book college or colleges, there being no buildings for their ac-
— v— Qommodation, but lodge imfhe town ; and repair to the ge*-
neral; or private ledtures,given by the feveral pro'feflorsy either
at their own houfes, or at the publick halb appropriated to
fuch purpofes. The poorer Undents are a ill lied in- their ex*
pences by being appointed to fcholarihips, called Jlipendia; ,
fome inftituted by the crown, others by private perfons, but
generally allotted'for the natives o f particular provinces. The
higheit in value of thefe fcholarihips amount to about RJw;
per annum. The common degrees, granted by this univerfity,
are Pbilofophia- Candidatus, which anfwers to a Batchelor of
A r ts ; vxi&PhilofophiceMagiJler, to a Mailer of Arts. A- ftudent
ought to be 24 years o f age, in order to be admitted to his
firit degree; but this rule is not-ftridtly obferved. Before
lie receives it, he muft undergo feveral examinations from
various profefiors, and compofe a Latin thefes, which he is
bound to defend.in the fchools. Having, taken his firit de*
greej he may immediately enter, upon life exereifes for the
fecond, which confift in another Latih thefes, in holding a
publick difputation, and reading a ledture in the fame la n guage.
The graduates in divinity, law, and phy-fick, are ftyled;
Pheologia, &c. Candidatus, Licentiatus, and DoS<sr>. The
dodtors ofdaw and phyfick,Jn order-to obtain their degrees,
pafs'certain examinations, and hold publick acts in their re-
ipective profeffions, fomewhat fimilar to thofe paffed by the
mailers of arts,; and the fame forms are-required from the
doctors of divinity, unlefs, .as is the ufual pradt-ice, they- are
created by the univerfity upon the king’s mandate-.
There is no academical difcipline, the ftudents being only
liable to be puniihed by the prefident and confiftory, aGCord*
iiig to the common law for mifdemeanors and delinquencies.
Qne inftitution, however, prefcrves fome degree of order an«
t - ' fubmdinatiQUj.
Subordination, the divifion o f the ftudents into provincial CHAI>‘
¡claifes according to their refpedtive counties. Each clafs has I—
a profeiTor at its head, called Infpector, and two fubdiredtors,
ftyled Curatores; the other members are divided into Seniores
and Juniores ; the former o f whom attend to, and, in
fome meafure, regulate the condudt o f the latter. Each clafs
aifembles feparately, in the houfe o f its particular profeflor,
at leaft fix times in the year, and oftener i f occafion requires.
On thefe meetings the ftudents pafs -certain exereifes, which
they who do not perform cannot he raifed to the rank o f feniors.
Though the ftudents have ordinarily no regular drefs, yet,
on particular occafions, and particularly when they take their
mailers’ degree, they appear in a black filk cloak; they ought
alfo, according to the ftatutes o f the univerfity, to put on the
fame drefs when they keep their adts ; but for this omiflion
they ufually pay a fmall fine. The profefiors are, in days
of ceremony, clad in black cloaks; the dodtors o f divinity
are diftinguifhed by a hat o f black filk ; the dodtors o f law
by one o f white filk ; and thofe o f phyfick by one o f green
or fky-blue filk.
The number o f ftudents vary every year, as in -all fludtu*
ating bodies; but upon an average may be ftated at about
five hundred *, as may be collected from the following table.
Spring T e rm . Augufl: T e rm .
In 1768
Ädmiijion«. "No. o f Students. Admiflions. No. o f Students. Afils.
79 557 — 99 493 3 *
1769 94 552 — n 6 5 6 8 -54
1770 127 649 — 87 4 6 I «8
*7/ i i 06 49 2 — 88 488' •45
1772 9.9 53s — 9-7 470 44
a /73. I 3° ' 569 - ¿ L 83 5 -a 61
»774 »37 604 — 102 ■ 59 4 3*
1 1 7 7 5 *33 .628 —
1 1 5 6 5 7 64
1 7 7 6 *03. 575 — 1 10 5*4 ¡ Ü
'»'.777 * ‘ 5 53* — ¡Ü 54* 5 *
* C h ro n ick de r U n iv e r fita t TJpfala in S ch lo e tze r ’ s Br ie fwe c life l, I I I . p . 16 6 ,
G s s ^ D u r i n g