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 VOTES 
 
 OF THE 
 
 OVERSEERS AND CORPORATION 
 
 OF 
 
 RELATING TO 
 
 Articles 60 and 28 of the Statutes. 
 
 ARTICLE 60. 
 
 " The Professors in each department, where there 
 are more than one, shall constitute a Board, at which 
 the senior Professor shall preside. They shall have 
 charge of the instruction in their respective depart- 
 ments, see that it be conducted in an effectual 
 manner, and recommend such Instructers as may 
 be wanted, who shall receive the aid, countenance, 
 direction, and supervision of the Professors in the 
 department. The Professors shall make personal 
 examinations and critical inquiries into the conduct 
 and attainments of the Students in their respective 
 departments. Reports relating to each department, 
 with such observations and recommendations as to 
 studies and discipline, as may appear useful, shall be 
 made at the end of each term by the Boards respec- 
 tively to the President, to be laid before the Corpo- 
 ration ; and a similar report shall be made twice a 
 year, to be laid before the Overseers. 
 
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 '' Where there is but one Professor in a department, 
 he is charged with the same duties as would pertain 
 to a Board of Professors ; and whilst any depart- 
 ment is without a Professor, the duties above de- 
 scribed shall devolve on the other Instructer or In- 
 structers in the department, or on such of them as 
 the Corporation shall designate." 
 
 A Committee of the Overseers of Harvard College, 
 appointed to consider in what mode the Reports 
 from the Faculty and Departments should be made 
 in future, presented a Report, which was accepted 
 by the Overseers on the 9th of February, 1826, 
 and of which the following is aj^ extract. 
 
 *' With reference to the mode in which the Reports 
 to this Board, required by the 60th article of the 
 Statutes, shall be made in future, your Committee 
 would state, that in this article it is provided that re- 
 ports from the several departments shall be made 
 twice a year, to be laid before the Overseers. It has 
 been usual for the President, in behalf of the Faculty, 
 to make a report on the general state of the Univer- 
 sity, and for the Instructers, members of the Faculty, 
 to make reports upon their respective departments, to 
 the Committee appointed semiannually to visit the 
 College. Your Committee would recommend that 
 the report made to the Visiting Committee by the 
 President should be continued ; but they think that, — 
 instead of requiring the Instructers to make semian- 
 nual reports to that Committee upon the state of 
 their departments according to the usage, and also 
 similar reports upon the same subject directly to this 
 Board, in conformity with the 60th article of the new 
 code, — it is expedient to provide that the reports 
 mentioned in that article be delivered to the Visiting 
 
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 Committee, to be by tbem laid before this Board, at its 
 next stated meeting, together with such report there- 
 on as they may think fit. It is deemed highly im- 
 portant by your Committee, that these reports should 
 be drawn up on some regular and uniform plan, in 
 order that those of different departments, and those 
 of the same department in successive years may be 
 readily compared, and thus the relative condition of 
 all the departments, and the progressive inprovements 
 in each, be distinctly known. They deem it not less 
 important that the information contained in them 
 should be annually presented, in a condensed and 
 convenient form, to the deliberate examination of every 
 member of this Board ; so that all may be acquaint- 
 ed with the actual state of the University, and thus 
 be enabled to take those comparative views of its 
 condition from time to time, which will afford the 
 best means of improving the institution in every re- 
 spect, and especially of adjusting the relative propor- 
 tions of study in the different branches of knowl- 
 edge in such a manner as shall best conduce to a 
 thorough and useful education. In pursuance of these 
 view^s, the Committee beg leave to submit to the con- 
 sideration of the Board the following Orders. 
 
 Ordered I. That the Reports, required to be pre- 
 pared for this Board by the 60th Article of the Stat- 
 utes of the University, be delivered to the Committee 
 semiannually appointed to visit the College, being 
 made up to the end of the term preceding the visita- 
 tion ; and that the Committee lay them before this 
 Board at its next stated meeting, together with such 
 report thereon as they may think fit. 
 
 Ordered II. That to the Committee visiting the 
 College in the spring, one Report shall be delivered 
 fvom each department, which shall include the first 
 
and second terms, and shall contain the names of the 
 Professors and other Instriicters in the department ; — 
 the classes instructed by each ;— the number of divis- 
 ions, and the number of students in earh division : — 
 the number of lectures and exercises required of each 
 Instructer, and the number, if any, Oijutted bj him; — 
 the number of absences of the students, excused and not 
 excused ; and the number of omitted exercises subse- 
 quently recited ; — -together with any further informa- 
 tion which the Board of that department may wish to 
 convey, and any measures which they may think fit 
 to recommend for the improvement of thtir own de- 
 partment or of the University generally. 
 
 Ordered III. That before Commencement day 
 in each year, there be transmitted to the President of 
 the College, to be by him delivered to the Commit- 
 tee, who shall visit the College in the autumn, a 
 Report from every Instructer in each Department, 
 which Report shall include the whole of the preced- 
 ing College year, and set forth the following particu- 
 lars ; 
 
 1. The classes or parts of classes taught by him, 
 whether of graduates, undergraduates, or other stu- 
 dents, and the number in each. 
 
 2. The number of divisions in each class or part 
 of a class, and the number of students in each divis- 
 ion ; in what manner the divisions are formed, and 
 when and how they have been changed during the 
 year. 
 
 3. The number of Lectures delivered by him, — 
 of exercises heard by him from each division, and of 
 written exercises examined, — and the number of 
 omitted exercises subsequently heard. 
 
 4. The time allowed by him to each lecture and 
 exercise, the time spent in examining written exer- 
 cises, and in hearing exercises omitted. 
 
5. The studies pursued under his direction, dis- 
 tinguishing those of each division. 
 
 6. The progress made in each study, as indicated 
 by the number of lectures heard and of written exer- 
 cises rendered, and by the books studied ; the precise 
 amount in each book being specified. 
 
 7. What proportion of the students present were 
 examined at each exercise or lecture, and how many 
 took notes of the lectures. 
 
 8. The number of lectures and exercises required 
 from him by law. 
 
 9. The number of each omitted by him. 
 
 10. What measures he would recommend in rela- 
 tion to the instruction or dicipline of his department, 
 or of the College in general. 
 
 Ordered IV. That from the reports of the In- 
 structers, and from the records of the Faculty and 
 other official documents, the President of the College 
 prepare for the information of this Board an annual 
 Report, ending with Commencement in each year, 
 and presenting in a tabular form, in such manner as 
 may best facilitate reference and comparison, the 
 statements hereinafter mentioned ; and that he cause 
 the same to be printed for the use of the members of 
 this Board, and laid before them at the stated meet- 
 ing in January. 
 
 First. — The Duties of the Instructers. 
 
 1. Name of each Instructer. 
 
 2. Classes or parts of classes taught by him, 
 whether graduates, undergraduates, or other students. 
 
 3. Number of divisions in each class or portion of a 
 class. 
 
 4. Number of students in each division. 
 
5. Number of exercises to each division. 
 
 6. Time spent at each exercise. 
 
 7. Number of lectures to each class. 
 
 8. Time spent in delivering each lecture. 
 
 9. Number of written exercises examined. 
 
 10. Time employed in examining them. 
 
 11. Number of omitted exercises subsequently 
 heard. 
 
 12. Time employed in hearing them. 
 
 13. Number of exercises and lectures omitted by 
 each Instructer. 
 
 14. Number of hours spent each day in term-time, 
 on an average, in performing the whole of the above 
 duties. 
 
 Second. — The State of the Departments. 
 
 1 . Name of each Department. 
 
 2. Names of the Instructers in each. 
 
 3. Number of lectures and of exercises which it 
 gives to each class, whether of graduates, undergrad- 
 uates, or other students. 
 
 4. Number of exercises and of lectures it gives, 
 which are obligatory. 
 
 5. Number of exercises and of lectures it gives, 
 where a choice is permitted to those who attend them. 
 
 6. Whole number of lectures and of exercises it 
 gives. 
 
 Third. — The Progress of the Students, 
 
 1. Designation of the class, whether graduates, 
 undergraduates, or others. 
 
 2. Its studies during the year. 
 
 3. Its divisions for each study. 
 
4. The number in each division. 
 
 5. The lectures attended and books studied by 
 each division, the progress made in each book being 
 precisely marked. 
 
 6. The number of exercises in each branch of 
 study to each class or division. 
 
 7. The number of written exercises rendered by 
 each class or division. 
 
 8. What proportion of the students, present at 
 each recitation or lecture, were examined, and how 
 many took notes of the lectures. 
 
 Fourth. — Omissions and Punishments of the Stu- 
 dents, 
 
 1. Names of the classes. 
 
 2. Number in each class. 
 
 3. Number of exercises omitted by the members of 
 each class, and excused. 
 
 4. Exercises omitted and not excused. 
 
 5. Omitted exercises subsequently rendered. 
 
 6. Absences from College of the members of each 
 class, excused. 
 
 7. Absences from College of the members of each 
 class, not excused. 
 
 8. Punishments of each description inflicted on the 
 members of each class. 
 
 Fifth. — General Statements. 
 
 1. Number of Students, viz. 
 
 Undergraduates. 
 Theological Students. 
 Law Students. 
 Medical Students. 
 Other Students. 
 Total 
 
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 2. Estimate of the necessary expenses of a stu- 
 dent, the price of tuition per annum, and the -price of 
 board in commons per week. 
 
 3. What portion of the students of each class 
 board in commons. 
 
 4. Remarks on the state of the Institution, and 
 measures recommended for its improvement. 
 
 Sixth. — Treasury Statement. 
 
 1. A general statement of the receipts and expen- 
 ditures of the year according to the Treasurer's 
 books, arranged under their appropriate heads. 
 
 2. Name of each Instructer or Officer, with the 
 amount paid to him during the year for services, 
 either ordinary or extraordinary." 
 
 ARTICLE 28. 
 
 '' The emoluments of the President and of all the 
 Professors and Instructers, shall be made to depend, 
 when it can be done consistently with the statutes of 
 their respective foundations, in some measure on the 
 number of students ; and for this purpose, whenever 
 a new appointment is made to any of these offices, or 
 whenever the present incumbents shall assent to the 
 arrangement, these officers shall receive a certain fix- 
 ed salary, and shall be entitled, in addition thereto, 
 to a certain sum for every Undergraduate." 
 
 The following votes, relating to the preceding Arti- 
 cle of the Statutes of the University, were passed 
 
by the Corporation and approved by the Overseer* 
 on the 26th of January, 1826. 
 
 1. Voted — That the emoluments of the President, 
 of the Hollis Professor of Divinity, the College Pro- 
 fessor of Logick and Metaphysicks, the Hancock Pro- 
 fessor of the Hebrew and other Oriental Languages, 
 the Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural 
 Philosophy, the Boylston Professor of Rhetorick and 
 Oratory, and the Eliot Professor of Greek Literature, 
 shall be continued at the present rates, until the 
 quarter ending on the 30th of September in the year 
 1828 ; and that from and after that time, the annual 
 grants to the said officers shall be discontinued. 
 
 2. Voted — That those of the above mentioned 
 Officers, who shall be in office after that time shall 
 receive, in addition to their present fixed salaries, 
 the following sums, that is to say, the President the 
 sum of six dollars for every Undergraduate above the 
 number of two hundred and fifty, and the respective 
 Professors above mentioned, except the Professor of 
 Rhetorick and Oratory, four dollars each for every 
 Undergraduate above two hundred and fifty. The 
 Professor of Rhetorick and Oratory shall receive such 
 a sum, as, added to the income of the fund for the sup- 
 port of the said Professor, shall make his emoluments 
 equal to those of the other Professors named. 
 
 3. Voted — That whenever new appointments 
 shall be made, the salaries and emoluments of 
 the respective Officers so appointed shall be as 
 follows, viz. To the President, a fixed salary of 
 fifteen hundred dollars, with the addition of three 
 dollars for every Undergraduate, until the number 
 amounts to two hundred and fifty, and six dollars for 
 every Undergraduate above that number; — to the 
 
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 respective Professors of Divinity, of Logick and 
 Metaphysicks, of the Hebrew and other Oriental Lan- 
 guages, of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy, 
 and to the Eliot Professor of Greek Literature, a fixed 
 salary of one thousand dollars, with the addition of 
 two dollars for every Und'^rgraduate, until the num- 
 ber amounts to two hundred and fifty, and four dol- 
 lars for every Undergraduate above that number; ex- 
 cepting that, where the foundation for any of the 
 said Professorships shall produce an income exceed- 
 ing the proposed salary, the Professor shall receive 
 only so much in addition to his income as will make 
 his emoluments equal to those of the said other Pro- 
 fessors. 
 
 4. Voted — That on a new appointment of a Boyl- 
 ston Professor of Rhetorick and Oratory, he shall re- 
 ceive only the income of the fund appropriated to that 
 Professorship, unless the emoluments of the other 
 Professors above mentioned shall exceed the amount 
 of his said income, in which case he shall be paid 
 such further sum as shall make his emoluments equal 
 to theirs. A like rule is established with regard to 
 the Alford Professor. 
 
 5. Voted — That all Tutors, hereafter appointed, 
 shall receive a fixed salary of four hundred dollars, 
 with the addition of one dollar for every Undergrad- 
 uate, until the number amounts to two hundred and 
 fifty, and two dollars for every Undergraduate above 
 that number 
 
 Provided however — That whenever the number of 
 Students shall exceed four hundred and fifty, the 
 Government of the College may, at their discretion, 
 alter the rate of allowance herein before provided, 
 •^vith respect to all Students above said number. 
 
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 6. Voted — That one half of the fees paid for tuition 
 by Resident Students, who are not candidates for a 
 degree, shall be paid over to the Professors and other 
 Officers, on whose instruction such Students shall 
 have respectively attended, to be divided among them 
 in such manner as shall be determined by the regula- 
 tions to be made concerning such Students, and that 
 out of the remaining moiety the sum of six dollars for 
 every such Student shall be paid to the President. 
 
 The amount proposed to be paid as aforesaid to 
 the several Officers for each Undergraduate or other 
 Student is estimated for a whole year ; if any Under- 
 graduate or Student should leave the University be- 
 fore the end of the academic year, the amount paya- 
 ble on his account will be reduced accordingly. 
 
 7. Voted— Th^t the Corporation, with the assent of 
 the Overseers, shall have power from time to time to 
 amend or to repeal the foregoing provisions ; provided, 
 however, that such amendment or repeal shall not 
 operate to reduce the emoluments of any officer 
 below the amount which he would have been entitled 
 to receive at the time of his acceptance of his office. 
 
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