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TABLE II.—INSTITUTIONS INCORPORATED AS ACADEMIES.

A few of the following list of Academies have a history which would richly repay the labor of an extended sketch; of some, the existence was but temporary, of others, fitful and ephemeral, while of many it was simply nominal; but all were favored with a special Act of incorporation and authority to hold in trust, for the purposes of education, sums varying from $5,000 to $100,000, not often, however, exceeding $20,000.

* These, and probably several others of the above list, have become merged in High Schools; nearly all the others have ceased as Academics, or never have had an existence.

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COLLEGE GOVERNMENT-DORMITORY SYSTEM.

BY P. H. MELL, D.D., LL.D.,

Chancellor of the University of Georgia.

COLLEGES and universities in this country, like those in England, as a general thing admit the duty and claim the right to exercise a government over the young men committed to their Until within a comparatively short time, the system universally in vogue was that involving espionage, surveillance, and repression. The students were generally required to room in college buildings, where they were subjected to the vigilance and the visitation of the officers. At least one tutor slept in every building whose duty it was to see that order was preserved at night, and that the students remained in their rooms. During the day the president and professors lent their assistance to enforce the rules as to "study hours," and preserve quiet in the buildings.

Colleges, however, founded within the last quarter of a century have nearly all omitted to supply themselves with dormitory buildings; and some of the older institutions thus equipped have awakened to a suspicion, if not a conviction, that such buildings are an encumbrance rather than an advantage, and are endeavoring to utilize them in other ways. Is this change of opinion on this practical and important subject founded on reason and experience? Conflicting answers are given to this question; for there are still some ardent and vigorous defenders and advocates of the

DORMITORY SYSTEM.

After an observation and experience as a college officer of thirty-eight years, the present writer has no hesitation in saying that the dormitory system is wrong in principle and pernicious in practice that its tendency is to thwart the very purposes it was intended to subserve. The design of every wise plan of college government is to secure to the students:-1. Orderly deportment; 2. Protection to their morals; 3. Diligence and proficiency in study; and 4. Cultivation of their manners.

Does the Dormitory System attain these results?

In my opinion, it tends to stimulate to disorder rather than to prevent or repress it, because

1. It brings large numbers together of the same classes of people, and of about the same age, with no infusion of counter

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