Punishments are confined to private or public admonition or reproof, degradation, suspension, dismission, and expulsion. All but the two last may be inflicted by order of a majority of the faculty:—these, as they are the most serious, and are liable to affect injuriously the character and future prospects of the young man, require the sanction of the board. Between the punishments of dismission and expulsion there is this difference, that after the former a student may be reinstated by a vote of the trustees, while the latter totally disqualifies him for readmission into the institution, and for receiving any of its honours. The board, however, do
of Natural and Revealed Religion. Intellectual Philosophy. Law of Nations and Political Law, (Kent's Commentaries.) English composition. Forensic discussions.
"On every Saturday members of the Senior Class deliver original essays in the chapel. "French, Spanish, and German, may be pursued, if required by parents. "On each day of the week, except Saturday, there are not more than four nor less than three recitations of one hour each for every class. On Saturday each class recites once. "All the classes, except the Senior class, recite both in the morning and afternoon. "The instructions of the college are conveyed in part by lectures, but principally by the study of the most approved text books, aided by the explanations of the professors. The diligence of the student is tested by rigid daily examinations. The character of each recitation is recorded, and the results communicated to parents or guardians in the middle or at the end of each term. At the end of each term, public examinations of the classes are held by the faculty; and the students are classed in the order of merit. "Defective students are not allowed to proceed to a higher class, and incompetent students are dismissed from the institution. "Negligent and indolent students are transferred to a lower class when unable to proceed with the studies of their own class." Instruction in the French, Spanish, and German languages, is given to those students who may desire it, by teachers appointed by the trustees.—January, 1834.