EDHE 105 SECTION 95 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
At the time that the text was printed, what was the total enrollment at the University of
Mississippi? - Answers -More than 24,000
When was the University of Mississippi founded? - Answers -1848
Who wrote "The University of Mississippi: A Sesquicentennial History"? - Answers -
David Sansing
Who is said to be the "father of the University"? - Answers -James Alexander Ventress
What building is named after him? - Answers -Ventress Hall
The land for the university was bought from whom? - Answers -local landowners,
Stockard and Martin
Who was the University's first president? - Answers -George Fredrick Holmes
How long did he serve? - Answers -5 months
Where was he originally from? - Answers -Georgetown, British Guyana
What was the "Branham Affair"? - Answers -Two students entered Barnard's faculty
house. One student allegedly raped and brutally beat a slave of the Chancellor.
Who was the first "Chancellor" of the University? - Answers -Fredrick Augustus Porter
Barnard
How was he eventually stripped of his chancellorship? - Answers -Only four people
enrolled so the board held an emergency meeting in Jackson and stripped him of his
duties.
The University was used as ____________ during the Civil war. - Answers -Hospital
When was the University's first PH.D granted? - Answers -1877
When was the first female faculty member appointed? - Answers -1885
He was said to have smoothed the way for students during the Civil Rights moment and
money for many buildings (Turner Center, J.D. Williams Library, Lamar Hall, Crosby
Hall, etc.) was procured during his tenure. - Answers -Porter Lee Fortune Jr.
What was the enrollment at Ole Miss in 1923? - Answers -More than 800 students
At the time that the text was printed, what was the total enrollment at the University of
Mississippi? - Answers -More than 24,000
When was the University of Mississippi founded? - Answers -1848
Who wrote "The University of Mississippi: A Sesquicentennial History"? - Answers -
David Sansing
Who is said to be the "father of the University"? - Answers -James Alexander Ventress
What building is named after him? - Answers -Ventress Hall
The land for the university was bought from whom? - Answers -local landowners,
Stockard and Martin
Who was the University's first president? - Answers -George Fredrick Holmes
How long did he serve? - Answers -5 months
Where was he originally from? - Answers -Georgetown, British Guyana
What was the "Branham Affair"? - Answers -Two students entered Barnard's faculty
house. One student allegedly raped and brutally beat a slave of the Chancellor.
Who was the first "Chancellor" of the University? - Answers -Fredrick Augustus Porter
Barnard
How was he eventually stripped of his chancellorship? - Answers -Only four people
enrolled so the board held an emergency meeting in Jackson and stripped him of his
duties.
The University was used as ____________ during the Civil war. - Answers -Hospital
When was the University's first PH.D granted? - Answers -1877
When was the first female faculty member appointed? - Answers -1885
He was said to have smoothed the way for students during the Civil Rights moment and
money for many buildings (Turner Center, J.D. Williams Library, Lamar Hall, Crosby
Hall, etc.) was procured during his tenure. - Answers -Porter Lee Fortune Jr.
What was the enrollment at Ole Miss in 1923? - Answers -More than 800 students
