JOURNAL OF MEETINGS: William and Mary College Qrtly , 1895, V3,No3., pp 195-197. Transcribed by Kathy Hay ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm JOURNAL OF THE MEETINGS OF THE PRESIDENT AND MASTERS OF WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE. (Continued). June 26, 1761. At a Meeting of the President & Masters of William & Mary College, Present: The Revd. Mr. William Yates, President; Emmanuel Jones, William Small, & Richard Graham. Resol: that Mr. John Saunders be appointed to build Stables for the use of the President on a Lot belonging to the College, of the following dimensions, vizt: Thirty-two Feet long, & twenty Feet wide, wth [102] a partition taking off 12 Feet at one End for a Carriage, & at the other a Door leading into four Stalls on each Side, & that he be allowed the Sum of L65 for the same. Resol: that Mrs. Foster be appointed Stocking-Mender in the College, and that she be paid annually the sum of L12. Provided she furnishes herself with Lodging, Diet, Fire & Candles. Resol: that Mr. William Taylor, Collector of the Rents in King William County, be directed to bring Suit immediately against all the Tenants that are more than twelve Months in Arrears. Resol: that an Advertisement be forthwith publish'd in the Virga Gazette to desire all Surveyors, who did not settle their Accounts with the Bursar of the College in April last, to come & settle the same by the last of October, or that they may depend on having their bonds sued, and their Commissions suspended. [103] Resol: that the Feathers which are laying waste in the College be dispos'd off, and that the Money arising be applied towards furnishing an Infirmary. Resol: that Emmanuel Jones be appointed Librarian. WILLIAM YATES, Presidt. Page 196. August 31, 1761. At a Meeting of the President & Masters of William & Mary College, Present: The Revd. Mr. William Yates, President; Emmanuel Jones, William Small, & Richard Graham. Resol: That Mrs. Isabella Cocke be appointed Housekeeper of the College, in the place of Mrs. Martha Bryan, who has resign'd. Resol: unanimously that the Thanks of this Society be given to Mrs. Bryan for the faithful Discharge of her Office in the College. [104] Resol: That Daniel Wolstenholme, Esqr., be desired to receive of his Majesty's Collectors in Maryland the Duties of exported Tobo due by a Royal Grant to the College of Wm. & Mary. WILLIAM YATES, Presidt. March 30th, 1762. At a Meeting of the President and Masters of William & Mary College, Present: The Revd. Mr. William Yates, President; Emmanuel Jones, William Small, and Richard Graham. The Revd. Mr. James Horrocks being, at a Meeting of the Governors and Visitors of the College held yesterday, elected Master of the Grammar School, & having enter'd on his office the 15th February, did this day qualified himself, according to the Statutes, in the following Manner: [105] Ego infra scriptus Jacobus Horrocks, &c. [The same oath as that taken by William Webb page 96 of the Faculty Book.] He likewise took the following oath: Tu Fidem, &c. [Vide page 66.] He likewise subscribed his Assent to the three Articles in the 36th Cannon. [Vide pages 70 and 71.] [106] Whereas some Disputes have arose concerning the Power given by the 6th Order, Page 37th, to every Master in the College, of inflicting discretionary Punishment on every Scholar1 in the College, of what Age, Rank, or Quality soever. Resol: that this Society is of Opinion that by the said Order every Master has a Right to inflict such Punishment on a Scholar behaving in an indecent and irregular Manner as he shall think Proper. N.B. One of the Society was of a different Opinion, vizt: Wm. Small. WILLIAM YATES, Presidt. ________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________ 1 "Scholars" were the boys of the grammar-school. The "students" took the philosophy courses. Page 197. July 9th, 1762. At a Meeting of the President & Masters of Wm. & Mary College, Present: The Revd. Mr. William Yates, President; Emmanuel Jones, William Small, Richard Graham, and Jas. Horrocks. Resol: that Mr. Arthur Emmerson1 is unanimously chosen Assistant Usher in the Gramr. School, and that he be allow'd Forty Pounds Sterling P Ann: for his trouble. WILLIAM YATES, President. [107] November 1st, 1762. At a meeting of the President and Masters of William & Mary College, Present: The Revd. Mr. William Yates, President; Emmanuel Jones, William Small, Richd. Graham, & Jas. Horrocks. Resol: Unanimously, that Mr. Edmund Scarburgh, Surveyor of Accomack County, appears to have behaved very ill in his office, & that he be immediately removed from the same. Resol: That Mr. Nicholas Massenberg be appointed Collector of the College Rents in Sussex County. Resol: That a Lease for one Lot of Lands belonging to the College, in the Town of Hampton, be granted to Mr. Thomas Forbes. WILLIAM YATES, Presidt. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ 1 Rev. Arthur Emmerson advertised in 1785 a school in Nansemond county, for instruction in the Latin, Greek, french, and Italian languages; number of scholars not to exceed twenty; price of board and tuition, L30 a year; particular attention to reading, writing, and declamation.=