D 3930 5 «59 opy 1 ACTS GENERAL ASSEMBLY AITO ORDIMTCES OF THE TRUSTEES,' ORGAMZATIOJS' AKD GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL : PUBLISHER BY JAMES M. HENDERSOX, 1859. ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND ORDIMXCES OF TUE TRUSTEES, ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. CHAPEL HILL: PUBLISHED BV JAMES M. HENDERSOM 1850. Qs .5" /trf X>J CONTENTS. I Acts of the General Assembly : 1. Establishing the University, ...... 5 2. For Raising Funds, ....... 9 3. Re-appointment of Trustees, ...... 11 4. Prohib itin g the sale of Spirituous or Malt Liquors, . 13 II. Ordinances of the Trustees : Executive Committee, ...... . 15 Laws for the Government of the University : Chap. 1. Of the Faculty, .17 2. " " Bursar, ...... . 19 3. " « Librarian, 22 4. " " Literary Societies, . » >. . • 24 5. " Admission into the University, . ■. . 24 6. " Collegiate Duties and Restrictions, . ■. 26 7. " Deportment of Students, Réligion — Morals — Intemperance, . 28 Duelling — Prohibited Articles, . . 31 Towards the Faculty, . . . . .32 8. u Examinations — Commencement . . 33 Exercises — College Marshals, . . .33 9. " Punishments, .33 iCTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLI. AN ACT TO ESTABLTSH A UNIVERSITY IN THIS STATE. [Passed at the Session of 1789.] "Whereas in ali well-regulated Governments, it is the indispensable Duty of every Legislature to consult the Happiness of a rising Gener- ation, ani e.ideavor tDfifcthemforanhDnDrable discharge of the social duties of life, by paying the strictest attention to their Education : — And whereas an University supported by permanent fands, and vrell-endowed would have the most direct tendency to answer the above purpose : I. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembli/ of the State of Korth Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the Authority of the same, That Samuel Johnston, James Iredell, Charles Johnson, Hugh William- son, Stephen Cabarrus, Richard Dobbs Spaight, William Blount, Ben- jamin Williams, John Sitgreaves Frederick Harget, Robert W. Sneaa% Archibald Maclaine, Hon. Samnel Ashe, Robert Dixon, Benjamin Smith, Hon. Samuel Spencer, JohnHay, James Hogg, Henry William Harrìngton, William Barry Grove, Rev. Samuel M' Corale, Adlai Os- bome, John Stokes, John Hamilton, Joseph Graham, Hon. John Wil- liams, Thomas Persoti, Alfred Moore, Alexander Mebane, Joel Ixine Willie Jones, Benjamin Hawkins, John Haywood, Senior, John Macon, William Richardson Dacie, Joseph Dixon, William Lenoir, Joseph M 7 - Dowall, James Holland and William Porter, Escpiires, shall be and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, to be known and distinguished by the name of The Trustees of the Univer- sity of North Carolina ; and by that name shall have perpetuai Suo- cession, and a common Seal ; and that they, the Trustees and their Successore, by the name aforesaid, or a Majority of them, shall be able and capable in Law to take, demand, receive and possess ali mon- ies, goods and Chattels that shall be given thera for the use of the said University, and the same apply according to the will of the do- nors, and by gift, purchase or devise to take, have, receive, pos- sess, enj oy and retain to them and their Successors forever, any Lands, Rents, Tenements and Ilereditaments, of what kind, nature or qual- ity soever the same may be, in special trust and confidence that the same, or the profits thereof shall be applied to and for the use and purposes of establishing and endowing the said University. IL And be it enacted by the auihority aforesaid, That the said True- tees and their Successors, or a majority of them, by the name afore- said, shall be able and capable in Law to bargain, sell, grant, devise, alien or dispose of, and convey and assure to the purchasers, any such Lands, Rents, Tenements and Hereditaments aforesaid, when the con- dition of the grant to them, or the will of the divisor, does not forbid it. And further, that they the said Trustees, and their Successors forever, or a majority of them,. shall be able and capable in law, by the name aforesaid, to sue and implead, be sued and impleaded, an- swer and be answered in ali Gourts of Record whatsoever ; and they ghall have power to open and receive Subscriptions, and in general they shall and may do ali such things as are usuaily done by Bodies corporate and politic,. or such as may be necessary for the pro- motion of learning and virtue* III. And T>e it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Trustees, in order to carry the present Act into effect, shall meet at Fayetteville, on the third Monday of the Session of the next Gen- eral Assembly, at which time they shall choose a President and Secre- tary ; and shall then fìx the time of their next annual meeting ; and at every annual meeting of the Trustees, the members present, with the President and Treasurer, shall be a quorum to do any business or a majority of the members, without either of those officers, shall be a quorum ; but at their first meeting as above directed, there shall be at least fìfteen of the above Trustees present, in order to proceed to business ; and the Trustees at their annual meeting may appoint spe- cial meetings within the year ; or in case unforeseen accidents shall, render a meeting necessary, the Secretary, by order of the President and any two of the Trustees, signified to him in writing, shall by par- ticular notice to each Trustee, as well as by an advertisement in the State Gazette, convene the Trustees at the time proposed by the Pres-- ilent ; and the members thus convened shall be a quorum, to do any business except the appointment of a President or Professors in the University, or the disposai or appropriation of monies ; but in case of the death or resignation of the President or any Professor, the Trustees thus convened may supply the place until the next annual meeting of the Board of Trustees and no longer ; and the meeting at which the seat of the said University shall be fìxed, shall be advertised in the Gazette of this State at least six months, and notice in manner aforesaid to each of the Trustees of the object of said meeting. IV. And be it furiher enacted by the autliority aforesaid, That the Trustees shall elect and commission some person to be Treasurer for the said University during the term of two years ; which Treas- urer shall enter into bond with sufficient securitiesto the Governorfor the time being, in the sum of fìve thousand pounds, conditioned fot the faithful discharge of his office, and the trust reposed in him ; and that ali monies and chattels belonging to the said Corporation that shall be in his hands at the exoiratìon of his office, shall then be im- mediately paid and delivered into the hands of the succeeding Treas- urer ; and every Treasurer shall receive ali monies, donations, gifts bequests and charities whatsoever, that may belong or accrue to the eaid University during his office, and at the expiration thereof shali account with the Trustees for the same, and the same pay and deliver over to the succeeding Treasurer ; and on his neglect or refusai to pay and deliver as aforesaid, the same method of recovery may be had against him, as is or may beprovided for the recovery of Monies from Sheriffs or other persons chargeable with public monies ; and the Treasurer of the University shall cause annually to be published in the State Gazette, for the satisfaction of the subscribers and benefae- tors, a list of ali monies and other things by him received for the said University, either by subscription, donation, legacy or otherwise, un- der the penalty of one hundred pounds, to be recovered at the suit of the Attorney General, in the name of the Governor for the time be- ing, in any Court of record having cognizance thereof and the mon- ies arising from such Penalties shall be appropriated to the use of the said University. 8 V. Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That ali mon- ies received by the Treasurer of the sald University, shall be annually paid by hiin to the Treasurer of the State, who is hereby authorized and ordered to give a receipt to the said Treasurer of the University in behalf of the said Trustees, for ali such sums by him received ; and the said Treasurer shall pay annually unto the Treasurer of said Uni- versity, six per cent interest on ali such sums received by him in the inanner aforesaid ; which amount of interest paid by the State Treas- urer as aforesaid, shall be allowed to him in the settlement of his ac- counts; and the said Trustees shall on no event or pretence whatsoev* er, appropriate or make use of the Principal of the monies by them received on subscription, but such Principal shall be and remain as a permanent fund for the use and support of the said University for- ever. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the death, refusai to act, resignation or removal out of the State, of any of the Trustees for the time being, it shall be lawful for the re- maining Trustees, or any fìfteen of them, and they are hereby author- ìzed and required to elect and appoint one or more Trustees in the place of such Trustee or Trustees dead, refusing to act, resigned or re- moved, which Trustee or Trustees so appointed, shall be vested with the same powers, trust and authorities, as the Trustees are by virtue of this Act. Provided nevertheless, That the Trustee or Trustees so appointed, shall reside in the Superior Court District where the per- son or persons reside in whose room he or they shall be so elected. VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the Trustees ©hall deem the funds of the said University adequate to the purchase of a necessary quantity of land and erecting the proper Buildings, they shall direct a meeting of the said Trustees for the pur- pose of fixing on and purchasing a healthy and convenient situation which shall not be situate within five miles of the permanent seat of Gov- ernment, or any of the places of holding the Courts of Law or Equi- ty ; which meeting shall be advertised at leastsix months in some Ga- zerte in this State, and at such Superior Courts as may happen with- in that time. Vili. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Trustees shall have the power of appointing a President of the Uni- versity, and such Professors and Tutors as to them shall appear nec- essary and proper, whom they may remove for misbehavior, inability or neglect of duty ; and they shall have the power to make ali such laws and regulations for the governmentof the University and preser- vation of order and good morals therein, as are usually made in such Seminaries, and as to them may aprear necessary ; provided the Fame are not contrary to the inalienable liberty of a citizen, or to the laws of the State. And the Faculty of the University, that is to say, the President and Professors, by and with the coment of the Trust ees, shall have the power of conferring ali such degiees or marksof lite- rary distinction, as are usually conferred in Colleges or Universities. IX. And be itfurtJier eiiacted by the auihority aj'oresaid, That eve- ry person who within theterm of five years, shall subscribetenpounds towards this University, to he paid within five years, at five eo t ual an- nual pa}-ments, shall be entitled to have or.e Student edu'cated at the University, free from any expense of Tuition. X. And be it jurthcr eiiacted by the authmity oforesaid, That the public hall of the Library and four of the Colleges shall he called ?ev~ erally by the names of one or another of the six persons who shall within four years contribute the largest sums towards the funds of this University, the high est subscriber or donor, barin g choice in the order of their respective donations. And a book shall Le kept in the Library ofthe University, in which shall be fairly entered the names and places of residence of every benefactor to this Seminai y, in order that posterity may be infoimi d to wlim they aie indebted fcr the measure of learning and good morals that may prevail in the State. An Act for raising a Fund for Erecting the Bi ild- iivgs, and for the support of the university of korlb Carolina. [Passed at the S« ssion of 17S9.] Whereas the General Assembly by their Act entitled, An Act to establish a University in this State, passed on the eleventh day of De- cember Instant, have declared that a University shall be established and erected in this State, which shall be called and known by the name of The University of North Carolina : A nd whereas adequate L'i St? e ^ 0U 1 t0 ^ the m " hi <* -» ™* effectually insur» •mit:: vaQtages to be hopcd and « *»» — - That a g,ft of ali mon.es due and owing to the public of North Care- Hh tT T TT*" UDder the f0 ™ er ° r P resent Goverement, up to the first day of January, one tbousand seven hundred and ei.nty thr«* mclus.ve, (Monies or certificato dne for confiscated pro^eny purehased, ezcepted) shall be, and is hereby declared to be fulìy and abso utely made, for the purpose of erecting the necessary Building" empioymg Professerà and Tutors, and carrying into co mpl ete effect the Act before rec.ted: And the Treasurer is hereby directed and re- qu.red to commence suits, and to prosecute ali persousowing as above men .oned, and the monies recovered in consequence thereof, ,o pay into the hands of the Trustees named in said Act or their Successo^ to be apphed to the purposes aforesaid. Provided, That nothW herem contamed shall becoustrned to prevent the Treasurer or Cam * troller from settling with and collecting from the Executors of RoC ert Lamer, deceased, late Treasurer of Salisbury District, such sums in cash or certificates, as may, on a final settleuient of his acconnts be found to be due to the public; nor shall it extend to prevent thei «meeting from the Sheriffs of that District, their arrearages of Tax- es which became due under the present Government, and which ought tohave been paid into the office of the said Lanier, as Treasurer aforesaid; providei they make such collectiou withiu the space of two years, after which time the arrearages of that District also shall be considered as being included in this gift. II. AadUUtnackd, That ali the property that has heretofore or shall hereafter escheat to the State, shall be, and hereby is vested in the said Trustees, for the use and benefit of the said University III. Andbe ti fnrther enacledby the authoHty aforesaid; That the ìands and other property belonging to the University aforesaid, shall be, and the same is hereby exem.pt from ali kinds of public taxation 21 AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE INTO ONE. THE SEVERAL ACTS OF THE GENER- AL ASSEMBI.Y OF THIS STATE, RELATIVE TO THE APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY, FOR THE GOVERNMENT TilEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPQSES. [Passed at the Session of 1821.] Be it enacted &c. That John Haywood, Benjamin Smith, "William, Polk, Henry Potter* Archibald D. Murphey, Duncan Cameron, Joseph Caldwell, Thomas Winns, Edward Jones, James Webb,. Henry Sea- well, Calvin Jones, John LX Ilawkins, Robert H. Jones, Jeremiah Slade, Joseph IL Bryan, Robert Williams, William Gaston, Thomas Brown, Francis Locke, Montfort Stokes, Thomas L we, Archibald Mc-^ Bride, Atlas Jones, Lewis Williams, William McPheters, Frederick Nash, Thomas Ruffin, James W. Clark, John Stanley, Bartlett Yan- cey, Léonard Henderson, John Branch, William Miller,. Simmons J. Baker, George E. Badger,. Kemp Plummer, Thomas D. Bennehan* Willie P. Mangum, James Mebane, John Witherspoon, John B. Ba- ker, James Iredell, William D. Martin, Joseph B. Skinner, James C. Johnston, Enoch Sawyer, Alfred Moore, John D. Toomer, John Owen, Gabriel Holmes* Romulus M. Saunders, Lewis D. Sehweinitz and Thomas P. Devereux, are hereby declared to be Trustees of the Uni- versity of this State, and the successors of the Trustees appointed by an Act of the General Assembly of this State, passed in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, entitlcd, " An Act to estab-. Ush a University in this State," and that the appointment of the Trustees aforesaid* is hereby confi.rmed, and they are declared to have ali the power and authority heretofore conferred by law on the Trus- tees of said Instituti n. 2. Be it enacted, That the Board of Trustees or the University shall consist of sixty-fìve members, ali of whom shall be resident citi- »ens of this State. 3. Be it enacted, That the additional number of Trustees hereby authorized shall be elected by joint ballot of both Ilouses of the Gen- eral Assembly, and that, hereafter, when any vacancy or vacancies, shall happen in the said Board, by death, resignation, refusai to act, remov- al out of this State or other cause, it shall be the duty of the Presi- dent of the Board to communicate, or cause to be communicated by the Secretary, to the General Assembly, the said vacancy or vacancies 12 and thereupon, they shall elect by joint ballot of both houses, a suita- ble persun or persons to fili the sanie. 4. Be it eriacted, That the Board of Trustees |hall bave power to vacate the appointment, and remove a Trustee for improper conduci, stating the cause of such removal on their journal : Prorided, that the sanie shall be don e at an anuual meeting of the Board, and that theieshall be present at the doing thereof, at least twenty of the members of the Board. 5. Be it enacted, That the Governor of this State for the time be- ing, sball be, and he is hereby declared to be President of the Board of Trustees of the University, and as such, shall preside at ali the meetings of the said Board at which he may be present : and if, l;y indisposition or other cause, the Governor shall be ab- sent fromany meeting of the Board, he may appoint, in writing, some other person, being a Trustee, to act as President for the time being, and who shall preside accordingly : and if, at any time, the Governor shall be absent at the meeting of the Board, and shall not nave ap- pointed, as afoiesaid, a President, it shall be lawful for the Board to apppoint a President for the time being, who shall preside as such. 6. Be il enacterì, That there shall be an annual meeting of the Board of Trustees during the Session of the General Assembly, in the city of Kaieigh, and at such time and place as the President of the Bjard may appoint ; and at any of the annual meetings of the Board any number of Trustees, not le?s than seven, shall constitute a quo- rum, and be competent to exercise full power and authority to do the business of the Bjard; and the said Bjard or the President thereof shall bave power to appoint special meetings of the Trustees, at such time and piace as, in their opinion, the interest of the Iustitution may require ; but no special meeting shall have power to revoke or alter any order, resolution or vote of an annual meeting. 7. Bt it euac e l, That in case the office of Secretary or Treasurer of the B.>ard of Trustees of the University, shall be vacant from any cause whatever, in the recess of the Board the President shall appoint a suitable persoli to fili the same, until the annual meeting of the Bv,ard of Trustees, at which time the said Board shall eiect a proper person to fili the said vacancy. 8. Be it enacted, That the second section of an Act passed in the year oue thousand eight hundred and five, entitled, " An Act appointr 13 ing the Governor for the time being, Presidfìnt of the Board of Trus- tees of the University," and that so much of the severa! acts of the General Assembly of this State, as is inconsistent with this Act, be, and the sanie is hereby repealed ; and that this Act shall be in force from and alter the ratification thereof. AN ACT TO AMENO AN ACT, PASSED IN THE YEAR EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTV-ONE, ENTITLED " AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE INTO ONE, THE SEV- ERAL ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THIS STATE, RELATIVE TO THE APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY, FuR THE GOVERNMENT [Pasaeil at the Session v,f 1824.] Beit enacted&c„ That the Board of Trusteesat their annual meet- ing, may, by resolution, vote or ordinance, from time to time, as to tbem shall seem meet, limit, control and restrain the business to be transacted, and the power to be possessed and exercised by special meetings of the Board, called according to the sixth section of the above recited act ; and the powers of such special meetings shall be limited, controled and restrained accordingly. And every order, vote, resolution, or other acts done, made or adopted by any special meet- ing, contrary to any order, resolution, vote or ordinance of the Board, at an annual meeting, shall be absolutely, to ali intents and purposes, nuli and void. AN ACT CONCERNING THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. [Revised Code, Chapter 113.] 1. Any licence granted to retail spirituous liquors, wines or cordiate at Chapel Hill, or within two miles thereof, shall be void. 2. No person shall erect, keep, or maintain or bave at Chapel Hill, or within two miles thereof, any tippling house, establishment or place, for the sale of wines, cordials, spirituous or malt liquor. 3. No person in the State, without permission in writing, from the President of the University, or some member of the Faculty, shall sell or cffer to sell or deliver to any Student of the University, or to any other person, any cordial, wine, spirituous or malt liquor, for the pur- pose of being used, or with knowledge that the same will be used, at Chapel Hill, or within two miles thereof by any such Student. Ì4 4. No person at or within two miles of Chapel Hill, shall give or furnish any electioneering treat or entertainment. 5. No person shall set up, keep or maintain at Chapel Hill, or within fìve miles thereof, any public billiard table, or other public table of any kind, at which games of chance or skill, by what ever name called, may be played. 6. No person, without permission in writing obtained therefor from the President of the University, or some member of its Faculty, seven days beforehand, shall exhibit at Chapel Hill, or within fìve miles thereof, any theatricals, slight of hand or equestrian perform- ances, or any dramatic recitations or representations, or any rope or wire dancing, naturai or artiiicial curiosities, or any concert, serenade, or performance in music, singing or dancing. 7. Any person who shall offend against any of the provisions of this chapter, hereinbefore recited, shall be deemed guilty of misde^ meanor. 8. Any contract or agreement by any Student oi the University> being then a minor, with any shop-keeper, merchant, trader, or other person, upon the sale of any wine, cordial, spirituous or malt liquore, or of any goods, wares or merchandise, or of any article of trade, or with the keeper of any livery stable, shall bevoid, unless the same, if made at or within two miles of Chapel Hill, be made under the writ- ten permission of the President of the University, or some member of its Faculty ; or if made at a greater distance from Chapel Hill, under the written consent of the person who may have the control or au- thority of such Student. 9. Every contract made with a Student of the University, con- rary to the provisions of the preceding section> shall be void, and may be avoided on account of any of the matters thèrein contained on the plea of the general issue ; on the trial whercof, if it appeax that the defendent was, at the time of the alleged contract, a Student of the University, it shall be presumed that he was, at the making thereof, a minor. 10. Every such contract shall be incapable of being confirnied, and any promise or obligation given by such Student, after his arrivai at full age, shall be void. 15 ORDINANCES OF THE TRUSTEES, (Adopted January 2, 1835.) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Be it ordained, That a Committee of seven members of this Board (of whom the President shall ex officio, be one) shall be appointed at every regular annual meeting of the Board, to be called " the Execu- tive Committee of the Trustecs of the University of North Carolina," a majority of whom shall form a quorum for transacting business: that ali the duties heretofore assigned to, and powers vested in, the Land Committee, the Committe of Appnintments, and the Building Committee, be, and they are hereby assigned to, and vested in, the Executive Committee hereby provided for. The Secretary of the Board of Trustees shall be Secretary of the Executive Committee ; he shall attend their meetings, and enter their proceedings in a regular Journal, to be kept for that purpose. The Executive Committee shall have power to make such contracta for the sale of the property and effects, both real and personal, of the University, as they may deem best for the interest of the same. The Executive Committee shall have power to alter, change and regulate the course of studies and discipline prescribed at the Uni- versity, and to dismiss any Professor or Tutor for such cause as they may deem sufficient. Ali the Acts of the Executive Committee, under the authority of this Ordin ance, shall be fully stated in the Journal of this Commifc tee, and shall be laid before the Trustees at the next regular annual meeting of the Board. Ali former Ordinances and Resolutions of the Board of Trustees, creating a Committee of Appointments, a Land Committee and a Building Committee, are hereby repealed. The Executive Committee to be appointed under this Ordinane^ «hall have power to fili ali vacancies happening in their own body. LAWS GOVERMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY. (Revised Aprii 2, 1859.) CHAPTER I. OF THE FACULTY. The Faculty of the University of Sortii Carolina shall he composed of the President and Professors, a majority of whom being assemblee!, after due noticegiven bythe President or presiding Professor, to ali the members, shall be competent to the transaetion of business. 2. Every matter brought before the Faculty, shall be decided by votes, and it shall be the additional privilege of the President, or presiding Professor, to give a cast- ing vote, when otherwise there would be a tie. 3. The Professors shall take rank according to the date of their appointment. 4. The President may convoke the Faculty at his discreti on, and the Faculty may also meet by adjourn- nient. 5. The opinion or vote of any member of the Facul- ty, shall not be made known directly or indirectly to any one who is not a member of the body, except when ex- press order shall be given to that effectby a unanimous decision of the Faculty. 6. A member of the Faculty shall not be a sitting member of any Society of Students. 7. It shall be the duty of every member of the Fac- ulty individually, to be vigilant in carrying into efted 2 18 every law of the College: andto report to the President or to the Faculty suoli transgressions as ought to be punished by that body. 8. The Faculty shall keep a record of their proceed- ings, the senior Tutor shall be their Cìerk, and make a fair and regular entry of their transactions in a book kept for that purpose. This record shall be laid before the board of Trustees when required by them. 9. ~No act of the Faculty, which is not recorded by their order, shall be considered valid. 10. It shall be the duty of the Tutors to resi de in the buildiiigs of the University, to maintain order and decorimi among the students, andto assist under the di- rectiou ot the President and Professors, in the instruc- tion of the classes. It is the duty of the Tutors to de- vote their time and attention exclusively, to the faithful instruction of the classes committed to them, Constant and vigilant efforts to maintain discipline, or the prose- cution of literary or scientiiic pursuits and investigations. 11. The Professors and Tutors shall, in successione examine the rooms of the College, at leastonce a wcek, and see that cleanliness and neatness be preserved. In these visitations, tliey shall take an account of the locks, doors, winclows and forniture, wirlithe names of thein- habitants in eacli room. When damagc of any descrip- tion in the College buildings is at any time observed by a meniber of the Faculty, it shall be his duty to report it as soon afterwards as possible to the Bursar, that it may be immediately repaired. 12. It is the duty of every instructor to be pimctual in the discharge of his duties, and especi ali y to bé pres- ent at the opening and dose of each session, and duritig the entire period of every examination. He must not departat the dose, until the report is agreed upon, re- duced to writing and signed by the presiding olncer. 13. It shall be the duty of each instructor, when he ìs to hear a class recite, to go to the Recitation Room, 19 and take possession of it a reasonal)le time before the hour for the beli to ring, to prevent assemblages of Studente before the proper time, andto seethat the Re- eitation Room is in a proper condition for the reception of the class. The recitation of the class shall continue through the hour, or at least until the beli shall give no- tice of ita expiration. 14. Every Professor shall bave a room appropriateci to him in the College. It is expected of the Professors, as pertinent to their office, to pass as mnch of their time every day in these rooms, as they conveniently can, to aid in the order and instruction of the College. The Board of Trustees will also look to the Professors to visit in snccession the rooms of the Students at night, as often as eonvenient. lo. The President is a Trustee, and the regnlar and proper organ of communication betweenthe-Faculty and the several members thereof, and the Board of Trustees, through whom ali memoriate or propositions relating to the Institution must be macie. 16. The Facili ty of the University, that is, the Pres- ident and-Professors, by and with the consent of the Trustees, shall bave the power of conferring ali such degrees or marks of literary distinction as are usnally conferred in Colleges or Universities. 17. The degree of Bachelor of Arts shall not be con- ferred on any member of the College, nntil he shall have been a Stuclent at least one year ; bnttlie honorary degree of Bachelor of Arts, may be conferred agreeably to former custom. CHAPEEK IL OF TUE BURSAR, ROOM-RENT, &C. 1. Ori e of the Professors shall be appointed Bursar of the University. It shall be bis cluty to receive from the Htndents the money or drafts of money they may 20 bring with them, and disburse the sanie in paying the Board, Tuition Fees, College Dues, and other necessari expenses of the Students. He shall keep an account of the money received and disbursed, for each Student, and at the close of each session, he shall render a copy of snch account to' the Parent or Guardian of each Stu- dent, and pay the balance (if any there be) to such Pa- rent or Guardian, or to his or her written order. 2. Each Student on his arrivai at the University, shall pay over to the Bursar ali money, or drafts for money, which may be committed to him for the payment of College expenses ; and for his so doing, shall be consid- ered as acting under a pledge of honor. 3. It shall be the duty of the Bursar, at the beginning of each Session, to render to theTreasurer of the Board an account of ali his receipts arising from tuition and room-rent, and from the deposita of the Student, for repairs and damages, and of his disbursements of the sanie, with the vouchers for said disbursement ; and he shall pay into the Treasury at the close of each session ali balances which may be in his hands. 4. At the beginning of every session, the Students shall pay in advance, Uve dollars each as room-rent, and at the sanie time deposit with the Bursar three dol- lars each, to repair any damage they may commit ; which sum, as far as unexpended, shall be returned at the end of the session ; but if the damage shall exceed the sum deposited, the author shall pay the excess. 5. A Student shall not live in the College buildings in the vacation, without permission expressly obtaiDed from the Bursar, or in his absence from some member of the Faculty. The officer is expected to register the name of the Student thus permitted to reside, who is considered as pledging himself to make good ali dam- ages which he may commit. For ali damages done in the room which he occupies, he is responsible, whether he cause them personally or not ; and he may be di- 21 rected to reliuquish his residence in the buildings at any time in the vacation. 6. The Students, on leaving their rooms at the end of the session, or at any time dnring the vacation, shall put the keys of their rooms into the banda of the Bur- sar. 7. It shall he theduty of the Bursar, at the beginning of every vacation, to have the doors and Windows of the public buildings carefally iastened, where they are not inhabited. And if damages be done which he could not prevent, and of which the authors are unknown, he shall repair them at the expense of che Board. 8. Wben a Stndent oceupies a room at the beginning of a session, he shall continue in it until the end of the session, unless a change be permitted or directed by the Faculty. 9. If a Student be present at the beginning of a session, he may elaim the room occupied by him at the end of the preceding session ; but if not, it may be abited by the first occupant. More than two per- sons may not live in one room at any time, without per- mission specially obtained. 10. The Faculty may interdica any house in the village as improper for the reception of Students as boarders, ou account of the irregularities in which they are per- mitted or tempted to live, or the disorderly and perni- eious examples set before them. 11. A Student may not occupy a room for residence out of the College, till each of the rooms shall have two inmates. But Professors may receive Students to reside in their houses, and the Faculty may permit a Student to reside in the village, when they shall judge his situatimi requires such indulgence. 12. The Students shall keep their rooms clean, and sball not put or procure to be introduced into the Col- lege, fìlth of any kind. Xor shall they throw on the outside of the College, against the walls, or around the 22 buildings, any sort of dirt or rubbish, under such pen- alty, as the oiience may deserve. 13. If any Student shall cut or injure the buildings or furniture of the College, or in any manner disfìgure or deface them, especially with obscenity, profaneness or vulgarity, he shall, besicle making good the damage, be subject to su eh other punishment as may be judged necessary. 14. There shall be no ball-playing in or among the College buildings or agaiust the walls. Allathletic ex- ercises must be kept at a distance, so as toprevent dam- age to the buildings and interrnption to study. The use of camphene and burning fluid endangers life and property, and is prohibited in the College buildings, and in ali rooms occupied by Students. CHAPTEE III. OF TUE LIBRARIAN AND LIBRARY. 1. No person but a Trustee or Member of the Faculty, ehall at any time bave access to the Library, without the presence of the Librarian or some officer of the Col- lege. 2. The Librarian, at the end of every session, shall present to the Faculty a written report of the state of the Library. 3. Such books as, by a determination of the Faculfv, oughtnot to be taken out hj the Students, may be con- sulted by them in the Library, on such days, and within such hours as shall be appointedby the Faculty. 4. A Student may not at any time, take down abook frora the shelves of the Library. The Librarian alone is to deliver it to bini, and return it to its place. 5. When a Student shall take a book out of the Li- brary, he shall sign a receipt, in which the book shall be specifìed by the Librarian. 23 6. A volume shall not be kept out of the Library more thau one week, without being returned to the Li- brarian, and the receipt for it renevved. If any other person shall want the volume at the end of that ti me, the one who has already had it, shall not then take it out anew. 7. When a hook shall be given out or returned, the Librarian shall examine it, to see if it be damaged or deiaeed ; and if a Student shall defaee or damage a hook foelonging to the Library, he shall pay according to the damage done, as estimated by the Faculty even to the replaeing of the set. If he shall, lose it he shall pay to the Librarian ite vaine, as estimated by the Faculty, or else he shall replace it as above. If he shall fail to re-, tura it in two weeks after taking it out of the library he may be judged to bave lost it, ai d the Faculty may proceed accordingly. If a Student shall refuse to com- ply with the deeisions of the Faculty on these subjects, he may be admonished, suspended or dismissed, as the nature of the case may requìre. 8. The Librarian shall keep a catalogue of ali the books of the Library. If any book shall be presented to the University, the name and residence of the donor shall be recorded. 9. The Librarian shall appoint a day and liour for delivering and receiving books, and shall attend once a week for these purposes. 10. Wliile the Students are attending at the Library they shall observe an orderly deportment. 11. A Student shall not lend a book whieh he has taken out of the Library, without permission from the Librarian. 24 CHAPTEK IV. THE LITERARY SOCIETIES. The two Literary Societies, having by former com- pact agreed to apportion between them the College Buildings, and to make good the damages and dilapi- dations they may snstain, the follo wing parti tion shall be recognized and respected, to wit : the East Building shall be known as the Philanthropic, and the West Build- ing, as the Dialectic Piali, and the longitudinal apportion- ment of the South Building, as it exists at prcsent, shall be maintained. CHxlPTEE Y. OF ADMrSSION INTO THE UNIVERSITY. 1. To take regular standing as a Student in the Uni- versity, a candidate must susta-in an approved examina- tion before the Faculty on such parts of the pian of ed- ucation as have been already prosecuted by the class in- to which he would enter. 2. To become a Student on partial or irregular stand- ing, the candidate, if he be not twenty-one years of age, must exhibit a certificate front his parent or guardian, that he is permitted to enter on such terms. If he would prosecute any brandi of science, into which any class is already advanced, he must be examined with appro- bation on such parts of the science, as the class has al- ready compieteci. 3. Every Student at his admission, shall obtain a copy of the Laws, and a certificate with the name of the Pres- ident, sigi) ed by himself, of the Students regular admis- sion into the University ; and these shall be at ali times a necessaiy testimonial of his being a Student, to be shòwn when called for, to any member of the Faculty. 4. Every person on admission into the University, shall pay the College dues for the session, in advance 5. If a Student shall enter before the session shall b„ 25 half olapsed, he shall pay for the whole session ; if he shall arrive at the middle of the session or after it, he shall pay for half the session only ; hut room-rcnt sliall always he paid for the whole session. 6. If any person whose ohject it is to hccome a Stu- dente shall fall to report himself to the President on the first day after Iris arrivai, he shall he excluded, if his reasons for delay he deemed invalid hy the Faculty. 7. Any native of the State, desirons of prosecuting his studies in the University, who shall furnish satisfac- tory evidence of good talents, studio as habits and ex- emplary niorals, and who shall he unahle to defray the expense of tuition, may, at the discretion of the Fac- ulty, he admitted to ali the recitations of the Classes, free from any demand for Tuition. Such heneficiaries may occupy theroonis of the College, free of rent, when the rooms are not necessary for the accommodation of such Students as pay tuition and room-rent. 8. The Faculty shall he authorized in ali cases, when, from examination, reasonable hopes shall he entertain- ed that defieiencies can he made up, to admit applicante for a single session, to whom regular standing shall he awarded at the end of that time, if the individuai shall upon examination, he found entitled to it. 9. An applicant shall not ordinarily he admitted into the University under the age of sixteen ; hut any ap- plicant exhihiting in the opinion of the Faculty, the requisite strength and maturity of physical and mental constitution, and ampie acquirements, and -producing satisfactory testimonials of estahlished moral character and steacly habits, may he admitted in the sound dis- cretion of the Faculty, though he may not haveattained this age. 10. A Student shall not he permitted to niake any alterations in the studies which he has undertaken to prosecute in any session, until the session shall expire* 26 CHAPTEE VI. COLLEGIATE DUTIE8 AND RESTRICTIONS. 1. The business of the University shall commence without delay, on the first dav of the session, and ex- cept in cases where the Faculty shall, for special reasons, direct otherwise, — 2. From the Ist of Xovembcr to the loth of February, morning prayers shall he a quarter before 7 o'clock ; the rest of the year, morning prayers shall he at sun-rise. — From the first of Septeinber to the first of May the hours of study in the forenoon shall he from 9 till 12, and from 2 till 5 in the afternoon ; and the beli shall be ning for summoning the Studentsto their rooms at 8 o'clock in the evening. Through the other part of the year, the hours of study in the forenoon shall be from half past 8 till 12, and from 3 till 6 in the afternoon ; and the beli shall be rung in the evening at 9 o'clock. 3. After the rinvino; of the beli at night, till break- fast on the following morning, the time not devoted to sleep is due to study, and it is the duty of the Student, if not engaged in the preparatimi of bis lessons, to be in his room, and to maintain orderand quietthere. 4. Every Student shall regni arly and punctually at- tend the recitation of his class, at the place appointed by his Instructor, and at the ringing of the beli to give him notice. He is not to be at the doorof the recita- tion Room nor within it, nor loitering about the doors or passages of thebuildings, before such notice isgiveu. His Professor or Tutor shall cali him to account for ab- senee or delay or neglect of preparation on the subjects assigned, and shall be the juclge of bis exctise. If a good reason be not shown for the delinquency, he may be cited before the Faculty to answer for it. 5. Whenever the absences of a Student other than those occasioned by sickness, or consequent upon per- mission either from morning or evening prayers, from divine worship or from recitation, shall exceed in any Ti oiie monili one third the whole numbcr which sudi Stu- dent was bound to attend, the fact shall be reported to bis Parent or Guardian, with arequest that he be forth- with withdrawn from the Institution, or he shall be cìis- missed or suspendecl, at the discretion of the Facult) . 6. Every Student shall observe a strict propriety of conduct at recitation or lecture ; refraining from every- thing wliich shall interrupt business, or divert the at- tention of others ; he shall not recline or lounge upon the benches, nor be employed in eatiug, rcading news- papers, nor any hook or paper whatever, except suoli aa the Professor or Tutor at the time shall direct Iti- the duty of the Student to attend exelusively to the subjects of lecture or recitation, as they proceed, with a view to bis own improvement and to that of the class. For gross or perseverino* violations of these rules of deco- rum, he may be forthwith dismisscd troni the room, when his Instructor shajl deem it necessary. 7. Jso Student shall absent himself from the Univer- sity durino; the session, withoutpermission first obtained from the Presi dent, or the presiding Prcìfeseor. But leave of absence from recitation may be granted to a Student by his Professor or Tutor. 8. If any Student shall be habitually indolent or in- attcntive to business, or absent from prayers, recitation or public worship, or at any other time when it shall be his duty to attend, he shall be subject to penalty accor- ding to the aggravation of bis delinqueney. 9. Xo Student withoutpermission from the President or presiding Professor, shall go beyond the prescribed limits in study hours, or at any other time when the beli may cali him to his duty. 10. A Student shall not receive visitors in his rooni, nor shall he visit others in the hours of study, without leave from a member of the Faculty. 11. ]No Student shall disturb or attempt any imposi- tiou oh any of his feliow Studente in any maimerwhat- 28 ever ; and every Stuclent shall preserve order and deco- rimi in Iris own room, and shall be responsible for ali disorder conimitted in it, unless he give information, when in his power, of the person or persons from whoni it proceeded. 12. At the ringing of the beli the first tirne in the momin<>;, the Students shall rise to prepare for business. As soon asthe beli shall ring a second time, they sliail repair to the hall without delay and attend prayers. 13. !Nb shouting, whistling, dancing, or any boisterous noise shall be permitted in the passages or rooms or from the Windows of the College at any time, npon such pen- alty as the nature of the offence may, in the judgment of the Faculty, properly incur. The Studeuts shail net station themselves, either singly or in groups in the doors or passages, at the well, or anywhere among the buildings, especi aily in the hours of study ; and at any time when it shall appear neeessary te the order of the College, such assemblies may be broken up and disper3ed by any member of the Faculty. 14. A Student seen in the campus after the ringing of the notice beli at night may be held to an account therefor, and if found there in time of a disturbauce, shall be deemed a participator. CHAPTEE VIL DEPORTMENT OF STUDENTS. | RELIGION. 1. If any Student shall deny the being of a GUxl, or the divine authority oi the lioly Scriptures, or shall as- sert and endeavor to propagate among the Students, any principlesubversive of the Christian religion, he shall be dismissed. 2. Every Student, whether he live in College or in the village, shall attend public prayers morning and evening in the Chapel, and while attending shall refrain from ali noise, presenting and conducting himself with 29 sudi reverence and decorum as are suited to tliese sacred serviees. On Sunday it shall he the duty of every Stu- dent to be preseut at the reading or delivery of a sermon in tue Chapel, at the hour appointed hythe Faculty for that purpose. ISTo whispering, talking, reading, eating, laughing, or in decent behaviour of any kind shall be allowed on such occasions. 3. The Students sliall attend snch instrnctions in mor- als or religion, as their Professors and Tutors or the Faculty jointly shall appoint on Sunday. And if any Student absent himself, or evade such instructions, he shall be punished by his instructor, or by the Faculty according to his ofìence. 4. Comniunicants may attend divine worship on the Sabbath, in the village, whenever there is service in the Churches to vdiich they respectively belong. 5. On Sunday, the Students shall refrain from their ordinary diversions and exercises. They shall not fìsh, hunt or swim, nor shall they walfc far abroad, but shall observe a quiet and orderly behaviour. $ MORALE. 1. Ali profane and indecent language shall be utterly excluded from the University. The Student who is guilty of using such language, and on being warned, stili perseveres, shall be admonished, suspended or dis- missecl, according to his offence. 2. A Student shall not possess nor expose to another, any hook or picture that is impious or obscene. 3. ìso Student shall make or attend horse-races, nor bet upon them. They shall not keep fowls, nor in any manner participate in sporting with them. 4. A Student shall not engagé in a game of hazard, nor shall he make any bet. 5. If any Student shall use any indecent gesture or language to any other Student or person, he shall be li- able to be admonished. 30 6. If any Student shall be convicted of lying, he shall be admonished, suspended or dismissed, according to the degree of the offence. 7. A Student who shall reside within two miles of the University in the vaeation, shall be subject to the laws of the Institution in regard to moral conduet, so as to be responsible for violations of tliera, when he shall apply for admission in the ensuing session. 8. If a Stadent shall strike another Student in an- ger, or in any manner beguilty of a breach of the peace, it is a high offence and shall be punished as such. 9. No insultino: langnasre or treatment shall be offered by a Student or any number of the Studente, to the peo- ple of the village, the country around the University, or of any other place. 10. If any Student or Students shall destroy or tres- pass oìi the property in the village or elsewhere, the au- thority of the College shall iniiict an exemplary pun- ishment on him or theni, and any combination to pre- vent the execution of the eivil law shall be severely punished. 11. It is reeommended to the Students to be plain in their dress, but it is required of them to be neat and cleanly. If any Student be negligent in this respect, it shall be the duty of the College omcers to admonish hira for it, and if he persevere, to report him totheFaculty. \ INTEMPERANCE. 1. If any Student shall be found guilty of intoxica- tion during his connection with the University, he shall be dismissed. Xo application for the re-admission of any such Student shall be entertained for at least two months from the time of his dismission. If the dccis- sion be in his favor, he shall not bere-adnntted, until he shall bave passed an approved examination, on the studies pursued by the class in the meantime. 2. Xo Student shall go to a tavern, beer-house, or any such place, for the purposes of entertainment or 31 amnsement, withont permission fremi sopie oflicerof the College; nor shall he, ori anyoecasion, keep company with persona of pubiiely baci character, under penalty of admonition, and if the practice be continued, of sus- pension or dismission. I DUELLINO. 1. Every Student who shall send io any person a challenge or message, either in writing or otherwìse, purporting to be a challenge to tight a duel, shali be ex- pelled. 2. Every Student who shall le the bearer of any challenge or message, in writing or otherwìse, purport- ing to be a challenge, or in any wise relating th ereto ; or who shall either direetly orindireetly, bave any agen- cy therein, or in the duel that may be the consequence thereof, shall be expelled. 3. Ajiv Student- who shall accept a challenge to fiodit a duel, shall be expelled. 4. Yrhen a Student shall be expelled in consequence of the provisions of these Ordinances, he shall be de- livered over to the civil authority, to be prosecuted as the law direets. 5. The Faculty of the University shall bave full cognizance and jurisdiction of ali offences under these laws against the atrocious act of duelling, and are here- bv authorized and required to carry the same into full eiFect. 6. ISTo Student shall keep a dog or fìre-arms, or g\\n~ powder. Ile shall not carry, keep or own at the Col- lege, or within the village of ChapelHill, a sword, dirk, sword-cane, or any deadly weapon ; nor shall he use firc-arms without permission from the President : and if any Student shall ofFend herein, he shall be suspend- ed for a period of not less than three weeks, or be dis- missed at the discreti on of the Facultv. 32 £ TOVFARD THE FACULTY. 1. At ali times the Students shall deport and express themselves respectfully towards the Faculty, and every member of it. Any deficiency in this duty shall be considered as peeuliarly in connict with ths laws and principles essential to a College, and shall be punish- ed accordingly. 2. If a Student making application for a privilege or immnnity to one member of the Faculty, be refused, he shall not go to another member with the sanie request without informing him of the fact. His application, however, may be renewed, if he shall think proper, to the Faculty as a body. 3. If any Student on being requested by any mem- ber of the Faculty to open the door of the chamber where he is, shall refuse or delay to comply, the door may be forced open and the Student compelledtomake good the damage, andbe otherwise punished asthe Fac- ' ulty shall judge proper. 4. If in any sudi room in the College or Village, a mem- ber of the Facuìty shall suspect that persons or spiritu- ous liquors are concealed in a closet, reeess, box, desk, bureau or other place, the Student may acquit himself of the suspicion, by opening and submitting such place to inspection ; but if he decline to do so, he shall be deemed guilty of the suspected concealment, and pun- ished accordingly. 5. If any Student shall be sent for by any member of the Faculty, and shall fail to come, he shall be held guilty of contempt of authority, and be punished ac- cordingly. 6. If any clubs or combinations of Students, shall at any time take place, either for resisting the authority oì" the College, interfering in its government, showing disrespect to the Faculty, or to any of its members, or for concealing or executing any evil design, the Facul- ty are empowered and directed to break up ali such 33 combinations as soon as discovered, and to infliet a se- verer punishment on each individuai, than if the offence intended had been commi tted in his individuai capaci- ty, whatever be the number concerned, or whatever he the consequence to the College. 6. "Written petitions for the removal of grievances r «hall not be signed by more than three Students» CHAPTER YIII. EXAMINAT10NS — COM MENCEMENT EXERCISES — COLLEGE MARSHALS. 1. Should any Student be absent from examination,. he may be summoned before the Faculty to show the reasons of such absence, and he shall be examined pub- licly by the Faculty, before he shall be permitted tojoin his class. 2. If a Student at an examination be found deficient, he may be publicly mentioned as a bad scholar by the Faculty or Trustees, admonished to greater diligence, or put into such class as may suit his standing. 3. On the day ot Commencement, the candidates for the degrees, shall perforai such exercises as shall be ap- poni ted them, and no candidate shall decline the excer- eise assigned him, under penalty of being refused his diploma. 4. Every person obtaining a diploma, shall pay to the President of the University, for the degree of Bach- elor of Arts, four dollars, and for the degree of Master oi Arts, tìve. 15. Kothing indecent, profane, or immoral, shall at any time be delivered on the public stage, under such penal- ty as the Faculty or Trustees shall think necessary. — And with a view to preserve ali public exercises of the Studente from impropriety of any kind, every Student, dunng the whole of his Senior year, and previously to hi» a 34 Commencement performances, especially, shall show to the President or to some otììcer designateci by him, the whole of what he proposes to speak, and shall not fail to observe such corrections as shall be made, and if any Student pronounce anything in public of a censurable nature, in opposition to the corrections or directions of the otììcer to whom he has shown his piece, the Presi- dent may stop him on the public stage, and he shall be otherwise censured as the Trustees or Faculty shall de- termine. 16. The Marshal and his four assistants, will, as here- tofore, be recommendedby the Senior Class and appoint- ed by the Trustees : but the office shall be conferred on no one who is not shewn to be a regular memberof the Junior Class, and punctual in the performance of his co lieo-i a te dutics. CIIAPTER IX. OF rCJNISHMENTS. The punisliraents authorized for enforeing the laws shall be : 1. Private admonition by a member of the Faculty. 2. Admonition before the Faculty, by the President, or in his absence, by any one of the members whom the Faculty shall appoint. 3. Admonition before the class to which the Student belongs, by the President, or in his absence^ by o-nc of the members of the Faculty. 4. Public admonition before ali the Students. This may be accompanied with . a public confession of the fault, and a promise of reformation. 5. Suspension for a fixed time, not exceeeìiBg six months. This may be attended wìth admonition be- fore the Trustees» 35 6. Dismission. 7. Expulsion ; which punishment, except in cases of «duelling, shall not be inflicted but with the sanction of fìve Trustees assembled. 8. When any Student sball be suspended, dismissed or expelled, the President or presiding Professor shall address a letter to the parent or guardian of such Stu- dent, informing him of the event and its cause. 9. Any Student who niay be suspended or dismiss- ed by the Faculty, shall depart within 48 hours, and shall not, durìng his suspension, or during the remain- der of the session in which he is dismissed, reside with- in two miles of the University, upon pain of a ehange of sentence by the Trustees into that of expulsion. To this, exception is admissible, when the parents of the Student live within the assigned limits. 10. When a Student shall so persistin habits of indo- lence and neglect of collegiate duties, or in disorderly behavior, that there is no hope of reclaiming him to hab- its of industry and order, it shall be the duty of the President to address a letter to the parent or guardian of such Student, stating the circumstances and advising him to withdraw him from the Institution ; provided nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to preventthe Faculty from suspending any Student when the same shall appear necessary. 11. £To Student shall associate or keep company with any person expelled from the University, on pain of such punishment as the Faculty shall think proper to inflict, consistently with the laws of the Institution ; pro- vided that such punishment shall not extend to expul- sion. \ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 028 334 359 5 j| has been regularìy admitted a Student ofrthe University of STorth \ ,