Joshua Willets Barnum appears in the Freshman Class Merit Roll of the College of the City of New York for the first academic term (September, 1863-February, 1864). On the Merit Roll, students were classed as Highest, High, Good and Low. Joshua was in the Low category, with no demerits and a total of 3762 points. He was thus ranked 103rd in a class of 111. The highest score for the freshman class was 6548 points (of 6580 available) and the lowest was 2,999. Joshua's ranking in his individual classes were: Language, 111th; History and Belles Lettres, 103rd; Mathematics, 73rd; and Drawing, 96th.
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