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' Will, by the senior class, in addition to Locke; and in some 

 * instances the senior class has recited Dr. Hopkins's System of 

 ^^Theology ; in others Doddridge's Lectures. r.oiiibnv 



-' The annual commencement is on the first Wednesday of 

 September J and at the close of the year 1800 about 80stu- 

 dcnts had received the honours of the college. 

 ^ iii Boi'jdoin college. This college was instituted in 1794-. 

 'It' is situate at Brunswick, in the province of Maine; and 

 was so called in honour of the late governor Bowdoin. 

 ' This institution is yet in its infancy. There are a presi- 

 dent (who is the rev. Joseph M'Kean), lately appointed, and 

 a professor of languages. With respect to the state of the 

 funds, the number of the students, the course of instruction, 

 &c., no information has been obtained. But as the college 

 has not been organised njore than three or four years, its con- 

 stitution cannot yet be very complete or mature. 



"^■In New Hampshire there is one college, viz. 



Dartmouth college, which was incorporated in 1769. This 

 seminary is situate in Hanover, in the county of Grafton, 

 and derives its name from the earl of Dartmouth, one of its 

 principal benefactors. The rev. Dr. Eleazar Wheelock was 

 the founder, and the first president. (See p. 2il.) The first 

 college buildings were erected in 1770, and a large addition 

 made to them in 1786. 



The government of the college is in the hands of twelve 

 trustees, seven of whom make a quorum. By them all laws 

 and appointments are made, and to them the officers are re- 

 sponsible. ' ' ■ "^ ' 



The officers are, a president (who is at present jTohh Wh^^ 

 lock, LL. D., the son of the first president) ; a professor of 

 ttiathematics and natural philosophy ; a professor of the Latiji 

 and Greek languages; a professor of chemistry and medi- 

 cine ; and two tutors. 



The course of instruction. Students must be qualified for 

 Amission by a knowledge of the Greek Testament, of Virgi^ 



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