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That they have examined the accounts of r Treasurer to the r th day of Sepr last.
Resolved that the board do concur with the foregoing report.
The Committee to whom was referred the report of r Attorney for the
Resolved that r Attorney for the
The Committee to whom were referred the laws and regulations of the
1st That the President or in his absence the
2nd That the President or other officer perform morning and evening prayers, and examine the Students each Sunday evening on questions previously given them, on the general principles of morality and religion.
3rd That until a Professor shall be appointed for the purpose, the President or next officer shall diliver a lecture once in the week on principles of Agriculture Botany, Zoology, Minerology Architecture and Commerce.
4th That the officers of the
5th That the President or next officer report annually, or oftener if called up to the
6th that no President or other officer be removed from place without a fair hearing before the authority from Which he derived his appointment.
That there be four literary classes to be entered on annually and distinguished by the appelation of first, second, third, and fourth.
2nd That none be admitted into the first literary class as Students until they shall have passed a competent examination by the faculty on
3rd That the exercises of this class be the study of English Grammar roman antiquities and such parts of the roman Historians Orators and poets as may seem necessary to the officers of the
4th That none be admitted into the second or any other class until they shall have passed a competent examination of the preceeding class.
5th That the exercises of the second class be Arithmetic Bookkeeping, Geography including the use of the Globes, Grecian antiquities and Greek Classics.
6th That the exercises of the third class be the Mathematics encluding Geometry Surveying Navigation Algebra, Natural Philosophy and Astronomy.
7th That the exercises of the fourth class be Logic, Moral Philosophy, principals of civil government, Chronology, History, antient and modern, the Belle Lettres and the revisal of whatsoever may appear necessary to the
8th That they who chuse only to study the Science and the English language, be either formed into a Class called the scientific class or else arranged with some of the litterary classes, when they shall be studying the sciences.
9th That they who shall enter the third or fourth Class, not having been Students in former Classes, shall pay a certain sum for the use of the University, that is to say for admission into the third Class, at or after the middle stage of its progress, the Sum of eight Dollars, for entrance into the fourth Class at any stage from the beginning to the middle period, the sum of twelve and a half dollars and from the middle period to the end the sum of fifteen Dollars.
10th That in addition to the annual examination, there shall be three quarterly examinations.
11th That the Students shall decently attend prayers every morning and evening, that morning prayers shall be at sunrise.
12th That from prayers to breakfast be study hours breakfast to be at eight OClock.
13th That one hour be allowed for Breakfast and amusement, after which shall follow three hours for study and recitation i.e until 12 oClock.
14th That Study hours commence again at 2. oClock P.M. and continue until prayers at 5, OClock after which shall be a vacation until 8 OClock, when the Students shall retire to their respective lodgings and not leave them without the consent of their Teacher until prayers the next morning.
15th That each Class have a Monitor to be appointed by the Teacher who shall note down those absent without leave
16th That the Students all speak read and exhibit composition on Saturday AM. and the same day P.M. be allowed them for amusement.
17th That all the Students attend divine Service on the Sabbath, and evening examinations on the general principles of religion and Morality, that they reverence the Sabbath use no profane language, nor speak disrespectfully of religion or any religious denomination of people, that they be not allowed to keep Ardent spirits in their rooms nor associate with evil company, that they shall not play at any game of Hazard, or any other kind of gaming, nor make bets, they shall treat their Teachers with respect and also each other according to the honor due to each class.
18th That each Student pay fiver Year to be paid half yearly in advance to the president or professor having the care of the
19th The Students shall in general observe the rules of decency and cleanliness.
20th No Student shall be admitted to the honor of a Degree, until he shall have settled all his pecuniary accounts at the
21st Each Student shall prepare a Book into which he shall enter these laws.
22nd the Students charged shall have timely notice and Testimony taken on the most solemn assurance shall
23rd The punishments and grades of punishments shall be admonition by any officer of the
24th No pecuniary mulch shall be inflicted for non attendance on prayers or recitation, but besides admonition the officer of the
25th That the monitors bill be called for publicly every Monday evening, and every transgression of these laws be brought to account.
26th That these laws be publicly read once a Year before the whole
27th That the sum of one shilling pr. week be imposed on those students who do not live at Commons which shall be paid to the Steward.
Resolved that the
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