ellor of Arts Degree there; and if also the Governor
and Council were to elect a certain Number of Batchellors for Clerks
into the Secretaries Office; out of which Clerks attending and writing
there at certain Times, the County Clerks should be appointed by the
Secretary.
The Office of the President would be to govern the College, be
Treasurer, and Censor, and have a casting Vote in all Debates.
The six Professors or Masters would be
{ Divinity, who should be Chaplain and Catechist.
{ Mathematicks.
{ Philosophy.
one for { Languages.
{ History.
{ Humanity, who should be _Grammar_ Master.
The under Masters would be the Usher, the _Indian_ Master, and the
Writing-Master.
The Town Masters must be such as occasion requires, for Fencing,
Dancing, and Musick.
There would be three _English_ Fellows.
There would be fifteen Scholars, and a sufficient Number of School-Boys
for a constant Supply.
Besides a Number of Batchellors and Masters of Arts, who would wait till
they came in Fellows or Professors, or got to be made Surveyors or
County Clerks.
For all this there might easily be contrived Room in the College,
especially if a Hall was built in the Place intended for the Chapel.
As also would there be Room enough for the House-Keeper, Officers, and
Servants; especially if a Quarter was built for the Negroes, _&c._
The Tables might then be distinguish'd into four higher or four lower,
_viz._
The upper Table for the President and Masters.
The second for the Masters of Arts, _&c._
The third for the Batchellors of Arts.
The fourth for the Scholars and Commoners.
The four lower Tables should be
The first for the House-Keeper, and the upper School-Boys.
The second for the Usher, Writing-Master, and the lower
School-Boys.
The third for the Servitors and College Officers.
And the last for the _Indian_ Master and his Scholars.
This Regularity might easily be effected, and would prove not only
decent and creditable, but also useful and advantageous to the Country
and the College.
The Library is better furnished of late than formerly, by the kind Gifts
of several Gentlemen; but yet the Number of Books is but very small, and
the Sets upon each Branch of Learning are very imperfect, and not the
best of the Sort.
To remedy this Defect proper Application should be made to the Societies
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