AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF chap< XT, 



Teachers of Schools This class includes both 

 masters in Universities and parochial school-mas- 

 ters. 



THE UNI7ERSITT OF ST ANDREWS. 



OF this ancient and respectable seminary of 

 learning, I cannot give a better account than that 

 furnished by the reverend Dr Adamson, in his 

 Statistical report of the parish of St Andrews. 



" The UNIVERSITY," says the Doctor, " which 

 is the oldest in Scotland, being founded in 1444, 

 formerly consisted of 3 colleges ; viz. St Salva- 

 tors, founded by JAMES KENNEDY, bishop of St 

 Andrews, in 1458 ; St Leonardos College, found- 

 ed by Prior HEPBURN, 1512 ; and 67 Marys, 

 founded by Bishop JOIINH.AMILTON, 1552. In 

 each of these colleges were lectures in Theolo- 

 gy, as well as in Philosophy, Languages, &c. In 

 the reign of James VI., 15/9, under the direc- 

 tion of GEORGEBUCH AN AN, the University was 

 new modelled ; and St Mary's college was ap- 

 propriated to the study of Theology, and is there- 

 fore distinguished by the name of the Divinity 

 College, or the New College. In 1747, on a 

 petition from the masters of the two colleges of 

 St Salvator's and St Leonard's, the Parliament 

 united these two colleges into one society, under 

 the designation of the United College. These 

 colleges are independent of each other in their 

 revenues and discipline. The Senatus Academl- 

 cus, or University Meeting, consists of the Prin- 

 cipals and Professors of both Colleges, which 

 have a common interest in the Library. The 



