the board divides itself into standing committees, to each of which some particular province is ascribed for its especial charge. The duties of secretary and treasurer are performed by an officer appointed by the board, who is compensated by a regular salary and a small commission upon the revenues of the institution.[1]
The university is nominally divided into five distinct departments, those, namely, of the Arts and sciences, of na-
- ↑ The names of all those who filled the office of trustee, from the origin of the school to the period at which the college and university were united, have been mentioned in previous notes. Those elected since that period, whose places have been vacated by death or resignation, are the following:—
Alexander James Dallas, Joseph B. McKean, Joseph Ball, Samuel M. Fox, Thomas M. Willing, Moses Levy, John T. Mifflin, John H. Brinton, John R. Coxe, Anthony Morris, Thomas M. Francis, William Tilghman late chief justice of Pennsylvania, Rev. James P. Wilson, George Fox, Zaccheus Collins, Thomas Duncan, Rev. Jacob J. Janeway, Robert Walsh jr., Rev. Thomas H. Skinner, and Rev. Thomas McAuley.
The following gentlemen, exclusive of the governor of the state, compose the board, at the date of this note:—
- Right Rev. William White, D. D.,
- William Rawle, LL. D.,
- Benjamin R. Morgan,
- James Gibson,
- Horace Binney, LL. D.,
- William Meredith,
- Benjamin Chew,
- Robert Waln,
- John Sergeant, LL. D.,
- Thomas Cadwalader,
- Peter S. Duponceau, LL. D.,
- Nicholas Biddle.
- Charles Chauncey, LL. D.,
- Joseph Hopkinson, LL. D.,
- Joseph R. Ingersoll,
- Rev. Philip F. Mayer, D. D.,
- Philip H. Nicklin,
- Rt. Rev. H. U. Onderdonk, D. D.,
- John C. Lowber,
- James S. Smith,
- Edward S. Burd,
- John Keating,
- George Vaux,
- Rev. William H. De Lancey, D. D.
The reader acquainted with the general history of the Union, and the particular history of this state, will have observed, that, at every period of the existence of the school, the board of trustees has been remarkable for the number of its members distinguished in politics, literature, science, and the liberal professions; and a glance at the list of its present members will satisfy
