welfare of the State, as fostered and secured by the diffusion of sound and liberal learning.

"In accordance with these considerations, and in order that the institution may never come under the control of Church or State, or any branch of the one or denomination of the other, they adopt the following Organic Rules, and to the observance thereof they publicly commit themselves, and so far as is in their power, they commit their successors to the end of time."

RULE I. Such Trustees shall be elected, from time to time, as shall fairly and equally represent the patrons and contributors to the funds of the institution, provided

1. A majority of them shall always be members of evangelical Christian churches; and,

2. Not more than one-fourth of the actual members be of the same Christian denomination.

RULE II. In the election of professors, preference shall always be given to men of Christian character, and the President and a majority of the Faculty shall be members of evangelical Christian churches.

RULE III. Founders of professorships shall have the privilege of naming them, and defining the branches of learning to which they shall belong, and prescribing the religious belief of the incumbents, subject always to the acceptance of the Board of Trustees.

The Rev. Henry Durant having been elected to the first professorship in the College, it became necessary to obtain some competent person to fill the position which he had occupied from the beginning of Principal of the College School. The Trustees were fortunate in securing for that important work the Rev. Isaac H. Brayton, who became Principal of the institution before the close of the year 1859. He and Mrs. Brayton took charge of the boarding-house, now refitted and enlarged. They said in their prospectus that "the discipline and instruction of the home here provided for pupils, are deemed an essential and important part of the plan of education pursued. Every arrangement has studied reference to the physical, mental, and moral well-being of the student. No pains will be spared to make duty, regularity, and obedience not only a necessity, but a pleasure, and to insure that attractiveness of intelligent, refined social life,

which most belongs of right to the homes of scholars and Christians, and ought always to form the atmosphere around the young, who are fast growing up into fixedness of character." Students were charged $7.50 per week. It was further stated "that the great aim of the Principal and his associates would be to imbue the students with correct principles and tastes, and form them to right habits of thought, study, speech, and conduct. They are themselves all educated men, some of whom have had considerable experience in teaching in Eastern academies and colleges; they are devoted assiduously, and it is trusted with high purpose, to their work, and they expect to be sustained in their views and plans of instruction and government by the parents and guardians of the young men committed to their care.".

It was further announced under this date, December 15, 1859, that the first college class would be formed in the following June, which was the close of the school year. In anticipation of the entrance of this class, the Trustees formulated and adopted, for the government of the institution, the following

LAWS OF THE COLLEGE.

ARTICLE I.

GOVERNMENT.

SECTION 1. The government of the students and the internal management of the College, shall devolve on the President, VicePresident, Professors, and Instructors, who shall be called the Faculty of the College. .

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the Faculty to enforce all the rules respecting attendance on the exercises of the College, and concerning the manners, deportment, and moral conduct of the students.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the President to call and preside at meetings of the Faculty, to provide for daily devotional exercises, to communicate the orders of the Board of Trustees or of the Faculty to the students, to conduct the correspondence of the Faculty, and to exercise a general supervision in all matters of appointment and discipline.

SEC, 4. Whenever the office of President is vacant, or in case of

the absence of the President, the Vice-President, and after him the senior professor present, shall have all the powers of the President in the government of the College.

ARTICLE II.

ADMISSION TO COLLEGE, AND DISTINCTION OF CLASSES.

SECTION 1. No person shall be admitted into the Freshman class under the age of fourteen years, nor to an advanced standing without a corresponding increase of age.

SEC. 2. Candidates for admission to College shall be examined by the President, or under his direction by other instructors.

SEC. 3. No one shall be admitted without sustaining a satisfactory examination in the following studies, or their equivalents:

Latin Grammar; Latin Reader; Cæsar's Commentaries, first five books; Cicero's Select Orations; Virgil's Bucolics, and the first six books of the Æneid; Latin Prosody and Composition; Greek Grammar; Greek Exercises; Xenophon's Anabasis, first five books; Greek Testament, the two Gospels, Luke and John; the Greek Accents; English Grammar; Elements of Rhetoric; Geography; Higher Arithmetic; Algebra to Quadratic Equations; and the Rudiments of French and Spanish.

Nor shall any candidate be admitted to an advanced standing without a corresponding preparation.

SEC. 4. No student shall be permitted to attend on the College exercises until he shall have paid his tuition fee for the term in advance.

SEC. 5. Every candidate for admission shall be required to produce satisfactory evidence of good moral character.

SEC. 6. The undergraduate students shall be divided into four distinct classes. The first year they shall be called Freshmen; the second, Sophomores; the third, Juniors; and the fourth, Seniors.

ARTICLE III.

TERMS, VACATIONS, AND ABSENCES.

SECTION 1. There shall be two terms in the College year, each continuing twenty weeks, the second term closing with the public Commencement. The winter vacation shall be of four weeks, and the summer vacation of eight, or, as the case may be, of nine weeks.

SEC. 2. No student shall absent himself in term-time without special leave.

ARTICLE IV.

COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.

SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the Faculty thoroughly to instruct the students in the various branches of learning appointed in the course, as published in the yearly catalogues.

SEC. 2. If any student shall be deficient in the studies of the course, he may be removed at the discretion of the Faculty.

ARTICLE V.

ATTENDANCE ON RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.

SECTION 1. All the students shall be required to attend divine worship on the Sabbath, with some religious congregation.

SEC. 2. The students shall be required to attend morning prayers, under the direction of the President of the College.

ARTICLE VI.

DEPORTMENT OF THE STUDENTS.

SECTION 1. Every student is expected to conduct himself as becomes a gentleman; and is particularly required to avoid intemperance, profaneness, gaming, and all indecent, disorderly behavior, and disrespectful conduct to the Faculty, and all combinations to resist their authority.

SEC. 2. Any student guilty of lawless or improper conduct, may be admonished, conditioned, or dismissed, at the discretion of the Faculty; but any student so dismissed shall have the privilege of appealing, in a proper manner and within four weeks, to the Board of Trustees.

SEC. 3. During the hours of study, the students shall abstain from noisy and boisterous conduct.

SEC. 4. The students shall report, at the discretion of the Faculty, the places at which they board and lodge; and the Faculty shall have power to prohibit any student from boarding or lodging at any objectionable place.

SEC. 5. Extravagant habits or outlays, on the part of any student, are prohibited, and shall be checked by the Faculty.

ARTICLE VII.

THE COLLEGE LIBRARY.

SECTION 1. The Faculty shall appoint one of their number Librarian, and one of the students Assistant Librarian; whose duty it shall be to take proper care of the library, to make an accurate catalogue of its contents, and to keep an account of all books drawn out by the students.

SEC. 2. The students shall enjoy the privileges of the library, under such regulations as the Faculty may prescribe.

ARTICLE VIII.

REPORTS AND RECORDS.

SECTION 1. The President shall lay before the Board of Trustees, at least once a year, a report of the method of instruction, the literary improvement, the state of discipline, the condition of the College premises and property, and all matters of general interest pertaining to the institution.

SEC. 2. The Faculty shall appoint from their number a Secretary, whose duty it shall be to keep a record of Faculty meetings; also, a record of the names of candidates admitted, the names of their parents or guardians, their places of nativity and of present residence, age, and school at which, or teacher by whom, fitted for College; also, a record of the average standing of each student for every term, and of the marks at the general examinations; also, a record of premiums and appointments, and of such other items as the Faculty may direct.

ARTICLE IX.

COMMENCEMENT, AND ACADEMICAL DEGREES.

SECTION 1. The Commencement shall be on the first Wednesday of June in each year. Such students shall take part in the public exercises as the Faculty may appoint.

SEC. 2. No student shall receive the degree of Bachelor of Arts, without passing a satisfactory examination before the Board of Trustees, in the studies of the full course.

SEC. 3. Candidates for the first degree must be personally present, unless excused by the Faculty; and no candidate shall receive a degree unless he has paid all his dues to the College, and sustains a good moral character.