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The secluded situation of this place is not without disadvantages, but they are
believed to be more than counterbalanced by the safeguards which the Legislature
and the
To maintain a tippling-house within two miles of the
Extravagant habits ordinarily tend to the hindrance of all improvement,
intellectual and moral; and the deleterious effect is by no means confined to
the individual who is the subject of them. It is impossible to preserve young
men in all cases from indiscretions of this character. So carefully have these
evils been guarded against, however, that no parent can suffer from them, who is
faithful to the college, the community, his son, or himself. The Rev.
The Revised Statutes "concerning the
To ensure the due observance of these regulations, I have to
request that you will immediately advise the Bursar whether you are willing
that any account shall be opened here in your name, and if so, the amount of
indebtedness you are willing to authorise.
Each Senior is required to attend Prayers thirteen times, Recitations fourteen times, and Divine Worship once each week. All absences, whether unavoidable or not, are recorded. A very simple calculation, therefore, will enable you to ascertain the precise portion of duties performed and omitted.
During the half session, which closed on Friday evening last, (a period of ten
weeks,) Mr.
R. H. Battle
has been absent from Prayers [zero] times, from Recitations [zero] times, and from
attendance on Divine Worship [zero] times— [zero] of these absences, [zero] from Prayers,
[zero] from Recitation, and [zero] from Divine Worship, were unavoidable.
With respect to the necessary expenses of a Student, the Faculty concur entirely
in the opinion expressed by the