is nothing in the laws or charter to prevent 

 their entering. 



The governing body of the University, 

 according to the amended charter, which 

 passed the Legislature at its last session, is a 

 Board of Trustees, whose legal title is "The 

 Wesleyan University." The number of Trust- 

 ees is limited to forty, of whom the Patroniz- 

 ing Annual Conferences of • the Methodist 

 Episcopal Church, namely, the New York, 

 New England, New York East, Providence, 

 New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, East 

 Maine, Troy, Central New York, Black 

 River, Newark and Wyoming have the elec- 

 tion of one each. The alumni of three years 

 standing elect five, and the remainder are 

 elected by the Board of Trustees. The Trust- 

 ees hold their office for five years, and are 

 divided into five classes, one of which goes 

 out each year. The President is ex-officio on 

 the Board. 



The Wesleyan University is perhaps the 

 oldest of the Methodist colleges. While per- 

 haps a little discomposed at so often "having 

 her nose put out of joint," and while deprecat- 

 ing the possible financial result of the present 

 policy of the M. E. Church in its educational 

 system, she looks with an affectionate pride 

 upon her forty-two younger sisters, each of 

 whom she hopes yet to see occupying a place 

 in a future number of The College Review. 



