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• 1 media/image63.jpg 2020-12-04T10:19:41-08:00 1856, December - Hildreth Hosea Smith (1820-1908) Becomes Professor of Modern Languages 5 In December Hildreth Hosea Smith is elected professor of modern languages, a position he held until the University closed in 1868 following the Civil War. He was a personality on campus and earned the nickname “Old Tige” (short for “tiger”) for his strength, which he displayed in famously fighting a house fire on campus. plain 2021-09-01T07:33:57-07:00 12/01/1856 In December Hildreth Hosea Smith is elected professor of modern languages, a position he held until the University closed in 1868 following the Civil War. He was a personality on campus and earned the nickname “Old Tige” (short for “tiger”) for his strength, which he displayed in famously fighting a house fire on campus. Smith taught French primarily but also offered “volunteer classes . . . [in] German, Spanish, and Italian, should any desire it” (Catalogue 1856-1857, 31). 
  
  
  
  
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