Undated — Rules For the Economy of the College And Students

8. No Travelling Preacher shall have the Liberty of keeping his Son on the Foundation any longer than he travels, unless he be superannuated, or disabled by want of Health.

9. No Travelling Preacher, till he has been received into full Connection, shall have a Right to place his Son on the Foundation of this Institution.

10. No Student shall be received into the College under the Age of Seven Years.

RULES FOR THE ECONOMY OF THE COLLEGE AND

STUDENTS

1. The Students shall rise at five o’Clock in the Morning, Summer and Winter, at the ringing of the College-Bell.

2. All the Students, whether they lodge in or out of the College, shall assemble together in the College at six o’Clock, for public Prayer, except in Cases of Sickness; and on any Omission shall be responsible to the President.

3. From Morning-Prayer till Seven, they shall be allowed to recreate themselves as is hereafter directed.

4. At seven they shall Breakfast.

5. From Eight till Twelve, they are to be closely kept to their respective Studies.

6. From Twelve to Three, they are to employ themselves in Recreation and Dining:—Dinner to be ready at One o’Clock.

7. From Three till Six, they are again to be kept closely to their Studies.

8. At Six they shall Sup.

9. At Seven there shall be public Prayer.

10. From Evening-Prayer till Bed-time they shall be allowed Recreation.

11. They shall all be in Bed at Nine o’Clock, without fail.

12. Their Recreations shall be Gardening, Walking, Riding and Bathing, without Doors; and the Carpenter’s, Joiner’s, Cabinet-maker’s or Turner’s Business, within Doors.

13. A large Plot of Land, of at least three Acres, shall be appropriated for a Garden, and a Person skilled in gardening be appointed to overlook the Students when employed in that Recreation.

14. A convenient Bath shall be made for Bathing.

15. A Master, or some proper Person by him appointed, shall be always present at the Time of Bathing. Only one shall bathe at a Time; and no one shall remain in the Water above a Minute.

16. No Student shall be allowed to bathe in the River.

17. A Taberna Lignaria, shall be provided on the Premises, with all proper Instruments and Materials, and skilful Person be employed to overlook the Students at this Recreation.

18. The Students shall be indulged with nothing which the World calls Play. Let this Rule be observed with the strictest Nicety; for those who play when they are young, will play when they are old.

19. Each Student shall have a Bed to himself, whether he boards in or out of the College.

20. The Students shall lie on Mattresses, not on Feather-Beds, because we believe the Mattresses to be more healthy.

21. The President and Tutors shall strictly examine from Time to Time, whether our Friends who board the Students, comply with these Rules as far as they concern them.

22. A skilful Physician shall be engaged to attend the Students on every Emergency, that the Parents may be fully assured that proper Care shall be taken of the Health of their Children, without any Expence to them.

23. The Superintendents shall examine by themselves or their Delegates, into the Progress of all the Students in Learning, every half Year, or oftner if possible.

24. The Elders, Deacons and Preachers, as often as they visit Abingdon, shall examine the Students concerning their Knowledge of God and Religion.

25. The Students shall be divided into proper Classes for that Purpose.

26. A Pupil who has a total Incapacity to attain Learning, shall, after sufficient Trial, be returned to his Parents.

27. If a Student be convicted of any open Sin, he shall for the first Offence be reproved in private; for the second Offence of the same Nature, he shall be reproved in Public; and for the third Offence of the same Nature, he shall be expelled; except in the following instance, viz. if any Student is convicted of striking another, he shall be put under Confinement for a Day.

28. But if the sin be exceedingly gross, and a Superintendent see it necessary, he may be expelled for the first or second Offence.

29. Idleness or any other Fault, may be punished with Confinement, according to the Discretion of the President.

30. A convenient Room shall be set apart as a Place of Confinement.

31. We prohibit Whipping and Striking.

32. The President shall be the Judge of all Crimes and Punishments, in the Absence of the Superintendents.

33. But the President shall have no Power to expel a Student without the Advice and Consent of three of the Trustees: but a Superintendent shall have that Power.

FINIS

Above preface is in Miscellania Volume of Pamphlets from the private library of George Washington. The collection is now housed in the Director’s Room in the Athenaeum Library, Boston, Massachusetts.