Boston University - HUB Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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8 BOSTON UrVlV15RSITY YEAR BOOK. tion to membership in the Convocation with delined privileges of representa- tion in the government of the University, and with corresponding duties. The Boards of Visitors.- Boards of Visitors are annually appointed by the 'Trustees for the inspection of the work ofthe several Colleges and Schools, and for the making of reports to the Corporation. The chairman of the standing committee of the Corporation on a College or School is in each case ex-qjirio chairman of the Board of Visitors of said School or College, and is charged with the duty of calling the meetings, and of presenting the reports ofthe said Board to the Trustees of the University. The Colleges.-The Statutes of the University provide for a group of Colleges, with distinct Faculties and administrations. The College of Liberal Arts aml the College of Music were opened almostimmediately after the University was chartered 5 while the place of the College of Agriculture has been supplied since january, 1875, by the Massachusetts Agricultural College. The Professional Schools.-All departments of the University so organ- ized as to presuppose on the part of the student a collegiate preparation, or its equivalent, are called Schools. The three of these which are organized and administered in the interest of persons preparing for the learned professions are called the Professional Schools. The School of All Sciences.-This department is for graduate students only. Since 1874 its regular members enjoy the privilege of free tuition in the National University at Athens, and in the Royal University at Rome. Fundamental Principles.--The eleventh Annual Report,'issued January, 1885, presents at some length a number of the more important of the ideas, or principles, which underlie the entire plan of the institution, and which have determined its actual organic form. 'I' he unity of these ideas, together with their full significance, must he sought in the fundamental aim of the Founders, which was the effective promotion of genuinely Christian culture.

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'l'HlfI ORGANIZATION Ol 'l'Hl'1 UNIVERSITY. l'Sos'1'oN UNIVliRSl'1'Y was chartered by the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts in the year of our I.ord 1869. The three gentlemen named in the Charter as the original corporators were Isaac Rich, Esquire, the Honorable Lee Claflin, and the Honorable jacob Sleeper g all of whom had held respon- sible positions in the government of one or more of the older New England colleges, and the last of whom had served as a State-appointed Overseer ef Harvard University for a period of twelve years. The Governor of the Com- monwealth who officially approved and signed the act of incorporation was a son ofthe second ofthe original eorporators. The Corporation.-Under the provisions of the Charter, the power of receiving, holding, and administering funds, establishing departments of in- struction, appointing ofhcers of instruction and government, providing suitable buildings and appliances, conferring degrees, and, in general, the power of directing the administration, vests in the Corporation, whose legal title is The Trustees of Boston University. The body consists of the President of thc University rar qjicio, and Eve classes of Trustees elected from year to year for the term of live years. The whole number must not be less than ten nor more than thirty. In the year 1883 the Corporation was granted a Charter by the Legislature of the State of New York, the first section of which is as follows: 7Wc Tl'lIIfc'L'.V of Mc Barron Ul1i'm'1'.v1'L1', a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue ofthe laws of the State of Massachusetts, are hereby authorized and empowered to take and hold lands in this State, by devise or under the provisions of any will, in the same manner and under the same limitations applicable to benevolent and scientilic corporations organized under the laws of this State. The University Council.- Under the provisions of the statutes of organi- zation, the President of the University, the Registrar, and the Deans of the several departments, constitute the University Council. To this body belongs, among other duties, that of securing an harmonious adjustment of all inter- departmental questions of administration. The University Senate. -The members of the University Council, together with all the regular professors in the different Schools and Colleges, constitute the University Senate. All promotions to degrees are in the name of this body and of the Corporation. The University Convocation.-This body consists of all persons who have acquired any Degree or Diploma of Graduation in the University. Every promotion to a degree, or to the status of a graduate, is, accordingly, promo-

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FOUNDERS OF THE UNIVERSITY. ISAAC RICH. LEE CLAFLIN. JACOB SLEEPER THE CORPORATION. Ex-Gov. WILLIAM CLAI l.IN, LI..D. . . I'1ucsm1cN'1'. HQN. JACOB SLEEPER . . . . Vlclc-Pzuaslmlzm' WILLIAM R. CLARK, S.T.D. .... S1cc1us'rARv. RICHARD W. I-IUSTED, ESQ ..... TR14:ASU1ucR. XVILLIANI F. XVARREN, S.'1'.D.,.llvm6v1' Ex-Ojicio. 7'L'l'IlL L'.Afl7l'L'.T ISQU. I'IuN. WILLIAM CLAIVLIN, I.I..D. BP. R. .l OS'l'ER, S.T.D., LL.D. VVILLIAM O. GROVER, ESQ. XVILLARD T. PERRIN, S.'l'.B. I'ION. JACOB SLEEPER. HON. ALDEN SPEARIC. Term myvirc: 1892. JOHN D. FLINT, ESQ. HUN. LIVERUS 1-IULL. REV. J. D. PICKLES, I'II.D., S.T.B. GEO. M. STEELE, S.T.D., I.L.D. JOSEPH B. THOMAS, ESQ. JOHN H. TWOMBLY, S.T.D. ykflll v.x7iz'rcx ISQ1. HON. JOSEPH H. CHADWICK MRS. MARY B. CLAFLIN. HON. H. O. HOUGIITON, A.M. BRADFORD K. IPEIRCE, S.'l'.D DANIEL STEELE, S.'l'.D. CHAS. STEERE, A.M., LL.B. 7 2'r11z exjwirex 1893. JAMES F. ALMY, ESQ. HON. EDWARD H. DUNN. RICHARD W. I-IUSTED, ESQ. HON. LUMAN T. JEFFSZ PLINY NICKERSON, ESQ. 7 2'1'111 c.x151'1'es 1894. XVILLIAM R. CLARK, S.'I'.D. EDWIN H. JOHNSON, ESQ. JOHN KENDRICK, ESQ. CHARLES W. PIERCE, ESQ. MISS MARION TALBOT, AAI.