George Shedd's Dartmouth Education

From Chapman's "Sketches of the Alumni of Dartmouth College", (pp. 306):

George Shedd, the son of Asa and Rebecca (Adams) Shedd, was born at Rindge, May 13, 1810. He studied medicine at Dayton, Ohio, and at the Med. Institution of Cincinnati, Ohio, and became M.D. probably there; commenced practice at Denmark, Iowa, in 1842, and may be there still. He married Abby Houston of Lyndeborough, Sept, 5, 1844. Charles Shedd, D.C. 1826, is his brother.

The 1837 "Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Dartmouth College," lists George Shedd as a member of the junior class (57 members strong), residing in room 23 of one of the dormitories.

According to the "Catalogue," "A Candidate for admission to the College must satisfy the Faculty, by written testimonials, that he sustains a good moral character....For admission into the Freshman Class, it is required that the candidate be well versed in the grammar of the English, Latin and Greek Languages; in Virgil, Cicero's Select Orations...the Four Gospels, Arithmetic, ...Geography, Algebra....The tuition of the first term is required in advance....The Faculty wish it to be understood, that the College is a desirable place, not for the intractable and perverse, but for the regular, the gentlemanly, and the good,--for those whose object is intellectual and moral improvement." (pp. 18-19)

The course of study included Latin and Greek language, literature and philosophy, algebra, trigonometry, astronomy, chemistry, elocution and composition. Tuition was $27.00 a term; room and board another $55.00.

Info received from the Rauner Special Collections Library at Dartmouth College.