...election shall in all cases be by ballot. Provided, that at all times the majority of the trustees, the president, and a majority of the faculty shall be members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That thirteen trustees shall Quorum....

...and, 2. Not more than one-fourth of the actual members be of the same Christian denomination. RULE II. In the election of professors, preference shall...always to the acceptance of the Board of Trustees. The Rev. Henry Durant having been elected to the first professorship in the College, it became necessary...

...and, 2. Not more than one-fourth of the actual members be of the same Christian denomination. RULE II. In the election of professors, preference shall...always to the acceptance of the Board of Trustees. The Rev. Henry Durant having been elected to the first professorship in the College, it became necessary...

...the college. In the charter of 1870, the provision "that at all times the majority of the trustees, the president, and a majority of the faculty shall be members of the Methodist Episcopal church," is distinctly a backward step. It was a protest against a supposed...

...elected by alumni. But the crucial revision provided that "at all times the majority of the trustees, the president, and a majority of the faculty shall be members of the Methodist Episcopal Church." 83 Approval of the charter by the trustees, visitors, and the Connecticut...

...conferences. The crucial change in 1 870 was a new provision that "at all times the majority of the trustees, the president, and a majority of the faculty shall be members of the Methodist Episcopal Church." The amended charter also stipulated that each of the thirteen patron...

...university in the following important particular: "Provided that at all times the majority of the trustees, the president and a majority of the faculty shall be members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.'" This provision remained the law of the college until 1907, although...