Additional Notes. 345 • 



^ -Tke" governnient of this college is vested in twenty ^u^ 

 -trustee?;, iaclnding the prcsitlent of the cQllege, and thegor 

 vernor of the ' state, for tlje time beiag. The ofiieers of the 

 college are, a president (the rev. Dr. Samuel S.Smith); a 

 professor of languages; a professor of divinity j a ,profe.«sor; 

 of mathematics, natural philosophy, aitd chemistiy; .^iji*i 

 three tutors. !:3n--s ^f . ,T/"a\W.) i^C'SvJ .It' " 



The library is now small ; bufr wieaSiiH?es have .^en {lateljr 

 taken, which will probably soon reader it one of the laigest 

 and best college libraries in the United J^tates.^ The philo- 

 i^ophical apparatus is a respectable one, and alsotli^el^Jt^t^ 

 improved, ,.-.,a - ,r- .':;.f • 



The course of instruction i\\ tl^is seminary is not, accurately 

 known to the writer. It is believed, however, that this is 

 one of the institutions in the United States in which classical 

 learning receives more than usual attention ; and7,iiv vvhicb, 

 beside an advantageous mode of pursuing most of the objects 

 of study, polite literature is cultivated with great success*' ; 



The number of students in this college, at the close of the 



year 1803, amounted to about 150; a greater number than 



ever before belonged to the institution. They are chiefly 



boarded in the college edifice. The annual expense of each. 



is not certainly known, but is believed to be fro.m, 150 tft.no 



..dollars. . ,. ri- 



.siiii'The annual commencement in this college is oiv>;tlTQ/,last 



• iW^ednesday of September. ci arii^amit • 



■ ' ■ .£. iOh'vff iyi^ 



In Pennsylvania there are three colleges, viaii-rt sn^tl f 



1. The University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelpliia. This 



institution was formed in 1791, l)y the union of the Cctllege of 



Philadelphia, founded in 175% (sec page 213) and anotiier 



institution, formed immediately after the revolutionary war, 



■ wider the same title which the xmited seminaries now bear. 

 iv^.The olhcers of this institution are, a provost (this place is 



■ "3fiacw -vacant), who is also prpfessor of naturall . philosophy j a 

 r- viccpa^ovost, who is also professor of logic and moral philo- 



