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5. We have at present the materials of such a department here on the 

 ground. It is believed by your committee, that some system introduced 

 into them, will greatly add to their usefulness. 



Your committee being also charged with the duty of reporting regula- 

 tions for the organization of said department, should it be judged ex- 

 pedient to form one, beg leave to report the following : 



1. There shall be a fourth department of instruction for other than 

 undergraduate students, who are not in the departments of theology, 

 medicine, and law, to be called the Department of Philosophy and 

 the Arts. The department is intended to embrace philosophy, 

 literature, history, the moral sciences other than law and theology, 

 the natural sciences excepting medicine, and their application to the arts. 



2. Instruction in this department may be given by professors not 

 belonging to the others, by professors in the academical departments, 

 and by such others as the president and fellows may approve. But no 

 second course of lectures on the same branch may be given, without the 

 consent of the previous lecturer. 



3. All graduates of this or other colleges, and all other young men 

 of fair moral character, may be allowed to pursue such studies included 

 in this department as they may desire. But dismissed students of this 

 or other colleges, and undergraduate students, without express leave of 

 the academical faculty, shall not enjoy the privileges of this department. 



4. The instructors in this department may make such arrangements 

 as it respects remuneration for their instructions, as they may think 

 proper. 



5. The faculty of the department shall consist of the president, and 

 such professors as are actually engaged in the instruction of the depart- 

 ment ; and regulations passed by the faculty, and approved by the cor- 

 poration, may be the regulations of the department." 



It will be noted that there was no provision made for 

 conferring degrees in this department, as is done in the 

 departments of law and medicine. This was postponed 

 for farther consideration. We will here anticipate the 

 course of events, and present the doings of the corpora- 



