Princeton Theological Seminary - Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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19 REPORTS TO PRESBYTERIES. Annual reports are sent to Presbyteries of the attendance upon the exercises of the Seminary of the Students under their care. - EXAMINATION. The next annual examination will begin on Thursday, April 20th, and be continued until the following Tuesday. The Committee of Examination, ap- pointed by the Board of Directors, for the present session, consists of Rev. Joseph T. Smith, D.D., Rev. Robert Davidson, D.D., Rev. Robert Hamill, D.D., Rev. Samuel Miller, D.D., Rev. John Hall, D.D., Rev. William M. Paxton, D.D., Levi P. Stone, Esq., John K. Findlay, Esq., and George Jun- kin, Esq., with their alternates Rev. Henry A. Boardman, D.D., Rev. J. E. Rockwell, D.D., Rev. John Maclean, D.D., Rev. George W. Musgrave, D D., Rev. William D. Snodgrass, D.D., Rev. John C. Backus, D.D., Hon. George Sharswood, Henry Day, Esq., and James Donaldson, Esq. The examination is public, and the presence of visitors, particularly from Presbyteries having students under their care, will be welcomed. Students who are absent from the examination of their own class, or who fail to pass this test in a satisfactory manner, must submit to an examination with the corresponding class in a subsequent year. THE ACADEMICAL YEAR Opens on the Hrst Thursday of September, and closes on the last Wednesday of April. V The usual certificates will be conferred on the next graduating class on Tues- day, April 25th, in the presence of the Board of Directors, when the students will be dismissed with an address by Rev. Joseph T. Smith, D.D. The annual sermon, at the close of the session, will be preached by Rev. HenryA. Boardman, D.D., or by his alternate, Rev.VVillia1n D. Snodgrass, D.D. The Address before the Religious Contribution Society, will bc delivered on Thursday evening, April 20th, by Professor Julius H. Seelye, of Amherst College.