tion of specimens in geology and natural history. He was also elected Professor of chemistry and geology, of which he was to assume the charge at the opening of the University. The report to the Board of Education and General Assembly was read and approved. It recommended an appropriation of $20,000 from the state treasury for the improvement and completion of the University buildings.

The Board of Education entered upon the duties of its second session, December 5th, 1859. No changes were made in the law for the government of the University. The official term of Joseph M. Griffiths, Leonard F. Parker and Charles O. Waters as trustees having expired, they were re-elected as members of the first class. The General Assembly convened on the second Monday in January, 1860, but did not appropriate the sum asked for by the Board. They did, however, by the act of April 2d, 1860, appropriate from the proceeds of the saline lands $5,000 to be expended on the new building, and $5,000 for the purchase of apparatus, and additional repairs on the original building, and made it the duty of the officers having charge of the money to pay the same over to the Treasurer of the University.

Previous to 1860 but six printed papers connected with the organization of the University seem to have been issued by the Board, or under its authority, and as they are now out of print, and but very few copies extant, it may be well to make them the subject of a special paragraph. They have been alluded to heretofore, and for the information derived from them I am indebted to the courtesy of Prof. Parvin, who has perhaps the only complete set in existence.

The first is an eight-page circular in catalogue form, dated September 1st, 1855, containing the names of the Trustees and Faculty, the plan of organization, course of study, and the usual general information. The second is an eight-page pamphlet, dated September 19th, 1855, issued by Prof. Van Valkenburg, as Principal of the Normal School. The third is a circular of sixteen pages, issued by the Board, similar in form and contents to the first, but more comprehensive. It is without date, but was evidently published immediately after

the meeting of the Board, held June 30th, 1856. The fourth is the regular catalogue for 1856-57, of 24 pages-the first published. The fifth is an eight-page pamphlet, in the form of a memorial to the General Assembly, signed by Messrs. Stone, Humphrey, and other Professors. It is also without date, but the proceedings of the Board at their annual meeting in January, 1858, show that a memorial to the General Assembly was read by Prof. Humphrey, which, with the context of the paper itself, accounts satisfactorily for the. date. The sixth is a pamphlet of four pages, dated September 15th, 1858, issued by the Executive Committee, Messrs. Lyon, Reno and Downey.

The annual meeting of the Board was held June 28th, 1860. The annual examination of the Normal department was one of increased interest. There were 89 students in attendance during the year-32 males and 57 females. There were six graduates-Carey R. Smith, E. Oakella Shockey, Nettie M. Hart, Kate Bowen, Rachel Berger, and Frances A. Bent. The amount expended from November 1st, 1859, to November 1st, 1860, for salaries, books, apparatus, and all incidental expenses, was $5,177.95.

The Board resolved at this meeting to complete the organization of the University. A plan was submitted by the President, Dr. Totten, which was adopted. It provided for

six departments, namely: I, Moral and Intellectual Philosophy and Belles Lettres; II, History and Political Economy; III, Ancient and Modern Languages; IV, Mathematics and Astronomy; V, Chemistry and Natural Philosophy; VI, Natural History.

The departments were independent of each other in the arrangement of classes and hours of recitation, and each was designed to have its own Professor, whose duty it was to examine any applicant in the studies preparatory to his department, and to decide upon his qualifications for admission. In each of the departments a certificate of proficiency was awarded to those who, on or subsequent to entering the University, sustained a satisfactory examination in the studies of any class. Any student who obtained certificates of

proficiency in the studies of any ten classes was entitled to the degree of Bachelor of Science; in fourteen classes to the degree of Bachelor of Arts; and in eighteen classes to the degree of Master of Arts. The student was not restricted to any class or classes, department or departments. His proficiency, mental capacity, and the requisite time, were the only tests in this particular.

The plan also embraced a regular course of four years, consisting of the freshman, sophomore, junior and senior classes, thus combining the two systems of organizationdepartments and classes-and certificates of proficiency were awarded in the latter, as well as in the classes of the former. Any student who completed this course, was entitled to the degree of Bachelor of Arts. The hours for recitation were so arranged in the several departments as to accommodate students who preferred this method of study. The required age for admission to the University was sixteen years. The first term commenced on the third Wednesday in September, and continued 20 weeks, followed by a vacation of two weeks, at the close of which the second term commenced, and closed on the Wednesday next succeeding the last Tuesday in June. The fees for tuition in the classical and scientific departments were $4 for each class which the student attended.

The Normal department was made a separate organization, and placed under the exclusive control of the Principal. All students admitted were required to sign a declaration of their intention to engage in the business of teaching in the schools of the state, and were to receive a diploma upon the completion of the course of study prescribed. Two students from each county were to be admitted to this department free of charge for tuition, to be selected by certain county officers, and never to exceed two in number at the same time from any one county. All others were required to pay a tuition fee of $5 for each term. The ages for admission were 17 years for males and 15 years for females. They were allowed access to the Library and apparatus of the University upon equal terms with other students.

The Faculty, as constituted at this meeting, was composed

of Silas Totten, D. D., LL. D., President and Professor of the first department; Oliver M. Spencer, A. M., Professor of the third department; Nathan R. Leonard, A. M., Professor of the fourth department; James Lillie, M. D., DD., Professor of the fifth department; and Theodore S. Parvin, A. M., LL. B., Curator and Librarian, and acting Professor of the sixth department. D. Franklin Wells, A. B., was elected Principal of the Normal department, and Miss Lavinia Davis, assistant; Mrs. M. A. McGonegal, Principal of the model school; and P. J. Whipple, Instructor in vocal music. With the approbation of the Board, Professors Lillie and Spencer subsequently exchanged departments.

At a former meeting, Prof. Parvin was elected to the chair of chemistry and geology, but under the organization adopted at the present meeting he was by mutual agreement assigned to duty as above stated. The second department was placed temporarily in charge of the President, and part of the duties pertaining to it were subsequently transferred to the sixth department. The Professors and Principal of the Normal department were each allowed a salary of $1,000, and the fées received for tuition in their respective departments; and the assistant teacher in the Normal department was allowed $500-salaries to commence September 1st, 1860.

The following rules were adopted by the Board for the government of the Faculty:

"The President of the University, and the Professors in the several departments, shall constitute the Faculty of the University.

The President shall have the general superintendence of the affairs of the University; he shall preside at all the meetings of the Faculty, and in addition to his own vote, shall have a casting vote in all their proceedings.

He shall have the right to visit any department whenever he may deem proper, and be present at the recitations and lectures; and he shall make an annual report of the condition of the University to the Board of Trustees.

Each Professor shall be responsible for the instruction in his own department, and shall report its condition to the President at the close of each session.

The Faculty shall have the power to enact laws and make all needful regulations for the government and discipline of the students, subject to the revision of the Board of Trustees. But in all cases of discipline the decisions of the Faculty shall be final."

A resolution was adopted, declaring that no member of the Faculty should connect himself as a pastor with any religious denomination, or receive any emoluments for services from any such denomination, or engage in the practice of any of the learned professions for hire or reward, during his connection with the University. Hugh D. Downey, Morgan Reno, and Anson Hart were appointed auditing committee for the ensuing year. P. S. Van Nest submitted a report as chairman of the committee appointed to attend the annual examination, which the Board acknowledged by the adoption of an appropriate resolution. Hugh D. Downey, Silas Totten, Theodore S. Parvin, Jesse Bowen, Robert Hutchinson and Peter A. Dey were appointed a building committee to superintend all repairs and improvements on the University buildings and grounds.

Additional room being required for the Normal department, the building committee was instructed to lease the Mechanics' Academy for its accommodation. A contract was accordingly entered into with the proprietors by which the building was to be thoroughly repaired, and an addition constructed for the use of the model school by the commencement of the next term. In this finished condition it was leased for a term of five years, at an annual rent of $300, with the privilege of purchasing the property at the expiration of the lease for a given sum.

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Ralph P. Lowe, J. A. Nash, W. H. Starr, George Greene, Henry A. Wiltse, Jacob Butler, John Scott, N. B. Baker, A. F Brown, J. W. Rankin, G. W. Trumbull, Nathan Udell, Hiram Price, O. O. McLean, Jesse Bowen, George W. Clark, Samuel J. Kirkwood and John C. Culbertson were appointed a committee to attend the next annual examination of the classical and scientific departments; and P. S. Van Nest, William Reynolds, J. P. Wood, Morgan Reno, Geo. H. Jerome, R. H. Sylvester, George W. McCleary, L. B. Patterson, Dan Anderson, L. L. Ainsworth, W. B. Lewis, M. Morehead, J. H. Williams, C. C. Nestlerode, J. H. Wallace, H. G. Angle, W. H. F. Gurley, John Taylor, Edgar Wright and Prof. Griffith, a committee to attend the examination of the Normal department.