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I find that in the present state of my health, and in such weather as we
now have, and in the present condition of the roads, it will not be in
my power to come to
You will find by the papers which are sent in company with this, that
four of the professors have had a meeting, and their opinions and
proceedings are fully expressed in regard to such regulations and
measures as appear to them of consequence to the welfare of the college.
These papers are supposed by us to come before the Committee of which
you are a member. Should they have the concurrence of the Committee, it
will be only to make them or the substance of them such part of their
report to the
You mention in your letter sent since my return home that it is likely
that the
On the 24th of December 1833, a meeting of
professors was held at the
It was explained to the meeting by one of the members present, that
at a session of the
For the accomplishment of this object a select Committee had been
appointed by the
After deliberation the professors would offer the following plan as
the most eligible that occurs to them in
It is proposed that there shall be three Tutors, of whom one is to be styled the first or principal Tutor. His business as an instructor is to teach the latin and french languages, with a salary of $750 a year.
A second Tutor is proposed to give instruction exclusively in greek, and a third in mathematics.
From the opportunity which the professors have had in times past, of
being conversant with the influences which act upon young men in
regard to the tutorships, it is thought that the salary of
$400 is not sufficient to induce persons of competent
qualifications to accept these offices. In our own
If we limit the salaries of tutors to $400,
To obtain for the
Some regulations respecting the duties of the Tutors have been
already adopted by the
"It shall be the duty of the Tutors to reside in the college buildings and to be personally present in them with as much constancy as possible, not only in the hours of study, but at all other times: to maintain order and decorum among the students, and to assist under the direction of the president and professors in the instruction of the classes."
"Should a Tutor at any time find it necessary to be absent
from the college during the session, the case should be stated by
him to the president (that it may be known whether the college can
dispense with his personal attendance in existing circumstances, and
the case to be judged of by the president*) that provision may be made
"It is the duty of every member of the Faculty individually
to be vigilant in carrying into effect the laws of the college, and
to report to the president or to the Faculty, transgressions which
ought to be punished by that body. A great object of the
To these provisions already adopted by the
It shall be the duty of a Tutor when he is to hear a class recite, to
go to the recitation room and take possession of it a reasonable
time before the hour for the bell to ring, to prevent assemblages of
students
Upon comparing our course of Education with the systems of other
colleges, it will be found that the standard of education with them
is more advanced and elevated than it is with us. We would recommend
that it should be advanced and elevated in some corresponding degree
in this college. If it should be done all at once it would probably
exclude the entrance of a freshman class for a year. To prevent this
it is desirable to authorize the Faculty to augment the requisitions
for entering the freshman class by small quantities at a time, so
that in a year or two we may call upon candidates for the freshman
class to come prepared on all that it may be thought proper to
require. It is recommended that a resolution be adopted by the
* The clause in the parentheses is not in the resolution actually adopted but is recommended to be inserted.
* The clause in parentheses is recommended to be added.