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Trinity College Trinity College Digital Repository Trinity College Bulletins and Catalogues (1824 - Trinity Publications (Newspapers, Yearbooks, present) Catalogs, etc.) 1-1-1847 Calendar of Trinity College, 1847 Trinity College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/bulletin Recommended Citation Trinity College, "Calendar of Trinity College, 1847" (1847). Trinity College Bulletins and Catalogues (1824 - present). 434. https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/bulletin/434 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Trinity Publications (Newspapers, Yearbooks, Catalogs, etc.) at Trinity College Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Trinity College Bulletins and Catalogues (1824 - present) by an authorized administrator of Trinity College Digital Repository. - t \l --- I I 8i ------ ' CALENDAR , OF TRINITY COLLEGE, HARTFORD. 184 7. PRO ECCLESIA ET PATRIA. HARTFORD: PRESS OF WM. FAXON. 1847. ADVERTISEMENT. THE undersigned, a Committee of the CoRPORATION to prepare and publish a Calendar of Trinity College, Hartferd, for the current year, lmve ananged and put forth the present work; which they trust will in some degree meet the objects of its compilation. The purpose of an annual Calendar of this kind is, to exhibit, at one view, the actual condition of the whole academical Society. A series of such publications thus becomes a history of the progress of such a Soci ety; and enables all its memuers to understand minute ly its wants and its circumstances. It will be seen, then, that it.. is desirable that a copy should be kept by every member of the College. It is presumed that, in a first issue of this kind, some inaccuracies will be discovered; and, in order that the Calendar of the succeeding year may be more perfect, the Committee would be happy to receive any necessary information, directed to the President. SILAS TOTTEN. GEO. BURGESS. A. CLEVELAND COXE. HARTFORD, January, 1847. ' COLLEGE CALENDAR. January 7. Thursday. Second Term begins. April 6. Tuesday. Examination. 7. Wednesday. " 8. Thursday. Easter Vacation begins. May 6. Thursday. Third Term begins. July. 22. Thursday. E~amination of Senior Clasl!. 30. Friday. Examination of lower classes. 31. Saturday. " " August 3. Tuesday. Annual Meeting of Fellows. Examination for admission. 4. W edoesday. Annual Meeting of Corpo Tation and Convocation. 5. Thursday. Commencement. Long Va " cation begins. Septem. 23. Thursday. First Term begins. Decem. 21. Tuesday. Examination. 22. Wednesday. " 23. Thursday. Christmas Vacation begins. # TRINITY COLLEGE, HARTFORD. TmNITY CoLLEGE, HARTFORD, is an academic Soci ety, of which the control is vested in a ConPORA'rioN, known in law by the style or title of The Trustees of Trinity College. The design of a College in New England, connected with the Church of tl~e inother-country, and so far as possible modelled after its celebrated Universities, originated with the excellent BERKELEY,, Bishop of Cloyne, who with this view purchased an estate, and resided for some time in Rhode Island. Though he was compelled reluctantly to relinquish his project, it was n~verthe~ess not eutirely without fruits. To his example -.and benefactions may be traced much of that interest in sound learning and Christian education which led to the first efforts for the establishment of a similar institution in Connecticut. A Convocation of the Clergy of the Diocese, held in 1792, under SEABURY, first Bislwp of Connecticut, took tbe primary steps towards establishing the Episco pal Academy at Cheshire; and this, though incorpo rated with limited privileges, was intended as the foundation for a higher institution, so soon as a charter conferring full collegiate powers could be obtain,ed from / 8 the State. It was often styled familiarly Tl•e Seabury College. Bishop BROWNELL, who succeeded to the Episcopate in 1819, was enabled very shortly to perfect these de signs. The charter of Washington College was grant ed in 1823; and in the following year the institution was opened at Hartford, under the presidency of the Bishop. In 1845, by permission of the L egislature, the name of the Co11ege was changed to its present style, to attest forever the faith of its founders, and their zeal for the perpetual glory and honour of the ONE HoLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY. To this brief History must be added some account of the internal organization and condition of the Co11ege. The SENATUS AcADEMicus consists of two houses, known as the CoRPORATION and the HousE oF CoNvo CATION. The CoRPORATION, on which the other house is whol ly dependent, and to which, by law, belongs the supreme control of the Co11ege, consists of not more than twen ty-four Trustees, resident within the State of Connecti cut; the President of the College being ex officio one of the number, and president of the same. They have authority to fill their own vacancies; to appoint to offices and professorships; to direct and manage the funds for the good of the College ; and, in general, to 9 exercise the powers of a Collegiate Society, according to the provisions of the charter. THE HousE OF CoNvocATION consists of the Fel lows and Professors of Trinity College, with all per sons who have received any academic degree whatever in the same, except such as have been lawfully de prived of their privileges. Its business is such as may from time to time be delegated by the Corporation, from which it derives its existence ; and is, at present, limited to consulting and advising for the good of the College; nominating the Junior Fellows, and all candidates for admission ad eundem; making laws fur its own regulation; proposing plans, measures or counsel to the Corporation ; and to instituting, endowing and naming, with concurrence of the same, professorships, scholarships, prizes, medals, and the like. The CHANCELLOR and VISITOR. Such are the titles, under \~' hich supervisory powers, with special reference to the moral and religious interests of the academical body, are entrusted to the Bishop of the Diocese of Connecticut. The PRESIDENT. This officer, as his title imports, is the resitlent head and Rector of the College, and the Executive of all laws for the discipline of UIH1er-gradu ates. The FELLows. There are six Fellows appointed by the Corporation alone, and six Junior Fellows, who must be Masters of Arts, appointed by the Corporation .. 10 on 11omination of Convocation ; and these together make the Board of Fellows. To this Board the Cor poration commits the superintendence of the strictly academical business of the College ; of the course of study and examinations ; of the statutes and di~cipline; of the library, cabinet, chapel, halls, grounds, collegi ate dress, and the like; and also certain powers and privileges in recommending for degrees. Each Fel low and Junior Fellow is elected for three years; but there is no emolument connected with the office, be sides a provision for necessary expenses incurred iu its discharge. The Fellows therefore, under e~isting laws, are not ordinarily resident. The DEAN OF CoNVOCATION presides in that House, and is elected by the same, from year to year. The PRoFESSORS hold their appointments from the Corporation, and by lectures and otherwise, instruct in their several departments. vVith the President and Tutors, they alsO'form a board of government and con trol over the under-graduates. Tll"TORS and LECTURERS are appointed from time to time by the Corporation to assist the professors in sev eral departments of instruction. Private Tutors have no recognized character as officers of the College. ScuoLARSliiPS. These are permanent endowments, held by certain under-graduates according to the terms of their foundation, and paying stipends of different amounts to their incumbents. HALLs. There are three buildings belonging to the 11 College, which in 1845, received the name of the first three Bishops of the Diocese. SEABURY-HALL, erected in 18 ~5 , contains the Chapel, and the Library, Cabi net,anu other public chambers. JARVIS-HALL, erected in the same year, and BRoWNELL-HALL, erected in 1845, contain rooms for the officers and students; and one of the wings of the latter is the residence of a Pro ' fessor and his family. The GRoUNDS, on which the halls are erected, are an area of fourteen acres, laid out with walks, and orna mented with shade-trees and shrubbery. The site is elevated, overlooking on one side the city of Hartford, within the limits of which the grounds are partly situa ted; and on the other the Little River (a branch of the Connecticut,) which forms theit· western boundary. This river is suitable for boating and for exercise in swimming. TrrE LIBRARY AND CABINET. There are three thou sand volumes belonging to the College, arranged in alcm·cs, and occupying a room in Seabury-Hall, in which are also the portraits of sevet·al officers and ben efactors of the College. There arc also two libraries belonging to societies of under-graduates, containing an aggregate of six thousand volumes. The cabinet is an extensive collection of minerals and geological speci mens. A ·valuable pl~ilosopltical appamtus is distributed through the lecture-rooms of the seyeral professors re quiring its aiel in their instructions. TERMS. There are three terms in the year, of from 12 twelve to fourteen weeks each: during which every under-graduate is required to be resident, unless under special dispensation from the President. ExAMINATIONS. These are held at the end of each T erm, in presence of examiners appointed by the Fel lows, from their own number, or otherwise; and every under-graduate is required to be present and sustain his prescribed examinations at such times, unless a special examination is allowed for sufficient causes. VACATION. The Christmas vacation is two weeks from the Thursday preceding Christmas day.