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LINNAEUS 
and delivery of letters, and so on. Because of his 
previous academic life at Lund, he was entitled to be 
styled Dominus in place of Monsieur or simply Sieur, 
as were newly matriculated students from Vaxjo. 
His membership was confirmed in November. 
At that time the nation’s activities were unde¬ 
veloped, a contributing cause being the want of a 
common room. The few meetings had to be held in 
the Inspector’s house, or some other place. Actually, 
the only material bond of the club was, that in 1645, 
an iron chest was obtained to contain all their records, 
consisting of valuable papers relating to loans, 
pledges, elegies, and academic theses. In the spring 
term of 1733, Linnaeus borrowed thirty copper dalers 
(fifteen shillings), pledging an article of silver as 
security, which debt was redeemed the following 
spring. 
The officers who conducted the business, and had 
oversight of the younger members, were, besides the 
Inspector, the seniors and the eldest of the juniors. 
Not long before the arrival of Linnaeus it had been 
decided that the juniors had no vote until they had 
been three years in the University. 
Judging from the minutes of the few meetings, the 
proceedings do not seem to have been extensive or 
interesting. Generally most of the time was devoted 
to an oration or disputation on a given thesis, in which 
the older members displayed reading and dialectic 
powers. These orations were usually designated as 
“ elegant,” but as much of the disputations were 
confined to philosophy, they did not appeal to Lin¬ 
naeus. He was more likely to note the exhortations 
and proposals, that the officers should have the charge 
of the younger members in church, so that no clamour 
should occur near the pulpit, and that none of them 
should be notified to the Consistory for improper be¬ 
haviour. All such rules Linnaeus caused to be 
observed when he became tutor to the young 
Rudbecks. After his return from Lapland, he, in 
