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Statutes
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TRINITY COLLEGE.
HARTFORD. Cons.
Pro Ecclesiâ et Patriâ.
HARTFORD:
S. HANMER & CO. CALENDAR PRESS.
1852.
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STATUTES OF TRINITY COLLEGE.
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TITLE I.
Of Terms and Vacations.
SEC. 1. There shall be three terms in each Academic
year, respectively named Advent, Lent, and Trinity terms.
SEC. 2. Advent term shall open eight weeks after Com-
mencement day; Lent term, two weeks after the Thursday
preceding Christmas day; and Trinity term three weeks
after the Thursday preceding the twelfth of April; with such
exceptions as are hereinafter made. Commencement day
shall be the last Thursday in July.
SEC. 3. Advent term shall end on the Thursday prece-
ding Christmas day, or on such previous day in the same
week as the Faculty of the College may appoint. Lent
term shall end on the Thursday preceding the twelfth of
April, subject to a like exception. And in case the Thurs-
day preceding the twelfth of April shall fall in Passion
Week, then Lent term may end either in the week prece-
ding, or in Easter Week, as the Faculty of the College may
decide; and Trinity term shall then open a week earlier or
a week later, as the case may be. Trinity term ends on
Commencement day.
SEC. 4. The intervals between the terms shall be two,
three and eight weeks; called the Christmas, Easter and
Mid-Summer Vacations.
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SEC. 5. Residence within the walls is not permitted du-
ring the Mid-Summer Vacation, without permission from the
President. During the other Vacations, residence is allow-
ed, unless forbidden by the Proctors.
SEC. 6: Each term shall be opened with Evening Service
in the College Chapel; and there may be a Term Sermon
on the succeeding Sunday, under the direction of the Pres-
ident.
TITLE II.
Of Matriculation.
SEC. 1. Matriculation shall consist in signing, in the pres-
ence of the President, Faculty, and others, the following
promise:
and cus-
"I promise to observe the statutes, lawful usages,
toms of Trinity College; . and to maintain and defend her
rights, privileges, and immunities, at all times and in all
places, according to my station and duties in the same.”
SEC. 2. The regular time for Matriculation shall be at
the close of Advent term: up to which time all non-matric-
ulated persons shall be considered as on probation, and not
entitled to the full privileges of members of the College.
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SEC. 3. Persons admitted to any of the classes, during
Advent term, shall matriculate at the end of said term; and
persons admitted during any other terms, at the end of such
terms respectively.
SEC. 4. In case it shall be deemed expedient to extend
the period of probation beyond the regular time of matric-
ulating, such extension may be granted by the Faculty:
Provided that if any person do not matriculate at the end
of the second term after his admission, he shall cease to be
a Student of the College.
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TITLE III.
Of the Chancellor.
SEC. 1. The Chancellor is the Head of the Academic
Body: to wit, of the whole Senate, and of all persons, in
statú pupillari.
SEC. 2. The Chancellor is ex-officio Visitor of the College.
TITLE IV.
Of the Senate.
SEC. 1. The Senate consists of the Chancellor and Cor-
poration, the President and Faculty of the College, and all
graduated members of the College, of what degree soever;
and such persons are perpetually members of said Senate,
unless lawfully deprived of office and degrees in Trinity
College.
SEC. 2. For public services and ceremonies, the Senate
shall meet in one body; but for all legislative and executive
purposes, it shall be divided into the Corporation and the
House of Convocation.
TITLE V.
Of the Corporation.
SEC. 1. The Corporation is, by the Charter of Trinity
College, the supreme governing power-sine quá non—of
the whole Academic Body, and for all purposes whatever.
SEC. 2. In case of a vacancy in the Chancellorship, the
President of the College shall be ex-officio President of the
Board, and he shall also preside in the absence of the Chan-
cellor.
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SEC. 3. Members of the Corporation resident, or who
may be present in Hartford, shall form a Resident Board,
for the transaction of business, subject to the approval of
the Board.
TITLE VI.
Of the House of Convocation.
SEC. 1. The House of Convocation have power to make
laws and choose officers for their own government; and
according to said laws to assemble from time to time, to
consult and advise for the benefit of Trinity College, and
for the exercise of such other powers and privileges as are
specially ceded by the Corporation.
SEC. 2. Said Convocation shall always have power to
propose to the Corporation measures and plans for the ben-
efit of the College, always saving the rights of any Incum-
bent holding office from the Corporation.
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SEC. 3. Convocation shall also have power to institute,
name, and endow Professorships, Fellowships, Prizes, Med-
als, and the like, and to present the same, provided the Cor-
poration shall concur.
SEC. 4. Convocation shall have the sole right of nomi-
nating all Candidates for admission ad eundem gradum;
and also of nominating the Junior Fellows; but in all elec-
tions and nominations thus made, Bachelors of Arts shall
not be voters.
SEC. 5. The Presiding Officer of this House shall be
styled the Dean of Convocation.
TITLE VII.
Of the President.
SEC. 1. The President of Trinity College is, next to the
Chancellor, the Head of the Academic Body; having all
privileges and prerogatives according to the Charter, saving
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the rights and dignities of the Chancellor, the Professors and
Tutors, and the lawful powers of the Corporation.
SEC. 2. Beside these chartered rights, the President shall
have such powers in the Board of Fellows, in the Faculty
of the College, over persons in statú pupillari, and in other
matters, as shall be by Statute provided.
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TITLE VIII.
Of the Fellows of the College.
SEC. 1. The Fellows of the College are a Board elected
according to the Charter, to which is committed the Super-
intendence of the Course of Study and Discipline under the
Corporation.
SEC. 2. The Fellows shall be the Official Examiners of
the College, and may make an annual report of the Exam-
inations to the Corporation: they shall concur with the
Faculty of Arts in the recommending persons for the degree
of Bachelor of Arts, and all other degrees in course shall
be submitted to them for counsel and approval, before they
are presented to the Corporation; with the concurrence of
the President and Faculty of the College, they may propose
such changes in the course of study and the College laws as
they may deem expedient; they may institute and endow
prizes; and no public literary performances unauthorized by
the Corporation shall be permitted, no inscriptions shall be
placed within or upon the College buildings, no collegiate
dress for undergraduates shall be adopted, and no periodical
other than the annual Calendar be issued from the College,
without their approval.
SEC. 3. There shall be six Fellows elected by the Corpo-
ration, the election to be made by ballot, in a meeting at
which a majority shall be present. And there shall also be
six Junior Fellows, approved by the vote of the Corporation,
on nomination by the House of Convocation. But no per-
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son shall be nominated who is not a member of said House,
and of the degree of Master of Arts. Each Fellow and
Junior Fellow shall continue in office for three years from
the time of his election, and shall be capable of re-election.
SEO. 4. The President of the College shall be ex-officio
President of the Board of Fellows; but when the Chancel-
lor is present, he shall preside as Visitor of the College. In
the absence of both, the Senior Fellow shall preside.
TITLE IX.
Of the College Faculty.
SEC. 1. The President and Faculty of Arts of Trinity
College, constitute the College Faculty, to whom the admin-
istration of Discipline, Government and Instruction of all
persons in statú pupillari is committed.
SEC. 2. For the better administration of discipline, the
two senior Professors shall be respectively the Senior and
Junior Proctors; and in the absence of the President, the
Senior Proctor shall, for all ordinary purposes of discipline
and government, act as President.
SEC. 3. The President, together with those Professors and
Tutors who are permanently engaged in the instruction and
oversight of undergraduates, are hereby declared to be the
College Faculty, for all purposes of discipline and govern-
ment.
SEC. 4. The College Faculty may make such rules and
by-laws from time to time, as they may choose, for their own
guidance and the better government of the College; prov-
ded such rules and laws do not conflict with the Charter or
Statutes.
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TITLE X.
Of Academical Degrees.
SEC. 1. Matriculated students recommended by the Fac-
ulty of the College and the Fellows, as having kept the
requisite terms, sustained all examinations, paid all College
fees and dues, and in other respects duly qualified, may be
admitted by the Corporation to the degree of Bachelor of
Arts.
SEC. 2. Bachelors of Arts of three years' standing, duly
recommended by the President and Fellows, may in like
manner proceed Masters of Arts.
SEC. 3. Degrees honoris causá may be conferred in ex-
traordinary cases, on nomination, any member of the Cor-
poration stating the grounds of such nomination. But no
person shall be created a Doctor, except in the Faculty of
Medicine, until he shall have attained the age of forty years.
Honorary Degrees shall always be conferred by Diploma,
or public ceremony, or by both, setting forth the causes for
which they are conferred.
SEC. 4. Graduates of other Colleges or Universities, not
specifically excepted by vote of Convocation, may, on their
nomination, be admitted of this College, ad eundem gradum.
And Convocation may specify the reasons moving thereto,
which shall always be inserted in the Diplomas granted in
such cases.
SEC. 5. Applications for Degrees in course must be made
to the President of the College, during Lent Term. Appli-
cations for admission ad eundem gradum, must in like man-
ner be made to him during Trinity Term. But all applica-
tions for degrees honoris causá, must be made to the Chan-
cellor himself.
SEC. 6. Degrees shall be conferred by the President of
the College, in presence of the Senate, on Commencement
day, or at such other times as the Corporation may specially
appoint.
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SEC. 7. Diplomas shall be signed by the President of the
College, and certified by the Secretary of the Corporation:
except Diplomas granted honoris causá, or for the Doctorate
in Divinity, which shall be signed by the Chancellor also:
Honorary Diplomas shall be granted without fees. And all
Diplomas shall be fairly engrossed on vellum or parchment,
and sealed with the seal of the Corporation.
NOTE.-Statutory regulations as to the higher Degrees in course, are now under
consideration, and will be set forth at some future time.
SEC. 8. Every Candidate for the Degree of B. A. shall
pay Five Dollars to the President, and present the Bursar's
certificate, that his dues are paid. Candidates for the Mas-
ter's Degree shall pay Three Dollars to the President.
TITLE XI.
Of the Course of Studies and Admission.
SEC. 1. There shall be four classes in the College, viz:
the Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Classes; and
the studies in those classes shall be as follows:
Freshman Class-The Latin and Greek Languages, and
the Elements of Algebra and Geometry.
Sophomore Class-The Latin and Greek Languages, Ge-
ometry, Trigonometry and Rhetoric.
Junior ClassThe Latin, Greek and French Langua-
ges, the applications of Geometry and Trigonometry, Conic
Sections, the Differential and Integral Calculus, Natural
Philosophy, Political Economy, Logic, Intellectual Philoso-
phy, Elocution and Rhetoric.
Senior Class-Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, Animal
and Vegetable Physiology, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Botany,
Anatomy, Intellectual Philosophy, the principles of Law,
Moral Philosophy, the principles of Criticism, History, Eng-
lish Literature, evidences of Christianity, and the applica-
tions of Science to the Arts.
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SEC. 2. The Faculty shall have authority to determine
the order in which the foregoing studies are to be pursued,
and also to designate the text-book to be used. They are
also authorised to make such occasional changes and substi-
tutions in the regular course of studies as may be required
by the capacities and circumstances of the several students.
SEC. 3. Every student applying for admission shall pre-
sent a certificate of good moral character, signed by his
Preceptor or some other respectable person.
SEC. 4. Candidates for the Freshman Class shall sustain
an examination in the following studies:-English Grammar,
Geography and Arithmetic, Latin and Greek Grammar,
Cæsar's Commentaries or Sallust, Virgil, Cicero's Select
Orations, Jacob's Greek Reader, the Gospels of St. Luke
and St. John, the Acts of the Apostles, and Latin and Greek
Prosody. Candidates for an advanced standing, shall sus-
tain a further examination in the studies pursued by the
class which they propose to enter.
SEC. 5. Students who do not propose to attend the whole
course, may be permitted, under the name of University
Students, to recite with the regular classes in such studies
as upon examination they shall be found qualified to pursue.
They shall enjoy all the privileges of the regular students,
and shall be entitled to a certificate from the President, sta-
ting the time during which they were members of the Col-
lege, and the studies pursued by them.
SEC. 6. No student shall be admitted who is less than
fifteen years of age.
TITLE XII.
Of Collegiate Exercises and Divine Service.
SEC. 1. The Officers and Students shall attend Morning
and Evening Service, in the Chapel; and the President shall
officiate, or in his absence, any Officer whom he may ap-
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point. The students shall be seated in Chapel in the order
appointed by the Faculty.
SEC. 2. The students shall attend public worship on the
Lord's Day, either at the College Chapel or at such places
of worship as their Parents or Guardians may desire. They
shall also on that day abstain from their usual amusements,
and from any thing inconsistent with the religious observ-
ance of the day.
SEC. 3. Every student shall attend at least three recita-
tions each day, except when some dispensation shall be
made by the Faculty, and shall perform all other Collegiate
exercises which may at any time be assigned him. The
times and order of the recitations shall be appointed by the
Faculty.
SEC. 4. Students are forbidden to enter the Recitation
Room before the Instructor has entered it, or to continue in
it after the exercises are closed. During the time of the
exercises, they are to maintain a becoming posture; they
are not to talk, whisper, or cause any manner of disturb-
ance. They are to be seated, and retire from the room at
the close of the exercises, in such order as the Instructor
shall direct. Each Instructor shall direct what books, if any,
are to be brought into the Recitation Room.
SEC. 5. If a student shall be absent from any College
exercises, he shall without delay give his reasons for such
absence to the proper Officer, and his neglect to give such
reason shall of itself be deemed censurable.
SEC. 6. Students are required to be in their rooms during
study hours, and attend diligently to their studies. They
are to abstain from all amusements and noise which may
cause interruption, such as loud conversation, singing, play-
ing on musical instruments and the like.
SEC. 7. In hours of recreation, and at all other times,
the students are required to be orderly and decorous in their
deportment.
SEC. 8. No class meeting or other meeting of the students

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shall be held without leave of the President, or some mem-
ber of the Faculty, nor for any other purpose than that
expressed in the license, nor at any time that shall interfere
with College duties.
TITLE XIII.
Of Rooms.
SEC. 1. All students shall reside in the College, unless
by dispensation from the President. The rooms in which
they reside shall be assigned by the Officers of Sections,
under the supervision of the President, and no student shall
remove from one room to another without their permission.
SEC. 2. Every student shall be responsible for all dama-
ges done to his room during his occupancy, except where
it shall appear that it was not his fault. All repairs shall
be made under the direction of the Superintendent of the
buildings, and the expense charged in the term bills.
SEC. 3. No student shall make any alteration in his room
without permission from the Section Officer.
SEC. 4. Every student is required to keep his room and
furniture clean, and in good order, and if any shall be
grossly negligent in this respect, his room shall be cleaned
by order of the Faculty, and the expense charged in his bills.
SEC. 5. The occupants of any room shall be accountable
for all improper noise or disturbance of any kind made in
their room, and also for all violations of the laws therein
which it was in their power to prevent.
SEC. 6. Every student shall immediately open his door"
when required by a member of the Faculty, and if any one
shall refuse, his door may be broken open, and the expense
of repairing it charged in his term bills. An Officer of the
College may visit any room, at any hour of the day or night,
and may examine, as he shall think proper, any thing in
said room.
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SEC. 7. Every student on leaving College at the close of
the term, shall deposite the key of his room with the Section
Officer, or such person as he may appoint. The key shall
also be labelled with the number of the room.
SEC. 1.
TITLE XIV.
Of Discipline.
Students shall be ranked in the several classes
according to their progress in the studies, their punctuality
in attendance on College Exercises, and their general good
conduct.
SEC. 2. Every Officer shall impartially note the relative
proficiency of each student who recites to him, and at the
close of each week shall present to the President a catalogue
of each class which he has instructed, with the average
standing of each student in said class, to be recorded in a
book kept by the President for that purpose.
SEC. 3. The Officers of the College shall keep correct
accounts of all absences from collegiate exercises, and shall
within thirty-six hours require of the students to give their
reasons for such absences; and at the close of the week shall
make report of the same to be recorded, those with satisfac-
tory excuse being distinguished from those deemed censura-
ble. Tardiness shall be noted as absence, but deemed less
censurable.
SEC. 4. Any Officer may report a student to the Faculty
for neglect of duty, either in attendance on, or in prepara-
tion for, his College exercises; and the Faculty may, in their
discretion, cause such student to be admonished by one of
their number, and his Parent or Guardian informed of such
admonition, and its cause. If after this he persist in his
neglect, he may be removed from the College.
SEC. 5. At the close of each term, an accurate account
of the absences of each student, and his standing in his
class, shall be transmitted to his Parent or Guardian.
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SEC. 6. Meetings of the Faculty shall be appointed by
the President, at his discretion, or at the request of a Pro-
fessor. At such meetings, all subjects connected with the
government, instruction and discipline of the College, shall
be discussed and determined, by a majority of those present;
provided always that the President concur in such deter-
mination.
SEC. 7. A Secretary shall be appointed by the Faculty,
who shall keep a correct record of all their proceedings, sub-
ject at all times to the inspection of the Corporation.
SEC. 8. In case misdemeanors and offences occur against
which no special provision is made, the Faculty are to act
as may seem to them most reasonable and proper. They are
considered as invested with discretionary and parental au-
thority. They are to treat the students with mildness and
moderation, and govern them by applying the more honora-
ble and generous incentives to good conduct; and to inflict
public punishments in no case except for deliberate wicked-
ness, and where milder measures have failed of success.
TITLE XV.
Of Examinations and Exhibitions.
SEC. 1. There shall be three examinations every year,
one at the close of each of the College terms, in which the
several classes shall be examined on the studies of the pre-
ceding term, in the presence of the Faculty, and Fellows,
and such literary gentlemen as may attend.
SEC. 2. If any student shall be judged not to have sus-
tained his examination, he shall be required to make up his
deficiencies in vacation, and shall not be permitted to recite
with his class in the study in which he was found deficient,
till he has sustained a further examination.
SEC. 3. The Faculty may authorize an exhibition, by the
students of the Junior class, at the close of Lent term. The
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exercises of this exhibition shall be assigned by the Faculty,
under such regulations as they may prescribe. They may
also permit the Literary Societies acknowledged by the Col-
lege Statutes, each to hold an annual exhibition, the exercises
of which shall be subject to their examination.
SEC. 4. The exercises for the exhibitions of the Societies,
and all other public exhibitions, shall be submitted to the
Faculty for their approval; and if any student shall exhibit
any thing not approved by the Faculty, he shall be liable to
dismission.
SEC. 5. The Literary Societies styled "The Trinity Col-
lege Athenæum," and "The Trinity College Parthenon," are
hereby recognized, and no new Society shall be established
in the College, without permission of the Faculty; and no
Society shall hold its meetings, or perform any of its exer-
cises, in hours appropriated to study, without special per-
mission from the Faculty.
TITLE XVI.
Offences.
SEC. 1. All offences against the laws of the land; all
intoxication; all riotous and noisy behavior in or about the
College premises, in the city of Hartford, or elsewhere; all
offences against decency or good morals; and all attempts.
or combinations to resist the Faculty in the discharge of
their duties, or refusal to attend when sent for by an Officer
of the College, shall be accounted crimes or misdemeanors,
and shall render the offender liable to punishment.
SEC. 2. No student shall play at cards, or any unlawful
game; visit a theatre, or any similar place of public amuse-
ment; associate with persons of known bad character, or
use profane or obscene language.
SEC. 3. No student shall bring, or cause to be brought
into his room, or into the College buildings, spirits, wine, or
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any intoxicating liquors, or use them there, or procure them
to be used elsewhere; or make or be present at any festive
entertainment in the city of Hartford, or its vicinity; or for
a similar purpose visit any tavern, grocery or eating house,
where intoxicating liquors are kept for sale.
SEC. 4. No student shall on any account be out of his
room after half past ten o'clock in the evening.
SEC. 5. No student shall have in his possession any gun,
pistol, dirk or sword-cane, or any unlawful weapon; nor keep
any gunpowder, or burn or use the same in or about the Col-
lege premises, or in the city of Hartford or its vicinity.
SEC. 6. No student shall wear a mask, dress in disguise,
or wear any indecent clothing.
SEC. 7. No student shall become a member of any socie-
ty, club or association, not approved by the Faculty.
SEC. 8. If any student shall wantonly and maliciously
injure the College buildings, or other property, or the prop-
erty of any individual in the city or vicinity, he may be
fined a sum equal to double the amount of damages sus-
tained; and may also be otherwise punished, as an offender
against law and good morals.
SEC. 9. Students are forbidden to throw any thing from
the College windows, or in the entries, or down the stairs,or
about the College buildings; and any one so offending, may
be fined or otherwise punished, at the discretion of the
Faculty.
SEC. 10. The punishments of the College shall be fines,
admonitions, dismission and expulsion; and may be inflicted
for violations of the laws, and at the discretion of the Faculty,
who shall apportion the punishment according to the enor-
mity of the offence; proceeding to the higher punishments
only when milder means have failed to reform the offender.
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TITLE XVII.
Of Commencement.
SEC. 1. The exercises of the Commencement shall be
assigned by the Faculty, and shall be attended by all the
students in conformity with such arrangements as the Fac-
ulty may prescribe.
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SEC. 2. If any candidate for a degree shall refuse to pre-
pare, or perform the part assigned him, or shall exhibit any
thing which has not been approved by the President, his
degree may be withheld.
SEC. 3. In the bills for the term ending at Commence-
ment, the students may be charged the sum of one dollar
and fifty cents each for the expenses of a Commencement
Dinner. The other expenses of Commencement shall be
defrayed by the candidates for the first degree.
TITLE XVIII.
Of the Library.
SEC. 1. The Librarian shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent and Resident Board. He shall keep an alphabetical
catalogue of all the books in the Library, divided into chap-
ters, according to the subjects treated of in the several books,
and containing references to the alcoves or shelves, where
the several books are placed.
SEC. 2. Books may be taken by the following persons only:
Members of the Corporation; those who have made dona-
tions to the Library to the amount of one hundred dollars; the
Officers of Instruction; President, Graduates and Students.
SEC. 3. The Library shall be opened at such stated times
as the President may direct; and the students shall come in
such order as the Librarian may prescribe.
SEC. 4. No student shall take from the Library, without
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special leave of the President, more than one folio at a time,
which he may keep four weeks; or one quarto, which he
may keep three weeks; or one octavo, which he may keep
two weeks; or two duodecimos, which he may keep the
same time. Every student who shall not return his books
as the law requires, shall be fined at the discretion of the
Librarian, not to exceed twenty cents for each week of neg-
lect. All books received by undergraduates, shall be re-
turned to the Library at the close of each term; and all
books taken by other persons, shall be returned the week
preceding the annual Commencement. All damage done
to the books, by writing in them or otherwise, 'shall be as-
sessed by the Librarian, who is to keep a correct account of
all damages and fines which he may collect, and which shall
be appropriated to the augmentation of the Library.
SEC. 5. No person but a member of the Faculty shall be
allowed to receive more than three volumes at the same
time; nor shall any person be allowed to detain any book
more than three months. No Officer of the College shall
take from the Library, or have in his possession at one time,
more than twelve volumes. And whereas some books, from
their nature or costliness, ought not to be removed from the
Library, the Faculty shall cause to be prepared a catalogue
of such books, which shall not be taken out but with their
permission.
SEC. 6. No person shall lend to another any book which
he has received from the Library, under penalty of losing
the privilege of borrowing for one year.
SEC. 7. No student shall, without permission, take any
book from any Library kept out of the College; nor may
any Society purchase any books, or receive any into their
Libraries, which the College Librarian does not approve;
whose duty it shall be to advise with such Society, and to
assist them in making a judicious selection of books.
SEC. 8. A handsome book shall be kept by the Librarian,
in which shall be inscribed the names of all contributors to
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the Library, together with a list of the books which they
have contributed. And if any person shall make a dona-
tion of books to the amount of five hundred dollars, they
shall be distinguished by having the name of the donor
written over them.
SEC. 9. On the week preceding Commencement, annu-
ally, each book in the Library shall be taken down, and the
books and shelves freed from dust.
TITLE XIX.
Of College Dues.
SEC. 1. There shall be three terms in each year, and each
student shall be charged for Instruction, eleven dollars per
term; for room-rent, from three dollars to four dollars and
fifty cents per term, in the case of rooms occupied by two
persons; and in that of single occupants, from four dollars
to six dollars and twenty-five cents per term; for the use of
the Library, one dollar per term; for sweeping rooms, ring- ·
ing the bell, fuel for the recitation rooms, and printing ex-
penses, two dollars per term; the whole to be paid in advance,
at the commencement of each term. The expense of repair-
ing broken windows, and similar common damages and
expenses, shall be assessed upon the students generally, at
the close of each term; any fines which a student may have
incurred, together with charges for any special damage which
he
may have committed, shall be added to his contingent
bill. A charge will be made for extra printing, including
the annual Calendar.
SEC. 2. All students entering upon an advanced standing,
who do not come with a regular dismission and recommend-
ation from some other College, shall be required to pay into
the Treasury ten dollars for each year of such advancement.
SEC. 3. The College bills shall be made out under the
inspection of the President, by the Bursar, who shall collect
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the same, and pay the amount to the Treasurer of the Col-
lege. Nothing is to be deducted or refunded for absence,
unless occasioned by sickness; or for any less period than
half a term.
SEC. 4. To prevent extravagant or improper expenditure
by the students, a Bursar is appointed to receive their funds.
No student, whose funds are placed in his hands, may pur-
chase any thing without his leave. All necessary articles
for such student's use are to be paid for by the Bursar, who
shall keep a correct account with him, of all receipts and
expenditures on his behalf; and shall receive a fixed sala-
ry for his services; and he shall charge such student with
three per cent. on the fund so disbursed, and pay the same
into the College Treasury. If any such student shall receive
any money which does not pass through the hands of the
Bursar, he shall be liable to dismission from the Institution.
SEC. 5. The students shall board only in such houses as
shall be approved by the President; and no student shall,
during term time, change his place of boarding, without
permission from the Faculty.
Every student shall receive a copy of the Statutes, for
which he shall be charged the sum of twenty-five cents.
Charter
OF
WASHINGTON COLLEGE.
WHEREAS Sundry inhabitants of this State, of the denomination
of Christians called The Protestant Episcopal Church, have repre-
sented, by their petition addressed to the General Assembly, that
great advantages would accrue to the State, as well as to the gene-
ral interests of literature and science, by establishing within the
State another Collegiate Institution, therefore,
Resolved by this Assembly, That Thomas C. Brownell, Harry
Croswell, Elijah Boardman, Samuel W. Johnson, Birdsey G. Noble,
Samuel Merwin, Nathaniel S. Wheaton, Elisha Cushman, Charles
Sigourney, Thomas Macdonough, Richard Adams, David Watkin-
son, Ebenezer Young, Jonathan Starr, Jr., Nathan Smith, John
Thompson Peters, Asa Chapman, Elias Perkins, John S. Peters,
and Luther Loomis, and their successors be, and the same hereby
are constituted a body politic and corporate for ever, by the name
of the "TRUSTEES OF WASHINGTON COLLEGE," and by that name
shall and may have continual succession hereafter, and shall be
able in law to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer
and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in all courts and
places whatsoever, and may have a common seal, and may change
and alter the same at their pleasure; and also shall be able in law
to take by purchase, gift, grant, devise, or in any other manner, and
to hold any real and personal estate whatsoever; Provided always,
That the clear yearly value of the real estate to be so acquired,
shall not exceed the sum of fifteen thousand dollars; and also that
they and their successors shall have power to give, grant, bargain,
sell convey, or otherwise dispose of, all or any part of the said real
and personal estate, as to them shall seem best for the interest of
said College.
II. Resolved, That the said Trustees and their successors shall
forever hereafter have full power and authority to direct and man-
age the Funds for the benefit of the Institution, and also to prescribe
and direct the course of study, and the discipline to be observed
in the said College; and also to elect from their own number or
otherwise, a Board or Committee, to be called the Fellows of the
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College, to whom they may commit the superintendence of the
course of study and discipline; and also to select and appoint a
President of the said College, and such Professor or Professors,
Tutor or Tutors, to assist the President in the government and edu-
cation of the Students belonging to the said College, and such other
officer or officers as to the said Trustees shall seem meet, all of
whom shall hold their office during the pleasure of the Trustees;
Provided always, That no President shall be dismissed by the
Trustees, without cause previously stated to him in writing, and a
full opportunity allowed him for his defence, and by the concur-
rence of at least two-thirds of the Trustees; and Provided further,
That no Professor, Tutor, or other assistant officer shall be eligible
to the office of a Trustee.
III. Resolved, That any five of the said Trustees, lawfully con-
vened as hereinafter directed, shall be a quorum for the dispatch of
all business, except for the disposal of real estate, or for the choice
of a President, or for the election of Trustees, for either of which
purposes, there shall be at least a majority of the whole number of
Trustees.
IV. Resolved, That the President of the College shall always
be, ex-officio, a member of the Board of Trustees, and Chairman
or President of the same, and that a Secretary of the Board shall
be elected by the Trustees, to hold his office during their pleasure.
V. Resolved, That the said Trustees shall have power to increase
their number from time to time, at their discretion, to the number
of twenty-four; and they shall also have power, by a majority of
votes of the members present, to elect and appoint, upon the death,
removal out of the State, or other vacancy of the place or places
of any Trustee or Trustees, other or others in his or their places or
stead, as often as such vacancy shall happen; and also to make and
declare vacant the seat of any Trustee who shall absent himself for
any term of two years, or from any four successive meetings duly
notified; and they shall also have power to meet from time to time
upon their own adjournment, and so often as they shall be summoned
by their Chairman or President, or in his absence, by the Senior
Trustee, whose Seniority shall be accounted according to the order
in which the said Trustees are named in this act, and shall be
elected hereafter; Provided always, That the said Chairman, or
President, or the Senior Trustee, shall not summon a meeting of
the Corporation, unless required thereto in writing, by three of the
members; and Provided also, That he cause notice of the time and
place of the said meeting to be given in such manner as the Trus-.
tees shall in their By-Laws prescribe.
VI. Resolved, That the said Trustees and their successors shall
have power and authority to grant all such literary Honors and
Degrees as are usually granted by any University, College, or Sem-
inary of learning in this State, or in the United States; and in
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testimony of such grant, to give suitable Diplomas, under their seal
and the signatures of the President and Secretary of the Board,
which Diplomas shall entitle the possessors respectively to all the
immunities and privileges which, either by usage or by statute are
allowed to possessors of similar Diplomas from any other Univer-
sity, College or Seminary of learning.
VII. Resolved, That the said Trustees and their successors shall
have full power and authority to make all ordinances and By-Laws
which to them shall seem expedient, for carrying into effect the
designs of their Institution; Provided always, that such ordinances.
or By-Laws shall not make the religious tenets of any person a
condition of admission to any privilege in the said College, and that
no President or Professor, or other officer shall be made ineligible
for or by reason of any religious tenet that he may profess, or be
compelled, by any By-Law or otherwise, to subscribe to any reli-
gious test whatsoever; and Provided also, That none of the By-
Laws as aforesaid shall be inconsistent with the Constitution and
Laws of this State, or with the Constitution and Laws of the Uni-
ted States.
VIII. Resolved, That the Funds which may at any time belong
to the Institution now incorporated, shall enjoy the like exemptions
from taxation, and the Institution itself, and its officers, shall enjoy
the same privileges and exemptions, as have already been granted,
or may hereafter be granted to Yale College, its officers, and its
Funds.
IX. Resolved, That whenever Funds shall be contributed or
secured to the said College, to the amount of Thirty Thousand
Dollars, and not before, the Trustees may proceed to organize and
establish the said College in such town in this State as they shall
judge most expedient.
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Change of Name.
Resolution passed May Session, 1845.
UPON the memorial of the Trustees of Washington College,
showing that there are sundry other Colleges in the United States
bearing the name of Washington College, praying for a change in
their corpúrate name, &c.:
Resolved by this Assembly, That the name of said Corporation be
changed to that of The Trustees of TRINITY COLLEGE;
and that all grants, devises and bequests heretofore made or that
shall hereafter be made to said Corporation by its former name, shall
be deemed good and valid as if made to said College by its present
corporate name.
In Alteration of Section 4.
Resolution passed May Session, 1849.
WHEREAS, the Trustees of Trinity College, at a special meeting
held on the 20th day of September, 1848, passed a vote appoint-
ing a Committee to procure an alteration in the Charter of said
College, so that the Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the Diocese of Connecticut, for the time being, shall be ex-
officio Chancellor of said College, and Chairman or President of
the Board of Trustees; therefore,
Resolved by this Assembly, That the fourth section of the Charter
of said College be so altered and amended as to read as follows:
IV. Resolved, That the President of the College shall always
be, ex-officio, a member of the Board of Trustees, and that the
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Con-
necticut, for the time being, shall always be ex-officio Chancellor of
the College, and President of the Board of Trustees, and that a
Secretary of the Board shall be elected by the Trustees, to hold
his office during their pleasure.



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