The Laws of 1783 prescribed that "No person may expect to be admitted into this College, unless ... able to read accurately construe and parse Tully and the Greek Testament, and Virgil; and ... able to write true Latin in prose, and hath learned the rules of Prosody and Vulgar Arithmetic; and shall bring suitable Testimony of a blameless life & conversation."Admission
"Ferguson’s Astronomy" is mentioned as a study of the third year in the curriculum outlined in the Laws of 1783.Astronomy
In 1783, he offered half of the sum for Philosophical Apparatus and the Library.Brown family
The Calendar of the college year was described in the early laws in 1783 in terms of the three vacations which were scheduled from September 6 to October 20, from December 24 to January 10, and from April 21 to June 1.Calendar
The Laws of 1783 state: "On the ringing of the Bell for morning and evening prayers, all the members of the College shall immediately, without unnecessary noise repair to the hall, and behave with decency, during the time of the exercises.Chapel
Classics was the mainstay of the course of studies, at least for the first two years, as set forth in the Laws of 1783, which prescribed, "for the first year in Latin, Virgil, Cicero’s Orations and Horace, all in usum Delphini.Classics
The first Commencement after the Revolution was held in 1783, but again the next two years there were no students ready for graduation.Commencement
The menu, as prescribed by the Laws of 1783, provided a main meal which varied to include during each week two meals of salt beef or pork, two meals of fresh meat, one meal of soup and fragments, one meal of boiled meat, and one meal of fish, accompanied by "good small Beer or Cyder."Commons
Public speaking was of utmost importance as students in college were often preparing themselves for the ministry or the law, and the Laws of 1783 saw to it that the students were not lacking in practice: By a vote of the Corporation in 1830 students could be admitted to the "partial course" without registering to study for a degree.Curriculum
In 1783 there were only twelve, but then there began a steady growth to 23 in 1784, 68 in 1789, 83 in 1793, and 100 in 1798.Enrollment
The Laws of 1783 do mention "Bolingbroke on History" as one of the books to be studied in the senior year.History
The Laws of 1783 prescribed that a student might not "deny the being of a God, the Existence of Virtue and Vice; or that the Books of the old and new Testament are of divine authority," adding "Young gentlemen of the Hebrew nation are to be excepted from this Law, in so far as it relates to the New Testament and its authenticity."Jews
The Laws of 1783 allowed a folio to be taken for four weeks, a quarto for three weeks, an octavo for two weeks, and a duodecimo for one week, and the size of the fine for not returning a book also depended on the size of the book.Library
In 1783 John Brown offered to pay half the price of a "compleat Philosophical Apparatus & Library," and the other half was quickly raised.Manning, James
A Commencement was held in 1783 for six graduates, who had been students before the war or had studied privately with Manning, but it was not until 1786 that more students were ready for graduation.Manning, James
The Laws of 1783 required that the applicant for admission shall have "learned the rules of ... Vulgar Arithmetic."Mathematics
The Laws of 1783 prescribed "Hutchinsons moral Philosophy" in the third year and "Locke on the Understanding" in the fourth.Philosophy
The laws of 1783 did mention reading in the Greek New Testament as part of the curriculum of the freshman, but it appears that this study was conducted more for the sake of practice in Greek than for the purpose of religious instruction.Religious Studies
The Steward is mentioned in the Laws of the College in 1783 and his duties are described in detail there.Steward
In the laws enacted by the Corporation in 1783, Chapter 3d, ("Concerning a religious, moral & decent conduct") were the following rules: This last rule was revised in the 1803 laws to specify as unnecessary noises, "running violently, hallooing, or rolling things in the entries or down the stairs."Student conduct
From 1783 to 1792 the Grammar School was conducted by William Wilkinson, first in the College Edifice until 1786, and thereafter again in the Brick School House.University Grammar School
In 1783 Benjamin Waterhouse was appointed professor of the theory and practice of medicine at Harvard, and the same year was elected a Fellow at Rhode Island College.Waterhouse, Benjamin