STATUTES or COLUMBIA COLLEGE REVISED AND PASSED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MAY, 1836. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED 9 AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE COLLEGE. NEW YORK : PRINTED FOR COLUMBIA COLLEGE, By R. Craighead, 112 Fulton street. CONTENTS. Page Historical Sketch of Columbia College 5 Of the President. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. Of the Faculty of Arts 12 CHAPTER III. Of the Board of the College 13 CHAPTER IV. Of the Courses of Study 15 CHAPTER V. Of Admission 19 CHAPTER VI. Of Attendance 21 CHAPTER VII. Of the Behavior of the Students 21 CHAPTER VIII. Of Crimes and Punishments 22 CHAPTER IX. Of the Mode of Punishment 23 CHAPTER X. Of Examinations 24 CHAPTER XI. Of Testimonials and Medals 25 CHAPTER XII. Of Commencements 27 CHAPTER XIII. Of Vacations 28 CHAPTER XIV., Of Public Lectures 29 CHAPTER XV. Of Free Scholarships 29 CHAPTER XVI. Of Foundations 30 Extract from the second Report of a Committee appointed to inquire into the state of Columbia College 31 TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE. CLEMENT C. MOORE, LL. D. DAVID B. OGDEN, WILLIAM JOHNSON, LL. D. EDWARD W. LA1GHT, BEVERLEY ROBINSON, THOMAS L. OGDEN, DAVID S. JONES, PETER A. JAY, LL. D. Chairman of the Board. The Right Rev. BENJAMIN T. ONDERDONK, D. D. PHILIP HONE, The Rev. GARDINER SPRING, D. D. JAMES CAMPBELL, JOHN L. LAWRENCE, WILLIAM A. DUER, LL. D. The Rev. WILLIAM BERR1AN, D. D. OGDEN HOFFMAN, SAMUEL B. RUGGLES, The Rev. JOHN KNOX, D. D. THOMAS L. WELLS, The Rev. WILLIAM R. WILLIAMS, D. D. WILLIAM H. HARISON, JOHN B. BECK, M. D. HAMILTON FISH, WILLIAM BARD. FACULTY OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE. WILLIAM A. DUER, LL. D. President. The Rev. JOHN M'VICKAR, D. D. Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, of Po- litical Economy, and of Rhetoric, and the Belles Lettres. CHARLES ANTHON, LL. D. Jay- Professor of the Greek and Latin Languages and Lite- rature, and Rector of the Grammar School. JAMES RENWICK, LL. D. Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy and Chemistry. HENRY J. ANDERSON, M. D. Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. The above form the Board of the College. JAMES KENT, LL. D. Professor of Law. MARIANO VELASQUEZ DE CADENA, LL. B. Professor of the Spanish Language and Literature. The Rev. SAMUEL H. TURNER, D.D. Professor of the Hebrew Language. ROBERT G. VERMEL YE, A. M. Adjunct-Professor of the Greek and Latin Languages, and Secretary to the Board of the College. FELIX FORRESTI, LL. B. Professor of the Italian Language and Literature. FELIX BERTEAU, LL. B. Professor of the French Language and Literature. GEORGE C. SHAEFFER, Instructor in Drawing and Chemical Manipulation, and Librarian. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF 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, in the be- ginning of the year 1753, an act of Assembly was passed, appointing Mr. James De Lancey, who was then Lieutenant Governor of the Province and Commander-in-chief, together with other gentlemen of the different religious denominations, Trustees of the proposed Institution. Provision was also made, by the same act, for a fund to be raised by a succession of lotteries. In the year 1751, the Trustees above mentioned chose Dr. Samuel Johnson, of Connecticut, to be President of the intended College; who. in July of the same yearfcommenced the instruction of a class of Students in the vestry room of Trinity Church. On the 31st of October, in the same year, the royal char- ter was passed ; from which period, the existence of the College is properly to be dated. The Governors of the College, named in the charter, are the Arch- bishop 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 ef the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, the Ministers of the German Lutheran Church, of the French Church, and of the Presbyterian Congregation and the President of the College, all ex officio, and twenty-four of the principal gentlemen of the City. The Col- lege 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, on 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 buildings 6 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 go- vernment of Sir Henry Moore, of 24,000 acres, situated in the northern parts of the Province of New-York; but, upon the erection of Vermont into a separate state, this tract fell within the boundaries of that territory, and was lost to New York and to the College. In August, of the year 1767, a medical school was established in the College. 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 emolu- " ment 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 taugH, 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, History, Chronology, Rhetoric, Hebrew, Greek, " Latin, Modern Languages, the Belles Lettres, and whatever else of litera- " ture may tend to accomplish the pupils as scholars and gentlemen. " To the College is also annexed a grammar school, for the due preparation " of those who propose to complete their education with the arts and sciences. " All students but those in Medicine, are obliged to lodge and diet in the " College, unless they are particularly exempted by the Governors or President; " and the edifice is surrounded by an 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'olock each evening in summer, and nine in winter; after u which hours, the names of all that come in, are delivered weekly to the u President. " The College is situated on a dry gravelly soil, about 150 yards from the " bank of Hudson River, which it overlooks ; commanding from the eminence " on which stands, a most extensive and beautiful prospect 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, form- " ingthe mouth of the harbor, &c. &c. ; and being totally unencumbered 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 posibly be conceived. " Visitations by the Governors are quarterly ; at which times, premiums of tl books, silver medals, &c. are adjudged to the most deserving. 7 " This Seminary hath already produced a number of gentlemen, who do " great honour to their professions, the place of their education, and themselves, "in Divinity, Law, Medicine, &c. &c, in this and various other colonies, f{ both on the American continent and West India Islands ; and the College "is annually 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 pro tempore, during the absence of Dr. Cooper; who, however, did not return. On the breaking out of the revolutionary war, the business of the College 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 the 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 medi- cal 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 va- cancies in tjjieir 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. In 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 succeed- ed, the year following, by the Rev. Dr. Wharton, who resigned his office at the end of about seven months. Bishop Moore succeeded Dr. Wharton as President. His ecclesiastical du- ties were such, that he was not expected to take an active part in the business 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 following year, were very much raised, and a new course of study and system of discipline were established. Anew 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 extend- ed to 63 years. 8 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 absence, 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. Mason, 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 re- pair 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 1827, the Trustees resolved upon the establishment 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 accommodation 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, and still continues to preside over the Institution 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 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 Jiw/-Professor of Languages was appointed Rector of the Grammar School, and an arrangement, which still continues, made with him, by which he agreed to pay a rent to the College for the building, and take the school upon his own responsibility. At the late revision of the Statutes, several new provisions have been intro- duced, by which both courses of study pursued in the College, have been further enlarged ; and the Literary and Scientific course, in particular defined and materially extended, with the view of rendering it a complete system of Instruction for young men, designed for civil or military engineers, architects, superintendents of manufactories of all kinds, or for mercantile or nautical 9 pursuits. And in order that this course, as well as the scientific branches of the Full course, may be conducted in the most perfect and efficient manner, the Trustees have recently appropriated the sum of ten thousand dollars for the purchase of additional apparatus in the departments of Natural and Ex- perimental Philosophy, Chemistry, and its application to the Arts, and of Mathematics and Astronomy, as well as for adding to the Library the requi- site Books of reference and illustration in all the subjects of Study pursued in the College. The appearance of the College buildings and grounds speaks for itself. But those who are acquainted with the interior of the Institution, know that its means of Instruction in all the higher branches of learning, do not fall short of what might be expected from the respectability of its exterior. Among the external improvements, made within the last few years, the alterations in Chapel-street should not be passed over. In 1830, the range of lots on that street, adjoining the College Green, was re-occupied by the Trustees, and the greater part of each of them enclosed within the Green, while the remaining portions were thrown open to the street — the name of which was changed to College Place. * 2 STATUTES OP COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHAPTER I. OF THE PRESIDENT. 1. It shall be the duty of the President to take charge of the College generally ; to superintend the buildings of the College, the grounds adjacent thereto, and 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 to visit the classes, and any of the College departments, and to give such directions, and perform such acts, generally, as shall, in his judgment, pro- mote the interest of the Institution, so that they do not con- travene 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 instruc- tion and discipline prescribed by the Statutes be faithfully executed, and to rectify all deviations from the same. 5. He shall have 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; 12 6. He shall preside at commencements, and at all meet- ings of the Board of the College ; and shall sign all di- plomas for degrees duly conferred. 7. The devotional, and other duties of the Chapel, shall be performed by the President ; but in case of his absence, they shall be performed by such Professor as he may ap- point. The Senior Professor shall have, in the absence of the President, the same authority to command obedience, and to enforce the discipline of the Institution, as the Presi- dent, when present, possesses. CHAPTER II. OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS. 1. The President and Professors of the Institution shall constitute the Faculty of Arts. 2. The Professors shall take precedence according to the dates of their appointments. 3. The Students shall be habituated, so far as it shall be practicable, to study subjects rather than whole books ; and the Professors shall direct them to the best helps ; keeping in view the principles of the Report presented to the Trus- tees of the College on the 28th day of February, 1810, and which are contained in the Extract annexed to these Statutes. 4. The Professors shall be engaged in the instruction of the classes five days in the week. The hours of instruction shall commence immediately after the morning exercises in the Chapel, and as many of the several classes shall at- tend the Professors and Instructors four hours daily in each week, as the courses of study will admit, and in such order and number as to distribute the hours of instruction as equally as may be among the several Professors and In- structors. 13 CHAPTER m. OF THE BOARD OF THE COLLEGE. 1. It shall be the duty of the Professors to assist the President with their information, counsel, and co-operation ; and that their assistance may be the more effectual, they shall be associated with the President in a body, to be called the Board of the College. 2. The Board shall have power, To try offences committed by the Students ; To determine their relative standing ; To adjudge rewards and punishments ; and, 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. 3. The votes by the other members of the Board shall not makf a decision without the concurrence of the Pre- sident. 4. The Board shall keep a record of their proceedings. 5. In case of the absence of the President, the Senior Professor present shall preside at the meeting of the Board ; and all acts of the Board thus constituted, shall be valid when approved by the President. 6. The Board shall meet, statedly, on every Saturday, for the purpose of administering the general discipline of the College. At this stated meeting, the Professors shall report concerning the conduct and proficiency of the mem- bers of the respective classes ; noting particularly those who have been delinquent in their behavior or attendance ; or deficient or negligent in their recitation. And in addi- tion to such admonitions and punishments as the Board may prescribe or direct, the names of the Students so de- 14 linquent, deficient, or negligent, may be inserted in the book entitled Boole of Discipline. In the same book may, also, be inserted, with honor, the names of those Students who distinguish themselves for their good behavior and proficiency in their studies. At the public examinations, the relative merits of the respective classes, and the stand- ing of the members thereof, shall be entered in the same book. 7. In the Record of their proceedings kept by the Board, shall be noted, at every meeting, the names of the mem- bers who attend, and the names of those who are absent. This Record of the proceedings of the Board, and the Booh of Discipline, it shall be the duty of the Tresident to cause to be laid before the Trustees, at their stated meet- ings. 8. The Board shall assemble the classes every morning, except Sunday, at nine o'clock, for the purpose of attending prayers ; after which, on Saturday, six Students, at least, of the senior class, in rotation, shall pronounce declama- tions ; at which not only the Trustees, but any other per- sons whom the President may think proper to admit, may be present ; and, on the other days of the week, one Stu- dent, at least, from each of the other classes, shall, in like manner, pronounce declamations. 9. The officers of the College who have the charge of its course of instruction and discipline, shall not be engaged in any professional pursuits from which they derive emolu- ment, and which are not connected with the College. 15 CHAPTER IV. OF THE COURSES OF STUDY. 1. There shall be two courses of study ; one of which shall be distinguished as the Full Course; the successful completion of which shall entitle the student, upon the re- commendation of the Board of the College, to the degree of Bachelor of Arts : the other shall be denominated the Literary and Scientific Course ; entitling the student, upon its successful completion and on the like recommendation, to a Testimonial in the English language, under the seal of the College, and the signatures of the President and of the Professors and Instructors conducting such course. 2. The course of study in the several classes of the Full Course shall be as follows, viz : # First Year — Freshman Class. Horace's Odes and Epodes — Cicero de Senectute, and de Amicitia — Livy — Tacitus — Latin Prose Composition — Dalzeli's Collectanea Grceca Majora — Homer's Iliad — Greek and Roman Antiquities — Ancient Geography. Algebra — Theory of Equations of the higher degrees — Solutions of Practical Problems — Progressions — Loga- rithms — Series — Interest and Annuities — Elements of Plane Geometry — Geometry of Straight Lines and Tri- angles — Theory of Parallels — Doctrine of the Circle — Measure of Angles — Geometry of Polygons. English Grammar, studied critically, on the principles of universal grammar — English Composition — Outlines of Ancient History with Chronology. 16 Second Year — Sophomore Class, Plautus — Cicero's Letters to Atticus — Horace's Sa- tires — Virgil's Georgics — Ovid's Fasti — Latin Compo- sition, in prose and verse — Herodotus — Thucydides — Euripides — Aristophanes — Ancient Geography reviewed. Geometry of Similar Figures — Analytical Plane Ge- ometry — Analytical Plane Trigonometry — Applications — Mensuration of Heights and Distances — Surveying — Solid Geometry — Doctrine of the Sphere — Analytical Solid Geometry — Analytical Spherical Trigonometry — Projections — Descriptive Geometry — Linear Drawing — Levelling — Navigation. Elementary Chemistry — Heat — Electricity — Galvan- ism — Magnetism — Optics — Relations of Heat, Electri- city, Magnetism and Light. Elements of Rhetoric and Oratory — English Compo- sitions, to be read in the Lecture-room, and criticised by the Professor in the presence of the class — Outlines of Modern History, with enlargements and explanations, and weekly analysis required from each student. Third Year — Junior Class. Cicero de Officiis, and de Oratore — Horace's Epistles and Art of Poetry — Terence — Latin Composition, in prose and verse — Course of Lectures on Roman Litera- ture, with weekly examinations. — iEschylus — Longinus — Greek Orators — Greek Prose Composition. Practical Astronomy — Use of Instruments — Laws of the Planetary Motions — Theory of the Tides — Nautical Astronomy — General View of the Solar and Stellar Sys- tems — Outlines of the Theory of Universal Gravitation. Chemistry applied to the Arts — Mineralogy — Geology. 17 Principles of Taste and Criticism, theoretically examined and practically applied, conducted by Lectures and Reci- tations, with references to books — A course of Lectures on English Literature, and the Modern Literature of Eu- rope generally, with references to authorities, and written analyses required weekly — English Composition, as in the Sophomore Year. Fourth Year — Senior Class. Philosophical Works of Cicero — Quintilian — Lucre- tius — Latin Composition, in prose and verse — Plato — Sophocles — Pindar- — Greek Composition, in prose and verse — A course of Lectures on Greek Literature, with weekly examinations. Differential and Integral Calculus — Calculus of Vari- ations — Applications to Geometry, Mechanics, and Phy- sical Astronomy. Ratiorfal and Practical Mechanics — Principles of Civil and Military Architecture, and Civil Engineering, illustrated by drawings and models. History of Philosophy — Principles of Moral and Intel- lectual Philosophy, including Logic — Political Economy — Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion ; the several courses conducted by Lecture with references to authori- ties, and the notes and analyses of the Students examined weekly — English Compositions, as in the Junior and So- phomore Years. A course of lectures on the Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United States — Outlines of International Law. N. B. In the classical department, it is to be understood that the whole, or such parts of the book, or author, are to be read, as the Professor, with the consent of the Presi- dent, shall direct. Declamations and Forensic Disputa- 18 tions to be continued through the Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Years, at stated periods, and upon subjects con- nected with the respective courses. 3. The course of study in the Literary and Scientific Course, shall occupy three years, and be divided among the several classes as follows, viz. : First Year — Third Class. The French Language pursued in reference to the sub- jects of the other branches of this course, and to modern history ^ the books to be selected at the discretion of the Professor. The same mathematical studies as are pre- scribed for the Freshman Class. Elementary Chemistry and Physics, as prescribed for the Sophomore Class — Manipulation in Elementary Che- mistry — Preparation and Examination of Chemical Sub- stances. Elements of Perspective and Drawing, with the use of Water Colors — Construction of Geometrical Problems. Outlines of Ancient History, with Chronology — English Composition. Second Year — Second Class. History of the Literature of Modern Europe — English Compositions, as in the full course. The Mathematical Studies prescribed for the Sophomore Class — Chemistry applied to the Arts — Mineralogy and Geology, as prescribed for the Junior Class. Experimental course of manipulation in Chemical Arts — Examination and assay of earthy Minerals as used in the Arts, of Ores and Metals — Topographical Drawing of Edifices and apparatus used in the Chemical Arts, and 19 the applications of Physics, or the principles and practice of Book-keeping by single and double entry, according to the intended profession of the Student — Drawing in De- scriptive Geometry. Third Year — First Class. Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United States — Outlines of International Law — Principles of Moral Phi- losophy — Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion — Political Economy. Theoretic and Practical Mechanics, as prescribed for the Senior Class — Manipulations in Practical Mechanics — Drawing in Civil Architecture, of Machines and Instru- ments used in the Mechanic Arts ; of the Structures used in Inland Navigation ; of the Carriages and Engines em- ployed on Rail-roads, or in Naval Architecture, according to the intended profession of the Student, f CHAPTER V. 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 examined upon ; be master of Caesar's Commentaries, except the last book ; of the Orations of Cicero against Catiline, the Oration for the Poet Archias, and the Oration for Marcus Marcellus ; of the first eight books of Virgil's xEneid ; of Sallust ; of the Gospel according to St. Luke and St. John, and the Acts of the Apostles ; of Jacobs's 20 Greek Reader ; of the first three books of Xenophon' s Cy- ropaedia, and the first three books of Homer's Iliad. He shall also be able to translate 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 root with Algebra, as far as the end of simple equations ; including an accurate acquaintance with the use of Alge- braic fractions and fractional and negative exponents; and with modern Geography. 2. No Student shall be admitted into the lowest class of the literary and scientific course, without a grammatical knowledge of the French language, to be manifested by translations from Voltaire's Hisloire de Charles XIL, or Bossuet's Discoui's sur VHistoire Universelle, and by his ability to write the exercises in Levizac's Grammar ; nor without the mathematical and geographical knowledge required for admission into the Freshman class. 3. The Students admitted shall be arranged alpha- betically, until the next intermediate examination, after which they shall be seated with reference to their respec- tive merits, in the manner hereafter designated. 4. Every Candidate admitted into the Freshman class, or into the third class of the literary and scientific course, 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 ; by which signature he shall be bound to the duties, and entitled to the privileges of a regular Student. 5. None but matriculated Students shall be allowed to attend the classes upon any pretence whatsoever, without the special permission of the Board of Trustees. 21 6. No Student shall be admitted into an upper class without being master of the previous part of the course. 7. No Student shall be admitted from any other College without being duly qualified, nor without a certificate from such College of his good standing. CHAPTER VI. 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. 3. The Students of the two courses, attending the same Professor or Instructor at the same time, shall be arranged in a common alphabetical order ; be called on indiscrimi- nately to recite, and appear together at the public exa- minations. CHAPTER VII. OF THE BEHAVIOR OF THE STUDENTS. 1. Every Student shall conduct himself towards the President and Professors with all possible respect ; shall take off his hat whenever he meets them ; and, if with- in the College enclosure, shall remain uncovered while he speaks to them, or is spoken to by them. 2. Every Student shall observe the strictest decorum when in the class, neither doing nor countenancing any 22 thing which may tend to 'incommode his Teacher, or divert the attention of his fellow students. 3. Every Student, when sent for by the President, shall attend without delay. 4. Every Student, v/hen sent for by any of the Profes- sors, 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 VIII. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. 1. If any Student shall neglect his studies ; or shall interrupt the studies of any other; or shall disturb tne President, or any of the Professors ; or shall, in any manner, behave indecently, he shall be admonished, de- graded, suspended, dismissed, or expelled, according to the nature and aggravation of his offence. 2. If any Student shall commence any professional study during his academical course, he shall be dismissed from the College. 3. If any Student shall be guilty of profane cursing or swearing ; or be intoxicated with liquor ; or be concerned in any riot ; or shall strike a fellow student ; or keep the company of infamous persons; or procure a private key for any room in the College ; or frequent billiard rooms ; or be guilty of gambling, or of any other known vice, he shall be admonished, suspended, dismissed, or expelled, according to the nature and aggravation of his offence. 4. If any Student contumaciously resist the authority of 23 the President and Professors, or any of them, he may be suspended, dismissed, or expelled. 5. No Student who shall have been expelled, or twice dismissed, shall be re-admitted. 6. Whenever a Student shall be publicly admonished, suspended, dismissed, or expelled, notice shall be imme- diately given to his Parents or Guardians. CHAPTER IX. 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 ad* monish the offender ; 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. 3. The punishments, viz. of public admonition, suspen- sion, degradation, dismission, and expulsion, shall be in- flicted only by an act of the Board. 4. All public punishments shall be according to a writ- ten form, prepared by the President, as the occasion may require, which shall be read in the Chapel by him, or his substitute, and shall be entered in the Book of Discipline. 5. A Student, whom it may be necessary to bring be- fore 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 attendance of any other Student as a witness. 24 7. When it shall appear to the Board, that the members of a class, or any number of them, have entered into a combination, in order to avoid collegiate duties, or to vio- late 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 entered into combination for the above unlawful purposes. 8. When injury has been 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 damage committed, upon the persons concerned, or any of them ; and, if unpaid, 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 such fines are paid. CHAPTER X. OF EXAMINATIONS. 1. There shall be two examinations of all the classes every year. The one to commence on the first Monday in March, and the other on the first Monday in July- The latter shall be the concluding examination in an academi- cal year ; the former shall be called the intermediate exami* nation* 2. 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. 3. Previous to the intermediate and concluding exami- nations, public notice shall be given, in two of the daily 25 papers published in the city, of the time when the exami- nations are to commence. And the Regents of the Uni- versity, the Trustees of the College, the Parents and Guardians of Students, and such other persons as the Presi- dent may think proper to invite, shall be requested to at- tend. 4. The examinations are to be close and rigid ; every Student 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 pos- sible. 5. At the concluding examination, the board may ex^ elude any Student, who shall have been deficient in the studies of the preceding year, from proceeding to a higher class. 6. Students, not permitted to proceed to a higher class, shall always be placed at the bottom of the class to which they shall be adjudged. 7. A Student, not permitted to proceed to the next high- er class, may be allowed to take the lowest place therein, if, at the intermediate examination, he shall appear to have made up his deficiency ; but not if a whole year shall havo elapsed. CHAPTER XL Of testimonials and medals. 1. At the close of every intermediate 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 4 26 also be awarded by the President, and the Professor of each respective department, a Special Testimonial to the Student of the best standing in each particular department of study, exclusive of the Student receiving the general tes- timonial. 2. The testimonials awarded at the intermediate exa- minations shall be publicly announced, and delivered by the President in the Chapel of the College, on the first Mon- day in April 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, exercises in declamation shall be exhibited by not less than two students in each class, to be previously designated by the President ; those of the senior and junior classes, and the first class of the literary and scientific course, shall consist of their own compositions in the En- glish language, and those of the other classes, of selected pieces approved by the President. 3. At the close of every concluding examination, there shall be awarded, in each class, a gold medal 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 President, and the Professor of each respective de- partment, a silver medal to the Student of the best standing, and a bronze medal to the Student of the next best stand- ing in each particular department of study, exclusive of the Student receiving the gold medal. 4. The Students of the two courses, where their studies and attendance are common, shall compete together for the testimonials and medals in the several departments. 5. The medals awarded at the concluding examinations shall be announced and conferred at the annual Com- mencements ; and the names of the Students entitled to 27 them shall, by appropriate designations, be made to appear in the College books, and also in the printed catalogues. 6. The possessor of the Gold Medal, or General Testi- monial, in each class, shall be entitled to precedence in the seats, and in the catalogues, and those of inferior medals, or special testimonials, shall be entitled, in alphabetical order, to the next places ; provided that those Students who shall receive more than one honor shall, in propor- tion to the numbers, take precedence next to those possess- ing the general honors. The other Students, in each class, shall be arranged in alphabetical order. CHAPTER XII. OF COMMENCEMENTS. 1. There shall be an annual commencement on the day following the first Monday in October, when academical degrees and testimonials shall be conferred. 2. Previously to conferring the degrees and testimo- nials, public exercises shall be formed by the Candidates, in such manner as the Board of the College shall direct. 3. No Student shall be admitted to the degree of Bache- lor 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 Stu- dent 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 ap- proved of 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 each Speaker his res- pective part on Commencement day ; and any Student 28 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 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 de- livered, 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 Mas- ter of Arts, or for the testimonial in the literary and scien- tific course, 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 the usual fee of eight dollars to the President, for conferring such degree and signing the diploma or testimonial, CHAPTER XIII. OF VACATIONS. There shall be a vacation of all the classes from the last day of July, until the first Monday in October ; on which day the regular course of study shall commence. The candidates for admission shall be previously examined. 2. There shall be an intermission of the public lectures on the 4th day of July, and from the 24th day of Decem- ber until the 4th day of January. 29 CHAPTER XIV. OF PUBLIC LECTURES. 1 . Public Lectureships shall be established in the fol- lowing departments, viz. : Greek Literature, Roman Lite- rature, Oriental Literature, English Literature, Chemistry and its applications, Mechanics and Machines, Mineralogy and Geology, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Moral Philosophy, Elocution, the Law of Nations, the Constitu- tional Jurisprudence of the United States, Political Eco- nomy, Mathematical Science, Experimental Philosophy, Physical and Practical Astrononry. 2. These Lectures, as to the time and place of deli- very, shall be under the control of the board of the College and shall be open to all persons as shall choose to attend. The President and Professors may, at their option, be Lec- turers, and the other Lecturers may be appointed by the Board^of Trustees. The Lecturers shall fix and receive the fees of admission to their respective lectures. CHAPTER XV. OF FREE SCHOLARSHIPS. 1. The Corporation of the City of New York ; the Trustees of the New York Public School Society ; the Trustees or Directors of the Clinton Hall Association ; of the Mercantile Library Association ; and of the Mecha- nic and Scientific Institution; the General Society of Me- chanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York, and such other Societies as the Board of Trustees may from time to time designate, shall each be entitled to have always 30 two Students educated iruhe College free of all charges of tuition. 2. Every Religious denomination in the City of New York, by its authorized representatives, shall be entitled to have always one Student, who may be designed for the minis- try, educated in the College free of all charges of tuition. 3. Every School — except the Grammar School of the College — from which there shall be admitted in any one year, into the College, four Students, shall have the pri- vilege of sending one Scholar, to be educated gratuitously, in the College. The nominations to this Scholarship shall be made by the Directors or Trustees of the School, or, if there be no Trustees or Directors, by the Instructor or In- structors. CHAPTER XVI. OF FOUNDATIONS. 1. Any person or persons who may found a scholar- ship, to the amount of one thousand dollars, shall be enti- tled to have one Student educated in the College free of all charges of tuition. This right may be transferable to others. The scholarship shall bear such name as the founder or founders may designate. 2. Any Religious denomination, or any person or persons who shall endow a Professorship in the Classics, in Politi- cal, Mathematical, or Physical Science, or in the literature of any of the ancient or modern Languages, to the amount of twenty thousand dollars, shall forever 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 tenure as the other Professors of the College ; the nomination to be made by the authorized re- 31 presentatives of the religious community, or by the person or persons who shall make the endowment, or such per- son or persons as he or they may designate. The pro- ceeds of the endowment shall be appropriated to the salary of the Professor. EXTRACT from the second Report of a Committee appointed to inquire in- to the state of Columbia College ; presented to the Board of Trustees, Feb- ruary 23th, 1810.— (Referred to in chap. ii. sec. 3. p. 12.) " It appears to your Committee, that the primary princi- ple of all sound education, viz. : the evolution of faculty and the formation of habit, although deplorably neglected in most seminaries, ought to be so thoroughly incorporated in the College system, and even amalgamated with its very elements, as to render progress through the classes, with- out due regard to it by both Teacher and Pupil, altogether impracticable. If the plan be so constructed as to require ability and diligence, the want of either of these qualifica- tions in the Teacher will betray itself in the embarrass- ment of his department ; and the want of either of them in the Pupil will be discovered by his habitual duties which a reasonable share of both would have fitted him to per- form. Your Committe cannot, for a moment, suppose, that it is the intention of the Board to try that most fruitless and mischievous experiment — the experiment of educating either the naturally stupid or the incurably idle. A volume could not display the magnitude of the injuries indicted upon letters, upon religion, upon morals, upon social pros- perity under every form, through the protection granted to incapacity and sloth, by a timid indulgence, or a chi- merical hope. It is therefore indispensable, that the pub- lic should see, and youth themselves feel, that future Stu- 32 dents must both have faculties to cultivate, and industry to labor in their cultivation, or that Columbia College will be no place for them. " With a sufficient reserve for improvements, which the vigilance of skilful Instructors may point out in the prac- tical details, your Committee think that there ought to be an undeviating adherence to the following principles, and their general application : " 1. Exactness. By which is understood, the learning, perfectly, whatever is professed to be learned at all. " This can never be attained without patience — cau- sing the subject to pass and repass, in close and frequent examination, till it become familiar, and leave an indeli- ble impression on the mind. The exciting of such a habit of attention, as it is the first duty, so it is the greatest difficulty and the most important victory of an able Teach- er, and the cardinal secret of sound education. To pro- duce it, he must insist, peremptorily and inexorably, upon exactness. His Pupils will shrink, they will solicit, they will complain ; they may feel a momentary despondence ; but there is an elasticity in youth which cannot be de- pressed ; and a generosity which the firmness of authority, softened by a well adapted soothing, Can work up to astonishing efforts. This observation is fully verified in the history of the great Schools in England, where accuracy is never dispensed with. The contrary course terminates in the worst effects. Let a lad * get along,' as the phrase is, * pretty well' — let his ideas on a point, or his acquain- tance with a subject, which he is required to master, be only general and confused — let him conjecture, where he should be certain ; let his Preceptor almost put the an- swer into his mouth, when he hardly knows which way to guess — and he is bribed to intellectual sloth ; the season in which he should fix habits of discrimination, as well 33 as of prompt acquisition, passes by ; and though he bring to the College good native powers, he will leave it with a mind inert and unproductive. Let the idea, then, of a medium between scholarship and no scholarship, be for ever banished. Let the ideas of doing a thing, and do- ing it well, be identified in the minds of both Professor and Student ; and let the doing a thing by halves, be equiva- lent with not doing it at all. " 2. Punctuality. By which your Committee mean, that the performance of all exercises should be limited to a cer- tain time and then be rigorously exacted. The Teacher will, of course, take care that they be both reasonable and sufficient. Under these conditions nothing but physical im- possibility, or such a hindrance as cannot be at all refer- red to indolence or evasion, should excuse for non-per- formance. Exactness is not to be expected without pain- ful labor. Labor will not be regular and ardent without the hard pressure of necessity. Let it be ascertained that there is Ao escape ; that the thing must be done, and it ivill be done. Such an urgency upon the mind disarms temp- tations to trifling, and often to vice ; keeps it bent on the pe- riod and the matter of duty ; throws it into a strong action, and, perhaps, which is still better, into a sort of agony ; hence spring the finest, the most magnificent effusions of human genius. There exists no more fatal enemy to dili- gence, improvement, and excellence, than the persuasion that ' there is time enough.' " 3. Progression. By which your Committee would ex- press a gradation of exercises, from easier and shorcer, to more difficult and ample, according to the power of performance. " During the whole course of education, the youthful fa- culties are to be kept upon the stretch. As they develop themselves, and gain strength, they are to be employed in 5 34 work demanding severer tension, and more dauntless vigor. As in mathematical science every preceding pro- position is an instrument in the demonstration of those which follow ; so, in all the branches of education, every thing which, before being learned, is an end, becomes, when learned, a means, and is to be applied, in its turn, to the re- moter and abtruser investigations. On no account, there- fore, ought Students in the more advanced classes, to spend their time in those elementary studies which occupy begin- ners. It is the impoverishment of intellect — it is a waste of life — it never can be necessary, unless the necessity be created by some mismanagement in the system. "In conformity with these general principles, it is the conviction of your Committee, that the hours spent by the classes with the Professors should be chiefly devoted to examination. It is the duty of the Professor to use his in- formation not so much for the purpose of displaying it be- fore his pupils, as to direct and assist them in getting infor- mation for themselves — to employ his sagacity and ad- dress in eliciting their faculties, and inuring them to the habit of thinking. The experience of different countries has shown, that regular attendance upon lectures, and profound admiration of the lecturer, are perfectly compa- tible with ignorance, with laziness, and with stupidity. If, as Dr. Goldsmith observes, there are many authors who * write through a volume without thinking through a page,' there are also innumerable instances of youth going through a four years' course, and, as it is absurdly styled, * finishing their education,' without having their powers, even for once, put fairly to the test. "In acting upon the plans suggested by your Committee, the instructions of the Professors should be adjusted to each other, so far as the nature of their respective branches shall permit. This can be done to great extent and advan- 35 tage by the Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, and the Professor of Languages. The classical, which are the principal studies in both our own and the learned tongues, are natural allies, and easily associated. The Professor of Languages should point out, elucidate, and endeavor to make his pupils understand, those unrivalled specimens of taste, of eloquence, and of wisdom, with which the ancient writers abound. And the Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres should refer for examples to those writers particu- larly who are studied under the Professor of Languages, comparing them with each other, with the best writers in our own language, and especially with the inspired writings. To exemplify : " When there occurs in the lesson of the day a splendid description, the Student must be taught to mark the selec- tion of circumstances — the order of arrangement — the grouping of images — the choice of words. "When there occurs a fine and spirited criticism, as in every page of Longinus, 10 thoroughly comprehend his sense, and to trace the correspondence between his princi- ples and his illustrations. " When there occurs an instance of able disquisition, as in the Orations of Demosthenes, the Student should be obliged not only to translate his words, but to analyze his argument. The same principles, properly modified, should pervade the whole course. " Your Committee are sensible, that this method is not caculated to impart immediate eclat to the Professors; but they are equally sensible, that it will render the College incomparably more useful than she has ever been; and that it will eventually shed lustre upon both those who teach and those who learn. " They are also sensible, that it requires no ordinary degree of understanding, of dignity, of taste, of diligent 36 and patient labor in the Professors ; but they judge alsoj that no exertion is too arduous, and no sacrifice too costly, to insure the highest display of these professional virtues. "Your Committee consider the course of instruction, according to the preceding views, to be, in reality, the discipline of the College ; but they feel the necessity of some strong motives to enforce compliance on the part of the Students. These motives they conceive to be all comprised in that broad principle — appeal to a sense of character. " For giving to this appeal its just influence, they are of opinion, that the system of examination should be improved, and should be accompanied with certain coercions which operate upon effort through the imagination. " The improvement which they would suggest, consists chiefly in rendering the examinations, especially the one which closes an academical year, most solemn and splen- did. So that the figure which a youth makes shall be exhibited, and the rank which he deserves, shall be proclaimed, under circumstanses the most impressive and interesting to his mind. To effect this end, it is requisite that he and not his Preceptor, draw the attention of the assembly — whether he stand or fall, absolutely upon his own merits; and without impairing the tenderness proper toward an agitated, which is frequently the noblest, spirit, that both the aid and the reproofs common and needful in the stated class, be entirely withdrawn. The bare expec- tation of such an analysis of his capacity and acquirement, will more powerfully affect him, and be a more regular and efficient stimulus, than all the fines which have ever been incurred. But it will be necessary to go a step further,, and deepen the impressions to be thus produced, by adequate rewards and punishments. These may be, " 1. Promotion fromone class to another. The rule to be, that no Student shall, upon any consideration, be allowed 37 to advance from a lower to a higher class, without being master of the previous studies. "Your Committee hold this rule to be of unspeakable moment. The practice of carrying boys along, year after year, as a matter of course, without regard to their im- provement, or with so slight a regard to it, as proves, in fact, to be merely nominal, is worse than trifling. It is the death-blow to solid education, and the destruction of unnumbered youth. Nothing but ignorance or disregard of the springs of human action, will engender, or will embrace the notion, that a just ardor and emulation can be excited or maintained, when the idler and the block- head are linked with the lad of industry and talent, during a four years' probation, and, at the end of it, are admitted alike to academical honors. To produce and preserve such ardor and emulation, a strong distinction must be instituted and kept up between those Students who acquit themselves well, and those who acquit themselves ill. The tause of deficiency (which does not include 'perturba- tion arising from awe and anxiety) is, in the judgment of your Committee, perfectly immaterial. The object of the College is to educate. Studies which precede, are only an introduction to studies which follow. Her course must be conducted on the assumption that they are mastered in their place. Whether it be from incapacity, from negli- gence, from dislike, from absence, from sickness, the want of preliminary acquisition must effectually preclude access to a higher class. Even the case which most ex- cites commiseration and pleads for indulgence, viz., deficiency occasioned by sickness, should have no influ- ence upon the rule or upon its execution. The general fact is the same; and a boy's unfitness is not the less unfit because it was his misfortune to have been sick. If the spirit of the course be cherished, he cannot get on in a 38 superior class without a pressure which, instead of only- urging him, may crush him altogether. It would be absurd tenderness to break him down with mental labor, because he has already been broken down by the hand of disease ; not to insist that the exception itself is liable to extensive abuse. The board will demand no proof that it is a very possible thing for a lad to get sick in order to save his reputation. Advancement, therefore, from one class to another, must be, in itself, an argument and a reward of merit. This association, in the minds of both the Pupil and the Public, appears to your Committee to be of essential moment, insomuch as, without it, the force of other inducements will be impaired ; and if the rule which is to create it be broken through, the College will inevita- bly relapse. The chief difficulty may be anticipated in the end of the first, or Freshman year. But this will probably be far greater in prospect than in experience. For if the statute respecting admission be faithfully en- forced, such a mass of natural incompetency will be excluded, as to leave, comparatively, but little further obstruction which shall not arise from negligence. And the examination at the expiration of the first half year, will be an admonition which shall render the offender without excuse. " As an appendage to this rule, your Committee would observe, that a practice, of which an example is stated in the Report of the Faculty of Arts to this Board on the 14th instant, viz., the allowing boys to attend and study along with a class they were unfit to enter, with a view of qualifying themselves for entrance at a subsequent exami- nation, must be absolulely interdicted. The impropriety is so glaring, that your Committee are surprised it ever should have existed. For it is self-evident, that, if these extra-students can go along with the class, they were not 39 unfit for entrance ; and if they were unfit for entrance, they cannot go along with the class. Either, then, the studies of the class must be lowered to them, or they must be put to studies to which, by the very terms of the repre- sentation, they are unequal. In the one case, they are sacrificed to the class, in the other, which is still worse, the class is sacrificed to them ; and if this double classifi- cation be permitted, a principle is sanctioned which will speedily evade every possible precaution. " 2. Promotion in the class, which may take place both at the intermediate examination, and at the close of the academical year. " The principle to be chiefly regarded in all criminal ju- risprudence, is less the severity, than the certainly of pun- ishment. A Student should, therefore, know, that dispen- sation with academical law, or connivance at escape from merited censure, are out of the question." iEx IGtbrts SEYMOUR DURST When you leave, please leave this hook Because it has heen said "Ever'thing comes t' him who waits Except a loaned hook." Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Gift of Seymour B. Durst Old York Library