In 1798 Tristam Burges opened a "morning school" and a "day school" for young ladies in an "elegant and pleasantly situated room adjacent to and directly in front of Hacker’s Hall," on South Main Street.Burges, Tristam
In 1798 it took a new format as a pamphlet.Catalogues
The first of these organizations was the Misokosmian Society in 1794, which changed its name to Philermenian Society in 1798.Debating
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
On August 1, 1791, four days after the death of Manning, Fobes was requested by the Corporation to "attend the College from this time ’till Commencement to supervise the instruction of the Students & perform prayers &c." The efficacy of his prayer is recorded in "The Ministry of Taunton" by Samuel Hopkins Emery: Fobes allowed the College the benefit of the scientific apparatus which he owned while he was a professor, and on resigning in 1798 left behind the instruments, for the use of which the College paid him fifty dollars a year.Fobes, Perez
Another lottery for the benefit of the College held in 1798 paid out $8,000 and brought in $33,548.50.Fund-raising
In 1798 a new constitution provided for renaming the society the "Philermenian Society," increasing the membership to 45 (it had earlier been increased to forty), celebrating the society’s anniversary with appropriate literary exercises, and forming a library.Philermenian Society