1880 JOHN TROWBRIDGE Physics. 1881 A. GRAHAM BELL Phonology. 1881 S.P.  LANGLEY Physics. 1881 JOHN McCRADY Biology. 1881 JAMES BRYCE Political Science. 1881 EDWARD A. FREEMAN History. 1881 JOHN J. KNOX Banking. 1882 ARTHUR CAYLEY Mathematics. 1882 WILLIAM W. GOODWIN Plato. 1882 G. STANLEY HALL Psychology. 1882 RICHARD M. VENABLE Constitutional Law. 1882 JAMES A. HARRISON Anglo-Saxon. 1882 J. RENDEL HARRIS New Testament Greek. 1883 GEORGE W. CABLE English Literature. 1883 WILLIAM W. STORY Michel Angela. 1883 HIRAM CORSON English Literature. 1883 F. SEYMOUR HADEN Etchers and Etching. 1883 JOHN S. BILLINGS Municipal Hygiene. 1883 JAMES BRYCE Roman Law. 1883 H. VON HOLST Political Science. 1884 WILLIAM TRELEASE Botany. 1884 J. THACHER CLARKE Explorations in Assos. 1884 JOSIAH ROYCE Philosophy. 1884 WILLIAM J. STILLMAN Archaeology. 1884 CHARLES WALDSTEIN Archaeology. 1884 SIR WILLIAM THOMSON Molecular Dynamics. 1885 A. MELVILLE BELL Phonetics, etc. 1885 EDMUND GOSSE English Literature. 1885 EUGENE SCHUYLER U.S.  Diplomacy. 1885 JUSTIN WINSOR Shakespeare. 1885 FREDERICK WEDMORE Modern Art. 1886 ISAAC H. HALL New Testament. 1886 WILLIAM HAYES WARD Assyria. 1886 WILLIAM LIBBEY, JR Alaska. 1886 ALFRED R. WALLACE Island Life. 1886 MANDELL CREIGHTON Rise of European Universities. 1887 ARTHUR L. FROTHINGHAM, JR Babylonian and Assyrian Art. 1887 RODOLFO LANCIANI Roman Archaeology. 1888 ANDREW D. WHITE The French Revolution. 1890 JOHN A. BROADUS Origin of Christianity.

The number of associates, readers, and assistants has been very large, most such appointments having been made for brief periods among young men of promise looking forward to preferment in this institution or elsewhere.

DISTINCTION BETWEEN COLLEGIATE AND UNIVERSITY COURSES.

From the opening of the University until now a sharp distinction has been made between the methods of university instruction and those of collegiate instruction.  In the third annual report, September 1, 1878, the views which had been announced at the opening of the University are expanded and are illustrated by the action of the Trustees and the Faculty during the first two years.