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...prose, and hath skill in making verse, and is competently grounded in the Greeke language, so as to be able to construe and grammatically resolve ordinary Greeke - as the Greeke Testament, Isocrates and the Minor Poets, or such like, - haveing withall meet testimony of his towardness." Then follow rules of conduct, one (rule 6) being of the most comprehensive nature...
...college then as now kept a very careful eye upon the main chance in the matter of finances. Rule 13 is: "Every fellow commoner shall bring a piece of silver plate to the Colledge to the value (at the least) of three pounds, with his name engraven thereupon, which he may have the use of while he shall abide in the Colledge, and shall leave it to the propriety of the Colledge when he departs from...
...very salutary rule was the following...
...first sight the above rule seems to wear an aspect of absurdity, but when carefully considered the full import of its meaning becomes clear. It must be said that the great influence of fashions upon character and morals is too often disregarded by those in authority. That provisions looking to the abolishment of long hair in this college should have existed is perfectly proper. It is a self-evident fact that long hair per se is subversive of all established rules and authority. It is needless to dive into antiquity to secure proofs in support of this proposition. Society declares...
...rules governing the instructors of the university is that no examination shall extend beyond three hours. The corporation wisely foresaw that, if no such restriction were enacted, students would be constantly treated with the utmost inconsideration by some professors whose sole aim in examinations is not to discover what the student may know, but to impress on him how absolutely little knowledge of the subject he possesses. The more he succeeds in convincing the student that he is groping in absolute ignorance, the more satisfaction does he seem to take unto himself. This rule the authorities have enacted...