Sydney College
Transylvania University
Centre College
Danville, Kentucky
Versailles
Woodford County
Princeton Theological Seminary
Hanover College
Western Theological Seminary
Baltimore
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