Catechism and Confession of Faith, as containing a just Summary of the Christian Religion, as before expressed; and renounce all Doctrines or Principles contrary thereunto; and shall pass through such an Examination as the Corporation shall think proper, in order to their being fully satisfied that he shall do it truly, without any Evasion or Equivocation. "6. That since every such Officer is admitted into his Post upon the Condition aforesaid, if he shall afterwards change his Sentiments, entertain any contrary Set of Principles or scheme of Religion, and disbelieve the Doctrines contained in the said Catechism or Confession of Faith, he cannot, consistent with common Honesty and Fidelity, continue in his Post, but is bound to resign it. “7. That when it is suspected by any of the Corporation, that any such Officer is fallen from the Profession of his Faith, as before-mentioned, and is gone into any contrary Scheme of Principles, he shall be examined by the Corporation. "8. That inasmuch as it is especially necessary that a Professor of Divinity should be found in the Faith; besides the common Tests before mentioned, he shall publickly exhibit a full Confession of his Faith, drawn up by him in his own Words and Phrases, and shall in full and express Terms renounce all Such Errors as shall in any considerable Measure prevail at the Time of his Introduction. And if any Doubt or Question shall arise about any Doctrine or Position, whether it be Truth or Error, it shall be judged by the Word of God taken in that Sense of it, which is contained and declared in the said Catechism and Confession of Faith; as being a just Exposition of the Word of God in those Doctrines or Articles which are contained in them. "9. That every Person who shall be chosen President, Fellow, Professor of Divinity, or Tutor in this College, shall give his Consent to the Rules of Church Discipline established in the Ecclesiastical Constitution of the Churches of the Colony: It being understood, that our Ecclesiastical Constitution may admit of Additions or Alterations, in such Circumstances as according to our Confession of Faith are to be regulated by the Light of Nature, and the Rules of Christian Prudence. And it is especially declared, that if any Person shall deny the Validity of the Ordination of the Ministers of this Colony, commonly called Presbyterian or Congregational, or shall hold, that it is necessary or convenient that such Ministers should be reordained, in order to render their Administrations valid, it shall be deemed an essential Departure from our Ecclesiastical Constitution; and inconsistent with the Intentions of the Founders of this College, that such a Person should be chosen an Officer in it. "10. Yet we would suppose that it is not inconsistent with the general Design of the Founders, and is agreeable to our own Inclinations, to permit Protestants of all Denominations to send their children to receive the advantage of an Education in this College; provided that while they are here they conform to all the Rules and Orders of it." All the Fellows, who have been admitted since this Act, have publickly given their consent to the Catechism and Confession of Faith, in this Formula, viz. "I, A. B., being chosen a Fellow of Yale-College, do hereby declare, that I believe, that the Assembly's Catechism, and the Confession of Faith, received and established in the churches of this Colony, contain a true and just Summary of the most important Doctrines of the Christian Religion, and that the true Sense of the Sacred Scriptures is justly collected and summed up in those Compositions. And all Expositions of Scripture pretending to deduce any Doctrine or Position contrary to the said Doctrines laid down in those Composures, I believe are wrong and erroneous. And I will always take all reasonable Measures, and such as Christian Prudence may direct, in my Place and Station, to continue and propagate the Doctrines contained in these Summaries of Religion, in this College, and transmit them to all future Successions and Generations; and use the like Measures to prevent the contrary Doctrines from prevailing in this Society. "I do also consent to the Rules of Christian Discipline established in the Ecclesiastical Constitution of the Churches of this Colony." President Clap also gives the following account of the monies raised to build the rector's house and of the extraordinary receipts and disbursements for seven years. 1722 A Subscription to build the Rector's House...£ 35 .... 55 A General Compilation of extraordinary Receipts and Disbursements, from the Year 1716 to the Year 1722. IN the College Treasury.....£125 College House cost.. Colony Donations, 1716..... 250 .£1060 ... Land, Well and Cellars... 34 260 30 84 Other Donations in money.... 458 David Solomon, among numerous other enterprises, was a tailor; and in his old account-book we find an account with the Rev. James Beebee, Yale 1745. "Mr. James Beebee, Pastor, Dr. “Dec. 2nd, 1775 To mending a pair of breeches.... 4. 2. I. "July 28, 1779 making pair breeches 5 66 finding two buttons... 4 66 cutting out pair breeches and March ye 12th, 1782. This cast all accounts with Mr. James Beebee and find due him two shillings and a penny. "This account was thus balanced in accordance with the custom of the times, Mr. Beebee signing Solomon's book and Solomon signing Mr. Beebee's.'t *Extract from a Life of the Rev. James Beebee. Latest Figures Giving the Geographical Distribution of College and University Students By RUDOLF TOMBO, Jr. THE spring enrollment at some of the leading universities and colleges, the final figures for which have just become available, furnishes a number of interesting facts from the standpoint of the geographical distribution of the student body. It is generally supposed that the prominent eastern universities are losing ground in the states outside of their own division, that is, the North Atlantic, owing to the increasing competition of the leading state universities of the Middle West, but as a matter of fact the total registration of Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale for the year 1909 in divisions outside of the North Atlantic and in foreign countries shows a gain of 146 over the preceding year and one of 807 students over the year 1905. On the other hand there is no question whatsoever of the fact that this increase would be much larger were it not for the considerable number of students who now enjoy the advantages of higher education offered by the state in institutions like those of Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, these being the only state universities that draw a fair percentage of their student body from states outside of their own, that is, over twenty per cent, and they can lay claim therefore to having become national institutions in the best sense of the word. Michigan to-day draws students from every state of the Union but one (Delaware), including 391 from New York state, 148 from Pennsylvania and 69 from foreign countries, attracting no less than 620 students from the North Atlantic division or 176 more than in 1905. It must not be forgotten however that many of the students registered at the various state universities would not go to college at all if it were not for the advantages just mentioned; with many of them it is a question of the state university or none at all and not one of selection as between the state institution and a representative eastern university. And yet again a fair percentage of these very students are apt to turn up later on in the professional or graduate school of an eastern institution, having earned money through teaching or in other ways after graduation from the state university. The greatest gains in actual number of students, leaving the North Atlantic division out of consideration and also omitting all summer session students, were registered by the six above mentioned eastern institutions—in the South Atlantic division (67), followed by the North Central division (52) and the Western division (39); insular and non-contiguous territories follow with a gain of 21, and then come foreign countries, where the gain has been one of II students only as against 92 last year; and, strange to say, In the South Atlantic division all of the six institutions with the excep- The geographical distribution by divisions of the six eastern institutions Total, exclusive of Summer Session 1908, 4750 3979 1908-1909 Divisions North Atlantic South Atlantic Pennsylvania Princeton Yale 166 157 147 4367 |