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 COLUMBIA COLLEGE, 
 
 REVISED AND PASSED 
 
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 
 
 MAY, 1848. 
 
 TO WHICH 13 PREFIXED 
 
 AN HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 
 COLLEGE. 
 
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 STATUTES 
 
 COLUMBIA COLLEGE, 
 
 REVISED AND PASSED 
 
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 
 
 MAY, 1848. 
 
 TO WHICH IS PREFIXED 
 
 AN HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 
 COLLEGE. 
 
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 NEW YORK: 
 
 PRINTED FOR COLUMBIA COLLEGE. 
 
 1848. 
 

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CONTENTS. 
 
 Page 
 Historical Sketch of Columbia College, 5 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 Of the President, 11 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 Of the Board of the College, 12 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 Of the Course of Study, 14 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 Of Admission, 16 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 Of Attendance. 18 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 Of the Behavior of the Students, 18 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 Of Crimes and Punishments, . . . 18 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 Of the Mode of Punishment, 19 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 Of Examinations, 20 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 Of Testimonials, 22 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 Of Commencements, .......... 23 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 Of Vacations, 24 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 Of the Library, 25 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 Of Free Scholarships, 26 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 Of Foundations, 26 
 
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trustee© of Columbia College. 
 
 ELEMENT C. MOORE, LL. D , 
 
 DAVID B. OGDEN, LL. D., Ch'n of Board. 
 
 EDWARD W. LAIGHT, 
 
 BEVERLEY ROBINSON, 
 
 RT. REV.BENJ. T. ONDERDONK, D. D., 
 
 PHILIP HONE, 
 
 REV. GARDINER SPRING, D. D , 
 
 JOHN L. LAWRENCE, 
 
 REV. WILLIAM BERRIAN, D. D., 
 
 OGDEN HOFFMAN, 
 
 SAMUEL B. RUGGLES, 
 
 REV. JOHN KNOX, D. D., 
 
 THOMAS L. WELLS, 
 
 REV. WILLIAM R. WILLIAMS, D. D. 
 
 WILLIAM H. HARISON, 
 
 JOHN B. BECK, M. D., 
 
 HAMILTON FISH, 
 
 WILLIAM BARD, 
 
 WILLIAM BETTS, 
 
 NATHANIEL F. MOORE, LL. D., 
 
 REV. BENJAMIN I. HAIGHT, D. D., 
 
 GERRIT G. VAN WAGENEN, 
 
 Jacultu of Columbia College. 
 
 NATHANIEL F. MOORE, LL. D., President. 
 
 Rev. JOHN M'VICKAR, S. T. D., Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, of Political 
 
 Economy, and of Rhetoric, and the Bellcs-Lettres. 
 CHARLES ANTHON, LL. D., Jay-Professor of the Greek and Latin Languages and Literatuie, 
 
 and Rector of the Grammar School. 
 JAMES REN WICK, LL. D., Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy and Chemistry. 
 Rev. CHARLES W. HACKLEY,S.T. D., Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. 
 HENRY DRISLER, Jr., A. M., Adjunct Professor of the Greek and Latin Languages. 
 Rev. H. I. SCHMIDT, A. M., Ge&Aard-Professor of the German Language and Literature. 
 The above, form the Board of the College. 
 
 MARIANO VELAZQUEZ DE LA CADENA, LL. B., Professor of the Spanish Language and 
 
 Literature. 
 Rev. SAMUEL H. TURNER, D. D., Professor of the Hebrew Language. 
 E. FELIX FORESTI, LL. B., Professor of the Italian Language and Literature. 
 FELIX G. BERTEAU, LL. B., Professor of the French Language and Literature. 
 JOHN W. S. HOWS, Professor of Elocution. 
 WILLIAM BETTS, A. M., Professor of Law. 
 LEFROY RAVENHILL, Librarian. 
 
HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 
 COLUMBIA COLLEGE 
 
 The establishment of a College in the City of New-York, was many years 
 in agitation before the design was carried into effect. At length, under an 
 Act of Assembly, passed in December, 1746, and other similar acts which fol- 
 lowed, moneys were raised by public lottery " for the encouragement of learn- 
 ing and towards the founding a college" within the colony. — These moneys 
 were in November, 1751, vested in Trustees ; of whom, ten in number, seven 
 were members of the Church of England, and some of these seven were also 
 vestrymen of Trintry Church. 
 
 These circumstances, together with the liberal grant of land to the College 
 by Trinity Church, excited apprehensions of a design to introduce a church- 
 establishment within the province, and caused violent opposition to the plan, as 
 soon as it became known, of obtaining a royal charter for the college. 
 
 This opposition, however, being at last in a great measure surmounted, 
 the Trustees in November, 1753, invited Dr. Samuel Johnson, of Connecticut, 
 to be President of the intended College. Dr. Johnson consequently removed 
 to New- York in the month of April following, and in July, 1754, commenced 
 the instruction of a class of students in the vestry room of the school-house 
 belonging to Trinity Church ; but he would not absolutely accept of the Presi- 
 dency until after the passing of the charter. This took place on the 31st of 
 October in the same year, 1754 ; from which period, the existence of the Col- 
 lege is properly to be dated. The Governors of the College, named in the 
 charter, are the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the first Lord Commissioner 
 for trade and plantations, both empowered to act by proxies ; the Lieutenant 
 Governor of the Province, and several other public officers ; together with 
 the Rector of Trinity Church, the senior Minister of the Reformed Pro- 
 testant Dutch Church, the Ministers of the German Lutheran Church, of the 
 French Church, of the Presbyterian Congregation, and the President of the 
 College, all ex officio, and twenty-four of the principal gentlemen of the City. 
 The College was to be known by the name of King's College. Previously to 
 the passing of the charter, a parcel of ground to the westward of Broadway, 
 
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 Oil which the College now stands, had been destined by the Vestry of Trinity 
 Church as a site for the College edifice ; and, accordingly, after the charter 
 was granted, a grant of the land was made, on the 13th of May, 1755. 
 
 The sources whence the funds of the Institution were derived, besides the 
 proceeds of the lotteries above mentioned, were the voluntary contributions of 
 private individuals in this country, and sums obtained by agents who were 
 subsequently sent to England and France. In May, 1760, the College build- 
 ings began to be occupied. In March, 1763, Dr. Johnson resigned his office 
 of President, and the Rev. Dr. Myles Cooper, of Oxford, who had previously 
 been appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy, and assistant to the President, 
 was elected in his place. In 1767, a grant of land was obtained, under the 
 government of Sir Henry Moore, of twenty-four thousand acres, situated in 
 the northern parts of the Province of New- York ; but by the terms of the 
 treaty which the State of New-York concluded with Vermont upon its erec- 
 tion into a separate state, this among other grants of lands lying within its limits, 
 was annulled, and the College consequently lost a tract of great value, inas- 
 much as it constituted the county town of the county in which it was situated. 
 
 In August, of the year 1767, a Medical School was established in the Col- 
 lege. 
 
 The following account of the Institution, supposed to be written by Dr. 
 Cooper, shows its condition previously to the war of the revolution : 
 
 " Since the passing of the charter, the Institution hath received great 
 emolument by grants from his most gracious majesty King George the Third, 
 and by liberal contributions from many of the nobility and gentry in the parent 
 country ; from the society for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts, 
 and from several public-spirited gentlemen in America and elsewhere. By 
 means of these and other benefactions, the Governors of the College have been 
 enabled to extend their plan of education almost as diffusely as any college in 
 Europe ; herein being taught, by proper Masters and Professors, who are chosen 
 by the Governors and President, Divinity, Natural Law, Physic, Logic, Ethics, 
 Metaphysics, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, Geography, His- 
 tory, Chronology, Rhetoric, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Modern Languages, the 
 Belles-Lettres, and whatever else of literature may tend to accomplish the 
 pupils as scholars and gentlemen. 
 
 " To the College is also annexed a Grammar School for the due prepara- 
 tion of those who propose to complete their education with the arts and sci- 
 ences. 
 
 " All students but those in Medicine, are obliged to lodge and diet in the 
 College, unless they are particularly exempted by the Governor or President ; 
 and the edifice is surrounded by a high fence, which also encloses a large 
 court and garden, and a porter constantly attends at the front gate, which is 
 closed at ten o'clock each evening in summer, and nine in winter ; after which 
 hours, the names of all that come in are delivered weekly to the President. 
 
" The College is situated on a dry gravelly soil, about one hundred and 
 fifty yards from the bank of the Hudson river, winch it overlooks ; command- 
 ing from the eminence on which it stands, a most extensive and beautiful pros- 
 pect of the opposite shore and country of New Jersey, the City and Island of 
 New-York, Long Island, Staten Island, New-York Bay with its Islands, the 
 Narrows, forming the mouth of the harbor, etc., etc. ; and being totally unen- 
 cumbered by any adjacent buildings, and admitting the purest circulation of 
 air from the river, and every other quarter, has the benefit of as agreeable 
 and healthy a situation as can possibly be conceived. 
 
 " Visitations by the Governors are quarterly ; at which times, premiums 
 of books, silver medals, etc., are adjudged to the most deserving. 
 
 " This Seminary hath already produced a number of gentlemen, who do 
 great honor to their professions, the place of their education, and themselves, 
 in Divinity, Law, Medicine, etc., etc., in this and various other colonies, both 
 on the American continent and West India Islands ; and the College is an- 
 nually increasing as well in students as reputation." 
 
 In consequence of the dispute between this and the parent country, Dr. 
 Cooper returned to England, and the Rev. Benjamin Moore was appointed 
 Prases fro tempore, during the absence of Dr. Cooper ; who, however, did 
 not return. 
 
 On the breaking out of the revolutionary war, the business of the Col- 
 lege was almost entirely broken up, and it was not until after the return of 
 peace, that its affairs were again regularly attended to. 
 
 In May, 1784, all the Seminaries of learning in the State of New-York 
 were, by an act of Legislature, placed under the authority of Regents, who 
 were styled Regents of the University. These Regents immediately set about 
 the regulation of the College, the name of which was now changed to Colum- 
 bia College. New Professors were appointed ; a Grammar School and a Med- 
 ical Department were established. 
 
 The College continued under the immediate superintendence of the Re- 
 gents until April, 1787 ; when the original charter, with necessary alterations, 
 was confirmed, and the College placed under twenty-nine Trustees, who 
 were to exercise their functions until their number should be reduced, by 
 death, resignation, or removal from the State, to twenty-four ; after which, all 
 vacancies in their Board were to be filled by their own choice. 
 
 In May, 1787, Dr. Wm. Samuel Johnson, son of the first President, was 
 elected President of Columbia College. During the previous vacancy of the 
 presidential chair, the Professors had presided in turn ; and certificates were 
 given to graduates, in place of regular diplomas. 
 
 Li the beginning of the year 1792, the Medical School was placed upon a 
 more respectable and efficient footing than before. 
 
 Dr. Johnson resigned the office of President in July, 1800, and was sue- 
 
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 ceeded the year following, by the Rev. Dr. Wharton, who resigned his office af 
 the end of about seven months. 
 
 Bishop Moore succeeded Dr. Wharton as President. His ecclesiastical 
 duties were such, that he was not expected to take an active part in the busi- 
 ness of the College, except on particular occasions. The chief management 
 of its concerns devolved upon the Professors. 
 
 In 1809, the requisites for entrance into College, to take effect the follow- 
 ing year, were very much raised, and a new course of study and system of 
 discipline was established. 
 
 A new amended charter was obtained from the Legislature in 1810 ; by 
 which the power of the College to lease its real estate for 21 years was ex- 
 tended to 63 years. 
 
 Bishop Moore resigned his office of President in May, 1811, in order to 
 make room for some person who might devote his whole time and attention to 
 the College ; and in June following, a new office, styled that of Provost, was 
 created. The Provost was to supply the place of the President in his ab- 
 sence, and was to conduct the classical studies of the senior class. Shortly 
 after this new arrangement, the Rev. Wm. Harris, and the Rev. John M. Ma- 
 son, were elected President and Provost. 
 
 In consequence of the establishment of the College of Physicians and Sur- 
 geons in New-York, the Medical School of Columbia College was, in Novem- 
 ber, 1813, discontinued. 
 
 The Provost resigned his office in 1816 ; since which time the College 
 has been under the sole superintendence of a President. 
 
 In September of 1817, steps were taken by the Trustees for a thorough 
 repair of the old edifice, which was in a very decayed state, and for the erec- 
 tion of additional buildings. Before the end of the year 1820, the proposed 
 alterations and additions were completed. 
 
 At the close of the year 1 827, the Trustees resolved upon the establish- 
 ment of a Grammar School, under the superintendence of the Faculty of the 
 College : which resolution was carried into effect early in the following year ; 
 and, in 1829, a building was erected upon the College ground for the accommo- 
 dation of scholars. 
 
 In October, of the year 1829, Dr. Harris, the President of the College, 
 died; and, on the 9th of December following, Wm. A. Duer, LL. D., was 
 elected in his room. 
 
 With a view of rendering the benefits of education more generally accessi- 
 ble to the community, the system of instruction, at the commencement of the 
 year 1830, underwent very extensive additions and modifications, and the time 
 of daily attendance upon the Professors was materially increased. The course 
 of study in existence at the time of making these additions, was kept entire, 
 and was denominated the full course. 
 
 Another course of instruction was established, denominated the scientific 
 
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 and literary course ; which latter was open to others beside matriculated stu- 
 dents, and to such extent as they might think proper to attend. 
 
 In May, 1833, the Jay-Professor of Languages was appointed Rector of 
 the Grammar School, and an arrangement in regard thereto was made with 
 him which still continues in force. 
 
 On a revision of the Statutes in the year 1836, both courses of study pur- 
 sued in the College were further enlarged ; and the Literary and Scientific 
 course, in particular, defined and materially extended. And in order that this 
 course, as well as the scientific branches of the Full course, might be con- 
 ducted in the most efficient manner, the Trustees appropriated the sum of ten 
 thousand dollars for the purchase of additional apparatus, as well as for adding 
 to the Library the requisite books of reference and illustration. 
 
 The Literary and Scientific course, however, as distinguished from the 
 Full course, did not appear to find favor with the public, and upon a revision 
 of the Statutes, in the year 1843, was discontinued. 
 
 Among other important changes made on this same occasion, was the adop- 
 tion of the German language and literature as part of the sub-graduate course, 
 and the establishment of the Gebhard Professorship thereof, upon the endow- 
 ment made by the last will and testament of Frederick Gebhard, Esquire. 
 
 In April, 1842, Wm. A. Duer, LL. D., resigned his office of President, 
 and in the following month of August, Nathaniel F. Moore, LL. D., was 
 elected in his place. 
 
STATUTES 
 
 COLUMBIA COLLEGE 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 OF THE PRESIDENT. 
 
 1. It shall be the duty of the President to take charge and 
 have a care of the College generally ; of its buildings, of the 
 grounds adjacent thereto, and of its movable property. 
 
 2. To report to the Trustees, as occasion shall require, 
 concerning the state of the College, and the measures which 
 may be necessary for its future prosperity. 
 
 3. He shall have power, and it shall be expected of him, 
 from time to time, to visit the classes and other College depart- 
 ments, and to give such directions, and perform such acts, 
 generally, as shall, in his judgment, promote the interest of the 
 Institution, so that they do not contravene the Charter, the 
 Statutes, nor the decisions of the Board of the College. 
 
 4. It shall be his duty to see that the course of instruction 
 and discipline prescribed by the Statutes be faithfully executed, 
 and to rectify all deviations from the same. 
 
 5. He shall have the power to grant leave of absence from 
 the College, for a reasonable cause, and for such length of 
 time as he shall judge the occasion may require. 
 
 6. He shall preside at commencements, and at all meetings 
 of the Board of the College ; and shall sign all diplomas for 
 degrees duly conferred. 
 
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 7. He shall assemble the classes every day, except Satur- 
 day and Sunday, at half past nine o'clock A. M., for the pur- 
 pose of attending prayers ; after which two students, daily, in 
 rotation, shall pronounce declamations, which may be either 
 selected pieces or the original compositions of those who pro- 
 nounce them. And at these daily prayers and other exercises 
 of the Chapel, it shall be the duty of all. members of the 
 Board of the College to be present. And not only the Trus- 
 tees, but any other persons whom the President shall think 
 proper to admit, may be present. 
 
 8. The devotional, and other duties of the Chapel, shall be 
 performed by the President, or by such Professor as he may 
 appoint. The Senior Professor shall, in the absence of the 
 President, have the same authority to command obedience, 
 and to enforce the discipline of the Institution, as the President 
 possesses. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 OF THE BOARD OF THE COLLEGE. 
 
 1. The President, and the Professors engaged in the sub- 
 graduate course of instruction, shall constitute the Board of 
 the College. 
 
 2. The Professors shall take precedence according to the 
 dates of their appointment. 
 
 3. It shall be the duty of the Professors who are members 
 of the Board, to assist the President with their counsel and co- 
 operation. 
 
 4. The Board shall have power, 
 
 To try offences committed by the Students ; 
 
 To determine their relative standing ; 
 
 To adjudge rewards and punishments ; and. 
 
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 To make all such regulations for the better execution of 
 the College system as shall not contravene the Charter of the 
 College nor these Statutes, nor any order of the Trustees. 
 
 5. The concurrence of the President shall be necessary to 
 every act of the Board. 
 
 6. In case of the absence of the President, the Senior Pro- 
 fessor present shall preside at the meeting of the Board ; and 
 all acts of the Board thus constituted, shall be valid when ap- 
 proved by the President. 
 
 7. The Board shall meet, statedly, on every Saturday, for 
 the purpose of administering the general discipline of the Col- 
 lege. At this stated meeting, the Professors shall report con- 
 cerning the conduct and proficiency of the Students ; noting 
 particularly those who have been delinquent in their behavior 
 or attendance ; or deficient or negligent in their recitation. 
 
 8. The Board shall keep a Book of Minutes of their pro- 
 ceedings. 
 
 9. In the Minutes of their proceedings kept by the Board, 
 shall be noted, at every meeting, the names of the members 
 who attend, and the names of those who are absent. These 
 Minutes of the proceedings of the Board, it shall be the duty 
 of the President to cause to be laid before the Trustees, at 
 their stated meetings. 
 
 10. The Professors, who are members of the Board, shall 
 be engaged in the instruction of the classes five days in the 
 week. 
 
 11. The members of the Board, whose salaries are paid 
 out of the general fund of the College, shall not be engaged in 
 any professional pursuits from which they derive emolument, 
 and which are not connected with the College. 
 
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 CHAPTER III. 
 
 OF THE COURSE OF STUDY. 
 
 1. The students shall be habituated, as far as may be prac- 
 ticable, to study subjects rather than whole books ; and shall 
 be directed by their instructors to the sources whence they 
 may best derive assistance. 
 
 2. The hours of instruction at the College, shall be the four 
 that immediately follow the morning exercises of the Chapel, 
 on five days of each week ; and during those four hours, the 
 classes severally shall attend such instructors, and in such 
 order, as the Board of the College shall, from time to time, 
 direct. 
 
 3. The course of study in the several classes shall be as 
 follows, viz. : 
 
 First Year — Freshman Class. 
 
 Horace's Odes, Epodes, and Satires ; Virgil's Georgics ; 
 Ovid's Fasti ; Cicero de Senectute, and de Amicitia ; Cice- 
 ro's Oration for Mureena ; Dalzell's Collectanea Grceca Ma- 
 jora (both volumes) ; Lucian ; Latin Composition, in prose 
 and verse ; Greek and Roman Antiquities ; Ancient History 
 and Geography combined. 
 
 The German Language. 
 
 Algebra — Theory of Equations of the higher degrees ; So- 
 lutions of Practical Problems ; Progressions ; Logarithms ; 
 Series ; Interest and Annuities ; Elements of Plane Geometry ; 
 Geometry of Straight Lines and Triangles ; Theory of Paral- 
 lels ; Doctrine of the Circle ; Measure of Angles ; Geometry 
 of Polygons. 
 
 English Grammar, studied on the principles of universal 
 grammar — English Composition. 
 
 Second Year — Sophomore Class. 
 
 Horace's Epistles ; Plautus ; Lucan ; Livy ; Tacitus ; 
 Pliny's Letters ; Euripides ; Homer's Iliad ; Homeric Hymns ; 
 
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 Herodotus ; Thucydides ; Greek and Latin Composition, in 
 prose and verse ; Ancient Geography and History revised. 
 
 The German Language. 
 
 Geometry of Similar Figures ; Analytical Plane Geometry ; 
 Analytical Plane Trigonometry — Applications ; Mensuration 
 of Heights and Distances ; Surveying ; Solid Geometry ; Doc- 
 trine of the Sphere ; Analytical Solid Geometry ; Analytical 
 Spherical Trigonometry — Projections ; Descriptive Geometry ; 
 Linear Drawing ; Leveling ; Navigation. 
 
 Elementary Chemistry ; Heat ; Electricity ; Galvanism ; 
 Magnetism ; Optics ; Relations of Heat, Electricity, Magnet- 
 ism and Light. 
 
 Elements of Rhetoric and Oratory ; English Compositions, 
 to be read in the Lecture-room and criticised by the Profes- 
 sor in the presence of the Class ; Outlines of Modern History, 
 with enlargements and explanations, and weekly analysis re- 
 quired from each student. 
 
 Third Year — Junior Class. 
 
 Cicero's Philosophical works — Lucretius ; Terence ; yEs- 
 chylus ; Aristophanes ; Plato ; Demosthenes and ./Eschines 
 de Corond, ; Greek and Latin Composition, in prose and verse ; 
 Roman Literature. 
 
 The German Language and Literature. 
 
 Practical Astronomy — Use of Instruments ; Laws of the 
 Planetary Motions ; Theory of the Tides ; Nautical Astrono- 
 my ; General View of the Solar and Stellar Systems ; Outlines 
 of the Theory of Universal Gravitation. 
 
 Chemistry applied to the Arts — Mineralogy — Geology. 
 
 Principles of Taste and Criticism, theoretically examined 
 and practically applied, conducted by Lectures and Recita- 
 tions, with references to books ; Logic ; A course of Lectures 
 on English Literature, and the Modern Literature of Europe 
 generally, with references to authorities, and written analysis 
 required weekly ; English Composition, as in the Sophomore 
 year. 
 
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 Fourth Year — Senior Class. 
 
 Cicero de Oratore ; Quintilian ; Dialogus de Causis Cor- 
 ruptee Eloquentice ; Juvenal and Persius ; Longinus ; Pindar : 
 Sophocles ; Greek and Latin Composition, in prose and verse ; 
 A course of Lectures on Grecian Literature. 
 
 The German Language and Literature. 
 
 Differential and Integral Calculus ; Calculus of Variations ; 
 Applications to Geometry, Mechanics, and Physical Astrono- 
 my. 
 
 Rational and Practical Mechanics — Principles of Civil and 
 Military Architecture, and Civil Engineering, illustrated by 
 drawings and models. 
 
 History of Philosophy ; Principles of Moral and Intellec- 
 tual Philosophy ; Political Economy ; Evidences of Natural 
 and Revealed Religion ; the several courses conducted by 
 Lecture with reference to authorities, and the notes and 
 analyses of the Students examined weekly ; English Compo- 
 sitions, as in the Junior and Sophomore years, together with 
 the occasional practice of oral debate on subjects previously 
 given out by the Professor. 
 
 N. B. It is to be understood, as regards the Classical de- 
 partment, that such of the works above specified, or such por- 
 tions of them, shall be read, as the President and the Jay Pro- 
 fessor shall think fit. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 OF ADMISSION. 
 
 1. No Student shall be admitted into the Freshman class, 
 unless he be accurately acquainted with the grammar of both 
 the Greek and Latin tongues, including such rules of prosody 
 as may be applicable to such of the Poets as he is to be exam- 
 ined upon ; be master of Caesar's Commentaries, except the 
 last book ; of the Orations of Cicero against Catiline and for 
 
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 the Poet Archias ; of the first six books of Virgil's iEneid ; of 
 Sallust ; of the Gospel according to St. Luke and St. John, 
 and the Acts of the Apostles ; of Jacob's Greek Reader ; of 
 the first three books of Xenophon's Anabasis, and the first 
 three books of Homer's Iliad. He shall also be able to trans- 
 late English into grammatical Latin ; and shall be well versed 
 in the first four rules of Arithmetic ; the rule of three, direct 
 and inverse ; vulgar and decimal fractions, and the extraction 
 of the square and cube root ; and Algebra, as far as the end of 
 simple equations. 
 
 2. The Students admitted shall be arranged alphabetically, 
 until the next intermediate examination, after which they shall 
 be seated with reference to their respective merits, in the man- 
 ner hereafter designated. 
 
 3. Every Candidate admitted into the Freshman class, and 
 every Student, at the commencement of the academical year, 
 shall write, in the Matriculation Book of the College, his own 
 name, and the name and place of abode of his Father or 
 Guardian. 
 
 4. None but matriculated Students shall be allowed to at- 
 tend the classes upon any pretence whatsoever, without the 
 special permission of the Board of Trustees. 
 
 5. No Student shall be admitted into an upper class with- 
 out being master of the previous part of the course. 
 
 6. No Student shall be admitted from any other College 
 without being duly qualified, nor without a certificate from 
 such College of his good standing. 
 
 7. The annual tuition fee of each Student shall be ninety 
 dollars, to be paid at the commencement of each academic 
 year. 
 
 
 
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 CHAPTER V. 
 
 OF ATTENDANCE. 
 
 1. Every Professor shall cause an exact roll to be kept of 
 each class attending upon his instruction. 
 
 2. The roll shall be punctually called over at the hour of 
 attendance, and all absentees marked. Such Students, also, 
 as come into the class late, shall be marked. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE STUDENTS. 
 
 1. Every Student shall conduct himself towards the Presi- 
 dent and Professors, at all times, with respect ; and shall ob- 
 serve the strictest decorum when in class, neither doing nor 
 countenancing any thing which may tend to incommode his 
 Teacher, or divert the attention of his fellow students. 
 
 2. Every Student, when sent for by the President, shall 
 attend without delay. 
 
 3. Every Student, when sent for by any of the Professors, 
 shall attend without delay, unless it be at the hour appointed 
 for any of the lectures, in which case he shall attend as soon 
 as the lecture is ended. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. 
 
 1. If a Student neglect his studies ; or interrupt the studies 
 of another ; or disturb the President, or any of the Professors ; 
 
 
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 or in any manner, behave indecorously, he shall be admonish- 
 ed, degraded, suspended, dismissed, or expelled, according to 
 the nature and aggravation of his offence. 
 
 2. If a Student commence any professional study during 
 his academical course, he shall be dismissed from the College. 
 
 3. If a Student be guilty of profane cursing or swearing; 
 or be intoxicated with liquor ; or concerned in any riot ; or 
 strike a fellow student ; or keep the company of infamous per- 
 sons ; or frequent gambling houses, or any other place of ill- 
 resort, or be guilty of any other known vice, he shall be ad- 
 monished, suspended, dismissed, or expelled, according to the 
 nature and aggravation of his offence. 
 
 4. If a Student contumaciously resist the authority of the 
 President and Professors, or any of them, he may be suspend- 
 ed, dismissed, or expelled. 
 
 5. No Student who shall have been expelled, or twice dis- 
 missed, shall be re-admitted. 
 
 6. Whenever a Student shall be publicly admonished, sus- 
 pended, dismissed, or expelled, notice shall be immediately 
 given to his Parents or Guardians. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 OF THE MODE OF PUNISHMENT. 
 
 1. Complaint of misdemeanor in a Student must be made, 
 in the first instance, to the President, who, unless the offence 
 be so flagrant as, in his judgment, to require the interference 
 of the Board of the College, shall privately admonish the of- 
 fender ; and upon failure of success, may, in his discretion, 
 bring the subject before the Board. 
 
 2. A Professor, for misconduct in his presence, may cite 
 the offender to appear before the Board. 
 
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 3. The punishments, of public admonition, suspension, 
 degradation, dismission, and expulsion, shall be inflicted only 
 by an act of the Board. 
 
 4. All public punishments shall be according to a written 
 form, prepared by the President, as the occasion may require, 
 and read in the Chapel by him, or his substitute. 
 
 5. A Student, whom it may be necessary to bring before 
 the Board, shall have due notice of the time and place of their 
 meeting, and shall be allowed to defend himself. 
 
 6. When a charge of misconduct shall be preferred against 
 a Student, the Board shall have power to require the at- 
 tendance of any other Student as a witness. 
 
 7. If it appear to the Board, that the members of a class, 
 or any number of them, have entered into a combination, to 
 avoid collegiate duties, or to violate any of the Statutes, or 
 any regulation of the Board, they may be proceeded against, 
 by punishing any one, or more, who shall be found among the 
 number of those who have so combined. 
 
 8. If injury be done to the buildings, or other property of 
 the Institution, by any of the Students, the Board shall have 
 power to impose pecuniary mulcts, to the extent of the dam- 
 age committed, upon the persons concerned, or any of them ; 
 and, unless such mulcts be paid, to render an account of the 
 damage to the Parents or Guardians of such Students, and in 
 case of their neglect or refusal to pay the same, the Board may, 
 in their discretion, suspend any Student, so offending, from 
 attendance upon the lectures, until the required payment shall 
 be made. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 OF EXAMINATIONS 
 
 1. There shall be two examinations of all the classes every 
 year. The one to commence on the first Monday in Febru- 
 
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 ary, and the other on the first Monday in July. The latter 
 shall be the concluding examination in an academical year ; 
 the former shall be called the intermediate examination. 
 
 2. The review of the studies of each term shall in no case 
 be allowed to occupy more than four weeks immediately pre- 
 ceding each examination ; and throughout such review, the 
 usual attendance of the classes shall continue as before, except 
 that the Senior class shall be permitted to absent themselves 
 from College during the week immediately preceding their ex- 
 amination. 
 
 3. The examinations shall be held in the presence of the 
 President, the Professors, the Students, of a Committee of the 
 Trustees, and of such other persons as shall choose to attend. 
 
 4. Previous to the intermediate and concluding examina- 
 tions, public notice shall be given, in two of the daily papers 
 published in the city, of the time when the examinations are 
 to commence. And the Regents of the University, the Trus- 
 tees of the College, the Parents and Guardians of Students, 
 and such other persons as the President may think proper to 
 invite, shall be requested to attend. 
 
 5. The examinations are to be close and rigid ; every Stu- 
 dent being left to stand or fall upon his proper merits ; due 
 tenderness being at the same time shown, that the effects of 
 perturbation may be avoided as much as possible. 
 
 6. At the concluding examination, the Board may exclude 
 any Student, who shall have been deficient in the studies of 
 the preceding year, from proceeding to a higher class. 
 
 7. A Student who at the concluding examination shall not 
 be permitted to proceed together with his class, may, never- 
 theless, be allowed to rejoin the same, if at the next interme- 
 diate examination he shall appear to have made up his defi- 
 ciency. 
 
 8. Immediately after each concluding examination, such 
 candidates for admission into College as prefer to be examined 
 at that time, may be examined. 
 
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 CHAPTER X. 
 
 OF TESTIMONIALS. 
 
 1. At the close of every examination, a Testimonial of 
 Merit, decorated with the seal of the College, and with suitable 
 devices, shall be awarded, in each class, to the Student who 
 shall be considered by the Board of the College as of the best 
 general standing ; and there shall also be awarded by the Pre- 
 sident, and the Professor of each respective department, a Spe- 
 cial Testimonial to the Student of the best standing in each 
 particular department of study, exclusive of the Student 
 receiving the general testimonial. 
 
 2. The testimonials awarded at the intermediate examina- 
 tions shall be publicly announced, and delivered by the Presi- 
 dent in the Chapel of the College, on the first Monday in March 
 in each year, in the presence of the Trustees, Faculty, and 
 Students of the College, and of such other persons as shall 
 attend on the invitation of the President ; after which, there 
 shall be exercises in declamation by not less than two Students 
 in each class, to be previously designated by the President. 
 The declamations of the Senior and Junior classes shall be of 
 their own composition, in the English language ; those of the 
 other classes may be selected pieces, approved by the Presi- 
 dent ; and to three of those who speak on any such occasion 
 there shall be awarded by the Trustees, the President, and the 
 Professors of the College present, the following prizes, viz. : — 
 To the speaker whom a majority of the said judges shall con- 
 sider the best, books of the value of twenty dollars, and to each 
 of the two whom the said judges shall esteem the next best 
 speakers, books of the value of ten dollars. 
 
 3. The testimonials awarded at the concluding examina- 
 tions shall be announced and conferred at the annual Com- 
 mencements ; and the names of the Students entitled to them 
 shall, by appropriate designations, be made to appear in the 
 printed catalogues. 
 
 4. The possessor of the General Testimonial, in each class, 
 
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 shall be entitled to precedence in the seats, and in the cata- 
 logues, and those of special testimonials shall be entitled, in 
 alphabetical order, to the next places ; provided that Students 
 who receive more than one honor shall, in proportion to the 
 numbers, take precedence next to those possessing the general 
 honors. The other Students, in each class, shall be arranged 
 in alphabetical order. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 OF COMMENCEMENTS. 
 
 1. There shall be an annual commencement on the Wednes- 
 day next succeeding the fourth Monday in July, when acade- 
 mical degrees shall be conferred. 
 
 2. Previously to conferring the degrees, public exercises 
 shall be performed by the Candidates, in such manner as the 
 Board of the College shall direct. 
 
 3. No Student shall be admitted to the degree of Bachelor 
 of Arts, unless, besides due proficiency in his studies, he shall 
 compose an exercise for the Commencement, which shall be 
 submitted to the President ; and the Student who shall refuse 
 or neglect to adopt the corrections and amendments pointed 
 out to him, or who shall deliver his oration, or exercise for the 
 day, otherwise than is approved by the President, shall not 
 receive his degree. 
 
 4. It shall be the duty of the Board to designate those who 
 are to speak, and also to assign to each Speaker his respective 
 part on Commencement day ; and any Student neglecting or 
 refusing to perform the part assigned to him, shall not receive 
 his degree. 
 
 5. No Alumnus of this College shall obtain the degree of 
 Master of Arts in less than three years after the date of his 
 first diploma ; nor then, unless he shall have made such literary 
 
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 progress as, in the judgment of the Board, shall entitle him 
 thereto. The President may assign to one or more of the 
 Alumni of the College, who may apply for a degree of Master 
 of Arts, such orations or exercises as he may deem expedient ; 
 which orations or exercises shall be delivered the last in the 
 order of the day, the valedictory oration excepted ; but no 
 oration or exercise shall be delivered, unless approved of by the 
 President. 
 
 6. No person of immoral character shall be admitted to the 
 honors of this College. 
 
 7. Each candidate for the degree of Bachelor or Master of 
 Arts, shall, before the same is conferred, pay to the Librarian 
 all arrearages of dues that may be payable from him to the 
 College ; and also to the President the usual fee of eight dol- 
 lars, for conferring such degree and signing the diploma. 
 
 8. A committee of the Trustees, to be annually appointed 
 for that purpose, shall, together with the President, make all 
 further requisite arrangements for the Annual Commencement ; 
 and all necessary expenses attending the celebration shall be 
 defrayed by the College ; Provided, that such expenses shall 
 not exceed the sum of two hundred dollars. 
 
 CHAPTER XII, 
 
 OP VACATIONS. 
 
 1. There shall be a vacation of all the classes from the last 
 day of July, until the Saturday next preceding the first Monday 
 in October, on which latter day the regular course of study 
 shall commence. The candidates for admission shall be previ- 
 ously examined. 
 
 2. There shall be an intermission of the public lectures on 
 the 4th day of July, the 25th day of November, on such days 
 
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 in each year as may be recommended by the civil authority to 
 be observed as days of fast or thanksgiving, and from the 24th 
 day of December until the 4th day of January, both exclusive. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 OF THE LIBRARY. 
 
 1. The Students of the Senior, Junior, and Sophomore 
 classes, and such of the Freshman class as may be designated 
 by the President, shall have access to the College Library, and 
 be permitted to take books therefrom, on the days and at the 
 hours appointed for that purpose, so long as they observe the 
 rules duly established in regard thereto. 
 
 2. All books taken out within the four weeks next prece- 
 ding the third Tuesday in July of every year, shall be taken 
 under an engagement to return the same previous to that day. 
 The Librarian shall on that day annually lay before the Pre- 
 sident a written statement of the condition of the Library, to- 
 gether with the names of those who retain books that should 
 have been returned, or who are otherwise in default as regards 
 the Library. He shall endeavor to have on that day every 
 book belonging to the Library in its place. 
 
 3. During the interval between the said third Tuesday in 
 July and the end of the following vacation, no books shall be 
 taken from the Library. 
 
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 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 OF FREE SCHOLARSHIPS. 
 
 1. The Corporation of the City of New- York; the Corpo- 
 ration of the City of Brooklyn ; the Trustees of the New-York 
 Public School Society ; the Trustees or Directors of the Clin- 
 ton Hall Association ; of the Mercantile Library Association ; 
 of the Mechanics' Institute ; and of the General Society of Me- 
 chanics and Tradesmen of the City of New- York, shall each 
 be entitled to have always two students, and the Corporation 
 of Jersey City, one student educated in the College, free of all 
 charges of tuition. 
 
 2. Every Religious denomination in the City of New- York 
 shall be entitled to have always one Student, who may be de- 
 signed for the ministry, educated in the College free of all 
 charges of tuition. 
 
 3. Every School — except the Grammar School of the Col- 
 lege — from which there shall be admitted in any one year, into 
 the College, four Students, who pay their matriculation fees, 
 shall have the privilege of sending one Scholar to be educated 
 gratuitously in the College. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 OF FOUNDATIONS. 
 
 1. Any person or persons who may found a scholarship, to 
 the amount of one thousand dollars, shall be entitled to have 
 always one Student educated in the College free of all charges 
 of tuition. This right may be transferred to others. The 
 scholarship shall bear such name as the founder or founders 
 may designate. 
 
 2. Any religious denomination, or any person or persons 
 
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 who shall endow a Professorship in the Classics, in Political, 
 Mathematical, or Physical Science, or in the literature of any 
 of the ancient or modern Languages, to the amount of twenty 
 thousand dollars, shall, for ever, have the right of nominating 
 a professor for the same, subject to the approbation of the 
 Board of Trustees, who shall hold his office by the same ten- 
 ure as the other Professors of the College ; the nomination to 
 be made by the authorized representatives of the religious 
 community, or by the person or persons who shall make the 
 endowment, or such person or persons as he or they may desig- 
 nate. The proceeds of the endowment shall be appropriated 
 to the salary of the Professor. 
 
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 ESTABLISHED BY THE 
 
 BOARD OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE, 
 
 UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATUTES. 
 
 1 . The Students shall repair to the chapel immediately upon the ringing 
 of the bell, on the days and at the hour prescribed by the Statutes — so that all 
 in attendance may be present when the bell ceases to ring. 
 
 2. The names of those Students who are absent at the calling of the roll 
 in the chapel, shall be taken down -by a member of each class respectively, to 
 be designated by the President, to whom the list of absentees shall be at once 
 delivered. 
 
 3. Students absent from the chapel, shall be called on for their excuses, as 
 in the case of any other non-attendance. 
 
 4. Upon leaving the chapel, the several classes shall forthwith repair to 
 their respective lecture rooms — nor shall any avoidable delay be permitted in 
 passing from one lecture room to another, at the expiration of the intermediate 
 hours of attendance — and the names of Students who are dilatory or neglect 
 to repair forthwith to any of the lecture rooms, when requested by the Janitor, 
 shall be reported immediately by him to the President. 
 
 5. No Student shall neglect or omit to attend at the College, on the days 
 and at the hours prescribed, without previously obtaining leave of absence 
 from the President, except in case of sickness or other unavoidable cause of 
 detention. 
 
 6. Every Student who shall be absent from the College, without having 
 previously obtained permission of the President, shall, upon the first day of his 
 re-appearance at College, present to the President a written excuse signed by 
 his parent or guardian, specifying the cause or reason of his non-attendance. 
 
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 7. No Student shall leave the College, or its precincts, during the hours of 
 attendance, without permission from the President; nor shall any Student 
 leave the chapel or any of the lecture rooms without permission of the Presi- 
 dent, or of the Professor, or Instructor presiding therein. 
 
 8. Students obtaining leave of temporary absence, from any of the lecture 
 rooms, shall not remain absent therefrom longer than the occasion may require ; 
 and the names of all Students remaining absent from the chapel or any of the 
 lecture rooms, whether with or without leave, who shall neglect to repair to 
 the same respectively when requested by the Janitor, shall be immediately re- 
 ported by him to the President. 
 
 9. No Student shall bring into the Chapel or any of the lecture rooms, any 
 cane, umbrella, or newspaper, nor any book other than those used in his course 
 of study. 
 
 10. No missiles, of any description, shall be thrown by any Student within 
 the College nor upon the Green, except in such games of recreation as the 
 President may permit before and after the hours of attendance. 
 
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