Chap: 1st Of Admission

1st None shall be admitted (unless by a particular Act of the Governors) but such as can read the first three of Tully’s Oration,2 and the six first Books of Virgils Æneids into English; and the ten first Chapters of St. John’s Gospel, into Latin; and such as are well versed in all the Rules of Clark’s introduction,3 so as to make true grammatical Latin; and are expert in Arithmatick so far as the education to be examined by the Presdt. Or Fellows.

2d Every Student shall have a Copy of the Laws; and his Admittance shall be signed at the End of them, upon his promising all due Obedience to them, which Promise shall be signed with his own Hand writing.

Chap: 2d Of Graduation

1st The Examination of Candidates, shall be held in the College Hall, for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, six Weeks before Commencement by the Presidt. or Fellows; when any of the Governors who has been Masters of Arts in this College, may be present, and ask any Question they think proper; and such Candidates as shall have resided at College four Years, and are then found competently versed in the Sciences wherein they have been instructed, shall then be admitted to accept their Degrees at Commencement, which shall be the second Wednesday in May.

2d Such as have diligently pursued their Studies, for three Years after their being admitted to their Bachelor’s Degree; and have been guilty of no gross Immorality, shall be admitted to the Degree of Master of Arts.

3d No Candidate shall be admitted to either of these Degrees without fulfilling the Terms above appointed, unless in Case of extraordinary Capacity, or by a particular Act of the Governor.

4th. Every one admitted to either of these Degress shall pay a Pistol4—to the Prest.—

Chapt: 3d Of publick Worship

1st. The Presdt., (or the Professor, or one of The Fellows in his Absence) shall read the Form of Prayer, established by the Governors of the College, and according to the Method therein prescribed.

2d Every Student shall constantly attend the said prayers, and at each stated Hours, as the Presidt: shall think fit; and those that absent themselves, shall for every Offence be fined 2 pence; and one Penny for not coming in Time, unless they can alledge sufficient Reasons for their Absence or Tardiness to the Presidt..

3d Every Student shall constantly attend on the publick Worship every Lords Day, at such Church, or Meeting as their Parents or Guardians shall appertain to; & for every Neglect shall be obliged to perform such extraordinary Exercise, as the President, the Professors, or Tutors shall appoint; unless he hath some Reason that shall be thought sufficient by the President.

4th. Every Pupil shall behave with the utmost Decency at publick Worship, or in the Hall, and whosoever is found guilty of any profane or indecent Behavior, as talking, laughing, jesting with one another, winking &c. shall submit to any Admonition for the first Offence, and to an extraordinary Exercise for the second and if obstinate expelled.

Chap 4th Of moral Behaviour.

1st. If any Pupil be convicted of Fornication, Drunkeness, lying, Theft, swearing coursing, or any other scandalous Immorality, he shall submit to open Confession of his Faults, or Admonition; or be expelled if his Crime be judged too heinous for any less Punishment, especially if contumacious.5

2d None of the Pupils shall frequent Houses of bad Fame, or keep Company, with Persons of vicious or scandalous Behaviour; and those that do shall first be openly rebuked, and if they obstinately persist, shall be expelled.

3d. None of the Pupils shall fight Cocks, play at Cards or any unlawfull Games, upon the Penalty of being fined not exceeding five shillings for the first Offence, and being openly admonished and confessing his Fault for the second, and if contumacious expelled.

4th If any Pupil be convicted of fighting, maiming, slandering or grievously hurting any Person, he shall be fined three Shillings for the first Offence, and if he repeats his Offence, he shall be punished by fine Admonition, Suspension or Expulsion, according to the Aggravation of his Crime, especially if contumacious.

5th. If any Pupil be convicted of any Dilapidations of the College or any Injury done to the Estates goods and Chattels or Persons of any others, he shall be obliged to make good the Damage.

Chapt: 5th Of the Behaviour towards Authority, Superiours

1st If any Pupil be convicted of any Disobedience to the President, Professors or Fellows of the College, or treat them or any others in Authority with insulting Disrespectful or contumacious Language, shall be fined not exceeding 5 Shillings for the first Offence, or Submit to open Confession of his Fault according to the Nature of it, and be expelled if he persists contumacious.

2d Every Pupil shall treat all his superiours, and especially those of the College, with all Duty and Respect, and by all such good Manners & Behaviour, as common Decency & good Breeding require; such as rising, standing, uncovering the Head, preserving a proper Distance, and he that behaves otherwise, shall be punished by the Direction of the President, and Fellows, or Governors, according to the Nature, & Degree of his ill Behaviour.

Chapt: 6: Of College Exercise & due Attendance.

1st. The Business of (the College) the first Year shall be to go on to perfect their Studies in the greek and latin Classics, go over a System of Rhetorick, Geography & Chronology; and such as are designed for the Pulpit shall likewise study Hebrew.

2d The Business of the second ^&3d^ Years shall be (after going thro’ a System of Logic) to study the Mathematics, and experimental Philosophy in all its Branches, with Agriculture &c. Merchandise, together with something of the Classics, & Criticism all the while.

3d The Business of the fourth Year shall be the study of Metaphysics, Logic, and moral Philosophy, with something of Criticism, and the Principles of natural Law & Government.

4th The Pupils in each of their Turns, shall be obliged, at such Times as the President shall appoint, to make Exercises on the several Branches of Learning suitable to their Standing, both in latin, and English; such as Declamations, Dissertations on various Questions, pro & con, and frequently on syllogistical Reasoning.

5d Whosoever shall misbehave in Times of Exercise, by talking, Laughing, or jesting one with another; shall be fined one shilling for each Offence.

6th All the Pupils shall be obliged to apply themselves to their Studies with the utmost Diligence, and constantly attend upon Exercises appointed by the President, Professors, or Fellows for their Instructions.

7th. None of the Pupils shall be absent from their Chambers,6 or neglect their Studies, without Leave first obtained from their respective Tutors, except for Morning and Evening Prayers, & Recitations, and half an Hour for Breakfast an Hour and half for Dinner,7 and from Evening ’till nine at night: The Penalty of four Pence or some Exercise for each Offence.

8th. If any Student shall persist in the Neglect of his Studies, either tho’ Obstinacy or Neglect, & frequently fails at making Recitation, and other appointed Exercises; he shall be obliged to perform some additional Exercises, and if he refuses to submit, & reform; he shall be rusticated, or suspended for a Time; and if he does not bring sufficient Evidence of his Reformation, he shall be expelled.

9th. No Student shall go out of Town, without Leave of the President, or Tutors unless it be in Time of Vacation, upon Penalty of five Shillings; and for Repetition of his Crime he shall be rusticated; and if contumacious expelled. N:B: The stated Vacations are a Month after Commencement, a Fortnight at Michaelmas,8 a Fortnight after Christmass; Easter Week is from good Friday to the Friday following; which being so near Commencement, is to be looked upon as a Vacation from Exercise, but not from the College & daily morning & Evening Prayers, and so does come within the last Prohibition.—

All Fines shall be paid to the Treasurer of the College, to be laid out in Books and disposed of to such Students, as a Reward, as shall excell in the Course of their Studies in their several Classes, as the President, Professors, or Tutors; or major Part of them shall direct.

Ego ex Animo polliceor, me omnibus singulisque hisce Legibus Academicis fideliter obtemperaturum esse.9