WSb AMitidnat "T^otes. 



•an(5 Cicero's Orations, and of the principles of arithmetic; 

 and when admitted, usually continue four years before they 

 receive decrees. The freshman class attend to the Greek and 

 'taifn aut'hbrs, the principles of composition, criticism, rhe- 

 'fenc, &r. The sophomore class to geography, logic, and f^'e 

 mathematics. The junior class to natural philosophy, 'ff«>ral 

 'philoso'phy, and the higher branches of the mathematics :^ the 

 'sophomores and jimiors both continuing to devote a pottioh 

 of their time to the classics. The senior class attend to meta- 

 "^hysics, the principles of civil lavi-, divinity, chertii^fy', and 

 itatural history. -'• ''''^? 



^ The funds of this college consist chiefly of lands g^Mitcd 

 ^ft^'NeW Hampshire and Vermont, most of which' are istltl'iiA- 

 productive. Of these lands there are about 4-000() acres; ^' 

 ■ The college library consists of about 3000 volumes. Thd 

 philosophical apparatus is sufficient for a common course of 

 experimental philosophy. 



- The number of students in 1801 was 140. The greater 



" 'part of these are accommodated in the college. The anntiaf 



expense of each individual, including boarding, tuition, &c.< 



«xcept clothing and other contingencies, is about 100 tjbl- 



%2^y-- ■■■ .>?iTto?wlT V, 



*- 'in 1801 eight hundred stiidtfnts had graduated at this"Coll6^6 



'srftce its establishment. !"<'."/'. 



'^ Tn Rhode Island there is one college, viz. '''"'"* ^"* 

 ' 'Rhode Lshoid college. The charter for this sfeilitnait^^^'^V'ks 

 obtained in 1761-. The rev. James Manning, of New Jersey, 



'had the principal agency in founding it, and was chostehthe 

 first president.- The college edifice was erected i^i 1770. ~ Ik 

 is a spacious building, 150 feet long, 46 feet wide, and four 

 istdries high, and contains 56 apartments. .:'Ho'-> diii 



*' The government of the college is vested iii a' b62?r*d "of 

 'trilstees. The immediate officers are, a president, proftessdr of 



-'ihathematics and natural philosophy, professor'df 'law', *ahd 

 three tutors. .:.)Hif^. a^u oj,.o//ou,^' . 



